served for four years. On the 1st Jan. 1798 he received the brevet of Colonel. He served in command of his regiment with the expedition to Egypt, and was present in the engagement of the 13th March 1801, between Aboukir and Alexandria. On the 18th of the same month, whilst leading a charge, he lost his right arm.

The 1st Jan. 1805, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General; and with that rank he served on the staff in Ireland. He attained the grade of Lieut. General in 1811, and that of full General in 1825.

General Archdall was elected the Knight of the shire for the county Fermanah during the lifetime of his father, and before the union of Ireland. He was afterwards re-elected to every succeeding Parliament, until 1834, when he resigned in favour of his nephew, Mervyn Edward Archdall, the present county member.

General Archdall married, in Dec. 1805, Jane, daughter of Gustavus Rochfort, esq. of Rochfort, co. Westmeath, and M.P. for that county; but he had no issue. His brother, Edward Archdall, esq. has a numerous family; of whom Edward Mervyn Archdall, esq. M.P. is the eldest son, and heir apparent.

LIEUT. GENERAL AINSLIE.

April 16. At Edinburgh, aged 63, George Robert Ainslie, esq. Lieut.-General in her Majesty's service; brother.. in-law to the Earl of Moray.

Lieut. Gen. Ainslie was the eldest son of Sir Philip Ainslie, of Pilton, co. Edinburgh, knt. by the Hon. Elizabeth Gray, fifth daughter of John twelfth Lord Gray. He entered the army the 9th of June, 1793, as an Ensign in the 19th foot, and served as such in the campaign of that year in Flanders. In 1793 he received a lieutenancy in the 85th foot; and the 15th of April, 1794, a company. He served in the island of Walcheren under Lord Mulgrave, part of August and September, 1794; and afterwards joined the British army on the Waal. He was present in the actions of St. André under Sir Ralph Abercomby, and Thuyl on the Waal, and during the whole of the severe retreat from the Rhine; and in the expedition of 1799 to Holland, from the action of the 27th of August to the reembarkation of the troops. In 1799, he succeeded to the majority of the 85th; and the 11th Jan. 1800, was appointed Lieut.- Colonel of the Birmingham Fencible Infantry; on the disbandment of which he was reduced to half-pay, and remained so till 1807, when he was ap. pointed Lieut.-Colonel of the 5th garri,

son battalion, and on the 21st of May, 1807, Lieut. Colonel of the 25th foot. The 25th of July, 1810, he received the brevet of Colonel.

In 1812 Colonel Ainslie was appointed Governor of St. Eustatius, and two months after Vice-Governor of Grenada; the same year he was appointed Briga. dier-General. In 1813 he was made Governor of the island of Dominica, and Major-General in the army, the 4th of June. In 1814 he received the thanks of the Legislature of Dominica, and a sword of 200 guineas' value, for subduing the Maroons, a ferocious and very numerous body of runaway slaves, who had set the law at defiance for above 40 years, levying war against the inhabitants of the island, and trusting to the uncommon strength of the savage country they inhabited. On his leaving the colony, at the end of November, 1814, in order to give personal explanation to government respecting the Maroon war, which had been a subject of discussion in Parliament, he received the most gratifying and affectionate addresses from no less than six classes of the inhabitants, comprising all the British, French, white as well as coloured inhabitants, praying for his speedy return, and which subsequently took place.

After his final return from Dominica, finding the idle time of peace hang heavy on his hands, the General sought a pursuit, and fortunately turned his attention to numismatology with all the ardour of a true amateur. The particular branch to which he devoted himself was the collection of Anglo-Norman coins; and his zeal was rewarded by many rare acquisitions, and some of them of much value in determining historical dates and events. When any interesting evidence of this kind came in view, he was indefatigable in his efforts to obtain it; and years of patience, the travel of many hundreds of miles, and the procuring other coins, by which he might acquire his coveted object in exchange, were no obstacles to his industry and enthusiasm. In 1830, he published an account of these treasures, under the title of "Anglo-French Coinage." The work was beautifully and correctly produced, in 4to, and does honour to the art and its illustrations. A sale of some of the duplicates in his possession, a year or two after this publication, attracted the attention of numismatologists, and some of the most curious were bought for the British Museum. We should suppose it likely that the whole collection would now be brought to the hammer, including a seal of the Black Prince, and other remarkable articles.

