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the united bands playing "God save the King," Mr. Harris and Mr. Kemble having paid their respects to his Royal Highness, ushered him to the marquee. Mr. Smirke, the architect, now presented a plan of the building to his Royal Highness, who, attended by all the grand masonic officers, then proceeded to the ceremonial. On a signal given the stone was raised several feet, his Royal Highress advanced to the north-east corner of it, and deposited in a space cut in the basement, a brass box, containing the British coins of the year, and a bronze medal bearing a like ness of the Prince with this inscription on the

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lute of artillery, and amidst the acclamations. of the multitude. After the ceremony Mr. Harris received a letter from Colonel M Mahon, stating he had it in command from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, to express to the proprietors and the architect his very high approbation of the extreme order and regularity with which the arrangement of the whole ceremonial had been formed and conducted.

About two o'clock in the morning of Saturday, the 21st of January, a fire was discovered in St. James's Palace, near the King's back stairs. An alarm was instantly given, but it was several hours before water could be procured for the engines kept in the palace and those belonging to the various Insurance offices which had hastened to the spot. The flames during this interval had made considerable progress, and they were not subdued till they had consumed the whole of the private apartments of the Queen, those of the Duke of Cambridge, the King's Court, and the apartments of several persons belonging to the royal household, who will severely feel the loss they have suffered. The Dutch chapel nearly under the Armoury-Room has sustained considerable injury; the most valuable part of the property in such of the royal apartments as are destroyed, has been preserved; but unfortunately a young woman, servant to Miss Rice, one of the assistant dressers to her Majesty, perished in the conflagration.

Six hod-men now conveyed the necessary quantity of cementing mortar, which was spread on the base stone by the same number of workmen. His Royal Highness then, as grand-master, finished the adjustment of the mortar with a silver trowel presented to him by Earl Moira; the stone was then lowered to its destined position, all the bands playing Rule Britannia," and the people applauding with the most animating cheers. The Prince then tried the work by the plumb, the level, and the square, which were presented to him by the proper masonic officers, and then finished laying the stone by three strokes of his mallet; three silver cups were then successively presented to him, containing the an cient offerings of corn, wine, and oil, which he poured over the stone with impressive solemnity. His Royal Highness then restored the plan of the building into the hands of the architect, desiring him to complete the structure conformably thereto; and addressing Mr. Harris and Mr. Kemble, wished prospesity to the building and the national objects connected with it. Thus closed the ceremony, and his Royal Highness, who performed his part with dignity, and whose manners during the whole time were highly captiva ting, retired to his carriage under another sa

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The General Bill of all the Christenings and Burials within the Bills of Mortality, from December 15, 1807, to December 13, 1808, is as follows: Christened in the ninety seven parishes within the walls 1088; buried 1372-Christened in the seventeen parishes without the walls 4503; buried 3969.-Christened in the twenty three outparishes in Middlesex and Surrey 10,105; buried 9737-Christened in the ten parishes in the city and liberties of Westminster 4210; buried 4876.

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Females.. 9,726

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At St Andrew's, Holborn, George Wigley Perrott, esq. of Craycombe House, in the county of Worcester, and captain in the 3d dragoons, to Miss Yates, only daughter of Joseph Y. esq. of Peel Hall, in the county of Lancaster, and grand-daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Yates.

At St. George's, Hanover-square, Francis Hare Naylor, esq. of Welbeck-street, to Maria Mealey, widow of Lieutenant colonel Ridgway M. late of the Madras establish

meat.

At Twickenham, Major Charles Ward Orde, of the 9th light dragoons, to Miss Browne.

At Lambeth, C. H. Wohrman, esq. of Riga, to Miss E. Scongall, eldest daughter of George S. esq.

At St. James's, Robert Townsend Farquhar, second son of Sir Walter F. to Maria, youngest daughter of the late Francis Lautour, esq.

At Mary-le-bonne Church, Henry Drury, esq. fellow of King's College, Cambridge, to Caroline, second daughter of A. W. Taylor, esq. of Burham House, Herts.

At Waltham Abbey, Mr. John Whitehead, of Dalton, Yorkshire, to Miss Esther Walton, eldest daughter of William W. esq. of Epping Forest.

At Chiswick, the Rev. Henry Hunter, of Hammersmith, to Miss Graham, of Turnham-green.

