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cussions which took place on the presentation of petitions. The ministers, however, heedless of all opposition, determined to press the measure to the utmost: the consequence was, that on a division of the house, it was rejected by a majority of 238 against 201.

On the 20th, Mr. Vansittart gave notice of his intention to relinquish the War Malt Duty, which produced about two millions and a half, and also to make favourable modifications in the tax on horses used in husbandry, which could not but afford material relief to the agricultural interest; and intimated that he should have recourse to a loan to supply the consequent deficiency in the re

venue.

March 27, a bill was introduced and the usual forms being dispensed with, passed both Houses for naturalizing Prince Leopold of Coburg.

On the 28th, the House of Commons in a committee, entered upon the consideration of the resolutions proposed by Mr. Western, relative to the agricultural distresses of the country. The discussion of this subject was deferred by adjourn ment, till the 9th of April, when it was agreed farther to postpone it till the 29th of the same month.

On the 2d. of April, the Marquis of Buckingham introduced a motion in the House of Lords, for an inquiry into the state of Ireland. The Earl of Liverpool objected to the motion, but admitted that if some of the evils complained of were distinctly proposed for inquiry, beneficial results night possibly ensue. He stated it to be his decided opinion

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that catholic emancipation is a subject totally unconnected with the real grie vances of the people; that it was nevertheless entitled to dispassionate conside ration, and he was one of those who admitted that if the principle of the question were conceded by parliament, the arrangement of its details either in the shape of securities or otherwise would be matter of inferior importance. The motion was negatived by a majority of 137 to 67.

The attention of the House of Commons has been since directed to the important subject of economy in the various branches of the public expenditure. Some retrenchments have in consequence been made; the army and ordnance es→ timates after being presented to the Houses were withdrawn for the purpose of reductions; and some offices now considered useless, have been suppressed. On the 15th of April, Mr. Tierney brought forward a motion for abolishing the department of the third secretary of state, or war department, the duties of which previously to 1794, had been performed by the secretaries for the home department and for foreign affairs contended that this establishment, having grown out of the war, ought to cease with it; and that the business of these of fices might be placed on the former footing, especially as that of the home department was much diminished. The motion was supported by 100 members, but negatived by 182.

He

On the 11th both Houses adjourned on account of the Easter holidays till the 24th.

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And the payments by the Government of Ireland, on account
of 2-17ths of the annual expenditure of the United King-
dom to be defrayed by Ireland, anno 1813 and 1814
VOL. V.

NEW MONTHLY MAG,-No. 28.

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INCIDENTS, PROMOTIONS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. IN LONDON AND MIDDLESEX.

With Biographical Accounts of Distinguished Characters.

Bulletin of the King's Health. "Windsor Castle, April 6. "His Majesty has enjoyed good bodily health, and has been very tranquil during the last month, but his Majesty's disorder has undergone no change."

The works opposite to Carlton House are proceeding rapidly. St. James's market will soon be levelled, and a line broken into Piccadilly. This quarter will be embellished with a pile of buildings the principal of which will be the new College of Physicians, which, in design, will resemble the Surgeons' Hall recently erected in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

March 31, about five in the morning, the school-room of the Military Asylum at Chelsea, was discovered to be on fire. By the active exertions of the military and of the pensioners of the hospital the flames were extinguished by ten; but not until a considerable portion of the southern extremity of the main edifice was consumed, from the dining hall to the roof.

April 23, early in the morning, a fire broke out in the Old Stock Exchange Coffee House, at the corner of Swithen's alley, which, with an adjoining house, was totally consumed. Some of the other buildings adjacent were greatly damaged; and two active firemen perished amidst their merito. rious exertions.

Promotions and Appointments] JOHN DAVIDSON, esq. to be his Majesty's Consul for New Orleans.

HUGH BISSHOPP, esq. to be Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to the Queen.

HENRY WILLOUGHBY ROOKE, esq. to be Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to the Queen.

LORD NAPIER to be his Majesty's Commissioner to the general Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Members returned to Parliament.] Sir JAMES SUTTIE, bart. for Haddingtonshire, vice the Hon. Chas. Hope, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

JONATHAN RAINE, esq. for Newport, having vacated on his appointment as King's Counsel.

