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27. NATURAL GAS. - For the last week a large blaze of natural gas has been burning on Chat Moss, situate on the line of railway between Manchester and Liverpool. The gas was perceived by some parties who were sinking for water about a fortnight ago. For the first 16 feet the boring was through moss and mossy substances; then came about 16 feet of marl; after which there were 2 or 3 feet of sand; and while scooping through this portion of the earth the gaseous matter made its appearance. The first indication of it was by a sudden noise or report, though not very loud, accompanied by a slight sulphureous smell. A stream of gas then floated along the surface of the ground; and a lighted candle being

ately took fire, and was converted into a blaze of considerable dimensions. A long pipe of about 10 or 12 inches in circumference was then procured, and inserted in the ground for 2 or 3 feet in depth, and ascending for about 35 feet. The gas being thus conveyed above the level of the neighbouring forest-trees, was allowed to burn with all its force and exhaust itself in the air. This curious phenomenon was speedily applied to practical purposes: the farmer upon whose lands it issued, placed a small steam-engine on the spot, the boilers of which are heated by the gas fire; the steam thus generated, is made to set in motion machinery for thrashing, grinding, chaff-cutting, and other agricultural operations.

The MINISTRY, as it stood at the Meeting of the Parliament on the 4th of February, 1851.

First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor

Chancellor of the Exchequer

President of the Council
Privy Seal

Home Secretary

Foreign Secretary.
Colonial Secretary

IN THE CABINET.

First Lord of the Admiralty.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

President of the Board of Control .
Postmaster General

President of the Board of Trade
Secretary at War.

Commander-in-Chief.

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Right Hon. Lord John Russell.
Right Hon. Lord Truro.

Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, bt.
Most Hon. Marquess of Lansdowne.

Right Hon. Earl of Minto.

Right Hon. Sir George Grey, bt.

Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston.
Right Hon. Earl Grey.

Right Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill
Baring, bt.

Right Hon. Earl of Carlisle.

Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, bt. (Lord Broughton).

Most Hon. Marquess of Clanricarde.

Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.

Right Hon. Fox Maule.

NOT IN THE CABINET.

Master General of the Ordnance

Duke of Wellington.

Most Hon. Marquess of Anglesey.

Paymaster of the Forces, and Vice-Pre-Right Hon. Earl Granville.

sident of the Board of Trade Master of the Mint

First Commissioner of Woods, Forests,

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Chief Secretary for Ireland

Attorney-General .

Solicitor-General

Judge Advocate General

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, bt.
Right Hon. Lord Seymour.

J Right Hon. Sir William Meredyth Somer-
ville, bt.

Sir John Romilly, knt.

Sir Alexander James Edmund Cock-
burn, knt.

Right Hon. Sir David Dundas, knt.
Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines.

Chief Poor Law Commissioner

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THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TOOK PLACE DURING THE YEAR:

IN THE CABINET.-Earl Granville, Paymaster of the Forces, and Right Hon. Lord Seymour, First Commissioner of Works and Buildings, to seats in the Cabinet. VOL. XCIII.

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Earl Granville to be Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, vice Viscount
Palmerston. Right Hon. Fox Maule, to be President of the Board of Control, vice
Lord Broughton.

NOT IN THE CABINET.-Lord Stanley, of Alderley, to be Paymaster of the
Forces and Vice-President of the Board of Trade, vice Earl Granville. Right
Hon. Robert Vernon Smith to be Secretary at War, vice Right Hon. Fox Maule.
Sir A. J. E. Cockburn to be Attorney-General, vice Sir John Romilly, appointed
Master of the Rolls. Sir William Page Wood to be Solicitor-General, vice Sir A.
J. E. Cockburn. Right Hon. James Moncreiff to be Lord Advocate, vice Right
Hon. Andrew Rutherfurd, appointed one of the Lords Ordinary. George Deas,
Esq., to be Solicitor-General for Scotland, vice Right Hon. James Moncrieff.

SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1851.

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ENGLAND.

Sir Charles Gillies Payne, of Blunham, bart.

Daniel Higford Duvall Burr, of Aldermaston Park, esq.

The Hon. Richard Cavendish, of Thornton Hall.

George Rust, of Huntingdon, esq.

George Head Head, of Rickerby House, esq.

Thomas Marsland, of Henbury, esq.

