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PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. Jan. 12. A party of gentlemen met at dinner on the occasion of presenting a Piece of Plate and Subscription to Mr. G. Stephenson. After the customary toasts, the Chairman, C. J. Brandling, esq. in a neat address presented a massy silver tankard, upon which was the following inscription:

"This Piece of Plate, purchased with a part of the sum of a subscription of 10367. raised for the remuneration of Mr. GEORGE STEPHENSON, for having discovered the fact, that inflamed firedamp will not pass through tubes and apertures of small dimensions; and having been the first to apply that principle in the construction of a safety lamp, calculated for the preservation of human life in situations formerly of the greatest danger, was presented to him at a general meeting of the Subscribers."

The Chairman then observed, that it never had been the wish of those who supported the claims of Mr. Stephenson, to injure the fair fame of any man, or deprive an eminent individual of the merit to which he was justly entitled. Under this impression, he felt no hesitation in rising to give the health of Sir H. Davy, for the ready manner in which be came forward to lend his aid to the cause of humanity, and for the great and disinterested services he had rendered to the coal-trade, and to science in general. This toast was received with great applause. The Earl of Strathmore concluded an excellent speech with a sentiment, "Rivalry in science without Jealousy, and may every one engaged in useful researches reap the benefit of his own labours." The cheerful and convivial spirit displayed by the Chairman soon infused itself into the company, and rendered this meeting, from its commencement till its close, a scene of festivity and good humour seldom witnessed; and a general wish seemed to prevail that all animosity should from that day cease between the contending parties.

Edinburgh, Jan. 30. St. Paul's Chapel, York Place, was opened for the purpose of being consecrated. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Bishop Sandford, assisted by the Rev. A. Alison, and R. Morehead, Ministers of the Chapel.

Feb. 6. At 2 o'clock p. m. a large and luminous meteor was seen descending vertically from the zenith towards the Northern part of the horizon, in the I neighbourhood of Cambridge. It was

visible in broad day-light, the sun shining at the time in great splendour.-The same meteor was seen at Swaffham, in Norfolk.

Feb. 19. The useful and beautiful Chain Bridge lately erected over the Tweed at Dryburgh Abbey by the Earl of Buchan, was entirely blown down by a tremendous gale.

Feb. 28. Several of Mr. Kemble's friends in Edinburgh, anxious to express their admiration of his talents, by requesting his acceptance of some memorial of their affection and regard, requested the honour of his company to dinner. The party was fixed for this day, and several, of the first noblemen and most distinguished characters of Edinburgh were present. The chair was taken by F. Jeffrey, esq.; Mr. Kemble taking his seat on his right hand, and Professor Playfair on his left; and he was most ably assisted in croupiers by Walter Scott, and John Wilson, esqrs. After dinner, and the usual loyal toasts, Mr. Jeffrey proposed the health of Mr. Kemble, and in the name of the company requested his acceptance of a gold snuffbox, to bear the following inscription:

"To John Philip Kemble, esq. in the first year of his retirement from the Stage, this Box was presented by Francis Jeffrey, esq. in the name of fifty Inhabitants of Edinburgh, as a slight token of their sense of those important services which his taste and his example have rendered to the British Drama; in grateful remembrance of the exquisite delight which they have received from his talents as a performer; and as a testimony of their high esteem and regard for his private character. 28th of February, 1818.'

Mr. Kemble expressed his sincere and grateful thanks for the honour done him. Among other toasts in the course of the evening, the health of Mrs. Siddons, introduced by an animated and eloquent address from Mr. Walter Scott, was received with great respect and delight.

March 4. Another great house was in imminent danger of increasing the catalogue of those destroyed by fire. Some plumbers were at work at Gorhambury, near St. Alban's, the seat of the Earl of Verulam, who went to dinner, leaving thereon a charcoal fire, which, before they returned, communicated to the rafters; but, being providentially discovered in time, men were sent up, who cut away a large portion of the rafters, and prevented the fire from burning into the house, which it was rapidly threatening to do.

