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1825.] 
don, where he published his periodical 
work entitled Paris pendant 0 Année, &c., 
of which he completed more than thirty 
volumes. He afterwards commenced his 
celebrated dmbigu ; and in the short in- 
terval of the peace of Amiens, M. Peltier, 
instead of lowering his hostile tone to- 
wards the different forms of government 
which succeeded one another in his native 
country, redoubled his former exertions, 
and even attacked Bonaparte, then First 
Consul. The latter was foolish enough to 
be offended, at what fell from his pen, and 
weak enough to apply to the English Go- 
vernment for the suppression of the ca- 
lumny. The answer he received was, ‘that 
it was an affair that did not come under the 
cognizance of Government; and that the 
courts of justice were as open to him as to 
any other person, who had to complain of 
the license of the press.’’ Napoleon em- 
braced the only course he had, and brought 
an action in the Court of King’s Bench. 
Chronology of the Month. 
383 
It was Sir J. Mackintosh who undertook 
Peltier’s defence: but, with all his elo- 
quence, he was unable to save his client 
from being condemned as a libeller. The 
rupture of the Treaty of Amiens, however, 
prevented the sentence from being carried 
into execution. 
On the restoration of the Bourbons, he 
quitted England, and took up his abode in 
Paris,—where, as he himself expressed, in 
a letter to a friend, dated Feb. 9th last, 
“Je finis ma vie assez doucement aprés les 
vicissitudes, sans nombre, qui ont marqué 
ma longue carriére parvenu aujourd’hui a 
65.” 
Although M. Peltier published many 
works, he has left nothing by which he 
will be remembered. He had more gall 
than talent; and while his death will be 
but little felt in the republic of letters, it 
will probably save a good round pension to 
the purse of Charles the Tenth. 
’ INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, ann DEATHS, 1n anp near LONDON, 
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. 
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
ARCH 30.—Petitions from the inhabitants of 
Lambeth, Richmond, and Twickenham, pre- 
sented to Parliament against Cruelty to Animals. 
—. A fire broke out in the melting-house of Mr. 
Ruff, tallow-chandler, Upper Rathbone-place: it 
was consumed, together with the dwelling-house ; 
and the houses of Mr. Hill, pawnbroker, and Mrs. 
Smith, dress-maker, were much damaged. 
—. Three individuals, of the names of Lintot, 
Walker, and Ferguson, suffered death at the Old 
Bailey, for several robberies. 
April 7.—A Court of Common Council of the City 
of London was held. A resolution was moved to the 
effect, ‘* That it was expedient to alter the present 
system of the Corn Laws, and that a petition, embo- 
bodying the resolution, be prepared for presentation 
to the legislature.”—A petition was ordered to be 
drawn up conformable to the resolution, and pre- 
sented to both houses of Parliament. 
8.—Intelligence received of an earthquake having 
taken place at Algiers and neighbourhood, on the 
2d of March: it continued, at intervals, for the 
five following days. It threw down several houses, 
and injured many others, and totally destroyed the 
town of Blida, one day’s journey from Algiers, bury- 
ing in its ruins nearly all the inhabitants. Out of a 
population of 15,000 souls, Moors, Jews, and Arabs, 
about 30) only have been sayed, and those in a sadly 
mutilated state. 
13.—A meeting of the Merchants, Bankers and 
Traders of the Metropolis, took place at the City of 
London Tavern, to consider the propriety of pre- 
senting a petition to Parliament, for a revision of the 
Corn Laws, the Lord Mayor in the Chair; when 
resolutions were passed to the effect that, ‘‘ In the 
opinion of the meeting, the present restrictions on 
the importation of the foreign grain are mischievous, 
and should be commuted for a fixed duty.” 
—. The Rev. Robert Taylor, secretary of the 
Christian Evidence Society, forwarded a very able 
letter to Mr. Peel, Secretary of State, on the pro- 
priety of liberating the several persons now incar- 
cerated for alleged blasphemy. 
MARRIAGES. 
J. Brown, esq. M.P. to Elizabeth, second daughter 
of J. Paget, esq. of Totteridge, Herts. 
At Marylebone-church, W. Sergison, esq. to Edi- 
tha, second daughter of the late Sir H. Astley, 
bart. 
At St. James’s-church, H. Hall, esq. of Bentley, 
Hants, to Mrs. Griffiths, of Kensington. 
At Bames-place, Surrey, C. Selder, esq. to Mary 
Anne, eldest daughter of the late S. Crowning, esq. 
of Peckham. 
At St. James’s-church, J. W. Lyon, esq. of Albe- 
marle-street, to Emma Dutton, daughter of Mrs< 
Edwards, of Regent-street, and of Rheola, Glamor- 
ganshire. 
At Mitcham, the Rev. G. Burges, vicar of Halver- 
gate, Norfolk, to Eliza, daughter of the late Rev. 
S. D. Myers, M.A. late vicar of Mitcham. 
Mr. R. A. Coward, of Cheapside, to Mary Anne, 
daughter of H. Kensit, esq. of Bedford-row. 
J. Dodson, esq. to Miss Wilbraham, both of Bur- 
ton-crescent. 
Mr. R. Starey, of Aldersgate-street, to Elizabeth, 
eldest daughter of C. Jones, esq. of Wood-end 
Green, Hayes. 
At the Friends’ Meeting-house, Wandsworth, W, 
Riddle, esq. to Sophia, daughter of the late W, 
Driver, esq. of Surrey-square. 
P. Lock, esq. of the New Kent-road, to Miss Eu+ 
phrosyne de St. Genies, of Hammersmith. 
Mr. W. Froward, of Sloane-street, to Miss Mary 
Ann Whitmont, of Old Brompton. 
At St. James’s-church, Dr. P. Leslie, 
Hendrie. 
C. Ross, esq. son of General Ross, to Lady Mary 
Cornwallis, fourth daughter of the late Marquess, 
At Gloucester-lodge, the Earl of Clanricarde, to 
Harriet, only daughter of the Right Hon. George 
Canning. 
Capt. F. M. Shawe, of the Coldstream Guards, to 
Albina Hester, daughter of Major Gen. J. Taylor, of 
Galway. 
In London, G. Dash, esq. to Mary, second daugh- 
ter of the late T. Skeels, esq. of Stonea, Isle of Ely. 
’ At 
to Miss 
