DEATHS.-DEC. ble sculptor himself, and the statuary soon took its place as one of the most popular exhibitions in the Scottish metropolis. 29. At his lodge, in the 72nd year of his age, the Rev. Francis Hodgson, B.D., Provost of Eton College, and Rector of Cottesford, Oxfordshire. Mr. Hodgson was educated at Eton, and was elected in 1799 to King's College, and was tutor to Mr. Lambton (afterwards Earl of Durham) and his brothers. In 1837 he returned to Eton as an Assistant Master, but resigned in the same year. While at Cambridge he formed an intimacy with the late Lord Byron, equally honourable to both, and which was only put an end to by the death of the noble poet. Lord Byron not only regarded Mr. Hodgson with great affection, but entertained a very high opinion of his intellectual endow ments. This opinion was justified by several poetic works subsequently published by the deceased; in particular, by a translation of "Juvenal;" a volume entitled "Lady Jane Grey," with Miscellaneous Poems in English and Latin, 1809, 8vo; and "Sir Edgar," a Tale in two Cantos, 1810. In his later days he made considerable contributions in Latin to the Arundines Cami-a collection of poems in Latin and Greek, which was the successful and very popular forerunner of two other beautiful works of similar character-the Anthologia Oxoniensis and Sabrina Corolla. He also published several books with the view of directing the students of Eton in the art of versification, which has so long been the boast of that school. In 1816 Mr. Hodgson was presented by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to the vicarage of Bakewell in Derbyshire, and in 1836 he was appointed Archdeacon of Derby, and also held for some time the donative chapelry of Edensor, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire. In March, 1840, he was elected Provost of Eton by the Fellows, on Her Majesty's recommendation; and shortly after he became Rector of Cottesford, one of the livings attached to Eton. Mr. Hodgson was a scholar of sound and accurate judgment, and of delicate and refined taste. As a man, he was remarkable for benevolence and singular kindness of heart. As a friend, he was no less worthy of admiration for warmth and sincerity of affection. 30. At Stradishall, Suffolk, aged 52, Sir Charles Wager Watson, the second Baronet (1760), of West Wratting Park, Cambridgeshire. He was grandson of Rear-Admiral Charles Watson, who, after distinguishing himself in two engagements, died in command of the naval forces in the East Indies in 1757; and whose son, in acknowledgment of the father's services, was created a baronet in 1760, being then a boy of nine years of age. Sir Charles was hunting with the Suffolk foxhounds, accompanied by his son, and was riding at a brisk rate, when he was seen suddenly to reel and fall from his horse. 31. In action against the Kaffirs, at Fort Peddie, aged 35, Henry Robert Eardley Wilmot, Capt. Royal Artillery, and Brevet-Major. This gallant officer was the fifth son of the late Sir John Eardley Wilmot, bart., of Berkswell Hall, Warwickshire, Lieut.-Governor of Van Diemen's Land. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, and obtained a commission in the Royal Artillery in 1834. He served in Newfoundland and Canada, and in 1843 went to Van Diemen's Land as aide-decamp to his father, the Lieutenant-Governor. On the breaking out of disturbances in New Zealand, he hastened to the scene of operations, and did good service there. In June, 1847, Major Wilmot returned to England, where he remained engaged in the recruiting service until July, 1850, when he was promoted as First Captain to a Company at the Cape, where he arrived at the end of December. Immediately on his arrival he proceeded to the frontier, and took an active part in all the operations there down to the 31st of December, 1851. On that day he fell in a skirmish with the Kaffirs, some few miles from Fort Peddie, while in command of a party of British troops. On Saturday the 3rd of January, the earth closed over all that was mortal of the gallant Major Wilmot. His death caused the utmost sorrow, expressed not only by the Commander-in-Chief and the superior officers, but by those under him, and by the soldiers. Everywhere his kindness and gentlemanly bearing appear to have won friends, while his soldierly conduct, his bravery, and general high professional attainments, secured for him the respect and admiration of all with whom he acted. Lately. In Australia, Hugh Proby, PROMOTIONS. esq., third son of the Hon. Admiral Proby, and nephew to the Earl of Carysfort. Mr. Proby was drowned in attempting to cross a flooded river. Lately. At Tarbolton, aged 79, Mr. Thomas Stobo. He entered in the Greys or 2nd Dragoons in 1790, and was with the Duke of York at Dunkirk; he was the oldest soldier in the Greys