DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. New Churches.In the extensive parish of South Stoneham it has been resolved to build a district chapel in the neighbourhood of the poor-house, and that portion of the population most remote from the parish church. A subscription has been entered into, which already amounts to 1,000. The Earl of Guildford has offered to settle 401. per annum out of the great tithes, in part of endowment, and J. Barlow Hoy, Esq., M.P., to give the ground, in addition to their subscriptions, Mr. Hoy, 1007., and the Earl of Guildford, 501. The chapel is to contain 700 persons, and it is intended that one half the sittings shall be free and unappropriated.—The chapel recently erected at Fareham, by the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, was consecrated on the 2nd of Dec. by the Bishop of Winchester, assisted by about 40 of the clergy of the diocese. Three Independant chapels in Surrey, viz. that of the Rev. Dr. Styles, of North Brixton; of the Rev. Robert Taylor Hunt, of Kennington and of the Rev. Francis Moore, at Vauxhall; have within the last few months ceased to belong to that denomination, and now belong to the Establishment. The Iron Trade.-The iron trade of Staffordshire and the neighbouring districts is at present flourishing beyond all precedent. It is said that there is not one house in the manufacture within 30 miles of Birmingham, which has not more orders on hand than they can possibly execute within the next three months. Dec. 10 The first stone was laid of a new Bridge at Stratford le Bow, by Emma, wife of J. H. Pelly, esq. F.R S. Deputy Master of the Trinity House, and Chairman of the Trustees of the Middlesex and Essex turnpike roads. The old bridge, which was one of the most ancient in the country, was erected by the nunnery of Barking, assisted by the benevolence of Queen Matilda the consort of King Henry I.; and Mr. Pelly is the present owner of the Barking abbey lands, The new bridge will be built of Aberdeen granite, and is estimated to cost 11,5007. The engineers are Messrs. Walker and Burges, and the builders Messrs. Curtis and Son. They are expected to complete the work in September next. In a yard near the works of the new bridge, one of the arches of the ancient structure has been placed in the position in which it was taken up. It is a pointed arch, com. posed of Kentish rag-stone, and furnishes an instructive specimen of the ancient architecture of bridges in this country. The road-way was directly over the stones composing the arch, and the stones now appear worn through by the wheels of the carriages which have passed over it in several places the rut of the wheels being no less than 8 inc. in depth. Altogether this arch presents features which cannot fail to prove interesting to the antiquary, and we understand the Committee intend to preserve it in its original state. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. The Dec. 3. In consequence of the increasing distress of the Irish Clergy, owing to the difficulties of collecting tithes, a public meeting was held at the Freemasons' tavern, Great Queen Street, for the purpose of raising subscriptions for their relief; as many of them were reported to be in a state of absolute destitution. The Archbishop of Canterbury was in the chair. After a preliminary address, the Most Rev. Prelate informed the meeting that his Majesty had sent a donation of 500l. Her Majesty the Queen had sent 1007. Earl Ripon 1001. Dean and Chapter of Canterbury 2007. The collections in the University of Oxford amounted to more than 2,3001. A series of resolutions were then adopted, to carry the intended objects into effect: and a committee of management was immediately appointed. The Secretary announced that up to that hour a sum amounting to between 11,000l. and 12,000. had been received. Since the above meeting various others have been held in different parts of the kingdom for the same objects; and the subscriptions have been very extensive. Government have