William Williams, of Tregullow, esq.

Francis Bradshaw, of Barton Hall, esq.

Richard Durant, of Sharpham, esq.

Francis Pitney Brouncker Martin, of Kingston House,
Dorchester, esq.

Robert Henry Allan, of Blackwell Hall, esq.
William Philip Honywood, of Marks Hall, esq.
William Dent, of Sudeley Castle, esq.

Charles Thomas Bodenham, of Rotherwas, esq.
William John Lysley, of Minwood, esq.

Ford Wilson, of Blackhurst, Tonbridge Wells, esq.
Thomás Perceval Heywood, of Doveleys, esq.
Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, of Beaumont Leyes, bart.
Sir Charles Henry John Anderson, of Lea, bart.
Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, of Coldbrook Park, esq.

Sir Willoughby Jones, of Cranmer Hall, bart.

Sir Chas. Edmund Isham, of Lamport Hall, bart.

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Sir Horace St. Paul, of Ewart Park, bart.

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John Francklin, of Gonalston, esq.

John Brown, of Kingston Blount, esq.

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John Moore Paget, of Clipsham, esq.

Robert Henry Cheney, of Badger Hall, esq.

Thomas Tutton Knyfton, of Uphill, esq.

John Barker, of Wolverhampton, esq.

W. Kingsmill, of Sidmonton Court, Kingsclere, esq.
Frederick Barne, of Sotterley, esq.

John Sparkes, of Gosden House, Shalford, esq.

David Lyon, of Goring, esq.

Mark Philips, of Snitterfield, esq.

Edward Wilson, of Rigmaden, esq.

Graham M. Michell Esmeade, of Monckton House,

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Antrim

Armagh
Carlow

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Carrickfergus Town

Cavan

Clare

Cork

Cork City

Donegal

Down

Drogheda Town

Kerry

Dublin

Dublin City

Fermanagh

Galway

Galway Town

Kildare

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WALES.

Thomas Owen, of Tyddyn Glan-y mor, esq.
Robert Raikes, of Treberfedd, esq.

John Williams, of Hafodyllan, esq.

Timothy Powell, of Penycoed, esq.

Ernest Aug. Vaughan, Earl of Lisburne, of Crosswood.
Thomas Hughes, of Astrad Hall, Denbigh, esq.

Wilson Jones, of Hartsheath Park, esq.

Gervas P. Turbervill, of Ewenny-Abbey, Bridgend, esq.
Charles Jones, of Garthmill, esq.

Henry Richardson, of Aberhirnant, esq.

John Harcourt Powell, of Hook, esq.

Francis Aspinal Phillips, of Abbeycwmhir, esq.

IRELAND.

James Thompson Tennent, of Belfast, esq.
George Robinson, of Armagh, esq.

Sir Charles Burton, of Pollerton, Carlow, bart.
Henry Theophilus Higginson, of Lisburn, esq.
Henry Bevan Slator, of Whitehall, Edgeworthstown, esq.
Jas. Butler, of Castlecrine, Newmarket-on-Fergus, esq.
Colonel Chatterton, of Castlemahon, Blackrock.
Sir Thomas Deane, Cork.

William Wray, of Oak Park, Letterkenny, esq.
Robert Heron, of Ardigon, Killyleagh, esq.
Jas. M'Cann, of Staleen, Drogheda, esq.

John Brenan, of Kingstown, Golden Ball, esq.
Robert Henry Kinahan, of Merrion Square, North, esq.
William Jones, of Lisgool Abbey, Enniskillen, esq.
Chas. Manly Shaw Taylor, of Castle Taylor, Ardrahan, esq.
Mark Anthony Lynch, of Mill Lodge, Galway, esq.
Valentine Browne, of Kenmare House, Killarney, esq.
George P. L. Mansfield, of Morristown Latin, Naas, esq.
James Sandiford Lane, of Shipton, Callan, esq.
William Preston Leech, Kilkenny, esq.

John O'Brien, of Rahan Lodge, Tullamore, esq.
Josias Rowley, of Mount Campbell, Drumsna, esq.
Henry Maunsell, of Limerick, esq.

Patrick A. Shannon, of Corbally, Limerick, esq.

