1831.] 



Ecclesiastical Preferments Chronology. 



583 



the Rectory of Stoney Stanton, Leices- 

 ter Rev. W. Pullen, to the Rectory of 

 Gilding, Parva, Huntingdon. Rev.C. J. 

 C. Bulteel, to the Rectory of Holbeton, 

 Devon Rev. R. J. C. Alderson, to the 

 Rectory of St. Mathew's, Ipswich. 

 Rev. H. Matthie, to the Rectory of 

 Worthenbury, Flint. Rev. H. Burton, 

 to the Vicarage of Atcham, Salop 

 Rev. H. D. C. S. Horlock, to the Vi- 

 carage of Bot. Rev. Dr. Stedman, to 

 be Minister of Margaret's Chapel, Bath. 

 Rev. G. L. W. Fauquier, to the Rec- 



tory of Bradfield, Suffolk. Rev. A. 

 Roberts, to the Rectory of Woodrising, 

 Norfolk. Rev. T. B. Murray, to be 

 Chaplain to Earl Rothes Rev. F. J. 

 Courtenay, to the Rectory of North 

 Bovey, Devon. Rev. N. T. Ellison, to 

 the Rectory of Nettlecombe, . Oxford. 

 Rev. W. B. L. Hawkins, to be Chap- 

 lain to the Duke of Sussex. Rev. J. 

 Randall, to the Rectory of Binfield, 

 Berks. Rev. J. H. Harrison, to the 

 Perpetual Curacy of Walter Orton, 

 Warwick. 



CHRONOLOGY, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



March 29. Exeter Hall in the Strand, 

 opened for the accommodation of reli- 

 gious, benevolent, and scientific socie- 

 ties, and institutions. 



April 4. Sir H. Parnell appointed to 

 be Secretary at War. 



5. By the abstract of the net pro- 

 duce of the revenue of Great Britain, 

 it appears that there was a decrease of 

 1,29,372 from the year preceding, 

 (1830), and of 740,309 from the cor- 

 responding quarter of the same year. 



. The Lord Mayor entertained a 

 considerable number of the ministers, 

 and other distinguished guests, at the 

 Mansion House. 



7- Sessions commenced at the Old 

 Bailey. 



14. Sessions ended at the Old 

 Bailey, when 18 prisoners were sen- 

 tenced to death, and 71 for transporta- 

 tion. 



15. House of Commons voted 

 100,000 to be secured to the Queen, 

 if she should survive his Majesty, toge- 

 ther with Marlborough House, and the 

 house and lands of Bushy Park. 



22 His Majesty prorogued the 

 parliament, delivering the following 

 speech : 



" My Lords and Gentlemen, I have 

 come to meet you for the purpose of pro- 

 roguing this parliament, with a view to 

 its immediate dissolution. I have been 

 induced to resort to this measure, for 

 the purpose of ascertaining the sense of 

 my people, in the only way in which it 

 can be most conveniently and authen- 

 tically expressed, for the express pur- 

 pose of making such changes in the 

 representation, as circumstances may 

 appear to require, and which, founded 

 upon the acknowledged principles of the 

 constitution, may tend at once to up- 

 hold the just rights and prerogatives of 

 the crown, and give security to the 

 liberties of the people. 



" Gentlemen of the House of Commons. 

 I thank you for the provision you 

 have made for the maintenance of the 

 honour and dignity of the crown, and I 



offer my special acknowledgments for 

 the arrangement you have made for the 

 state and comfort of my royal consort. 

 I have also to thank you for the sup- 

 plies you have furnished for the public 

 service. I have observed with satisfac- 

 tion, your endeavours to introduce a 

 strict economy into every branch of that 

 service, and I trust that the early at- 

 tention of a new parliament, which I 

 shall forthwith direct to be called, will be 

 applied to the prosecution of that im- 

 portant subject. 



" My Lords and Gentlemen, I am 

 happy to inform you, that the friendly 

 intercourse which exists between myself 

 and foreign powers, affords the best 

 hopes of a continuation of peace, to the 

 preservation of which my most anxious 

 endeavours shall be continually di- 

 rected. 



" My Lords and Gentlemen, In resolv- 

 ing to recur to the sense of my people 

 in the present circumstances of the coun- 

 try, I have been influenced only by a 

 desire, and personal anxiety, for the 

 contentment and happiness of my sub- 

 jects, to promote which, I rely with 

 confidence on your continued and zea- 

 lous assistance." His Majesty then 

 turned round to the Lord Chancellor, 

 and said " My pleasure is, that this 

 parliament shall be prorogued, and 

 forthwith, to Tuesday the 10th of May 

 next." 



23. Proclamation issued for dis- 

 solving the present parliament, and de- 

 claring the calling of another ; the writs 

 to be returnable on Tuesday, June 14th 

 next. 



HOME MARRIAGES. 



Fox Maule, Esq., to Montague, eldest 

 daughter of Lord Abercromby. Earl of 

 Harrington to Miss Foote. Rev. T. 

 H. Causton to Hon F. H. Powys, fifth 

 daughter of Lord Lilford W. Mil- 

 house, Esq., to Sophia, second daughter 

 of the late Sir Richard Capel de Brooke, 

 Bart. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian 

 Minister, to Elizabeth Catherine Bur- 