March

March 16. The annual sale of the linen manufactured from the yarn spun by the poor women employed by the West Ham Spinning Institution, was held at the house of the Treasurer at Upton, in Essex, when table linen, diaper, sheeting, &c. to the amount of upwards of 100% were disposed of among the ladies who patronize the charity-This useful institution has afforded employment at their own houses to between 30 and 40 poor women during the winter, who but for this assistance must have become with their families dependent on the parish. They are supplied with flax from time to time as they require it, and are allowed to purchase their wheels by small weekly instalments. The charity has now been established sixteen years, and each return of winter affords the ladies who conduct it fresh proof of the advantages which result from the plan of furnishing the poor with suitable work, instead of relieving them with money at the door.

In our last volume, p. 463, we noticed the atrocious murders perpetrated at Theddlethorpe on the 7th of October. A man named John Raithby being apprehended on strong suspicion, and committed to Lincoln Castle, confessed the crime with every mark of sincere repentance. Ever since his committal his agony of mind, accompanied with visions of horror, continued day and night, till nature at length sunk under the conflict. The verdict of the coroner's inquest was, Died of excessive grief.

The Spanish chesnut tree, under which the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth and his party dined before the battle of Sedgemoor, is still standing in Dillington Park, near Ilminster. It now measures 26 feet in circumference, and annually produces a large quantity of

nuts.

A great sensation has been created at Bath, and indeed throughout the kingdom, by a Protest read by the Archdeacon of Bath, at a meeting convened forthe purpose of establishing a Church Missionary Society in that City; the Bishop of Gloucester in the chair.

Mr. Gladstone, of Liverpool, has built and endowed, at his sole expence, two churches, St. Andrew's, in Renshawstreet, and St. Thomas's, at Litherland, near that town. He has also built, endowed, and will shortly open, a charityschool, in Slater-street, where 270 children will be educated. At Litherland, he has, moreover, built a school and a master's house, which he has also endowed, and in which about 80 children at present receive the benefits of education.

The Bishop of Carlisle some time since intimated to the Earl of Lonsdale, that it would essentially serve the Established Church if the costly education at one of the English Universities could be avoided, and gentlemen intended for a clerical life could obtain it nearer home. His Lordship, with his accustomed public spirit, adopted the hint, and has caused the chancel of St. Bees abbey, which has been upwards of 200 years without a roof, but the walls of which were still found to be substantial, to be fitted up for the purpose, at his own expence, under the superintendance of Mr. Peile. The work is now finished, and forms one of the noblest structures for academic studies which this or any adjacent county can boast. The Free Grammar School of St. Bees has also been lately repaired at a considerable expence by the same munificent noble

man.

The exterior of the grand public Mu'seum, in the College at Edinburgh, is now finished, and is allowed to be one of the most beautiful and chaste pieces of architecture in Scotland. Preparations are making for fitting up the interior according to the classical plan conceived by Mr. Playfair jun. Col. Imrie, well known to the publick by his mineralogical writings, has been the first to set the example of contributing to this establishment. He has presented to the Museum the valuable collection of minerals he made in Greece and the Greek Islands, and has accompanied this interesting donation with a splendidly-printed catalogue, and engravings of classical Grecian scenery, made from original drawings, and engraved at his own expence, by one of our most eminent artists.

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binder, of Villiers-street (who was among the first persons attracted to the spot), has since died in consequence of the fright occasioned by this calamitous

event.

Wednesday, March 4.

damage was done to the shipping in the River. A young man named John Lint, belonging to Erith, who was coming up the River in a Gravesend boat, was forced overboard, and every effort to save him proved ineffectual.-The effects of the storm were also very severely experienced in various parts of the country; as well as by the shipping on the

coast.

The amount of the Public Funded Debt of Great Britain, distinguishing the redeemed and unredeemed; together with the annual charge thereon, and the Sinking Fund applicable to the discharge thereof, on the 5th of January, 1818. Great Britain, including Ireland, funded therein, consolidated per 56 Geo. III. c. 98.

Public Funded Debt*
Debt Redeemed
Debt unredeemed

.£1,106,759,615

358,557,624 748,201,991

Charge, exclusive of Sinking
Fund, estimated at.. 27,868,439
Sinking Fund, estimated at.. 13,847,137

Total Annual Charge, esti-
mated at...

