not confine himself to the special objects of his commission, but made known his views with regard to the internal administrations of the countries he visited, suggesting at the same time measures for their amelioration and for the correction of existing abuses. He had projected a great work on the agriculcultural state of the empire, and had even executed considerable portions of it, comprehending the French Flora arranged according to modern views of classification, when the political events of 1814 put an entire stop to the work. In 1807 he was appointed Professor of Medicine at Montpelier; and in 1810, a chair of Botany was instituted in the same academy, which he was invited to occupy. Under his superintendence, the botanical garden of that city was more than doubled in extent, and the study of botany assumed a degree of importance it had never before possessed. De Candolle quitted Montpelier in 1816, very much to the regret of the students, and of his colleagues, who employed every means in their power to induce him to remain among them: but his country had been restored to liberty, and he was firm in his determination to fix himself in his native city, and devote to its services the remainder of his days. Soon after his return to Geneva he was appointed to the chair of Natural History, an office which had been created expressly that he might occupy it. Among the first of the public benefits which he conferred upon his countrymen was the establish ment of a botanic garden. The government of Geneva willingly lent their aid in forming so laudable an institution, in which he was also assisted by a great number of voluntary subscribers. Here, under his auspices, the study of botany attained the highest degree of popularity. The activity and powers of De Candolle's mind were displayed in a multitude of objects of public utility, the furtherance of which ever called forth in him the most lively interest;-whether it was the improvement of agriculture, the cultivation of the fine arts, the advancement of public instruction, the diffusion of education or the amelioration of the legislative code. Feeling deeply of what vast importance to the welfare of mankind it is that sound principles of political economy should be extensively promulgated and well understood by all ranks of men, De

Candolle never failed to develope and enforce those principles in his lectures and popular discourses, as well as in his official argricultural reports. As a lecturer, he possessed in an eminent degree the power of imparting to his auditors the enthusiasm which glowed within his own breast for the pursuits of natural history. Complete master of the subject of his discourse, his ample stores of knowledge never failed to supply him with illustrations; and even in his extempore effusions, all his ideas were developed in the clearest order, and explained with singular perspicuity. His chief delight was to afford assistance of every kind to such students as needed it, and in whom he perceived a desire of improvement. - His great aim was to inspire and diffuse a taste for the study of botany by rendering it popular among all ranks. His library, which contained the richest collection of works on that subject, and the volumes of his hortus siccus, were always open to those who wished to consult them. Often has he been known to discontinue researches which he had commenced, on finding that a similar design was entertained by another person; and he hastened, on these occasions, to communicate to this inquirer his own views on the subject, to place in his hands the materials he had collected, and to put him in possession of the fruits of his own experience. His sole object was the advance of knowledge; and whether this was effected by himself or by others was to him a matter of total indifference. De Candolle had been visibly declining in health for some years before his end. The sudden death of Cuvier had impressed him with the apprehension that a similar fate might be impending; and that he himself might, in like manner, be cut off before he had accomplished the great works in which he was then engaged. He, in consequence, resolved to set aside all other occupations, and concentrate all his efforts in completing those more important designs. During the last year of his life he undertook, with the vain hope of improving his strength, a long journey, in the course of which he attended the scientific meeting held at Turin, where, as might be expected, he met with the most flattering and cordial reception.

10. At Walmer Beach, aged 47, the Most Hon. Maria Marchioness of Bute. She was the eldest daughter and co

heiress of George Augustus third Earl of Guildford, and his only child by his first wife, Lady Maria Frances Mary Hobart, third daughter of George 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire. She was married in 1818. By her ladyship's death without issue, the barony of North (created by writ 1554), which fell into abeyance on the death of her father in 1802, has become solely vested in her only surviving sister, Susan, married in 1835 to Capt. John Sidney Doyle.

At Melville Castle, the Right Hon. Anne Viscountess Melville. She was the daughter and co-heir of Richard Huck Saunders, M.D., and was married to Lord Melville in 1796.

