Melanges of the Month. Varieties in High Life, &c. His Majesty has granted to Colonel Sir Neil Douglas, Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Companion of the Bath, permission to accept and wear the insignia of a Knight of the Imperial Austrian Order of Maria Theresa, and of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Wladmir, of the fourth class. The King is sitting to Wilkie for his portrait a whole length-which will be exhibited at Sonierset House next season. The King has appointed Sir Wathen Waller, Bart., G.C.H., to be extra groom of his Majesty's bed-chamber. His Majesty is said to have recommended the Duke of Wellington and Sir William Knighton, who were appointed executors to his late Majesty, George the Fourth, to pay (with as little delay as possible) all legacies and engagements connected with the King's privy purse. The Duke of Sussex has appointed the Rev. Thomas Moore, B.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains. It is understood that Sir Philip Sidney, son-in-law of his Majesty, declined a peerage on condition of voting for the Reform Bill. Sir John Sidney, of Penshurst, his father, has an hereditary claim on the Barony of De Lisle. Report speaks of the following as marriages in expectancy :-Lord de Tabley, to the daughter of the Count and Countess de Salis; the presumptive heir to one of the most ancient Dukedoms in the kingdom, to Miss Strachan; the King of the Netherlands, to a Princess of the House of Orleans; Lord Kinnaird, to Miss Mellish; Lord Valletort, to Miss Fielding, niece of the Marchioness of Lansdowne and the Earl of Ilchester; the Polish Count Walewski, to the daughter of the Countess of Sandwich; the two daughters of Lord Hawarden, the Hon. Misses Maude, one to the son of Lord Yarborough, the other to the eldest son of Sir Joseph Copley, Sprotsborough; and the Hon. Miss Graves, to a younger son of the late Sir Benjamin Hobhouse. The new Clubhouse erecting opposite Northumberland House, is to be built precisely on the plan of the Union. The establishment at Marlborough House will be entirely broken up by the beginning of the new year. General Hodgson has presented to the junior United Service Club two fine portraits of their Majesties, George III. and Queen Charlotte. Lord Arbuthnot has been re-elected Lord Rector of King's College, Aberdeen, for the ensuing year. The Marquess of Abercorn, when of age, next January, in addition to his immense estates in Ireland and Scotland, will become entitled to a large sum of ready, money, the accumulation of a long minority. The Marquess will, at that period, enter upon a separate establishment, having hitherto, when in London, resided with his step-father, the Earl of Aberdeen, at Argyle House. The Marquess of Hertford has taken his departure for the Continent, intending to reside in Italy until next spring. Prince Talleyrand has taken possession of his large mansion in Hanover Square. The Lord Chamberlain has appointed the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, in the room of Lord Walsingham, who has resigned; and Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart., Gentleman Usher, Daily Waiter Assistant to the King, vacant by the resignation of Edward Sneyd, Esq. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, on their return from Paris, took possession of their new mansion in Connought Place. Sir Frederick Cavendish and Lady Emily Ponsonby have returned from Maita. Sir Edward and Lady Codrington, with their daughter, have taken up their residence, for the winter, at Hampton Lodge, Brighton. Sir George Nayler. Sir George Nayler, Garter Principal King of Arms, Genealogist and Blanc Coursier, Herald of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, King of Arms of Hanover, and of the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George of the Ionian Islands, died on the 28th of October, 1831, at his residence in Hanover Square, in the 68th year of his age. This lamented individual was born at Stroud, in Gloucestershire. In September, 1792, he was appointed Genealogist of the Bath; in December, 1793, Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms; and in the month of March following, he became York Herald. In November, 1814, his late Majesty (then Prince Regent) was pleased to confer upon him the honour of Knighthood; and at the close of the following year, he was commissioned by His Royal Highness to proceed to Hanover to assist at the Inauguration of the newly instituted Guelphic Order, and the Investiture therewith of the Dukes of Cambridge and Brunswick, Count Munster, and other distinguished personages. On his return from this honourable mission, the Prince Regent was pleased to nominate him a Knight of the same Order, in testimony of his approbation of his services. In 1820, Sir George was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms; and, while in that office, he acted as Deputy Garter at the Coronation of King George the IVth. In 1822, he succeeded, by the decease of Sir Isaac Heard, to the Office of Garter