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PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS, &c.

To the Rank of Rear Admirals of the Blue. -Hon. Sir C. Paget, Page knt. Robert Williams, and Rich. Worsley, esqrs.

To the Rank of Post-Captain. Septimus Arabin, Edw. Curzon, C. Phillips, and J.

Walter Roberts.

Naval Appointments. Commodore Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.B. to the command of H. M.'s Squadron in the West Indies, vice Sir C. Rowley, K.C. B.; Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Paget, knt. on special service.

War Office, July 4.-1st Reg. of Life Guards: Capt. H. Earl to be Major.-7th Foot: Brevet Lieut. Col. A. C. Wylly, to be Major.-22d Ditto: Capt. J. Fleming to be Major.-67th Ditto: Captain John Algeo to be Major. -78th Ditto: Brevet Major C. G. Falconer to be Major.Royal Staff Corps: Colonel C. M. Lord Greenock to be Lieutenant.-Col. - To be Lieut.-Col. of Infantry: Brevet Lieut.-Col. Hon. L. Stanhope: Major G. Hewett: Major C. Wyndham. - Brevet: To be Majors in the Army: Capt. Stopford Cane, of the 65th Foot. Capt. J. Grant, of the Royal Artillery. Staff: Col. W. Marlay to be Perm. Ass. Quartermaster-Gen.-Royal Reg. of Artillery: Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. R. Cary to be Lieut.-Col.: Capt. and Brevet-Major C. Younghusband to be Major: Maj. W. Payne to be Lieut.-Col.: Maj. G. Forster to be Lieut. Col.: Sir A. Dickson, K. C. B. to be Major.

July 5. This Gazette contains the King's permission to the 68th Foot to bear the appointments of " Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Orthes," in commemoration of those battles.

War Office, July 11.-47th Foot, Capt. P. W. Ramsay to be Major.-2d Ceylon Reg. Capt. H. Viscount Barnard, to be Major. Cape-Corps (Infantry), Brevet Lieut.Col. C. O'Mallay, to be Major.

UNATTACHED.-J. Arbuthnot to be Major of Infantry.

STAFF. Col. W. Marlay, Perm. Assist. Quarterm.-Gen. to be Deputy-Quarterm.Gen. to the King's Troops, serving in the East Indies.- Brevet Lieut. Col. H. J. Riddell to be Perm. Assist.-Quarterm.-Gen. and Lieut.-Col.-Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. Ware, Perm.-Assist.-Quarterm.-Gen. and Major. Major H. G. Broke, to be Perm. Assist.Quarterm.-Gen. and Major. Staff-Surgeon J. Clarke, M. D. to be Physician to the

Forces.

Office of Ordnance, July 11.- Royal Reg. Artillery: Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. R. Bull, to be Major.

War Office, July 18.-3d Reg. Light Drag.: Capt. R. S. Sitwell, to be Major.

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leigh R. Devon.

Rev. Geo. Knight, Hagbourn V. Berks. Rev. W. Knight, Stevington R. Hants. Rev. Duncan M'Cairy, Uig Church, co. Ross.

Rev. T. Musgrave (Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic, and Fellow of Trinity College), Over V. co. Cambridge. Rev. T. B. Newell, Salperton Perp. Cur. co. Glocester.

Rev. N. Orman, Great Barton R. Suffolk. Rev. H. Pearce (late Conduct of King's Col. Cambridge), Hemingby R. co. Lincoln. Rev. W. S. Preston, Bowness R. co. Cumberland.

Rev. James Scholefield, St. Michael's Perp.
Cur. Cambridge.

Rev. Thomas-Vowler Short (Censor of Christ
Church, and Senior Proctor at Oxford,)
Stockleigh Pomeroy R. Devon.
Rev. Wm. Slatter, Hethe R. Oxon.
Rev. Edm. Smyth, N. Elkington R. Linc.
Rev. Mr. Strong, elected Vicar of Pains-
wick, co. Glouc.

Rev. G. D. Perkins, and Rev. Dr. Hatton,
Chaplains to his Majesty.
Rev. H. B. W. Hillcoat, Chaplain to Duke

of Sussex.

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Dec. 27. At Calcutta, the wife of Henry Hobhouse, esq. second son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, bart. a son.

