Marylebone, the Rev. W. Headley, B.A. of Corpus Christi coll. Cambridge, to Lucy, fourth dau. of the late A. W. Morris, esq. At St. Pancras, Thomas Innis, esq. of Fitzroysq. youngest son of Charles Innis, esq. of Euston-sq. to Caroline, third dau. of the late William Horne, esq. of Streatham.— -At Barton Seagrave, Northamptonsh. William Smyth, esq. of Little Houghton, to Lucy-Charlotte, second dau. of the Hon. and Rev. R. B. Stopford, Rector of Barton Seagrave.At Ridlington, the Rev. John Gay Girdlestone, Rector of Kelling-with-Salthouse, to Mary Reid, second dau. of the Rev. William Rees, late Head Master of Sir William Paston's Free Grammar School at North Walsham, and Vicar of Horsey, Norfolk.-At Banstead, Richard Ward, esq. of Salhouse Hall, Norfolk, to Elizabeth, third dau. of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edward J. Foote, K.C.B.At Southmolton, James Pearce, esq. to Jane, eldest dau. of Nicholas Gould, esq.--At Pershore, Worcestersh. Capt. Henry Stroud, R.N. to Mary. Ann, dau. of the late Edward Cruse, esq.

22. At Milbrook, Southampton, Henry Bernard, esq. of Wells. Somerset, to Mary, eldest dau. of D. F. Haynes, esq. of Ashtead, Surrey.

-At Leeds, Charles, second son of the Rev. Dr. Reed, of London, to Margaret youngest dau. of Edward Baines, esq. of Leeds.At Brunswick, Germany, David Watson, esq. of John-st. Berkeley-sq. to Victoire-Martha, dau. of the late Henry William Henry Cole, esq. of Brunswick.

23. At St. George's Bloomsbury, Abraham Cann, esq. of Nottingham, to Isaline, dau. of T. S. Needham, esq. of Torrington-sq.-At Margate, the Baron Elphege Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt de Gaesbeke, of Bruges, to EllenClaiborne, eldest dau. of Thomas Higham, esq. of Charleston, South Carolina, and of Margate, Kent. At Tamworth, Robert Hanbury, esq. of Bolehall, Warwickshire, to Mary-Ann, youngest dau. of T. B. Bamford, esq. of Wilmecote Hall, same co.At Norbury, the Rev. W. H. C. Lloyd, of Norbury, son of Bell Lloyd, esq. to Ellen, dau. of the late Rev. Henry Norman, of Moreton.-At Clapham, W. B. Hudson, esq. of the Haymarket, to FannyCharlotte, youngest dau. of Thomas Hatchard, esq. of Clapham, and of Piccadilly.At Chiswick, Henry Parsons Churton, esq. third son of the Rev. John Churton, to Eliza, eldest dau. of William Churton, esq. of Sutton_Court Lodge, Chiswick.-At St. Clement Danes, Thomas Keely, esq. of Woodthorpe, Nottinghamsh. to Elizabeth-Catherine Wyer, only dau. of George Phillips, esq.-At Kensington, Robert Banks Penny, esq. of Woolwich, to Elizabeth-Sarah, dau. of John C. Bennett, esq. of Notting Hill, Kensington.- At Bolas Magna, W. Hazledine Austin, esq. of the Manor House, Woore (grandson of the late W. Hazledine, esq. of Shrewsbury), to Jane, youngest dau. of the late William Hombersley, esq. of Priors Lee House, Salop.-At Winterton, John Ferraby, esq. of Owmby Mount, to Miss Abigail Everatt, of Winterton, eldest dau. of the late John Everatt, esq. of Saxby.

25. At Paris, Lieut. Hodgkinson, R.N. to Jane, second dau. of Charles Wright, esq. late of Blackheath.At Southampton, George Wheeler, esq. to Julia, second dau. of the late Col. John Huskisson.

26. At Whittingham, Northumberland, Ann, relict of the late Joseph Hughes, esq. of Glanton, and only dau. of William Cowley Husbandman, esq. formerly of Middleton Hall, to Thomas Hudson Cobler, esq. of Whittingham.

