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Mr. W. James, a gentleman of considerable property, of Fordton-house, near Chard. He fell from his horse, and received so serious an injury that he only lingered a few hours.

DORSETSHIRE.

Married.] W. Thompson, esq. of Poole, to Sarab, only daughter of J. Kynaston, esq. of Ilford, Essex.

Died.] At Dorchester, 32, Mrs. Elliott. At Charminster, aged 92, Mr. Andrew Bollett.

At Tarrant Hinton, 60, the Rev. T. Diggle, 36 years rector.

Deservedly and sincerely lamented, Catharine Francis, wife of Mr. Small, surgeon, Weymouth, and youngest daughter of the Rev. C. Coxwell, of Ablington-house, in the county of Gloucester.

DEVONSHIRE.

Married.] At Budleigh, J. M. Cave, 2d son of J. C. esq. of Brentry, Gloucestershire, to the youngest daughter of W. Havelock, esq.-In London, Mr. J. Saunders, wharfinger, of Plymouth, to the eldest danghter of J. C. Kitching, esq. surveyor of Works, of Budge-yard, Surrey.

At Plymouth, Lieut. R. Williams, R.N. to Miss Edge, only daughter of Mr. E. of the Dock-yard.-At Alphington, C. Compton, esq. purser, R. N. to Ann, eldest daughter of B. Meanley, esq. late of Topsham.-Major Gen. G. P. Adams, of Ashprington House, to the youngest daughter of Sir W. Elford, of Bickham.

Died.] At Exeter, by a fall from a ladder, Mr. J. Chanter.

At Plymouth, Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Mr. G. S., block-maker.-Mrs. A. Southcombe, 68, Mrs. M. Heard, wife of Mr. H. ship-wright, 44.-Mr. G. Harvey, 66.—Mr. W. Rosevear, 77.—Mr. J. Lang. don, 48.-M. H. Parkin, 43.

Aged 72, Mr. W. Holman, of Whitstone. At Tiverton, Mr. Rouse, many years a local preacher in the Wesleyan methodist connection,--At Stone-house, 69, Mr. Grant. -Mr. Edward Lake, late foreman of ropemakers, in the Royal Dock-yard.

At Chumleigh, 61, Mr. J. Howel, of the post office.

CORNWALL.

Married.] At Penryn, the Rev. E. Clarke, baptist minister of Truro, to the youngest daughter of Mr. J. Hornblower.-Mr. R. Gill, of Gluvias, to Miss A. Mitchell, youngest daughter of Capt. E. M. of Gwennap. At Camelford, Mr. E. West, to Miss H. Elliott.

Died.] At Mevagissey, Mrs. Richards, wife of the Rev. P. E. Richards, independent minister.

Of a decline, aged 17, Mr. R. Pascoe, son of the late Rev. Mr. P.

WALES.

A new bridge is building over the river Ogmore, at Brigend, Glamorgan, to

communicate with a new road that will join the main road to Pyle. The stupendous hill through Newcastle will be thus avoided, and other advantages derived from it.

Population Hundred of Swansea; total of the different parishes: males 8913, fe. males 10,573, increase 3833.

A new line of road has been opened along the Afon Yale valley, by which several stupendous hills in the way to Aberystwith are avoided.

Married.] J. Williams, esq. of Yasystowin, to the eldest daughter of D. Williams, esq. of Brouheglag, both in Caernarvonshire.-J. Bowen, M.D. of Carmar then, to Miss E. Williams, of Trefach, Pembrokeshire.

Died.] The Rev. J. Jones, vicar of Cardiff.

At Temple Druid, county of Pembroke, H. Bulkley, esq.

M. Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. J. P. Cuny, of St. Bride's Parsonage, in the same county.

SCOTLAND.

An act of grace has extended to 51 persons against whom bills for high treason were found, but who had absconded.

Married.] At Milton, the seat of Sir David H. Blair, bart. Lord Viscount Kelburne, to Miss Hay Mackenzie, youngest daughter of the late E. H. M. of Cromarty. At Glasgow, M. S. Pinkerton, esq. to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Patrick Grant, of Cromdale, Strathspey.

Died.] At Edinburgh, Andrew Macwhynnie, esq.

At Glasgow, David Stirling, esq. accountant of the Royal Bank.

At St. Martin's, near Montrose, Susannah, wife of G. Farquharson, esq.

At Dalhousie Farm, Mark John, 2d son of Lord Robert Kerr, and grandson to the Duke of Roxburgh.

Mr. John Ballantyne, 45, an ingenious and eminent printer, of Edinburgh.-Ha was the medium between the unavowed author of the Scotch novels and the pub lic, and from his office, those novels, as well as many other modern works of distinguished merit, have proceeded. premature death is deeply lamented by a large circle of friends, by whom, as a man of considerable merit, he was deservedly beloved.

