Lincolnshire. At Ampthill, the Rev. Frederic C. G. Passy, Vicar of Wilstead, Beds, to Helen-Louisa, only dau. of the late Philip Deare, esq.- -At Bath, the Rev. George Whitaker, Vicar of Oakington, near Cambridge, to Arundel-Charlotte, only dau. of the late Rev. Richard Burton, and niece of John Griffiths Mansford, esq. of Bath.- At Castletown-Delvins, Col. Arthur, of the 3d (Prince of Wales's Drag. Guards), to Kate, dau. of Mr. and Lady Eleanor Fetherstone, and niece to the Earl of Wicklow.-At Bombay, Alex. Nash, Lieut. of Eng. to Lucy-Anne, eldest dau. of the late Rev. E. Norton, of Southwold, Suffolk.

23. At Blair Vadock, Dumbartonsh., Patrick Maitland, esq. of Freugh, Wigtownsh., to Matilda-Frances-Harriet, youngest dau. of Mr. and Lady Janet Buchanan.--At Monkstown, Capt. George Henry Robertson, 25th Regt. Bombay Army, to Jane, dau. of Brabazon Newcomen, esq. of Camla, Roscommon, and Montpellier House, Dublin- -At Edinburgh, Francis Newcombe Maltby, esq. of the Madras Civil Service, to Mary Howard, second dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. James Michael, Hon. East India Company's Service-At Oakingham, C. H. White, esq. M.A. of Oriel College, Oxf., to Louisa-Boak, youngest dau. of the late Bartholomew Browne, esq. of Oakingham.- At Clifton, Richard John Allen Philipps, esq. late Capt. 12th Regt., and second son of the late W. C. Allen Philipps, esq. of St. Bride's-hill, Pembroke, to Louisa-Sarah, eldest dau. of Richard Bowen, esq. of Manerowen, in the same county.--At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Capt. the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle, Coldstream Guards, second surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Órrery, to Georgiana, youngest dau. of Abraham Wildey Robarts, esq. Hill-st. Berkeley-sq.-At York-road Chapel, George Hepburn, esq. of Chesham, Bucks, to LydiaLouisa, dau. of the late John Hepburn, esq. of Southwark.---At Baxton, the Rev. Mark Garfitt, Rector of Stretton, Rutlandshire, to Isabella-Mary, youngest dau. of Geo. Richards Denshire, esq. of Thetford House, Lincolnsh. -At Hintlesham, F. W. Schrieber, esq. of the Roundwood, Ipswich, to Miss Deane, dau. of the late W. Deane, esq. of Alton-hall.- -At Aberdeen, Capt. Nares, R.N. to Susan, relict of the late John Ramsay, esq. of Barra.Sutton Veney, Edmund Sharpe, esq. Bengal Art., eldest son of the Rev. William Sharpe, Rector of Pattiswick, Essex, to Fanny, dau. of the Rev. William D. Thring, D. D. Rector of Sutton Veney, and Vicar of Fisherton Delamere, Wilts.At Paddington, the Rev. Chas. Edw. Gray, M.A., Brasenose Coll. Oxf., to Adeleine-Geraldine, dau. of Sir Herbert Compton, of Hyde Park Gardens.At Chelsea, George G. S., eldest son of James Eyres Coward, esq. of Tiverton, Devon, to Anne dau. of the late John Exton North, esq. of Leicester.-At Bishop's Tawton, Devon, Dr. Edwards, of Bath, to Fanny, eldest dau. of W. Amier, esq.--At Donnybrook, Virginius Murray, esq. of the 29th Regt., son of the late Hon. Alexander Murray, of Frimley, Bagshot, nephew of the late Earl of Dunmore, to Elizabeth-Alicia, only dau. of Col. Poitier, formerly of the 61st Regt.

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-At Wymondham, the Rev. John M. Jephson, to Ellen, eldest dau. of Isaac Jeremy, esq. of Stansfield-hall, Recorder of Norwich.--At Weston, near Bath, the Rev. Edward Spencer Phelps, R.N. to Sophia-Elizabeth, sole surviving dau. of the late Rev. Robert Gatehouse.

25. At Haddow, Kent, the Rev. Henry D. Sewell, M.A. fourth son of the late Hon. Jonathan Sewell, LL.D. Chief Justice of the province of Lower Canada, to Elizabeth-Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late Robert Monypenny, esq. of Merrington-place, Kent.

