unable to leave his own grounds, he is
said to have adopted a strange substitute
for the sports of the field, to which he
had been addicted. In the garden at
the back of his house, there were placed
about 300 rabbits, and as many pigeons
and partridges, whose wings had been
Provided with a gun, and sup-
ported by servants, he would enter the
garden and shoot two or three head of
game, to be afterwards put upon the
table as his sporting trophies!

cut.

The Earl's remains were brought to
England for interment. His will has
been proved in the Prerogative Court,
Doctors' Commons, by John Charles
Claremont, Esq. (a banker, and partner
in the house of Lafitte, in Paris), Tho-
mas Phillips, Esq. and Eugene Auguste
Barbier, Esq. who are the executors.
The will is long and very extraordinary,
and there are added several codicils
equally extraordinary. His Lordship
leaves legacies to all his servants, and
some larger legacies to private indivi-
duals. He, however, adds that, in case
he should be either "assassinated or
poisoned," the legacies are all to be
void. He leaves 8,000l. to the Presi-
dent of the Royal Society, " to be ap-
plied according to the order and direction
of the said President of the Royal So-
ciety, in full and without any diminu-
tion or abatement whatsoever, in such
proportions and at such times, according
to his discretion and judgment, and
without being subject to any control or
responsibility whatsoever, to such person
or persons as the said President for the
time being of the aforesaid Royal Society
shall or may nominate or appoint and
employ; and it is my will and particular
request that some person or persons be
nominated and appointed by him to
write, print, publish, and expose to pub-
lic sale, one thousand copies of a work
On the Power, Wisdom, and Good-
ness of God, as manifested in the Crea-
tion,' illustrating such work by all
reasonable arguments; as, for instance,
the variety and formation of God's crea-
tures, in the animal, vegetable, and
mineral kingdoms; the effect of diges-
tion, and thereby of conversion; the
construction of the hand of man; and an
infinite variety of arguments; as also by
discoveries ancient and modern in arts,
sciences, and in the whole extent of
literature. And I desire that the profits
arising from and out of the circulation
and sale of the aforesaid work shall be
paid by the said President of the said

Royal Society as of right, as a further
remuneration and reward to such person
or persons as the said President shall or
may so nominate, appoint, and employ
as aforesaid. And I hereby fully autho-
rise and empower the said President,
in his own discretion, to direct and
cause to be paid and advanced to such
person or persons, during the writing of
the aforesaid work, the sum of 300%.
sterling, and also the sum of 500l. ster-
ling to the same person or persons dur-
ing the printing and preparing of the
same work for the press, out of and in
part of the said sum of 8,000l. sterling.
And I will and direct that the remainder
of the said sum of 8,000l. sterling, or of
the stocks or funds wherein the same
shall have been invested, together with
all interest, dividend or dividends accrued
thereon, be tranferred, assigned, and
paid over to such person or persons,
their or his executors, administrators,
or assigns, as shall have been so nomi-
nated, appointed, and employed by the
said President of the said Royal Society,
at the instance and request of the said
President, as and when he shall deem
the object of this bequest to have been
fully complied with by such person or
persons so nominated, appointed, and
employed by him as aforesaid."
splendid work on this subject was writ-
ten by his Lordship, and privately
printed by Didot some years back.)
The family manuscripts and papers, to-
gether with a lock of his mother's hair,
and a particular letter written by her
to himself, and delivered, at her request,
after her death, he hopes may be per-
mitted to be deposited and kept as heir-
looms in the family mansion at Ashridge,
-a permission which was refused to him
by his brother, the former Earl of Bridge-
water, with whom the late Earl does not
appear to have been on friendly terms,
although he hopes "God will forgive
his brother as he does."
His own
manuscripts and autographs he leaves to
the British Museum, with the interest
of 7,000l. to the librarians who are to be
appointed to take care of them, and
5,000l. to augment the collection of
MSS. of that Institution. He does not
even mention his nephews by marriage,
Lord Farnborough or Lord Brownlow,
who will succeed to the mansion of
Ashridge and most of the entailed pro-
perty, after the death of the Countess of
Bridgewater, His servants are to oc-
cupy their stations in his grand hotel in
the rue St. Honoré, in Paris, for two or

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three months; after which it is to be sold, together with all his furniture, plate, and jewellery. In his will nothing is intimated relating to his favourite dogs. The personal property amounts to 70,0002. Gentleman's Magazine.

