1816.] 



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will, in spite of the insolent pretensions the United States oil this E«bject; but, 



of /eg-mVnac//, be soon in a stale of pnli- as tlie Lion and the Bear (Napoleon 



tical indepcndancc. Never did there and the LegUimutoi), seem to have 



exist a country which, by geographical exhausted tlicmselves, Liberty may play 



position and climate, was so well oalcu- tlie Jiai t of the Fox, and opportunely 



lated to play a gieat part in the history efi'ect a gloiious and laudable puri»ose. 

 of nations, as the istlimus from Santa wilst indies. 



Fe to Panama; and tlie establishment of On the tOth of September a dcstruc- 



a free republic in those extensive re- tive hurricane took place in the Lee 



gions, would serve as a coinitcrpoise to 

 the Cossack and Bourbon deliverance, by 

 which the world has been surprized in 



ward Islands, duriu;? which it is ascer- 

 tained that thirty vessels were lost at 

 and near Martiiiiq\ie, and sixty at St. 



Europe. We feel all the delicacy of Croix. A contagions disorder at Gua- 

 the situation of the free go\ernnicnt of daloupe liad ijroduccdagreatnioitalitj'. 



INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS, in and near LONDON. 

 With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recciiili/ deceased. 



ON the 5th of November the usual an- 

 nual festivififs took place to cele- 

 brate theacqnittal of Mr. ThomasH/vrdYj 

 on that day of the month in 1794, Mr. 

 Hardy, for the first time, beinjj unable to 

 attend, addressed a most excellent letter 

 to the cliairinan, containmg tlie hL^tory of 

 the London Correspondin;; Society, for 

 which we regret nut having rooiu in our 

 current Number. 



The Court of Common Council, at tJieir 

 late meeting, voted 209 guineas in support 

 of the associated Calholic charities iu tiie 

 metropolis. 



The inhabitants of the parish of St. 

 Olave, Southwark, intend (o apply for a 

 Bill next Session of Parliament, to en- 

 able them to raise a fund for the purpose 

 of paying the rector a yearly income in lieu 

 ff tithes. 



A meeting has lately been held by some 

 bodies of distressed mechanics, Ihrowu out 

 of employment by the introduction of ma- 

 chinery, to petition the Prince Resent to 

 put a stop to tlie employniPiit ot such ma- 

 chinery, or to provide for tliem. 



A meeting has l^ecn held at the Man- 

 lion-house, of benevolent persons, who have 

 liberally resolved to pay a volunfciry im- 

 post towards relievini; the 30,000 manu- 

 facturers in Spital-ficlds, who have been 

 ruined by the war and its consequences. 

 Other similar meetings have been held of 

 the weidtliy and humane in all parts of 

 the kingdom ; and, as the ministry cannot 

 do any llun!> without I'arliament, and the 

 meeting of Parliament has been deferred 

 ,till the end of January, the tinaute mi- 

 nister may cunningly calculate, that the 

 benevolent feelings of the people will lead 

 them, before that time, to subscribe to- 

 wards relieving the general distresses of 

 the country, sums equal (o the amount of 

 the late Property-tax. Some of the News- 

 papers have properly liuggestcd, that the 

 faiiious droits of Admiralty, a vast sum in 

 the disposal of the crown, ought forthwith 

 (0 bu &ppli«d as au example to the public; 



and others sngcest, that all pensioners and 

 sinccurists should subscribe a year's sa»' 

 lary ; but notliiji; of this kind has yet been 

 done, though the cries of the people loudlr 

 call for more than tlie hourly and daily 

 relief afforded by private charities. 



The new coiiuige goes on with great la- 

 pidity ; eacli press produces per minutv 

 sixty pieces, tliat is, 3,600 per hour. Th« 

 boms of work are teji daily, making tli« 

 whole number of pieces fiom each presp 

 36:000: tJiere are eight presses at work, 

 and of course llie whole number daily 

 finished is 2C8,000. Tlie amownt to be 

 issued is to Uie value of 2,500,0001. in 

 shillings and sixpences, in the pro- 

 por-tion of sevon of the former to five of the 

 latter. 



The new Custom-liouse for Hie poit of 

 London, i« ruariy finished, on the plaujjf 

 wbicJi we gave a view in onr Magaeine for 

 February loI4. 



On the dth^i/f October thirteen work- 

 men, engaged on the Southwark bridcc, 

 were di-owned bv tlie upsetting of a boat. 

 MARRIED. 



Mr. Robt. Ayuslej-, to Miss Elizabetli 

 Brewmau. 



JEdvvaid Bail, esn. of Betbral-green, to 

 Miss Ann Dunn, ol^ Burwell, Cambridge- 

 shire. 



James Day, esq. of Uomerfon, to Miss 

 Sarah Gould. 



H. Meiii:, esq. of Great Rnssell-street, 

 to iliiissEhz. Haiy Smilh, of Doltou-street, 

 Piccadilly. 



Mr. C. Pi?rkins, of Maik-lane, to Mist 

 Jaue Barkley, of Siuihury. 



J. F. Turnpenny, esq. to Mrs. Kyiiaio- 

 mond, late or Clapham Ki■^ft. 



P. \V. Wood, esq. ot l{ussell-square, to 

 l\Tiss Anna Matilda Cowley, of Upper 

 GuUdrcrd-slrect. 



'1'. Hudson, nt|. of Camilla Mickleltam, 

 to Miss Ann Kvaiis, of Norwood. 



Clurles Wrench, esq. of Ikenly-house, 

 to Miss Henrietta Goddard Stringer, of 

 Peck ham. 



Mr, 



