At Lulworth Castle, Dorsetshire, aged 82, the Hon. Mrs. Weld, relict of Joseph Weld, esq. At Pelham, Hampshire, aged 76, Adm. Geo. Ourry Lempriere.

At Clifton, aged 72, Retired Adm. Richard Saumarez, K.L. He was a midshipman on board the "Spartan" at the reduction of the Castles of Pesaro and Cesenatico. He also took part in the action with a Neapolitan flotilla in the Bay of Naples. As Lieut. of the "Bacchante" he was engaged in the sieges of Trieste and Cattaro. His commissions bore date as follows: Lieut., 5th of December, 1813; commander, 19th of May, 1819; capt., 17th of April, 1824; rear-adm., 28th of May, 1853.

Aged 67, Admiral Hamelin, the coadjutor of Admiral Deans Dundas in the Black Sea during the Crimean war. He was born Sept. 2, 1796, and was the nephew of Admiral Baron Hamelin. At the age of eleven years his uncle placed him as a midshipman on board the "Venus," and in 1812, having obtained a commission, he took part in the expedition to the Scheldt. In 1828 he became a captain, and in 1842 a rear-admiral. When the Crimean war commenced, he was maritime prefect of Toulon, and he was then selected for the command of the Black Sea fleet. The landing of the French troops previous to the battle of the Alma was effected under his direction. During the naval attack on the Sebastopol forts of October 17, a shell struck the quarter-deck of the "Ville de Paris," and killed Lieutenant Sommelier by Admiral Hamelin's side. He himself was knocked down by the shock, but he rose and continued to command his squadron until the close of the action. His conduct on that day was rewarded by his promotion to the rank of a full admiral. On the death of M. Ducos he was appointed minister of marine, which office he held from 1855 to 1860, when he received the post of Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. He leaves a son, who is a captain in the navy, and second in command of the "Bretagne." By order of the Emperor, the Admiral received a public funeral at the Hôpital des Invalides.

At Bayswater, aged 66, Sarah, widow of William Willcocks Sleigh, esq., M.D., F.S.A., and eldest dau. of the late Burrowes Campbell, esq., L.L.D., T.C.D., barrister-at-law.

In Montagu-sq., aged 39, George Hamilton Whately, esq., fourth son of the Rev. Thomas Whately, Rector of Chetwynd, Shropshire.

In Chester-sq., aged 76, William Granville, esq., late of the Ceylon Civil Service.

Jan. 17. In Surrey-terr., Lewisham Highrd., Newcross, aged 82, Capt. James Townsend, R.N.

In Hill-st., aged 77, Mary Elizabeth, widow of Edward Greathed, esq., of Uddens-house, Dorset, and only sister of the late Sir Richard Plumptre Glyn, bart.

In Alexander-st., Westbourne-pk., aged 73,

Robert Martin Stapylton, esq., youngest and last surviving son of the late Hen. Stapylton, esq., of Norton, co. Durham.

At Tabley, near Knutsford, aged 72, Robert Thorley, esq., Commander R.N.

At Hereford, where he had practised as a physician of great eminence for half a century, aged 76, John Bleeck Lye, esq., M.D., only survivor of the family of George Lye, esq., formerly of Warminster, and afterwards of Bath.

At Richmond, Yorkshire, aged 61, Anne Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. James Tate, late Head Master of the Richmond Grammar-school. At Boulogne, aged 73, Henry Benning, esq., formerly of Barnard Castle.

At Houghton Regis Vicarage, aged 37, Jane Ewart, wife of the Rev. Hugh Smythe.

Jan. 18. At Raby Castle, aged 76, the Duke and Marquis of Cleveland, K.G. See OBI

TUARY.

At Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mary, relict of Col. Thorne, K. H., formerly of the 94th Regt.

At his residence, South-hall, Guildford, aged 64, Walter G. Basset Gunton, esq.

At Camden-town, aged 75, Eliza Parker, widow of the Hon. Jabez Henry, first Supreme Judge of the Ionian Isles, &c., dau. of Nath. Forth, esq., Envoy Extraordinary to France in 1789, and mother of the late T. Hetherington Henry, esq., F.R.S.

At St. Laurens, Jersey, aged 77, Capt. J. B. Howell, R.N.