accepted the proffered services of the enterprising Captain J. C. Ross, who has volunteered to conduct an expedition to search for, and if possible restore to their country and friends, the crews, about 600 in number, of eleven whalers beset by the ice in the Arctic regions. The merchants interested in the trade are to find the ship, which will be provisioned by Government, and the crew is to consist of volunteer Greenland sailors. THEATRICAL REGISTER. COVENT GARDEN. Nov. 30. The Lord of the Isles, an operatic drama founded on Sir Walter Scott's poem of that name, was represented. It is written and adapted by the Lessee's Laureate, Mr. Fitzball, and is a transplantation from the Surrey, where it was produced about a year ago. The music, by Mr. Rodwell, is pretty, but the choruses are meagre. Dec. 3. A new musical drama, in two acts, called The Carmelites, or The Convent Belles, was acted. It is a translation, or rather an abridgment (by Mr. Fitzball we believe) of an amusing French piece, called "L'Habit ne fait pas le Moine." The Dec. 9. King O'Neil, an original drama in three acts, by Mrs. Gore, was produced, and met with complete success. scene is laid at Versailles in the days of Louis the Fifteenth. Captain Patrick O'Neil (Mr. Power) who is accustomed, each day after Burgundy, to assume the imaginary title of O'Neil, King of Con.. naught, was the life and soul of the piece. Dee. 14. A romantic spectacle, called The Bronze Horse, or the Spell of the Cloud King, was performed for the first time in this country. The greater portion of the music is by Mr. Rodwell, but the overture and some few airs have been extracted from Auber's "Cheval Bronze," a piece produced at the Opera Comique at Paris, in the autumn of 1834. Of the intrinsic merits of the music we cannot speak very highly. The scenery was gorgeous and superb. Dee. 26. A Christmas Pantomime was produced, under the name of Harlequin Guy Fawkes, or the Fifth of November. PROMOTIONS, GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. DRURY LANE. Dec. 26. The Christmas Pantomime was entitled Whittington and his Cat; or Harlequin Lord Mayor of London. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The Dec. 14. Mr. Braham's newly constructed Theatre was opened for the first time to a crowded and fashionable audience. We cannot speak too highly of the taste displayed in the execution of this very beautiful structure by the talents of the Architect Mr. Beazley. The interior presents a perfect fairy land. decorations are after the style of Louis Quartorze. The prevailing colour is a delicate French white, which is tastefully embroidered by rich gold flowers; the chandelier is of burnished copper, and creates a splendid effect. The proscenium and the panels of the boxes are enriched with paintings and devices conceived and executed in the best taste. The entertainments were entirely new, and consisted of a comic opera, by Mrs. G. A. à Becket, intituled Agnes Sorel, and two pleasing and well-acted comic trifles, called A Clear Case, and The French Company, both from the pen of her husband. The whole performance was preceded by an address, written by Mr. James Smith, and delivered by Mrs. Selby. PREFERMENTS, &c. Nov. 3. Alex. Moffat, of Antigua, esq. and Cordelia-Duncombe his wife, to assume and take the surname of Duncombe. Nov. 18. Knighted, Rear-Adm. Rob. Lewis Fitz-Gerald. Nov. 20. Lord George W. Russell to le Envoy-extraordinary to the King of Prussia; Sir Geo. Shee, Bart. to be Envoy-extraordinary to the King of Wurtemberg. 69th Foot, Major Lord G. Bentinck, to be Major. Nov. 24. 24th Foot, Capt. H. D. Townshend to be Major.-31st Foot, Major S. Bolton to be Lieut.-Col.-Capt. T. Skinner to be Major.-Brevet, Capt. S. Dowbiggin to be Major in the army. Nov. 27. G. H. Seymour, esq. to be Envoyextraordinary to the King of the Belgians; R. Abercrombie. esq. to be Minister resident at the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; Sir G. B. Hamilton, K.C.B. to be Secretary of Legation at Berlin; and Henry Lytton Bulwer, to be Secretary of Legation at Brussels. esgir F. B. Head to be Lieut.