conceived her own dignity and honour to be involved, yet feeling the inestimable importance of an amicable and final adjustment of the present unhappy differences, cannot forbear declaring its opinion, that when such large advances have been made towards that object, her Majesty, by yielding to the earnest solicitude of the House of Commous, and forbearing to press further the adoption of those propositions on which any material difference of opinion yet remains, would by no means be understood to indicate any wish to shrink from inquiry, but would only be deemed to afford a renewed proof of the desire which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to express, to submit her own wishes to the authority of Parliansent; thereby entitling herself to the grateful acknowledgments of the House of Commons, and sparing this House the painful necessity of those public discussions, which, whatever might be the ultimate result, could not but be distressing to her Majesty's feelings-disappointing to the hopes of Parliameut-derogatory from the dignity of the Crown-and injurious to the best interests of the empire." Messrs. Wilberforce, Wortley, Acland, and Banks, were deputed to lay the same before her Majesty, which they did on the 24th, and the following is her answer : "I am bound to receive with gratitude, every attempt on the part of the House of Commons, to interpose its high mediation, for the purpose of healing those unhappy differences in the Royal Family, which no person has so much reason to deplore as myself. And with perfect truth I can declare, that an entire reconcilement of those differences, effected by the authority of Parliamet, on principles consistent with the honour and dignity of all the parties, is still the object dearest to my heart. "I cannot refrain from expressing my deep sense of the affectionate language of these Resolutions. It shews the House of Commons to be the faithful representatives of that generous people, to whom I owe a debt of gratitude that can neyer be repaid. I am sensible, too, that I expose myself to the risk of displeasing those who may soon be the judges of my conduct. But I trust to their candour and their sense of honour, confident that they will enter into the feelings which alone influence my determina.. tion. "It would ill become me to question the power of Parliament, or the mode in which it may at any time be exercised. But, however strongly I may feel the necessity of submitting to its authority, the question, whether I will make myself a party to any measure proposed, must be decided by my own feelings and conscience, and by them alone. "As a subject of the State, I shall bow with deference, and, if possible, without a murmur, to every act of the Sovereign Authority: but, as an accused and injured Queen, I owe it to the King, to myself, and to all my fellow-subjects, not to consent to the sacrifice of any essential privilege, or withdraw my appeal to those principles of public justice, which are alike the safeguard of the highest and the humblest individual.” The period of the month at which this sheet is put to press, precludes us from the power of giving further details of a subject so interesting to the nation. To express any private opinion, in the present stage of the business, would, on our parts, be indecorous. It is, however, anticipated, that the complication of circumstances is likely to lead to a change in his Majesty's Councils, an event in which this nation and the whole world will have reason to rejoice. INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS IN AND NEAR LONDON; With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. ON N the 1st day of June, in consequence of obnoxious overtures made to the Queen at St.Omer's, by Lord Hutchinson, in the name of Government, her Majesty suddenly left that place, embarked in a public passage-boat at Calais for Dover, where she landed (attended by Alderman Wood) on the 5th, amidst the greetings of the people and salutes from the fortifications. She slept there, and the following morning received an address of the Corporation. She afterwards proceeded to Canterbury, where she also received an address