At Wanstead House, his serene Highness the Prince of Condé, to her serene Highness the Princess Dowager of Moraco.

At St. George's, Queen square, Samuel Welchman, esq. of Stamford street, to Charlotte, daughter of the late Edward Gordon, of Bromley, Middlesex.

Captain M.Leod, of the royal navy, to Mas Bennett, of Half Mocn-street, Piccadilly.

At St. Saviour's, Southwark, the Rev. W. Harrison, chaplain of that parish, to -Miss Hunt, of Walcot place, Lambeth.

By special license, at the house of the Earl of Kenmare, in Seymour-street, Portmansquare, Sir Thomas Gage, bart. of Hingrave Hall, Saffolk, to Lady Mary Ann Brown, his lordship's second daughter

At St Pancrus, Mr. R. C. Sale, of Surrey street, Strand, solicitor, to Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of the late George Wye, Oporto, esq.

In Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, William Bond, esq. second son of Sir James B. bart. 21.

At Dulwich, Miss Suft, daughter of R. F. S. esq. of Lambeth Terrace.

In Tudor-street, Mr. Joseph Cobb, second son of T. C. esq. banker, of Lombard-street. In Cornhill, Josiah Barnard, esq. banker. At Mr. Watkins's, Charing-cross, Miss Sophia Walker, late of Stalford, 14.

At Deptford, Miss Mary Anne Milne, daughter of the Rev. Dr. M.

In Westminster-bridge-road, Mrs. Mary Anne Cook, wife of Mr. Mr. James C. surgeon. In Blandford-street, Robert Coningham, esq. late of Londonderry.

At Clapham, Mrs. A. Walde.

In Fetter-lane, Mr. J. D. Browne, attor ney.

In Little College street, Mr. M'Daniel. At Camden-town, Mr. T. Austin, of Castlestreet, Leicester-square,

In Prince's street, Bank of England, Ralph Johnson Wall, esq.

In Grosvenor-place, the Hon. Henry Percy, son of Lord Lovaine.

In Queen-Anne street, West, William Blauw, esq. 61.

At his son-in law's, Gloucester-terrace, William Phillips, esq. of Chase green, Enfield.

In Surry-place, Kent-road, Joseph Lindley,

esq.

At Battersea Rise, Mary Sapbia, wife of T. Eardon, esq.

71.

In King-street, Cheapside, G. Slack, esq.

In Camberwell grove, Mrs. Agrey, 77. In Sloane-street, Patrick Home, esq. of Wedderburne, in the county of Berwick, for which he was many years a representative in parliament.

At Osborne's Hotel, Lieut. William Skelton, of the royal navy, 27. He was the third son of the late Arnoldus Jones Skelton, esq. of Papcastle, in the county of Cumberland, and first cousin to the present Marquis Cornwallis.

At Long-acre Chapel, during divine service, Mrs. Baldie, of Meard's-court, Wardourstreet. Just as the minister was about to conclude his sermon, she suddenly fell from her seat and instantly expired.

In Bennett-street, the Rev. Dr. Ackland, rector of Christ Church, Surry, and chaplain to the Fishmongers' Company, 65.

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In Seymour-place, the Hon. Mrs. Corn wallis, sister of Lord Bayning.

At his house in Grafton street, the Most Noble John Denis Browne, Marquis of Sligo, Earl of Altamont, Viscount Westport, and Baron Mounteagle, in the United Kingdom; also a governor of the county of Mayo, and custos rotulorum of the county of Clare. His lordship was born in 1756, succeeded to the family honours and estates in 1780, and in 1787 married Lady Louisa Catharine, daughter of the late Earl Howe. On occasion of the union between Great Britain and Ireland, he was elevated to the dignity of marquis in December, 1800, and in 1806 was created a peer of the United Kingdom. He is succeeded by his only son Howe Peter, Earl of Altamont, born in 1788.

