COUNTRY NEWS.

July 29. This day Mr. Sadler ascended in a balloon from Norwich, at 35 minutes past three o'clock, in the direction for the sea; but, there being two currents of air, he so managed his machine as to take advantage of it, and after manoeuvring a little, returned, and descended in the presence of the citizens of Norwich, and was in the gardens before five o'clock.

Aug. 11. The Marquis of Anglesea, on his way to his family-seat, was received with triumphal honours at the City of Lichfield. The Corporation addressed him in suitable terms of eulogy, and the Recorder presented 'the sword voted to him with appropriate congratulations. His Lordship made a grateful and modest reply, of which the following is the most interesting passage: In respect to that great, illustrious, and beloved Commander, under whom I have the honour to serve, I am quite unable to speak of him. in any thing like due terms of praise. If 1 were to attempt it, I feel conscious that I should be obliged to abandon such an intention. In that arduous contest which has led to such important results, our troops, under any other commander, must, I conceive, have failed. With any other troops under that great Chieftain, the struggle must have been unsuccessful. It required aud tried equally the skill and the value of our resources.-For myself, Gentlemen, I had little more than a plain duty to fulfil. With such zeal in my officers, and devotion in my soldiers, 1 bad only to lead them into combat. Gentlemen, I shall ever regard this token (the sword) of your esteem and approbatiou, with the proudest feelings of grateful remembrance; and shall gird this sword on my side with just emotions of pride. Though in future I cannot look forward to the hope of that activity and vigour which I have formerly enjoyed, but must in a degree calculate on an impaired state of bodily health, and an occasional languor and feebleness of mind consequent upon such indisposition; yet when I feel this sword by my side, I shall derive new strength aud vigour from the recollections it will excite.--Gentlemen, I can add no more than that I shall ever remember with the liveliest emotions of pleasure, the honour which your kinduess has conferred upon me."

Aug. 12. The accommodation coach going from Nottingham to Newark, by the way of Southwell, was overturned at Averham, three miles from Newark, and being heavily laden, particularly with outside passengers, many of them received very material injury. Mr. Thomas Ringrose, farmer and grazier, of Langford, was so much bruised that he died on the 14th. Mr. Clarke, of Skegby, had an ancle

sprained, and was otherwise much bruised; John Smith, of Newark, upwards of 70, had an arm broken; Ryder, of the

same place, chairmaker, had a shoulder dislocated; Serjeant Brogden, of the Nottinghamshire Militia, had a leg broken, and the cap of his knee displaced; and several others were much hurt. A Coroner's Inquest on the body of Mr. Thomas Ringrose, returned a verdict that he met his death by the overturning of the coach, and that the said coach was overturned owing to the improper conduct of the driver.

Aug. 24. This day the Chapel at the East India College was consecrated by the Bishop of London, who was accompanied to that Institution by the Earl of Buckinghamshire, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and the Hight. Hon. John Sullivan; and was met there by the Chairman and several of the Directors of the East India Company. After the usual service on such occasions, at which several of the neighbouring Clergy and Ladies attended, and an able appropriate discourse preached by the Rev. Dr. Batten, the Principal of the College, a good part of the students received confirmation from the Bishop.

Sept. 1. A most alarming fire broke out at Somersham, Hunts, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, which, at one time, threatened the destruction of the whole town. Every exertion was used to stop the progress of the flames, which would, however, have been of no avail, had not the wind providentially changed; twenty-four houses and tenements, many barns, stacks of hay and corn, &c. were reduced to an heap of ashes. Property to the amount of nearly 4,000l. (of which 17257. was insured) has been entirely consumed, and very few persons have saved any thing from the destructive element, except the clothes they had on.

Sept. 1. This day an inquest was held at Woolwich, on the body of James P. Mitchell, esq. a planter of Tobago, who was drowned while bathing just above Woolwich. The accident happened on the afternoon of Aug. 27th, the deceased having jumped out of a sailing-boat in which were several friends, after having expressed his determination during the whole day that he would bathe. Mr. D. Campbell, his friend, and an eye-witness, stated the facts, and that by the peculiar and eddying operation of the tide at the point where Mr. M. was drowned, the body while swimming was driven directly across the river, and the boat, in spite of every effort, in a directly contrary course! Mr. M. although a good swimmer and diver, was drowned within three minutes after he left the boat.

