DEATHS.-JULY. himself a Protectionist. Mr. William Praed was unmarried. 12. At Ramsgate, Charlotte Elizabeth, lady of Lewis H. J. Tonna, esq., better known under her literary designation of "Charlotte Elizabeth." This very successful religious writer was born at Norwich about the year 1792, and was the only daughter of the Rev. Michael Browne, a Minor Canon of the cathedral, and Rector of St. Giles's in that city. At a very early age, Miss Browne became the wife of Captain George Phelan, of H. M. 60th Regiment, a gentleman whose affairs were dreadfully embarrassed, and whose harsh conduct soon caused a separation. During the law-suits in which her husband was involved, her time had been chiefly passed in writing out documents for the lawyers. She was already regarded as a literary recluse, when, from a casual communication with a lady who devoted her time to the distribution of tracts among the poor, she was induced to make her first essay in authorship in aid of the objects of the Dublin Tract Society. After removing to the town of Kilkenny, she finished "Osric, a missionary tale," which formed a good-sized volume, and wrote several smaller tales for that Society, which paid her liberally, and cheered her on her path with all the warmth of Christian affection. "My little books and tracts became popular because, after some struggle against a plan so humbling to literary pride, I was able to adopt the suggestion of a wise Christian brother, and to form a style of such homely simplicity, that if, on reading a manuscript to a child of five years old, I found there was a single sentence or word above his comprehension, it was instantly corrected to suit that lowly standard." Whilst thus largely benefiting others, and supporting herself by her own exertions, Mrs. Phelan was not exempt from continued persecution. Claims which, however unjust, appear to have had some legal validity, were made upon her, and she was in consequence obliged to publish her works under her baptismal names of" Charlotte Elizabeth," not from any affectation of singularity, but simply to enable her to derive the benefit of her literary labours. A series of religious tales followed, which have attained very great celebrity among certain classes of the community; their main purport being directed to the support of the truths of the Gospel, and to combating the exertions of the Church of Rome; in which last she was at least so far successful, that some of her works have attained the honour of a place in the "Index Expurgatorius." In the year 1841 (Captaira Phelan having been dead some years), she was married to L. Hyppolytus J. Tonna, esq., Assistant Director of the United Service Institution,-an alliance which was as happy as her first was the reverse. 13. At Rose Park, county Galway, Daniel M Nevin, esq., for many years an active member of the Catholic Association, the Repeal Association, and the '82 Club. He was a solicitor in extensive practice, and an enthusiast in extreme anti-English opinions. In Dublin, aged 66, Mr. John Bernard Logier, the author of the celebrated Logierian system of musical instruction, and inventor of the keyed bugle. At Poonah, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fanshawe Martin, Deputy Adjutant-General to the Queen's forces at Bombay, youngest son of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G. C.B. 16. At Ballyconra, Kilkenny, aged 75, the Right Hon. Edmund Butler, Earl of Kilkenny, and 12th Viscount Mountgarret, county Wexford, and Baron of Kells (1550). His Lordship was born January 6, 1771, the eldest son of Edmund, eleventh Viscount Mountgarret, by Lady Henrietta Butler, second daughter of Somerset Hamilton, first Earl of Carrick. He succeeded to the title of Viscount on his father's death, July 16, 1793, and on the 20th of December in the same. year was advanced to the dignity of an Earl. His Lordship married, June 8, 1793, Mildred, eldest daughter of the Most Rev. Robert Fowler, D.D., Lord Archbishop of Dublin; but by that lady, who died December 30, 1830, he had no issue, and the ancient Viscountcy of Mountgarret has devolved on his nephew, Henry Edmund Butler. At Genoa, aged 56, Major-General Lord George William Russell, Aide-deCamp to the Queen, a Brigadier-General in the army of Portugal, G. C. B., and Knight of the order of Leopold of Belgium, brother to the Duke of Bedford and Lord John Russell. Lord William Russell was the second son of John, sixth Duke of Bedford, K.G., by his first wife the Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, second daughter of George, fourth Viscount Torrington. He was born on the 8th of May, 1790, and was gazetted as Cornet in the 1st Dragoons on the 5th of February, 1806. Having rapidly acquired those steps in rank which were to be ex DEATHS.