His

At Springwood Park, Roxburghshire, Sir George Douglas, bart. He was the son of Sir James Douglas, a very distinguished naval officer, who was created a baronet for his services in 1786, and died the next year, succeeded by his son, Sir George. Sir George married Lady Betty Boyle, daughter of the Earl of Glasgow, by whom, who died before him, he left a son and daughter. Sir George had such an interest in the county of Roxburgh, that he

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was returned for it seven times, after which he quitted the representation, from a wish for retirement. He generally voted with Mr. Pitt, and sat many years in the House of Commons before he made his maiden speech on the second reading of the bill to prevent women who were divorced from marrying with the offending parties. He observed, "that women who had the misfortune of falling, and married their seducers, generally lived lives of contrition and virtue; while others, who had not that resource, led lives of prostitution, abandoned to lasting infamy."

IRELAND.

In the general import trade of Ireland the reduction has been considerable. Of port wine the quantity imported in 1800, was 5791 tons; in 1820, 1297.

A society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, has been established for the counties of Derry, Donegal, and Tyrone.

An official return makes the total number of persons convicted of uttering forged bank notes, 17, none of whom were executed.

Died.] At Cove, in the prime of life, the 2d daughter of S Perry, esq. of Woodrooff, and niece to the Earl of Charleville.

At his seat in Ireland, Charles, Marquis of Drogheda. The family was ennobled in the year, 1616, by the title of baron Melifont, by that of Viscount Moore, in 1621, and Earl of Drogheda in 1661. His lordship, who was the sixth earl, was born in 1730, and succeeded his father in 1758. In 1760, he married lady Ann Conway, daughter of Francis, earl of Hertford, by whom, who died in 1784, he had nine children. He was bred in the army, and at the time of his death was the senior general, but he was never particularly distinguished as a military man. He had been colonel of the 19th regiment of light dragoons from the time it was raised in 1758, a period of forty-three years. In 1791, he was created a Marquis, and in 1801, a baron of Great Britain, by the style of Baron Moor. He was constable of Maryborough fort, one of the governors of Queen's and Meath's county, and custos rotulorum of King's county; he was also a knight of St. Patrick. His lordship has left eight children, the eldest of whom, Charles Viscount Moor, succeeded him. Henry, the second son, is joint postmaster general in Ireland.

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At Frankfort, Prince Charles, of Hesse Rothenburg, known better by the name of Charles Hesse.

At the town of Jague, on the frontiers of France, Charles Plowden, descended from the celebrated lawyer of that name in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and whose reports are still held as high authority. He was born at Plowden Hall, in Shropshire, and educated at the school of St. Ignatius, at St. Omer's, at which place he completed his studies, took his degrees and entered into orders in the catholic church. On his return to England he became a tutor in the Jesuits College, at Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, and then removed to take charge of the catholic chapel at Bostock. On being elected president of the Jesuits' College, at Stonyhurst, he returned. He had been to Rome on some business of his college, and had got as far on his return as the frontiers of France, where he was taken ill and died. He has written

Remarks on the Writings of Joseph Berrington, addressed to the Catholic Clergy, 8vo.

Letters to Charles Butler, esq. W. Cruise, H. Clifford, and W. Throckmorton, 8vo. 1796.

Considerations on the Modern Opinion of the fallability of the Pope, 8vo. and some Letters in the Bristol Journal, on the subject of catholic emancipation.

Dr. Plowden appears to have been one of the most assiduous men in his profession, and at the same time one of the greatest bigots of the age. On his return from college he was taken as a tutor into the distinguished family of the Welds of Lulworth Castle, in Dorsetshire, and induced three sons and as many daughters of that family to devote themselves to retirement, mortification, and devotion. In 1790, a violent contest arose between Charles Butler and other lay catholics, respecting the oath to be taken on condition of obtaining the privileges then offered by a recent act of parliament. Mr. Butler, and we believe Mr. Francis Plowden, brother of Charles, like men of good sense and good subjects to the king, accepted the offered boon, but Charles Plowden, Drs. Gibson and Douglas opposed it, and it was on this occasion he wrote the letter to Chas. Butler, esq. and others above mentioned. He also procured a synod to be held in which what was called the errors of Dr. Geddes, Dr. Berrington, and others, were severely censured.

