Norfolk did not marry again. He was a nobleman of the most amiable and unaffected character; and although a Roman Catholic, contributed by munificent donations to the interests of the Established Church.

17. At his residence, Stockwell, Surrey, in his 74th year, Henry Petrie, esq., Keeper of the Chancery Records in the Tower of London.

20. In Upper Belgrave-street, aged 48, the Right Hon. George Fitz-Clarence, Earl of Munster, Viscount FitzClarence and Baron of Tewkesbury; a Privy Councillor, a Major-General in the army, and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, Governor and Captain, also Constable and Lieutenant of Windsor Castle, Colonel of the 1st Tower Hamlets Militia, a Commissioner of the Royal Military College and Royal Military Asylum, Knight G.C. of Ferdinand of Wirtemberg, President of the Royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical and Geological Societies, a corresponding Member of the French Institute, &c. The Earl of Munster was the eldest of the numerous family which the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV., had by the celebrated comic actress, Mrs. Jordan. He was named after the Prince of Wales, who always regarded him as his peculiar protegé. In Feb. 1807, at the early age of thirteen, he was appointed Cornet in the Prince of Wales's regiment of Hussars. In the following year he proceeded with his regiment to the Peninsula, as Aide-de-Camp to General Slade; and when but fifteen years old, he participated in all the trying exigen cies which accompanied the battle of Corunna. After a short visit to England, he rejoined the army in Portugal as Aide-de-Camp to the Adjutant-General Sir Charles Stewart, now Marquess of Londonderry. From this period to the end of the war, he served on the staff at head-quarters, and was present in twelve general engagements; and he here laid the foundation of his friendship with the Duke of Wellington. At Fuentes d'Onore he particularly distinguished himself. In 1813 he again repaired to the seat of war, and subsequently, at Toulouse, was severely wounded in leading a charge against cavalry. In Nov. 1814, he exchanged from the 10th Hussars to the 20th Light Dragoons; and the altered condition of affairs now changed his sphere of ac

tion. In Jan. 1815, he sailed for India, as Aide-de-Camp to the Marquess of Hastings, accompanied by his brother Henry (who soon after died in India), appointed Aide-de-Camp to Sir Thomas Hislop. They arrived at Calcutta in the month of July. Although in the midst of the rainy season, Capt. Fitzclarence started to join the GovernorGeneral, who was in the upper provinces, and in eleven days accomplished the distance of 700 miles. In the interval between this period and the breaking out of the Mahratta war he visited Delhi, the north of India, &c., but had not much opportunity of distinction. At the conclusion of the peace with Scindia he was selected to carry home the overland despatches, an undertaking of no ordinary moment when the condition of the surrounding country was considered. He reached home in June, 1818, and received the brevet rank of Major, dated the 16th of June. Shortly after sustaining the severe accident of a broken leg, which required confinement and rest, he took the opportunity of preparing for the press a Journal of his Tour in India, which was published in 4to. 1819. On the 21st Jan. in that year (having been reduced to half-pay on the 25th Dec. preceding) he was promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Col. on the nomination of the Duke of Wellington; and in October following he married. On the 21st March, 1822, he was appointed to a troop in the 14th Light Dragoons; on the 12th Dec.following he was appointed a Major in the 1st West India Regiment, and on the 29th of the same month Major in the 6th Dragoon Guards, which he commanded in Ireland. On the 8th Jan. 1824, he was promoted to an unattached Lieut.-Colonelcy. On the 6th of July, 1825, he was appointed Capt. and Lieut.-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards, from which he returned to his previous position Dec. 4, 1828. In 1827 he communicated to the Asiatic Society of Paris three papers on the employment of Mahommedan mercenaries, a subject to which he had devoted considerable attention. They were published in the "Journal Asiatique," and were afterwards translated in the "Naval and Military Magazine.” He also published an account of the campaign of 1809, in Spain and Portugal, and some other occasional essays. Lord Munster was an original

