than perhaps ever before trampled on humanity. Security and comfort established where nothing but terror and misery before existed; nor is this within a narrow sphere. It is a proud phrase to use, but it is a true one, that we have bestowed blessings upon millions. Nothing can be more delightful than the reports I receive of the keen sensibility manifested by the inhabitants to this change in their circumstances. The smallest detachments of our troops cannot pass through that country without meeting every where eager and exulting gratulations, the tone of which proves them to coine from glowing hearts. Multitudes of people have, even in this short interval, come from the holds and fastnesses, in which they had sought refuge for years, and have re-occupied their ancient deserted villages. The plough share is again in every quarter, turning up a soil which had for very many seasons never been stirred, except by the hoofs of predatory cavalry. "The main obstacles to our infusing improvements are removed; and we may certainly disseminate useful instruction, without, in the slightest degree, risking DOMESTIC dissatisfaction, by meddling with the religious opinions of the natives. Information on practical points is what is wanting to the people; for, from the long course of anarchy in those parts, all relations of the community are confused. This Government will not lose sight of the object. We may surely succeed in inculcating principles of mild and equitable rules, distinct notions of social observances, and a just sense of moral duties, leading, perhaps, in God's good time to a purer conception of the more sublime claims on the human mind. At least, let us do what is in our power. Let us put the seed into the ground, and Providence will determine on its growth. Should it be the will of the Almighty that the tree should rise and flourish, and that the inhabitants of those extensive regions should enjoy security and comfort under its shade, we shall have done much for many of our fellow creatures; but we shall have done well also for that in which our liveliest interest is fixed. The cherished memory of our forecasting beneficence will remain to future times in India the noblest monument of the British nation." OCCURRENCES.. INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. Dec. 30. Johuston, convicted with two accomplices, of the robbery of Mr. Charles at Edinburgh, suffered near to the site of the Old Gaol. The execution was very remarkable.-Johnston was brought to the scaffold at 15 minutes from three o'clock. He appeared confident; and, after some minutes spent in devotion, dropped the signal. The executioner was awkward. The rope was too long, and the toes of the criminal reached the platform. Cries of murder rose from the crowd; and a scene of indescribable confusion ensued. A well-dressed young man jumped on the scaffold, and cut down Johnston. Showers of stones compelled the Magistrates, Guard, &c. to quit the spot; and Johnston, still living, was borne in triumph down the Luckenbooths. Fortunately the mob passed the Police Office, and afforded opportunity for a sortie by a large Police force, which put the authorities again in possession of Johnston. was kept in the Police Office till a military force from the Castle enabled the Magistrates to carry the sentence into execution; but again the executioner performed his office in such a bungling manner, that the body had to be raised up while the rope was shortened by turning it several times round the hook. Another shout of "murder," and "shame, shame," broke from the crowd; but the place was now He well guarded with soldiers, and no further outrage was attempted. Jan. 5. The last month has proved particularly disastrous to the shipping of Plymouth. Four have been lost: the Emily, Thomas, from Bristol, and the Flora, Palmer, from Liverpool, both bound to Plymouth with general cargoes; the Providence, Power, from Plymouth to St. Michael's, in ballast; and the Effort, Baker, from the Ionian Islands to Grimsby, with fruit. To this list may be added the loss of the ship Eliza, of Plymouth, Luch master, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and the Neptune, also of Plymouth, Wilson, on Island of Newfoundland, in November. Jan. 7. The extensive corn-mill of Messrs. Homer and Drake, near Wakefield in Yorkshire, was last week consumed by fire the loss is estimated at from 9,000l. to 10,000. The accident is supposed to have been caused by the friction of the machinery. : Jan. 9. While the Duke of