Gen. Ainslie married in Dec. 1802 the only daughter of Christopher Nevile, esq. of Wellingore, in Lincolnshire, and neice of the Earl of Gainsborough. This lady survives him; together with two sons, Capt. Henry F. Ainslie, of the 83d regiment, now in Canada; and Capt. Frederick, of the 21st regiment, in Bombay; and three daughters, the youngest married to Capt. Mackay, son of the Hon. Mrs. Mackay, of Baker Street.

MAJOR-GEN. SIR B. C. STEPHENSON.

June 10. In Bolton Row, Piccadilly, aged 73, Major-General Sir Benjamin Charles Stephenson, G.C.H., one of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.

This gentleman entered the Hanoverian service in May 1788 as Second Lieutenant in the 9th regiment of light dragoons, and in 1796 he joined the English army as Cornet and Adjutant of the 3rd Dragoon Guards. During the period of his service he was present in the battle of Famars, and at the siege of Valenciennes, besides several other actions and skirmishes, in one of which he was very severely wounded by a shell, and his horse was shot under him.

In 1803 he was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate of the South-West District, and two years afterwards Mr. Pitt named him to succeed Col. Beckwith as a Commissioner for inquiring into the Public Expenditure of the Military Departments.

In 1812 he received from Queen Charlotte the appointment of Master of the King's Household at Windsor, and such was the admirable system introduced by him into that establishment, that, whilst he was in office, there was no one year in which a surplus revenue of some thou sand pounds was not returned into the Treasury; and so satisfied was Lord Winchelsea, the then Lord Steward, with his judicious management, that the control of this branch of his department was wholly relinquished by him to the care of Sir B. Stephenson.

In 1814 he was gazetted a Lieut.-Colonel in the Hanoverian service, and in September of that year he was appointed Surveyor-general of the Board of Works. That Board being subsequently merged in the department of Woods and Forests, Sir B. Stephenson became one of the Commissioners of the new Board, and continued in that situation up to the period of his decease. He also held the office of Riding Forester of the New Forest, with a salary of 500l. a year: which office (a sinecure) has ceased with his death.

In 1823 he was requested to undertake the superintendence of the Duke of

York's household, in the hope that by the same system of economy and regularity which had been introduced at Windsor, his Royal Highness's affairs might in some measure be rescued from the state of disorder into which they had fallen. For his services in the execution of this last employment he declined accepting any salary.

In 1830 he was raised to the rank of Major-General in the Hanoverian service, and created a Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order of Hanover, and in 1834 he received the Grand Cross of the same Order.

To no one but a man endued with the qualities which Sir B. Stephenson possessed, could duties so onerous and so confidential have been safely confided. He was indeed gifted-singularly giftedwith many valuable endowments: a clear understanding, a sound and candid judgment, quickness of capacity, a gentlemanly spirit under the nicest rules of discretion, unfailing zeal, perfect disinterestedness, and spotless integrity.

In all his transactions, every thought of self was forgotten. His time-his talents-his repose-(alas, the too needful repose required by a weakened frame and by advancing years,) were all devoted to the service of his country, and of those whom he considered to have claims upon him; and it may with truth be stated, that no man occupying his station in society, and advanced to his period of life, allowed himself fewer hours of relaxation. From the time of his appointment as Surveyor-General he never absented him.. self from the duties of his office, with one exception, for more than a few days, in any one year.

In society, Sir B. Stephenson was acceptable to persons of every age and every rank: shrewd, intelligent, with a vein of humour as original as it was delightful, possessing also a fund of infor mation and of anecdote, the result of various and accurate reading, and close observation of men and manners. The characters of distinguished individuals and the events of past days were familiar to him, and he communicated his anecdotes and remarks in that simple and unaffected manner which heightened their intrinsic value.

But in this faint sketch of a beloved and honored friend his religious character must not be passed over in silence.

It might be supposed that the early life of a soldier, spent in a foreign land, especially half a century ago, and the unceasing toil of business in after life, were little calculated to induce strong religious principles and feelings; but, as regards the character before us, this was not the case. A firm conviction of the truths of Christianity, professed with humility, and evidenced by its fruits, together with a sincere reverence for the doctrines and ordinances of the Established Church of his country, were among the strongest features of Sir B. Stephenson's character. In these principles he lived, he impressed them sedulously upon his children, and with these his last hours were soothed.

