1828.] 



Political Appointments. 



331 



Sir H.Hardinge, to be Clerk of the Ordnance. 

 Christian Koch, esq., to be British Consul at 

 Frankfort. Mr. W. May, to be Consul-General 

 in Great Britain for the King of the Netherlands ; 

 and Mr. W. 8. Day, to be his Consul in the Isle 

 of Wight. Right Hon. John Lord Fonsouby, to 

 be Envoy Extra, and Minister Plenipo. to the Em- 

 peror of Brazil. G. W. Chad, esq., to be Envoy 

 Extra, and Minister Plenipo. to Columbia. E. 

 M. Ward, esq., to be Minister Plenipo. to the 

 King of Saxony. H. S. Fox, esq., to be Secretary 



to the Embassy of Vienna. Hon, W. T. II. Fox 

 Strangways, to be Secretary to the Legation at 

 Naples. Lord Albert Conyngham, to be Secre- 

 tary to the Legation at Florence. G. Jackson, 

 esq., to be Commissary Judge at Sierra Leone. 

 H. U. Addirigton, esq., to be Minister Plenipo. 

 to the Diet at Frankfort. Duke of Moutrose, to 

 be Lord Chamberlain. Sir C. Robinson, Judge 

 of the Admiralty. Dr. H. Jenner, to be Advocate 

 General. F. Freeling, esq., Dr. J. de Courcy 

 Laffan, and P. Macgrcgor, csq., to be baronets. 



SHERIFFS APPOINTED FOR THE YEAR 1828. 



Bedfordshire, G. Musgrave, of Shitlington.esq. ; 

 Berkshire, T. Bowles, of Milton-hill, esq. ; Buck- 

 inghamshire, R. Harvey, of Langley-park, esq. ; 

 Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, J. P. Allix, 

 of Swaffham-prior, esq.; Cheshire, R. Massey, 

 of Moston, esq, ; Cumberland, T. Parker, of War- 

 wick-hall, esq. ; Cornwall, J. W. Buller, of Shil- 

 lingham, esq. ; Derbyshire, Sir G. Sitwell, of Re- 

 nishaw, bart.; Devonshire, W. Langmead, of El- 

 ford-leigh, esq. ; Dorsetshire, W. G. Paxton, of 

 Coombe-Almer, esq. ; Essex, Sir C. J. Smith, of 

 Suttons, bart. ; Gloucestershire, F. Trotman, of 

 Siston-court, esq.; Herefordshire, E. Higginson, 

 of Saltmarsh, esq. ; Hertfordshire, Sir. C. Smith, 

 of Bedwell-park, bart.; Kent, Sir T. M. Wilson, 

 ofCharlton, bart.; Leicestershire, G. Pochin, of 

 Barkby, esq. ; Lincolnshire, C. Winn, of Appleby, 

 esq.; Monmouthshire, W. Morgan, ofPantyGoy- 

 tre, esq. ; Norfolk, Sir W. J. H. B. Folkes, of 



Hillington, bart.; Northamptonshire, H. H. H. 

 Hungeford, of Maidwell, esq. ; Northumberland, 

 C. Bosanquet, of Rock, csq. ; Nottinghamshire, 

 J. E. Westcomb, of Thrumpton, esq. ; Oxford- 

 shire, C. C. Dormer, of Rousham, esq. ; Rutland- 

 shire, T. Walker, of Liddington, esq. ; Shrop- 

 shire, W. L. Childe, of Kinlet-hall, esq. ; Somer- 

 setshire, J. H. S. Pigott, of Brockley, esq.; Staf- 

 fordshire, J. Atkinson, of Maple Hayes, esq. ; 

 County of Southampton, W. S. Stanley, of Paul- 

 tons, esq. , Suffolk, H. Logan, of Kentwell-hall, 

 esq. ; Surrey, T. Hope, of Deepdene, esq. ; Sus- 

 sex, R. Aldridge, of New-lodge, esq. ; War- 

 wickshire, Sir G. Chetwynd, of Grendon-halT, 

 bart. ; Wiltshire, G. W. Wroughton, of Wilcot- 

 house, esq. ; Worcestershire, G. Meredith, of Ber- 

 rington, esq. ; Yorkshire, Sir T. Sykes, of Sled- 

 mere, bart. 



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



CHRONOLOGY. 



January 29. The Parliament opened by Com- 

 mission, when His Majesty's speech was read to 

 the Lords and Commons by the Lord Chancellor. 



February 8. The Rev. Robert Taylor, pur- 

 suant to the sentence delivered yesterday in the 

 Court of King's Bench, removed to Oakham gaol, 

 in Rutlandshire, for one year's imprisonment for 

 blasphemy. 



9. Dou Miguel embarked at Plymouth for Lis- 

 bon. 



13. The Twelve Judges summoned to Guild- 

 hall for not paying the poor rates for their 

 apartments in Serjeant's-inn, when their solicitor 

 attended and paid the amount claimed!!! 



A morning conceit held at Guildhall, under 

 the patronage of the Lord Mayor and Nobility, 

 for the benefit of the Spanish and Italian Re- 

 fugees. 



21. The Sessions commenced at the Old 

 Bailey. 



MARRIAGES. 



At the Palace at Kensington, the Princess Feo- 

 dore, daughter of the Duchess of Kent by her 

 first husband, to the Prince of Hohenlohe Lau- 

 genbourg. At Twickenham, B. Alexander, esq. to 

 Sophia, third daughter of Sir B. Hobhouse, bart. 

 At St. George's, Hanover-square, J. W. Scott, 



esq., to Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Sir C. Jer- 

 voise, bart. At Broom-hall, A. Dundas, esq., 

 M.P., to Lady Mary Bruce, eldest daughter of the 

 Earl of Elgin. At St. James's Church, Major- 

 General A. G. Wavell (of the Mexican army) 

 to Anne, daughter of Sir W. Paxton. At St. 

 George's, Hanover-square, J. H. Calcraft, esq., 

 M. P., to Lady Caroline Montague, youngest 

 daughter of the Duke of Manchester. At Mary- 

 le-bone, Captain Molesworth, brother of Lord 

 Moleswbrth, to Miss Louisa Tomkyns ; E. Coote, 

 esq., to Eliza Rosetta, third daughter of H.M. 

 Dawson, esq., M.P. At St. George's, Hanover 

 square, the Rev. R. L. Adams to the Hon. Eliza 

 Atherton Powys, fourth daughter of the late Lord 

 Lilford. 



DEATHS. 



At Ham, 90, General Gordon Forbes. In Sa- 

 ville-row, Sir W. A. Cunynghame, of Milneraig, 

 bart. In Curzon-street, 70, H. Burgess, esq. At 

 Viscount Melbourne's, 43, Lady Caroline Lamb, 

 only daughter of the Earl of Besborougb. At 

 Chatham, 83, Mr. W. Purdon ; he wasthe last sur- 

 vivor of the crew of the Swallow sloop, Capt. Cart- 

 wright, that sailed round the world in 1/60. At 

 Turnbam-green, G. E. Griffiths, esq., many years 

 proprietor of the Monthly Review. -In Bryar- 

 stone-squaie, Admiral Sir Richard Strachan. 

 Lady Doyle, wife of Sir F. H. Doyle, bart. At 

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