THE EARL OF SEAFIELD. Oct. 24. At Cullen House, co. Banff, after an illness of some weeks, in his 74th year, the Right Hon. Lewis- AlexanderGrant Ogilvy, Earl of Seafield, Viscount of Reidhaven, and Lord Ogilvy of Deskford and Cullen, in the peerage of Scotland, and a baronet of Nova Scotia.

He was born the 22d March, 1767, the eldest son of Sir James Grant, of Grant, Bart. by Jean, only daughter of Mr. Alexander and Lady Anne Duff. He succeeded to the title of Baronet on the death of his father, Feb. 18, 1811; and on the 5th Oct. following, on the death of his grandmother's nephew, James Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater, and fourth Earl of Seafield, he inherited, in terms of the entail, the lands and baronies, and titles conferred by several patents of King William III. to the family of Ogilvy, the heirs male of the first Earl having then failed.

Having died unmarried, he is succeeded in his titles and estates by his brother, the Hon. Col. Francis-William Grant (now Earl of Seafield), born 6th March, 1778, and married the 20th May, 1811, Miss Mary. Anne Dunn, only daughter of John Charles Dunn, esq. by whom he has a family of six sons and one daughter; his eldest surviving son, Mr. John Charles Grant, is now Viscount Reidhaven. The present Earl represented Elginshire and Nairnshire in eight parliaments, and only retired last session, when he was succeeded by Mr. Cumming Bruce. His Lordship is Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, and Colonel of the Inverness-shire Militia.

LORD HENRY J. CHURCHILL. June 2. At Macao, in China, of dysentery, in his 43d year, Lord Henry John Churchill, Post Captain R. N. commanding H. M. ship Druid; only surviving brother to the Duke of Marlborough.

His Lordship was born on the 22nd Sept. 1797, the fourth and youngest son of George fifth and late Duke of Marlborough, by Lady Susan Stewart, second daughter of John seventh Earl of Galloway.

He served as midshipman on board the Glasgow frigate, Capt. the Hon. Henry Duncan, C. B. in 1815. He was made a Lieut. into the Amphion 38, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore William Bowles on the South American station, July 14th, 1818; appointed to the Mar

tin sloop, Capt. Christopher C. Askew, May 22d, 1821; promoted to the command of the Hind 20, on the Mediterranean station, April 25, 1823; advanced to the rank of Captain Aug. 4, 1826; and appointed to the Tweed 28, fitting out for the Cape of Good Hope station, May 18th, 1827.

In Oct. following Lord Henry touched at St. Jago; and many days had not elapsed after his departure from that island before five of his midshipmen, their schoolmaster, and a servant, fell victims to brain fever, supposed to have been produced by sleeping on shore; among these unfortunate young gentlemen was a son of Capt. Geo. Aldham, R. N. The Tweed returned home, Jan. 21st, 1831, and was paid off at Portsmouth on the 9th of the ensuing month. His Lordship was last autumn appointed to the command of the Druid, the operations of which have produced a great sensation on the coast of China. Her crew is one of the finest in the navy, consisting entirely of picked men. Their captain has indulged in the fancy of making them wear long beards, depending in some cases to their waists.

His Lordship held an appointment in the household of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex until his sailing for India. He was Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons in the Oxfordshire district, and has died a bachelor. The late Duke of Marlborough had six children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom are dead except the present Duke. The late Duke died on the 5th of March last, and Lord Chas. Churchill on the 29th of the following month.

ADMIRAL LORD MARK R. KERR. Sept. 9. At his residence in Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, in his 64th year, Lord Mark Robert Kerr, a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, uncle to the Marquess of Lothian, and father of the Earl of Antrim.

He was born on the 12th Nov. 1776, the third son of William-Jchn fifth Marquess of Lothian, K. T. a General in the army, and Colonel of the 11th dragoons, by Elizabeth, daughter of Chichester Fortescue, esq. M.P. for the county of Louth, whose lady was the daughter of Richard first Lord Mornington, grandfather of his Grace the Duke of Wellington.

