an immense concourse of people. In the procession were three men in complete suits of armour; one of them, steel, was Henry the Fifth's, from the Tower; the other two were of brass. There were likewise six horsemen in half-armour, besides a party of life-guards, a few of whom wore cuirasses taken at Waterloo. The popuJace took the horses from the Lord Mayor's carriage in the Strand, and drew it all the way to Guildhall.-At the dinner several of the Nobility and other distinguished persons were present.

Tuesday, Nov. 19.

This morning the Sun was visibly eclipsed. The eclipse commenced at 11 minutes past 8 o'clock in the morning; the middle at 17 minutes past 9, at which time rather more than three-fourths of the Sun were obscured; and the eclipse terminated at 27 minutes past 10. The moon made her first impression on the Sun's disk on the right hand. The morning was very favourable for observing the eclipse; and a thin mist enabled beholders to observe it without inconvenience with the naked eye.

Saturday, Nov. 23.

THIS DAY Our venerable and revered Sovereign has completed a reign of 56 years and 29 days, exceeding in duration any since the Norman Conquest.

Henry III. reigned 56 years and 28 days. Edward III. 50 years, 5 months, and 1 day. Elizabeth, 44 years, 4 months, and 7 days. -He has likewise lived longer than any other Monarch since that time, having on the 4th of June last attained 78 years; his grandfather, George II, the next oldest, only reached 77 years, and no other even the age of 70.

A handsome tribute of gratitude has been paid to the persons who were the Almoners of British Bounty to Sufferers by the War in Germany, which, from its judicious distribution and application, has been productive of the most essential and extensive benefits. So highly did the King of Saxony appreciate the relief afforded to his afflicted subjects, that some months ago he presented, through Baron de Just, his Ambassador in London, his portrait in a magnificent gold box, set with diamonds, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, as President of the Westminster Committee, and diamond rings to three of the Secretaries, Messrs. Marten, Howard, and Watson; and conferred the Order of Civil Merit on Mr. Ackermann, the fourth Secretary; with an intimation to those Gentlemen that an appropriate memorial for each was preparing at the porcelain manufactory at Meissen. This promise was fulfilled on the 8th of October, when each of the Secretaries received, through his Excellency Baron de Just, a case con

taining a magnificent vase of exquisite workmanship and classical design, and groups of figures from the antique, accompanied with letters from the principal Committee at Dresden, expressive of the warmest gratitude for the extraordinary exertions of British munificence. All the contributors to the German Subscription will feel interested in these facts, which prove the spirit in which their liberality has been received and acknowledged.

A new sort of road-way has been laid down at the foot of Blackfriars Bridge, on the Surrey side. It consists of cast-iron squares, in the form of paving-stones; gravel is laid upon the iron-work, which is intended to form a hard foundation.

A medical gentleman who has read the account of the dreadful effects of the oxide of copper on two servants of Lord Rossmore, produced by eating fruit stewed in a copper pan, observes, that in his prac tice he has frequently witnessed, when mineral poisons, technically called oxide, whether of copper or arsenick, are taken inwardly, that one table-spoonful of powdered charcoal is a complete antidote, mixed with either honey, butter, or treacle, taken immediately; within two hours administer either an emetic or a cathartic : in this way the effect of the poison is prevented. By administering charcoal, a chemical decomposition takes place in the stomach; the oxygen unites with the carbon, and the copper or arsenick regains its metallic properties, in which state it is perfectly harmless.

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The legacies of the late Duke of Queensberry are at length to be paid, by an order of the Court of Chancery, from the funds paid into Court, subject to the claims of the tenants, who had paid large sums for the renewal of their leases, some of which have been reduced; but the great cause, in which the Countess of Yarmouth and two of her children are plain-" tiffs, and Lord Yarmouth and others are defendants, is still in dependence. The accumulations of interest on the money 13 bequeathed by the Duke are immense. They will make a handsome addition to those legatees who may survive the proceedings in Chancery.

The wealth of Mr. Watson Taylor, the purchaser of Houghton Hall, is stated to be immense. For that mansion, and a large quantity of land round it, he gave the Marquis Cholmondeley three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, still, however, not purchasing the whole of the Marquis's estate in Suffolk. Mr Taylor, as we hear, is bound, by the will of his ancestor, to expend seven hundred thousand pounds in landed estates; besides the income which may arise from them, he has ninety-five thousand pounds a-year.

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John Herriot, esq. Comptroller of Greenwich Hospital.

