1822.] Domestic Occurrences.-Theatrical Register. The galleries themselves are particularly plain and neat, and without any ornament beyond Grecian mouldings cast in terra cotta. The pulpit and reading-desk are composed of the oak of the venerable tree so long and so well known as the Fairlop oak. The grain of the wood is particularly beautiful, bearing a brilliant polish. The windows of the Church are upon the Grecian model, they are composed of ground glass with stained borders. The whole expense of the building, it is said, will not exceed 70,000l. It is calculated that there are 2500 seats in the Church. THE CONSECRATION. Tuesday the 7th of May, having been appointed by the Bishop of London for the Consecration, at ten o'clock the doors were opened, and by eleven the Church was completely filled by a most respectable congregation. The arrangements were so well executed, that there was not the slightest bustle or confusion. At a little before eleven o'clock, the Bishop was received at the door of the Church by the Registrar, and Chancellor of the Diocese, with the Vicar, Dr. Moore, in their robes, accompanied by the Churchwardens and the twelve Trustees. After his Lordship had been robed, he proceeded to the front of the altar, where the Petition for the Consecration was presented by the Vicar, and read by the Registrar, after which his Lordship walked down and up the middle aile in the following order, alternately repeating the 24th Psalm, the Clergy and others making the responses :— The Clergy, two and two. The twelve Trustees, two and two. The Churchwardens, with wands. The Apparitor. The Bishop of London. The Chancellor. The Vicar. The Bishop's Chaplains. The Registrar. The Solicitors. The Architect. The Builder. On his Lordship's return, he was conducted to the Communion Table. The usual prayers were then repeated by the Bishop, after which the sentence of Consecration was read by the Chancellor, and signed by the Bishop. The service was read in an impressive manner by Dr. Burroughs. Wednesday, May 8. The long-contested question between St. Andrew's parish and Thavies Inn, came on at Guildhall before Aldermen Wood and Waithman. Mr. Adolphus, for the parish, said, Thavies Inn had long since passed into lay hands, and it had been decided that thus circumstanced, it was assessable; especially as the parish were bound to suppport the poor of the Inn. After some consultation with the City Solicitor, the Magistrates granted a warrant of distress against one of the inhabitants of the Inn. Tuesday, May 21. The Thirty-third Anniversary of the LiTERARY FUND SOCIETY was celebrated at 463 the Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of York presided, and was supported on the right by his Grace the Duke of Somerset, Viscount Torrington,. Lord Bolton, Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart. and the Tripolitan Ambassador; on the left by Viscount de Chateaubriand, the Right Hon. George Canning, &c. The company were highly respectable, and numerous. It is with the highest satisfaction that we find this Charity bursting into popularity: this was the first anniversary at which the Duke of York presided, and we hail it as a happy. omen of his future support. The list of donations, life subscribers, &c. was truly noble, and fully merited the warm applause it was received with. Among them we noticedHis Majesty, 200 guineas; Duke of York, 501.; Mr. Strahan, 1000l. 3 per cents; Duke of Somerset, 10l. 10s.; Lord J. Russell, 201.; Lord Bolton, 107. 10s.; Mr. Canning, 10l. 10s. &c. See our Poetry, pp. 449.452. Wednesday, May 22. The Eistedvod, or Congress of Welsh Bards and Minstrels, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, under the auspices of the Cymrodorion, or Royal Metropolitan Cambrian Institution. The objects of this Cogress are to encourage the cultivation of the Welsh language, and the preservation of the remains of Welsh literature. The great room was, on this occasion, nearly filled with elegant company, including a large proportion of ladies of rank and fashion. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. was called to the chair. He was supported by Lord Kenyon, the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, and several other persons of distinction who are connected with the Principality by birth or otherwise. The business of the day was opened by E. H. Parry, Esq. who detailed the origin, progress, and present state of the society. A number of Welsh airs, chiefly of the "olden time," were then performed by a select body of harpers and vocalists, who were engaged for the purpose. Between the first and second parts of the concert, Sir W. W. Wynn announced the feigned name of the Author of the "Prize Poem" and the "English Essay," for the present year. He called on the successful candidates to come forward and avow themselves, but they did not deem it necessary to obey the call. The amusements of the afternoon concluded with "God Save the King.” THEATRICAL REGISTER. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. May 11. A new operatic Play, by Mr. George Colman, entitled the Law of Java. The piece is founded on the traditionary tales of the fatal effects of the Upas tree. The play was conducted with all the skill of a practised dramatist. The incidents were striking, and well supported by the respective actors. It was received with great applause, and repeated for several nights successively. ་་་། [ 464 ] PROMOTIONS AND April 19. Sir R. S. Donkin, Sir Hudson Lowe, and Sir John Cameron, invested with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Bath.-Mr. Serjeant Blossett, Dr. C. Ker, and W. Franklin, esq. (appointed a Judge at Madras) knighted. April 23. The Marquis of Queensbury invested with the Order of the Thistle.Capt. Sir J. Brenton, Bart. R. N. and K. C. B. knighted. Whitehall, April 24. Richard Powlett Wrighte Benyon, of Englefield House, co. Berks, esq. has received the Royal Licence that he and his issue may relinquish the surnames of Powlett and Wrighte, and from grateful and affectionate respect for the memory of his late kinsman, the Rev. Peter Beauvoir, of Downham Hall, co. Essex, M. A. deceased, and to commemorate his descent from the family of De Beauvoir, henceforth take and use the surname of De Beauvoir, in addition to and after that of Benyon; that he may be called Richard Benyon De Beauvoir; and that he and they may bear the arms of De Beauvoir quarterly in the first quarter with his and their family arms. War-Office, April 26. 74th foot: Capt. D. Stewart, to be Major.-80th ditto: Major G. D. Pitt, to be Lieut.-col.-Capt. W. C. Harpur, to be Major. Whitehall, May 10. Sir George Nayler, Knight, and Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, to be Garter Principal King of Arms; and the King was graciously pleased at Carlton Palace to invest him with the gold chain and badge appertaining to the said office. War-Office, May 10. 16th Light Dragoons, Brevet-Col. Francis Newbery, to be Lieut.-col.-63d Regt. of Foot, Licut.-col. Edw. Burke, to be Lieut.-col.-2d West PREFERMENTS. [May. India Regt. Lieut.-col. Edw. O'Hara, to be May 17. Lieut.-col. Hon. E. P. Lygon, of 2d Life Guards, to be Col, in the Army. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Hon. and Rev. Hugh Percy (one of the Prebendaries of Canterbury), to be Archdeacon of that Diocese. Rev. J. Croft (rector of Saltwood), Preben- Rev. Reg. Heber, Preacher at Lincoln's Inn. Rev. Robt. Collinson, Holme Cultram V. Rev. T. Hill, Chesterfield V. Derbyshire. Rev. John Page, B.D. Gillingham V. Kent. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Rev. N. Simons, Ickham R. Kent. Rev. W. Upjohn, Bynham V. Norfolk. CIVIL PREFERMENTS. R. Smith, esq M. A. of Buckdén, Commis sary of Archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and MEMBERS RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT. Minehead.-J. Douglas, esq. viče Luttrell Shaftesbury.