CIVIL PREFERMENTS. Rev. Dr. M'Call, Trin. Coll. Dublin, to be Principal of Upper Canada College. Rev. W. G. Barker, M.A. to be Head Master of Walsall Free Grammar School.

Rev. W. H. Ley to be Head Master of Hereford Cathedral Grammar School.

Mr. John Richards, St. John's coll. Camb. to be Assistant Classical Master of Birmingham School.

John Burder, esq. to be Solicitor to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, in the place of John Dyneley, esq. deceased.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

Adm. Sir Graham Moore, G.C.B. to be Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth; Capt. Henry Eden, to the Royal Adelaide; Joseph Edye, esq. to be Secretary to the Admiral. Vice-Adm. Sir T. Harvey, K.C.B. to be Commander in-Chief in the West Indies and North America; Capt. John Parker, to the Cornwallis; Thos. Triphook, esq. to be Secretary to the Vice-Admiral.'

Capt. A. Ellice, to the Britannia 120; Capt. Houston Stewart and Comm. Geo. Hathorn, to the Benbow 74; Capt. Sir H. F. Senhouse, K.C.B. to the Blenheim 74 ; Capt. J. T. Nicolas, C. B. to the Belleisle 74; Capt. Lord H.J.S. Churchill, to the Druid 46; Capt. Jenkin Jones, to the Curaçoa 26; Capt. J. C. Ross, to the Terror, discovery ship. Commanders W. W. P. Johnson, to the Winchester 52; E. P. Halstead, to the Childers 16; J. R. Webb, to the Ocean, ordinary guardship at Sheerness. G. F. Herbert, to the Poictiers, ordinary guardship at Chatham. To be Captains,-Lord Clarence Paget, Richard Crozier, T. Vernon Watkins.

To be Commander, Wallace Houstoun.

BIRTHS.

March 5. At Le Luc, in the south of France, the wife of Capt. Mathew, M.P. a son.-8. At Tunbridge Wells, Lady Harriet Searle, a dau.

-10. At Trebursye-house, Cornwall, the wife of Francis Rodd, esq. a son and heir.Lady Mary Vyner, a son.-12. At Gipping hall, Suffolk, Lady Mary Elizabeth Haworth, a son. -The wife of Lieut.-Col. Nugent, Gren. Guards, a son.-17. The wife of Alex. Adair, esq. of Heatherton Park, Somerset, a son.-19. In Chester-sq. Lady K. Beauclerk, a dau.At Knypersley-hall, the wife of J. Bateman, esq. a son and heir.- -At Dartington House, Devon, the wife of Henry Champernowne, esq. a son.- -20. At St. Peter's rectory, Bedford, Mrs. Gustavus Burnaby, a dau.

21. In Berkeley-sq. Mrs. Henry Baring, a son. At Reading, the wife of John Richards, jun. esq. F.S.A. a dau.--22. At Westhorpe house, the wife of Rice R. Clayton, esq. a dau.

At Holme Lacy, Heref. the lady of Sir E. S. Stanhope, Bart. a son.-24. At Babraham, Camb. the wife of H. J. Adeane, esq. a dau.

-25. At Ince Hall, Cheshire, the wife of the Rev. W. Waldegrave Park, a son.-At Birtles-hall, Cheshire, the wife of T. Hibbert, esq. a son.-27. At Hitchin Priory, the wife of F. P. Delmé Radcliffe, esq. a son.-29. At the seat of her brother, W. L. Jones, esq. Woodhall, Norfolk, the wife of the Rev. St. Vincent Beechey, a son.--In Grosvenor-sq. Lady C. Guest, a son.

Lately. At Cheltenham, the wife of J. Hawkesworth, esq. of Forest, Queen's co. a son and heir.- The wife of W. Codrington, esq. a dau.--At Godmersham Park, Kent, Lady George Hill, a son.-In Stirlingshire, Lady Louisa Forbes, a dau.-In BryGENT. MAG. VOL. XI.

anstone-sq. Lady Blackett, a dau.-At Donnington Rectory, the lady of the Dean of Lichfield, a dau.-At Ellerton Hall, Worc. the wife of Robert Masefield, esq. a son and heir. At Withycombe, near Exmouth, Devon,

the wife of J. H. Doyle, esq. a son.

