PART I.] Abstract of the English Reform Bill. 19. Right of voting for Counties extended to Copyholders having an estate of the clear yearly value of 10l. or upwards. 20. Right of voting in Counties extended to Leaseholders, if holders of a lease for not less than 60 years, and of the clear value of 107. over and above all rents and charges payable in respect thereof; also to Leaseholders for not less than 20 years, if the lease be of the clear yearly value to the holder of not less than 501. over and above all rents and charges payable in respect of the same. No such right to extend to any sub-lessee or assignee of any under lease, unless he be in actual occupation. The right of voting for Counties is also extended to every Tenant who shall be, bona-fide, liable to a yearly rent of not less than 50%. 22. County Voters need not be assessed to the land tax. 23. Neither trustees nor mortgagees to vote for the property of which they are the trustees or mortgagees, unless in actual possession of the receipt and profits of the estate. 24. No person to vote for a County in respect of any freehold house, &c. occupied by himself, which would confer a vote for a borough. 25. No person to vote for a County in respect of copy hold and leasehold in a borough, for which other any person has right to vote. 26. No person to be entitled to vote unless registered; and no person to be registered as freeholder, copyholder, &c. unless he has been in actual possession, or receipt of rents, for six months previous to the last day of July, in the of registration, year and no person to be registered as lessee, or tenant, unless he shall have been in actual possession and receipt of rents for twelve months previous to such last day of July, except in case of property coming by descent, marriage, &c. Voters for Cities and Boroughs. 27. In every City or Borough, every male person of full age, who shall occupy any house, warehouse, counting-house, shop, or other building, being, either separately, or jointly with any land within such place, of the clear yearly value of not less than Ten Pounds, shall, if duly registered, be entitled 637 to vote in the election of Members for such City or Borough; provided always, that no such person shall be so registered unless he shall have occupied such premises for Twelve Calendar Months previous to the last day of July in such year, nor unless such person shall have been rated for the Relief of the Poor, nor unless such person shall have paid on or before the Twentieth day of July in such year, all the Poor's Rates and Assessed Taxes which shall have become payable from him in respect of such premises previously to the Sixth day of April then next preceding; and no such person shall be so registered unless he shall have resided Six Calendar Months previous to the last day of July in such year within the City or Borough, or within Seven statute Miles thereof, or any part thereof. 28 and 29. Provide as to different premises occupied in succession, and as to joint occupiers;-in the latter case, if the yearly value, divided by the number of occupiers, gives 104. for each, each is entitled to vote. 30. Occupiers not rated, may demand to be rated. 31. Provides as to Freeholders voting for cities and towns, being counties of themselves, such provisions to extend to freeholds within the new boundaries. 32. Freemeu of any borough are not entitled to vote unless resident for six months in the borough, and duly registered, or residing within seven statute miles from the place where the poll for such borough is taken. 33. Reserves certain rights in voting for boroughs. Every person to lose his right of voting if his name be omitted two successive years from the register, unless in consequence of his receiving parochial relief, or being absent in the army or navy. 34 and 35 relate to particular localities. 36. No person entitled to be registered in any year who shall have received parochial relief within twelve months previous to the last day of July in such year. Forms and Regulations for Volers, Registrations, &c. Sections 37 to 57 relate to the preparation of Lists for Counties and Boroughs, objections to names inserted in them, the claims of those omitted, the appointment of barristers to rectify mistakes and supply omissions, &c. &c. The following are some of the leading provisions :- 37. Overseers are to give notice annually, requiring County Voters to send in their claims, but persons once on the Register are not required to make any subsequent claim. 