jurisdiction. It was not, however, a work that he could feel himself justified in grauting any protection to. The Courts

of Law had the cognizance of all libellous matters, and of all attacks on principle and character, but his jurisdiction as Chancellor was solely confined to property. The injunction was refused.

Thursday, March 20.

A meeting of the Proprietors of DruryJane Theatre was held in the saloon of the Theatre, when, after much discussion, it was resolved to let the Theatre on lease, if an adequate offer shall be made, with competent security for its fulfilment. Thanks were voted to the Earl of Essex and other members of the Committee of Management, who are to continue to exercise their functions till the end of the season. The following were stated to be the receipts of the Theatre since its rebuilding :-First year, 79,9257. 14s.; second, 68,3891. 3s.; third, 61,5857. 8s. 5d.; fourth, 49,5867. 17s.

Monday, March 24.

About 11 p. m. Mr. Forster observed a very fine Panselene, or mock-moon, at Clapton. It was of short duration, and appeared in a fiue veil of the wane-cloud or Cirrostratus.

The following letter to the Duke of Wellington accompanied a most liberal remittance in aid of the Subscription for the relatives of the sufferers in the glorious battle of Waterloo :

66 Bombay, 19 Feb. 1816. To his Grace the Duke of Wellington, &c. &c. &c.

My Lord, As the splendid achievements of your Grace have placed your military glory beyond all competition, we shall not dwell upon a subject of which History alone can speak with sufficient dignity.From this bright part of your character we turn to another, which is ever inseparable from true glory-that enthusiastic attachment to the welfare of your soldiers, which gave you their hearts as well as their hands, and enabled you to triumph over the most formidable military power that ever threatened the peace, the liberty, and the happiness of mankind.To such a character, the most affecting tribute of living admiration must be the relief that is offered, through him, to the families of the brave men who died for their country; and in requesting your Grace to dispense amongst the Widows and Orphans of the Soldiers who fell in your late glorious campaign this small but affectionate remembrance of their valour and devotion to their Country's cause, we are persuaded we consult the feelings which are the most honourable to your character. With sentiments of the highest consideration, we have the honour to

be, my Lord, your Grace's most obedient humble servant, A. BELL, Chairman

of the Bombay Committee."

The Committee of Finance have resolved to recommend the abolitiou, after the death of the present possessors, of the Governorship of the Isle of Wight, the Clerkship of the Pells, the two Chief Justiceships in Eyre, the Auditorship and the four Tellerships of the Exchequer, the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and the Commissary-General of Musters.

A beautiful silver vase, modelled from the celebrated specimen from Adrian's Villa, brought from Rome by Sir W. Hamilton, and now the property of the Earl of Warwick, has been executed by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge. This piece of plate is one of the finest specimens of art ever finished. The form is truly elegant. The whole is surrounded by fine antique Bacchanalian masks. The handles are composed of vine stems finely twisted, the upper part running round the top of the vase. On the base is the fullowing inscription ::-"As a testimony of the sense entertained of his services by the friends of true liberty and public tranquillity, this vase is presented to the Rev. Sir Henry Bate Dudley, bart. LL. D. who, by his firm and decisive conduct as a magistrate, contributed essentially to the suppression of a sudden and dangerous insurrection at Littleport, in the Isle of Ely, on the 24th day of May, 1816."

The splendid and extensive stained glass window, ordered by the late Duke of Norfolk, upon the subject of King John siguing Magna Charta in the presence of the Barons, for the Barons Hall in Arundel Castle, has been completed by the present Duke, and is now exhibiting by the Artist, Mr. Backler, his friends and the publick.

It is a singular circumstance, that none of the Almanacks notice the now returning direction of the magnetic needle towards the North; in the year 1657 it pointed due North, but has been 160 years increasing in declination Westward; last year it attained a declension of 25, and then became stationary, and is now receding back again to the North.

