On the 25th Nov. Lt.-Col. Wetherall attacked a fortified position of the insurgents at the village of St. Charles, which he carried, and fired, with the loss of only three killed and eighteen wounded, the slaughter of the rebels being more than 100. It is supposed the village of St. Denis has shared the same fate. NEWFOUNDLAND. The House of Assembly of Newfoundland, imitating the example set by a similar branch of the legislature in Lower Canada, bas formally refused to pass the money bill for the year. The opposition was led by Dr. W. Carson, Speaker of the house. Nearly all the members were Roman Catholics. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. Nov. 7. This night the extensive premises of Messrs. King, Witt, and Co. lead, oil, and colour manufacturers, of Southampton, were consumed by fire, accompanied by a melancholy loss of life. During the conflagration many individuals rushed into the store at the back of the counting-house, not aware that there was a quantity of combustible matter in some part of the premises, such as turpentine, &c. Whilst they were thus employed, a terrific explosion took place. This caused the wall on the eastern side of the building, together with the roof, to fall in -a calamity by which several persons were buried under the ruins, and others severely burnt or otherwise injured. According to the last accounts, the number of deaths, occasioned by this calamity, amounted to twenty-one. Considerable improvements have been made in the Gaol of Newgate. While the personal liberty of the unhappy inmates is placed under more rigorous restraint than formerly, provision has been taken that the moral capacity shall be less contaminated, and that their health and comfort should be improved. Separate con. finement has been one of the principles acted upon; and where that is not resorted to, the prisoners are classed, according to their grades of morals and character, and, being placed in small and separate wards, under the eye of the turnkeys, the greatest order and regularity prevails, and silence too, where the governor's orders direct that it should be observed. By converting old lumber rooms into wards, which answer the double purpose of dining and sleeping rooms, and by taking the apartments formerly occupied by resident turnkeys, this prison under the judicious ar rangements of Mr. Montagu, the City Surveyor, has been made, for the purposes of confinement, at least one-fourth larger than it was before. One great improvement is, that on the different staircases holes are perforated through the massive walls, so that by day or night the turnkeys may observe what is going on in all the wards without being observed them selves. Instead of the prisoners lying on the floor, as formerly, tiers of framework berths are formed one above another to the height of three, so that the prisoners sleep warm and without risk of being seized with pulmonary complaints, which was the case formerly. Hot and cold baths are formed in order to promote health; and, as the prisoners' friends are not allowed, in some cases, to bring in viands, as formerly, the diet which is delivered out is better in quality and larger in quantity. On the female side of the prison, there has been erected an admirable apparatus for the purpose of washing and drying linen. The Judges' Chambers.-The old-fashioned, ill-conditioned, and inconvenient apartments in Serjeants'-inn, Chancerylane, where, time out of mind, those venerable functionaries, the Judges of the land, have performed various of their important duties, have now ceased to exist, and in their stead a handsome and spacious building has been erected on a part of the Rolls' Chapel-gardens, looking_towards Clifford's-inn. The approach is through an avenue from Clifford's-inn, which leads by a flight of stone steps to the raised terrace on which the building stands. The building consists of only two floors, with a basement range of rooms below the terrace. In the centre is a door leading to the several chambers appointed for the respective Lord Chief Justices of the Queen's Bench and the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; to the right of the centre is the entrance to the chambers of the Barons of the Exchequer, and beyond that those for the Puisne Judges of the Common Pleas. The Judges of the Queen's Bench have their chambers assigned at the left or western angle of the building. Its Dec. 7. The Bishop of Winchester consecrated the ground of the South Metropolitan Cemetery at Norwood. extent is 41 acres, exactly the same size as the Great Western Cemetery at Kensall Green. PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. Oct. 28. Henry Larkins Ewart, esq. to be one of her Majesty's corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Nov. 28. Capt. John Patterson to be Major in the army, and Fort Major at St. John's, Newfoundland. Nov. 29. Earl of Rothes to be Lieut.