442 



Bankrupts and Dividends. 



RyUnd, R. afid W. Savage-gar- 

 dens, March 13 

 Seldon, D. and W. Hynde. Liver- 

 pool, Alarch 30, and April 4 

 Shuttleworth, A. and G. Robinson, 



Lincoln, April 3 

 Smith, G. Manchester, April 1 

 Smyth, H. Piccadilly. Mardi 10 

 Stilbom, J. sen. Bishop Wilton, 

 Yorkshire, April 10 



, J. Norwich, April G 

 G. W. B. East-lndia- 

 Leadenhall-street, 



Stevens. 

 Tonge, 



chambers, 



March IH 

 Tuck, E. 



April a 

 Varley, J. Houndsditch, April 1 

 Vile, W. Deal, April S 

 Walker, F. Ripon, Yorkshire, 



April 18 



G. W. Edmonton, 



[April, 



Warwick, R. Warwick-hall, Cum- 

 berland, March 31 

 Watkins, R. Mount-street, Gro«- 



venor-square, March 25 

 Williams, M. Old Bailey, Mar. 21 

 Williams, D. Deptford, April 1 

 AVisdom, J. Uckfield, Sussex, 



March 21 

 Woods, .1. and H. Williams, Hast- 

 ings, March 21 



ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. 



The Rev. T. Singleton, to the Archdeaconry of 

 Northumberland.— -The Rev. H. Anson, A. M., to 

 the Perjietual Curacy of Bylaugh, Norfolk.— -The 

 Rev. C. C. Crump, M.A., to the Rectory of Halford, 



Warwick The Rev. J. Davison Clerk, M.A., to 



the Rectory of Upton-upon-Sevem — The Rev. J. 

 R. Deverell, LL.B., to the Rectory of Careby, Lin- 

 colnshire The Rev. J. Poore, D.D., to the Vicar- 

 ape of Rainham, Kent.— The Rev. J. Hallway, to 

 the Rectory of East Thorp, Essex — The Rev. T. 

 Allies, M.A., to the Rectory of Wonuington, Glou- 

 cestershire.— The Rev. E. Bouverie, M.A., to the 

 Prebendary of Preston, (n the Cathedral of Salis- 

 Ijury.— The Rev. H. Dashwood, M..\., to the Rec- 

 tory of Halton The Rev. J. M. Parr\', to the 



Vicarage of North Maskhara, Notts — The Rev. J. 

 C. Helen, M.A., to be domestic Chaplain to the 

 Earl of Stirling.— The Rev. R. F. Laurence is ap- 

 pointed Precentor of Cashel The Rev. J. Williams, 



B.D., to the Vicarage of St. Probus, ComwalL — 

 The Rev. G. Chisholm, M.A., to the Rectory of 



Ashmore, Dorset — The Rev. J. Bond, to the Vicar- 

 age of Weston, near Bath. — The Rev. W. Cowlard, 

 B.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Laneaste, Corn- 

 wall.— The Rev. H. Taylor, M.A., to the Rectory 

 of South Pool, Devon.— The Rev. J. Pyke, M.A., 

 to the Rectory of Parracombe, Devon. — The Rev. 

 J. Dodd, to the Vicarage of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

 —The Rev. C. R. Handley, to the Vicarage of 

 Slurry.— The Rev. Fr. Winstanley, to the Vicarage 



of Isleham The Rev. B. Baker, to the Rectory 



of Shipham, Norfolk. — The Rev. J. Bowman, to the 

 office of first minister of St. Peter's, Moncroft, Nor- 

 wich. — Th» Rev. J. Allen, to be domestic Chaplain 

 to the Right. Hon. the Earl of Mountnorris — The 

 Rev. G. Whiteford, B.A., to the Vicarage of Dilham 



with Honing, Norfolk The Rev. C. J. Yorke, to 



the Vicarage of Latton, with the Vicarage of Eisey 

 united and annexed.— The Rev. — Port, to the 

 Curacy of the Island of Portland.— The Rev. G. 

 Taylor, to be domestic Chaplain to her Grace the 

 Dowager Duchess of Richmond. 



INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN AND NEAR LONDON. 



CHRONOLOGY, 

 feb. 23. A meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, 

 Traders and others of the City of London was held 

 at the JIansion House, at which a memorial to Go- 

 vernment, praying for an issue, by way of loan, of 

 not less than five millions in excl>equer bills, upon 

 goods and merchandize, was agreed to, and a depu- 

 tation appointed to present it. 



' — The Old Bailey Sessions closed, when the Re- 

 corder passed sentence on those convicted : fourteen 

 were sentenced to death ; three to be transported for 

 life ; seven to be transported for fourteen years ; 

 fifty-one to be transported for seven years ; one to 

 be imprisoned in the Haftse of Correction for three 

 years ; two for two years ; seven for one year ; and 

 forty-six to be imprisoned for various periods. 



26 A dreadful explosion took pkice at the Im- 

 perial Gas Company's Works in Maiden-lane, Battle 

 Bridge, by which several persons were very seriously 

 injured. 



March 1 — The neighbourhood of Exeter 'Change 

 was much alarmed by the symptoms of violence 

 which the stupendous elephant had recently shown ; 

 when Mr. Cross, the proprietor, determined to have 

 him destroyed ; upwards of 200 balls were fired into 

 his head and neck before hereceived his mortal wound. 

 His height was eleven feet, his weight four tons, his 

 age upwards of twenty-one years, fifteen of which he 

 had passed in the menagerie. This elephant per- 

 formed at Covent-Garden Theatre. 



6.— The Gazette contained despatches from the 

 East-Indies, detailing successful operations against 

 the enemy, and a copy of the armistice concluded 

 with the Burmese. 



6. The Committee of Supply granted £59,835 

 Is. Id. for recruiting the regiments employed in the 

 B^ast-lndies; £13,135 lis. lOd. for the pay and allow- 

 ance of the Royal Military College; and ^£35,480 for 

 garrisons at home and abroad. 



8 — Mr. Huskisson brought a bill into the House 

 of Commons, to enable the Bank to advance money 

 on goods previous to the 1st of October, when the 

 altered law of Merchant and Factor comes into ope- 

 ration. 



— -Mr. Peel obtained leave to bring in a bill for 

 consolidating the law as relating to larceny.^ 



— The Rqxjrt of the Chancery Commission was 

 laid before the House. 



— Mr. S. Rice obtained leave to bring in a bill 

 " for ;the more efTectual execution of the law in 

 cities and towns corporate, and other local jurisdic- 

 tions in Ireland." 



10 — The largest steam vessel ever built in this 

 country was launched from the yard of Messrs. 

 Fletcher and Fensnall, at Limehouse. She is called 

 the Shamion, of 550 tons burden, and is intended to 

 convey passengers and goods direct from London to 

 Dublin. The engine is 160 horse power, and she is 

 constructed to convey 260 tons of goods, and 200 

 passengers, independent of carriages and horses. 

 The passage is expected to be made in sevei)ty-two 

 hours, calling in her way .it Margate, Dover, Ports- 

 mouth, and Falmouth, for passengers. 



By a return made to Parliament, it appe-irs that 

 the total number of acres appropriated for the culti- 

 vation of hops in Great Britain,last year was 46,718; 

 of this amount, 12,244 belonged to the Rochester 



