.1829.] mart. 169 Foreign News.-Domestic Occurrences. The writer observes-" From the period of the king's death matters have progressively gone on from bad to worse, so that the country has been, and continues to be, torn by the contentions of different parties, and the Queen had some time since refused the annual subsidy from England, or in any way to acknowledge the treaty entered into with Radama for the abolition of the slave trade. About the middle of last month, the resident agent of the English government, while stationed at the capital of Tananarive, was seized upon by order of the parties in power at Madagascar; he had been tried according to the usages of the country, on a charge of sorcery, divination, and conspiration, against the decrees of the gods of the natives; and for these offences had been ordered to quit the country, and was making the best of his way towards the crews containing twenty-four persons, the Moors made an immediate descent upon the adventurers, and, agreeably to established custom, cut off the heads of twenty-three, which they sent into Algiers under the guardianship of the twenty-fourth, who was reserved to take charge of his headless companions, and carry the news of their massacre to the Dey! coast. AFRICA. The first accident which has befallen the French fleet off Algiers is rather unfortunate. On the appearance of two boats' SOUTH AMERICA. Letters from the Havannah of the th July, communicate the important intelligence of the departure of a Spanish expedition against Mexico, under the command of General Barados. It sailed on the 5th. The expedition consisted of six American transports and a Spanish brig, having on board 8,500 troops, under the convoy of Admiral Laborde, with a ship of the line, two frigates, and two brigs. The Admiral will land 800 marines, well armed and disciplined; and the expedition is stated to be furnished with from 350,000 to 500,000 dollars. Proclamations have been addressed to the Mexi cans. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. The great cause which has been many years depending in the Court of Arches relating to the estate and effects of the late Sir Thomas Millington, an eminent physician in King Charles's reign, has been finally determined in favour of Dr. Boucher, with, full costs of suits. The case was briefly this:-Sir Thomas left three daughters, who all died without issue, and the last survivor of them, who lived to the age of 90, became possessed of the whole fortune, and left it, to the value of 40,000l., without knowing the person who was heir-at-law. Nearly thirty different parties put in their claim; who, after having many of them spent their whole substance, dropt their suit, and gave place to others. The determination was rendered the more difficult, because Sir Thomas, having risen from an obscure condition, never mentioned his relations; so that to prove a collateral affinity it became necessary to send to Rome, where, Sir Thomas being a Papist, it was hoped some register of his birth, or record of his family, might be found. The proceedings by this means became expensive, and for several years Dr. Boucher and a family of the Dame of Millington, in Staffordshire, were the only parties to the suit. There are several societies in Leeds bearing the designation of Co-operative Societies, the principal object of which is to afford their members good provisions at a GENT. MAG. August 1829. cheap rate. Each member of the society contributes sixpence a week towards the creation of a capital, which is laid out in provisions at the wholesale price, and sold to the members on advantageous terms. Other persons, not being members, are also allowed to purchase at the store on as good terms as at other places. All the transactions are for ready money. The co-operative societies also relieve their members in sickness, and by these combined operations become at once capitalists and protectors to each other. July 25. Mr. Gurney's steam-carriage, on its route from London to Bath, passed through Devizes, under the direction of Mr. Gurney, accompanied by Col. Viney, Capt. Dobbyn, and a party of friends, in different carriages. On arriving at Melksham, they were surrounded by a concourse of persons, many of whom were impressed with the notion that the steam carriage was calculated to reduce manual labour; and cries were set up of "We are starving already; let's have no more machinery! "Down with the machinery! "Knock it to pieces!" &c. The mob quickly increased, and when the carriage arrived on Melksham bridge, the gentlemen composing the party were grossly insulted, stones being thrown at them from all directions. The steam-carriage is about 12 feet in length from the extreme end of the boiler to the dashing board in front, and weighs