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by circular bands of the trellis-work pattern, each square of which has a point in the middle, producing a very pretty effect. The cover or lid was of baked earth.

ROMAN VILLA NEAR FROME,

The remains of a Roman villa have recently been found on the estate of John Henry Shore, esq. at Whatley, near Frome, in the occupation of farmer Hill. Earth to the depth of three feet having been removed, a fine tesselated pavement was uncovered, consisting of two rooms con

nected together, one of them being 32 feet by 20, and the other 22 feet by 14. The pavement is tolerably perfect, but has suffered damage in one part. It consists of two compartments, one circular, and the other oblong. The tesseræ are not larger than dice, but of seven various colours, and forming different devices: in one part is a figure with a sceptre, and in another an elephant, with several fishes, vases, flowers, &c. Bones, coins, pottery, and a curious clasp-knife, have also been found.

HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

FRANCE.

FOREIGN NEWS.

On the 24th August, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans was happily delivered of a son and heir. It bears the names and title of Louis Philippe Albert, Count of Paris. The latter appellation is intended as a significant mark of the King's gratitude for the support afforded him by the good citizens of Paris since his accession to the throne. The municipal authorities have presented the infant Prince with a splendid sword.

The King made several promotions of general and other officers on the occasion. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans has ordered that a livret, containing the receipt of 100fr. by the savings' bank, shall be delivered to all children of both sexes born in Paris on the same day as the Count de Paris. Her Royal Highness has given to the Maternal Societies of France, 12,000fr.; to the Orphans' Establishment founded by Mme. de Kerçardo, 1000fr.; to the Working Establishment of St. Roch, 500fr.; to the Deaf and Dumb Establishment, 500fr.; and to the Poor Protestant Girls' School, 500fr.

An ordonnance has appeared, constituting the province of Algiers a Bishopric belonging to the Arch-diocese of Aix. The principal church of Algiers is erected into a cathedral, under the patronage of St. Philip the Apostle.

SPAIN,

The hopes lately entertained of a speedy termination of the struggle be tween the Queen and Don Carlos, are again disappointed. It is stated that, after having made a practicable breach in the walls of Estella, Espartero was compelled to raise the siege for want of provisions, and this while the road was open between the Spanish camp and Saragossa and Madrid. Intelligence has also been received that General Oraa has

sustained a check before Morella. On the 18th and 19th of August, his troops, after having made two attempts to enter the town through practicable breaches, were repulsed with considerable loss, and were finally obliged to fall back on Monroyo, which is about four leagues distant from Morella, and in the province of Aragon. It is stated that they lost all the heavy artillery which they had before Morella; that considerably more than a thousand men were made prisoners; and that during the two assaults, as well as during an attack made by Cabrera, more than two thousand men, between killed and wounded, were put hors de combat. Don Carlos has conferred on Cabrera the rank of Lieutenant-General, and the title of Count of Morella. It is affirmed, that Don Carlos has received from the Emperor of Russia a remittance of 200,0001. just in time to prevent the intended desertion of most of his officers to Munagorri, and that his prospects have, in consequence, considerably brightened. The Courier Français confirms the rumour that an expedition in his aid was ready to sail from the Gulf of Spezzia, and that a considerable portion of the expense had been borne from the privy purse of the King of Sardinia, who had even contributed two vessels to the expedition. The ministry at Madrid is changed, and constituted as follows: the Duke de Friars, President of the Council; M. Ruiz de la Vega, senator, Minister of Justice; Marquis de Montevirgine deputy, Finance Minister par interim; Marquis de Valgardera, senator, Minister of the Interior par interim; General Aldarria, par interim Minister of War and Marine.

ITALY.

The Coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Venetian Lombardy took place at Milan on the 6th Septem ber, with great splendour. The pontifical mass was celebrated according to the Ambrosian rite. The Archbishop placed the iron crown on the Emperor's head, while the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice pronounced the solemn formula used on such occasions. The Cardinal Patriarch of Venice next placed the sceptre in his Majesty's right hand; and the Archbishop of Milan put the globe in his left. His Majesty then went and sat on the seat of the enthronisation, and the Grand Major Domo of the Lombardo kingdom, advancing, turned towards the people and cried aloud, "Long live Ferdinand our Emperor and King!" A banquet was afterwards given in the hall of the Cariatides, and the festivities were prolonged during many days. The Emperor has acquired much popularity by issuing ageneral pardon for all political offences.

CANADA.

