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AUSTRALIA.

Various accounts have been received from this distant quarter of the globe, giving the most gloomy descriptions of the newly established settlement at Swan River, which accounts, we have reason to know, have been fabricated from feelings of jealousy, by the residents of Van Dieman's Land. We have just received a communication, dated Oct. 10, 1830, from a gentleman officially connected with the local goverament, which decidedly negatives the melancholy accounts transmitted at various times to England, although it may not probably realize the sanguine expectations which British adventurers have entertained. The following is a brief extract :

"Of the Canning and Swan Rivers much has been said in England, and the reports against them greatly exaggerated. It is true the soil does not carry its loamy substance a great way from the river side; but the sand which joins it is productive of light crops, and I have no doubt will be found more profitable than is now expected. The Canning, from report, abounds more in good soil than the Swan. A party ex

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plored the other day across the mountains, about forty miles from the head of the Swan, and fell in with a large river, running S. E. The land as far as they traversed, (forty to sixty miles) was a rich loamy soil, and continued so as far as the eye could reach: a road to it could be made easily. Another party crossed from the head of the Canning, fell in with the same river, and give a similar description of it. However, to set all to rights, the Governor, with a large party of settlers and government men, has gone to decide the point, and if found correct, it will be the most fortunate circumstance that has yet occurred to us.

"With respect to settlers coming out, it will not do for persons to come wholly dependant on what they may make; they must have capital, and not bring any servants unless they can depend on them; the trash that have already made their appearance is enough to curse the country they left, They must also put to their account a sacrifice of comfort for a length of time. As for making a fortune to return it is almost

ridiculous."

The administration of the Marquis of Anglesea in Ireland has obtained a lasting triumph. The plea of not guilty, has, by permission of the Irish Court of King's Bench, been withdrawn by Mr. O'Connell and his associates, to the first fourteen counts of the indictment against them for disobeying the proclamations; thus suffering judgment to go by default, and enabling the Crown to bring him up for sentence next term. The Attorney-General has entered a nolle prsosequi upon the graver counts, for conspiracy to excite sedition, &c.

On the 28th Jan. the bankers, merchants, and traders of Dublin, presented an address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, expressive of their confidence in his administration, and their determination to support the measures which may be necessary to restore the peace of the country, and preserve the integrity of the United King

dom.

Esser.-William Davis, Leyton, esq. Glouces.-SirT.C. Boevey, Flaxley Abbey, bt. Heref.-J. Arkwright, Hampton Court, esq. Herts.-Aug. Smith, Ashlyns Hall, esq. Kent.-Baden Powell, Speldhurst, esq. Lancaster.-P. E. Towneley, Towneley, esq.* Leic.-G.J. D. B. Danvers, Swithland, esq. Linc.-H.B.Hickman, Thonnock House, esq. Monmouth.-W. Hollis, Mounton, esq. Norfolk.-John Angerstein, Weeting, esq. Northampt.-B. Botfield, Norton Hall, esq. Northumb.-G. Silvertop, Minster Acres,

esq.

Nottingh.-T. Moore, Ruddington, esq. Oxfordsh.-Sir H. J. Lambert, Aston, bart. Rutlands.-T.B.Reynardson, Esseudine, esq. Shropsh.-Sir E. J. Smythe, Acton Burnell Park, bart.*

Somerset.-T. S. Bailward, Horsington, esq. Staffordshire.-T. Fitzherbert, Swinnerton Park, esq.*

Southampton.-Sir H. J. Tichborne, Tichborne Park, bart.*

Suffolk.-John Read, Primrose-hill, Holbrook, esq.

Surrey.-H. Combe, Cobham Park, esq. Sussex.-W. C. Mabbott, Uckfield, esq. Warwickshire.-G. Lucy, Charlecote, esq. Wills.-P. Methuen, Corsham House, esq. Worcestershire.-O. Ricardo, Bromsberrow Place, esq.

Yorkshire. Sir Henry Goodricke, Ribstone Hall, bart.

* Those marked thus (*) are Roman Catholics.

NORTH WALES.