about 16 cwt. Its speed on level ground is very great; it performed the first part of the journey from Cranford bridge to Reading, at the rate of 16 miles per hour. Hills were ascended and descended with the greatest facility and safety. Marlborough hills, the ascending of which it was thought would put the powers of the carriage to a severe test, appeared to afford not the slightest obstacle. And as to the manageability of the machine, it far surpasses that of horses, or indeed any idea that could be formed of it. The proprietors consider this trial so decisive, that it is supposed they will take immediate measures to bring carriages of this sort into action on the roads. July 31. The grand Railway Tunnel, that runs under the town of Liverpool, was opened for inspection. A small tunnel, 270 yards long, leads to a larger one. The large tunnel, down which the day-light penetrated for several hundred yards, was lighted with gas throughout its whole exteut, and the effect was grand and beautiful. The Mayor and his friends, including several of the proprietors, took their place in a common rail-way waggon, fitted with seats for the occasion (the handsome machines intended for passengers not being yet finished), and, being pushed to the mouth of the great tunnel, set off, down the gently inclined plane, without horse or other drag, at a rapid rate. After a ride of about 8 or ten minutes, the road taking a slight turn, brought the company again to day-light. Aug. 5. A meeting of the bankers, merchauts, and other inhabitants of Leeds was held, for the purpose, principally, of receiving the reports of the Leeds deputation to London, respecting the East and West India Trade. This report consisted of a succinct statement of proceedings in London of the various deputations sent from different parts of the country, and of the reception their proposals to open the India and China trade had received from ministers and in parliament, with some observations on the favourable prospect which existed of the opening of the trade to the East at the expiration of the East India Company's Charter (which will take place in 1884). This report was received with the warmest approbation, and a committee was appointed, to be called "The Leeds Committee for pro moting the opening of the trade to India and China," and to act in concert with the central associations in Liverpool and London. Aug. 17. At Leicester Assizes, an action was brought by the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, grandson of the celebrated Mrs. Trimmer, against Lord Huntingtower, for erecting nuisances and writing certain letters with a view to injure the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff was appointed to the vicarage of Buckminster by the Duke of Devonshire, and that the defendant, who lived in the neighbourhood, and who was not on good terms with the plaintiff, wished to remove him from thence; being lord of the manor, he erected a penfold (or pound) in front of [Aug. the plaintiffs residence, the plaintiff having a wife and family, and two or three young gentlemen as pupils. The noble defendant, with a view to annoy the plaintiff, occasionally put into this pound bulls and cows, male and female donkeys, a horse and mares; thereby causing unpleasant noises and sights. His Lordship also built a cottage near the vicarage, which he let to fen.ales of light character. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full sum laid in the declaration, namely 2,000l. damages and costs, with a recommendation that the nuisance should be abated. Great damage has been occasioned in various parts of the country by thunder-storms, accompanied by hail and rain. In the neighbourhood of Boston, Lincolnshire, the crops of numerous farmers were totally destroyed. The narrative of these calamities conclades thus:-"From Brothertoft to Langret Ferry, and thence to Sibsey and part of Carrington, scarcely a single farm has escaped, and, judging from what we have seen and heard, we should certainly say that the damage sustained there exceeds 70,000l. in value. The dreadful line of devastation appears to extend about a mile in breadth, and eight miles in length, through one of the most fertile parts of Lincolnshire." At Brookland, a village near Rye, the severity of the late tempest has been felt most seriously. Almost every pane of glass in the church was demolished, and almost every cottage in the village was partially unroofed; in the wheat fields the corn was forced down and broken as if an army had passed over. At Haydon-bridge, Northumberland, July 31, the storm continued without intermission for nearly five hours. The new bridges at Langley Castle and Gee's-wood, were entirely swept away, together with the new wall or quay, erected at a great