Londonderry City and William Lecky Browne, of Cumber House, London

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Jn. Wilson, of Ballinamore, Lark Hill, Rathmines, esq.
George Ruxton, of Rahanna, Ardee, esq.
David Watson Rutledge, of Annefield, Hollymount, esq.
Hans Hamilton Woods, of Woodville, Malahide, esq.
Charles Boyle, of Tannagh Hause, Rockcorry, esq.
William Dent Farrar, of Brockly Hall, Stradbally, esq.
John Woulfe Flanigan, of Drumdoe, Boyle, esq.
John Folliott, jun., of Hollybrook, Boyle, esq.
George Ryan, of Inch House, Thurles, esq.

William Verner, of Church Hill, Verner's Bridge, esq.
Richard Musgrave, of Tourin, Cappoquin, esq.
William Snow, of Rocklands, Waterford, esq.

Sir Rich. Levinge, of Knockdrin Castle, Mullingar, bt.
Charles Arthur Walker, of the Lodge, Kyle, esq.
George Hudson, of Templecany, Delgany, esq.

BIRTHS.

1851.

JANUARY.

BIRTHS.

1. At Beechwood, Midlothian, the lady of Sir David Dundas, bt., a son. 3. At Luffness, East Lothian, the Hon. Mrs. George William Hope, a son. 4. At Lowndes-square, the lady of E. Carleton Tufnell, esq., a daughter.

5. At Deal, the lady of Julius Brockman Backhouse, C.B., a daughter.

7. At the Royal Circus, Edinburgh, the lady of Major Blackburn, 85th Lt. In., a son.

At Cheshunt, Lady Roberts, a daughter.

8. At Manchester-square, the lady of Sidney Gurney, esq., a daughter.

In Lowndes-square, the Hon. Mrs. M. Kerr, a son.

At Naples, the lady of John Dunn Gardner, esq., a son and heir.

9. At Chicksands Priory, Lady Elizabeth Osborn, a daughter.

10. At Eaton-square, the lady of Edward Divett, esq., M.P., a son.

11. At Eltham, the lady of Henry Lewin, esq., a daughter.

12. At Northchurch Rectory, Herts, the lady of the Rev. Sir John Hobart Culme Seymour, bt., a daughter.

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16. At Talacre, Holywell, Flintshire, the Lady Mostyn, a daughter.

21. At Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, Mrs. George Hotham, a son.

23. At Summerton, the Hon. Mrs. Brooke, a daughter.

24. At Manor House, Wittenham, Berks, Mrs. Hayward, a daughter.

25. At Dorfold, Cheshire, Mrs. Wilbraham Tollemache, a son.

26. At Ryde, Isle of Wight, Lady Wade, a daughter.

27. At Eaton-place, the Countess of Mulgrave, a son.

28. At Frampton Hall, Lincolnshire, the lady of Charles Thomas J. Moore, esq., a daughter.

29. At Plympton, the lady of Walter Hele Molesworth, esq., a daughter.

30. At 57, York-place, Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. Dalrymple Hay, a son.

31. At the Royal Hotel, Chester, Lady Emma Vesey, twins.

FEBRUARY.

2. At Norley Hall, Cheshire, the lady of John George Woodhouse, esq., a daughter.

At Government House, Nassau, Bahamas, the lady of his Excellency Governor Gregory, a son.

3. At Monreith, Lady Maxwell, a daughter.

4. At Port Louis, Mauritius, the lady of Griffin Nicholas, esq., of Ashton Keynes, Wilts, a daughter.

6. At Barnby Moor, Notts, the lady of W. P. Wasterneys, esq., a son and heir.

At Hartlebury Castle, the lady of the Rev. Edward Winnington Ingram, a daughter.

7. At Worms, on the Rhine, the lady of Baldwin Arden Wake, esq., Commander, R.N., a son.

8. The lady of Thomas Davies Lloyd, of Bronwydd, Cardigan, a son and heir. 9. In Eaton-place, the Lady Margaret Milbanke, a son and heir.

10. At Priory House, Taunton, the lady of Ellis James Charter, esq., 8th Reg., a son and heir.

At Bedford-square, the lady of Charles E. Murray, esq., a daughter.

11. At the Pavilion, Kandy, the lady of his Excellency Sir George William Anderson, K.C.B., a son.

13. At Hurworth Grange, near Darlington, the lady of Mark Ord, esq., a daughter.

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