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ranninjr, Karl Mountcliarlw, Lord F. L. Gower, gerald, and also E. A. M'Nagbten, esq., to be 

 Lord E.G. Eliot, and tbe Right Hon. M. Fitz. Commissioners of the Treasury. 



INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND. DEATHS, TN AND NEAR LONDON, ETC. 



CHRONOLOGY. sported for various periods, and several ordered te> 



June 25.-Mr. Hunt chosen Auditor of the City be imprisoned. William Sheen was tried ^second 

 Accounts at Guildhall. 



27. Another accident happened at the Thames 

 Tunnel, by which one person lost his life. 



30. The Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, &c., went from 

 Guildhall to the King's Palace, St. James's, to 

 deliver the Address voted by the Common Council, 

 on the firmness His Majesty had displayed in sup- 

 porting his just prerogative on the late change of broke> egq<> to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mar- 

 the ministry. To which His Majesty said,' cus Beresford, esq., and the Lady Frances Bere*- 



receive with satisfaction this loyal and dutiful ad- fo] . d . fi p rtman, esq., M.P., Dorset, to Lady 

 dress of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- Emma Lascelles, third daughter of Earl and Coun- 

 mons of the City of London. Whatever diffi- tess Harewood ; E. M. Lloyd, esq., to Lady Har- 

 culties I may have experienced in the exercise of riot Scott> daughter of Lord cionmell ; Sir A. 



time for the murder of his own child, and again 

 acquitted, owing to his child having been known 

 by the names of "Sheen and Beadle!!!" 



20. An Order in Council suspended the em- 

 bodying the militia for 1827. 



MARRIAGES. 



At St. George's, Hanover-square, Felix Lad- 



my just prerogative on the occasion to which that 

 Address refers, the consciousness that I had no 

 other objecf in view than the public good, has 

 enabled me to meet and overcome them." 

 The Recorder made his report to the King 



Campbell, bart., to Miss Malcolm, daughter of 

 Maj.-Gen. Sir J. Malcolm, G.C.B, Rev. G. A. 

 Montgomery, to Cecilia, third daughter of the late 

 Dr. Markham, Dean of York. G. C. Antrobus, 

 esq., M.P., to Jane, daughter of Sir C. Trotter, 



in [Council of 33 prisoners lying under sentence of bait. H. Baring, esq., to Lady Augusta Brude 

 death in Newgate, when 3 wre ordered for execu- 

 tion on July 6, and the rest respited. 



July 2. The Parliament was prorogued by com- 

 mission. 



5. The Bank of England issued notice, that 

 bills having no more than 95 days to run, would be 

 discounted at 4 per cent. 



nell, fifth daughter to the Earl of Cadogan. Major 

 H. Dundas, to Annie Maria, second daughter, and 

 Sir H. Willock, late Charges d'Affaives to the Court 

 of Persia, to Eliza, fourth daughter of the late S. 

 Davis, esq., Portland-place. Captain A.C. Skyn- 

 ner, to Maria Adelaide Peachey Robbins, daugl-. 

 ter of the late Lieut.-Col. Price Robbins. Captain 

 G. F.Ryves, son of Admiral Ryves, and nephew 



6.-A Memorial presented by H.R.H. the Lord ^ Arn ' ndel]> to Charit third d ' au g ht e r of T . 



High Admiral to the Privy Council, approved of by 

 His Majesty, and directed, by an Order in Coun- 

 cil, to be carried into effect, was published for the 



Theobald, e*q.,of the Grays. At H.R.H. the Duke 

 of Clarence's, Bushey-park, the Hon. J. E. Ken- 

 nedy, son of Lord Cassilis, to Miss Augusta Fitz- 

 apprehension of smugglers, and the seizure of goods, clarence ._ At W i lit e-hall-place, F. H. Cornwall, 

 and the improved manner in which they are to be g(m flf ^ Bish Qf WorcC8ter> to Fanny> 



distributed. The same regulations are proposed d hu?r to Sir G Caulficl(1> bart ._At St. Jameses 

 to be applied to the rewards granted for the cap- Church> Major D igne iie y) of tie Royal Horse Ar- 

 ture and destruction of piratical ships, and of ves- m ^ tQ (hc HQ ^ Mary Frcderica Law , s j st er t 



sels engaged in the Slave Trade. 



Lord Ellenborough. Vice Admiral Parker, to Miss 



9. H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence visited Ply- A Butt. Rev. J. Galloway, to Margaret, third 



mouth and Davenport, as Lord High Admiral, and daughter of G Shedden, esq., Bedford-square. 



inspected the Breakwater, and the various works At Mary-le-bone, J. E. Denison, esq.,M P., Hast- 



at those places connected with the navy; His i ngS} t o" Lady Charlotte Bentinck, third daughter 



Royal Highness went by sea in His Majesty's O f the Duke of Portland, 

 yacht, the Royal Sovereign. The Ducless of Cla- 



fence also visited the above places; Her Royal 

 Highness went by land, accompanied by her 

 suite. 



12. The Sessions began at the Old Bailey. 



DEATHS. 



At Clapham, E. Parry, esq., one of the Directors 

 of the East-India Company, and brother-in-law to 

 the Right Hon. Lord Bexley. In Queen-square, 



13. Two culprits only executed at the Old Bailey> 80, J. Dorington, esq., clerk of the fees of the 



the third being respited. 



An action of libel was brought in the Court 

 of Common Pleas, against the proprietors of the 

 Morning Chronicle, for publishing affidavits im- 



House of -Commons. Tn Portland-place, G. Ley- 

 cester, esq.; and 88, R. Baker, esq. 77, Signor 

 Sapio, pianist to the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, 

 Queen of France ; in feeling and expression, his 



puting to the plaintiff's wife, a Mrs. Scott, ad ul- style of playing never was exceeded At Lord 

 tery, perjury, and theft ; the defendant pleaded the Dundonald's, Hammersmith, Mrs. Dorothea Plow- 

 general issue as to the charge of perjury, and a den, relict of F. Plowden, [esq., the " Historian 

 justification of the charges of adultery and theft, of Ireland," and author of several literary works. 



After a long trial, which continued two days, the 

 jury delivered their verdict one farthing dama- 

 ges, and 40 shillings costs. 



17. Sessions ended at the Old Bailey, when 17 

 prisoners received sentence of death, fil were Iran- 



66, Lieut. Gen. Hutton, son to the late celebrat- 

 ed mathematician, Dr. Button. In Great George- 

 street, 73, R. Ellison, esq., Recorder of Lincoln. 

 At Westbourne, 74, S. P. Cockerell, esq. G. F. 

 Tyson, esq. C. W. Bun-ell, esq., eldest son of Sir 