A useful Hint.-The difference between rising every morning at six, and at eight, in the course of forty years, amounts to 29,200 hours, or three years, 121 days, and 16 hours, which are equal to eight hours a day for exactly ten years; so that the rising at six will be the same as if ten years of life (a weighty consideration) were added, wherein we may command eight hours every day for the cultivation of our minds and the dispatch of business. This calculation is made without any regard to Bissextile.

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GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. Downing-street, Feb. 28. Maj.-gen. Geo. Stracey Smith, Lieut.-governor of the Province of New Brunswick.

Carlton-house, March 1. Tho. Spooner, esq. of Hill-house, Ely, to be Sheriff of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon; and John Lloyd, of Trallwyn, esq. to be Sheriff of the county of Carnarvon, in the room of Daniel Vawdry, of Plasgwynnant, esq.

March 6. Lieut.-gen. Sir Richard Jones, invested with the ensigns of a Knight Com mander of the Order of the Bath.

Whitehall, March 11. Maj.-gen. Sir George-Townsend Walker, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, vice Lieut.gen. the Hou. Sir John Abercromby, dec.

Lieut.-gen. Rob. Macfarlane, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, vice Walker.

CIVIL PROMOTIONS.

Dr. John Haviland, Regius Professor of Physic in the University of Cambridge, vice Sir. J. Pennington, dec.; and one of the Physicians to Addenbrooke's Hospital. John Dyneley, esq. the Lord Chancellor's Secretary of Presentations.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, Rev. Thomas Heckford, M. A. Official to the Rev. Archdeacon of Ely, vice Davies, dec.

Rev. T. Mears, M. A. All Saints R. Southampton,

Rev. William-H. Clark, Cold Higham R. co. Northampton.

Rev. George Strong, M. A. Lansannan R. co. Denbigh.

Rev. Dr. Randolph, prebendary of Bath Cathedral, St. Paul's R. Covent Garden.

Rev. W. J. Mansel, M. A. Hethe R. Oxon. Rev. Wm. Stephen Gilly, B. A. North Fambridge R. Essex.

Rev. G. F. Tavel, M. A. Campsey Ash R. Suffolk.

Rev. Thomas-Oldfield Bartlett, of Wareham, Dorset, Swanage R. Isle of Purbeck. Rev. C. H. Paynter, Lower St. Columb and Cranstock Perpetual Cures, Cornwall. Rev. Samuel White, D. D. of Hampstead, one of the Domestic Chaplains of Lord Combermere.

DISPENSATION.

Rev. Robert Wright, to hold Ovington R. with Itchin Abbas, Hants.

BIRTHS.

Jan. 4. At Montreal, the Countess of Selkirk, a dau.-22. At St. Amand, in France, the wife of Lieut.-col. Norcott, Rifle Brigade, a son.-27. In Charlottestreet, Pimlico, the wife of Michael Countze, esq. three boys and one girl.

Feb. 8. At Saxby-parsonage, co. Leicester, the wife of Rev. John Empson, a son and heir.-11. At Edinburgh, the wife of Gen. Francis Dundas, a son.~ .-15. The wife of James Garforth, esq. of Conistonehall, near Gargrave, a son and heir-20. At Brussels, the Princess of Orange, a son.-24. In Jewry-street, Aldgate, the wife of Moses Abrahams, esq. solicitor, a son and heir.-25. At Byland-hall, Norfolk, the wife of Hon. Capt. Irby, R. N. a dau.-27. The wife of WilliamHenry Ashhurst, esq. M. P. a dau. 28. At Bennington-park, the wife of C. M. Campbell, esq. a son and heir.

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Lately, In Upper Brook-street, the lady of Sir Henry Darell, a son.-' -The wife of Major Chambers, 41st reg. a dau. -At Bayswater, the wife of Lieut.-col. Napier, a son. - - At Brighton, the lady

Rev. Joseph Gilbanks, Lamplugh R. Cumberland, vice Dickenson, dec.

Rev. William Hepworth, jun. B. A. St. Matthew's R. Island of New Providence. Rev. James Speare, M. A. Elmset R. Norfolk.

