GAZETTE PROMOTIONS, &c. Whitehall, May 27. The King has been pleased to give aud grant unto the Rt. Hon. John Minet Henniker, of Major-house and Worlingworth-hall, co. Suffolk, and of Stratford, co. Essex, Baron Henniker, of Stratford-upon-Slaney, in that part of the United Kingdom, called Ireland, and Baronet, eldest son of Maj. Henniker, esq. dec. and grandson of John first Baron Henniker, by Anne his wife, eldest dau. and coheir of Sir John Major, late of Thornham hall, co. Suffolk, bart. also dec. his Majesty's royal Licence and Authority that (in compliance with an injunction contained in the last will and testament of the said Sir John Major), he may take and use the surname of Major, in addition to, and after his present surname of Henniker, and bear the arms of Major, quarterly, in the first quarter, with those of Henniker, and that the said surname and arms of Major may, in like manner, be taken and borne by the issue of the said John Minet Baron Henniker, when and as they shall respectively become entitled to the possession of certain estates devised by the said will, such arms being first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms, and

recorded in the Herald's Office. And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be registered in his Majesty's College of Arms.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. G. D. Grimes, Emildon V. Northumberland.

Rev. Arthur Loftus, Helhoughton with Rainham St. Martin R. Norfolk.

Rev. T. Lovell, St. Sepulchre V. Northampton.

Rev. George Sherer, Marshfield V. Gloucestershire.

Rev. Thos. Silvester, to be one of the Duke of Buckingham's Domestic Chaplains.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. Wm. Thompson, M. A. of Queen's College, Oxford, elected Head Master of Appleby Grammar School.

Mr. Robert Davies, elected Town Clerk of Wells.

MEMBER RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Camelford.-Sheldon Cradock, of Hartforth, York, esq. vice Earl of Yarmouth, now Marquis of Hertford.

Lately. At Marksbury, the wife of Rev. J. F. Doveton, a son.

June 15. The wife of S. Smith, esq. of Weymouth-st. a dau.-18. At Blackheath, the wife of C. J. T. Combe, esq. a son.19. In Upper Brook-st. the lady of Lieut.

Col. Sir Noel Hill, K. C. B. Grenadier Guards, a dau.-21. The wife of W. L. Taunton, esq. one of his Majesty's Counsel, a son.-At Rownham-lodge. Mrs. Marcus M'Causland, a dau.-26. The wife of T. Denman, esq. M. P. a dau.

Lately. At Calcutta, Capt. W. A. Bowen, E. I. Service, to Julia Louisa, dau. of Col. Clarke, and niece of Major-gen. Clarke. At Longbredy, Thos. Hare, esq. of Osmington, to Cath. dau. of Thos. Samson, esq. of Kingston Russell.--Lieut. Hen. Jellicoe, R. N. of Handsworth, to Jane, dau. of Sir A. B. King, bart. of Dublin.-John N. Fazakerley, esq. to Eleanor, d. of M. Montagu, esq.-Rev. Harvey J. Sperling, M. A. son of H. P. Sperling, esq. of Park-place, Berks, Rec. of Papworth St. Agnes, to Anne, d. of late J. Macnab, esq. of Newton.--Wm. Leaver, esq. of Islington-road, London, to Charlotte, d. of Wm. Cozens, esq. banker of Watlington.

May 30. Geo. Glasson, M. D. of Exeter, to eldest d. of Thos. Husband, esq. banker of Dock.-Capt. Wryford, R. N. to Mary, d. of late P. G. Glubb, esq. of Liskeard. John Blayds, jun. esq. of Oulton, co. York,

to Ellen-Watson, d. of T. Molyneux, esq. of Newtham-house, Lanc.-At Holme, Capt. S. Meggitt, of Hull, to Miss Rider, of Holme.-31. Hon. Chas Petre, to Eliza, d. of late E. Howard, esq. F. R. S.