—Hon. Robt. Grosvenor, uce Moore. BIRTH S. Lately. At Bifrons, near Canterbury, the Marchioness of Ely, a son.- -The Lady of Adm. E. T. Smith, a son.-At Banbury, the wife of Rev. Geo. Smalley, a son and heir. At Halston Hall, Mrs. Rob. Fletcher Bradshaw, a son and heir.-At Beech Lodge, Great Marlow, Mrs. Wadham Wyndham, a son.-At Deal Castle, Hon. Mrs. Crewe, a son. April 13. Mrs. Spencer Percival, a dau. -19. In Upper Wimpole-street, Lady Amelia-Sophia Boyce, a son.-22. At Brentry House, Gloucestershire, the wife of John Cave, esq. a dau.-23. At Eton, the wife of Rev. Dr. Keate, a son.-The wife of Dr. Uwins, Bedford-row, a dau.-26. At Yesterhouse, Haddington, Marchioness of Tweeddale, a son and heir, who takes the title of Earl of Gifford.-28. At Twickenham, Mrs. May 1. Mrs. H. Spink, of Knaresborough, two boys and a girl.-3. At Cambridge, the wife of Rev. A. B. Henniker, a dau.-4. The Lady of Right Hon. Robt. Peel, a son.-5. 18 Cuerden-hall, Lancashire, the wife of R Townley Parker, esq. a son and heir.-6. At Gayton, co. Northampton, the wife of Rev. J. Bush, a son.-9. At Thomas's Hotel, London, Mrs. Lane Fox, a dau.—II. At Broughton Rectory, Mrs. Edm. Probyn, 4 son.-12. The wife of the Rev. J. Gould, of Newtown Blossomville, a dau.-11. The wife of Rev. Dr. Cotton, a daughter. MAR [ 465 ] MARRIAGES. Lately. Rev. Edw. Barton Lye, V. of Raunds, North. to Sophia, d. of late J. Whitaker, esq. of Bratton.-Rev. Edw. Burges, of South Moreton, to Anne, d. of Mr. G. R. Ward, of Bruton.-Rev. Donald Cameron, to Fanny, d. of Rev. T. R Bromfield V. of Napton, co. Warwick. -Rev. Chas. Drage, of Downham, to Elizabeth, d. of the Rev. Z. Brooke, of Monk's Risborough.-Rev. R. H. Gretton, R. of Nantwich, to Frances, d. of late J. Bennoin, esq. of Chorlton.--Rev. Thos. Hill, R. of Badgeworth, to d. of Mr. Hulls, of Corse, Gloucestershire.-Rev. E. C. Hutchinson, V. of Seaford, to Margaret, d. of Rev. G. Marwood, Busbyhall, York.-Rev. J. C. Morgan, nephew to Lord Bp. of Cloyne, and V. of Drisbane, to Elizabeth, d. of late J. Wallis, esq. of Westwood, co. Cork.-Rev. Wm. Norris, to Anne-Frances, d. of J. Butler, esq. of Warblington.-Rev. H. Quartley, to Dinah, d. of A. Quartley, esq. of Christchurch, Hampshire.-Rev. J. Standly, to Caroline Frances, d. of W. O. Brigstocke, esq. of Blaenpont, Cardiganshire.-Rev. W. A. Trim, of Yetminster, to widow of late G. Bullock, esq. of East Coker. Rev. T. Upwood, to Jane, d. of W. Stevens, esq. of Pedworth.-Rev. Wm. Walford, R. of St. Runwald's, Colchester, to MaryAnne, d. of Rev. H. Hutton, R. of Beaumont.- -John Allen, esq. of Leicestersquare, to Emma Prichard, of North Brixton.- -Jas. Bulmer, esq. of Wettenhall, to Mary, d. of late P. Blackburn, esq.H. M. Bunbury, esq. of Old Burlington-st. to Miss Alicia Pillie, of Drincoe, Roscommon. Wm. son of Edw. Everard, esq. of Middleton, Norfolk, to Harriet, d. of late A. Bowker, esq. of Lynn.-- Lieut.col. Perceval, C. B. to Alicia-Charlotte, d. of Sir W. H. Palmer, bt.-At Ripley, J. H. Stephens, esq. to Sarah, d. of late Capt. H. Roberts, R. N.-W. H. C. Smyth, esq. of the Exchequer, to Elizabeth-Anne, widow of the late J. Woods, esq. Counsellor, of New York.-Edw. Johnson, esq. to Harriet-Mary, widow of the late Rev. W. Bertie, of Grosvenor-sq. and niece of the late Philip, Viscount Wenman, of Thame Park, Oxfordshire.-At Beverley, Capel Care, esq. to Frederica, d. of late Lieut.-gen. Cheney.-At Clapham, R. J. Hunter, esq. of Madras, to Louisa, d. of Capt. Thomas, of E. I. Company's Service. March 8. Edwin Roberts, esq. to the d. of Mr. A. Cameron, of Hinley Hill, near Beverley.-25. Charles C. Parks, esq. of Bengal Civil Service, to Frances-Susanna, d. of W. Archer, esq. of Lymington. April 10. At Bath, Andrew Rutherfurd, esq. of Edinburgh, Advocate, to SophiaFrances, d. of Sir Jas. Stewart, bt. of Fort Stewart, co. Donegal.-11. John Middleton, esq. Lieut. R. N. to d. of J. Scott, esq. of Parliament-street. 