SPAIN.

The strong little fortress of Vera, on the Bidassoa, the possession of which has been of the greatest advantage to the Carlists, was on the 4th of April carried by assault by the Queen of Spain's troops under O'Donnell. The British auxiliaries behaved with their accustomed gallantry, and were the first to enter the fortress. About twenty men of Capt. Harris's Artillery, who had previously expended their ammunition, charged at the point of the bayonet, leaped the parapet, and cleared the stockades. This party was headed by Lieut. Lawson, who took possession of the keys of the fort. The first man in the battery was the same who first entered Irun, a Dublin shoemaker, named Bolton, and who had been decorated three times with the cross of Isabel II. by General Evans, for bravery.

The garrison was indebted for its safety to the timely arrival of three companies of Chapelchuries of Guipuscoa, under the orders of Ibero, who, having charged the Christinos with the bayonet, enabled the handful of men who were in the fort to effect their retreat.

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of 2,000 Navarrese, stopped during twenty-four hours by a column from Pampeluna, came at last to reinforce the Chapelchuries, and compelled the Christinos to fall back on the mountain of Endereza, near Irun. General O'Donnell had, however, time to blow up the fortifications of the town, and place his artillery in safety on the French territory. The Carlists harrassed him continually in his retreat. There were very few killed on either side, and the number of wounded amounted in all to nearly 200.

A general order of Colonel Lasaussaye dated St. Sebastian, March 27, has declared that the auxiliary corps, at present composed of the Reyna Isabella Lancers and of the Artillery, will for the future be designated the British Auxiliary Brigade. Brevet-Colonel W. Wakefield is appointed Lieut.-Colonel commandant; Richard Baker, Major; Capt. F. Hampton to command the Artillery;

Lieut.-Colonel W. A. Clarke to be Paymaster; Lieut.-Colonel J. M'Intosh, Brigade Major. The Brigade musters under 400, including officers.

CANADA.

On the 3rd of March a sharp engagement took place between her Majesty's troops and the insurgents, in which the latter were totally defcated on Point Pele Island, within 40 miles of the western extremity of lake Erie, near the western boundary of the British possessions. This island had been occupied by the pirates in great force, when Col. Maitland, in order to dispossess them, marched from Amherstburgh on the night of the 2nd with a few companies of the 32nd and 83rd Regiments, two six pounders, and some volunteer cavalry. The march, though half of it was to be made over the ice of the lake, was successfully accomplished in the course of the night, and at day-break the enemy were attacked, having been in part surrounded by the excellent dispositions of the British commander; the action that followed assumed the character of bush fighting-the island, which is about seven miles long, being covered with thicket, and the pirates outnumbering her Majesty's forces in the proportion of nearly two to one-for they mustered 500 men well armed and equip. ped; ultimately, however, they were driven to flight, which was rendered easier by a number of sleighs, or sledges, that they had concealed in the woods. They left among their dead, Colonel Bradley, the commander-in-chief; Major Howdley; and Captains Van Rensellaer and M'Keon. They left a great many wounded and other prisoners in the hands of her Majesty's troops; the killed and wounded being nearly, if not exclusively, all citizens of the United States; the arms that were found were all new-and marked as the property of the States. Twenty-eight men of the 32nd regiment were wounded more or less dangerously, and two killed. Colonel Maitland has succeeded in capturing the pirate general Sutherland who lately menaced Maldon.

bers. It broke out in the bed-room of W. H. Maule, esq, M.P. Queen's Counsel, and among the other sufferers were the Attorney-general, W. Erle, esq.

M.P., J. H. Markland, esq. &c. &c. Nearly all the property and papers in the chambers were lost, including the documents relating to matters pending before the Attorney-general. Mr. Pashley, author of Travels in Crete, was perhaps the greatest sufferer. His chambers contained a valuable and extensive law library, between 3000 and 4000 volumes of Classical and Miscellaneous Literature, a collection of objects of ancient art, a valuable cabinet of coins, and all Mr. Pashley's Manuscript Journals and Drawings, made during his travels. learned gentleman was at Winchester, on the Circuit, and not a single article in his chambers was saved from the flames. Mr. Follett, brother to Sir W. Follett, was with difficulty rescued from danger, having been some time confined to his bed from rheumatism.

