Row, Piccadilly; in the 56th year of his age. He was placed, when a very young man, as a clerk in the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and at an early period of the French revolution, when Mr. Wickham was appointed our Minister in Switzerland, he took Mr. Flint with him as his Secretary. Mr. Flint was so young that Lord Grenville, then Secretary of State, at first rather objected to Mr. Wickham's selection, thinking that the very arduous, delicate, and confidential nature of the duties of the office required a person of more mature age to perform them. Lord Greaville, however, gave way to Mr. Wickham's solicitations, and we have seen a letter from his Lordship to Sir Charles Flint in the year 1832, when the latter retired from office, in which his Lordship adverted to that circumstance, but added that Sir Charles's subsequent conduct amply justified Mr. Wickham's choice. On the return of Mr. Wickham from his mission, he was accompanied by his secretary, who was almost immediately placed at the head of the Alien Office, which was just established. When the union with Ireland took place, Mr. Flint was appointed the Under-Secretary for Ireland resident in this country. This office he filled for upwards of thirty years, until his retirement in 1832, to the entire satisfaction of all the different secretaries for Ireland, from all of whom, who were alive at that time, he received the warmest testimonials of approbation and esteem. Mr. Flint was knighted in May, 1812, having acted as proxy for Sir Henry Wellesley (now Lord Cowley) at the installation of the Knights of the Bath.
Sir Charles was possessed of very considerable abilities. He thoroughly understood the duties of his office, and executed them with a degree of acute ness, precision, and regularity seldom surpassed. In private life Sir Charles was an affectionate husband and father, and a most amiable, friendly, and worthy man. - Private Communication.
FULLER, John, Esq., of Rose Hill, Sussex, formerly M. P. for that county, April 11. 1834; in Devonshire Place; aged 77.
This gentleman was the son of John Rose Fuller, Esq. He succeeded in estate his uncle Rose Fuller, Esq. M. P. for Rye (ob. 1777), who was the younger son of Mr. Thomas Fuller, the pur
Mr. Fuller was distinguished through life by much eccentricity; but it was mingled with a kind heart, that dis- played itself in deeds of princely muni- ficence. The favourite object of his liberality was the Royal Institution, where he first founded a Professorship of Electricity, in the year 182.., and subsequently, a few weeks before his death, a Professorship of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. He also gave the Institution at the same time the sum of 3000/ to accumulate in the funds; making the sum total of his benefactions amount to 10,000L. On the 21th of March last the members were specially convened to thank him; and it was resolved that a subscription should be made for a bust of their mu- nificent patron, to be placed in a pro- minent situation in this Iustitution.
Mr. Fuller erected an observatory at his house of Rose Hill. About twenty years ago it was expected that he would promote the publication of a history of the three eastern rapes of Sussex; for which it was supposed that the large collections of the Rev. Mr. Hayley, which were in his possession, would furnish very extensive materials.
Mr. Fuller has died extremely rich. The bulk of his fortune, consisting of estates in Sussex and in the island of Jamaica, are left to Augustus Elliot Fuller, Esq. brother to Capt. Fuller, R. N. and a nephew of the deceased, as also of Lord Heathfield. The es- tates in London are left to Sir Pere grine Palmer Ackland, Bart, another nephew. He has also left very nume- rous legacies. His remains were taken to the family vault at Brightling in Sussex for interment, attended out of London by twenty-four private car- riages. - Gentleman's Magazine.
GALLOWAY, the Right Hon. George Stewart, sixth Earl of (1623) and Lord Garlies (1607) in the peer- age of Scotland, second Baron Stewart of Garlies in the stewartry of Kirkcud- bright (1796) in the peerage of the United Kingdom, the fifth Baronet of Nova Scotia (1627), K. T., and an Admiral of the Blue; March 27. 1834; at Hampstead, Middlesex, aged 66.
His Lordship was born March 24. 1768, the eldest son of John the seventh Earl, and K. T., by his second wife,
Anne, second daughter of Sir James Dashwood, the second Bart. of Kirk- lington Park, Oxfordshire, and M. P. for that county; sister to Elizabeth Duchess of Manchester, and niece to Anne Duchess of Hamilton and Bran- don.
He entered the Royal Navy in March, 1780, under his uncle the Hon. Keith Stewart, and served in the Ber- wick 74, in the action with the Dutch fleet off the Doggerbank in 1781, and the relief of Gibraltar in 1782.