expense, for widening the road in the Erp Hill Cleugh. In Scotland the heavy rains have occasioned inundations more extensive, and, it is feared, more destructive, than any in memory; and in many instances attended with loss of life. On the night of Monday, Aug. 3, the Dee in some places reached eleven feet above its ordinary level, and the harbour of Aberdeen was filled at the time of low water above the height of an ordinary spring tide. A little below the bridge of Dee, the water rose at least eighteen inches higher than in the flood of 1799; and the Lossie, at Elgin, surpassed in height fully fifteen inches the vast flood of September, 1768. It has been noticed as remarkable, that the last four great inundations by which this part of the kingdom has been visited, have occurred at intervals of thirty years, viz. 1738, 1768, 1799, and 1829. With the exception of the bridge near Aberdeen, and that at Potarch, all the bridges over the Dee have either been swept away, or sus tained more or less injury. The bridge at Ballater, that at Mar Lodge, and the suspension bridge at Charlestown of Aboyne, are completely destroyed. The bridge at Invercauld has lost one arch; the bridge of Banchory is so much damaged that it is believed part of it must be taken down; and the parapet of the bridge of Feugh has been carried away. The low grounds in the neighbourhood of the Don shared the same fate as those near the Dee. Opposite to the manse of Towie the river has completely altered its course, striking out for itself a new channel, and leaving its former bed, and the bridge which crossed it, quite dry. At Banff great damage was done. On the road between Fochabers and Keith, the bridge of Haughs is almost entirely thrown down, and two smaller bridges are swept away. At least twenty others in the branch roads of the neighbourhood are also either thrown down, or so much damaged as to be rendered impassable. The river Isla has destroyed several houses; five bridges between Perth and Inverness were swept away, and almost all in the vicinity of Grantown. In Perthshire the storm was extremely violent. At Duplin Castle from 300 to 400 trees have been blown down. At Scoon 250 trees met a similar fate. For several miles round Crieff, the woods exhibit a most mangled appearance, thousands of the trees being torn up by the roots. The excellent bridge of Bishopmill, on the Lossie, erected about eighteen years ago, at an expense of many hundred pounds, is now a heap of ruins. The Rothes bridge is broken down, and the splendid bridge which crossed the Spey at Fochabers, has been destroyed. This bridge was erected in 1801-4, at the enormous expense of upwards of 14,000l. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. In consequence of the numerous complaints respecting the impetuosity with which Steam-vessels perform their transits through the Thames, the Lord Mayor has ordered, "That all those vessels when bound up the river, upon arriving off the east wing of Greenwich Hospital, do reduce the steam or velocity of the vessel, so as not to pass through the water with a flood-tide at a rate beyond four miles per hour, or against the ebb-tide at a rate beyond six miles per hour, until their arrival abreast the Limehouse entrance of the West India Docks; and that from thence to their moorings they do reduce the steam so as not to pass through the water with a flood-tide at a rate beyond three miles per hour, or against the ebb tide at a rate beyond five miles per hour." The existence of the ancient Baronial Court in Red Lion Square is not much known to the public. It is held monthly before the sheriff of the county, or his de 171 puty. The power of the Court in judgment The following is the substance of the resolutions relating to the admission of persons in the Inner Temple, which came into operation on July 10, 1829: "Resolved, that it is expedient to exclude, as far as may be possible, from admission to the Bar, persons whose education and previous habits of life do not afford sufficient testimony of the integrity and learning which are essential to the dignity of a liberal profession, and the best titles to the respect and confidence of the public. Second, That with a view to effect this desirable object, no person be hereafter admitted a student of this society, without a previous examination by one barrister of the society, to be named for that purpose by the Masters of the Bench, and a certificate, to be signed by the examiner, of the competency of the candidate for admission in classical attainments and the general subjects of a liberal education." The new Police System will shortly come into operation. It is intended to have the men regularly drilled by serjeants of the Guards, and other soldiers, who have entered the new service. The