States and Great Britain, for the purpose of facilitating a peace between them. The high character of the Emperor Alexander being a satisfactory pledge for the sincerity and impartiality of his offer, it was im mediately accepted; and as a farther proof of the disposition on the part of the United States to meet their adversary in honorable experiments for terminating the war, it was determined to avoid intermediate delay, incident to the distance of the parties, by a definitive provision for the contemplated negociation. Three of our eminent citizens were accordingly commissioned, with the requisite powers, to conclude a treaty of peace, with persons clothed with like powers on the part of Great Britain. "The issue of this friendly intercourse of the Russian Emperor, and this pacific manifestation on the part of the United States, time only can decide. That the sentiments of Great Britain towards that Sovereign will have produced an accept ance of his offered mediation, must be presumed. That no adequate motives exist to prefer a continuance of war with the United States to the terms on which they are willing to close it, is certain. The British Cabinet also must be sensible, that with respect to the important question of impressment, on which the war so essentially turns, a search for or seizure of British persons on board neutral vessels on the high seas, is not a belligerent right derived from the law of nations; and it is obvious, that no visit, or use of force, for any purpose, on board the vessel of one independent power on the high seas, can, in war or peace, be sanctioned by the laws and authority of another power. It is equally obvious, that for the purpose of preserving to each State its seafaring mem bers, by excluding them the vessels of the other, the mode heretofore proposed by the United States, and now enacted by them, as an article of municipal policy, cannot for a moment be compared with the mode practised by Great Britain, without a conviction of its title to preference; inasmuch as the latter leaves the discrimination between the mariners of the two nations to officers exposed to unavoidable bias, as well as by a defect of evidence, to a wrong decision, under circumstances, precluding, for the most part, the enforcement of controling penalties, and where a wrong decision, besides the irreparable violation of the sacred rights of persons, might frustrate the plans and profits of entire voyages; whereas the mode assumed by the United States, guards with studied firmness and efficacy against errors in such cases, and avoids the effect of casual errors, on the safety of navi gation, and the success of mercantile expeditions. "If the reasonableness of expectations, drawn from these considerations, could guarantee their fulfilment, a just peace would not be distant. But it becomes the wisdom of the National Legislature to keep in mind the true policy or rather the indispensable obligation of adopting measures to the supposition that the only course to that happy event is in the vigo rous employment of the resources of war. And painful as the reflection is, this duty is particularly enforced by the spirit and manner in which the war continues to be waged by the enemy, who, uninfluenced by the unvaried examples of humanity set them, are adding to the savage fury of it on one frontier a system of plunder, and conflagration on the other, equally forbidden by respect for national character, and by the established rules of civilized warfare. "The events of the campaign, so far as they are known to us, furnish matter of congratulation, and shew, that under a wise organization and efficient direction, the army is destined to a glory not less brilliant than that which already encircles the navy. The attack and capture of York is, in that quarter, a presage of future and greater victories-while, on the western frontier, the issue of the late siege of Fort Meigs, leaves nothing to regret but a single act of inconsiderate valour. INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN AND NEAR LONDON: With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. T the anniversary dinner of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in London, on the 1st of June, the Arch bishop of Canterbury president, the report of the society's proceedings of the last year was laid before the company, by the Rev. Dr. Gaskin, the secretary, from