Au Account of the Income of, and Charge upon the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the 5th January 1816 and 1817, together with the Amount of War Taxes, and the Annual Duties, &c. to the same periods. 743 17 5 6,840 16 2 WM. ROSE HAWORTH. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. John Carr, M. A. Hatfield Broad Rev. James Ingram, B. D. Rotherfield Rev. William Wray Maunsell, Vicar- Rev. John H. Browne, Crownthorpe R. Rev. William Workman, Estrop R. Rev. E. J. Beckwith, M. A. Tillingham Rev. H. J. Knapp, Minor Canon of St. BIRTER i BIRTHS. Dec. 6. At Florence, the lady of Sir Thomas Trowbridge, R. N. a son.-23. The wife of W. E. Lee, esq. a son.24. The wife of Thomas O. Lees, esq. a son.-25. The wife of John C. Lees, esq. a son.-30. The lady of Sir H. Lees, bart. a son and beir. Lately. In Upper Berkeley-street, the wife of Hon. Lieut.-col, Grey, a son.--In Sackville-street, Piccadilly, the wife of Robert Westley Halls, esq. a son and heir. At Bath, the wife of Lieut.-col. Wardlow, a son. At Rio de Janeiro, the wife of Henry Chamberlain, his Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, a dau. Jan. 2. In Devonshire place, the lady of Maj.-gen. Sir William Anson, K. C. B. a son.-4. In Hertford-st. the Countess of Clonmell, a son and heir.-At Hollycombe, Sussex, the wife of C. W. Taylor, esq. M. P. a son and heir.-7. At Kensington, the wife of E. E. Vidal, esq. R. N. a dau.-8. At Cambridge, Lady Mortlock, a dau.-10. The wife of Rev. Charles Parr Burney, a son.-10. The wife of Dr. Edward-Thomas Monro, Gowerstreet, a son.-11. In Wimpole-street, the lady of Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, a son. -In Harley-st. the wife of Capt. Beaufort, R. N. a son.-13. At Kemsey Lodge, Worcester, the lady of Maj.-gen. Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, bart. a dau–14. In Wimpole-street, the lady of Rt. Hon. Ld. Bridport, a dau.-In Hiode-street, Manchester-square, the wife of Daniel Cromin, jun. esq. of Prospect-hall, Killarney, a son.-16. Viscountess Folkestone, a dau. MARRIAGES. Oct. 1. At Kineton, Warwickshire, Rob. Dormer, esq. youngest son of the Hon. James Dormer, to Elizabeth, only child and heiress of the late Richard Hill, esq. of Kineton. Dec. 20. At Gotha, the reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg, to the Princess Louisa, only dau. of the reigning Duke of Gotha. 21. Robert Marquis, esq. late of Bengal, to Mary Forsyth, daughter of Thomas Rannie, esq. of Bird's Park, Cullen. 26. W. G. Paul, esq. of Ballyglan, Waterford, second son of the late Sir J. Paul, bart. to Marianne, fifth dau. of the late Edward Moore, esq. of Mooresfort, Tip perary, and niece to Lord Brandon. William Young, esq. of Coperagh, Carlow, to Henrietta-Maria Leslie, eldest dau. of the late Major Adams, of Annalee. 30. Rev. John Gore, to Maria, only dau. of the late Capt. John Toone, of Upper-terrace, Islington. Dec.... By special licence, Lieut. Maurice-Fitzhardinge Powell, Aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent, eldest son of Mr. Powell, of Bristol, to Lady Eleanor Dumbartou, of Dumbarton Castle. Lately, Richard Eastwick, esq. to Frances, youngest dau. of Maj.-gen. Fyers. W. Gray, esq. R. N. to Louisa, only dau. of Mrs. Esdaile, and niece to Gen. Glasgow, R. A. William Curzon, esq. youngest son of C. H. Curzon, esq. of Melton, to Maria, only daughter of Col. Hunlock. At Hitchen, Robert-Linlow Carr, esq. M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Fanny, eldest dau. of the late Rev. H. Ward, M. A. of Queen's College. Samuel Gerrard, esq. late of the 3d (or King's own) Dragoons, and only son of Thomas Gerrard, esq. of Tally-ho, Westmeath, to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of T. L. Fowler, esq. of Pendeford House, co. Staff. Major H. B. Harris, to Anne, eldest dau. of the late T. H. Balteel, esq. of Bellevue, Devon. Jan. 1. John Clayton Hall, M. D. to Mrs. Eliza-Jackson Rand, widow of the late Charles Rand, esq. of Madras. William-John Law, esq. to Charlotte Mary, eldest dau. of Rob. Simpson, esq. John Parrott, esq. of Mitcham, to Mrs. Phillips, of Phipps-bridge, near Merton Abbey. J. H. Bellairs, esq. of Leicester, to Frances-Louisa, sister to Lieut.-col. Bull, K. C. B. of the Royal Horse Artillery. At Lisbon, F. W. Haden, esq. Deputy Commissary General, to Mrs. Maria Bul len, widow of A. J. Bullen, esq. and eldest dau. of Sam. Thornton, esq. of Streatham. 2. Mr. R. Revell, of Chelsea Hospital, to Anne-Mary, eldest dau. of the late Gwyn Jones, esq. of Berbice. 