-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada. Dec. 2. Alex. Currie, esq. Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of the shire of Banff. Dec. 4. 21st Foot, Major J. C. Hope, to be Lieut.-Col. 69th Foot, Capt. W. N. Hill to be Major.-Rifle Brigade, Capt. C. L. Boileau to be Major. Dec. 11. 24th Foot, Major C. Hughes, to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. G. F. Stack to be Major57th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Right Hon. Sir F. Adam, to be Col.-73d Foot, Major-Gen. Lord Harris to be Col.-86th Foot, Major-Gen. Hon. Sir F. C. Ponsonby to be Col. Members returned to serve in Parliament. Devizes.-Thomas Henry Sutton Bucknall Estcourt, of Newpark, Wilts, esq. Northampton (Northern Division).—Thomas Philip Maunsell, of Thorpe Malsor, esq. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. R. Sergeant, Minor Canon of Worcester Cath. Rev. F. T. Bayly, B.A. Minor Canon of Gloucester Cath. Rev. C. W. Bagot, Islip R. co. Oxon. Rev. T. Bennett, Mytholm P.C. in parish of Halifax. Rev. G. H. Bosanquet, Ilketshall St. John's Rev. T. Burdon, Easington C. Durham. Rev. J. M. Clerk, Crowan V. Cornwall. Rev. W. Godfrey, Stoke Prior V. co. W orc. Rev. J. S. H. Horner, Mells R. Somerset. Rev. J. Stannus, Lisburn R. co. Antrim. Rev. J. Towlson, Blackford P.C. Somerset. Rev. W. Warde, Witton-le-Wear P.C. Durham. Rev. - Witherstone, Kingsdown R. Kent. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. Rev. J. Hodgson, Chap. to Lord Thurlow. Rev. W. Mills, Head Master of Exeter Gram. Rev. W. Sidgwick, Head Master of Skipton Gram. School, Yorkshire. BIRTHS. June 1. At Colombo, Ceylon, the lady of Jackson Perring, esq. the Deputy King's Advocate, a dau. Nov. 13. At Heanton Sackville, the Right Hon. Lady Clinton, a son-20. At Thorp Arch, the wife of the Rev. F. H. S. Menteath, a son.- -At West Barkwith rectory, Lincolnshire, the wife of the Rev. W. G. Moore, a son.-22. At Ross, the wife of H. Montonier Hawkins, esq. of Pen Park, Monmouthshire, a dau.-23. At Wellesbourne, the Lady Chas. Paulet, a dau.- -25. At Mereworth Rectory, Kent, the Hon. Lady Stapleton, a son.At Scarborough, the wife of Dr. Harland, a dau. 26. At Huntington Hall, near York, the lady of John Hannath, M.D. a dau.-27. -At Sir J. Whitshed's, Holbrook Farm, the Hon. Mrs. Whitshed, a dau.-At Little Spardeloes, Amersham, the wife of Col. W. J. Drake, a son.-At Goring vicarage, Oxfordshire, the wife of the Rev. F. C. Wilson, a dau. 28. The wife of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, (Copeland) a son.-30. At Forlock House, Somerset, the wife of the Rev. R. F. Gould, a son. Lately. In Bedford-sq. the wife of Peter Stafford Carey, esq. barrister-at-law, of twin daughters. Dec. 2. The wife of Major Chase, of the Madras Light Cavalry, a dau.-7. At South Newton, the wife of the Rev. G. Pugh, a son. 8. At Walworth, the wife of W. Weston, esq. Surveyor-general of his Majesty's Customs, twins.- 10. The wife of Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, a son.-12. In Grosvenor-sq. Lady Emily Pusey, a son and heir.-In Godmersham Park, Lady Geo. Hill, a dau.-16. The Countess Clanwilliam, a son. MARRIAGES. Nov. 10. At Dungarvon, co. Waterford, Thos. Carew Hunt, esq. H.M. Consul at Archangel, to Dorothea, third dau. of the late Sir Nugent Humble, Bart. of Cloncoskorand Castle.-12. Thos. Provis Wickham, esq. son of the Rev. P. Wickham, of Chawton house, Somersetshire, to Sarah, dau. of William Hussey, esq. of Newhall, near Glasgow.-17, At Acklam, the Rev. T. Watkins Richards. fourth son of the late Lord Chief Baron, to Everald Cathena, sister of T. Hustler, esq. of Acklam-hall, co. York.-18. At Doncaster, B. H. Wiggin, esq. to Miss Caroline Cochrane, dau. of the Hon. Mrs. Cochrane, of Netherhall, Yorkshire. -T. Roe, esq. Major E.I.C. to Lucy, dau. of the late W. Roe, esq. of Liverpool. 19. At Weston House, Wilts, Thos. Drummond, esq. Under Secretary for Ireland, to Miss Kinnaird, of Fredley, Surrey. 