564 Holt W. Marsden, cotton spinner, Dec. 19 Hooper P. Bartholomew place, timber merchant, Dec. 22 Hopkins J. Worcester, merchant, Jan. 5 Hudson J. High Wycombe, draper, Jan. 2 Humble S. Leeds, mercimt, Jan 3 James G. Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 16 Jardison T. Birmingham, factor, Jan. 6 Jordan E. Norwich, engineer, Jan 15 Joseph J. Ratcliffe, slop seller, Jan, 12 Keary W. Ipswich, draper, Jan 20 Kell J. Broughton Raff, mercht, Dec. 29 Kemp R. Bury St. Edmunds, leather cutter, Dec. 24 King R. Duke street, Lincoln's Inn, tailor, Jan. 2 Laing G. George yard, merchant, Jan. 9 Law T. Lancaster, merchant, Pitcher J. Back Road, bricklayer, Dec. 29 Leach and Ambrose, Bristol, drapers, Jan. 5 Lingford T. Cranbourn street, silk mercer, Jan. 2 Lloyd Junr. W. Thames street, slop seller, Jan. 9 Lloyd P. Birmingham, malster, Jan. 6 Love C. Old Boud street, jewel ler, Dec. 19 Lowe W. Macclesfield, druggist, Jan. 2 Lynnel, Perkins, and Lynnel, Chatham, grocers, Jan 9 Mackavoy E. King street, Greenwich, victualler, Dec. 15 Mac Michael W. Bristol, merchaut, Dec. 30 Dec. 29 Plaw H. R. Riches court, mer chant, Dec. 26 Price S. Eardisley, shopkeeper, Dec. 28 Price W. Minories, tea dealer, Dec. 19 Mann Junr. J. Temple Sowerby, Sandbach J. Woolwich, carrier, tanner, Dec, 17 Marshall J. Cleckheaton, clothier Dec. 30 Mac Master W. J. Red Lion st., watch maker, Dec. 22 Meacock R. Liverpool, ship chandler, Dec. 22 Miller J. Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 17 Moore J. Leicester, cotton spinner, Jan. 18 Neiveson W. North Shields, draper, Feb. 11 Jan. 2 Tyrrell J. Maidstone, ironmon Jan. 2 Walker C. W. Brighton, librarian, Jan. 15 Walker D. Holborn, bookseller, Dec. 19 Warrington A. Shrewsbury, bricklayer, Jan. 8 Watson J. Tothmain, dealer, Dec. 31 Watts W. Thorley, farmer, Jan. 19 White S. Liverpool, upholder, Dec. 30 Whitehead, Howard & Co. Cat eaton st. bankers, Dec. 26 Wilks J. Union st. Bath, draper, Dec. 29 Willatts T. Queen st. Lincoln's Inn-fields, ironmonger, Dec. £6 Williams J. M. Dowgate hill, merchant, Jan. 9 Wilson J. jun. Sculcoates, merchant, Jan. 5 Witting J. Cromer, victualler, Jan. 8 Wood N. Chichester, draper, Dec. 19 Woolmer J. Halifax, merchant, Jan. 5 Woolsey W. Mary-le-bone str. haberdasher, Dec. 26 Wright R. Rossgill Hall, dealer, Dec. 31 Yates, Kilgour & Yates, Manchester, calico printers, Jan. 8 1819.] Certificates-Canal Shares, &c.-Agricultural Report. Lowe T. Beckbury, corn dealer, Marshall E. Aldington, factor, ker, Dec. 29 Ridding F. Wellington, tanner, Rose S. Swansea, dealer, Jan. 9 row, Smart W. Bradford, clothier, Smith J. Holborn, draper, Jan. 12 665 Taberer A. Cillyhurst, manufac turer, Jan. 12 Tilly J., J. Hampstead, music- Titford W. Spitalfields, silk ma nufacturer, Dec. 22 Tyas J. Wakefield, grocer, Jan. Jan. 2 Walduck H. Homer st. cheese monger, Dec. 15 Wallace W. Workington, carpen. Prices of Canal Shares, &c. in the Month of December, 1818, at the Office of Mr. Clarke, 39, Throgmorton Street. CANALS. Div. per Ann. Per share. Div. per Ann. Per Share. WATER-WORKS. East London Manchester & Salford 1. s. L. s. Croydon sl. 108. Dudley Kent Ellesmere & Chester Grand Surrey 45%. Grand Junction Grand Union 351. 381. Southwark, Old 60%. Kennet & Avon 17.6 22. 25l. Ditto New 51/. 10s. 261. 3251. Old Union 14 0 881. 90l. Ditto Bonds 5 981. Monmouthshire MISCELLANEOUS. Oxford Globe Assurance Rochdale Commercial Road Thames & Medway 211. Trent & Mersey Imperial ditto Warwick & Birmingham 10gs. 2204. Highgate Archway Wilts and Berks Russel Institution Worcester & Birmingham 331. Commercial Sale Rooms. DOCKS. Gas Light Shares of 741.756. East India London JOHN CLARKE, Canal Agent and Broker. West India AGRICULTURAL REPORT. THE extreme mildness of the weather, after such a dry summer, has produced a prolongation of vegetation rarely ever known in this climate. The Wheat, Rye, and all the soiling tribe have a luxuriance of flag very uncommon for the month of December. Many of those breadths would yield a tolerable full swathe to the scythe. In some places they have been pastured off by the sheep, and have afforded an abundance of feed. The pastures are full of Grass, and will subsist the cattle through the winter, if frost does not set in. Owing to the general failure of the Turnip crop throughout the southern counties, a greater breadth of Wheat has been sown than in any preceding year. The Turnip crops in the northern counties are more productive than can be remembered by the oldest farmer. 