who fought at Waterloo, and the very "beau ideal" of a British dragoon. He was brother to the late Capt. Stobo of the Greys, who died in 1838. Lately. At Castle Douglas, aged 73, Mr. Joseph Train, a friend and antiqua rian auxiliary of Sir Walter Scott. Mr. Train was the author of a history of Galloway, but better known by the compliments paid him in Mr. Lockhart's "Life of Scott." Lately. Joseph Willday, esq., of Atherstone, co. Warwick. He has bequeathed the sum of 1000l. to each of the following charities:-the London Orphan Asylum, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, the Blind Asylum, St. George's Fields, the Blind Asylum, Liverpool, and the Birmingham General Hospital. Lately. John Zechariah, esq., of Haverstock-hill. He has left the following legacies payable on the demise of his widow, viz., Jews' Hospital, 500l.; Jews' Free School, 2007.; Society for Relieving the Destitute Blind of the Jewish persuasion, 2001.; Jews' Orphan Asylum, 2007.; Widows' Home Asylum, 2007.; Hand-in-Hand Asylum for Decayed Jewish Tradesmen, 2007.; Portsmouth Synagogue, 100%. PROMOTIONS. 1852. JANUARY. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 1. Lord Augustus Loftus, now Paid Attaché to Her Majesty's Legation at Stuttgardt, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at that Court. 2. To be Inspectors of Coal Mines in Great Britain: Thomas Wynne, esq., William Lancaster, esq. 16. George Hammond Whalley, esq., to be Collector of Customs for Trinidad. 19. James Hudson, esq., now Envoy Extraordinary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia; Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, G.C.B., now Envoy Extraordinary to the United States of America, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; and John Fiennes Crampton, esq., now Secretary of Legation at Washington, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America. 20. Major-Gen. the Hon. George Cathcart to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies, and to be Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the af fairs of the territories adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern frontier. Charles Henry Darling, esq., to be Lieut.-Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Major-Gen. the Hon. G. Cathcart to have the local rank of Lieut.-General at the Cape of Good Hope.-The Hon. Mark George Kerr Trefusis, second son of Charles, 18th Baron Clinton, to take the surname and arms of Rolle. H. Baldwin, esq., Q.C., to be one of the Commissioners of Charitable Bequests in Ireland. Thomas Falconer, esq., to be Judge of the Glamorganshire, Breconshire, and Radnorshire County Courts. G. R. Waterhouse, esq., to be Curator of Mineralogy and Geology in the British Museum. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 2. 72nd Foot, Lieut.-Gen. J. Aitchison to be Colonel.-78th Foot, Lieut.Gen. Sir N. Douglas, K.C.B., to be Colonel. 10. Royal Marines, Col. Second Commandant R. Mercer, to be Colonel Commandant; Lieut.-Col. G. B. Bury, to be Colonel Second Commandant; brevet Major E. Hearle to be Lieut.-Colonel. 16. 74th Foot, Major A. Seaton to be Lieut. Col.; Capt. G. Monkland to be Major. 30. Capt. M. Geale, of the 36th Foot, to be Major in the Army. NAVY PROMOTIONS. E. K. Barnard to be Commander.R. Lloyd, to reserved list of Commanders. PROMOTIONS. Commander W. B. Oliver to be Captain; Lieuts. J. Scudamore, C. Simmonds, and T. Brewer, to be Commanders. 19. Vice-Adm. John Dick to be Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Adm. Sir Edw. C. Strode, K.C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Capt. W. Walpole to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.-To be retired Rear-Admirals (on the terms of 1st Sept., 1846): Hugh Patton, Hon. C. O. Bridgman, Sir Henry Shiffner, bart., and Henry Forbes. Appointments.- Capt. A. Lowe to Impregnable; Commander R. Maguire to Plover; Lieut. and Comm. J. S. Rundle to Hercules. COLLEGIATE AND SCHOLASTIC APPOINT MENTS. Rev. J. Chambers (Head Master of the High School, James's Town) to be Inspector and Superintendent of Government Schools in the Island of St. Helena. Rev. J. G. Lonsdale, Readership, Temple Church, London. Rev. Richard Macdonnell, D.D., Provostship of Trinity College, Dublin. Rev. J. Woolley, D.C.L., Principal of University College, and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Sydney, N.S.W. FEBRUARY. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 2. Henry Richard Lord Cowley, and the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson, knt., one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench, sworn of the Privy Council. 3. Lord Cowley, K.C.B. (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation), to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic. 5. The Right Hon. Fox Maule to be Her Majesty's Commissioner for the Affairs of India.