Rev. Thomas Young, curate of Richmond, Surrey, Fonthill Bishop R. Wilts. Rev. Wm..Henry Parry, M. A. South Muskham R. Notts.

Rev. Sam. Kilderbee, Easton R. Suffolk. Rev. John-Short Hewett, M. A. Rotherhithe R. Surrey.

Rev. Roger-Carus Wilson, B. A. Preston V. co. Lancaster..

GENT. MAG. March, 1817.

borough, co. Northampton, the wife of John Ward, esq. a son and heir. - At the Rectory, Hawarden, Lady Charlotte Neville, a son. At Stoke-place, Bucks, the wife of Maj. Howard Vyse, M. P. a son. At Dowles-lodge, Hants, the lady of Sir Simeon Stuart, a dau.- Hon. Mrs. Bland, of Kippax-park, a son. — At Asfordby, co. Leic. Lady Catherine Cavendish, a dau. At Litchfield, the wife of Dr. Darwin, 'a dau. · At Edinburgh, the wife of George Macpherson Grant, esq. M. P. a dau.-At Castle-martyr, Ireland, the Countess of Shannon, a dau. At Dublin, the lady of Lord Robert Tottenham, Bp. of Killaloe, a daughter.

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March 1. At Stoke-hill, near Guildford, the wife of J. W. Spicer, esq. a son and heir.-2. At the Parsonage-house, Scotter, the wife of the Rev. Henry John Wollaston, a daughter. 3. At Aqualatehall, Salop, the lady of Sir John Fenton Boughey, bart. a dau.-5. At Guines, in France, the wife of John Abercrombie, esq. 2nd drag. guards, a son.-6. At Wells, the lady of the Hon. Dr. Ryder, Bp. of Gloucester, a dau.-7. At Windle-hall, co. Lancaster, the wife of J. Gerrard, esq. a son.-8. In Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, the wife of the Rev. Weeden Butler, M. A. Lecturer of Brompton, of twins, both girls: since dead.-8. At Bath, the lady of Rear-adm. Sir John Gore, K. C. B. a dau. -12. At Runcorn, Cheshire, the wife of Capt. Bradshaw, R. N. a son and heir. 13. At Yeste-house, the Marchioness of Tweedale, a dau.-16. At Kentish-town, the wife of J. J. Wilkinson, esq. a dau.— 17. At Methley-park, co. York, Viscountess Pollington, a son.-21. At Melbury, the Countess of Ilchester, a son.

MARRIAGES.

1816. AT Surat, John Romer, esq. Sept. 10. Judge of Surat, to Margaret Stewart, youngest dau. of Robert Anderson, esq. of Burton-crescent.

1817. Feb. 1. Capt. George Browne, 34th foot, to Harriet-Aune, eldest dau. of Martin Whish, esq. Commissioner of Excise.

William-Henry Layton, esq. eldest son of Rev. T. Layton, Vicar of Chigwell, to Frances-Elizabeth, second dau. and coheiress of Ellys-Anderson Stephens, esq. of Bower-hall, Essex.

At Dublin, Henry P. Maziere, esq. to Cornelia, eldest dau. of the late B. Shaw, esq. collector of Cork.

3. Rev. Christopher Carr, to Louisa, only daughter of the late Major Fox, of Pontefract.

A. Donaldson Campbell, esq. of Glasgow, to J. Maria, dau. of Col. Dunlop, of Housebill, co. Renfrew.

4. Oliver, son of Rev. Samuel Raymond, of Belchamp-ball, Essex, to Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Andrews, of Flimpton, Suffolk.

11. Rev. W. Vansittart, Vicar of White Waltham, Berks, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of Lieut.-gen. Warde, of Woodlandcastle, Glamorgan.

12. Robert Frost, esq. of Hull, to Catharine-Betty, only dau. of the late John Lee, esq. of Leeds.

13. Edw. Milward, esq. to Sarah, fourth dau. of the late Rev. W. Whitear, Prebendary of Chichester.

Capt. Willows, East India Company's Military Service, to Eliza, second dau. of the late William Woodley, esq. Governor of Berbice.