Lord Mark entered the naval service at an early age, and in 1792 was a Mid

shipman of the Lion, 64, in which ship Lord Macartney proceeded on his embassy to China, and returned from thence to England, Sept. 6, 1794, after an absence of two years. The Lion was at

that time commanded by the late Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower, knt. Lord Mark served as a Lieutenant on board the Sans Pareil, of 80 guns, and was present in the action off l'Orient, June 23, 1795, when three French line-ofbattle ships fell into the hands of the British. He afterwards commanded the Fortune sloop of war, mounting 12 guns, on the Mediterranean station, under the orders of Sir John Jervis, by whom he was promoted, Feb. 18, 1797, to be Captain of the San Ysidro, 74, one of the prizes taken four days before in the memorable battle off Cape St. Vincent. His Lordship's subsequent appointments were March 7, 1797, the day on which he was confirmed in his post rank, to the Danäe; Oct. 17th following, to the Cormorant, of 20 guns; and on the renewal of hostilities in 1803, to the Fisgard Frigate. The Cormorant formed part of the squadron under Commodore Duckworth, at the reduction of Minorca, in Nov. 1798; and on the 19th of March in the following year, captured the Spanish brig of war, El Vincelo, of 26 guns and 144 men. In the Fisgard, Lord Mark cruised with considerable activity and success on the coasts of Spain and Portugal. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, July 19, 1821; and to that of Vice-Admiral in 1837.

He married, July 18, 1799, Lady Charlotte Kerr, who in 1834 succeeded her sister as Countess of Antrim; and died on the 26th Oct. 1835, having had issue the numerous family of fifteen children, of whom six daughters and three sons survive. Their names are as follow: 1. Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr, who is unmarried; 2. Sidney-Augusta, died an infant; 3. William, died in 1819; 4. Mark, died an infant; 5. Lady Georgiana-AnneEmily, married in 1825 to the Hon. and Rev. Frederic Bertie, youngest brother of the Earl of Abingdon, and has a nume. rous family; 6. Lady Caroline-Mary, married in 1826 to the Rev. HoraceRobert Pechell, Chancellor of Brecon ; 7. Schomberg, who died an infant; 8. Charles-Fortescue Viscount Dunlace, who died in 1834, aged 24; 9. Lady Charlotte-Elizabeth, married in 1835 to George Osborn, esq. eldest son of Sir John Osborn, Bart.; 10. the Right Hon. Hugh-Seymour now Earl of Antrim, who married in 1836 Laura- Cecilia, fifth daughter of the Hon. Thomas Parker, and niece to the Earl of Maccles

field, and has a daughter; 11. the Hon. Mark Kerr, Lieut. R.N.; 12. Fanny, who died an infant; 13. Lady FredericaAugusta; 14. Lady Emily-Frances, married in 1839 to Henry Richardson, esq.; and 15. the Hon. Arthur-Schom. berg Kerr, born in 1820.

ADM. SIR SIDNEY SMITH, G.C.B.

May 26. At his residence, No. 9, Rue d'Aguesseau, Paris, aged 76, Sir William Sidney Smith, G.C.B. Admiral of the Red, and Lieutenant-General of the Royal Marines; K.S. and K. F. M.

This chivalric and far celebrated character of the last age was the third and youngest son of Capt. John Spencer Smith, of Midgham, Sussex, who served during the seven years' war, and at the battle of Minden was aide-de camp to Lord George Sackville, and was afterwards Gentleman Usher to Queen Charlotte.

His mother was Mary, daughter of Pinkney Wilkinson, esq. an opulent merchant, but who, being displeased with Mrs. Smith's marriage, left the bulk of his fortune to his other daughter, Lady Camelford. Sir Sidney was born in Park-lane, Westminster, and educated partly under Dr. Knox at Tunbridge school, and partly by the Rev. N. Morgan at Bath. He soon manifested a great taste for the sea-service, and was sent, before he was twelve years of age, as a midshipman on board the Sandwich, under Lord Rodney. At the age of sixteen he was made a Lieutenant, into the Alcide 74; and at nineteen a Post-Captain. As at the latter period the American war was just brought to a close, he had no opportunity of acting in the navy of his own country; but war breaking out unexpectedly between Russia and Sweden, Capt. Smith applied for leave to serve in the navy of the latter power. He was present at the engagement between the Duke of Sudermania and the Prince of Nassau, and was, for his conduct and bravery in that action, honoured with the order of the Sword, and of which his own sovereign approved his acceptance. From that time he was called Sir Sidney Smith. A peace between Sweden and Russia again threw him out of active life, and he travelled into the South of Europe. Hearing that Lord Hood had got possession of Toulon, he hastened thither, and offered his services. Soon after his arrival it was determined to evacuate the city; and the destruction of the ships-of-war, which could not be carried off, was entrusted to Sir Sidney. He succeeded in firing ten ships of the line, the arsenal, and mast-house; but much of these were saved by the exertions of the French.

