preached the funeral sermon of O'Connell in 1847. His liberal opinions gave him great influence with the multitude, which was further increased by his sermon in honour of those who fell during the siege of Vienna. In 1848 he was named by the popular Government of Sicily Minister Plenipotentiary and Commissioner Extraordinary to the Pontifical Court, and he accepted the mission with the full assent of the Holy Father.

The notion of a confederation of the Italian States, with the Pope for President, was borrowed by the Emperor Napoleon III. from Father Ventura; but it encountered great opposition from Charles Albert, who had far different views. Ventura remained at Rome after the flight of the Pope. He was offered the Presidency of the Constituent Assembly, but declined the perilous distinction. He never believed in the durability of the Roman Republic, but he was strongly opposed to the attack on Rome by General Oudinot. He left the city on the 4th of May, and retired to Civita Vecchia under the protection of the French. Despairing of enlightening the public mind on the real state of Italy, and unable to render any further service to the Pope or to the nation, he quitted Italy for France, and took up his residence at Montpelier. Here he learnt with pain that his sermon "On the Victims of Vienna" was condemned by the Congregation of the Index; but he submitted, nevertheless, and formally retracted the opinions he had advanced in that discourse. During his stay at Montpellier he published "Letters to a Protestant Minister," with the view of refuting the arguments of a clergyman of Geneva who contended that St. Peter had never been in Rome. He remained two years at Montpelier, and practised preaching in the French language, and then came to Paris. Here, where his name was already known, he acquired celebrity by his conferences with the sarants of the Observatory and the Institute, but, above all, by his sermons and his publications. For years he drew crowds to the churches of the Madeleine and St. Louis d'Antin. The original character of his style, the copiousness and energy of his language, and his bursts of lofty eloquence, not to speak of his vast store of theological science, made even his most fastidious hearers forget his peculiar pronunciation of the French tongue. He also preached the Lent sermons in the Imperial Chapel of

the Tuileries. He resided some time at Versailles, and then felt his health rapidly de clining. When all hope was over, he earnestly besought the Bishop of Versailles to demand for him the benediction of the Pope. The Holy Father at once acceded, and the Pontifical blessing reached him only two or three days before he drew his last breath.

Feb. 1. At the seat of the Marquess of Ailesbury, Tottenham Park, aged 44, Granville E. Harcourt Vernon, esq., late M. P. for Newark.

This gentleman was the eldest son of Mr. Granville Harcourt-Vernon, son of the late Archbishop of York, and Chancellor of the Province of York, and was born on the 23rd of November, 1816. He was educated at Westminster School, from which he was elected a student of Christ Church, Oxford, at which University he took a second-class in classics in 1839, and graduated M. A. in 1840. For some years he was private secretary to the Earl of St. German's, then Chief Secretary for Ireland, and officiated in the same capacity to the Earl of Lincoln, now the Duke of Newcastle, when Chief Commissioner of Woods, and Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Vernon-Harcourt married, in 1846, Frances, Dowager Countess of Waldegrave.

March 22. At Hilton Park, Staffordshire, aged 81, General Vernon, C. B.

The gallant deceased entered the army in 1798, and served in the campaign of 1808 and 1809 in the Peninsula as deputy assistant-adjutant general, and subsequently in the same capacity with the Duke of Wellington's army until June, 1811. He was present at the battle of Taln vera, and served with the second battalion of the 66th at the surprise of a French division at Arroyo do Molinos, and other operations, until the capture of Badajoz. He was also with the Queen's at the reduction of the forts and the battle of Salamanca, where he was slightly wounded early in the day, and at the close of the action again severely. Following the army again, after the expiration of three weeks, he resumed the command of his regiment, in which he served in the various operations preceding, during, and subsequent to the siege of Burgos. For Salamanca he received the gold medal, and for the battle of Talavera the silver war medal with one clasp.

Jan. 12. At Moseley Parsonage, aged 68, the Rev. William Villiers, Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, and Hono rary Canon of Worcester Cathedral.