.41,715,576

This night, the Metropolis was visited by a Storm more violent than any remembered for some years past. The wind began to blow from S. to S. W. about 8 o'clock, a perfect hurricane, accompanied with rain, and at times with lightning; and raged with increasing fury until near 1, when a temporary abatement took place, which was followed by occasional squalls till between 3 and 4 o'clock. The house of Mr. Thatcher in Union-street, Chelsea, fellin upon him as he was seated by his fire-side reading, and he was buried in the ruins. The neighbours having removed the rubbish, he was got out alive, but very seriously injured.-At the East end of the town several shells of houses, and some nearly finished, but of slight construction, were levelled with the ground. Three unfinished houses in the New Cut, leading from Rev. Rowland Hill's Chapel to Lambeth, fell with a tremendous crash a few minutes after a lady and gentleman who had taken refuge there had left the spot.-Several trees were blown down in St. James's Park and in other quarters; and the streets in all parts of the town were strewed with fragments of chimneys, tiles, &c.—Mr. Kinnaird, one of the magistrates of the Thames Police, was sitting in his back parlour, at his house in Holborn, with his family, when a stack of chimneys fell in upon them. They had just a moment's time, and a moment only, for escape. The chair in which Mr. Kinnaird was sitting was broken into shivers, as well as the flap of the table on which he was leaning. The assistant also, who was sitting in the counting-house, narrowly escaped with his life.-Between 10 and 11 o'clock, a kitchen at the back of the house of Lady Hayes, in Somerset-street, was rendered one mass of ruins by the falling-in of a large wall. After some time the body of Mary Mauntie, the cook, was taken out, the head dashed to atoms, and the body greatly disfigured; she was quite dead. The bodies of the house-maid and laundrymaid were also dug out, but some signs of life were apparent in both, although they were most dangerously bruised. One had her thigh broken, and was burnt about the shoulder; the other was much worse burnt, but had no limb fractured. Many other accidents oc-. curred, though none of so serious a nature as the preceding.-Considerable Cents. payable in England.

By the 57 Geo. III. c. 48, the Sinking Fund Accounts terminate on the 5th of January in each year, instead of the 1st of February as heretofore.

The rapid increase of Saving Banks throughout the Kingdom must afford great satisfaction to every benevolent mind. By returns lately made to the House of Commons it appears that from Aug. 6, 1817, to Jan. 5, 1818, 325,0517. has been received by the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, from the Trustees of the Saving Banks in Great Britain, to be applied to the purchase of Stock for the subscribers. This sum has purchased 376,7331. 3 per

cents.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
New Pieces.

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

Feb. 21. Zuma, or The Tree of Health, a Comic-Opera, in three Acts, by Mr. Dibdin, the Music by Braham and Bishop.

March 12.

Rob Roy; a Musical Drama, formed out of the celebrated novel

under that title.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.

March 2. The Castle of Glendower; a Comedy in five Acts.

March 25. Rob Roy the Gregarach; a Romantic Drama.

* Exclusive of £1,900,000 Irish 5 per

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PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS.

PROMOTIONS.

Whitehall, Feb. 21. The undermentioned Knights Commanders, to be Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath: Adm. Sir C. M. Pole, bart. vice Adm. Sir R. Curtis, bart. deceased; Rear-adm. Sir T. F. Freemantle, vice Adm. Sir J. T. Duckworth, bart. deceased; and Rear-adm. Sir G. Cockburn, vice Adm. Sir R. Onslow, bart. deceased.-Gazette.

Mr. Isaac Hadwen, Russian Consul at Gibraltar.-Gazette.

Rev. John Pattinson, Master of the Grammar School at Dendron, co. Lancaster.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. Charles Turnor, M. A. and F. S. A. Vicar of Wendover, Bucks, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the same County, to a Prebendal Stall in Lincoln Cathedral, vice Dr. Charles Burney.

Rev. William Aldrich, B. D. Hintlesham R. Suffolk.

Rev. J. W. Morgan, M. A. St. Giles R. Colchester.

Rev. Samuel Jones, Briningham Curacy, Norfolk.

Rev. W. Tournay, D. D. Prebendary of Westminster, vice Wheler, dec.-Gazette. Rev. P. Scott Fisher, M. A. Burbage V. Wilts.

Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell, Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral.

Rev. William Wilmott, M. A. Trinity Church Perpetual Curacy, Halifax, vice Knight, resigned.

Rev. Gunton Postle, Wereham Perpetual Curacy, with Wretton annexed, Norfolk.

