1826.] 



London Incidents, Marriages and Deaths. 



657 



W. Eyre, M..V., to the Rectory of Carlton-ln-Llnd- 

 lick, near Worksop— The Rev. J. Bull, D.D., to 

 the Rectory of Lezant, Cornwall— The Rev. O. 

 Barnes, D.D., to the Rectory of Sewton, Devon— 

 The Rev. T. L. Cursham, D.C.L., to the Living of 

 Blackwell, Derby— The H. U. Tighe, M.A., to be 

 Domestic C'ha{)l;iin to the Marquis of Clanricarde — 

 The Rev. Dr. Pott, to the Chancellorship and Ca- 

 nonry of the Cathedral Church of Canterbur>-— The 

 Rev. W. Digby, M.A., to the vicarage of Wichenford 

 —The Rev. T. H. Biggs, to the Rectory of Whit- 

 bome, Hereford— The Hon. and Rev. F. Powis, to 

 the Rectory of Achurch, with the Vicarage of Lil- 

 ford annexed — The Rev. S. G. Comj-n, to the Vicar- 



age of Rondltam, Hertfordshire— Tlic Rev. R. W. 

 Smith to the Rectory of Leonard, Devoiv- The Rev. 

 W. T. Williams, to the Rectory of Lalnston, Hants. 

 —The Rev. B. Maddox, to the Benefice of Trinity 

 Church, Huddersfield— The Rev. I. Thickens, to 

 the Vicarage of Fillongley, Warwick— The Rev. W. 

 B. Whitehead, to the Vicarage of Timberscombe, 

 Somerset— The Rev. J. L. Harris, M.A., to the per- 

 petual Cure of Plymstock, Devon— The Rev. W. H. 

 Mogridge, M.A., to the perpetual Curacy of Wick 

 —The Rev. Dr. Bull, to the Archdeaconry of Barn- 

 staple— The Rev. J. Sheepshanks, to the .\rchdea- 

 conry of Cornwall. 



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



CHRONOLOGY. 



April 21. A grand fancy dress ball was given at the 

 King's Theatre, for the benefit of the Spanish and 

 Italian refugees, which was most numerously attend- 

 ed, the sum of 2,5<)0 pounds was netted. 



22 A numerous and highly respectable meeting 



of the friends and subscril)ers to the Royal West- 

 minster Infirmary for the cure of diseases of the eye, 

 took place at the Thatched House. The Report 

 stated that the increasing application of patients 

 rendered an increase of the establishment necessary. 

 Of the 5,(I0() pounds required for the erection of the 

 edifice, 2,.5(IO pounds had already been subscribed. 

 The Treasury had expressed their willingness to 

 grant some of the Crown Lands to make the intended 

 improvements. 



The friends of the Artists' General Benevolent 

 Institution, dined at Freemasons' Hall ; about 150 

 gentlemen attended ; the Earl of Liverpool in the 

 chair ; the subscriptions received in the course of the 

 evening amounted to nearly fHXl pounds. 



29. — The sixteenth anniversary meeting of the 

 Somersetshire Society was celebrated at the Albion 

 Tavern, Aldcrsgate Street. 



May 1 — The exhibition at the Royal Academy 

 was opened to the public. 



2. — A very numerous meeting was held at the City 

 of London for the purjiose of raising subscriptions to 

 relieve the distress in Lancashire : a committee was 

 fonned and most liberal subscriptions made. 



3. — The British and Foreign Bible Society held 

 their twenty-second anniversary meeting at Freema- 

 sons' Hall. 



The annual receipts of the Bible Societies have 

 fallen oft' during the last year to the extent of 10,000 

 pounds. 



fl The Duke of Devonshire took leave of His 



Majesty, previous to hiB departure on his Embassy 

 to Russia. 



6. — The London Hibernian Society held its twen- 

 tieth anniversary at Freemasons' Hall, Lord Gambier 

 in the chair. 



8.— The Court of Common Council voted 1,000 

 pounds to the relief of the distressed manufacturers. 



The anniversary of the Naval and Military Bible 

 Society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern. 



By ofDcL-il returns we find, that within the last 

 twelve months there were imported from our North 

 American Colonies 86,000 qrs. of wheat ; and 11,8(10 

 cwt. of wheat, meal, and flour. The foreign wheat 

 now in bond is 2C!),324 qrs. and of wheat-flour C4,5C7 

 cwt., the great bulk of which was warehoused in the 

 years 182-1-5. 



11 — The thirty-seventh anniversary of the Literary 

 Fund Society, was held at Freemasons' Tavern. 

 From the Report of the Society it appeared that the 

 afiairs of the institution are in the most prosperous 

 condilioa; during the last year the sum of 1,6C8 



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pounds, nine shillings and six-pence, including stock 

 purchase<l, had been paid away upon application for 

 relief. Several additional subscriptions were an- 

 nounced by the Secretary', among which was a 

 munificent donation from His Majesty, of 210 

 pounds. 



12 — A grand fancy dress ball was given at Covent 

 Garden Theatre, for the benefit of the Spital Fields 

 weavers, the net proceeds of which, after paying all 

 expenccs, amounted to 3,000 pounds. 



i;»— The Gazette contains dispatches from Briga- 

 dier-General Willoughby,with the official details of a 

 peace concluded with the Burmese, the preliminaries 

 were signed on the 3d of January. 



Notice is given that the London Gazette will be 

 published on Friday, the 30th of June ensuing, and 

 will hencefor^va^d be published on Fridays instead of 

 Satunlays in every week. 



The King has already bestowed the following sums 

 on the distressed workmen in difterent places, viz. 

 Spitalfields, 2,(KX) pounds; Macclesfield, 1,IH)0 

 pounds; Blackburn, 1,000 pounds; Rochdale, 5(HI ; 

 Lower Durwan 100 pounds ; Thornton, 100 pounds ; 

 and further sums to the amount of 2,500 pounds ; 

 making in all 7,200 pounds. 



The bank of the Paddlngton Canal, under 

 which a new sewer had been constructed, gave way, 

 but has since been restored. 



The Duke of Northumberland has given 500 pounds 

 towards the expense of building a church at Houns- 

 low. 



Intelligence arrived of the total destruction by 

 fire of the Hon. East-India Company's ship the 

 Royal George, Capt. Simmins, on the 24th Decem- 

 ber last, at Ciiina. None of the cargo was saved ; 

 but no lives were lost. The cause of the fire Is 

 unknown. 



The Royal assent has been given to the bill for 

 building a new prison instead of the present Bridewell 

 in TothiU Fields. 



19.— The Society of Friends of Foreigners in Dis- 

 tress celebrated their anniversary meeting at the City 

 of London Tavern. The Report stated that the 

 Directors have been enabled to afford temporary 

 relief to 19,6/3 foreigners of different nations, and 

 to grant annual pensions to sixty individuals, most 

 of whom were of the age of eighty and ninety yearb. 

 The subscription list amounted to 71 1 pounds. 



The new avenue, opposite St. Bride's Church, Fleet 

 Street, is now opened to the public. 



MARRIAGES. 



Sir Hcdworth Williamson, hart., to the Hon. Ann 

 Llddell— K. W. Horlock, esq., of Box, Gloucester- 

 shire, to Mary, daughter of the late Capt. Maxwel 



J. PhUlip?, esq., of Bryanwyn, to Lucy, daughter 



of Lieut. Gen. Burr, of Portland Place— J. J. Hor- 

 lock, esq., to Miss Boode, daughter of A. C Boode, 



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