27. At Alton Pancras, Clifford Gill, esq. of Weymouth, to Hannah-Émma, dau. of the late Simon Payne, esq. of Uphill House, Somerset.

28. At St. George's, Bloomsbury-sq. Charles Mercer, esq. of Ashford, Kent, to Anne-Martha, younger dau. of the late George Elwick Jemmett, esq. of Ashford.- At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Thomas Haire, esq. M.D. of Lewes, to Mary-Ann, only child of the late William Franklin Hick, esq. of Lewes.--At Jersey, George Balston, esq. of Poole, Dorset, to Eleanor-Mary, dau. of the late Edmund Lockyer, esq. of Plymouth, M.D.

29. At Walton, near Liverpool, Hudson Lutwyche, esq. of Liverpool, to Charlotte-Anne, eldest dau. of Arthur Latham, esq. of Liverpool.

-At Southampton, John, only son of John Lainson, esq. of Euston-sq. and late Alderman of London, to Catherine-Maria, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Alexander Nicoll, D.C.L. Professor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christchurch, Oxford.At St. Giles's, the Rev. O. P. Vincent, M.A. eldest son of J. P. Vincent, esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields, to Elizabeth-Hale, se cond dau. of the Rev. Henry Budd, Rector of White Roothing, Essex, and grand-dau. of the late Gen. John Hale, of the Plantation, near Guisborough, Yorkshire.

30. At Gulliford Chapel, Lympstone, J. H. B. Carslake, esq. of Bridgwater, solicitor, to Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Foster Barham, esq. of Penleonard Honse, near Exeter.At Langport, the Rev. J. S. Coles, Rector of Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, eldest son of James Benjamin Coles, esq. of Parrock's Lodge, to Eliza, dau. of Vincent Stuckey, esq. of the Hill House, Langport.At Isleworth, Thomas Todd Walton, esq. of Clifton, to MargaretAnne, dau. of Henry Farnell, esq. of Holland House, Isleworth.-At St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. Arthur Charles Tarbutt, M.A., Fellow of Wadham coll. Oxford, to Georgiana, only dau. of the late David Lousada, esq. of Gower-st. and niece of Emanuel Lousada, esq. of Peak House, Sidmouth.--At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. William Meybohm Rider Haggard, esq. of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, and of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, to Ella, eldest dau. of Bazett Doveton, esq. Gloucester-pl. Portman-sq. and late of the Bombay Civil Service. At Pillington, John Philip Mitford, esq. Capt. 18th Royal Irish, to Fanny, dau. of the late Charles Mitford, esq. of Pittshill. In Grosvenor-st. Capt. Allix, Grenadier Guards, to Mary-Sophia, only child of the late C. H. Noel, esq. of Wellingore, Lincolnshire.

At Foxton Alverstoke, J. Bovill, esq. of Guernsey, to Stella, dau. of Samuel Bovill, esq. of Foxton Cottage, Gosport, Hants. At Ilfracombe, the Rev. Thomas Scott, A.M. only son of the late Thomas Scott, esq. of Rock House, Bath, to Louisa-Florence, eldest dau. of J. S. Down, esq. M.D.-At Marylebone, Edmund Elsden Goldsmid, esq. of Parkcresc. Regent's Park, and Paris, to SarahElizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Bryant Garey, esq. solicitor, of Southampton-buildings, and Powis-pl. Haverstock Hill.

31. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Charles James Fox Bunbury, esq. eldest son of Lieut.Gen. Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, of Barton Hall, Suffolk, bart. K.C.B. to Frances-Joanna, dau. of Leonard Horner, esq. of Bedford-pl. -In Paris, the Rev. Charles W. Leslie, încumbent of St. Leonard's and St. Mary Magdalen, Sussex, to Emily, widow of the late Arthur French, esq. of Leslie House, Ballibay.

June 26. At St. George's, Hanover square, by the Rev. Leeds Comyns Booth, M.A. the Rev. William Comyns Berkeley, eldest son of W. Berkeley, esq. of Park Villas, Notting Hill, and late of Coopersale Hall, Essex, to Harriett-Elizabeth, third daughter of John Bowyer Nichols, esq. F.S.A. of the Chancellor's, Hammersmith.

