of Bengal Native Infantry. This force was to assemble at Kurnaul on the 31st of October, and thence proceed vid Bhutneer, Bhawupoor, and Mithenkate, to Candahar, Caubul, and Herat. This force was to be joined by from 45,000 to 50,000 men, furnished by Runjeet Sing, the sovereign of the Punjaub. The object of this demonstration must, of course, in the first instance, have been to prevent the absorption of Herat by Persia,

not so much for Persian, as for Russian objects. In the interim, news has arrived that the Schah of Persia has been completely discomfited at Herat, his army utterly broken up, and himself obliged to fly. He had made an assault on the town, and was repulsed with great slaughter, and the loss of all his guns. The Russian Ambassador and European Aid-de-camp were killed, the former having received three balls in the body.

Sept. 24. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge embarked at Falmouth, on an extended tour, in which he is attended by Colonel Cornwall. On the 2nd Oct. he arrived at Lisbon, and was received by the Portuguese Court under the travelling name of Lord Culloden. On the 14th he was at Gibraltar, and was present at the reception of the Queen Dowager, on her voyage to Malta.

Oct. 10. The consecration took place of Christ Church, at Eccleston, in the parish of Prescot, built solely at the expense of Samuel Taylor, Esq. of Eccleston Hall. It is a neat Gothic edifice, adapted for the accommodation of 600 persons, and is fitted up in the interior in a manner much superior to the great majority of modern churches. The ceiling is entirely of oak, in pannel-work, and the principal timbers which are left open to the sight are enriched with carvings and pendants. The front of the gallery, the enclosure of the altar, and the holy table itself, as well as the panels of the doors, are all of ancient carved oak, descriptive of sacred subjects. The pulpit and reading-pew are also of carved oak-the former a very ancient one removed from St. Saviour's, Southwark, during the recent alterations. Mr. Taylor has been his own architect; and every portion of the building seemed to indicate not only a correct acquaintance with the principles of the noble art, but a most judicious application of them to the devout purpose for which the building is designed. A collection, which amounted to upwards of 807. was afterwards made for the purpose of building a school, to be attached to the church.

Oct. 11. At the Maidstone Quarter Sessions the question as to the liability of the owners of the New Terrace-pier, at Gravesend, to pay the penny toll to the corporation of the town, who are the proprietors of the Town-pier, was decided. The facts of the case are briefly these :

In 1833 or 1834 the old corporation of Gravesend built the Town-pier, at an expense of about 32,0007., having been authorised by parliament to borrow 19,000%, and to levy a toll of 1d. a-head upon all passengers landing, either upon the pier or within the parishes of Gravesend or Milton. The corporation on going out of office purchased the Block-house Fort, which had belonged to government, and built the Terrace-pier and garden on the premises. They then refused to pay the customary Id., which the Town-pier Act authorised the existing corporation to levy; alleging that, as the government property had been exempted from the toll, the buildings on the same ground should continue also exempt. The corporation brought the recusants before the mayor and magistrates of Gravesend, who de cided that the defendants should pay the ld. The latter appealed to the Quarter Sessions, whence they were referred to the Court of Queen's Bench, by which court they were ordered to have the case tried at the Quarter Sessions. The ma gistrates have there decided, that Captain Tisdal, of the Star, in whose person the question was tried, must pay the toll. Both parties are to pay their own costs.

Oct. 16. A singular and disastrous event took place at Dunkirk, about a quarter of a mile from Northwich, Cheshire, in the instantaneous sinking of a plot of ground, nearly an acre in extent, to the depth of fifteen or twenty yards. At the depth of about fifty yards from the surface runs a vein or mine of rock salt, of about fifteen yards in thickness, which at this spot had, as usual, been worked and excavated, before sinking to the lower vein, at the depth of about 100 yards. For some time past this upper mine had been considered insecure, from the pillars left to support the superincumbent earth being in a tottering state, and the men had discontinued their work. The ground gave way, with a tremendous roar, and the rock-house, tower, gin

house, engine-house, stables, and two cottages, were thrown into a heap of ruins at the depth of fifteen yards from the surface; and twelve individuals, who were on the premises, were also carried down, and most of them overwhelmed by the falling ruins of the buildings. It is thought that seven persons were killed.

