to his clergy exhorting them to contend earnestly for the faith as handed down by the pure and apostolic church of England. A few months since he went from Salisbury to the milder air of Southampton, whither he had repaired more than once before, to recruit his health, and still to be as near as possible to his diocese, to perform all the duties of its superintendance. His bodily strength continued much as usual until two days before his decease, when it became apparent that the hand of death was on him. He was himself fully aware of it, and, in the full assurance of Christian faith, patiently waited for his passage to eternity. Meek and lowly, after the pattern of his blessed Master, in his ordinary intercourse with the world, he was yet firm and decided where circumstances seemed to require it, and never more so than in defending the authenticity of the Holy Scriptures, or in maintaining the authority of the pure and Protestant part of Christ's Church, as established in this kingdom. The number of his classical and theological works amply testify his scholarship; whilst both his public and private charities are the sure proofs of the liberality and kindness of his disposition. The college that he built and founded whilst Bishop of St. David's will be a lasting memorial of his public munificence; and of his private benevolence we cannot record a more touching instance than that his last act of business was writing a check for 101. on the Barrington Fund for a clergyman's widow and her orphan children. The Rev. S. C. Wilks, of the Bishop's former diocese, has in his Essay on Conversion in Ministers, well summed up his character, as "A Prelate whose long and useful life has been so peculiarly devoted to the benefit of the younger clergy; and whose name, even were all his other claims to public gratitude forgotten-were his Biblical labours, his profound and elegant learning, his zeal for the circulation of the Word of God, his exertions for the defence of our revered Church and of our common Protestantism, his benevolent efforts on behalf of the poor, the ignorant, nay, even the despised slave, his amiable deportment, his personal piety, to lapse from remembrance-whose name would still live as the revered Bishop Bedell of the Principality of Wales, so long as the magnificent institution of St. David's College shall remain to testify his enlightened and pious munificence." In the year 1796, the Bishop (then Mr. Burgess) married Miss Bright, of Durham, half-sister of the Marchioness of Winchester. Mrs. Burgess survives his Lordship, but the marriage was not productive of any issue. The body of this distinguished Prelate was interred on Monday the 27th Feb. in Salisbury cathedral, the spot, situate in the south aisle of the choir, having been previously indicated by his Lordship as the one in which he should wish to take his last repose. There is an excellent portrait of Bishop Burgess, in his robes as Chancellor of the order of the Garter, painted by W. Owen, R.A. and engraved by S. W. Reynolds, and also copied in octavo by T. Woolnoth, for vol. xv. of "The Pulpit." 1830. Another recent picture represents the Bishop in spectacles. The Bishop has bequeathed to St. David's College, Lampeter, the whole of his valuable library, consisting of many thousand volumes, "with the exception only of such books as Mrs. Burgess may think proper, immediately after his decease, to select for her own use and benefit." He has also left the sum of 30001. Three per Cent. Consols upon trust, that out of the interest thereof 40%. per annum should be applied to the maintenance of the Burton, Mrs. Martha More's, and the two Eldon Scholarships in that college; the remainder of the interest to be paid to Mrs. Burgess during her life, and after her death to the use and benefit of the principal, professors, and students of the same. It is due also to Mrs. Burgess to state, that, the Bishop having expressed an intention of leaving 500l. to the college for the purpose of providing a suitable room for the reception of the books, and also of presenting it with a copy of Owen's portrait of himself, in the possession of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, though he had not reduced his intention to a written injunction in his will, she has most liberally declared her purpose of fulfilling his Lordship's wishes in both these particulars. LADY DE LISLE AND DUDLEY. April 10. In Kensington-palace, the Right Hon. Sophia Lady de Lisle and Dudley; the eldest daughter of his present Majesty (by Mrs. Jordan), and sister to the Earl of Munster. Miss Fitz Clarence was married Aug. 13, 1825, at the house of the Duke of Clarence in London, and in the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Sussex, by the former of whom she was given away. Her husband Philip Charles Sidney, esq. (only son of the present Sir John Shelley Sidney, of Penshurst Place, co. Kent, Bart.) was at that time a Captain in the first regiment of guards; and since the accession