gratitude for the benefits which he had conferred upon the profession. He was buried by the side of his father in Paddington church-yard, and his remains were followed to the grave by a long train of mourners. But it was in private life that he was pre-eminently distinguished. The gentleness of his nature, the evenness of his temper, the amenity of his manners, and the sweetness of his disposition were only equalled by the activity of his benevolence. He was never weary of assisting others, especially his professional brethren when in difficulties.

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At his seat in Ireland in his 70th year, the Hon. G. E. Massy. He was born July 29, 1772, the third son of Hugh second Lord Massy, by Catharine, daughter and coheiress of Edward Taylor, of Ballymore, co. Limerick, esq., and sister to Sarah Countess of Carrick. Mr Massy married in December 1791, Eliz., daughter of Michael Scaulin, esq., of Ballynahana, by whom he had issue four sons and three daughters.

31. In Davidge-terrace, Walcot-place, Lambeth, in his 50th year, Mr. George Bothwell Davidge, lessee of the Surrey theatre.

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3. In Upper Harley-street, aged 63, Sir Henry William Martin, the second Bart. of Lockynge, co. Berks. (1791). He was born Dec. 20, 1768, the second but eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Martin, the first Baronet, Comptroller of the Navy, by Elizabeth, daughter of Harding Parker, of Kilbrook, co. Cork, esq., and widow of St. Leger Howard Gillman, of Gillmanville, co. Cork, esq. His youngest brother is Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.B. and K.S., also sometime Comptroller of the Navy. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father, Aug. 1, 1794. He married June 23, 1792, Catharine, daughter of Thomas Powell, of the Chesants, near Tottenham, co. Middlesex, esq., and had issue.

sometime Governor of Bengal. He married, Oct. 31, 1787, Mary, only daughter and heir of Sir John Bridger, of Coombe-place, co. Sussex, and of Coln St. Aldwyn's, co. Gloucester, Knt. In 1807, he was first returned to the House of Commons, as representative of Lewes, for which borough he was reelected in 1812 and 1818, in which year he was created a Baronet. He left four sons and four daughters.

In St. James's-square, aged 75, the Right Hon. William Henry Vane, Duke of Cleveland (1833), Marquess of Cleveland (1827), third Earl of Darlington and Viscount Barnard (1754), Baron Barnard of Barnard Castle (1699), and Baron Raby of Raby Castle (1833), K.G.; Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County, and Vice-Admiral of the coast of Durham, Colonel of the Durham Militia, &c. &c. His Grace was born on the 27th July, 1766, the only son of Henry, second Earl of Darlington, by Margaret, daughter of Robert Lowther, esq., and sister to James, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. His tutor was the Rev. William Lipscomb, late Rector of Welbury, near North Allerton (and father of the Bishop of Jamaica), who was also tutor to the present Duke and his brother Lord William Powlett, and is still living. Whilst still Viscount Barnard, he was returned to Parliament in 1789 for the borough of Totnes, and in 1790 for Winchelsea. When only 26, he succeeded his father as Earl of Darlington, on the 8th Sept. 1792; and in the same year he became Colonel of the Durham Militia. His first and chief ambition was to shine as a sportsman. He spared no expense in the splendour of his kennels and stables; and he stood first on the roll of masters of fox-hounds. Everything in Lord Darlington's stud was managed with order and method; his coverts and his fences were constantly watched, and some estimate may be made of the expense he was at in preserving foxes, by the single fact of his paying 3301. a-year to his own tenants for rent of coverts north of the River Tees. The Earl of Darlington was advanced to the title of Marquess of Cleveland, by patent dated Sept. 17, 1827, and raised to the dukedom by patent dated Jan. 14, 1833. This title was derived from his representation, through his grandmother the wife of the first Earl of Darlington, of the family of Fitzroy Duke