Montrose was in Scotland, he is said to have presided several times at a meeting in Dumbarton, having for its object the deepening the bed of the Clyde five or six feet in the neighbourhood of that place, with a view to reduce the level of Loch Lomond in the same proportion, and thereby increase the extent of land on its islands and shores. Jan. 16. A Newcastle Paper says"As three boys were amusing themselves with making bonfires between Wortley and the Wellington road, some ignited wood fell into a draw-well in which hydrogen gas had been generated, which exploded with great violence, blowing the stones which partly covered the well a considerable height: the boys were all hurt, but none of them dangerously." sall's. Six of the most valuable carriage horses were purchased for the Earl of Harcourt, Master of the Horse to the late Queen; and one for the Duke of Welling ton. Jan. 18. Two fishermen of Portsmouth, being at St. Helen's, herring-catching, with a drift net, caught a very large female porpoise (of the species Delphinus Phoca na) and its young one. It got entangled-luable: in the net by its tail, which impeding its rising to the surface to respire (as all mamillary animals do) it drowned itself in about 20 minutes. It measured 10 feet 11 inches, 6 feet round, and weighed between 10 and 11 cwt.; it has 84 teeth. (The young one is two feet long, and weighs three quarters of a cwt.) This is a very large fish, as their extreme length seldom exceeds eight feet. It was in the midst of a shoal of herrings, and a large quantity of these fish were caught by the men at the same time. The estates of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol Cathedral are stated to have increased so much within the last three years, that the incomes and salaries of the Minor Canons and the other Officers have been nearly doubled. The Ladies of Tavistock have purchased by subscription, a machine called The Chimney Cleaner, for the general use of the town, to abolish employing climbing boys. The following anecdote is considered as authentic. Gretna Green has been distinguished within the last two or three weeks by the visit of a very eminent Legal Nobleman, nearly 70 years of age, in company with a female who has brought him several children out of the pale of wedlock; which female he then married. The object of this step was to legitimize the children of this connexion, who, according to Scottish law, cease to be bastards on the marriage of the parents at any time. [but this we doubt.] His Lordship formally signed certain certificates on the spot, to give his children the advantage of the conduct pursued. This singular proceeding of course can by no means interfere with the English rights of his Lordship's children by a former marriage, whatever it may do with their Scottish. Guineas. 150 7 140 Mr. Ramsbottom of Windsor was also a considerable purchaser. The horses sold considerably above their value. Horses upwards of 17 years of age sold for 70 and 80 guineas each; and several, that in other hands would not have fetched 101. sold for 50, 60, and 70 guineas each. The following are a few of the most vaGuineas. Chance, aged 7 130 | Spider (aged) 135 Lofty 6 150 Wimbush 7 140 Mason 7 160 Tiotail 5 Spanker (aged) 130 Lion Spenser (ditto) 130 Stringhalt 6 115 The total produce of the whole 55 horses was 4,5447. The carriages sold but indifferently, and mostly among the coachmakers. A sociable barouch landau, with three detached heads, brought only 105 guineas. This carriage, within the last 18 months, cost 300 guineas repairing. The state chariot of the Master of the Horse brought only 37 guineas; and the whole 18 carriages produced only 1,0771. The most valuable of the late Queen's car. riages, a landau, recently built, was left by her Majesty's Will to Madam Beckendorff. Wednesday, Jan. 6. The King's jewels, which had been missing for some inonths past, were discovered. Messrs. Rundle and Bridge had been engaged in estimating her late Majesty's jewels, previously to their "being sold, and their produce divided among her four daughters," agreeably to the tenor of her will. Having finished their valuation, the circumstance was notified to the Prince Regent, who attended at Buckinghamhouse to see them divided among his royal sisters. The Princess Augusta was present. On the jewels being apportioned into four heaps of equal value, a question arose about the manner in which they were to be deposited. One of the female attendants having suggested that in an adjoining lumber room, a