-JULY. pected by a youth of such high connections, not unaided by natural talent, he served on the staff at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807, as Aide-de-Camp to Sir G. Ludlow; and subsequently embarked with the 23rd Dragoons, in which he was now a Captain, for Lisbon in 1809, where he landed with that regiment, and accompanied them to the battle of Talavera, on which occasion he was wounded. At Cadiz in 1810, and at the battle of Barrosa, he was Aide-de-Camp to Lord Lynedoch. In February 1813, he ceased to be a cavalry officer, being appointed to a majority in 102nd Foot, and he served subsequently as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington on several occasions; amongst others, at the battle of Vittoria, June 21, 1813. He was also present at the storming of San Sebastian, and at the battles of Orthes and Toulouse, for the latter of which he received a medal. After this closing triumph in the Peninsula, he accompanied the British army into France. He became a LieutenantColonel by brevet on April 12, 1814. During the long peace, Lord William Russell passed his time in the usual routine of a military man in command. But, on the advent of his friends to power in 1830, he entered upon a new career, being attached to one of our most important foreign embassies, that of Sir Robert Adair, who represented England in the Netherlands during that struggle between Holland and Belgium which ended in placing King Leopold upon the throne of the latter country. There was not only much negotiation, but some fighting upon that occasion; and the military experience of Lord William Russell proved a valuable adjunct to the skill in negotiation for which Sir Robert Adair had been justly celebrated. In the following year Lord William Russell was sent on a special mission to Lisbon, the object of which was to assist in arranging the differences which prevailed among the members of the House of Braganza, and to endeavour to restore public tranquillity; this mission was not terminated until the month of March 1834. In the month of September following his return from Portugal, he received the appointment of Minister Plenipotentiary at Wurtemberg, which he held till November 1835, when he succeeded Lord Minto as British Ambassador at Berlin; and at that court he represented the British Government, until, on the accession of Sir Robert Peel to power in September 1841, he resigned, and was succeeded in that important office by Lord Burghersh, now Earl of Westmorland. He attained the brevet rank of Colonel in 1830, and the rank of Major-General in 1841, and received the civil Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1838 for his diplomatic services, and in 1841 the order of Leopold of Belgium (1st class). Lord William Russell married, June 21, 1817, Elizabeth Anne, only child of the late Hon. John Theophilus Rawdon, brother to the first Marquess of Hastings; and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue. At the seat of his son-in-law, Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart., Lissadell, county Sligo, Thomas Goold, esq., one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. Mr. Goold was a native of Cork. He was called to the Irish bar in 1791, and he was, with one exceptionLord Plunkett-the last star in that galaxy of talent which shone forth with such a splendid and brilliant radiancy in Ireland towards the close of the last century. The contemporary, as well as associate, of all the bright luminaries of that day in oratory, literature, and belles lettres-of Flood, Woolfe, Fitzgibbon, Ogle-he was the personal friend of Saurin, Plunkett, Grattan, and Bushe, and took his stand and played his part in all those brilliant displays and "keen encounter of men's wits" by which the Irish House of Commons, of which he was then a member, was characterized. Having expended an ample fortune in the enjoyment of these brilliant friends, Mr. Goold found himself compelled, at an advanced period of life, to apply seriously to his profession. With Mr. Goold, once resolved upon achieving a great object, action was immediate. His energies and his powers were put forth with a strength and a vigour, and a perseverance and assiduity, for the possession of which few then gave him credit; and it may be said of him that per saltum he sprang into full business, and within a comparatively brief period established himself securely at the very head of that branch of the profession which he selected as best suited to his tastes and capabilities, and it has been said, that Mr. Goold was the best nisi prius lawyer who ever held a brief at the Irish bar. Having been appointed third serjeant in 1823, and King's serjeant in 1830, he was in 1832 made Master in Chancery, when his zeal, his energies, and his whole time, were devoted to the discharge of the duties pertaining to the office. DEATHS. At Rome, aged 65, Prince Heinrich of Prussia, brother to the late King. 19. After a short illness, aged 70, Daniel Wakefield, esq., of Lincoln's Inn, one of her Majesty's Counsel. Mr. Wakefield was the second son of Mr. Edward Wakefield, merchant, of London, and Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield, who was well known for the many ingenious works which she wrote for the promotion of juvenile improvement. He was educated under the immediate care of his parents, and attained great knowledge at a very early age, and when scarcely twenty became a political writer of much eminence. He was called to the bar in 1807 by the honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, and was soon considered one of the ablest equity draughtsmen of his day. In attention to his professional duties he was indefatigable, and was a most zealous and pleasing advocate. He was nominated one of his late Majesty's Counsel in 1833, and after that period practised as a leading counsel with great éclat. He was counsel for Mr. Attwood in the great cause of Small v. Attwood, when, the Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst having decided the cause against Mr. Attwood, Mr. Wakefield advised and undertook