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E. Prudham, a blacksmith, died lately at Shenley-hill, Herts, in consequence of drinking vinegar to allay his thirst, "which (he said) was increased by the stuff put into the brewer's beer," and afterwards swallowing some doses of shot, which a quack had prescribed to him "to keep down his lights!" The lead and vinegar made goulard in his stomach, and poisoned him. He has left a widow and children totally unprovided for. It is said to be no uncommon recipe of the lower medical tribe, and it is hoped this instance may serve to caution the ignorant.

June 10. The Trial of Mr. Stuart, for mortally wounding Sir Alexander Boswell, of Auchinleck, in a duel, on the 26th of March last, at Auchterpool, came on in the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh.— Amongst the other witnesses were several who proved the fairness of the manner in which the duel was conducted. The evidence on both sides being given, the Lord Advocate, in a short speech, addressed the Jury on the part of the Crown, in which he contended, that by the law of the land, any person who killed another in a duel, was guilty of murder; and that this charge had been completely proved by the evidence. He had thought it his duty to bring this case before the Court, and he had no doubt the Jury would return a verdict as satisfactory to the country as it would be honourable to themselves. Mr. Jeffrey spoke at great length in favour of Mr. Stuart, and commented, with his usual ingonuity and eloquence, on the different charges in the indictment, contending, that the prisoner had not committed a great crime, but had fallen under a great calamity. The Lord Justice Clerk summed up with the utmost impartiality. The Jury (fifteen in number), without leaving the box, returned an unanimous verdict by their Chancellor, Sir John Hope, finding Mr. Stuart Not Guilty of the charges libelled. The verdict was received, by a very crowded Court, with loud cheers. Mr. Stuart was then dismissed from the Bar, and in retiring was congratulated by a great number of his friends.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

The New London Bridge is to be erected as near as possible to, and not exceeding 170 feet from the West side of the present bridge, and to afford a clear water-way of not less than 690 feet. It is to be faced with granite, and to consist of five arches; the centre arch to rise 23 feet above high water mark of an average spring tide, according to the Trinity House standard, which is shown upon the face of the present bridge. Proper stairs of granite are to be provided. The acclivity of the road way, to and over the bridge, is not to be steeper than one foot in 26 feet.

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This evening an alarming riot took place in Great Peter-street, Westminster, and the places adjacent. It originated in a quarrel among some Irish people of the lowest class in a public-house, the Duke's Head, in Peter-street, from whence they turned into the street; when, in the course of a few minutes, upwards of 200 persons assembled, armed with every description of weapons, and a general affray commenced. The police attached to Queen-square Office having received information of the outrage, proceeded to the spot, re-inforced by a strong party of the Bow-street patrol, and the Thames Police, under the direction of Sir R. Birnie. After a very prolonged and determined resistance, and the Riot Act had been read, the rioters were driven into the houses, and were followed by the Police Officers armed with cutlasses and pistols : several of the officers were very severely beaten, and much injured by stones, &c. being thrown on them from the windows. A pistol loaded with ball was fired from one of the windows; it is said, that the contents lodged in the groin of a man named Welsh, and he was carried to the hospital in a state of insensibility. By the exertions of the Police, and a number of the inhabitants, who were sworn in special constables on the

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Monday, June 3.

