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hame; Sir J. A. Murray (b. 1779, ap. 1839), Lord Murray; James Ivory (b. 1792, ap. 1840), Lord Ivory; *Alexander Wood (ap. 1842), Lord Wood; Patrick Robertson (b. 1794, ap. 1843), Lord Robertson. Andrew Rutherford, Lord Advocate. Solicitor-General.

The judges marked thus (*) are Lords of the Justiciary, or chief criminal

court.

Court of Justiciary. Lord Justice General, David Boyle; Lord Justice Clerk, John Hope; Commissioners, the remaining Lords of Session marked (*) in the list.

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Ireland.

Court of Chancery. Rt. Hon. Maziere Brady (b. 1796, ap. 1846), Lord Chancellor, £8,000; Rt. Hon. T. B. C. Smith (ap. 1846), Master of the Rolls, £4,500.

Court of Queen's Bench. — Rt. Hon. F. Blackburne (b. 1782, ap. 1845), Lord Chief Justice, £5,076; Hon. Philip C. Crampton, Rt. Hon. Louis Perrin (ap. 1836), Rt. Hon. Richard Moore (ap. 1847), Judges, £3,692 each.

Lord Chief Justice, £4,615;

Court of Common Pleas. Hon. Robert Torrens, Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ball (b. 1791, ap. 1839), and Hon. J. D. Jackson (b. 1783, ap. 1842), Judges, £3,692 each. AttorneyGeneral, Rt. Hon. J. H. Monahan; Solicitor-General, John Hatchell, Esq.

Court of Exchequer. — Rt. Hon. David R. Pigott (ap. 1846), Lord Chief Baron; Hon. Richard Pennefather, Rt. Hon. John Richards (b. 1790, ap. 1837), Rt. Hon. Thomas Lefroy (b. 1776, ap. 1841), Barons.

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1839 A.G Spencer, D.D Jamaica,
1842 Thos. Parry, D D. Barbadoes.
1825 John Inglis, D. D. Nova Scotia,
1832 Dan'l Wilson, D.D. Calcutta,
1836 G.J Mountain, D. D. Montreal,
Francis Fulford, Quebec.
1836 Thos. Carr, D. D. Bombay,
1836 W. G. Broughton, Sydney,
D. D.
Metrop.,
1837 G.T. Spencer, D.D. Madras,
1839 J. Strachan, D. D. Toronto,
1844 Edward Feild, D. D. Newfoundl.
1845 John Medley, D.D. Fredericton,
N. B.
1841 G. A. Selwyn, D. D. New Zealand

Cons.

Bishops.

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ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF ENGLAND.

Born. Cons. Trans.

Archbishops.

Dioceses.

Net Income.*

1780 1828 1848 John Bird Sumner, Primate, Canterbury, 1788 1837 1847 Thomas Musgrave,

Bishops.

£17,000

York,

10,000

1786 1824 1828 Chas. James Blomfield, D. D. London, 1770 1831 1836 Edward Maltby, D. D.

11,700

Durham,

8,000

1790 1826 1827 Chas. Richard Sumner, D. D. 1783 1820 1827 John Kaye, D. D.

Winchester,

10,500

Lincoln,

4,000

1794 1836

1801 1837

1824 1830 Christopher Bethell, D. D.

1784 1827 1827 Hugh Percy, D. D.
1784 1814 1827 George Murray, D. D.
1782 1829 1845 Richard Bagot, D. D.
1783 1830
1777 1830

James Henry Monk, D. D.
Henry Phillpotts, D. D.

Chas. Thomas Longley, D. D. Ripon,
Edward Denison, D. D.

Bangor,

4,000

Carlisle,

3,000

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Peterborough,

4,500

1797 1840

Connop Thirlwall, D. D.

St. David's,

2,500

1783 1840

Henry Pepys, D. D.

1842 1841 Ashurst Turner Gilbert, D. D. Chichester,

Worcester,

5,000

4,200

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The Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester rank next to the Archbishops; the rest according to priority of consecration.

ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF IRELAND.

Norwich,

4,465

Sodor and Man,

2,000

Llandaff,

4,000

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The Bishop of Meath takes precedence of all other Irish bishops, and is a Privy Councillor in right of his see. The rest take precedence according to priority of consecration.

By net income is meant that of the bishopric. Some bishops hold other places of profit in the Church. The Bishop of Llandaff receives £2,965 as Dean of St. Paul's; the Bishop of Carlisle £1,489, as a Prebendary of St Paul's, &c. There are in England and Wales 11,386 benefices, and 7,785 glebe-houses.

†The Bishop of Sodor and Man, since Jan. 1, 1849, sits in the House of Lords as Baron Auckland.

The bishoprics thus marked are to be abolished when they become vacant.

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Oct. 25.-In Exeter, N. H., Benjamin Abbot, LL. D., aged 87, from 1788 to 1838 Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.