the successful appeal to the House of Lords from that decision, which involved a question of no less than one million of money; and for the great ability he displayed in this cause he received a silk gown from the Lord Chancellor and a cheque for 5000l. from Mr. Attwood. Mr. Wakefield was one of the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn, and the most active of the Committee for building the splendid new Hall and Library, in the erection of which he took the most lively interest, and had the great pleasure to see it finally completed, and the honour, with his brother Benchers, to entertain her Majesty and Prince Albert to dinner therein. Mr. Wakefield was twice married, but, leaving no issue, his heir-at-law is his brother, Edward Wakefield, esq. At Prestonfield, near Edinburgh, Anne, widow of Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart. She was the daughter of John Alves, esq., of Shigland, co. Inverness, M.D. 20. At his house in Glenmoyle, near Londonderry, in his 80th year, John Claudius Beresford, esq., formerly M.P. for Dublin and for co. Waterford. He was the third son of the Right Hon. John Beresford, second son of Marcus, first Earl of Tyrone, and brother to the first Marquess of Waterford, by his first wife, JULY. Anne Constantia Ligondes, a grand-daughter of the Count de Ligondes, a French General taken prisoner at Blenheim. The name of Mr. Beresford is identified with the mercantile, political, municipal, and social history of Ireland. He was senior partner in one of the greatest banking houses ever established in this country; he represented the metropolis at, and for many years previous to, the Union, which measure he most violently opposed; and was one of the first members after that event selected for the Imperial Parliament. He was an alderman, and served the office of Lord Mayor for the city of Dublin with princely hospitality; and in his habits and intercourse with his fellows he was joyous, frank, and entertaining. In the terrible times of '96, a Commandant of the Merchants' Corps of Yeomanry, a severe and a distressing duty was committed to its Captain. The exigency of the times, and the very nature of the functions to be administered, required a man firm of heart, resolute of purpose, quick in conception, and rapid in execution. The very occupancy of such circumstances, and at such a crisis, of course brought upon him the malignant vituperation of the rebellious and disloyal, whose schemes it was his duty to detect and defeat. Now that the passions of those dreadful times have passed away, the conduct of Mr. Beresford, in the firm discharge of his duty, has received its due approbation from all parties. On the death of his father in 1806, Mr. Beresford was elected for the county of Waterford, and again at the general election in the same year and in 1807. married, March 3, 1795, Elizabeth, only daughter of Archibald Menzies, of Culdare, co. Peebles, esq., but had no issue. At Kingstown, near Dublin, in his 66th year, Reuben Caillaud Mangin, esq., Rear-Admiral of the Blue. This officer was a son of Lieut-Colonel Samuel Henry Mangin, of the 12th Dragoons, and was born in Dublin 1780; and entered the naval service in 1794, under the patronage of Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart., with whom he served the greater part of his time as a midshipman, on board the Pomone, Canada, Téméraire, Renown, and Minerva. He was midshipman of the Pomone, in the expedition to Quiberon, in 1795, and of the Canada, in the action with Bompart in 1798; and of the Minerva at the capture of the French frigates Succès, off Leghorn, at the evacuation of that city in 1799. He was made Lieutenant He DEATHS.-JULY. in 1800, and a Commander in 1804, and commanded the Valorous praam at the memorable four months' defence of Dantzic, in 1807, for which service he was promoted to the rank of Captain in the month of October in that year. In 1811 he was appointed to the Saldanha frigate on the Irish station, where he continued for only a short period, and was not subsequently employed. He was made a Rear-Admiral in Nov. 1841, at the general promotion in honour of the birth of the Prince of Wales. 23. At Garscube, co. Dumbarton, aged 77, Sir Archibald Campbell, the second Bart. of Succoth, in that county (1808), and formerly a judge, under the title of Lord Succoth. He was born Aug. 1, 1769, the son and heir of Sir Ilay Campbell, the first Baronet, who was Lord President of the Court of Session, and bore the same title of Lord Succoth, by Susan Mary, daughter of Archibald Murray, of Cringletie, esq. In 1809 he was appointed a Lord of Session, when he assumed the title of Lord Succoth, and subsequently he was made a Lord of Justiciary. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father, March 28, 1823, and in the following year he resigned his appointments on a pension. Sir Archibald married, in Aug. 1795, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Balfour, esq., of Balbirnie, Fifeshire, by whom he had issue. 