June 1. Chas. Brownlow. esq. M. P. to Lady Mary Bligh, d. of Earl of Darnley.Chas. eldest son of Sir Wm. Wake, bart. to Charlotte, d. of C. Tait, esq. of Harrietstown, N. B.-3. Wm. Devenish, esq. to Elizabeth, d. of late S. Weston, esq. alderman of Weymouth.-At Aston, Rev. Robt. Fleetwood Croughton, B. A. to Sarah, d. of Rev. P. Godfrey, of Ayot St. Laurence, Herts.-4. Henry Rich. Drummond, esq. R. N. to Jane-Hannah, d. of R. Ellison, esq. of Sudbrooke-house.--Rev.Benj. Philpot, of Walpole, to Charlotte, d. of Rev. John Vachell, Vicar of Liddleport.-Geo. Sligo, esq. of Auldhame, Haddingtonshire, to Anna-Seton, d. of late B. Outram, esq.

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of Butterley-hall.-Robt. Tubbs, esq. of Harlesdon, to Sophia, d. of late R. Woodmass, esq. of Montague-pl.-June 6. Rev. Francis Lear, of Downton, to Isabella-Mary Majendie, d. of Bp. of Bangor.-6. Rev. Wm. D. Carter, of Abingdon, to EmmaKingham, d. of late P. Gauntlett, esq. of Winchester. Rev. W. Durham, one of the Masters of St. Paul's School, to Miss Rudall, d. of Mrs. Griffiths, of Pimlico.-Win. Carroll, esq. to Eliz. relict of late G. Thackrah, esq. of Twickenham-lodge.-7. J. H. Turner, esq. of Upper Wimpole-st. to Eliz. d. of late N. Crooke, esq. of Liverpool.8. Rear Adm. Walker, C. B. to PriscillaSarah, relict of E. Penruddocke, esq. and cousin to Marq. Cornwallis.--At Milbrook, Hon. Rich.. Westenra, to only d. of late Owen Scott, esq. of co. of Monaghan.George Bankes, esq. M. P. son of Henry Bankes, esq. M. P. to Georgina Charlotte, only child of Adm. Nugent.-H. H. Goodall, esq. of E. I. House, to Mary, d. of H. Smith, esq. of Peckham-house.-10. At Paris, Duc de Coigny, to Heurietta, only d. of Sir Hew D. Hamilton.-11. John Trotter, esq. M. D. to Mary Anne, d. of Rev. J. Fawcett, of Newton-hall, Durham.-At Wandsworth, W. H. West, esq. to Elizabeth-Dorothy Blyth.-Rev. Thos. W. Morley, of Kirklington, to Henrietta, d. of late Rev. A. Downes, Vicar of Witham.-Hen. Croft, esq. of Stillington, to Eliz. d. of W. Charlton, of Apley Castle.-12. Wastel Brisco, jun. esq. of Devonshire-place, to Maria, only d. of J. H. Lade, esq. of Boughton-house.-13. At Canterbury, Thos. J. Dashwood, esq. of Bengal Civil Service, to Susan, d. of late T. Wodehouse, esq. of Sen

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Norfolk.-Ellis-Watkin, son of Sir F. Cunliffe, bart. of Acton-park, Denbigh, to Caroline, d. of late J. Kingston, esq.Rev. Jos. D. Ostreham, to Anne, d. of R. Withy, esq. of Buckingham-st.-At Newcastle, Rev. R. Butler, of Garryhunden, co. Carlow, to Charlotte, dau. of late J. G. Clark, esq.-Rev. Edw. Dewing, Rector of West Rainham, to Thomasina-Elizabeth, d. of A. Leach, esq. of Corston-house.-14. At St. Mary-le-bone, Edm. Wm. Williams, son of H. T. Williams, esq. of Keppel-st. to Isabella Mary, d. of late Rev. Dr. Ryder Weston, Canon of St. Paul's.-Wm. youngs est son of James Compson, esq. of Cleobury Mortimer, to Charlotte, d. of late Wm. Finlay, esq. of Carrickfergus.-15. At Shaldon, Devon, Rev. J. B. Deane, to Caroline, d. of Rev. Dr. Lempriere.-At Putney, Lieut. J. Binney, R. N. son of Hon. H. N. Binney, of Nova Scotia, to Anna, d. of late Rev. Ed. Marshall, of Jamaica.-17. Capt. Hercules Robinson, R. N. to Frances Eliz. only child of Henry W. Wood, esq. of Rosmead, co. Westmeath.-18. Lord Francis Gower, son of Marquis of Stafford, to eldest d. of Lady Charlotte Greville.-Lieut. Wood, R. N. to Anne Rachael Sophia, d. of Daniel Sutton,

