MARRIAGES. DECEMBER. 3. At Calcutta, Lieut. Roger Delamere Dansey, 30th Reg.N.I., to Eliza Georgina, daughter of the late Colonel Dundas, of the E.I.S. At St. James's, Westminster, Lieut.-Col. Alexander, of the 5th Bengal Cavalry, to Penelope, youngest daughter of the late William Hooper, esq. At Trinity Church, Marylebone, John Christian Cowley, esq., of the Middle Temple, to Julia, eldest daughter of Sir William Baynes, bart., of Port land-place. At St. Mark's Church, Bangalore, S. Laurence Cox, esq., Surgeon, Madras Horse Artillery, to Emma, youngest daughter of George Pearse, esq., M.D. 4. At Mangalore, Capt. H. F. Guslard, 6th Madras, N.I., to Margaretta Sarah, daughter of the late Rev. John White. At Llandrinio, Lieut.-Col. Thorndike, R.A., to Isabella Russell, only daughter of the Rev. John Russell, M.A. At Coimbatore, Moreton J. Walhouse, esq., Civil Service, to Elizabeth Amelia, eldest daughter of the late William Baron de Kutzleben, Lieut.Col., Madras Army. 5. At Wallasey Church, Cheshire, Captain Charles Egerton, R.N., to Margaret, daughter of Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, of Leasowe Castle. 10. At St. Michael's, Chester-square, Henry Wollaston Blake, esq., to Charlotte Anne, eldest daughter of John Walbanke Childers, esq., M.P. At St. James's, Dover, Thomas Beevor, esq., to Sophia Jane, widow of the late T. Jermy Jermy, esq., of Stanfield Hall, in the same county. At Kerton, near Faversham, the Rev. C. Frederick Newell, M.A., Incumbent of Broadstairs, Kent, to Anne Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, of Norton Court. At Walworth, Henry Brinsley Sheridan, esq., of Brompton, to Elizabeth Frances, eldest surviving daughter of the Rev. John Wood. 12. At St. John's Chapel, Edinburgh, the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, Her Britannic Majesty's Agent and ConsulGeneral for Egypt, second son of the late George Earl of Dunmore, to Eliza beth, only daughter of the late James Wadsworth, esq., of Geneseo, New York. At Calcutta, Major Somerset J. Grove, 68th Reg., B.N.I., to Louisa Eliza, only daughter of the late George Snowden, esq. 12. At Cawnpore, Captain Anson, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, to Frances Elizabeth, eldest surviving daughter of Lieut.-Col. Manson. 16. At St. James's, Paddington, the Rev. John J. Wilkinson, M.A., to Gertrude, sole surviving child of the late John Walpole, esq., of Dublin. 17. At All Souls' Church, Langhamplace, Charles Rhoderic M'Grigor, esq., to Elizabeth Anne, youngest daughter of Colonel Sir Robert Nickle, K.H. At Morval, Cornwall, Sir John Duckworth, bart., to Mary Isabella, youngest daughter of the late John Buller, esq. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, James Hayes Sadler, esq., to Sophia Jane, eldest daughter of the late James W. Taylor, esq. 18. At Jesus Chapel, Enfield, G. Murton Tracy, esq., of St. John's Wood, to Anne, widow of the Rev. D. Cresswell, D.D., F.R.S. At Witney, Oxon, George Wilkinson, esq., of Dublin, to Mary, daughter of John Williams Clinch, esq. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Col. James Perry, 31st Madras Lt. Inf., to Ida Sophia, eldest daughter of Captain J. E. Parlby, R.N. 19. At the Church of St. Michael le Belfrey, York, the Rev. C. A. Smith, M.A., minister of Macclesfield, to Emily, youngest daughter of the late Francis Salmond, esq., H.E.I.C.S. At Cheshunt, Lieutenant Henry Beddek, R.N., to Rachael Harriet, fifth daughter of John Sympson Jessopp, esq., of Cheshunt. At the Priory Church, Malvern, Richard Gardner, esq., to Lucy, only daughter of the Count de Mandelsloh, of Ribbesbuttel, Hanover. At All Saints', Knightsbridge, the Rev. Hugo D. Harper, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and Head Master of the King's School, Sherborne, to Mary Charlotte, eldest daughter of Captain Henry D. Harness, R.E. At Highgate, the Rev. W. C. Williams, M.A., to Ellen, youngest daughter of J. Gardiner, esq., of Highgate. At Mahabuleshwur, near Bombay, George Forbes, esq., 5th Madras Cav., to Charlotte Godsal, youngest daughter of W. T. Brande, esq. At Windsor, Augustus Priestley MARRIAGES. 19. At Guildford, the Rev. Francis At Combinteignhead, Devon, the Rev. John Clare Pigot, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Rev. B. W. Wrey. 21. At Bedfont Church, Middlesex, Henry Arthur Herbert, esq., to Grace Anne, fifth daughter of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron. 22. Edward Charles John Cobbold, to Elizabeth Cassandra, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Charles Boone. 23. At St. George the Martyr, Eden Caye Greville, esq., to Rosa, eldest daughter of J. Michael, esq. At Glasgow, Dr. Edmund Ronalds, to Barbara Christian, daughter of the late Hugh Tenant, esq. At Cannanore, in the East Indies, Francis Mardall, esq., Lieut. and Adjutant of the 16th Reg. Mad. N.I., to Letitia Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Charles Bardin, D.D. 24. At Upton, Torquay, William Cotton Fell, esq., to Eliza Jane, daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Combe, R.M. At West Vale, Port Glasgow, Kelburn King, esq., M.D., to Mary, eldest daughter of Archibald M. Burrell, esq., Provost of Port Glasgow. At Paddington, John Turton Woolley, esq., to Mary Flora, eldest daughter of the late Captain Henry Kerr. At Lutterworth, the Rev. Milward Rodon Burge, to Mary Louisa Raffaelle, youngest daughter of the late M. Guerin Price, esq. 28. At Trinity Church, Bath, the Rev. Walter King, eldest son of the Archdeacon of Rochester, to Juliana, eldest daughter of the late Captain Henry Stuart. At St. Mary's Church, Bryanstonesquare, Thomas Campbell Foster, of the Middle Temple, esq., to Isabella, only daughter of Andrew Crosse, esq., of Broomfield, Somerset. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Capt. Arthur Pack, 7th Royal Fusiliers, to Frederica Katherine, second daughter of Colonel the Hon. Hely Hutchinson. 31. At St. Elfin's, Warrington, the Rev. James Cook, LL.B., of Magdalene College, Cambridge, to Annabella, fourth daughter of the late John Alderson, esq. 31. At St. Mary's, Salehurst, Sussex, Arthur St. John Richardson, esq., of the B.C.S., to Mary Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. Jacob George Wrench, D.C.L. At Begbroke, Oxon, the Rev. T. Tournay Parsons, Vicar of Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire, to Mary Adair, daughter of the late John Coulson, esq. At Leyton, Essex, the Rev. H. Bayley, B.D., to Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late Rev. J. H. Browne. DEATHS. 1849. OCTOBER. 20. At Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, aged 73, John Reade, esq., a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of that county. NOVEMBER. 8. At Beaupré, Glamorganshire, in his 52nd year, Richard Bassett, esq., Capt. R.A., a deputy lieutenant of that county. During the contest in Spain between the Queen and Don Carlos in 1836 and 1837, Captain Basset was employed in raising the siege of Bilboa; took part in the field actions of the 10th, 12th, 14th, 15th, and 16th March; assisted at the assault of the town of Hernani; and was present at the capitulation of Fontarabia. 28. At Exmouth, aged 80, Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington, knt., a bencher of the Middle Temple, D.C.L., F.R.S., and F.S.A. This gentlemen was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, Feb. 10, 1792, and soon afterwards repaired to Calcutta, where he was admitted an advocate of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Ill health obliged him to return to England in 1799, and he was then called upon to prepare a charter of justice for Ceylon. On the 19th March, 1801, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, and Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court of that island; and he was knighted on the 24th June follow DEATHS.-1849. ing. While he held the office of Chief Justice he compiled from the Hindoo, Mussulman, and Dutch codes, the system of laws for Ceylon, by which the island is still governed. In 1805, ill health having compelled him to resign his appointment, he returned to England, purchased an estate in Buckinghamshire, and became a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of that county, where he acted for many years as chairman of the Quarter Sessions. In 1826 he was elected M.P. for St. Mawes, and sat until 1831. DECEMBER. 5. At the vicarage house of Llanrhaiadr Mochnant, in his 89th year, the Rev. Walter Davies, the incumbent of the parish, and also of Yspytty Ivan, both parishes being in the county of Denbigh, and diocese of St. Asaph. Mr. Davies was born on the 15th July, 1761, at a place called Wern, in the county of Montgomery, of parents in humble circumstances, and received a very limited education at a humble village school. Here, however, he exhibited such a desire for study, that he was looked upon as a village genius. When he arrived at riper years, the finances of his parents not allowing them to keep him any longer at school, he was obliged, in order to gain a maintenance, to have recourse to mechanical employment in the first instance, and subsequently he became a schoolmaster, and occasionally inscribed grave-stones. And thus he continued until his 29th year, taking advantage, however, of every spare hour he could obtain to improve his mind by reading such books as came in his way. The Cambrian Society of the Gwyneddigion in London, having, in the year 1790, offered a premium for the best Welsh Essay on Liberty, to be read at their Eisteddfod or literary meeting at St. Asaph, a subject to which at that time was attached great interest, Mr. Davies became a competitor; and, adducing the information which his diligence and extensive reading had supplied him with, his essay was adjudged to be the best of the rival compositions. His studious character and literary merit becoming well known, and his desire to procure holy orders to enable him to proceed in his studies being communi cated to his friends and acquaintance, they recommended and promoted his going to one of the Universities to obtain the requisite qualifications. Accordingly about the year 1791 he became a member of All Souls' College, Oxford; and, whilst there resident, held office at the Ashmolean Museum. This circumstance, with his close application to reading and study, induced him to remain at Oxford during all the vacations, as well as in term time; so that he did not return to his native district until after the number of years which the academical course required had