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that he and his issue may assume and from henceforth use the surname of Walker only, and also bear the arms of Walker, pursuant to a direction and condition contained in the last will and testament of the said Thomas Walker; such arms being first duly exemplified, &c.

December 14.-Whitehall, December 12.-The King has been pleased to order a Congé d'élire to pass the Great Seal empowering the Archdeacon and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Landaff to elect a Bishop of that See, void by the translation of the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Charles Richard Sumner, late Bishop thereof, to the See of Winchester; and his Majesty has also been pleased to recommend the Reverend Edward Copleston, Doctor in Divinity, to be elected by them, Bishop of the said See of Landaff.

The King was also pleased to recommend the said Doctor Copleston to be chosen into the place of Dean and Canon Residentiary of the Church of St. Paul, London, the same being void by the translation of Doctor Sumner, late Bishop of Landaff, Dean of St. Paul, to the See of Winchester.

December 18. St. James's, December 13.-The King having been pleased to nominate and appoint the Right Honourable Frederick James Lamb, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, his Majesty was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him, and to invest him with the ensigns of a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Honourable Order.

December 21.- Whitehall, December 19.-The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the following Gentlemen respectively, and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz. Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, of Horn, and Logie Elphinstone, in the county of Aberdeen, Esq.

Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, of Truro, in the county of Cornwall, Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, and Major-General of his Majesty's forces. Charles William Taylor, of Hollycombe, in the county of Sussex, Esq.

Uvedale Price, of Foxley, in the county of Hereford, Esq.

Richard Bulkeley Philipps Philipps, of Picton Castle, and of Kilgetty Park, in the county of Pembroke, Esq.

The Honourable Edward Marmaduke Vavasour, of Haslewood, in the county of York. Robert Tristram Ricketts, of the Elms, in the county of Gloucester, Esq. Captain în

the Navy.

Francis Hastings Doyle, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.

John Hutton Cooper, of Walcot, in the county of Somerset, Esq.

Henry Wakeman, of Perdeswell, in the county of Worcester, and of Hinton Hall, in the county of Salop, Esq.

George Philips, of Weston, in the county of Warwick, and of Sedgley, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq.

Henry Chamberlain, Esq. his Majesty's Consul-General in the Empire of Brazil. John Forbes Drummond, of Hawthornden, in the county of Mid Lothian, Esq. Captain in the Navy, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; and in default of such issue, to Francis Walker Drummond, of Hawthornden, aforesaid, Esq. and his heirs male by Margaret Anne Walker Drummond, his wife, (daughter of the said John Forbes Drummond)1.

January 4, 1828.-Whitehall, January 3.- The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, nominating, presenting, and appointing the Reverend William Ward, Doctor of Divinity, to the Bishoprick of the Isle of Man and Sodor, void by the translation of Doctor George Murray, late Bishop thereof, to the See of Rochester.

January 8.-Whitehall, January 4.-The King has been pleased to give and grant

This is taken from the Gazette of December 25, where it was substituted for the notice of Sir John Forbes Drummond's creation in the Gazette of the 21st.

unto William Webb Ward, of the Rock, in the county of Warwick, Esq. His royal licence and authority, that he and his issue may (in compliance with an injunction contained in the last will and testament of Sir William Essington, late of Nottinghamplace, in the county of Middlesex, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Navy, deceased,) take and henceforth use the surname and bear the arms of Essington only; such arms being, &c.

January 11.-Whitehall, December 17.-The King has been pleased to give and grant unto Major Benjamin Orlando Jones, His royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the insignia of an Honorary Knight of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, with which his late Most Faithful Majesty, John the Sixth, King of Portugal, was pleased to honour him, in testimony of his Majesty's approbation of the services rendered by the said Major Benjamin Orlando Jones to the Portuguese government during the Peninsular war; provided nevertheless, that his Majesty's said licence and permission doth not authorise and shall not be deemed or construed to authorise the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege, appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms.

January 18.-Whitehall, January 17.-The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Viscountess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Joan Canning, widow of the Right Honourable George Canning, deceased, by the name, style, and title of Viscountess Canning, of Kilbrahan, in the county of Kilkenny; and, at her decease, the dignity of a Viscount of the said United Kingdom to the heirs male of her body by the said George Canning, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Canning, of Kilbrahan, in the said county of Kilkenny.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the following persons, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

The Right Honourable Sir Henry Wellesley, G. C. B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Cowley, of Wellesley, in the county of Somerset.

