colonel F. Russel, vice Raikes, to

Stirling.

Unattached. Captain J. H. J. Stapleton, 3rd regiment Foot guards, to be lieutenant-colonel; captain J. A. Schreiber, 6th Dragoon guards, to be major. Brevet: to be aidesde-camp to his majesty, with the rank of colonel in the army; lieut.colonel R. C. St. John lord Clinton; and lieutenant-colonel C. Morland, 9th light Dragoons.

16. Sir Philip Egerton, of Egerton, and Oulton-park, Cheshire, to be a baronet, to use the surname of Grey, in addition to, and before, that of Egerton, and bear the arms of Grey de Wilton, quarterly with those of Egerton; as his late brother did.

29. War-office. Unattached. To be lieutenant colonels, majors R. N. Nickle, from 88th regiment, and Benjamin Harding, from 6th Dragoons.

MEMBER RETURNED TO PARLIA

MENT.

Tyrone. The hon. Henry Thos. Lowry Corry, of Ahenis, county Tyrone, and of Castlecoole, Fermanagh, vice Stewart.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. Walter Fletcher, to a prebendal stall in York cathedral.

Rev. James Johnson, to the prebendal stall of Hampton, in Hereford cathedral.

Rev. C. Nixon, to a prebendal stall in Southwell collegiate church, Notts.

Rev. J. Cross, to be precentor, and rev. W. Miller a minor canon of Bristol cathedral.

Rev. R. Richards, domestic chaplain to the duke of Sussex.

Rev. G. G. Smith, domestic chaplain to the duke of York.

AUGUST.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

2. The hon. Algernon Percy, to be minister plenipotentiary to the confederated Swiss Cantons; Hamilton H. C. Hamilton, esq. to be secretary to the embassy at Paris; and hon. John Bloomfield, to be secretary to his majesty's legation at Stutgardt.

12. War-office. -Unattached.Captain Hall, 3rd Foot guards, to be lieutenant-colonel.

13. Foreign-office.-John Tasker Williams, esq. to be commissary judge to the several mixed commissions established at Sierra Leone, for the prevention of the illegal

traffic in slaves.

Rev. Dr. Crane and rev. W. Walker, to be chaplains to the earl of Carlisle.

Rev. W. Moore, chaplain to the earl of Donoughmore.

Rev. T. Randolph, chaplain in ordinary to the king.

DECEMBER.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

2. War-office.-36th foot to bear on its colours and appointments the words "Pyrennees," and "Nive."

70th Foot to discontinue the appellation of the "Glasgow Lowland Regiment," and to resume its former title, of the 70th, or "Surrey" reg. of foot.

95th foot to be styled the 95th, or " Derbyshire" regiment of foot. J. F. Fulton, esq. late brevet lieut.-col. and major of 92nd foot, to have the local rank of lieut.-col. on the continent of Europe only.

5. Lord Chamberlain's Office.Thos. Seymour Hydd, esq. assistant master and marshall of the ceremonies to his majesty.

13. Lieut.-gen. sir Wm. Houston, to be groom of his majesty's bedchamber in ordinary.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Hon. and rev. Dr. Stewart, to be bishop of Quebec.

Rev. H. Wetherell, archdeacon of Hereford.

Rev. R. V. Law, prebendary of

Wells cathedral.

Rev. F. Swan, prebendary of Lin

coln cathedral.

Rev. R. Sanders, minor canon at Worcester cathedral.

Rev. J. E. Orpen, chaplain to the earl of Egmont.

Rev. E. White, chaplain at Cawnpore, East Indies.

DEATHS.

On Christmas day, 1824, at Karasubasar in the Crimea, the celebrated baroness Valerie de Krudener.

She was born in 1765, and was the daughter of Count de Wittenkoff, governor of Riga, and great granddaughter of the celebrated marshal Munich. She possessed an enchanting countenance, an elegant and ready wit, with blue eyes and flexible features, expressive of mind and sentiment. She was of the middle stature, beautifully formed; her brown hair fell in ringlets on her shoulders, and there was something in her whole person and manner that seemed singular and striking.