Principal King of Arms, and in that situation was employed on several honourable missions with the Order of the Garter to the Courts of the King of Denmark, the late King of Portugal, Charles the Tenth, King of France, the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, &c. His decease was occasioned by spasms of the heart, and was very sudden, he having | retired to bed apparently in good health and spirits a few hours before the melancholy event. He has left a widow and four daughters to deplore the loss of a beloved husband and parent. Literary and Scientific Intelligence. The Horticultural Society of London, since ladies were admitted Fellows, has been completely renovated, and is now in a most flourishing condition. The garden at Chiswick is in a higher state of cultivation than any similar establishment, either in this kingdom or on the Continent. The Triumphal Arch at Hyde Park, lately completed, has been given up, by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, for the purpose of being converted into a Police Barrack or Station-house. Pickersgill is painting a whole length portrait of Lord Hill, for the gallery of Sir Robert Peel; which, with the portraits of Cuvier, Humboldt, and Lafayette, painted by the same artist in Paris, will be in the next exhibition at Somerset House. His Majesty is said to have presented all the royal animals in the Tower to the Zoological Society: four lions, leopards, bears, bloodhounds, &c., about thirty in number. Mr. William Wyon, die-engraver, has been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. Works in the Press, &c. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry; with Six Etchings. By Brooke. In 1 vol. Letters from France, Savoy, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Holland, and the Netherlands, by George Downes, A.M., 2 vols. post 8vo. A History of the Council of Trent, by the Rev. B. W. Matthias, A.M., Chaplain of Bethesda, 8vo. A Latin Grammar, by the Rev. Thomas Flynn, A.M., Author of "A Greek Grammar," 12mo. Songs of the Sea-Side; being No. 2. of Minstrel Melodies, by Henry Brandreth, jun. Also, a Second Edition of "Songs of Social Hours," No. 1. A Familiar Compendium of the Law of Debtor and Creditor, by John H. Brady. Nicotiana; or the Smoker's and Snuff. Taker's Companion. The Hive; a Collection of the best Modern Poems, chiefly by living Authors, for the use of young persons. For Children, Stories from Natural His tory. Evenings with my Landlady; a volume of Tales and Poems, illustrated by Litho graphical Sketches. This is a posthumous work, from the pen of an accomplished woman, suddenly removed from her family, by death, while it was in the press. Many of the readers of LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE will well remember the signature of "MARY C―."-Vide our notice of new musical publications. The Catechism of Health; a plain and simple Rule for its Preservation; with Observations on the Nature, Treatment, and Cure of Cholera. Mr. Galt is employed on a Life of the late Marquess of Londonderry. A volume of Moral Plays, by a Lady; comprising, Keep your Temper, a Comedy; Fate of Ivan, a Tragedy; Miss Betsey Bull, or the Johnnies in Spain, a Melodrama. By Mr. F. Arundel, a Work in Nos. on the Edifices of Palladio. In Nos., Picturesque Memorials of Salisbury; a Series of Etchings and Vignettes, from Drawings by a young Artist; edited, with descriptive Notices, by the Rev. Peter Hall, M.A., Curate of St. Edmund's, Sarum. Latham House in the Days of John of Gaunt, by the Author of the Bandit Chief, &c., 4 vols. History of the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1714), by Lord Mahon, Author of the Life of Belisarius. A Novel, by J. Mackay Wilson. Newton Forster; or the Merchant Service, by the Author of the King's Own. The Parliamentary Pocket Book for 1832. Norman Abbey; a Tale of Sherwood Forest, by a Lady. The Botanist's Annual, by the Author of the British Naturalist. an Historical The Cabal; a Political Novel. The Young Muscovite; Novel, by Michael Zagosken. By Mr. Pringle, the Emigrants, and other Poems. A new edition of De Foe's History of the Plague. Observations during a Twelve Years' Residence in a Mussulman's Family in India, by Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali. The Unknown Tongue !-or the Rev. E. Irving arraigned before the Law of the Scriptures, and found Guilty. Epsom Races, a Companion to the Epping Hunt, by T. Hood. The Phenomena of Dreams, and other Transient Illusions, by W. C. Dendy. The Modern Sabbath Examined. Fisher's Drawing. Room Scrap-Book, after Drawings by Lawrence, Prout, Stanfield, Copley Fielding, &c.; with Poetical Illustrations by L. E. L. The Perfumer's Oracle, or Art of preparing Perfumes and Cosmetics. Memoir of Great Commanders, by Mr. James. Count Robert of Paris, and Castle Dangerous, by Sir Walter Scott. The Domestic Chemist; comprising Instructions for the Detection of Adulterations and Poisons. BIRTHS.-MARRIAGES.-DEATHS. BIRTHS. OF SONS.-Mrs. Clayton Freeling.-The Lady of the Rev. T. L. Ramsden.