BUTLER, the Hon. Lady Eleanor; at Plasnewydd Cottage, Llangollen;

June 2, 1829.

This celebrated lady was the third and youngest daughter of Walter Butler, Esq., by Eleanor, eldest daughter of Nicholas Morris, Esq, of the Court, co. Dublin. Her only brother, John, claimed and obtained his ancestral Earldom of Ormond in 1791. Her eldest sister, Lady Susan, was married to Thomas Kavanagh, Esq., of Borris, co. Carlow; and was mother to Thomas Kavanagh, Esq. who married his cousin, the late Lady Elizabeth Butler, sister to the present Marquess. Her second sister, Lady Frances, was married to another gentleman of the Kavanagh family. The three sisters all assumed the title of Lady, probably by Royal authority, on their brother's recovery of the Earldom.

It was about the year 1779 that Miss Butler and her companion, Miss Ponsonby (a cousin of the Earl of Besborough, and half-sister to the present Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby Barker, Esq., who married Lady Henrietta Taylour, sister to the present Marquess of Headfort), first associated themselves to live in retirement. It was thought desirable by their families to separate two individuals who appeared to cherish each other's eccentricities; and after their first departure together, they were brought back to their respective relations. Miss Butler resolutely declined marriage, of which she was said to have had five offers; and the ladies soon after contrived to elope a second time, taking a small sum of money with them. The place of their retreat, in the Vale of Llangollen, was confided only to a female servant; and they lived for many years unknown to their neighbours by any other appellation but "the Ladies of the Vale." Miss Butler was tall and masculine, always wore a riding habit, and hung up her hat with the air of a sportsman. Miss Ponsonby was fair and beautiful, and ladylike. In 1796 the poetess, Anna Seward, celebrated the charms of "Llangollen Vale," with large eulogiums on the secluded pair. It appears that the disposition of Lady Eleanor was the more lively of the two,

as we find "gay Eleonora's smile" contrasted with "Zara's look serene." Views of their residence have been frequently published. — Gentleman's Magazine.

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CAMERON, Sir Ewen, of Fassifern and Collert, co. Argyll, and of Arthurstone, co. Angus, Bart., father of "the valiant Fassifern," slain at QuatreBras.

Sir Ewen was 90 years of age. He was the eldest son of John Cameron, of Fassifern, by Jean, daughter of John Campbell, of Achaladder, and nephew to Donald Cameron, of Lochiel, who was chief of his clan, and forfeited Lis estates by joining in the rebellion of 1745.

Sir Ewen married Louisa, daughter of Duncan Campbell, of Barchaldine. Their eldest son was John, Colonel of the 92d foot, who, in reward for his distinguished services in Holland, 1799; in Egypt, 1801; and during the whole of the Peninsular war; but more especially in the actions of Arroyo Moulino, Oct. 28. 1811; the Pass of Maya, July 25. 1813; the passage of the river Gave, at Arriverette, near Bayonne, Dec. 13. 1813; and the capture of Acre, Feb. 17. 1814; -was honoured by the following heraldic insignia, pursuant to a royal warrant, dated May 20. 1815. To the arms of Cameron, which are Gules, three bars Or, were added the honourable augmentations of, On a bend Ermine a sphinx between two wreaths of laurel Proper; and on a chief embattled a view of a fortified town, and thereunder, the word ACRE; also a crest of augmentation, a Highlander of the 92d foot, up to the middle in water, grasping in his right hand a broad-sword, and in his left a banner, inscribed " 92d,” within a wreath of laurel: as supporters, on either side, a Highlander in the uniform of the 92d regiment, in the exterior haud a musket; and as mottoes, on the first crest, ARRIVERETTE; under the arms, MAYA. Col. Cameron was slain at Quatre- Bras, June 16. 1815; and his loss is particularly lamented in the Duke of Wellington's despatch of June 29. The titled bestowed, in consequence, upon his father, was the free spontaneous gift of our gracious Sovereign, who thus sought to alleviate the sorrows of the aged chieftain, by reflecting back upon him the honours earned