In Paris, Count Peter Riel de Beurnonville, Marshal of France. He was born on the 10th of May, 1752, at Champignolle, in Burgundy; was destined for the church, and followed the study of belles lettres in the capital; but he devoted himself to the mathematics, and got enrolled as a supernumerary in the queen of France's gend'armes. The death of an elder brother removed the obstacles which opposed his

being called to a military life. He embarked in the squadron of M. Suffrein, served in India as a private, and afterwards became a serjeant. In that country he married a lady with a large fortune. He was subsequently major of militia in the isle of Bourbon, but was deprived of his commission by the governor without any real grounds. He returned to France, and complained bitterly of his treatment; the government, to indemnify him, gave him the cross of St. Louis. During the first years of the revolution, he was a lieutenant-general, and was under General Dumourier, who was much attached to him, and called him his Ajax. In November following he obtained the command of an army, destined against Treves and Coblentz. He fought several actions against the Austrians, particularly at Pellegan and Grewenwacker. In the report which is made of this last affair, General Beurnonville, after describing the combat as having lasted for three hours, said, the enemy had lost a number of men, while the French were quit for the little finger of a grenadier. On the 4th of February, 1793, he was appointed minister of war, but he wrote almost immediately to the convention, requesting his dismission; for, (said he in his letter,) "It is better for me to serve my country by my sword, than by my pen." The demand caused some debates; in the end, however, he was permitted to leave Paris as soon as he had cleared up his accounts. He was again appointed to the office on the 4th of March, and he then accepted it. After this second nomination the jacobin society having determined to get rid of the ministers, and of some of the most obnoxious of the representatives, sent emissaries to the office of the war minister, to assassinate General Beurnonville, who had no other means of escaping than by scaling the walls of his own garden. At this period Cambaceres introduced the law for erecting an extraordinary criminal tribunal. Dumourier now wrote to the minister of war, and endeavoured to induce him to join in the projects he had formed with the Austrians. Beurnonville communicated the letters to the committee for general defence, and they sent the war minister on a mission to the French army, to arrest General Dumourier. Instead of accomplishing the ob

ject of his mission, the war minister, with his four coadjutors, was arrested by Dumourier, and they were conducted before the Austrian commander, Prince of Coburg. When the carriage was on the road to Tournay, he attempted to escape from the hussars who escorted them, and one of them was slightly wounded. General Clairfait received the prisoners with cold politeness, and Colonel Mack intimated to them that they must be detained as hostages for the queen and her son. After a severe illness Beurnonville was transferred to the fortress of Olmutz, where he remained until the 3d of November, 1795; at that epoch the commissaires were taken to Basil to be exchanged for the daughter of Louis XVI. On his return to France he was named commander of the army of the Sambre and Meuse, and he carried on with success many operations on the Rhine. After the 4th of September, 1797, he was appointed to command the army in Holland. The moderate party intended him for a place in the directory, but could not carry his election. In November he was dismissed from the command of the Batavian army, and in 1798, was appointed inspector general. After the revolution of the 18th of Brumaire, (9th of November,) 1799, he obtained the embassy to Berlin, and was afterwards sent on a similar mission to Madrid. About that time he married Mademoiselle Durfort. In 1805, he was named a senator, having previously received the title of count, and been decorated with the grand cross of the legion of honour. On the 1st of April, 1814, the general voted for the creation of a provisory government, and the exclusion of Bonaparte from the throne of France; and on the night of the 5th he contributed greatly to procure the rejection of a regency, and the establishment of the legitimate government. On the 4th of June the king made him a peer of France. On the return of Bonaparte he was proscribed by one of the legendaries, and he repaired to Ghent, and after the restoration of the king, was again placed on the list of peers, and admitted to the privy council. In November, 1819, the Marshal Beurnonville was elected one of the secretaries of the chamber.

TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c.

We are requested by a Correspondent to notice the sophistical apology made for the Plagiarisms of Lord Byron, by quoting the example of Shakespeare's extracts of speeches from Plutarch. "The cases are not parallel. In historical characters personal identity was to be preserved, but the plagiarisms of Lord Byron are on general topics, in which his lordship has had credit for inventions and descriptions palpably not his He did right, no doubt, to consult original descriptions, but wrong in not acknowledging them. Plagiarism consists in stealing another man's ideas and words without acknowledgment, and of this literary offence, his lordship, with all his acknowledged merit, appears to have been guilty.”

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MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

No. 359.]

OCTOBER 1, 1821.

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BUNYAN'S NATIVE HOUSE, AT ELSTOW.

The justly celebrated Author of "Pilgrim's Progress,” a work which ranks as a Theological Classic, was born at Elstow, near Bedford, in the Cottage, represented above, in 1628. His father, in this humble dwelling, followed the employment of a Tinker, but gave his son such education as qualified him for Pastor of a Baptist congregation at Bedford, in the performance of which duty, he was convicted of holding an unlawful conventicle, and to the eternal disgrace of the government and ministers of the profligate and infamous Charles the Second, was imprisoned TWELVE YEARS AND A HALF in Bedford Gaol, where he wrote his "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS," and many other works. We are in possession of a drawing of the Gaol-Yard, as it then stood, and propose, on another occasion, to introduce it to our readers.

