356 



Chronohgi/, Mcti'riuges, and Deaths, 



[Sept. 



F. D. M. Dawson, e«q., to the Hon. Susan St. 

 Clair, daughter of Lord Sinclair, — At Tuxford, J. 

 Manwaring, jun., esq,, to Elizabeth, sister to Sir 

 T. W. White, bart.— At St. George's, Rloorasbiuy, 

 T. B. Bosville, esq., to Harriet, widow of S. 

 Petrie,csq. — At St. George's, Hanover-square, the 

 Duke of Buccleugh, to Lady Charlotte Thynne, 

 third daughter of the Marquis of Bath. — L. 

 Currie, jun. esq., to Caroline Christina, fourth 

 daughter of Lieut.-Gcneral Hay. — At Cantray, 

 Robert Grant, esq., M.P., to Margaret, daughter 

 of Sir David Davidson. 



DEATHS. 

 At Bretton-hall, York, T. R. Beaumont, eeq., 

 72 ; he had been M.P. for Northumberland during 

 four successive parliaments. — Lady Beaumont, 

 relict of the late Sir George Beaumont, bart. — At 

 Lydd, Kent, Mrs. Murray, 86, widow of General 

 Murray. — At Ikhester, Se.ibra Edwards, 101. — 

 At EdgefielJ, Rev. B. Francis, 89; he had been 

 65 years rector of that place, and nearly all its 

 population attended his funeral. — At Abingdon, 

 on the circuit, Mr. Baron HuUock.— At Laxton- 

 ball, Northampton, G. Evans, esq., brother to 

 Lord Carbery.— At Double Bridges, Thorne, Mrs. 

 C.Gunby, 103.— Rev.T. Melhui5h,84, and the60th 

 of his residence at the rectory of Ashwater. — In 

 Rcgcnt'B-park, Sir H. Chamberlain, bart. — At 

 Alderhott, Mr. J. Hayter, 100. — At Birmingham, 

 Hannah Harrison, 102.— At West Haddon, Rev. 

 J.Edmonds, 77; he had been nearly 40 years 

 pastor of the Baptist church, Guilsborough. — At 

 Hastings, Rear-Admiral Sir James Wood, 74. — 

 At Bayham Abbey, Frances, Marchioness Cam- 

 den. — At Rolversden, John Henry, esq., 98, Ad- 

 miral of the Red, the fatlier of the British navy. 

 At Tyncmouth, the wife of Sir C. Lorraine, bart. 

 — At Moggalhane, Dr. O'Shaugnessy, Catholic 

 Bishop of Killaloe. — In Parliament-place, John 

 Reeves, esq., 77. — In the New Road, Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne, Christopher Stevinson, 73. He was 

 a man of great personal strength and prowess, 

 and one of the 12 survivors of the Centaur 74, 

 (700 men), Capt. Inglefield, which w.as lost 47 

 years ago in the Atlantic Ocean, on her return 

 from the West Indies, after the glorious victory 

 pained by Lord Rodney over Count dc Grasse. 

 Tlie above, with Capt. I., and 10 more, saved 



themselves by getting into the pinnace j and after 

 experiencing unheard-of misery, gained Fayall 

 on the 17th day. The stoutest and largest man of 

 the boat's company died of cold and starvation on 

 he 15th day. The above C. S. is supposed to be 

 the last suiTivor of them.— At Bath, J. Kitson, 

 esq., 86.- At Aberdeen, Dr. Hamilton, 87, Pro- 

 fessor of Mathematics in the Marischall college ; 

 he filled the Professor's chair for 50 years. — In 

 Regent's-park, Jane Sophia, wife of Capt. H 

 Hope, and daugl)ter of Admiral Sir H. Sawyer. — 

 At Clare, Mr. M'Kenzie, 101.— W, Forman, esq., 

 a partner with the present Lord Mayor, under the 

 firm of Thompson, Forman, and Son, at Draper's- 

 hall.— The Rev. Jolm Roberts, Vicar of Tremeir- 

 chion, Flint. Mr. Roberts was the author of the 

 best English Essay at the Carmarthen Eisteddfod, 

 Sept. 1823, on ■' The Reasons for rejecting the 

 Welsh Orthography that is proposed and attempt- 

 ed to be introduced with a view of superseding 

 the system that has been established since the pub- 

 lication of Dr. Daviea's Grammar and Dictionarj, 

 and Bishop Parry's edition of the Welsh Bible, 

 and that of 1630."— At Brighton, the Hon. H. B. 

 Edwardes, eldest son of Lord Kensington. — 

 Selina, wifeof F. P. Stephanoff, esq., Manchester- 

 street. — Mrs. Moore, widow of the late H. Moore, 

 'esq., M.P., and niece of the Dowager Countess of 

 Clonmell. — In Great George-street, Westminster, 

 Blary, relict of the Hon. R. Pean, one of the here- 

 ditary lords proprietors and governors general 

 of Pennsylvania, — J. Parke, esq., 84, he was Hai>- 

 del's principal oboe player, and an intimate friend 

 of Garriek. — In Bedford-square, Charles Warren, 

 Esq., one of the Welsbjudges. 



DEATHS ABROAD. 

 At St. Rose, county of Effingham (N. A.), M. 

 Franfois Fcrgue, dit Morugean, 120; he was 

 born at Quebec in 1709, and passed part of his 

 life in the French West India islands, and had 

 been present at the most remarkable events where 

 Canadian valour was distinguished. — At Paris, 

 the Hon. A. Cochrane, son of the Earl of Dun- 

 donald.— At Paris, J. F. Gill, esq., Charge-d'Af- 

 faires from the United Provinces of Uio de la 

 Plata, to tlie Court of St. James's.- At Trinidad, 

 J. B. Philip, esq. — At Sienna, Dr. Montuecl, 

 well known in the literary world. 



MONTHLY PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 



NORTHUMBERLAND. — Dr. Thomlinson's 

 library, attached to St. Nicholas' church, in this 

 town, bequeathed expressly for the use of the 

 public, is immediately to be thrown open for sij; 

 hours in the day for one part of the ycar.yfoe 

 hours for another, and never at any time of the 

 year for less than four hours every day, except 

 Sundays, festivals, and fast days. The attention 

 of the trustees having been called to the subject 

 by the Literary and Philosophical Society, they 

 Lave thus resolved to enforce the statutes left by 

 Dr. Thomlinson. 



Three prisoners were recorded for death at the 

 county assizes, and several transported. 



The second annual exhibition of the Northern 

 Academy of Fine Arts has o|ieneil, and although 



many eminent artists of London and Edinburgfi 

 have liberally contributed to its support, yet their 

 excellent works do not overpower the merits of 

 the resident artists to whom they are such able 

 auxiliaries, and our native productions maintain 

 their due degrees of honourable distinction, 

 amidst the bigljest competition of the metropolis. 

 — JVewcasile Courant. 



The Newcastle exiiibition for the promotion of 

 the fine arts, has opened this year under very 

 favourable auspices. 



So extensive have been the importation of 

 foreign grain into the port of Newcastle, that all 

 the warehouses are filled. 



DURHAM.— At these assizes two prisoners 

 were recorded for death. 