persons who were to have been constables, are to be styled serjeants; and the superintendents will be called lieutenants. During the day the men will not be allowed to wear their arms except upon some actual service, and they will be vigilantly watched by the superintendants, and reported either for good or bad conduct. July 24. A number of scientific gentlemen assembled to witness an experiment by Mons. Chabert, the person who has gained such notoriety by sustaining heat far beyond the temperature to which it was supposed any human being dared to expose himself. An oven was erected for the purpose, into which M. Chabert entered when it was heated to 400 degrees. He took in with him a beef steak, which, on his retiring (in about eight minutes), was completely cooked. He swallowed twenty grains of phosphorus, three grains of which, divided into three doses, killed a man not long ago. He also swallowed heated oil at a temperature of 350. 172 Promotions, &c.-Births. PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. July 27. 98th Foot, Major-Gen. S. Venables Hinde, to be Col. Richard Kent, of Poulton Lancelyn, co. Chester, esq. to use the surname and arms of Green only. July 28. Tho. Bosvile Lee, of Ravenfield Park, co. York, esq. to use the surname and bear the arms of Bosvile only. July 29. John Edwards, of Rheola, co. Glamorgan, and of Regent-street, Westminster, esq. to use the surname of Vaughan after that of Edwards. July 30. Henry Unwin Addington, esq. to be Envoy Extraordinary to the Catholic King.-Geo. W. Chad, esq. to be Minister Plenipotentiary to the Diet at Frankfort.-W. Turner, esq. to be Envoy Extraordinary to the Republic of Colombia.-Geo. Hamilton Seymour, esq. to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy to the Ottoman Porte.Lord Albert Conyngham, to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at Berlin.-The Hon. J. Duncan Bligh, to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at Florence. Aug. 1. Wm. Gregson, esq. to be Writer of the London Gazette. Aug. 3. 9th Foot, Capt. Agnew Champain, to be Major.-13th ditto, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Sir R. Moubray, to be Major. Unattached. Brevet Lieut.-Col. C. Holland Hastings, to be Lieut.-Col.-Brevet Lieut.-Col. Matthias Everard, from the 13th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col.-Brevet. Col. Geo. W. Phipps, to be Major-Gen. in the Army. Aug. 7. Lord Granville C. H. Somerset ; R. Gordon, esq., M.P.; Lord R. Seymour; Lord Ashley; Hon. C. W. W. Wynn: Sir Geo. Henry Rose; Hon. Fred. Gough Calthorpe; W. Ward, esq. M. P.; Francis Baring, Esq. M.P.; Geo. Byng, esq. M.P.; Cha. N. Pallmer, esq. M.P.; Tho. Barrett Lennard, esq. M.P.; Cha. Ross, esq. M.P.; Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart.; Hon. B. Bouverie; Col. J. Clitherow; Drs. Turner, Bright, Southey, Drever, and Hume, to be Commissioners for licensing and visiting all [Aug. houses within the cities of London and Westminster, and within seven miles thereof, for the reception of lunatics. Aug. 10. 11th Dragoons, Capt. J. R. Rotton, to be Major.-13th Foot, Capt. J. Johnson, to be Major.-34th ditto, Lieut.Col. C. R. Fox, to be Lieut.-Col.-53d ditto, Capt. T. Butler, to be Major. Unattached. To be Lieut.-Colonels of Inf. by purchase, Majors T. Reed, 53d Foot; and B. J. Smith, 11th Dragoons. Aug. 12. Lord Albert Conyngham, Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at Berlin, knighted. Members returned to serve in Parliament. Co. Clare.-Daniel O'Connell, of Deri-naneabbey, co. Kerry, esq. Co. Down.-Visc. Castlereagh. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. Ld. Anson, Tamworth V. co. Warwick, Rev. J. Bower, Barmston R. co. York. Rev. R. B. Paul, Lantwit Major V. with Rev. C. Rogers, Sowerby Bridge P.C.co.York. Rev. G. Taylor, Clopton R. co. Suffolk. Rev. J. B. Williams, Lantrissent V. co. Glam. BIRTH S. July 22. At West Rounton, at her father's, the Lady of Sir Tho. Pasley, Bt. a son and heir.- -23. At Kirtlington Park, Lady Dashwood, a daughter.- -At Montaguehouse, Portman-square, the Hon. Mrs. H. Montague, a dau.-At Sandon, Lady G. Stuart Wortley, a dau.- -25. At Barrowupon-Trent, Derby, the Hon. Mrs. Beaumont, a son.- -27. At Woodhall-park, the wife of the Hon. A. L. Melville, a son.30. At Winifred's Dale, Bristol, the wife of Capt. Jervois, R. N. a son. Lately. Lady Forbes, of Craigievar, a dau. Aug. 1. At Creedy, the wife of Lieut.- June 18. At Westerham, Kent, the Rev. Robert M. Chatfield, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Chatfield, of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, to Auna Maria, third dau. of Tho. Jesson, e sq. of Hill-park. -22. July 16. At Plymouth, the Rev. Cha. Keven Williams, Master of the Grammar School at Lewes, to Amelia, only child of J. Lampeer, esq. Paymaster of the South Devon Militia.At Aldenham, Salop, R. G. Throckmorton, esq. of Buckland, Berks, to Eliz. only dau. of the late Sir John Acton.