Harris Nicolas, a dau.- -20. At Ashhurst Park, Kent, the wife of W. H. Hoare, esq. a son.- -22. In Woburn-pl. the wife of James Crosby, esq. barrister-at-law, a son.-21. At Sutton Mandeville, Wilts, the wife of the Rev. Wadham Knatchbull, Preb. of Wells, a son. -23. At Welton Vicarage, near Daventry, the wife of the Rev. F. Tebbut, a son.-25. At Horton Hall, Staffordshire, the wife of the Rev. G. G. Harvey, a son.-The wife of J. Lee Lee, esq. M.P. a son and heir.-27. At Milborne Port, the lady of Sir W. C. Medlycott, Bart. a dau.-At Harrow Weald, the wife of the Rev. H. Foyster, a son.At the Rectory, Chedzay, the wife of the Rev. T. Coney, a son.-28. At Speen, Berks, the wife of the Rev. J. E. Austen, a son.- At Iwerne Minster, Dorset, the wife of the Rev. W. Blennerhasset, a son.- -29. In Upper Bedford-pl. the wife of S. Hawtayne Lewin, esq. a son.At Holdernesse House, the Marchioness of Londonderry, a son.

March 1. The wife of the Rev. W. Martin, of Staverton, Devon, a son.-2. At Itchen Stoke, the wife of the Hon. F. Baring, a dau.The wife of C. H. Phillips, esq. of Hull, a son.

3. In Portland-pl. the wife of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, a son.-At Helston, the wife of Frederick Hill, esq. a son.-4. At Norwood, the wife of Major-Gen. Tolly, a dau.At Edgeware, the wife of the Rev. N. Fiott, a dau. 5. At Knuston Hall, Northamptonshire, the wife of Quintus Vivian, esq. a dau.

-6. The wife of G. Gatty, esq. of York-st. Portman-sq. a son. At Week St. Mary, Cornwall, the wife of the Rev. Walter Gee, a dau.-7. At West Town, near Kingsbridge, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Andrews, a boy and a girl.-9. At Charlton Rectory, Kent, the wife of the Rev. Arthur Drummond, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

Jan. 2. At Hacheston, Suffolk, Capt. the Hon. Henry John Rous, R.N. brother of the present Earl of Stradbroke, to Sophia, only dau. of the late James Ramsay Cuthbert, esq. of Grosvenor-sq.-11. At Brighton, James Waddell, esq. of Finneston, to Rosetta, only dau. of the late Alderman John Crowder, of Hammersmith.--At Weymouth, Theophilus John St. George, esq. eldest son of Sir Richard Bligh St. George, Bart. of Woodsgift, co. Kilkenny, to Caroline Georgiana, second dau, of J. Lautour, esq. of Hexton House, Hertfordsh.

-12. At St. Pancras new church, Major Henry Knight, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Edw. Northey, of Woodcot-house, Surrey, Canon of Windsor.At Littleham, R. T. Abraham, esq. to Eliz. Knightley, dau. of the late Rev. C. John Smyth, Rector of Great Fakenham, Suffolk.-14. At Bristol, the Rev. J. Cross, vicar of Meriott, Somerset, to Anne, dau. of the late S. Hadley, esq. of Clapham, Surrey.-18. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Lord Visc. Powerscourt to the Lady Eliz. Jocelyn.- -26. At Embleton, the Rev. Edward Feilde, to Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Bosanquet, esq. of Rock, co. Northumberland.28. At Speldhurst, Kent, Thos, Gordon, esq. son of the late Lieut.-Gen. Gordon Cuming Skene, of Pitlurg and Dyce, Aberdeenshire, to Harriet Madden, youngest dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Hutchinson.- -30. At Milan, the Count Jules D'Andreis, Governor of the Military College at Racconiggi, to Caroline, dau, of the late Rev. T. King, D.D. of Woodstock, Oxon.