Oct. 22. A destructive fire occurred in the houses of the Masters of Harrow School. It broke out in that of Mr. Colenso, the Mathematical Master, and extended to that of the Head Master, Dr. Wordsworth, both of which it destroyed. The latter was refronted some years ago in the Elizabethan style by the late Master Dr. Butler; but must now be entirely rebuilt. The loss incurred amounts to many thousand pounds; but will be nearly, if not quite, covered by the insurances.

At a recent meeting of the Common Council of London, the Committee for the London Bridge Approaches, &c. made their report that the improvements authorised to be made in East Cheap, Little Tower-street, and Gracechurch-street, have been wholly effected; that Upper Thames-street has been widened from East-cheap to Fish-street hill; that a rectory house for the rector of St. Mary Woolnoth has been built in King Wil liam-street; and new burial grounds have been provided for the parishes of St. Michael, Crooked-lane, and St. Magnus, London-bridge. The further improve ments recommended are the widening the line of streets from Lothbury to the north side of the New Post-office, the further improvement of Upper Thames-street, and the completion of the improvement in Lothbury from Moorgate-street to the church.

The Corporation having determined to

persist in maintaining the Cattle Market at Smithfield, some extensive improvements have been made in it. The whole surface, comprising upwards of six acres, has been repaved upon a new and improved level, with a number of additional shafts running into the immense sewer upwards of twenty feet below the surface. The footways have been completely altered, and the rails and pens entirely remodelled. A new carriage-way has been also formed, leading from Long-lane round by Smithfield-bars, and the Ram Inn and West-street, to King-street, along which the public will have a quick thoroughfare on market-days. The whole of the improvements have been designed by Deputy Hicks, and the Common Council almost unanimously sanctioned an outlay which will probably amount to between 30,000l. and 40,000l.

Ecclesiastical Changes (continued from p. 43.) Dated 28th July, 1838. The Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor to be united when either of them shall become vacant. The average annual amount of income of the Bishop to be 5,2007. The annual income of the Bishop of St. David's to be 4,5007. upon the first avoidance of the See. On the first avoidance of the See of Llandaff, the annual income to be raised to 4,2001. and until an episcopal house of residence be provided for the Bishop, to receive the additional annual sum of 3007. The whole County of Lancaster, in the diocese of Chester, excepting the Deanery of Furnes, to be detached from the Diocese of Chester, and be called the Diocese of Manchester. The Collegiate Church of Manchester to become a Cathedral Church; the Warden and Fellows to be called Dean and Canons. The annual income of the Bishop to be 4,5001.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

March 28. Col. Sir Horace Seymour, K.C.H. to be extra Equerry to her Majesty the Queen dowager.

Oct. 19. Henry-Peach, infant son of the late Henry Peach Keighly, brevet Major 3d E. I. cav. and Judge Advocate-gen. at Fort St. George, in compliance with the will of his great-uncle Samuel Peach, of Canton, in China, Idlicote, co. Warw. and Portland-place, esq. to take in addition the name of Peach.

Oct. 24. Anthony Oliphant, esq. to be Chief Justice of Ceylon.-John Taylor Gordon, esq. M D. to be physician extraordinary to the Duke of Cambridge.

Oct. 25. Alex. Earle Monteith, esq. to be Sheriff Depute of Fifeshire, vice A. Clephane, esq. dec.-Dennis Phelan, esq. of Clonmell, co. Tipperary, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor Laws.

Oct. 26. Wm. Henry Brehaut, esq. to be Clerk of the Peace for the district of Montreal, in Lower Canada.

Oct. 29. Royal Artillery, Lieut.-Colonel G. Turner to be Colonel; Captain and brevet Major C. Cruttenden to be Lieut.-Colonel.

Nov. 1. Lieut. Col. William Reid, C.B. to be Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands.-George Louis, of Colyton, Devon, esq. Barrister-at-law; and Ancurin Owen, of Egryn, co. Denbigh, esq. to be Assistant Tithe Commissioners.