566 Some Account of Lord Ellenborough. [Jan. 1, Winter Fallows have proceeded without intermission: also land-drafning, which is the sarest foundation of further improvement. Lands cultivated and manured before the superflous water is discharged, is like rolling stones against a hill. Average Prices of Corn in England and Wales for the Four Weeks ending with ACCOUNT OF LORD Died at his house in St. James's Square, on Sunday evening the 13th instant, the right honourable Edmund Law, LORD ELLEN BOROUGH. This great lawyer was the second son of Dr. Edmund Law, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Bishop of Carlisle, a prelate of considerable learning and acuteness as a metaphysician, but far from being orthodox in his religious opinions. His eldest son became Bishop of Elphin in the father's life time, and the youngest is at present Bishop of Carlisle, instances of ecclesiastical dignity in one family rarely, if ever, equalled. The late chief justice was born in 1749, and received his education at the Charterhouse school, for which seminary he ever cherished a great regard. At the age of eighteen, he became a fellow commoner of his father's college, and in 1771 was third wrangler. The year following he was one of the successful candidates for the member's prize; soon after which, he left the University for the Temple. Upon being called to the bar, he went the northern circuit, where, owing principally to his father's influence and his mother's connexions, he gained considerable practice. The case was different in Westminster Hall, and he had to contend not only with some fortunate rivals, particularly Mr. now Lord Erskine, but to endure the personal dislike of Lord Kenyon. In allusion to this enmity and contention, Mr. Law, on one occasion, most aptly quoted these lines of Virgil Dicta, ferox, non me tua fervida terrent -Dii me terrent et Jupiter hostis. But an event occurred which more than compensated for the professional enmity of his brethren and superiors in the courts below. This was the memorable trial of Mr. Hastings, for whom Mr. Law was employed as the leading counsel, through Sir Thomas Rumbold, who had married his sister. This protracted trial brought the powers of the advocate into full play, and those powers could not be slender that had to cope with the combined talents of the commons. Mr. Law was at first despised by the managers, but in a short time he convinced them that they had no ordinary DECEMBER 26. 80 5 | 59 11 64 2 | 38.0 ELLENBOROUGH. mind to grapple with, and Burke on more occasions than one, felt the force of his arguments in a manner that worked his natqrally irascible temper almost to frenzy. Thurlow from his olympic height, looked down with pleasure upon the legal strife, and when appealed to by the managers, he generally decided in favour of the counsel. One day during these conflicts, a paper was put into the hands of Burke containing these lines Of't have we wonder'd that on Irish ground, No poisonous reptile has e'er yet been found; Reveal'd the secret stands of Nature's work, She saved her venom to create a BURKE! The effect of this pointed satire was instantly perceived, and though the orator tore the paper and scattered the pieces about in affected contempt, the operation of the sting was visible in his countenance. On the advancement of Sir John Scott, now Lord Chancellor, to the Common Pleas, Mr. Law was appointed Attorney General; and on the death of Lord Kenyon, he was made chief justice of the King's Bench, with a peerage. When Mr. Pitt died, one of the acts of the new administration that excited much observation was the nomination of his lordship to a seat in the cabinet, but though the propriety of the measure itself was extremely questionable, no one ever brought the slightest imputation upon the noble judge for his conduct in that situation. Increased infirmities, if not brought on,. yet certainly aggravated by intense application to public duties, at length completely undermined a constitution naturallly strong; and a short time before his dissolution, finding there were no hopes of a recovery, he resigned an office which he had filled with equal uprightness and ability. In October 1782, he married Miss Towry, the daughter of commissioner Towry, who survives him and has issue, 1. Edward, married to Octavia Stewart, youngest daughter of Robert Earl of Londonderry. 2. Charles Ewen, married in 1811 Elizabeth Sophia, sister to Sir Charles Ethelston Nightingale, of Kamesworth, in the county of Cambridge. 3. Mary. 4. John. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Anse. 7. A daughter born Jan. 11, 1812. INCIDENTS, PROMOTIONS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. IN LONDON AND MIDDLESEX; With Biographical Accounts of Distinguished Characters. Bulletin of the King's Health. « Windsor Castle, Dec. 5.