VISCOUNT VALLETORT, for Lostwithiel, vice the Rt. Hon. Reginald Pole Carew, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

JOHN THOMAS FANE, esq. for Lyme Regis, vice Lord Burghersh who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

The EARL of SEFTON, for Droitwich, vice Sir Thos. Edw Winnington, bart, who has accepted the office of steward of East Hun*dred.

THOS. POTTER MACQUEEN, esq. for East

Looe, vice David Vanderheyden, esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

GEORGE WATSON TAYLOR, esq. for Newport, vice John Delgarno, esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

Hon. WM. LAMBE, for Peterborough, vic Rt. Hon. Geo. Ponsonby, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds."

Rt. Hon. GEO. PONSONBY, for the county of Wicklow, vice Wm. Tighe, esq. deceased. Ecclesiastical Preferments.] Rev. TROS. ALBAN, to the living of Llandrillo, Denbighshire.

Rev. Dr. T. BROOKE, to the rectory of Avening, Gloucestershire.

Rev. JOHN COLDHAM, to the living of Stockton, Norfolk.

Rev. PERRY DICKEN, to the rectory of Poughill, Devon.

Rev. ROBERT HAMMOND, to the rectory of Pensthorpe, Norfolk.

Rev. W. Hicks, to hold the rectory of Whittington, with that of Cubberley, Gloucestershire.

Hon. and Rev. Dr. HENRY LEWIS HOBART, to the deanery of Windsor, with that of Wolverhampton.

Rev. J. HOWARD, to the rectory of Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk.

Rev. Sir WM. ROBERT KEMP, bart. to the rectories of Flordon and Gissing, Norfolk. Rev. JOSEPH PARSONS, to the rectory of Glinton, with Peakirk.

Hon, and Rev. HUGH PERCY to a prebend of Canterbury.

Rev. St. JOHN PRIEST, to the living of Billingford.

Rev. Sir H. RIVERS, bart. to the rectory of Walcot, Somerset.

Rev. Dr. EDWARD RODD, to the vicarage of Lamerton, Devon.

Rev. EDWARD SMEDLEY, to the rectories of Powderham and North Bovey, Devon.

Rev. JAMES SPEARE, to the rectory of Rotherhithe, Surrey.

Rev. HENRY TAYLOR, to the rectory of West Ogwell, Devon.

Rev. J. B. TOMPSON, to the perpetual curacy of Tompson, Norfolk,

Rev. ROBERT MORGAN VANE, to the rectory of Islip, Northampton.

Rev. J. F. WILLIAMS, to the vicarage of Phillips' Norton, with Charter-house Hinton.

Births.] At Twickenham, the Duchess of Oricans of a daughter.-Lady Eliz, Cole, of a daughter.

The Lady of Robert Rickards, esq. M. P. of a daughter.

Lady Petre of a daughter.

1816.] Marriages and Deaths in and near London-Dr.Duigenan. 363

Married.] Sam. Baker, jun. esq. of Rochester, to Sarah, younger daughter of Rob. Smirke, R. A, of Fitzroy street.

Thomas Wallis, esq. to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Sir Geo. Bolton, of Chepstow.

Lord Rendlesham, to Ann Sophia, daughter of Wm. Tattnall, esq. Leiston Old Abbey, Suffolk.

John Roberts, esq. of the War office, to Frances, eldest sister of Captain Sarmon, R. N.

Capt. Edw. F. Scott, R. N. to Fanny, second daughter of -Beck, esq. of Haux

ton.

The Rev W. Lloyd, rector of Drayton, Oxon, to Maria, third daughter of W. Bicknell, esq. of Upper Cadogan Place.

Capt. Geo. Anson Byron, R. N. to Elizabeth, sister to S. Chandos Pole, esq. of Rudborne, Derbyshire.

Wm. Clarke, esq. of Leatherhead, to Mrs. Baratty, of Russel square.

Benj. Hall, esq. of Nelson square, to Miss Pugh, of Newington place.

Capt. J. H. Barber, of the E. I. C. military service, to Miss Juliet Whitwell.

Thos. Rowsell, esq. of Burrow's buildings, Blackfriars' road, to Miss Hall, of Nelson square.

John Wm. Buckle, esq. of Mark lane, to Miss Brash of Wellclose square.

Wm. Dubuisson, esq. of Glynhyr, Carmarthenshire, to Caroline, youngest daughter of Jas. Henckell, esq. of Wandsworth Common.

Anthony Austen, esq. of Alderly, Gloucester, to Sylla, second daughter of David Ricardo, esq. of Upper Brook street.