Nov. 2. Major F. M'Bean to be Lieut.-Col. by purchase; brevet Major R. Willington to be Major.

Nov. 5. Major J. Macphail to be Lieut.Governor of Dominica.

The Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, was sworn of her Majesty's Privy Council.

Nov. 9. 33d Foot, Major T. Reid to be Major.

Nov. 19. Knighted by patent, Capt. George Tyler, R.N. Lieut.-Governor of St. Vincent's. -Aug. Hearn Gilbert, gent. Purser R.N. to accept the cross of a Knight of the order of Isabella the Catholic, conferred by the Queen Regent of Spain for his services at the raising of the siege of Bilboa.

Nov. 20. John Gage, of Coldham hall, in Stanningfield, Suffolk, esq. in compliance with a settlement made by his late brother Robert Gage Rookwood, esq. to take the name of Rokewode after Gage, and bear the arms of Rokewode in the first quarter.-95th foot, Major-Gen. Sir John Buchan, K.C.B. to be Colonel; Brevet, Captains T. Savage and T. Bonnor to be Majors.

Member returned to serve in Parliament. Chipping Wycombe.-Geo. Robt. Smith, esq.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. E. V. Lockwood, (late Chaplain of the
House of Commons) to be a Prebendary of
Canterbury; the Rev. E. Repton and the
Rev. T. Frere (also late Chaplains to the
House) to be Prebendaries of Westminster.
Rev. Michael Keating to be Archdeacon of
Ardfert.

Rev. G. J. Dupuis to be a Fellow of Eton.
Rev. E. J. Ash, Brisley R. with Gateley V.
Norfolk.

Rev. W. Bailey, Queen Square episcopal chapel,
Westminster.

Rev. J. R. F. Billingsley, Wormington R. Glou.
Rev. Martin Connolly, Boynagh R. Galway.
Rev. J. Croft, Eaton Bishop's R. Heref.
Rev. Joseph Dewe, Rockland R. Norfolk.
Rev. John Dufton, Warehorne R. Kent.
Rev. R. W. Elgee, Kelmakea R. Wexford.
Rev. D. Evans, Llanllwchaiarn R. Card.
Rev. J. G. Fawcett, Stockton on the Forest
P.C. Yorkshire.

Rev. N. C. Fenwick, Killenick R. Wexford.
Rev. G. D. Grundy, Lees P.C. near Oldham,
Lancashire.

Rev. J. V. Hamilton. Little Chart R. Kent.
Rev. John Harding, Walkerne R. Herts.
Rev. J. Harington, Little Hinton R. Wilts.
Rev. E. Harston, St. Stephen's R. Ipswich.
Rev. T. A. Holland, Greatham R. Hants.
Rev. J. Holmes, Lower Peover P.C. Chesh.
Rev. F. P. Hulme, Birch in Warrington P.C.
Lancashire.

Rev. T. Jackson, Ovingham P.C. Northumb.
Rev. R. C. Lane, Deal R. Kent.
Rev. G. H. Langdon, Oving V. Sussex.
Rev. Miller, Bognor P.C. Sussex.
Rev. C. Radford, Englishcombe V. Som.
Rev. T. Saunders, Moulton V. co. N'p'n.
Rev. T. G. Simcox, Smethwick P.C. Staff.
Rev. J. V. Stewart, Portsea V. Hants.
Rev. J. Taylor, Newmarket P.C. Cambrigesh.
Rev. C. Taylor, Lydney V. Gloucestershire.
Rev. W. H. Teale, Asgarby P.C. Lincolnsh.
Rev. W. Tyrrell, Raddanstown R. Dublin.
Rev. J. Watson, Bremilham R. Wilts.
Rev. W. H. Wilkinson, All Saints P.C. Portsea.
Rev. H. Wood, Burrowbridge new ch. Som.
Rev. T. Underwood, Diddlebury V. Salop.
Rev. J. C. D. Yule, Coleridge V. Devon."

CHAPLAINS.

Rev. T. H. Ashworth to Earl of Carnarvon. Rev. D. Campbell to the Duke of Leeds. Rev. M. Enright to the Earl of Castlestuart. Rev. C. J. P. Eyre to Lord Methuen.

