July 6. At Coppet, near Geneva, aged 73, Capt. James Tweedale, late of the Hon. East India Company's Service. July 7. At Madeira, in her 20th year, Emily Margaret, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Shore, granddaughter of the Rev. R. Twopeny, Rector of Little Casterton, Rutland. At Frankfort-sur-le-Main, aged 39, George Acland Barbor, esq. of Fremington-house, Devon, July 19. At Paris, Jane T. Wilson, eldest dau. of James Wilson, esq. Chief Justice, Mauritius. July 26. At Paris, Catharine, wife of S. N. May, esq. formerly Judge of the Supreme Court at Mauritius. Aug. 2. At Paris, aged 17, Louisa Charlotte Yea, second and youngest dau. of Robert Grant, esq. of Monymusk, Aberdeenshire. At Ostend, aged 15, Jeramina Bryan, eldest dau. of Lieut. Col. Bryan. Aug. 5. At Naples, Bernard Brocas, esq. of Wokefield Park, Berks, and Beaurepaire, Hants. He was formerly a Gentleman Commoner of Pembroke college, Oxford. He formed a very large collection of ancient armour, which was sold a few years ago at the Queen's Bazaar, Oxford-street. Aug. 9. At the residence of W. R. Harris, esq. Oporto, in his 27th year, Edward, only son of Samuel Foot, esq. of Salisbury. AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, Sept. 20. Sussex Pockets, 21. Os. to 31. Os. -Kent Pockets, 21. 28. to 41. 4s. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, Sept. 23. Hay, 31. 5s. to 47. 15s. Straw, 11. 18s. to 21. 4s.-Clover, 41. 5s. to 61. Os. 6d. Beef..... Veal... Pork. SMITHFIELD, Sept. 23. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs. COAL MARKET, Other sorts from 16s. 6d. to 21s. 6d. Walls Ends, from 18s. Od. to 24s. Od. per ton. PRICES OF SHARES. At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock and Share Brokers, Birmingham Canal, 222. — Ellesmere and Chester, 82. Grand Junction, 185. Kennet and Avon, 28. - Leeds and Liverpool, 750.- Regent's, 12. -Rochdale, 112.--London Dock Stock, 644. - St. Katharine's, 107.--East and West India, 107. Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 187.--Grand Junetion Water Works, 68. - West Middlesex, 994. - Globe Insurance, 1314. Guardian, 36.- Hope, 5.- -Chartered Gas, 574. - Imperial Gas, 51. Phœnix Gas, 294. Independent Gas, 50.- General United Gas, 39. Land Company, 30. Reversionary Interest, 135. Canada METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W.CARY, STRAND. From August 26 to September 25, 1839, both inclusive. J. J. ARNULL, Stock Broker, 1, Bank Buildings, Cornhill, late RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and ARNULL, T. R. NICHOTS AND SON, 25, PARLIAMENT-STREET. GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. NOVEMBER, 1839. BY SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. CONTENTS. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. -Anecdotes of Lady Hester Stanhope.-Countess THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR THOMAS HANMER DIARY OF A LOVER OF LITERATURE; by Thomas Green, Esq............. W. Scott. Moliere. - Lessing.-Beranger.-Guizot. .... PAGE 442 443 455 459 464 New School at Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (with a Plate)......... The Biography of Ralph Aggas in the New General Biographical Dictionary.... 465 The Historian Gibbon, errors in his Autobiography. His character of Louis XVI.-His style and language, and proficiency in French.-English writers in French, and French in English. - The House of Duras. Duke of Sussex. -Mr. Fox.-La Tour d'Auvergne.-P. L. Courier.--Personal appearance of Gibbon.-Voltaire and M. le Franc. - Character of Henri IV. -Conduct of the French Revolutionary Tribunal.-Lord Brougham's Statesmen.Carnot.-Arago, &c. &c. .. Effigy of Robert Duke of Normandy not of the period of the Bayeux Tapestry. REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 482 .... 482 484 484 .... Jesse's Summer's Day at Hampton Court, 489; Taylor's Manual of Ancient FINE ARTS.-Bust of Mr. Clarkson, &c. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. -New Publications, 520.-Harrow School, 522.-Royal Kensington Literary and Scientific Institution, ib. Hammersmith Institution, ib. City of Westminster Institution, &c... 514 519 522 527 ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.-Whale skeleton in Durham Castle, 526. Promotions and Preferments, 533.-Births, Marriages ..... OBITUARY; with Memoirs of Runjeet Singh; the Earl of Lauderdale; the 534 Bill of Mortality-Markets-Prices of Shares, 551.- Meteorological Diary Stocks.. Embellished with a View of the NEW SCHOOL AT WOOTTON-UNDER-EDGE. |