For half a century, Dr. Abbot stood at the head of his profession in New England. The government of his school was easy and firm, and resulted from a native authority, an equal and happy temper, perfect dignity of manners, and a ready perception of character, which secured obedience and affection. Many of our eminent men were his pupils, and on his retirement in 1838, they united in a most honorable testimonial to his merits. The last eleven years of his life were passed in dignified seclusion, and were ended with Christian tranquillity.

Nov. 6. In New York, Jacob Acker, formerly sheriff of that city, aged 56. Nov.-In Pittsburg, Pa., Rev. John Black, D. D., aged 82, the oldest_minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and one of the earliest settlers of the city of Pittsburg.

Nov. 28. In Cincinnati, Col. Thomas H. Blake, aged 57. He was a native of Calvert County, Md., and while young removed to Washington. Upon the formation of the State government of Indiana, he settled at Terre Haute. He was for many years a member of the Legislature of Indiana, a judge of her courts, District Attorney, and from 1827 to 1829 was a member of Congress from that State. Under President Tyler, he was Commissioner of the General Land-Office, and at his death he had recently returned from England, where, as the financial agent of his State and one of the trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal, he had made satisfactory arrangements with the public creditors.

July 6. In Lexington, Ky., Sauveur F. Bonfils, aged 54, Professor of Modern Languages and Literature in Transylvania University, Ky., and for many years Professor in the same department in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He was a native of France, but, for political reasons, early came to this country. He was for the last thirty years of his life constantly and successfully devoted to the education of the youth of his adopted country.

Sept. 8. -In Utica, N. Y., Dr. Amariah Brigham, aged 51, a distinguished physician and philanthropist, formerly principal of the Retreat at Hartford, Ct., and since 1842 Superintendent of the State Asylum for the Insane at Utica. Sept. 5. In Granger County, Tenn., Col. Samuel Bunch, aged 63. Col. Bunch commanded a regiment in the Indian war under Gen. Andrew Jackson, and in the charge of the battle of the Horse Shoe was the first or second man

over the breastworks of the enemy. He was a Representative in Congress from Tennessee, from 1833 to 1837.

Sept. 14. In New Orleans, La., Judge E. A. Canon, of the Second Judicial District of Louisiana. He was a native of France, and emigrated to this country in 1815.

Dec. 18.-In Jackson County, Fa., Hon. Samuel W. Carmack, aged 47. Judge Carmack was born in Davidson County, Tenn., on the 9th of January, 1802. He studied law under Judge Overton, and commenced the practice of his profession in Fayetteville in 1824. In 1837 he visited Nashville, where he was stricken down by a disease which so prostrated his system as to render a removal to the milder climate of Florida necessary. In 1838 he removed to Florida, and continued there the practice of law. In 1842, he was appointed Territorial Judge of the Apalachicola District of Florida, which appointment he held until the organization of the State government. In 1846, he was elected Judge of the Southern Judicial District of Florida, which office he declined. Few persons have ever had the good fortune to reach a higher or more enviable place the estimation of their fellow-men. He was a man of simple and natural manners, of the kindest charities and warmest feelings, blended with great firmness of purpose and uncompromising integrity. His capacity was of high order. He possessed great quickness and subtlety of mind, playful fancy, a keen sense of the ludicrous, a quaint, sly humor, and caustic wit. These were kept in strict subordination to his judgment, fearful that their exercise might give pain to the feelings of others. As a lawyer, he was worthy of imitation. In consultation he was candid, never misleading his client into fruitless and expensive litigation for the sake of personal profit. To the bar he was uniformly courteous, to the court respectful, and to the younger members of the profession he was a friend and willing counsellor. As a judge, he was humane, but firm and inflexible, clear of apprehension, of sufficient quickness, though not hasty, perspicuous in his opinions and instructions, to which it may be added, that he had a perfect command of himself, never manifesting impatience, or betraying spleen or ill nature to any who had business in his court.

Oct. 11. In Clinton, N. Y., Professor Catlin, of Hamilton College, for many years at the head of the mathematical department of that institution.

Nov. 1. In Kalamazoo, Mich., Hon. Jeffery Chipman, aged 60. He was a native of Rutland, Vt., but for many years was a resident of Canandaigua, N. Y. He was the magistrate before whom Morgan was arraigned on a charge of larceny and committed to Ontario jail, from which he was taken and carried off. This was the first act in the tragedy that ultimately produced so much agitation and excitement. In all the "Morgan trials," J. Chipman was the first witness

called.

Oct. 28. In Macon, Ga., Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, formerly in the United States Army, and from 1843 to 1845 a Representative in Congress from Georgia; a brave soldier and noble-hearted man.