Sept. 2. As some workmen were employed in digging a cellar at Mr. Simms's, at the King's Holm, near Gloucester, they discovered

discovered a stone coffin, of large dimensions. On removing the lid (ten inches in thickness) they found enclosed therein a leaden coffin, containing a complete skeleton, with the arms folded across the breast. Several coffins of the same kind have, at different times, been found on these premises; also urns filled with ashes, ancient military weapons, Roman steelyards or balances, and coins of the latter empire. There is no doubt of King'sHolm having been a station of considerable importance; and it is generally understood, that the principal part of Gloucester lay there in the time of the Romans. (See accounts of Roman Antiquities discovered there, in Archæologia, vol. VII. 376-381, vol. X p. 132.)

A Margate hoy of large dimensions, propelled by steam, goes constantly to and from London to Margate. From its novelty, and the certainty of its arrival within a given time (about 12 hours), it is much thronged with passengers.

The 72d annual conference of the Wesleyan Methodists commenced in Manchester on the 31st July, and concluded on the 18th of Aug. Mr. John Barber was chosen president, and Mr. Jabez Bunting, secretary. Upwards of 360 preachers attended. On examining the state of the numerous societies in this extensive connexion, it appears that there is an increase of 8000 members.. The reports from the Missionaries who sailed with the late Rev. Dr. Coke to Ceylon, as well as the other accounts from the West Indies, Canada, &c. were satisfactory to the Society. Nearly fifty preachers were admitted into full connexion, after passing the time of their probation (four years); and more than that number are taken on trial. The number of Methodists at present in the connexion is 180,661.

At the late Northumberland Assizes, in the case of Grey v. the Duke of Northum berland, in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff, Mr. Justice Bailey laid it down, that the Lord of a Manor owned the mines in the copyhold estates in that manor, but then that Lord could work only under ground; he could not break the surface without the consent of the copyholder, unless he could prove his right by custom.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. "Windsor Castle, Sept. 2. His Majesty has continued to enjoy a good state of general health, and has been in cheerful spirits through the last month; but his Majesty's disorder is not diminished.”

It having been deemed necessary for a re-marriage to take place with the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland in England, in the case of succession to the Crown, arrangements were made for the solemni

zation as soon as it was known that they were approaching towards England; for which purpose the Prince Regent, the. Lord Chancellor, &c. had been detained in London for some time. The ceremony took place on Aug. 29. Although it was considered a private ceremony, yet some of the splendour of the Court was observed. The company invited began to arrive soon after five o'clock, including the Dukes of York, Clarence, and Kent. At six o'clock two of the Prince Regent's carriages went to Cumberland House, to fetch their Royal Highnesses. They arrived at Carlton House at a quarter past six o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Duke of Mecklenburgh, Colonel Thornton, and a foreign Countess, who accompanied the Duchess to England, and Madame Deberg. The Duchess wore a white satin robe, embroidered with gold, with an immense train, supposed to be five yards. Her head-dress was a tiara and ducal coronet, with a profusion of diamonds and other jewels. The Prince Regent handed her from the carriage, through the State Rooms. In a short time after, every thing being arranged for the ceremony to be performed under the Throne, a temporary altar, covered with crimson velvet, having been put up, the Regent entered the room, handing the Duchess, followed by the Duke of Cumberland and their suite, the Dukes of York, Clarence, Kent, and Mecklenburgh; the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord. of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretaries of State, and the great Officers of the Household; Baroness Whetingham, and other persons of distinction. The Archbishop of Canterbury then proceeded to read what is called the long service upon this occasion: and the responses were made by the Bishop of London and the Rev. Mr. Blomberg, the Clerk of the Closet. The Regent did what is generally termed give away the bride. After the marriage, the Regent entertained his Royal relatives and other distinguished characters with a most sumptuous dinner.