-The Lady of Dr. Foote.-The Lady of Lieut. Forrester, R.N.-Mrs. Leith Hay.-The Lady of Major Mahon.- The Hon. Mrs. Stopford. The Lady of J. W. Martin, Esq. -The Lady of J. Labouchere, Esq -The Lady of Alfred Cocker, Esq.-Mrs. W. T. Bird. The Lady of the Rev. T. L. Fanshawe. The Lady of the Hon. G. C. Norton. The Lady of E. W. Blunt, Esq.Lady Louisa Lascelles. OF DAUGHTERS.-The Hon. Lady Noel Hill. The Lady of Capt. J. I. Čamac, R.N.-The Lady of R. W. Dickinson, Esq. Mrs. J. Capper. - The Lady of Lieut.-Col. D'Arcy. The Lady of S. Gir. dlestone, jun., Esq.-The Lady of Capt. Bulkeley. The Lady of R. W. Barchard, Esq.-The Lady of C. Gordon, Esq.-The Lady of S. E. Thornton, Esq. -The Lady of the Hon. P. Stourton.-The Lady of Admiral Parker.-The Countess of Airlie. MARRIAGES. At Rotherfield Grays, Oxfordshire, Capt. Berford, late of the Queen's Royals, to Emma, daughter of the late F. Willock, Esq., of Southampton. At Loughton, Essex, General Grosvenor, to Anna, youngest daughter of the late G. Wilbraham, Esq., of Delamere House, Cheshire. At Exeter, William Miles, Esq., 2d Life Guards, to Dorothea Rose, only surviving child of the late J. R. Drewe, Esq., of the Grange, Devon. At Betchworth, Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, to the Hon. Catherine Montagu, sister of Lord Rokeby. At Cheshire, the Rev. H. S. Markham, of Clifton Rectory, Notts, to Sophia Charlotte, daughter of the late Sir J. L. Kaye, Bart., of Denby Grange, Yorkshire. At All Souls, Mary-le-bone, Adam Askew, of Redheugh, Durham, Esq., to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir R. Kycroft, of Everlands, Kent, Bart. At Galway, J. G. Plunkett, Esq., of Cloone, Roscommon, cousin to the Duke of Argyll and Earl of Coventry, to Jane, daughter of the late F. Kelly, Esq., of Liss Kelly, Galway. At Torquay, Devon, the Hon. C. R. Trefusis, brother of Lord Clinton, to Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr, daughter of the late Marquess of Lothian. At Langton House, Sir J. Pringle, Bart., of Stitchel, to Lady Elizabeth Maitland Campbell, eldest daughter of the Marquess of Breadalbane. At Denston, Suffolk, Capt. Pigott, Royal Horse Guards, eldest son of Sir G. Pigott, Bart., to Georgiana Anne, daughter of W. Brummell, Esq., of Wyvanhoe. At St. George's, Hanover Square, the Rev. F. Baring, son of A. Baring, Esq., of the Grange, Southampton, to Frederica Mary Catherine, third daughter of the late J. Ashton, Esq., of Grange, Cheshire. At Kensington, S. R. Ensor, Esq., of Dorset Street, Portman Square, to Miss Frederica Johanna Sedley, of Notting Hill. At Christ Church, Mary-le-bone, W. Cumming, Esq., Deputy Commissary General, to Caroline, widow of Arthur Burrow, Esq., of Hanley, Staffordshire. At Mary-le-bone Church, Andrew Robertson, Esq., Berners Street, to Ann Phillips, daughter of the late S. Boxill, Esq., of Barbados. At Moulton, Pembroke, C. P. Lang, of Sand Rock, Surry, Esq., to Eliza, daughter of Sir J. Owen, Bart., M.P. DEATHS. At Dover, aged 80, Sir Nathaniel Wrasall. At Eton, by the accidental explosion of a gun, Sir John Anstruther, Bart., aged 18. At Springfield House, Taplow, aged 78, Maria Ann Margaret Skene, eldest daughter of the late Col. Philip Skene, and sister of the late Major A. P. Skene. At Banff, Mrs. R. C. Nisbet. At North Berwick, E. M. Dalrymple, eldest daughter of Sir R. D. H. Elphinstone, of Horn and Logie Elphinstone. General the Hon. Charles Fitzroy, Colonel of the 48th Regiment of Foot. At Wragby, aged 68, the Dowager Lady Foulis. At Hyde Park Barracks, Capt. E. T. Drake, Royal Horse Guards. Charles Street, Berkeley Square, Lieut.Col. W. Ranken, Hon. E. I. C.'s. service, Bengal. At Chelsea, G. F. Tegart, Esq., of the Legacy Duty Office. At Bombay, F. W. Jones, Esq., second son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. Jones, K.C.B. David Gordon, Esq., of Abegeldie, N. B. and Dulwich Hill, Surrey. At Brighton, Mary, widow of Major. General Bourchier. At Brighton, C. Mitford, Esq., Pitt's Hill, Sussex. W. S. Tyte, Esq., Lincoln College, Oxford. Mary, the wife of Capt. J. F. Maples, R. N., C. B., Kilburn Priory, Edgeware Road. Dr. Savage, Bernard Street, Russell Square. In Bloomsbury Square, Ashby Smith, M.D. In Upper George Street, Portman Square, Mrs. Rutherford, relict of Capt. W. G. Rutherford, R.N., C.B. At Abingdon Hall, Cambridge, LieutCol. G. E. G. F. Pigott, of Abington Pigotts, late M.P. for Hampshire. INDEX TO VOL. XIV. Illustrative Memoirs: :- The Most Noble, Peculiar Effects of Gallant and Noble Authors; trospect of Public Affairs for 1831, 28;- Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia. Sir J. Keightley's Mythology of Ancient Greece and Klattowsky's German Grammar, and Manual Godwin's Thoughts on Man, &c., 31 Murray's Family Library. Lives of Scottish Tieck's Old Man of the Mountain, &c., 33 Waverley Novels. The Pirate, 34 ;—The For- Tales of Welshland and Welsherie, 34 The Sailor's Bride, 35 Aikin's Select Poets, from Jonson to Beattie, 35 Enthusiasm, and other Poems; by Susanna Deakin's Portraits of the Dead, 36 |