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ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. 



Rev. T. M. Button, to be a Prebendary of St. 

 Peter, Westminster. Rev. C. Richards, to be a 

 Prebendary of Winchester. Rev. S. W. Cornish, 

 to the Vicarage of South Newington, Oxon. Rev. 

 J. Jenkins, to the Rectory of Llanfoist, Monmouth. 

 Rev. E. Crosse, to the Rectory of Kingsdown, 

 Somerset. Rev. J. B. Smith, to the Rectory of 

 Sothby, Lincoln. Very Rev. Dr. Coplestone, to be 

 Bishop of Llandaff, and Dean of St. Paul's. Rev. 

 E.Harbin, to the Rectory of Kingweston, Somer- 

 set. Rev. E. Palling, to the Perpetual Curacy of 

 Tithby, with Cropwell Butler, Notts. Rev. J. 

 Eaton, to the Rectory of Handley, Chester. Rev. 

 U. Clarke, to the Vicarage of Neston, Chester. 

 Rev. Archdeacon Wrangham, to the Rectory of 

 Dodleston, Chester. Rev. G. B. Blomfield, to the 

 Rectory of Coddington, Chester. Rev, W. Harri- 

 on, to the Vicarage of St. Oswald, Chester. Rev. 

 J. Griffith, to be Prebendary of Rochester .Right 

 Ron. and Rev. Lord H. F. C. Kerr.to the Rectory 

 of Dittisham, Dorset. Right Rev. Dr. Sumner, to 

 the See of Winchester. Rev. W. Evans, to the 

 Rectory of Shipston-upon-Stour, with the Chapel 

 of Tidinington, Worcester. Rev. H. Faulkner, to 



the Perpetual Curacy of Norton Juxta Keuipsey, 

 Worcester. Rev. J. Sandford, to the Living of 

 Chillingham, Durham. Rev. S. Smith, to the 

 Rectory of St. George's Bloomsbury. Rev. E. M. 

 Hall, to the Vicarage of Corringham, Lincoln. 

 Rev. F. Swanton, to be Chaplain to St. Mary's 

 College, Winchester. Rev. G. Harries, to the 

 Rectoty of Letterson, Pembroke. Rev. E. Lang- 

 dale, to the Rectory of East Hoathley, Sussex. 

 Rev.A. Hamilton, to be Archdeacon of Taunton.vrith 

 the Prebend of Milverton the First annexed, Wells. 

 Rev. M. Webber, to the Rectory of St. Marga- 

 ret's, Westminster. Rev. M. Taylor, to tie Rec- 

 tory of Winnal, near Winchester. Rev. T. Wat- 

 kins, to be Precentor of Winchester Cathedral. 

 Rev. J. Bannister, to the Perpetual Curacy of 

 West Wool dh am. Rev. J. G. Dixon.to the Vicar- 

 age of Waghen, Yorkshire. Rev- H. Harvey and 

 Rev. E. Coleridge, Chaplains to H.R.H the Duke 

 of Cambridge. Rev. H. Lee, to the Vicarage of 

 North Bradley and Southwicke, Wilts. Rev. F. 

 H. Wollaston, to the tinecure Rectory of East 

 Dereham, Norfolk. Rev. T. Arnold, to be Head 

 Master of Rugby School. 



POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS. 



The King has granted the dignity of a Baronet 

 to the following gentlemen respectively, and to the 

 heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz. 

 Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, esq. Sir 

 Richard Hussey Vivian. Charles William Taylor, 

 esq. Uvedale Price, esq. Richard Bulkeley 

 Philipps Philipps, esq. The Hon. Edward Manna- 



duke Vavasour Robert Tristram Ricketts, esq., 

 Captain in the Navy. Francis Hastings Doyle, 

 esq., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. John Hut- 

 ton Cooper, esq. Henry Wakeman, esq. George 

 Philips, esq. Henry Chamberlain, e.q., Cousul- 

 General in the Empire of Brazil. John Forbes 

 Drummond, esq., Captain in the Navy. 



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



CHRONOLOGY. 



Dec. 2. The Court went into mourning for the 

 Queen of Saxony during three weeks. 



4. The Marquis of Lansdowne wrote a letter to 

 the Lord Mayor, suggesting " the expediency of 

 anit quiry into the coi duct of the officers of police 

 of the city of London. 1 ' 



5. Ths Directors of the East India Company gave 

 their farewell dinner to Lord W. C. Bentinck, 

 Governor-general of India, previous to his de- 

 parture. 



Reduction of the Yeomanry Cavalry an- 

 nounced by the Secretary of State for the Home 

 Department. 



6. Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey. 



/. A general meeting of the country bankers, 

 held at the London Tavern, when a deputation of 

 neven was appointed to have an interview with 

 Lord Goderich, on the subject of their complaints 

 against the branch banks of the Bank of Eng- 

 land. 



11. A deputation from the country bankers 

 waited upon Lord Goderich and the Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer, who stated that they were aware of the 

 great importance of the subject submitted to them 

 by the deputation, and that all that had been com- 



municated should receive the most deliberate and 

 serious attention, which was all that they could un- 

 dertake at present to promise. 



12. Sessions ended at the Old Bailey, when 22 

 prisoners received sentence of death, 81 were or- 

 dered for transportation, and 62 imprisoned. 



13. Miss Macauley applied to the Bench of 

 Middlesex Justices for a licence to give religious 

 lectures, on Sundays and other days, which was not 

 granted. 



A meeting of Portuguese merchants, held at 

 the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of 

 adopting measures to receive Don Miguel on his 

 arrival in England. 



A Privy Council held, when the Recorder 

 made his report, and two culprits were ordered 

 for execution Dec. 19. 



15. Parliament further prorogued from the 20th 

 December to January 22, 1828. 



19. A Common Hall of the Livery of London 

 was held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of pe- 

 titioning Parliament on the system of arrest in the 

 City, when several resolutions were passed to that 

 effect, 



A public meeting of the Jew? was held at 



