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the seventh Bart. of Raleigh, co. Devon (1641). He was the eldest son of the Rev. William Chichester, Rector of Ham in that county, and second son of the fourth baronet; his mother's name was Bellamin. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his cousin Sir John, Sept. 30, 1808. He married Sept. 8, 1819, Charlotte, youngest daughter of Sir James Hamlyn Wil liams, of Clovelly Court, co. Devon, Bart., and by that lady, who died August 18, 1834, he has left issue four sons, and two daughters. His son and heir, now Sir Arthur Chichester, was born in 1824.

31. At Strasburgh, aged 27, Wm. Chas. Nethercote, esq., late of the Royal Horse Guards, and of Moulton Grange, Northamptonshire.

In Brook-street, in his 87th year, the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Manners Sutton, Baron Manners of Foston, co. Lincoln, a Privy Councillor; and for merly Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Lord Manners was a younger brother of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, being the third son of Lord George Manners Sutton, third son of John third Duke of Rutland, by his first wife Diana, daughter of Thomas Chaplin, of Blankney, co. Lincoln, esq. He was born on the 24th Feb. 1756; and was educated at the Charter House, and at Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he gra duated B.A. 1777, as fifth Wrangler. He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 18, 1780. At the general election of 1790 he was returned to Parliament for the borough of Newark, and he was re-chosen in 1796, 1797, and 1802. In July 1797 he was made one of the Welsh judges. In 1800 he was appointed Solicitor-General to the Prince of Wales. In the discharge of his duties in that capacity, he introduced to the House of Commons the claims of the Prince on the Duchy of Cornwall, on which occasion his exertions were highly approved by Pitt and Fox. In 1802 he was made Soli. eitor-General to the King, and received the honour of knighthood, on the 19th May. The following year he acted as one of the official accusers of Col. Despard-a duty he discharged without acrimony or exaggeration. In Jan. 1805 he succeeded Sir Beaumont Hotham as one of the Barons of the Exchequer; and April 14, 1807, he was called to the Upper House by the title of Baron

Manners, of Foston. Immediately after, he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, which office he held until the autumn of 1827; when he retired with respect and affection of the legal profession in that country, manifested by their addresses and a magnificent testimonial. Lord Manners was characterised by a kindness, generosity, and singleness of heart, which disarmed animosity, and attracted universal esteem. Lord Manners married, firstly, Nov. 4, 1803, Anne, daughter of the late Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. ; who died without issue May 5, 1814; secondly, Oct. 28, 1815, the Hon. Jane Butler, daughter of James eleventh Lord Caher, and sister to the Earl of Glengall. By this lady, who survives him, he had issue (besides a son still born in 1817), an only son, John Thomas now Lord Manners, born Aug. 17, 1818.

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3. At Breton House near Exeter, in his 86th year. The Right Hon. John Rolle Baron Rolle of Stevenstone, co. Devon, and Colonel of the South Devon Militia. He was descended from an ancient Devonshire family, and was born October 16, 1750, the only son of Denys Rolle, esq., by Anne daughter of Arthur Chichester, esq., of Hall. He was first returned to Parliament for the co. of Devon in 1779, and succeeded to his estates on the death of his father in 1797. He was in politics a zealous adherent of Mr. Pitt and the Tory party, and a strenuous opponent of Mr. Fox's India Bill in 1783, and took so warm a part in the discussion of the Regency Bill of 1789, that he proposed an amendment in the marriage clause, stigmatizing by name as unlawful the Prince of Wales's union with Mrs. Fitzherbert. He was raised to the dignity of a Peer by patent dated June 20, 1796. He seconded the address to the King on the opening of the Parliament of 1807. He voted in the majority against the Reform Bill, which caused the temporary resignation of Earl Grey's ministry, May, 7, 1832; and he continued to the last a firm Conservative. In his own county Lord Rolle was chiefly distinguished by his princely liberality to public and charitable purposes. He gave 1,000l. to the fund for the relief of the Irish clergy, 1,000l. towards es

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tablishing a chaplaincy in the Devon and Exeter Hospital, 5007. to the Lunatic Asylum, &c. &c. When a new church was erected in a distant part of the parish of Ilfracombe, called Lea, besides presenting a handsome screen, his Lordship had subscribed 2001. and when the church was completed, being informed that 9001. was wanted to defray the expense, he immediately gave a cheque for the amount. His Lordship was twice married but had no issue, and the title is extinct.

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At the Hall, Berkhampstead, aged 57, the Right Hon. Mark, sixteenth Lord Somerville, (created 1424) in the peerage of Scotland. He was the third son of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Hugh Somerville; and the eldest by his second marriage with Mary daugh ter of the Hon. Wriothesley Digby. He was formerly an officer in the Royal Artillery. He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his half-brother John in 1819; and, having died unmarried, is succeeded by his next brother Kenelm, a Capt. R. N.