terminated. Having received holy orders, be became curate of Meivod, Montgomeryshire, and in 1799 succeeded to the benefice of the perpetual curacy of Yspytty Ivan, in Denbighshire, and was removed thence to other better appointments. With respect to the attention paid to his merits by the several bishops who gave him preferment, he had the satisfaction of contemplating that they were voluntarily conferred on him without application. At the time he married he ranked already very high amongst the Welsh scholars and bards, having gained literary and poetical prizes at every one of the Eisteddfod meetings lately revived, excepting only those held in the years 1793 and 1794, during which time he and the Snowdon bard Dafydd Ddu Eryri were suspended from being competitors for bardic prizes, on the ground that, if admitted, they were almost certain to leave no chance of success to others. The renown which he thus had earned during the first half of his life he greatly increased during the second, preserving until his death not only his literary activity, but also his power of poetical composition. The prose writings of Mr. Davies consist, for the greater part, of prize essays, and contributions to magazines and other periodical publications, as "The Cambrian Register," Cambro Briton," "Cambrian Quarterly," "Y Greal' (Magazine), and "Y Gwyliedydd" (Watchman), every one of which is indebted to him for some of the most valuable portion of its contents. was also the author of " A General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of North Wales and South Wales," in three volumes, 8vo., pubblished by order of the Board of Agriculture in 1813, 1815; a work full He 1 DEATHS. JAN. of shrewd observation, lively description, and practical advice. 8. At Linden, Northumberland, aged 77, Charles William Bigge, esq., M.A., a deputy lieutenant of that county, and president of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries and the Natural History Society, and president of the Mechanics' Institute; sheriff of Northumberland in 1802 a gentlemen highly respected in that county. 17. At sea, on his passage to Australia, Dr. Mac Mullin, Deputy Inspector Gen. Army Medical Department. 31. At Woodford, aged 97, Abel Chapman, esq., one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, and the senior member of that fraternity; for many years treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital, and the oldest merchant and ship-owner of the City of London. 1850. JANUARY. 1. Aged 69, Thomas White, esq., of the Queen's House, Lyndhurst. 2. At Stonehouse, in his 70th year, Sir David James Hamilton Dickson, knt., and K. St. Wladimir, F.R.S. Edinb., F.L.S., late Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. He served as surgeon in the expeditions to Holland in 1799 and to Egypt in 1801; as physician-inspector at the capture of the French and Dutch islands in the West Indies; in the expedition up the Chesapeake, and that to New Orleans, &c. He was appointed acting physician and inspector of H.M. ships and hospitals at the Leeward Islands in 1806, and confirmed in that office in 1808; superintendent of the Russian Imperial fleet in the Medway in 1813, and received the order of St. Wladimir from the Emperor Alexander; physician to the Mediterranean fleet, but changed to the Halifax station, March, 1814; physician to the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth in 1824, and inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, Aug., 1840. He received the honour of knighthood from King William IV. in 1834. 3. At Pimlico, aged 81, Mr. John Lowry, formerly professor of Mathematics in the Royal College at Sandhurst. 4. Lady Wynn, wife of Sir Wm. Wynn, of Pulteney-street, Bath, and daughter of the late Col. Long, of Tubney Lodge, Berks. 5. Aged 32, Ambrose Barcroft Parker, esq., eldest son of Edward Parker, esq., of Alkincoats, near Colne, late capt. in the 64th regt., a deputy lieut. and magistrate for Lancashire, and a magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire. At New York, in his 75th year, John Howard Kyan, esq., the inventor of the process for the preservation of timber. 6. At Clifton, near Bristol, Lieut.General Charles Nicol, C.B., Colonel of the 66th regiment of Foot. Having joined the army in the Peninsula with the 66th regiment, he commanded that regiment at the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Nive. For his services on the last occasion he received the gold medal, and the silver one was conferred upon him for the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, and Nivelle. Afterwards Lieut.-Col. Nicol proceeded to India, and in the Nepaul war of 1814, 1815, and 1816, commanded a division of the army under Sir David Ochterlony's command. In 1831 he was nominated a C.B.; in 1837 was promoted to major-general, and in 1846 to lieut.-general. In 1846 he was appointed to the colonelcy of his former regiment, the 66th Foot. 7. At St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet, aged 76, Isaac Blake Clarke, esq., C.B., formerly lieut.