The Press.
London, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

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GENERAL SIR GEORGE H. F. BERKELEY, K.C.B•
died at Richmond on Friday, the 25th instant, after a
short illness, in bis 73rd year. The deceased general
was the eldest son of the late Admiral Sir G. C.
Berkeley, G.C.8., some time Lord Admiral of Portu-
gal, by Emily Charlotte, daughter of the late Lord
Geort e Lennox, and was consequently first cousin to
the present Elul Berkeley and to Earl Fitzhardinge.
He was born in 1785, and entered the army in 1802
as cornet in the Royal Horse Guards Blue; be pro-
ceeded with the 35th Regiment of Foot to Sicily and
Egypt, where he served during the whole campaign
under Lieut.• General M. Frazer. He subsequently
joined the British forces in the Peninsula under Lord
Wellington, and served as assistant-adjutant.general.
Among other engagements he was present at Busaco,
Fuentes d•Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, San
Sebastian, and Nive, and received a cross and three
clasps for his Peninsular services. He was subse-
quently engaged in the campaign in Flanders, and
was present at Waterloo, and for his gallantry on
that field received the order of St. Vladimir, 4th
class, from the late Emperor of Russia, and was made
a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1815. He was
also a Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal.
In 1846 he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 35th
Foot, now vacant by his decease, and attained the
rank of general in the army in 1854. Adopting a dif-
ferent sort of political opinion from those maintained
by the rest of his family, he was Surveyor-General
of the Ordnance under the Government of Lord
Derby, from February to December,lBs2, and sat for
Devonport during the last Parliament in the Conser-
vative interest. In 1815 he married Lucy, eldest
daughter and co-heir of the late Sir Thomas Sutton,
Bart., by whom he has left a family of three sons,
and a daughter married in 1938 to Lieut.-Colonel
Randal Rumley.

GENERAL SIR JOHN DOVETON, K.C.8., died at Vichy,
in the south of France last week. This gallant offi-
cer was one of the oldest officers in the East India
Company's service. He was a son of the late Sir

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William Webber Doveton (who was for upwards of
thirty years in the civil service of the Hon. East
India Company) by the only daugther of the late Mr.
Anthony Beale, and cousin of the late Sir J. Doveton,
G.C.B. He was born at St. Helena in 1783, and left
Portsmouth for Madras at the early age of fifteen, u
first cadet of cavalry, in June, 1798, was soon placed
on the staff as aide-de camp to the late Marquis
Wellesley, during his Goveroor•Generalship of India.
He saw much active service in the several campaigns
of 1799, 1803, and 1817, and at one time commanded
a division of the Nizam's army. After having spent
the best part of his life in India, he returned home
on furlough in 1830, and in 1833 was nominated to
the general staff of the Madras army, and appointed
to command the centre division. He attained the
rank of general in 1854, and for some years past had
held the colonelcv of the sth Regiment of Madras
Light Cavalry. For his Indian services he was made
a Knight Commander of the Bath in 1838.
THE REV. C. Wrmisms, 8.D., baa been elected
Principal of Jesus College, Ozon, in the room of Dr.
Fouckes, recently deceased.

Ma. ALcoce, M.P., who attended the annual
meeting of the Surrey Agricultural Association, in
reply for the county members, made a few observa-
tions with regard to the army now raising for service
in India :—" This was not the time'to find fault with
the Government, which was now on its trial before
the country ; but it must be acknowledged that the
manner in which the -army in Lydia had been
managed was not creditable. 'S hat would the
Emperor Napoleon have done if he had only taken
men of a particular height? Napoleon took men
without regard to size, and gave them names to suit
the particular departments in which he placed them.
And why should they not do the same? A great
country such as England required a great army, and
though such an army necessarily implied additional
expense, the additional expense would be more than
compensated for by increased commerce and the
security which was necessary for the promotion and
extension of commerce."