Rev. William. Doncaster, B. A. Winterborne Basset R. Wilts.

Rev. T. Ashley, B. D. West Shefford R. Berks, vice Wilson, deceased.

Rev. T. Pearce, M. A. Hawkinge R, Kent.

Rev. John Pattinson, Dendron Chapelry, co. Lancaster.

Rev. William Parker, B. A. Skipwith V. co. York, vice Nelson, deceased.

Rev. George Rennell, Greystead R. Northumberland, vice Jones, resigned.

Rev. William Jones, one of the Chaplains of Greenwich Hospital.

Rev. Charles Andrews, Flempton cum Hengrave R. Suffolk.

Rev. Robert Eyues Landor, B. D. Vicar of Hughendon, Bucks, Domestic Chaplain to the Prince Regent.

Rev. J. Brett, M. A. Mount Bures R. Essex.

Rev. H. Tacey, Bylaugh Perpetual Curacy, Norfolk.

DISPENSATION.

Rev. Thomas Davis, Idmistun V. Wilts, with St. Martin R. Sarum.

BIRTHS.

Jan. 12. At Naples, the lady of the Commander-in-Chief Prince Nugent, a dau. -28. At Madeira, Rt. Hon. Lady E. Percival, a daughter.

Feb. 3. The lady of his Royal Highness Don Carlos of Spain, a son. 14. At Avoch house, co. Ross, the lady of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, a son and heir. 21. The wife of Joseph Feilden, esq. of Witton house, co. Lancaster, a son.-23. In Upper Grosvenor - street, the wife of Paul Methuen, esq. M. P. a son.-24. In Weymouth-street, the lady of Hon. Thos. Orde Powlett, a son. The wife of W. Ponsonby Johnson, esq. of Walton house, co. Cumberland, a son.-27. At Richmond house, the Countess of March, a son and heir.

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Alexander Anderson, a dan.-At Fort William, Bengal, the lady of Sir T. M'Mahon, Adj.-gen. to the Forces, a son.-At Bangalore, the wife of Gen. Hare, a son.

March 1. In Hertford-street, the Countess of Clonmell, a son.-2. At Eaglehurst, Hants, the Countess of Cavan, a son.-3. At Eden house, Tunbridge Wells, the wife of Alexander John Wynch, esq. a dau.-5. At Melton Mowbray, Lady Elizabeth Norman, a son.-6. At Edwinstowe, Notts, Hon. Mrs. Boothby, a son.- 13. At Wickham Bishops, Essex, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Leigh, a son. At Noseley-hall, co. Leicester, the lady of Sir Arthur Grey Hesilrige, bart, a son-15. In Grosvenor place, the wife of Henry Hobhouse, esq. a son. 16. In Burlington - street, the Marchioness of Anglesey, a son. —20. In Highbury place, the wife of Humphrey Ballard, esq. à dau. -The lady of Adm. Sir C. H. Knowles, bart. a son.- 23. In Albemarle-street, the Countess of Waldegrave, a dau. 25. In Wimpole-street, Rt. Hon. Lady Bridport, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

MARRIAGES.

1817, Aug. 19. At Bombay, Rev. Geo. Barnes, B. D. Archdeacon of Bombay, to Harriet Penelope, fourth dau. of the late James Rivett Carnac, esq. formerly Member of Council at that Presidency.

Sept. 8. At Baroda, V. C. Kemble, esq. of the East India Company's Establishment, to Miss Shaw.

Déc. 15. At Malaga, Cipiano Palafox, Count of Jeva, to Maraquita Malvina, eldest daughter of William Kirkpatrick, esq. of Malaga.

At the Bermudas, Sir Charles Thomas Jones, knt. Captain of his Majesty's ship Harrier, to Jane Helen Melville, only child of Gilbert Sutton, esq. Collector of his Majesty's Customs.

1818, Feb. 9. James Dempster, esq. M.D. 93d Highlanders, to Elizabeth Maria, only daughter of John Carroll, esq. of Newlawn, co. Tipperary.

12. Major Hugonin, 4th Drag. only son of Lieut.-gen. Hugonin, to Catherine, eldest dau. of James Cogan, esq. of Walthamstow.