John Charles Herries, esq. Auditor of the Civil List. 2.8.

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Mr. Willimot Wilmot, Commissioner of Hackney Coaches.

Edward James Mascall, esq. Collector Inwards of the Customs in the Port of London.

William Archibald Armstrong White, esq. a Magistrate of Shadwell Police Of fice, vice Gregg, resigned.

Capt. Richbell, a Magistrate of Thames Police Office, vice Herriot, resigned.

Rev. J. H. Mason, one of the Deputy Riders and Master Foresters of Dartmoor, Oct. 24. W. Hustler, esq. Registrar of Cambridge University, vice Rev. W. A. Pemberton, dec.

Nov. 1. Rev. Dr. Kaye, Divinity Professor in the University of Cambridge, vice Rev. Dr. Marsh.

Nov. 8. Rev. Dr. Wood, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University for the year ensuing.

Mr. Thomas Key, Librarian and Curator of the Fitzwilliam Collection, Cambridge.

Rev. W. H. Hawkins, Master of Cheltenham Free Grammar School.

Oct. 8. At Drayton Manor, co. Staf ford, the wife of G. R. Dawson, esq. M.P a son and heir.-13. Ia Upper Guildfordstreet, the wife of Lieut.-col. James Allan, a son.-15. At Humberstone Hall, co. Leic. the lady of Sir Willoughby Wolstan Dixie, hart. of Faistone Hall, Notts, a son and heir.-16. In Wimpole-street, the wife of George Dashwood, esq. M Pr of Kirtlington Park, Oxon, a son.-19. The wife of E. H. Stonehouse, esq.ason and beir.-26. At West Retford Hall, Notts, Lady Nightingale, a son.34 Lady Fitzherbert, a daughter.

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Lately. In Charles-street, Manchester. square, Lady Ogilby, a son, →→→ In Áthest . marle-street, the wife of Hon. Colf Ou slow, a dau. In Gloucester place, the wife of Col. Hughes, M. P. a dau. The wife of T. Knox, esq. M. P. a son Langley Lodge, Lewisham, the wife of Lieut.-col. Webber Smith, a dau. Greensted Hall, Essex, the wife of Rev. George Hughes, a son.-At Heath House," Ashton, the wife of Hugh Smyth, esqd'a dau. The wife of Charles Walmsley, esq. of Westwood House, Lancashire, a son.At Beauport, Lady Montgomerie, a son.

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Nov. 7. At Airley Hall,' co."Stafford, Rt. Hon. Lady J. Somerset, a daughter. -9. At Rolleston: House, co. 'Stafford, the lady of Sir Oswald Moseley, batt. dau.-12. At Studley House, Oxon. the lady of Sir Alexander Croker a son.-16. The wife of H. Eilis, Esq. of British Mu-~ seum, a son.-19. The wife of T. J. Pete tigrew, esq. Bolt-court, Fleet-street, a son.

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MARRIAGES.

July 11. At the Mauritius, Charles Collet D'Escury, esq. Inspector General of Woods and Forests at the Cape of Good Hope, to Clotilda Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir Robert Barclay, bart,

Sept. 28. At Valenciennes, Capt. Bunworth, 88th foot, to the eldest daughter of James Yeo, esq. and sister to Commodore Sir J. L. Yeo, R. N.

30. Rev. George Chamberlaine, Rector of Wyke Regis and Weymouth, to Margaret, second dau. of Rev. John Dupré, D. D. of Melcombe Regis.

Oct. 1. At Kensington, R. P. Cotton, esq. to the only dau. of R. Payne, M. D. late of Kensington-square.

3. At Melville House, co. Fife, Francis Pym, esq. eldest son of F. Pym, esq. M. P. to Rt. Hon. Lady James Leslie Melville, second dau. of the Earl of Leven and Melville.

7. George Williamson, esq. Captain in the East Company's Naval Service, to Delia, second dau. of Rev. Dr. Rose, Rector of St. Martin's Outwich.

8. E. W. Dickenson, esq. of Dalifords, co. Chester, to Catherine Jane, eldest dau. of the late Rt. hon. Isaac Coiry.

10. Mat. Bell, esq. of Woolsington, High Sheriff of the County of Northum berland, to Elizabeth Anne, only surviving dau. of H. A. Reay, esq.

