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.....
Mutton

Veal...

Pork.

SMITHFIELD, Sept. 23. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs.
3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. | Lamb....58. Od. to 5s. 8d.
.4s. 4d. to 5s. 2d.
Head of Cattle at Market, Sept. 23.
...4s. 4d. to 5s. Od.
Beasts..........
4057 Calves 160
.4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d.
Sheep and Lambs 27,360 Pigs 640
Sept. 23.

COAL MARKET,

Other sorts from 16s. 6d. to 21s. 6d.

Walls Ends, from 18s. Od. to 24s. Od. per ton.
TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 53s. Od. Yellow Russia, 50s. 6d.
CANDLES, 8s. Od. per doz. Moulds, 9s. 6d.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Cornhill.

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
Pomfret.-Adm. James Douglas. Seal of Anne Courtenay, Countess of
Devon. Roman Coins found at Exeter

THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR THOMAS HANMER

DIARY OF A LOVER OF LITERATURE; by Thomas Green, Esq.............
GOETHE'S TABLE-TALK.-Tieck.-A. Humboldt. - Byron.-Shakspeare.-Sir

W. Scott. Moliere. - Lessing.-Beranger.-Guizot.

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442

443

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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.

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Effigy of Robert Duke of Normandy not of the period of the Bayeux Tapestry.
-William of Poitiers and the Battle of Hastings
ADVERSARIA.-Keeping faith with Heretics.-Ireland and Popery ..........
RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW. - Poems by George Tooke

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

482

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484

484

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Jesse's Summer's Day at Hampton Court, 489; Taylor's Manual of Ancient
History, ib.; Repton's Works, by Loudon, 491; Ladies' Flower Garden, by
Mrs. Loudon, 493; Letters from Ireland, by Charlotte Elizabeth, ib.; De-
bates on Canada in 1774, 497; Woodgate's Bampton Lectures, 499; Ada,
a Tale, by C. Needham, 501; Billings's Carlisle Cathedral, ib.; Godwin's
Churches of London, 503; Revue de l'Architecture, 504; History and
Topography of Ashbourn, 506; Mabinogion, Part II. 507; Jefferson's
Guide to Naworth Castle, 509; Lindsay's Etymology of Southwark, 512;
Miscellaneous Reviews

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...

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522

527

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.-Whale skeleton in Durham Castle, 526.
-Roman Causeway, 527.--Roman Pavement at Stamford
HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.-Foreign News, 528.-Domestic Occurrences 529

Promotions and Preferments, 533.-Births, Marriages

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OBITUARY; with Memoirs of Runjeet Singh; the Earl of Lauderdale; the
Earl of Mount Edgcumbe; Gen. Sir James Steuart, Bart.; Sir John St.
Aubyn, Bart.; Sir Robert Clayton, Bart.; Sir C. S. Smith, Bart.; Sir J.
W. H. Brydges, Knt.; Lt. Gen. Need; Thomas Roberson, Esq.; Mrs.
Stafford Smith

534

Bill of Mortality-Markets-Prices of Shares, 551.- Meteorological Diary

Stocks..

Embellished with a View of the NEW SCHOOL AT WOOTTON-UNDER-EDGE.