-C. L. Wyke, esq., to be Consul General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa-Rica, Honduras, and Salvador. 6. The Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith, to be Secretary at War. 11. Lord Stanley of Alderley to be Vice-President of the Committee of Council appointed for Trade and Foreign Plantations.-Charles Barry, esq., Architect, R.A., Fellow of the Royal Society, the Society of Arts, and of the Institute of British Architects, Member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Luke at Rome, of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts at Saint Petersburg, and of the Royal Academies of Fine Arts at Berlin, at Stockholm, and at Brussels, knighted. 12. Rear-Adm. Sir James Stirling, knt., to be one of Her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral vice Dundas.-R. G. M'Donnell, esq., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Settlements in the river Gambia, to be C.B. Civil Division. Arthur Charles Magenis, esq. (Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation), to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Wurtemburg. Andrew Buchanan, esq. (Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg), to be Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. -Philip Griffith, esq. (Secretary of Legation at Athens), to be Secretary of Legation at Washington.-Augustus Paget, esq. (First Paid Attaché at Paris), to be Secretary of Legation at Athens. 13. Brevet Colonel Lord de Ros to be Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower of London. 20. Robert Temple Harris, esq., of Waterstown, co. Westmeath, to take the name of Temple, and bear the arms of Temple quarterly with his own, in compliance with the will of his grandfather Robert Handcock Temple of Waterstown, esq. 23. Lord Broughton to be G.C.B. of the Civil Division; Lord Howden, Envoy Extraordinary to the Queen of Spain, to be K.C.B. of the Civil Division; Major-Gen. John Owen, C.B., Deputy Adjutant-Gen. of the Royal Marines, to be K.C.B. of the Military Division; and William Miller, esq., Commissary General to the Forces, to be C.B. of the Military Division.— Graves Macdonnell, esq., Č.B. (Governor of Her Majesty's Settlements in the Gambia), to be Lieut.-Governor of St. Vincent; Morris Power, esq., to be Lieut-Governor of St. Lucia.-Cosmo Innes, esq., Advocate, to be one of the Ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, vice Thomas Thompson, esq., resigned. 25. Knighted by patent, Charles Nicholson, esq., M.D., Speaker of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. PROMOTIONS. 26. Knighted, Charles Crompton, esq., one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench; and George Goodman, esq., Mayor of Leeds. 27. John William, Earl of Sandwich, Lord Claud Hamilton, William Lennox Lascelles Lord de Ros, Hon. George Cecil Weld Forester, sworn of the Privy Council. 28. The Right Hon. Sir Edward B. Sugden, knt., Chancellor of Great Britain, created Baron St. Leonards of Slaugham, co. of Sussex. Austen Henry Layard, esq., D.C.L., to be Under Secretary of State for the Foreign Department (to Earl Granville). The Hon. Thomas Montague Wilde to be Registrar in Bankruptcy, vice Wilmot, resigned. T. Phinn, esq. (Recorder of Devonport), to be Counsel to the Board of Stamps and Taxes in the Exchequer. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 10. 39th Foot, brevet Major R. N. Tinley to be Major. 13. 39th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. G. Burrell, C.B., to be Colonel.-60th Foot, brevet Lieut.-Col. M. G. Dennis to be Lieut.Col.; Capt. H. Bingham to be Major.96th Foot, Major-Gen. C. E. Conyers, C.B., to be Colonel.-3rd West India Regt., Major A. Findlay to be Lieut.Colonel. 20. 48th Foot, brevet Major B. A. Riky, to be Major. 23. Royal Artillery, brevet Major J. M. Savage, to be Lieut.-Colonel. 25. Royal Marines, brevet Major John M'Arthur, to be Lieut.-Colonel. 27. 10th Light Dragoons, Major John Tritton, to be Lieut.-Colonel; Captain John Wilkie to be Major.-50th Foot, Major J. B. Bonham to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. Richard Waddy to be Major. 28. Royal Artillery, brevet Major R. J. Dacres to be Lieut. Colonel. CHAPLAINCY. Rev. H. M. Birch, to be Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. COLLEGIATE AND SCHOLASTIC APPOINT MENTS. Rev. T. L. Claughton, Professorship of Poetry, Oxford. J. W. Cusack, M.D., Professorship of Surgery, University of Dublin. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. 10. Mr. W. Calder Marshall elected a R.A.; Mr. Richard Partridge, Professor of Anatomy, and Mr. John Prescott, Knight Professor of Perspective, in the Royal Academy. MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT. East Retford. - Hon. Wm. Ernest Duncombe. Greenwich.-Adm. Houston Stewart. Kent (East).