from the Corporation. On the 6th, about half past four in the afternoon, she arrived in London, having received on the road gratulations from thousands who as sembled to express their sympathy in her cause. She proceeded, attended by a vast multitude of horse and foot, to the house of Alderman Wood, opposite Audleysquare, where she was entertained for several days, when she removed to a ready-furnished house in Portman-street. For the documents and public proceedings connected with this event, we refer our readers to the article PUBLIC AFFAIRS. A Common Council was lately held at Guildhall, to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons for parliamentary reform. After excellent speeches from Messrs. Waithman and Favell, who were briefly opposed by Messrs. Dixon and James, the following resolutions resolutions and a petition, founded on them, were agreed to. "That it appears to this Court, that the great exercise of the British Constitution must arise from the independent exercise of the several powers vested in the Kings, Lords, and Commons. "That as the King, by the creationof Peers, can at any time add to the members of the House of Lords, if these powers were to unite under evil Counsellors, or if, by patronage or undue influence, they could command a majority of votes in the House of Commons, a despotic power might be established, without altering the forms of the Constitution. "That this Court will not yield to any class of their fellow-subjects in loyalty to the King, in obedience to the Laws, and in attachment to the Constitution; but when they reflect on the distressed state of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce; the state of the Finance; together with the daily and overwhelming increase of Pauperism, they conceive that such misfortunes, to have fallen upon a nation enlightened, honourable, and enterprising, possessed of such vast resources, must have arisen in some measure from misrule and bad policy, occasioned by the people not having a due share in the choice of their representatives. "That the freedom and purity of election is an essential principle of the Constitution, as appears from many of our most sacred Laws, passed in various periods of our History, especially the 3d of Edward the First, the Bill of Rights, and the 2d and 8th of George the Second; in which it is declared, that the Election of Members ought to be free that the Election of Members of Parliament should be freely and indifferently made, without charge or expence and that the freedom of Election of Members to serve in Parliament is of the utmost consequence to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the kingdom. "That it has been declared by the House of Commons to be a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of Great Britain for any Lord of Parliament to concern himself in the Election of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament. "That, nevertheless, by various changes which have gradually crept into the system of Representation, it has become such as to produce a notorious violation of these essential laws; as it appears by a Petition presented to the House of Commons by the Hon. Charles Grey, in the year 1793, in which it was offered to be proved that 160 Members of the House are returned by about 50 voters each; 70 others by voters not exceeding 100 each; 50 others by voters not exceeding 200 or 250 each; that 81 Members were returned by Peers possessing Burgage tenures, and 150 more by the interference of Peers. "That while the right of electing so considerable a number of Members of the House of Commons remains vested in such small and inconsiderable bodies of men, all attempts to secure purity of election must be vain; and the punishment of a few detected offenders will only be subversive of respect for the laws, and rather tend to the concealment than the prevention of such offences. "That though this system of government, which has been by degrees substituted for the ancient and legal Constitution of Parliament, has been openly defended by persons high in office, under the specions appellation of the Constitution as it exists in practice, it is quite