of his Royal father-in-law has been appointed a Lord of his Majesty's Bedchamber and Surveyor-general of the Duchy of Cornwall; was in 1830 honoured with the dignity of a Knight Grand Cross of the Guelphic Order, and in 1835 created Baron de Lisle and Dudley, of Penshurst, in recognition of his lineal descent (through his mother Henrietta Hunloke) from the family of Dudley Earl of Leicester, and from the Sidneys, Dudleys, Greys, and Talbots, who enjoyed the ancient barony and viscounty of Lisle. Her ladyship was raised to the precedence of the daughter of a Marquis, by the King's warrant dated 24th May 1831; and was recently appointed Housekeeper of Kensington-palace on the death of Mrs. Strode. She is now succeeded in that office by her sister Lady Augusta Gordon. Lady de Lisle is said to have been the favourite daughter of her Royal father, and occasionally acted as his amanuensis. She was universally esteemed for her amiable qualities. many Her ladyship had issue six children, of whom a son and two daughters survive. They were 1. the Hon. Adelaide-Augusta-Wilhelmina, born in 1826; 2. the Hon. Philip Sidney, born in 1828; 3. Robert-Dudley, who died an infant in 1830; 4. Elizabeth-Frederica, who died an infant in 1831; 5. the Hon. ErnestineWellington, born in 1834; 6. an infant born 1837. The remains of this lamented lady were removed from Kensington on Monday the 17th April. The procession left the Palace in the following order :-Mr. Turner (the undertaker) of Bond-street, and his attendants, on horseback; the hearse; two mourning coaches, the first containing Mr. Glendinning, an intimate friend of Lord de Lisle; and the second, Mr. Saunders, of the royal household; the carriage of her ladyship; the King's private state carriage, her Majesty's private state carriage, and two more of his Majesty's carriages, each drawn by six horses; the carriages of the Duke of Sussex, the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Duchess of Leeds, Mar. Lords quesses Wellesley and Bute; Brownlow, Albemarle, Mayo, Loftus, Fitzgerald, Howe, Brougham, Beresford, Lady Bedingfeld, Baron d'Ompteda (the Hanoverian Minister), Sir Richard Vyvyan, Sir Edward Carrington, &c. &c. The cavalcade proceeded over Vauxhallbridge, towards Penshurst, whither Lord de Lisle and the other mourners had preceded it, and the interment took place the following day. MRS. FITZHErbert. March 27. At her house on the Old Steyne, Brighton, aged 80, Mrs. Maria Anne Fitzherbert. She was born July 26, 1756, the young. est daughter of Walter Smythe, of Bambridge in Hampshire, (great-uncle to the present Sir Joseph-Edward Smythe, of Acton Burton, co. Salop, Bart.) by Mary, daughter of John Errington, of Errington co. Durham, esq. Her younger sister Frances, who was married to Sir Carnaby Haggerston, Bart. died on the 20th of June last, (see our last volume, p. 332). Her brother Walter Smythe, esq. died in 1810, leaving two daughters, of whom the eldest is now the wife of Sir Fred. Harvey Bathurst, Bart. She was first married in 1775 to Edward Weld, esq. of Lulworth castle, co. Dorset, uncle to the late Cardinal Weld. He died without issue in the same year, and she was secondly united in marriage to Thomas Fitzherbert, esq. of Norbury, co. Derby, and Swinnerton, co. Stafford, who also died without issue at Nice, May 7, 1781, and the large property of the family is now enjoyed by his nephew, Thomas Fitzherbert, esq. Shortly after, her beauty and fascinating manners attracted the particular admiration of the Prince of Wales; and, after having for some time received his assiduous attentions, she consented to a nuptial union with his Royal Highness according to the 'forms of her own (the Roman Catholic) church. The precise period of this remarkable occurrence we have not ascertained. It was alluded to during a debate which took place in the House of Commons in 1787, relative to the Prince's pecuniary difficulties. The member who mentioned the rumoured alliance was Mr. Rolle, (now Lord Rolle) then one of the members for Devonshire. Fox, however, with (as he stated) the express authority of the Prince, denied the truth of the report in such positive terms, that Mrs. Fitzherbert never would speak to "the Man of the People" again. Although, from the force of circumstances, she unwillingly became the object of great public and political interest, her natural disposition tended to the retirement of domestic life, and made her long struggle against that notoriety which the connexion formed with the Prince of Wales was certain to create. The influ ence she possessed was always exercised for the honour of the personage she was, by the forms of her church, united to; and she found, on her retirement, that she had lost no friend, and, instead of neglect from society, she received the highest tribute of its respect and esteem; and last, though not least, from every member of the Royal Family the most affectionate demonstrations of attachment, increased no doubt by the grateful