He was appointed a Lieutenant Aug. 8. 1789, and served in that year, in the Aquilon frigate, on the Medi- terranean station, from whence, in the following spring, he returned to Eng- land as a passenger in one of the Smyrna traders, having been promoted to the rank of Cominander. He afterwards commanded the Vulcan fireship, from which he was promoted to post rank in 1793. Being soon after appointed to the Winchelsea frigate, he accompanied the expedition destined for the conquest of the French islands in the West Indies, and materially assisted at the reduction of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guadaloupe. Sir John Jervis, in his despatches relative to the landing of the forces in Guadaloupe, April 11. 1794, wrote to the Admiralty that "Capt. Lord Viscount Garlies ac- quitted himself with great address and spirit on the occasion, although he re- ceived a bad contusion from the fire of a battery, against which he placed his ship in the good old way, within half musket shot." The three guns of the battery were, in consequence, soon si- lenced.
At the general election in 1790, Lord Garlies was chosen Member for Saltash; but in Feb. 1795, he resigned his seat to his brother the Hon. Wil- liam Stewart.
In 1795, Lord Garlies was removed into the Lively 32, in which Sir John Jervis sailed from England to assume the command in the Mediterranean; and which shared in the glorious vic- tory off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 14. 1797. His La.dship brought home the news of that signal action, with Sir Robert Calder and Lord Minto, Vice- roy of Corsica, and suite, who were on board during the battle.
About Nov. 1799, Lord Garlies commissioned the Hussar frigate, at that time fitting out in the Thames; and he commanded that ship in the Channel and on the Irish coast, to the
spring of 1801, when he removed into the Bellerophon 74, employed in the blockade of Brest, on which service he remained until the suspension of hos- tilities. After the renewal of the war he commanded the Ajax, 80. On the 30th of April, 1805, he was appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and in the following July he was returned to Parliament on a vacancy for Cocker. mouth. On the change of adminis- tration in Feb. 1801, he quitted the Board of Admiralty. At the general election of 1806, he was chosen for Haslemere; but, before the meeting of Parliament, he succeeded to the peer. age on the death of his father, Nov. 14. 1806.
On the 28th of March, 1807, the Earl of Galloway was appointed Lord Lieu- tenant and Sheriff Principal of the county of Wigton.
On the meeting of Parliament in 1808, he moved the address to the King. He attained the rank of Rear- Admiral 1810, Vice-Admiral 1819, and Admiral 1830.
His Lordship married at London, April 18. 1797, Lady Jane Paget, second daughter of Henry first Earl of Uxbridge, and sister to the Marquis of Anglesey, the late Countess of Ennis- killen, the dowager Lady Graves, Rear- Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, G. C. H. &c. &c. By her Ladyship, who survives him, he had issue four daughters and four sons: 1. The Most Hon. Jane Marchioness of Blandford, married in 1819 to her cousin-german George Marquis of Blandford, and has a daughter and three sons; 2. Lady Caroline; 3. The Right Hon. Ran- dolph, now Earl of Galloway, Lord Lieutenant of Wigtonshire and of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright; he was born in 1800, and married in 1838 Lady Blanche Somerset, seventh daughter of the Duke of Beaufort; 4. Lady Louisa, married in 1829 to the Hon. William Duncombe, eldest son of Lord Feversham, and M. P. for North Yorkshire; and has issue four sons and three daughters; 5. The Hon. Arthur; 6. The Hon. Alan; 7. Lady Helen, who all three died in childhood; and 8. The Hon. Keith Stewart, s Lieut. R. N. born in 1814.
The remains of the Earl were in- terred on the 2d of April, in the New General Cemetery in the Harrow Road, attended by the present Earl and others of the family, and by fourteen carriages of intimate friends. This is
the first peer laid to rest in this new establishment: a vault and suitable monument will be built on the spot. - Gentleman's Magazine.
GUISE, Sir Berkeley William, the second Baronet (1783), D. C.L., M. P. for the Eastern Division of Gloucester- shire, and one of the Verderers of the Forest of Dean; July 23d, 1834, at Rendicomb Park, Gloucestershire; aged 59.
He was born July 14th, 1775, the eldest son of Sir John the first Baronet, by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Wright, Esq. and niece to Sir Martin Wright, Knt. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, in 1794; and was created D.C. L. as a member of Christ Church, Oxford, Oct. 29th, 1796.
