462 Domestic Occurrences.-Theatrical Register. lidity of the work and the hardness of the cement, is a laborious work, and necessarily of slow progress. It is hoped that in 18 months from the getting through the wall, the tunnel will be carried to and under the further shore of the river; and, in the opinion of persons most competent to form a correct judgment, the first expectation of ultimate and complete success is increased by all the circumstances which have hitherto attended this important undertaking. The St. Katharine Dock Company are proceeding to carry the provisions of the Act into effect. They have already purchased about three-fifths of the freehold of the site, and are making the necessary arrangements with the leaseholders and occupiers. The materials of the church and buildings, late the property of the St. Katharine's Hospital in the precinct, have been advertised for sale, preparatory to the ground being cleared; and it is expected that the works connected with the entrances, basin, and docks, will be commenced in the month of January next. : In the Court of Common Pleas, Oct. Walker (Clerk) v. Ridgeway, Serjeant Wilde moved for a new trial. The facts were these the plaintiff was a Clergyman of the Established Church, and proprietor of the tithes of a certain parish in the county of Hereford. The defendant was the cultivator of a farm which lay in the plaintiff's parish. The latter sent notice to the Clergymen of his intention to cut down a field of wheat. The Clergyman's tithing man attended, but the weather seeming unfavorable for harvest work, he left the field. The weather subsequently cleared up, the defendant cut down the wheat, set it out in sheaves, and then gathered them into shocks, consisting some of 9 sheaves, some of 10. The Clergyman refused to collect his tenths from those shocks, on the ground that that manner of setting out his tenths was contrary to the ancient custom, and full of unnecessary trouble and uncertainty. He accordingly brought his action of wrong, for the improper setting out of the tithes. The case was tried at the Hereford assizes, before the Hon. Justice Burrough. The presiding Judge directed the Jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff, but the Jury were of a different opinion, and found for the defendant. The Judge remonstrated in vain. The Jury persisted in their opinion. On these grounds Mr. Sergeant Wilde moved that the verdict be set aside, and a new trial granted.The Chief Justice said, "Take the rule to shew cause, brother Wilde; prejudices [Nov. are sometimes found in a Jury of farmers when deciding on a tithe question." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Nov. 4. A two-act opera, entitled The Wedding Present was produced. It is a translation, or rather adaptation from the French, by Mr. Kenny. Independently of some pretty music, there was nothing attractive in the piece. COVENT GARDEN. The re In the absence or entire destitution of histrionic talent, the managers, in imitation of the Surrey Theatre, have introduced a soi-disant monkey from Paris. In the present degraded state of the royal theatres we were not unprepared for something worthless or contemptible; but this last disgrace was reserved for a Kemble, who does not hesi tate to convert the stage (on which a brother and a sister trod with so much honor to themselves and gratification to the public) into a mere menagerie, or puppet-shew. The piece in which this fullgrown punch exhibited his disgusting tricks was The Shipwreck of Policinelle, or The Neapolitan Nuptials. spectable part of the audience expressed the strongest disapprobation; but the clamourous gods were sufficiently noisy in supporting this contemptible mimicry; consequently it was repeated. The piece wns afterwards changed for a melodrama, entitled Jocko, the Brazilian Monkey, which has been