conviction they one and all entertained that her influence and good offices had ever been exerted to promote concord and affection between the Prince and his family. The respect shown by his present Majesty on his accession to the Throne marked these feelings to her in the most flattering manner, and the unceasing attachment and attention of all branches of the Royal Family, until the close of her existence, showed how deep a sense they entertained of her intrinsic worth. In disposition Mrs. Fitzherbert was frank, generous, indulgent, and hospitable. She retained in advanced age the warmth, the enthusiasm, the freshness and disin. terested feelings of youth. Her piety Her life was fervent and unostentatious. was one of active benevolence; and to the poor of Brighton (which had been her place of residence from her first connexion with the Prince) she was the liberal benefactress. Her cheerfulness was very remarkable, and evidently the result of the pleasure she enjoyed by making others happy. Her mortal remains were removed on the 6th April from her mansion on the Old Steyne, to the Roman Catholic chapel at the eastern part of Brighton, for interment. The funeral procession consisted of six mourning-coaches and In the private carriage of the deceased. the first coach were the Hon. E. S. Jerningham, Sir J. H. Bathurst, and Colonel Dawson Damer; in the second, the Earl of Munster, Colonel Gurwood, and Sir George Seymour; in the third, Mr. J. Seymour, Mr. Doyle, and Mr. Blake, the physician. The remaining carriages contained the deceased lady's domestics. High mass was performed by the officiThe coffin ating minister, Mr. Cullen. was afterwards lowered into a grave eleven feet deep, constructed in the centre of the chapel. The chapel was hung with black, and was full of well-dressed persons, who were admitted by tickets to view the ceremony. Her It is rumoured that an annuity of 8,0007. per annum reverts to the Crown, since the demise of Mrs. Fitzherbert. jointure from her first marriage was 6,000l. a year, which she relinquished after her last alliance; since then, the sum of 8,000l. was granted. There is a whole-length portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, with a book and dog, painted by Cosway, and engraved in a folio size by Condé. MAJOR-GEN. SIR F. PONSONBY, K. C.B. Jan. 11. At the Wellesley Arms, Murrell Green, near Basingstoke, aged 53, the Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, K.C. B. a Major-General in the army, Colonel of the Royal Dragoons; Knight Grand Cross of the Ionian order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Guelphic order, Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, and of Maria Theresa of Austria. This highly distinguished officer was born on the 6th July 1783, the second son of Frederick third and present Earl of Bessborough, by Lady Henrietta-Frances Spencer, second daughter of John first Earl Spencer, and aunt to the present earl. He was appointed to a Cornetcy in the 10th dragoons in 1800, and promoted to a Lieutenancy in that regiment on the 20th of June of the same year. On the 20th Aug. 1803 he was promoted to a company, and appointed to the 60th regiment, April 3, 1806. On the 25th June 1807 he became Major in the army; and on the 6th Aug. following he obtained a majority in the 23d light dragoons. At the battle of Talavera, Major Ponsonby was present with this regiment, by the extraordinary charge of which, although eventually destroyed in the effort, the whole attack of the French upon the left flank of the British completely failed. (With reference to this memorable affair, Sir Frederick Ponsonby addressed a letter to Colonel Napier, correcting the account given in that author's history of the Peninsular War.) At the close of the battle of Barrosa, in March 1811, Major Ponsonby made a brilliant and well-timed attack with two squadrons of the German Legion upon the French cavalry, as they were covering the retreat of the infantry, in which he succeeded in capturing two guns, and increased the disorder of their defeat as much as could possibly be done by so small a force as that under his direction. On the 11th June 1811 Major Ponsonby was promoted to the LieutenantColonelcy of the 12th light dragoons, in the command of which corps he continued to serve in the Peninsula. On the 11th of April 1812 he highly distinguished himself in an action with General Peyreymont near Llerena, which was one of the most brilliant cavalry affairs of the war, and his judgment therein, and the vigour of his decisive charge, were universally acknowledged and admired. On the 20th July in the same year, during the parallel movement of the two armies previous to the battle of Salamanca, Colonel Ponsonby repeatedly charged the heads of the enemy's columns which attempted to press upon the line of march of the British, and always with decided effect. At the close of the day, after the glorious struggle of the 22d, he gallantly led a squadron of his regiment