552 Domestic Occurrences. had long been evident, both among the mass of the people and the higher order of the Brazilians. The real cause of the discontent was the favour extended by Don Pedro to the Portuguese, who were gradually insinuating themselves into power. As a proof that the insurrection was wide spread, it is sufficient to mention that a revolutionary movement occurred at Babia, 500 miles off, on the same day. The expenses of his Court formed an item in the catalogue of his magisterial sins. The Queen of Portugal could not fail to be an object of jealousy to the whole empire. The Ministers were charged with incapacity; the Emperor saw lis danger, and dismissed the obnoxious members of his Cabinet. The new ministers becaine quite as obnoxious as the old, and a demand for their dismissal was rejected (June, by Don Pedro. The disaffected at length broke out into open tumults, and attacked the palace. Don Pedro called upon the military to protect him, and gave orders to fire upon the people; but they laid down their arms. Thus deserted, nothing remained for the Emperor but flight. He repaired with the Empress and a suite, consisting of a very few persons, on board the Volage frigate, commanded by Lord Colchester. On the 7th he issued a proclamation, declaring that he abdicated the throne of Brazil in favour of his son, a child only five years of age, whom he recommended to the care of the nation. On the 9th of June he arrived at Falmouth, and after obtaining supplies, proceeded to Cherbourg; whence he shortly after took his departure for London, where he assumes the title of Duke of Braganza. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. IRELAND. On the 24th of May a dreadful affray occurred at Castle Pollard, co. Westineath. Some women and children hissed the police, when they turned and fired a destructive volley of ball-cartridge in every direction. Nine were killed and seven mortally wound ed. The firing was repeated with deliberate aim several times. A strict inquiry has been made into this dreadful affair; the evidence as to the conduct of the police was very conflicting, but the Coroner's Jury brought in a verdict that the deaths were occasioned by the firing of the police, eighteen of whom have been committed for trial. A dreadful affray has taken place at Newtonbarry, co. Wexford, arising from a seizure of cattle for tithe. It appears that the people prevented the cattle from being driven away, and the police were under the necessity of calling in the yeomanry, who fired at the people, killing and wounding upwards of thirty. SCOTLAND. The Rev. Alexander Scott, the Patriarch of the Row heresy, and the Rev. Edward Irving, of London, author of certain "heretical pamphlets," have been called to abide the decision of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The sentence on the former gentleman was pronounced by the Moderator in these words-"The assembly finds that Mr. Scott, having declared that he did not believe the whole doctrines of the confession of faith which he subscribed when he became a preacher of the gospel, cannot continue a minister of the church, and he is, therefore, deprived of his license, and all ministers are prohibited from permitting him to preach in their churches." Mr. Irving is prohibited from preaching in Scotland for the same offence. The celebrated Dr. Bell, the author of what is termed the Lancasterian plan of education in the church of England, has vested, in the names of four of the principal professors of St. Andrew's, Scotland, 60,000L three per cent. Reduced, and 60,000. three per cent. Consols, to be applied to the purposes of education in the schools of St. Andrews. By this noble gift during his lifetime he has saved to this institution no less a sum than 10,000l. legacy duty. INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. The citizens of York have extended their protecting care to the remains of antiquity, in preserving not only their far-famed organ screen, but also the picturesque ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, and the walls around their city. For the latter purpose, a restoration Committee has been formed, and subscriptions entered into, amounting to above 3000, which have enabled them to com mence their labours. The Corporation have approved the plans, and have pledged themselves to use their utmost endeavours to perpetuate the benefits expected to