At Chelsea, Chas, Stewart, esq. late of Jamaica, to Miss Tierville, of Sloane square. Wm. Houghton, esq. of the Irish Exchequer office, to Miss Bourne, of Elford, Staffordshire.

The Rev. J. Jones, to Louisa, eldest daughter of Wm. Prevost, esq. King's road, Bedford row.

John Phillipps, esq. to Lucretia, youngest daughter of the late Jas. Pinnock, esq. of Devonshire place.

Henry Jones, esq. of Stapleton, Gloucestershire, to Katherine, second daughter of Sir Henry Russell, bart.

John Phipps, esq. to Philadelphia, eldest daughter of the late Henry Godfrey, esq. of Islington.

At Fulham, John Cromie, esq. only son of John C. esq. of Dromore, Londonderry, to Marianne, eldest daughter of the Archbishop of Dublin.

Died.] In Blandford street, the Dowager Lady Say and Sele..

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At Brompton, Col. John Dodd.

In Somerset place, N. Marchant, R. A.
F. S. A. Seal engraver to his Majesty, 77.
In Southampton buildings, Helborn,
Lieut. Austin, late first of H. M. S. Spencer,

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In Spring Gardens, at the house of her sonin-law, Chas. S. Lefevre, esq. M. P. Helena, widow of John Lefevre, esq. of Old Ford, Middlesex and Heckfield, Hants.

In Holborn, Mrs. Jullion, widow of John J. esq. late of Brentford.

In Lyon's Inn, John Williamson, esq. 61. At the house of Mr. Sergeant Pell, Albert, second son of the late Rob. Pell, esq.

The Rev. Wm. Goode, upwards of 20 years rector of the united parishes of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, and St. Ann, Blackfriars, 54,

In Great Chesterfield street, Mrs. Torrane.
Mr. Charles Cooke, bookseller, of Pa-

ternoster row.

In St. James's Place, Wm. Tighe, esq. M. P. for the county of Wicklow.

In Great George street, Louisa, wife of G. H. Sumner, esq. M. P. for Surrey,

In Howland street, Capt. H. Foster, late of the 23d foot.

In Argyle street, Mr. Joseph Fox, secretary to the British and Foreign School Society. His loss will be deeply felt by the friends of Universal Education, to which his life was much devoted, and of which he was a most active and zealous advocate. As a public mark of respect to the memory of this excellent man, his funeral was attended by the president, vice-presidents, and committee of the above society, in a body, consisting of the Royal Dukes, and many other noblemen and gentlemen of distinction,, who patronise this valuable Institution..

In Bedford square, Sir Simon Le Blanc, one of the Judges of the court of King's Bench, 56.

In Parliament street, aged upwards of 80, the Rt. Hon. PATRICK DUIGENAN, L.L D. M.P. for Armagh; Judge of the Prerogative Court, Dublin; Vicar-General of the Metropolitan Court of Armagh, and of the dioceses of Meath and Elphin; Advocate-General of the High Court of Admiralty; Professor of Common Law in the university of Dublin, and a Privy Counsellor in Ireland. Dr. D. a native of Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained a fellowship, as well as the professorship of Civil Law. In 1767 he was called to the Irish bar and invested with a silk gown as King's Counsel. He remained in College till the late Rt. Hon. Hely Hutchinson, father of the Earl of Donoughmore, was nominated pro

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Account of Dr. Althorp, J. Courtenay, & Sir C. Shipley. [May 1,

vost, on which occasion he published a se-
vere poem under the title of " Lachrymæ
Academice, or the present Deplorable State
of Trinity College, Dublin," and soon after-
wards retired. He had, for many years, a
seat in the Irish parliament, where he was
the first proposer of an union with Great
Britain. Ever since the accomplishment of
that measure he has sat in the imperial par
liament for the city of Armagh. Although
himself descended from a catholic family,
yet his political career has been remarkable
for his strenuous opposition to the claims of
the adherents of the Romish church. In early
life he married Miss Cusack, daughter of a ca-
tholic gentleman of the county of Meath, and
sister to the lady of the late Sir Michael Smith,
master of the rolls. His second wife was the
widow of Mr. George Hepenstal, attorney and
clerk to the Dublin Police establishment,who
survives him. He has left no issue by either
marriage. The income derived from the
various situations held by Dr. Duigenan is
estimated at 18,000l. per annum. Being a
man of moderate expense in his mode of liv-
ing, he amassed, in the course of a long and
industrious life, a considerable fortune, the
bulk of which he is understood to have be-
queathed to the nephew of his first wife, Sir
William Smith, one of the Barons of the
Irish Court of Exchequer. The doctor was
the author of several political pamphlets.
One of these, "A fair Representation of the
Political State of Ireland," subjected the pub-
lisher in 1800, to an action brought by P.
Lattin, esq. whose conduct was censured in it,
and who obtained a verdict with 500l. dama-
ges.
He published his "Speech on the
Subject of a Union," in 1800; and in 1810,
a tract in explanation of "The Nature and
Extent of of the Demands of the Roman Ca-
tholics."

