fresh interest. The sun rose in full splendour about four o'clock, and imparted his golden brilliancy to all around, shewing to full advantage the dazzling glitter presented to the admiring spectator. At an early hour, the bells of St. Margaret's commenced a merry peal, and continued ringing alternately every half hour. the morning advanced, the scene gathered || issued for the accommodation of those who came in carriages, and the limitation of the hour at which the visitors were to obtain admittance to the Abbey and Hall, the throng of carriages by six o'clock was extremely great, and at that hour there was a complete stoppage for a considerable time. Long before this hour many of the company, impatient of the ordinary delay of setting down at the doors, got out of their carriages, and hastened to their places of destination through the crowd. The morning was ushered in by discharges of artillery in the Park, and from the men-of-war boats on the river, which were continued at intervals during the morning. In consequence of the orders (To be concluded in our next.) BIRTHS. BIRTHS-MARRIAGES. The Lady of Capt. Korbight, Coldstream Guards, of a son. At his house in Manchester Square, the Lady of Henry Usborne, Esq. of a daughter. The Lady of Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. of Bedford-square, of a daughter. At the house of General Forbes, Ham, Surry, the Lady of Gordon Forbes, Esq. of a daughter. In Albemarle Street, the Countess of Lusi, of a daughter. At Paris, the Duchess de Cazes, of a son. In Langham Place, the Lady of Sir J. Langham, Bart. of a son. At his house in Dover Street, the Lady of At Upcott House, the Lady of George Coldstream Guards, of a son. In Upper Seymour Street, the Lady of John Sanders, Esq. of Reigate, of a daughter. At Woodbine Lodge, Cheltenham, the Lady of Capt. Inglefield, R. N. of a son. On the 15th, the Hon. Mrs. Newnham Collingwood, of a daughter. On the 21st, the Lady of Paulet St. John Mildmay, Esq. M. P. of a son. In Lower Grosvenor Street, the Right Hon. Lady Catherine Whyte Melville, of a son. At South Down Cottage, Dorset, the Hon. Mrs. Weld, of a daughter. MARRIED. At St. Marylebone New Church, by the Rev. Edward Dawkins, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, Godfrey Thornton, Esq. of the Grenadier Guards, eldest son of Stephen Thornton, Esq. of Moggerhanger House, Bedfordshire, to Susannah, eldest daughter of the late John Dixon, Esq. of Cecil Lodge, Hertfordshire. At Ealing Church, Spencer Perceval, Esq. eldest son of the late Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, to Anna Eliza, youngest daughter of the late General Macleod, of Macleod. At Clifton, C. Dalton Grace, Esq. to Venables, Esq. to Anne, fourth daughter of Cathedral, Calcutta, Charles W. Hutchins, At Rochetto, O. Markham, Esq. CompJervis, great neice of the Earl of St. Vintroller of the Barrack Department, to Miss cent. W. Lawson, Esq. of Brayton House, to Caroline, daughter of Sir J. Graham, Bart. of Netherby, Cumberland. Col. Reeve, Grenadier Guards, of Leaden- bar, Esq. second son of the late Sir G. Dun- At St. Marylebone Church, John Commerell, Esq. only son of John W. Commerell, Esq. of Strood, in the county of Sussex, and of Berkley-street, London, to Henrietta Sophia, second daughter of the late William Bosanquet, Esq. of Upper Harley-street. Osgood Gee, jun. Esq. of Earl's Coln, Essex, only son of Osgood Gee, Esq. of Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, to Mary, second daughter of Sir William Bulkeley Hughes, of Plascoch, Anglesey. At Bexley, Kent, Arthur Shakespear, || Esq. R. N. to Louisa, second daughter of the late Joseph Sage, Esq. of the Royal Mint. At Southampton, J. Dickson, Esq. of His Majesty's 67th Regiment, to Fanny Carolina, youngest daughter of the late Charles Bacon, Esq. of Moor-park, Surrey, and of Grosvenorplace, Bath. At