THE EARL OF BESSBOROUGH. Feb. 3. At the seat of his youngest son Lord de Mauley, Canford House, Dorsetshire, aged 86, the Right Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, third Earl of Bessborough (1789), Viscount Duncannon (1723), and Baron of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny (1721), and Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, co. Leicester (1749), ViceAdmiral of Munster, and D. C. L.; uncle to Earl Fitz-William.

His lordship was born Jan. 24, 1758, the only son (his sisters being Catharine Duchess of St. Alban's and Charlotte Countess Fitz William), of William the second Earl of Bessborough, by Lady Caroline Cavendish, eldest daughter of William third Duke of Devonshire.

When Lord Duncannon, he was a member of Christ Church, Oxford, where he was created M. A. April 22, 1777, and D. C. L. April 30, 1779. After travelling abroad, he married, shortly after his return, in 1780, Lady HenriettaFrances Spencer, sister to the late Earl Spencer and to Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire.

At the general election, in the same year, he was returned to Parliament for Knaresborough, for which he sat in three Parliaments, until his succession to the peerage.

On the 30th March 1782, on the formation of the Rockingham administration, he was appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, but retired when the Marquess of Rockingham gave way to the Earl of Shelburne on the 13th of July following. Again, when the Duke of Portland became prime minister, on the 8th of April 1783, he was re-appointed to the board of Admiralty, but this ministry lasted little longer than the former, terminating in December of the same year.

His lordship succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father, March 11, 1793. He was throughout life a consistent supporter of the Whig party. In 1808 we find it stated of him, that "he possesses a highly cultivated taste for the fine arts, of which he is a patron, and has himself sketched several subjects with the hand of a master."

His Lordship married Nov. 27, 1780, Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, second daughter of John first Earl Spencer, and by that lady, who died Nov. 11, 1821, he had issue three sons and one daugh

ter 1. the Right Hon. John-William now Earl of Bessborough; 2. MajorGeneral the Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, K.C.B. who died in 1837, leaving issue by Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, second daughter of Henry third Earl Bathurst, three sons and three daughters; 3. Lady Caroline, married in 1805 to the Hon. William Lamb, now Viscount Melbourne, and died in 1828, leaving issue an only surviving son, since deceased; and 4. the Right Hon. William Francis Spencer Lord de Mauley, who was advanced to that title in 1838; he married in 1814 Lady Barbara Ashley-Cooper, only child of Anthony fifth Earl of Shaftesbury, and has issue the Hon. Charles Frederick Ashley-Cooper Ponsonby, M.P. for Poole, the Right Hon. Frances Lady Kinnaird, and one younger son.

The present Earl of Bessborough is well known in public life as Lord Duncannon. He was created a Peer by that title in 1834, and is Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Kilkenny. He married in 1805 Lady Maria Fane, third daughter of John tenth Earl of Westmoreland, and has issue John George Brabazon, now Viscount Duncannon, M.P. for Derby and Lord Lieutenant of the co. Carlow; the Right Hon. Augusta-Lavinia- Priscilla Countess of Kerry, and many other children.

M. LAFFITTE.

May 26. At Paris, in his 77th year, M. Jacques Laffitte, the eminent banker, Deputy for Rouen.

M. Laffitte came to Paris in 1778, when the extent of his ambition was to find a situation in a banking-house, and to attain this object he called on M. Perregaux, the rich Swiss banker, to whom he had a letter of recommendation. This gentleman had just taken possession of the hotel of Mdlle. Gurmard, which had been put up to lottery by that lady. He was introduced into the boudoir of the danseuse, then become the cabinet of the fortunate banker, and, having modestly stated the object of his visit, was told that the establishment was full, and advised to seek elsewhere. With a disappointed heart the young aspirant left the office, and while with a downcast look he traversed the courtyard he stooped to pick up a pin which lay in his path, and which he carefully stuck in the lappel of