Lately. At Clifton, the wife of Lucius O'Brien, M.D. a son and heir. At CreechSt.-Michael, the wife of Lieut. P. Thompson, a son. At Brewse-house, Milverton, the wife of Major Kersteman, a dau. At Gopsall, co. Leicester, the Countess Howe, a son. At Torry-hill, Kent, Lady Montressor, a son and heir.-At Hamble-house, Hants, Lady Harriet Hoste, a dau.-At Edinburgh, the lady of Sir Jas. Montgomery, M.P. a son. At Ballygiblin, Cork, the wife of W.W. Beecher, esq. M.P. a dau. - At Crofton-house, Tichfield, Hants, Mrs. T. Nagh

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house, Fulham, Lady Jane-Lawrence Peel, a son and heir.-21. At Packington, the Countess of Aylesford, a dau.-22. In Wimpole-street, Mrs. Robert Robertson, a son. -25. At Devizes, the wife of the Rev. J. Mayo, a son.-27. At Roehampton, the Lady of Sir Thomas Farquhar, bart. a daughter.

July 2. The lady of Lieut.-Col. Bourchier, a son.-5. The wife of Rev. GerrardThomas Andrewes, a dau.-7. Mrs. Robert Bright, a son.-8. At Blackheath, the wife Major Farrington, Royal Artillery, a son.At Douglas-house, near Cork, Mrs. John Callaghan, a dau.-9. At Little Camdenhouse, Kensington, the lady of Major-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, a son.-10. At Walton, in Leicestershire, the wife of Rev. Augustus Hobart, a dau.-11. In Devonshire-place, the widow of the late Frederick-Richard Coore, esq. a son.-12. In Cadogan-terrace, Mrs. Robert Pearson, a son.-13. At Woodham-Walters Rectory, Essex, the wife of Rev. Guy Bryan, a dau.-19. At Canons, the wife of Rev. T. Alington, Rector of Little Barford, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

Lately. Rev. C. S. Bird, to Miss Margaret Wrangham, of Altringham. Rev. Joseph Church, Rector of Frettenham, to Miss Gibson, of Norwich. Rev. W. B. Coulcher, Rector of Bawsey, to HarrietAnne, dau. of Mr. Twiss, of Cambridge.Rev. C. Dewell, of Malmesbury, to SarahAnne, dau. of W. Hughes, esq. of Devizes. -Rev. J. M. Kirby, of Burmage-house, near Manchester, to Miss E. Peel, of Pentonville. Rev. Ralph Lyon, of Sherborne, to Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. H. Goodfellow, of Stamfordham.--Rev. George Pearse, of Thorpe Road, to Laura-Elizabeth-Buck, dau. of Rev. R. B. Matthews, of Hingham. -Rev. John Smith, Rector of Kirkby Laythorpe, to Frances-Mary, dau. of C. Blomfield, esq. of Bury. Rev James Thomas, Vicar of Haverfordwest, to MariaAnne, dau. of late Ben. Gillam, esq. Banker,

Bristol. -- Rev. Thomas-Henry Yorke, Vicar of Bishop-Middleham, to Maria, daughter of late Major-Gen. Hon. Mark Napier. At Edinburgh, Rev. Alexander Macpherson, Minister of Golspie, Sutherlandshire, to Agnes, dau, of late R. Young, esq. Writer, Edinburgh. At Ilminster, Rev. Dr. Henry Davies, of Taunton, to Sophia, dau. of late Tim. Wallington, esq. of Ilminster. At Norwich, Rev. Ralph Barker, to Jane-Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. G. Beevor, Rector of Wilby. At Ropley, Rev. W. Wilkinson, to Maria, dau. of late G. Kersley, esq. Rev. Dr. Lempriere, Rector of Meeth and Newton Petrock, Devon, to Anne, only child of late Capt. Collingwood, R. N. of Heavitree, and cousin to Lord Collingwood. Rev. Thos. Irvin, of Scarborough, to Miss Phebe-Maria Has well, of Yarmouth. - Capt. Bent, 5th reg.

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to Elizabeth, dau. of Paul, esq. Governor of St. Vincent's. Fred. Bradley, esq. of Brighton, to Augusta-Gertrude, dau. of Lady Hawke.T. B. Bartley, esq. of Everton, to Elizabeth, dau. of C. M'Intyre, esq. of Green-castle, co. Donegal.-T. Coltman, esq. Barrister, to Anna, dau. of late G. Duckworth, esq. of Manchester.J. Carew, esq. of Exeter, to Maria, dau. of late J. Dickinson, esq. of Tiverton. -W. Fowler, esq. to Mary-Anne, dau. of late Mr. T. Merry, of Baldock.--At Dublin, Goddard-Hewitson, only son of Rev. J. Richards, of the Grange, co. Wexford, to Dorothea-Arabella, dau. of late E. Moore, esq. of Moore's Fort, co. Tipperary, and niece to Lord Bandon. -- John Fuller, esq. of Terrington St. John's, to dau. of Mr. John Haigh, merchant, of Halifax. Arthur Beevor, esq. to Miss Clayton, both of Norwich. J. A. Bailey, esq. to Anne, dau. of Rev. W. Sandford, Rector of Nutfield. D. Brown, esq. H. P. of 14th Dragoons, to Eleonora, dau. of late Charles Marsack, esq. of Caversham Park.