On his return he was appointed to the command of the Diamond, a fine frigate, and had a small flotilla under his com. mand, with which he did very considerable mischief to the enemy. In a gallant attempt to cut out a ship at Havre-deGrace, he was taken prisoner to Toulon, and, on pretence of his having violated the law of nations, in landing assassins in France, he was detained a prisoner. After two years' confinement, he escaped, by means of a French officer, named Phillippeaux, who accompanied him to England, and then to the East. In 1798 he sailed in the Tigre, of 80 guns, for the Mediterranean; he arrived at Constantinople, and then sailed with a small squadron to Egypt. Buonaparte having marched to Syria, Sir Sidney repaired to Acre, and by his astonishing exertions he preserved the place, though not without an enormous loss of life. Buonaparte having quitted Egypt,. Sir Sidney negociated with General Kleber for the evacuation of the country, and by a treaty, signed at Al Arisch, that desirable event was agreed to; but Sir Sidney's superiors would not ratify the treaty, and it cost our army thousands of men to drive the enemy out. In this Sir Sidney assisted. In the battle which proved fatal to Abercromby, he received a wound; and soon afterwards, on account of the jealousy manifested towards him by the Turks, he returned to England. At the latter end of the year, he received a valuable sword, with the freedom of the city, from the corporation of London; and at the general election, in 1802, he was returned to Parliament as one of the representatives of the city of Rochester. During the short time he sat in parliament, he spoke on various occasions.

As soon as the French war broke out, he offered his services, and was appointed to the Antelope, of fifty guns, with the command of a flying-squadron; and, in 1804, was made a Colonel of Marines. His squadron was engaged in protecting the British Channel coast, and intercepting the French flotillas in their passage from one port to another; and in the performance of this duty he displayed his accustomed activity. The nature of this service led him to meditate on the construction of ships capable of acting in shallow water, and the result was his invention of a vessel which was said to be admirably calculated for that purpose. In 1805 he was raised to the rank of RearAdmiral of the Blue, and in the following year he hoisted his flag on board the Pompey, of 80 guns, in which he proceeded to the Mediterranean. When Sir Sidney reached that station, Lord Col

lingwood gave him the command of a small squadron intended to harass the French in the kingdom of Naples, which they had recently conquered. With this force he compelled the island of Capri to surrender, and severely annoyed the enemy. In 1807, when it was supposed that the Prince Regent of Portugal would be compelled to act hostilely against Great Britain, Sir Sidney was employed to blockade the Tagus; but, on the prince resolving to remove, with the court, to the Brazils, the British Admiral dispatched four sail of the line to accompany the Portuguese fleet. Sir Sidney Smith was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on the 31st July, 1810; but did not hoist his flag until the summer of 1812, when he was appointed second in command in the Mediterranean; proceeded to his station in the Tremendous 74, and on arriving off Toulon, shifted his flag to the Hibernia, a first-rate, where it remained until the close of the war. This service had little in it that was agreeable to so ardent and zealous an officer. 1814 he endeavoured to procure, from the Congress of Vienna, the abolition of the slave trade, and a conjoint attack of the sovereigns upon the piratical states of Barbary. His laudable exertions, however, were fruitless. He then formed at Paris an association called the Anti- Piratic, but it does not seem to have led to any beneficial result. When the Prince Regent increased the number of the order of the Bath, Sir Sidney was appointed one of the Knights Commanders, and he had the honour of being invested with the insignia of the order, by the hands of the Duke of Wellington, at the Palace Elysée Bourbon, on the 29th Dec. 1815. He also received for his services a pension of 1,000l. a year. He attained the rank of Admiral in 1821, and was appointed Lieut.-General of Marines on the 28th June, 1830, succeeding therein his late Majesty, William the Fourth. He married, on the 11th Oct. 1809, the widow of Sir George Rumbold, formerly British consul at Hamburgh.

An interesting work, entitled, "Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, K.C.B. &c." by E. Howard, esq. the author of "Rattlin the Reefer," was published in 1839 in two volumes octavo. It contains two portraits of him, one from a picture by J. Opie, R. A. and the other from a picture by Sir R. Ker Porter (both engraved by W. Greatbatch). We extract from the same source the following judicious remarks upon his character:

"In his person, though he has not revived the age of chivalry, he has shown what is the real splendour of the chivalric

soldiers, &c. who had been taken prisoners during the late campaigns in that quarter, to Malta. About the same period he conveyed the late King of Sardinia from Cagliari to Naples.