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March 26. The celebrated and long litigated cause of Attwood v. Small was decided in the House of Lords; after having much attracted the notice of the public, not in consequence of its intrinsic merits, but from the extent of the property involved in the decision. In the annals of jurisprudence,it will be ever known as having given rise in the court of Exchequer to the delivery (by Lord Lyndhurst) of a judgment unparalleled in the exhibition of every judicial attribute. The circumstances out of which the case has arisen were briefly these:-Mr. Small having entered into a negociation with Mr. Attwood for the purchase, for £550,000, of the mines at Crongreaves in Staffordshire, a statement was made in writing in several papers by an agent of Mr. Attwood of the produce of the works in question, and the expense of working such produce. Concerning the nature and character of these papers, it was alleged on the part of Mr. Small that they contained a declaration of the then present condition of the concern, and represented the actual amount of iron then produced, and the actual cost of then producing. Upon the part of Mr. Attwood it was contended that they contained only an estimate of what had been upon an average of several years the amount of produce, and of the expense of production, or of what would and may be such produce and cost in certain circumstances, future, contingent and hypothetical. The real nature and character of the statements contained in those papers was the principal and only question in the case; but in order to arrive at a just conclusion upon this question it became necessary to take a great variety of other and collateral circumstances into consideration. By a majority of three votes, (the Lord Chancellor, the GENT. MAG. VOL. IX.

Earl of Devon, and Lord Brougham), against two (Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Wyndford), it was resolved that the decree of the court below be reversed, and that no issue be directed. The effect of which is to exclude the shareholders of the British Mining Company from all remedy against Mr. Attwood ultimately and for ever. The hearing of this important case had in all occupied more than fourscore days, of which 50 were taken up at the bar of their lordships' house. The printed papers amounted to no less than 30,000 folio pages; and the notes which had been furnished of the arguments in the case amounted to 10,000 pages in folio. The costs are supposed to have exceeded 150,0007.

March 31. The Great Western steamship, destined to navigate the Atlantic, started from London to Bristol, her native port, having visited the metropolis to take in her engines and complete her finishings. She is the largest steam-vessel that has hitherto made its appearance on the waters of Europe, her registered admeasurement being 1,340 tons, length 234, breadth from out to out of the paddle boxes 58 feet, and with engines and machinery of 450 horse power. The most remarkable thing about the ship is her four masts, which, when rigged, will supersede the use of steam when the wind is favourable. There are four boilers, and the space below is so great that passages are formed in which persons can walk between them without inconvenience. The boilers weigh about 95 tons, and hold 80 tons of water. Notwithstanding the large space devoted to the boilers, engines, and machinery, she makes up 150 beds, besides sleeping places for the officers and crew, and there is also room for 200 tons of cargo. coal tanks are so disposed that as fast as they shall be emptied during the voyage, they will be filled with sea water to supply the place of ballast. The paintings with which the saloon is profusely adorned from the masterly pencil of E. T. Parris, esq. R.A. have excited general admiration. On the passage to Bristol, when off Sheerness, an alarming but not very calamitous accident occurred; this was no less than a sudden fire. The work. men employed to coat the boilers with felt, for the purpose of preventing the radiation of heat, had improperly used a quantity of oil, red lead, and felt about that part of them which is in contact with the chimney. As the vessel approached the Nore the smell of heated oil attracted attention, but its origin was not perceived until, in a few minutes, it burst into flames, emitting, of course, large volumes

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of smoke. Fortunately those on board were so satisfied with the efficiency of all the arrangements that the general excitement produced was that of interest instead of fear. No sooner was the position of the fire ascertained than so large a jet of water was directed upon it by the powerful engine pumps belonging to the vessel, assisted by a portable fire-engine, with which the deck was fortunately provided, that it was extinguished with scarcely more damage done than that oc

casioned by the zealous remedies of the crew. On the 8th of April, she sailed from Bristol against a strong northwester. She had but few passengers; many have been deterred from sailing by the variety of reports respecting the fire, and having had their passage money returned. Public confidence, it is expected, will be completely established on her return, which is anticipated to be about the 20th of May.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Feb. 21. Knighted, Spencer Lambert Hunter Nassau, esq. Capt. R.N. and K. H.

Feb. 24. James Thomson, esq. to be one of her Majesty's corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

March 24. William Wylde, esq. Lt.-Colonel R. Art. and British Commissioner at the head quarters of the Spanish army, to accept the cross of the order of Charles III., the cross of the 2d class of San Fernando, and the insignia of a Knight Commander of the order of Isabella the Catholic, conferred for his services in the operations for raising the siege of Bilbao, and in the action before St. Sebastian, 1st Oct. 1836.