15. William Shepheard, esq. R. N. to the youngest dau. of Col. T. Paterson, of Upper Seymour-street.

Maj.-gen. Moore, to Cecilia, only child of W. Watson, esq. of Queen-square.

17. Philip Zachariah Cox, esq. capt. of 23d Lancers, to Louisa-Frances, youngest dau. of Adm. Sir Albemarle Bertie, bt.

John-Philip Steele, esq. eldest son of the late Daniel Steele, esq. of Jamaica, to Isabella, youngest dau. of the late Tho. Waleston, esq. of Walton-hall, co. York.

18. J. Green Wilkinson, esq. to Mary, fourth dau. of George Caswall, esq. of Sacombe-park, Herts.

22. Thomas-Stamford Raffles, esq. of Berners-street, to Sophia, dau. of JamesWatson Hull, esq. late of Great Baddow.

24. H. M. Parratt, esq. Royal Horse Artillery, to Lucy, dau. of Sir T. Apreece, bart. of Effingham-house, Leatherhead.

M. Robinson Boulton, esq. of Soho, co. Stafford, to Mary-Anne, eldest dau. of the late William Wilkinson, esq. of PlasGrono, co. Denbigh.

26. G. Vincent, esq. second son of Alderman Vincent, of Limerick, to Henrietta, dau. of John Massy, esq. of Waterpark, co. Clare.

27. George-Ulric Barlow, esq. eldest son of Sir George B. bart. G. C. B. to Hilare, third dau. of Commissioner Sir R. Barlow.

Lately, At Mary-le-bone, D. Dixon Donnellan, esq. of Ravensdale-park, co. Kildare, to Eliz. dau, of Hon. J. Leeson.

G. E. Patey, esq. Lieut. R. N. to Lucinda, only dau. of Adm. T. M. Russell.

Capt. T. C. Fenton, of the Scots Greys, to Harriet, dau. of the late G. Rooke, esq.

Lieut.-col. Arthur Johnstone, Royal Corsican Rangers, to Martha, eldest dau. of the late John Smith, esq. of Shaldonhall, Hants.

At Southampton, J. R. Keele, esq. to Constantine, fifth dau. of the late Admiral Patton, of Fleetland, near Fareham.

Mr. W. H. Walker, of Birmingham, to Amelia, dau. of Admiral Sir. J. Knight.

At Quorndon, co. Leicester, George Daniel, esq. to Mary, only dau. of the late Rev. Dr. Freeman of London.

At Ipswich, M. Turner, esq. Major in the 1st or King's regiment of Dragoon Guards, to Susannah, dau. of the late Rev. W. Tong, of Haverhill, Essex.

Edward Wallace, esq. Capt. 2d Madras Cavalry, to Elizabeth-Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. J. Thomas, of Bath.

Lieut.-gen. John Arrall, to Miss Foy, of Penryn.

March 11. At Chingford, Essex, Thomas Williams, esq. of Milles's, Berks, to MaryFrances Berthon, daughter-in-law of the Rev. Rob. Lewis, rector of that parish.

13. Wm. Hutchins, esq. of Hanoversquare, to Isabella, second dau. of H. Leigh Thomas, esq. of Leicester-place.

FRANCIS

influence in Parliament, which few men whose lives were passed in Opposition have been able to obtain: and for this consideration he was infinitely less indebted to his eloquence and talents, eminent as they were, than to the opinion universally entertained of his public and private rectitude. His understanding was strong and comprehensive, his knowledge extensive and accurate, his judgment sound and clear, his conduct plain and direct. His eloquence, like his character, was grave and forcible, without a particle of vanity or presumption, free from rancour and personality, but full of deep and generous indignation against fraud, hypocrisy, or injustice. He was a warm, zealous,and affectionate friend-high-minded, and disinterested in his conduct-firm and I decided in his opinions-modest and unassuming in his manners.-In moving for a new writ for electing a Member for the borough of St. Mawes, Lord Morpeth entered into a warm eulogium on the character and merits of Mr. Horner, whom he said he could never think of without a feeling of the highest respect. Canning, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Wynne, Sir S. Romilly, Mr. Elliott, Mr. C. Grant, and Lord Lascelles, bore ample testimony to his worth, and lamented the great loss the country had experienced in him.