St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle, William S. Best, Esq. eldest son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Best, to Jane, youngest daughter of William Thoyts, Esq. of Sulhamstead-house, Berks. At Thame, Oxford, J. Cookney, Esq. of the Mauritius, to Tabitha, fifth daughter of the late Rev. W. Perkins, of Twyford, Bucks, and Kingsbury, Somersetshire, Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, &c. &c. At Paris, in the Chapel of his Excellency the British Ambassador, by the Rev. E. Forster, Chaplain to the Embassy, Charles Robert King Dallas, Esq. of the Island of Jamaica, and lately of H. M. 32d Regiment, to Julia Maria, youngest daughter of Robert Charles Dallas, Esq. of St. Adnesse in Normandy, and of the Island of Jamaica. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Captain H. Parker, R. N. to Miss Caroline Eden, youngest daughter of the late Sir Frederick Morton Eden, Bart. DEATHS. R. Conway, Esq. R. A. This gentleman, who has long been an ornament to the Arts of our country, but has for some years been prevented from the exercise of his great talents by severe indisposition, has closed a brilliant career at an advanced age. At his apartments in Chelsea Hospital, aged 76, Thomas Keate, Esq. Surgeon to that Establishment during upwards of thirty years; Surgeon to the King, and late Surgeon General to the Army. At her seat, Bookham Grove, in Surrey, the Hon. Catherine Dawnay, daughter of the late Viscount and Viscountess Downe, and sister to the present Viscount, in the 53d year of her age. At his seat in Yorkshire, in his 82d year,|| Colonel Coore. At the Grove, Mitcham, the infant son of G. M. Hoare, Esq. At her house, in Audley Square, the Hon. Barbara St. John, in the 90th year of her age. At his seat, Pinner Grove, Middlesex, Sir F. Milman, Bart. M. D. F. R.S. in 75th year of his age. At the Admiralty House, Cove of Cork, Mrs. Rowley, the lady of Capt. Rowley, R.N. and sister-in-law of Admiral Sir J. Rowley. D. J. De Castro, Esq. aged 74. This gentleman had been 36 years chancellor of the Spanish and Portuguese nations. At his seat, at Watergate, in Sussex, in his 73d year, G. Thomas, Esq. Representa tive of the city of Chichester in every successive parliament from 1784 to 1812. At his seat, in Hampshire, aged 76, Sir T. Champneys, Bart. At Bath, in the 91st year of his age, the Rev. Sir C. Wheeler, Bart. of Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire, and Prebendary of York." At Llanvihangel Court, Abergavenny, H. Powell, Esq. Treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. At his house, in Cleveland-row, Sir John W. Compton, D.C. L. late Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court at Barbadoes, and Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In Limerick, the Hon. Mrs. Stretton, wife of Major Stretton of the 40th Regiment, and second daughter of the Right Hon. Lady Clarina. This most amiable and lamented young lady had been married but a few months. Suddenly, at his house in Portland-place, Charles Thomson, Esq. one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery. At Paris, to the unutterable grief of her family, Miss Rosa Tunno, youngest daughter of the late John Tunno, Esq. of Devonshireplace. At Boulogne, Sir T. H. Page, of the Royal Engineers. At Caen, in Normandy, Ann, the wife of Major Joseph D'Acre Watson, of the Hon. East India Company's forces. At Bere Ferrers, Devon. C. A. Stothard, Esq. F.S. A. eldest surviving son of Thomas Stothard, Esq. R. A. After a long illness, at the residence of the Dowager Lady Mordaunt, at Harrow, Mrs. Erskine, widow of the late John Erskine, Esq. Comptroller of Army Accounts. In Queen square, R. Boyle, Esq. Captain in H. M. 42d regiment. At Havre, Rear Admiral The Hon. F. F. Gardner, aged 49. At Carlogie Cottage, Aberdeenshire, Mrs. Garden Campbell, of Troup and Glenlyon. 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