April 1. In Charles-st. Berkeley-sq. the Countess of Brecknock, a dau.-At Convamore, co. Cork, the Countess of Listowel, a son. At Reading, the wife of Capt. J. A. Murray, R.N. a dau.-2. The wife of the Rev. L. A. Norgate, Perpetual Curate of Bylaugh, Norfolk, a son.- -At Gwrych Castle, Lady Emily Bamford Hesketh, a dau.-6. At Offley vicarage, Herts, the wife of the Rev. T. Salusbury, a dau.-7. The wife of Tycho Wing, esq. of Thorney-abbey, a son.--In Park-lane, the Countess of Lincoln, a dau.8. In Park-st. Grosvenor-sq. the Countess Henri de Cigala, a son.-At Gilston Park, the wife of H. G. Ward, esq. M.P. a dau.In Bryanstone-sq. the wife of W. Long, esq. of Hurts-hall, Saxmundham, a son.-9. At the British Museum, the lady of Sir F. Madden, K.H. a son.-13. In Eaton-sq. the wife of T. M. Gibson, esq. M.P. a dau.

MARRIAGES.

Feb. 21. At St. George's, Han.-sq. Alfred Dowling, esq. to Bertha Eliza, only dau. of Lieut.-Col. Richard Bayly.

22. At Lee, Kent, the Rev. J. E. Robson, Perp. Curate of Hartwith, Yorkshire, to Harriet, eldest dau. of James Wiliams, esq.

25. At St. George's, Han.-sq. Capt. the Hon. Henry Keppell, R.N. fourth son of the Earl of Albemarle, to Miss Crosbie, dau. of Gen. Sir John Crosbie, G.C.H.-At Bathwick, the Rev. H. H. Sirée, M.A. second son of Henry Siree, esq. of Dublin, to Elizabeth, relict of John Towell, esq. D.M. of Dublin.

At Grasmere, T. Sandford, esq. B.A. third son of the Rev. Robert Sandford, of Crook Kendal, and Master of the Grammar School, St. Asaph, to Hannah, widow of T. King, esq.

26. At St. George's, Han.-sq. the Rev. A. F. Wynter, B.A. to Laura Maria Ann, youngest dau. of the Rev. Valentine Ellis, Rector of Walton, Bucks. At Boughton-under-Blean, T. H. Cornish, esq. of Gray's Inn, to Jane Swinford, third dau. of the late J. Horne, esq. of Wrinsted House, Kent.

27. At Bideford, the Rev. J. L. May, Rector of West Putford, Devon, to Miss Vellacott, dau. of Mr. Alderman T. Vellacott.- -At Bristol, Myles Ariel, esq. to Lucretia, eldest dau. of Thomas Clark, esq.

28. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, John, only son of Richard Francklin, of Montagueplace, esq. to Frances Barbara, youngest dau. of Harry Edgell, of Cadogan-place, esq. Richard Brome Debary, esq. to Elizabeth Letitia, youngest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Holcombe, C.B.-At St. Pancras, the Rev. John Price, incumbent of Rhos-y-Medre, Denbighshire, to Henrietta-Louisa, youngest dau. of the late Robert Allen, esq. of Lymington, Hants.-W. Forbes Laurie, esq. M.D. of Norwood, Surrey, to Mary, third dau. of Jordan Unwin, esq. of Ewell Hall, Kelvedon, Essex.

Lately. At Camborne, Cornwall, A. Prideaux, esq. surgeon, son of the late W. Prideaux, esq. banker, Plymouth, to Ann, dau. of Nicholas Vivian, esq.

March 1. At Hurley, Berks, J. J. Wakehurst Peyton, esq. of Wakehurst Park, Sussex, Lieut. 2nd Life Guards, to Marianne Gilberta, eldest dau. of Sir E. Clayton East, Bart.

4. At St. Luke's, R. Č. Harvey, esq. Rush3 Z

hill, Wandsworth, to Hannalı, youngest dau. of Thomas Tegg, esq. Norwood.