4. E. Tovey, esq. of Daley brook House, Road, Somerset, to Mrs. Duncan, widow of John Duncan, esq. of Jamaica. John Irvine, esq. eldest son of Gerard Irvine, esq. of Rockfield, co. Fermanagh, to Sarah, eldest dau. of T. Towers, esq. of Bushy Park, Tipperary. 6. Rt. Hon. Joshua Lord Huntingfield, of Heveningham Hall, Suffolk, to Miss Blois, dau. of Sir C. Blois, bart. of Cockfield Hall, in the same county. At Edinburgh, John Polwarth, esq. factor for Lord Keith in Scotland, to Miss Adams, dau. of the late Henry Adams, esq. of Lincoln's-inn. 7. Sir J. H. English, K. G. V. surgeon, of Lower Grosvenor-street, to Miss ElizaWigglesworth Bogle, of Manchester-sq. Henry, son of P. Desbishire, esq. of Little Maddox-street, to Mary-EdwardinaFenwick Stuart, dau. of E. Fenwick, esq. and niece to the late Lieut-gen. Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida. 8. Capt. Gapt. George-Augustus Westphal, R. N. to Mrs. Chambers, of Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square. H. J. Conyers, esq. only son of J. Conyers, esq. of Copt Hall, Essex, to Harriet, second dau. of Rt. Hon. Thomas-Steele. SIR GEORGE PREVOST, BART. Mr. URBAN, Jun. 1817. The enclosed Halifax newspaper contains some observations, which appear to me so illustrative of the character and services of that inestimable man, and very excellent, but much-injured officer, the late Governor General of British North America, and so justly, though briefly, detail many of the civil and military difficulties which he had to encounter and did surmount, that I trust you will agree with me in thinking them highly deserving a place in your Miscellany. Now that the irritation and animosities of party-spirit have subsided and been buried in the grave, I doubt not but every impartial man will allow the preservation of Canada to the British empire to have been chiefly owing to the judicious conduct of Sir George Prevost, in the arduous charge committed to him by his Sovereign. It is certainly of great importance that the fair fame and well-earned reputation of military men should be cherished, and protected from the blight of flippant or unfounded aspersion; and I am confident you will be ready to contribute to so desirable a purpose by handing down to posterity, in your-widely circulated Publication, this just tribute of an unprejudiced Nova Scotian to the virtues and talents of his late Governor, which I am certain will be perused by many with as much satisfaction and interest as it has been by your constant Reader. AN OLD SOLDIER. "We have copied from the London Gazette the posthumous honours be stowed upon Sir GEORGE PREVOST, with a "For ourselves, as we profess not to Sir George Prevost, we believe, never had any patron but his services and character. Recommended by these alone, he was selected to defend us at a time when the people of the United States had full confidence that they would speedily "Whitehall, Sept. 3. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, taking into his Royal consideration the distinguished conduct and services of the late Lieutenantgeneral Sir George Prevost, bart. during a long period of constant active employment in situations of great trust, both military and civil, in the course of which his gallantry, zeal, and able conduct were particularly displayed at the conquest of the Island of St. Lucie, in 1803, and of the Island of Martinique in 1809; as also in successfully opposing, with a small garrison, the attack made in 1805, by a numerous French force, upon the Island of Dominica, then under his government; and while Governor-general and Commander in Chief of the British Provinces in North-America, in the defence of Canada against the repeated invasions perseveringly attempted by the American forces during the tate war; and his Royal Highness being desirous of evincing in an especial manner, the sense which his Royal Highness entertains of these services, by conferring upon his family a lasting memorial of his Majesty's royal faYour, bath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty to ordain, that the supporters following may be borne and used by Dame Catharine Anne Prevost, widow of the said late Lieutenant-general Sir George Prevost, during her widowhood, viz. On either side a grenadierf the 16th (or Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot, each supporting a banner, hat on the dexter side inscribed WEST INDIES, and that on the sinister CANADA;' and that the said supporters, together win the motto, 'SERVATUM CINERI,' may also be borne by Sir George Prevost, bart, son and neir of the said late Lieutenant-general, and by his successors in the said dignity of a Baronet; provided the same be first duly exemplified according to the laws of Arms, and recorded in the Heralds' Office. And