When the hostilities between England
and her revolting colonies in America
led to a war against France and Spain,
Captain Luttrell was ordered to proceed
to Jamaica, in the Charon 44, at which
time Sir Peter Parker was Commander-
in-chief on that station. Sir Peter, well
satisfied with the Captain's professional
abilities and general powers of mind,
gave him, in 1779, the command of a
squadron; and proceeding with these
ships, in co-operation with a land force,
be attacked the Spanish settlement of
St. Fernando d'Omoa, where two rich
galleons and several ships of merchan-
dise, with 250 quintals of quicksilver
and three millions of dollars, were cap-
tured; and the whole of the forts and
batteries fell to our arms.* The Earl
of Sandwich, on this occasion, addressed
a private congratulatory letter to the
Captain and the public letter of Mr.
Secretary Stephens, bearing date the
18th of December, 1799, ended with the
following most gratifying paragraph:-
"Their Lordships," meaning the
Lords of the Admiralty, “ immediately
laid your letter before His Majesty, who
was graciously pleased to express his

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It was on this occasion that the
following circumstance occurred: - A
sailor, who singly scrambled over the
wall of the fort, with a cutlass in each
hand, thus equipped, fell in with a
Spanish officer just roused from sleep,
and who, in the hurry and confusion,
had forgotten his sword. The tar, dis-
daining to take advantage of an unarmed
foe, and willing to display his courage
in single combat, presented the officer
with one of the cutlasses, saying to
him, "I scorn any advantage; you are
now on a footing with me.

The as-

tonishment of the officer at such an act
of generosity, and the facility with which
a friendly parley took place, when he
expected nothing else but (from the hos-
tile appearance of the foe) to be cut to
pieces, could only be rivalled by the ad-
miration which his relating the story ex-
cited in his countrymen.
Upon this
circumstance being mentioned to Sir
Peter Parker, at the return of the
squadron, he appointed the intrepid fel-
low to be boatswain of a sloop of war.
A few years after, in a fit of either mad-
ness or intoxication, he forgot his situa-
tion, and struck the Lieutenant of the
Ferret sloop of war, for which he was
tried by a court-martial, condemned to
suffer death, and executed.

approbation of the manner in which the
service entrusted to you has been con-
ducted.”

Upon the war being brought to a
termination, Captain Luttrell, towards
the middle of 1783, became a candidate
for one of the appointments which Mr.
Fox's India Bill provided in favour of
three or four Post Captains of known
activity and experience. Our country's
boast, Captain Horatio Nelson, was a
claimant for one of these offices, as his
published letters to his uncles, Captain
Suckling, the Comptroller of the Navy,
and Mr. Commissioner Suckling, Chair-
man of the Board of Customs, will show.
Mr. Fox's Bill, however, did not pass;
but on Mr. Pitt coming into office,
although he could not confer on Captain
Luttrell any appointment under his
newly-framed India Bill, he offered him
a seat at the Board of Excise, and it
was embraced at the close of 1784. In
this office Captain Luttrell (who as-
sumed the name Olmius, that of his
first wife's family, in 1783, by authority
of the Royal sign manual) remained till
the middle of the year 1826, when, after a
service of more than forty years in that
department, which, it must be observed,
was preceded by a service in the Navy of
thirty years, he retired. During the last
five years of his continuance in the Ex-
cise department, he was possessed of the
family rank and titles; having succeeded
to his brother Henry Lawes, the second
Earl, a General in the Army, and
Colonel of the 6th Dragoon Guards,
April 25. 1821. But, although Earl
of Carhampton, he possessed not the
Luttrell estate; it had long been distri-
buted amongst the numerous family of
his Lordship's father; and his continu-
ation so long in office with a humble
salary may probably be attributed to his
limited revenue from other sources.

Lord Carhampton had, however, al-
ways the interests of his naval profession
at heart; and previous to the war against
France, which commenced in February
1793, he proposed to relinquish his civil
office provided he should be encouraged
to look for a command on the attain-
ment of his flag rank; and his proposals
on the subject were submitted to the
Earl of Chatham. No opening at the
time offered; but the proposal was re-
corded. On his final retirement his
Lordship's name was restored to the
Navy List among the retired Captains.