16. Lieut.-gen. the Hon. Sir C. Colville, G. C. B. to Jaue, eldest dau. of W. Mure, esq. of Caldwell.

17. At Paris, T. Finnimore Hill, esq. to Lucy Frances, second dau. of T. Lewis, esq. and grand-daughter of Sir Harry Goring, bart.

19. Francis Onslow Trent, esq. youngest son of the late John Trent, esq. of Dillington-house, Somerset, to Judith, eldest dau. of the late W. S. Loher, esq. of the Polygon, Southampton.

21. George Attwood, esq. of the Leasowes, Shropshire, to Mary, dau. of T. Kinnersly, esq. of Clough ball, co. Stafford.

26. Lieut.-col. C. W. Crookshank, 33d reg. son of the late Judge Crookshank, of Newton Park, Ireland, to Charlotte, second dau. of Rev. Charles Johnson, vicar of Southstoke, and Prebendary of Wells.

28. W. L. Lowndes, esq. of Lincoln'sinn, to Eliza, fourth dau. of S. C. Cox, esq. one of the Masters iu Chancery.

29. At Seroor, Major Ford, of the Madras Establishment, to the eldest dau. of Robert Eastwick, esq. of Warfield, Berks. Lately. Dep.-assistant Commissarygen. Turner, to Susan, eldest dau. of P. Delanney, esq. of New Bond-street.

Charles Chaplin, esq. Professor of Fortifications at the Royal Military College, Farnham, to Sarah, eldest dau. of W. Parsons, esq. of Prospect-house, Southampton.

W. Green, esq. of Coddenham-hall, Suffolk, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of T. Cooper, esq. of Langenhoe-hall, Essex.

Mr. D. T. Egerton, artist, of Lexden, Essex, to Georgiana, dau. of the late John Dickens, esq. Judge at Prince of Wales's Island,

At Carlisle, Thomas Reeves, esq. Captain in the 54th foot, to Alice, only dau. of the late William Dacre, esq. of Kirklinton-ball.

Rev. J. C. Fisher, of Merton, Devon, to Harriet, third daughter of Richard Litch field, esq. of Torrington.

Rev. J. W. Sinclair, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the Rev. R. Bligh, rector of Donaldkirk, Yorkshire.

At Madras, Rev. William Malkin, A. B. Chaplain to the East India Company, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Sir Samuel Toller, Advocate General, Madras.

March 4. By special licence, Sir Chas. Egleton Kent, bart. of Little Pontonhouse, co. Lincoln, to Lady Sophia Lygon, dau. of the late Earl of Beauchamp.

Rev. Edward James Townsend, Rector of Rawmarsh, co. York, to Mary Catherine, only daughter of John Hambrough, esq. of Hereford-street, Park-lane.

5. Visc. Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, to Georgiana Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, bart. of Moncrieffe, co. Perth.

6. Olawell Puxwell, esq. of Galway, to Mrs. O'Brien, widow of the late Ulick O'Brien, esq. of Waterview, co. Galway, and younger sister of Lord Clanmorris.

9.

Charles Gordon Ashley, esq. to the Hon. Jane Newcomen.

10. William Symonds, esq. to Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter of the late Adm. Carteret, and niece of Sir John Silvester, bart.

Henry Robert Carden, esq. only son of Sir J. C. Carden, bart. to Louisa, only daughter of Frederick Thompson, esq. of Dublin.

At Edinburgh, John Munsie, esq. surgeon, Thornbill, to Miss Anna Torrie, daughter of the late Captain Torrie, R. N.

14. John By, Major in Royal Engineers, to Esther, heiress of the late John March, esq. of Harley-street, Cavendish

square.

William Henry Feilde, esq. only son of W. H. Feilde, esq. of Netherfield-house, Herts, to Miss Georgiana Martha Pybus Fairfield, of Gloucester-place, Portmansquare.

William Blasket, esq. to Eliza, third dau. of the late Alexander Caldcleugh, esq. of Broad Green-house, Surrey.

18. Rev. Dr. Butler, Head-master of Harrow school, Rector of Gayton, co. Northampton, and of Calverton, Bucks, to Sarah Maria, eldest daughter of John Gray, esq. of Wembley-park, Middlesex.

23. Charles Telfair, esq. to Annabella, eldest dau. of the late Adm. Chamberlayne. 28. George Collings, esq. of Hampstead, to Mrs. Rhodes, widow of Captain Rhodes, of the East India Company's service.

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