his Royal Highness hath been also pleased to command, that the said concession and especial mark of the royal favour be registered in his Majesty's College of Arms.” be be in possession of Halifax. And some time after, when Sir James Craig had left Canada in a state of irritation little short of rebellion, the Prince Regent (as the Secretary's letter expressed it) having had experience of his talents, both for civil and military affairs,' ordered him to assume the administration of that most delicate and difficult government. "And certainly no man could be better qualified to reconcile (if that were possible) the two discordant parties, who with very unequal numbers, but equal animosity, have so long divided, and still unhappily divide, that Province. But since even his good temper, impartiality, and address could effect nothing like cordial union, he took the course which his duty plainly required-to be of neither party; to employ men who had talents and influence, without any distinction whether they were of French or English origin, or whether they had been obnoxious or otherwise to his predecessor. "This equai holding of the balance was displeasing to the English party; but it saved the country. It gained Sir George the entire confidence and affections of the Canadians. They submitted to be se. verely trained to arms; they took his army-bills as cash; and when the Enemy invaded the country, encouraged by the supposed disaffection of the inhabitants, General Wilkinson testifies, that they met nothing but the most determined hostility in the whole male population. And another General (Hampton) could testify that he and his army were discomfited by the gallant De Salaberry, a Canadian gentleman, at the head of one or two companies of Canadian militia. "In brief, when this War broke out, Sir George was informed that England could neither send him men nor money. But, confident in the affections of the people he governed, and in the resources of his own mind, he met the Enemy at every point where he attacked, along a frontier of 1100 miles; and at every point be repulsed him with loss and disgrace; uptil the whole fleet on Lake Erie being captured-and captured, beyond all controversy, for want of 100 seamen whilst we had 100 ships of war upon the stationthe loss of Uppermost Canada inevitably followed. "Another much more unaccountable disaster upon the water-the defeat of an English fleet by that of the Enemy on Lake Champlain-rendered it altogether impossible for Sir George to penetrate, as he had been instructed, into the interior of the United States. Which being the case, and none can deny it, he thought he could not answer for blood unprofitably shed' by assaulting the works at Plattsburgh, which he assuredly must abandon, if he succeeded, in less than a month. "But here was a fine opportunity for wicked passions to work. It was convenient for the beaten navy to devolve the blame upon the land service. It was delightful to the domineering party at Quebec to be revenged of the man who had trusted to French Canadians. They were able artful men, and high in office. They had attempted long before to get Sir George recalled, by privately representing to the Prince Regent that his conciliating system, as they called it, would be ruinous to the authority of Government. But now they thought no terms need be kept. The brother of one of thehighest civil officers -himself a civil officer-was afterwards found to be the writer of the most virulent libels upon Sir George that appeared in the Montreal Herald. That paper, and the Arcadian Recorder, teemed with calumnies and abuse against that good man, which must ever be esteemed di-graceful to the countries in which they were published; and we believe that both coun tries now think so. "We have not room in an article of this sort to enter largely into the subject. We shall only say that we profess to think for ourselves, and not to follow the momentary cry of a mob. We think that there is often more magnanimity displayed in not fighting, than in fighting; and certainly much more in facing obloquy than in facing a cannon. The Heralds of Sedition, and Recorders of Calumnies, were as busy in the days of Fabius as they have been in ours. They called him Pædagogue, coward, old-woman, every thing; because he would not fight just when they thought he should. He bore with the infamy of the day, and is illustrious to all posterity. Ergo postque magisque viri nunc gloria Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem: claret. "Such also was Sir George Prevost. He knew very well what use his enemies would make of his retreat from