-His Majesty's tranquillity has been undisturbed throughout the last month, and his Majesty's health has been good; but his disorder continues in the same state." It is hardly possible to conceive any thing more affecting, more distressing, than this description of the tranquillity of the King during a visitation of domestic calamity which would have touched him so nearly, had he possessed his reason. Thick straw had been laid down in the inner court of Windsor Castle, to prevent the sound of the funeral carriages reaching his ears. A question, affecting the very existence of the ecclesiastical establishment in Wales, is, it is said, likely to come before Parliament in the course of the ensuing session. It arises out of the following circumstance. A minister was wanted for the parish church of Carnarvon ; one was appointed that did not understand the Welch language; many of the congregation demurred; and a vestry meeting was in consequence held on the 9th inst. at which it was unanimously resolved, that "legal measures should be adopted to oppose the induction of a minister into the parish church of that town, upon the plea of ignorance of the Welsh language." It is stated, on the authority of accounts received at Calcutta, from China, that a partial failure of the tea crop had occured. A few days since, as some men were raising marle on the lands of Ayle, the estate of James McNamara, esq. they discovered, at the depth of about twelve feet from the surface, the head and bones of an enormous Elk or Moose Deer, which they succeeded in removing from its bed in a perfect state. It has been carefully preserved by Mr. M'Namara. The horns, from the tips to the skull, measured twelve feet four inches, and the antlers are twenty inches wide: the teeth are quite fresh and perfect, and in addition to the snags, which grow from the horns, there are others equally as large, attached to the skull, which extend over the ears, and seem intended as a protection to that organ. The Lords of the Admiralty have given orders, that the Isabella and Alexander, which have lately returned from the Arctic Expedition, shall be again fitted out for another voyage of discovery. The seamen belonging to these vessels are to have a month's leave of absence, for the purpose of going to visit their families; and they are to be kept in pay until the time of their sailing next season, upon their new expedition. William D. Best, esq. has been appointed one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench; and Richard Richardson, esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Fourteen boys were lately fined 3s. 6d. each by the Rev. T. D. Whitaker, of Blackburn, for playing at foot-ball on a Sunday. The Hop Duty (old and new) for the growth of the current year, is said to amount to 346,0551. 8s. 6d. The Revenue of Ireland is concurrent in increase with that of the sister country. The produce of the Customs of Excise was, on the 14th ult. 314,0301. more than the corresponding period of last year. A diminution of business in the Courts of Law, is very apparent in the present Term, of 72 Barristers present on Tuesday last, two only had motions to make. Considering the law's uncertainty, and the grievous stamp duties levied on all its proceedings, can this be a subject of surprise? The Marquis of Blandford, eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough, is very soon to lead his cousin, Lady Jane Stuart, eldest daughter of the Earl of Galloway, to the hymeneal altar. It is in contemplation, we understand, to establish a direct mail from Bath, to Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Worcester, &c. The long deferred monument, in honour of Thompson, near his native village, is now in a fair way of being speedily erected. The plan adopted is by Mr. Wm. Elliott, of Kelso. The obelisk is to be 50 feet in height; it being understood, however, that should the additions which are expected to be made to the subscriptions admit, the building may be proportionably enlarged, according to the direction of the subscribers. It is to be erected on a fine rising ground on the lands of Ednam Spittal, belonging to Mr. Waldie, of Hendersyde, nearly north of the farm house of Ferney Hill, and on the height between that house and Sydenhamgate. As a proof of the increasing prosperity of the University of Edinburgh, it appears that 1500 students had matriculated, which exceeds by 200 the number matriculated on any former occasion, up to the like period of the session. It is believed that several hundreds will yet matriculate. Some of the first Yorkshire houses have received extensive orders for woollen cloths both from America and the countries bordering on the Baltic; one house has received an order to the amount of 60,000%. from Russia. The manufacturing towns of Manchester and of Glasgow are making rapid strides towards rivalling the East Indies 568 Busidents in London and Middlesex in the manafbeture of cotton and silk. Who could have imagined, 