VAUXHALL-GARDENS were re-opened under the patronage of his Majesty, and under the management of new proprietors, who have judiciously put in their claim for public patronage, by the prompt adoption of arrangements which seem well calculated to ensure general satisfaction. The Gardens are entirely new decorated—a scenic theatre, some cosmoramas, and other minor attractions, have been added to the amusements of the visitors; but the principal novelty is of a more expensive kind; it is called in the bills "The Heptaplasiesoptron!" and is formed at one extremity of the saloon. It consists of an illuminated area, with revolving pillars, around which are entwined serpents, shaded under the foliage of palm trees. The centre is occupied by a cooling fountain; and looking-glasses, skilfully placed in the back-ground, reflect both the ornamental objects and the spectators with something approaching to magnificence of effect. The display in this part of the Garden is novel and splendid, and was the object of universal admiration. Some new transparencies have been added. The illuminations were tastefully arranged, and the effect more than usually brilliant. The vocal department is filled by old favourites. Charles Taylor took, as heretofore, the principal part, and apologized for the absence of Mrs. Bland, on account of indisposition. Miss Tunstall, Miss Graddon, and Miss Noel, are added to the musical corps. The orchestra was well filled, and the fire-works extremely brilliant. The ascent on the tight rope was performed by the junior Longuemare (according to the bills) with an activity which recalled to the spectators the skill of Madame Sachi. The blaze of fire-works of various colours during the ascent was the most beautiful we have ever seen at these Gardens. The attendance was extremely numerous and fashionable.

Wednesday, June 19.

The cause of Olive, Princess of Cumberland, respecting his late Majesty's will of 15,000l. in her favour, was heard in the Prerogative Court, which was crowded to excess. At ten o'clock Sir John Nicholl took his seat, and shortly after Dr. Dodson and Dr. Lushington, accompanied by Gen. Desseux, son-dissant Capt. Fitz-Strathern, cousin of the Princess Olive, and others.

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Dr. Dodson addressed the Court in support of the arguments urged last Court day, and concluded by earnestly entreating the Court, on the score of justice, humanity, and fair dealing that ought to exist between man and man, to grant the motion of his worthy Colleague. Dr. Haggard, on the same side, supported the other learned Civilians, and contended that the motion ought to be made absolute, namely, that the will now read be propounded as the last will and testament of his Majesty George III. Sir Christopher Robinson, the King's Advo cate, addressed the Court at great length against the claim, contending that it was a matter not for the interference of that Court. Dr. Adams followed on the same side. A few minutes before one o'clock, Olive, Princess of Cumberland, entered the Court, and took her seat on the bench behind the Proctors. Dr. Lushington replied in a very long and eloquent speech. Sir J. Nicholl said, he should take time to consider the case, and on the next Court day he gave judgment against the application, as not coming within the jurisdiction of that Court. Thursday, June 20.

The resolution of the Directors of the Bank to discount in future at four per cent was made known by the following notice :

"Bank of England, June 20, 1822. "Resolved, That all bills and notes approved of in the usual manner, and not having more than 95 days to run, be discounted at the rate of four per cent. per annum, on and after the 21st of June, 1822."

Much to the credit of all who participated in the knowledge of this measure, not a syllable was suffered to transpire beforehand, and the public were taken completely by sur'prise. Neither had any speculations been entered into, in order to take advantage of the event. Its immediate effect was a rise in the home and all the foreign securities, more or less, according to their degree of estimation from other causes. As it was supposed that the impulse given here would be felt in all the markets of the continent, couriers were dispatched the same night, to carry the intelligence to all the chief cities of Europe.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

June 17. This Theatre opened this night, and the profits were allotted to the Irish Subscription. A piece called The Bill of Fore, from the pen, it is said, of Mr. Dibdin, was the only novelty. It is a whimsical and laughable thing, with a good deal of equivoque occasioned by a provincial manager and an innkeeper, whose initials are alike, S. S. advertising the one for a com pany of comedians, the other for a set of servants, and the applicants going to the wrong parties, the servants to the manager, the players to the innkeeper.

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GAZETTE PROMOTIONS, &c. War-Office, May 24. 16th Light Dragoons: Brevet Lieut.-col. G. H. Murray to be Lieut.-col.; Capt. W. Persse to be Maj.

-44th foot: Brevet Lieut.-col. G. Hardinge to be Lieut.-col.; Brevet Lieut.-col. H. Nixon to be Major, vice Hardinge.

May 31. 2d West India Reg.: Maj. W. Sutherland to be Lieut-col. vice O'Hara, who retires.