number of empty boxes were stowed, which had been used as cases in which the royal jewels had been carried to and from the Bauk (where they are usually deposited), the boxes were ordered to be produced; and in examining one of them, which ou first sight appeared to be filled with the lawn, or silver paper, in which jewellery is in general enveloped, the King's sword-hilt, star, loop, garter, and other jewels were unexpectedly discovered. Wednesday, Jan. 13. A lamentable instance of infatuation was exhibited at Guildhall. S. Sibley and his wife, S. Jones and his son (ten years old), T. Jones, T. Jones, J. Angel, J. Dodd, T. Smith, and E. Slater (a boy 12 years of age) were brought up from the Compter by two officers, who had rescued the prisoners from the fury of a mob in Budge-row, Cannonstreet. It appeared they were disciples of the late Joanna Southcott, and conceived themselves commanded by God to proclaim the coming of Shiloh, Alderman, provided himself (as Sir B. Watson did upwards of 30 years ago) with a scarlet robe without fur. Friday, Jan. 15. The Convocation of the Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury, assembled at the Chapter-house of the Cathe dral of St. Paul, where they were met by the Dean of the Arches, the Vicar General of the Archbishop and Chancellor of London, the Advocates and Proctors, in their proper habits. The procession moved from Doctors' Commons about eleven. His Grace and the Bishops took their seats in the choir, clothed in their canonicals, and after the usual ceremonies were gone through, an adjournment took place. Official Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, for the quarters ending the 5th Jan. 1818 and 1819 respectively, exclusive of Arrears of War Duties:1818 Customs......£.3,017,621 .5,499,672 Excise........ 1819. 2,165,664 6,238,040 1,530,532 319,000 2,303,778 408,366 133,381 13,271,764 13,398,761 For this purpose they assembled at the West end of the town, in order to enter the city by the only remaining gate, Temple Bar, through which they marched in procession about nine o'clock on Wednesday. They were each decorated with a white cockade, and wore a small star of yellow ribband on their left breasts. Sibley led the procession, bearing a brazen trumpet adorned with light blue ribbons, and the two boys carried each a small flag of light blue silk. In this manner they proceeded through Fleetstreet, up Ludgate-hill, and along St. Paul's Church-yard, to Budge-row, a great crowd following them, which was continually increasing as they proceeded. Having arrived in the middle of the great city, they halted, and began their ceremonies. Sibley sounded the trumpet, and proclaimed the second coming of the Shiloh, the Prince of Peace, on earth; and his wife cried out aloud, "Woe! woe to the inhabitauts of the earth, because of the coming of the Shiloh!" This was repeated several times, and joined in by others of the company. By this time the crowd was terrific, and every avenue was stopped up. The mob began shouting and laughing at these poor deluded people, and pelting them with mud and every missile they could procure: they, on their part, stoutly resisted; the fight became general and tremendous; the flags were torn down, the mob was triumphant, and Sibley and his associates were with difficulty conveyed to the Comp-quarter last year; but this is to be attriter. By the examination of these ignorant creatures, it appeared that their proceed. ings were influenced by the dreams of the boy Slater, who, as one of the prisoners affirmed, had had in four or five months, between five and six hundred visions from above. As the presiding Alderman could not make them engage to depart peaceably to their homes, he was under the necessity of committing them to Bridewell; from which however they were discharged the following day, ou promise of remaining quiet in future. Thursday, Jan. 14. This being the first day of meeting of the new Parliament, the Members for the City of London, according to ancient custom, took their seats at the top of the Treasury Bench in the House of Commons, in scarlet robes, in rotation as the numbers stood at the close of the poll, and continned in those seats during the election of the Speaker. Mr. Wilson, not being an It appears, upon the comparative view of the Customs' revenue for the two corresponding quarters, that there has been a less receipt in the quarter just expired than in the corresponding quarter last year; but that quarter was swelled by an anticipated payment upon Sugar