50 years since, that those places would have sent muslins to Bengal? It is said that the natives of the East Indies prefer the muslins manufactured in this country to those of their own, and purchase them for their own wear whenever they have the opportunity of doing so. It is computed that there are on the Globe nearly 1000 millions of human beings; of whom 175 millions are christians; 9 millions Jews; 150 millions Mahomedans, and 640 millions Pagans. There are about 11 millions of copies of the Scripture in existence; and allowing the Bible Society, and all other societies engaged in circulating the Scriptures, to go on at a rate equal to that in which they have already proceeded, it will take 264 years to give a bible to every family on the earth. (Jan. The Rev. William Domville, A. M. ✪ hold the Living of Windforton, together with the Rectory of Munsley. The Rev. E. Powys, jun. to the Rectory Rev. C. Hue, B. D. to the Living of David Lee Willis, (Attorney at Law, Notary Public, and Master Extraordinary in Chancery,) to the Office of Registrar, within the Peculiar and Probendal Jurisdiction of Leighton Beau Dessert, otherwise Bozard, Bedford. The Rev. George Feaver, A. M. to the Vicarage of Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset. The Rev. Henry Bevan to the living of Congresbury. John Ford Sevier, of Bristol, gent. a Master Extraordinary in Chancery. The penalties imposed, under the recent prosecutions in Ireland, for selling adulterated tea, exceed the enormous sum of fif-Master Extraordinary in Chancery. teen thousand pounds! Perceval Boys, gent. of Bridgewater, a A marble bust of the late Queen is at this time under the hands of an eminent sculptor, for the Prince Regent. It is cutting from a model taken at Frogmore, and represents her Majesty with a veil covering the back part of the head, and falling gracefully over the shoulders. Round the neck is a row of beads, from which is pendent a medallion of his Majesty. CAMBRIDGE, Ecclesiastical Preferments. The Rev. Benedict Chapman, M. A. to the Rectory of Ashdon, Essex. The Rev. Wm. Gimingham, M. A. to the Rectory of Bratton Flemming, Devon. The Rev. Wm. White, A. M. to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar School of Sheffield. William Greenwood, esq. B. A. has been elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. The Rev. John Croft, M. A. has been elected a Fellow of Clare Hall. The Rev. Richard Haggit, B. A. has been elected a Fellow of Clare Hall. Edwin Colman Tyson, esq. B. A. elected a Skirne Fellow of Catherine Hall. The Rev. George Glover, A. M. to the Rectory of Billingford, The Rev. Christopher Mason, clerk to the Perpetual Curacy of Bruisyard, Suffolk. The Rev. John Hindes Groome, A. M. to the Rectories of Earlsoham and Monksoham, Suffolk. Robert Copeman, esq. of Aylsham, to be Clerk of the Peace, for this county. OXFORD. The Rev. Corbe Hue, B. D. to the Rectory of Brandeston, Northampton shire. The Rev. George Glover, A. M. to the Rectory of Billingford, Norfolk. The very Rev. the Dean of Hereford, to the valuable Prebend of Moreton Magna, void by the death of the Rev. Frances Woodcock. The Rev. Evan Davies, Master of the Free Grammar School in Dorchester, to the Rectory of All Saints in that borough) The Rev. Frederick Ricketts, M. A. to the Rectory of Shaston Saint James. ་་ The Rev. Wm. Cooke, M. A. Vicar of Pipe, to the office of Sub-Chanter.. Births.] At his house in St, James'ssquare, the lady of Capt. Nesbitt, R. N. of a daughter. In Bennett-street, the lady of Dr Bowie, of a daughter. At Monk's House, near Corsham, the lady of Capt. Rooke, of a daughter. In Welbeck-street, Mrs. John Empson, of a daughter. At Southwell, the lady of E. R. S. Faulkner, esq. of a son, still born. In Upper Harley-street, the Right Hon. Lady Isabella Bridges, of a still born child. At Pershore, on her road to London, Lady Lucy Clive, consort of Lord Clive, was safely delivered of a son and heir. Married.] At Rothley, Leicestershire, Sir John Palmer Acland, bart. of Fairfield, in Somersetshire, to Maria, relict of Philip Gibbes, esq. eldest son of the late Sir Philip Gibbes, bart. and third daughter of the late Robert Knipe, esq. of New Lodge, Herts. At Abbotsbury, Sir Robert Sheffield, of Normandy Hall, Lincolnshire, to Miss Newbolt, eldest daughter of Sir John Newbolt, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, at Bengal. At Lambeth Church, by the Rev. Tho mas Pearce, Rector of Hawkinge cum Foulstone, Edward Bullock, esq. of the Treasury, to Letitia, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Pearce, D. Ď. Subdean of His Majesty's Chapels Royal, and Prebendary of Chester. At the New Church, Mary-le-bone, the Rev. G. Pickard, jun. of Corfe Castle, Dorset, to Frances Amelia, third daughter of |