April 16. John Sims, M. D. to Lydia, dau. of W. Dillwyn, of Walthamstow. Rev. John Randall, B. A. to Elizabeth, dau, of late Mr. Bennett, of Salisbury.--17. W. Barwell Carter, M. D. 8th Hussars, to Margaret, dau. of R. Downie, esq. of Appin, M. P. At Burnham, Josias, son of Josias Nottidge, esq. of Rose-hill, Wixoe, to Matilda, dau. of Wm. Langton, esq. of Chippenham-house. - E. Warner Shewell, esq. to Emma, dau. of Rev. H. Poole.

Rev. J. Fishlake, to Jane, dau. of Rev. Dr. Nicholas, of Salisbury. Thomas Dewell, esq. Capt. R. A. to Charlotte, dau. of late J. Gaiford, esq. of Iford-house, Wilts. - 19. W. Butt, jun. esq. of Corneybury, to Eliza, dau. of J. Temple, esq. of Brompton. 21. George St. John Keele, esq. to HannahTheodosia, dau. of late Geo. C. Skipton, esq. of Beech-hill, Londonderry. - At Hackney, T. A. Stocker, esq. of Sidmouth, to Eliza, dau. of late Kenneth Mackenzie, esq. of Taunton. At Ormskirk, Edward Boyer, esq. of Lathom, to Mary, only dau. of Thos. Walkden, esq. of Bickerstaffe. 22. At Richmond, Lacey Rumsey, esq. son of Dr. R. of Amersham, Bucks, to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Hon. John and Lady Elizbeth Spencer.-23. At Barnstaple, Rev. Jacob-Geo. Wrench, Rector of Stouting, Kent. to Frances, dau. of late Rev. J. F. Squire. At Edinburgh, Capt. Peckett, to Catherine-Gordon, dau. of R. Hepburne, esq. of Clarkington. 24. At Walcot, Wm. Blathwayt, esq. Capt. 3d Dragoons, to Emilia, dau. of late Capt. Filmer, of Bath, and grand-dau. of late Rev. Sir E. F. bart. -At Walcot, Rev. Robert Moore, Rector of Wimborne St. Giles's, co. Dorset, to Sophia-Elizabeth, dau. of R. Henshawe, esq. of Bath.-25. At Colchester, Rev. Henry Hutton, jun. to Elizabeth-Sophia,

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only dau. of late Rev. A. Beevor, Rector of Bergh-Apton. 28. Rev. T. Ellis Rogers, of Lackford, Suffolk, to Sophia, dau. of late Rev. Edward Mills. At Sampford-Arundel, Lieut. George-Rivers Luke, R. A. to Mary-Anne, dau. of Lovell Todd, esq. of Weres Cot, Somerset. - 29. At Richmond, David Holmes, esq. son of late R. H. esq. to Anne, dau. of late Sir Charles Price, bart.-30. At Angus, John Wedderburn, esq. to Hon. Lady Helen Ogilvy, dau. of late, and sister to the present Earl of Airly.

May 1. At Twickenham, Rev. W. B. Hayne, Vicar of Henlow, Bedfordshire, to Emma, dau. of late John-Eardley Wilmot, esq. of Tottenham. - At Beccles, Rev. Thomas Sheriffe, to Georgiana, dau. of T. Fan, esq. of Beccles. Rev. John Baron, Vicar of Walsall, to Anna-Maria, dau. of late Rev. C. Prescott, B.D. Rector of Stockport. - - At Marylebone, John-Owen Herbert, esq. of Dolforgan, Montgomeryshire, to Harriett, dau. of Rev. C. Johnson, South Stoke, Somerset. At Chelsea, Charles Schreiber, esq. of Hinchelsea-lodge, Hants, to Amelia, dau. of Major-Gen. Sir Johu Cameron, K. C. B. - 5. At Westburyupon-Trym, Major Thos. Pierce, 3d. regt. Bombay Inf. to Susan, widow of late Capt. S. Ford, West Middlesex Militia.-18. At Brighton, Wm. Curtis, esq. of Finchley, to Isabella, dau, of late Wm. Soppitt, esq.27. At Twickenham, Rev. George-Trevor Spencer, to Harriett-Theodora, dau. of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, bart.

