INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. Corn.-The Act of 1828 has now had a fair trial; instead of producing an equality of price, corn has fluctuated to the extent of one-third of the average rates; and it has been accessary to a larger importation of foreign wheat into Great Britain than at any former period. The average price of wheat for every month during the year 1829, was, January, 758.; February, 72s. 6d.; March, 67s. 8d.; April, 69s. 11d.; May, 69s. 9d.; June, 70s. 7d.; July, 66s. 5d.; August, 66s. 5d.; September, 64s. 2d.; October, 578. 3d.; November, 56s. 5d.; December, 56s. 10d. The foreign supplies of wheat, barley, and oats, that came into London during the past year :-wheat, 877,920 qrs.; barley, 200,551 grs.; oats, 340,658 qrs. Total of similar imports in 1828-wheat, 451,262 qrs.; barley, 29,939 qrs.; oats, 106,440 qrs. While working a recently-opened minecopper having been the object of searchthere has been discovered a large and regular lode of silver and gold in the Wigford Mine, which is situated not far from Loddiswell, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire. The ore is of a dark-grey colour, approaching to black, with a metallic lustre; and upon analysis it is found to consist of iron, antimony, copper, silver, and gold. The lode is of considerable width, and the accompanying minerals are a white fluor spar, spatose iron ore, and carbonate of lime. The mine has been worked, and the discovery made, by some private individuals. She A woman of the name of Hester Garstone has been committed to Hereford gaol, charged with robbing the Guildhall of a vast number of records of that city. was employed to light the fires and clean the rooms, and thus obtained access to these valuable documents, which she disposed of to different shopkeepers as waste paper. Two sackfuls and a half have been recovered; but as yet no one can ascertain the extent of the loss, which is considered irreparable. Dec. 8. An inquest was held at Bury St. Edmund's, before the sheriff of Suffolk, upon a writ of capias utlegatum. This proceeding, which is seldom resorted to, was instituted by Messrs. Taylor and Co. solicitors, of Norwich, to attach the property of the Count and Countess de Frelog, in consequence of their having been outlawed in an action for the recovery of 2001. for professional business. The Countess de Frelog was a daughter of the late General Hethesset, and owner of some estates in Suffolk. The defendants had refused to pay the plaintiffs' bill, and left the kingdom; the plaintiffs in consequence proceeded to outlawry, by which the freehold estates of the defendants, and debts owing to them, became liable to seizure. Some of the defendants' estates were copyhold, which, by a 637 still existing feudal privilege, are exempt from the process; but the rents due were liable. The jury returned a verdict, seizing 1801, due for rent, and also a freehold house and 35 acres of land, to answer the plaintiffs' debt. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. Very extensive improvements and additions to the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's Park, are now in active progress. The space on the other side of the road has been granted to the Zoological Society. The most important and formidable work, is the excavation of the road for the purpose of making a subterraneous passage to communicate between the present Zoological exhibition and the additions in preparation, without coming out into the road. The beautiful edifice lately erected by Messrs. Hoare, bankers, Fleet-street, now nearly completed, will cost little short of 60,000l. for which a fund has been long accumulating. The house is completely isolated, its neighbours standing nearly a foot from its wide walls, which gives it a dignified apIts roof and rafters are iron; pearance. the front and sides of Portland stone. Dec. 26. A Commission to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Davies, a tea-dealer, of Philpot-lane, sat for eleven days, and might have sat as many more, had not the jury this day, when there were nearly twenty medical men to be examined on the part of Mr. Davies, expressed themselves as perfectly satisfied. Sir C. Wetherell insisted on his right to reply, and after he had done SO, the jury declared their unanimous opinion," that Mr. Davies was now of perfectly sound mind, and capable of managing his affairs." Mr. Brougham, as Counsel for the unfortunate subject of inquiry, whose head was said to have been turned by his success in