aliquid da, Quod possim titulis incidere præter honores.' "Your Lordship has happily profited by this advice, and furnished the best practical comment upon it, by adding to the houours of hereditary rank, the still higher glory of a disinterested patriotism; so that the character which was only ima gined by the writer to whom I have alluded, and more fully pourtrayed by another distinguished Ronian poet *, has been actually realized in the illustrious living example which is now before me. Before I retire from your Lordship's presence, permit me to indulge in the recollection of a great character, to whom I had the honour of being known, whom I have often witnessed dispensing justice from the highest seats of judicature in this country, with dignity, integrity, and a suavity of manners, that has often been acknowledged even by those to whom his decisions proved unfavourable. His Por trait now adorns one of the seats of justice in this City; and his memory will be long cherished by those, who from this day will have the honour to call your Lordship a fellow-citizen." After being sworn in, the Marquis was conducted to the Alderman's Bench, where he received the congratulations of the Lord Mayor. Thursday, March 23. At half past nine at night, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Gye and Balne, printers, Gracechurch street; which in a short time entirely consumed the whole of their extensive establishment, and considerably damaged upwards of a dozen houses adjoining. Wednesday, March 29. A very shocking accident occurred this morning, among the ruins of the old Palace of the Savoy. Some labourers, emiployed in taking down an old wall, were undermining it, to shorten their work, when, although repeatedly cautioned of its dangerous state, they disregarded the advice, till it fell on them, crushed three to death, and also buried a horse and cart in the ruins. Thomas Lawrence to be their President, in the room of the late Mr. West. Thursday, April 20. Mr. Brougham and Mr. Denman came into the Court of Chancery, Westminster, this morning, soon after the Lord Chancellor had taken his seat, and were addressed by his Lordship in the following words :"Gentlemen, I understand her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint you her Attorney-General and Solicitor General: you will please, in consequence, to take your seats within the bar, next to the King's Counsel." Saturday, April 22. The Catholic Chapel, in Moorfields, was opened for public service for the first time. The Chapel, which is capable of contaiuing upwards of 2000 persons, was completely full; and among the congregation we observed several Catholic families of distinction, as well as most of the Ambassadors from Catholic Courts. The ceremonies of consecration and dedication were performed with all the pomp usually attendant on the proceedings of the Catholic Church. The cieling of the nave is ornamented by paintings in fresco, in several compartments, representing the principal incidents in our Saviour's life. The altar, which is very handsome, is built of statuary marble, and is elevated upon seven spacious marble steps. The tabernacle is of statuary marble, and is very beautifully ornamented. The pulpit is very handsome, and bears an inscription stating it to be the gift of Lord Aruudel. Behind the columns of the sanctuary is a panoramic painting in fresco, representing the Crucifixion. The time selected is that in which our Saviour yielded up the ghost. The chapel is, upon the whole, a very elegant building. Sunday, April 23. The public will derive equal gratification with ourselves, on learning that Ely Chapel has been bought and presented to the National Society, by one of its most zealous supporters, and ample provision has been made for the regular attendance of the children on public worship. The Bishop of London (in the morning), and the Archdeacon of London (in the afternoon), re-opened the Chapel with appropriate sermons. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Ely and Landaff, &c. attended. 1820] Trials for High Treason-Theatrical Register. TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON. OLD BAILEY, Monday, April 17. This being the day appointed for puting Arthur Thistlewood upon his trial, for High Treason, the Session- House was surrounded at a very early hour by a multitude of anxious persons, and the applica tions for admission were numerous beyond all precedent.