esq. of Colchester.-19. Wm. Wallace Currie, esq. son of late Dr. C. to Sarah, d. of late T. France, esq. of Bostock-house.—20. Gerrard Perryn, esq. to Harriet-Barbara, d. of Alex. Hatfield, esq. of Twickenham.John Gunner, esq. of Belluncle, to Margaret, d. of Sam. Gallilee, esq. of Shadwell.Fred. P. Ripley, esq. of Verulam-buildings, to Maria, d. of Josias Nottidge, esq. of Rosehill, Wixoe, Suffolk.-Godfrey Wentworth, esq. son of G. W. Wentworth, esq. of Woolley-park, to Anne, d. of W. Fawkes, esq. of Farnley-hall, Yorkshire.-Lieut. F. Ormond, R. N. to Fanny, d. of J. Hedges, esq. of Wallingford. - At Liverpool, Chas. Pole, esq. to Elizabeth Mary, only dau. of J. H. Pemberton, esq. of Hull.-John E. Lee, esq. to Anne, d. of late J. Pearse, esq. of Sidbury, Devon.-At Wilmington, John Capes, esq. of Walworth, to Miss Jones, of Lambeth.-21. David Pennant, jun. esq. of Downing, to Lady Caroline-Spencer Churchill, only d. of Duke of Marlborough.-Longueville Clarke, esq. M. A. F. R. S. to Maria, only child of J. Hart Myers, M. D.22. At Moreton Say, Rev. Chas. Cooper Cholmondeley, of Brasen-nose College, Rector of Marton, eldest son of Chas. Cholmondeley, esq. of Knutsford, to Mary, d. of late Rev. Reg. Heber, of Malpas, and Hodnet, and sister of Rich. Heber, esq. M. P.Thos. Spitty, jun. esq. of Billericay, Essex, to Mrs. Finch, of the same place.-24. Rev. Hugh Davies Owen, Incumbent of Renmynydd, and second Master of Beaumaris School, to Sarah Eliz. d. of Rich. Owen, esq. of Holyhead -25. At Corsham, Rev. J. A. Methuen, Vic. of Corsham, to Louisa Mary, d. of J. Fuller, esq. of Neston-park, Wilts.-Wm. H. Waterfield, esq. 7th reg, N. I. Bombay, to Maria, d. of J. Dowling, esq. of Boulogne-sur-Mer.-26. Michael, son of Mr. Wakley, of Membury, to Maria, d. of late Rev. N. M. Cheek (founder of St. Stephen's Church, Manchester).—28. J. B. East, esq. only son of Sir Ed. East, lately Chief Justice at Calcutta, to Caroline Eliza, d. of J. H. Leigh, esq. of Stoneleigh Abbey, co. Warwick.-At Offley, Chas. G. Payne, esq. Middle Temple, to Mary Elizabeth, d. of late T. Salusbury, Rector of Gravely, Herts.-29. Wm. H. Patch, esq. of Red Lion-sq. to eldest d. of Sir Rich. Phillips, of New Bridge-st.-Geoffrey Nightingale, esq. Gren. Guards, to Maria, only d. of late T. Knowlys, esq. of Stockwell.-Robt. Robinson, esq. son of late Gen. Robinson, of Denston-hall, Suffolk, and nephew of the Earl of Powis, to Clementia Constantia, d. of Rev. Rich. Bingham, Incumbent of Gosport Chapel, and Prebendary of Chichester.

Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Vic. of Weekley, and Rec. of Oakley Parva, to Miss Bowen of Euston-place.-Rev. Wm. Maxey Allen, Curate of Watlington, to Lucy Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. P. Bell, Rector of Stowe.

OBITUARY.

DUC DE RICHELIEU.

Lately, at Paris, the Duc de Richelieu. This nobleman was the last of that family so famous for finance, for gallantry, and for talents of many descriptions, for nearly two centuries. The Duke was the grandson of the famous companion of Louis XV., of Voltaire, and of all the men of wit and gallantry of his day. The father of the Duke died before he came of age, distinguished for nothing but a love of pleasure; and the son, the last of the race, was totally unlike, in character and conduct, to any who had preceded him. He had neither vice, wit, talents, nor fortune; of the latter of which be was deprived by the revolution; but he had all the virtues that generally render a private character estimable. He was never intended by nature for a Minister, though circumstances pushed him into a situation of honour and importance. Early in the revolution he emigrated to Russia, where the name of Richelieu obtained him favour and protection from the Empress Catharine, though he was then a very young man. He served in the army for some time, and at length was made Governor of Odessa, where he gained the confidence and friendship of the Emperor Alexander, to whom he was greatly attached, both personally and from gratitude. As Russian influence predominated in France after the restoration, Richelieu, who was an emigrant of the first class, was very acceptable to Louis XVIII. The circumstance of Russian influence being exerted in France through the ministry of a noble Frenchman, and a man of a mild, good character, softened the service he had to perform; but the nation at large saw in him the agent of Russia and the Governor of Odessa, rather than the Minister of a French Constitutional King. In the end of 1818 he was dismissed, when the friends of the Charter gained a victory over the Royalists; but, by degrees, he resumed his power and influence, though his talents for intrigue were not such as qualified him to cope with his competitors or his adversaries.

The funeral of the Duke of Richelieu was attended by all the Ministers, the Grand Dignitaries of the Crown, the Counsellors of State, the Foreign Ambassadors, the French Marshals, the GENT. MAG. Suppl. XCII. PART. I.

King's Household, many Deputies and Peers, the Members of the Institute, and all the Parisian Authorities. His Grace was deposited in a vault in the Church of the Assumption, until that of the Sorbonne should have its repairs completed, and should be re-opened to the public.

THE DUKE OF SAXE GOTHA.

The late Duke Augustus of Saxe Gotha, who died on the 17th May (p. 475), at the age of only fifty years, was a distinguished patron of learning. Of his own works nothing has been printed except "The Kyllenion, or I too was in Arcadia, Gotha 1805." But among his manuscripts there must be, nearly finished, two larger works of the novel kind. He dedicated almost every morning to his extensive literary correspondence, and to composition. He generally dictated, and among the persons whom he thus engaged was the chief librarian Counsellor Jacobs. This gentleman possesses, perhaps, the best Mikeness among the numerous portraits of the Duke, which was painted by Graff as a present to him. The travels of the lamented Dr. Seetzen, undertaken under his patronage, the residence of numerous artists in Italy at his expence, and the liberal encouragement which he afforded to others, are striking proofs of his love of the Arts. He leaves a valuable cabinet of works of Art of all kinds; also a collection of stones found in animals. The Chinese cabinet, unequalled in Germany, perhaps in Europe, the collections made by Seetzen, and his valuable private library, are bequeathed by his will to the publick. He was buried on the 20th, in the park of his brother, Duke Frederick, in the island, by the side of his noble father. His deeply afflicted widow, Princess Caroline of Hesse, has given orders to prepare her grave also on the same spot.

SIR SAMUEL Toller, Knight. Nov. 19. On his way to Bangalore, whither he was going for the benefit of his health, Sir Samuel Toller, Knt. Advocate-General of Madras, and brother of Edward Toller, Esq. proctor, of Doctors' Commons. In the year 1812 he was appointed Advocate-General of Madras, in the room of Mr. Anstruther, who was made Recorder of Bombay. He

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published the following works: "On the Law of Executors and Administrators, 8vo. 1800." "Treatise on the Law of Tithes, 8vo. 1808.

