sor; and by that lady, who died on the 22nd of January, 1837, he had issue, a numerous family.

28. At East Haddon Hall, Northamptonshire, aged 72, Henry Barne Sawbridge, esq., LL.B., barrister-at-law, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of that county.

At Chapel House, near Wolverhampton, in his 60th year, George Benjamin Thorneycroft, esq., a magistrate for Staffordshire and Shropshire. Mr. Thorneycroft was the son of a working man, and himself educated to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. He was born in the parish of Tipton, Staffordshire, Aug. 20, 1791. In his youth he proved himself a most skilful and trustworthy servant to his employers in the iron trade; and when about 26 years old, commenced a small ironwork at Willenhall, where he remained until the year 1824, when, in partnership with his twin brother, the late Mr. Edward Thorneycroft, he established the Shrubbery Ironworks, near Wolverhampton. In its earlier years the "make" of this work was about ten tons per week; its present produce is probably not less than 800 tons weekly. The result was, that Mr. Thorneycroft realized a considerable fortune, with the general love and respect of his friends and connections. His clear head and known probity had raised him to the head of the iron trade, and he was the acknowledged organ of the body in their communications with Government. Although he had taken no active part in the incorporation of the town of Wolverhampton, he was selected to be its first Mayor, in the year 1849. His accession to the office was marked by a splendid exhibition of hospitality. He gave to the corpora tion its silver-gilt mace; and, better than this, he marked the period by devoting the interest of 1000l. to be given for ever, to provide blankets for the poor. Mr. Thorneycroft was also in the commission of the peace for the counties of Stafford and Salop, and, until recently, took an active part in the magisterial business of the town and district.

and great-grandson of Capt. Francis Grose, the celebrated antiquary.

28. At Grove House, Knutsford, in her 70th year, Emma, widow of Thomas William Tatton, esq., of Withenshaw, Cheshire. She was the daughter of the Hon. John Grey, third son of the fourth Earl of Stamford and Warrington.

29. At Bishop's College, Calcutta, the Rev. Alfred Wallis Street, M.A., Senior Professor of the college.

At Pietra Santa, in the Duchy of Lucca, on his 70th birthday, the Right Hon. Charles Christopher Pepys, Earl of Cottenham, Viscount Crowhurst, of Crowhurst, co. Surrey, and Baron Cottenham, of Cottenham, co. Cambridge, a Privy Councillor, a Baronet, and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. Lord Cottenham was the second son of Sir William Weller Pepys, bart., a Master in Chancery, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Right Hon. William Dowdeswell, and was born in Wimpole-street, on the 29th of April, 1781. He was a member of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated LL.B. in the year 1803 without honours, the same year in which Sir James Parke and Mr. Justice Coltman, also of Trinity, took wranglers' degrees. He was admitted a member of Lincoln's Inn on the 26th of January, 1801, and called to the bar by that society on the 23rd of November, 1804. From the day that he quitted Cambridge he devoted himself with unremitting assiduity and signal success to the study of his profession, and was pupil of Mr. William Tidd and Sir Samuel Romilly. The progress of Mr. Pepys at the Chancery bar was not rapid. He was 22 years in the practice of his profession before he reached the rank of King's Counsel, in Michaelmas Term, 1826. On the 6th of November in the same year he became a bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He

was

appointed Solicitor-General to Queen Adelaide in 1830; and (Sir John Campbell being the AttorneyGeneral) Solicitor-General to the King in February, 1834, and received the honour of knighthood. In July, 1831, through the interest of Earl Fitzwilliam, he was returned to Parliament for Higham Ferrers; in October following he exchanged to the borough of Malton, in the same patronage, and for which he was re-elected in 1832 and 1835. On the retirement of Sir John Leach, Mr. Pepys became Master of the Rolls, in Sept., 1834. To his duties in

this court were soon afterwards added the functions which belong to a Commissioner of the Great Seal, to which he was appointed, jointly with others, in the month of April, 1835, the Whigs not being then prepared with a Chancellor in whom they could confide, or whose character and position would add weight to their Government. The admirable manner in which Sir Charles Pepys presided in the Court of Chancery, however, soon led the Minister to place unbounded reliance on his learning, abilities, and discretion. On the 16th of January, 1836, he became Lord Chancellor, with his peerage, which office he held with great advantage to his party and to the country from that date till Sept., 1841, when, the Conservatives coming into power, he made way for Lord Lyndhurst. When the Whig Ministry returned to power, in August, 1846, Lord Cottenham again became Chancellor; but his health had in the interval evidently declined, and his frequent absence from court rendered it obvious that the office of Chancellor must be intrusted to stronger hands. In June, 1850, he was raised to the rank of an Earl, and the Great Seal was put in commission. His Lordship then went abroad, in the vain hope of repairing a constitution broken down by severe intellectual labour, the toils of office, and the anxieties of public life. Lord Cottenham affords another illustration of the rule that it is not always the most brilliant advocate that makes the soundest judge. Although he was never remarkable for his eloquence, nor achieved extraordinary success as a practitioner, no man ever gained greater laurels on the bench; and his decisions will long be regarded as precedents of the highest authority as models for the imitation of his successors. In 1845 the baronetcy conferred on his father in 1801 devolved on Lord Cottenham, by the death of his elder brother Sir William Weller Pepys, unmarried ; and in 1847 he also inherited the same dignity which had been conferred in 1784 on his uncle Sir Lucas Pepys, M.D., Physician-General to the Army, and Physician in Ordinary to King George the Third. He married, June 30, 1821, Caroline, daughter of William Wingfield, esq., Master in Chancery, and niece to the present Earl Digby; and by that lady he had sixteen children.