Esculapius Field, esq. to be one of her Majesty's corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

March 30. 26th Foot, Major-Gen. Sir John Colborne, G.C.B. to be Colonel.-31st Foot, Lt.-Gen. Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B. to be Colonel.-71st Foot, Major-Gen. Sir S. F. Whittingham, K.C.B. to be Colonel.-94th Foot, MajorGen. Sir T. M'Mahon, Bart. K.C.B. to be Colonel.-G. A. Cowper, M.D. to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces.

March 31. Major-Gen. R. Beever to be Colonel-Commandant of the Royal regiment of Artillery.

April 3. Lieut.-Gen. C. Chichester, Brig.General in the service of her Catholic Majesty, and K.S.F. to accept the cross of Charles III. and the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, conferred for his services at the siege of Irun in May last, and the action of 1st Oct. 1836.-Wm. Fred. Lapidge, esq. Capt. R.N. and K.C.Is. Cath. to accept the Cross of the 2d class of San Fernando, conferred for his various services on the coast of Spain.-Aug. Algernon Villiers, esq. Mate, late of H. M. ship Ringdove, to accept the insignia of the order of Isabella the Catholic, conferred for his services at the siege of Bilbao.

April 13. 46th Foot, Lient.-Gen. Sir J. Keane, K.C.B. to be Colonel.-68th Foot, MajorGen. Sir W. Johnston, K.C.B. to be Colonel.Provisional Battalion, brevet Lt.-Col. J. Weare to be Lt.-Colonel.-Brevet, Capt. O. W. Gray to be Major.

April 17. Hon. J. D. Bligh to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Hanover; Sir T. Cartwright, G.C.H. to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden; Hon. H. E. Fox to be Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation.

April 20. Lieut.-Gen. Sir F. P. Robinson, K.C.B. to be G.C.B.-Major-Gen. Lord Charles Manners and Major-Gen. Sir James Macdonell to be K.C.B.

April 24. Sir E. S. Baynes, K.C.M.G. to be Consul at St. Petersburgh.-T. de G. Fon

blanque, esq. K. H. to be Consul at Philadelphia. 11th Dragoons, Major H. Fane to be Lieut.-Col.-9th Foot, Capt. G. L. Davis to be Major.-71st Foot, Capt. W. Denny to be Major.

NAVAL PREFERMENTS.

To be Commander, John Skinner.-To be retired Commanders, D. Chambers, A. G. Stirling, W. Herstage.-Captains C. J. Austen to the Bellerophon 80; P. P. Wallis, Madagascar 46; H. J. Codrington, Talbot 28.-Commanders J. J. Newell, Asia 84; John Grant, Talavera 74; W. Holt, Orestes 18.

Members returned to serve in Parliament. Haddingtonshire.-Sir T. B. Hepburn, Bart. Kinsale.-Col. Henry Thomas declared duly elected vice Mahony.

Maidstone.-John Minet Fector, esq. Shaftesbury.-G. B. Mathew, esq. declared duly elected vice Poulter.

The Earl of Charleville elected a Representative Peer of Ireland.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.
Rev. R. Andrews, Spaldwick V. Hunts.
Rev. H. W. Beadon, Latton V. Wilts.
Rev. W. H. Bloxsome, Stanton with Snows-
hill R. Glouc.

Rev. J. T. Bond, Freston R. Suffolk.
Rev. W. B. Bransby, Charsfield P.C. Suff.
Rev. I. Close, Kirkby Ravensworth P.C. York.
Rev. W. G. Cole, Walpole P.C. Suffolk.
Rev. C. Colfe, Shadoxhurst R. Kent.
Rev. W. J. Coope, Falmouth R. Cornwall.
Rev. G. Coulcher, St. Bene't's P.C. Camb.
Rev. G. A. Denison, Broad Winsor V. Dorset.
Rev. J. Dolignon, Hilborough R. Norfolk,
Rev. L. Dryden, Ambrosden V. Oxfordshire.
Rev. E. R. Earle, Wardley cum Belton R. co.
Rutland.

Rev. G. Edmundson, Feniscowles P.C. Blackburn, Lancashire.