business, stated in his opening speech, that by the time the jury had decided whether his client were capable of managing his property (about 10 or 12,000l.) in all probability there would be no property left for him to manage. It is stated that the cost of the proceedings, instituted by the young man's mother, who has married again, will be about 5000l., including the expence of sending five or six Counsel down to Brighton, to make the first application to the Lord Chancellor. Dec. 30. A meeting, composed chiefly of military officers, took place at the United Service Club-house, the obiect of which was the establishment of a Museum, to be more particularly devoted to models of Scientific Inventions connected with the naval and military services, but which is also to include collections in natural history, &c. His Majesty's approbation of the plan was communicated to the meeting; and a series of resolutions, with a subscription, were immediately entered upon for carrying it into effect. Dec 3. In New Kent-road, the wife of A. J. Kempe, esq F.S A. a dau.-23. At Alpha Lodge, the wife of Major-Gen. Ashworth, a son.-23. At Heydon Hall, Norf. the wife of W. Lytton Bulwer, esq. a son-27. At Densworth Cottage, near Chichester, the wife of Capt. Tomkinson, R.N. a son.-29. In St. James's-place, the wife of Archd King, a son.-30. In Portland-place, the wife of Abel Smith, esq. M.P. a son. Lately. At Maidstone, the wife of Lieut.Col. Tod, a son.— -At Hoddesdon, Herts, the wife of Capt. Hughes, a son.—At Hampstead, the wife of Capt. Macdonald, 16th reg. a dau.- -At Eslington-house, the Hon. Mrs. Liddell, a dau -In Gowerstreet, the wife of Capt. H. B. Henderson, Bengal army, a dau.- -In Bloomsburysquare, the wife of W. Ward, esq. M.P. a son. MARRIAGES. -At Dec. 8. At St. Mary's, Bryanstone-sq. J. B. Coulson, esq. Capt. Gren. Guards, to Juliana Eliz. only child of the late Rev. Edw. Dawkins, of Portman-squareLyme Regis, John Passmore, esq. Wellsroad, Bath, to Eliz. eldest dau. of J. Edwards, esq. banker- -At St. Mary-lebone, Jas. Greenwood, esq. of Golden-sq. surgeon, to Ann Sophia, youngest dau. of the dowager Lady Synge, of Manchester-st. -10. At All Souls, Mary-le-bone, F. S. Larpent, esq. of Putney, to Charlotte Rosamond, third dau. of late Geo, Arnold Arnold, esq. of Halstead-place, Kent.-14. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Capt. Wm. Locke, son of Win. Locke, esq. (late of Norbury Park), to Selina, fifth dau. of Adm. and Lady Eliz. Tollemache.- -15. At Tillington, Sussex, the Rev. S. Tillbrook, Rector of Freckenham, to Frances, fourth dan. of the late John Ayling, esq.At Hampton, John Kingston, esq. of QueenAnne-st to Louisa-Henrietta, second dau. of late Sir C. Edmonstone, Bart. and granddau. of Beaumont Lord Hotham.- -At Dunham, Norfolk, Tho. Farquhar Chilver, esq. of Saville-row, to Lucy-Eliza, second dau. of Dr. Clarke, of Dunham Lodge.At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Capt. Cuthbert, 2d Life Guards, to the Hon. Jane Graves.- -At Prestwich, Wm. Ewart, esq. M.P. to Mary-Anne, eldest dau. of the late Geo. Augustus Lee, esq. of Singleton, near Manchester.At Kingston, the Rev. F. Merewether, to Margaret, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. Wall, Vicar of Kington, and Preb. of Hereford.- At Milbrook, near Southampton, Andrew Crawford, M.D of Winchester, to Emina, youngest dau. of the late A. F. Nunez, esq. of Basing Park, Hants.- -24. At Cranford, James Maxse, esq to the Lady Caroline Fitzhardinge Berkeley, second dau of the late Earl of Berkeley. At Radbourn, Derbyshire, Henry Dixon, esq. of Gledhow, Yorkshire, to Emma Matilda, second dau. of the Rev. Edw. Sachaverel Wilmot, M.A. late Rector of Langley, and niece of Sir Robert Wilmot, of Cheddesden. -28. At St. John's, Hackney, the Rev. Rich. Harvey, Rector of Hornsey, Middlesex, to Eliz. second dau. of Thomson Hankey, esq. of Dalston. 29 At Luton, Bedfordshire, the Rev. Tho. Sikes, of Luton, to Helen, eldest dau. of the late Wm. Burr, esq.-At Cheshunt, R. D. G. Jones, esq. to Eliz. second dau. of the late Rev. Philip Godfrey, Rector of Ayot St. Lawrence.