5. At Southampton, Fred. B. Elton, esq. Madras civil service, youngest son of the late T. Elton, esq. of Stapleton House, Glouc. to Mary-Elizabeth, dau. of C. A. Elton, esq. and grand-dau. of the Rev. Sir Abraham Elton, Bart.- -Albert-Hudson, eldest son of Clement Royds, esq. of Falinge, Lanc. to Susan Eliza, only child of Robert Nuttall, esq. of Kempsey House, Worc.

6. At Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, Mumford Campbell, esq. of Sutton-place, to Frances Sarah, eldest dau. of J. Baker Graves, esq. of Somerset, co. Wexford.

7. At Llanvechan, the Rev. Henry Cornwall Legh, M.A. second son of the late G. J. Legh, esq. of High Legh, Cheshire, to Mary, eldest dau. of Martin Williams, esq. of Bryngwyn, Montgomeryshire.

9. At Chertsey, Capt. Egerton Charles Isaacson, to Charlotte, only child of the late Solomon Hudson, esq. of that town.--At Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, Arthur, eldest son of Thos. Burnell, esq. of York-terrace, Regent's Park, to Mary Agnes, fourth dau. of D'Ewes Coke, esq. of Brookhill Hall, Nott.

11. At Sidmouth, Devon, John Lauriston, second son of Godfrey John Kneller, esq. late of Donhead-hall, Wilts, to the Hon. Maria Louisa St. John, eldest dau. of Viscount Bolingbroke.- -At Grundisburgh, Suffolk, Stephen Edmund Spring Rice, esq. eldest son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to EllenMary, eldest dau. of the late Mr. Sergeant Frere, Master of Downing College, Cambridge.

12. In Jersey, William Wyllys Mackeson, of the Inner Temple, esq. to Anne, second dau. of Hugh Godfray, esq. of Woodlands, in that island. At Kensington, Wm. James, eldest son of W. Grane, esq. of Bedford-row, to Harriet-Jane, only child of the late Rev. Jas. Dallaway, Vicar of Letherhead, Surrey.At Tenterden, Kent, George Wilde, esq. of Lincoln's Inn-fields, second son of the late Rev. John Wilde, of Harnage, Shropshire, to Ann Curteis, eldest dau. of the late R. C. Croughton, esq. of Heronden House.At Wilton, Lieut.-Col. C. M. Bird, Madras Army, to Harriet J. only dau. of the late Rev. W. H. Walker, Rector of Great Wigston, Leic. and niece of Major-Gen. Walker, of Whitleigh House, Som.

14. At Lambeth, Robert Thurburn, esq. of Hanover-terr. Regent's Park, to Catharine, second dau. of Joseph Prestwich, esq. of the Lawn, South Lambeth.-At Westbury, Wilts, Alexander Pitts Elliots, eldest son of Alex. Powell, esq. of Hurdcott, to Mary-ElizabethVere-Booth, only child of the late Wm. Tyndale, esq. and grand-dau. of the late George Booth Tyndale, esq. of Bathford.-At Salisbury, Benj. Ford, esq. of Southampton, to Martha, second dau. of James Blatch, esq. of Winterbourne Dauntsey.At Newcastle, the Rev. W. Hey, M.A. Fellow of St. John's Coll. Camb. and Principal of the York Collegiate School, to Emily, youngest surviving dau. of the late Jos. Crosser, esq. of Kenton-lodge. -At Great Yarmouth, Matthew Cassan, esq. Lieut. 84th Regt. to Lucy-Elizabeth, elder dau. of the late Capt. J. W. Marshall, R.N.

16. In Cumberland-place, the Hon. Edward Butler, son of Lord Dunboyne, to Emma Jane, only child of Arthur Baily, esq. and niece to Francis Baily, esq. V.P.R.S.

19. At Cossington, Som. W. Dowdeswell, esq. M.P. to Amelia Letitia, youngest dau. of the late Robert Graham, esq. of Cossingtonhouse. At St. Pancras, Henry Davis, esq. youngest son of the Rev. R. F. Davis, D.D. Rector of Pendock, Worcestershire, to Elizabeth Ellen, only dau. of the late Rev. W. B. Champneys.