evident that the present practice includes the violation of the Laws of the Realm, which has been fully exemplified by the Disclosures of Bribery and Corruption, under prosecutions ordered by the House of Commons; while the moral and impressive sentences pronounced by the Learned Judges on the offenders must convince the incredulous of the necessity of revising the present System, especially when it is said that persons of high rank bargain and pay large sums for Seats in the House of Com mons. most “And although this Court are of opinion that the extension and better regulation of the right of voting, with shortening the dura tion of Parliaments, would be a great and effective Reform, they will not presume to dictate any Plan to the House of Commons, but earnestly implore a full and fair inquiry into the subject, which will tend to allay the present discontents, secure the stability of the Government, and promote the prosperity of the country. "That a Petition be presented to the Honourable House of Commons, praying for an immediate inquiry into the State of the representation of the people in Parliament, founded on the foregoing resolutions." Another Court of Common Council was also held within the month, to congratulate her Majesty on her return to this country: after some altercation arising from the supposed disinclination of the Lord Mayor to the object of the meeting, his Lordship reluctantly took the chair. Mr. Favell moved an address, which was seconded by Mr. J.Williams. Sir W. Curtis opposed it, on the ground that parliament had suspended its deliberations, and so ought they. He then moved the previous question. Mr. James seconded the amendment but the address was carried by a majority of 108 to 26. Her Majesty replied in an empassioned, though short speech, which expressed her sense of the powerful aid her cause sustained by the loyalty and regard of the city. Considerable sensation was excited on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of the month, by some refractory conduct of the third battalion of guards, who evinced a very determined spirit of resistance, founded, as is said, on the severity of their duty, and the withholding of certain al lowances lowances, called riot-money. One battalion of them were suddenly marched to distant quarters on the event. MARRIED. Geo. L. Taylor, esq. of Kensington, to Miss Sibylla Noufville, of Lymington. Admiral J. Douglas, to Mrs. Blathwayt, of Bryanstone-square. Mr. John Ireland, of St. Leonard'ssquare, to Miss Sanderson, of Hampton Court. The Rt. Hon. R. Peel, M. P. to Julia, daughter of the late Gen. Sir John Floyd. Lieut.-Col. W. G. Power, of the Artillery, to Miss Maria Morris, of Baker-street. James Morier, esq. to Miss Harriet Greville, of Bruton-street. R. O. Bradley, esq. of Gray's Inn, to Miss Lydia Boynton, of Hutton Lodge, Yorkshire. Richard Norris, esq. of Basing Park, Hants, to Wilhelmina Frederica, daughter of Sir James Gambier. Mr. W. Johnson, of Bishopsgate-street Without, to Miss Ann Jackson, of Way, Devonshire. Mr. Edward Brooman, of London, to Miss Emily Pittman, of Hoxton. Charles Phillips, esq. to Miss Caroline Elizabeth Taylor, of Baker-street. L. B. Allen, esq. late Master of Dulwich College, to Miss Caroline Jane Romilly, of Dulwich Common. Major Ellison, of the Coldstream Guards, to Miss Mary Montagu, of Portman-sq. Charles Franks, esq. of Charles-street, Berkeley-square, to Judy, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl. Alexander Macintosh, esq. of Great Portland-street, to Miss Mary Macintosh, of Beverley Lodge, Colchester. John Lawrie, esq. of the Adelphi, to Miss Eliza Shute, of Sydenham. Frederick James Ross, esq. to Miss Elizabeth Roberts, of Esher. John Vade, esq. of Camberwell-green, to Miss L. N. Nash, of Tottenham-green. Mr. W. F. Wingrove, of Upper Comynstreet, Pentonville, to Miss E. L. Smith, of Penton-place. T. R. Read, esq. of the Ordnance, to Miss Charlotte Perkins, of Linton, Cambridgeshire. Mr. Thomas Langton, to Miss Elizabeth Watney, both of Wandsworth. G. Appleyard, esq. of London, to Miss Sarah Street, of St. John's, Newfoundland, George Helyar, Barrister, to Miss Louisa Matilda Russell, of