11. By special license, Lieut.-col. Sir Robert William Gardiner, K. C. B. to Caroline Mary, dau. of Lieut.-gen. Macleod.

12. Capt. Fuller, R. N. son of the late T. T. Fuller, esq. to Eliza, only dau. of William White, esq. of Exminster Villa.

14. The Earl of Erroll, to Harriet, third sister of Lord Somerville.

15. William Carter, M. D. of Canterbury, to Sophia, third dau. of the late S. Molworthy,esq. of Elworth Hall, Cambridge.

17. Rev. Edw. Fane, son of the late Hon. H. Fane, to Maria, fourth dau, of Walter Hodges, esq.

Rev. F. I. V. Arundel, of Landulph, Cornwall, to Anna Maria, second dau. of Isaac Morier, esq. Consul General at Constantinople.

18. Richard Donovan, esq. of Ballymore, co. Wexford, to Frances, eldest dau. of Edward Westby, esq. of High Park, ço. Wicklow.

19. Maj.-gen. Sir J. Lambert, K. C.B. to Jane, dau. of the late J. Marant, esq. of Brockenhurst Park, Hants.

21. Capt. S. Hood Inglefield, R. N. to Priscilla Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Vice-admiral Otway.

24. Capt. Barrie, R. N. to Julia Wbarton, fourth daughter of the late Sir J. Ingilby, bart. of Ripley Park, co. York.

25. Lieut. Charles Tindal, R. N. to Anne, youngest dau, of J. Grant, esq. of Thoby Priory, Mountnessing, Estex.

Charles Hoar, esq. of Twyford Lodge, Hants, to Miss Clerk, of Upper Seymourstreet, Portman-square.

26. J. S. Girdler, esq. of Hammersmith, to Miss Mauleverer, only surviving dau. of the late B. Mauleverer, esq. of Queensquare, Bloomsbury,

31. His Excellency Baron Frederick William Drissen, General in the Russian Service, &c. to Miss Aiken, daughter of Mr. Aiken, of Hampstead.

Col. William Raban, of the East India Company's Service, to Miss Calton, of Brampford Speke, Devon.

Lately. William, only son of W. Asheton, esq. of Downham Hall, co. Lancaster, to Frances, dau. of the late fon. W. Cockayne, of Rushton Hall, co. Northampton.

At Leamington, Aug. Edw. Hobart, esq. to Mary, eldest dau. of the late Mr. Serjeant Williams.

G. Peach, esq. late of the 9th dragoons, of Forston House, near Dorchester, to Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Thomas Fox, Rector of Mapperton, co. Dorset.

Capt. G. Robinson, R. N. to Anne, dau. of the late Rev. Mr. Reece, Rector of Colwall, co. Hereford.

Rev. T. Tudhall, of Stapleton Cottage, Taunton, to Mary, youngest dau, of the Rev. Archdeacon Daubeny.

At Dawlish, Hon. George Lysaght, to Elizabeth Anne, second daughter of the late J. D. Foulkes, esq. of Tiverton.

R. Harding, esq. Royal Horse Artillery, to Harriet Alicia, youngest dau. of Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Moyles Court, Hants.

Rev. Thomas Pigot, to Mary Anne, second dau. of the late Edward Kearsley, esq. of New Brook House, co, Lancaster.

At Brodsworth, co. York, Wm. Sweetland, esq. Pratique Master and Captain of the Port of Gibraltar, to Jane, eldest dau, of the late Mr. William Flint, many years one of His Majesty's Messengers,

At Auckland, co. Durham, Robert Kaye Greville, esq. to the youngest dau. of the late Sir John Eden, bart.

G. Swiny, esq. Captain in the Bengal Artillery, to Julia Anue Catharine, only dau. of Rev. H. Usher, of Templeoran, Westmeath, Rector of Clonfad, &c.

At Meeral, Bengal, Robert Lowther, esq. son of Col. Lowther, M. P. to Theophila, daughter of R. L. Gwatkin, esq. and great niece to Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Nov. 1. Henry Meux, esq. of Great Russell-street, to Elizabeth Mary, eldest dau. of Thos. Smith, esq. of Bolton-street.

4. Rev. B. Boothby, Rector of Kirkby, Notts, to the Hon. Louisa Henrietta Vernon, youngest dau. of Lord Vernon,

5. James Day, esq. of Homerton, to Sarah, only dau of late Counsellor Gould, 12. Philip Western Wood, esq. of Rus-sell-square, to Anna-Matilda, dau. of J. Cowley, esq. of Upper Guildford-street. MICHAEL

of signatures, he was a frequent Correspondent in the Gentleman's Magazine.