result from this undertaking. The great national Welch meeting called the Eisteddvod, took place on May 25, when the prizes were thus distributed :For Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Welchmen-Mr. R. Williams, Christ Church, Oxford; On the Causes of Dissenting in Wales-A. J. Jones, of Lincoln's Inn; for the best Poem on Welch History-Mr. R. F. Williams; an Essay on the Welch Language Madog ab Owen Gwynedd" was the signature; for the best Welch Englyog "On Woman," signed "Ab Cyrid wen.' The medals were presented by the ladies of the assembly. Serious outrages have been committed by the foresters in the neighbourhood of Dean, in Monmouthshire, arising from a notion which has been instilled into their minds by one Warren James, a pettifogger, who is regarded by these simple people as an oracle, and dignified with the title of "the Counsellor," that the enclosures of the forest were illegal, and that they would be justified in destroying them. Acting on this suggestion, they have assembled in great force, and, in spite of the exertions and admonitions of the magistrates, levelled nearly fifty miles of substantial mounds in the space of four days, and laid open 10,000 acres of fine young timber, of about twenty years' growth, intended for the use of his Majesty's Navy. Bodies of military were put in motion towards the scene of action, and order was at length restored. Some alarming disturbances have taken place among the iron manufacturers in South Wales. At Merthyr Tydvil, June 3, a large body of workmen, who had struck for wages, having proceeded to acts of outrage, a party of the 93d Highlanders arrived from Brecon by a forced march. The mob, with stones and other missiles, attacked the military, who were compelled in self-defence to fire, when ten or twelve of the populace were killed, and upwards of forty wounded. Several of the soldiers were wounded, among whom was the Major of the regiment. On the 4th the mob surrounded a troop of yeomanry cavalry, and compelled them to deliver up their arms and ammunition. They afterwards got possession of twenty barrels of powder, and provided themselves with cannon from a foundry in the neighbourhood. The mob had no other object in this proceeding but an advance of wages, and the destruction of the manorial Court of Requests. They attacked the house (Mr. Coffin's) in which this Court is held, demanded the books, and then broke in and wholly destroyed the furniture and property. The magistrates and leading men of SwanGENT. MAG. June, 1831. 553 sea have issued a Proclamation, in English and in Welsh, putting an end to the truck system, and declaring, that henceforth the men's wages are to be paid in money every Friday afternoon. A new harbour has been for some time forming at the entrance of Lake Lothing, below Norwich, by means of which that ancient city will become a seaport. On the 3d of June the first vessel, the Ruby Yacht, of 50 tons, entered the lake through the lock from the sea. The admission of the sea-water proved fatal to thousands of the inhabitants of the lake, and its surface was seen covered with dead pike, carp, perch, bream, roach, and dace. June 20. The commencement of the Suspension Bridge from Clifton Down to Leigh Wood, took place (see p. 401). A numerous crowd of Bristolians witnessed the ceremony, Lady Elton performing the part which corresponds with the laying of foundation stones. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. June 9. A portion of his late Majesty's wardrobe, including the Coronation robes, was sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, in New Bond-street. There were 120 lots, of which we subjoin the principal.-No. 13. A yellow and silver sash of the Guelphic Order, 32. 8s. 35. The Coronation ruff, of Mechlin lace, 21. 50. The Highland costume worn at Dalkeith Palace in the summer of 1822, 40l. 52. The crimson-velvet Coronation mantle, with silver star, embroidered with gold, (which cost originally, according to the statement of the auctioneer, upwards of 500l.) forty-seven guineas. 