Rev. F. Fulford to the Duchess of Gloucester.

Rev. E. N. Hoare to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Rev. T. Lloyd to Earl Cowper.

Rev. J. Thornycroft to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington.

Rev. E. Winder to H. M. S. Victory.

Rev. Mr. Davies to Whitecross-street Prison. Rev. T. England to the Reformitory, Isle of Wight.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Wm. Wilberforce Bird, esq. to be third member of the council of India.

Chas. Ellis Heaton, esq. Barrister-at-Law, to be Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex, vice E. C. Selby, esq. resigned.

W. Beale, esq. LL.D. of Trin. Coll. Camb. to be Head Master of Tavistock Grammar School.

Mr. Norman M'Donald (private secretary to Lord Morpeth) to be First Clerk of the Irish Privy Council.

The Rev. Richard Okes to be Lower Master of Eton, vice the Rev. G. J. Dupuis.

Mr. W. C. Ross, Mr. D. Roberts, and Mr. R. Westmacott to be Associates of the Royal Academy of Arts.

BIRTHS.

Oct. 2. At Theobalds, Herts, the wife of Col. W. Miles, a son.- -8. At Brussels, the wife of T. Wathen Waller, esq. a son.9. The Hon. Emilie, wife of the Rev. Henry Gray, of Almondsbury, a dau.-15. At Upper Grosvenor-st. the wife of V. Dent, esq. a dau. -20. At Brighton, Lady John Russell, a dau. -At Burghley, the Marchioness of Exeter, a dau.-22. Lady F. Jemima Goodeve, a dau.- -23. In Berkeley-sq. the Hon. Mrs. Spalding, a son. -In Dover-st. the Viscountess Valletort, a son.- -At Oulton-park, Lady Grey Egerton, a son.--24. In Baker-st. the wife of F. M. Montgomerie, esq. a dau.-————At Looe, Cornwall, the wife of Capt. Toup Nicolas, C.B. K.H. a son. -25. At Amport House, Hants, the wife of S. Cosby, esq. a dau.-26. At Childwick Bury, Herts, the wife of J. Lomax, esq. a dau.--27. At Bruges, the wife of William Stainforth, esq. a son.

Nov. 1. At Wanlip Hall, Leic. the lady of Sir George Palmer, Bart. a son.-At Scraptoft Hall, Leic. Lady Angela Pearson, a dau. --2. At Hammersmith, the Baroness de Moncorvo, a son.-4. At Alnwick Parsonage, the wife of the Rev. L. Shafto Orde, a son.9. At St. Melion rectory, Cornwall, the wife of the Rev. G. Somerset, a dau.-6. At St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea, Mrs. Goodenough, wife of the Dean of Wells, a son.- -7. At Hurdcott, the wife of the Rev. Reginald Pole, a dau.In Belgrave-st. the Countess of Pomfret, a dau. 8. In Grosvenor-sq. the Countess of Galloway, a son.-12. At Chelsea College, Lady Wilson, a son.-15. At Harewoodhouse, Yorkshire, Lady Louisa Cavendish, a son.-16. At Elsham, Linc. the Lady Mary Corbet, a dau.-17. At Harewood house, Yorkshire, Lady Caroline Lascelles, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

June 1. At Hobart Town, the Rev. John Little, of St. Andrew's Church, to Mary Gascoigne, fourth dau. of John Burnett, esq. late Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land.

Sept. 6. At Olney, Bucks, the Rev. Thomas Welton, of Upper Clapton, to Mary Ann, second dau. of Mr. Samuel Baker, farmer and inn keeper of Olney.

Sept. 18. At Thorpe, near Norwich, the Rev. Henry Long, Rector of Newton and

Swainsthorpe, to Charlotte Emma, second dau. of Col. Sir Robt. Harvey, C.B. and K.H.-At Pendeylan, co. Glam. Gerard Ralston, esq. of Philadelphia, U. S. to Isabel, second dau. of Wm. Crawshay, esq. of Cyfarthfa Castle.

Sept. 20. At Stuttgard, Capt. Randal Rumley, 60th Rifles, to Caroline Mary, dau. of Major-Gen. Sir George Berkeley.