16. Lord Edw. O'Bryen, brother of the Marquis of Tho. mond, to Lady Elizabeth Somerset, d. of the Duke of Beaufort.-18. At Kingstone, Rev. Thos. Harrison, of Denne Hill, Kent, to Jemima-Elizabeth, only d. of late C. Branfill, esq. of Upminster Hall, Essex. -Baker Gabb, esq. of Abergavenny Castle, to Mary-Anne, d. of T. Stead, esq. of Devonshire-street.-At Solihull, Capt. Thos. Davis, Bedfordshire Militia, to Charlotte, d. of Capt. J. Edwards, esq. R. N. -20. At Clifton, Chas. Fred. Williams, Barrister at Law, to Elizabeth, d. of late R. B. Wylde Browne, esq. of Caughley, Salop. -At Hereford, Rich. Jones Powell, of Lincolns'-inn, Barrister at Law, son of R. Powell, M. D. to Martha-Clee, only d. of late W. Downes, esq. of Hinton.-22. At Chiswick Church, Col. Gardiner, 6th foot, to Maria, only d. of late T. Wildman, esq. 23. Edm. Turton, esq. of Larpool Hall, York, and Bradstead - place, Kent, to Marianne, only d. of R. B. Livesey, esq. of Kildale. Rev. S. Wm. Perkins, M.A. to Elizabeth, d. of Wm. Perry, esq. of Everton, near Liverpool.23. Rev. Stephen Middleton, to Mary, d. of John Ware, esq. of Tiverton.-At Dublin, Capt. King, 4th dragoons, grandson of the Earl of Erne, to Charlotte, d. of late Ponsonby Tottenham, esq. of Clifton.-24. Rev. Wm. Gordon, R. of Spaxton, to Diana, d. of late J. Harris, esq. of Radford.-At Bath, Rev. Wm. Liddiard, R. of Knockmark, co. Meath, to Mary-Anne, d. of late J. T. Morin, esq. of Weldon Lodge, Bucks.-At Dublin, Lieut.-col. Grove, to Anne, d. of F. Disney, esq.-Hon. and Rev. Francis Jas. Noel, son of Sir G. N. Noel, bt. and Baroness Barham, to Cecilia-Penelope, d. of late P. C. Methuen, esq. of Corsham House, Wilts.-25. The Hon. Robt. Fulk Murray Greville, to Miss G. Cecilia Lock.-29. At Tunbridge, J. B. Bostock, esq. of Georgestreet, Mansion - house, London, solicitor, son of late Rev. S. Bostock, to Sophia-Tovey, d. of R. Kirby, esq. of Meopham Bank, Tunbridge.-30. Rev. P. Penson, precentor of Durham, to Louisa-Elizabeth, d of late Mr. Barley, of Barnes.-Rev. R. Mooley Master, A.M. to Frances-Mary, d. of G. Smith, esq. M. P. May 1. At Sunning, Berks, Wm. Ward Heathcote, esq. to Eliz. d. of late J. Barton, esq. of Deanwater, Cheshire.-2. At Bath, Maj.-gen. Sir Wm. Inglis, K. C. B. to Margaret-Marianne, d. of Maj.-gen. Raymond. OBITUARY. OBITUARY. SIR ISAAC HEARD, GARTER. April 99. At the College of Arms, in the 92d year of his age, Sir Isaac Heard, Knt. Garter Principal King of Arms, born at Ottery St. Mary, in the county of Devon, on the 10th of December (old style), 1730. He was the son of John Heard, sometime of Bridgwater, but latterly of London, Gent. by Elizabeth his wife, only daughter and at length heir of Benjamin Michell, of Sea-side House, in the parish of Branscombe, and of Slade in the parish of Salcombe Regis, in the county of Devon, Gent. His grandfather was Isaac Heard, sometime of Cork, and afterwards of Bridgwater, merchant, a younger son (the descendants of the elder being now settled on a patrimonial estate in the neighbourhood of Cork) of John Heard, who emigrated from the county of Wilts, and settled at Bandon in Ireland. The family of Michell was of great respectability in Devonshire, and it appears that the grandfather of Benjamin above-mentioned, John Michell, Esq. was seated at Sea-side house in the reign of Charles the First, and died in 1648; and that his son John Michell, of Branscombe, Esq. (the maternal great-grandfather of Sir Isaac Heard) was one of the Royalists who compounded for their estates in 1655. The early pursuits in life of this gentleman, which circumstances, following each other in rapid succession, rendered as various as they were active, appeared to lead to a profession very different from that which he ultimately embraced. He was brought up at the Honiton Grammar-school under the Rev. Mr. Lewis, and, at the age of fifteen, he entered the navy as a volunteer, on board His Majesty's ship Lynn, commanded by Captain Robert Man, afterwards