Thursday, Sept. 28.

Thomas Bell and William Lewis, esqrs. were this day elected to serve the offices of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex. William Rayer, Thomas Hodson, Thomas Chapman, and John Gladstone, esqrs. (in addition to those before noticed), have been excused, by the payment of the usua! fine, or otherwise.

The residence for the Duke of WellingIton is said to be at length fixed in Cheshire, and purchase of land to have been agreed upon, consisting of about 12,000 acres. The mansion is to be as splendid as 200,000% can make it.

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THEATRICAL REGISTER.
New Pieces.

HAYMARKET THEATRE. Aug. 5. Living in London; a Comic piece, ascribed to Mr. Colman.

Aug. 22. A Chip of the Old Block, or The Village Festival; a Musical Afterpiece. LYCEUM THEATRE.

Aug. 19. The King's Proxy; or Judge for yourself; an Opera, by Mr. Arnold, the musick by Mr. T. Cooke.

Aug. 28. The Maid and the Magpie, or Which is the Thief? a Musical Afterpiece. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Sept. 12. The Magpie, or the Maid of Palaiseau; a Melo-dramatic Romance. The musick, the original French, composed by Piccini.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

Sept. 15. The Magpie, or the Maid; a Melo drama, with the original musick of Piccini, and additions by Bishop.

***The Magpie, or the Maid of Palaiseau, which, with a slight variation in its title, and a little alteration in the characters, has been brought forward at three different houses, is a Translation of the Pie Voleuse, lately exhibited at Paris. The story, derived from a not unfrequent incident in common life, attended by a train of adverse results, all probable and natural, is skilfully wrought, and highly interesting and affecting: the moral excellent.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Captains, recommended for brevet rank for their conduct at Waterloo, to whom the Prince Regent has been pleased to grant promotion (see p. 81.):

Captains-Michael Turner, 1st dragoon guards; Edw. Whinyates, royal artil.; Peter Innes, 79th foot; Edw. Kelly, 1st life guards; Henry Madox, 6th dragoous; Hon. H. E. Irby, 2d life guards; Samuel Reed, 71st foot; Edw. Keane, 7th light dragoons; W. Baron Decken, 2d line bat. K. G. L.; Adam Brugh, 44th foot; Andrew Cloves, artil, K. G. L.; L. de Dreves, 3d line batt. K. G. L.; Lord John Somerset, 60th foot; Thomas Dyneley, royal artil.; William Verner, 7th light dragoons; Skinner Hancox, 15th light dragoons; W. F. Halsemann, 1st light infantry batt. K. G. L.; Conyngham Ellis, 40th foot; George Bowles, Coldstream foot guards; George L. Rudorff, 1st light infantry batt. K. G. L.; Hon. E. S. Erskine, 60th foot; William F. Drake, royal horse guards; Win. Drummond, 3d foot guards; James Gunthorpe, 1st foot guards; Augustus de Saffe, 1st line batt. K. G. L.; James Shaw, 43d foot; Lord Charles Fitzroy, 1st foot guards; Charles A. F. Bentinck, Coldstream foot guards; Alexander Macdonald, royal artill.; Robert Ellison, 1st foot guards; Henry Duma GENT. MAG. September, 1815.

resque, 9th foot; James Jackson, 37th foot; Robert Howard, 30th foot; William Eeles, 95th foot; John Tyler, 93d foot; to be Majors in the Army.

East India House, Aug. 20. Major-gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, K. C. B. Governor of St. Helena.

Adm. Sir G. Cockburn, appointed Governor of St. Helena, on the death or resignation of Major-gen. Sir H. Lowe.

Rear-adm. John Harvey, Commanderin-chief of the Leeward Islands.

War-office, Sept. 2. Lieut. col.. Lord Fitzroy J. H. Somerset, K. C. B. 1st gre nadier regt. foot guards, to be an Extra Aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent, with the rank of Colonel in the Army.