- At the Earl De Grey's villa, on Putney-heath, after a protracted illness of several months, aged 63, the Right Hon. James Edward Harris, second Earl of -Malmesbury. His Lordship

was the eldest son of James first Earl of Malmesbury, K.B. by Harriet Mary, second daughter of Sir George Amyand, bart. He was born on the 19th Aug. 1778, at St. Petersburgh, where his father was then Ambassador. He received his education at Eton and at Christchurch, Oxford, where the honorary degree of M.A. was conferred upon him in 1798. At the general election of 1802, he was returned to Parliament for the borough of Helstone; which seat be vacated in May 1804, on accepting the office of a Lord of the Admiralty, which he retained until the change of ministry in Feb., 1806. In Oct. 1804, he was again returned to Parliament, as one of the members for Horsham, for which borough he was the second time a candidate in 1806. A double return was made, and a committee of the House declared his Lordship and Lord Palmerston not duly elected. At the general election of 1807, he was chosen for the borough of Heytesbury. In 1812 he was not returned to Parliament, but in 1816 he care in again on a vacancy for the borough of Wilton, for which he afterwards sat in the two following Parliament, until his accession to the peerage. He was appointed Lieut.-Col. of the second Wilts Militia, in 1807, and Governor of the Isle of Wight about the year 1808. On the death of his father, Nov. 21, 1820, he succeeded to the peerage. His Lordship was classed as a member of the Conservative party; and he gave his vote with the majority against the

first Reform Bill, which ousted Lord Grey's ministry, in May, 1832. The Earl of Malmesbury married June 17, 1806, Harriet Susan, daughter of Francis Bateman Dashwood, esq.

At Appin House, near Glasgow, aged 70, Robert Downie, esq., of Appin. Mr. Downie, by trade in the East Indies, acquired an ample fortune. Not long after his return to his native country, he was returned to Parliament in 1820, for the Stirling district of burghs, and was re-chosen at the general election of 1826, but not in 1830. Mr. Downie's knowledge of Eastern affairs made him a very useful member.

14. At Cuckfield, aged 96, Mrs. De Poggi. She was a descendant of the ancient family of Lewis, of Yorkshire, now merged into that of the Earl of Huntingdon. She had known intimately Sir Joshua Reynolds, Garrick, Hannah More, Paoli, &c.

At Rossmore Lodge, near York, aged 75, James Wharton, esq., a General in the army, a magistrate for the North and East Ridings, and a Commissioner of Taxes.

16. At his house in Myddleton-place, Pentonville, in his 70th year, Mr. T. Dibdin, the dramatic author. His father was the celebrated C. Dibdin, the naval song writer, and author of the "Padlock." He was introduced to the stage in the year 1775, being then only four years of age, in the pageant of Shakspere's "Jubilee," in the character of Cupid, Mrs. Siddons personating Venus on the occasion. He was apprenticed to an upholsterer, but ran away from his indentures and joined a small company of actors, under the management of Mr. Rickland, at Folkestone, in 1789. After six years spent in various theatres, during which time he had performed in every department of the drama, and written more than 1,000 songs, he returned to London in 1795, and after writing a number of dramas for the different minor theatres, all of which had met with success, he was engaged at Covent Garden, in the season of 1799, when his first production was acted, a piece founded on passing events and called "The Mouth of the Nile." For fourteen years he continued a member of that theatre; and amongst his numerous comedies, operas, farces, &c., were, "The Cabinet," "The English Fleet," Birthday," "Mother Goose," and "The High Mettled

Racer," the former of which produced 20,000, the latter 13,000, profit to the theatrical treasuries; "Jew and the Doctor," "Valentine and Orson," and "Past Ten o'Clock," pieces that are expected to keep possession of the stage. It is much to be feared that he died in great indigence. His body was interred on the 21st of Sept., in the burialground of St. James's, Pentonville, close by the grave of his old friend Grimaldi.