Duties to the amount of about 700,000l. which would otherwise not have been paid till the next or the following quarter: Under the head of Miscellaneous there is a difference of above 120,000. in favour of the corresponding buted to a large repayment of imprest money. The absolute excess, on a comparison of the two quarters, is 126,997. The receipts, however, of the quarter just expired, compared with the charges on the Consolidated Fund, exhibit a deficiency of 1,279,000. being much less than was anticipated, this being the large half-year's payment of dividends. The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer has applied himself to the duties of his office with so much assiduity, that on Thursday, Jan. 21, not a single cause remained on the paper for hearing, though for many years past there has been a very great arrear. THEATRICAL REGISTER. DRURY LANE THEATRE. PRO 1818-Sept. 4. At the Mauritius, the wife of Col. Dalrymple, 22d reg, a dau. Dec. 10. At Paris, the Countess de Salis, a son.- -14. In St. James's-square, the Duchess of St. Alban's, a son.-At Preshaw House, near Winchester, the wife of W. Long, esq. a son.-20. The wife of Maj. Orme, Fitzroy-square, a dau.-At Belvoir Castle, the Duchess of Rutland, a son.-21. At Lenoxlove, near Haddington, Lady Blantyre, a son.-22. The wife of George Scott Elliott, esq. of Lariston, co. Roxburgh, a son and heir.-30. At Moor Hall, co. Warwick, the wife of F. B. Hac ket, esq. a son.-31. Mrs. R. A. Oswald, of Moore Park, Scotland, a daughter. Lately. The wife of Lieut.-col. Forssteen, 12th reg. a daughter.-At Bath, Lady Willson, of Stroate, co. Gloucester, a son and heir.-At Mayen, the wife of R. Abercromby, esq. of Birkenbog, a son and heir. Jan. 10. At Exeter, the wife of Hon. C. Langdale, a dau.-At Nottingham, the wife of Lieut.-col, C. Crookshank, 33d reg. a son.-16. At Hillington Hall, Norfolk, the wife of William Browne Folkes, esq. a son and heir. MARRIAGES. 1818. Nov. 9. Joseph Walker, esq. of Eton Lodge, near Liverpool, to Catharine, eldest dau, of S. W. Parker, esq. of Whitley House, Northumberland. 10. Samuel Sproull, esq. M. D. to Eliza, dau. of the late W. Walker, esq. and niece of Lieut.-col. A. Walker. D. Thorndike, esq. Royal Artillery, to Frances Christiana, eldest dau. of Lieut.col. Faunte, late of the 4th or King's Own regiment. 12. Rev. Richard Birch, Rector of Widdington and Bradwell, Essex, to Elizabeth, second dau. of the late W. Webb, esq. of Great James-street, Bedford-row. Rev. Walter Birch, rector of Stanway, Essex, &c. to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late N. Dimock, esq. of Stonehouse, co. Gloucester. 14. Lieut.-col. Travers, of Trimoleague, eo. Cork, 22d Light Dragoons, to Catherine, dau. of the late Col. Lee. 16. At the Duke of Athol's, Dunkeld, George Fairholm, esq. of Greenknow, co, Berwick, to Hon. Caroline Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Lieut.-gen. Lord Forbes. 17. James Cunningham, esq. of Jamaica, to Mrs. Smart, relict of R. Smart, GENT. MAG. January, 1819. esq. of Jamaica, and eldest dau. of John Willis, esq. Mecklenburgh square. Capt. Francis Sellon White, of the India service, to Johanna Rees, grand-dau. of Rev. Dr. Rees, editor of the Encyclopedia. 20. Rev. Michael de Courcy, eldest son of Adm. de Courcy, to Emily, dau. of W. Smyth, esq. of Drumcree, co. Westmeath. At Brussels, Capt. Charles Gordon, R. N. to Anne, dau. of Lord Blayney. 21. Capt. Sir Charles Sullivan, bart. R. N. of Thames Ditton, to Jean Anne, only dau. of Robert Taylor, esq. of Ember Court, Surrey. Richard Valpy, esq. eldest son of Rev. Dr. Valpy, to Phoebe, eldest daughter of Joshua Rowe, of Torpoint, Cornwall. 22. Capt. William Langbarne, R. N. to Louisa, dau. of Capt. Tait, R. N. 23. Thomas De La Beche, esq. of Halse Hall, Jamaica, to Letitia, dau. of the late Capt. C. Whyte, of Lough Brickland, co. Down. 24. Edward Bullock, esq. of the Treasury, to Letitia, youngest dau. of the late Rev. T. Pearce, D. D. Sub-Dean of his Majesty's Chapel Royal, and Prebendary of Chester. Joseph Joseph Saville, esq. of Little Waltham Hall, Essex, to Catherine, youngest dau. of the late James Houson, esq. of Lincoln's-inn. 25. Capt. Williams, R. N. son of J. Williams, esq. of Sowden, Devon, to Eleanor Rebecca, eldest dau. of Rev. W. Moody, of Bathampton House, Wilts. 26. Hon. Peter Boyle de Blaqueire, to Eliza, second dau. of W. Roper, esq. of Rathfarnham Castle, and grand-dau. of the late Hon. and Rev. R. H. Roper. 