He was returned to Parliament as member for Gloucestershire at the ge- neral election of 1812, and has ever since continued to represent the county. He was favourable to reform in Par. liament, and advocated the immediate abolition of slavery.
At the last election there were three candidates for the Eastern Division, for whom at the close of the poll the num- bers were - Sir B. W. Guise, 3313; me Hon. H. F. Moreton, 3185; and Mr. Codrington, 2675.
Firm and disinterested in his public career, he was as highly respected by his opponents as he was deservedly be- loved by his supporters: in every office of friendship he was without dissimu- lation, and in acts of piety without os- tentation; through life, he was the poor man's friend, and in the exercise of power abhorred oppression; as he lived, so he died - adorned with all the vir- tues of a private inan and a Christian.
Having died unmarried, he is suc- ceeded by his next brother, now Sir John Wright Guise, a Major-General in the army; who, by Diana, daughter of John Vernon, of Clontarf Castle, county Dublin, Esq., has a numerous family.
The friends of Sir William purpose to erect a monument to his memory in Gloucester cathedral. - Gentleman's Magazine.
HAKEWILL, Mr. Henry James, a very able young sculptor; March 13. 1834; in his 21st year.
He was the third son of Jantes Hake-
secretary that that gentleman's report was so favourable to the talent of the artist, that he desired that his subscrip. tion might be raised to ten pounds.
In 1833 Mr. Hakewill exhibited at the Royal Academy a basso-relievo from Lord Byron's Mazeppa, and busts of James Wadmore, Esq. and of a Younger Brother. During the spring and summer of the same year, besides numerous sketches for future works, he modelled a bust, of the heroic size, of Lord Chancellor Brougham; taking the opportunity of his Lordship's sittings in his court (to which he paid an almost daily visit) to complete the likeness; and during the same period occupied himself in forwarding his group for the competition for the gold medal. Having determined his composition, and nearly completed his principal figures, he left town, to relax for a while from the constant exertion he had made, promising himself to continue his group with renewed vigour at his return. But his hopes, and those of his near connections, were doomed to a severe reverse. On his return to town, the first symptoms of consumption ap- peared, and from the time of his attack in the month of September, to the March following, he gradually sank, with perfect composure of mind.
Lieutenant of the Sybille, after his Captain had been mortally wounded, he fought that ship against the Forte, a formidable frigate of fifty guns, which struck after a very desperate and san- guinary night combat. India was de- lighted at the capture of this famous ship; Capt. Cooke was interred with all the honours that the Governor-General could bestow; and Vice-Admiral Rai- nier cominissioned the prize, and con- ferred the command of her upon the brave Lieutenant.
Capt. Hardyman, whose appoint- ment was confirmed by the Admiralty, continued to serve in India until June 1801, when the Forte unfortunately struck on a reef off Jeddah, and, after bafiling every attempt to get her off, was abandoned. He afterwards com- manded the Unicorn, 32, on the West India station, where in May, 1805, his boats boarded and carried the Tape-a- bord, a fine privateer cutter of 6 guns. The Unicorn was attached to Sir C. Stirling's squadron in the expedition against Monte Video, where Capt. Hardyman successfully covered the landing. She was afterwards one of the Basque Road squadron, and assist- ed at the destruction of the French ships in Aix roads, April 11. 1809; shortly after which, Capt. Hardyman removed into the Armide, 38, on the same station, where his boats were very active in annoying the coasting
On the extension of the Order of the Bath, in Jan. 1815, Capt. Hardyman was nominated a Companion. married, Dec. 29. 1810, Charlotte, youngest daughter of John Travers, Esq. of Bedford-place, London. United Service Journal.
HARRIMAN, the Rev. John, Per- petual Curate of Ash and Satley, Dur- hain, and Fellow of the Linnæan Society; Dec. 3. 1831; at Croft, in the county of York; in the 72d year of his age.
This distinguished Botanist, and truly Christian Minister, was a native of Maryport in the county of Cumberland His ancestry were German, his grand. father having been brought into and settled in this country when a child. The name of Harriman is a corruption of Hermann, which is the ancestral name of his family in Germany. Two of this name, and, as it is believed, of his kindred, were eminent as botanists. One was Professor of Botany in he
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