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Ecclesiastical Preferments, 



Norfolk. Rev. Dr. Hollingsworth, to the Arch- 

 deaconry of Huntingdon. Rev. C. Townley, to 

 the Vicarage of Little Abingtou, Cambridge. 

 Rev. J. Rowe, to the Rectory of Bow, Devon. 

 Rev. A, B. Lechmere, to the Vicarage of Wei- 

 land, Worcester. Rev. H. Faulkner, to the Per- 

 petual Curacy of Norton-juxta, Kempsey. Rev. 

 Dr. T. Shephard, to the Rectories of Iiikpen t 

 Berks, and Cruxeaston, Hants. Rev. J. Bush, to 

 the Vicarage of Butleigh-eum-Baltonsborough, 

 Somerset. Rev. J. H. Newman, to the Vicarage 

 of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford. Rev. J. P. Ro- 

 berts, to the Perpetual Curacy of Hampton, Wor- 

 cester. Rev. H. D. Ryder, to the Vicarage of 



High Offley, Stafford. Rev. U. G, Egremont, to 

 the Living of Barrow-upon-Humber. Rev. H. T. 

 Coulson, to the Rectories of Ruan-Major and 

 Landewednack, Cornwall. Rev. J. Hale, to the 



Rectory of Baslingtliorpe, Lincoln Rev. T. H. 



Ripley, to the Rectory of Tockenham, Wilts. 

 Dr. Murray, Bishop of Rochester, to be 

 Dean of Worcester. Rev. H. Phillpotts, to be 

 Dean of Chester. Rev. H. Spry, to be Prebend- 

 ary of Canterbury. Rev. W. Canning, to be Pre- 

 bendary of St. George, Windsor-castle. Rev. J. 

 E. Rathbone, to the Chapelryof Rumford, Essex. 

 Rev. F. Severne, to the Rectory of Kyre, Wor- 

 cester. 



POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS. 



Henry William, Marquess of Anglesea, to be 

 Lieutenant-General and General-Governor of Ire- 

 land. The Earls of Warwick and Roden, to be 

 Bedchamber Lords. Lord Hill, Sir C. Robinson, 

 and T. F. Lewis, esq., to be Privy Councillors. 

 Vice-Admiral Sir G. Cockburn, Sir G. Clerk, 



bart., Earl of Brecknock, and Rear-Admiral Sir 

 E. W. C. R. Owen, to be Members of the Council 

 ofH.R.H.the Lord High Admiral. Sir Herbert 

 Taylor, to be Surveyor General of the Ordnance. 

 Sir W. J. Hope, to be Treasurer of Greenwich 

 Hospital. 



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



CHRONOLOGY. 



February 22. Don Miguel arrived from Eng- 

 land at Lisbon. 



28. The New Brunswick Theatre (formerly the 

 Royalty) situate in Wells-street, Well-close-square, 

 fell to the ground ; in a single instant the awful 

 crash took place ; the roof, galleries, boxes, scenes, 

 stage properties, and 12 helpless human beings, 

 were all commingled in the " prodigious 

 ruin.'' 



29. The Sessions terminated at the Old Bailey, 

 when 23 prisoners received sentence of death ; 115 

 were transported, among them were 20 females ; 

 more than 100 were ordered for imprisonment for 

 various periods ; the calendar at these sessions 

 enumerated 418 culprits !!I 



March 1. The Society of Ancient Britons cele- 

 brated the anniversary of the Welch Charity 

 School, at a sp\endid dinner at Freemasons'-hall, 

 H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence in the chair. 

 The amount of the subscriptions received was 

 .1,105. 8s. 4d.,to which were added two legacies, 

 and the produce of the Cambrian ball, making a 

 total of .2,130 !!l 



3. The long room at the Custom-house re- 

 opened for public business, it having been shut 

 three years in consequence of the foundation giving 

 way. 



5. The Recorder of London made his Report 

 of 43 convicts convicted at the December and 

 January sessions at the Old Bailey, when 5 were 

 ordered to be executed March 12, one of whom 

 was only 17 years of age ; one of those respited 

 was only 15! 



12. Five culprits executed at the Old Bailey. 



The Lord Mayor, attended by the Bridge 

 House Committee, &c., visited the New London 

 Bridge, for the purpose of laying the foundation 

 etone of the last arch. 



13. News arrived that Russia had published a 

 declaration of war against the Porte. 



19. The Recorder made his Report of 23 pri- 

 soners condemned to death at the Old Bailey 

 Sessions for February, when three were ordered 

 for execution. 



26. Two culprits executed at the Old Bailey. 



MARRIAGES. 



Lieut. B. Cuppage (Royal Horse Artillery) to 

 Emily Anne, second daughter of Lieut. -Gen. 

 Sir John Macleod. At Mary-le-bone, G. E. 

 Welby, esq., son of Sir W. E.Welby, bart., to 

 Frances, daughter of Sir M. Cholmeley, bart. At 

 St. George's, Hanover-square, Lieut.-Col. Oakes, 

 to Miss S. C. Fletcher: J. Kirkland, e.q., to 

 Louisa, fourth daughter of C. Bishop, esq., his 

 late Majesty's procurator-general. 



DEATHS. 



In Regent's-park, 67, Major-general Ogg, groom 

 of the bedchamber to the Duke of Sussex. In 

 Long-acre, Mr. T. Jones, denominated by his 

 countrymen "Bard CloiF;" he was treasurer to 

 the Royal Cambrian Institution. In St. Martin's 

 Church-yard, 88, C. A. Delpini ; he had been a 

 celebrated clown in the pantomimes at both the 

 principal theatres. By the fall of the Brunswick 

 Theatre, Mr. John Evans, author of " The Chro- 

 nological Outline of the History of Bristol," and 

 other literary productions. 77, J. Ewer, esq., 

 Bedford-square. At Blackheath, 81, Mary, relict 

 of General DavSes. In Maddox-strect, Magda- 

 lene, wife of Captain Sir C. Malcolm. At Chis- 

 wick, 86, Jane, Countess of Macartney. In 

 Spring-gardens, 77, C. Bicknell, esq. At Hamp- 

 ton-court, Charlotte, daughter of Lord Bloomfield- 

 At Balham, G. Wolff, esq., Danish consul gene- 

 ral In Wimpole-street,78, H.U. Reay, esq. 76, 

 W. Lowndes, esq., first commissioner of taxes. 