hackneyed at the minor theatres to satiety. The plot is too senseless to notice, as it was merely intended for the exhibition of Jocko's tricks. We shall mention one instance of absurdity, as a sample of the rest. The Brazilian planter shews Jocko a watch, and asks what o'clock it is,when he exhibits a wonderful display of intellect (what a sagacious Frenchman)! by knocking five times on a cocoa-shell! as if any child could not do the same, though disguised as a monkey. It is stated that this M. Mazurier is paid the enormous weekly salary of 150% being at the rate of 251. per night. Previous to his treaty with Mr. C. Kemble, Mazurier was applied to on the part of Mr. Elliston, and refused to take less than 40%. per night, and 601. for each of the masks which he might require. Nov. 16. A new comedy, attributed to the pen of Mr. Hyde, author of Alphonsus, was performed, bearing the title of Love's Victory, or a School for Pride. The incidents and plot appear to be taken from Moliere's La Princesse d'Elide. The piece was given out for repetition amidst great applause. PROMO 1925.] [463] PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. Office of Ordnance, Oct. 10. Royal Reg. of Art. Lieut.-col. Macdonald to be Col. -Major and Brevet Leiut.-col. Holcombe to be Lieut.-col.-Capt. and Brevet Major Addams to be Major. War Office, Oct. 21. 78th Reg. Capt. Doug las to be Maj. by purchase, v. Falconer. - 81st Brevet Maj. Horton to be Maj. vice Taylor. -88th, Maj. Heathcote, 27th foot, to be Maj.-92d, Capt Winchester to be Maj. Unattached to be Lieut.-cols. of Infantry, Maj. P. Taylor, 81st Foot.-Maj. Falconer 78th Foot. To be Major of Infantry, Capt. Webb, 3d Light Dragoons. Oct. 22. Sir E. Thornton, late Minister Plenip. to Portugal, to bear the title of Conde de Cassilhas, conferred on him by his Portuguese Majesty. War Office, Oct. 28. Staff: Maj. Fitzroy to be Deputy Adj.-gen. to the troops at the Cape of Good Hope, with the rank of Lieut.col. in the army. Unattached: Major England, 23d Foot, to be Lieut.-col. of Inf. To be Majors of Infantry: Capts. Chambers, 29th Foot. 'Grady, 53d Foot.Whichcote, 4th Drag. Guards.-Wood, 65th Foot.-Perceval, Rifle Brigade. -- Nov. 8. George Bragge Prowse, of Yeovil, Somerset, Esq. to take the surname, and bear the arms of Prinn. War Office, Nov. 11. 2d Life Guards, Capt. Barton to be Major.-7th Drag. Gds. Major Grey to be Lieut.-col.-Brevet Lieut.col. Lord Hill to be Major. 19th Reg. Capt. Dobbin to be Major. 60th Reg. Brevet Lieut.-col. Galiffe to be Lieut.-col. -Brevet Major Thorn to be Major. Unattached: Capt. Ellis, 16th Light Drag. to be Major of Infantry. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. H. Wetherell, Pebendary of Gloucester Cathedral. Rev. C. Barnwell Barnwell, Mileham R. Norfolk. Rev. G. W. Butler, St. Nicholas R. co. Nott. Rev. J. Jones, Bodedeyrn P. C. Anglesea. Rev. R. Walsh, Six-mile-bridge R. Ireland. Rev. W. Moore, Chaplain to Earl of Donoughmore. Rev. T. Randolph, Chapl. in Ord. to the King. DISPENSATION Rev. T. Brown, Rector of Conington, Cambridgeshire, to hold Westow R. Huntingd. CIVIL PREFERMENT. Rev. J. Dove, Stoke Golding Grammarschool co. Leicester. BIRTHS. Oct. 19. At St. Austin's, Wilts, Mrs. Ralph Allen Daniell, a dau.-20. At Camberwell House, Bradford, Wilts, Mrs. Rich. Thos. Bateman, a son. - 22. At Swindon, Mrs. Amb. Goddard, a dau.-24. At Beverley, the wife of Capt. Fred. Robertson, a son.-30. At Craythorne-house, Tenterden, Mrs. Fred. Adams, a son.-At West Leke, Notts, the wife of Rev. Charles Oxenden, dau.-6. At Bath, the wife of Rev. J. R. Hopper, a dau.-9. At Wadley-house, Farringdon, Berks, Mrs. H. Weyland Powell, a dau. At the Minster Parsonage, Beverley, Mrs. Robert Machell, a son. 13. At Compton-house, Farringdon, the wife of Capt. W. B. Dashwood, R. N. a dau. -14. The wife of the Rev. S. E. Batten, Harrow, a dau.