The Right Honourable Sir Charles Stuart, G. C. B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Stuart de Rothesay, of the Isle of Bute'.

The Right Honourable Sir William A'Court, Baronet, G. C. B., by the name, style, and title of Baron Heytesbury, of Heytesbury, in the county of Wilts 2.

The Right Honourable Archibald John, Earl of Rosebery, by the name, style, and title of Baron Rosebery, of Rosebery, in the county of Edinburgh.

The Right Honourable Richard Earl of Clanwilliam, by the name, style, and title of Baron Clanwilliam, in the county of Tipperary.

John George Lambton, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Durham, of the city of Durham, and of Lambton Castle, in the county palatine of Durham 3.

1 The designation of "Rothesay" has been adopted in commemoration of his Lordship's descent from James Stuart, Heritable Sheriff of Bute, who, by a Royal Charter of King James IV. anno 1498, was constituted Constable of Rothesay Castle; and the said office was enjoyed by his immediate descendants. The castle of Rothesay is now part of the patrimonial possessions of the chief of this noble family, the present Marquess of Bute.

2 Lord Heytesbury's title is derived from the Manor of Heytesbury, which is now in his Lordship's possession.

3 As the newspapers have indulged in some absurd observations relative to his Lordship's family and title, we are induced to state a few facts on the subject of both. The family of Lambton, of which Lord Durham is the representative, have held the Manor of Lambton from the earliest period of which any records of it are preserved; and in 1314 it was possessed by his immediate ancestor, Robert de Lambton. Besides having intermarried with the most distinguished families in the county of Durham, its members have generally represented either the county or city from the time when the elective franchise was first conferred upon those places; which circumstances, added to the long enjoyment of considerable local influence in Durham, induced his Lordship

Edward Bootle Wilbraham, Esq., by the name, style, and title of Baron Skelmersdale, of Skelmersdale, in the county palatine of Lancaster 1.

January 22.-Whitehall, January 7.-The King has been pleased to give and grant unto Henry Courtney (a minor), second, but now eldest, surviving son of Thomas Courtney, of Colchester, in the county of Essex, Esq. His royal licence and authority, that he may (in compliance with an injunction contained in the last will and testament of Elizabeth Shillito, formerly Elizabeth Mayhew, late of Colchester aforesaid, widow, deceased), henceforth take, assume, and bear the surname of Mayhew only: also to command, &c.

January 25.-The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Thomas Wallace, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Wallace of Knaresdale, in the county of Northumberland.

to select his title from that city. That he might have intended to take the title of "Darcy" is possible, since he is the representative of a younger branch of that ancient family; but it would be folly to suppose that the circumstance of the Duke of Leeds being the coheir of the barony of Darcy, which was created by writ in the 28 Edw. I. 1299, could have prevented his being created Lord Darcy of Lambton Castle, or of any other place, since there are at least fifty precedents of two, three, or even four titles of the same name being in existence at the same moment; for example, at the present time "Delamere of Dunham Massy," and "Delamere of Vale Royal,' "Herbert of Chepstow, Ragland, and Gower," "Herbert of Cherbury, ""Herbert of Caerdiff," and "Herbert of Shurland;" "Howard of Effingham,' ""Howard of Walden," ," "Howard

of Morpeth," and "Howard of Charleton," &c.

His Lordship is, we believe, Lord of the Manor of Skelmersdale, in Lancashire.

HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN WORKS

IN THE PRESS, OR PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

Ready for Publication, "THE SIEGE OF CARLAVEROCK," an Heraldic Poem of the fourteenth century, with a Translation, and Memoirs of all the Knights present on the occasion. By Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Esq. Illustrated by Engravings of their respective Banners. 4to.

ANTIQUARIAN TRACTS RELATIVE TO BRISTOL. Part I. Notices of Old Inns and Hostelries in Bristol; and of other incidental Subjects. Including Remarks on the Origin of the Name of the Grene Lates,' in High-street, in 1449; a Statement of daily Expences during a Journey to London, by two Inhabitants of Bristol, in 1546; and some Particulars respecting early Coffee-houses, and Newspapers, in Bristol. By William Tyson.