Feb. 18. At Little Cheverel, Wilts, George Nicholas, esq. of Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-sq. to Eliz. dau. of the Rev. E. S. Davenport, of Davenport House, Salop.-At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. the Rev. J. Bathurst Schomberg, Rector of Belton, Suffolk, to Mar

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garet Mary, dau. of R. Ashworth, esq. of Bryanstone-sq.At Brixton, W. Spencer, esq. barrister-at-Law, to Georgiana Madelina, only child of the late Lieut.-Col. Hugh Sutherland. -At Taunton, Capt. Maher, of Woodlands, to Matilda, widow of the late Capt. Tho. Blair, E.I.C.-21. At Wimpole, near Cambridge, Robert C. L. Bevan, esq. to the Lady Agnetta Yorke, sister of the Earl of Hardwicke.At St. Pancras Church, the Rev. R. Burdett Burgess, to Margaret Esther, only dau. of the late Edw. Burgess, esq-At Marylebonne Church, Capt. Hilton, 16th Lancers, to Harriet, third dau. of Benj. Aislabie, esq. of Parkplace, Regent's-park.--25. At Westonbirt, co. Glouc. Sir G. J. Palmer, Bart. of Wanlip Hall, Leicestershire, to Emily Elizabeth, youngest dau. of George Holford, esq.At Plumstead, Kent, Capt. James Fogo, R.A. to Jane widow of the Rev. J. Crosbie.The Rev. W. R. Griesbach, vicar of Fridaythorpe, to Hannah, second dau. of J. Singleton, esq. of Givendale House, co. York.

Lately. Rev. J. Woodhouse, to Laura Agnes, fifth dau. of Sir J. Trevelyan, Bart. of Nettlecombe Court, Somersetshire.- -At Tipperary, Edw. Synge, esq. eldest son of Sir E. Synge, Bart. to Margaret, dau. of the late O. Saunders, esq. of Newtown Saunders, Wicklow.-At Salthrop House, Wilts, Lieut.-Col. Vandeleur, to the relict of C. M. Stuart, esq. and dau. of the late Rt. Hon. J. O. Vandeleur, of Kilrush house, co. Clare.

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March 1. At Hanford, Dorset, James John Farquharson, esq. of Langton, Dorset, to Mary Anne, widow of the late J. Phelips, esq. of Montacute House, co. Somerset.-At Weymouth, the Rev. R. C. Phelips, Rector of Cucklington, Somerset, to Caroline Anne, second dau. of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart. of Hareword, co. Hereford.-2. At Old Swinford, Worcestershire, the Rev. C. H. Craufurd, to Eliza, eldest dau. of R. Hickman, esq.Kensington, Major Curphey, E.I.C. to Christiana, dau. of J. Bell, esq. -3. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. C. A. Thurlow, vicar of Scalby, near Scarborough, to Fanny Margaret, dau. of Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart.-At Witton-le-Wear, T. D. Brown, esq. of Jarrow House, Durham, to Isabella, eldest dau. of Sir W. Chaytor, Bart. of Witton Costler.At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-sq. Charles Hulse, esq. second son of Sir C. Hulse, Bart. to Georgina, dan. of Lieut.-Gen. Buller, of Pelym, Cornwall. At Donyland, Essex, I. G. Wilson, esq. to Eliz. third dau. of Capt. Maynard, of Donyland Hall. 4. At Ditton Park, G. W. Hope, esq. eldest son of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alex. Hope, to Caroline Georgiana Montagu, youngest dau. of Lord Montagu.At Witham, Essex, Thos. Ashworth, esq. of Tarton, Lancashire, to Anne, youngest dau. of Thos. Christy, esq. of Broomfield.-5. Henry Vallance, esq. of Essex-street, Strand, to Emily Ann, eldest dau. of Thos. Carr, esq. of Tavistock-pl. Russell-sq.-8. At Great Amwell, Herts, G. A. Smith, esq. to Katherine, eldest dau. of the Rev. Dr. Batten, principal of the East India College, Haileybury.- 10. Capt. G. W. Okes, son of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Oakes, Bart. to Eliz. Staples, dau. of the late R. Fisher, esq. of Mitcham, Surrey.-15. The Rev. J. Woodhouse, to Laura Agnes, fifth dau. of Sir J. Trevelyan, Bart. of Nettlecombe Court, Somersetshire.- -16. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-sq. Lord Poltimore to Caroline, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Buller.- -At Spottiswoode, Berwick, Lord John Douglas Montagu Scott, M.P. co. Roxburgh, to Alicia Anne, eldest dau. of John Spottiswoode, of Spottiswoode, esq.-17. At Chingford, Lumley B. Bidwell, esq. to Anne Frances, third dau. of the late T. H. Budd, esq. of Bedford-row.