Plattsburgh. He might have assaulted and carried the place (for we think it would have fallen); and, after burying one or two thousand brave men in the ditch, returned with the applause of the multitude, bought with the tears of widows and orphans, and without any one advantage to his country. He followed the dictates of his conscience, and trusted to the deliberate voice of his country for his fame. It has not disappoint d him. "But we hasten to the catastrophe. Sir George Prevost went home (with an eagerness and by a route that exhausted nearly all the strength he had left) to answer every charge his enemies might bring; and when he arrived he could scarcely find who was his accuser; or whether he had any. He pressed for an investigation, however, before a proper tribunal; where he might vindicate his character from the foul calumnies which he would not stoop to answer in the country where he governed. This demand was evaded, and various successive reasons found for deferring the trial for a long and most distressing period to him. "The Government seemed to wish that no investigation should take place. Indeed the feelings of the two great branches of the public service seemed to be too much concerned in the case. That of the Military might be implied from the favourite and official organ of the Commander in Chief giving a dinner to Sir George and his friends upon his arrival in London. Whilst that of the Navy was but too plainly marked by the Court Martial on Captain Pring, who thought proper not only to try their own officers, but to declare their censure also of the Governor-General of Canada. Hereupon Sir George reiterated his the "We have only to add, that his Lady, who reminds us of the Spartan and Roman Matrons, after a few days of the first bitter grief had passed, presented a spirited Memorial to the Minister; demanding that the proposed Court-Martial should proceed notwithstanding the decease of her husband; as she was ready to meet it, and to vindicate his fame. After reference to the Judge Advocate Ge neral it was answered, that such a request could not be complied with; but that his Majesty's Ministers never had any intention to throw a shade on the name of Sir George Prevost; but on the contrary would shew their high esteem of his services by conferring honours on his family; and a gentleman was sent from the Secretary's office, to settle with her Ladyship at Belmont how this might be done most agreeably to her feelings. The issue was what we have given from the Gazette; and nothing could be thought of more judicious. The Supporters, the proper badges of nobility, give the honour of the peerage, without the rank, to which the fortune left by Sir George was not equal, though his merits were. The words displayed upon the banners will be a perpetual memorial of the great and important services which Sir George in his lifetime rendered to his country. And when his only son, now but a boy, looks hereafter upon these arms, we trust it will raise in his youthful bosom a strong desire to become like his father. "The facts which we have stated in this article we have from highly-respectable Correspondents, on whom we can fully rely; and we conceived they would be interesting to our Readers." PESTONJEE BOMANJEE. Aug. 21, 1816. At half-past two o'clock in the morning, Pestonjee Bomanjee, the well known and very respectable Parsee Merchant, paid the great debt of Nature, after having just completed his 68th year. He had for some time lingered under a very painful and depressing illness, which he bore with great fortitude, cheering his family and friends with the hopes of his recovery to the last. A few hours, however, before his dissolution, he became sensible of the near approach of death; and in the full possession of his faculties, prepared his surrounding relatives for the awful separation that was about to take place, with a composure and resignation worthy of the most enlightened philosophy, exalted and refined by the tnost perfect reliance on the wisdom and goodness of God. He addressed them with great affection, and with all that strength, clearness, and precision of language for which he was held in so much estimation through life. He told them that he felt his hour was come, and that as such was the will of the high Providence that watched over them, he submitted himself to his gracious dispensations: That death was the last tribute to be paid in this world-the universal lot of human nature, and that as it must be paid, sooner or later when God determined the time, it is the duty of man to submit without further struggle, and to prepare himself for an event which he cannot |