Sept. 25. At Brighton, Capt. Fred. A. Blachford, son of Gen. Blachford, to Emmeline Sophia, youngest dau. of the late Hugh Blaydes, esq. of High Paull, Yorkshire.At Trinity Ch. Marylebone, Alex. Hall Hall, esq. eldest son of David Hall, of Portlandplace, esq. to Caroline, youngest dau. of Thomson Hankey, also of Portland-place, esq.

Sept. 27. At Watton, Herts, James Lane, esq. of Chancery-lane, to Elizabeth, younger dau. of the late James Horsburgh, esq. F.RS.

-At Bamburgh, William Wallace Legge, esq. of Malone-house, Antrim, to Eleanor Wilkie, youngest dau. of Thomas Forster, esq. of Adderstone-hall, Northumberland.At Martock, co. Somerset, the Rev. H. B. Newman, Rector of Little Bromley, Essex, to Elizabeth, only surviving dau. of the late John Hooper, esq. of Hendford-house, Yeovil.At Walthamstow, Joseph Tatham, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Anna Maria, youngest dau. of the late F. B. Bedwell, esq.-At Axminster, George Louis, esq. of Colyton-house, to Mary, widow of the late Rev. E. C. Forward, Rector of Limington.-At Wandsworth, Henry Rucker, esq. to Adelaide, youngest dau. of the late James Morris, esq.- -R. Mahon, esq. eldest son of the late Rev. H. Mahon, of Killegally, King's Co. to Jane, dau. of the late Sir Hugh Crofton, Bart.-At Stradishall, Suff. Henry Revel Homfray, esq. of Beaumont-st. Regent's-park, to Frances, eldest dau. of Wm. Rayner, esq. of Stradishall-place.Henry Barry Domvile, esq. barrister, eldest son of the Rev. H. B. Domvile, of Pembroke, Heref. and nephew of Sir Compton Domvile, Bart. to Frances, eldest dau. of the Rev. E. W. Ingram, of Ribbesford, Worc. and niece of Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart.

Oct. 2. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Right Hon. Viscount Combermere, to the only dau. of Robert Gibbings, esq. of Gibbingsgrove, Cork.-At Church Broughton, Marshall Turner, esq. of Torrington-sq. to Frances Mary, second dau. of the late Harry Yates, esq. of Sapperton, Derb.-The Rev. W. Armitstead, Perp. Curate of Garstang, Lanc. to Agnes, dau. of the late Thomas Bell, esq. of Garstang.-The Rev. Daniel John Hopkins, Rector of Hartford, near Huntingdon, to Anne, dau. of the late Thomas Verney Okes, esq. of Cambridge. At Clist St. George, Samuel Parr, esq. of Knowle, Devon, to Charlotte María Rous, second dau. of the Rev. W. R. Ellicombe.At Kingston church, Portsmouth, Commander Worth, of H.M.S. Hastings, to Charlotte, dau. of Capt. Searle, C.B. of H. M. S. Victory.

Oct. 3. At Withcall Church, Edward, eldest son of Edward Tewart, esq. of York-place, Portman-sq. and Coupland Castle, Northumberland, to Mary, eldest dau. of Richard Dawson, esq. of Withcall House, Linc.- -The Rev. W. C. R. Ray, of Eastwood, to Elizabeth, dau, of the late Rev. Thomas Mills, Vicar of Bumpsted Helion, Essex.-At Alva-house, James Dewar, esq. only son of Robert Dewar, of Clapham, Surrey, esq. to Mary Anne Johnstone, dau. of the late J. R. Johnstone, esq. of Alva.At West Monkton, the Rev. E. Warre, vicar of Bishop's Lydeard, to Fanny Mary, eldest dau, of Gilbert West, esq.-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. George Caswal Newman, esq. only son of Charles Newman, esq.

of Scripps, Coggeshall, to Wilhelmina, youngest dau. of Sir Henry Montague, Bart.--Åt St. Pancras, Robert Wilkinson, esq. of Canton, to Elizabeth-Warden, eldest dau. of John Dent, esq. Madras Civil Service.