EARL OF EGMONT.

Dec. 31. At Epsom, Surrey, aged 68, the Right Hon. John Perceval, fourth Earl of Egmont, co. Cork (1733), Viscount Perceval, of Kanturk, in the same county (1722,) and Baron Perceval, of Burton, also co. Cork (1715); third Lord Lovel and Holland, of Enmore, co. Somerset (1762); and the eighth Baronet (of the Kingdom of Ireland, 1661).

His Lordship was born at High-house, near Purfleet, in Essex, Aug. 13, 1767, and was the only son of John-James the third Earl, by Isabella, only daughter and beiress of Lord Nassau Powlett, younger son of Charles second Duke of Bolton, K. G. He succeeded his father, Feb. 25, 1822.

His Lordship married, March 10, 1792, Bridget, daughter of the late Glynn Wynn, Esq. uncle to the present Lord Newborough; and by that lady, who died Jan. 24, 1826, he has left issue an only son, the Right Hon. Henry- Frederick John-James now Earl of Egmont; who married in Dec. 1828, Louise-Marie, daughter of the Count d'Orselet, and has issue a son, now Viscount Perceval, born in 1829.

The remains of this nobleman were removed from Epsom on the 8th Jan. to the church at Charlton, Kent, where they were deposited in the family vault. The present Earl and his domestics followed the body. The carriages of Lord Arden and his son were in the procession for about three miles from Epsom, when they returned.

The estate of Enmore, in Somersetshire, formerly the patrimony of the Perceval family, was purchased by the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere some years ago, and the splendid edifice of Enmore Castle has been destroyed.

DR. VAN MILDERT, BP. OF DURHAM.

Feb. 21. At Bishop's Auckland, aged 70, the Right Rev. William Van Mildert, D.D. Lord Bishop of Durham, Count Palatine and Custos Rotulorum of the Principality of Durham, Visitor of Durham University, &c. &c.

Dr. Van Mildert was the grandson of Abraham Van Mildert, of Amsterdam, who settled as a merchant in London, and resided in the parish of Great St. Helen's. His son Cornelius, who resided at Newington, Surrey, and died in 1799, had by Martha, daughter of William Hill, of Vauxhall, esq. (which lady died in 1818, at the advanced age of 86), three GENT. MAG. VOL. V.

sons, of whom the second and sole survivor was the Bishop.

William Van Mildert was born in London in the year 1765. He received his education at Merchant-taylors' School, and at Queen's College, Oxford, where he graduated B. A. 1787, M. A. 1790, B. and D.D. 1813. In Trinity term, 1788, he was ordained Deacon on the curacy of Sherbourn and Lewknor, in Oxfordshire. He afterwards became Curate of Witham, in Essex, and during his residence at that place he married Jane, daughter of the late General Douglas, who survives him without issue. In April 1795 he was presented by his cousin-german and brother-in-law Cornelius Ives, esq. to the rectory of Bradden, in Northamptonshire, from which he was removed at the close of 1796 to the rectory of St. Mary-le-Bow, in the city of London. That living having formerly consisted of the separate benefices of St. Mary. St. Pancras, and Allhallows, has a divided patronage, of which the Archbishop of Canterbury enjoys two turns, and the Grocers' Company the third. Mr. Van Mildert happened to be Chaplain to the Grocers' Company, and being thus brought under the notice of its leading members, was nominated to the living, and thus put forward in that step of his preferment which must have materially contributed to his subsequent promotion, by making his merits known in the metropolis. Whilst Rector of St. Mary-le-Bow, he was sued for non-residence, but claimed exemption from the penalty because there was no parsonagehouse. A verdict was, however, obtained against him, from the consequences of which, as many other incumbents were in a similar predicament, he was relieved by an act of parliament. He retained the living until he was placed on the episcopal bench.

Early in his city residence he was appointed to preach Lady Moyer's lecture in St. Paul's cathedral.