At Cambridge, at an advanced age, EAST APTHORP, D. D. This divine, the son of a merchant, at Boston, in New England, was educated at Jesus College, Cainbridge, where he took the degree of B. A. 1755, M. A. 1758, and was also elected a Fellow. He returned to America, where he founded a church at Cambridge, but experienced so much opposition from the dissenters there, that he soon bade a final adieu to his native country, and once more repaired to England. In 1765, he was collated to the vicarage of Croydon, and in 1778, to the rectory of St. Mary-le-bow, which livings he resigned in 1793, on obtaining the valuable prebend of Finsbury, in St. Paul's Cathe dral. On this event, previously to which he had been afflicted with blindness, he retired to Cambridge, where he has ever since resided. By his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Eliakim Hutchinson esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in the province of Massachusett's, who died in 1782, he had nine children, among whom were the Rev. Frederick A. prebendary of Lincoln, and

two daughters married to Dr. Cory, master of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and the Rev. Dr. Butler, Master of Shrewsbury School. For a list of Dr. Apthorpe's publications, which were exclusively of a profes sional nature, we refer the reader to the Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors, lately published.

JOHN COURTENAY,esq. a native of Ireland, discended from a branch of the noble family of that name, and nephew by his mother, to the late Earl of Bute. He was originally patronised by Marquis Townsend, when lord lieutenant of Ireland, and at the general elections in 1780, 1784, and 1790, was chosen one of the representatives for Tamworth. From that time he had a seat for Appleby, till he vacated it in 1813. Mr. Courtenay, during his whole political life, continued stedfastly attached to the old opposition. On the triumph of that party in 1783, he was appointed surveyor of the ord nance, and secretary to the master-general, and again in 1806, to the office of commis. sioner of the treasury. His speeches as a member of the legislature were distinguished by wit and satire, the brilliancy and poignancy of which were acknowledged even by those who differed from him in political opinion. He was the author of the following works :-" A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of Dr. Samuel Johnson," 4to 1786-"Philosophi cal Reflections on the late Revolution in France," in a letter to Dr. Priestley, svo. 1790-" A Poetical and Philosophical Essay on the French Revolution," addressed to Mr. Burke, 8vo. 1793-“The Present State of Manners, Arts and Politics of France and Italy," in a series of poetical epistles from Paris, Rome, and Naples,in 1792 and 3. 8V0.

1794.

On the 30th November, in Grenada, of which colony he was governor, Sir CHARLES SHIPLEY, 58. He was a majorgeneral in the army, and eldest colonel of Engineers, in which corps he received his commission at the early age of 14; 35 years of his honorable career were passed on a foreign station, during which period he frequently obtained the thanks of his country in approbation of his services. In the recent expedition against Guadaloupe, Sir Charles commanded in second, under Sir James Leith; and in the dispatches of the naval and military chiefs, his name his conspicuously distinguished. Ever careless of personal exposure, it is to excessive fatigue on that occasion, that are attributed the consequences which have plunged his family in affliction, and deprived the army of one of its greatest ornaments. In his immediate profession as an engineer, Sir Charles was considered eminent in science and skill; as a soldier, his bravery, zeal and activity could not be surpassed we add with equal justice, that in every relative connexion, in

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Bedford.--Berks.--Bucks.--Cambridge.--Cheshire--Cornwall.

every social tie, as a Christian, as a man, he claimed the veneration and love of all to whom he was known. Sir Charles was interred on the 2d of December, not only with every distinction due to his rank, but with honours even more flattering-the regrets of every individual from the highest to the lowest station in the colony, which he governed with justice, moderation, and fidelity. He has left a widow and three daugh ters. It must ever be remembered with admiration, that Lady Shipley many years ago, by the most heroic exertion of female forti

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tude and conjugal affection, obtained the release of her husband, then Major Shipley, from a French prison.