Feb. 8, 1817. Died, at Pisa, in Italy, whither he had gone for the improvement of his health. Francis Horner, esq. M. P. He was educated at the High School and University of Edinburgh, and was a class-fellow, at both Seminaries, of Mr. Brougham, the present Lord Advocate of Scotland, and a great many other eminent characters of the present day.—Mr. H. uniformly retained the place of Dux at school, and was usually described by the late celebrated Dr. Adam, the rector, as the only boy he ever knew who had "an old head upon young shoulders." Mr. Horner was never known to join in the sports of the other boys; and kept his rank at school, without the assistance of a private tutor, by his own sheer industry and talent. His habits at this early period of life are supposed, with too much reason, to have laid the foundation of the pulmonary disease to which he was afterwards a martyr, and which ultimately terminated his earthly career. -Mr. Horner had been called to the Scotch as well as to the English Bar.-From his boyish days he was of the most retired and studious habits, which gave a character of moroseness to his manners and appearance, greatly at variance with the sentiments of his heart, which was the seat of every generous and honourable feeling. He was first brought into Parliament in 1806, by his College companion the Marquis of Lansdown, then Lord Henry Petty and Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the dismissal of the Administration which had brought him into Parliament, Mr. H. honourably threw up an appointment which had been given him, and which he might have retained; viz. the laborious office of Commissioner for the Liquidation of the Carnatic Claims. He preferred, however, what he conceived to be an honourable independence of those who had succeeded to power, and contented himself with his professional emoluments as a Barrister, for he had no private fortune. He was a member three successive Parliaments, and at the time of his death sat for St. Mawes, in Cornwall. He distinguished himself as an able debater; and possessed a mind stored with ancient and modern learning. His forte seemed to be Political Economy; and in the numerous Debates which arose out of the Report of the Bullion Committee, he made a conspicuous figure. With inflexible integrity and attachment to Liberty, he conjoined a temperance and discretion, not always found to accompany these virtues. The respect in which he was held, and the deference with which he was listened to in the House of Commons, afford a striking proof of the effect of moral qualities in a popular assembly. Without the adventitious aids of station or fortune, he had acquired a weight and

WILLIAM HARgrave, Esq.

Mr.

At his seat of Shawdon, Northumberland, in his 81st year, William Hargrave, esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in that County for a very long period. He was the son of James Hargrave, esq. and succeeded to his paternal estate about the year 1778, having previously married Catherine, third daughter and coheiress of Samuel Shields, esq. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He received his academical education at St. John's College, Cambridge; where, if we may be permitted to use the words of his noble friend and contemporary, the present Duke of Northumberland, he was distinguished for "superior strength of understanding, and benevolence of heart." This character might have been applied to him throughout his whole life. He did not obtrude himself upon the notice of the world, nor did he ever fill any station more public than that of Sheriff for the County to which he belonged; but the correctness of his judgment, his polished and scholar-like conversation, and his singularly mild and amiable manners, placed him high in the ranks of country gentlemen.-There is, perhaps, no Nation in which so much worth and so many valuable attainments flourish in the shade as in our own; and in particular amongst the gentry who reside upon their estates. This is not said as a reproach to them, for all men cannot

be

be public men; and, indeed, it may be esteemed rather a favourable symptom when good habits are acquired on their own account, and information studiously sought after, without any ulterior views of advancement in life. A disposable force (to borrow an expression from the military art) is thus created of sound principle and useful knowledge, which, in the possession of a man of liberal sentiments, is always at the service of his friends, and is occasionally drawn forth for the benefit of the publick. Mr. Hargrave was a man of this description: and while we congratulate our country that there are many more of the same class, we lament the loss of one, who, in the sphere which he selected for himself, was a model to all. We should not do justice to Mr. Hargrave, if we did not state that his charities were unbounded, though secret: they were felt, no doubt, though they were little known. The impression made by his loss was such, that every person in the neighbourhood who could so provide himself, appeared in mourning at the parish church of Whittingham, on the Sunday after his decease.