-At his house, Montaguesquare, the wife of Mr. J. Taylor, a dau.— 12. At Pontefract, Mrs. Flintoff Leatham, a son.-In Harcourt-street, Dublin, Mrs. J. T. Boileau, a son.-18. The wife of James Woodford, Esq. of Devonshire-street, Portland-place, a son.-Lady Burghersh, a son. -19. In Somerset-street, Portman-sq. Mrs. C, H. Pilgrim, a son. MARRIAGES. [ 464 ] MARRIAGES. May 17. At Madras, John Rob. Cuppage, esq. third son of Lieut.-Gen. Cuppage, R. A. to Anne, youngest dau, of John Underwood, esq. of Vizagapatam. Sept. 20. At Gretna Green, the Rev. Tho. Caton, to Louisa Frances Lumley, 2d dau. of the Hon. and Rev. John Lumley Saville; afterwards remarried at Womersley, co. York. Sept. 30. At. Pancras, Mr. W. R. Tymms, of Bath, to Miss Eliz. Frances Hall, of Reading. Lately, at Whitchurch, the Rev. J. Morrall, Fellow of Brazenoze Coll, to Eliz. relict of the late Rev. R. Mayow.- -At Over Kellet, the Rev. Sir Rich. Le Fleming, Bart. M. A. Rector of Grasmere and Bowness, Westm. to Sarah, third dau. of late W. B. Bradshaw, esq. of Alton-hall, Lanc. Oct. 15. At Heydon, Norfolk, Henry Handley, Esq. M. P. to Hon. Caroline Edwardes, eldest dau. of Lord Kensington. Oct. 17. At Glenericht Cottage, Perthshire, the Rev. Allan, son of late Colonel Allan Macpherson, of Blairgourie, Perths. to Margaret, youngest dau. of late William Chalmers, of Glenericht. Oct. 19. At Walcot, Bath, Edw. Hyde Clarke, esq. to Miss Georg. Cath. Terisa O'Moran, of Brunswick-place, Walcot. Oct. 20. At Grays, Tho. Ingram, esq. to Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rich. Webb, esq. of Belmont, Essex.--At Great Yarmouth, J. H. Munro, esq. of Keppell-st. Russell-sq. to Amelia, youngest dau. of T. Steward, esq.-Rev. Luke Forster, of Blackburn, Lanc. to Miss S. Vale, of Brunswick-pl. City-road.--Henry Locock, esq. of Euston-sq. to Susan, youngest dau. of Rev. Wm. Smyth, R. of Great Linford, Bucks.- -At Wells, Major H. C. Streatfield, 87th Reg. to Eleanor, dau. of late Harry Darby, Esq.--At Doncaster, the Rev. James Jackson Lowe, Fellow of Brazenoze Coll. to Cath. Mary, only dau. of T. W. Tew, Esq. of Doncaster, banker. Oct. 22. At Eltham, Rev. B. Guest, A.M. of Everton, Liverpool, to Eliz. Cath. eldest dau. of T. Lingham, esq. of Shooter's-hill. -At Chelsea, Alex. Hall, Esq. of Austin Friars, to Jane Mary Anne, d. of Ashburnham Bulley, esq. of Durham-place, Chelsea. Oct. 25. At St. James's, Westminster, Wm. John Symons, esq. of Chapel-street, Grosvenor-pl. to Anne Emma Crewe. Oct. 29. At the Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Mrs. Patterson, an American lady of great fortune, and a Catholic. The ceremony was performed, in the first instance, by his Grace the Lord Primate. The bride was given away by the Bishop of Raphoe, and the marriage was afterwards solemnized by the Papist Archbishop of Dublin. [Nov. Nov. 2. At St. James, Westminster, Sam. R. Jarvis, esq. of Fair Oak House, Hants, to Eliz. dau. of late Rev. Peter Murthwaite, Rector of Newnham, Oxf.--5. At Knutsford, Tho, Parr, esq. of Appleton, to Clara, dau. of late Rev. Croxton Johnson.At Thurston Church, Suffolk, Geo.Gataker, esq. of Mildenhall, to Eliz. 3d dau. of Tho. Wilkinson, esq. of Nether Hall.-6. At Melcombe Regis, Edw. Smith Delamain, esq. 67th reg. to Jessie Anna, dau. of late Robt. Waugh, esq.- -At Poole, Jos. Garland, jun. esq. Alderman, to the widow of John Slade, esq.- 8. At Croydon, Matthew Stent, jun. of Harmondsworth, to Mary Ann, only dau. of Mat. Newman, esq. of Cromford, Mid.- -At Topsham, Devon, Adam, son of David Gordon, esq. of Abergeldie, N.B. and Dulwich, Surrey, to Susan, dau. of late Rev. John Swete, of Oxton House, Devon- -At Dunhamn Massey, Sir John Walsh, Bart. of Warfield, Berks, to Lady Jane Grey, youngest dau. of Earl of Stamford and Warrington.-At Marylebone, Sir John Tho. Člaridge, recorder of Prince of Wales Island, to M. P. eldest dau. of Vice-Adm. Scott.