Oct. 4. At Welwyn, Herts, William Robt. Baker, esq. of Bayfordbury, Herts, to Anna Emma Katharine, eldest dau. of Henry Fynes Clinton, esq. of Welwyn.--At Paris, William Graham, esq. of Lancefield, Glasgow, to Anna Matilda, second dau. of John Lowndes, esq. formerly of Arthurlie, co. Renfrew.--At Brighton, the Rev. C. W. Lloyd, vicar of Gosfield, Essex, to Emily, dau. of John Rawlinson, esq. of Wimpole-st.- -At Plymouth, Mr. H. E. Carrington, proprietor of the Bath Chronicle, (son of the late Poet,) to Emily, second dau. of Mr. H. I. Johns.--At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Alfred William Cleverly, esq. of Kilworth, Cork, to Amelia-Bennet, youngest dau. of the late Capt. Jennings, R.N.

Oct. 6. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Richard, eldest son of Richard Neave, esq. of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to Anna Maria, youngest dau. of the late Rev. John Eyton, rector of Eyton, Shropshire, and granddaughter of the late Edmund Plowden, esq. of Plowden.

Oct. 9. The Rev. Henry Codrington, B.A. of Ilminster, to Louisa, youngest dau. of the late Samuel Rhodes, esq. of Islington.--At Stoke, Devon, the Rev. Harry Martin, Rector of Silton, Dorset, to Ann, eldest dau., and W. W. Cavie, esq. of Herwood house, to Kate, youngest dau., of the late J. S. Downes, esq.

-At Dover, W. R. Nisbett, esq. of Fort Nisbett, Tipperary, to Selina, third dau. of the late Thomas Buss, esq. of Lydd.- -At Frant, John Pryce, esq. to Dora Isabella, third dau. of the late Major-Gen. Beatson, formerly Governor of St. Helena.--At Hastings, J. B. Gibson, esq. M.D. 17th Lancers, to Esther, youngest dau. of the late N. Willson, esq. of South Bridge, near Northampton.-At Market Drayton, the Rev. Robert Upton, Incumbent of Moreton Say, Salop, to Sally Emily, only dau. of W. Wilkinson, esq.

Oct, 10. At Claydon, Suffolk, Andrew Wood Baird, esq. M.D. to Anna Audry, dau. of the Rev. R. Etough, D.D. Rector of Claydon.At Tanworth, Warw. Edward Hicks, esq. of Wilbraham Temple, co. Cambridge, only son of Edward Simpson, esq. of Lichfield, to Grace, eldest dau. of Stanley Pipe Wolferstan, esq. of Statfold.At Scotter, Linc. W. Walker, esq. of Messingham, to Caroline Augusta, dáu. of the late John Davidson, esq. of Cottley Hall. -At Clifton, Samuel Guppy, esq. of Bristol, to Georgiana, eldest dau. of P. Protheroe, esq. of Richmond-hill.-At Wentworth house, the seat of the Fitzwilliam family in Yorkshire, James J. R. Mackenzie, esq. to Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, fourth dau. of the Earl Fitzwilliam. -At St. Pancras, J. A. Colquhoun, esq. to Sophia, eldest dau. of W. Cantis, esq. late of Old Park, Kent.

Oct. 11. At Rudston, Yorkshire, the Rev. Chas. Walter Hudson, Rector of Saundby, Notts, to the Hon. Julia, third dau. of the late Godfrey Lord Macdonald.- -At Walcot, Bath, William Eardley Amiel, esq. R.N. to Margaret Anne, third dau. of the late Rev. Wm. Morgan, D.D. of Aston Clinton, Bucks.- -At Cowes, Isle of Wight, Capt. Lothian Dickson, to Mary Elizabeth, only surviving child of the late Lt.Col. Gillman, 76th reg.- -At St. George's, Bloomsbury, C. F. Hodson, esq. to Betsy, only child of the late W. T. Conquest, of Puckeridge, Herts, esq.

Oct. 13. At St. James's, Dover, Capt. T. Byng Creagh, eldest son of Col. Creagh, C.B. to Emma Susan, youngest dau, of J. W. Knollys, esq.