Rev. WILLIAM FONNEREAU. Feb. 28. At his seat at Christ-church, Ipswich, in the 85th year of his age, the Rev. William Fonnereau, formerly of Trinity-hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded LL. B. in 1755; and Rector of Great Munden, Herts, to which he was presented by Lord North in 1773. His manners were peculiarly mild and easy, bland and unaffected. His conversation was free and open, affable and facetious, and of so attractive a nature, that to the young and the old, the gay and the grave, he was a companion equally acceptable. His address was simple and manly, his sentiments liberal and enlarged; and it may be truly said, that he presented a genuine picture of the Gentleman of the Old English School. A love of freedom and independence, and a thorough indignation at corruption and venality, were his peculiar characteristics; from the open avowal of these he never shrunk, but on all occasions dared to think and to act for himself, as became a free and independent man. From mean and narrow bigotry he was utterly exempt; and for the free exercise of private judgment in matters of Religion, a most firm and decided advocate.

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a long life (which he enjoyed to the last) spent in the service of God and of man, he resigned his soul into the hands of his Creator, with the bright prospect of being united to Him in the glories of another and a better world.

REV. WILLIAM WOOLSTON. At Adderbury, co. Oxon, in the prime of life, after a short illness, the Rev. Wm.

Woolston, an occasional Correspondent of Mr. Urban; and, in the double capacity of a teacher of youth and a clergyman, an intelligent and useful member of society. His literary acquirements were various; but he excelled particularly in the knowledge of antient Coins, of which, as the Readers of this Magazine are already apprized, he had amassed a very extensive and well-chosen collection, consisting of Roman, British, Saxon, and English specimens, with a multitude of others, which the limits prescribed to this brief sketch forbid us to notice, except in this cursory manner. To exhibit these coins to a visitant of a congenial taste and spirit, seemed to constitute his supreme felicity. On such occasions his whole soul was absorbed in the subject, of which he shewed himself to be a complete master, delighting to expatiate on the history, merits, and rarity of each piece, with all the enthusiasm and copious rhetoric of an exquisite and perfect judge. He intimated some time ago to the publick an intention of disposing of this accumulation of antiquarian treasures, at no distant period. Alas! little did he then apprehend that he should so soon be called upon to resign what he prized so highly and so deservedly, not into the hands of a purchaser, but of his executor! May we not, then, without impropriety, in contemplating his premature fate, adopt the exclamation of the great Orator and Philosopher, on the death of Crassus ? "O fallacem hominum spem, fragilemque fortunam, et inanes nostras contentiones! quæ in medio spatio sæpe franguntur et corruunt, et ante in ipso cursu obruuntur, quam portum conspicere potuerunt." Mr. W. died greatly regretted, and has certainly left the place which he held among the highest proficients in Numismatic science, unoccupied by any one in that part of the couptry where he resided.

REV. DR. HUGHES.

March 7. At the house of Sir Henry Halford, bart. in Carzon-street, London, in his 65th year, the Rev. David Hughes, D. D. Principal of Jesus-college, in the University of Oxford, and many years Rector of Besselsleigh, Berks. He proceeded to his degree of M. A. June 5, 1776; B. D. May 17, 1783; D. D. March 15, 1790. Upon the death of the Rev. Dr. Hoare, in 1802, he was unanimously elected to the Principalship of his Society. The memory of the Principal will for a long time be reverently cherished; and sincere regret will be felt for his decease, not in his own College nor in the University of Oxford only, but wheresoever he was known. Without wanting those bolder and more affirmative features

of