"THE CRYPT." The Eleventh Number of an Antiquarian, Literary, and Miscellaneous Journal, will contain, among other Articles, the Ceremony of the Prize Besom at Shaftesbury-Unpublished Poetry of William Collins-Architectural Antiquities of Christ Church, Hants-Caumont's Gothic Architecture, &c. &c. This little Journal, which is conducted with considerable talent, merits more attention than it has received, as it contains several papers of interest to the Antiquary and Bibliographer.

The Royal Cambrian Institution have in the press a third volume of their Transactions, containing many curious and interesting papers on subjects connected with the History and Antiquities of the Principality.

Picturesque Views of all the English Cities, consisting of thirty-two engravings. Architectural Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London, with historical and descriptive Accounts. Edited by J. Britton, F.S.A., containing one hundred and fortyfour engravings, &c. mostly in outline, by Lekeux, Roffe, Gladwin, &c.

INDEX TO VOL. I.

NEW SERIES.

Aberdeen, Earl of, Letter to, 521.
Abergavenny, barony of, 298.
Adversaria, 167, 341, 519.

Advices, a Knight's, to his Daughters,
177.

Akbar, Emperor, 249; poisoned pills
used by, to destroy his nobles, 250.
Aldeburgh, barony of, 298.
Anacreontics, Cowley's, 374.
Andronicus, Fuller's History of, 396;
his cruelties, 402; his horrible death,
405; character, &c. 406.

Anecdotes of Painting, Walpole's, by
Dallaway, 414.
Angelus, Isaac, 398.

Anlaby, Rd., petition respecting necro-
mancy, 74.

Anstis, J., on Order of the Bath, 439.
Antiquarian Discoveries, 168.

Antiquaries, Society of, 156, 322, 511.
Antiquities, Museum of, recommended,
521.

Ap Adam, barony of, 299.
Appointments, &c., 175, 348, 523.
Architecture, St. Saviour's, Southwark,
320.

Armorial bearings, right to, 143.
Armorial ensigns, 302.

Armoury, Spanish, in the Tower, 310.
Arms and armour, engraved illustrations
of, by Skelton, 347.

Ashley, Mrs. Catherine, governess to the
Princess (Queen) Elizabeth, 216, 219,

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Barony, the Leigh, 505.

Basset, Katherine, letter to her mother,
Lady Lisle, 10.

Bath, Order of, 344, 439; ceremonies, 441.
banners of Knights Commanders of
the, 167; on the Order of, 439; in-
signia of, ib., note.

Battles in England and Wales, Historical
Index of, 174.

Bedford, Ann, Countess of, letter, 11, 408.
Bellarmine, 82.

Berkenhout, Dr., Outlines of Natural
History, 231.

Berksdale, C., verses to Sir W. Croft,
495.

Bernier, Fr. de, Voyages, &c., 245.
Birchede, Dr. George, 414.
Bodleian Library, 286.

Bohemia, Queen of, letter of Charles I. to,
290; of James Duke of York to, ib.
Books, notices of, 173, 346, 520.

preparing for publication, 176,
350, 526.

Bourbon, Louis of, 36.

Burghley, Lord, extracts from his Diary,
430.

Burghley Papers, 204, 420.

Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Duke of, 37.

Caen, siege and capture of, by Edward
III., 119.

Calendar to Pleadings, &c. in the reigns
of Henry VII., &c., 57, 67.
Carlaverock Castle, poem on siege of, 94.
Carrascon, 77; contends for the free
reading of the Scriptures, 78; opinion
of the Vulgate, 81; of religious com-
munities, 86.

Cartuxa, Aula de Dios, 87.
Caxton's translation of Landry de la
Tour's Advices to his Daughters, 177.
Chancery, Proceedings in, Calendar of,
57; preface, 69.

Charles II. of Spain, said to have been
under the influence of witchcraft, 89.
Christenmas Welcome for Gests, 331.
Churches formerly places of gossip and
rendezvous, 181.

Clifford, Sir Lewis, genealogy of, 140.
Comnenus, Alexius, 398.

Constant, B., Wallstein, traduit de l'Alle

M M

mande de Schiller, 40; his remarks on
the original, 41.

Corker, Fras., 291; his letter to Sir J.
Robinson, 292.