Barmingham-hall, Norfolk. John Gifford, esq. of London, to Miss Elizabeth Amelia Shickell, late of Jamaica. Mr. W. Hodgson, of Castle-street, Holborn, to Miss Elizabeth Tuckey, of Winterbourne. Mr. Francis Godbold, to Miss Sarah Wood, of Nassau-street, Mary-le-bonne. Mr. Thomas Horsley, of Southwark, to Miss Denyer, of Godalming. John Slegg, esq. of John-street, Bedfordrow, to Miss Emma Wilkins, of Chigwell. Ann; and Edmund Pontifex, esq. to Sarab, At Clapham common, 21, Miss Matilda Newton, daughter of W. Newton, esq. of Warwick-square. At Tooting, Mrs. Ellis Blachford, wife of Daniel B. esq. At Croydon, 64, Mr. George Smith. In Winsley-street, Oxford-street, 70, Mrs. Elizabeth Orrell, the amiable wife of W. O. esq. an eminent solicitor. Col. Wm. Edgell Wyatt, C. B. of Miltonplace, Surrey. At Lisson grove, 74, William Walker, esq. of Northaw, Herts. In Austin Friars, 75, George Vaux, esq. gland, St. Luke's Hospital, and the Aldersmany years surgeon to the Bank of Enggate General Dispensary. At Egremont-house, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Robert Hazard, esq. formerly of Tarriershouse, Bucks. At Great Stanmore, Maria Caroline, daughter of Thomas Wyatt, esq. of Wo burn-place. esq. a justice of the peace for Surrey. At Effra-house, Brixton, 70, R. Stone, In Bedford-square, 49, Mrs. Butterworth, the justly lamented wife of Joseph Butterworth, esq. M.P. At Bromley, 69, William Mann, esq. At Walthamstow, 49, Robert Lec, esq. In Wigmore-street, Miss Sophia Parker, daughter of Sir Harry P. bart. Melford-hall, Suffolk. At Islington, 81, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoppe, late of St. Paul's Church-yard, parent of a respectable family. On Wandsworth-road, Mr. W. B. Boultbee. At South Parade, Little Chelsea, 81, the Baroness Anna Wilhelmina Van Grovestins. At Belmore-house, Hampstead, Sir John Jackson, bart. late Member for Dover; an East-India director; patron of many charitable institutions, and a very eminent public-spirited and useful man. late Governor of the Royal Exchange AsMrs. Bell, 93, widow of John Bell, esq. surance. At Kensington, 25, Dr. W. Thomson. At Kennington-green, 55, William Vann, esq. At Hackney, 75, Mrs. ElizabethBrowne. At Wapping-wall, Miss Mary Bawtree. At Peckham, 68, Mr. T. Cracklow, of Great Tower-street. At Kentish Town, Miss Isabella Smith. In In George-street, Portman-square, Mrs. Mary Brown. In Little Trinity-lane, 39, Sarah, wife of Bernard Ross, esq. At South Lambeth, Miss Elizabeth Winter. At Kensington, Ann, daughter of the late Thomas Sherwood, esq. of Jamaica. At Chelsea, Capt. Flynn, R. N. C. B. a gentleman well known, and much esteemed by an extensive connection. At Clapham Rise, 62, J. Newman, esq. of Finmere-house, Oxfordshire. In Gloucester-street, Reginald Bellingham, eldest son of Sir B. Graham, bart. In Bedford-square, 76, G. Gostling, esq. In Doughty-street, Harry Clarke, esq. In Lincoln's Inn-fields, Henry Cline, jun. esq. the deeply regretted son of the very eminent surgeon of that name, and late surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, London. By the death of this scientific professor, the public have sustained an irreparable loss; and the pupils of the Borough School an impressive teacher. One of his objects in the Lectures was to teach the Tyro how to think. He was also a most able and successful operator, and combined gentleness of manners with firmness of mind. Previously to his surgical operations, he never failed to sooth and prepare his patients' minds for the pain they were about to suffer,-a benevolent example, worthy the imitation of his professional brethren. At Croydon, 78, John Thomas Herissant A Des Carrieres, a native of Paris. This gentleman has done honour to his own country, by the services he has rendered to this. Almost half a century he has been an indefatigable teacher of the French tongue, and many noble personages, who now fill eminent stations in life, have had the benefit of his instructions. He was the author of many books tending to facilitate the acquirement of the French language: and he revised and republished all the works of Chambaud. About the time of the Revolution, he published