his coat. Little did he think that this trivial action was to decide his future fate, but so it was. From the window of his cabinet M. Perregaux had observed the action of the young man. The Swiss banker was one of those keen observers who estimate the value of circumstances apparently trifling, and in this simple action he saw the revelation of a character; it was a guarantee of a love of order and economy, a certain pledge of all the qualities which should be possessed by a good financier. In the evening of the same day, M. Laffitte received the following note from M. Perregaux:-"A place is made for you in my office, which you may take possession of to-morrow morning." The anticipations of the banker were not deceived. The young Laffitte possessed every desirable quality, and even more than was at first expected. From simple clerk, he soon rose to be cashier, then partner, then head of the first banking-house in Paris, and afterwards, in rapid succession, a deputy and president of the Council of Ministers, the highest point to which a citizen can aspire.

He was the oldest member of the national representatives of France, and was undoubtedly the most popular of all the public men in France. In his political career he was always a sincere and consistent friend to liberty, and he stood firm to the principles of the revolution which raised the Orleans dynasty to the throne, after many of the most active partizans of that event had deserted the cause. It was by the influence of M. Laffitte alone that Louis Philippe was called to the throne so suddenly vacated by the elder branch of the Bourbons, but from the course of events since the three days of July, and the utter abandonment by the Government of the principles which were supposed to have been established by the revolution, he lived long enough seriously to repent of the part he took in calling the Orleans family to the throne, and even publicly to avow his disappointment, and solemnly to ask pardon of God and of men for the part he had taken in that event.

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Before the revolution of 1830, the fortune of M. Laffitte was immense. was estimated at upwards of forty millions of francs. The disasters and failures which followed, and his involvements with the class of Paris shop-keepers, who were great sufferers by the revolution, reduced M. Laffitte so much, that he was obliged to a certain extent to suspend payments and to sell the whole of his large property. At that time so popular was he, that his splendid house in the Rue Laffitte (so called in honour of him)

was purchased for him by a national subscription, which amounted to no less than 1,400,000 francs. Ultimately, on the winding up of his affairs, he was found to have saved about seven millions, and at the present day it is said to be about ten or twelve millions. In 1836 M. Laffitte founded the Joint-stock Bank which goes by his name, and of which he was the head and principal partner.

Little did M. Perregaux think that the hand which would pick up a pin was that of a man generous to prodigality in doing good—a hand always open to succour honourable misfortune. Never were riches placed in better hands-never did banker or prince make a more noble use of them.

He has left one daughter only, who is married to the Prince of Moskowa, the son of Marshal Ney, and who has several children.

On the 30th May the body of M. Laffitte was interred at the cemetery of Père Lachaise. Early in the morning the Rue Laffitte was entirely occupied by troops. The first room on the ground-floor was made the chapelle ardente, where the body was placed, and where was seated a priest before a prie-Dieu. A single municipal guard was on duty by the side to direct those who arrived bow to pass on, each sprinkling the remains with holy water. All the spacious saloons on this floor were crowded with citizens of all classes, expressing their regret and condolence to the Prince de la Moskowa his son-in-law and M. Pierre Laffitte his brother, who were there to receive them. Nearly all the members of the Chamber of Deputies attended, with the President, Vice-Presidents, and Questors, and the grand deputation. The Peers were also very numerous. Marshal Soult was among the first arrivals, wearing the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. MM. Cunnin- Gridaine and LacaveLaplagne were the only other Ministers present. General Gourgaud, Aide-deCamp to the King, and several officers of bis Majesty, were there, and also M. de Montesquiou and M. de Chastellux, Chevaliers of Honour to the Queen and Mme. Adelaide. Amongst the crowd which filled the drawing-rooms might be seen the most remarkable persons connected with politics, finance, literature, and commerce, M. Mignet, M. Rothschild, M. Mendizabal, &c. The press had sent there the principal editors of all the journals of the Opposition of the Left. It was about half past 12 when the coffin was placed on the funeral car. The cortège then got into line, and proceeded towards the church of St. Roch. The