-Colonel of Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry.-William Matchett, of Pulham, Norfolk, esq. and Mary his wife, niece and sole next of kin of the late Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay Gordon, to take the name of Gordon instead of Matchett. Nov. 30. Rob. Alex. Gray, esq. to be one of her Majesty's corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Dec. 1. 45th foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. H. Pringle to be Colonel.-48th Foot, Capt. Wm. Reed to be Major.-61st Foot, Major H. Simmonds to be Major.-63d foot, Major A. C. Pole to be Major.-64th foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. Bourke to be Colonel; Major J. E. Freeth to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. Hon. G. A. Browne to be Major. Dec. 8. Royal African Colonial corps, Major A. M. Fraser to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. Francis Perry to be Major.-Brevet, Capt. Samuel Chartres to be Major. Sir Juckes-Granville Juckes-Clifton, Bart. (in compliance with the will of his brother Sir Kobert Clifton,) to take the name of Clifton only.-John Galley, of Betchton house, in Sandbach, gent. (in memory of his kinswomen Frances and Catharine Day-Jackson, and of his late brother Richard Galley, afterwards Jackson) to take the names of Day-Jackson after Galley. Dec. 11. The Earl of Fingall to be one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting. Dec. 13. John Marquess of Queensberry to be Lieutenant and Sheriff principal of the shire of Dumfries, vice his father the latə Marquess. Dec. 14. Royal Engineers, Major W. C. Ward to be Lieut.-Col.-Royal Artillery, Major-Gen. Edw. Pritchard to be Colonel-commandant. Dee. 15. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex to be first and Principal Knight Grand Cross, and Acting Great Master, of the Order of the Bath. Dec. 22. Colonel Sir George Arthur, K.C.H. to be Lieut.-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, and to have the local rank of Major-General in Upper Canada only. NAVAL PREFERMENTS. Commander W. H. Craufurd to the Racehorse 18; Comm. W. Preston to the Electra 18.-Commanders H. O. Love, Sir J. E. Home, and the Hon. H. Keppel to be Captains; Lieut. Bird Allen to be Commander. Members returned to serve in Parliament. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. W. K. Clay, Minor Canon of Ely, and Rev. Mr. Twentyman, Minor Can. of Carlisle. Rev. J. Conyngham, Stratford All Saints R. Rev. Eus. Cornwall, Merston R. Sussex. Rev. L. E. Judge, Woolvercot P.C. Oxford. Rev. J. T. Leithley, Kilkerrin R. co. Galway. Rev. N. Padwick, St. Thomas new church, Rev. E. Pepper, Castledermot V. co. Dublin. Rev. H. Thompson, Garsdale P.C. Yorkshire. Rev. R. R. Toke, Barnston R. and Little Dunmow P.C. Yorkshire. Rev. A. Veitch, Revesby P.C. Linc. CHAPLAINS. Rev. C. S. Bourchier to Earl of Plymouth. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. Rev. Dr. Sadlier to be Provost of Trinity college, Dublin; Sir Henry Meredyth to be a Member of the Irish Ecclesiastical Board, vice Sadlier; Dr. Stock to be Judge of the Admiralty Court in Ireland, vice Meredyth. Robt. E. Grant, M.D., F.R.S. (Professor of Comparative Anatomy in the London University College,) to the Professorship of Physiology in the Royal Institution founded by the late John Fuller, esq. Rev. J. S. Reid, D.D. (author of the History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland) to be Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the Belfast Royal Institution. J. J. Sylvester, esq. (Second Wrangler at Cambridge in Jan. 1837) to be Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in the London University College. Rev. William Hey to be First Master of the York Proprietary school. Rev. T. F. Layng to be Head Master of Bristol College school. Rev. O. J. Tancock to be Master of Truro Grammar school. BIRTHS. Nov. 16. At Thorney Abbey, the wife of Tycho Wing, esq. a dau.