-At nine o'clock precisely the Chief Justices Abbott and Dallas, the Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Richardson, the Common Serjeant and the Lord Mayor, entered the Court, and took their seats on the Bench. The Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland also sat on the Bench. The prisoner, A. Thistlewood, having been placed at the Bar, the Clerk of the Arraigns proceeded to call over the pannel. Thistlewood seemed more composed and collected in his demeanour than when arraigned. The whole manner and deportment of the prisoner was characteristic of the respectable station in life which he once filled. The Chief Justice observed, as there were several persons now about to be put on their trials, whose trials would come on one after the other, the Court thought it necessary to prohibit the publication of any one of the trials till the whole was finished *. The prisoner was then called on to plead. Mr. Shelton read the indictment, and the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. At half past one the Attorney General addressed the Jury in a luminous speech of considerable length. The circumstances adduced relative to the Conspiracy were similar to those stated in p. *165 et seq. of the present Volume. His Address occupied about an hour and three quarters. Previous to entering on the examination of witnesses, all the other prisoners inIcluded in the indictment along with Thistlewood were brought to the bar, and remained there to hear the evidence adduced. The only witness examined was Robert Adams, who has been admitted an evidence for the Crown: his examination by the Solicitor General and Mr. Gurney occupied the Court four hours and a quarter. His cross examination by Mr. Curwood was short. Tuesday, April 18. The principal witnesses examined today were-Hall an apprentice of the prisoner Brunt; Hiden, who was connected with the party; the Earl of Harrowby; John Monument, one of the gang seized in Cato-street, admitted as King's evidence; his brother Thomas Monument; Thomas Dwyer, who gave information of *As the trials of the State Prisoners remein unfinished, we cheerfully comply with the directions of the Court, by ab. staining at present from giving more mimute details of them. 367 the plot to Lord Harrowby, a little after one o'clock the day on which it is alleged that it was to have been carried into exe'cution; G. Kaylock, Richard Monday, and Elizabeth Westal-the three last inhabitants of Cato-street; and Ruthven, the police officer. Wednesday, April 19. Mr. Adolphus addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner; and in a speech which occupied nearly four hours in the delivery, contended that there was not evidence to support the charge of high treason. The Jury after an absence of about twenty minutes, returned into Court, and delivered a verdict of Guilty on the third and fourth counts of the indictment. Thistlewood, who appeared wholly unaffected by the verdict, was then removed from the bar, surrounded by several officers. The Court adjourned to Friday. Friday, April 21. THEATRICAL REGISTER. DRURY LANE THEATRE. April 8. Shakespeare versus Harlequin, a Drama, in two Acts." The principal incidents and situations are taken from a celebrated piece of Garrick's, called Harlequin's Invasion. The scenery is good; the music chiefly selected. It has been attractive to the full extent of its deserts. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. April 3. Harlequin and Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper, a Pantomime. The subject is well known, and the performance has been successful. April. 22. Henri Quatre; or, Paris in the Olden Time, a Musical Romance in -three acts, said to be written by Morion PRO PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS, &c. Sir F. Armstrong, permitted to wear the insignia of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword; and Capt. Strachey, R. N. the insignia of a Knight of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Wlademir. March 28. The 14th regiment of Light Dragoons to bear on their colours and appointments the words "Talavera-Fuentes d'Honor-Salamanca-and Orthes," in consequence of the distinguished services of that regiment in those battles; and the 33d Foot the words "Vittoria-Pyrenees -Nivelle-and Toulouse," for like services in those battles. Major-general Sir H. Taylor appointed Military Secretary to the Comm. in Chief. 