Coronations, banners borne at, 108.
Cowley's Works, 351; his Complaint,
356; character of his wit, 361; Ode
on Mr. Harvey, 363; Hymn to Light,
365; the Chronicle,' 367; Pindaric
Odes, 371; Anacreontics, 374; Cutter
of Coleman Street, a comedy, 377.
Creations of honours, &c. 175, 348, 523.
Crests and Supporters, 302.
Croft, Sir Herbert, 491.

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Dacre, William Lord, 408.
Dallaway, Rev. James, Walpole's Lives
of the Painters by, 415.
Darlington, Earl of, family of, 175, note.
Davison, Secretary, 128.
Digby, Mr. Kenelm, 437.

Doctors' Commons, Prerog. Office at, 176.
Dress, extravagance in, during the middle
ages, 183.

Ducatus Lancastriæ Pars Tertia, 55, 67.
Dugdale, Sir W., letter of, 145.

Edmund's, St., banner, 98.
Edward III., letter of, on the taking of
Caen, 119.

Elizabeth, Queen, her conduct to Mary

of Scots, 128; Lord Seymour's reputed
familiarities with, 217; advised by
Cecil to marry Charles of Austria, 227.
Ellis, Mr., Sec. Soc. Antiq., 512.
Entomology, progress of the study of, 230.
Erpingham's, Sir Thomas, quarrel with
the Bishop of Norwich, 172.

Faith, implicit, 82.

Fitzgerald, Gerald, Earl of Kildare, his
library, 136.

France, intelligence from, in 1558, 337.
Frankfort, intelligence from, 338.

Freemasons, churches, &c. supposed to
'have been built by, 168.

French language, ignorance of, by governor
of Calais, in 1405, 341.
Froissart's Chronicles, illuminated copies
of, 105.

Frost's, C., History of Hull, 194.

Fuller's, Thomas, Andronicus, or the un-
fortunate Politician, 396.

Furniture in the palaces of Henry VIII.,
132, 333.

Gallantry and licentiousness in the middle
ages, 186, 188.

Genealogy, 139.

German and French tragedy contrasted,
44, 50, 51.

Gilbert, Davies, his edition of Jordan's
Creation of the World, 346.
Glanvil, Lady, entomologist, 237.
Glastonbury Abbey, Werner's History
of, 168.

Grey, Jane, letter of council of, 504.
Grimaldi, S., Origines Genealogicæ, 520.
Gwilt, Mr. George, choir of the church of
St. Saviour's rebuilt by, 320.

Harris's, Moses, Aurelian, or Natural Hi-
story of English Insects, 230.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, 428.
Haynes's, Rev. Samuel, Collection of the
Burghley Papers, 204.

Heiress, abduction of, in the reign of
James I., 130.

Henry V., letter to the Archbishops, 341.
Henry VIII., letter of, 11; painting of

his voyage to Calais, 107; furniture in
his palaces, 132, 333; letter to Cardinal
Wolsey, 502.

Henry IV. of France, 429.
Heraldry, 141.

Heywood's Four Prentices of London, 31.
Hull, Frost's History of, 194.
Hûmaiûm, Emperor, 248.

Hunting of the Emperor of Mogul de-
scribed, 268.

James I., Progresses of, by Nichols, 387;
his voyage to Denmark, 428.

James II., letter to his aunt, the Queen of
Bohemia, 290.

Jehan Guir, Emperor, 251.

Jesuits, restoration of, in France, 87.
Images in Catholic worship, 83.
Ink, ancient, 519.

Inquisitiones post Mortem, 69.

Insects, English, Natural History of, 230.
Intelligences, 336.

Jordan's Creation of the World translated
by Keigwin, 346.

Katherine of Arragon, Queen, letter to
Cardinal Wolsey, 501.

Parr, Queen, letter of, 503.
Kildare, Earl of, his library, 136.

Lancaster, Court and Duchy of, Calendar
relative to Pleadings in, 57, 67.
Landry de la Tour's, Geoffroy, ‘Advices
to his Daughters,' 177.

Leicester, Rob. Earl of, Journal of, 277.
Leigh, barony of, 505.

Lennox, Matthew, Earl of, letter to his
wife, 226.

Letters, Howard's Collection of, 1; want
of arrangement in, 3.

Original, 118, 280, 501.
Libraries, public, 280.

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