At Hammersmith, aged 55, Edward Ricard, esq., late Capt. H.M.'s 73rd Regt.

At the Charterhouse, aged 90, Mr. Rowland Hunter, formerly of St. Paul's Churchyard, with his uncle Mr. J. Johnson, the well-known bookseller, whom he succeeded.

Jan. 19. At her residence, Buckhurst-hill, Essex, aged 67, Mary Ann, widow of Col. Alder, of the Indian Army.

At Leeds, aged 30, Robert Geo. Hardwick, esq., M.D., one of the physicians of the Leeds Infirmary.

At Great Malvern, Frances Eliza Carter, wife of Matthew P. W. Boulton, esq., of Tew-park, and youngest dau. of the late W. R. Cartwright, esq., M.P., of Aynhoe.

At Standish Rectory, aged 18, Francis H. B., son of the Rev. W. H. Brandreth.

At Edinburgh, aged 79, John Lyall, esq., J.P. At Glasgow, aged 86, Wm. Buchanan, esq., formerly of London. Mr. Buchanan was well known as a distinguished connoisseur in the Fine Arts.

Jan. 20. At Exeter, aged 36, the Hon. John James Bury, late Capt. R.E., second son of the second Earl of Charleville.

At Worcester, aged 72, John Goodwin, esq., J.P.

At Tunbridge- wells, Samuel Lloyd, esq., R.M., late Special Justice of the Island of Jamaica.

SAMUEL WOODRUFFE.

SIR, A gentleman of this name lived at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, during a considerable part of the first half of the last century. He was an accomplished

mathematician and otherwise a learned man. I have reason to think that he was an occasional correspondent of this Magazine and of some of the other periodicals of that day. He was also a correspondent of several of the learned men of his time. I shall be much obliged to any one who can point out to me any communication of his to the periodical literature of his time, and still more so for information as to any of his letters, if such be now in existence. He had, family tradition says, a large and wellselected library: some five-and-twenty volumes that once formed a part of it are now in my possession. His books may be identified by his exceedingly beautiful signature, usually inscribed on the first board or first fly-leaf of the volume. In some cases the name is surrounded by a scroll-work frame of great beauty, shewing a high degree of excellence in the then fashionable art of penmanship.

I am, &c.,

EDWARD PEACOCK. Bottesford Manor, Brigg.

INSCRIPTION ON AN ANELACE.

SIR,-In the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for January, 1864, at p. 54, you notice a short Italian sword, or anelace, of mine bearing an inscription, which I exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries on the 26th of November last.

Will you kindly allow me to state that the "conjectured" interpretation

PARENTS OF HUBERT WALTER,

ABP. OF CANTERBURY. SIR, Mr. Brewer, in his preface to the third volume of the "Works" of Giraldus Cambrensis, in the Master of the Rolls' Series, when noticing some passages in the life of Hubert Walter, 66 no record has been observes (p. xxi.), preserved of his parents." Mr. Brewer will be glad to learn that Hubert's parents are known. He was the second son of Herveus Walter (ancestor of the Ormonde family), by Maude, eldest daughter of Theobald de Valoines, his eldest brother being Theobald, first Butler of Ireland.-See Carte's "Life of James Duke of Ormonde," fol., vol. &c. i., Preface, p. xxvi.—I am,

Feb. 13, 1864.

JAMES GRAVES.

LAMBETH DEGREES. SIR,-Will any of your readers have the kindness to give me any information, or tell me where it is to be found, respecting what are commonly called the "Lambeth Degrees"? that is to say, as to their origin; who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury to whom the power of granting degrees was given, and who was the first that exerted this power? by whom was it given to him, and what was the object of it? I cannot but think, if no publication of the sort is in existence, and I have never heard of one, that if a list of those on whom different degrees have been conferred, arranged under the names of the different Primates who have granted them, were published, it would be interesting and acceptable to many. Any information on the subject will be gladly received by Yours, &c., W. E. L.

Feb. 13, 1864.

ERRATUM.

I am, &c.,

EDMUND WATERTON.

Walton Hall, Feb. 2, 1864.

Several Reports, Reviews and Obituaries, which are in type, are unavoidably postponed.