which it appeared at 21,993 Bibles, 50,753 Testaments and Psalters, and 48,661 Books of Common Prayer, had been distributed by the society in the course of the last year; and that the whole number of books and tracts of every description, which have issued from this society during this period, amounted to 595,382! A baker, of Camberwell, subjected himself to a penalty of 1001. and costs, lately, for obstinately keeping a savage dog that had bit several persons. It appears by the report of the Society fer for the discharge and relief of persons imprisoned for small debts, at their annual court Tately held, that the number of debtors discharged and relieved within the last year were 677, who had 497 wives and 1410 children. The average expense of their liberation, including every expenditure, amounted to 31. 53. 94d. each! "On Monday, July 5, the Lord Mayor went in state, attended by the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Committee, from Guildhall to White Cross-street, to lay the first stone of the new Debtors' Prison. The Dukes of KENT and SUSSEX, Mr. WHITBREAD, and other persons of dis. tinction, attended the ceremony, and a great concourse of ladies and gentlemen were also present. A guinea, half-guinea, and seven shilling piece, a three shilling, and an eighteen-penny token, and one shilling, were deposited under the stone. The public are indebted for the design of this humane improvement to SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, who first called the attention of the city to the crowded and shocking state of the gaols, and to the cruel circumstance of confining unfortunate debtors with eriminals in Newgate. His letter, pubTished in 1808, was referred to a Committee, of which T. BELL, esq. was chairman, who made a most benevolent report, agreeing in every point with Sir Richard, and recommending a new prison for debtors to be built. This was agreed to by the Corporation, and on Monday the edifice was begun." -(Morning Chronicle.) It appears from documents before the House of Commons, that the net revenue of the General Post Office, including Packet expences for the last year, amounted to 1,414,2241. Os. 7d.--In 1785 it did not exceed 150,0001. To this liberal notice of the Morning Chronicle we may add, that by means of this separate prison for debtors, several other of the objects of Sir Richard Phillips's published Letter to the Livery of London, will be effected agreeably to his views, and to the intention of the Committee of the Corporation of London, appointed to examine the statements contained in his book. As the GILTSPURSTREET COMPTER and LUDGATE will no longer be occupied by City debtors, it is proposed to devote those buildings to the confinement of persons committed for trial, instead of committing them, as heretofore, to associate with culprits in Newgate, or to the correctional prisons of Cold Bath Fields, Tothill Fields, and Clerkenwell. Newgate will, in consequence, be released from its numerous debtors, and from such committed persons, and in consequence be, in all respects, more equal to its legitimate purposes. According to the bill of mortality, from May 25, to June 22, 1813, there were christened in London, males 828, females 774, total 1602; and buried, males 569, females 498, total 1067. Comparative statement of the quantity of porter brewed by the principal licuses. Barclay Hanbury. H. Meux.. .... 1812. 1813. Barrels. Barrils. •270,259••••257,265 •189,993····165,158 ·150,162, · · · 140,114 Whitbread& Martineau 146,594....135,892 Calvert 108,212....100,093 Combe ·100,824.... 97,035 ..102,493... 82,012 -The ale brewers have decreased in the proportion of a third, owing to the rise in the price from the operation of taxes and paper-money, and the want of productive labour among the consumers of malt liquor. On the 20th, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens procured the countenance of the Court of Carlton House, to celebrate, in an expensive Fete, the event of the capture of the French artillery at Vittoria, and of the colour of the 4th battalion of the 100th .French regiment, from the retreating French army. That fairy spot was unprecedentedly splendid, and many thousand persons attended. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. George Jackson, esq. to be Secretary of Legation at the Court of Prussia. Sir T. Plomer, kut. to be Vice-chancellor, and a Member of the Privy Council. Major-Gen. Sir C. Stewart, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia. The dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom to Charles Baron Whitworth, by the title of Viscount Whitworth, of Adbaston, Staffordshire; also to be Lieutenant-General and General-Governor of Ireland. James Earl of Fife, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the Shire of Banff, Right Hon. T. Maitland, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, The Marquis of Wellington to be Field Marshal. MARRIED. Lord William Somerset, brother of the Duke of Beaufort, to Miss Molyneux, daughter of Major-Gen. M. Daniel Stuart, esq. proprietor of the Courier Newspaper, of Kilburn-house, to Miss Schalch, only daughter of the late Major S. of the royal artillery. Rev. T. Vialls, of Twickenham, to Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr. Serjeant Marshall, of Teddington. The Rev. George Townsend, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Samuel Fyler, esq. of Twickenham. Lord Lord Frederick Beauclerc, to Miss Charlotte Dillon, daughter of Lord Viscennt D. S. Wil-on, esq. of Tyndal-place, Islingtou, to Jemima, daughter of R. Lea, esq. of Beckenham. Mr. W. Taylor, of Vauxhall Gardens, to Miss Louisa Frances Minton, of Drurylane Theatre. Chas. Warren, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Amelia, only daughter of W. C. Sloper, esq. of Sandridge. Henry Goldsmid, esq. of Nottinghamplace, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Jas. Ogle, esq. of Sonthampton-street. F. B. Swabey, esq. of South Mims, to Miss Anu Haigh, eldest daughter of Capt. H. of the 33d. The Earl of Delewarr, to Lady Elizabeth Sackville, sister to the Duke of Dorset. Sir T. Stepney, bart. to Mrs. Russell Manners. Sir L. W. Holmes, bart. M.P. for Newport, to Anne, daughter of I. Delgarno, esq. D. Guest, esq. of Albemarle-street, to Miss M. Shepley, of York-place, Portman squa'e. At Fulham, T. W. Wansbrough, esq. surgeon, to Miss Chasemore, daughter of Mr. Nathaniel C. of Fulham. At Mickleham, T. Carlen, esq. of St. Thomas's square, to Sarah, second daughter of T. Davison, esq. of Well-street. Mr. H. A. Todd, of Colne Engain, to Miss Patrick, of Halsted. A. Williams, esq. of Southwark, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. G. Gibson, of Carlisle-honse, Lambeth. Mr. O'Tomalin, of Bucklersbury, to the youngest daughter of the late J. Bulli vant, esq. W. H. Kempster, esq. of Halfmoonstreet, to Frances, daughter of M. Greetham, esq. Deputy Judge Advocate to his Majesty's fleet. Sir Lacas Pepys, bart. to Miss Askew, sister of A. A. esq. of Bedheugh, Durham. E. Hopkinson, esq. of Montague-square, to Octavia, daughter of J. Burton, esq. of Mabledon. Mr. Biggs, of Beddington, to Rose Catharine, second danghter of Mr. Neale, of Cheam. Major Wells, of the 43d regt. to the daughter of G. King, esq. Mr. W. Struble, of Chertsey, to Miss C. Browne. R. Tobb, esq. of West Ham, to Miss Cutbush, of Mile End. Mr. T. Meeson, jun. of Stratford, to Miss Ann Stock, of Poplar. Leonard Colman, esq. of Dalby's-terrace, City-road, to the daughter of Mr.S. Higgins, of Bell's-heildings, Salisbury-square. H. Hawkes, esq. of Reading, Berks, to Mas Downe, of Piccadilly. At Maidstone, Mr. Wm. Peck, surgeon, of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, to Miss Ralph, youngest daughter of Rev. C. E. R. of Maidstone. DIED. The Hon. A. M. C. B. Pelham, wife of the Hon. Charles Anderson P. eldest son of the Right. Hon. Lord Yarborough. In St. Alban's-street, Valentine Green, esq. late keeper of the British Institution, and an eminent engraver in mezzotinto. The Rev. John Venn, of Clapham. He was a man of unfeigned piety, most exemplary in his conduct and conversation, and highly useful as a minister; and few men have departed this life more deeply lamented, and whose loss will be more severely felt. In Bell-yard, 70, Mr. Richard Bannister, an eminent law-bookseller. At the Right Hon. the Earl of Carliste's, in Grosvenor-place, Lady Elizabeth Garner. In King-street, Mrs. Graves, wife of Walwyn G. esq. of Mickleton. She married into the family of the amiable author of the Spiritual Quizote. Mr. James Wrench, master of an aca demy in George-street, Blackfriars'-road; an employment which he filled several years with equal credit to himself and to his pupils. In Judd-street, Brunswick-square, 63, Frances, wife of