a history of France, in two volumes; and lately, an abridged history, in one volume, up to 1815. He was a man of scrupulous integrity, and of a most ingenious mechanical turn of mind; but for the last twenty years he applied himself much to the science of gardening, by which his health, which had been impaired by study and close application, became firmly re-established, but in which he dissipated all the earnings of his former days. At Spring-grove, near Hounslow, 76, the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, bart. F. R. S. member of nearly every learned Society in the civilized world, and rendered by various circumstances one of the most eminent men of his time. He sailed round the world with Cook, in 1768, and since that time has been a public character. We hope, however, to be enabled to present our readers with a full account of his active life in our next number. PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, With all the Marriages and Deaths. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. MEETING of the gentry, clergy, freeholders, and inhabitants of the county of Northumberland, lately took place, at Morpeth, W. Clark, esq. high sheriff, in the chair, when it was resolved unanimously, That as the House of Commons is now constituted, the people of England are not so fully and fairly represented as they ought and have a right to be. That a moderate and constitutional reform in the representa. tion of the people in parliament would essentially promote the true interests of the country, secure its liberties, and prevent the recurrence of the manifold evils under which we are now labouring. That we deem it highly necessary that petitions should be presented to the House of Commons, praying for the shortening the duration of parliaments, for an extension of the right of suffrage, for disfranchising such boroughs as have either fallen into decay, or become notoriously dependant and corrupt; and, for giving the right of representation, which shall be taken from such boroughs, to such populous counties as have not an adequate representation, and to the large unrepresented towns. The freeholders of Newcastle lately forwarded a petition to the House of Commons, praying to be allowed to vote for Newcastle, or the county of Northumberland. Married.] Mr. J. Brown, to Miss L. F. Fife.- Mr. J. Lindsay, to Miss M. Ramsay: all of Newcastle.-Mr. Wright, of Newcastle, to Miss Barkas, of Spot House.-Mr. Pearson, of Newcastle, to Miss Huntley, of Gateshead. Mr. H. French, of St. Lawrence, Newcastle, to Miss E. S. Smith, of London. Mr. W. A. Hartley, of Newcastle, to Miss L. Todd, of Bo'ness.-Francis Johnson, esq. of Newcastle, to Miss Eleanor Bacon, of Styford.-William Green, jun. esq. to Miss Eleanor Granger, both of Durham. Mr. T. Rochester, to Miss J. Mitcheson, both of Sunderland.-Mr. J. Stonehouse, of Stockton, to Miss Palin, of Sunderland. -Mr. J. Allison, of Monkwearmouth, to Miss H. Snowball, of Bishopwearmouth.— Mr. W. Hardy, to Miss Hardy, both of Darlington. Mr. C. Swinney, to Miss M. Dodds, both of Stockton. Mr. T. Graham, of Golden Moss, to Miss A. Shotton, of Alnwick.— Phillip Dennis, esq. of Alnwick, to Miss Ann Buston, of Buston. Mr. W. Emmerson, of Teasdale-ball, to Miss H. Hunter, of Fish burn. burn. Mr. G. Robson, to Miss D. Abbott, both of Dunston. Mr. W. Bell, of Hexham, to Miss E. Graham, of Slaley.-Mr. Scott, of Halt whistle, to Miss M. Charlton, of Hexham. Died.] At Newcastle, 28, Mr. C. Mills, of the High-bridge.-In Saville-court, 61, Mrs. M. Graham.-52, Mr. T. Johnson.51, Mrs. J. Hetherington.-In Percy-street, 77, Mr. T. Grey.-In Tyne-street, 48, Mrs. E. Thompson, much respected.-At Northshore, 60, Mr. C. Birtley, regretted.-Mr. J. Young, of the Close.-66, Mr. Humble, printer and bookseller, deservedly regretted. At Sunderland, 75, Mr. J. Lister.-24, Miss C. Haysom, of Swanage, deservedly respected.-63, Mr. J. Reay. At Morpeth, 72, Mrs. Heron.-33, Mr. W. Davison. At North Shields, in Toll-square, 76, Mrs. Whitehead, widow of Capt. W.-99, Mrs. A. Foster.--30, Mr. G. Bathwick.-39, Mrs. J. Snowball.-87, Mr. R. Armstrong. At South Shields, in Heron-street, 63, Mrs. Smith.