20. At Honiton, the Rev. Henry Sweeting, M.A. of Creed, Cornwall, to Jemima Leonora, youngest dau. of the late J. Torring, esq. of Cornworthy Court, Devon.-The Rev. Spencer Gunning, to Ann Janet, second dau. of James Connell, esq. of Conheath, co. Dumfries. Joshua Alexander, esq. of South-st. Finsbury, to Jemima, dau. of D. A. Lindo, esq. of Man. sell-street.

21. At Crowle, Henry Lister Maw, esq. Lieut. R. N. of Totley Hall, to Sarah Ann, only dau. of the late Cornelius Peacock, esq.-At Sidmouth, Edmund Morton, esq. son of the late C. C. Morton esq. of Drumrora, co. Cavan, to Elizabeth, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Walker, of Lime Park. The Rev. Henry Nicholson, of Horton lodge, near Windsor, son of Dr. Nicholson, of Twickenham, to Marianne, youngest dau. of the late T. M. Keats, esq. of Tooting.

23. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Viscount Duncan, son of the Earl of Camperdown, M.P. to Juliana-Cavendish, eldest dau. or G. R. Philips, esq. M.P.At Kensington, the Rev. Robert Lovett, third son of S. H. Lovett, of co. Dublin, esq. to Frances, only dau. of W. A. Soames, of Milton, Kent, esq.- At Fareham, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower (Rifle Brigade) to Frances Cecilia, dau. of the late Dr. Powell.

26. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-sq. William Windsor, second son of Thomas Fisher, esq. of Montagu-sq. to Mary Anne, only child of the late John Cowper, esq. of Ashley Hall, Trelawney, Jamaica.

27. At Glastonbury, Mr. Geo. Parsons, of West Lambrook, to Elizabeth Anne, youngest dau. of the late Edm. Estcourt Gale, esq. of Ashwick-house, Somerset.

28. At Whitestone, Devon,Thomas, youngest son of the late John Yarde, of Troubridgehouse, esq. to Philippa, youngest dau. of the late Col. Kelly, of Kelly.

30. At Norwich, the Rev. W. Drake, Head Master of the Collegiate School, Leicester, to Emily-Austin, third dau. of J. R. Staff, esq. Town Clerk of Norwich.

31. At Leamington, the Lady Charlotte Jane St. Maur, to William Blount, esq. of Orletou, Herefordshire, and Cumberland-st. London.

Lately. At Cold Overton, Leic. the Rev. Robert Martin, of Ansty Pastures, to Selina, only dau. of the late John Frewen Turner, esq. of Cold Overton-hall, and of Brickwall-house, Northiam, Sussex.

April 2. At Claines, John Day, esq. of Earls Crome, Worc. to Elizabeth Lora Sibella, second dau. of the Rev. Thomas Davies, and granddaughter of the late R. Coker, esq. of Mapow der, Dorset.At Salisbury, the Rev. Charles King, M.A. one of the Priest-Vicars of the Cathedral, to Mary-Elizabeth, third dau. of the Rev. C. H. Hodgson, also one of the PriestVicars, and Vicar of Kington St. Michael.At Cheshunt, William Smyth, esq. eldest son of the Rev. Sir Edw. Smyth, Bart. of Hill-hall, Essex, to Marianne Frances, second dau. of Sir Henry Meux, Bart. of Theobalds Park.At St. George's, Han.-sq. J. Robinson Noble, esq. of Bowness, to Mabel Louisa, dau. of the late Capt. Merriman.-At Worcester, the Rev. Wm. Smith, Vicar of St. Peter's, and Minor Canon of the Cathedral, to Mary Anne, only surviving dau. of the late Capt. George Brown Walker, E. I. Service.

3. At St. Ippolit's, Herts, Robert, eldest son of John Smallwood, esq. of Crookdale, Cumberland, to Marian, younger dau. of the late Rev. W. Lax, Lowndes Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge.-At Wainfleet, Linc. James Russell, esq. of the Inner Temple and Lincoln's-inn, to Maria, eldest dau. of the Rev. Rob. Cholmeley, Rector of Wainfleet.