Anglesey-Owen Owen, Llanfigael, esq. Carnarvon.-R. Thomas, Coedhelen, esq. Merioneth.-Hugh Lloyd, Cefnbodig, esq. Montgomery.-R.M. Bonnor, Bodynfol, esq. Denbighshire.-W. Jones, Gelligonan, esq. Flintshire.-Sir S. R. Glynne, Hawarden Castle, bart.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

The following is an alphabetical list of Peers who are presumed to have the nomination or influence in the return of Members of the House of Commons, and whose interests will be affected by a sweeping Reform. The names of the places over which they exercise an influence, and the number of Members returned, are also given. Armagh, Archb.-Armagh 1. Anglesea-Anglesea 1; Carnarvon 1; Milbourn Port 1. Anson-Litchfield 1.

Argyle-Ayr District 1.

[Feb.

De Clifford-Downpatrick 1; Kinsale 1.
De Dunstanville-Bodmin 2.
Derby-Lancaster Co. 1.

Devonshire-Derby Co. 1; Derby Town 1;
Dungarvon 1; Knaresborough 2.
Donegal-Belfast 1.

Dorset-East Grinstead 2.
Downshire-Downshire 1.
Dundas-Richmond 2.

Egremont-Chichester 1; Shoreham 1.

Ely-Wexford 1.

Enniskillen-Enniskillen 1.

Exeter-Stamford 2.

Falmouth-Saint Michael 1.
Foley-Droitwich 1.

Fitzwilliam-Higham Ferrars 1; Malton 1;

Peterborough 2; Yorkshire 1

Galloway-Shannon District 1.

Grafton-Bury St. Edmund's 1; Thetford 1.

Grosvenor-Chester Town 2.
Gilford-Banbury 1.
Hardwicke Ryegate 1.
Harewood-Northallerton 1.

Harrowly-Tiverton 2.

Hertford-Lisburn 1; Orford 2; Totness 2.
Hopetown-Stirling District 1.
Kintore-Banff District 1.
Lansdowne-Calne 2.

Lauderdale-Dunbar District 1.
Leeds-Helleston 2.

Londonderry-Down Co. 1.

Lonsdale Cumberland 1; Westmorland 2; Appleby 1; Cockermouth 2; Haslemere 2.

Bandon-Bandon Bridge 1.

Bath Bath 1; Weobly 2.
Bathurst-Cirencester 2.

Beaufort-Gloucester Co. 1; Monmouth
Co. 1; Monmouth Town 1.

Bedford-Bedford Co. 1; Bedford Town 1;
Tavistock 2.

Beverley-Beeralstone 2.
Bradford-Wenlock 1.

Bridgewater-Brackley 1.

Bristol-Bury St. Edmund's 1.
Bolingbroke-Wootton Basset 1.
Brownlow-Clitheroe 1; Grantham 1.
Buccleugh Edinburgh 1; Selkirk District 1.
Buckingham-Buckingham Co. 1; Buck-
ingham Town 2; Saint Mawes 2.
Bulkeley-Beaumaris 2.

Bute-Bossiney 1; Cardiff 1.
Calendon-Old Sarum 2.

Carlisle-Morpeth 1.

Calthorpe-Bramber 1; Hindon 1.

Carrington-Buckingham Co. 1; Midhurst 2; Wendover 2.

Cawdor-Carmarthen Town 1.

Charleville-Carlow 1.

Cholmondeley-Castle Rising 1.

Clarendon-Wootton Bassett 1.

Cornwallis-Eye 2.

Curzon-Clitheroe 1.

Clinton-Ashburton 1.

Darlington-Durham Co. 1; Camelford 1; Ilchester 2; Tregony 2; Winchelsea 2.

Middleton-Whitchurch 1.
Middleton-Newark 1.

Mount Edgecumbe - Bossiney 1; Lostwithiel 2; Plympton 1.

Mulgrave Scarborough 1.

Newcastle--Aldborough 2; Boroughbridge 2; Newark 1.

Norfolk-Arundel 1; Horsham 2; Shore-
ham 1; Steyning 2.
Northland-Dungannon 1.

Northumberland-Northumberland Co. 1;
Launceston 2; Newport 2.
Northwick-Evesham 1.
Onslow-Guildford 2.
Orford-Lynn 1.

Ormond-Kilkenny Co. 1.
Pembroke Wilton 2.
Petre-Thetford 1.

Portarlington-Portarlington 1.
Portland-Nottingham Co. 1.

Powis Bishop's Castle 2; Ludlow 2;

Montgomery Town 1.