For the world which benefited by his active and useful life, and for the numerous class of relatives and friends who loved and esteemed him, his death has occurred suddenly and prematurely. To himself, with a constitution ill calculated to bear the shock of further attacks, or a continuance of mental labour, let us hope that it has been "a gentle wafting to immortal life." This thought must allay the keen regrets of an affectionate and attached family, and of those who, with the writer, have long regarded his friendship and society as amongst their highest enjoyments.

Sir B. Stephenson married, in 1805, Maria, the second daughter of the late Sir Peters Rivers Gay, Bart., by Martha, sister of the late Ven. Archdeacon Coxe, and by her he left two sons and six daughters.

His body was interred in the family vault in Kensington church-yard, on Saturday the 15th of June. His funeral was, by his own express desire, conducted with the strictest privacy, and in the manner most suited to the simplicity of his character. M.

G. P. HOLFORD, ESQ.

April 30. In Grosvenor-square, aged 71, George Peter Holford, esq. of Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, M.A. barrister at law.

This gentleman was the younger son of Peter Holford, esq. Master in Chancery, and brother to the late Robert Holford, esq. F.R.S. of whom a memoir was given in our number for Oct. 1838, and his will in that for December following, p. 678.

Mr. George Holford was educated at Harrow; and whilst at school composed a small volume of Poems, containing, Invocation to the Harrow Muses; the Cave of Neptune, a dramatic poem on the victory of Lord Howe in 1794; the Storm, a drama, in three acts; and Berthier's Dream at Rome, in 1798. Of this collection a few copies only were privately printed by Bensley, for the gratification of the author's friends. He afterwards proceeded to St. John's college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A.

1788, M.A. 1791. He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, on the 12th of July, in the latter year, In Dec. 1802 he was returned to Parliament for the borough of Bossiney; and in March 1804, on the return of Mr. Pitt to power, he was appointed Secretary to the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India; which office he held to the change of Ministry in Feb. 1806. We believe he did not sit in the Parliament of 1806. During that of 1807-12 he came in on a vacancy for Lostwithiel; At the general election of 1812 he was elected for Dungannon; at that of 1818 for Hastings; and in 1820 for Queen. borough. We believe he finally retired from public life at the dissolution of 1826.

In his senatorial career, Mr. Holford principally distinguished himself by his attention to the subject of prison discipline. He was also a very active member of the Philanthropic Society for the reformation of Juvenile Offenders, and it was chiefly owing to his perseverance that a chapel was added to that institution. He further distinguished himself as an active supporter of several other charitable and religious institutions; and he exerted himself both in the senate and through the press for the promotion of various religious and benevolent objects. In 1805 he published anonymously, " The Destruction of Jerusalem an absolute and irresistible proof of the Divine Origin of Christianity." 8vo. and in 1808 "Observations on the necessity of introducing a sufficient number of respectable Clergymen into our Colonies in the West Indies, and of establishing a College in this country for the education of persons destined to that purpose." In 1815 " The substance of a Speech on the Motion made by him in the House of Commons, June 14th, 1814, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better management of the Prisons of London." And in 1815 "A Speech in the House of Commons on the Bill to amend the Laws relative to the Transportation of Offenders."

He is succeeded at Westonbirt by his son, Robert Stainer Holford, esq., who has also inherited a vast property from his uncle, the particulars of which were given in our pages before referred to.

F. F. TURVILE, ESQ.

July 13. At Leamington, aged 89, Francis Fortesque Turvile, esq. of Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire, a magistrate for that county.

He was the son and heir of William Turvile, esq. by Mary Bolney his wife, descended from an ancient Roman Catholic family seated at Aston Flamville, in Lei