Such were the physical advantages of the baroness de Krudener, who was ambassadress at Berlin, in 1798. Idolized in the circle of fashion, she loved it. Her rank, her wit, her qualities, rendered her one of the first women in Europe. Her charms inspired her husband's secretary of Legation with a fatal passion. The baron was then Russian ambassador at Venice. This rendered her name still more celebrated; and she wrote a novel, in which she relates, with the deepest sensibility, the fate of the unfortunate young man who committed suicide for her.

This work, intitled "Valerie" (her christian name), was written with an enthusiasm which already announced an ardent and disturbed

mind. At the commencement of the Revolution, Madame K. visited and resided in the south of France, with her daughter-in-law, Sophia de Krudener (since married to a Spaniard), and her two children. A year after, she returned to Germany, and from that period to 1805, or 1806, history is silent respecting her. At that epoch she appeared again in the scene, not as the brilliant Prussian ambassadress, but

as the penitent Magdalen. She now conceived herself to be a messenger of the Almighty, and possessed of an irresistible calling.

Valerie stated her mission to be, to establish the reign of Christ on earth. Never were so much generosity, grace, and zeal, united to such an ardent perseverance, as in this ultra-Evangelical mission. How

ever, the monarchs of the earth were displeased with her street teaching. Dismissed with rudeness from the states of the king of Wirtemburg, she found hospitality for herself and her company of the faithful, in the dominions of the elector of Baden. By degrees, she became herself one of the powers of Europe. The cabinets of princes leagued against her predictions, and she marched from kingdom to kingdom by means of negociations; for it was not every state that would admit this imperium in imperio. The events of the world followed their course, and Napoleon fell. Valerie considered this a propitious moment for that conversion of mankind which she had so courageously undertaken. To Paris she followed the emperor Alexander, whom she called The Lord's anointed, and whom she seriously believed chosen by heaven to be the regenerator of the world: there, giving herself up entirely to the delirium of her disordered imagination, she left no means untried to make proselytes. In her mystic conferences, in which a young Genevese, named Empeytas, seconded her, she explained the ancient prophecies, and those of the north, and called to her aid visions, voices from heaven, and day dreams and night dreams.

The powers of the earth went three times a week to these theurgic and mysterious assemblages, where the purple of the Autocrat of the North humbled itself before the words of this woman. David (by this name she designated her Lord's anointed, the emperor Alexander,) quitted Paris, and she followed him. From this period, her life was a series of trials and tribulations.

Her friends in Germany had forgotten her; her faithful flock had abandoned their leader. She was forbidden to enter France; she wandered from one Swiss canton to another, tormented and persecuted by the magistrates, who would let her have no rest. At length the canton of Argovie offered her an asylum: aided by M. Empeytas, she

preached a long time at Arau and its vicinity; thousands of the faithful hastened from the borders of the lakes and mountains, to eat the bread of life from the hands of the founder of the new worship. The prophetess standing on an hillock, often preached for five or six hours in the open air; and these long improvisations, and journies, the absence of sleep and the want of food, had no effect on the health of Valerie. But unfortunately for the baroness de Krudener, human laws declared themselves in direct opposition to the divine laws announced by the prophetess. The flock was dispersed, the oracles of the humble Pythonissa were declared seditious, and she was obliged to return to her own country. There she languished under an interdiction from her guardian friend and disciple, " David," to teach or preach; her followers no longer were permitted to form a body; and as the flame of fanaticism requires constant feeding, her followers fell gradually away, and she was suffered to expire in the Crimea, almost alone and forgotten.

Her powers of persuasion were very great, and many who went to laugh, remained to pray. To Madame Krudener is owing, we believe, the conversion of M. Benjamin de Constant, and the work on religion he is now publishing. Such was the awe her words sometimes inspired, that her hearers, and M. Benjamin de Constant with the rest (it is said), fell flat on their faces in her presence.

Lately, in Westminster, Mr. Benj. Price, many years secretary to the Westminster library, and well known in the literary circles of the metropolis. Mr. Price had at various times been engaged in contributing to periodical journals. About three years since he attempted to revive the Westminster library, in Charles-street, St. James's; but after many fruitless attempts the society was dissolved. He possessed a thorough acquaintance with modern books, and hence his quali