Queensferry-Dumfries District 1.

Radnor-Downton 2; Salisbury 1.

Roden-Dundalk 1.

Rutland-Cambridge Town 2; Leicester Co. 1; Scarborough 1.

Saint Germain's-Liskeard 2; Saint Germain's Town 2.

Sandwich-Huntingdon Town 2.

Shaftesbury-Dorchester 1.
Shannon-Youghall 1.

1831.] Sydney-Whitchurch 1.

Somers-Hereford 1; Ryegate 1. Thanet-Appleby 1.

Townshend-Tamworth 1.

Warwick-Warwick 2.
Westmorland-Lyme Regis 2.
Yarborough-Lincoln Co. 1.
Members returned through the nomi-
nation or influence of Peers

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THEATRICAL REGISTER.
COVENT GARDEN.

Feb. 2. A piece, in two acts, called Married Lovers, from the pen of Mr. Power,

PROMOTIONS
GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Jan. 15.-James Somerville Fownes, of Dinder-house, Somerset, and Lincoln's Inn, Esq. to use the name of Somerville only. The Right Hon. Edward Venables Vernon, of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, Lord Archbp. of York, and his issue, to use the name of Harcourt only, instead of those of Venables-Vernon.-Earl Compton to use the surname of Douglas, before that of Compton; to use the designation of Kirkness; and bear the arms of Douglas in the second quarter.

Jan. 26.-The Duke of Sussex to be

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was brought forward. It is an amusing production, and was loudly applauded.

Feb. 3. The Romance of a Day, a musical drama, by Planché, the music by Bishop, was produced, and most enthusiastically received.

Chief Ranger and Keeper of Hyde-park and St. James's-park-The Right Hon. Robert Wilmot Horton to be Governor of Ceylon.

Jan. 31.-The Earl of Errol, and Earl Howe, to be of the Privy Council.

Feb. 1.-54th Foot-Lieut.-Col. John Reed to be Lieut.-Colonel-68th FootLieut.-Col. Thos. Barrow to be Lt.-Colonel,

Feb. 7.-Visc. Duncannon, Wm. Dacres Adams, and H. Dawkins, esqs. to be Commissioners of Woods and Forests.

Feb. 8.-3d Dragoon Guards-Major Edm. Rich. Storey to be Lieut.-Colonel. Capt. James Hadden to be Major.52d Foot-Capt. Geo. Gawler to be Major.68th Foot-Major John Cross, to be Lieut. Col. 70th Foot-Capt. J. F. Sweeney to be Major.91st Foot-Capt. Cornwall Burne to be Major.- Unattached-To be Lieut.-Col. of Inf., Major Wm. Fraser.

Feb. 15.-50th Foot to be styled "The Queen's Own," instead of "the Duke of Clarence's regiment."- -86th Foot-Capt. J. Stuart to be Major.- -Garrisons-Col. Sir Arch. Christie to be Deputy-Governor of Stirling Castle.-Royal Carmarthen Militia-Hon. G. Price Trevor to be Col. ; Capt. Walter Price to be Major.

Feb. 11. A piece, translated from the French of Deux Sergents, by M. D'Aubigny, called Comrades and Friends, was produced. The plot is an evident imitation of the story of Damon and Pythias. It was tolerably well received, notwithstanding the inconsistencies of the plot.

a dau.-25. At Tenby, South Wales, the wife of Col. Masss Boyd, Bengal army, Wight Hon.

Dec. 9. John George, esq. of Bythorn House, Hunts, to Ann, sister of the late Wm. Sanderson, esq. of Aldwinckle, co. Northt. -16. At Chigwell, Essex, Rich. Bright, esq. son of the Rev. John B. of Skeffington Hall, Leic. to Amy, eldest dou. of John A. Meaburn, esq.- -At Leicester, Peter Nicol, esq. of Belton Hall, Rutland, to Martha Weston York, only dau. of Mrs. Neele, wife of John N., esq. of Wardley, Rutland. Thomas Porch Porch, esq. B.A. of Glastonbury, Somerset, to Jane, only dau. of Edw. Barber, esq. of Barston, co. Warw.At Hampstead, by the Rev. Dr. White, Wm. Kay, esq. of Tring Park, to Helen, dau. of the late John Edington, esq. of Shellies, Kent, and Hampstead, Middlesex.