Mr. Wodhull's mother (the relict of John Wodhull, esq.) died at the great age of 92, Dec. 12, 1794, (see vol. LXIV. p. 1157.)- Mr. Wodhull married Miss Ingram, of an antient and highly respectable family, seated at Wolford in Warwickshire. This excellent lady, univer sally loved and admired, Mr. W. had the misfortune to lose, May 28, 1808, (see vol. LXXVIII. p. 563.)—A just charaeter of Mrs. Ingram, a sister of Mrs. Wodhull, a venerable and respectable lady, who died in 1812, may be seen in vol LXXXII. p. 493.

Mr. Wodhull left no family, and has bequeathed the bulk of his property to Mrs. Mary Ingram, another sister of Mrs. Wodhull, who is sole executrix. His Collection of Books, we understand, will not be sold.

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We know not whom Mr. Dibdin had in his mental eye, when he sketched the character of ORLANDO, in his truly-amusing Bibliomania," but, in our opinion, it assimilates in so many points with the highly-respectable subject of this brief notice, that we cannot help fancying that Mr. WODHULL sat for at least some feature of the Portrait. all events, whether we are right in our conjecture or not, we are inclined to think our readers will more than pardon our inserting the extract: "Last year I went with my uncle to pay Orlando our annual visit. peared quite altered and shaken, from the recent misfortune of losing his wife.— The eyes of Orlando were sunk deeply in his forehead, yet they retained their native brilliancy and quickness. His cheeks were wan, and a good deal withered. His step was cautious and infirm. My wife, said he, has recently left me for a better place; and I confess, that I begin to grow desolate, and anxious to take my departure to join my family. In my solitude, dear Philemon, I have found these (point ing to his books) to be what Cicero, and Seneca, and our own countryman De Buy, have so eloquently and truly described them to be our friends, our instructors, and our comforts. Without any affectation of hard reading, great learn ing, or wonderful diligence, I think I may venture to say, that I bave read more valuable books than it falls to the lot of the generality of book-collectors to read; and I would fain believe I have profited by my studies. Although not of the profession of the Church, you know that I have always cherished a fondness for sacred literature; and there is hardly a good edition of the Greek Testament, or a Commentator of repute upon the Bible, fo

reign or domestic, but what you will find some reference to the same in my.inter. leaved copy of Bishop Wilson's edition of the Holy Scriptures. A great number of these Commentators themselves are in my library; as well as every authoritative edition of the Greek Testament, from the Complutensian to Griesbach's. Yet do

not suppose that my Theological books are equal in measure to one fourth part of those in the Imperial Library at Paris *. My object has always been instruction and improvement; and when these could be obtained from any writer, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, Arminian or Calvinistic, I have not failed to thank him, and to respect him too, if he has declared his opinions with becoming diffi. dence and moderation. You know, that nothing so sorely grieves me as dogmatical arrogance, in a being who will always be frail and capricious, let him think and act as he please. On a Sunday evening I usually devote a few hours to my Theological studies (if you will allow my Sabbath-meditations to be so called), and almost every summer evening in the week, saunter amidst yon thickets and meadows by the river side, with Collins, or Thomson, or Cowper, in my hand. The beautiful sentiments and grand imagery of Walter Scott are left to my in-door avocations; because I love to read the curious books to which he refers in his notes, and have always admired, what I find few criticks have noticed, how adroitly he has ingrafted fiction upon truth. As I thus perambulate, with my book generally open, the villagers treat me as Sir Roger De Coverley made his tenants treat the Spectator-by keeping at a respectful distance; but, when I shut up my volume, and direct my steps homewards, I am always sure to find myself, before I reach my threshold, in com pany with at least half a dozen gossip. ing and well-meaning rustics. In other departments of reading, history and poetry are my delight. On a rainy or snowy day, when all looks sad and dismal without, my worthy friend and neighbour PHORMIO Sometimes gives me a calland we have a rare set-to at my old favourite volumes-the Lectiones Memorabiles et Recondita' of Wolfius, a commonplace book of as many curious, extraor dinary, true and false occurrences, as ever were introduced into two ponderous folios. So much, dear Philemon, for my desultory mode of studying: improve upon it but at all events, love your books for the good which they may produce; provided you open them with sin gleness of heart- that is, a sincerity of feeling."

*Il y a 300 pieds cubes de livres de Theologie."

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