cial mission, and conducted his diplomacy with so much tact, that he
obtained the cession of territory which brought the company a revenue
of nearly a million sterling. He was subsequently appointed to the
government of the country thus ceded. On his return from India he
entered parliament, where his mode of speaking very much resembled that
of his brother Arthurshort, pointed, and to the purpose. He resumed his
diplomatic engagements, and was appointed envoy to Spain. He resigned
his position in the treasury, under the government of the Duke of
Portland, for this office, in 1809, and continued in it until 1811, when
he was directed to continue his services at that court, with the title
of ambassador. In 1812 he was made a Knight of the Bath. He continued
in Spain until 1822. He was then sent to Vienna, and ultimately to the
court of the Tuileries, as the representative of his country. He was
made a peer, and various other public honours were conferred upon him.
Upon the breaking up of Sir Robert Peel's administration, he gave place
to the Marquis of Normanby, but took up his residence at Paris, and
remained there until the time of his decease. He was twice married;
in the first instance to Lady Charlotte Cadogan, which marriage was
dissolved. His second wife was Lady Georgiana Cecil, daughter of the
Marquis of Salisbury. The talent which characterised the whole of
the Wellesley family was very extraordinary; every member of it
distinguished himself in some way in the service of his country, and
obtained honour, won by his own assiduity and genius.

Sir Robert Stopford, admiral of the red, vice-admiral of the United
Kingdom, and governor of Greenwich Hospital, died on June 25, in the
88th year of his age. This distinguished sailor had entered the navy in
very early youth, and was in most of the great actions that were fought
during his eventful life. He was much beloved by the navy. His life was
remarkably free from disputes with public men, especially in his own
profession. There was one notable instance, however, to the contrary.
Sir Charles Napier, who served under him off the coast of Syria,
disobeyed orders, and added to the disobedience fierce attacks upon the
gallant old admiral, who came out of the discussion with honour, while
his disputatious antagonist suffered much in public opinion by the
attacks which he made upon his superior officer.

On the 28th of July, the death of John Walter, of Bearwood, Berkshire,