June 1. Ralph Bigland, Esq. to be Clarenceux King of Arms; E. Lodge, Esq. to he Norroy King of Arms; Geo. Frederick Beltz, Esq. Lancaster Herald; and James Pulman, Esq. Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms.

June 12. Lieut.-col. Richard Church, Companion of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath; Capt. John William Head Brydges, of Wootton Court, Kent; and George Farrant, of Northsted-house, Kent, and of Upper Brook-street, esq. knighted.

June 14. 51st foot: Sir T. Hislop, Bart. G. C. B. to be Col. vice Norshead, dec. -93d foot: Sir Hudson Lowe, K. C. B. to be Colonel, vice Hislop, promoted.

June 12. Mr. W. Rose Robinson to be Commissary of the Commissariat of Glasgow, vacant by the appointment of Wm. Erskine, Esq. to be one of the Lords of Session in Scotland.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS. May 3. Wm. Robinson, Esq. of Queensquare, Bloomsbury, to be LL.D. June 24. Aldermen Lucas and Thompson elected Sheriffs of London and Middl.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Lord John-George De-la-Poer Beresford, Archbishop of Dublin, to be Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland.

Rev. Dr. Magee, Bishop of Raphoe, to be Archbishop of Dublin.

Very Rev. Archdeacon Bissett, to be Bishop of Raphoe.

Rev. R. Lawrence, D. C. L. Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, to be Archbishop of Cashel.

Rev. A. Nicol, M. A. of Balliol College, to be Canon of Christ Church, and Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford. Rev. G. Gaskin, D. D. to a Prebend in Ely Cathedral.

Rev. S. Briscall, St. Mary, South Kelsey,

with St. Nicholas, South Kelsey, annexed, R. R. co. Lincoln.

Rev. C. Campbell, Beechamwell R. with

the R. of Shingham annexed, also Weasenham All Saints V. and Weasenham St. Peter's V. Norfolk.

Rev. T. Chevallier, Lecturer of Great St. Andrew's, Oxford.

Rev. J. M. Colson, jun. Peatling R. Leicestershire.

Rev. Rich. Corfield, Upton Parva R. Salop. Rev. Mr. Crossman, elected Incumbent of

Church Church, in the Forest of Dean. Rev. W. H. Deane, Hintlesham R. Suffolk. Rev. J. N. France, Stayley-bridge Perpetual Incumbency, Lancashire.

Rev. G. R. Gleig, Ivy Church R. Kent.
Rev. G. Dixwell Grimes, Emildon V. Northu.
Rev. J. Hall, Great Bedwin V. Bucks.
Rev. G. Heming, Thundersley R. Essex.
Rev. H. Lowther, Bolton R. Cumberland.

Rev. T. Silver, D. C. L. Great Staughton

V. Hunts.

Rev. W. S. Whitelock Gedney V. Lincolnsh. Rev. T. Hale, Domestic Chaplain to the Marquis of Salisbury.

Rev. R. B. Paul, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Falmouth.

Lately. In Mortimer-street, Cavendishsquare, the wife of Col. H. Baillie, a son.

May 8. Mrs. F. B. Hacket, of Moorhall, Warwick, a dau.-18 and 15. At Aranjuez, the Princesses of Don Carlos and Don Francis Paulo, brothers to the King of Spain, of sons.-21. In Kingsland-place, Mrs. Frederick Bode, a son.-At Celle, Hanover, the wife of Major-Gen. Hugh Halkett, C. B. a son.-22. In Montague-place, the wife of Lieut.-col. Cowper, a dau.-The wife of Dr. Howell, of Clifton, a dau.-23. Mrs. T. Daniell, of Little Berkhampsted, a son.-The Princess of Orange, a son.-24. At Whitehall, the wife of Dr. Phillimore, M. P. a son. Mrs. H. Tenant, of Southampton-row, a dau.-At Bedford-place, Mrs. T. Farrer, a son.-25. Mrs. R. S. Davies,

of Stonehouse, Gloucester, a dau.-26. At Lee, the wife of Capt. W. E. Wright. R. N. a son.-29. In Montague-place, Mrs. W. S. Best, a dau.-30. At Lytham, Mrs. W. Marshall, a son.