28. Prosper Ameline Comte de Cadeville, of the Garde Royale of the King of France, to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, dau. of James Kiernan, esq. of South Lambeth. 30. Cæsar Colclough, esq. of Tintera Abbey, M. P. to Jane, eldest dau. of J. Kirwan, esq. of Dublin, King's Counsel. Dec. 7. R. L. Tyner, esq. of Bellevue, co. Dublin, to Wilhelmina, dau. of the late Dean Kirwan. 13. J. K. Picard, esq. Royal Horse Guards, to Miss Homfray, eldest dau. of S. H. esq. M. P. of Coworth House, Berks. Capt. A. B. Valpy, R. N. third son of Rev. Dr. Valpy, to Anna, dau. of Robert Harris, esq. of Reading, banker. 15. Thomas Chandless, eldest son of T. Chandless, esq. York-place, Portmansquare, and of the Butts, Brentford, to Caroline Mary, youngest daughter of Sir W. Long, bart. of Kimpton House, co. Bedford. 16. Thomas Bookey, esq. of Mount Garnett, co. Kilkenny, to Florinda Trench, second dau. of the Bishop of Elphin. H. M. Jervis White Jervis, esq. eldest son of Sir J. J. W. Jervis, bart. of Bally Ellis, co. Wexford, to Marion, third dau. of W. Campbell, esq. of Fairfield, co. Ayr. 17. Edward Jennings, esq, of Bath, to Mary Jane, eldest dau. of Lieut..col. Tuff. nell, of Lackham House, co. Wilts. 19. J. Browne, esq. Staff Corps of Cavalry, to Agnes, relict of the late J. R. Elwes, esq. 71st reg. and eldest dau. of Lieut.-col. Aird, of the Waggon Train. 24. J. Wigram, esq. M. A. son of Sir R. Wigram, bart. of Walthamstow House, to Anne, dau. of R. Arkwright, esq. of Willersley, co. Derby. Lately. John Chillcott, esq. of Bridport, to Clara, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Dr. Jackson, Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's. James Archdall Crawford, esq. Captain 59th reg to Uliana Fowell, eldest dau. of G. Watts, esq. of Bath. Rev. Thomas Leman, of Bath, to Mrs. Frances Hodges, youngest dau. of the late Sir R. Dean, and sister to the late Lord Muskerry. James Mann, esq. to Henrietta Elizabeth, dau. of Lady O'Brien, of Bath. Thomas Duckers, esq. of Wigland Hall, co. Chester, to Mary, dau. of John Maddocks, esq. of Horton, co. Chester. 7 G. Cranstoun Bacon, esq. to Katherine, eldest dau. and co-heiress of Nicholas Starkie, esq. of Frenchwood, co. Lancast. At Carmarthen, Capt. E. Butler, late of 37th Foot, nephew to the Bp. of Cloyne, to Elizabeth, second dau. of the late Col. Crewe, East India Company's service. At Guernsey, Lieut. R. Bastin, R. N. to Marie Antoinette, Countess of Grammont. Lieut. Quarrier, Royal Scots, to Anne Auriol, dau, of the late Dr. R. Lawson, Edinburgh. Henry Metcalfe, esq. to Louisa, eldest dau. of the very Rev. Theophilus Blakely, Dean of Connor. Robert Rowe, esq. of Dublin, to Mary Anne, third dau. of the very Rev. Edmond Burton, Dean of Killala. At Dublin, William Smith, esq. Royal Artillery, to Lucinda, second dau. of Sir William Stamer, bart. At Dublin, Sir J. J. Burgoyne, bart. Provost of Strabane, to Charlotte, dau. of the late Michael Head, esq. In Upper Canada, S. Peter Jarvis, esq. to Mary Boyles, dau. of Hon. D. Powell, Chief Justice of Upper Canada. At the Palace of Corfu, Lieut.-col Hankey, to Mrs. Catterina Vaslamo, of Corfu. In the East Indies, Edward St. John Mildmay, esq. 22d Light Dragoons, to Mary Anne, eldest dau, of R. Sherson, esq. of the Madras Civil Service. John Hassard, esq. of Bawnbey House, co. Cavan, to Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late R. Decy, esq. of Dublin. At Paris, Mons. Henry Montesquieu, to Miss Hammet, eldest daughter of the late Sir P. Hammet, of Lombard-street. Jan. 4. Charles Ducat, esq. M. D. to Charlotte, third dau. of W. Douglas, esq. of Sloane-street. 5. At Chingford, Essex, the Rev. Wm. Lake Baker, M. A. Rector of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, son of John Baker, esq. of Hampstead, to Harriett Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Robert Lewis, Rector of Chingford. 6. Rev. G. B. Godbold, M. A. Rector of Greatham, co. Hants, to Ellen Clara, dau. of Rev. T. Cooke, and niece of Bp. of Durham, and Visc. Barrington. Joseph Delafield, esq. of Charles-street, Berkeley square, to Charlotte, fourth dau. of the late Harvey Christian Combe, esq. of Cobham Park, Surrey. Thomas Blair, esq. M. D. of Brighton, to Mary, eldest dau. of the late W. Tomlinson, esq. of Newark-upon-Trent, 7. Fuller Farr, esq. of Lombard-street, to Miss Lacon, dau, of Sir E. Lacon, bart. 9. John Carter, of Northwold, esq. to Mary Anne, second dau, of W. G. D. Tyssen, of Folk House, Kent, esq. 11. Marquis of Blandford to Right Hon. Lady Jane Stewart, eldest dau. of the Earl of Galloway. OBITUARY. |