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[JUNE, 



Wells, T. \V. High-street, ShaJwell, tobacconist. 



[Hockley, Quality-court, Chancery-lane 

 Woodhead, B. Thongsbridge, York, scribbling. 



miller. [Walker, Lincoln 's-inn-fields ; Brown, 



Huddersfield 

 Williams, R. Cheltenham, builder. [King, Ser- 



jeant's-inn ; Chadborn, Gloucester 



Wilson. J. Wigton, draper. [Mounsey and Gray, 

 Staple-inn; Ewart, Carlisle 



Ward, G. A . Birmingham, cabinet-maker. [Clarke 

 and Co., Chancery-lane ; Colmore, Birmingham 



Walker, R. Manchester, woollen shawl-manu- 

 facturer. [Lowes, Southampton - buildings ; 

 Cooke and Co., Salford. 



ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. 



Rev. G. Tyndall, to the Augmented Curacy of 

 Holywell, Oxford. Rev. R. Dixon, to the Rec- 

 tory of Niton, Isle of Wight. Rev. W. Jackson, 

 to the Rectory of Lowther, Westmoreland. Hon. 

 and Rev. II . Hobart, to the Living of Wantage, 

 Berks. Rev. J. Hopkinson, to the Rectory of 

 Elton, Northampton. Rev. J. Steel, to the Per- 

 petual Curacy of Cowbit, Lincolnshire. Rev. T. 

 Seabrooke, to the Vicarage of Wickhambroke, 

 Suffolk.- Rev. W. Polwhele, to the Vicarage of 

 St. Anthony, Cornwall. Rev. A. Rogers, to be 

 Chaplain to His Majesty's ship Sibylle. Rev. H. 

 T. Jones, to the Rectory of Tackley, Oxon. 

 Rev. M. Glosse, to the Lectureship of Limehouse, 

 Middlesex. Rev. J. Lillistone, to the Rectory of 

 Barsham, Suffolk. Rev. W. Fitzhugh, to be a 

 Prebend of Wells Cathedral. Rev. F. distance, 

 to the Vicarage of Steeple-cum-Stangate, Essex. 

 Right Rev. Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of 



Worcester, to the Vicarage of Bromsgrove, with 

 King's Norton annexed.Rev. C. Pugh, to the 

 Vicarage of Barton, Cambridge. Rev. M. H. 

 Miller, to the Vicarage of Scarborough. Rev. 

 R. M. Boultbee, to the Vicarage of Eleham, Kent. 

 Rev. A. Morgan, to the Deanery of Killaloe. 

 Rev. M. Worsley, to the Perpetual Curacy of 

 Winster, Derby. Rev. C. Bazeley, to thejjiving 

 of South Church, Essex. Rev. C. Bardin, to the 

 Living of Newton Hamilton. Rev. J. Browne, 

 to be Curate to the Church of the Holy Trinity, 

 Cheltenham. Rev. J. Merewether, to the Rec- 

 tory of New Radnor, Hereford. Rev. T. Dyer, 

 to the Rectory of Abbess Roding, Essex. Rev. 

 S. M. Walker, to the Vicarage of St. Enoder, 

 Cornwall. Rev. H. S. Hamilton, to the Vicarage 

 of Grahavey, Down. Rev. J. Greg, to the Parish 

 of Killsallaghan, Dublin. 



POLITICAL APPOINTMENT. 



John Goodwin, Esq. to be Consul at the Cape 

 Verde Islands, to reside at St. Jago. 



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



CHRONOLOGY. 



May 1. The Anniversary Dinner of the Society 

 of Foreigners in Distress, held at the London Ta- 

 vern, the Duke of Clarence in the chair. The 

 King of France sent .100 by Prince Polignac. 



2. Sale of fancy work at the Mansion-house, 

 for the Opthalmic Institution, netted upwards of 

 .2,000. 



3 Deputation of maltsters had a conference 

 with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 



Anti-Slavery Meeting held at the Freema- 

 sons'-tavern, the Duke of Gloucester in the chair ; 

 when it was resolved to petition Parliament to 

 abolish the laws in favour of slave-grown pro- 

 duce, and to enforce such measures as may re- 

 deem the pledges that have been given for the 

 ultimate extinction of slavery. 



7- The Recorder of London made his report 

 to the King of the prisoners under sentence of 

 death, when six were ordered for execution. 



The Anniversary Dinner of the Deaf and 

 Dumb Society, held at the London Tavern, the 

 Duke of Gloucester in the chair. The general 

 statement of receipts and disbursements forthcyear 

 1827 was laid before the meeting ; when it ap- 

 peared that the receipts, up to December 1827, 



amounted to .11,200. 8s. 6d. ; and the disburse- 

 ments for the same year, .10,231. 18s. 



7. The Annual Meeting of the British and Fo- 

 reign Bible Society, held at the Freemasons'-ta- 

 vern, Lord Teignmouth in the chair. The trea- 

 surer stated the receipts of the society to have 

 been last year ^69,000, and the payments had in- 

 creased to .86,000 ; the number of branch so- 

 cieties is at present 591. Upwards of 42,000 

 bibles and testaments had been distributed more 

 than the preceding year. 



8. The Anniversary of the Society of the Sons 

 of the Clergy, at St. Paul's ; the collection 

 amounted to (including the dinner at Stationers'- 

 hall)9/1.6s. 2d. 



9. Corporation and Test Acts' Repeal Bill 

 received royal assent. 



A deputation from the country bankers had 

 an interview with the Duke of Wellington, rela- 

 tive to their affairs, and the renewal of the Bank 

 charter. 



10. A deputation of maltsters had an inter- 

 view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when 

 it was intimated to them that a new malt act 

 would be framed. 



A deputation of distillers had an interview 

 with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 



Lord Portsmouth's marriage with Miss 