26. At Frankfort, Theodore Gudin, to Margaret-Louis, eldest dau. of the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, and grand-dau. of the late Marquess of Tweeddale. -At St. Martin's-inthe-Fields, Robert Barclay, jun. esq. of Buckingham-st. Adelphi, to Sarah, dau. of the late D. Smith, esq. of the Commissariat Department. At Christchurch, Surrey, Frederick Charles Jones, esq. M.D., of Great Surrey-st. only son of Capt. Charles Jones, R.N. K.T.S., to Sarah-Alice, second dau. of William Farmer, esq.-At Minster, Isle of Sheppey, J. S. Harper, esq. to Mary-Elizabeth, dau. of John Ward, esq. of Mile Town, Sheerness, and niece of the Rev. James Burnell, of Woolhampton, and the late Dr. Bacon, of Reading.- -At St. Pancras, Septimus Vander Wyden, son of the late Charles Hart, esq. of Kensington-gore, and Capt. in the 2d Grenadier Regt. of the Bombay N. I., to Catharine, eldest dau. of Thomas Joshua Platt, esq. one of Her Majesty's Counsel.- -At Watford, George Cornwall Lewis, esq. one of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, to Lady Theresa Lister, relict of Thomas H. Lister, esq. and sister to the Earl of Clarendon.

28. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, William Henry, second son of the late Adm. Butterfield, to Maria, second dau. of G. B. Ashmead, esq. of Hayes, Middlesex.--At Kew, the Rev. W. H. Martin Atkins, of Kingston Lisle, Berks, to Diana-Mary, widow of John Tyrrell, esq. of Kew, and dau. of the Rev. James Wyld, of Blunsdon St. Andrew, Wilts.

29. At Ipswich, the Rev. George William Steward, Rector of Caister next Yarmouth, to Ellen, third dau. of the late John Bampton, esq. of the former place.At Alby, the Rev. Smith Churchill, son of the late Rev. J. D. Churchill, Rector of Blickling and Erpingham, to Harriet, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Wm. Rees, Vicar of Horsey, Norfolk.-At Whitburn, Robert, eldest surviving son of Rear-Admiral Hodgson, to Clara, second dau. of William Harrison, esq. of Whitburn.At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Viscount Loftus, eldest son of the Marquess of Ely, to Jane, dau. of the late James Joseph Hope Vere, esq. of Craigie Hall and Blackwood, North Britain.

-At St. George's, Hanover-sq. George Charles Dalbiac, esq. of the 4th (Queen's Own) Regt. of Light Drag., eldest son of Major Dalbiac, to Louisa-Maria, only dau. of the late Capt. Burges, of the 5th Bengal Cavalry.The Hon. Horace W. B. Cochrane, second son of the Earl of Dundonald, to Frances-Jacobina, widow of the late George J. Carnegie, esq. nephew of the Earl of Northesk. Mitcham, Surrey, the Rev. Richard Simpson, Vicar of Mitcham, to Elizabeth-Mary, only surviving child of the late Rev. Richard Cranmer, late Vicar of the same place.

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30. At Binfield, the Rev. Allen Cowburn, M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, eldest son of William Cowburn, esq. of Sydenham, to RebeMary, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. Randall, Rector of Binfield.--At Warblington, the the Rev. John Coles, of Ditcham Park, and Silchester Rectory, Hants, to Lucy, widow of Robert James Harrison, esq. of Oak Lodge, Emsworth, formerly a Capt. in the Royal Horse Guards (Blue).- -At Paris, Charles Sidney, only son of the late John Sidney Hawkins, esq. F.S.A., of Brompton, Middlesex, to Thomasine, eldest dau. of the Rev. John George Maddison, late Rector of West Monckton, Somerset.At Peterborough, the Rev. Henry Pratt, son of the Rev. Joseph Pratt, Rector of Paston, to Mary-Ann-Davys, dau. of the Bishop of Peterborough.

31. At West Ham, William Elphick, esq. of Newhaven, Sussex, to Lydia, eldest dau. of the late John Gray, esq. of West Ham, Essex.

