C 18 1 ) [Sept. I, 



INCrr>BXT.S, MAIlIirAGKS, axu DEATHS, r.v and yzxrt, LONDON: 

 Wilh Biogrt/piiicid Memoirs of dijVtii^niJhed C/iaruclers rccaitlj/ dcccaj'ed. 



"^HE new Eafl- InJia Docks at B!icl<»vall, 

 arc now rculy tor the reception ol (hipping. 

 The fluiccs of" the floatin;; gate were opened 

 on the 'J()th o(" July, in the prefence of the 

 chairman, deputy chairman, and fcveral otlier 

 ^reftors of the Eaft India Company. Thefe 

 docks confift of an entrance bafon, of nearly 

 three acres; a dock for inward bound India- 

 men of 18 acres ; a dock for loading outward - 

 / bound Indiamen, of nearly nine acres, making 

 together aliout 30 acres ; there is an entrance 

 lock, and two communication locks, capaljle 

 of admitting the largefl: Indiamen, and his 

 majelly's rtiips of war, of 74 guns. The 

 depth of water at ordinary fpring tides, is 'J(i 

 ' feet. The whole prcmifes are furroundcd liy 

 a boundary wall 'J1 feet high; the quays are 

 ■very fpacious, being no lefs th.in "10 feet 

 wide. 



An artillery afylum is about to be eftab- 

 liHied at Greenwich, fimilar to the militaiy 

 afylum at Chelfea. A grand general hofpi— 

 tal is building at Woolwich for 700 fick, with 

 fuit.iblc houfes for the infpciftor general, fur- 

 geon general, phyficians, chemifts, &c. 



An Equeftrian Statue of King William 

 the Third is about to be creeled in St. James's- 

 fquare. The workmen have commenced 

 their operations. The foundation of the 

 ftatue below the water is lo be of brick and 

 Spanilh terras ; the pedeftal will be ten feet 

 high, and the fiatue is to be the fame fize as 

 that at Charing Crofs. Sulifcviptions to the 

 amount of 8,0001. were collcfled fonie years 

 ago for this purpofc. The plan is under the 

 direftion of Kf r. Bscon, the ftatuary. 



The committee for m.maging the Patiiotic 

 Fund .It Lloyd's, have come to the excellent 

 refolution of providing tor the maintcnmce 

 and education of the children, of both fcxes, 

 whofe fathers have fallen in battle during 

 the prefent war. They arc to be received 

 into the Royal Naval Afylum, where they 

 will be educated, inftrufled in ufcful occupa- 

 tions, and their health and religious princi- 

 ples V ill be ftudioufly fuperintcndcd. 



The northern entrance of Wcftminfter 

 Hall will be fpcedily fliut up, and will be 

 clofcd proliably for a confiderable time, while 

 the great repairs arc carried on. A new en- 

 trance is now making underneath the paflage 

 to the Parliament houfes, from the Lower Pa- 

 lace Yard, which will enter the Hall in the 

 fouth-weft corner, where there is already a 

 door way leading to the King's Bench Re- 

 cord Otfice, &c. 



Among the projeftcd improvements of the 

 City of Weftminlter, it is propofed lo widen 

 very confidevably Tuthill and other ftreets, fo 

 as to make a broad and handlome ftreet from 

 Pimlico to the weftern entrance of Weft- 

 siinftejr Abbey. This, with the opening to 



be maJe In confequencc of the pulling down 

 of the lower p.irt of King-ft.'ect, &c. will 

 make an excellent avenue from Weftminfter 

 Bridge to the Chelfca Road, Grofvcnor 

 Place, Sec. 



MARRIED. 



The Rev. John Briggs, rector of Little 

 Burftcad, Eflex, to Mils Ifabella Ekins, fe- 

 cond daughter of the late Dean of Carlifle. 



Colonel Thornton, of Thornville Royal, 

 to Mifs E. Ca« fton, of Munden, Eflex. 



The Right Hon. Nicholas Vanfittart, to 

 the Hon. Catharine Eden, fecond daughter of 

 Lord Auckland. 



Lord VifcountOrt'iilfton,cIdcftfon of the Earl 

 of Tankcrville, to Mademoifelle De Gram- 

 mont, cideft dauglner of the Due dc Gram- 

 mont, and grand daughter of the Due de I'o» 

 lignac. 



At Lambeth Palace, the Hon. Charles An- 

 derfon Peltiam, fOn of Lord Yarhorough, to 

 Mil's Simpfon, daughter of the Hon. John 

 Bridgman S. 



- The Rev. J. D. HaricwooiJ, to Mifs Dix- 

 on, daughter of the late Marcus D., cfq. of 

 Barwell-court, Kingfton. 



Philip Mayow, cfq. of Cray's I^n, to ]\Iifs 

 Klizabeth DeanCj daughter of the late Liout. 

 Col. D. 



Henry Plunkett, efq. of the .oOth regiment 

 tj Mifs Ncwcombc, daughter of the late H. 

 R. Newcombe, efq., of Stratton, Gloucefter- 

 Hiire. 



The lion. Henry Brand, to Mifs Pyne 

 Croibie, daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Dean 

 C, and niece to the late Earl of Ghndoie. 



B. Bronihcad, efq. eldell fon of Colonel B., 

 of Lincoln, to Mifs Hunt, of Pall Mall. 



At Camherwtll, William Loftus, cfq. cap- 

 tain in the 16th regiment of foot, to Mils 

 Macqueen, of Wyndham Place, Surry 



Lord Walpole, to Mrs. Chamberlayne, of 

 Sackville-fttcet. 



Dr. Yelloly, of Finlbury-fquare, to Mifs 

 Tylicn, only daughter of the late Samuel T., 

 efq. of Narborough, Norfolk. 



At Clapham, J. A. Shutcr, efq. to Mifs Pi- 

 geon, eldelt daughter of H. P., efq. 



Colonel de la Goudie, to Mifs Traille, 

 daughter of the late Major-general T,, of the 

 royal artillery. 



The Rev. Charles Gardiner, D.D. reftorof 

 Sutton, Surry, to Mifs Swayne, of Dorking. 



Arnold Wainewright, efq. to Mifs Louifa 

 Crooke, fecond daughter of John C , efq. of 

 Kcmpfhot Park, Hants. 



At Ha.kney, Benjamin Cooke Criffinhoofe, 

 efq. of Gray's Inn, to Mifs Sax. 

 • John Manners, efq. M.P. for Ikhefter, to 

 the Duchefs of Roxburgh. 



At Edgware, Richard Brown, efq. of Lower 

 Teotin?, to Mils 'WiUiams, cideft daughter 



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