Rev. F. T. W. Fitzroy, Ringstead R. Norfolk.
Rev. J. Foster, Winterborne Monkton R. Dors.
Rev. F. Gambier, Barford St. Martin R. Wilts.
Rev. J. Gaselee, Little Yeldham R. Esssx.
Rev. J. Gisborne, Croxall V. Derbyshire.
Rev. E. T. Green, Orleton V. Herefordshire.
Rev. C. A. Hunt, St. Peter's P.C. Blackburn.
Rev. W. Hutton, Warton V. Lanc.

Rev. T. B. Ingham, Congleton V. Cheshire.
Rev. F. Litchfield, Farthinghoe R. Northamp
Rev. W. Lyon, St. George P.C. Bolton, Lane.
Rev. J. M'Conkey, All Saints P.C. Liverpool.
Rev. G. Newby, Borrowdale P.C. Cumberl.
Rev. T. Poole, Firbeck P.C. Yorkshire.
Rev. W. Powell, Llanhenoch P.C. Monmouth.
Rev. W. Raine, Swinbrook P.C. Oxford,

Rev. C. W. Robinson, Prestwould and Holton donative C. co. Leic.

Rev. John Scott, Uppington C. Salop.
Rev. Mr. Stone, Radcliffe P.C. Lancashire.
Rev. Hugh Vaughan, Llansaintfraid in Elvel
V. Radnorshire.

Rev. John Wetherall, Rushton All Saints with
St. Peter's RR. Northamptonshire.
Rev. Chr. Whichcote, St. Mich. R. Stamford.
Hon. and Rev.¡W. W. C. Talbot, Ombersley V.
Worcester.

Rev. Jas. Tate, jun. Easby V. Yorkshire.

Rev. S. B. Turner, Great Linstead P.C. Suff.
Rev. J. B. Tyrwhytt, Claxby Pluckacre R. Linc.
Rev. J. D. Waite, Little Cawthorpe V. Linc.
Rev. P. W. Yorke, Rayleigh R. Essex.
Rev. W. Yonge, Necton R. Norfolk.

CHAPLAINS.

Rev. C. Bowen, to Lord Bateman.

Rev. M. D. Duffield, to Duke of Cambridge.
Rev. J. Foster, to Earl of Eldon.

Rev. J. Johnson, to Duke of Cambridge.
Rev. J. Manisty, to Earl of Eldon.

Rev. S. Mossop, to Earl of Dunmore.
Rev. H. Richards, to Duke of Argyle.

Rev. R. Eteson, to the East India Company at
Chumar.

Rev. James Cooper, to H. M. Ship Malabar.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Mr. Rothman, Fellow of Trin. coll. Camb. to
be Registrar of the Univ. of London.
Rev. R. Garnett, to be Sub-Librarian of the
British Museum.

Rev. John Barlow, F.R.S. to be Hon. Secretary to the Zoological Society.

Daniel Maude, esq. to be a Police Magistrate at Manchester.

Mr. Henry R. Bishop to be Composer to her Majesty.

Rev. O. Fox to be head master, and Mr. T. Baxter under master, of the Worcester cathedral grammar school.

Rev. N. Keymer to be head master of the Hertford Christ's Hospital school. Rev. John Scott to be head master of Donnington grammar school, Salop. Rev. J. Young to be head master of the mar school at Houghton le Spring.

BIRTHS.

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March 4. At Naples, the wife of John Kennedy, esq. Sec. of Legation, a son.-16. At Stanhope-place, the wife of Mr. Serjeant Adams, a son.-18. The wife of the Rev. Arthur Fane, a dau.-19. In Curzon-st. the wife of W. H. Brabant, esq. a son-20. At the house of her father, G. Bennett, esq. Dublin, the wife of the Rev. Delves Broughton, a dau. At Auchinbowie, Stirlingshire, Lady Vere Cameron, a dau.--The wife of Edmund Jerningham, esq. of Gloucester-place, a dau.

-21. At Rushmore Lodge, Dors. the Hon. Mrs. Osborne, a dau.- -At Brighton, Lady Augusta Seymour, a son.-22. The wife of E. C. Bramfill, esq. of Upminster Hall, a son.