At the National Scotch Church, London, the Rev. Wm. Cameron, Minister of Lochbroom, Ross-shire, to Martha-Isabella, elder dau. of the late Rev. Alexander Cameron, Minister Edderton, Ross-shire. At Tatterford, the Rev. Wm. Dack-Daniel, M. A. to Anne-Chad, dau. of the Hon. and Rev. Adolphus Augustus Turnour.-In Holy Trinity, Gray's-inn, John Charles Moor, esq. Lieut. late of the Hon. East India Company's Civil Service, to Harriet-Esther, youngest dau. of the laté Nathaniel Taylor, esq. of Cornard, Suffolk.

Lately. At South Molton, Devon, R. Jennings Cross, esq. late of the Middle Temple, to Lucy, dau. of John G. Pearse, esq. At St. George's, Hanover-square, William Jenkins, esq. of Her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, to Louisa-Sophia, second dau. of the late Hon. Sir William Oldnall Russell, Chief Justice of Bengal.-At St. Martin's Church, Col. Louis Theodore Frederick Léon Belin, only son of the late Gen. Belin, to Henrietta-Newport, eldest dau. of the late Capt. Tinley, 3d Royal Veteran Battalion.

Nov. 2. At Paddington, the Rev. William Frederic Wingfield, M. A., of Christ Church College, Oxford, second son of the late John Wingfield, D D., Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral, to Charlotte, second dau. of George Nicholls, esq. of Hyde Park-st.-At Brighton, John Welch, esq. of the Inner Temple, eldest son of the late John Welch, esq. of Lancaster, to Henrietta-Hele-Fowell, eldest dau. of Richard Sprye, esq. of Chesham-pl. London, and grand-dau. of the Rev. John Sprye, Vicar of Ugborough.

5. At North Barsham, Norfolk, Charles Richard Nelson, jun. esq. Sompting, Sussex, eldest son of C. R. Nelson, esq. London, to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of E. F. Leeds, esq. of the former place.--At Winkleigh, Robert George Luxton, esq. of Winkleigh, to Amelia, only surviving dau. of the late C. Luxton, esq. of the same place.-At Brighton, the Rev. J. L. Roberts, M.A., of New Inn Hall, Oxford, to Mary-Augusta, youngest dau. of the Rev. George Proctor, D.D., of Kemp Town.

At Norwich, W. H. Miller, esq. M.A., Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge, to Harriet-Susan, second dau. of the late R. V. Minty, esq. of the Ordnance Civil Service.

6. At Whitestone, William Lambert, esq. of the Close, Exeter, to Emmeline-Mary, second dau. of the Rev. N. Cole, of Hurston.

7. At Highworth, Wilts, Geo. Fred. Crowdy, esq. of Farringdon, Berks, to Maria-Kate, youngest dau. of James Crowdy, esq. of the former place.- ---At Dublin, Joliffe Tuffnell, esq. 3d Drag Gds., younger son of the late Col. Tuffnell, of Bath, to Henrietta, relict of the late Robt. Fannin, esq. of Dublin, and only dau. of Croasdaile Molony, esq. co. Clare.At Cheveley, John Fairlie, esq. of Cheveley Park, to Mary, eldest dau. of William Parr Isaacson, esq. of Newmarket.-At Stanton, Suffolk, John Ray, esq. second son of Walter Ray, esq. of Tostock, in the same county, to Julia, dau. of the Rev. George Bidwell, Rector of Stanton. At Monkstown, near Dublin, Rich. Pater, esq. to Lucinda, dau. of the late Richard Milliken, esq.- At Paris, Major Henry Arthur O'Neill, to Emma-Charlotte, third dau. of Robert Sympson, esq.

8. At Hatherleigh, co. Devon, the Rev. Francis E. B. Cole, Curate of the same place, to Miss Elizabeth Field, third dau. of the Rev. Samuel Field, Vicar of Hatherleigh. -At Northfleet, Kent, Horatio, fourth son of the Rev. William Pace, M.A., Capt. Madras Army, to Jobina, third dau. of Wm. H. Styles, esq. of New House Farm, Northfleet.

9. At Trinity Church, Southwark, Robert John Thomas Bearcroft, son of the late

William Robert Bearcroft, esq. and second grandson of the late Edward Bearcroft, Chief Justice of the county palatine of Chester, to Elizabeth-Jane, only dau. of Edward Butler Taylor, esq. late of Barbadoes.- -At Byfleet, Surrey, Angus Duncan, esq. of Reading, Berks, to Charlotte-Maria, widow of Chas. Shuttleworth, esq. of the Grange, Great Bowden, Leicestershire.