Indies and back, and was present at the decisive victory of Trafalgar. Mr. West, who was then master's mate, had charge of the signal department, and was severely wounded. In 1807 he had the bad luck to be taken prisoner by a Spanish corvette, while in charge of a prize, and remained a prisoner until the Spanish nation rose against their French oppressors. He was then sent home with despatches to the British Government, and was employed in communications with the patriots along the coast. In 1808 he received his commission as lieutenant, and served in the Lavinia in the Walcheren expedition. He was first-lieutenant of the Jaseur, on the coast of North America, and was engaged in many spirited actions with the Americans, and received the thanks of his admiral. After the peace, Mr. West was unemployed, except for a few months. His retirement he devoted to horticultural pursuits, in which he excelled, and to the performance of the duties of a country gentleman. For many years he was an active magistrate of Newcastle, in which district he was very highly esteemed. Capt. West was twice married, and has left one son and one daughter.

May 28. In Camden-street North, Camden-town, aged 71, Ann, widow of William Westall, esq., A.R.A.

Oct. 27. Aged 68, the Rev. John Master Whalley, of Clerkhill, Lancashire, and Rector of Slaidburn, Yorkshire, third son of the late Sir James WhalleySmythe-Gardiner, bart.

Dec. 6. At his residence, in Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, aged 69, John Wheelton, esq., one of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex in 1840. Mr. Wheelton and Mr. Evans were Sheriffs of London and Middlesex during the memorable collision between the House of Commons and the Common Law Courts, arising out of the case of Stockdale v. Hansard. Having levied an execution, under a writ from the Queen's Bench, on the goods of the Serjeant-at-Arms, these gentlemen were ordered to the bar of the House of Commons for breach of privilege, and committed to the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, by whom they were confined (though not very strictly) in one of the strong rooms of the old Palace of Westminster. It was, however, admitted, on further consideration, that the Queen's Bench was right, and the Sheriffs were discharged.

Aug. 9. At the house of Major Pearce, Portishead, aged 71, Lady Whish, relict

of Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. S. Whish, K. C.B., of the Bengal Artillery.

June 3. At Grasmere, Mary Euphemia, wife of Sir Thomas Woollaston White, bart., of Walling wells, Notts.

Sept. 17. Suddenly, Sir Wm. White, of Carah-lodge, Killarney, and Gloucester-place, Portman-square, London.

June 21. At Simonosaki, Japan, aged 27, while in command of H.M.'s gunvessel Leven, one of the squadron employed in surveying the Japanese coast, James Hawkins Whitshed, Lieut. R.N., eldest son of Sir St. Vincent and the Hon. Lady Whitshed.

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Jan. 12. At Rode Hall, aged 88, Randle Wilbraham, esq., the younger of Richard Wilbraham, esq., of Rode Hall, M. P. for Chester, to whose office of high steward of Congleton he succeeded in 1798. Mr. Wilbraham was the representative of a younger branch of one of the ancient families of Cheshire -"that seed plot of gentry"-being the 15th in direct male descent from Sir Richard de Wilburgham, high-sheriff for Cheshire in the 43rd Henry III., who, by his two marriages with heiresses of the Houses of Vernon, of Shipbrook, and Venables of Kinderton, acquired large estates in the county, a portion of which is still in the possession of the elder branch of the family.

During his long life Mr. Wilbraham was widely known for his liberality as a landlord, his unbounded charity, and for the stores of sound learning and the knowledge with which his cultivated mind was amply filled, which secured to him, during the protracted period be dwelt among his own people," the everincreasing respect with which he was re garded by thein.

Sept. 21. Aged 69, Mrs. Elizabeth Wildman, eldest daughter of the late James Wildman, esq., of Chilham Castle.

Sept. 28. At St. Germain-en-Laye, Lady Harriet Catherine, relict of Sir John Williams, knt., one of the justices of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench.

Oct. 10. At Clovelly Court, Bideford, Devon, aged 70, Sir James Hamlyn Williams, bart.

April 24. At Whitburn Hall, near Sunderland, aged 63, Sir Hedworth Williamson, bart., a magistrate and deputylieut. of Durham, and M.P. for Sunderland in the Parliament of 1835-7. Sir Hedworth married, in 1826, the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Liddell, daughter of Lord Ravensworth, and has left issue.