Sept. 5. G. S. Douglas, esq. Secretary of Legation at the Court of Berlin; and L. Harvey, esq. to the same office at the Court of Munich.

Foreign-office, Sept. 8. Edw. M. Ward, esq. Secretary of Legation at the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Hamilton C. Hamilton, esq. Secretary of Legation at the Court of Wurtemberg.

P. Cherry, esq. Third Judge of the Court of Appeal and Circuit for the Northern Division, at Madras.

CIVIL PROMOTIONS.

Rev. G. P. Richards, M. A. Head Master of the Free Grammar school, Leeds. Rev. R. G. Andrews, M. A. Master of the Free Grammar-school, Grantham, co. Lincoln.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. D. Basley, Cranford R. Northampt. Rev. C. Luxmore, Cradley R. vice Hannington, resigned.

Rev. J. Mitford, Weston St. Peter R. Suffolk.

Rev. J. Hall, perpetual curacy of Stoke, near Clare, Suffolk.

Rev. H. Atkins, Arreton V, Isle of Wight.

Rev. T. Ackland, Lectureship of St. Andrew's, Holborn.

Rev. R. F. Onslow, Archdeacon of Worcester.

Rev. J. F. S. Fleming St. John, Severn Stoke R.

Rev. T. Barneby, St. Dunstan's R. Stepney.

Rev. G. Pyrke, Whitchurch and Ganerew united RR. co. Hereford.

Rev. W. Price, Killybebill R. co. Glamorgan, vice Gough, resigned.

Rev. E. Smedley, jun. M. A. Clerk in Orders of the Parish of St. James, Westminster.

DISPENSATION.

Rev. H, Hall, to hold Edworth R. Bedfordshire with Weston V. Herts.

BIRTHS.

BIRTHS.

Aug. 11. At Wanstead-house, the wife of W. W. P. Tilney Long, esq. M. P. a son.-12. At Berlin, the wife of George Jackson, esq. Charge d'Affaires at that Court, a dan.-19. At Hull, the wife of Rear-adm. Scott, a son. A Earl of Harborough's, Stapleford Park, co. Leic. . h. Lady Sophia Whichcote, a dau, 21. At Plymouth, the lady of Vice-adm. Sir Richard Joho Strachan, a dau.-23. At Wall, near Lichfield, the wife of Adam Blandy, esq. a son and heir. - 24. In Dover-street, r. h. Lady Arundel, a son. In Grosvenor place, the lady of Sir B. R. Graham, bart. a dau.-27. The wife of George Pochin, esq. of Normanton Hall, co. Leie, a son and heir.-28. At her father's, the Earl of Mountnorris, Paris, r. h. Lady F. Wedderburn Webster, a son and heir.

Lately. The widow of Lieut.-col, Currie, 90th foot, (who was killed by a cannon shot at Waterloo) a dau.-The wife of Rear-adm. Gardner, a dau.-At Cessey, hall, Norfolk, Lady Jerningham, a dau.

At Edinburgh, Lady A Frazer, a dau. At Edinburgh, the wife of Major-gen. Sir John Oswald, K. C. B. a dau.—la Dublin, Marchioness of Waterford, a dau. -At Hill-borough. Marchioness of Downsbire, a dau.-At Black Rock, near Dublin, the lady of Sir Harcourt Lees, a dau. At Sheephill, co. Dublin, the wife of H. Hamilton, esq. M. P. a dau.

Sept. 4. At Brighton, the lady of Sir Loftus Otway, a dau.—5. At Kenton hall, Devon, the wife of John Stevenson, esq. a son.-6. In Charles-street, Manchestersquare, Lady Ogilby, a son.-9. At Dunira, co. Perth, r. h. Lady Emily Drummond, a son.-11. Lady Duncannon, a sunIn Half-Moon-street, Mrs. J. B. Leonard, a son and heir,-At Grange, Lady Amelia. Kaye, a dau. At Ballyfuin, Queen's County, the lady of Sir Charles Coote, bart. a son and heir.

MARRIAGES.