Wm. Grimaldi, esq. late of Albemarle-street. She was the only surviving child of Lewis Barker, esq. of Rochester, Kent, and co-heiress with the present Dowager Lady Stirling, of the families of Willis and Eason, which had been seated in the environs of that city for several centuries. Aged 74, Mrs. Mary Russell, aunt to the late Sir Geo. R. bart. and formerly one of the bedchamber women to her R. H. Princess Amelia. In Upper Seymour-street, Myles Allen, son of Sir Edwin Bayntun Sandys, bart. of Miserden Castle. At the Crescent-house, Brompton, Fanny Monro, wife of Charles Beckford Long, esq. of Langley-hall, Berkshire. At her house in Red Lion-square, Mrs. Williams, the wife of Mr, W. oculist, which profession she also practised with alledged success. At Lewisham, 70, Capt. R. Perkins. At Ivy Cottage, Parson's-green, Elinor, the wife of C. Hayes, esq. At At Warwick-house, Mrs. Gagrin, for many years an affectionate and faithful attendant on her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales, and whose last moments were solaced by the condescending and unremiting attentions of her Royal Highness, reflecting a lustre on her native goodness of heart superior to all the appendages of her exalted rank. At Hampstead, James Rivers, fourth son of F. Freeling, esq. of the General Post Office. At his house, Castlebar-hill, Ealing, R. Meux, esq. of Bloomsbury-square, in his 79th year; many years a portei-brewer in great trade. At his house in Great Ormond-street, 71, R. Hollist, esp. one of his Majesty's Counsel, and a bencher of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple. At Islington, the Rev. Hugh Worthington, many years an eminent preacher at Salter's Hall; a further notice of whom will appear in our next. In Great Cumberland-place, Lady Tapps, wife of Sir G. T. bart. of Hinton-Admiral. At Walworth, Margaret, wife of John Barlow, esq. At Richinond, the Dowager Lady Heath cote. The wife of Mr. J. Hodges, of Mar- garet-street, Cavendish-square, 78. The wife of Mr. R. Rershaw, of Bays water. Mrs. Blieth, of Great Russell-street, Bedford-square. In Bedford-square, W. Shairp, esq. At Cadogan-place, 19, the third daughter of Lake White, esq. of Dublin. In Salisbury-square, 30. Miss H. Stapells. Aged 64, T. Flesher, esq. one of the wardens of the goldsmith's company. The wife of Mr. R. Stunges, of Highgate. At Tenterden, W. Curteis, esq. of Camberwell. At Reigate, Mrs. J. Charrington, of Stepney-green. In Manchester-square, W. H. Gordon, esq. of the Madras civil service. At Twickenham-common, 76, J. Beard, esq. In Higbbury-place, Islington, Mrs. Martha Parry. In Keppel-street, Russell-square, the Lady of J. Hoffman, esq., also, on the same day, her infant son. In Brunswick-square, 17, Helen Lydia, eldest daughter of J. Kinloch, esq. Of a decline, at Eashing-house, near Godalinin, 22, W. H. Gill, esq. only son of H. S. G. esq. In Davies-street, Berkeley-square, 71, Mrs. Harrictt Caswall, sister of the late T. C. esq. of Sacombe Park. At Staines, J. Morris, esq. banker, of that place. He had just returned from MONTHLY MAG. No. 244. attending evening service, when he was At Old Windsor, the Hon. Georgina de Aged 77, Giles Collins, esq. fifty years At the advanced age of 90, James Pilgrim, esq. of Hampstead, Middlesex. Inflexible integrity, independence of mind, trae benevolence and placidity of temper, were prominent features in his character: his life throughout was calm and serene, and he met the approach of death with fortitule and resignation. At Barham Court, the Right Hon. Charles Lord Barham, 38.-His Lordship was made a Captain in the Navy in 1757, was appointed Comptroller of the Navy in 1778, which office he held about twelve years was created a Baronet in 1781, became a Rear-Admiral in 1787, a Vice-Admiral in In the 1790, and an Admiral in 1805. spring of 1805, he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, and raised to the Peerage. Though his administration was short, it was remarkable for several splendid naval victories, particularly that of Trafalgar. His Lordship married Margaret, daughter of James Gambier, esq. and aunt to Lord Gambier and Samuel Gambier, esq. a Commissioner of the Navy, lately deceased, and is succeeded in his titles and estates, by his only child, Diana, now Baroness Barham, wife of Gerald Noel Noel, of Exton-hall, in the county of Rutland, esq. In Park-place, the Right Hon. George Venables Vernon, Lord Vernon, Baron of Kindorton, in the county of Chester, brother to his Grace the Archbishop of York. His Lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his brother, the Hon. Henry Sedley, of Nutail Temple, in the county of Nottingham. At Fulham, aged 79, Granville Sharpe, esq. one of the most eminent patriots and philanthropists of his time, meriting the gratitude of mankind for his persevering exertions to procure the abolition of the infernal Slave Trade, and for Lis attachment to the liberties of the people of England, in behalf of which, he wrote many able tracts.