June 3. At Bath, John Uniacke, esq. of Baughton, to Anne, dau. of late Rear-Adm. Pierrepoint, of Farley-hill, Surrey. -9. J. A. Warre, esq. M. P. to Florence-Caroline, dau. of R. Magenis, esq. M. P.--19. At Stockholm, Oscar, Crown Prince of Sweden, son of Charles-John Bernadotte, the present King, to the Princess of Leuchtenburgh. July 2. Dan. Keyte Sandford, esq. B.A. Professor of Greek at Glasgow, to Henrietta Cecilia, dau. of late R. Charnock, esq.3. Lieut. Thomas Probyn, of E. I. C.'s Service, son of Archdeacon P. to Margaret, dau. of late Dr. Roberts, of Gloucester.-5. T. Holroyd, esq. son of Mr. Justice Holroyd, to Sarah, dau. of W. Morgan, esq. of Gower-st. - Hon. H. Lascelles, to Lady Louisa Thynne, dau. of Marquis of Bath.

8. By special licence, Rob. Price, esq. M.P. for Hereford, only son of Uvedale Price, esq. of Foxley, to Mary Anne Elizabeth, dau. of late Rev. Dr. Dr. Price, P Prebendary of Durham.--10. Alex. W. R. Macdonald, esq. son of Major-Gen. the Hon. G. Bosville. and nephew of Lord Macdonald, to dau. of late Col. Bayard.-22. Rev. Philip Bliss, LL.D. Fellow of St. John's College, and Sub-Librarian of the Bodleian,

to Sophia, 2d. dau. of late Rev. Robert-Barter Bell, formerly Fellow of New College, and of Windlesham, Surrey.

OBITUARY.

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ADMIRAL JOHN SCHANK.

Lately. At Dawlish, aged 83, John Schank, esq. Admiral of the Blue, F.R.S. He was a native of one of the southern counties of Scotland, and was son of Mr. Alexander Schank, of Castlerig, co. Fife. This gentleman having entered into the naval service at an early age, about the year 1758, and very conspicuously distinguished himself while in a subordinate capacity to that of Lieutenant, was, after a laborious service of eighteen years' continuance, promoted to the latter rank in the month of June 1776, and at the commencement of the contest with America, commanded the Canceaux, an armed schooner mounting ten guns, employed on the river St. Laurence. This command he nominally retained for a considerable time; we say nominally, for almost immediately after the commencement of the war in Canada, he was appointed superintendant of the naval department at St. John's, and in the year following received a second commission, nominating him to the elevated station of senior officer in the naval department in that quarter. In fact, he might have been truly called the civil Commander-in-Chief, all the conjunct duties of the Admiralty and Navy Board being vested in him. The force under his direction was considerable, no less than four different flotillas, or squadrons of small vessels, being at one time subject to his direction in the civil line. His exertions and merit were

so conspicuous as to draw forth the highest encomiums from the Comander-inChief, particularly on account of the celerity and expedition with which he constructed a ship called the Inflexible, the very appearance of which vessel on the lakes, struck with insurmountable terror the whole American fleet, and compelled it to seek for safety in ignominious flight, after having held out a vain boast of many months' continuance, that the first appearance of the British flotilla would be the certain forerunner of its immediate destruction.

Exclusive of the armaments which he had fitted out, and equipped for service on the lakes Ontario, Erie, Eurine, and Mishagon, he had the direction of four different dock-yards at the same time, situated at St. John's, Quebec, Carleton Island, and Detroit. In all these multiplied branches and divisions of public duty, his diligence and zeal were exGENT. MAG. July, 1823.

ceeded only by the strict economy which he paid on all occasions to the public money. His services on this occasion were not solely confined to the naval department; he attended the army under General Burgoyne, and became not only the inventor, but the constructor of several floating bridges, by the assistance of which its progress was materially aided, and without which it would have been in all probability totally impeded much sooner than it really was.

On the cessation of hostilities, this gentleman returned to England, and was almost immediately afterwards promoted to the rank of Post Captain in the Navy. Capt. Schank soon after invented, or might rather be said to have improved a former invention of his own, relative to the construction of vessels, peculiarly adapted for navigating in shallow water. He was appointed at the beginning of 1794 to be agent-general, or principal agent of transports composing a part of the formidable expedition, then sent to the West Indies, under the orders of Sir John Jervis, afterwards Earl of St. Vincent, and Sir Charles Grey, afterwards Lord Grey de Howick. So conspicuous was his assiduity in this service, that when the reverse of war compelled the British troops to quit Flanders, and retire into Holland, whither they were followed by the armies of the French Convention, Capt. Schank was appointed superintendant of all transports, or vessels employed in the various services of conveying either troops, stores, or property, from one country to the other; and his exertions tended at least to reduce disaster within its narrowest possible limits.

