North America, and where he saw much active service, and was wounded at the cutting-out of some vessels off Tremiti, and obtained a gold medal from the Austrian government for his conduct at the capture of the strong fortress of Zara, after an investment of thirteen days. While on the American station, he was present at the attack upon Baltimore, and was again, in December, 1814, wounded and taken prisoner in a cutting-out affair on the river Potomac. He regained his liberty at the peace, on March 18, 1815, and became retired commander in 1864.1 At Holloway, aged 93, Mary, relict of the late Rev. Levi Walton, perpetual curate of Wendling and Longham,

Dec. 5. At Sidmouth, Devon, aged 55, Lady Davy, relict of Gen. Sir William G. Davy, C.B., K.C.H. Her ladyship was Sophia, eldest dau. of Richard FountayneWilson, esq., of Melton, Yorkshire, by the third dau. of the late George Osbaldiston, esq., of Hutton Bushel, and was born in 1811. She married, in 1840 (as his second wife), Gen. Sir William G. Davy, C.B., who was knighted in 1836, and died in 1856.

At Newcastle-on-Tyne, aged three years and eight months, the Hon. Louisa, second dau. of Lord Decies.

After a painful illness contracted in India, aged 25, Arthur T. Biscoe, Capt. R.A. (late Bombay), eldest surviving son of Lieut.-Colonel Stevenson, of Chelten ham.

At Shawford House, Hampshire, aged 82, Gen. Edward Frederick, C.B. He was the eldest son of Sir Charles Frederick, bart., K.B., by Lucy, dau. of Viscount Falmouth, and was born in 1784. The deceased, who was heir presumptive to the baronetcy of his cousin Sir Richard Frederick, bart., married, in 1841, Miss Mary St. John, by whom he has left issue three

children.

At Wyndham House, Yeovil, aged 40, John Glyde, esq., solicitor. The deceased was a native of Yeovil, and was articled with H. Watts, esq., solicitor of that town, and commenced practice in 1850.

He was a churchwarden of the parish church, and also a member of the Freemasons' Society. His amiable conduct had won him the highest respect of his follow-townsmen. This is the fourth death in Mr. Glyde's family within as many weeks.-Law Times.

At 16, Chester-street, Edinburgh, Mrs. Marion Buchanan Hay. She was the younger dau of the late David CarrickBuchanan, esq., of Drumpellier, county Lanark, and married, in 1824, John Hay, esq., of Morton, co. Fife.

At 21, Argyll-street, aged 81, Lieut.

Gen. Richard Thomas King, R.A., of Hythe, Kent. The deceased obtained his commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in Sept., 1803. He served in a mortar-boat in the Faro of Messina for two months in 1810. He advanced into the United States with Sir George Prevost's army, and commanded a battery against Plattsburg. He became a Lieut.Gen., June 27, 1864.

At Castle Park, Lancaster, aged 60, Mary Anne, relict of the late J. C. Satterthwaite, esq.

At 16, Acacia-road, London, Adelaide Strickland, third dau. of the Rev. Weever Walter, late vicar of Bonby.

At Hare Hatch Lodge, Berks, aged 84, Frances, widow of John Adolphus Young, esq., and dau. of the late W. H. Haggard, esq., of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk.

Dec. 6. At The Glebe, Bangor, co. Down, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. Richard Binney, LL.D., and dau. of the late Edward Hardman, esq., of Dublin.

At Blatchborough Bradworthy, near Devon, aged 44, Arundell Calmady Hotchkys, esq. He was the eldest son of Charles Henry Hotchkys, esq., of Blatchborough, by his first wife, Arabella Philippa, dau. of the late Admiral Calmady, and was born in Dec., 1822. He was educated at Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, was a magistrate for Devon, and married, in 1852, Maria Louisa, dau. of the late Vice-Admiral Sheridan.

At Highfield House, Leeds, aged 43, Frederick, youngest son of the late John Ellershaw, esq., of Headingley.

At St. Leonard's, aged 45, James Guthrie, esq., of Craigie, Forfarshire. He was the only son of the late Alexander Murray Guthrie, esq., of Craigie, by Margaret, dau. of John Makgill, esq., of Kembuck, co. Fife, and was born in 1821; he was educated at Haileybury Coll., and was formerly in the Civil Service at Bengal.

At Barton Mere, Suffolk, aged 73, the Rev. Charles Jones, formerly vicar of Pakenham, Suffolk. He was the only son of the late Mr. Henry Jones, of Kington, co. Hereford, by Bridget, dau. of Mr. Miles, of Old Radnor. He was born in London in the year 1793, educated at the Charterhouse and at Gonville and Caius Coll., Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1816, and proceeded M. A. in 1819; he was appointed vicar of Pakenham in 1845, but resigned in 1861. He married, in 1822, Mary, only dau. of Thos. Quayle, esq., of Barton Mere, by whom he has left two sons, the Rev. Harry Jones, incumbent of St. Luke's, Berwick-st., and the Rev. Charles W. Jones, vicar of Pakenham.

At Mentone, Alicia, wife of William

Powis, esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law.