HON. DR. TRENCH, ABP. OF TUAM. March 26. At his palace, aged 68, the Hon. and Most Rev. Power Le Power Trench, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Tuam, Bishop of Ardagh, Killala and Achonry, and Primate of Connaught; a Privy Councillor of Ireland: uncle to the Earl of Clancarty.

Dr. Trench was born on the 10th of June, 1770, the second son of William first Earl of Clancarty, by Anne, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Charles Gardiner, sister to Luke first Viscount Mountjoy, and aunt to the late Earl of Blessington. He commenced his ecclesiastical career as Vicar of Ballinasloe, co. Galway. He was consecrated Bishop of Waterford in 1802, translated to Elphin in 1810, and to the Archbishoprick of Tuam in 1819.

His Grace married, on the 29th Jan. 1795, his cousin Anne, daughter of Walter Taylor, esq. of Castle Taylor, co. Galway, by Miss Hester Power Trench, sister of the first Earl of Clancarty. By that lady, who survives him, he had issue two sons and six daughters: 1. Hester, deceased; 2. Anne, married in 1823 to James O'Hara, of West Lodge, co. Galway, esq.; 3. Florinda, married in 1818 to Thomas Trudock Booky, esq.; 4. Elizabeth, married in 1830 to Henry Gascoyne, esq; 5. the Rev. William Trench, who married in 1830 his cousin, Lady Louisa Trench, eldest child of Richard late Earl of Clancarty, G. C.B. and has issue; 6. Frances; 7. Power Trench, esq. late a Captain in the 76th foot; and 8. Emily.

PRINCE LIEVEN.

Jan. In Italy, the Prince Lieven, for many years Ambassador at the British Court from the Emperor of Russia.

Count Lieven was first appointed Russian Ambassador to this country, in the year 1812. He was created a Prince of the Russian Empire, by the present Emperor, Nicholas.

He quitted England in 1834, when he received the appointment of Governor to the Grand Duke Alexander: and he has died in Italy whilst fulfilling the duties of that charge.

The Prince and Princess Lieven took leave of England with the greatest regret of the highest ranks of society. Several distinguished ladies, among whom were the late Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, the present Duchess, the Duchess de Dino, and the Countesses of Jersey,

Sefton, and Cowper, subscribed to present the Princess with a magnificent diamond bracelet, of the value of 1000 guineas, as a testimony of their affectionate regard for her Highness during her long residence in this country, during the greater part of which she had been associated with them as one of the Lady Patronesses of Almack's.

Prince Lieven, we believe, had four sons, all, or most of them, born in this country. The eldest is said to have been disgraced at the Russian court, in consequence of having expressed some sympathy with the Poles, and has in consequence latterly lived in Germany or France.

Prince Paul Lieven has for some years, and up to the present time, filled_the office of Secretary to the Russian Embassy in London.

The two younger sons, Prince George and Prince Arthur, both died of a contagious disorder at St. Petersburgh, in the spring of 1835. The former was a godson of King George the Fourth, and the latter of the Duke of Wellington. Prince Charles de Lieven, the surviving brother of the late Prince, is a General of Infantry in the Russian service, and a member of the Council of State.

The body of Prince Lieven was buried with great pomp, on the 12th of January, in the Protestant burial-ground, near the Pyramid of Cestus at Rome. A batallion of grenadiers fired a triple salute over his grave.

EARL OF ZETLAND.

Feb. 19. At Aske hall, near Richmond, Yorkshire, in his 73rd year, the Right Hon. Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Zetland (1838), second Baron Dundas of Aske (1794), and the third Baronet (1762); Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland, Pro-Grand Master of the Freemasons, LL.D. and F.S.A.

The Earl of Zetland was born on the 10th of April 1766, the eldest son of Thomas first Lord Dundas, by Lady Charlotte Fitz William, the second daughter of William third Earl Fitz William. He was a student of Trinity college, Cambridge, where the honorary degree of M.A. was conferred upon him in 1786, and that of LL.D. in 1811. He was first returned to Parliament for the borough of Richmond at the general election of 1798; and he was rechosen for the same at the election of 1796. At that of 1802 he was returned as one of

the members for the city of York; and again in 1806; but in 1807 he was defeated by Sir Masterman Mark Sykes, Bart. after a severe contest. He then fell back upon Richmond, for which he again sat for a few years, but before the close of the same Parliament he again came in for York, on the death of Sir Wm. M. Milner, Bart. in 1811; and he then continued to sit without opposition until, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the peerage on June 14, 1820.