member of the Royal Asiatic Society, was elected a member of the Council in 1825, and in 1827 took a leading part in founding the Oriental Translation Fund, of which he was constituted the Treasurer and Deputy Chairman of Committee. The success of this design was at once most gratifying to himself, and productive of very great benefits to Oriental literature. He was elected a Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society in March, 1829 On the 12th of May, 1830, he was raised to the peerage by the titles already mentioned, his surviving brothers and sisters (not already of higher rank) at the same time receiving the precedence of the younger children of a marquess. The title of the Earl of Munster had been borne by his father when Duke of Clarence, and generally used as his travelling name on the continent. On the 22nd of July, 1830, the Earl of Munster was appointed Deputy Adjutant General at head-quarters in succession to Sir John Macdonald, who was placed at the head of the department in consequence of Sir H. Taylor's selection for the post of Private Secretary to King William the Fourth. But to the great regret of every one connected with the Horse Guards he relinquished his situation there a few months afterwards. In the brevet which followed the birth of the Prince of Wales, the Earl of Munster received the rank of Major-General, Nov. 23, 1841. He was appointed to command the troops in the western district of England, and would have commenced his residence in garrison at Plymouth on the 15th of April. The Earl of Munster was elected President of the Royal Asiatic Society at the last anniversary, the 8th May 1841. He had for many years past occupied himself with a work on the military art and weapons of war of the eastern nations, for which purpose he studied their best authors, not only historians, but philosophers and theologians. Only a few weeks since, he returned from an extensive tour on the Continent, during which he searched the principal libraries for works and MSS, relating to his intended publication. The Earl of Munster married, Oct. 18, 1819, Mary Wyndham, a natural daughter of the late Earl of Egremont, and sister to Col. Wyndham, M.P. for West Sussex; and by that lady, who survives him, he had

issue three sons and three daughters. The melancholy event which terminated the life of this nobleman will be found detailed in a previous part of our volume; see CHRONICLE for March.

20. At his house in Conduit-street, aged 87, the Right Hon. George Parker, fourth Earl of Macclesfield, co. Chester, and Viscount Parker of Ewelme, co. Oxford (1721), Baron Parker, of Macclesfield (1716), a Privy Councillor, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Oxford, High Steward of Henley, D.C.L. and F.R.S. He was born on the 24th Feb. 1755, the elder son of Thomas the third Eail, by his cousin Mary, eldest daughter of Sir William Heathcote, the first Baronet of Hursley. At the usual age he was sent to Eton, and in due course to the University of Oxford, where he completed his education. In 1777 he was returned to Parliament for Woodstock, and reelected in 1780. He was not in the Parliament of 1784; but to that of 1790 he was returned as member for Minehead. In 1787 he was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth; but, joining the Court on the Regency question, he was in 1791 made Comptroller of his Majesty's Household, and in 1795 one of the Lords of the Bedchamber to the King. He succeeded to the peerage, on the death of his father, Feb. 9, 1795. In 1800 he became Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard-an office to which he has more than once been re-appointed. His Lordship took his seat as a Privy-Councillor in 1791; therefore, with the exception of Viscount Sidmouth, he was the senior member of that eminent body. By his votes in Parliament and his influence in the country, the Earl of Macclesfield earned the character of a good Conservative, and a steady supporter of those institutions in Church and State which Englishmen prize so highly. For many years past he had lived so much in retirement, that the course of his existence presented little more than the customary routine natural in his class of society. Amongst a large circle of distinguished friends he was much and deservedly esteemed. The Earl of Macclesfield married, May 25, 1780, Mary Frances, second daughter and coheir of the late Rev. Thos. Drake, D.D. 21. At Cheltenham, aged 73, Mrs. Charlotte Mary Smith, late of Brighton,

23. At his chambers in the Temple, Joseph John Richardson, esq., B.A., barrister-at-law, eldest son of the late Sir John Richardson, Judge of the Common Pleas. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn, Nov. 23, 1832.

Aged 67, Col. William Carden Seton, C.B. He was appointed Ensign 90th Foot, 1796; Lieutenant, 88th, 1797; Captain 9th batt. of Reserve, 1803, in 88th foot, 1804; Major, 1812; brevet Lieut.-Colonel, 1825; and Colonel, 1838. He received a medal and one clasp for the siege of Badajoz and battle of Salamanca.

24. At Lark Hall, near Preston, Samuel Horrocks, esq., formerly M.P. for that borough.

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25. At his residence, Bloomsbury place, Brighton, aged 69, Edward Skegg, esq., who had been for nearly forty-six years a confidential clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Coutts and Co. The family of the late Mr. Skegg have been long settled in the county of Essex, and his grandfather, the Rev. Ralph Skegg, was many years Rector of Quendon and Chickney in that county, and died in 1764. married Abigail, only daughter of Lord Herbert, and died leaving several children, of whom Edward, the father of the late Mr. Skegg, was elected Steward of Christ's Hospital, London, about the year 1786, and died there on Easter Sunday, 1791, and is buried in the cloisters. Mr. Skegg was educated at Christ's Hospital, and very early in life procured a situation in a large mercantile house in the City. About 1795 he obtained an appointment in the house of Messrs. Coutts and Co., where his

amiable manners and attentive conduct speedily made him a universal favourite, not only with the gentlemen connected with that establishment, but with the numerous customers of that house, by whom he is deeply regretted. From his youth Mr. Skegg was an ardent lover of the early English poets, and the object nearest his heart was the attainment of fine copies of their best works. In this he spared no expense consistent with the very limited means he had in his power, and by degrees he formed one of the most perfect collections it has ever been the good fortune of a private individual to possess. On his retirement last year from Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, who, with their usual liberality, evinced their sense of his long and valuable services, by the allowance of a handsome retiring salary, he determined to dispose of his collection, and placed it in the hands of Mr. Leigh Sotheby, by whom it was sold.