5. At Kent House, Knightsbridge, the mansion of his relative the Earl of Morley, aged 41, Thomas Henry Lister, esq., of Armitage Park, co. Stafford, Registrar-Gen. of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; maternal uncle to Lord Ribblesdale, and brother-in-law to the Earl of Clarendon and Lord John Russell. He was the eldest son of Thomas Lister, esq., (who died in 1828,) cousin-ger man to Thomas first Lord Ribblesdale, and the only child by his first wife Har riett Anne, daughter of John Seale, esq., of Mountboone, co. Devon. His father, and his grandfather Nathaniel Lister, esq., of Armitage, near Lichfield, were both writers of poetry, and their names occur in the works of their neighbour Miss Seward. Mr. Lister attained considerable literary celebrity by a novel, entitled "Granby," published in 1826. He afterwards published "Herbert Lacy," and some others.

7. The Rev. John Bailes, for thirtythree years Curate of Hilperton, near Trowbridge, Wilts.

8. Walton-on-Thames, the Rev. Frederick John Ball, formerly Curate of Carlton Rode, Norfolk.

In Cadogan-place, aged 65, the Right Hon. Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, Baron Congleton of Congleton, co. Chester (1841); the fourth Baronet of Rathleague, Queen's co. (1766); a Privy

Councillor; grandfather of the Marquess of Drogheda, and of the Earl of Darnley. Lord Congleton was born on the 3rd July 1776, and was the second son of the Right Hon. Sir John Parnell, the second Baronet, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, by Letitia Charlotte, second daughter and coheir of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Brooke, of Colebrooke, co. Fermanagh, Bart. His elder brother was unhappily born a cripple, and never had the use of speech; and the estates were consequently settled upon Henry, by a special act of Parliament passed in 1789. In consequence, the late Lord Congleton succeeded to his patrimonial estates on the death of his father in 1801, and subsequently to the title of Baronet, on his brother's death in 1812. He was first returned to Parliament at the general election of 1802 for the borough of Portarlington; but he did not on that occasion keep his seat, making way on the 8th of December following, for the late Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt by accepting the office of Escheator of Munster. Early in his parliamentary career, he distinguished himself on the questions of the Corn-laws and Catholic Emancipation, and he also published several pamphlets on those and other political subjects. He was chairman of the Finance Committee in the session of 1828. His motion in 1830, on the propriety of inquiring into the state of the Civil List, led to the dissolution of the Wellington administration. He afterwards sat for Queen's co. for twenty-seven years and subsequently represented Dundee. He was created a Peer by the title of Lord Congleton, August 11, 1841. The manner of his death (unhappily by his own hand during a fit of temporary insanity) will be found detailed in the CHRONICLE.

10. Near London, the Right Hon. Abraham Creighton, second Earl of Erne (1789), Viscount Erne (1781) and Baron Erne (1768) of Crum Castle, co. Fermanagh. He was the eldest son of John the first Earl, by his first wife Catharine, second daughter of the Right Rev. Robert Howard, Lord Bishop of Elphin, and sister to the first Viscount Wicklow. He succeeded his father September 15, 1828, and is succeeded by his nephew John Creighton, esq., who has been for the last two years Lord Lieut. of the co. Fermanagh.

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completing his 47th year, the Rev. Thomas Arnold, D.D. Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, and Head Master of Rugby School. Dr. Arnold was borne at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and was the son of the late William Arnold, esq., collector of his Majesty's Customs at that port. He was educated at Winchester School, and from thence went to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he took a first class in Classics, in Easter term, 1814, and the degree of B.A. October 27 in the same year. In 1815, he gained the prize for an English Essay, subject, "The effects of Distant Colonization on the Parent State;" and July 20, same year, was elected Fellow of Oriel College. In 1817, he gained the Latin Essay, subject, "Quam vim habeat ad informandos juvenum animos poetarum lectio?" June 19, same year he took the degree of M.A. He vacated his fellowship, by marriage, about 1822. He was appointed Head Master of Rugby in 1828, and took the degree of B.D. March 29, and D.D. December 17, in the same year. On the death of Dr. Nares, in 1841, Dr. Arnold was ap pointed by her Majesty Regius Professor of Modern History. There were many competitors for the Mastership of Rugby School, several of them men of high qualifications, and also supported by the interest of men of rank. The trustees, however, resolved, very much to their credit, to lay aside all other considerations, and appoint the man who should appear on the whole to be the best adapted to the situation; and Dr. Arnold was elected. In every respect he justified their choice, and under his able superintendence Rugby has been rasied to the very highest level among the public schools of England. He was much beloved by his pupils, and many of them have greatly distinguished themselves at the Universities. Most admirable were the discourses he used to deliver in Rugby Chapel, clear, yet full of valuable matter, and simple, yet impressively eloquent, speaking at once both to the understanding and to the heart. But his best sermon to his hearers was his life. It was a continuous sermon, on the text, "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as unto the Lord and not unto man." For never did any man more habitually bring his religious principles into the daily practice of life; not by the continual introduction of