July 22. After a few days' illness, aged 38, James Neynoe Vivian Willyams, esq., a magistrate for the county of Cornwall.

Oct. 22. At Brighton, aged 31, Robert Edward Eardley, eldest son of Sir Henry S. Wilmot, bart., of Chaddesden, Derbyshire.

May 16. At Monkstown, aged 50, the Lady Janet, daughter of the 31st Earl of Mar, and wife of Edward Wilmot Chetwode, esq., of Woodbrook, Portarlington. July 13. At his house in St. John's Wood, aged 72, Fletcher Wilson, esq., Danish Consul-General, and Knight of the Royal Danish Order of the Dannebrog.

April 25. At Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, (the seat of her brother, Charles Winn, esq.), aged 61, Miss Louisa Winn.

Sept. 4. At the Vicarage, St. Bartholomew-the-Less, London, aged 90, the Rev. Samuel Wix, M. A., F.R.S., F.S. A., of Christ College, Cambridge, Hospitaller of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Vicar of St. Bartholomew - the Less, and Rector of Inworth, Essex.

This clergyman was a man of indefatigable industry, and besides the conscientious discharge of his important clerical duties, he found time to make some very valuable additions to our theological literature. In 1808 he published a work on the Thirty-nine Articles, entitled "Scriptural Illustrations of the XXXIX Articles of the Church of England, with a Practical Comment on each Article, affectionately intended to Promote Religious Peace and Unity." Mr. Wix was among the last of the old High Church School of Divines, a genuine follower of Robert Nelson and the founders of the Christian Knowledge Society. He cared more for devotional than polemical subjects; yet his intense desire for religious peace and unity led him into the thorny paths of controversy. In 1819 he wrote a work which commanded a great degree of public attention, styled, "Reflections concerning the Expediency of a Council of the Church of England and the Church of Rome being holden with a view to accommodate Religious Differences."

It produced an angry reply from Bishop Burgess; to which Mr. Wix wrote a most temperate answer. This work, however, attracted the attention of Jerome, Count de Salis, who had an intense sympathy for its object. He had it trauslated at his own expense into most of the modern languages of Europe, and maintained during his life a most affectionate intimacy with its author.

Mr. Wix's leading idea was, that both Churches contained many men of earnest piety and profound devotion; that if these men could only be brought together in the spirit of Christian brotherhood, the Spirit of Truth, in answer to their humble prayers, would unite the dissevered Churches in one grand body, free from error and the distortion of truth. That he had no sympathy for the temporal supremacy of the Papacy was proved by his Essay, in 1822, on "Plain Reasons why Political Power should not be granted to Papists,' which passed through two editions.

The Rev. Mr. Wix was a man of singular humility and simplicity of character. Cheerful, and conversant with all the most interesting subjects of the day, possessor to the last of a vigorous intellect, a memory stored with interesting and valuable knowledge, and sound common sense. Though he outlived all the friends of his youth, he has left those of a second and third generation to revere his memory, while they deplore his loss. The Governors of St. Bartholomew's, to mark their sense of his valuable services to their noble Institution, passed, at a general court held for the purpose, a resolution of the deepest respect to his memory, and ordered a commemorative marble tablet to be erected in the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less.

June 10. At Norwich, aged 75, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Rev. Philip Wodehouse, Rector of Hingham, and Prebendary of Norwich Cathedral.

Nov. 26. At her residence, Lowndessquare, Margaret, widow of Richard Wogan, Lord Talbot de Malahide and Furnival, of Malahide Castle, county Dublin.

Oct. 29. At Dunse, Alexander Wood, esq., Advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Berwickshire.

Jan. 12. At Paris, aged 80, Colonel William Woodgate, C.B., formerly of the 60th Foot. In early life he saw much service in Canada, in the West Indies, and in the Peninsula.

June 3. At Malvern, of neuralgia, which suddenly attacked the heart, aged 30, Arthington, second son of Sir W. Worsley, bart., of Hovingham, Yorkshire.

Oct. 26. At Bebek, Turkey, aged 38, H. T. Wroth, esq., Legal Vice-Consul Chancelier of the Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople.

Feb. 24. At Clifton, aged 61, Lieut.