The acquisition of coast gained by the enemy, and the general complexion of public affairs, causing an apprehension that an attempt might be made to invade Britain, a new and formidable system of defence was, by the orders of the Admiralty Board, projected, arranged, and completely carried into execution, under the direction of Capt. Schank. In short, the defence of the whole coast, from Portsmouth to Berwick upon Tweed, was confided to him; and few commands have ever been bestowed of more magnitude and importance, and requiring more extensive abilities. The objects he had to attain were infinitely more multifarious than generally fall to the lot either of a land or a naval officer; for he was not only under the necessity

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of contriving and constructing a variety of rafts, and vessels of different descriptions, capable of receiving cannon, but he was also compelled to fit and adapt for the same purpose the greater part even of the small boats which he found employed in different occupations on the coast. When even these difficulties were overcome, he had still to undergo the task of teaching the inhabitants throughout the several districts, the art of fighting and managing this heterogeneous, though highly serviceable, flotilla, in case the necessities of the country should be such as to require their personal exertions. To have overcome these multiplied difficulties, would in itself be a matter of sufficient praise, to entitle a man to the highest tribute public gratitude could bestow, were every other occasion that could call for it, wanting. In 1799, he was again ap pointed to superintend the transport service connected with the expedition to Holland. This was, we believe, the last public occasion on which he was employed.

On the formation of the Board constituted for conducting the transport service, Capt. Schank was appointed one of the Commissioners; a station he continued to hold with the highest credit and honour to himself till the year 1802, when, in consequence of an ophthalmic complaint, he was under the necessity of retiring from the fatigues of public duty.

At length, after a service of upwards of 40 years, he obtained his flag, on the 9th of November, 1805. In 1809, while Rear-Admiral of the White, he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Red; in 1810 Vice-Admiral of the Blue; about 1814 Vice-Admiral of the Red; and in 1822 Admiral of the Blue.

He married Miss Grant, the sister of the Master of the Rolls, by whom he had issue. His daughter who married in 1800 Capt. John Wright, R. N. died May 6, 1812, leaving a young family.

Admiral Schank was one of the company who went out with Sir C. Douglas in the Emerald in 1768, to observe the transit of Venus, and at the death of Capt. Carter, R. N. April 23, 1818, he was the only officer who survived that expedition. He was also one of the original members of the Society for im proving Naval Architecture, set on foot by the late eccentric John Sewell, the bookseller; and some of the papers published by that Institution were the productions of this ingenious gentleman; who also published in 1793, "A Sketch of two Boats, and a Cutter with sliding keels," fol.

COUNT BERTHOLLET.

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This distinguished chemist, whose death we noticed in vol. xcit. ii. p. 645, was born at Talloire, in Savoy. He was of the medical profession, and became physician to the grandfather of the present Duke of Orleans. His attainments and his chemical labours obtained for him so high a reputation, that scarcely had he reached his 24th year, when he was elected Member of the French Academy, and of several learned societies of Europe. In 1794, M. Berthollet was appointed one of the commissioners of agriculture and the arts. Two months after, he became professor of the Ecole Normale; and the following year, on the organization of the Institute, he was one of the first members. In 1798 Μ. Berthollet was sent into Italy by the Directory, as one of the persons charged with the selection of the pictures, statues, and other objects, which were to be transported to Paris. He there became connected with Bonaparte, and afterwards accompanied him to Egypt. In 1799 he returned to France, and was called to a seat in the Conservative Senate. He successively received the ranks of Comte, Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur, and Grand Cross of the Order of Réunion. His friendship for M. de la Place determined him to purchase a country house in the village of Arceuil. It was in his house, adjoining the abode of his colleague, that he established a laboratory for experiments, and collected around him a number of young physicians and chemists, almost all of them his own pupils, in order to promote the progress of science, and pursue the system of analysis. This select meeting took the name of the Société d'Arceuil, and published 3 vols. of Memoirs, of the highest interest. His love of chemical science, to which he has so much contributed by his writings and his labours, induced him to devote to his experiments not only the income which he derived from his appointments, but also so considerable a part of his personal property, as to oblige him to reduce his establishment, and decline appearing at Court. Napoleon, when Emperor, it is related, having learned the situation of his affairs, sent for him, and in a tone of affectionate reproach, said, " M. Berthollet, j'ai toujours cent mille écus au service de mes amis." In fact, be ordered that sum to be immediately conveyed to him.

M. Berthollet distinguished himself by the most useful discoveries, such as the composition of ammoniac-by a multitude of valuable and ingenious processes, such as preserving water fresh by carbonizing

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