1825.] 
Messrs. Gordons and Co., of Deptford, the steam- 
vessel Enterprize, eight hundred tons burthen, des- 
tined for the passage between this country and Cal- 
cutta. She will be fitted entirely for passengers, 
and is to be commanded by Lieutenant J. H. John- 
son; and, according to the calculations made by her 
proprietors, there is every prospect of her reaching 
Calcutta within two months from the time of her 
leaving Portsmouth. With respect to fuel and 
machinery, every thing has been provided. As this 
‘is the first attempt to make a distant voyage by 
means of steam, it will form a new era in navi- 
gation. 
Feb. 1.—At a meeting of the Common Council of 
the City of London, a report was read and unani- 
mously agreed to, and a petition ordered to be 
‘drawn up and presented to Parliament, to repeal the 
Act of the 37th Henry VIII., and introduce such 
equitable proyisions and enactments in its stead, in 
relation to tythes, as Parliament may deem fitting 
and expedient. 
Feb. 4.—At a meeting of the Levant Company, a 
letter was read from Mr. Secretary Canning, stating 
that Government wished the Company should be 
dissolved, as the opinions as toa free trade were now 
so universally diffused, that a Bill would be intro- 
Guced into Parliament to carry this object into exe- 
cution; but that Government had no fault to find 
with the Company, and would retain all their agents 
in Greece, &c. as consuls, or as the accredited agents 
of the British Government. 
Feb. 5.—A fire broke out this evening in the pre- 
mises of a picture-frame-maker, in King street, Gos- 
well-street-road, which destroyed them, and the 
greater part of the stock and premises of Mr. Hay- 
burn, a furniture-broker. 
Feb. 7.—A fire broke out in the premises of Mr, 
Flockton’s turpentine-manufactory, in Spa-road, 
Bermondsey. The manufactory. was completely 
filled with pitch, tar, turpentine, and other com- 
bustibles, which burnt with most tremendous fury. 
It was confined to Mr. Flockton’s property, which 
was reduced ‘o a heap of ruins. 
A New Club is being formed in London, for the 
association of individuals known for their scientific or 
literary attainments—men of eminence in any class of 
the fine arts, and others who are distinguished as libe- 
ral patrons of science, literature, or art. It is to be 
called the Athenzum, and is said to have originated 
with Sir Humphrey Davy. Amongst its members 
are the Duke of Sussex and Prince Leopold, Dukes 
of Bedford, Northumberland, &c.; Marquis of 
Bath; Earls Shaftesbury, Gower, Grosvenor, Tal- 
bot, Tankerville, Wilton; Viscounts Clivé, East- 
nor, Dudley and Ward; Bishops of Salisbury. 
Limerick, Sodor and Man; Lords Carrington, F. L. 
Gower, Newborough, John Russell, William Rus- 
sell; Hons. H. Grey Bennet, M.P., R. Clive, G. 
Wynn. Spencer Wynn, Right Hon. C.W.W.Wynn, 
Sir J. Wrottesley, Dr. Butler, Rev. Mr. Thursby, 
Messrs. Corbet, R.Heber, M.P., T. Andrew Knight, 
F. Lawley, M.P., Leicester, Powlett, &c. &c. &c. 
Feb, 12.—The Gazette announces the appointment 
of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland to be His 
Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- 
tentiary to the King of France, on the occasion of 
His Most Christian Majesty’s Coronation; and also 
notifies the appointment of the Right Hon. Fre- 
derick Lamb, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 
Marriages and Deaths in and near London. 
‘ 
Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Catholic Ma-. 
jesty. 
cavity was found, in which were inclosed two toads, 
one of them 18 inches in length, the other three 
In sawing up an ash-tree lately, at Lambeth, a 
inches; the largest is still living, and appears to in-_ 
crease in size, 
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MARRIAGES. 
At Hackney, J. Chervet, esq. of Croydon, to Pris- 
cilla, eldest daughter of J. Pyne, esq. of Charlton- 
house, Berks. 
