" The his head over his shoulders. crown of his head was remarkably silvery and beautiful. He never wore a wig, but to preserve himself from cold. He regularly in the morning washed the whole of his head in cold water. In middle and advanced age he became corpulent, and was afflicted with the gout, which was probably brought on by good living-for he was always fond of good cheer. His works were well known to his contemporary artists in Europe, and so much admired, that he e was elected an honorary member of the imperial academy of Vienna, and of the royal academy of Munich. He was never out of his own country, though he had at various times received the most pressing invitations from the Continent, from those who had seen and admired his engraving, but with whom he had no personal acquaintance. Sir Charles McCarthy. In an engagement with the Ashantees, sir Charles M Carthy. He was appointed a captain in the Irish brigade Oct. 1, 1796; captain 52d foot March 15, 1800; major new Brunswick fencible infantry April 14, 1804, This regiment was trained under his orders. That duty he discharged with singular ability; and succeeded as much in attaching to himself the esteem of the whole corps, as in bringing them rapidly to a high state of discipline. He quitted that colony amid the praises of his superiors, and the blessings of those who had been placed under his command; and he proceeded to display in a very different climate, and under circumstances of great novelty and pe 量 culiarity, the same admirable faculties in a still wider sphere. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the royal African corps May 30, 1811. After sir Charles had arrived at Cape Coast, and whilst he was making great preparations for invading the country of the Ashantees, the king of Ashantee sent sir Charles his compliments, with a threat of soon hav ing his head as an ornament to the great war drum of Ashantee!It is a singular fact, that the subject of this threatening message was fre quently adverted to by the late sir Charles. When at the head of his troops, in alluding to the king of Ashantee, he once remarked in a jocular way to some officers," that fellow says nothing will satisfy hith but my head," which created a laugh at the expense of the sable monarch; but sir Charles, looking seriously, replied, you need not laugh, it might so happen." On another occasion, two days before the fatal action of the 21st January, he said in an ironical manner to two Ashantee prisoners who had been brought before him, "I hear your master wants my jaw bones for his big drum; very well, I am going to give them to him to-morrow." Alas! how true the prediction! In person sir Charles was tall and stout, of a kind and companiable disposition. Under his judicious government Sierra Leone made great advances towards that prosperity which there can be no doubt it will ultimately attain, and repay the mother-country for her benevolent labours in its establishment. ༄་ Major General Charles Turner, C. B. to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone and its dependencies in Africa. Vice-Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, K. C. B. to the command of His Majesty's squadron stationed at Lisbon. Rear-Admiral W. T. Lake, G. B. to the command of the ships and vessels of war on the Halifax station. The Right Hon. Sir William A'Court, Bart. and K. B., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Most Faithful Majesty. The Hon. Francis Reginald Forbes, Secretary to the Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary of the Embassy at that Court. The Right Hon. William Noel Hill, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Naples. The Right Hon. Augustus John Foster, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia. Henry Watkin William Wynn, Esq. to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Denmark. The Right Hon. Lord Erskine to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Wurtemberg. George William Chad, Esq. (now Secretary to His Majesty's Embassy at the Court of the Netherlands), to be His Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony. Charles Townshend Barnard, Esq. to be Secretary to His Majesty's Legation at the Court of Saxony. Andrew Snape Douglas, Esq. (now Secretary to His Majesty's Legation at the Court of the Two Sicilies), to be Secretary to His Majesty's Embassy at the Court of the Netherlands. Gibbs Crawford Antrobus, Esq. (now Secretary to His Majesty's Legation at the Court of Sardinia), to be Secretary to His Majesty's Legation at the Court of the Two Sicilies. The Rev. Wm. Hart Coleridge, D. D. Bishop of Barbadoes, and the Leeward Islands. Lord Harris to be Governor of Dumbarton Castle. R. Fullertion, Esq. to be Governor of Prince of Wales's Island. D. M. Hamilton, Esq. Commissioner of Arbitration at Sierra Leone. James Wood, Esq. Registrar. Major-General William Nicolay, to be Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Dominica, in the room of the Earl of Huntingdon, resigned. William Julius St. John Arabin and Arthur Wilde, Esqrs. are sworn in as Serjeants-at-Law. Marquis of Ely, to be Custos Rotulorum and co. Wexford, vice Flood, deceased. Mr. Justice Best, to be Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. SHERIFFS. FOR THE YEAR 1824.de Bedfordshire.Sir Robert Harry Inglis, of Milton Bryant, Baronet. Berkshire. Sir Charles Saxton, of Circourt, Baronet. 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