one of the Lords of the Admiralty, in which ship he served as a midshipman from the month of July 1746, to the middle of the year 1748. In the course of this service, the Lynn being employed in the Mediterranean, he had the opportunity of visiting the Greek islands, the romantic coasts of the Adriatic, as well as the coast of Asia, and the Southern and Western shores of Italy, and derived all that ardent satisfaction of which young minds are more peculiarly susceptible upon traversing the scenes of their recent studiesproof of which manifested itself in the lively impression which still remained, of the interesting objects which had come under his observation in these classic regions, even down to the close of his protracted life; subjects which, after the lapse of upwards of seventy years, were frequently dwelt upon with the vivacity and fervour which generally belong to youth. In 1749, he continued his service in the Navy, in the Blandford man-of-war, which ship was ordered to the coast of Guinea; where, in the month of August 1750, an accident occurred which had nearly proved fatal to the young candidate for naval fame. From the effect of one of those sudden and dreadful tornados with which that region is visited, he was carried overboard with the main-mast of the ship, whilst standing on the top-sail yard encouraging the seamen to their duty. But, by one of those interpositions of Providence, by which the life of man is often preserved, and at a moment when the attention of the whole crew was directed to disencumber the vessel from the wreck, the young midshipman was observed, inveloped in the shattered rigging, floating alongside the ship; and he owed his immediate rescue to the humane hand of his ship-mate the late Admiral Sir Robert Kingsmill; with whom such an event could not fail to produce that warm friendship and regard which existed between them down to the moment of the gallant Admiral's death". In the year 1751, a period of profound peace, affording no encouragement to continue his naval career, he proceeded to Bilboa in Spain, in a mercantile pursuit; and, having soon after established himself there, he made several voyages, in the course of the five succeeding years, across the Atlantic, with a view. of opening a correspondence with Boston In allusion to this extraordinary event, and in grateful commemoration of his providential escape, he adopted the following arms, which were assigned to him after he became Lancaster Herald, in the year 1762; viz. "Argent, in base a figure representing Neptune, with an eastern crown gold, his trident Sable, headed Or, issuing from a stormy ocean, the left hand grasping the head of a ship's mast appearing above the waves, as part of a wreck proper; on a chief Azure, the Arctic Polar Star of the first, with the motto Naufragus in Portum".". and 1822.] Sir Isaac Heard, Garter, and other places in America. His prospects were approaching the accomplishment of his wishes, when the war, which broke out between this country and Spain, in the year 1757, frustrated his speculations in a country where there was, in consequence, no protection of the property, or security for the person of an Englishman. He was, therefore, compelled to make a hurried retreat to England; and, having lost whatever he had realized at Bilboa, he engaged himself with a merchant in the city, where he remained until 1759. At this period he was introduced to the notice of Thomas Earl of Effingham (then exereising the office of Earl Marshal, for Edward Duke of Norfolk), who perceiving the integrity of his character, and the tendency of his energetic mind to histo rical and antiquarian research, was pleased to appoint him to the office of Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms, on the 5th of December in the same year. He had the happiness to enjoy the esteem and confidence of this nobleman to the end of his life; and his immediate successor Thomas, also Earl of Effingham, and