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noticed his " Account of the South Stack near Holyhead," and his 

 description of a perilous adventure, of which he was himself the 

 subject, in the " Mauvais Pas" of the Valais of Switzerland, from 

 the MS. communication of which Sir Walter Scott derived the 

 opening scene of " Anne of Geierstein." He also wrote an interesting 

 account of the condition of Western Ireland, and of the Island of 

 Achill in particular, which he visited for the purpose of personal 

 inspection during a period of severe distress. His other published 

 works, for the most part given to the world after his elevation to 

 the Episcopal Bench, consist of Sermons, of Charges to his Clergy, of 

 Speeches in the House of Lords, and of pamphlets on religious and 

 educational subjects, in all of which he exhibited a liberal tolerance 

 for the opinions, and a conciliatory forbearance for the feelings of 

 those from whom he differed. 



In 1811 he married Catherine, daughter of the Rev, Oswald Ley- 

 cester. Rector of Stoke-upon-Terne in Shropshire, by whom he has 

 left three sons and two daughters. The eldest of the sons. Captain 

 Owen Stanley, R. N., inheriting his father's predilection for the 

 naval service, was a Lieutenant in Captain Sir George Back's Ex- 

 pedition to the Arctic Regions, served subsequently under Sir 

 Edward Belcher in the South Seas, and has been engaged since 

 1846 as Commander of the Rattlesnake, in effecting a survey of 

 Torres Straits, New Guinea, and the adjacent coasts, from which 

 naturalists have already derived, and still hope to derive, much in- 

 teresting information. 



In his diocese the late Bishop has left behind him a character 

 universally respected and esteemed, about 260 of his clergy having 

 been present at his funeral. As a singular proof of his disinterested- 

 ness in the administration of his high functions, it is stated by Dean 

 Pellew, in his sermon on that occasion, that out of the numerous 

 vacancies that occurred during the twelve years of his residence in 

 the diocese, not one had been filled by a relation or family con- 

 nexion. 



The late Bishop became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1828, 

 and was chosen, on the resignation of the Duke of Somerset in 1837, 

 his successor to the office of President. In this room it is quite 

 unnecessary to speak of the manner in which he fulfilled the duties 

 of that office ; for the benevolence of his disposition, the frankness 

 of his manners, and the warm enthusiasm of his temper, have made 

 too deep an impression on all those who were in the habit of wit- 

 nessing them to be readily or speedily effaced. Had the graver 

 duties of his ecclesiastical station permitted, his love of science would 