38. Overseers are to prepare Lists of County Voters, and to publish them every year. They have the power of objecting to any name inserted in the Lists; and to keep copies of Lists for inspection. PART I.] Reform Bill.-Promotions, Preferments, &c. Merthyr Tydvill.-Parishes of Merthyr Tydvill and Aberdare. Salford.-Townships of Salford, Pendle ton, and Broughton. Sheffield.-Townships of Sheffield, Attercliff cum Darnall, Brightside Bierlow, and Nether Hallam. South Shields.Townships of South Shields and Westoe. Stockport.-Borough of Stockport and Hamlets of Brinks way and Edgeley. Stoke-upon-Trent.-Townships of Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Shelton, Penkhull with Boothen, Lane End, Longton, Fenton Vivian, Fenton Culver, Hamlet of Sneyd, and Vill of Ruston Grange. Stroud.-Parishes of Stroud Bisley, Painswick, Pitchcomb, Randcome, Stonehouse, Eastington, Leonard Stanley, except Lor 639 ridge's Farm, King's Stanley, Rodborough, Minchinhampton, Woodchester, Avening, Horsley. Sunderland.-Parish of Sunderland, townships of Bishop Wearmouth, Bishop Wearmouth Pans, Monk Wearmouth, Monk Wearmouth Shore, and Southwick. Tower Hamlets.-Liberties of the Tower, and Tower Division of Ossulton Hundred, except the parishes of St. John, Hackney; St. Mary, Stratford-le-Bow; and St. Leonard, Bromley. Tynemouth. Townships of Tynemouth, North Shields, Chirton, Preston, and Cullercoats. Wolverhampton.-Townships of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Wednesfield, and Willenhall; and parish of Sedgely. PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c. June 2. Visc. Ingestre to be Lt.-Col. of the Staffordshire Militia. June 24. Knighted, Col. John Woodford, K.C.H. of the Gren. Guards. June 26. Wm. Rookes Crompton, of Esholt Hall, co. York, esq. son of Joshua C., esq. by Anna-Maria, elder dau. and coh. of Wm. Brookes, esq. and Ann sister and heir of Robert Strangfield of Esholt, to take the surname and bear the arms of Stansfield. June 27. Knighted, Major-Gen. Fred. Wm. Mulcaster, R. Eng., K.C.H.; MajorGen. Joseph Straton, K.C.H.; John Leslie, of Coates, esq. K.H. Professor Nat. Philosophy in Univ. of Edinburgh; and Edw. Thomason, of Birmingham, esq.- -Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, Bart. and Capt. T. Briggs, R.N. to be Rear-Admirals of the Blue. June 29. 13th Foot, Lieut.-Col. Wm. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. J. Dene, Newton Tracy R. Devon. Rev. J. S. Henslow, Cholsey cum Mounts- Rev. J. Lupton, St. Michael's R. Queenhithe, London. Rev. A. H. F. Luttrell, Minehead V. So- Rev. J. Moore, Alrewas V. co. Stafford. Rev. C. Smyth, Alveston V. Sussex. MARRIAGES. Feb. 4. At Madras, Capt. Wm. Cunningham, 44th Reg. N.I. to Anne, only dau. of Major Andrew Hervey. -June 16. At Worthing, Lieut.-Col. Riddall, K.H. to Mary-Anne, dau. of the late Geo. Daysh, esq. -20. At Edinburgh, A. H. Urmston, esq. to Margaret, third dau. of Gen. Graham Stirling, of Duchray and Auchyle, Stirlingshire.- -21. At Chester-le-street, Col. Bell, of Benton, Northumberland, late of the 86th Reg. to Emma-Donna, dau. of the late Isaac Cookson, esq. of Whitehill, Durham.- -At Newchurch (I. W.) Lieut. W. Breedon, R.N. to Waller, eldest dau. of the late John Kearney, esq. co. Kilkenny. -23. At Islington, W. M. Coghlan, esq. of the Bombay Artillery, to Mary-Jane, only dau. of late Capt. J. Marshall, R.N. -25. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Wm. Tobias Langdon, esq. to Margaret, dau. of the Rev. Dr. Sampson, Rector of Groton, Suffolk.- -26. The Rev. Robt. Wooding Sutton, Rector of Layer Breton, Essex, to Mrs. T. Wilson, second dau. of the late T. Hayter, esq. of Brixton, Surrey. -At All Souls, Langham-place, Lieut.Col. Alex. Maclachlan, R.A. to Eliz.-MaryHarvey, dau. of late Col. Colebrooke, R.A. At -At Northfleet, R. Curteis, esq. to Caroline-Mary, eldest dau. of J. Russell, esq. of Manor-house, Swancomb.-28. St. George's, Hanover-square, W. Selby Lowndes, esq. to Lucy, eldest dau. of Mrs. Hartman, of Devonshire-place.At Daventry, the Rev. R. Biscoe, second son of Vincent H. Biscoe, esq. to Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Dr. Smith, Preb. of Durham. -At Richmond, Barrington Reynolds, esq. Capt. R.N. of Renair, Cornwall, to Eliza-Anne, third dau. of M. Dick, esq. of Richmond Hill, Surrey. PART 1.] OBITUARY.-Vice-Admiral Winthorp. served with it during the whole of the two following campaigns. He attained the rank of Lieut.-General in 1814; and was appointed Colonel of the 75th foot in 1827. During three Parliaments, from 1812 to 1826, Lt.