1830.] 



Chronology, Marriages, and Deaths. 



365 



Lady Charlotte Crofton, and sister to the 

 present Lord Crofton. Rev. E. C. Ogle, 

 to Sophia, youngest daughter of Admiral 

 Sir Charles Ogle, bart., M.P. 



DEATHS. 



In Upper Bedford-place, Mrs. Scarlett, 

 89. At Gloucester, Hon. Mrs. G. Browne, 

 widow of the Hon. G. Browne, and son of 

 Lord Kilmaine Lady Dering, 74, widow 

 of the late Sir E. Bering, bart At Min- 

 terne House, Eleanor, relict of the late Rt. 

 Hon. R. Digby, Admiral of the Fleet 

 At Woolwich, Eularia, Lady Dickson 

 Mrs. Weld, widow of the late T. Weld, 

 esq., and mother of Cardinal Weld, Lul- 

 worth Castle. At Brighton, Mrs. Perkins, 

 83 At Lysfaen, 102, Mr. Wm. Jenkins ; 

 he joined the Wesleyan connection at the 

 age of 17j when Mr. John Wesley was on 



his misson to Carmarthen At Lane End, 



I. Tuff, 70, drum-major to the Lane End 

 Volunteers. The deceased, his father, 

 grandfather, and great-grandfather, were all 

 drum-majors in his majesty's service ; and 

 the last three all died at Chelsea Hospital. 

 Lady Grey Egerton, relict of the late Sir 

 G. Egerton, bart At Caen Wood, Lady 

 Cecilia Sarah Murray, daughter of Earl 

 Mansfield. Capt. H. Dallas, eldest son of Sir 

 G.Dallas, bart. J. W Unwin, esq., one of 



the Middlesex coroners. H. Dick, esq., late 

 M.P.,Maldon At Sevenoaks, William Lee, 

 105, " King of the Gipsies." Many of our 

 readers will, doubtlessly, remember seeing 

 his majesty, during the hop season, riding 

 on a donkey supported by his wife on one 

 side, and his son, quite an old man, on the 

 other ; his appearance was any thing but 

 pleasing, having lost nearly the whole of his 

 mental and corporeal faculties. The power 

 of utterance, when we last saw this pitiable 

 being, appeared quite to have forsaken him, 

 and his whole aspect was scarcely human. 

 ( Maids tone Journal.) 



MARRIAGES ABROAD. 



At Paris, the Duke de Montebelle to 

 Ellen, youngest daughter of C. Jenkinson, 

 esq. At the British Ambassador's, Paris, 

 W. E. Image, esq., to Mile. Desirde Cathe- 

 rine D'Enville. 



DEATHS ABROAD. 



In France, Capt. Nesbit, R. N., son of 

 Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte. 

 At Tabreez, Lieut. Col. Sir John Mac- 

 donald Kinnier, British Envoy Extraordi- 

 nary to the Court of Persia ; the court, and 

 the inhabitants of Tabreez have determined 

 to wear mourning 3 months, as a mark of 

 respect for him. 



MONTHLY PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 



NORTHUMBERLAND The First 

 Anniversary Meeting of the Natural His- 

 tory Society was held at Newcastle, Aug. 

 3, when a satisfactory report was made and 

 ordered to be printed for the use of the 

 members. The Botanical and Horticultu- 

 ral Society's anniversary was also held, 

 Aug. 12, when prizes were awarded to the 

 successful competitors. At the dinner 

 given on the occasion, about 40 members 

 sat down to table ; the splendid desert con- 

 sisted of 80 dishes of the most beautiful and 

 delicious fruits of the season, supplied by 

 the members. 



The occurrence of another of those dread- 

 ful explosions of hydrogen gas, which of 

 late years have been so destructive of human 

 life in this district, calls for some animad- 

 version. This lamentable accident took place 

 at half-past 5 A.M. Aug. 3, in the Bensham 

 Seam of Jarrow Colliery, when forty-two of 

 our fellow creatures were instantaneously 

 deprived of life, thus plunging many families 

 into the deepest affliction, and reducing 

 them to misery and want. The witnesses 

 on the Coroner's Inquest all declare no 

 person is to blame for this calamity it 

 could not have been foreseen. But the 

 most material fact disclosed in the evidence 

 is, that candles were the only lights used in 

 the Colliery. Why, it may be asked, are 

 candles used, after the discovery of the 

 Safety Lamp? Are they entirely free 



from blame, then, who suffered such lights 

 to be used ? We beg to recommend that 

 a public subscription be entered into imme- 

 diately for the relief of the relatives of those 

 who have been killed. Tyne Mercury. 



At Newcastle assizes the learned judge 

 congratulated the grand jury on the light- 

 ness of the calendar, there being only 2 

 persons for trial, and both for the same 

 offence At the county assizes 5 prisoners 

 received sentence of death, and a few were 

 transported and imprisoned. 



By the county treasurer's report it ap- 

 pears that the expenses for last year (June 

 30, 1829 to July 1830,) amounted to. 

 7075 18s., above half of which was devoted 

 to the law. 



DURHAM. At these assizes, Lord 

 Chief Justice Tindal congratulated the 

 grand jury on the calendar containing a 

 number unusually small; 1 prisoner was- 

 recorded for death, 1 transported, and a few 

 imprisoned. 



CUMBERLAND. At these assizes 

 there were only 6 prisoners for trial, whose 

 offences were not of a very serious nature. 



LANCASHIRE Meetings were held 

 last week at Bolton, and at the Star Inn in 

 this town, to consider the propriety of form- 

 ing a company for making a railway between 

 the two towns. It was stated at the meet- 