The ABBE SICARD.

May 11. At Paris, aged 80, the Abbé Sicard, the philanthropic and celebrated Director of the Institution of the Deaf and Dumb. He was born at Touseret, near Toulouse, on the 20th Sept. 1742, in which latter city he went through his studies with great distinction; and when of sufficient age he became an Ecclesiastick, to the duties of which profession he at first entirely devoted his attention, and became vicar-general of Condour, canon of Bordeaux, and member of the Academy of Sciences in that city; but these he afterwards relinquished, to make himself more useful in another sphere, M. de Cicé, Archbishop of Bordeaux, having formed a design of establishing a school for the deaf and dumb in his diocese, determined to give the direction of it to the Abbé Sicard, and, for this purpose, sent him to Paris to learn the system of the celebrated Abbé de l'Epée.

On bis return to Bordeaux the school was formed, and one of his first pupils was Massieu, then of age, whose astonishing progress afterwards contributed so much to increase the reputation of his master. On the death of the Abbé de l'Epée, in 1789, he was called to succeed him in the direction of the establishment at Paris.

In 1792, the Abbé Sicard was induced to take the oath of liberty and equality, which, however, did not protect him from the rigours which followed the 10th of August. He was arrested on the 26th of that month, in the midst of bis pupils, while engaged in a task that would have excited the respect and admiration of any other persons than those who were implicated in the scenes which at that time disgraced the national character of France; he was conducted to the committee of his section at the arsenal, and afterwards to the mayoralty.

The deaf and dumb pupils petitioned the Assembly for the release of their humane and respected master; upon which the minister of the interior was ordered to make a report of the motives of his arrest, which, however, was never made.

The Abbé was retained prisoner at the mayoralty until the 2nd Sept. when be was sent back to the Abbey with several other prisoners. These removals were known at that time to be but a signal for a massacre of the unhappy

prisoners. In fact, most of those who were removed with the Abbé were murdered on their arrival at the Abbey; be himself would have suffered the same fate, had not Monnat, a watch-maker, covered him with his body; he was detained prisoner at the Abbey, in constant apprehension of a violent death, surrounded by murderous executioners and the victims of their rage, hearing scarce any other sounds than the vindictive cries of the one, and the lamentations of the other, a witness of the most atrocious cruelty.

In consequence of many efforts made in his favour, he was, on the 4th Sept. conducted from the Abbey to the National, Assembly, where he made a speech, which was published in the newspapers. He gave a detailed account of the dangers he encountered on this occasion, in the first volume of his Religious Annals. A letter may also be seen on the subject in the same volume.

After the Abbé was liberated and restored to his pupils, he was as much at ease as could be expected during the reign of terror. In the beginning of 1796, he joined the Abbé Jauffret in compiling the Religious, Political, and Literary Annals, but they published only the first eighteen numbers, and left the compilation of the remainder to the Abbé de Bologne. The Abbé Sicard alone continued to interest himself in this undertaking, and signed the numbers sometimes with his own name, and at others with the anagram Dracis, by which designation he was comprised after the 18th Fructidore, in the banishment of the Gazeteers, and condemned to transportation by the Directory. He did not, however, go to Guienne, having found means to conceal himself in the Faubourg St. Marceau; nor was it till after the 18th Brumaire, that the Abbé Sicard was restored to his duties. On the return of the Abbé, M. Chaptal, the minister of the interior, gave the establishment of the deaf and dumb his protection, and even projected plans for it, well calculated to promote its prosperity. A press was established at the institution, which offered the advantage of teaching the pupils an art which they might afterwards turn to advantage. This press was put in activity in December 1800, by which the deaf and dumb, in a short time, became ac quainted with the art of printing. It was from this press that the Abbé sublished most of his works. The public exercises of the Abbé attracted much attention; he took great pleasure in them, as they contributed to increase the popularity of his system by the suc

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