-17. At Fleetlandhouse, Hants, the wife of Blair Hall, esq. a son. At Southampton, the Viscountess Corry, a dau.-24. At Sutton Courtenay, Berks, the wife of T. A. Allnutt, esq. a dau. -The wife of T. P. Williams, esq. M.P. a dau.-25. In Whitehall-place, Lady Rennie, a son.-27. In Tilney-st. Mrs. Fremantle, a dau. -At Rushbrooke-park, Bury St. Edmund's, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Eyres, Gren. Guards, a dau.-28. At Norwich, the wife of the Rev. L. Cooper, of Empingham, Rutl. a son. The wife of G. S. Harcourt, esq. of Ankerwycke-house, a dau.-The wife of S. Girdlestone, of Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, esq. a dau.At Leicester, the wife of J. W. Muspratt, esq. Bombay Civil Serv. a dau.-29. At Netherseale-hall, Leic. the lady of the Rev. Sir W. N. Gresley, Bart. a dau.- In Somerset-st. the wife of Dr. H. Dunsford, a dau. Lately. At Bath, the wife of William Henry Peel, esq. of Aylesmore-house, Glouc. a son. -At Cheltenham, the wife of Major-Gen. Podmore, a son. Dec. 2. The wife of G. Templer, esq. of Sandford Orleigh, Devon, a dau.-At Purleyhouse, Berks, the wife of Thomas Fitzgerald, esq. a son. At the Vicarage, Ashby-de-laZouch, the wife of the Rev. Marm. Vavasour, a son.- 4. The wife of K. S. Parker, esq. Gower-street, Barrister, a dau.-5. At the School-house, Reading, the wife of the Rev. F. Valpy, a son.-6. The wife of R. B. Todd, esq. M.D. Parliament-st. a son. The wife of A. Ironmonger, esq. Foley-pl. a son.-7. At Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. Butler Johnstone, of Corehead, a son and heir.-8. The wife of John Shephard, esq. Kensington-sq. a son. MARRIAGES. June 19. At Sydney, New South Wales, Chas. Wray Finch, P. M. esq. late of 17th foot, eldest son of the Rev. H. Finch, of Little Shelford, Camb. to Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Wilson.-21. At Sydney, Francis Fisher, esq. Crown Solicitor, to Miss Rogers, daughter of Richard Rogers, esq. Ordnance Store Keeper. July.. At Madras, John Geo. Turnbull, esq. Accountant-gen. to Caroline, second dau. of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Commander-in-Chief, and niece to the Duke of Richmond.- -19. At Madras, John Sims Freshfield, esq. 1st light cavalry, son of J. W. Freshfield, esq. M.P. to Elizabeth, dau. of James Scott, esq. Forfar. Oct. 17. At Oystermouth, near Swansea, R. C. Robinson, esq. only son of the late Rev. J. Robinson, of Stoke Golding, Leic. and nephew to Bp. Stanser, to Mary Mansel, youngest dau. of late Rev. Rich. Jenkyns, Rector of Newton Nottage. Nov. 7. At Lockinge, Berks, the Rev. Geo. May, eldest son of G. May, esq. of Strode House, Herne, Kent, to Catherine-Eliz. only dau. of Sir H. W. Martin, Bart.-14. At St. James's, Westminster, the Rev. T. W. Gillham, Vicar of Liddington, Rutland, to Harriet, only dau. of Moses Tilder, esq. of Eastbourne. 15. At Cheshunt, George Kemp, esq. of St. Peter's College, Camb. to Sally, youngest dau. of late G. F. Prescott, esq. of Theobalds grove. At Northfield, G. P. Simcox, esq. son of the late T. G. Simcox, esq. of Harborne house, Staff. to Jemima, 8th daughter of L. Haslope, esq. of Selly-hall, Worc.-16. At Westburyupon-Trym, the Rev. P. S. Desprez, to Caroline, only dau. of Wm. Carden, esq. of Kingsdown. -20. At Newenden, Kent, William Gilbert, esq. of Hippenscomb, Wilts, to LucyElizabeth, dau. of C. L. Meryon, esq. M.D.At Maidstone, Charles Peterson, esq. 11th Light Drag. to the widow of Bryan Blake, esq. 4th Light Drag.-21. At Sandhurst, Berks, William Blundell Fortescue, esq. of Fallapit, Devon, to Harriet Maria, second dau. of Col. Taylor, of Ogwell House, Lieut.-Gov. R. Mil. College. At St. George's, Han.-sq. the Rev. R. Cattermole, B.D. to Ellen-Hamilton, eldest surviving dau. of the late W. Coningham, esq. of Upper Gower-st.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. W. Phillipson, esq. of Sutton-park, to Lucretia Chapman, dau. of P. Whittington, esq. of Whitmore-house, Surrey.