June 2. At Garboldham-hall, the Marchioness of Blandford, a son and heir, who takes the title of the Earl of Sunderland.-4. At East Farleigh, the wife of Rev. A. Cooper, a dau.-At Leamington, the lady of Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart. a son.-10. The Countess of Dartmouth a son and heir, who takes the title of Visc. Lewisham.-10. Lady Sheffield, of Normanby, a dau.-At Ashprington-house, the wife of Major-General Adams, a son and heir.-14. At Balaamhill, Mrs. H. Harford, a dau.-16. Mrs. G. B. Robinson, of Burton-crescent, a son.

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Lately. Rev. J. Barne, R. of Batterleigh, to Eliza, d. of late J. Turner, esq.Rev. Edw. Conyers, R. of Knockmane, son of C. Conyers, of Castletown Conyers, to Catherine, only d. of Sir K. Blennerhasset, Bt.-Rev. J. Page, V. of Gillingham, to 2d. d. of late W. Yaldon, Esq. of Lovington.-Rev. E. O. Smith, R. of Holcut and Salford, to Julia, d. of late Rev. T. Willis, of Bletchley.-James Brookes, esq. solicitor, of Odiham, Hants, to Charlotte, d. of late George Woodbridge, of Plymouth.-D. Lewis, esq. of Newcastle-Emlyn, to the eldest d. of S. Howell, esq. of Morfa, co. Cardingan.-T. W. son of T. Northmore, esq. to Catherine, d. of Sir W. Welby, Bart. of Granthamhall.-T. S. son of T. Seawell, esq. of Bookham, to Etheldred Harriot, only d. of C. Seawell, esq. of Eaton Ford.-H. Vickers, esq. of Bridgnorth, to Priscilla, only d. of J. Cotton, esq. of London.-At Chichester, W. G. Ponsonby, esq. barrister-at-law, to the 2d d. of late Rev. W. Goddard, of Stargroves-house, Bristol.-At Dublin, Capt. J. H. Hutchinson, son of Hon. T. H. Hutchinson, and nephew to Earl Donoughmore and Lord Hutchinson, to Hon. Margaret Gardiner, d. of late Lord Visc. Mountjoy. At Arthuret, the Rev. Edw. Anderson, B. D. to Anne, d. of late Archdeacon Paley.-At Llandillo, J. Williams, esq. to Mary-Anne Roderick, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. At Paris, H. Winston Barron, esq. of Mount Barron, Waterford, to Miss Leigh Page Turner, d. of late Sir G. L. P. Turner, bart. of Battlesden Park.

April 30. E. C. son of J. Woodbridge, esq. of Charlwood Park, to Eliz. dau. of Capt. Herbert, Henrietta-street.-At Woodstone, W. Lawrance, esq. of Peterborough, to Henrietta, d. of Rev. J. Bringhurst.

May 2. At Raphoe, Rev. H. M'Neill, A. M. chaplain to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland, and R. of Albury, Surrey, to Anne Magee, d. of Bishop of Raphoe.-At East Barnet, Sir T. Whelan, of Dublin, to Alicia, dau. of E. Egan, esq. of Ussage-house, Hants. Rev. Jenkin Thomas, of Oxford, to Mary Harriet, only d. of J. Tombes, esq. of Quarrington.-At St. Marylebone, W. Selby, esq. to Juliana, d. of late Maj. O'Brien, of Bath.-6. Rev. J. E. Lance, to Madelina Louisa, d. of late Josias Dupré Porcher, esq. of Winslade.-C. W. son of Rev. C. W. Ethelston, of Wickstead-hall, to Anne, d. of R. Peel, esq. of Tor Abbey.-At Dittisham, Kelynge Greenway, esq. of Warwick, to Letitia, d. of late C. Durnford, esq.-At Halberton, Rev. J. Eagles, to Eliz. d. of late H. Manley, esq. of Manley, near Tiverton.-8. The Earl of Denbigh to Hon. Miss Moreton, eldest d. of Lord Ducie.-Rev. T. F. Beckwith, V. of East Retford, to only d. of Rev. J. Carter, of Lincoln.-9. Rev, C. Gaunt,