- -At Lord Arden's, Nork, near Epsom, Sir William Heathcote, Bart. of Hursley Park, Hants, to the Hon. Car. Frances Perceval, dau. of Lord Arden.-9. At Bristol, the Rev. Martin Slater, of Wooton-Basset, Wilts, to Eliza, eld. dau. of late Rich. Connebee, esq.- -10. At St. George, Han.-sq. the Rev. Tho. Shreiber, Rector of Bradwell, Essex, to Sarah, 3d dau. of Rear-Adm. Bingham.--At Broad Hinton, near Marlborough, John Mathews Richards, esq. of Roath Hall, near Cardiff, to Arabella, dau. of Thomas Calley, esq. of Burderop Park, Wilts.- 12. Rich. Elwes, esq. of Stoke Park, Suffolk, to Cath, eld. d. of Isa. Elton, esq. of Stapelton House, Glouc.——14. At Harberton, Devon, C. Anthony, esq. of the Mall, Clifton, to Thomason, dau. of late Edm. Browne, esq. of Blakemore.-15. Capt. John Walter Roberts, R. N. eld. son of Rev. Wm. Roberts, Rector of Worplesden, Surrey, to Frances, dau. of John Sargeant, esq. of Lavington, Sussex.————18. At St. Michael, Wood-street, Stacey Grimaldi, esq. of Copthal-court, Throgmorton-street, second son of Wm. G. esq. to Mary Ann, 2d dau. of Tho. Geo. Knap, esq. of Haberdashers' Hall.-19. At St. George's, Han.sq. Lord Headley to Miss Mathews.At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Rich. Bethen esq. Barrister and Fellow of Wadham, to Eleanor-Mary, dau. of Robt, Abraham, esq. of Kepple-st. Russell-sq.- 21. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, I. Cha. Wright, esq. eld, son of Inchabod Wright, of Mapperley, Notts. to Theodocia, eld, dau. of late Tho. Denman, esq. M.P. 1825.] [ 465 ] OBITUARY. COUNT DE LACEPEDE. Oct. 6. At the age of 68, Bernard Germain Etienne Laville, Count de Lacepède. He was born at Agen, of a noble family, Dec. 16, 1756. Intended by his family for the career of arms, he entered the Ba varian service; but the irresistible impulse he felt for the study of natural history, made him abandon the field of honour for a milder fame-that of excelling in the sciences. At that period Buffon was in the zenith of his glory; the magic of his style threw a lustre over his subject worthy of its sublimity. Ray had drawn an outline of the wisdom of God in the works of the creation: it was left for Buffon to fill it up, and paint those wonders with all the colours of a brilliant imagination. Science herself seemed lovely in his descriptions, and we cannot wonder that Lacepède should place himself under so great a master, and soon become his favourite and most distinguisned pupil. Buffon and Daubeton obtained for young Lacepède the situation of keeper of the cabinets of the King's Garden at Paris. He occupied this post when the Revolution broke out. He had already published the "Natural History of Oviperous Quadrupeds and Serpents," which announced the continua tion of Buffon. His work was traced on a similar plan to that of the great master, but Lacepède's enthusiasm for him did not blind him to his defects. The principal object of Buffon seemed to be to strike his readers with admiration, and to amuse rather than to instruct. He contented himself frequently with the external character of a subject of natural history, without examining its internal organization. Comparative anatomy was then merely the skeleton of a science: though Aristotle had collected an immense number of isolated facts, and modern naturalists had made some progress towards a regular classification of a few orders. Comparative anatomy was in this state, when Linnæus and John Hunter appeared: they greatly extended the bounds of science, and opened a new field for the patient and indefatigable scrutinizer into the mysteries of nature. Lacepède was one of the first in France to appreciate the superiority of their system over that of his Professor, and to introduce it into his work. But he had soon reason to find, that, even then, comparative apatomy