-Sir Brook Wm. Bridges, bart. Kinsale.-John Isaac Heard, esq. Lisburn.-Sir J. E. Tennent. Northampton.-Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith (re-elected). Perth.-Right Hon. Fox Maule (reelected). MARCH. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 2. Earl Talbot, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Verulam, Viscount Hawarden, Viscount Galway, Lord Crofton, and Lord Polwarth, to be Lords in Waiting to Her Majesty.-The Hon. William Stuart Knox to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary. 4. Lord John Manners to be First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings. 5. Viscount Newport and Sir John Trollope, bart., sworn of the Privy Council.Viscount Newport to be Vice-Chamberlain of H.M. Household.-Lieut.Gen. Henry Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B., to be Master-General of the Ordnance. Lieut.-Col. Francis Plunkett Dunne to be Clerk of the Ordnance.-John Dorney Harding, esq., D.C.L., to be Advocate General.-George Hammond Whalley, esq., of Plas Madoc, Ruabon, to be Sheriff of co. Carnarvon, vice Williams. PROMOTIONS. -David Middleton, esq., Rector of the Grammar School, Falkirk, and Charles Edward Wilson, esq., M.A., one of the Classical Masters of the Glasgow Academy, to be Assistant Inspectors of Schools in Scotland. 11. Viscount Mandeville to be Lord of the Bedchamber to H.R.H. Prince Albert. 22. The Marquess of Chandos to be Keeper of the Privy Seal of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, vice Craig, resigned. 24. Knighted, John Dorney Harding, esq., D.C.L., H.M. Advocate-General. 25. Lord Saltoun elected K.T. Thomas Fortescue, esq., of Ravensdale Park, created Baron Clermont and Dromiskin, co. Louth, with remainder to his brother, Christopher T. Fortescue, and his heirs. Sir John Dodson, to be Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. T. Twiss, D.C.L., to be Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury, and Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 5. 17th Foot, Major Arthur Lowry Cole, from 69th Foot, to be Major, vice Major L. C. Bourchier, who exchanges. -93rd Foot, Major Lorenzo Rothe to be Lieut.-Col.-Capt. R. M. Banner to be Major. 12. Brevet Capt. T. W. B. Mounsteven, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major in the army.-Capt. Edward Kaye, Bengal Artillery, to be Major in the East Indies.-Brevet Major William Elsey, Captain and Paymaster of the East India Depôt at Warley, to be Major in the East Indies. 19. Brevet Capt. Sir G. D. Beresford, bart., to be Major in the army. 24. Royal Artillery, Lieut.-Col. W. Bell to be Colonel.-Brevet Major C. W. Wingfield to be Lieut.-Col. 26. Brevet Capt. S. A. Abbott, 51st Bengal N.I., to be Major in the East Indies. 27. Royal Artillery, Major-General F. Campbell to be Colonel-Commandant. NAVY PROMOTIONS. 8. Rear-Adm. W. Croft to be ViceAdmiral on the reserved list.-RearAdm. W. Bowles, C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.--Capt. D. H. O'Brien, Capt. E. Lloyd, K.H., and Capt. B. M. Kelly, to be Rear-Admirals on the reserved list.-Capt. A. L. Corry to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. To be retired Rear-Admirals of 1st Sept., 1846: Captains A. Montgomerie, J. W. Montagu, Hon. G. P. Campbell, W. B. Bigland, K.H., G. C. Gambier, J. Gore (a), and J. Gedge. Appointments.-11. Capt. H. J. Austin to Victory, 101. 16. Capt. G. G. Lock to Winchester, 50. 19. Commander J. F. B. Wainwright to Winchester, 50. 24. Commander A. Hazeltine to Britomart, 8. 31. Commanders A. Boyle, to Victory. 101; J. R. Rodd, to Impregnable, 104; and J. B. Marsh, to Waterloo, 120. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT. Rev. J. Jackson, Canonry in Bristol Cathedral. COLLEGIATE AND SCHOLASTIC APPOINT MENTS. Earl of Eglinton, K.P., Lord Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen. J. S. Blackie, M.A., Professorship of Greek, University of Edinburgh. Thomas Charles Geldart, M.A., Mastership of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. J. K. Ingram, M.A., Professorship of Oratory, University of Dublin. W. Theobald, B.L., Professorship of Law, Hindoo College, Calcutta. MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT. (All the members of the House of Commons vacating their seats, on taking office under the new Administration, have been re-elected, with the exception of Lord Naas, one of the Knights for the county of Kildare.) Cork. Vincent Scully, esq. Kildare Co.-William Henry Ford Cogan, esq. Coleraine.-Lord Naas. APRIL. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. 1. Major-Gen. James Frederick Love, C.B., to be Lieut.-Governor of the Island of Jersey. 6. Adm. Sir C. Ekins, Gen. Sir P. Maitland, Adm. the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, Lieut-Gen. Sir A. Woodford, Lieut. |