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INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS, JN AKD near LONDON; 

 With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. 



CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 



MAY i'4. — Tlie Loudon Hibernian Soci- 

 ety held its 17tli annwal meeting at 

 Fieeniasons'-liall;(the Dulie of Gloucester 

 in the Chair,) and was numerously at- 

 tended. It appealed from the Report, that 

 the Society has tifty-fnur schools in ope- 

 ration, in wliidi are 66,000 scliolais, 50,000 

 of whom are Roman Cathohcs ; and that the 

 principles on which the schooU are con- 

 ducted, are adapted to the conscience of 

 every class of people. That, notwith- 

 sianding the great progress of the Institu- 

 tion, many counties iu Ireland are in a 

 fiiate of absolute ignorance; and it was a 

 fact, that where education made the least 

 progress, the disturbances of the country 

 were the most violent and the most fre- 

 quent : such was the case iu the county 

 of Limerick, where not one iu 800 was 

 fca\ to school. 



June 2.— A public meeting held at (he 

 City of London Tavern, (Mr. Hunt in the 

 Chair,) for the purpose of assisting the 

 .Spaniards. A sword was voted to Sir 

 Robert Wilson, and a subscription was 

 commenced to defray the expence. 



— . — The Society for the Improvement 

 of Prisoii Discipline held its annual meet- 

 ing at the Freemasons' Tavern, (ihe Duke 

 of Gloucester in the chair.) A great num- 

 ber of disiinguished personages were pre- 

 ieut ; and several txccllent resolutions 

 were agreed to. 



— . — A meeting of the British Catholics 

 Leld at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the 

 purpose of making an arrangement for 

 promoting and protecting the Catholic 

 rights and interest. 



5. — The inhabitants of Princess-stieef, 

 Lambeth, held a meeting to consider of 

 the irregular, neglected, and dangerous, 

 Ktate of the pavement of their street, &c. 

 A set uf resolutions were passed, and such 

 other steps were taken as will, it is hoped, 

 soon improve this neglected thoroughfare. 

 10. — A Court of Common (Council 

 held at Guildhall, when 10001. were voted 

 to the Spaniards. The question was mo- 

 ved by Mr. Callaway, and seconded by 

 Mr. Hansard : Mr. Alderman M'aithman 

 and others supported the motion, and Sir 

 Rich. Carr Glyini and others opposed it ; 

 when the Court divided, for the motion, 

 Alderman 4, Cummoneis 70 ; agamst the 

 motion. Aldermen 7, Counnoucrs iii; ma- 

 joiiiy 49. 



12. — At another meeting of the Com- 

 niun Council, lOUOI. were voted to assist 

 the Gieeks. 



— — The friends of Spanish Indcpeu- 

 dcucc at>enible(l at the London 'I'avern, 

 to voi>!*ider of the best means or.nffording 

 as^i.^tance to Spain, Lord Wm. lienlinek 

 in the chair. Th« niee^ipg was altogether 



one of the most intellectually brilliant as- 

 semblages ever collected. 5lr. Lambton 

 subscribed lOOOl., Sir Francis Bnrdelt 

 5001.; and 60001. was promptly dedicated 

 to the cause. The amount has since been 

 considerably increased, and will, we should 

 hope, be warmly jiromoted at least by 

 every reader of the Monthly Magazine, as 

 well as by the nation at large, for it is a 

 truly British object. \ 



17 The Royal Literary Society held 



its first general meeting, and was nume- 

 rously attended. A paper was read which 

 gave a general view of the objects of the 

 Society, and a council and officers were 

 chosen for the ensuing year. The Bishop 

 of St. David's president, and among the 

 vice-presidents are the Lord Chief Justice 

 and Sir James Mackintosh. 



23. — A most horrid case of a crime with- 

 out a name, and almost without a prece- 

 dent, took place this day iu London. A 

 dissolute student of law, of the name of 

 Abel Griffiths, on being reproved by his 

 father, and refused further supplies, seized 

 a brace of loaded pistols, and, tirst shoot- 

 ing his father, he then shot himself. Both 

 were found dying. — A coroner's inquest 

 found felo de se against the son ; and he 

 was buried in the cross-road, at tl>e bottom 

 of Grosvenor-place. 



24. — A fire m Red Lion-street, Holhorn, 

 destroyed fil'teen houses in Bedford-street 

 and Featherstonc-buildings.— .\ Cast Iron 

 steam boat was exhibited in the Thames, 

 intended to sail to the Seine. She is a 

 third lighter than if she had been built 

 of wood. 



MARRIED. 

 The Rev. H. Trimmer, b.a, of Exeter 

 College, Oxford, to Miss Mary Deacon, 

 of Russell-place, Fitzroy-S(|uare. 



The Rev. T. Price, m.a. to IMiss Eliza- 

 beth Margaret Teape, of George-street, 

 Trinity-square. 



Charles J. Shebbeare, esq. to Miss L. 

 M. Wolfe, both of Guildford. 



Earl Gower, to Miss H. Howard, daugli- 

 ter of Lord Morpeth. 



At Twickenham, the Rev. G. T. Spen- 

 cer, to Harriet Theodora, daughter of Sir 

 U. Hobhousc, bart. 



Edward Usbornc, esq. of Loddenden- 

 cottage, Staplchurst, Kent, to Miss Ann 

 Downing, oCSouthwark. 



Colonel Sir D. Williams, of Stamford- 

 hill, to Miss Stable, of Kentish-town. 



J. Glanville, esq. of London, to Miss 

 Barrow, daughter of the late J. B. esq. 



At Hackney, Lieut. G. (;. Cory, to Miss 

 Berry, of Thriplow, Cambridgeshire. 



At St. Georgc'.s, Bloomsbury, Philip 

 •lolin More, esq. of Troose, near Norwich, 

 to Miss Mary Ann Forster, of Sonthauip- 

 ton-street, Bloooiibnry-sqiiare. 