11. At Binfield, the residence of Gerald Fitzgerald, esq. having been previously married according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, Ellis Cunliffe Lister Kay, esq. of Manningham Hall and Farfield Hall, Yorksh., to Eliza, widow of the late Geo. Mellefont, esq. and dau. of the late Baroness Talbot dé Malahide.At Stroud, John Michael Butt, esq. of Kingsholm, near Gloucester, to Isabella-Elizabeth, youngest surviving dau. of John Pierce Brisley, esq. of Stroud.--At Antwerp, John Christian Bowring, esq. of Guadalupe-y-Calvo, Mexico, to Jeanna, eldest dau. of Adolphus Hay, esq. of Antwerp.

12. At Brighton, William-Henry, only son of William Bonsey, esq. of Belle Vue, Slough, to Mary-Caroline, eldest dau. of M. G. Price, esq. of Brighton.- -At Areley King's, Walter Hemming, esq. of Bentley Lodge, youngest son of William Hemming, esq. of Fox Lydiate House, to Fanny, eldest dau. of the late Wm. Lea, esq. of Areley House, in the county of Worcester.- -At Marylebone, Hugh, only son of Hugh Davies, esq. of Maesgamedd, Merionethshire, to Mary, second dau. of the late Walter Clerk, esq. of East Bergholt House, Suffolk. At Reading, Archdeacon Hare, to Jane-Esther, dau. of the Rev. Michael Maurice. At Awre, Gloucestersh. Thos. Smith, esq. of Worcester, to Anne-Wade, youngest surviving dau. of the late John Wait, esq. of New House, near Newnham.--At Frant, Sussex, the Rev. Alfred Litt Winter, M.A. of Caulfield, Bedfordshire, to Matilda-Mary, youngest dau. of the late William Smith, esq. of Fairy Hall, near Eltham, Kent.

13. At Battersea, the Rev. George Ferris Whidborne, Incumbent of Charles chapel, Plymouth, to Rosa, fourth dau. of the late James Lucas, esq. of Loampit-hill, Deptford. --At Lyun, the Rev. Henry Hill, M.A. assistant curate of Snettisham, and second son of James Heydock Hill, esq. of Mansfield-st. London, to Dorothea-Everard, eldest dau. of Frederick Lane, esq. of Lynn.-At Tissington, the Rev. Godfrey H. Arkwright, third son of Robert Arkwright, esq. of Sutton Hall, to Frances Rafella Fitzherbert, fourth dau. of Sir H. Fitzherbert, Bart. of Tissington Hall, co. of Derby. At St. James's Church, S. F. De Saumarez, esq. Capt. 74th Regt., to Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late Hiram Frazer, esq. Lieut. R.N.

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14. At North Fitzwarren, the Rev. Richard Burridge, of Langford Budville, to Mary-Ann, second dau. of the late John Haddon Turner, esq. of Way House, near Taunton.Chelsea, Charles Sterkey, esq. to Mary-Anne, eldest dau. of the late Samuel Bawtree, esq. of Whitehall, Colchester.At Leighton, Samson S. Lloyd, of Birmingham, banker, to Emma, third dau. of the late Samuel Reeve, esq. of Leighton House, Leighton Buzzard.

At Halifax, the Rev. Wm. Smith, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Helen-Elizabeth, dau. of John Rawson, esq. of Stoney Royd, near Halifax.--At Holloway, near London, Major Jackson, 3rd West India Regt. to Anne, youngest dau. of the late Thomas Shackels, esq. of Hull, shipowner.

Portsmouth, Edward Gifford, esq. eldest son of the late Sir Hardinge Gifford, and brotherin-law to Sir W. W. Follett, to Rose, eldest dau. of William Pennell, esq. and niece to the Right Hon. J. W, Croker,

THE PRINCESS SOPHIA MATILDA

OF GLOUCESTER.

Nov. 29. At her official residence at Blackheath, aged seventy-one years and six months (to a day), her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, Ranger of Greenwich Park.