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population of Paris formed a deep line at each side. All the houses had their windows filled with spectators, as well as their balconies, and, in many cases, their roofs. The utmost decorum and deep silence, which the crowd, however considerable, never attempted to disturb, prevailed throughout the passage of the procession. The body was conveyed in a very handsome car, drawn by four horses. On the coffin were placed the Cross of the Legion of Honour and the decoration of July. The cords of the pall were held by M. Sauzet, the Presi dent of the Chamber of Deputies; M. Calmon, one of the Vice-Presidents, and MM. Odilon-Barrot, Arago, Béranger, and d'Argout, Governor of the Bank of France. At Saint-Roch a musical mass was celebrated by the archbishop of Paris, amidst the deepest silence. church was completely hung with black, with escutcheons bearing the letter L on the hangings. In the centre of the church was placed a rich catafalque, on which the coffin was laid. It was half-past two when the procession began to leave the church. It proceeded by the Rue SaintHonoré, the Rue Richelieu, and the Boulevards to Père-Lachaise. It had been intended to return by the line chosen for going to the church, but this was afterwards changed. M. Odilon-Barrot, whom a recent loss in his family prevented from going to the cemetery, where poignant emotions would most probably have affected his mind, having retired on leaving the church, as well as MM. Sauzet and d'Argout, they were replaced at the funeral car by MM. Thiers, Dupin, sen., and General Excelmans. The order of the procession was the following::-a body of the horse municipal guard; two squadrons of hussars and dragoons; a detachment of the 2nd and 23rd infantry of the line; detachments of various legions of the National Guard; the Mayor of the Second Arrondissement of the city of Paris and his two deputies; two battalions of the second legion; a picket of dragoons; the funeral car surrounded by a double line of soldiers belonging to the infantry of the line and of grenadiers of the second legion; the family of the deceased headed by Prince de la Moscowa and Pierre Laffitte, the leaders of the mourners; the Chamber of Deputies with the Vice-Presidents, the questors, and the huissiers; the deputations of the electors of Rouen; the deputations of the schools; a great number of national guards, citizens of every class, students, workmen,-the whole in such numbers, that it took more than half an hour for them to pass in front of any GENT. MAG. VOL. XXII.

given point of the Boulevards; five carriages of the King and Royal family; the carriage of the deceased; twenty mourning carriages; two battalions of the second legion commanded by the Colonel, M. Ganneron; two batteries of artillery; a regiment of infantry; a squadron of hussars; and lastly a squadron of horse municipal guards, which closed the procession. The cortège arrived at five o'clock at the cemetery, and the body was then carried to the place prepared to receive it, near the tombs of Manuel, Foy, and Benjamin Constant. When the body had been deposited in the vault, two vollies were fired over it by a detachment of the troops, after which funeral orations were pronounced. M. Pierre Laffitte, who was much affected, rendered bomage to the virtues of his deceased brother. M. Arago made a speech full of dignity and feeling; M. Visinet, of Rouen, expressed in the name of the electors of Rouen the regret felt at the loss of their representative; and M. Garnier-Pagès spoke at some length in honour of the deceased, both as a citizen and a politician. He spoke in warm terms of the benevolence of the man, and the patriotism of the statesman. M. Philippe-Dupin, at the request of the Prince de la Moskowa, said a few affecting words; and lastly a young student made an oration in the name of the deputation of the the schools. The mourners then left the cemetery, and the crowd generally dispersed in the greatest order.

SIR WILLIAM JOHNSTON, BArt.

Jan. 13. At the Hague, in his 84th year, Sir William Johnston, the seventh Bart. of Hilton, N.B. (1626), and late of Burnham Grove, Bucks.

He was son of the sixth Baronet, by his second wife the daughter of Capt. William Cleland, R.N. and succeeded his father in 1794.

He was twice married: first, in 1784, to the daughter of John Bacon, esq. of Shrubland Hall, Suffolk; and, secondly, to the only daughter of John Bacon, esq. of Friern House, Middlesex.

His son, now Sir William Bacon Johnston, has succeeded to the title.

Nugent, by Anne, sister and heiress of the Right Hon. James Craggs.