-George Eben. Foster, esq. banker, of Cambridge, to Elizabeth, dau. of William Bird, esq. of Bishop's Stortford -22. At St. Alban's, Joshua Lomax, esq. of Childwick Bury, Herts, to Maryanne, eldest dau. of Joseph Biddle, esq. of St. Jermain's. At St. Mary's, Paddington, C. Hall, esq. of the Middle Temple, to Sarah, eldest dau. of the late F. Duval, esq. and niece of L. Duval, esq. of Lincoln's Inn.- -23. At Stower Provost, Dorset, the Rev. Edw. Peacock, vicar of Fifehead Magdalen, to Maria, dau. of late John Slingsby, esq. of Windsor.At Halton Chapel, Cheshire, Lord Brabazon, M.P. to Harriet, second dau. of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart. of Norton Priory.-At Hampstead, Simon M'Gillivray, esq. to Anne, eldest dau. of John Easthope, esq. M.P.- At Stratfordon-Avon (by her grandfather, the Rev. James Davenport, D.D.), C. F. W. Leigh Cliffe, esq. to Harriet, second dau. of late Thomas Webb, esq. of Tiddington House.-25. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-sq. W. Bosville, son of late Major C. James, R. Art. to Elizabeth, dau. of R. Chenery, esq. Bryanstone-st.At Letherhead, the Rev. James Slade, M.A. late Curate of Letherhead, to Miss Sherborn.-27. At Hanmer, co. Flint, Richard Baker Wingfield, esq. of the Middle Temple, nephew of Earl Digby, to Margaret-Maria, second dau. of the late Col. Haniner, of Bettisfield Park.-28. At Berrow, Worc. the Rev. W. J. Heale, M.A. to Catharine, youngest dau. of late Col. Stephens, of St. Lucia. Richard Bath, esq. of Glastonbury, to Fanny, only dau. of T. S. Hodge, esq. -At St. Giles's church, Rowland Jones Venables, esq. Parliament-st. to Harriet, dau. of Edgar Corrie, esq. Bedford-sq.- At Cambridge, Thomas, youngest son of the late William Mortlock, esq. of Meldreth, to Mary, second dau. of Mr. Robert Headly.--At Hambledon, Bucks, Charles Edmund Nugent, esq. youngest son of Gen. Sir G. Nugent, Bart. G.C.B. to Louisa Douglas, dau. of late Sir Rose Price, Bart.-At Andover, the Rev. G. W. Smyth, of Tichborne, to Mary-Player, second dau. of Thos. Heath, esq. banker.At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. to Lady Mary Octavia Somerset, sister to the Duke of Beaufort.-30. At York, the Rev. George Alderson, Vicar of Hornby, to Henrietta, youngest dau. of late John Kearsley, esq.At Winscombe, Edmund Darby, esq. to Caroline-Lucy, third dau. of late Major Browne, 67th reg.--At Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, the Rev. Douglas Macdonald, eldest son of Ven. Archdeacon Macdonald, to Flora-Georgina, dau. of Patrick Hadow, esq. of Upper Harley-st. Lately. The Rev. Richard Hamilton, of Wells, Som. to Charlotte, daughter of late Wm. Cooper, esq. of Cooper's-hill, Queen's co.At Agohill, co. Down, the Rev. Robert Alexander, of Portglenone, eldest son of the Bishop of Meath, to Hester, dau. of late Col. M'Manus, of Mount Davis, Antrim.- -At St. Pancras, Anthony J. Canham, B.A. Trin. Coll. Camb. to Caroline, dau. of late Muzio Clementi. Dec. 2. At the British Embassy, Brussels, H. W. Reeves, esq. Bombay Civil Service, to Emily, youngest dau. of late R. Nicholas, esq. of Ashton Keynes, Wilts. OBITUARY. THE EARL OF EGREMONT. Nov. 11. At Petworth House, Sussex, in his 86th year, the Right Hon. George O'Brien Wyndham, third Earl of Egremont and Baron Cockermouth (1749), and the sixth Baronet (of Orchard Wyndham, co. Somerset, 1661); F.R.S. and F.S.A. His Lordship was born Dec. 18, 1751, the eldest child of Charles the second Earl, by the Hon. Alicia-Maria Carpenter, daughter of George second Lord Carpenter, and sister to George Earl of Tyrconnel. He succeeded to the peerage when a child, by the death of his father, Aug. 21, 1763, seventy-four years ago; and was in that respect, if not in years, the oldest member of the House of Lords. His education was at Eton. The heir to a splendid fortune,+ which was much augmented during his minority, the Earl of Egremont, from his earliest years, displayed that liberal spirit, and patrician magnificence, for which he has been distinguished throughout his long life. Naturally endowed with fine taste, his mind received all that cultivation which wealth and rank command, and which serve to make the well-educated Englishman at once sound and solid in the graver walks of knowledge, and accomplished in