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of Fletching, to Mary, d. of late Rev. Dr. Dobson, of Hurstperpoint.- -11. At St. Martin's-in-the-fields, Lieut. C. Blood, R. N. to Mary-Anne, only dau. of late J. J. Cotter, esq. of Nannard-grove, Cork.-12. W. Turner, esq. barrister-at-law, only son of W. Turner, esq. of Chapel Izod, Dublin, to Maria-Eliz.-Frances, d. of the late John Meares, esq. of Eastington.-14. At St. Marylebone, Rev. Edw. O. Smith, R. of Holcut and Salford, to Julia, d. of late T. Willis, of Bletchley.-16. Vice.-Adm. Sir Rich. King, bart. K. C. B. to Maria-Susanna, d. of late Adm. Sir C. Cotton, bart. of Madingley.- -20. Rev. Jas. Blackburn, V. of Gainford, and R. of Romaldkirk, to Jane, wid. of M. Dunn, esq. of Durham.-21. At North Mundham, Sussex, Capt. J. Cursham, Hon. E. I. C. Military Service, to Louisa, d. of R. Merricks, esq. of Runkton-house.-A. Bryant, esq. of Naples, to Mary-Elliott, d. of J. Brown, esq. of Kennington.-22. T. H. Place, esq. only son of E. Place, esq. of Skelton Grange, and grandson to late Earl of Aberdeen, to Caroline, d. of late Rev. R. Smith, Rector of Marston, both co. York.-23. N. Ellison, esq. of Lincoln's Iun, to Frances-Gregg, d. of late J. Wombwell, esq.-Wm. Scott Preston, esq. to Margaret-Grace-Gordon, dau. of the late Peter Lawrie, esq. of Blackheath.-25. Alex. Geo. Milne, esq. of Portland-road, to Mrs. Span, of Nottingham-place, widow of late John Span, esq. of Bristol.-At Masham, Chas. Harrison, esq. Recorder of Ripon, to Anna, wid. of late J. L. Batley, esq. of Masham.Henry, son of H. Grant, esq. of Gnoll Castle, to Mary, d. of Lieut.-gen. Warde, of Woodland Castle, co. Glamorgan.—R. H. Strachan, esq. of the Parliament-office, to Miss Eliz. Nettlefold, of Lyndhurst.-At Paris, John-Alex. Hunter, of Lancaster, to Patricia, d. of Sir J. Barrington, Judge of the High Court of Justiciary of Ireland.— 28. Rev. James Marshall, Minister of the Outer High Church, Glasgow, to MaryCath. dau. of Rev. Legh Richmond, R. of Turvey.-29. Capt. Lambert, R. N. to Katherine, dau. of late Rev. T. Cobb, of Ightham, Kent.-John Kirkman, esq. of Alphsroad, to Eliz. dau. of T. Chevalier, esq. of South Audley-street.-30. Cha. Finch, esq. of Staines, to Miss Emma Rose, of Wandsworth.-Rev. Cha. Cole, of Poplar, to Harriet, d. of Wm. Redifer, esq. of Stamford.— At Mary-le-bone, Rev. W. W. Pym, son of F. Pym, esq. M. P. to Sophia Rose, dau. of late S. Gambier.—John Ŝcott, esq. of the Office of Ordnance, to Anne-Elizabeth, d. of R. Welbank, esq. of the Tower.-Rev. W. Williams, B. D. Hascomb, Surrey, to Miss Sophia A. C. Lawford, of St. James's, Piecadilly.Geo. Glasson, M.D. of Exeter, to eldest d. of Thos. Husband, banker, of Dock. OBITUARY.