Mr. Dundas, in his Parliamentary conduct, always took a decided part with the Whigs. In 1796 he voted with Mr. Fox, on a motion for a direct censure on Ministers. In 1797 he divided with Mr. Grey on a motion for Reform of Parliament. Latterly, in the House of Lords, he was of the decisive majority in favour of the Reform Act. At the coronation of her present Majesty, he was advanced to the title of Earl of Zetland, by patent dated June, 1838.

"The Earl of Zetland was one of the steadiest, most consistent, and disinterested advocates of civil and religious liberty England has known in latter days. The closest intimacy subsisted between him and the late Duke of Kent; and, last year, her Majesty presented the late Earl with a magnificent golden salver, as an acknowledgment of the kind services performed by him towards her father."

On the formation of the Cleveland regiment of volunteers, he became their Colonel, by commission dated Oct. 24, 1803.

He appeared quite well on the day before his death, but on rising his lordship complained of a giddiness; he fell into a slumber at noon, and expired without a sigh at three o'clock in the afternoon.

His Lordship married April 21, 1794, Harriot, third daughter of General John Hale, and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue four sons (of whom only two are now living) and three daughters: 1. the Right Hon. Thomas now Earl of Zetland; 2. the Hon. Margaret - Bruce, married in 1816 to Henry Walker Yeoman, esq.; 3. Lawrence, who died in 1818, in his 19th year; 4. the Hon. Har riot Frances, married in 1825 to Lieut.Colonel Henry Lane; 5. the Hon. Charlotte-Jane; 6. William, who died in 1818, in his 9th year; and 7. the Hon. John Charles Dundas, barrister-at-law, now M.P. for York, born in 1808 and unmarried. The present Earl was born in 1795, and married in 1823 Sophia Jane, daughter of the late Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. but has no children. He was M.P. for Richmond in the present Parliament, and formerly for York; and

was sworn in Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire at a Privy Council held in the week before his father's death.

THE RIGHT HON. W. ADAM.

Feb. 17. At Edinburgh, in his 89th year, the Right Hon. William Adam, of Blair Adam, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kinross, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court of Scotland, a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, &c.

He was a son of John Adam, esq. of Maryburgh, co. Kinross, and formerly an architect at Leith, who died at Edinburgh June 25, 1792, and his widow on the 15th Dec. 1795.

At the age of 24 Mr. Adam was introduced into Parliament, being returned for Gatton at the general election of 1774 and we think it probable that he was, at the time of his death, the person that had sat in the House of Commons at an earlier period than all his surviving contemporaries. The present Earl of Leicester, who was lately considered_the father of the House, did not enter Parliament until the year 1776; and Mr. Byng, the present father of the House, not until 1780.

To the Parliament of 1780 Mr. Adam was returned for the Wigton district of burghs; to that of 1784 for the Elgin district; to that of 1790 for the county of Kinross; from which he retired by accepting the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds in March 1794.

Mr. Adam attached himself to the party of Lord North; and the first meimorable event in his political career was a duel with Mr. Fox, which took place on the 29th Nov. 1778, in consequence of expressions used towards him by Mr. Fox in the House of Commons. In this affair Mr. Fox was wounded (see the particulars in the Gentleman's Magazine of that year, p. 610). On the 26th Sept. 1780, Mr. Adam was appointed Treasurer of the Ordnance, which office be held until April, 1782; and again for eight months from April to Dec. 1783.