Between the years 1802 and 1805 he preached the lecture founded by the Right Hon. R. Boyle, and discharged that duty with such eminent ability as to attract the general attention of learned men. soon received a token of public approbasion, in the vicarage of Farningham, Kent,

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which was conferred upon him in the most flattering manner by Archbishop Sutton. His character, as a preacher and divine, was now fully established; and in April, 1812, he was elected by a large majority of the benchers to the preachership of Lincoln's Inn. In Sept. 1813, he was appointed by Lord Liverpool to be Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford. Nothing could be more acceptable to the University than the Premier's choice. The station is one of great difficulty and of unspeakable importance to the whole Church: and among the distinguished persons who have filled it, none perhaps have possessed more solid qualifications for the office, or have discharged its duties in a more efficient manner. In Lent and Easter terms, 1814, Dr. Van Mildert preached the Bampton Lecture, to which he had been appointed by the Heads of Houses before he became Professor. March. 1819, he was made Bishop of Llandaff; and Dean of St. Paul's in the following year. He then resigned his station at Oxford, and divided his time between London and Llandaff. In March 1826, on the death of Dr. Shute Barring ton, he was placed in the Episcopal Chair of Durham.

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As a theological writer the late Bishop of Durham stands in the first class. His "Boyle's Lectures" are an excellent performance. They contain an historical view of the rise and progress of infidelity, with a refutation of its principles and reasonings; and display a vast extent of reading, and a singular judgment in the arrangement and application of their materials.

His Life of Waterland" is a model for compositions of that kind. Dr. Waterland died in 1740, and for eighty years after his death no attempt was made to publish a complete edition of his works. At length, in the year 1823, Bishop Van Mildert supplied this defect. He put forth an edition of " Waterland," in 10 volumes, from the Oxford press, and he rendered his labour complete by prefixing a masterly "Review of the Life and Writings of the Author." This book fills up a chasm in the history of the Church of England. It shows the progress of the Trinitarian controversy from the death of Bishop Bull, in 1709, to the period of Waterland's death. It is indeed the production of a master-solid, luminous, and comprehensive, of equal value to the ecclesiastical historian and to the theological student.

The two volumes of Sermons preached at Lincoln's Inn, and published in 1831, are perhaps more generally known than the rest of the Bishop's works, and many of them are as fine specimens of sermons

for a learned audience as the English language can supply. There are also several single sermons of the Bishop's in print, not included in these volumes, particularly one on the Assassination of Mr. Percival, and another of very great merit, preached before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He supported the Duke of Wellington in the removal of the Disabilities of the Roman Catholics, and published the substance of a speech delivered on that occasion.

As a speaker in parliament the Bishop of Durham always commanded attention. Abstaining entirely from general politics, he was always ready for debate when the credit or interest of the Church of England was at stake. In these efforts he was remarkably successful. He thoroughly understood the character and feeling of the House of Lords; and the unaffected refinement of his mind and manners was exactly suited to their taste. The consequence was, that every word he uttered was received with deference and attention. Those who most strenuously opposed his arguments revered his integrity and talent. All parties treated him with respect. On one occasion, when his voice was accidentally more feeble than usual, the leading members of the House crowded round him, while he warned them, solemnly and firmly, against disturbing those bulwarks which he deemed essential to the preservation of the Church. His style, whether in speaking or writing, was, like his character, remarkable for its simplicity. There was no laboured ornament, no rhetorical display, nothing which carried with it the air of affectation or pretence. His taste was classical, his conceptions clear; and all his propositions were stated in language which it was scarcely possible to misapprehend.

To his unbounded charity, public and private, every corner of his diocese can bear its testimony. The University established in Durham was chiefly formed by his munificent support. His private charities were supplied with promptitude and delicacy. Princely almost as was his income, his Lordship has died, comparatively speaking, a poor man; and provision for his amiable widow arises chiefly from her beneficial interest in a life policy, now to be realized by his Lordship's

demise.

On the whole, it is very difficult to speak justly of this eminent person, without seeming to incur the charge of flattery. His understanding was vigorous and comprehensive; his learning accurate and deep; his apprehension quick; his temper highly sensitive, but generous, kind, and forgiving in the last degree.

Perhaps no man ever lived who could dismiss an angry emotion more readily from his mind. To forgive injuries was the habit of his life; to resent them he was never known.