religious phraseology, but by a singlehearted study to realise the Christian character. Dr. Arnold was remarkable for the uniform sweetness, the patience, and the forbearing meekness of his disposition. He was an inmate Christian; the bad passions might almost be said to have been omitted in his constitution. But his truth and honesty were unflinchingly regardless of his own interest or of temporary consequences. As a writer, Dr. Arnold was remarkable for vigorous thought, clearness of expression, and purity of style. His edition of "Thucydides," and his (unfinished) "History of Rome," are works which will always hold a high place in our literature. Besides these, his Sermons and pamphlets on political subjects, and his recent publication of the Lectures delivered by him at Oxford in his capacity of Professor of Modern History in that Uuiversity, are evidences of his talents as a scholar and historian. We wish it could be allowed that as a divine of our Established Church Dr. Arnold was as eminent for sound theology as he was unquestionably candid in confessing his convictions, sincere in his professions of what he believed, and exemplary for the pious performance of his moral and devotional duties. That he was not correct in his theological opinions is too well known to those who remember and regret the pamphlet in which, among other objectionable propositions, Dr. Arnold recommended the admission of Dissenters of nearly every denomination into the pulpits of our parish churches! But for that pamphlet, and the storm it created among churchmen of all political views, there is little doubt that the late Dr. Arnold would have been promoted to the episcopal bench by the Whigs. Dr. Arnold was suddenly seized with Angina Pectoris, which carried him off in two hours. His father died of the same disease. His mortal remains were deposited in a vault under the altar in the chapel.

14. At Barnes, aged 72, Anselm John Griffiths, esq., Rear-Adm. of the White. This officer was a son of the late Rev. John Griffiths of Kingston-on-Thames. He entered the naval service as a midshipman on board the Juno frigate, com manded by Capt. James Montagu, in January 1781; obtained his first commission November 22, 1790; and after serving for some time as First Lieut. of

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the Fly sloop, on the Newfoundland station, was appointed in November 1792, to the Culloden of 74 guns, in which ship he continued, under the respective commands of Capts. Sir Thomas Rich, R. R. Burgess, Isaac Schomberg, and Thomas Troubridge, till his promotion to the rank of Commander, March 8, 1797. The Culloden formed part of Earl Howe's feet in the battle of June 1, 1794; and bore a principal part in Vice-Adm. Hotham's action, July 13, 1795. On the memorable 14th February, 1797, she led the squadron through the enemy in a masterly style, and, with the Captain alone, turned the whole van of the Spanish fleet, consisting of three first rates, and several two-deckers; and at the close of the action was in a worse state than any other ship of the British squadron, the Captain alone excepted. Her loss consisted of ten men killed, and forty-seven wounded. The subject of this memoir was promoted, as above stated, for his conduct on this occasion. During the ensuing eight months he held an appointment in the Sea Fencible service, in the Isle of Wight. He obtained the command of the Atalanta of 16 guns, in November, 1798; and, after cruising with considerable activity against the enemy's privateers in the Channel and North Sea, was posted from that vessel April 29, 1802. In September following, Capt. Griffiths was appointed to the Constance of 24 guns, which ship appears to have been successively employed in the blockade of the Elbe, and as a cruiser on the coast of Portugal, and in the Channel. In July, 1806, he removed into the Topaz frigate on the Irish station, from whence he proceeded to Davis's Straits, for the protection of the whale fishery, in company with Capt. Maitland of the Boadicea. He was subsequently ordered to the Mediterranean, where he left the Topaz, and joined in July, 1809, the Leonidas frigate; which formed part of the squadron under Capt. Spranger, at the capture of Cephalonia, October 4, 1809, and assisted at the reduction of St. Maura, in March and April, 1810. Capt. Griffiths left the Leonidas in 1813, and was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1837.

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of Swords, Dublin, and grandson of the late Hon. Major Edward Molesworth.

19. The Lady Fanny Jemima, wife of William James Goodeve, esq., of Clifton, and sister to the Earl of Marr. She was married in 1830.

At Cork, the Ven. Edward St. Lawrence, Archdeacon of Ross; cousin to the Earl of Howth. He was the second son of the late Hon. and Right Rev. Thomas St. Lawrance, D.D. Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross, by Frances eldest daughter and coheir of the Rev. Henry Coghlan, D.D. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bart. He was suddenly seized with apoplexy when walking in the street, and died before he could be taken home.