On the 25th of April, 1782, Mr. Adam became a member of the English bar, being called by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn. In his profession he held a very distinguished rank. He was for many years auditor to the Duke of Bedford, in which office he was succeeded by his son. He had for a long period very considerable practice before committees of the House of Commons. In 1790 be was one of the managers appointed to draw up and conduct the articles of impeachment against Mr. Warren Hustings,

He was also introduced to the notice of the Prince of Wales, who honoured him with his personal friendship, and appointed him successively to several legal offices in his establishment. In 1802 he was nominated Solicitor-general to his Royal Highness, in the room of T. Manners Sutton, esq. (afterwards Lord Manners); in 1805 his Attorney-general; and on the 7th Feb. 1806, his Chancellor and Keeper of his Great Seal, on Lord Erskine being appointed Lord High Chancellor. He was one of the Councillors to the Prince for the Duchy of Cornwall; and he was also one of the State Councillors which the Prince appointed for his principality of Scotland, on the 22nd April, 1806.

In June, 1802, Mr. Adam was appointed Counsel to the East India Company, in the place of Mr. Rous. He one of the counsel retained by Lord Melville on his trial before the House of Peers in Westminster Hall in 1806: and in 1809 he took part in the defence of the Duke of York against the charges of Col. Wardle.

Mr. Adam did not sit in Parliament after his retirement in 1794 until the year 1806, when he was elected for the county of Kincardine, as he was again in 1807. On the 17th March, 1815, he was sworn a member of the Privy Council; and shortly after, on the first establishment of the Civil Jury Court in Scotland, he was made its principal Judge, under the title of Lord Chief Commissioner, which office he continued to hold until his death.* The following are the titles of Mr. Adam's published works:

A Speech in the House of Commons, March 10, 1794, on moving an Address to the King in behalf of Thomas Muir, esq. and the Rev. Thomas Fysshe Pal. mer. 1794; 8vo.

Correspondence with John Bowles, esq. in defence of the religious principles of Francis Duke of Bedford. 1803; 4to.

A Speech in the House of Commons on the St. James's Poor Bill. 1803; 8vo.

Speech in the House of Commons, 24th June, 1808, on the Scotch Judicature Bill. 1808; 8vo.

Speech in the House of Commons on the Question of Privilege, in the case of Sir F. Burdett. 1810; 8vo.

Mr. Adam married at Edinburgh, May 7, 1777, the Hon. Eleanora Elphinston, second but eldest surviving daughter of

This measure gave occasion to a wicked bon mot of a celebrated wit: "Why is the Jury Court like Paradise?" "Because it is a place made for Adam."

Charles tenth Lord Elphinston, and sister to Admiral George Lord Viscount Keith, G. C.B. By this lady, who died on the 4th Feb. 1800, he had issue a numerous family: of whom are,

William George Adam, esq. a Queen's Counsel, and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery, and Auditor to the present Duke of Bedford.

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K. C.B. one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and M. P. for the shires of Clackmannan and Kinross. He married in 1822, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Patrick Brydone, esq. and sister of the Countess of Minto.

Lieut.-General the Rt. Hon. Sir Fred. Adam, K.C.B. and G. C.M.G. formerly Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.

COLONEL L. G. JONES.

March 12. In Buckingham-street, Strand, in his 60th year, Leslie Grove Jones, Esq. late Colonel 1st regt. Grenadier Guards.

Col. Jones was the youngest son of the late John Jones, Esq. of Frankley near Bradford, in the county of Wilts, who died in 1807, Inspector of the Board of Works. Col. Jones was born at Bearfield near Bradford on the 4th June 1779. He entered the Navy at an early age, and before he was 16, while a midshipman on board the Revolutionnaire, he got censured for his interference on behalf of a poor negro cook on whom the Captain had inflicted the lash for some petty offence, from which circumstance he became so disgusted with the nature of the service that he quitted the Navy, and being offered a commission in the Guards by the late Marquess of Lansdowne, he entered the Army under the patronage of that nobleman, who was the intimate friend and patron of his father. His first commission of Ensign in the 1st foot guards was dated 25th Nov. 1796; he became Lieut. and Captain Nov. 25, 1799; brevet Major June 4, 1811; Captain and Lieut.-Colonel Jan. 21, 1813. The Colonel served throughout the Peninsular War; and, although his advancement in his profession was slow, being unaided by purchase, some little estimate of his character as an officer may be formed from the cir cumstance of his appointment to be Commandant at Brussels before the ever memorable battle of Waterloo.

Colonel Jones was afterwards well known in the political world as the author of several powerfully written and very violent letters which appeared in "The