Jan. 22. At Jersey, Capt. Mark Evans, R. A. to Ann, relict of the late H. T. Rutherford, esq. of Redford-green, Selkirkshire. At Kennington, Tho. Neale, jun. esq. of Reigate, to C. Matilda, dau, of the late Capt. Benj. Bunn, E. I. C.-24. At Aylesford, B. H. Blake, esq. 4th L. Drag. to Caroline Eliz. youngest dau. of C. Milner, esq. of Preston-hall, Kent.- -25. At Bolton Abbey, John H. Fawcett, esq. to Henrietta, eldest dau. of Major Adams, Leeds. At Otterden, Kent, the Rev. C. Parkin, vicar of Lenham, to Harriet Anne, second dau. of the Rev. G. D. Goodyar.

-At St. George's, Queen-square, the Rev. H. J. Shackleton, Vicar of Plumstead, Kent, to Anna, only dau of S. Hallett, esq. of West Chelborough, Dorsetshire.

-At St. Paucras-church, Theo. Thompson, esq. M.D. of Kepple-street, Russellsquare, to Eliz. Anna Maria Wathen, daughter of Nathaniel Wathen, esq. of Hunter-st. Brunswick-square. At Bury St. Edmund's, the Rev. H. T. Wilkinson, to Caroline, third dau. of John Le Grice, esq. -27. At Bromley, Kent, Rich. Rowland, M.D., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, to Eliza, dau. of Mr. Taynton, surgeon.

-29, At Great Stanmore, Geo. Lewis, esq. to Paulina Helena, fifth dau. of the late John Williams, esq. Commissioner of Customs. -At Gondhurst, Kent, the Rev. W. Harrison, Rector of Warmington, to Mary Anne, dau. of the Rev. W. B. Harrison. At Waterford, A. F. Wainewright, esq. 50th Reg. to Helen, dau. of Lieut.Gen. Hojel.

Feb. 1.-At Milton, John G. Hutchinson Bourne, barrister, to Eliz. eldest dau. of J. R. Barrett, esq.- At Southover Lewes, the Rev. Thos. Wheeler Gillham, to Harriet, only dau. of late Rev. James Hurdis, D.D. Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford.2. At St. Marylebone church, G. H. Wood, esq., late 67th reg. son of the late Gen. Wood, to Margaret, eldest dau. of the late Mr. Joseph Christian, of Wigmorestreet. -At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the Rev. Wm. B. Kempson, to Eliz. dau, of the late Thos. Robertson, esq. of South Shields, Durham.- -3. At Chelsea, R. Gunter, esq. of Earl's Court, Kensington, to Fanny, dau. of the late W. Thompson, esq. of Durham.At Islington, the Rev. W. West, Chaplain to the Settlements at Bathurst, on the river Gambia, to Maria-Ann, dau. of the late S. J. Wintle, esq. of Islington.At St. Gluvias, Cornwall, the Rev. H. Todd, second son of the late G. Todd, esq. of Bellsize, Hampstead, to Rhoda Maria, dau. of the Rev. J. L. Bluett, B.A. of Penryn.At Aspley Guise, Beds, John Marshall, esq. of Coldham-house, Cambridgeshire, to AnnePenelope, dau. of the late Rev. Edw. Orlebar Smith, of Aspley-house.-5. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, T. Smith Barwell, esq. to Amelia, dau. of the late Henry Cline, esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields.-6. At Royston, Cambridgeshire, the Rev. C.W. Chalklen, of Bletchingly, Surrey, to Eliza, second dau. of the late Mr. Leman, of Huntingdon.

-8. At Blithfield, Staffordshire, the Rev. A. Bouverie, to Fanny, second dau. of the late W. Sneyd, esq. of Keel, Staffords.

-At Brixton, the Rev. Thos. Phillpotts, only son of J. Phillpotts, esq. M.P. to Mary Emma Penelope, only dau. of the late Ulysses Hughes, esq. of Grovesend, Glamorganshire. At Colton, Lancashire, J. I. Rawlinson, esq. barrister-at-law, to Mary, eldest dau. of the Rev. J. Romney, of Whitestock-hall.9. At Colchester, the Rev. G. H. Nutting, to Margaret Eliza, dau. of Thos. Bridge, esq. of Harwich. At St. James's, Westminster, Joseph, youngest son of H. Maudslay, esq. of Lambeth, to Anna-Maria, only dau. of R. Johnson, esq. of Golden-square. —15. At Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, the Rev. Stair Douglas, only son of the late Rear-Adm. Stair Douglas, to Maria Edith, youngest dau. of Woodbine Parish, esq. Commissioner of Excise.