Dec. 14.-In Georgetown, D. C., Col. John Cox, aged 74. In the war of 1812, he was inspector of the military of the District, and took an active part in the disastrous battle of Bladensburg. He was Mayor of Georgetown for more than twenty years in succession, and was a man of great liberality and benevolence. Sept. 11.-In Milwaukee, Wisc., of cholera, Hon. John D. Cummins, a Representative from Ohio in the 30th Congress.

Oct. 28. In Geneva, N. Y., Maj. David B. Douglass, LL. D., aged 56, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Geneva College. Immediately after his graduation at Yale College in 1813, he received the commission of Lieutenant of Engineers. In 1814, he joined the army on the Niagara frontier, under the command of Gen. Brown, with the corps of sappers and miners, and took part in the gallant action of Lundy's Lane. At the siege of Fort Erie, he superintended, as Lieutenant of Engineers, the repairs of the works under the very guns of the enemy. On the night of the assault, he commanded a battery which was assailed by the 103d British regiment, which was most gallantly repulsed after repeated attempts to storm the works. For this exploit he received the brevet of Captain, and the commendation of his commander, Gen. Gaines, although not yet twenty-one years of age. After the war he took a principal part in the reorganization of the Military Academy at West Point, and its estab

lishment on its present admirable footing, and remained in connection with it till 1830. After his retirement from West Point, he was consulted as a civil engineer from many quarters, and prepared all the plans, elevations, and estimates on which that great public work, the Croton Aqueduct, was constructed. In 1840, he was appointed to the Presidency of Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Yale and from Geneva Colleges. Sept. 30. In Centreville, Md., Dr. Robert Goldsborough, aged 77. For more than forty years he was a practitioner of medicine in Queen Anne's County, and for many years was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of Maryland, which station he filled with great dignity and credit.

Nov. 1.- In New Haven, Ct., Hon. Elizur Goodrich, LL. D., aged 88. Mr. Goodrich was one of the very few survivors among the men who figured in public life under the administrations of Washington and the elder Adams. He belonged to the Washington school of Federalists, and his removal from the office of Collector of Customs at New Haven, immediately on the accession of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency, gave occasion to the famous letter of President Jefferson, in which he avowed his principle of removal for political opinions. Mr. Goodrich, besides having been honored with various offices of trust and responsibility, was for some time Professor of Law in Yale College, and for many years the efficient Mayor of New Haven.

Oct. 21. In Boston, Charles E. Horn, aged 64, a well-known musician and composer of music.

Sept. 17.- In New York, Dr. John A. Houston, aged 33, formerly official re porter for the United States Senate, and at one time the conductor of a medical periodical.

Oct. 23.In Springfield, Hon. John Howard, aged 58, an upright, active, influential, hospitable, and beloved citizen.

Sept. 20. In Windsor, Vt., Hon. Jonathan H. Hubbard, aged 81, one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Vermont. He was a Representative in Congress from 1809 to 1811, and for many years was Judge of the Supreme Court. Sept. 18. In Baltimore, Md., Hon. Christopher Hughes. Mr. Hughes had long been in public life, as Chargé to Sweden, and afterwards as Minister to Holland.

Dec. 3.- In Newport, R. I., Hon. William L. Hunter, aged 75. He was graduated at Brown University, in 1791, went to London, studied medicine under his kinsman, John Hunter, but soon changed to law, and entered at the Inner Temple in London, and on his return to Newport, at the age of 21, was admitted to the bar. In 1799, he was chosen a Representative of Newport in the General Assembly, and was subsequently reelected at different periods from that time to the year 1811, when he was chosen a Senator in Congress, and held his seat till the year 1821. In all the important discussions of that troubled period, Mr. Hunter took part, and his speeches, especially those on the acquisition of Florida and the Missouri Compromise, won him a high reputation as a sagacious statesman and finished orator. In 1834 he was appointed Chargé to Brazil, an office which afterwards (in 1842) was raised to that of a full mission, Mr. Hunter being continued as a Minister Plenipotentiary till the year 1844, when he retired from this post, and from public life generally, and returned to Newport, where he resided until his death. As a lawyer, he was distinguished for the extent and variety of his learning, while his varied accomplishments gave him great power as an advocate. His style as an orator and writer was ornate, elaborate, and scholar-like; but as a speaker, though highly impressive and attractive, it was more oratorical than the practice of the present day would tolerate at the bar. The latter years of his life were devoted to the great subject of religious liberty, and to it he had given years of study and reflection. From the monkish libraries of Brazil, and from every quarter to which he could obtain access, he had accumulated vast stores of learning and research, which he would have published had his life been spared.

Sept. 80.-In Shoreham, Vt., Hon. Silas Jenison, for several years Governor of that State, and one of its most esteemed and valuable citizens.

Dec. 8.- In Norfolk, Va., Miles King, Esq., aged 63. He was an officer in Ott's Norfolk Light Artillery while it was in service on this station during most of the period of the war of 1812; was subsequently elected to the General As

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