was in a very imperfect state: it was reserved for M. Cuvier to collect the scattered fragments to reject false theories to form new ones consonant to GENT. MAG. November, 1825. those laws observed by the Great Eternal in the vast multiplicity of his creationsto embody those laws, and form of them systems at once beautiful and harmonious. The cabinet of comparative anatomy, at the Garden of Plants, is a splendid monument of his genius, learning, and immense observation *. M. Lacepède duly appreciated the new system, and his later works prove that he profited by it. His Natural History of Fishes, 5 vols. 4to. 1798, is a proof of this. But the events of the Revolution distracted his attention from science. Of a mild disposition, but firm in the principles he thought right, he steered his course without attaching himself to any party: loving the Revolution from principle, as the grave of absolute power, but lamenting its excesses, bis known probity and honour could alone save him in the conflict of factions. He was elected, in 1791, Presi, dent of the National Assembly; and it was in this character that he received the address of the Whig Club, with which the Assembly agreed in political sentiment, and he proposed that "Letters of Natu ralization should be granted to Dr. Priestley's son, on account of his father's house being burnt by the English fanatics for his known attachment to the French Revolution." M. Lacepède did well to renounce politics and attend to natural history, as he perhaps owed to it his personal safety during the horrors of the Revolution. On the creation of the Institute he was elected one of its first members. He afterwards became member of the Institute of Bologna. Charged by government to give the necessary instructions to Captain Baudin, on his voyage of discovery, Lacepède selected two young men of great merit, Bory de St. Vincent, and Peron, to accompany him. Buonaparte again tore M. Lacepède from his peaceful occupations, and we see him, successively-in 1799, Member of the Conservative Senate; in 1801, President of the Senate; in 1803, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour; in 1804, Senator of Paris; in 1805, decorated with the Grand Eagle of the Legion. As President, it was Count Lacepède's duty to address Napoleon on all occasions; devoted entirely to him, his eloquence sought new expressions to convey his admiration, and make it pass as We may also refer to his work, now so ably in the course of translation, and published by Mr. Whittaker. the 466 OBITUARY.-Count Lacepède.-Sir J. Stewart, Bart. the organ of the whole empire. In January 1814, when the crisis of the new monarch was approaching with rapid strides, he dared to utter the word Peace, at the head of the Senate. His words are remarkable :-" We combat between the tombs of our fathers and the cradles of our infants. Obtain peace, Sire, and let your band, so often victorious, drop your arms, after having signed the peace of the world." The political career of M. Lacepède ended with that of his master, and he returned again to his studies, which he ought never to have forsaken. In private life, M. Lacepède was a model of the social virtues, esteemed and respected by all who knew him. The sciences were not the only objects of his meditation: passionately fond of the fine arts, and espe cially of music, he composed several symphonies and sonattas, which display considerable taste. He also entered the regions of fiction, and published, we believe, two novels only, Ellival and Caroline, 2 vols., and Charles D'Ellival and Caroline de Florentino, in 3 vols. He rarely touches the chords of the stronger passions, but excels in scenes of gentleness and love. His lectures at the Garden of Plants were numerously attended: the opening addresses of each course were particularly admired. He published several