-56, Mrs. Hepple.-44, Mr. E. Bell. At Tweedmouth, 84, Mrs. C. Davidson.58, Mr. J. Strangeways. At Hexham, Mr. J. Garland.-84, Mrs. E. Ramsay.-24, Mrs. M. Barker. At Cocken, 35, Mrs. T. Cropton.-At Ryhope, 45, Mr. W. Thompson.-At Slayley, 94, Mr. T. Teasdale, greatly respected. -At Bedlington, 27, Mr. S. Burn.- At Wolsingham, 92, Mr. J. Wren.-90, Mr. W. Humble.-At Southwick, 78, Mr. Wilson.At Coniscliffe, 84, the Rev. H. Richardson, deservedly lamented. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. These counties are now joined by a handsome new cast-iron bridge, erected at the expence of the Earl of Lonsdale. The election of a member of parliament for Carlisle. in the room of Mr. Curwen, who had been chosen to represent the county of Cumberland, lately took place, when Mr. James was elected in opposition to Sir Philip Musgrave, the Lowther candidate. At the close of the poll the numbers were- 468 382 D. D. rector of Arthuret and Kirk andrews. 92, Ann, wife of Joshua Scott, of Caldeck, one of the Society of Friends.-38, Mr. T. Hewson.-In Abbey-street, Lieutenant-Col. Salkeld, generally lamented. 46, Mr. Dundas. At Maryport, 66, Mr. W. Wallace, much respected. At Brampton, at an advanced age, Mr. T. Wallace, suddenly. At Greensike, 69, Mrs. R. Young.-At Lowriesholm, Mr. T. Ismay.-At Naworthcastle, 74, Thomas Ramshay, esq. land steward and agent to the Earl of Carlisle, deservedly respected. YORKSHIRE. A handsome silver vase, value 40gs. has lately been completed by subscription of the manufacturers of Sheffield and its vicinity, of one penny each, a present, with an oppropriate inscription, to Earl Fitzwilliam, as a mark of respect and approbation of his Lordship's conduct. Married.]-Mr. W. Deighton, to Miss Rawdon, both of York.-Mr. R. Hird, to Miss G. Robinson. -Mr. T. Robinson, to Miss S. Hobson. Mr. W. Haw, to Miss S. Webster.-Mr. W. Nicholson, to Miss E. Crosdale, of Brunswick-place: all of Leeds. -William Thorpe, of Leeds, to Alice Hall, of Colne, both of the Society of Friends.Mr. T. Denison, of Leeds, to Miss M. Elston, of Doncaster.- Mr. W. Shaw, to Miss E. Shaw. Mr. Riley, to Miss E. Clarkson: all of Wakefield.-Mr. E. Haigh, of Wakefield, to Miss E. Wainwright, of Leeds.Mr. J. Thornton, of Honley, to Miss M. A. Dodson of Leeds.-Mr. Laycock, of Bradford, to Wiss Middlebrook, of Exley Head. of Leeds. -Mr. Bates, of Halifax, to Miss Addison, of Rradley-mills.-Rawdon Briggs, esq. of Halifax, to Miss Matilda Greenwood, of Keighley.-Mr. D. Biass, of Pocklington, to Miss Graveson, of Halifax. — Martin Richardson, esq. of Knaresborough, to Miss A. Stead, of Boroughbridge.-Mr. W. Wilson, to Miss S. Wilkinson, both of Bartorupon-Humber.-John Walker, jun. esq. of Malton, to Miss H. Hutchinson, of Harrogate.-Thomas Darnbrough, esq. of Ripon, Married.] Mr. W. Robinson, to Miss A. to Miss M. Sampson, of South Otterington. Hamilton. Mr. E. Riley, to Miss M. Ru--Mr. Hall, of Howden, to Miss A. Hall, therford. Mr. R. Nichol, to Miss J. Hodgson. Mr. J. Thompson, to Miss J. Sewell. -Mr. F. Bath, to Miss M. Law: all of Carlisle.-Mr. J. Steet, of Whitehaven, to Miss B. Coulthard, of Carlisle.-Mr. J. Stubbs, of Carlisle, to Miss Barker, of Stockdalewath.-Mr. T. Howes, of Cork, to Miss M. Thompson, of Maryport.-Mr. W. Taylor, to Miss C. Hervertson, both of Kendall. -Mr. C. Graham, to Miss E. Bainbridge, both of Penrith.-Mr. W. Barnes, of Greenwick, to Miss M. Gibson, of Moorhouse-hall, -Mr. B. Shepperd, to Miss S. Wetherill, both of Busby.-John Hulme, esq. of Botcherby, to Miss Burton, of Wormanby. Died.] At Carlisle, in Castle-street, 88, Mrs. James, widow of the Rev. John James, MONTHLY MAG, No. 341, Died.] At York, Mrs. Lund, widow of John L. jun. esq. At Hull, in Prospect-street, 52, Mrs. Robinson.-66, Mr. T. Sealy, deservedly respected.-33, Mrs. W. Allison. At Leeds, 45, Mrs. Bennett, of Morpeth.Mr. J. Flintoff.-52, Mr. Randerson. Mr. R. Grattan.- Mr. S. Carr.-59, Mr. W. Lee. -49, Mrs. S. Lucas, regretted.-68, Mrs. Beverley.-22, Mr. M. Mess.-Mr. Dearlove.-44, Mr. S. Akeroyd, deservedly respected.—Mrs. J. Phillips. At Wakefield, in South-parade, 79, Mrs. M. Stocks. At Halifax, Mr. J. Smith, deservedly respected. At 4 E |