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INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN AND NEAR LONDON, ETC. 
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CHRONOLOGY, 
October 23.—Sessions commenced at the Old 
Bailey. 
— The new church of St. Paul, Islington, con- 
secrated. 
— Sessions ended at the Old Bailey, when 25 
received sentence of death, 80 of transportation, 
and 92 to hard labour and imprisonment, 
25.—The ceremony of opening the St. Katha- 
rine Docks, near the Tower, took place. At two 
o'clock the dock gates were opened, and nine yes- 
sels, dressed in the colours of all nations, en- 
tered, whilst a small park of artillery discharged 
repeatedly during their entrance, and four bands 
of music cuutributed their aid to announce the 
event, and during the ceremony. 
27. Parliament prorogued to December 18. 
30.—His Majesty has given a donation of £200 
towards completing the repairs of the German 
Lutheran Church inthe Savoy. 
31.—Intelligence arrived of the Turks surren- 
dering Varna to the Russians. 
November 10.—Lord Mayor’s Day celebrated 
in the most splendid manner; most of His Ma- 
jesty’s ministers attended at the dinner at Guild- 
hall, which was decorated in the most tasteful 
and elegant style. 
18.—An accident, accompanied by the loss of 
three lives, and the serious injury of several indi- 
viduals, took place in Covent-garden Theatre, 
owing to the explosion of one of the gasometers, 
which several workmen were employed in re- 
moving. 
19.—The Lord Mayor laid the key-stone to the 
last arch of London Bridge. 
— Mr. Justice Parke, the new judge, took his 
seat in the Court of King’s Bench. 
21,—Averages attained such a height, that the 
ports, for the admission of foreign grain, were 
opened, upon payment of ls, per quarter for 
wheat; 3s. 4d. for barley ; and 7s. 9d. for oats. 
22.—The London Committee for the subscrip- 
tions in behalf of the distress caused by the malig- 
nant fever at Gibraltar, published an address, in- 
forming the public of the great alleviation their 
bounty had already effected, with stroug claims for 
its continuance. 
MARRIAGES. 
' Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Montyesor to Miss Fairman. 
—Sir C. Dillon, bart.,to Sarah, widow of the late 
Rey. Dr. Miller.—J. Broadhurst, esq.,to the Hou. 
Henrietta Mabel, daughter of Lord H. Fitzgerald 
aud Baroness de Roos.—Hon. W. Pole Tilney 
Long Wellesley to Helena (Mrs. Bligh) third 
daughter of Colonel Thomas Paterson.—Lord 
Howard de Walden to Lady Lucy Cavendish 
Bentinck, third daughter of the Duke of Portland. 
—Captain Franklin, R.N., to Jane, daughter of 
‘J. Griffin, esq. ; it will be recollected that Captain 
F.’s first wife (Miss Porden) expired on the day 
after he departed on his late Arctic expedition.— 
Charles John, second son of W. Manning, esq., 
M.P., to Catherine Sophia, daughter of Major 
Gen. Sir R. D. Jackson,— Viscount Ingestrie, 
eldest son of Earl Talbot, to Lady Sarah Eliza- 
beth Beresford, only daughter to the late Marquis 
of Waterford.—H. T. Jones, esq., to Caroline, 
widow, of Sir R. Hardinge, bart.—R. Davies, 
esq.‘ R.N., to the Dowager Lady Kircudbright. 
DEATHS. 
In Alfred-place, the Hon, E. Rodney, son of 
the late Admiral Lord Rodney.—At Wembly- 
park, 82, J. Gray—At his son’s house, Mr. James 
Hansard, Southampton - street, Bloomsbury- 
square, Tuke Hansard, esq., 79, printer to the 
House of Commons.—In Newman-street, G. Wil- 
son, esq., 74.—In Grosyenor-street, Mrs, Combe, 
widow of H. C. Combe, esq.—Mrs. E. Fisher, 
sister in law tothe Bishop of Salisbury.—Sir W. 
Forbes, bart.—Catherine, only sister of the Right 
Hon. J. Calcraft, M P.—Hon. H. Savile, brother 
to the Earl of Mexborough.—At his seat at Hag- 
ley, 66, George Fulke, Lord Lyttleton. — Dr. 
George Pearson, senior physician to St. George’s 
Hospital.—At Parham, Lord de la Zouch, 74.— 
Corbyn Lloyd, esq., of Lombard-street, banker.— 
At Laxton-hall, Lady Carbery, 60.—Major Charles 
Stewart, 95, Royal Marines.—S. Marryat, esq., 
67, one of H.M.’s counsel.—Rey. J. L. Moore, 
77, who performed the duties of Bengoe (Herts), 
for 52 years, was chaplain of the county gaol 
41, and formerly master of the Free Grammar 
School, Hertford. — At Brighton, Harriet Lau- 
ra, second daughter of Sir E. Bacon, bart.— 
At Windsor, Margaret Frances, 36, the only 
child of the late Richard Tunnacline, esq, of 
Manchester.—Lady Caroline Dormer, 76, sister 
to the late Earl of Dorchester, at whose death the 
title became extinct.—_At Woolwich, the Rey. J. 
Messitor, 65.—In Great Mary-le-bone-street, B. 
Pereirar esq., nephew of Sir Manasseh Lopez, 
bart.—At Brixton, aged 28, after six months se- 
vere suffering, which she bore with the most 
exemplary patience, Caroline Martha, only 
daughter of Charles Ball, esq., deceased, of Mer- 
roe, and widow of Francis Collins, of Dorset- 
place, who, with two infants, died a short time 
before her lamented death. Highly accomplished 
and with a mind the most susceptible, she pos- 
sessed all the dignified character of a female, 
united to the most amiable simplicity of manners 
and ingenious heart. 
MARRIAGES ABROAD. 
At Florence, the Earl of Dartmouth to the Hon. 
Frances Barrington, second daughter of Viscount 
Barrington.—At Munich, Y. Brown, esq., to the 
Hon. Steuarta, fifth daughter of Lord Erskine, 
H.M.’s minister plenipotentiary to the King of 
Bavaria. 
DEATHS ABROAD. 
At Madeira, Captain Canning, of H.M.’s ship 
Alligator ; he was the eldest son of the late mi- 
nister, and was drowned while bathing-—At Paris, 
Frances, the wife of the Hon. Henry Count Dil- 