For the Monthly Magazine. ACCOUNT of the PRIVATE CONFERENCE of ALEXANDER, EMPEROR of RUSSIA, with three QUAKERS, in the Summer of 1814, when the Emperor and the King of Prussia were in London.

Extract of a letter, dated 21st of the 7th month, 1814, from J. Wilkinson, one of the three who were admitted to an audience with the truly christian Emperor.

of Friends to obtain an interview with the King of Prussia, he says- Very different, indeed, from this, what passed with the Emperor of Russia, who, before the address of the Quakers was presented to him, went to the meeting at Westminster on a first day morning, (19th of the 6th month) taking with him his sister, the Duchess of Oldenburgh, his ambassador, the Count of Lieven, and two young princes-one, I believe, was his nephew, Prince Oldenburgh,

AFTER J. Wilkinson has in his (not the Duchess's son), the other's

letter given an account of the unsuccessful endeavours of the deputation MONTHLY MAG. No. 359.

title I have forgot. Both the Emperor and his sister conducted themselves 2 B.

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like persons on whose minds vital christianity and undissembled piety had the predominance; and after the meeting concluded they did not hastily leave it, but with that condescension and kindness, which they have shewn in so remarkable a manner on every occasion, they staid to shake hands with, and notice several of their friends who were near them; and before getting into the carriage, the Emperor told Mr. Allen who he would have wait on him with the address, fixing on the following day to receive it, saying that he wished for a private conference, therefore he would not have more attend than he had named. Wm. Allen, however, made interest afterwards with the ambassador, for Stephen Grissette to be admitted.

The Emperor received us without having any other attendants with him, and we, William Allen, S. Grissette, and myself, J. Wilkinson, continued with him near an hour.

As soon as we began to enter the room, the Emperor came forward to us and shook hands with each of us in the most condescending and affectionate manner; and when John Allen presented the address to him, he took it, but did not open it, having previously said, he should not wish the time we should allot for the audience to be taken up by reading an address, for he had seen a copy which was delivered to the ambassador on being asked to present it. Books were then presented, and the Emperor opened each of them, enquiring at the same time, with apparent interest, what they treated of. The books were, "Barclay's Apology," "Book of Extracts," "Penn's no Cross no Crown," his "Summary and Maxims." After he had accepted the books, he turned round and expressed himself with great kindness, and in very full terms, concerning the satisfaction he felt at having been at the meeting, and wished to know whether it was held in the same manner our meetings usually are?

He was informed that it was, but that there was not always speaking in our meetings. "Do you then," said he, "read the Scriptures in them?"

"We are not in that practice; we believe true worship to consist in the prostration of the soul before God, and we do not consider it absolutely necessary for any thing to be read or spoken to produce that effect."

"This is my opinion, also," replied

the Emperor, "and with regard to prayer, have you any form of prayer?"

"We have not; because we believe that in prayer the soul must communicate its supplication in such a manner as best suits its condition at the time prayer is offered up.'

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"In that," replied the Emperor, “I fully agree with you. I believe I can truly say there is not a day passes in which I do not pray, but it is not in any set form of words, for I soon found that my mind would not be satisfied without using such language as at the moment is applicable to its condition; but you know Jesus Christ gave a set form of words to his disciples ?"

"He did; yet we conceive it was only to instruct them in which it was most essential they should petition for, without meaning to confine them to those very words on all occasions."

"I think you are right," said the Emperor. He then put many judicious questions, in order to be made acquainted with the leading features of the doctrine, discipline, and punctuality of the Society, and appeared well satisfied with the answers he received. With regard to the operation of the Divine Spirit on the mind, he expressed himself in such a manner, as one cannot conceive him short of being an humble and faithful follower of its holy and secret guidance. After making many enquiries about the society, he said in the most affectionate manner"How is it that none of your people have been in Russia? If any of them go into my country on a religious account, don't let them wait for an introduction, but come immediately to me, I shall be glad to see them”—adding, "I shall be glad to see them."

Towards the conclusion of the audience, S. Grissette, in a respectful and affectionate manner, expressed the strong desire he felt for the Emperor's preservation, and the heavy burthens and complicated duties which must necessarily be allotted to him. Whilst S. Grissette was speaking, the Emperor took him by the hand, and, with a countenance full of nobility mingled with christianity and tenderness, replied, "What you have said is a cordial to my mind, and which will long continue to be a strengthening to me;" and when he parted with him, he shook hands with each of us, after saying, “I part with you as a friend and brother."

I cannot but feel myself very unworthy to have been present on such an

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