She was born at Gloucester house on the 29th May 1773, the eldest child (and only surviving daughter) of Prince William-Henry Duke of Gloucester, (brother to King George the Third,) by Maria, Countess Dowager of Waldegrave, widow of James second Earl of Waldegrave, K. G. and daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K.B. second son of the first Earl of Orford. The King not having countenanced the marriage of his brother, the infant was privately baptized by Dr. Moss, Bishop of St. David's, on the 26th June, the Princess Amelia in person, and the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, being

sponsors.

Her Royal Highness for many years past has resided alternately in Curzon-street, May Fair, and at Blackheath; the latter residence was assigned to her as Ranger of Greenwich Park, in addition to which her Royal Highness also enjoyed a grant of £7,000 a year. The unostentatious and unfailing charities which were so liberally and bountifully dispersed by her Royal Highness will cause her loss to be severely felt by the poor. On all occasions of a public nature, whether a church was to be built or a school founded, her Royal Highness was always first to contribute her subscription on a most liberal scale. She was an annual subscriber to every local charity. A year before her demise her Royal Highness placed in the hands of the Vicar of Greenwich (the Rev. W. A. Soames) 1007., to be invested for the Jubilee Alms-houses, and 1001. for the Blue Coat Girls' School; but her liberality was chiefly felt in acts of private charity, which were dispensed with a most judicious discrimination. The executors named in the will of her Royal Highness are George Bankes, Esq. M.P. for Dorset, and the Hon. and Rev. Henry Legge, Vicar of Lewisham; and the Executrixes Lady Alicia Gordon and Miss Cotes.

cal attendant, Mr. Wattsford, of Crooms Hill, Greenwich, dated "Blackheath, Friday morning, nine o'clock," commanding his earliest attention. That gentleman immediately went, and found his Royal patient labouring under considerable oppression of the chest, and at her request administered a soothing draught, which afforded instant relief. She then expressed a wish to be left alone, as she hoped to obtain some repose. Mr. W. returned home soon after ten o'clock, but in a few minutes after a messenger came, and announced great fear of her Royal Highness surviving until his return. Mr. W. returned with the messenger, and found that her Royal Highness had just breathed her last, and, as he understood, without a sigh.

The remains of her late Royal Highness lay in state at the Ranger's house, Blackheath, attended by ladies and others of her late Royal Highness's household, during Monday the 9th December. The public were admitted from twelve o'clock at noon till four o'clock in the afternoon. A guard of honour, from the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards, mounted in front of the house, at half past eleven A.M. and remained on duty till four o'clock in the afternoon.

On the following day, at twelve o'clock at noon, the same guard of honour mounted in front of the Ranger's house; and at a quarter before one o'clock p.m. the remains of her late Royal Highness, escorted by a detachment of the 1st Life Guards, were removed for private interment in the Choir of the Royal Chapel of Saint George at Windsor, in the following order:

Four of the Queen's Marshalmen on foot; Charity School Children; Tradespeople of her late Royal Highness; The High Constable of Greenwich; Governors of the Parish; Overseers of the Poor; Churchwardens, Curates, and the Vicar of Greenwich.

(The Parochial Authorities and others filed off at Deptford-bridge, the boundary of the parish.)

A Mourning Coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Pages and Dressers of her late Royal Highness. The Carriage of her late Royal Highness, drawn by six horses, the nine servants in deep mourning, conveying her Coronet, attended by Sir Archibald Murray, Bart. THE HEARSE,

escocheons of her late Royal Highness's arms. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Executors and Executrixes named in the will of her late Royal Highness. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Medical Attendant of her late Royal Highness. A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying Edward M. Browell and George M. Bainbridge, Esqrs. officers of the Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's household. The Carriage of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, drawn by six horses.

Upon arriving at the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, at ten minutes before five o'clock p.m., the body was received by a guard of honour from the 2d Battalion of Coldstream Guards, when the escort retired. The guard of honour remained on duty till the departure of the special train conveying the remains, at a quarter before six o'clock.

Upon arriving at Slough, at a quarter before seven p.m. the body was received by a guard of honour from the 1st battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards: and, at a quarter past seven o'clock the procession moved, in the following order, to Windsor Castle, the Body being escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, every man bearing a flambeau: Four of the Queen's Marshalmen.