-[But, as we propose to insert a separate biography of this excellent man, we forbear to say more of him at present.] The Rev. William Hunti⚫gdon, 69, minister, for many years, of Providence Chapel, Titchfield-street, and latterly of Providence Chapel, Gray's inn-lane. Mr. Huntingdon was well known as a preacher, and by his eccentric writings, in most Few men have atparts of England. tracted more notice. L Since the destruc tion tion of the old chapel in Titchfield-street, by fire, and the erection of the new one in Gray's Inn-lane, he had resided at Pentonville. His last sermon was on Wednesday, the 16th of June, when he appeared in his usual health; after which, being indisposed, he went for recovery to Tunbridge Wells, and died on the 1st of July. His remains were taken from Tunbridge Wells to Lewes, and interred in a vault at the west end of Jireh Chapel, in the presence of some hundreds of spectators, of all denominations. The hearse was followed by eight mourning coaches, and a considerable number of other carriages. His wife, Lady Sanderson, and her two daughters, with the children of the deceased by a former wife, were the chief mourners. A stone, at the head of his grave, exhibits the following epitaplı, dictated by himself, a few days prior to his death: Here lies THE COAL HEAVER; July 1, 1813, in the 60th year of his age, The omniscient Judge, at the Grand Assize, For England and its Metropolis shall know A PROPHET among them, W.H. S.S. PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. N our Supplementary Number, pub copious extracts from the interesting_Funeral Sermon and Narrative of the Rev. Mr. John Hodgson, relative to the late unhappy catastrophe at Felling Colliery. Married.] At Plumbland, Mr. R. Rigg, to Miss J. Thornthwaite. At Sunderland, Mr. W. Oliver, to Miss Jane Bainbridge. Mr. W. Gibson, of Hedley, to Miss Aun Snowball. Mr. Mewburn, of Darlington, to Miss E. Smales, of Durham. Mr. J. Forster, of Whitworth, to Miss E. Wilkinson. Mr. J. Masterman, of Monkwearmouth, to Miss M. Wilkin, of Roker-house. Mr. W. Alderson, of Sunderland, to Miss C. Dunn. Thomas Bowsfield, esq. of Hilton, to Miss Jane Walton. Mr. George Robinson, of Jarrow, to Miss J. Harrison, of South Shields. Mr. George Wheldon, of Bedlington, to Miss Jane King, of Jarrow. Mr. A. Mackenzie, of Whitfield-house, to Miss M. Robinson, of Caistron. Captain Bell, of Sunderland, to Miss Ash, of Starcross. Mr. Watson, of Ovington, to Miss Ann Dale. At Stockton, Mr. Bradley, bookseller, of Richmond, to Miss Mary Hett. Captain J. Gibson, of North Shields, to Miss Grey. Mr. Thomas Turpin, of North Shields, to Miss Bell. Mr. T. Metcalf, of Stockton, to Miss M. Woodward. concern he is succeeded by his son.40, Mrs. M. Estell.-Mr. Harrison, flourdealer.-Mr. Lawrence Stobie.-24, Mr. W. Tysack, veterinary-surgeon.-84, Mrs. Sarah Mitchinson. At South Shields, 80, Mrs. Ann Granger. -59, Mr. H. Cuitt: he was detained in France seven years, owing to the capture of French ships in 1803, before any declaration or cause of war.-42, Mr. R. Kirby. At Alnwick, 78, Mr. R. Dent. At Monkwearmouth, 64, Mr. Robert Cropton, coal-fitter. At Upleatham, 67, Mr. Edward Foxton, formerly of Acklam. At Hexham, 75, Mrs. Bell. At Burdon, 21, Mr. George Shout. In London, Mr. G. Tidy, of Redmarshall. At Washington Blue-house, 59, Mrs. C. Morris. At Callerton, 75, Mr. Bedlington. At Durham, 70, Mrs. Mary Suggett, of Milburngate.-97, Mrs. E. Harbottle.-29, Mrs. M. Pickering.-Mrs. Summers. -23, Mrs. Brown. At Bocking, Lady Charles Aynsley, of Littleharle Tower, widow of the late Dean of Bocking. At Falmouth, Mr. J. J. Pattison, of Wooler. At North Sunderland, 86, Mrs. Jane Johnson. At Ebchester, 27, Mrs. Rutherford.--20, Miss Maria Bell.' At Ovington, 62, Mrs. Forster. At Little Callerton, Mr. Thomass Snow ball. At |