-31. At Bathwick, the Rev. J. B-Atkinson, of West Cowes, to Charlotte, third dau. of S. Dowell, esq. of Great Pulteney-street, Bath- -At Troy, Monm, the Hon. P. H. Abbott, brother to Lord Colchester, to Frances-Cecil, dau. of late Dr. Talbot, Dean of Salisbury, and niece to the Duke of Beaufort. Charles Teissier Master, esq. of Saffron Walden, to Eliza Browne, only child of Wm. Truston, esq. of Havering. -At Camberwell, John Nix, esq of Sydenham, to Caroline, ellest dau. of C. E. Hennings, esq. of Dulwich. Lately. At Cheshunt, the Rev. John Christian Reichardt, to Louisa Maria, eldest dau. of the late Joseph Goodhart At Cockermouth, Capt. W. C. Illingworth, 2d Bombay Light Cavalry, to Helen, youngest dau. of the Rev. E. Fawcett.At Paris, Miss Frances Ellinor Allen, niece of Lady Mahon, of Hull, Yorkshire, to Mons. De Thiery, son of the Baron de Thiery, Chateau de Thiery, at Bondy, near Paris. PART 11.] OBITUARY. VICE-ADMIRAL BALLARD. Oct... This officer's grandfather, a Dutch Mr. S. J. Ballard entered the naval service on board the Valiant, of 74 guns, commanded by the Hon. John Leveson Gower, Dec. 1, 1776, and in that ship was present at the capture of the Licorne and Pallas, French frigates, by the fleet under Adm. Keppel; and in the action with M. d'Orvilliers, off Brest, July 27, 1778, on which occasion the Valiant had 6 men killed and 26 wounded. In Oct. 1779, he was removed into the Shrewsbury, another third rate, commanded by Capt. Mark Robinson, and soon after sailed, in company with the fleet under Sir G. B. Rodney, to the relief of Gibraltar. On the passage thither, the Shrewsbury assisted at the capture of a Spanish convoy, and the deleat of Don Juan de Langara, Jan. 8 and 16, 1780. Return ing to England with the prizes in the ensuing month, she also contributed to the capture of a French 64, and several merchant ships, by the squadron under Rear Adm. Digby. We next find her proceeding to the West Indies, where she bore a part in no less than five actions with the French fleet commanded by Count de Grasse, viz. off Martinique, April 29, 1781; off the Chesapeake, Sept. 5, in the same year; and in Basseterre Road, Jan. 25, 26, and 27, 1782. In the two former she sustained a less of 20 men slain, and 66 wounded. Mr. Ballard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by Rear-Adm. Joshua Rowley, at Jamaica, Feb. 10, 1783; and from that period served successively in the Shrewsbury, Torbay, Astrea, Monarch, Alfred, and Queen, from which latter ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Adm. Gardner, he was made a Commander for his gallant conduct in the battles beJoyeuse, May 28 and 29, and June 1, tween Earl Howe and M. Villaret de 1794. The Queen, on the latter day, had 36 men killed, and 67 (including her captain and 3 lieutenants) wounded. date Aug. 1, 1795; previously to which Our officer's post commission bears he had acted as Captain in several lineabsence of their proper commanders; of battle ships, during the temporary served as a volunteer in the Queen; regulated the quota men on the coast of Sussex; and commanded the Megæra fire-vessel, attached to Lord Bridport's fleet. He subsequently acted for some time as Captain of the Thunderer 74; and on the 20th Feb. 1796, obtained the command of the Pearl frigate, in which he was employed during the ensuing two Quebec, Baltic, years in affording protection to the and Newfoundland trades, and in occasional cruises off Calais and Havre. In March 1798, the Pearl, in company with the Sheerness, of 44 guns, bearing the broad pendant of Comm. James Cornwallis, sailed for the coast of Africa; from whence she was sent to Barbadoes. Captain Ballard arrived period was principally employed as sethere at the close of July, and from that nior officer at the Saintes, watching two French frigates in Basseterre, and cruising to windward of Deseada, where he captured le Scævola, a privateer of 10 guns and 73 men; l'Independance, of 12 guns and 66 men; a row-boat, and a Dutch schooner; and re-captured England in June 1799, with the Vengeeight American vessels. He returned to ance 74, and a large fleet of merchantmen. conveyed Gen. Fox from Portsmouth to In October following, Capt. Ballard Minorca; and during the ensuing two years, he was engaged in a great variety of service on the Mediterranean station, particularly in the Gulf of Lyons, and in the defence of Porto Ferrajo, in the island of Elba. He returned Dec. 3, 1801, and paid off the Pearl on the 14th March, 1802, after commanding her for upwards of six years, during which time he had taken, destroyed, and re-captured about 80 vessels; among which, in addition to those already mentioned, Vertu, of 10 guns and 40 men; and an were a Genoese polacre, of 14 guns ;·la armed xebec. He also assisted at the capture of la Carerre, a. French frigate 640 OBITUARY.-Vice-Adm. Ballard.