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Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart., to the Rev. Henry Yorke, Rector of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.

At Blanvaddoch, Dumbartonshire, Andrew Bonar, Esq., banker in Edinburgh, to Marcelly, daughter of the late Colonel Ronaldson Macdonell, of Glengarry, Clanranald.

At Chesterfield, Francis Hastings Graham, Esq., second son of the late Gen. Graham, of Stirling Castle, to Honora Anna Seward, only daughter of the late Jonathan Stokes, M.D.

At Mayo, Mr. John Clark, of Shamble-street, to Mrs. Mary O'Rorke; the bridegroom is in his 90th year, and the bride in her 89th.

Richard Robertson, Esq., to Josepha Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. William St. Andrew Vincent, Prebend of Chicester and Vicar of Bolney, and granddaughter of the late Dean of Westminster.

At Carnock, Scotland, Captain John Osborn, Enniskillen Dragoons, to Catherine, daughter of the late Sir M. S. Stewart, Bart.

At Boulogne-sur-Mer, by the Rev. W. R. Wyatt, M. A., Edwin Wyatt, Esq., of the Cottage, Denbighshire, to Mary, eldest daughter of Admiral Mackellar.

Mselle Dosne, the daughter of the ReceiverGeneral of the department of Finisterre, to M. Thiers, Minister of Commerce. The lady, who is in her 15th year, is small, pretty, and above all, very rich, having, it is said, a fortune of 2,000,000fr.

The Scotsman thus describes the condition of a couple who were married a short time ago:-"The passengers on the high road to the west of this place, were rather puzzled a few days since, by observing a man busy digging potatoes in a field, while a young woman sat beside him equally busy at some piece of machinery, with a large wheel in motion. Some at first supposed that a new agricultural implement was at work, perhaps in the preparation of the roots into Sir John Sinclair's flour. It was at last discovered that the loving couple were still in the honey month, and that nothing should separate them, within doors or without, the frugal wife carried her reel upwards of a mile to the field, and was winding pirns beside her equally eident deary, reminding one of the time, 'when Adam delved and Eve span !'"

It is well known that the King of Prussia made a left-handed marriage with a young lady, named De Herach, since created Princess de Leignitz. Her father, who had been a widower for two years, has

just given to his Prussian Majesty a mother-in-law, by taking to wife a young Saxon lady.

DEATHS.

At Prague, Prince Aloys Lichtenstein, Generalin-Chief in Bohemia.

The Hereditary Prince of Sanderhausen.

At the Deanery, the Very Rev. Dr. Woodhouse, Dean of Lichfield, in his 86th year.

At Fetreresso Castle, N. B. Mrs. Abercromby Duff.

At Sydney, N. B., Tunis Rephenbark, in his 103rd year, He was one of the combatants under the walls of Quebec when Wolfe and Montcalm fell.

At Plymouth, in his 102d year, a seaman named Hill; he was born in 1731, and lived in four king's reigns,

Calvin Edson, the "Living Skeleton,” died a few days since at his residence in Randolph, Vt. His body was taken from the tomb the night after its interment, and two young men belonging to the medical class at Hanover have been arrested for the offence.

Mr. John Wontner, the governor of Newgate, died at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, at his residence in the Old Bailey, in consequence of brain fever. The deceased had only been indisposed two days. It appears that on Wednesday week, Mr. Wontner officially accompanied some convicts to Chatham, during which journey he caught a severe cold. He complained to his family on the following morning of great indisposition; but though medical attendance was immediately obtained, he gradually grew worse, and eventually sunk under the disease. Mr. W. was 53 years of age, and has been governor of Newgate for eleven years. Mr. Wontner had been for some years past in the service of the Corporation first, as one of the city marshals, and while filling that office he was thrown from his horse and fractured his leg, which was afterwards amputated. The situation of governor of Newgate soon afterwards falling vacant, Mr. W. was elected, and during the long period which he held this important office, his conduct has been so distinguished for humanity as not only to call forth the approbation of the Mayor and Sheriffs, but repeatedly of the Judges, as well as from the unhappy persons committed to his care. The deceased has left behind him a numerous family. The appointment of governor is in the gift of the Court of Aldermen.

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of full length authentic portrails from the original by Paulus Vans in the palace of Hampton Court.

Dobbs. No Carey street.

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