18. At Nutwell Court, near Exeter, Eleanor, the wife of Sir Trayton Eliot Drake, bart. This lady was the only daughter of James Halford, esq., of Laleham, Middlesex, and married in 1819.

19. At Alwington House, Kingston, Canada, aged 42, his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles William Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham, of Toronto, Governor-General of her Majesty's provinces on the Continent of North America. Lord Sydenham, was the eldest son of Mr. J. Poulett Thomson, of Roehampton and Austin-friars, and brother of George Poulett Scrope, esq., M.P. for Stroud, who on his marriage in 1821 assumed the arms and name of Scrope by sign manual. He was born at Wimbledon in 1793. When about twenty, he became resident in St. Petersburg, as the correspondent of his father's firm; and until his accession to public office in 1830 he continued to be connected with the mercantile business. He represented Dover in the House of Commons from 1826 until 1830, when, being returned both for that borough and Manchester, he took his seat in Parliament as member for the latter influential manufacturing town. When, in 1830, Earl Grey formed the Reform Administration, he was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Treasurer of the Navy, and was sworn a Privy Councillor on the 23rd of Nov. In July 1834 he became President of the Board of Trade, and resigned with Lord Melbourne's Administration in November following. In April 1835 he resumed that office, in which he continued until he was selected to succeed the late Earl of Durham as Governor-General of Canada. As a Cabinet Minister, Mr. Thomson's efforts were chiefly directed to amendment of the Custom Laws, and the extension of our foreign trade by a more liberal policy. On Lord

Seaton's recall from Canada, Mr. Thomson was appointed to the supreme government of British North America. He arrived at Quebec on the 16th Oct., 1839. On the 19th he assumed the reins of government; and soon afterwards visited Montreal and other parts of the country, holding sessions of the then existing Legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada. On the 10th of Aug. 1840, her Majesty was pleased to raise the Governor-General to the Peerage of the United Kingdom, by the title of Baron Sydenham, of Toronto, as a mark of approbation of the manner in which he conducted the important government entrusted to his care. On the 20th of May last, his Lordship, while still in delicate health, left Montreal for Kingston, for the purpose of opening the first session of the United Legislature of Canada, but which, from the alarming character his indisposition had assumed, he was only destined to close by deputation. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the order of the Bath on the 19th of August last. His Excellency, whilst riding near Kingston, on the 5th Sept. met with a fatal accident by the falling of his horse. His right leg was broken, and at the same time a deep and painful wound was inflicted just above the knee. For a short time his Lordship appeared to be recovering from the effects of the accident, but spasms and other unfavourable symptoms appearing, his Lordship composedly made arrangements to meet the exigencies of his high office, and calmly breathed his last, to the great regret of the subjects of the province. Lord Sydenham having died unmarried, his peerage has expired with him.

Aged 71, William Wyndham, esq., of Dinton, Wilts. Mr. Wyndham was descended in the fifth generation from Sir Wadham Wyndham, the ninth son of Sir John Wyndham, of Orchard, co. Somerset, the ancestor of the Earls of Egremont; which Sir Wadham died in 1668. His father, William Wyndham, of Dinton, esq., died in 1786. His mother was Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Heathcote, of Hursley Lodge, co. Southampton, bart. Mr. Wyndham married Lætitia, daughter of Alexander Popham, esq., Master in Chancery; and by that lady, who died Dec. 7, 1837, he had issue six sons and six daughters.

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ouisa Mary, wife of the Right Rev. dward Denison, Lord Bishop of Salisary, and second daughter of the late Jenry Ker Seymer, esq., of Hanford, Dorsetshire.