THE EARL OF SEFTON. Nov. 22. At his house in Arlingtonstreet, the Rt. Hon. William-Philip Molyneux, Earl of Sefton (1771), and Viscount Molyneux (1628), in the Peerage of Ireland, Baron Sefton of Croxteth (1831) in that of the United Kingdom, and a Baronet of England (1611).

Lord Sefton was the representative of an ancient and historical race, founded in England by Sir William de Moulines, upon whom the Conqueror conferred the manor of Sefton, with other large possessions in Lancashire, a considerable portion of which remain with the family to the present day. His Lordship was born 18 Sept. 1772, the only child of CharlesWilliam the first Earl and 9th Viscount Molyneux, by Lady Isabella Stanhope, daughter of Charles the second Earl of Harrington, and granddaughter of Charles second Duke of Grafton, by Lady Henrietta Somerset, sister to the fourth Duke of Beaufort. In 1795 he succeeded his father; but the honours, being Irish, did not confer upon him a seat in the House of Lords. His Lordship was, however, almost constantly a member of the Lower House until his elevation to the British Peerage.

In politics his Lordship was a decided liberal; and though from nervousness, which he was never able to overcome, he rarely opened his lips in parliament, it is well known that he has occasionally verbally supplied some of our most eminent orators with their speeches. Whilst he was a member of the House of Commons, his Lordship had the credit of being able to carry with him by his personal influence more votes than any (unofficial) man of his day. At all times his opinions received the highest consideration from the leading members of his party. Nor was this without justice. Highly informed and sagacious beyond most men, his Lordship was especially remarkable for the uprightness and noble independence of his character. The courage which he displayed when, on the occasion of White's Club (with that abject servility to mere royalty, which it is deplorable to meet with so frequently amongst the highest classes,) excluding from a ball given there the name of the Princess of Wales, he alone, in defiance of the frowns of the Regent, protested against so unmanly a proceeding, will not soon be forgotten. Nor at a subsequent period after Mr. Hone's trial, when Lord Sefton, who GENT. MAG. VOL. X.

then believed himself to be on his deathbed, wrote his celebrated letter, congratulating Mr. Hone upon his escape from the Crown prosecutions which had been instituted against him, and inclosing a check for 1007., did his Lordship less deserve the respect of every honourable mind.

His Lordship's manly conduct upon these occasions, however, gave so much offence at court, as to cause him to be almost entirely a stranger there during the reign of George the Fourth; but upon the accession of the late King he was among the first of those upon whom the Peerage was conferred. From this period, as indeed during the whole of his parliamentary career, his Lordship's vote will inva riably be found recorded in favour of those measures which were brought forward for effecting salutary reforms in our institutions, or for the extension of civil and religious liberty.

In private life Lord Sefton was conspicuous for the magnificence of his mode of living. From youth he was esteemed the best "whip" in England: and the excellence of his taste was invariably displayed in the correctness of his equipages, which were universally allowed to be unrivalled. His table was perhaps the most recherché in London, and the splendid hospitality which he practised made him indeed proverbial. His death will be severely felt in the leading Whig circles; and the affliction into which his family and a large body of strongly attached friends have been plunged by the event, is the best proof of the respect and estimation in which his character was held.

His Lordship married in 1792, Maria Margaretta, second daughter of William sixth Lord Craven, by Elizabeth (afterwards Margravine of Brandenburgh Anspach), daughter of Augustus fourth Earl of Berkeley, who was maternal grandson of Charles first Duke of Richmond, natural son of King Charles II. By this lady, who survives him, he has had issue:1. Lady Georgiana, who was married, in 1819, to Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. and died in 1826.-2. Lady Maria.-3. The Right Hon. Chas. William, now Earl of Sefton.-4. Lady Louisa.-5. Lieut.-Col. the Hon. George Berkeley Molyneux, of the 8th Hussars.6. Lieut. Col. the Hon. Henry Richard Molyneux, of the 60th Foot.-7. Lady Frances.-8. Lady Caroline, married in to 1836, Charles Towneley, jun. esq. of Towneley.-9. Hon. Francis George 4 P