Sir JOHN LURBOCK, (p. 268, of our last number,) was not as there stated, the son of William L. esq. but of the Rev. William, L. He died without issue, and not leaving a daughter married to Sir Wastell Briscoe. We are indebted to Sir John Wm. Lubbock, for pointing out these errors; and we shall always be thankful for corrections of any similar inaccuracies into which we may in-, advertently fall.

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES,

IN THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

FEDFORDSHIRE.

Died] At Woburn, of a brain fever, Thomas, second son of E. T. Pilgrim, esq. At Ampthill, Mr. Wm. Stonebridge.

BERKSHIRE.

An earthen vessel was lately dug up near Faringdon, containing 100 silver two-pences, of Edw. III. having on the obverse side, in Saxon characters, EDW R'ANGL' DNS HYD (for Edward, King of England, and Lord of Ireland). Most of them had on the reverse, Civitas London. some Civitas Canton, and a few Civitas Eboracia, and Civitas Bristollia. The whole are well preserved. Ninetyfour are in the possession of Mr. Taylor, Corn-market, Oxford.

Birth.] At Midgham House, Lady Georgiana Quin, of a daughter.

Married.] At Windsor, Edmund Taylor, esq, one of the poor knights of Windsor Castle, to Miss Brown.

At Wallingford, Mr. Thos. Foster, of Blackthorn, near Bicester, to Miss M. A. Barrett.

Died.] At Windsor, Mr. Wm. Alwright, 77.-Mrs. Portus.-Mrs. Howse, 41.-Mrs. Cath. Greener, 44.

At Mortimer House, Fras. Tappenden, esq. 47.

63.

At Bisham, Mr. Laurence, of Hyde Farm,

At Reading, the Rev. John Tuack, rector of Hartly Mauduit.-Mr. Cockell, 72. Miss Masters.-The Rev. Jas, Manesty, 71.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Died] At Eton, Mr. M. R. Coker, 58.
At Denham, Dan. Hale Webb, esq. 60.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

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At Chatteris, Mr. John Bateman, 83.

CHESHIRE.

Some valuable mineral waters have lately been discovered near Beeston Castle, in this county.

Birth.] At Norton Priory, Lady Brooke, of a son.

Married.] At Chester, Val. Owen Jones, esq. to Miss Warrington.

At Swettenham, S. F. Heys, esq. to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Holland Watson, esq. of Congleton.

Died.] At Chester, Mr. Marriott.-Mr. Jas. Robertson, of the Cottage Tavern.—Mr. John Dawson. Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Jones, esq. of Bangor, who had not been married above a fortnight.

At Nantwich, Mrs. Timmis, relict of Rob. T. esq. of Weston Hall.

At Budworth, Mr. Jackson, 77.

At Sandbach, Sarah, relict of the Rev. John Latham, of Titherington, mother of Dr. John L. President of the College of Physicians, London, and of Rich. L. esq. of Sandbach, 83.

At Farndon, Miss Davies, sister to the Rev. Rob. D.

At Thorneycroft, Ann, dowager Viscountess Barrington, wife of Edw. Thorneycroft, esq.

At Neston, at the advanced age of 106, William Broughton, one of the veterans that fought at the battle of Culloden; he was an industrious labourer, and enjoyed good health till within a few hours of his death. Having been met a few days before, and asked how he was, he answered with great humour, that he was hearty,-and one of

Died.] At Hockerill, Mr. Roger Bolton, the oldest of the good king's hard bargains,

of the Crown Inn, 92.

At Cambridge, Joseph, youngest son of the late Mr. Hodgson, proprietor of the Cambridge Chronicle, 22.

having received a pension from him for more than sixty years.

CORNWALL.

Married.] At Falmouth, Mr. Thos. Web

At Parson Drove, near Wisbech, Susan, ster, excise officer, to Miss M. A. Share, of wife of Mr. John Short, 33.

At Wisbech, Mr. Jas. Forshaw, 53.-In consequence of her clothes accidentally taking fire, Mrs. Newman, widow.Mr. T. Scate.

Penryn.

At Penzance, the Rev. Mr. Scurroe, methodist minister at Helston, to Miss Bosustow, of Paul.

Died.] At St. Columb, Simon, son of

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