23. At Edinburgh, Lieut-Colonel Robert Winchester, K. H. late of the 92d Highlanders. Colonel Winchester entered the army at an early period of life, having been appointed to an ensigney in the 92d Regiment on the 18th of September, 1805, in which gallant corps he continued to serve with much distinction during a period of nearly forty years. He accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, and that to Walcheren in 1809. He served in the Peninsula from October, 1810, to the end of the war, including the lines at Torres Vedras, action of Arroyo de Molino, taking of Almarez, defence of Alba de Tormes, battle of Vittoria, affairs of Puerto de Maya, 4th and 8th of July, 1813, battles of the Pyrenees, 25th, 30th, and 31st of July, 1813, affair of Roncesvalles, battle of the Nivelle, affair of Cambo, battle of the Nive, on the 9th and 13th of December, 1813, affair of Helleto, action at Garris, affair of Ariverette, battle of Orthes, actions at Aire and Tarbes. He was slightly wounded in the Pyrenees, July 25, and severely at the Nive, 13th of December, 1813. Colonel Winchester also served in the campaign of 1815, and was present at Quatre Bras, where he was wounded in the left hand, and at the memorable battle of Waterloo, when his right arm was fractured by a musket-shot. He had retired on full pay. 26. At Stratton Park, aged 72, Mary Ursula, wife of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. and mother of the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, M.P. She was the eldest daughter of Charles Sealy, esq., barrister-at-law, of Calcutta. At Waldi Beni Jabor, in Muscat, the Rev. Thomas Brockman, Rector of St. Clement's, Sandwich. Mr. Brockman was travelling in Southern Arabia under the patronage of the Royal Geographical Society. His diaries and papers are likely to prove of considerable interest, and the drawings consist of some forty or fifty sketches of the country, of buildings, and of costumes. There are also a few botanical and geological specimens. Mr. Brockman had, however, been unable, from the jealousy and inhospitality of the people, to penetrate far into the country. 28. In Belgrave-square, aged 74, General the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, a Privy Councillor, Colonel of the 1st Foot, and Governor of Fort George; G. C. B., G. C. H.; Knight Grand Cross of Leopold, St. Alexander Newski, and the Red Eagle; a Commander of the Tower and Sword, Maximilian Joseph, and St. Henry, and a Knight of the Second Class of the Crescent of Turkey; Governor of the Royal Military College at Woolwich, President of the Royal Geographical Society, D. C. L. and F.R. S. Sir George Murray was born Feb. 6, 1772, at the family seat in Perthshire, being the second son of Sir William Murray, Bart., by Lady Augusta Mackenzie, seventh and youngest daughter of George, third Earl of Cromarty. His edu. cation commenced at the High School, and was finished at the University of Edinburgh. His first commission of Ensign in the 71st Foot was dated March 12, 1789. From that regiment he soon after removed to the 34th, and in June 1790 to the 3d Guards. In 1793 he participated in the campaign in Flanders, and in Jan. 1794 was promoted to a lieutenancy, with the rank of Captain. He returned to England in April, and, having rejoined the army in Flanders in the following summer, was present in the retreat through Holland and Germany. In 1795 DEATHS.-JULY. he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major- Very of Paris. On the 1st Jan., 1812, he became a Major-General, and on the 9th Aug. 1813, he was appointed Colonel of the 7th battalion of the 60th regiment; from which he was removed to the 72d Foot in 1817. He was nominated a Knight of the Bath Sept. 11, 1813, before the enlargement of that order. After serving for a short time as Adjutant-General in Ireland, he was appointed to the government of the Canadas, and thither he proceeded without delay. A short period had only elapsed, when the Secretary of State announced to him that Napoleon had landed at Cannes. Sir George had the choice of either remaining in Canada or of returning to Europe. He preferred rejoining his old companions in arms; the natural feelings of a soldier, and the spirit of enterprise, which formed one of the elements of his character, would not permit him to remain an inactive spectator of such stirring scenes. The delay occasioned by the embarkation of a large body of troops, and the slow progress made in sailing with a fleet of transports, prevented his overtaking the British army till it had nearly reached Paris. During the stay of our army of occupation on the continent, Sir George remained with them, enjoying the local rank of a Lieutenant-General. While in Paris he received seven Orders of Knighthood, besides those conferred upon him by his own Sovereign,-a sufficient proof of the esteem in which his character and services were held by continental monarchs. On the return of the Army of Occupation, he was appointed Governor of Edinburgh Castle, but he held that office for only a year, exchanging it on the 18th Aug, 1819, for the Government of the Royal Military College. On the 14th of June, 1820, the University of Oxford conferred on him the degree of D. C. L.; and in January, 1824, he was chosen a Fellow of the Royal Society. His appointment to the command of the 42d Foot took place in Sept. 1823, and, on the 6th of March following he became Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. In the same year he was chosen Member of Parliament for the county of Perth; but at this time his attendance in Parliament was much interrupted by duties which devolved upon him in Ireland, where he filled the office of Commander of the Forces. At the general election in 1826, he was again returned for his native county. In 1828 he gave up the command of the army in Ireland |