POPE PIUS VIII.

Dec. 3. At Rome, in bis 70th year, bis Holiness Pope Pius the Eighth.

Francisco Xavier Castiglione was born at Cingoli, Nov. 20, 1761, made Bishop of Montalto in 1800, Cardinal in 1816, elected to the Popedom on the 31st of March 1829, and crowned on the 5th of April following. He had succeeded, during the year and a half of his wearing the triple crown, in gaining the goodwill and respect of all classes; and his administration was, on the whole, the result of good sense and enlightened views. Not only did he bring the longwinded negotiations with the sovereign of the Netherlands to a successful termination, but accomplished the difficult task of settling the affairs of the Catholic Americans. At his instance, the Ottoman Court placed the Romish Church on the same footing with that of the Greeks, in point of civil and religious immunities, and allowed them to have a resident Patriarch at Constantinople. Both these measures were carried mainly through the instrumentality of Cardinal Capellari, one of the best informed members of the conclave, now elected his successor. Great ameliorations, tending to lessen the public burthens, were also effected thoughout the Roman States during the late Pope's transient career. He lent a zealous and liberal hand to the constructions proceeding on Mount Pincio, was an active patron of the excavations in progress on the banks of the Tiber and in the Forum; and spared no expense in preserving the splendid remains of ancient architecture with which the imperial city abounds. Rome is indebted to his intimate acquaintance with numismatics for its present currency, which threw the miserable productions of Leo XII.'s mint completely into the shade.

Before the Holy Father was confined to his bed, he occupied himself upon some indispensable affairs. He directed that all letters addressed to him on the actual state of things in France and Belgium, should be answered with the strictest punctuality by briefs, which he himself dictated, and which breathe a love of order and of peace. He has left so small a fortune for his family, that they will scarcely have wherewith to maintain their rank.

At a congregation of the Cardinals assembled on Sunday the 5th of December, M. Camilius di Petro was appointed to deliver the funeral oration. After the

congregation, the Cardinals proceeded to the Sextine chapel, where the body of the late Pope was lying in state; and, preceded by all the clergy of the church of St. Peter, accompanied the body into that church, where a magnificent temporary cenotaph was constructed under the direction of Valadier, Professor of Architecture to the Academy of St. Luke. On the Tuesday following a grand funeral service was performed, at which the whole of the diplomatic corps, and all the rank and wealth of Rome assisted; others followed on Wednesday and Thursday; and on the last named day all the professors and pupils of the Academy of St. Luke, solemnized funeral honours to his Holiness in St. Martin's Church, in testimony of their sense of his attention to the fine arts, and his having consented that his name should be enrolled as one of their honorary associates.

On Friday the 14th of January a funeral service for his Holiness was performed at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Moorfields. A coffin, covered with a pall of black velvet edged with white, and bearing the arms of the Church, was placed on an open hearse, most magnificently plumed, before the altar. Several dignitaries of the Catholic Church were present.

LANDGRAVINE of Schleswig Holstein.

Jan. 12. Aged 81, her Royal Highness Louisa Landgravine of Schleswig and Holstein; aunt and mother-in-law to the King of Denmark, and first cousin to his late Majesty George the Third, King of Great Britain.

She was born Jan. 30, 1750, a daughter of Frederick the Fifth, King of Denmark, and Louisa of Great Britain, the fifth daughter and youngest child of King George the Second. She was married Aug. 30, 1766, to the Landgrave Charles of Hesse Cassel, Field Marshal in the Danish army, and Governor of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein; by whom she had issue : 1. MariaSophia-Frederica, born in 1767, and married in 1790 to Frederick the Sixth, King of Denmark; 2. Prince Frederick, General of Infantry in the Danish service, and Governor of Rendsborg; 3. Julia-Louisa-Amelia, Abbess of Itzehoe ; and 4. Louisa-Caroline, married in 1810 to Frederick Duke of HolsteinBeck, and has a numerous family,