-Gen. Dunlop was Member for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. VICE-ADM. WINTHROP. May 10. At Dover, of paralysis, aged 70, Robert Winthrop, esq. Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Mr. Winthrop was a Midshipman on board the Formidable, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. B. Rodney, in the memorable battle of April 12, 1782. He was a Lieutenant in 1790; and, at the conquest of Martinique in 1794, he commanded a battalion of seamen, attached to Prince Edward's brigade. In the spring of 1796 he commanded the Albicore sloop at the capture of St. Lucia; and about the same time he captured, near Barbadoes, l'Athenienne French corvette, of 14 guns. He was afterwards appointed to the Undaunted frigate, and in that ship had the misfortune to be wrecked, in the Morant Keys, during a heavy gale of wind, Aug. 27, 1796. His post commission bore date Dec. 16 following. Capt. Winthrop's next appointment was to the Circe, of 28 guns, stationed in the North Sea; and in June 1798, he served in the expedition sent against Ostend. Major-Gen. Coote, who commanded the army employed on that occasion, has recorded in his despatches "the indefatigable exertions and good conduct" of Capt. Winthrop, who superintended the landing of the troops. In the summer of 1799, Capt. Winthrop was entrusted with the command of a small squadron, employed on the coast of Holland; the boats of which, in the night of the 27th June, very gallantly cut out twelve sail of merchantmen from the Wadde, without having a man hurt; notwithstanding they were much annoyed by the fire from the enemy's batteries and gun-boats. On the 10th July, the boats also cut out three more valuable vessels, and burnt another laden with stores. In the following month the Circe assisted at the capture of the Helder, on which occasion all the Dutch ships lying in the Nieuve Diep, together with the naval magazine at the Nieuve Werk, containing a large quantity of stores, were taken possession of by Capt. Winthrop. This event led to the surrender of the enemy's fleet in the Texel. In October of the same year, Capt. Winthrop's boats, under bis own immediate GENT. MAG. Suppl. CII. PART I. 641 direction, carried off from the port of Delfzel a sloop of war and schooner, the Lynx of 12 guns, and the Perseus of 8 guns. In the autumn of 1800, in the expedi tion against Ferrol, Capt. Winthrop commanded the Stag frigate, but which was unfortunately stranded in Vigo Bay on the 6th Sept., and was obliged to be destroyed by fire, after the stores had been removed. On the renewal of war, after the peace of Amiens, Capt. Winthrop obtained the command of the Ardent, a 64-gun ship, stationed on the coast of Spain, where he drove on shore la Bayonnaise French frigate, of 32 guns and 200 men, from the Havannah bound to Ferrol. The crew, to prevent her being taken possession of, set her on fire, by which she was totally destroyed. The Ardent was subsequently employed off Boulogne, under the orders of Lord Keith. From that ship he was removed into the Sybille frigate, about July 1805; and on the 3d May, 1807, he captured l'Oiseau French letter of marque. In the ensuing summer, he was appointed to the command of the Dover district of Sea Fencibles. He attained the rank of RearAdmiral 1809, and of Vice-Admiral in 1830. Adm. Winthrop married Dec. 23, 1804, Miss Farbrace, of Dover; by whom he has left a family of two sons and four unmarried daughters. BARON CUVIER. May 13. At his residence in the Jardin des Plantes at Paris, the Baron Cuvier, a Peer of France, and Privy Councillor, Perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Sciences, and Member of the French Academy. George Leopold Cuvier, son of an officer in the Swiss regiment of Waldner, was born at Montbeliard, in August 1769; the same year which produced Napoleon, Canning, Walter Scott, Chateaubriand, and Schiller. This town, although now appertaining to France, was then capital of a county annexed to the Duchy of Wurtemberg. To this circumstance Cuvier owed the felicity of being half French, half German, an immense advantage to a man of letters and science, since it at once gave him the key of two contrasted realms of study and of thought, of which not only the united stores, but the continual comparison, are of unspeakable benefit. He was educated at the college of Montbeliard, and in the Lutheran religion, which was that of his parents. They destined him to the army; but the youth |