The Narcissus happening to be at Genoa, when intelligence arrived of the British Minister having left Paris, Capt. Donnelly, eagerly seizing the opportunity that presented itself of evincing his zeal for the public service, issued orders for the vessels belonging to English merchants immediately to depart, and in several instances he compelled their commanders to get under weigh, and quit the harbour, contrary to their inclinations, thereby saving a large sum to the underwriters. He then proceeded to Leghorn, adopting similar measures; and, by his prompt and spirited conduct, prevented property to an immense amount from falling into the hands of the enemy.

On the 8th July, 1803, Capt. Donnelly, being off Sardinia, fell in with, and, after a pursuit of twenty-two honrs, captured l'Alcion, a French corvette, of 16 guns and 96 men, returning from Alexandria. He was subsequently entrusted by Lord Nelson with the command of a squadron of frigates employed in watching the port of Toulon: and so high an opinion did that immortal hero entertain of his abilities, both as an officer and a seaman, that he placed his own relative, the present Capt. W. B. Suckling, and several other young gentlemen in whose welfare he felt an interest, under his immediate care. Among the gentlemen on the quarter-deck of the Narcissus at that period, were the sons of Lord Duncan, Sir Hyde Parker, Adm. Holloway, and Str Thos. Troubridge. In writing to the latter distinguished officer, March "Your son 17, 1804, Lord Nelson says, cannot be anywhere so well placed as with Donnelly."

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In July 1804, Capt. Donnelly sent the boats of his squadron to destroy about a dozen of the enemy's settees lying at la Vandour, in Hiéres bay, which service was gallantly executed under a tremen. dous fire of guns and musketry. afterwards accompanied the expedition sent against the Cape of Good Hope, under the orders of Sir Home Popham and Sir David Baird. During the passage, the Narcissus was detached to procure intelligence; and, proceeding on that service, captured a French privateer of 12 guns and 70 men; retook a large English Guineaman, mounting 22 guns, and drove on shore a ship of 32 twentyfour pounders and 250 men, having on board the ordnance of a French frigate, which had recently been wrecked in Table Bay. After the subjugation of

the Cape, Capt. Donnelly proceeded with Sir Home Popham and Major-Gen. Beresford, to the Rio de la Plata, from whence he returned to England with those officers' despatches relative to the capture of Buenos Ayres, and bearing specie to the amount of 1,086,208 dollars, found in the treasury of that place.

Immediately on his arrival in England, Capt. Donnelly was appointed to the Ardent, of 64 guns, and ordered to escort a reinforcement of troops commanded by Sir Sam. Achmuty, to la Plata. During the investment of Monte Video, which was carried by storm on the 3rd of Feb. 1807, Capt. Donnelly commanded the brigade of seamen and marines landed from the squadron to co-operate with the army; and shortly after, he had the honour of receiving the thanks of both Houses of Parliament.

In 1808 Capt. Donnelly was appointed to the Invincible of 74 guns; and to. wards the close of the same year, we find him serving off Cadiz under Rear-Adm. Purvis, by whom he was deputed, with 200 men, to fit out the Spanish fleet at the Caraccas; which service, notwithstanding the sad disorder in which he found the ships, and the reluctance with which the Spaniards consented to such a measure, he performed, by means of very extraordinary exertions, in the short space of eight days, and thus saved them from falling into the hands of the French. From the Cadiz station he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and joined Lord Collingwood off Toulon, at the commencement of 1810, but was soon after compelled, in consequence of a cataract, to resign the command of the Invincible, a circumstance rendered the more mortifying, as he had with infinite pains suc.. ceeded in establishing a perfect system of discipline among his young ship's company. The disease of his eyes continued for about two years, and prevented him from going afloat during that period. Immediately on his recovery, he applied for employment, and had the gratification of receiving an appointment, by return of post, to the Devonshire, a new 74; which ship he fitted out with her marines, but never went to sea in, peace taking place before she could be manned. He was advanced to the rank of Rear Admiral, June 4, 1814; to that of Vice- Admiral, 1825; and to that of Admiral, in 1838.

Capt. Donnelly lost a son, who, at the time of his demise, commanded the Najib regiment of native cavalry in the East Indies. His eldest daughter was married to George-John, the late Lord Audley, 18 April, 1816, and is mother of the present Lord.