July 29. James, eldest son of the late Rev. J. Boucher, vicar of Epsom, to Mary Anne, eldest dau. of the late S. C. Colclough, esq. of Beaconsfield-house, Notts.

Aug. 3. T. B. Lennard, esq. eldest son of Sir T. B. Lennard, bart. of Belbossin, Essex, to Margaret, second dau. of J. Wharton, esq. of Skelton Castle, M. P.

John Stone, esq. of Bath, to Sophia, eldest dau, of the late R. K. Whatley, esq. of Holty house, Sussex.

8. Cap. J. T. Williams, of the 2d or Queen's Royal foot, to Mary, eldest dau. of Sa S.harp, of Russell-square.

R. Both, esq. High Sheriff of Huntingden, to Antoiuelta, second dau. of Rev. E. Edwards, rector of All Saints, Huntingdon.

15. Charles Newdigate Newdigate, of Harefield-place, Middlesex, esq. to Maria second daughter of Ayscoghe Boucherett, of. Willingham ball, co. Lincoln,

19. Rev. Leveson Vernon, son of the Archbishop of York, to Hon. Carolinė Mary Peachey, only dau. of the Earl of Selsey.

22. At Wickhambrook, Suffolk, Rev. Stephen Johnson, to Sarab, dau, of N. W. Bromley, esq. of Bansfield-hall.

At Haverhavesp,co. Montgomery, Boyce Combe, esq. (son of Ald, Combe) to Caroline, dau, of Rev. Evan Jones, of Haverhavesp.

23. At Ecklington, Charles, eldest son of Sir William Wake, bart. to Mary Alice, eldest dau. of the late Sir S. Sitwell, bart.

Mr. John Peter Wachter, of Rotterdam, to Elleu, second dau. of Mr. David Griffin, of Southwark.

24. Wm. Franklin, esq. of Roydon-hall, Essex, to Hannah, dau. of T. Collin, esq. of East end.

25. Nicholas Westby, esq. of Thornhill, co. Wicklow, to the Hon. Emily Waldegrave, eldest dau. of Lord Radstock.

29. Hon. Butler Danvers, son of Countess of Lanesborough, to Miss Freemantle, of Stanhope-street, May-fair.

30. Major-gen. Donkin, to Miss Markbam, eldest dau. of the Dean of York.

31. At Asingham, Rev. John Sayer, to Eliza, only dau. of Rev. Mr. Hodges, of Stowe-house, co. Gloucester.

Lately. At Edinburgh, the Earl of Compton, to Margaret, eldest dau. of the late Major-gen. D. M. Clephane...

At Jersey, Capt. Prescott, R. N., to Mary Ann Charlotte, eldest, dau. of Viceadm. D'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon.

At Dublin, Rev. W. Crosbie, to Miss La Touche,eldest dau. of Col. LaTouche, M.P.

At Cork, Morris Townsend, esq. of Sheperton, to Jane, eldest dau. of Rich. Digby, esq, and cousin to Earl Digby.

At Limerick Cathedral, Archdeacon Maunsell, to Miss Warburton, eldest dau. of the Bishop of Limerick.

Wm. M. Smyth, esq. of Barbarilla, Westmeath, to Isabella Mary, eldest dau. of r. h. Wm. Forward.

Major Stafford, Londonderry Militia, to Letitia, dan, of the late Hon. A. C. Hamilton, of Beltrim-castle, Tyrone.

At Bermuda, Capt. F. Truscott, R. N.. to Catherine, dau. of Hon. J. Hutchinson.

Sept. 12. At Richmond, Surrey, Edw. Davies, esq. of Asening house, co. Glouc. to Frances, eldest surviving dau. of the late Henry Baldwin, esq. of Richmond.