20. At Stanground, Huntingdonshire, aged 77, the Rev. Henry Yeats Smythies, Vicar of Stanground with Farcet. He was formerly Fellow and Bursar of Emanuel college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1786 as 9th Junior Optime, M.A. 1789, B.D. 1796. He was presented to his living (value 1,2997.) by that society in 1809.

21. At the Euston Hotel, Eustonsquare, aged 45, Mr. Frederick Henry Yates, manager of the Adelphi The

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At the house of his father-in-law, Sir C. Morgan in Pall Mall, aged 60, the Right hon. George Rodney third Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, co. Somerset (1782), and a Baronet (1764). He was born June 17, 1782. His Lordship took no active part in public life.

23. At Mussoorie, Bengal, MajorGen. Thomas Newton, of the Hon. East India Company's Service; in his 59th year.

25. At Southernhay, Exeter, at an advanced age, William Shield, esq., Admiral of the White; formerly Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard. Mr. Shield was First Lieut. of the Saturn 74, in 1792, when an action was brought against him for having violently raised (by means of a rope) a refractory young midshipman to the masthead, whither the youngster had refused to mount upon orders. Lord Chief Justice Loughborough instructed the jury that the custom of the service justified the first order, and rendered it legal; therefore the disobeying such order justified the measures taken to enforce it. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant; and the decision had the effect of

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Aged 91, the Rev. William Walford, Rector of Long Stratton, Norfolk. He was formerly Fellow and Tutor of Gonville and Caius college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1774 as first Senior Optime; M.A. 1777.

At his seat, near Geneva, aged 69, Mons. J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi, the eminent historian. M. de Sismondi was born at Geneva in 1773. In 1792, on the subversion of the government of that republic, of which his fa. ther was a member, he and all his family took refuge in England. They returned to Geneva in the summer of 1794, and six weeks after their return their house was pillaged, and he and his father were arrested. They were condemned to twelve months' imprisonment, and a fine of two-fifths of their fortune. On his release M. Sismondi settled in Tuscany; but a revolution, which broke out there, again involved him in difficulties. The French im prisoned him as being an aristocrat, and the insurgents as being a Frenchman. In the autumn of 1800, he once more took up his residence at Geneva, and in 1801 he published his first work, "A View of the Tuscan Agriculture." Since that period he has been a fertile author, and has acquired a high reputation. In all his writings he professed republican principles, and during the first reign of Napoleon, M. Sismondi would neither take office under him, nor even, as almost all other authors did, offer him the incense of his praise. During the reign of the hundred days, however, M. Sismondi, who considered that the cause of freedom was linked with that of the Emperor, exerted his talents to induce the French to rally round the standard of Napoleon; at the same time he refused the decoration of the Legion of Honour, and declared that he would not accept any office or recompence. Besides several minor, but excellent works, on finance and political economy, M. de Sismondi was the author of many historical works of great value, particularly the history of the Italian Republies and the history of France. He resided for many years at Geneva, and his house was the resort of every distinguished foreigner who visited that city.

26. At Jemappe, near Liege, Major James Jonathan Fraser.

At his house in Bedford-square, aged 75, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Littledale, late one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, M.A. He was the eldest son of Henry Littledale, esq., of Eaton-house, Lancashire. He was educated at Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler and First Smith's Prizeman in 1787, and proceeded M.A., 1790; and was elected a Fellow of St. John's College. He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn, June 26, 1798; and filled the office of a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench from Hilary vacation 1824 to Feb. 1841, when he retired, and was succeeded by Mr. Justice Wightman. He was knighted June 9, 1824, and sworn in a Privy Councillor on retiring from the bench. He was thus characterised in Napier's "Precedents." "Sir Jos. Littledale is a man of profound learning. He has studied Comyn's Digest from cover to cover, and examined with accuracy almost every case referred to in that comprehensive work. Lord Tenterden pays great attention to any points of law decided at nisi prius by Sir Joseph. His prepared judgments in Banc display the deepest research and most accurate logic. He has one essential defect, and that arises probably from his technical learning as a pleader; he sees objections as with a telescope, and attacks their very shadows. But I know no judge on whose decisions, in cases involving profound principles of law, I would with more confidence rely."

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At St. Allen, Cornwall, aged 42, the Rev. George Kemp, Vicar of that parish, formerly Curate of Kenwen and Kea, near Truro, and afterwards Minister of Penwerris chapel, Falmouth He was a native of Exeter, and some time curate of St. Mary Arches in that city. He was of Trinity College Cambridge B.A., 1822.

By falling overboard from the United Kingdom, off the Isle of France, Francis Richard, son of the Rev. Andrew Tucker, Rector of Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset.

At Copenhagen, in consequence of a fall from his horse, in his 62nd year,

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