2d West India Reg.-Major Bradley to be Lieut-colonel, and Capt. Lord, to be Major. 3d Royal Veteran Batt.-Major-gen. St. George, to be Major. 7th Ditto-Lieut.-colonel Ross, to be Lieut..col. STAFF.-Major-gen. Sir H. Torrens, to be Adjutant gen. to the Forces. April 1. The dignity of Baronet, granted to Walter Scott, of Abbotsford, esq. [the celebrated Poet] and his heirs male. April 4. Royal Waggon Train-Lieut.col. sir G. Scovell, K. C. B. to be Lieut.col. Commandant. April 8.-Lieut.-col. Miles, of the 89th Foot, permitted to wear the insignia of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword. April 11. Right Hon. D. Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, sworn a Member of the Privy Council. Major-gen. Sir B. D'Urban, appointed Capt. Gen. and Commander in Chief of Antigua and Montserrat. CIVIL PROMOTIONE. Rev. Thomas Cleave, B. A. to be Master of the Grammar School, Totness. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. Richard Mant, D. D. (Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury,) to the Bishopric of Killaloe. Rev. R. Hodgson, D. D. (late Dean of Rev. John Harwood, A.M. Sherbourne Hon, and Rev. Wm. Eden, son of Lord Henly, Beakesbourn V. and Harblesdown R. Kent. Rev. Wm. Colby, Clippesby R. Norfolk. Rev. Samuel D'Oyley Peshall, Morton Bagot R. Warwickshire. Rev. D. Williams, A.M. Bleadon R. Somerset. Rev. John Hodgkin, Northmolton V. Devonshire. Rev. Kendrick Peck, Ightfield R. in Shropshire. Rev. Charles Crane, D.D. of Paddington, Perpetual Curacy, Middlesex. Rev. William Squire Rufford, M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, Binton R. Warwickshire. Rev. W. Forge, M.A. King's Stanley R. Gloucestershire. Rev. W. Vernon, B. A. Hanbury R. Worcestershire. Rev. F.Wrangham, M.A. F.R.S. Thorpbasset R. near Malton, Yorkshire. DISPENSATION. Rev. H. Brown, to hold the Rectory of Aylestone, Leicestershire, with the Rectory of Hoby, in the same county. BIRTH S. Feb. 11. At St. Helena, the lady of Lieut.-gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, K. C. B. & son. March 2. At Stroxton House, Lincolnshire, the wife of the Rev. John Earle Welby, a son.-8. At Shottesbrook, the Hon. Mrs. Vansittart, a son.-14. At Brotherton, Yorkshire, the wife of Major Crowder, a son and heir.-26. At Hampstead Heath, the Countess of Huntingdon, a son, being her tenth child. [We are sorry to add, her Ladyship is since dead. See p. 378.-28. In Berkeley-sq. Lady Har riet Clive, a dau.-29. The Duchess of San Carlos, a boy. Being the second son, he will bear the title of Comte de l'Union. April 3. At Putney, Lady Sarah Lyttelton, a son.-14. The wife of W. Robinson, esq. Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a daughter. At Arbuthnot House, lady Arbuthnot, a son.-20. At Preshaw House, Hants, Lady Mary Long, a daughter,-At Beauchamp Lodge, near Gloucester, the wife of Major-gen. Guise, a son.-Lately, at the Hermitage, Brompton, Lady Charles Bentinck, a daughter. MARRIAGES. 1819.-Oct. 12. At Bombay, A. N. Riddell, esq. son of Col. John Riddell, to Mary Anne, dau. of Lt.-col. Edwards, 73d Regt. Nov. 18. At Prince Edward's Island, Hector Harvest, esq. of Shepperton, to Susanna Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut.governor Smith. 1820.-Jan. 15. At St. Helena, Capt. Guy Rotton, 20th reg. to Maria, daughter of Lieut.-col. South. March 1820.] Marriages of eminent Persons. March 1. Alex. Jamieson, esq. to Miss Frances Thurtle, of Brompton, known in the literary world by her Histories of France and Spain. 10. At Suffolk, near Belfast, J. R. Park, M. D. of Bedford Square, to Mrs. Stouppe. 22. Lieut. H. F. Bowness, of the Ma dras Establishment, eldest son of Majorgen. Bowness, to Arabella, daughter of Dr. Hill, of Devizes. Lieut. J. H. Porter, Royal Marines, to Harriet, daughter of J. Pratt, esq. of Faversham. Robert Currey, esq. to Charlotte, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Lipscomb. 27. G. Norton, esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister- at Law, to the eldest dau. of J. Rose, esq. of Gray's Inn. Thos. Wren, esq. Major in the Madras Army, to Letitia Montagu, youngest dau. of Vice Admiral Barton, of Exeter. Rev. Thomas Dade, rector of Broadway and Brincombe, Dorset, to Jane, daughter of late Colonel Lloyd, of Bawdeswell. 