15. At Stoke, Kent, G. Dashwood, esq. M. P. to Marianne, dau.of Sir W.Rowley,bt.

21. At Hackney, Alfred Wigan, esq. son of the late Lieut. col. Wigan, to, Eliza Prate Lewes, only child of William Lewes, esq. of Lion-house, Stamford-hi}le=

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Mr. URBAN,

Margate, Sept. 14. HAVE been for many years a constant Reader of your valuable Magazine, and have always read the Obituary with the same sepsations with which I walk in Westminster Abbey. That every Hero cannot be honoured by the Abbey, must be attributed to the unlimited merits of Englishmen; and that any good and brave man should lie neglected on the field of Waterloo, will never be your fault. That the fame of a gallant youth should live on the records of your pages, is the duty and the wish of a sincere friend: may I there fore request the favour of your notice of Capt. James Gubbins, of the 13th light dragoons, who in the 35th year of his age, on the 18th of June, nobly fell at Waterloo, by a cannon-ball, at the head of his troop: the moment of his d death was that of victory, and his life was closed in conscious virtue, as he had lived the admiration of all who knew him. JoHN LIPTRAP.

AMBROSE GODDARD,

The death of this Gentleman is already, recorded in Part 1. p. 572, as having taken place on the 19th of June. If the great age of this venerable man (in his 89th year) may seem to call for some farther record on the page of Mr. Urban, where departed worth occasionally finds its ap propriate Register, his public services, as Representative for the county of Wilts, for the space of 35 years, and, still more, the general tenour of his blameless aud exemplary character, throughout the whole of a long life, have a stronger claim on the general attention and estimation: for, on the recollection of his friends, no recital or memorial will be wanted, to impress or r to perpetuate the just and proper estimate.

After an education at Winchester-school, the earlier part of his life was passed in mercantile engagements at Lisbon; till, by the death of his elder brother, be succeeded to the paternal inheritance in Wiltshire.

In the year 1772, the voice of a great majority of the electors called him to represent his native County, in the House of Commons; when, after a warm contest, he was introduced to his seat, free of all material pecuniary expence to himself, in a manner equally honourable to the electors and to the elected.

Thus, selected by the public designation, not for the affluence of fortune, or preeminence of talents, but by the general estimation alone of the probity of his principles and character, he discharged that trust, through a long succession of Sessions, with conscientious integrity:

To our imperfect notices of the Heroes who closed an honourable career on the field of Waterloo, we have now to add the following:

At the head of his gallant regiment, Col. W. Fuller, of the 1st (or King's Dragoon Guards).

Lieut. R. Magniac, Royal Dragoons. He entered the army from a decided predilection for the profession; and, actuated by a high sense of honour, and a desire to distinguish himself, fell in his first campaign on that memorable day, “after be having most gallantly." "" Although returned as missing in the official returns, the length of time that has elapsed without any intelligence, compels his afflicted family with the deepest sorrow to conclude, that he did not survive; and to seek the only consolation that remains to them in the testimonial of his commanding officer, "that he died like a brave and gallant soldier, in a glorious cause."

Esa of SWINDON, WILTS.

and firm against the seduction of interested or sinister views, he maintained throughout a due jealousy of the political independence of his delegated station. In the vacillating Administration of Lord North, his convictions led him to oppose the American War; while the convictions of his coadjutor, Mr. Penruddocke, induced him to promote it. Both equally honest and sincere in their intentions, the difference of their views and opinions on this subject produced little or no interruption in the amity and harmony of their friendship. Through the arduous and eventful Administration of Mr. Pitt, Mr. Goddard generally, though not invariably, supported the measures of that illustrious Statesman. On emergencies of difficulty, which confounded the simple, and often puzzled the wise, he had due recourse to the sentiments of a confidential few, on whose integrity and judgment he thought he could rely. His diffident habits and the state of his nerves precluding him from public speaking, he was not the less solicitous that his silent vote should ever be on due and mature deliberation. After thus pursuing the steady and "noiseless tenour of his way" in the Senate upwards of thirty years; still returned at every Ge neral Election by the free and unanimous. voice of the County; fiuding, at length, the infirmities of age advancing upon him, he became anxious to retire from political engagements: and as soon as the County could determine on the nomination of a successor (in Mr. Long, one of the present estimable Members), he re

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