23. At Bath, the wife of W. L. Colquhoun, esq. a son and heir.-25. At Galway, Ireland, the wife of Major C. S. Le Malet, 8th Reg. a dau.--Mrs. R. Shafto Chambers, of Doughty-st, a dau.-26. At Downes, the wife of J. W. Buller, esq. a dau.-In Stanhope-st. the Countess Cowper, a dau.-27. At Bedford, the wife of Major C. A. Munro, a son.

In Upper Gower-st. the wife of E. Esdaile, esq. a dau.-28. The wife of the Rev. Dr. Moberly, Head Master of Winchester, a dau.

Lately. At Swainswick, near Bath, the Hon. Mrs. Adams, a son.--In Charles-st. Berke.

ley-sq. the Hon. Lady Rushout Cockerell, dau.

April 2. In York-terrace, Regent's-park, the wife of A. D. Inglis, esq. a son.In Cavendish-sq. the wife of Arthur Currie, esq. a dau.-4. The lady of Sir H. Verney, Bart. M.P. a son and heir.- -In Eaton-place, the Lady Marcus Hill, a dau.-6. The wife of John Vaughan, esq. of Watlington Park, Oxfordshire, a dau.-8. At Richmond, Lady Louth, a son.-9. At Howroyde, co. York, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Horton, a son.-13. In Portland-place, the Duchess of Richmond, a dau.-At Leamington, the lady of Sir Walter Carew, Bart. a son.-14. In London, the lady of Sir T. F. Fremantle, Bart. a dau.-At Dyrham Park, Glouc. Mrs. Robinson, a dau.

-At Walton, near Glastonbury, Lady John Thynne, a son.-16. In Upper Harley-st, the wife of Edmund Pepys, esq. a son.

MARRIAGES.

Dec. 6. At Bungalore, Capt. Viney, 39th Reg. to Clara, third dau. of late Joseph Warner, esq. of Chudleigh.

Jan. 2. At Hydrabad, Lieut.-Col. Craigie, of her Majesty's 55th Reg. to Mary Jane, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Trewan, Hon. Co. Service. --11. At Bombay, Cap. T. Candy, 20th Bombay N. Inf. and Superintendant of the Sanscrit College at Poona, to Caroline, eldest dau. of the Rev. H. Boyn, of Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, and grand-dau. of John Jacob, esq. of Guernsey.-20. At Clifton, T. F. Gape, esq. of St. Alban's, to Fanny Louisa, cldest dau. of late Vice-Adm. T. Wolley.

Feb. 1. At the Cathedral, Barbadoes, W. J. Evans, esq. M.D. to Marianne, second dau. of the late A. T. Perkins, esq. of Cadogan-place. -5. At Quebec, John Orlebar, esq. R.N._to Harriot, youngest dau. of John Hale, esq. Receiver-gen. of Lower Canada.-14. At Westerham, F. Woodgate, esq. of the Ordnanceoffice, to Clare, dau. of the late H. Woodgate, esq. of Spring-grove, Kent.-27. At Brighton, E. Stewart, esq. eldest son of the Hon. Edward and Lady Katharine Stewart, to Louisa-Anne, dau. of the late C. J. Herbert, esq. of Muckross, Killarney.--At Ludlow, Lieut. Col. J. Colvin, Bengal Eng, to Josephine Puget, eldest dau, of the late Capt. J. Baker, R.N.

March 1. At Magheralin Church, co. Down, the Rev. T. H. Montgomery, eldest son of A. Montgomery, esq. of Dublin, to Emily Jane Saunders, second dan. of the Rev. B. W. Dolling, of Magheralin House.-6. At St. Andrew's, Norwich, D. T. Roy, esq. of Hammersmith, late of Hon. E. I. Co. Service, to Harriett, second dau. of late Capt. Simpson, R.M. of North Walsham, Norfolk.-7. At Handsworth, the Rev. R. J. Dawes, A.M. Incumbent of Salperton, Glouc. to Letitia, second surviving dau. of the Rev. E. Burn, A.M. Minister of St. Mary's, Birmingham.--8. At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Lieut. J. W. Mitchell, R. Art. only son of E. Mitchell, esq. of Castlestrange, co. Roscommon, to Anne Sarah, eldest dau. of J. Wray, esq. of Suffolk-place.9. At Paris, Victor Amédée Comte de Ripert Mondar, to Mary Clementina, only dau. of the late Edw. Jerningham, esq. and niece of Lord Stafford.- 10. At Llanfihangel, R. Greaves, esq. of Shottery, co. Warw. to Catharine, youngest dau. of Samuel Holland, esq. of Plasy-Penrhyn, Merioneth.-12. At St. James's, Bath, Capt. W. Robertson, R.N. to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of the late Henry Peter, esq. of Bristol.-13. At Knaresborough, Geo. Gibbon, esq. B.A. of Cath.-hall, Camb. to Mary, widow of John Rothery, esq. of Leeds,

THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE. March 21. At Dalhousie Castle, near Edinburgh, aged 67, the Right Hon. George Ramsay, ninth Earl of Dalhousie, co. Mid-Lothian, and Lord Ramsay of Kerington (1633), tenth_Lord Ramsay of Dalhousie (1619-20), first Baron Ďal housie in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1815); a General in the army, Colonel of the 26th Foot, a member of the Consolidated Board of General Officers, Captain-general of the Royal Company of Archers, or Queen's Body Guard of Scotland, G.C.B. a Governor of the Royal Bank, and a Director of the Royal Academy of Scotland, &c. &c.

His Lordship was born Oct. 22, 1770, the eldest son of George, the eighth Earl of Dalhousie, by Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Glen, esq. niece and heiress of James Glen, of Longcroft, co. Linlithgow, esq. Captain-general of the province of Carolina. He succeeded his father in the peerage, Nov. 4, 1787.

His Lordship purchased a cornetcy in the 3d dragoon guards, July 2, 1789; from which he was appointed Captain in an independent company raised by himself; and on the 4th Jan. 1791, was made Captain in the 2d battalion of Royals, which he joined at Gibraltar. In June 1792 he was, by purchase, appointed Major in the 2d Foot, and went in command of it to Martinique; in Aug. 1794, he succeeded to the Lieut.-Colonelcy; and in 1795, having been severely wounded, he returned to England.

At the general election of 1796 he was chosen one of the sixteen Representative Peers of the Scottish peerage.

In 1798 his Lordship served in Ireland, during the rebellion. In 1799 he accompanied the expedition to the Helder, and was present in all the actions of the campaign in Holland. On the 1st Jan. 1800 he received the brevet of Colonel; and in that year he was employed under Gen. Maitland, before Belle Isle, from whence he was ordered to join Sir Ralph Abercromby at Minorca; he afterwards proceeded to Egypt, and was present in the actions of the 8th and 21st of March. He commanded a detachment sent to reduce the ports of Aboukir and Rosetta, and subsequently advanced to Cairo.

In 1802 his Lordship was placed in garrison at Gibraltar; in 1803 appointed Brigadier-General on the Staff in Scotland, which situation he held till he received the rank of Major-General, April 25, 1805. In May 1808 he was appointed

to the staff in England; and afterwards served in the expedition to the Scheldt, when he was placed in the reserve under Sir John Hope, and latterly in command at Flushing. On the evacuation of Walcheren, Dec. 1809, his Lordship returned to England, and was afterwards appointed to the staff in the Peninsula, where be commanded the 7th division, and was engaged in several of the most important actions. He received a medal and clasp for the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees; and was one of the General Of ficers to whom the thanks of Parliament were voted. He was appointed Colonel of the 6th battalion of the 60th, Aug. 30, 1809; Colonel of the 26th foot, May 21, 1813; a Lieut.-General June 4 following; and a Grand Cross of the Bath on the 11th of September.

Lord Dalhousie had been re-chosen a Representative Peer of Scotland in 1802, 1807, and 1812, when in 1815 he was created a Peer of the United Kingdom by patent dated July 18.

In August 1816 he was appointed to the command of Nova Scotia; and in 1819, on the death of the Duke of Richmond, he was appointed Captain- General and Governor-in-Chief of the Forces in North America. He attained the full rank of General in 1830.

The Earl of Dalhousie married, at Castlewigg, co. Wigton, May 14, 1805, Christian, only child of Charles Brown, of Coalstoun, co. Haddington, heiress of that antient family, which had been seated at Coalstoun from the reign of King Alexander II. and by that lady, who survives him, he had issue three sons: 1. George Lord Ramsay, who died in 1832, aged 26; 2. the Hon. Charles Ramsay, who died in 1817, in his 11th year; and 3. the Right Hon. James-Andrew now Earl of Dalhousie, and late M.P. in the present Parliament for East Lothian. He was born in 1812, and married in 1836 Lady-Susan Hay, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Tweedale.