Deputy Earl Marshal, to whom he acted as official secretary, honoured him with similar marks of favour and regard. He continued a Pursuivant until the 3d of July, 1761, when he became Lancaster Herald, in which situation be attended the Coronation of our late revered Monarch, and her Majesty Queen Charlotte, on the 22d of September following. In the month of March 1770, he intermarried with his first wife Katherine, the second daughter of Andrew Tyler, of Boston, in New England, Gent. (by Myriam his wife, sister of Sir William Pepperell, Bart.) and widow of David Ochterlony of Boston, Gent. He had no issue by this lady, who died 30th October, 1783; but he derived all the satisfaction of a father, and experienced the warm attachment of a son, from the only survivor of her three sons by her former husband (who were brought up under his immediate care), Major General Sir David Ochterlony, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, whose eminent services in India have obtained for him the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and the highest distinctions ever conferred by the Sovereign on an officer in the military service of the East India Company. On the 18th of October, 1774, be was promoted to the office of Norroy King of Arms, and was, about the same period, appointed Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod, of the Order of the Bath, and Brunswick Herald; which latter 467 office he resigned, in 1814, in favour of G. F. Beltz, Esq. (now Lancaster Herald) who had been many years his secretary and confidential friend. In 1780, he was further promoted to the office of Clarenceux King of Arms, by patent, dated the 16th of May in that year; and upon the death of the late Ralph Bigland, Esq. Garter, to whom he had been a zealous coadjutor for the advancement of the interests of the College, he was, by patent dated the 1st of May, 1784, created Garter Principal King of Arms. At the first Chapter of the most noble order of the Garter, which took place after his elevation to the head of the College, viz. on the second of June, 1786, he was invested with the insignia of his office, and his Majesty was graciously pleased, in Chapter, to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. The Landgrave of Hesse Cassel having, at that period, been elected into the order, Sir Isaac Heard, Garter, was, according to immemorial custom, and in right of his office, nominated a plenipotentiary, jointly with Lord Viscount Dalrymple, afterwards Earl of Stair, then minister at the court of Berlin, for investing the Landgrave with the ensigns of the order; and he soon after repaired for that purpose to Cassel, where the ceremony took place on the 7th of August following. On the 18th of August, 1787, he married, secondly, Alicia, relict of JohnGeorge Felton, Esq. Inspector-General of the Customs for the Leeward Islands, who died on the 15th of May, 1808. In the year 1791, he was intrusted with a mission to the Duke of Saxe Gotha, who had been elected a Knight of the Garter; and, jointly with his Majesty's minister at the court of Saxony, Morton Eden, Esq. (now Lord Henley) he invested that prince at the Ducal palace, at Gotha, on the 18th of April. In 1813, when the Emperor Alexander was elected into the most noble order, the duties of Garter were again required for the investiture of his Imperial Majesty, who was, at that time, opposed to the late oppressor of Europe, at the head of a powerful army in the heart of Germany. Upon this occasion his present Majesty, with that benevolence of feeling for which his Majesty is so distinguished, caused it to be signified to this old and faithful servant of the Crown, that, considering the fatigues of a very long and circuitous journey, and the probable danger of travelling through a country which might be the seat of war, his Majesty was unwilling to expose Garter, at his advanced period of life, to such perils, and therefore he was per |