-20. At Wartling, Sussex, Rob. Hare, esq. Capt. 13th Light Infantry, to Charlotte, dau. of the Rev. Tho. Fuller, of Heathfield.- -21. At Dereham, Capt. W. S. H. Fitz-Roy, eldest son of Lieut.Gen. the Hon. W. Fitz-Roy, of Kempstone, to Miss Bagge, dau. of Tho. Bagge, esq. of Steadset-hall, Norfolk.- At Felbrigg, the Rev. John Billington, of Rennington, Kent, to Maria, third dau. of the late Geo. Wyndham, esq. of Cromer-hall, Norfolk.The Rev. Cremer Cremer, Rector of Felbrigg and Melton, to Marianne, eldest dau. of the late Geo. Wyndham, esq. of Cromerhall, Norfolk.- -23. Bigg Wither, esq. of Manydown Park, Wilts, to Emma Jemima, fourth dau. of the Rev. John Orde, Rector of Winslade.-24. At Godstone, Abel Moysey, jun. esq. of Hayes-common, Kent, to Anne, eldest dau. of late F. Fowes Luttrell, esq.- -27. At St. George's, Hanoversquare, John Hampden, esq. to Mary Georgina, dau. of the late Edm. Filmer, esq. and niece of the Rev. Sir J. Filmer, Bart.28. At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Hon. Philip Stourton, to Catherine, eldest dau. of H. Howard, of Corby Castle, esq. ―30. At Chelsea, Aut. French, esq. eldest son of Col. French, of Prospect-hill, Galway, to Josephine, eldest dau. of Joseph Mazzinghi, esq. of Cadogan-place.-At Oxford, the Rev. H. W. Gleed Armstrong, to Lucy, third surviving dau. of the late Col. Alpe, of Hardingham, Norfolk.-31. At the Castle, Edinburgh, Leonard Currie, jun. esq. to Caroline Christina, fourth dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Hay.- -At St. Pancras Church, Major N. Spencer Webb, E. I. C. to Harriet, dau. of the Rev. Hen. Fly, D.D. Vicar of Willisden.- -At Cheltenham, W. C. Lambert, esq. barrister, to Georgiana Charlotte, third dau. of Col. Norcott.Aug. 1. At St. George's, Hanover-square, H. Brinkman Broadhead, esq. of Berkeley-square, to Charlotte, only dau. of Lord F. Godolphin Osborne.- -At St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Tho. Younghusband, esq. to Pascoa Georgiana, eldest dau. of the late J. Barretto, esq. of Portland-place. At Tettenhall, co. Stafford, the Rev. T. Walker, Wolverhamp ton, to Eliz. eldest dau. of Rich. Fryer, esq of the Wergs.3. At Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, C. J. Smith, esq. to Frances Harwood, second dau. of John Atkinson, esq. of Maple Hayes.At Aughnacloy, Edward Waller, esq. Barrister-at-law, to Mary, only dau. of H. Crossle, of Anahoe-house, Tyrone, esq.- -6. At St. Mary's, Bryanstonsquare, Francis D. Massy Dawson, esq. to the Hon. Susan St. Clair, eldest dau. of Lord Sinclair.At Devonshire-house, the Hon. Wm. Cavendish, grandson of Lord and Lady George Cavendish, and nephew to the Duke of Devonshire, to the Lady Blanche Howard, eldest dau. of the Earl and C'tess of Carlisle.- -At St. George's, Bloomsbury, T. B. Bosvile, esq. of Ravenfield Park, co. York, to Harriet, widow of the late S. Petrie, esq.— 8. At Cambridge-house, Capt. H. Ramsden, 9th Lancers, third son of Sir John Ramsden, Bart. of Byram, co. York, to the Hon. F. Selina Law, fourth dau. of the late and sister of the present Lord Ellenborough.-10. At St. James's, Sir F. A. Mackenzie, Bart. of Gairlock, co. Ross, to Kythe Caroline, eldest dau. of J. Smith Wright, esq. of Bulcote Lodge, Notts. -11. The Rev. J. E. Gibson, Rector of Bermondsey, Surrey, to Eleanor, dau. of T. Gaitskell, esq.- At Cantray, Invernessshire, Robert Grant, Esq. M.P. to Margaret, only dau. of the late Sir David Davidson. -At Guernsey, Capt. John De Lancey, 10th Foot, to Grace Martha, eldest dau. of the late Anthony Priaulx, esq.- 13. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Tho. Oliver, esq. to Martha Vere, dau. of the late Adm W. Brown. At St. Mary's, Marylebone the Rev. Arthur Hanbury, Vicar of Bus St. Mary, Suffolk, to Jessie, only dau. of the late Rev. Arch. Scott, of Pitmain, Lanarkshire.- -14. At St. George's, Hanoversquare, the Duke of Buccleugh, to Lady Charlotte Thynne, third dau. of the Marq. and March. of Bath.-18. F. Ker Fox, esq. of Brislington-house, Somerset, to Janet Sarah, eldest dau. of late Rev. T. B. Simpson. At Great Barr Chapel, Edw. Kempson, esq. Middle Temple, to Anna Maria, third dau. of the late Robert Fleetwood, esq.-And at the same time, John Wm. Fleetwood, esq. of Wyer Hall, Penkridge, to Caroline, only surviving dau. of the late Rev. G. W. Kempson, of Graiseley. Staffordshire.-19. At Brixton, N. Griffin, esq. of Portsea, to Emma, dau. of the late Capt. Jas. Wilson, Denmark-hill.20. At Peterborough, the Rev. Cha. C. Edridge, to Caroline Eliz. Manners, only daughter of the Rev. R. Lockwood, Prebendary of Peterborough, and Vicar of Lowestoft, |