cestershire (see the pedigree in Nichols's History of that County, vol. iv. p. 451, corrected and continued in Burke's History of the Commoners, vol. ii. p. 644). His paternal great-grandmother was Frances, daughter of Charles Fortescue, esq. of Husband's Bosworth; and on the death of his grandfather's cousin-german, Miss Maria Alethea Fortescue, in 1763, William Turvile, esq. inherited by that lady's will the Fortescue property at Husband's Bosworth, with some estates in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Buckinghamshire. The gentleman now deceased succeeded to the family property on his father's death in 1777. He married in 1780 Barbara, daughter of the Hon. Charles Talbot, of Hore Cross in Staffordshire, grandfather of George 14th Earl of Shrewsbury; and aunt to the present Earl. By that lady, who died in 1806, he had issue six sons and two daughters: 1. George Fortescue Turvile, esq. who married in 1826 Henrietta, daughter of the Baron Adolph von der Lanckin, of Galenbeck, in the duchy of Mecklinburg Schwerin, and Chamberlain to the Grand Duke, and has issue; 2. Elizabeth Alethea; 3. Charles James, noticed below; 4. Louisa Mary, married in 1817 to William Kerril Amherst, Esq. of Parndon Hall, Essex; 5. John Henry; 6. the Rev. Francis Thomas Turvile, the Catholic Priest resident at Hampton on the Hill, near Warwick; 7. William Benjamin, who died unmarried in 1833; and 8. Edward Felix, who died unmarried in 1826. His second son, Charles James Turvile, esq. of Gray's Inn, died sixteen days before him, in consequence of injuries received on the London and Birmingham Railway. He fell when about to enter a carriage at the Welford station, and tore his arm with the step. He was conveyed back to Husband's Bosworth hall, and, after three days' suffering, died in consequence of a mortification of the limb.

W. M. PRAED, ESQ. M.P. July 15. In Chester-square, of consumption, in his 37th year, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, esq. M.A., M.P. for Aylesbury, Deputy High Steward of the University of Cambridge, Recorder of Barnstaple, &c.

Mr. Praed was a son of the late William Mackworth Praed, esq. Serjeant-atlaw, formerly chairman of the Audit Office, who died in Feb. 1835.

He was formerly a Fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge; and his fame while at the university was perhaps greater than that of almost any other man; for, besides carrying away an unprecedented

number of prizes, he was one of the greatest stars "the Union" has produced. In the year 1822, he gained two of Sir William Browne's gold medals, being those for the Greek Ode, and the Greek and Latin Epigrams. In 1823, he again obtained Sir William Browne's medal for the Greek Ode, and the Chancellor's prize for the best English Poem, the subject for the latter being " Australia." In 1824, he again gained the Browne medal for the Epigrams, and also the Chancellor's prize for his poem on "Athens." He obtained the Seatonian prize in 1830, the subject "The Ascent of Elijah." Mr. Praed took the degree of B. A. in 1825, being a Junior Optime, and coming out as the third in the Classical Tripos. He was elected Fellow of his college, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple May 29, 1829. He went the Norfolk circuit, and was rapidly rising, till his parliamentary duties took him away from his profession.

His political career has brought him much before the public; and, had he lived the ordinary period allotted to man, we have no doubt he would have gone down to posterity as one of the great men of his day. As a statesman, his stores of knowledge of every kind, and his great industry, rendered him of much service to the party he espoused, while his oratory, clear, fervid, and impressive, joined with astonishing quickness of perception, made him exceedingly useful as a debater. In Nov. 1830, and at the general election of 1831, he was returned to Parliament for the borough of St. Germain's; at the dissolution in 1832 he contested the borough of St. Ives with Mr. Halse, who was returned, the numbers being for Mr. Halse 272, and for Mr. Praed 223. Mr. Praed resumed his profession till 1835, when he was returned with Mr. J. Baring for Yarmouth, beating his Whig opponents by a majority of 88. When the Conservatives were in power, he was Secretary to the Board of Control from Dec. 1834 to the following April. At the last election he was returned for the borough of Aylesbury, by a majority of 117 over Lord Nugent.

In private life, the amiable qualities of Mr. Praed made him universally respected. He married, in 1835, Helen, youngest daughter of the late George Bogle, esq. with whom he had a considerable fortune.

REV. ARCHIBALD ALISON, F.R.S. Lately. At Edinburgh, aged 82, the Rev. Archibald Alison, B.C.L. senior Minister of St. Paul's chapel in that city, Prebendary of Sarum, Rector of Roddington, Vicar of Ercall, and Perpetual Curate of Kenley, all in Shropshire, F. R.S. Lond. and Edinb.