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DUCHESS OF GRAFTON. May 25. In Lower Brook-street, aged 77, Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of GrafShe was the third daughter of the Rev. Sir Richard Wrottesley, Bart. Dean of Windsor, and was the second wife of the late Duke of Grafton, to whom she was married June 24, 1769, and by whom she had 13 children.

MARQUIS OF HERTFORD. June 17. At a quarter past three A. M. in Manchester-square, the Most Honourable Francis Ingram Seymour Conway, Marquis and Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, Baron Conway of Ragley, Baron Conway and Killultagh, co. Antrim, K.G. F.S.A. late Lord High Chamberlain of the King's Household, and Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire and Antrim. He was born in Feb. 1743; and was the eldest son of Francis, the 1st marquis, by Isabella Fitzroy, daughter of the late Duke of Gordon. He was educated at Eton, whence he removed to Oxford, and obtained the degree of M. A. there, June 15,1762; married 1st. Feb.1, 1768, AliciaElizabeth, youngest daughter and coheir of Herbert, last Viscount Windsor, of Ireland, and by her (who died in 1772) had only one daughter, Alicia, who died an infant. His Lordship married, 2dly, May 18, 1776, Isabella Anne Ingram, dau. and coheir of Charles, last Viscount Irwin of Scotland, and had issue Francis Wm. Earl of Yarmouth, the present Marquis, who succeeds to the vast wealth as well as to the titles of the deceased. The entailed estates are estimated at little short of 90,000l. per ann.

One of the late Marquis's sisters married the present Marquis of Drogheda; another became the Countess of Londonderry, and was the mother of the present Marquis of Londonderry; a third, Countess of Grandison; a fourth, Countess of Lincoln.

One of his brothers, Lord Hugh Seymour, a gallant Admiral, died in Jamaica in 1801.

He succeeded bis father as Marquis of Hertford in 1794. On the 17th of July, 1807, he was created a Knight of the Garter.

On Dec. 18, following, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford obtained his Majesty's leave and authority, in comGENT. MAG. June, 1822.

pliance with the will of the late Charles Viscount Irwin, to take the surname of Ingram before their present surname of Seymour, and also to write the said surname of Ingram, before all titles of honour, and also to bear the arms of Ingram quarterly, with those of Seymour and Conway.

His Lordship, while Lord Beauchamp, took an active part in the House of Commons; and passed a long life not devoid of ambition, knowledge of bu siness, or power of talent. He was a most accomplished gentleman, of considerable literary attainments, and had long been a patron and promoter of everylaudable institution: his loss will therefore be extensively regretted. He had been in a declining state of health for upwards of two years; but within the last ten days the decay bad been rapid, and latterly his memory appeared to be wholly gone. His disconsolate Marchioness was present to receive the last breath of her amiable and beloved Lord.

The remains of the Marquis have been removed for interment to Sudborn, near Orford, Suffolk.

EARL OF ORFORD.

June 15. The Right Hon. Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, Baron Walpole of Wolterton, co. Norfolk, and Baron Walpole of Walpole, M. A. High Steward of the Borough of Lynn; born June 24, 1752.

He was the grandson of Horatio first baron Walpole of Wolterton (who was the younger brother of Sir Robert Walpole), and son of Horatio, second lord Walpole, by Lady Rachel Cavendish, dau. of Wm. third duke of Devonshire. This Ed lord Walpole (on the death of the celebrated Horace Walpole, fourth earl of Orford, in 1797, without issue) had the earldom of Orford revived in his person April 1, 1806; and died Feb. 24, 1809, when he was succeeded by the late earl. He married July 7, 1781, his cousin Sophia, daughter of Chas. Churchill, esq. by Maria daughter of Sir Robt. Walpole, K. G. afterwards earl of Orford; by whom (who died in 1797) he had issue Horatio lord Walpole, M.P. for King's Lynn, (now earl of Orford); three other sons, and eight daughters. He married 2udly, in 1806, the widow of the Rev. Edward Chamberlayne, (who died in 1807) by whom he had no issue. DOWAGER