1810.] 
was still such, that hopes were entertained 
that it would not entirely give way; but ina 
few minutes, the piles, which were upwards 
of thirty feet Jong, were forced perpendicu- 
larly into the air; the water of course filled 
the dam, and the effects were immediately 
feitin the bason, though not to the extent 
that might have been expected. Fortunately 
no lives were lost. ‘Lhe situation of the dam 
was so much exposed that not less than from 
thirty to forty vessels passed every tide. 
Many of these, in passing (notwithstanding 
every exertion on the part of the dock master), 
came witha severe crash against the dam, and 
frm this circumstance, and the pressure of 
about fifteen hundred thousand tons of water, 
the blowing up ofthe whole was not to be 
wondered at. ( 
Early ‘on Friday morning, October 5, a 
dreadful fire broke out. at a large warehouse, 
nearly adjoining Mr. Calvert’s brewhouse, in 
hames-street, which at first threatened the 
destruction of the whole of that immense 
building, andeven of the barges on theriver; but 
by the timely arrival of the engines, aut a 
plentiful sapply of water, the fire was got un- 
der about three o’clock; but not till the whole 
of the extensive warehouse was burnt to the 
ground, and two er three houses damaged. 
The loss by this conflagration is computed at 
15,0001. - No lives were lost. 
The Royal Cockpit, St. James’s Pack, 
long the receptacle of the most cruel recrea- 
tion, so long the resort of the cheat and of 
the pick-pocket,is now no more. The go- 
vernors and trustees of Christ’s Hospital, to 
whom the ground belongs, met on the spot 
the very day the lease expired, and gave direc- 
tions for the immediate erasement of the 
buildings. 
The monument decreed to Lord Nelson by 
the City of London, in Guildhall, is now exe- 
cuted in marble, and placed to correspond 
with that of Lord Chatham. 
pyramid or obelisk the name of Nelson is in- 
scribed within a wreath of oak; and very pro- 
perly, as alluding to his great patriotism: be- 
neath the numes of his most famous achieve 
ments are recorded by the city of London, 
who, with the mural crown on her head, has 
Just put the last-letter to the word ‘¢ Trafal- 
gar.’ On the left hand of the beholder, Bri- 
tannia, surrounded with her usual attributes, 
is represented sitting, and woefully musing 
upon a medallion, bearing the likeness and 
name of the departed hero. On the fore- 
ground, a gigantic figure of Neptune, lying 
down, the right hand elevated, and in the atti- 
tude of sudden astonishment, seems to wit- 
ness, at adistance, the glorious but dearly- 
bovzht victory, which closed the wonderful 
career of Lord Nelson. On the basis of the 
Cenotaph, between two: small niches, each 
containing, in demi-relievo, the figure of a sai- 
Jor, of excellent workmanship, isa tablet rea- 
dy to receive the inscription ; and undey, ina 
? 
Incidents and Mf arriages in and near London. 
At the top of a 
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bold and well-executed bas-relief, the battle: 
of Trafalgar. 
_ MARRIED. 
At St. Luke’s, Chelsea, Captain Thomas 
Fraser, of the Madras engineers, to Mrs. Ann 
Brown, relict.of Henry Brown, esq. late come 
mercial resident at Ramnad. 
At Hammersmith, William Marshall, esq. 
to Mrs. Cicud, widow of Mr. Thomas C. 
At Mary-le-bone, Count Melchior de Poe 
lignae, third son of the Duke de Polignae, to 
Alphonsine, eldest daughtcr of Madame le 
Vasson de la Touche.-=Peter Aime Ouvry, 
esq. of Abingdon-street, Westminster, to 
Sarah Amelia, eldest daughter of john Dela= 
main, esq. of Berner’s-street. 
At St. George’s, Bloomsbury, Thomas 
Vernon, esq. to Miss Billingham, niece of the 
late William Martin, esq. of Tewkesbury. 
At St. James’s, Sir George Warrender, 
bart. to the Honorable Anne Boscawen, 
youngest daughter of the Jate Viscount Fale 
mouth.-[dward H. Nevinson, esq. of Savillee 
row, to Miss C. Bonney, daughter of the late 
Rey. Mr. B. of King’s Cliffe, Northampton- 
shire. 
Robert Shafto Adair, esq. eldest son of 
William A. esq. of Cumberland-place, to Miss 
Elizabeth Maria Strode, of Kenisngton. palace. 
Dr, Faulkner, physician to the Forces, to 
Mrs. Assiotti, relict.of George A. esq. deputy= 
‘commissary-general for North Britain. 
At Putney, John Winter, jun. esq. of St. 
Swithin’s-!ane, Lombard-street, to Miss Gor- 
don, daughter of Charles G. esq. of Gower- 
street, Bedrord-square, and of Berkhampstead, 
Herts. 
At Hackney, Mr. William Seamour, of 
Fenchurch-buildings, to Sarah, eldest daughe 
ter of Mr, George Adams, of Stamford-hill. 
At St. George's, Hanover square, Joseph 
Brecknell, ésq. to’ Lady Catharine Colyear, 
daughter of the Earl of Portmore. 
At St. Pancras, Thomas Hunter, esq. of 
Hammersmith, to Francis Charlotte, young- 
est daughter of john Abraham, esq. of Howe 
Jand-street, Fitzroy-square.—William Johne 
son, esq. banker, of Stamford, to Charlotte, 
daughter of Matthew Consett, esq. of Gail forde 
Street, 
At §t. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, -the Rev. T. 
Scales, of W olverhampton, to Christiana, el- 
dest daughter of the Rev. A. Simpson, divie 
nity-tutor at the Independent Academy, 
Hoxton. 
At Great Ealing, John Griffin, esq. to Cae 
therine, eldest daughter of F. Tyler, esq. 
George M. Hoare, esq. of Slorden-lodge, 
Surry, to Angelina Frances, daughter of James 
Greene, esq. 
At Newington Butts, John Hopkins, esq. 
te Mrs. Berridge, late of Alired-place, South- 
wark, 
The Rev. Mr.:Lawgon, to Miss Butter- 
worth, daughter of Mr. Alderman 8. of Co- 
ventry. \ 
DIED. 