At St. George’s church, Hanover-square, P. T. 
Wykeham, esq. of Tythrop-house; Oxon, to Eliza- 
beth, eldest daughter of F. W. Martin, esq. of Leeds 
Castle, Kent. 
F. F. Rougemont, esq. of Dulwich, to Marianne, 
youngest daughter of A. Glennie, esq. of Gt. James-st. 
At Marylebone church, the Hon. Capt. W - Forbes, 
son of the Right Hon. Lord Forbes, to Horatia, 
daughter of Sir John G. Shaw, bart. of Kenward, 
Kent. 
At St.James’s, P. F. Watler, esq. to Miss A. Simes, 
of Shrewsbury. 
F, B. Goldney, esq. to Anne, third daughter of S. 
Barlow, esq. 
J. R. Bimie, esq. of Acton-green, to Harriet, only 
daughter of W. Jones, esq. of Fulham. 
Capt. J. Watkins, to Mary Anne, only daughter 
of WV. Watkins, esq. of Shotton, Salop. 
At Ealing, H. Firby, esq. to Sophia, youngest 
daughter of the Rev. Dr. Nicholas. 
At Lewisham, Lieut. C. Goullet, R.N. to Emma, 
fifth daughter of the late T. Britten, esq. of Forrest- 
hill. 
T. Adlington, esq. of Upper Tooting, to Mary, 
daughter of the late P. Smith, esq. of Wallbridge, 
Gloucestershire. 
At Camberwell, E.R. Cowie, esq. to Eliza, daugh- 
ter of the Rey. M. Ready, of Peckham. 
At Lewisham, Capt. C. Docwra, to Miss Finch of 
Sydenham. 
At Marylebone church, Walter Parker, son of W. 
Mynn, esq. of Wouldham, Kent, to Susannah Han- 
nah, youngest daughter of W. Howard, esq. of Park- 
street, Grosvenor-square. 
The Hon. E. S. Pery, son of the Earl of Limerick, 
to Elizabeth Charlotte, daughter of the late Hon. W. 
Cockayne, of Rushton-hall, Northamptonshire. 
E. Bryant, esq. of Kennington, to Frances Jemima, 
daughter of T. B. King, esq. of the Ordnance-office. 
At Lambeth, W. B. Smith, esq. of Colchester, to 
Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late J. Wilde, 
esq. ; 
At St. George's Hanover-square, J. Parkinson, 
jun., esq. of Sackville-street, to Elizabeth, eldest 
daughter of T. Parkinson, esq. of Lower Brooke- 
street. j 
Lieut. W. G. T, Lewis, to Miss Hume. , 
At Guildford, G. Waugh, esq. of Guildford, to: 
Mrs. Cooper. ; i 
At Marylebone, Capt. C. Hesse, 18th Hussars, to 
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of T. Chambre, esq. of 
Nottingham-place. 
At Kingston-upon-Thames, S. Mitchell, esq. of 
Devonshire-street, Portland-place, to Sarah, second 
daughter of B. Barnard, esq. of Ham Common, 
Surrey. : 
At Enfield, Captain G.-Pasley, 47th regiment, to 
Margaret, only daughter of J.. Durham, esq. of: 
Enfield. i Z 
DEATHS. f 
In Devonshire-street, the Lady of Capt. Franklin, 
who only a few days before had left London to em- 
bark in the Arctic land expedition. This amiable 
and highly-gifted woman, who had been some time 
in a declining state of health, was distinguished in 
the literary world, previously to her marriage, as 
Miss Porden, authoress of ‘‘ The Veils,” and ‘‘ Richard 
Coeur de Lion,” poems of the highest order. 
Lieut.-Col. H. Haldane, R.E. 
James Yeo, esq. of Hampton-court Palace. 
At Streatham, 85, J. Palmer, esq., late Treasurer , 
of Christ’s Hospital. 
At 