dissertations, and composed part of the articles in the Annals du Museum d'Histoire et Naturelle, and contributed to several periodicals; but we have no scientific works of magnitude from him since 1804, when he published his Histoire Naturelle des Cétæcees. He enjoyed general good health, and was very regular in his attendance at the sitting of the Institute. His opinion of vaccination, as a preservative from the small-pox, was not in consonance with the general doctrine, and he unfortunately fell a victim to his error: he had never had the small-pox, when he took the infection some few weeks since; it was unhappily of a very malignant kind, and carried him off, to the great loss of science, and the regret of a numerous circle of acquaintance, in whom his affability and gentleness inspired lasting sentiments of friendship. His funeral was attended by depu. tations of the Peers of France, the members of the Institute, and an immense concourse of persons in the first ranks of society, anxious to pay this last tribute to the memory of genius and virtue.-Literary Gazette. SIR JOHN STEWART, BART. Lately. At his seat, Killymoon, Cootho town, co. Tyrone, through a fall from his poney phaeton, which he had been driving near his demesne, Sir John Stewart, Bart. The horses took fright, and ran away with [Nov. him; being enfeebled by long and severe indisposition, he had not strength to restrain them, and was thrown out on his head, which caused a concussion of the brain. He was promptly attended by several surgeons, but this great and good man never spoke after the fatal accident, though he lived for three days. Sir John had been returned six times for the county of Tyrone, and had been a member of the Irish and Imperial Parliament for 40 years, during which time he was a steady, uniform, and zealous supporter of the Constitution in Church and State. He filled the offices of Counsel to the Revenue Board, Solicitor General, and Attorney General; and of him it was truly observed, by an aged Statesman—“ that he was one of the few men who grew more bumble the higher he advanced in political station." The County of Tyrone will long remember, with gratitude, his public services. Owing to his exertions and support, Omagh, the County Town, has been long the most improving Town in the North of Ireland, and every part of the country bears marks of the improvements which have been made under his fostering care. Numberless, indeed, are the friends he has left to deplore his loss; and those in Tyrone, we have no doubt, will manifest their feeling to the father by supporting his son. He had the command of a troop of cavalry, and a corps of 140 foot, called the "Newmills Volunteers." Sir John was married in the year 1790, to Miss Archdall, sister of General Archdall, M. P. for the county Fermanagh, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Hugh, the eldest, succeeds to the title and estates. LIEUT.-COL. SIR T. P. HANKIN. Oct. 26. At the Cavalry Barracks in Norwich, aged 59, Lieut. col. Sir ThomasPake Hankin, Knt. commanding the 2d or Royal North British Regiment of Dragoons stationed there. This highly-respected officer joined the regiment as Cornet, July 21, 1795; was promoted a Lieutenant, Aug. 15, 1796; Captain, Oct. 18, 1798; Major, April 4, 1808; Lieut.-col. in the Army, June 4, 1814; and Lieut.-col. commanding the Regiment, Oct. 11, 1821. He served in that distinguished corps at the battle of Waterloo, where he sustained a severe wound in the knee. Upon His Majesty's visit to Scotland in 1822, Lieut..col. Hankin, then in the command of the regiment there, amongst other gracious marks of the approbation of his Sovereign, received the honour of Knighthood. He was twice married, first to the only daugh ter of Captain John Reade of the 25th Regiment, who died within a year after their union; secondly, to Miss Margetts of |