-E. Roche, Esq. of 40 guns and 356 men; l'Incroyable, of 28 guns and 220 men; and a Ragusan brig bound to Algiers, with presents from Buonaparte to the Dey. From this period, notwithstanding his repeated applications for an active ship, Capt. Ballard could not obtain any other command than that of a district of Sea Fencibles, till Oct. 1809, when he was appointed to the Sceptre, of 74 guns, in which ship he soon after sailed for the Leeward Islands; and immediately on his arrival off Martinique, with the Alfred 74, and Freija frigate, under his orders, was sent by Sir Alex. Cochrane in pursuit of four French frigates, which had recently captured the Junon, a British frigate; and two of them, each pierced for 44 guns, were shortly after destroyed at Ance la Barque, together with the batteries and magazines under which they had taken refuge. Towards the latter end of Jan. 1810, Captain Ballard escorted a Division of the Army destined for the attack of Guadaloupe, from St. Lucia to the Saintes, and from thence he proceeded with the squadron under his orders, and transports, towards Trois Rivieres. From that period until the surrender of the island, he commanded the detachment of seamen and marines attached to the second division of the army; and his active co-operation was acknowledged with the best thanks of the Commander of the Forces, Lt.-Gen. Sir Geo. Beckwith, in general orders. Previously to his return to England, Capt, Ballard visited Antigua, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, Tobago, Trinidad, Dominica, St. Kitts, Tortola, and St. Thomas's. He sailed from the latter island with the homeward-bound trade early in August, and arrived at Spithead Sept. 25, 1810. After docking and refitting the Sceptre, be was placed under the orders of Lord Gambier, and by him occasionally entrusted with the command of a detached squadron employed in watching the enemy's ships in Brest Harbour and Basque Roads. Some time in 1812 he received official notice of his being appointed to superintend the payment of the ships at Spithead; but, as he did not wish to be superseded at sea, while blockading an enemy, he remained in the Sceptre, on Channel service, till she was ordered to return to port, in Jan. 1813. He became a Rear-Admiral June 4, 1814, Admiral Ballard married first, his cousin, Maria, only daughter of James Flint, of Feversham, Esq.; and by her had eight children, three of whom, a son and two daughters, are now living; secondly, Dec, 2, 1822, Catharine, daugh [XCIX. ter of the late, and sister to the present Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Bart. of Flaxley Abbey, co. Gloucester. EUGENIUS ROCHE, Esq. Nov. 9. In Hart-street, Bloomsbury, aged 43, Eugenius Roche, Esq. Editor of the Courier Newspaper. Mr. Roche was born in Dublin, but his family emigrated to France before he was two years old, and he remained there until he attained his eighteenth year. His father, who is still living, held a situation as professor of modern languages under the French government, and took care that his children became proficients in tongues, particularly English and Italian. Mr. Euge nius Roche, when he made his way into England, in 1804, was an accomplished scholar, having composed various poems in French (which may be called his own language), in English,Italian, Latin, and Greek. He brought strong letters of recommendation to Messrs. Hoare, of Fleet-street, by whom he was received in the kindest manner, particularly by the late Mr. Huare, in whose house he was a guest for nearly two years. Before Mr. Roche was twenty, he was the Editor of the Day Newspaper; in which capacity he suffered twelve months' imprisonment, for a passage alleged to be a libel on Government, although it was distinctly understood that such paragraph had been inserted without his knowledge. On his liberation from confinement, Mr. Roche became the Editor of the National Register, a weekly paper; and subsequently of a Magazine, called Literary Recreations; in which appeared some of the earliest productions of Lord Byron, Allan Cunningham, and Gaspey. Lord Byron's verses, beginning with "There is a mystic thread in life," were enclosed to the editor in a note, stating that, if they were deemed worthy of insertion, they were at his service; and, if inserted, his Lordship requested some copies of the Magazine might be sent to him. On the demise of his "Literary Recreations," Mr. Roche took an active part in the Morning Post; and after a lapse of twenty years, returned to the editorship of the Day, the title of which had been changed to the New Times, and has since been transformed into the Morning Journal. Before this latter change, however, Mr. Roche became a shareholder in the Courier,and Editor of that paper. The culy productions of Mr. Roche, PART II.] OBITUARY.