Aged 97, the Rev. J. W. Masters, Vicar of Sparsholt, near Winchester, to which he was presented in 1794 by the Lord Chancellor.

In York-street, Portman-square, Sir William Beatty, M.D., F.R.S., late Physician to her Majesty's Fleet and Greenwich Hospital. He had served his country long and faithfully in all climes, and had the melancholy duty of being officially present during the last moments of the Hero of Trafalgar, his "Authentic Narrative" of which was printed in 8vo. 1808. He possessed the bullet which killed Nelson, which he kept in a crystal case mounted in gold. It may be justly said of Sir William Beatty that his whole professional life seemed to accord with the sentiment expressed in Nelson's last and ever me. morable signal to the fleet. He was appointed Physician to Greenwich Hospital in 1806, and resigned that office in 1840. He was knighted by King William the Fourth on the 25th of May 1831. His brother, Colonel Beatty, is at present Commandant at Plymouth. At his residence, Brunswicksquare, Brighton, Sir Ralph Gore, Bart., in his 83rd year.

26. At his residence, near Newport, Isle of Wight, aged 78, the Rev. Richard Cæsar Degrenthe, D.D. He was one of the earliest refugees to this country in the time of the French revolution, and for many years kept an extensive military academy in that town,

At Weymouth, Caroline Frances Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady William Somerset, in her 27th year.

At Kensington, Catherine, widow of the late George Matcham, esq., of Ashfold Lodge, co. of Sussex, and only surviving sister of the late Adm. Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.

At his house in Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, Sir Hugh Dillon Massey, the second Baronet, of Doonas, co. Limerick (1781), the senior magistrate and senior deputy lieutenant of that county.

31. At Oxford, the Hon. John St. Clair, B.A., of Christchurch College, youngest son of Lord Sinclair, in his 22nd year.

Lately. At the Manse of Nesting, Shetland, Mrs. Inches, widow of the Rev. John Inches, Minister of that parish, in her 102nd year.

At Coventry, William Griffin, esq., in his 93rd year.

At Wood Villa, near Ottoxeter, Abraham Hoskins, esq., formerly of Newton Solney, in his 83rd year.

At Bath, Mr. Richard Clarke, in his 94th year.

At Little Baddow, Essex, the Rev. A. Johnson, Vicar of that parish upwards of fifty years, in his 93rd year.

At St. Stephens-in-Branwell, Cornwall, Grace Hooper, in her 106th year.

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At Clapton, Mr. T. Ballance, of Hackney, in his 93rd year.

At St. Blazey, Cornwall, Mr. John Pearce, leaving one hundred and five grandchildren and thirty-five great grandchildren, in his 90th year.

APRIL.

1. At Blundeston parsonage, aged 40, Isaac Preston Cory, esq., Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge.

At the Military Hospital, Stoke, aged 31, Dr. Nicholl, Assistant-surgeon of the 65th reg.

At Newby, near Stokesley, aged 69, Mr. Robert Wiles. He had served his country as a warrant officer for above twenty years, and was greatly respected by his superior officers for his general good conduct, and for his distinguished gallantry on several occasions, particularly in cutting out vessels on the shores of the Mediterranean.

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3. Aged 32, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Scott, esq., of Bank House, West Bromwich, and on the 31st March, in his 7th year, W. William, the youngest son. At Runcton House, near Chichester, Elizabeth, wife of George Buckton, esq., of Oakfield, Hornsey, Middlesex, and eldest daughter of the late Richard Merricks, esq., of Runcton.

4. At Preston House, near Shrewsbury, in his 64th year, Sir Francis Brian Hill, K.T.S.; brother to Lord Hill, the General Commanding-in-chief. He was born April 21, 1778, the fifth son of Sir John Hill, the third Baronet of Hawkestone, co. Salop, by Mary, daughter and coheiress of John Chambre, of Peyton in the same county, esq. He served in the Portuguese army during the Peninsular campaign; and was afterwards Secretary of Legation at Rio Janeiro. He received the royal licence to accept the Portuguese order of the Tower and Sword, June 5, 1810.