25. Suddenly, of apoplexy, at Cor. eil, near Paris, M, Laporte, the wellDown manager for twelve seasons of er Majesty's Theatre. M. Jean Franois Laporte was the son of a French omedian, whose harlequin was in much request at the Paris theatres. His nother was also an actress in the same apital. He first came to London with French company, upon the speculation of starting French plays in this country, and performed in the little theatre in Tottenbam-street, to the great delight of the exclusives and fashionable world, who patronized the novelty, and considered him a very clever comic actor. Possessing quick parts, M. Laporte soon obtained a very competent knowledge of the English language, and sustained English characters upon our own boards with much judgment.

From this time his success was great, and he made himself master of some property, by engagements and benefits at various theatres, which accumulated owing to his careful habits, He was esteemed a good representative of the best comic creations of Molière, and by many his fame was co-equally divided with Dowton and Farren, Potier and Perlet. At length, in 1828, Ebers discontinued his unsuccessful management of the Opera-house, and a very keen canvass followed for the hire of the theatre from year to year. Laporte was on this occasion the highest bidder, and conducted the theatre advantageously to himself for four seasons. Hav. ing at the close of the season of 1831 realized a good sum, M. Laporte resigned the management, and proceeded to the continent to enjoy the fruits of his success. Mr. Monck Mason then became lessee at the enormous rent of 16,000, and his speculation proving unsuccessful, M. Laporte again took the house in the ensuing year, and from that time became its faithful manager. That M. Laporte deserved the success he met with, will sufficiently appear from a list of the great artistes he was instrumental in bringing before the public:-Pasta, Sontag, Caradori, Malibran, Blasis, Ayton, Curioni, Velluti, Zuchelli, Torri, Galli, Lablache, Santini, Rubini, De Begnis, Paganini, the

prince of violinists; Brocard, Albert, Gosselin, Paulini, Coulon, Taglioni, &c. The Grisi, Pauline Garcia, Tamburini, Persiani, and others.

29. At the Green Park Lodge, Piccadilly, aged 80, Frances, widow of Lord William Gordon, and aunt of the Marquess of Hertford. Her ladyship was the second daughter and coheiress of Charles ninth and last Viscount Irvine, a representative peer of Scotland, and was married, March 6, 1781, to Lord William Gordon, second son of Cosmo George third Duke of Gordon, some time Vice-Admiral of Scotland, and M.P. for the counties of Elgin and Inverness. He was appointed Deputy Ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks, the 13th Feb. 1778; and the official residence, or lodge, in Piccadilly, has been occupied by his widow until her death.

At Leith Fort, Lieut.-Col. David Story, 7th battalion, commanding officer of the royal artillery in North Britain. He was at the blockade and capture of Malta, 1800; at the capture of the Danish Islands St. Croix and St. Thomas: at the bombardment and capture of Fort Dessaix, Martinique, in Febru ary, 1809; and at the capture of Guadaloupe, in February, 1810.

30. At Shirley, James Penn Buck, esq., formerly of New Inn, and Upper Berkeley-st., and late of North Lodge, Ripon, Yorkshire.

Lately. At Caermarthen, aged 64, Miss Eugenia Morgan, eldest and last surviving daughter of the late Charles Morgan, esq., of Furnace House, in that town; a descendant of John Vaughan Earl of Carberry, and of the Morgans of Tredegar.

At Arbuthnot House, the Hon. Jean Arbuthnot, sister to Viscount Arbuthnot.

At Farfield House, near Addingham, of rheumatic fever, in his 32nd year, William Cunliffe Lister, esq., a barrister-at-law, and M.P. for Bradford. He was a son of Ellis Cunliffe Lister, esq., of Manningham Hall, late M.P. for the same town, by his first wife, Ruth Myns, niece and heiress of S. Lister, esq. He was a member of Christ's College, Cambridge; and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 18, 1834. He went on the Northern Circuit, and was held in great estimation among his brethren at the bar for his amiable and excellent qualities.

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2. In Argyll-street, after a protracted illness, Mr. James Fraser, the founder and publisher of Fraser's Magazine.