67. A large white aigrette plume, brought from Paris by the Earl of Fife in 1815, and presented to the late King, 15l. 95. The purple-velvet Coronation mantle, embroidered with gold, of which it was said to contain 200 ounces, was knocked down at 55l. although it was said to have cost 300l. 96, A green velvet mantle, lined with ermine, presented by the Emperor Alexander, and cost upwards of 1000 guineas, was knocked down at 1251. June 14. A most numerous meeting of the officers of his Majesty's navy took place in the Thatched-house Tavern for the purpose of establishing an institution destined for the education of the children of the officers of his Majesty's navy. Vice-Admiral Sir H. Blackwood presided, and was supported by Lords Yarborough, Vernon, and Manvers, Admirals Sir J. Martin, Sir T. Williams, Sir J. Rowley, Tollemache, Lambert, and a long list of other highly distinguished officers. A committee was appointed, and subscriptions to a large amount were entered into. An action was tried June 14 in the Common Pleas, brought by St. John Long, the 554 Promotions and Preferments. medical gentleman whose name has of late been tolerably familiar to the public ear, against a pamphleteer of the name of Chubb, residing in Holywell-street, Strand, for a libel, purporting to be a life of the nostrum-monger, in which he was rather roughly handled. The Jury, after remaining out several hours, returned a verdict for the plaintiff damages 100%.! Cholera Morbus. Such has been the alarming progress of this terrible disorder in the north and east of Europe, that the British government have been induced to adopt the most rigorous measures to prevent its introduction into this country. A Special Committee of the Royal College of Physicians met on the 15th of June to report on the documents submitted to them by the Government relative to the Cholera Morbus. After a long discussion, the Committee came unanimously to the resolution of stating the following opinion :-"That the Cholera Morbus may be communicated by infected persons to those in health; but that no information which has reached the Committee justifies the supposition that it is communicable by merchandize. measure of safety, however, the Committee As a [June, approve of the establishment of quarantine." Orders in Council have been issued subjecting all vessels coming from or having touched at any port or place in Russia, the Baltic, or Cattegate, or the Elbe,-to perform quarantine, in Cromarty Bay, the Frith of Tay, the Frith of Forth, Whitebooth Roads, the Mother Bank, Plymouth, Falmouth, Milford Haven, Brambro-pool, or Holylock; and all vessels with foul Bills of Health, or without bills of health, are to proceed either to Cromarty Bay, Standgate Creek, or Milford Haven, to undergo the usual quarantine. The steady progress of the cholera morbus is one of the most remarkable features attending it. From Bengal it has travelled northward across the continents of Asia and Europe at a rate nearly equal. On entering the Russian empire, the disease first showed itself in Orenburg, the 26th August, 1829, and later in the village of Massina, February 6, 1830. The number of sufferers amounted to 3500, of whom 2725 recovered, 865 perished. It has since manifested itself with great virulence at Moscow, Warsaw, Riga, Dantzic, and other ports in the Baltic; though its duration at each place has been but short. PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS. GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. May 19.-Adm. Sir H. Trollope to be G.C. B.-Vice-Adm. Edw. Griffiths Colpoys, and Vice-Adm. E. J. Foote, to be K. Č. B. May 24.-Col. Fred. Fitzclarence, Capt. Adolphus Fitzclarence, R.N. and Rev. Aug. Fitzclarence, to have the title and precedence of the younger son of a Marquis. Sophia, wife of Sir Philip Sidney; Mary, wife of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. R. Fox; and Augusta, widow of the Hon. J. Kennedy Erskine, to have the title and precedence of the daughter of a Marquis. May 25.-Knighted, Wm. Beatty, Esq. M.D. F.R.S., and W. Burnett, Esq. M.D. May 27.-Earl Grey to be K. G. May 28.-Margaret, widow of Richard Talbot, esq. created a Peeress of Ireland, by the title of Baroness Talbot, of Malahide, and Lady Malahide, of Malahide, co. Dublin, with remainder to her male heirs by the said Richard Talbot. May 31.-The Right Hon. Wm. Geo. Earl of Errol to be Baron Kilmarnock, of Kilmarnock, co. Ayr.—9th Foot, Lieut.-Col. H. Custance to be Lieut.-Col. Robert Wetherell, of Drewton, York, esq. and Ann his wife, daughter of John Fawsitt (formerly Johu Horuby), of Hunsley, in the parish of Rowley, gent. (in compliance with the will of Mary, widow of Robert Burton, of Beverley and Hotham, eldest daughter and coheir of John Fawsitt, of Hull,) to take the name and arms of Fawsitt only. June 6.-Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Hutchinson to be Equerry to the Duke of Sussex.-Adm. the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, and Adm. Sir Benj. Hallowell Carew, to be G.C.B. June 7.-30th Foot-Major H. Smith Ormond, to be Major.- 49th Foot-Major H. Croasdaile to be Major.- -Unattached-to be Majors, Capt. J. Kerr Ross, and Capt. Geo. Graham.— -Brevet - Lieut.Gen. Sir Edw. Barnes, G.C.B. to have the rank of General in the East Indies only. June 8.-Vice-Adm. Cha. Ekins and RearAdm. Thomas Baker, to be K.C.B.Knighted, Col. S. Remnant Chapman, Governor of the Bermudas. June 14.-Adm. Sir Tho. Foley, G.C.B. to be Rear-Adm. of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Navies and Seas thereof. -John Henry Mandeville, esq. to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy at the Sublime Porte. June 15.-Major-Gen. W. Nicolay to be Governor of St. Christopher, Nevis, and the Virgin Islands. June 16.-Created Peers of the United Kingdom: Earl of Fingall as Baron Fingall, of Woolhampton-lodge, co. Berks; Earl of Sefton, as Baron Sefton, of Croxteth, co. Lancaster; Earl of Leitrim as Baron Clements, of Kilmacrenau, co. Donegal; Lord Kinnaird as Baron Rossie, of Rossie, co. Perth; Right Hon. Geo. James Welbore 1831.] Promotions and Preferments.-Births. Agar Ellis as Baron Dover, of Dover, co. Kent.-Gen. W. Loftus to be Lieutenant of the Tower. June 22.-Knighted, the Rt. Hon. Robert Wilmot Horton, Governor of Ceylon. The Earls of Leveu and Selkirk, and Viscount Falkland, are elected Representative Peers of Scotland, in the room of the Earl of Northesk deceased, the Earl of Errol created a Peer of Great Britain, and Lord Sinclair who has retired. 555 Rev. H. Cassell, Murley P. C. co. York. Rev. F. Elwes, Whixoe R. Suffolk. Rev. S. Hall, Middleton Cheney R. Oxon. Rev. W. James, Rawmarsh R. co. York. Rev. J. C. Leak, Barningham Parva R. Rev. C. F. Millard, Sedgeford V. Norfolk. Rev. R. Roberts, Wadenhoe R. co. Npn. CHAPLAINS. Rev. H. P. Hamilton, to Duke of Sussex, BIRTH S. April 22. At Anne's Grove, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur G. Annesley, a son.-25. At Doonas House, co. Limerick, the wife of Capt. Felix V. Smith, a dau. May 21. In Park-place, St. James's, the Marchioness of Worcester, a dau.-22. At the Rectory, East Lavant, Sussex, the wife of the Rev. Henry Legge, a son.24. At Tring Park, Herts, the wife of the Rev. J. E. Austen, a dau.The wife of Capt. T. Blair, E. I. C. a dau.-26. The Hon. Mrs. Smith, Belgrave-street, a son. -27. At Bishop's Cannings, the wife of Archdeacon Macdonald, a son. Lately. At Limerick, the widow of Alfred Wilson Trevelyan, esq. (see p. 382) a son and heir.In the Regent's Park, the wife of Thos. Chamberlayne, esq. of Cranbury Park and Weston Grove, Wilts. a dau. June 2. At Clifton, the wife of Lieut.Col. Plenderleath, a son. -In Laura-place, Bath, the wife of Capt. Seton, 5th Dragoon Guards, a son.-5. At Marsden Ash, Essex, the wife of Rev. C. Edridge, a dau.6. The wife of W. Cole, Medlycott, esq. of Milborne Port, a son and heir.-9. In Bryanstone square, the wife of Joseph Hume, esq. M.P. a son.-10. At Beckington Rectory, the wife of the Rev. C. Pickwick, a son. MARRIAGES. May 10. At Chudleigh, Devonshire, Mr. John Weekes, of Riley, Devon, to Anna, dau. of the late Rev. H. Mugg, of Chudleigh. 18. At Great Wigston, Leicestershire, C. H. Baddeley, esq. Capt. E. I. C. to Anne, youngest dau. of the late J. Clarke, esq. dau. of the Rev. John Salter, Preb. of Salisbury Cathedral.At Brompton, co. York, H. R. Beaumont, son of the late T. R. Beauraont, esq. of Bretton Hall, to Catherine, dau. of Sir G. Cayley, Bt At Carlsrhue, Captain Drummond (Melfort) to the Baroness de Rothberg Coligny, of Rheinweiler, widow of Gen. Count Rapp. At Craigends, Renfrewshire, W. Bonar, esq. banker in Edinburgh, to Miss Liliah Cunninghame, dau. of the late John Cunninghame, esq. of Craigends.-21. At St. James's, Westm. John Power, esq. M.D. of Leicester-place, to Cath. dau. of the late Chas. Brooks, esq.-24. At Brighton, G. Burroughs, esq. R. Art. to Celina, eldest dau. of the late Col. Childers, 11th Light Dragoons.At Paris, the Count G. M. Possenti, of Rome, to Mary, dau. of the late Col. Rogers, of Weston-super-Mare. 25. At Wickhambrook, Suffolk, the Rev. C. Dewhirst, of Bury St. Edmund's, to Letitia, eldest dau, of N. W. Bromley, esq. of Bansfield Hall.