1809.] 
A plan has been set on foot, for erecting a 
third winter Theatre in the metropolis: —To 
accomplish this object, it is proposed to apply 
to parliament for 2 Bill, givints the committee 
power to carry it into effect, by enabling them 
fo ralse a capital not exceeding 200,000]. by 
transferable shares of 4001, each. ‘Iwo and 
a half per cent. on each share to be paid at 
the time of subscribing, for the purpose of de- 
fraying the expenses of procuring an Actof Par- 
liament, or such other legal authosity as shall 
enable the Proprierors to purchase land, tene- 
ments, and other property, on a proper site 
for the building ; and also to defray the ex- 
pense of making surveys, plans, estimates, 
&c. The remainder to te made by calls or 
instalments of not more than 10 per cent. at 
any one time. . 
On the 22d of October, the navigation of 
the Canal, from the Thames to the town of 
Croydon, was opened. Tie proprietors assem- 
bled to celebrate so interesting an event. 
They met at Sydenham (about five miles from 
Croydon), and there embarked in one of the 
company’s barges, which was handsomely de- 
corated with flags, &c. At the moment of 
this barge’s moving forward, an excellent 
band played ** God save the King,” and a 
salute of 41 guns was fired. The Proprietors’ 
barge then advanced, followed by a great 
many barges, loaded, some of them with coals, 
others with stone, corn, &c. &c. Afier pas- 
sing a wharf, eracted at Penge Common by 
John Scott, Esq. by means of which the 
towns of Beckenham, Bromley, and a consi- 
derable part of Kent are accommodated with 
coals, manure, and all articles of merchandize, 
at a greatly reduced rate of carriage, the gay 
fleet of barges entered Penge Forest. The 
Canal passes through this forest, in a part so 
elevated, that it affords the most extensive 
prospects, comprehending Beckenham, and 
Several beautiful scattered villages and seats, 
Shooter’s-hill, Addington-hills, Banstead 
Downs, and numerous other picturesque ob- 
jects in the counties of Kent and Surrey. The 
inhahitants of Croydon met this interesting 
procession some miles from their town, and 
hailed it with loud and repeated cheers. When 
the Proprietors approached the basin at Croy- 
don, it was surrounded by many thousands of 
persons, assembled to greet, with thanks and 
applause, those by whose patriotic perseve- 
race so important a work had been accom- 
plished. It is impossible to describe ade- 
quately, the scene which presented itself, 
and the feelings which prevailed, when the 
_ Proprietors’ barge was entering the basin, at 
which instant the band was playing ‘* God 
Save the King,” the guns were firing, the bells 
of the churches were ringing; and this im- 
mense concourse of delighted persons were 
hailing, by universal and hearty, and long 
continued shouts, the dawn of their com- 
Merce and prosperity. The Proprietors walk- 
ed to the Greyhound Inn, accompanied by 
Marriages in and near London. 
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music, and preceded by the workmen, who 
marched in order, with their tools on their 
shoulders, enjoying the consciousness of hav- 
ing finished a canal, which is allowed to be 
one of the highest and best constructed in 
England. 
MARRIED. 
At St. George’s, Hanover-square, Norman 
Lamont, esq. late of the ist. fuot guards, to 
Miss Porch, daughter of John P. esq.—Lord 
Viscount Barnard, eldest son of the Earl of 
Darlington, to Lady Sophia Poulett, eldest 
daughter of Earl P. 
John Grenside, jun. esq. of Mark-lane, to 
Frances, only daughter of the late jonn 
Doughty, esq. of Aldermanbury. 
At Greenwich, Mr. Nelson Wake, of 
Rotherhithe, to Miss Catherine Morgan, se- 
cond daughter of Christopher Morgan, esq. 
of St. Paul’s, Deptford. 
M. M. Boutlin, youngest son of Thomas 
B. esq. of Turville Park, Bucks, to Mary Ann, 
youngest daughter of Hugh Gibson, esq. of 
Watling-street. 
At Camberwell, the Rey. Robert Collett, 
A. M. to Miss F. S. Smith, daughter of 
Henry S. esqg.——-Mr. Robert Symonds, of 
London, to Miss Caroline Cockburn. 
At Kensington, the Rev. W. Palmer,. 
M. A. vicar of Ilton, Somerset, to Mary, 
only daughter of the late Stephen Pitt. 
Edward Ellice, esq. to Lady Hannah Bet- 
tesworth, sister to Earl Grey, and relict of 
Captain B. R.N. 
At Walthamstow, Brooke Baynes Hurlock, 
esq. to Charlotte, second daughter of the late 
Peter Laprimaudaye, esq. of Austin Friars. 
At Lambeth, Peer Georgi, esq. of Brixton 
Rise, Surrey, to Cecilia, third daughter of the 
late Edward Beetham, esq. ‘ 
Francis Ludlow Holt, esq. to Miss Bell, of 
Southampton-street, Strand. 
At Greenwich, the Earl of Lindsey, to 
Miss Layard, eldest daughter of the late Dean 
of Bristol. 
Mr. Philip Heisch, of Bury Court, St. 
Mary Axe, to Mary, second daughter of John 
Scott, esq. of Bedford square. 
Joseph Bell, esq of Bishopsgate-street, to 
Miss E. Perry, of ClapH#am Common. 
At Islington, Richard Percival, jun. esq. 
of Lomberd-street, to Sarah, only daughter of 
John Blackett, esq. of Highbury Place. 
At Chiswick, his Grace the Duke of De- 
vonshire, to Lady Elizabeth forster, 
At St. George’s, Hanover Square, Jeremiah 
Dick, esq. of Finsbury Square, to Harriett, 
youngest daughter of the late John le Coq, 
esq.— Robert Wilmot, esq. of Guildford-street, 
to Jane, only daughter of the late Sampson 
Wheilidon, of Caldon, Staffordshire. 
Atthe Earl of Breadalbane’s, Park-lane, 
John Henry Ley, esq. to Lady Frances Hay, 
second daughter of the late Marquis of Twee- 
dale. 
At Mary-le-bone Church, James Dove, 
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