28. Lord Kircudbright, to Miss Cantes. Rev. B. H. Drury, of Etón College, to Catherine Sarah, eldest daughter of J. Bean, esq. of Clapham House, Sussex. Lately, at Rome, Hon. William Dawson, to Patience, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Scott, and grand-daughter of the late Sir Edward Blackett, bart. Charles Struth, esq. of Upper Harleystreet, to Emma Louisa, daughter of J. Stracey, esq. of Harley-place. Rev. B. M. Willan, of Queenborough, Kent, to Harriet, dau. of late Marcus Dixon, esq. of Barwell Court, Surrey. Rev. F. T. Cookson, M.A. Curate of St. John's, Oxford, to Mary Ellen, dau. of Rev. R. Faucett, M. A. Vicar of Leeds. John Benyon, esq. of Newcastle, Carmarthenshire, to Mary Ellen, dau. of the Rev. C. Russell, of Lydeard St. Lawrence. April 3. Thomas Benwell, esq. to Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Hichings, of Oxford. 6. Rev. Richard Ellicombe, Prebendary of Exeter, to Elizabeth, dau, of the Rev. John Swete, of Oxton House. Edward Wells, jun. esq. of Wallingford, to Mary Anne, dau. of John Hedges, esq. Mayor of that borough. Rev. Thomas King, of Wallington, Surrey, to Amelia, dau. of late Jas. Quil ter, esq. of Hadley. Maurice Swabey, jun. esq. of Langley Marish, to Frances, only dau. of late C. Clowes, esq. of Delaford, Bucks. Henry Francis Hough, esq. of East India Company's Service, to Eliza Paton Bruce, dau. of late Lieut. Gen. Bruce. Thomas Kithingman Staveley, esq. of Sleningford, Yorkshire, to Mary, only dau. of John Claridge, esq. of Pall-mall. Rev. Edward Bankes, rector of Corfe Castle, son of H. Bankes, esq. M. P. to GENT. MAG. April, 1820. 369 Hon. Frances Jane Scott, daughter of the Lord Chancellor. 8. Rev. Henry Daniel Leeves, to Sophia Mary, second daughter of the late Lieut. Col. Haultain, of Bath. Samuel Barlow, esq. of Middlethorpe, Yorkshire, to Harriet, daughter of the late Joshua Harner, esq. 10. Rev. Calvert F. Moore, to Catherine, dau. of Mr. and Lady Catherine Marlay. Charles Henry Strode, esq. of Frant, near Tunbridge Wells, to Caroline, dau of the late John Wombwell, esq. 11. Rev. Rob. Austen, rector of Steventon, Hants, to Eleanor, daughter of Henry Jackson, esq. of Sloane Terrace. Capt. W. C. Lempriere, Royal Artillery, to Harriet, dau. of Thos. Reid, esq. 13. Brigadier-Gen. John Pine Coffin, C.B. third son of the Rev. J. Pine Coffin, of Portledge, Devonshire, to Maria, dau. of the late George Monkland, esq. of Belmont. Thomas Joseph Turner, esq. of Great Yarmouth, Captain E. I. C. service, to Jane, dau. of John Bawtree, esq. of Colchester. 15. Rev. Mordaunt Barnard, of Thornton, to Maria, dau. of late Major Bolton. At Portsmouth, Capt. Harrison, R. N. to Catherine, daughter of Mr. Mottley, of Portsmouth. Thos. Jeffery Bumsted, esq. B. A. of Queen's College, Oxford, to Fanny, dau. of the late Roger Smith, esq. of Manor House, Walworth. 17. At Edinburgh, Lord John Campbell, to Miss Glassell, of Long Niddrie. Cap. W. B. Dashwood, R.N. to Louisa Henrietta, dau. of Fred. Bode, esq. 18. At Wardour Castle, Lieut. Col. G. Macdonnell, C. B., late J. F. Officer in Canada, to the Hon. Laura Arundel, second daughter of the late. Lord Arundel. George West, esq. Royal Engineers, to Louisa, daughter of Hen. Revell, esq. of Round Oak, Surrey. Capt. Garth, R.N. to Charlotte, dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Frederick Maitland. Peter Dixon, jun. esq. of Carlisle, to Sarah Rebecca, daughter of Major-Gen. Clarke, of Upper Charlotte-street. 20. Hon. and Rev. W. Leonard Addington, son of Lord Viscount Sidmouth, to Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Young, rector of Thorpe, Northampton. Edward Applewhace, esq. to Judith, dau, of the late Samson Tickell Wood, esq. Rob. Belcher, esq. of Henley-onThames, Oxfordshire, to Mary Sheldrake Kemmens, niece of the late Col. Sheldrake. Rev. Thos. Clayton Glyn, of Fairsted, Essex, to Jemima Julia, daughter of Wm. Hammond, esq. of St. Alban's Conrt, Kent. 24. Mr. Charles Baker, merchant of Southampton, to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. Thos. Wilkie, of Paternoster-row. QBI OBITUARY. VISCOUNT BARON CURZON. March 21. In Lower Brook-street, in his 92d year, Asheton Curzon, Viscount and Baron Curzon. He was the younger son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, co. Derby, Bart. who died in 