against about 450 French infantry, who were overthrown by him after some desOn this occasion his parate attacks. sword was broken close to the hilt, and his horse bore the marks of several bayonet wounds. During the whole of the retrograde movement of the army from the Douro, until the battle of Salamanca, Colonel Ponsonby was constantly with the outposts, and seldom a day passed without his being more or less engaged with the enemy's advance. His penetration and ready judgment in discovering their objects, and his quickness, resources, and resolution in defeating their attempts, were equally remarkable; and so great was the vigilance he inculcated into the officers and men of the 12th, that, during the whole war, the French never surprised either post or picquet of that distinguished regiment. Whilst engaged in these arduous duties on the retreat from Burgos, he received a wound, on the 13th October, which for some time deprived the army of services the more valuable at the time, from his having accurately acquainted himself with that line of country. So highly indeed did Lord Wellington value him, that he had him brought to his own quarters, and made him travel in his own carriage until sufficiently recovered to ride. At the battle of Vittoria, June 21, 1813, the latest effort made for a stand by the rear-guard of French cavalry was overthrown by Colonel Ponsonby, who, choosing a favourable moment, charged them so effectually with a squadron of the 12th and 16th light dragoons, that he drove them in confusion upon their retreating infantry. His services at Tolosa and at the storming of St. Sebastian were also very conspicuous. On the king's birthday in 1814 he was appointed Aide-de-camp to his Majesty and Colonel in the army. Sir Frederick Ponsonby's splendid career was crowned by his remarkable exertions and still more memorable sufferings on the field of Waterloo. His resolution of charging the French column, was no hasty impulse, though suddenly acted upon in the absence of his commanding officer, General Vandeleur, who had a few minutes before led forward the 16th light dragoons. There was not an instant to lose; Col. Ponsonby rapidly counted the French column, at which he had a peculiar facility, and rating them at about one thousand, exclaimed, "They must not be allowed to come further," and with his well-known, "Come on, 12th!" dashed down the field, followed by his they totally dispersed, and drove back into the enemy's lines, together with their cavalry. Nothing could exceed the confusion of the melée, and Col. Ponsonby became anxious to withdraw his regiment, and spare his men, who were fighting at fearful odds. At that moment he received a cut on his right arm, which caused his sword to drop, and immedi. ately afterwards he received another on his left, which he raised to protect his head. By the latter he lost the command of his horse, which galloped forward, and Col, Ponsonby, unable to defend himself, received a blow from a sword on his head, which brought him senseless to the ground. In the appendix to Capt. Batty's account of the battle of Waterloo, there is a letter from the talented and amiable author of the "Pleasures of Memory," giving a highly interesting narrative, derived from Col. Ponsonby's own lips, of his extraordinary preservation, while lying exposed on the field, during the whole of the ensuing night. After being wantonly pierced through the back by a lancer, plundered by a French tirailleur, rode over by two squadrons of Russian cavalry, two deep, again plundered by a Prussian soldier, and encumbered for some hours by a dying soldier lying across his legs, he was at length accosted about an hour before midnight by an English soldier, whom he persuaded to stay by him until morning, when a cart conveyed him to the village of Waterloo. He had received seven wounds; but by constant attention, and excessive bleeding, was at length recovered. On the 26th Aug. 1820, Col. Ponsonby exchanged to half-pay of the 22d dragoons; on the 29 Jan. 1824, he was appointed Inspecting Field Officer in the Ionian Islands; became a Major-General 27th May 1825, Colonel of the 86th regiment, 4th Dec. 1835, and Colonel of the Royal dragoons, 31st March 1836. Acknowledged to be one of the brightest ornaments of the army, no man was a more general favourite with all ranks than Sir F. Ponsonby. To the most chivalrous bravery he united military talents of no ordinary cast, which were guided by a remarkable calmness of judgment and coolness of decision. He had carefully studied and thoroughly understood the habits and qualities of the British soldier, and so well knew how to turn that know. dedge to the best advantage before the enemy, that the confidence and devotion of all who served under him were unbounded. During the period of his most active life in the field he never neglected the acquisition of knowledge upon every subject of his profession. No lesson of experience was ever lost upon him, and it was by reasoning