His Lordship married, first, July 1.
1766, the Hon. Elizabeth Olmius, only

daughter of John Lord Waltham in the
peerage of Ireland, and sole heiress to her
brother, Drigue Billers, the last Lord
Waltham. By this lady, who died June
14. 1797, his Lordship had issue two
sons and one daughter: 1. John, who
died in 1769; 2. Lady Frances Maria,
who was married in 1789 to Sir Simeon
Stuart, the third and late Baronet of
Hartley Mauduit, in Hampshire, and
is mother to the present Sir Simeon
Henry Stuart, who becomes the repre-
sentative of the family of Olmius; and,
3. James, who died in 1772. The Earl
married secondly, in July 1798, Maria,
eldest daughter of John Morgan, Esq.
of the Inner Temple, and by that lady,
who survives him, had one daughter: 4.
Lady Maria Anne, married Feb. 17.
1821, to Major Hardress Roberts, son
of Francis Saunderson, of Castle Saun-
derson, in the county of Cavan, Esq. by
whom she has several children.

Though some distant branches of the
Luttrells remain, the titles, from the
failure of male heirs, have become ex-
tinct; being the thirty-third peerage of
Ireland that has expired since the Union
in 1801. The Irish estate at Luttrells-
town was sold by the second Earl; that
in Jamaica now devolves on Captain
Moriarty, nephew of the deceased, pur-
suant to the second Earl's will.-Gen-
tleman's Magazine.

CARTER, the Rev. John, M. A.,
F. S. A; Incumbent of St. Swithin's
in Lincoln, Vicar of Barlings and Upton
in Lincolnshire, and of Weston in York-
shire, and formerly Head Master of the
Grammar-school at Lincoln; Aug. 22.
1829; at his residence in the Minster
Yard, Lincoln; aged 67.

Mr. Carter was born in June 1762,
at Brompton-upon- Swale in Yorkshire,
and was educated at Catterick school in
the same county.
In the year 1779 he
was entered of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge; where he proceeded B. A. 1783,
being fourth Junior Optime of that year,
M. A. 1792. He was ordained in the
Temple church, London, by the then
Archbishop of York, to the curacy of
Thornhill in Yorkshire; at which place,
in or about the year 1787, he married
Ellen, only daughter of the late Walter
Fawkes Vavasour, Esq. of Weston-hall
in the same county, a lady of a truly ex-
cellent and amiable disposition.

Through the interest of the late Dean,
Sir Richard Kaye, Bart., Mr. Carter
was nominated one of the Vicars of Lin-

coln Cathedral; but that situation he
soon after resigned, upon his being
elected Head Master of Lincoln Gram-
mar-school, a situation he ably filled for
upwards of thirty years. Those who
were his pupils at that venerable insti-
tution will hold his memory in warm
respect for the kindly encouragement
by which he never omitted to assist
their studies, and not less for the cheer-
ful jocularity which ever and anon
smoothed the rugged paths of school
discipline.

He was presented to the curacy of
Barlings in 1790; to the vicarage of
Upton by Gainsborough in 1805, by
his friend the late Sir Wharton Am-
cotts, Bart. of Kettlethorpe Park, near
Lincoln; and to the vicarage of Weston
in Yorkshire, in 1804, by his brother-
in-law William Vavasour, Esq.

Mr. Carter was unassuming in his
manners and cheerful in his deport-
ment; he was much esteemed for his
general information on literary subjects,
as well as for his conversational talent.
He was in the strict sense of the word
a sound classic. Some time before his
death he was engaged in, and com-
pleted, a translation of Seneca's trage-
dies,-an undertaking for which he was
fully competent.

Mr. Carter was elected a Fellow of
the Society of Antiquaries in 1794. In
the following year he communicated to
the Society an account of some Roman
sepulchres discovered at Lincoln, pub-
lished with two plates of urns in the
Archæologia, vol. xII. pp. 107-113; in
1800 a drawing of the cross in the
church-yard of Somerby, Lincolnshire
(engraved ibid. vol. xiv. p. 276); and
in 1802 a drawing of the Saxon door-
way of Thorpe Salvin church, York-
shire (engraved ibid. vol. xv. p. 405).
Mr. Carter was also, for many years,
an occasional contributor to the pages
of the "Gentleman's Magazine."

In the pulpit Mr. Carter's discourses
were listened to with much attention
and interest; they were deservedly ad-
mired, not only for their elegant dic-
tion, but also for the pure Scriptural
doctrines that pervaded them; being
equally remote from the cold and
formal moral essay on the one hand,
and the inflated and enthusiastic rhap-
sody on the other.

By his demise that most excellent
charity, the Lincolnshire Clerical Fund,
loses a Treasurer who managed the ac-
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