As a Lieutenant Sir Charles Nugent saw much service of a very distinguished character, as he served in the Bristol, 50, under Sir Peter Parker, on the coast of America, in the first American war of independence, and was engaged in the expedition against Charlestown, in the reduction of New York and of Rhode Island. He obtained post rank in 1779; and he subsequently commanded the Pomona, at the capture of the fortress of Omoa, and the register ships in 1780. He also commanded the Veteran, and in that ship assisted at the reduction of the French West India Islands, in 1793. His flag promotion as Rear-Admiral took place on the 20th Feb. 1797, and he served in the Cæsar, 80, in the Channel fleet; he was made a Vice-Admiral on the 1st Jan. 1801, and attained to the rank of full Admiral on the 28th April, 1808. He became Admiral of the Fleet on the 24th April, 1833, and was nominated a G.C.H. on the 12th March, 1834. It is a remarkable coincidence, and the fact is of itself singular in the annals of the united services, that while Sir C. Nugent was the senior Admiral of the Navy, his brother, Sir George Nugent, Bart. G. C.B., who survives and is his senior, is the oldest General Officer in the army.

Not many years before his death Sir Charles was an inmate of the Charingcross Hospital, from having accidentally broken his leg by slipping off the kerbstone near the Nelson Monument, from which accident he perfectly recovered.

VICE-ADM. SIR JAHLEEL BRENTON. April 21. At Leamington, aged 73, Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart. K. C.B. and G. C. St. F. and M.

He was born August 22, 1770, the son of Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton, (second son of Jahleel Brenton, of Rhode Island, North America,) by Henrietta, daughter of Joseph Cowley, esq. of Wolver hampton.

He received his education at the maritime school at Chelsea, and previously to obtaining the rank of Lieutenant in 1790 had served as a Lieutenant in the Swedish navy, and borne a part in a desperate battle between the Russians and Swedes in the gulf of Wibourg.

He served as Lieutenant on board the Barfleur in Lord Bridport's action off Cape St. Vincent in 1797; was made a Commander on the 3rd of July, 1799, and in command of the Speedy, 14 gun brig, in that year fought several actions in the vicinity of Gibraltar; three of the enemy's vessels he captured during this command

near Cape de Gatt under a heavy fire of musketry from the surrounding hills. In the following October he destroyed four of the enemy's vessels in a heavy surf, at the time exposed to the guns of a fortification and musketry from the beach, and in the next month of November he displayed consummate skill and gallantry in beating off two Spanish schooners, and ten other armed vessels; by these services he won his post rank dated the 25th of April, 1800. He was then selected by Sir James (afterwards Lord) de Saumarez as his Flag-Captain, and in command of the Cæsar distinguished himself in the severe action off Algesiras of the 6th of July 1801. Subsequently, in command of the Minerva, when that frigate ran aground in a fog, and was lost near Cherbourg, he defended her during a heavy fire of several hours, for which unsurpassable gallantry he received the highest praise when acquitted at a court-martial for the loss of his ship. In 1807, when in command of the Spartan frigate, Sir Jahleel assisted in driving the French garrison out of Pezaro, and destroying the castle; in the following month he assisted in blowing up the castle of Cesaratico, destroying a neighbouring battery, and compelling the island of Sussin to surrender; also at the reduction of Zante and Cephalonia, and particularly distinguished himself at the capture of Cerigo, where he was first in command. These and many other important services did this gallant officer render in the Adriatic. In the same ship, in 1810, in concert with the Success, he defeated a French squadron in the Bay of Naples, when he was severely wounded.

Sir Jahleel Brenton was created a Baronet by patent dated Dec. 24, 1812, and he was nominated K. C.B. at the enlargement of that order Jan. 2, 1815. The King of the Two Sicilies also conferred on him the Grand Cross of the order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit. He received a sword, value 100 guineas, from the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's. On the 8th Feb. 1811, he had a pension conferred on him of 3001. per annum for the wounds he had received, and subsequently he received another pension of 3001. per annum for good service.

In Jan. 1814, he was appointed to superintend the naval arsenal at Port Mahon; in June following, to command the Dorset yacht; and, in the autumn of the same year, to be Resident Commissioner at the Cape of Good Hope. The establishment at the latter place being reduced, he returned thence in the Vigo, bearing the flag of Rear-Adm. Lambert, and arrived at Portsmouth, Jan. 1, 1822.