of Cleveland and Southampton, she being Lady Grace, daughter of Charles, the first Duke of Cleveland, one of the natural sons of Charles the Second, and coheir to her brother William, second and last Duke of that house. The Duke was elected a Knight of the Garter the 17th of April, 1839. His Grace was twice married. The first Countess of Darlington, to whom he was married on the 19th Sept. 1787, was his maternal cousin, Lady Katharine Margaret Powlett, second daughter and coheiress (with Mary Henrietta, Countess of Sandwich,) of Harry, sixth and last Duke of Bolton. Her mother was Margaret, sister of James, first Earl of Lonsdale. After her death in 1807, the Earl married, July 27, 1813, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Robert Russell, by whom he had no issue. He was elevated to the Dukedom in 1833, during the administration of Earl Grey. His Grace is said to have left 1,250,000., in the 3 per cent. consols, besides landed estates of immense value, and plate and jewels estimated at nearly a million.

9. At Rearquhar, parish of Dornoch, Alexander Sutherland, who was born in 1722, and consequently had attained the patriarchal age of 119.

At his seat, Thorpe Lodge, near Norwich, in his 87th year, John Harvey, esq., a magistrate of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and City of Norwich, Lieut.-Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, President of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Company, &c. He was descended from an ancient family settled at Beecham Well, Norfolk. His father was Robert Harvey, esq., twice Mayor of Norwich, and an eminent banker and merchant there. Mr. John Harvey was much beloved on account of his active generosity and benevolence to the poor. He was called the "Weaver's friend."

10. At Malta, on his return to England, Captain E. W. Cartwright, of the 23rd Bombay Native Infantry, eldest son of the late Rev. E. Cartwright, Rector of Earnley, Sussex.

11. At the house of Robert Walters, esq., Frances Stewart Macgregor, fourth daughter of the late Sir Patrick Macgregor, Bart.

12. Barbara Lady Chambers, wife of Sir Samuel Chambers, of Bredgar House in the county of Kent, in her 76th

year.

At Montreal, aged 21, Henry

Thomas Bowen, 7th Hussars, only son of the late Ensign Bowen, 3rd Royal

Veteran Battalion.

14. At Stodham House, near Petersfield aged 68, Cornthwaite John Hector, esq., late M.P. for Petersfield. He was a banker and brewer in that borough, and formerly steward to the Jolliffe family for more than thirty years. In 1835, he first successfully opposed at an election Sir H. Jolliffe, and continued member until the last general election.

At Paris, in his 74th year, the celebrated diplomatist Count Pozzo di Borgo, late Ambassador from Russia in London. The Pozzo family is honourably ranked among the ancient and haughty nobles of Corsica, and, for centuries inhabited a small castle called Montichi, in that island. In modern times, the race of Pozzo established themselves at the village Pozzo di Borgo, no great distance from Ajaccio. Charles Andreas Pozzo di Borgo was born in the island on the 8th of March, 1768, a few years before the annexation of Corsica with France. His early education was entrusted to the church. The shock with which the French Revolution electrified Europe was communicated to Corsica, and attended by the actual horrors of civil dissension. The little island was divided into two parties; the families of foreign extraction adopted the democratic principles of France; they advocated the theory of universal liberty; the natives of the soil sought to fix the independence of their country, and demanded the restoration of ancient Corsica. At the head of the Republican party stood the houses of Bonaparte, Azena, and Salicetti. The patriotic party were led on by Paoli and the youthful Pozzo di Borgo. From the commencement of the revolution, young Di Borgo took an active part in its proceedings. He was chosen to represent Ajaccio in the Legislative Assembly of France. He then became a member of the diplomatic committee, under the presidency of Brissot. Pozzo di Borgo did not remain long a deputy. He returned to Corsica, became again imbued with the spirit and feelings of his ancestors; and, in concert with Paoli, began to agitate the establishment of the national independence. The compatriots were denounced by the French party, and summoned to justify themselves at the Bar of the French Conven