At Halterworth, Romsey, aged 51, Charles Reeves, esq., surveyor of the Metropolitan Police and County Courts, Guilford-street, and Whitehall.

At the vicarage, Bodmin, Cornwall, aged 78, the Rev. John Wallis, M.A. He was educated at Exeter Coll., Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1817, and proceeded M.A. in 1821, was appointed vicar of Bodmin in 1817, and official of the archdeacon of Cornwall in 1840.

Dec. 7. Suddenly, aged 55, Edmund Fry, for many years an active member of the Peace Society.

At 8, Finsbury-square, of typhus fever, aged 56, Henry Jeaffreson, M.D., fellow and senior of the College of Physicians, and senior physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

At Steeple Aston, aged 73, John Lechmere, esq., Commander, R. N., of Ludford Park, Herefordshire, and Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire. He was the second son of the late Vice-Admiral Lechmere, of Steeple-Aston, and was born in 1793. He entered the Navy in 1805, became lieute nant in 1815, and a commander on the retired list in 1860. He was a J.P. and D.L. for Oxon, and a magistrate for co. Hereford. Mr. Lechmere, who was greatnephew of Lord Lechmere, Baron of Evesham, who died in 1727, married, in 1823, Anna Maria, youngest dau. of the Hon. Andrew Foley.

At Bengeo, Herts, aged 79, Sophia, widow of Dr. Edward Percival, of Bath, and youngest and last surviving dau. of the late Col. George Gledstanes.

Dec. 8. At Castle-hill, Devon, in childbirth, aged 40, the Countess Fortescue. The deceased lady was Georgina Augusta Charlotte Caroline, eldest dau. of the late Right Hon. Lieut.-Col. George Lionel Dawson-Damer, by Mary Georgiana Emma, second dau. of the late Lord Hugh Seymour. She was born 13th June, 1826, and married, 11th March, 1847, Hugh, 3rd Earl Fortescue, by whom she has had a numerous family.

At Cannes, Alpes Maritimes, of pneumonia, Major Thomas Edward Anderson,

At Goodmanham Rectory, aged 43, Mary, wife of the Rev. John Blow, M. A.

At Havelock House, Havre-des-Pas, Jersey, aged 42, the Rev. Robert Thompson Branson, of Sparrow's Herne House, Bushey. He was educated at Pembroke Coll., Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1850, and proceeded M.A. in 1853; he was appointed rector of Testerton, Norfolk, in 1857, and was for 12 years curate of St. Peter's Church, Bushey-heath.

At Upton, co. Wexford, aged 29, Isaac William Bryan, esq., of Upton, barristerat-law. He was the eldest son of the late Loftus Anthony Bryan, esq., of Upton, formerly High Sheriff of the city of Dublin, who died in 1865. The deceased was born in 1836, and educated at Trinity Coll., Dublin, where he took his B.A. and M.A. degrees in due course; he was called to the bar at Dublin in 1858, was a magistrate for co. Wexford, and an elector of the University of Dublin.-Law Times.

At Leigh Lodge, near Worcester, Major Frederick W. Hardwick, formerly captain in the 10th Bengal native infantry.

At the residence of his son, the Rev. J. A. Frere, Shillington Vicarage, Hitchin, aged 87, James Hatley Frere, esq.

At Barnstaple, aged 81, John Marshall, esq., of Barnstaple, banker. He was the eldest son of the late Rev. Thos. Meryon Marshall, M.A., by Sarah, dau. of Philip Sydenham, esq., and was born in 1785. He was a J.P. and D.L. for Devon, and married, in 1828, Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Docker, esq., by whom he has left, with other issue, a son and heir, John Philip Sydenham, born in 1830.

At Fairlawn House, Northaw, Herts, aged 74, Sarah Baker, relict of the Rev. John Ashfordby Trenchard, D.C.L., of Stanton Fitz Warren, Highworth, Wilts.

Dec. 9. At Oxford, after a short illness, aged 21, William Scott Ridley Greenhill, of Trinity Coll., son of Dr. Greenhill, of Hastings.

At 40, Eaton-place, aged 73, Mary, relict of Colonel J. S. Rochfort, of Clogrenane, Carlow, M.P., and sister of the late Gen. Lord Downes, G. C.B.

Dec. 10. At Barmeath, co. Louth, aged 68, the Right Hon. Lord Bellew.--See OBITUARY.

Dec. 12. Aged 53, Sir Charles Henry John Rich, bart.- See OBITUARY.

Dec. 13. Boys Robert Aldham, esq., solicitor, of King's Lynn.

Dec. 14. At the Hoo, Welwyn, aged 73, the Dowager Lady Chesham. The late Catherine Susan, Dowager Lady Chesham, was the eldest dau. of George, 9th Marquis of Huntly, by Catherine, second dau. of the late Sir Charles Cope, bart., and was born 29th Dec., 1792. Her ladyship married, 18th June, 1814, the Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish, fourth son of George, 12th Earl of Burlington, and uncle of William, 7th Duke of Devonshire, who in 1858 was created Baron Chesham. By her the late peer (who died the 10th Nov., 1863) had issue William George, his successor in the title, and two daus., Lady Dacre and the Countess of Strafford.

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