nuary the Earl of Auckland died. This nobleman had
attracted for some years previously a large share of public attention.
He was not remarkable in youth for any special gift. In the House of
Commons, which he entered in early life, he made no figure. The public
were therefore amazed when, in November, 1830, he was appointed by Earl
Grey a member of the cabinet, with the important post of president of
the board of trade, and also the office of master of the Mint. In
1834, he was made first lord of the Admiralty. In 1835 he was appointed
governor-general of India. In 1841 he was displaced, a conservative
government coming into office. In 1846 he again appeared at the head of
the Admiralty board. His business habits and good sense qualified him
for office, and at the Admiralty he rendered some service, but had he
not been a peer and a friend of Lord Grey, he would never have occupied
so prominent a place in the government.--On the 7th Earl Talbot died.
His career was remarkable only for his having proved himself very unfit
to govern Ireland, having exemplified, when lord-lieutenant, how little
the conservative party at that time considered the importance of placing
a man in the important situation because of his aptitudes.--On the 20th
Mr. Cadell, the eminent Scotch publisher, and, in great degree, founder
of cheap literature in Great Britain. He was identified with Sir Walter
Scott in the cheap issue of his immortal volumes.

Feb. 1st. Lieut.-general Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, a very distinguished
officer. He was born in the county of Mayo, in Ireland, and died
at Salford, Manchester, while in military command of the northern
district.--19th. Bernard Barton, the quaker poet, the amiable and useful
author of so many pious and instructive compositions. He was born near
London, and died at Woodbridge, in the sixty-fifth year of his age.

May 9th. General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Bart. This officer had
distinguished himself through a long series of years in the most active
and daring military services, especially in Germany, Poland, and
Russia. He was particularly known as having, in conjunction with two
other British officers, effected the escape of Count Lavalette, after
the battle of Waterloo. He was a native of London, and died at an hotel
there in the seventy-third year of his age.--13th. General the Hon. Sir
Edward Paget, the last surviving brother of the Marquis of Anglesea. Sir
Edward's services in the Peninsular war are