-Mr. John Mawe. that bear his name, are "William Tell, a tragedy," and "Invasion, a Play," both printed in 1808, in the "Dramatic Appellant," a quarterly publication, the intention of which was to appeal to the public, in print, from the veto of theatrical managers, but which expired with the third number. "William Tell" was in rehearsal at Drury Lane, when that theatre was destroyed by fire. Mr. Roche was also the author of the words to a set of French Melodies, arranged by Madlle. James. A selection of his Poems, including one of some length, entitled "London in a Thousand Years," is now preparing for publication, for the benefit of his family. He was twice married, and bas left a widow and several children in very indifferent cir Oct. 26. At his house in the Strand, after an illness of severe and protracted suffering, aged 64, Mr. John Mawe, the well-known dealer in minerals, author of "Travels in Brazil," and various valuable works; a member of the Geological Society, and of the Mineralogical Society of Jena; First Administrator. and Mineralogist to his Majesty the King of Portugal, &c. This enterprising man was a native of Derbyshire, and his first publication, in 1802, was on "The Mineralogy" of that county. It was accompanied by a description of the most interesting mines in the north of England, in Scotland, and in Wales; and an Analysis of Mr. Williams's work, intituled, "The Mineral Kingdom." It appears that Mr. Mawe had been for some years making the collections contained in this volume (of which a review will be found in vol. Ixxii. p. 535); but that the proximate cause of their being brought into shape was his having been employed to make surveys of the principal mines, and collect specimens, for the Royal Cabinet at Madrid. In 1804, Mr. Mawe, having conceived GENT. MAG. Suppl. XCIX. PART II. 641 the idea of making a personal inspection of the vast mining operations in the south of the American continent, went out on a voyage of commercial experiment, to the Rio de la Plata, in which he endured unusual hardships. After narrowly escaping death from the yellow fever at Cadiz, and shipwreck on the Coast of America, he at length landed at Monte Video (instead of his intended port of Buenos Ayres), only to encounter imprisonment and seizure of his cargo. Nor had he long obtained partial freedom, before he inadvertently incurred further persecution, by rashly taking down from a wall, a tattered government notice, in order to read it more at leisure. This brought on another confinement of six weeks, and a fine of 300 dollars. The arrival of General Beresford's expedition caused Mr. Mawe's banishment into the interior; he afterwards accompanied General Whitelocke's army to Buenos Ayres; and after more than two years arrived at Rio de Janeiro. He there was, after a short time, successful in obtaining an audience from the Prince Regent, who not only gave him a favourable reception, but promoted his views, and strengthened his means, by letters, an escort of soldiers, and other advantages. With this assistance, Mr. Mawe, the first Englishman so favoured, was enabled to collect a large stock of important information; and the result was published at London, in 1812, in a quarto volume, intituled, "Travels in the Interior of Brazil, particularly in the Gold and Diamond districts of that country, by authority of the Prince Regent of Portugal; including a voyage to the Rio de la Plata, and an Historical Sketch of the Revolution of Buenos Ayres." These interesting Travels (which were reviewed at some length in our vol. lxxxiii. i. pp.141-146) immediately took the rank of a standard work; they have gone through numerous editions in England and the United States of America: and have been translated, not only at Brazil, but in France, Sweden, Germany, and Russia. In 1813 Mr. Mawe published, in 8vo. "A Treatise on Diamonds and precious Stones, including their history, natural and commercial. To which is added, Some account of the best methods of cutting and polishing them," (reviewed in vol. lxxxiv. p. 671); in 1819, "Familiar Lessons on Mineralogy and Geology, explaining the easiest methods of discriminating minerals and the earthy substances, commonly called rocks, which compose the primitive, secondary, floetz, or flat, and alluvial formations. To which is added, a description of the La |