20. At Dunmkill House, co. Fife, John Murray Drummond, esq. late Gren. Guards, eldest son of Rear-Admiral Drummond, of Megginch Castle, co. Ferth, to Frances Jemima Oswald, fourth dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Oswald. -23. At Prestbury, Lanc. George Henry Ayton, esq. R.N., of Macclesfield, to Harriette, eldest dau. of Saville Smith, esq. of Bollington.At Tunbridgewells, Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N. to Charlotte, second dau. of the late Major-Gen. J. Pringle. -24. At Worningford, W. Nicoll, of the Royal Mint, esq. second son of the late Col. Nicoll, of Copt-hall, Hendon, to Harriet-Robinson, eldest dau. of the Rev. Rishton Robinson Bailey, Rector of Culphs, Suffolk.At Daresbury Hall, John Smith Barry, esq. of Marbury Hall, Cheshire, and of Foaty, co. Cork, to Mary Felicia, youngest dau of Gen. Heron, of Moor Hall, Cheshire.-25. At Rooss, near Beverley, Edw. York, esq. to Penelope, dau. of the Rev. Christopher Sykes.- -26. At Ash, Kent, the Rev. R. Salwey, Rector of Fawkham, to Mary, dau. of Multon Lambard, esq. of Sevenoaks.- -At Gosport, Joseph Bingham, esq. of Speedfield, Hants, to Miss Cecilia Allen, only dau. of the late Major-Gen. Allen.Pitminster, near Taunton, the Rev. T. Thellusson Carter, Vicar of Burnham, Som. to Mary Anne, second dau. of John Gould, esq. Amberd House. -28. At St. George's, Hanoversq. Capt. J. Sidney Doyle, second son of Major-Gen. Sir Chas. Doyle, to the Lady Susan North, dau. of the late Earl of Guilford. At Dec. 1. At Bradford, F. A. S. Locke, esq. second son of the late Wadham Locke, esq. M.P. of Rowdeford House, to Katherine Harriet, eldest dau. of Capt. Sir Thos. Fellowes, R.N.- -At Chitterne All Saints, Wilts, the Rev. G. Woodcock, Rector of Caythorpe, co. Lincoln, to Mary, widow of Joseph Eden, esq. of Poulshott Lodge.- -At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Francis-Hart, fourth son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart. of Lullingstone Castle, Kent, to Charlotte Lascelles, youngest dau. of the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Jenner, of Chesterfield-street.At Gamston, near East Retford, the Rev. Christopher Milnes, Rector of Scampton, Lincolnshire, to Catharine, dau. of the late H. Swan, esq. of Lincoln.- -2. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. the Rev. Lawrence Palk Welland, Rector of Talaton, Devonshire, to Caroline, dau. of G. Stone, esq. of Chiselhurst, Kent.-3. At Merton, Norfolk, B. N. Garnier, esq. son of Lady Harriet, to Henrietta Maria de Grey, dau. of Lord Walsingham. At the British Embassy, Paris, Sir Charles Payne, Bart. late of Tempsford Hall, to Maria Creighton, dau. of the late Major R. M'Crea. 4. At Manby, the Rev. W. Bagshaw Harrison, Rector of Gayton, Lincoln, to Susannah Charlotte, eldest dau. of W. Teale Welfitt, esq. of Manby-hall.- -8. At Ripple, W. Reed, Capt. 48th regt. to Eliz. Adair St. Barbe, dau. of J. B. Sladen, esq. of Ripple Court, Kent.10. At Brighton, the Hon. John Boyle, eldest son of the Earl of Cork and Ossory, to the Hon. Cecilia de Roos, sister to Lord de Roos. OBITUARY. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G. Νου. 23. At Badminton, Gloucestershire, after a severe and painful illness, in his 68th year, the Most Noble Henry Charles Somerset, sixth Duke of Beaufort (1682), eighth Marquis of Worcester (1642), twelfth Earl of Worcester (1513-14), Earl of Glamorgan, Viscount Grosmont, and Baron Beaufort, of Caldecot-castle, co. Monmouth,* Baron Bottetourt (by writ 1307), and Baron Herbert, of Ragland, Chepstow, and Gower (by writ 1461, and patent 1506); K.G.; Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the counties of Gloucester, Monmouth, and Brecon, Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire, Constable of St. Briavel's castle, Warden of the Forest of Dean, Colonel of the Monmouthshire Militia, D. C.L. &c. &c. His Grace was born Dec. 22, 1766, the eldest of the nine sons of Henry the fifth Duke, and