-col. of the Scots Greys. At Golden-square, Pentonville, aged 49, Lieut. Thomas Waghorn, R.N. This gallant officer at twelve years of age was appointed a midshipman in her Majesty's Navy, and sixteen days before he had attained seventeen, he passed in navigation for lieutenantthe youngest midshipman that had ever done so. He subsequently entered the East India Company's Marine, and served in the flotilla which accompanied the land forces on the pestilential shores of Arracan, where he was greatly distinguished by his indomitable energy and bravery. Returned from this fatal shore, Lieut. Waghorn devoted himself to the great project he had secretly at heart-namely, a steam communication between our Eastern possessions and England. This project, now proved to be so practicable, and productive of the greatest advantages, met with incredible opposition from the authorities, both of the Imperial and the East India DEATHS.-JAN. Company's Service; and any other man would have given it up in despair. However, in Oct., 1829, he was called on by Lord Ellenborough (President of the India Board) and Mr. Loch (Chairman of the Court of Directors) to go to India through Egypt, with dispatches for Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay, &c., and to report upon the practicability of the Red Sea navigation for the overland route. On that trip he got to Alexandria in twenty-six days; and so rapidly was his journey to Trieste accomplished (nine and a half days through five kingdoms), that an inquiry was then made by the Foreign Office respecting it. Lieut. Waghorn's orders were to join the Enterprise, first steamer from England to India, at Suez, on the 6th Dec., 1829. Owing to an accident, she did not appear, and as he had important Government dispatches, Lieut. Waghorn had no resource except to return to England, or go on in an open boat down the Red Sea. He preferred the latter as a matter of duty, and sailed down the centre of that sea without chart or compass, the north star being his guide by night, and the sun by day. Suffice it to say that he arrived at Juddah, 620 miles, in six and a half days, and there first learned that the Enterprise steamer had broken her machinery on the way from Bengal to Bombay, and was not coming. From what Lieut. Waghorn observed in this trip, he felt convinced that, for every purpose of interest, politically, morally, and commercially, between England and the East, this was the route; and it is unnecessary to say with what ardour, perseverance, and firmness, he worked it to completion. Lieutenant Waghorn received the thanks of three quarters of the globe-namely, Europe, Asia, and Africa, besides numberless commendations from mercantile communities at every point where eastern trade is concerned. Unaided (except by the assistance of the Bombay Steam Committee) he built the eight halting places on the Desert, between Cairo and Suez, and the three hotels established above them, in which luxuries are provided and stored for the passing traveller, and rendered that hitherto waste the wonder of every traveller. When Lieut. Waghorn left Egypt in 1831, he had established English carriages, vans, and horses for the passengers' conveyance across the Desert (instead of camels), and placed small steamers from England on the Nile and Canal of Alexandria. The overland mails to and from India for three years (from 1831 to 1834) were worked by himself; and he summed up his labours by carrying letters to England from Bombay in forty-seven days, in Feb., 1834, without any steam from Alexandria to London. In 1847 Lieut. Waghorn showed that England possessed another way to India as well as the route through France, the gallant officer having in the winter of that year effected a saving of thirteen days in the journey via Trieste. He, moreover, explored a mail route through the Papal States, via Ancona, between England and India; and another route by way of Genoa. Each of these routes is now open (Trieste, Genoa, or Ancona) for such purpose whenever Government may think proper to order mails to and fro between England and India by either. By the intense exertions and anxieties attending the carrying out these plans, Lieut. Waghorn's iron frame was completely worn out, and he was compelled to leave the scene of his exertions. He died soon after landing from Malta. The Government had recently acknowledged his services by bestowing a pension on him, of which, however, he had only received one quarter's payment. 9. At Stoke, near Devonport, suddenly, Captain James Couch (1824). Capt. Couch entered the Navy in 1789, and served as midshipman under Sir Edward Hughes, and on the coast of Africa, and in the Phaeton, Capt. Stopford, under whom he was frequently engaged. For his varied and active services during the Egyptian campaign in 1801, Mr. Couch subsequently received the Turkish gold medal. In 1804 he was appointed lieutenant of the Conqueror 74, and in her accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies in quest of the combined fleets of France and Spain, and took subsequently a part in the battle off Cape Trafalgar. While in the Acasta he contributed to the capture, on the Home and American stations, of a large number of the enemy's armed and other vessels-assisted in driving a squadron under Commodore Decatur into New London-and evinced much bravery in command of the boats on many occa sions of hazard, particularly at the capture, Dec. 25, 1812, of the Herald letter-of-marque, of 10 guns, on which |