He was the son of Andrew Alison, esq. of Edinburgh; was matriculated of Balliol college, Oxford, Nov. 9, 1775; and proceeded to the degree of B.C.L. March 23, 1784. The chapelry of Kenley in Shropshire and the vicarage of Ercall he received from the patronage of the Earl of Darlington, the former in 1790, and the latter in 1794. He was presented to Roddington, by the Lord Chancellor, in 1797. The income of the three was about 7201. In addition to which the small prebend of Yatminster Secunda, in the cathedral church of Salisbury, was conferred on him in 1791 by Bishop Douglas.

Mr. Alison published the following works:-An Essay on the Nature and Principles of Taste, 4to. 1790, which has passed through several editions; a Discourse on the Fast Day, 1809; a Thanksgiving Sermon, 1814; and Sermons, 2 vols. 8vo. 1814, and several other editions. He was also the author of a Memoir of the Hon. Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, published in the Transactions of the Edinburgh Royal Society, 1818. His son is the author of the able History of Europe during the French Revolution, the seventh volume of which has just appeared.

CLERGY DECEASED.

At Kingstown, co. Dublin, aged 49, the Rev. Dr. Bell, late master of the endowed school of Banagher.

Aged 79, the Rev. Edward Davison, sen. for fifty-four years Perpetual Curate of Trimdon, Durham; for many years Lecturer of St. Nicholas, Durham, and an active magistrate for that county.

Aged 86, the Rev. J. Dubourdieu, Rector of Drumgooland and Drumbally roney, co. Down.

Aged 62, the Rev. William Horner, B.A. Chaplain of the Kirkdale House of Correction.

At Hannaford, Devonshire, aged 65, the Rev. Hugh Northcote, Rector of Monk Okehampton, and Perpetual Curate of Dowland, in the same county. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Hugh Northcote, Rector of Upton, co. Devon, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. George Bradford; was of Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge, B.A. 1796; and was presented to both his churches in 1797 by his cousin, Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart.

June 4. At Dr. Warburton's lunatic

asylum, Whitmore house, West Hackney, aged 33, the Rev. Benjamin W. Pullen, late of Holkham, Norfolk.

July 12. Aged 77, the Rev. Humphrey Jeston, Rector of Avon Dassett, Warwickshire, and formerly Curate of Henley, Oxfordshire. He was of Magdalen hall, Oxford; and took the degree of M.A. in 1788. He was presented to Avon Dassett in 1803 by R. G. Jeston, esq.

July 19. At Manchester, the Rev. Edward Hayes, B.A. second son of the late Thomas Hayes, esq. of the co. Denbigh.

At Swannington, Norfolk, the Rev. John Vickers, Rector of Swannington, with Wood Dalling vicarage. He was formerly Fellow of Queen's college, and afterwards of Trinity hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1788, as 4th Wrangler; M.A. 1791; and in 1793 he became a Fellow and Tutor of Trinity coll. He was presented to his living by the latter society in 1803.

July 20. At his father's residence, Gloucester, the Rev. John Montague, late Curate of Pyrton, Wiltshire. He was the third son of Wm. Montague, esq. entered a commoner of Pembroke college, Oxford, in 1834, and took the degree of B. A. in 1838.

July 24. At Baverstock rectory, Wilts, aged 38, the Rev. Charles Hare Earle, eldest son of the late Rev. N. Earle, of Swerford, Oxfordshire. He entered as a commoner of Trinity college, Oxford, in 1819; and graduated B. A. 1822, Μ.Α. 1827.

The Rev. Thomas Richard Ryder, Vicar of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire. He entered as a commoner of Pembroke college, Oxford, in 1812; graduated Β.Α. 1817, M.A. 1821; and was presented to Ecclesfield in 1825, by Т. Ryder, esq.

The Rev. Henry Trollope, Rector of Harrington and Brinkhill, Lincolnshire. He was formerly of Clare hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1795, as 5th Senior Optime, M.A. 1798, was presented to Harrington in 1802, by R. Cracroft, esq. and to Brinkhill in 1822, also by Mr. Cracroft.

July 25. At Knutsford, Cheshire, the Rev. Peter Vannett, Master of the Free Grammar School. He was elected to that office about thirty years ago; and in 1818 was appointed Chaplain of the House of Correction in Knutsford, at the time of its first erection. The latter situation he resigned in Feb. last, when the magistrates assigned him a handsome pension.