In conversation he was lively and instructive, and not unfrequently playful; but whenever grave matters were introduced, his mind always rose in proportion to the subject, and he poured forth his store of knowledge and his manly sentiments with dignity and animation.

The Bishop enjoyed at different periods of his life the confidence and esteem of some of the most distinguished persons of his time, especially in the clerical and legal professions. He had a laudable ambition to acquire the good opinion of good men, and he succeeded; but of popularity, in the common meaning of the word, he was totally regardless. No hope of reward, no fear of censure, could ever induce him to deviate from that course which he conceived it to be his duty to maintain.

But, after all, the grand element of this fine character was a deep, habitual, and pervading sense of religion. This was the foundation stone of the whole fabric; on no other principle, indeed, could such a character have been formed. The labour of his life and the faculties of his mind were steadily directed to the maintenance and vindication of Christian truth.

The remains of this excellent prelate were interred in a vault prepared in the nave of the Cathedral Church of Durham. Hitherto no Protestant Bishop had been buried there. The funeral took place on the 1st of March, when the procession was formed in the following order: The Porter of the Cathedral: Bishop's Bedesmen, in their gowns, two and two; Officers of the Palatinate and the See, two and two; Chief Officers, &c. of the Household; Principal Surrogate and Spiritual Chancellor; Mayor and Corporation; the Nobility, Gentry, and other Laity, at the head of whom was Lord Ravensworth; the Constable of the Castle, C. J. Clavering, esq.; the High Sheriff, W. Wharton, esq.; Junior Verger of the Cathedral; King's Scholars, two and two; Masters of the Grammar School; Members of the University; Minor Canons; Choristers (boys first), two and two; Organist and Precentor; Senior Verger of the Cathedral; the Dean; two Mutes; late Bishop's Chaplains; Mace-bearer, carrying the Mace and Sword of State reversed; the Coffin, on each side of which were the pall bearers (Prebendaries robed)-viz. Rev. Dr. Gilly, Rev. G. Townsend, Rev. Dr. Wellesley, and Rev. J. G. Øgle; mourners,

two and two, consisting of his nephews, the Rev. Cornelius Ives and the Rev. William Ives, Rev. H. Douglas, Douglas Griesley, esq. Mr. H. Douglas, Mr. Grant, Mr. Hodgson, and three medical gentlemen; Archdeacon Thorpe; the Clergy of the Diocese, about 60; late Bishop's servants, two and two, followed by gentlemen, tradesmen, and others. The whole was a most imposing ceremony.

LORD STOWELL.

Jan. 28. At Early Court, near Reading, aged 90, the Right Hon. William Scott, Baron Stowell, of Stowell Park, co. Gloucester, a Privy Councillor, Master of the Faculties, a Bencher of the Middle Temple, D.C.L. F.R.S. and S.A. &c. &c.

This very eminent and talented man was born at Heworth, in the county of Durham, on or about the 18th of October, 1745, (O.S.) the memorable year of the Rebellion in Scotland. He was the eldest son of William Scott, an eminent Coal Fitter and Merchant in Newcastleupon Tyne, and Jane his wife, daughter of Mr. Henry Atkinson. There are some circumstances connected with his birth, of so curious and almost romantic a nature, that we are induced to give a short narrative of them. The whole country, particularly in the North, was in a state of the greatest alarm, and the approach of the rebels to Newcastle was almost daily expected; the town-walls were planted with cannon, and the gates closed and fortified, and every practicable measure adopted to withstand a siege; many of the inhabitants, who had the means, retired into the country; the consternation was greatly increased on the arrival of the news (about the 22d of September) of the defeat of General Sir John Cope, by the rebel forces, at the battle of Preston Pans. Mrs. Scott was at this time far advanced in pregnancy, and the family were very desirous to have her removed out of the town; but egress, in any common way, was next to impossible; her residence was in Love-lane, a narrow street adjoining to the public Quay, and the town-wall, at that time, ran along the Quay, between Love-lane and the river Tyne. In this emergency it was coutrived to have some sort of a basket, in which Mrs. Scott was placed, and lowered down, from the top of the wall, on the outside, to the Quay, where a boat was in readiness to receive her, and by which she was conveyed down the river to Heworth, a village about three miles below Newcastle, but on the south side of the Tyne, and in the county of Dur