those which adorn every birth and station. Among the most favoured in these respects, must be classed the late Earl of Egremont, whose personal as well as mental gifts seemed peculiarly to suit him for the lofty career which hereditary rank, and the influence of great wealth, opened to his view. Nor has he failed in the race. Without taking a very prominent part in the discussions of that branch of the legislature of which he was a member, his Lordship always enjoyed much political consideration. In times of pressure and peril, his purse, his example, and his exertions were nobly devoted to the cause of his country. Always liberal in his opinions, he, nevertheless, gave his support to the illustrious William Pitt; and when it was deemed necessary to arm against the threatened aggression of France, he came forward with alacrity; and his nervous, soul-stirring eloquence, at the public meetings of that period, are not yet forgotten. At that crisis his Lordship raised, and placed himself at the head of, one of those bodies of British volunteers, in whose imposing force and attitude the Nation probably found its safety at the hour of need, and its ultimate triumph at the close of a struggle of unexampled severity. On the death of Charles Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Egremont was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, on the 6th November, 1819. This important office he executed for sixteen years, with general satisfaction, until, in 1835, on account of his increasing infirmities, he resigned it, and was succeeded by the present Duke of Richmond. The character of the Earl of Egremont becomes more admirable, if we separate him from the general course of public affairs, and contemplate his individual efforts as the patron and encourager of every thing which could tend to the good of the community. His seat, the truly denominated "Princely Petworth," may be esteemed the head-quarters whence improvement has been diffused, without interruption or pause, during a period happily continued beyond the common lot of man. The temple of the noblest productions of genius, of whatever the scholar, the sculptor, and the painter could produce, the noble owner has not been less mindful of the benevolent and the useful. Under his auspices, the labours of Agriculture have flourished, the condition of the lower orders been ameliorated, and ingenious discoveries and inventions been applied, to promote the progress of this the first of sciences-the foundation of all others. His Lordship was a Vice-President of the Board of Agriculture, and of the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor. In his patronage of living artists and of our native school, the munificence of the Earl of Egremont was equally conspicuous. Many of the finest pictures produced in our day in England, and certainly the very finest works of sculpture, were the results of his unlimited commis His only seniors were Lord Lynedoch, born in 1750, and Lord Eldon in June, 1751. + It is stated that, when the Earl succeeded to the title and estates, the rental amounted to not quite 45,000l. per annum, which at the time of his decease had been increased to 81,000l. annually. In the last sixty years he had distributed in acts of charity and liberality the immense sum of one million two hundred thousand pounds, or about 20,0001. yearly. GENT. MAG, VOL. IX. N sions; and while he added splendour to his palace by these works (he built large galleries at Petworth purposely for their reception), he did not neglect the more humble aspirant-youth beginning to toil for fame, merit obscured, and industry too scantily requited. The noble Earl has taken hundreds by the hand, whom circumstances had previously repressed, and brought them forward into notice and independence. Ever a generous and bountiful friend to the arts, he has gloriously earned the gratitude of their professors, and honour from his country, as a Medicis of England. Some remarks on this subject, recently published in the Literary Gazette, bear the initials of a very eminent Royal Academician : :- "Lord Egremont's native affection for the fine arts was strengthened and confirmed by his having, when about eighteen years of age, resided for some length of time at Dresden and Vienna, with