30. At his residence in Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square, in his 78th year, the Right Hon. Henry Bromley, Lord Montfort, Baron of Horseheath, co. Cambridge. The late Lord Montfort was the grandson of Henry Bromley, esq., of Horseheath, who, having represented the county of Cambridge in Parliament, was created Baron Montfort in the year 1741, and was lineally descended from Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor in the reign of Elizabeth. He succeeded his father in the peerage, Oct. 24, 1799; but the family estate having been squandered away by his predecessor, his Lordship received a small pension from Her Majesty. The title is now extinct.

At Malta, Capt. Thomas Owen Knox, R.N., commanding the Firebrand steam frigate.

At Ridgmont, Lancashire, Agnes Margaret, relict of Lieut.-Col. Wetenhall.

In Regent-street, Catherine Elizabeth Caroline, wife of Comm. John Heron Gennys, of H.M.S. Fantome, and only daughter of Rear-Adm. Arthur, C.B.

Lately. In a lunatic asylum, near Paris, aged 44, Napoleon Junot, Duc d'Abrantes, the elder of the two sons who survived the Marshal. Notwithstanding the great irregularities of his life, which could only be explained by partial insanity, the son of Junot pos sessed talents of no mean order. He composed and published several pieces of poetry which had considerable merit, notwithstanding, or perhaps because of, their eccentricity. He was also the author of several dramatic pieces, and published a considerable number of romances separately, or in literary periodicals. He was also an excellent musician; he spoke and wrote with much correctness the English, Spanish, and Italian languages, and was an excellent classical scholar.

Lately. At Stockholm, aged 71, M. Goeren-Wahlenberg, Professor of Botany and Geology at the University of Upsal, and Director of the Botanic Garden. M. Wahlenberg was distinguished for his great acquirements, and had spent 30 years of his life in scientific journeys throughout Europe. He has left his rich collection and valuable library to the university.

MAY.

2. At Glengariff Lodge, co. Cork, in his 84th year, the Right Hon. Richard White, Earl of Bantry, Viscount Berehaven, Viscount and Baron Bantry, of Bantry, co. Cork. When the French threatened Ireland with invasion in the year 1796, Lord Bantry, then Mr. White, distinguished himself in preparing to oppose them, and particularly by his active exertions in repelling their attempt to land in Bantry Bay, on the 27th of January, 1797. In acknowledgment of his services on this occasion the corporation of Cork presented him with a gold medal, and King George the Third advanced him to the peerage by the title of Baron Bantry, by patent dated the 31st of March in the same year. Previously to the Union he was advanced to the dignity of a Viscount by the same title, by patent dated Dec. 20, 1800; and on the 22nd of January, 1816, he was further advanced to the titles of Earl of Bantry and Viscount Berehaven. His Lordship married, Nov. 3, 1799, Margaret Anne Hare, eldest daughter of William first Earl of Listowel, and by that lady (who died in 1835) he had four sons and one daughter.

At York, in his 70th year, Sir William Stephenson Clark, knt., one of the magistrates of that city. This gentleman was one of the most respected and influential citizens of York, of which city he had filled the highest offices. He was Lord Mayor of York at the time of the Queen's marriage, and

received the honour of knighthood on presenting a congratulatory address of the Corporation on that occasion.

2. At the residence of her father Dr. Hutcheson, Henrietta Elizabeth, wife of Major Sidney Powell, 57th Regt.

3. At Dover, Lieut.-Col. John Campbell, on the retired full pay of the 97th Regt. He entered the service in 1803, and served with the 57th in the battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Nive, for which he received the war medal with four clasps.

At Tunbridge Wells, aged 33, Caroline Woolmer, wife of the Rev. Daniel Winham.

At her residence in Brighton, in her 89th year, Lady John Townshend, widow of the Lord John Townshend, second son of the first Marquis Townshend.

4. At Tunbridge Wells, Margaret Day, wife of Thomas Gurney, esq., and eldest daughter of Joseph Hanson, esq., of Brixton Hill.

At Staindrop, Miss Lee, only child of the late John Lee, esq., AttorneyGeneral under Lord Rockingham's Administration in 1783 and 1784.

At King's College, Old Aberdeen, after a short but severe illness, John Tulloch, esq., LL.D., for many years Professor of Mathematics in that university.

5. In Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Harriet Louisa, widow of Vice-Adm. the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, bart., K.C.B.

On his passage from Calcutta, retired Comm. James Henry Johnston, R.N. (1830), late Comptroller of Steamers of the East India Company's service. He was present in the battle of Trafalgar in the Spartiate, 74. He had been on half-pay of the royal navy since July, 1815.

6. At Duke-street, St. James's, Major Henry Taylor, late of the 2nd Madras Cavalry.

In Grosvenor - crescent, Eatonsquare, aged 36, the Right Hon. Francis Jack Viscount Newry and Morne, M.P. for Newry, and a Deputy Lieutenant for the county Down; son and heir apparent of the Earl of Kilmorey. His Lordship sat in Parliament for Newry in 1841, and in 1847. He married, July 30, 1839, Anne Amelia, eldest daughter of the late General the Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B.; and by that lady has left issue.