tion. At Corte, the capital of the mountains, Paoli and Pozzo replied to the summons by assembling their countrymen, and 1,200 bold mountaineers vested the government of Corsica in their hands, and devoted the Bonapartes and Azenas to public infamy. An appeal to arms was unavoidable. A British fleet appeared before Ajaccio, bearing offers of protection and aid, provided Corsica would place itself under the supremacy of Great Britain. The terms were accepted, a Constitution was drawn up, and Paoli proposed Pozzo di Borgo as President of the State Council. Before two years had expired, it became evident that Corsica must submit to France. Pozzo di Borgo did not wait to witness the catastrophe. He sought refuge first at Naples and Elba, and subsequently came to England, where he remained upwards of eighteen months, enjoying all the honours and distinctions justly due to his high abilities and firm fidelity. The year 1798 saw him in Vienna; France had then experienced various reverses, and had lost all her Republican conquests with the exception of a few points on the Alps, Royalty seemed about to gain the ascendancy once more, Pozzo di Borgo, then in the flower of his age, took a most active part in the diplomatic movements: he was con tinually traversing Germany and Italy to forward and sustain, by his cabi net intrigues, the warlike operations of the Russian Field Marshal Suwarrow. His labours were in vain; Massena's victory at Zurich consigned him once more to inaction at Vienna, there to witness the continued success and exaltation of his countryman, Napoleon Bonaparte, towards whom his hatred was strong and inextinguishable. On the renewal of the war, after the peace of Amiens, Pozzo di Borgo entered into the diplomatic service of Russia, and was sent to Vienna as the Emperor's agent, to consolidate a new coalition against the self-created monarch of France. He shortly after repaired to Italy, to represent his Royal master in the military operations which the combined armies of England, Russia, and Naples were to commence in southern Italy. The secession of Austria, after the defeat of Austerlitz, again took Pozzo to Vienna, and thence to St. Petersburg. When Prussia joined the coalition, Pozzo di Borgo, created a

Count, and attached to the imperial person by his appointment as Colonel de la suite, was in the ranks of the Russian army. After the battle of Jena he was again employed at the Austrian Court, to attempt to rouse it from its political lethargy, caused by the peace of Presburg. His mission was in vain, and he was removed to the Dardanelles, that, in conjunction with the British ambassador, he might treat with Turkey. In the engagement between the Russian and Turkish fleets, the diplomatic Colonel greatly distinguished himself. The peace of Tilsit begat personal friendship between Napoleon and the young Czar. Pozzo di Borgo thought it impolitic, and clearly saw that his continuance in the Russian service would be unpleasant, and perhaps dangerous. He frankly declared his opinions to Alexander, and requested permission to retire from his service. Pozzo di Borgo retired to Vienna, and so energetically employed his diplomatic skill throughout the campaign between Austria and France in 1809, that, after the succeeding treaty of peace had been signed, Napoleon demanded that his faithful enemy should be delivered up to him: this demand was refused; but Pozzo withdrew, and travelled through Turkey, Syria, and Malta. Towards the close of 1810, he was once again in London. The British Government knew the importance of the refugee, and welcomed him as a valuable acquisition. Many and long were the consultations between Pozzo di Borgo and the Marquess Wellesley, in which the Count pointed out the vulnerable part in Napoleon's overgrown power, through which its vitality might be most advan tageously assailed. His experience and sagacity confirmed the able and statesmanlike, though then unappreciated, views of the Marquess. The peace of Tilsit proved, as Pozzo had predicted, a mere truce of arms. In 1812, the war between France and Russia broke out anew, with exterminating fury. The Count then resumed his old official functions; and, as the accredited agent of Alexander, negociated a renewed alliance with England. The danger of his country obliged Alexander to sacrifice his own judgment to the prejudices of the nobles, and dismiss all foreigners from the high offices of State. Pozzo di Borgo was therefore recalled, and, after an interval of five eventful years,