K. G. by Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Adm. the Hon. Edward Boscawen, and aunt to the present Earl of Falmouth. His venerable mother died in 1828, having lived to see her posterity flourishing in an extraordinary manner; being herself the parent of twelve children, seventy-one grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren; a number which has since materially increased. The Duke was educated at Westminster school. He was entered, as a nobleman, at Trinity college, Oxford, Feb. 4, 1784, and was created a Master of Arts at the Commemoration in the Theatre, June 28, 1786. In the same year he left the University to make the tour of France, Switzerland, and Italy; whence he returned at the close of the year 1787. In March 1788 the Marquis of Worcester was elected to Parliament for the borough of Monmouth; at the general election in 1790, for the city of Bristol; and at that of 1796 for the county of Gloucester, which he continued to represent until his accession to the peerage by the death of his father, Oct. 11, 1803. He also succeeded his father as LordLieutenant of the counties of Monmouth and Brecon; and as Colonel of the Monmouth and Brecon militia. In 1805 his Grace was elected a Knight of the Garter, and he was installed the same year, at the last installation of the Order that has been celebrated within the castle of Windsor with the ancient solemnities. • On the uncertain character of these three dignities, see Nicolas's Synopsis of the Peerage, p. 266. 406 398 238 He In 1810 his Grace was appointed LordLieutenant of Gloucestershire; and in 1812, Constable of St. Briavel's castle, and Warden of the Forest of Dean. was one of the Dukes supporting the pall at the funeral of Queen Charlotte in 1818 and also that of King George the Third in 1820; one of the supporters to the Chief Mourner, his present Majesty, at the funeral of King George the Fourth in 1830; and bore the Queen's crown at the Coronation of their present Majesties in 1831. Although the Duke of Beaufort never took any prominent part in the politics of the country, his parliamentary vote and influence were steadily given in support of the successive Tory administrations. He was a munificent and active patron of some of the most important charitable and religious institutions; was one of the Vice Presidents of the Society for promoting the building of Churches and Chapels, and of the Welch Charity-school; one of the Presidents of the Royal Jennerian Society; and one of the Vice-Patrons of the Royal Universal Infirmary for Children. During his long career his Grace sustained the different offices held by him with high ability and unimpeachable impartiality. Against his public character not even slander itself has ever dared to whisper a reproach; and throughout his long life he bore a character to whose purity, integrity, and singleness of purpose, his friends and opponents have alike been emulous of giving testimony. In his private virtues were excellencies which appeal more nearly to our sympathies. The fame which follows a life devoted to deeds of private benevolence, to numberless acts of charity, to an ununceasing exertion for the welfare and prosperity of those placed in dependence upon him, graces the character of the de ceased Duke, for in such deeds of private worth were found his chief delight and employment. For many years, during the hunting season, the Duke of Beaufort resided at Heythrop, in Oxfordshire, where he kept an excellent pack of fox hounds. Soon after the destruction of that noble mansion by fire, he removed his kennel and his stud altogether into Gloucestershire; but he left behind him, among his neighbours in Oxfordshire, of every grade, a character of which those connected with "He him may now be justly proud. was (said an honest intelligent yeoman since his death), a man of generous disposition, plain and straightforward in his speech, punctual in his dealings between man and man, and of strict integrity. He was kind and open in his manner, very benevolent in his conduct, and