1829.] 



Ecclesiastical Preferments. 



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petual Curate of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, York — 

 Rev. W. Bolraer, to the Vicarage of St. Mary, 

 Bisliopshill Junior, in York.— Rev. H. A. Beck- 

 witli, to the Vicarage of St. Martin's, Coney-s.treet, 

 York. — Rev. G. Landon, to the Vicarage of 



Braiiscombe, Devon. — Rev. B. R. Perkins, to tlie 

 Vicarage of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester. — 

 Rev. J. Arthur, to the Rectory of Atheringion, 

 Devon. — Rev. N. Harding, to tlic Rectory of Ald- 

 lidge, Staffordshire. 



POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS. 



Viscount Melville, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir H. to be commissioners for executing the office of 

 Hotbam, Viscount Castlereagh, and Sir G. Clerk, Higli Admiral of the United KiDgdom. 



CHRONOLOGY, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



June 25. — Rev. H.Price committed to Stafford 

 jail for the space of one year for the publication 

 of live several libels against the magistrates, and 

 exciting the carpet-weavers of Kidderminster to a 

 continuation of disturbances, in consequence of the 

 men having refused to work at the reduced prices 

 fixed by the masters. 



28. — Court vpent into mourning for the Queen 

 of Spain for three weeks. 



30. — First stone laid of a new bridge over the 

 Thames at Staines. 



— By papers arrived from VanDiemen's Land, 

 Feb. 14, it appears that a man named Joseph 

 Moulds had been capitally convicted as a bush- 

 ranger, and that previous to execution, he con- 

 fessed he was the wretch who had murdered the 

 unfortunate Mrs. Douatty. 



July 5.— By the abstract of the net produce of 

 the revenue in the years ending July 5, 1828, and 

 July 5, 1829, it appears that the decrease on the 

 year has been .£92,828, and that of the last quar- 

 ters of 1828 and 1829, the decrease has been 

 .f349,C93. 



- 7. — .Marquis of Chandos and several gentlemen 

 interested in the West-India trade, had an inter- 

 view with the Duke of Wellington at the Treasury 

 on the subject of the West-India affairs. 



8. — Mr. Brunei had a long interview with the 

 Duke of Wellington, relative to the Thames 

 Tunnel. 



■ 9. — A meeting took place of the subscribers to 

 the London University, Earl Grey in the chair, 

 for the purpose of distributing the prizes awarded 

 to the different pupils. Amongst the successful 

 candidates were the Earl of Leicester, eldest son 

 of the Marquis of Townshend, who gained Latin 

 and Greek prizes ; and Count Calhariz, eldest 

 son of the Marquis Palmella, one, natural 

 philosophy. 



10. — News arrived from New York with in- 

 formation of the steam frigate Fulton the First, 

 havii]g been blown up, and killed or wounded 

 nearly all on board, nearly 100 persons. 



14. — At a meeting of the proprietors of Drnry- 

 Laoc Thcitre it was resolved to remit the lessee 

 J£\fi09,ln make up in part for losi-es sustained 

 durinj< the past season. 



— A meeting of the SpitalQclds' unemployed 

 ■weaverB was held at Hackney, when tlie report of 

 their committee was read, stating the Duke of 

 Wellington'!' answer of non-acquiescence, in fur- 

 nishing means of emigration for 4,000 of them, 

 from want of funds. 



10.— The Recorder made his report to the King 

 in council uf the condemned priBoners In Newgate, 



when 6 men and 1 woman were ordered for exe- 

 cution. 



July 16.— Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey. 



— Admiralty sessions held at the Old Bailey, 

 when 4 prisoners were tried— 1 for piracy, and 3 

 for murder, and were all acquitted. 



18.— Sessions ended at the Old Bailey, when 9 

 prisoners received sentence of death, 62 of trans- 

 portation, and several of imprisonment for the 

 various terms of 2 years, I year, 9, 6, and 3 

 months. 



20.— News arrived of the surrender, by capitu- 

 lation, of Silistria, to the Russians, that the 

 Grand Vizier is closely invested in Shunila, and 

 that the English and French ambassadors had 

 arrived at Constantinople. 



MARRIAGES. 



At St. James's church. Lord Wriathesley Rus- 

 sell, fourth son of the Duke of Bedford, to Eliza- 

 beth Laura Henrietta, youngest daughter of Lord 

 William Russell.— At Clenworth, M. Seymour, 

 esq., second son of Sir M. Seymour, Bart.,to Doro- 

 thea, eldest daughter of Sir W. Knighton, Bart.— 

 At Exeter, B. C. Greenbill, esq, to Henrietta 

 Lavinia, daughter of Lieut. -Col. Macdonald, and 

 grand-daughter of the celebrated Flora Mac- 

 donald. — AtGreatThornham, J.Longueville,esq., 

 to the Hon. Mary, second daughter of Lord Hen- 

 niker.— At Coolattin Park, Wicklow, W. W. F. 

 Hume, esq., to Margaret Bruce, eldest daughter 

 of R. Chalmer, esq., and niece to Viscountess 

 Milton and Lord Dundas.— At Castle Craig, Sir 



D. Kinloch, Bart., to Eleanor Hyndford, eldest 

 daughter of Sir T. G. Carmichacl.— S. Grace, 

 esq., brother to Sir W.Grace, Bart., to Harriet 

 Georgiana, second daughter of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. 

 Hamilton, Bart.— R. T. Glyn, esq., second son of 

 Sir R. C. Glyn, Bart., to Miss F. E. Harford.— At 

 Jlarylcbone, Lord P.iTigham, to Laily Anne Brude- 

 ncll, youngest daughter of the E.irl of Cardigan. — 

 At Dublin, the Hev. R. Packcnham, son of Ad- 

 miral the Hon. Sir T. Packenham, to Harriet 

 Maria, youngest daughter of llie late Right Hon. 

 Denis Browne, M.P. — At Holywoodj the Kcv. 

 J. C. Martin, to Agatha, only daughter of the 

 Bishop of Down and Cojinor.— At Kingston, Capl. 



E. Rich, son of Sir C. Ithh, Bart., to Miss Sophia 

 Angeh).— At Melton Mowbray, F.Grant, esq., to 

 IsahcUa Elizabeth, third daushtcr of R. Normau, 

 esq., and niece to the Duke of Rutland. — At 

 (iranton, 11. J. Robertson, esq., to Ann Wilhcl- 

 mina, daughter of the Right Hon. C. Hope, Lord 

 President of the Court of Session. — At Llan- 

 rhaiadr-yn-.Mochnant, the Rev. E. Evans, to Miss 

 Charlotte Eleanor Steele. — At the Marcpiis of 



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