1758, by Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Ralph Asheton of Middleton, in Lancashire, Bart. and younger brother of the late Nathaniel, first Lord Scarsdale. He was born Feb. 2, 1729; married (first) Esther, only daughter of Wm. Hanmer, esq. of Hanmer Bettisfield and of Iscoyd, Flintshire, by whom (who died July 21, 1764) he had issue, 1. Penn Asheton, born Jan. 31, 1757, married July 31, 1787, Suphia, Baroness Howe, eldest daughter of Richard, last Earl Howe, Knight of the Garter, and died Sept. 3, 1797, leaving issue Richard William, born Dec. 9, 1796, and other children; -2. Esther, married to the late Sir G. Bromley, Bart.;-3. Mary, married to Lord Stawell. He married (secondly) Feb. 6, 1766, Dorothy, sister to Richard, first Earl Grosvenor, by whom (who died Feb. 24, 1774, he had, 4. Robert, born 1774; M. P. for Clitheroe ;-5. Charlotte, married to Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq. M.P. for Warwickshire; and other issue. He married (thirdly) August 17, 1777, Anna Margaretta, sister of the late Sir W. Meredith, Bart. and widow of Barlow Trecothick, Esq., and by her (who died June 13, 1804) he had no issue. He was elected M. P. for Clithero, 1754, 1762, 1768, 1774, and 1790; in which Parliament he was elevated to the Peerage by the name of Baron Curzon, Aug. 13, 1794; from whence he was advanced to be Viscount Curzon, Feb. 27, 1802. His Lordship was LL.D.; and is succeeded in his titles and estate by his grandson Richard William, the present Viscount, who is recently married (see p. 272) to Lady Harriet Geor giana Brudenell. - The will of Viscount Baron Curzon was proved in the Prerogative Court on the 8th inst. by his son, the Hon. Rob. Curzon, the sole executor (appointed in a codicil). The personals were sworn under 120,000. Provision for his Lordship's children having been made in his late and former marriage, and by other settlements, they are by the will ratified and confirmed, and bequests to them are consequently of less amount. Fifteen thousand pounds are left to his daughter Elizabeth, and five thousand to his son Robert; and the house in Davies street, with all the furniture, plate, pictures, horses, carriages, &c. about the premises, are also left equally between them and another daughter, Lady Bromley. Similar articles about the house and premises at Hagley are given exclusively to Robert; to whom also, by codicil, are devised the freehold estates in the counties of Lancaster, Bucks, Middlesex, Nottingham, &c. Bequests of 300l. are made in favour of several upper servants, and all are benefited ac cording to degree and length of service. The residue is given in equal shares between the above children and his daughter Mrs. Dugdale. The will is dated 24th June, 1809. There are two codicils, one made in 1812, and the other in 1818. REV. ISAAC MILNER, D.D. F.R.S. April 1. At Kensington Gore, in the 70th year of his age, the very Reverend Isaac Milner, D.D. F.R.S. Dean of Carlisle, President of Queen's College, Cambridge, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in that University. This learned Divine was born near Leeds, of parents who had neither to boast of wealth or pedigree. While he was a boy, his father, who was a weaver, died, leaving a widow and two children, Joseph and Isaac. The young Milners were obliged to be at the spinningwheel by break of day in summer; and in winter they rose by candlelight, for the purpose of maintaining themselves and their aged parent. Such a course of unwearied application to a laborious calling might seem very unfavourable to study, and yet these youths devoted all the spare hours they could gain from their business to a few books which chance threw in their way. This disposition for literary pursuits, added to their sobriety and industry, made them the subject of general conversation; and at length a subscription was formed, by which the eldest was enabled to quit the loom for the grammar school. Here Joseph applied to the Classics with such diligence as to be soon qualified for the University of Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of M.A. On entering into orders he obtained the curacy of Trinity Church, Hull, and was appointed Master of the Grammar School in that town. In the mean time Isaac continued at the weaving business; but, when his brother was established at Hull, he became anxious to follow the same |