At Hampstead, aged 80 years, LieutenantColonel Robert Stewart, who had been many years a martyr to most distressing and complicated complaints, which he bore with the greatest fortitude and resignation. This gentlemen, entered early in life into the service of his country, in 1754: and in 1755 was particularly distinguished at the battle of the Monongahela, in North America, where he commanded a troop of light horse, raised principally as body guard to the commander in chief, General Braddock. During the course of that bloody action, he had the honour to remount the General four times, having two horses killed under himself; and after the general had received a mortal wound, and the remnant of the army had retreated, he had the good fortune, assisted by only four privates of his own troop (the rest being either killed or wounded) to carry the commander in chief off the field of battle, across a broad river, under a heavy fire from the enemy, thereby rescuing his person from the cruelty of the savages. In the course of that war, he was intrusted with several difficult commands, and had the happiness to give entire satisfaction to the different generals un. der whom he served, of which the most ample testimonies remain among his papers. Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart lived in great friendship and intimacy for many years, with that truly good and grent man the 1ste General Washington. At the beginning of the late American war, he endeavoured to remove the very erroneous opinions the ministers of that any had formed of the general's character, and military abilities; but mest up

fortunately, other advice prevailed. Towards
the latter end of the war, he was brought up
from Scotland, for the purpose of being sent
with overtures to the American general; de-
lays, indecisions, and at length the resignation
of the minister finally prevented that measure
being resorted to. Lieutenant-Colonel Stew.
art will be long and sincerely regretted by all
who enjoyed his friendship, as one not only
possessed of the best abilities, and know-
great
ledge of the world; but of the most benevo-
lent qualities of the heart: with such polite ac-
complishments and amiable manners, as are the
true characteristics of the well bred and finished
gentleman.

Mr. Andrew Oswald. He was the fifth son
of the late Andrew Oswald, of Glenhead, in
Stirlingshire; he was bred to the honourable
and lucrative profession of a writer to the Sig-
net, in Edinburgh, and his talents were such,
that he might, in a few years, have been
eminent, had not his attention been taken up
with the politics of the day, which ran very
high a few years ago in Scotland; and as he,
from principle, espoused the cause of the op-
pressed and persecuted, had a more general
and correct knowledge of public affairs, than
many of his contemporaries; and was more
capable of expressing himself, clearly and dis-
tinctly, on public men and measures, which
often confounded, and frequently against their
will, convinced his opponents of their error;
his superior abilities often created him ene-
mies, for those who have an interest in sup-
porting a corrupt system, very seldom like to
acknowledge that they are defeated in argu-
ment. When the whig ministers came into
power, Lord Lauderdale was appointed as gʊ-
vernor to India. Mr. Oswald, had then a com-
munication with his lordship, respecting an
appointment under him, in that settlement;
but another arrangement took place in the
ministry, and Lord Lauderdale was sent ambas-
sador to France, which completely frustrated
Mr. Oswald's expectations. Soon after that
disappointment, he returned to Stirling, where
he folowed the profession of writer; but his
mind being rather unhinged from his hopes of
going to India being defeated, he soon left and
went to Glasgow, where he staid but a short
time, and then returned to Edinburgh. In this
unsettled state, and being fond of society, and
frequently of convivial company, perhaps, as
a consequence of some irregularities, by which
he contracted a consumptive habit, which rapid-
ly increased; and by the advice of his friends in
Edinburgh, he took a journey by sea to Lon-
don, in the hope that the change of air and cli
mate, might restore him to health, and to his
friends again; but the disorder had taken too
deep root to be removed; it baffled the skill of
men eminent in the healing art, For four
months, (the time he had been in London) he
was gradually declining, until he was reduced
at last to a mere skeleton. He kept his bed
only about nine days, and dient the 9th of No-
vember, 1808, aged 25 years, Mr. Oswald,

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was well known and much esteemed, in a very respectable circle of private friends and acquaintance: he was zealously attached to the genuine principles of freedom, and warmly and judiciously defended them in numerous Letters and Essays, in the periodical journals and in pamphlets under various signatures. The last of his productions, was a series of letters addressed to the Duke of York, in the Sunday Review, under the signature of "Ignotus," written under great debility of body; the last was finished on his death bed, and was a posthumous publication. He possesed a strung memory, had read much, and was particularly conversant with universal history; was a classe scholar, and acquainted with several of the living languages; and as he was very communicative, and full of an cdote, it made him a pleasant and useful companion, and his company Courted by some of the first people of Edinburgh. He had travelled a good deal through Scotland, and was acquainted with the history of more familles in that country, than perhaps any other man; for what he once read, or heard related, his memory retained.