his father-in-law, Count Bruhl; when he constantly spent a portion of almost every day in the renowned galleries of those cities. His lordship thus became qualified to appreciate and enjoy the beauties and excellencies of the important collection of pictures and statues which he inherited, and inclined to extend it during the whole course of his long and useful life. At first, he added pictures by the older masters; but, very long ago, he declared to the writer of this heartfelt eulogy a fixed resolution to buy, thenceforth, none but modern productions; observing, at the same time, that he could most beneficially patronize the arts, and render them useful and honourable to the country, by encouraging genius and talent sufficiently developed at home, and well worthy of support: and this amiable and patriotic resolution he steadily maintained. Hence are to be seen, in his extensive and valuable collection, upwards of two hundred modern British productions in painting and in sculpture; the greater part purchased by his lordship from artists now living, the rest at public or private sales, as circumstances permitted, or of the artists themselves, during their lives. Of these modern works, Petworth House contains 170 pictures, and 21 pieces of sculpture; and there are several others in his houses at Brighton and in London. This unrivalled display of patronage places the Earl of Egremont (without disparagement to some few others, actuated by the same generous feeling), at the head of all those who have kindly and wisely found pleasure in the possession of contemporary works of art, and ranks him greatest among the true patrons of its professors. But when the motives which frequently led to this munificent patronage is known, admiration and praise are lost in esteem and reverence. To learn that a man of genius was neglected and in trouble, was a sufficient inducement to lead him in search of the sufferer, and to purchase his work, even when he had scarcely room for those already in his possession; till at length he felt compelled, desirous of not ceasing to do good, to build a very extensive gallery for their reception, attached to his noble mansion at Petworth. And it was not only the interests and the reputations of ingenious artists that he thus upheld, but he benevolently consulted their feelings, by conducting these transactions with the utmost delicacy and secrecy; and never did a hint of the benefit he had conferred escape his lips, unless, when occasion required, in confidence to those whom he knew to be trustworthy. Neither did he attempt to guide the course of the arts (in the minds of artists) by preconceived ideas of their perfections, but cheerfully welcomed talent, however variously exhibited in the works of different men: not confining his support to one class of art, but encouraging all classes wherein genius and taste worthy of encouragement presented themselves. This will appear when it is known that the number of artists whose works contribute to form the above-mentioned mass, is forty-six painters, and eight sculptors; thirty-one of whom are now living to testify their gratitude, and all, earlier or later, were contemporary with his lordship. How just the principle, how wise the conduct, let Greece and Italy declare for it was by the same conduct, acting upon the same principle, that those countries obtained their envied pre-eminence in art, and established an enduring and exalted portion of their renown. more, Lord Egremont's kindness and favour to artists did not end here. Many, well known in the world of art, were annually, for a season, inmates of his princely palace; their pleasure being his delight, and the more their enjoyment the greater was the gratification of his lordship, testified by renewed invitations. What more worthy of respect and gratitude on the part of artists and the lovers of art can be recorded of any man, than is thus truly stated of him whose loss we now so deeply deplore-though, I trust, not as those who are without hope?" Well may the remembrance of his name be precious to us. May his reward be with him! T. P." Still In all other relations of society, Lord Egremont was equally liberal and magnificent. His charities were as prompt and ample as their occasions were nume |