always willing to oblige, where he could do so with propriety; and when he did you a service, the less you said about it the better he was pleased." The Duke of Beaufort married, May 16, 1791, Lady Charlotte Levison Gower, fifth daughter of Granville first Marquis of Stafford, and aunt to the present Duke of Sutherland. By this lady, who survives him, his Grace had issue five sons and eight daughters: 1. the Most Noble Henry now Duke of Beaufort, and late M.P. for West Gloucestershire, in the present Parliament; he has been twice married, first to Georgiana- Frederica, second daughter of the Hon. Henry Fitz Roy, uncle to the present Lord Southampton, by whom he has two daughters; and secondly to her half sister Emily-Frances, daughter of C. C. Smith, esq. and neice to the Duke of Wellington, by whom he has Henry now Marquis of Worcester, born in 1824, and four daughters; 2. Lord Granville-CharlesHenry Somerset, M. P. for Monmouthshire, who married in 1822 the Hon. Emily Smith, tenth daughter of Lord Carrington, and has issue three sons and two daughters; 3. a son who died in Jan. 1794 at the age of six weeks; 4. Lady Charlotte-Sophia who was married in 1823 to the Hon. Frederick Calthorpe, next brother and heir-presumptive to Lord Calthorpe, and has issue four sons and five daughters; 5. Lord Charles-Frederick, who died young; 6. Lady Elizabeth Susan, who became first, in 1822, the third wife of Lord Edward O'Bryen, Capt. R. N. brother to the Marquis of Thomond, and was re-married in 1829 to Major-Gen. James Orde; 7. Lady Georgiana-Augusta, married in 1825 to the Hon. Granville-Dudley Ryder, Lieut. R. N. second son of the Earl of Harrow by, and has issue two sons and two daughters; 8. Lord Edward-Henry, who died in 1822, in his 20th year; 9. the Most Hon. Susan- Caroline Marchioness Cholmondeley, who became in 1830 the second wife of George-Horatio second and present Marquis Cholmondeley, but has no issue; 10 Lady Louisa- Elizabeth, who became in 1832 the second wife of George Finch, esq.; 11.Lady Isabella-Ann, married in 1828 to Thomas- Henry Kingscote, esq. and died in 1831; 12. The Rt.Hon. Blanche Countess of Galloway, married in 1833 to George present and ninth Earl of Galloway, and has a daughter: and 13. Lady Mary-Octavia, who is unmarried. On the 2nd Dec. the body of the late Duke was deposited in the family vault in the chapel at Badminton, in the preof a sorrowing circle of the leading members of his illustrious house. The funeral was strictly private, which prevented the attendance of others who would have availed themselves of the opportunity to evince their respect for the virtues of the deceased, had the family arrangements permitted. The bells of Monmouth, Newport, Abergavenny, Chepstow, and of nearly all the churches in the county, gave forth a muffled peal at intervals. The tradespeople in the principal towns marked their sorrow by partially closing their windows; and in Newport and Chepstow the shipping hoisted their colours half-mast high. On no former occasion has so general a manifestation of feeling, or one more creditable to the inhabitants, been exhibited in the county of Monmouth. A portrait of the Duke of Beaufort, in the robes of the Order of the Garter, was painted by Thomas Phillips, esq. R. A. and an engraving from it by T. A. Dean was published in 1829 in Fisher's National Portrait Gallery. LORD ROBERT MANNERS. Nov. 15. At Belvoir Castle, in his 54th year, Lord Robert-William Manners, C.B., Major-General in the army, M. P. for North Leicestershire; brother to the Duke of Rutland. His Lordship was born Dec. 14, 1781, the third son and youngest child of Charles fourth Duke of Rutland, K. G. by Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, fifth and youngest daughter of Charles. Noel fourth Duke of Beaufort, and aunt to the Duke whose decease is recorded in the preceding article. He was appointed Cornet in the tenth dragoons 1798, Lieutenant 1800, Captain 1803, Major 1810, brevet Lieut.- Colonel 1811, Lieut.-Col. of the third dragoons 11 |