5. At Brighton, aged 61, the Lady of Sir R. Campbell, and daughter of G. Pasley, M.D., physician-general at Madras.

At Brighton, aged 86, Patrick Kelly, LL.D. formerly of Finsburysquare. Dr. Kelly was well known in the literary and scientific world by his clear and able treatises on several branches of science. He enjoyed the friendship of Maskelyne, Herschel, Hutton, Vince, Burney, Raine, and many other eminent men of that generation, and passed a long life in the active promotion of practical science. His opinion on questions of currency and exchanges was frequently appealed to by committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons, where his evidence and calculations seldom failed to

throw light on those abstruse subjects. His great work, the "Universal Cambist," in which he had the assistance of Government through the medium of their foreign consulates, is justly considered a standard authority on such points, and will be a lasting monument of his talent and industry.

At his residence on St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Sir Ross Mahon, the second Baronet of Castlegar, co. Galway (1819), a Lieutenant 60th Rifles, and one of the Aides-de-camp of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; nephew to Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey. He was born July 18, 1811, the eldest son of the late Sir Ross Mahon, created a Baronet in 1819, by his third wife, Maria Geraldine, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. James Fitz-Gerald, of Incheronan, co. Clare, Prime Serjeant-at-Law, and the Right Hon. Catharine Baroness FitzGerald and Vesey. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Rifles, December 14, 1834, and Lieutenant, November 23, 1838. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in August 1835; and, dying unmarried, is succeeded by his next brother, now Sir James Fitz-Gerald Mahon. Sir Ross was in the enjoyment of perfect health up to the night before his death, when he arranged with a party to proceed the next day to the garrison races, at Maynooth, after which he was to have dined with the Duke of Leinster at Carton.

6. At Bridport, aged 62, John Golding, esq. He died suddenly while in the act of dressing.

In leading his regiment against the enemy at Jellalabad, Colonel William Henry Dennie, C.B., Lieut.-Col. of H.M. 13th Foot, and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, Colonel Dennie entered the army as an Ensign on the 1st of January, 1800; was promoted to Lieut., by purchase, on the 4th August 1804; to Captain, by purchase, 4th October, 1810; to Major, by purchase, on the 19th April, 1821; and finally to Lieut.Colonel, also by purchase, on the 6th July, 1832, having been the whole fortytwo years of his service on full pay. He served in India during the campaign under Lord Lake in 1805, 1806; was present at the capture of the Isle of France in 1810; and greatly distinguished himself during the Burmese war in 1826-27, where he was severely wounded. In acknowledgment of his services on this occasion, the Compan

ionship of the Bath was conferred upon him. He was with the army throughout the Affghan war, from 1828 to the period of his death. He led the storming party at Ghuznee, and was the first man within the walls. On this occasion, from some unexplained cause, he appears to have laboured under the displeasure of the authorities-the honours conferred on his juniors in service, and his inferiors in rank, having been withheld from him. Of this he respectfully but bitterly complained to the Commander-in-Chief, the Governor-general, and Horse-guards, but received no satisfaction. The man most distinguished at the storm of Ghuznee was slighted in the despatch, and insulted with the offer, which he scorned, of the third class Dooranee order. In the middle of September, 1840, he was despatched in quest of the Wullee of Khooloom, then in the teld, with 10,000 men in support of Dost Mahommed. After a series of difficult and brilliantly executed manœuvres amongst the defiles of the Hindvo Koosh, he succeeded in bringing the enemy to battle at Bamecan on the 18th of September, where, with a force of less than 1,000 men, he dispersed 10,000 of the enemy-about 800 having been killed or wounded. This action was so decisive as to terminate the campaign, and compel the surrender of Dost Mahommed. Col. Dennie was now offered the second class of the Dooranee order, but he refused it. An account of the engagement at Jellalabad in which he fell, will be found in our history chap. Affghanistan.

7. At his seat, Read Hall, Lancashire, aged 49, John Fort, esq., a Dep.-Lieut. and magistrate of the county, and late M.P. for Clithero. He was the son and heir of Richard Fort, esq., who purchased Read Hall (the ancient seat of the Nowell family) in 1799. He was a manufacturer at Blackburn, and was first returned for that borough in 1832, in the Whig interest, having polled 157 votes to 124 given for John Irving, esq. In 1835, he was re-elected without opposition. In 1837, he was opposed by William Whalley, esq., whom he defeated by 164 votes to 155. He retired in 1841.

S. At Bromley-hill, aged 78, Gen. Sir William Houston, Bart.., G.C.B. G.C.H. and K.C. Governor of Gibraltar, and Col. of the 20th Foot. This distinguished officer was the heir male