upon parts connected with the important scenes of the Peninsular war, in which he was himself a conspicuous actor, that he formed those sound opinions upon military matters which rendered him as prudent in design as he was brilliant in action. In the latter years of his life he devoted much of his time to reading, and few men had a better acquaintance with historical and military subjects. His authority in matters of his profession, particularly the cavalry service, was regarded with general respect. No language can do justice to the charm of his conversation, to the manly simplicity of his sentiments, to the warmth and truth of his character. An early and intimate companion has remarked: " In former days we lived much together. I have seen him in sickness, in danger, in difficulties, in prosperity, in society, alone with myself-I may say in every situation in which man can be placed and I never knew his beautiful disposition vary from that perfect state in which his gentle and noble mind had fixed it. He was without guile or any of the bad passions so common to other men. He was devoid of one particle of selfishness; he was gentle as he was brave, and brave as he was gentle-he blended the two to perfection-he was a proof that modesty is the handmaid of valour-his judgment was sound, his head clear, his heart the best that ever beatbut I shall never end praising him." Sir Frederick Ponsonby married, March 16, 1825, Lady-Emily-Charlotte Bathurst, second daughter of Henry third Earl Bathurst, and sister to the present Earl; and by that Lady, who survives him, he left issue two sons and three daughters, to which is now added a posthumous son, born on the 21st of March.. LT.-GEN. THE HON. W. STUART. Feb. 15. At Erskine House, Renfrewshire, aged 58, Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. William Stuart, C. B. late of the Grenadier Guards; uncle to Lord Blantyre. He was the third son of Alexander the tenth Lord Blantyre by Catharine, eldest daughter and heiress of Patrick Lindsay of Eaglescairnie, co. Haddington, esq. He was appointed Ensign in the first Guards 1794, Lieutenant and Captain in 1797. In 1798 he served in Ireland with the third battalion in 1799 in the expedition to the Helder, and was present in the actions of the 27th Aug. 10th and 19th Sept. and 2d Oct. In July 1806 he went to Sicily, and returned in Jan. 1808. In 1807 he attained the rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel; and in 1809 he served in the expedition to Walcheren. GENT. MAG. VOL. VII. He afterwards served in the Peninsula, and received a medal for the battle of the Nive. In 1814 he attained the rank of Colonel in the army, and was appointed third Major of the Grenadier Guards, and in 1815 he was present at Waterloo, and was for his conduct recommended by the Duke of Wellington for a companionship of the Bath. He has died unmarried. COLONEL DE LANCEY. At St. Sebastian, in consequence of the wounds he received in the action of the 15th March, aged 34, Colonel Oliver de Lancey. This gallant officer was a native of Guernsey, and related to the late ardent Col. Tupper, whose life has been lost in the same inglorious cause. He had been for some years in the British army, and had served on the staff in India, and as Captain in the 60th Rifles, which regiment he quitted, to the general regret of his brother officers, in order to accompany one of the first drafts of the Legion that sailed for Spain in 1835. In the course of the voyage the vessel struck in a fog on the rocks off Ushant, and was with much difficulty saved, the presence of mind of Colonel de Lancey contributing very materially to her preservation. A few weeks after his arrival in Spain Colonel de Lancey was present as acting adjutantgeneral at the affair of Hernani, for which he was honourably noticed, but he subsequently earned considerable distinction in an enterprise of far higher importance. Happening to be at Santander on some business connected with the Legion when intelligence arrived of the imminent danger of St. Sebastian, which was represented to be on the point of surrender to the Carlist forces, he concerted and undertook with his friend Colonel Greville the spirited expedition for its relief which proved so successful. The effect produced by this timely check of the enemy was most useful to the Queen's cause both in England and Spain, and it gained him the cross of St. Fernando. He afterwards continued to share the perils and hardships encountered by the Legion in the ensuing military operations, in which, as Deputy Adjutant-general, he took a most active and efficient part. He was frequently named with warm commendation in the general orders, especially upon the engagement of the 1st of October, when the Carlists met with a signal repulse in their attempt to force the lines in front of St. Sebastian. These, however, were not the only occasions on which Colonel De Lancey's merit was displayed. His literary accomplishments, the fluency with 4 A |