His

of the same kind, it might have lain in the warehouse of his bookseller, and he himself remained for ever in obscurity, had it not been for the intervention or a gentleman of the same county, with whom he luckily became acquainted. Sir Edward Turner of Ambroseden in Oxfordshire, being of an ancient family, and possessing a large fortune, was desirous to represent his native county in parliament. Having attained considerable influence by means of a large estate, and a hospitable and noble mansion, since pulled down by his successor, he accordingly stood candidate as knight of the shire. He was, however, strenuously but unsuccessfully opposed; for ia addition to his own, he possessed the court interest. The struggle, nevertheless was long and violent, and it still forms a memorable epoch in the history of contested elections; but for nothing is it more remarkable, than by being the fortunate occurrence in Mr. Jenkinson's lite, which produced all his subsequent greatness. The contending parties having, as usual, called in the aid of ballade, lampoons, verses, and satires, this gentleman distinguished himself by a song in favour of Sir Edward and his friends, which so captivated either the taste or the gratitude of the baronet, that he introduced him to the Earl of Bute, then flourishing in all the plenitude of powerIt is known but to few, perhaps, that his lordship, who placed Mr. J. at first in an inferior office, was not at all captivated with him; for it was entirely owing to the repeated solicitations of the member for Oxfordshire, that he extended his further protection. After a longer trial, he became the Premier's private secretary, and in some respect a member of his family, participating in his friendship and fa vour, and living with him in an unrestrained and confidential intercourse. Such a connexion as this could not fail to prove advantageous and, accordingly, in March, 1761, we find him appointed one of the Under-secretaries of State, a

The Right Honourable Charles Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool, and Baron of Hawkesbury, (whose death was mentioned at p. 59% of our last volume) was descended from a family which had been settled more than a century, at Walcot, near Charlbury, in Oxfordshire. grandfather, Sir Robert Jenkinson, married a wealthy heiress at Bromley, in Kent; and his father, who was a colonel in the army, resided at South Lawn Lodge, in Whichwood Forest. Charles Jenkinson was born in 1727, and received the first rudiments of his education at the grammar-school of Burford. He was afterwards placed on the foundation in the Charter-house, from which seminary he was removed to Oxford, and was entered a member of University college. There he took two degrees, that of B.A. and A.M. and seems to have made himself first known to the public by some verses on the death of the Prince of Wales, father of his present Majesty. In 1753, he removed from Oxford, and possessing but a small patrimonial fortune, he commenced his career as a man of letters, and is said to have supplied materials for the Monthly Review He next commenced political writer; and, in 1756, published A Dissertation on the Establishment of a national and constitutional Force in England, independant of a standing Army. This tract abounds with many manly and patriotic sentiments, and has been quoted against himself in the House of Peers, on which occaslon his lordship did not deny that be was the author, but contented himself with apologizing for his errors, on account of his ex-sury; a situation for which he was admirably treme yuuth. Soon after this he wrote "A Depars, un the Conduct of the Government of Great Britain, with respect to neutral Na tions, during the present War." To this production, his rise in life has been falsely attrihudef; it was indeed allowed by every one to be an able performance, but, like many others

station which presupposes an intimate acquaintance with the situation of foreign affairs, and a pretty accurate knowledge in respect to the arcana imperii in general. He now became a declared adherent of what was then called "the Leicester-house party," by whose influence he was returned to parliament at the general election (in 1761) for the borough of Cockermouth, on the recommendation of the late Earl of Lonsdale, his patron's son in law. He, however, did not remain long in this station; for he soon received the lucrative ap pointment of Treasurer of the Ordnance. This he relinquished in 1763, for the more confi dential office of joint Secretary of the Trea

qualified, by his knowledge of the state of par ties, and the management of a House of Com mons, of which he himself had been some time a member. To the Rockingham administration, which succeeded in 1765, he was both personally and politically odious, and he accordingly lest all his appointments; but in

