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ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. 



Rev. J. Swainson, to the perpetual Cu- 

 racy of Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire Rev. 

 W. F. Drake, to be Chaplain to Bishop of 

 Norwich. Rev. H. M. Wagner, and Rev. 

 E. Everard, to be Chaplains to the King 

 Rev. H. H. Dodd, to the Vicarage of Ar- 

 lington, Sussex. Rev. H. Moore, to the 

 Vicarage of Willingdon, Sussex. Rev. E. 

 M. Hall, to the perpetual Curacy of Idle, 

 York Rev. E. S. C. B. Cave, to the per- 

 petual Curacy of St. Peter, Morley, York. 

 Rev. J. P. Vowles, to be Chaplain to 

 Marquis of Northampton. Rev. J. Griffith, 

 to the Rectory of Llangynhafel, Denbigh. 

 Rev. W. M. Mayers, to a Stall in Ca- 

 thedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin 



Rev. J. Darby, to the Rectory of Skenfreth, 

 Monmouth Rev. C. Birch, to the Vi- 

 carage of Happisburgh, Norfolk Rev. G. 

 R. Gray, to the Vicarage of Inkberrow, 

 Worcester Rev. F. F. Clark, to the per- 

 petual Curacy of Christ Church, Coseley, 

 Stafford. Rev. I. Hughes, to the perpetual 

 Curacy of Llangynfelin, Cardigan. Rev. 

 A. Creighton, to the Vicarage of S tailing- 

 borough, Lincoln Rev. W. Robinson, to 

 the perpetual Curacy of Wood Enderby, 

 near Horncastle. Rev. J. Hand, to the 

 Rectory of Hansworth, York. Rev. T. G. 

 Moulsdale, to the perpetual Curacy of Hope, 

 Flint. 



CHRONOLOGY, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



August 2. Parliament prorogued from 

 September 14 to October 26, to be then held 

 and to sit for the despatch of divers urgent 

 and important affairs. 



24. Meeting of the West India planters 

 at City of London Tavern, Marquis of 

 Chandos in the chair ; the annual report of 

 their committee was read and adopted. 



25. This day Gen. Baudrand, on a special 

 mission from the King of the French, had 

 a private audience, to deliver letters to His 



. Majesty ; to which audience he was intro- 

 duced by the Earl of Aberdeen, His Ma- 

 jesty's Principal Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir 

 Robert Chester, Knt., Master of the cere- 

 monies Gazette. 



25. Revolution broke out in Belgium, 

 when some of the ministers' houses were 

 broken open, robbed, and set fire to. 



Sept. 13. Extraordinary meeting of the 

 Netherlands' States-General, convoked by 



. the King at the Hague, " by the pressure 

 of afflicting events." 



14. Duke of Brunswick arrived at Dover, 

 after a narrow escape he had made from the 

 metropolis of his dominions, an insurrec- 

 tion having there taken place 4 his palace 

 being burnt to the ground, and himself 

 obliged to run away to save his life. No 

 one was killed or wounded, nor any pri- 

 vate property disturbed : the military refused 

 to fire upon the people. 



16. Sessions commenced at Old Bailey. 



17. His Majesty signified his consent to 

 become Patron of the Horticultural Society 

 of London. 



18. Sapwell, a convict condemned at the 

 Old Bailey for the murder of Long, one of 

 the police, executed at the Old Bailey. 



22. News arrived of disturbances in the 

 kingdom of Saxony ; the burghers of Dres- 

 den rose, overpowered the military, plun- 



dered the Town Hall, and destroyed all the 

 public records, and the hotel of the minister, 

 who fled. The King has abdicated and 

 appointed his son Regent, and granted 

 him the succession. 



Sept. 24. Sessions ended at the Old 

 Bailey, when 18 prisoners received sentence 

 of death, and 117 of transportation at various 

 periods. 



Prince Talleyrand, ci-devant Bishop 

 of Autun, arrived as Ambassador from the 

 King of the French. 



MARRIAGES. 



T. H. S. Bucknall Estcourt, M. P., to 

 Lucy Sarah, daughter of Admiral Sothe- 

 ron, M. P., Notts. Earl of Roscommon, 

 to Charlotte, daughter of the late J. Talbot, 

 esq., and niece of the Earl of Shrewsbury. 

 At Wortley, Hon. J. C. Talbot, third son 

 of Earl Talbot, to Hon. Caroline Jane 

 Stuart Wortley, daughter of Lord Wharn- 

 cliffe Captain E. C. Fletcher, (IstL. G.), 

 to Hon. Ellen Mary Shore, daughter of 

 Lord Teignmouth. E. Hopkins, esq., to 

 Eliza Susannah, daughter of Vice-Admiral 



Giffard Sir Edward Blunt, bart., to Mary 



Frances, eldest daughter of Edward Blunt, 

 esq., M. P Hon. J. St. Clair, eldest son 

 of Lord St. Clair, to Miss Jane Little _ 

 Lieut.-Col. J. P. St. Clair, to Susan, 

 daughter of Sir T. Turton, bart. 



DEATHS. 



Harriet Mary, Countess of Malmesbury, 

 70, mother of the present Earl of Malmes- 

 bury Mary, wife of Rev. Rowland Hill, 

 84 Frances, the lady of Baron Ducie, 

 daughter of Earl of Carnarvon. Lady 

 Robinson, wife of Rt. Hon. Sir Christopher 

 Robinson. Rear-Admiral Hunter, 98. 

 At Bath, Mr. N. T. Carrington, 53, late 

 of Devonport, Author of "Dartmoor," 

 " The Banks of Tamar," " My Native 

 Village," and other Poems ; he had lingered 