pices of Wellington; Pozzo determined to effect its downfall. Talleyrand en deavoured to propitiate his protection by a French peerage, and an offer of the Ministry of the Interior, but in vain. Talleyrand gave place to the Duke of Richelieu, and Russian ascendancy soared above all competition. The exertions of Pozzo were taxed to the uttermost at the congresses of Troppau, Laybach, and Verona, to attain influence and weight for Russia in the south of Europe, at the expense of Great Britain. To forward these ends, he was dispatched to Madrid, to pave the way for the cabinet of Zea Bermudez, who had been gained to Russian interests during his long residence at St. Petersburgh as the consul-general for Spain. He fulfilled his instructions to the letter, and then returned to Paris. Pozzo di Borgo disapproved of the military promenade of the Duke of Angouleme across the Pyrenees; but at that period, as his influence had declined, all he could do was to observe, and shrug his shoulders. After the death of Alexander, and the succession of Nicholas, the Count continued Ambassador at Paris. On the breaking out of the war between Russia and Turkey, Pozzo endeavoured to induce the French government to co-operate with Russia: in this he failed, but he prevailed on them to guarantee an armed neutrality. When the Polignac ministry was formed, Pozzo di Borgo early foresaw the approach of the revolution, of which he repeatedly warned his own sovereign, who repeated his apprehensions to Mortemart, then the French ambassador at St. Petersburgh. On the 26th of July, 1830, appeared the ever-memorable ordinances. All the diplomatists, too, were thrown into the wildest confusion. They assembled at the hotel of Pozzo di Borgo, to determine their wisest course. The Russian ambassador advised them to await the issue of the struggle, without taking any public official step; they unanimously assented. Louis Philip, on assuming the title of King of the French, persuaded Pozzo di Borgo to wait for instructions from his court, and wrote an autograph letter to Nicholas, in which he described himself as having been compelled by lamentable events to ascend the vacant throne. Nicholas replied coolly to the apologetic epistle; but his representative was not ordered home. The Belgian revolution fol

lowed, and a plan of offensive operations was already sketched out at St. Peters burgh, by which the Polish army was to form the vanguard of the great host intended to chastise Louis Philippe. The Polish revolution saved Europe from a general war, and the Russian emperor directed his ambassador to stay where he was, and, by temporising, prevent any intervention on the part of France. Success once more attended his efforts; but the struggle was one of the most trying labours ever committed to the diplomatist. His person, his suite, were in danger from a turbulent multitude; his hotel was only protected from destruction by a guard of safety. Peace returned, Nicholas's aversion to the French dynasty was shown by the indifference of his ambassador towards his own advice. This begot the alliance, formed by Talleyrand between England and France. The renewal of the RussoTurkish war soon demanded other conduct, and a different policy again conciliated the court of the Tuileries. The oriental war over, Pozzo di Borgo was commissioned, much against his own inclination (for Paris was his home, his delight), to visit London, and ascertain the precise state of affairs in the cabinet of St. James's; but not as yet in the character of Ambassador, for Prince Lieven still retained that character. But after the formation of the quadruple alliance, the Emperor Nicholas thought fit to appoint as Ambassador at the British court a man whose diplomatic generalship had never been foiled in the service of his adopted land. Debilitated by age and illness, Pozzo di Borgo accepted the embassy of England with great reluctance. He remained bere upwards of two years, when his health gave way, and he returned to Paris, where, in the hotel which was once the scene of his diplomatic triumphs, he awaited in a state of insensibility the approach of death. His funeral took place on the 17th Feb. with great pomp, in the church of St. Thomas d'Aquin, Paris.

15. At Brussa, in Asia Minor, M. Constantine Zohrab, father of Edward Zohrab, esq., Turkish Consul-General in England, in his 72d year.

At Florence, Sir Thomas Sevestre, late surgeon on the Madras Establishment, in his 57th year.

At Frankfort on the Main, aged 44, Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, the third