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the course of the same year, he had one conferred on him by the king's mother, the late Princess Dowager of Wales, which no minister could bereave him of; this was the auditorship of her Royal Highness's accounts. That circumstance, added to his close intimacy with the discarded minister, awakened the jealously of the patriots; and if we are to credit their suspicions, he became, in the technical language of that day, the "go-between" to the favourite, the princess-mother, and the throne. When Lord Bute retired into the country in disgust, promising to relinquish public affairs, a great personage is said to have construed this into an abandonment, and to have looked out for advice elsewhere; from that moment Mr. Jenkinson was ranked as one of the leaders of the party called "the king's friends," and his Majesty ever after distinguished him by a marked partiality. Honours and employments now fell thick upon him. In 1766, he was nominated a Lord of the Admiralty, and in 1767, a Lord of the Treasury, in which place, he continued during the Grenville and Grafton administrations. But under that of Lord North, we find him aspiring to some of the higher offices of government; for in 1772, he was appointed one of the Vice-treasurers of Ireland, on which occasion he was introduced into the privy-council. In 1775, he purchased of Mr. Fox, the patent place of clerk of the Pells in Ireland, which had constituted part of that gentleman's patrimony, and next year was appointed master of the Mint in the Room of Lord Cadogan. In 1778, he was elevated to the more important post of Secretary at War, in which situation we find him in 1780, and 1781, defending the estimates of the army, in the House of Commons The contest between the friends of Mr. Jenkinson and opposition, now became critical; the majorities which had implicitly voted with the ministry, were reduced in every division, and at last abandoned a premier, who tottered on the Treasury Bench. Mr. Jenkinson thought he had now ample leisure to compile his collection of Treaties; but he was soon by another change in politics, called back from his literary labours, into active life, and took a decided part in behalf of Mr. Pitt. In consequence of his exertions on this occasion, in 1786, he was nominated to the lucrative post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, created baron of Hawkesbury, in the county of Gloucester, and appointed President of the Committee of Council for the affairs of Trade and Plantations. For the last situation, his lordship's regular and progressive rise, added to the various othces in which he had acted, admirably qualified him. Further emoluments were, however, reserved for him, for in 1780, on the decease of his relation, the late Sir Banks Jenkinson, who held the lucrative patent place of collector of the customs Inwards, he procured the

grant. Nothing can more clearly demonstrate his great influence than that occurence; for this was one of the sinecures which the premier had all along declared his intention to abolish. To these favours, in 1796, was added that of Earl of Liverpool, on which creation he was authorized by his Majesty to quarter the arms of that commercial city with those of his own family. As an orator, his lordship spoke but seldom, either in the House of Commons or Peers, and of late years he had attended but little to public business, in consequence of his advanced age and infirmities. Besides the works which have already been mentioned, his lordship was the author of the following:-"A Collection of all Treaties of Peace, Alliance and Commerce between Great Britain and other Powers, from the Treaty of Munster in 1648, to the Treaties signed at Paris in 1783," 3 vols. 8vo. (1785): and, "A Treatise on the Coins of England, in a Letter to the King," 4to. (1805.) Whatever odium may be attached by his political enemies to the general line of conduct adopted by this nobleman, they will not deny that he deserved great praise for the attention which he always bestowed on the trade of this country. Among other things, he drew up the treaty of commercial intercourse with America, and is also said, not only to have pointed out, but to have created the whale fishery in the South Seas. His lordship was married, for the first time, in 1769, to Miss Amelia Watts, daughter of the Governor of Fort William, in Bengal, by whom he had a son, the present Earl; and secondly, in 1782, to Catharine, daughter of the late Sir Cecil Bishopp, Bart. and widow of Sir Charles Cope, by whom he has left a son and daughter, the Hon. Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, MP. for Sandwich, and Lady Charlotte, married to the present Viscount Grimstone. Lord Liverpool partly inherited, and partly accumulated a large fortune during the course of a long and brilliant career. He has left to his eldest son, the present Earl, 15,000l. per annum, of which only about 3,5001. per annum is in land. To his widow, the Countess of Liverpool, only 7001. per annum for life, in addition to her former jointure, as Lady Cope, of 10001. per annum. But the present Earl has added 5001. more per annum to his father's bequest; and it is understood that the Duchess of Dorset, her daughter, adds 3001. per annum more. To the Hon. Cecil Jenkinson, his second son, he has left 10001. per annum. in addition to an estate of near 30001. per annum, of which Mr. Cecil Jenkinson is already in possession, by the death of a relation. To Lady Charlotte Grimstone, now Lady Forrester, he has left only the 7001. per annum bequeathed to the Countess of Liverpool, after her decease. The landed property is entailed to all the family of the Jenkinsons, in tail male, to a great exent.

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