At his Hotel in Paris, Honoré Grimaldi, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois in France, Peer of France, Grandee of Spain of the first Class, and a Noble of Genoa. The Prince was in the 68th year of his age, and succeeded to his father, the Prince Honoré IV., in 1819, and is succeeded by his brother, Count Florestan Grimaldi, now Prince Florestan I. In the Gentleman's Magazine for December 1832, is an account of many members of this family; and in that for October 1834, is an account of a long-continued litigation between the Grimaldis of Antibes and the Princes of Monaco, for the right to this ancient principality. The late Prince's mother was a daughter of the Duke d'Aumont and Mazarin. His father, Prince Honoré IV., suffered greatly by the French Revolution, being long confined in prison; his Princess, from whom he had been divorced, perished by the guillotine in 1794. His beautiful castles of Monaco and Mentoni, and his fine chateau at St. Lo, on the road to Cherbourg, are still in ruins. This small principality has been in the possession of the house of Grimaldi (sprung from Grimoald, great-uncle to Charlemagne), from the tenth century, having been granted to them by the Emperor Otho 1. in the year 920. It is surrounded by the states of the King of Sardinia, and the Mediterranean, and has only a surface of twenty-one and a half square miles, and a population of six or seven thousand inhabitants.

4. At Cheshunt, Herts, William Harrison, esq., Queen's Counsel, a Bencher of the Inner Temple, Counsel to the Treasury and the War Office, and Attorney-General for the Duchy of Cornwall.

7. At Rockingham Castle, aged 56, the Right Hon. Frances Viscountess Lorton, only daughter and heiress of Laurence first Earl of Ross by Lady Jane King (aunt to Viscount Lorton), and eldest daughter of Edward first Earl of Kingston.

At Brighton, after a protracted illness, aged 32, the Right Hon. Frederick John Monson, fifth Baron Monson, of Burton, co. Lincoln (1728), and the ninth Baronet, of South Carlton, co. Lincoln (1611). His Lordship was born

on the 3rd Feb. 1809, the only child of John George fourth Lord Monson, by Lady Sarah Elizabeth Savile, eldest daughter of John second Earl of Mexborough, and succeeded to the peerage in his infancy, on his father's death, on the 14th November following. Lord Monson was matriculated of Christ Church, Oxford, March 31, 1827, and resided for some time at that university, being subsequently admitted to the honorary degree of Doctor in Civil Law at the installation of the present illustrious Chancellor.

8. At Stutgard, after a short illness, in his 84th year, John Heinrich Dannecker, the sculptor. He was born at Stutgard, on the 15th of October 1758, of poor parents. Having early shown a predilection for the plastic arts, by a personal application to Duke Charles of Wurtemburg, in whose stud his father was employed, he succeeded in gaining admission, in 1771, to the military artistical academy at the “Solitude,” a royal castle near Stutgard, where pupils were instructed free of expense in music, painting, and sculpture, and in his sixteenth year carried off the prize for a model of Milo of Cortona. He next executed the Caryatides and other statues which at present adorn parts of the royal residence at Stutgard. While studying in this academy he made the acquaintance of his fellow-townsman Schiller, and of this friendship a lasting monument remains in the statue, which he afterwards took from life, of the illustrious poet. He left the academy in 1780, at the same time as the poet, and attained the situation of Court sculptor, with the paltry salary of 300 florins, or about 251. per annum. The following year he was permitted to visit Paris, receiving, however, no further pecuriary assistance than that his salary was raised, in the second year of his absence, to 400 forins. At Paris he met with the sculptor Scheffauer, and became the pupil of Pajou, devoting himself more to the study of nature than that of the antique models. In 1785 he left Paris with Scheffauer, with whom be travelled to Rome, where he became known to the immortal Canova, whose friendly instruction had a very beneficial influence on the youthful artist. While at Rome he made the acquaintance of Goethe and Herder, then residing there in order to become acquainted with the stores of art which were contained in