--26. At Mitcham, the Rev. Chas. Douglas Beckford, to Charlotte Maria, second dau. of the late J. C. Middleton, esq. of Hildersham.At St. George's, Hanover-square, F. C. Knowles, esq. eldest son of Adm. Sir C. Knowles, Bart. to Emma, fourth dau. of Sir G. Pocock, Bart.- -81. At Briuny, co. Cork, the Hon. Capt. W. Smyth Bernard, brother of the Earl of Bandon, to Eliz. only dau. of Lieut.-Col. Gillman, late 81st Foot. Lately. At Malvern, Chas. W. H. Evered, son of John Evered, esq. of Hill-house, Som. to Emma, dau. of H. Candler, esq. grandson of the Ven. H. Candler, Archdeacon of Ossory.- -At Weyhill, the Rev. F. J. Courtenay, to Emma Camilla, only dau. of the Rev. W. Kilner, rector of Weyhill, Hants. June. 1. At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Lieut. G. Mason, R.N. to Ann, eldest dau. of W. Whitehead, esq. Teynham, Kent. -At Hanley-castle, Henry Kift, esq. of Kingsdown, Bristol, to Margaret, youngest dau. of the late J. Gadsden, esq.-J. Clement Mead, esq. Keppel-street, Russellsquare, to Emma, dau. of R. Bridge, esq. Manor-house, Priddle-Trenthide, Dorset. -At Wandsworth, Joshua Saunders, esq. to Mary Magdalen, dau. of James Morris, esq. East-hill, Wandsworth. At St. Pancras, J. O. Thompson, esq. to Mary Eliza, third dau. of the late Major Burn. -At St. George's, Queen-square, Capt. D. Duff, to Eliz. Catherine, youngest dau. of the late W. Duff, Esq.- -2. At Walford, C. Ransford Court, esq. of St. Briavel's, Gloucestershire, to Hesther Eliz. second dau. of the Rev. T. D. Fosbroke, F.S.A. Vicar of Walford, Herefordshire. At Cheltenham, Philip A. Brown, esq. to Caroline Jesscinthia, third dau. of Sir Chas. H. Rich, Bart.At Bermondsey, the Rev. W. Curling, to Mary, dau. of the late James (June, Johnston, esq. 17th Lancers.—7. At Merstham, Surrey, J. Hennen, M.D. of the Royal Military Asylum, to Miss Phillips, of Hill Lodge, Southampton. At St. James's, Westminster, the Rev. W. Sibthorpe Cole, to Mary, third dau. of the Rev. J. Maule, of Dover.-At Cheltenham, the Rev. Thos. Gerard Leigh, to Henriana Matilda, dau. of the late Lord Henry Murray, and niece to the Duke of Athol.-9. Át Bristol, the Rev. S. R. Capel, to Mary Ann, dau. of John Bush, esq..———At Stanmore, Philip Wroughton, esq. of Ibstone, Bucks, to Emma Sarah, eldest dau. of David Chambers, esq. Commander R. N. 11. At Chelsea, the Rev. J. T. Robinson, to Marian, eldest dau. of Captain Lugard, Royal Military Asylum.- 14. At Holt, the Rev. R. Foster, to Fanny, dau. of W. Barwick, esq. of Holt-lodge, Norfolk.-At St. James's, Westminster, the Rev. Wm. Dalton, of Liverpool, to Sarah, widow of R. B. Marsh, esq. of Lluyd House, Staffordshire.-15. At Trinity Church, Marylebone, C. B. Elliott, esq. of the Bengal civil service, to Emily Gertrude, dau. of the late J. Dougan, esq.- -At Stanford, Major G. Birch, of Clare, co. Hants, to Lydia Diana, eldest dau. of the late Rev. S. F. Dashwood, of Stanford Hall. -16. At St. Maryla-bonne Church, H. E. Beville, esq. 5th Dragoon Guards, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of G. N. Thompson, esq. of Chapel-street Grosvenor-place.17. At Camberwell, the Rev. Edward Young, of Whitchurch, Hants, son of Capt. Young, R.N. to Emma, dau. of the late Stephen Cattley, esq. At Stradsett, Norfolk, H. Villebois, esq. to Maria, eldest dau. of the late T. P. Bagge, esq.-18. At St. George's, Hanoversquare, R. M. Westmacott, esq. Capt. 98th Foot, to Louisa Marian, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Geo. Plummer, rector of Northhill, Cornwall. - 21. At Chelsea, the Rev. Carr John Glyn, rector of Witchampton, Dorset, son of Sir Rich. Carr Glyn, bart. to Augusta, dau. of John Granville, esq. of Cadogan-place. At Potterne, the Rev. Jasper Peck, son of the Rev. R. Peck, of Notton Lodge, Wilts, to Eliza Coppendale, fourth dau, of the Rev. Jeremiah Awdry, Vicar of Felsted, Essex.—The Rev. T. G. P. Attwood, Vicar of Froxfield, to Eliz. eldest dau. of the Rev. Henry Wilson, Rector of Collingbourne Ducis.-22. At Blandford, the Rev. Edw. Poulett, Blunt, of Culford, Oxfordshire, to Caroline Ann, youngest dau. of the late Rev. R. Clavell, Rector of Manston, Dorset.At Honiton, John Webber, esq. to Susan, fourth dau. of Gen. Churchill, lineal descendant of his Grace the great Duke of Marlborough. -At Cranley, near Guilford, the Rev. David Bristow Baker, to Frances Maria, second dau. of the Rev. R. B. Wolfe, rector of Cranley. |