Eight of the Queen's Grooms, in state livery, bearing flambeaux. The Mourning Coaches, the Carriage of her late Royal Highness, and the Hearse, in the same order in which they proceeded from Blackheath to Paddington. The Carriage of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, drawn by six horses, the twelve servants in state livery. The Carriages of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and the Duchess of Kent, each drawn by six horses, and the servants in state livery.

Upon arrival at Windsor Castle, at twenty minutes past eight o'clock, the escort filed off, the carriages of the Royal Family proceeding up the Castle-hill; and from the Castle-gate the procession was flanked by the 1st Battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, every man bearing a flambeau, to the entrance of St. George's Chapel, where the Body was received by a guard of honour, the regimental band playing the "Dead March" in Saul as the procession passed from the gate to the Chapel; and the Marshalmen and Grooms filed off without the door. At the entrance of Saint George's Chapel, the Dean and Canons, attended by the Choir, received the Body, and the procession, having been previously formed, moved down the south aisle, up the nave, into the choir, in the following order :

Mr. George Baker.

Groom in Waiting

to the Queen,

Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Lord in Waiting

to the Queen,

Earl of Hardwicke.

A Gentleman Usher, William Courthope, esq.

Supporter to the Chief Mourner, Mrs. Brand, veiled.

A Gentleman Usher, Robert Laurie, esq.

Supporter to the Chief Mourner, Lady Gardner, veiled.

Upon arrival within the choir, the procession advanced near to the altar, when the body was placed upon tressels (the feet towards the altar), and the coronet and cushion laid thereon. The Chief Mourner sat at the head of the corpse; the supporters on each side; the supporters of the pall near the body; the Lord Chamberlain stood at the feet of the corpse; and others of the procession were conducted to their several places. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was present in his stall during the ceremony, attended by the Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness, the Marquess of Exeter, K. G. and by Major-Gen. Sir Edward Bowater, K. C. H. Equerry to His Royal Highness.

The part of the service before the interment and the Anthem having been performed, the corpse was deposited in the vault near the Sovereign's stall; and the Dean having concluded the burial service, Garter Principal King of Arms proclaimed, near the grave, her late Royal Highness's style, as follows:

Thus it has pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life, unto His Divine Mercy, the late Most Illustrious Princess Sophia-Matilda, daughter of the late Most High, Most Mighty, and Illustrious Prince William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Cousin of Her Most Excellent Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, whom God bless and preserve with long life, health, and honour, and all worldly happiness."

After which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Groom of the Stole and Equerry in Waiting to His Royal Highness, was conducted out of the Chapel by the Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household; and the other persons composing the procession also retired.

THE COUNTESS OF BERKeley. Oct. 30. At Cranford House, Middlesex, aged 77, the Right Hon. Mary Countess of Berkeley.

This lady, if not especially remarkable for her personal qualities, is memorable for having been the means of diverting, or rather of placing in abeyance, the dignities of one of the most ancient families of the peerage.

In the

She was one of the three daughters of Mr. William Cole, a publican and butcher at Wooton, near Berkeley, after whose death in 1782 or 1783 she came to London, and was in the service of Lady Talbot, and afterwards in that of Mrs. Foote, at Boughton, Malherbe, in Kent. year 1784 the Earl of Berkeley became acquainted with her at Gloucester, and she was soon after domiciled with him at Berkeley castle, where she subsequently maintained her footing undisturbed, and became the mother of a very numerous family. She usually went by the name of Miss Tudor, that name being also assumed by her brother William Cole, for whom the Earl procured the place of an Assistant Commissary at Maidstone.

On the 16th May, 1796, the Earl of Berkeley, styled in the parish register “a bachelor," and Mary Cole, styled "a spinster," were married in the parish church of Lambeth, very privately, in the presence of " William Tudor," the lady's brother, and the Rev. Caleb Carrington.

The Earl died on the 8th Aug. 1810, leaving Berkeley castle and the principal estates of the family to his eldest son, the present Earl Fitzhardinge, who the following year claimed the dignities of the Earl of Berkeley, Viscount Dursley, and Baron Berkeley. The first sitting of the Lords' Committee of Privileges took place on Monday March 4, 1811. The examinations commenced with that of the lady herself, who swore that she had been first married to the late Earl of Berkeley on the 30th of March, 1785, in the parish church of Berkeley. The registry of this alleged marriage was subsequently pro