From the Canadas the accounts received are, upon the whole, favourable. In the course of his brief tour in the Upper Province, Lord Durham received a great number of loyal addresses, and wherever he went was met by deputations of the principal inhabitants. While at Toronto, his Lordship entertained at dinner 200 persons, of whom 50 at least were citizens of the United States. Not

only all the Canadians, but all the frontier journals which defended the rebellion, represent his Lordship as being already very popular.

WEST INDIES.

The abolition of the system of apprenticeship in the other West India Colonies has been followed by St. Lucia and Honduras, and last of all by the council of Trinidad, where an ordinance to that effect passed on the 26th of July, only six days before the appointed day, the 1st of August. Sir Lionel Smith issued a proclamation enjoining sobriety and good behaviour on the Jamaica negroes, who had a grand rejoicing, with balls, feasting, and fire-works, and discharges of artillery, at the dawn of the happy

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were stated to have shown symptoms o insubordination, and by advices from Jamaica to the 15th August, that island was in a state of some excitement, more particularly on the north side, through the disinclination of the negroes to work, and disputes with their masters about the rate of wages to be paid in future. Complaints were made in all the colonies of the scarcity of small change, and the necessity for a large supply to be provided by government from home, now that so much will be wanted for wages.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Peru. Advices from Valparaiso state that Bulnes, the Chilian commander, had sailed for the coast of Peru at the head of an expedition of 5000 men. The squadron was already engaged in the blockade of Callao, but notice had been given to the commodore by the English that no such blockade would be regarded.

Mexico. The first blood has been drawn between the French and the Mex. icans. On the 22nd of July a Mexican vessel was pursued between Vera Cruz and Tampico, by a boat filled with armed men from the French squadron. She could not escape, and the crew abandoned her in their boats. The vessel drifted into the surf, and the French in taking possession of her were fired upon from the shore, and several of them wounded.

At Brazil the government forces had been defeated in a combat between them and the insurgents; it was effected by the rebels passing behind some mountains when least expected, and surprising the garrison of Pedra of 2000 men, who were put to the sword, and all, with the exception of a few cavalry and three generals, were killed by the insurgents. The affray took place at Rio Grande, the most southern province of the Brazils, and borders on the Oriental republic, of which Monte Video is the capital.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

Aug. 16. The Consecration of the new Church of St. Peter's, Globe Road, Mile End, in the parish of Stepney, was performed by the Bishop of London. This Church, which is a remarkably neat and convenient structure, is situate at the north-east corner of the park belonging to Messrs. Charringtons, the well-known ale brewers. The ground was purchased from these gentlemen by

the managers of the Metropolis Churches' Fund, at a nominal price, and the expenses of the building, about 40001. were entirely defrayed from that fund. The communion plate and books were furnished at the cost of the Bishop of London. The church contains sittings for 1300 persons, more than half of which are free and unappropriated.

Aug. 24. Another Church, one of

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PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Aug. 11. Joseph Allen, of Brighton, esq. to be one of the Gentlemen of her Majesty's Privy Chamber in Ordinary.

Aug. 13. Charles Shakeshaft, esq. to be one of her Majesty's Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

Aug. 24. Major-Gen. Sir E. Gibbs, K.C.В. to be Lieut.-Governor of Jersey.

Aug. 28. The Marquis of Clanricarde, K.P. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias.P. Fraser, esq. to be Sheriff of Van Diemen's Land. Brevet, Lieut.-Cols. H. Stapleton and T. Kennedy, to be Colonels in the Army; Majors T. R. Swinburne, R. S. Webb, and J. A. Butler to be Lt. Colonels; Capt. W. Snow to be Major.

Aug. 31. 7th Foot, Capt. T. R. Baker to be Major.-53d Foot, Capt. H. S. Phillips to be Major.-76th Foot, Lieut. Col. A. T. Macintosh to be Lieut.-Col. Unattached, to be Lt.Colonels by purchase, Majors Thos. Butler and Lord William Thynne.-Brevet, Lt. Col. A. T. Macintosh to be Colonel.--Granville Penn, of Stoke Park, Bucks, esq. grandson and heir male of William Penn, esq. sometime proprietary of Pensylvania, to bear the armorial ensigns following, that is to say, "a fess charged with three plates, and, on a canton of honourable augmentation, a crown, representing the royal crown of King Charles the Second;" and for a crest, "a demi-lion gorged with a collar, charged with three plates, and above an escroll, thereon the word 'Pensylvania."

Sept. 3. The Poor Law Commissioners empowered to carry into effect the Act for the more effectual relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, are the same as the English Board, and the Assistant Conmissioners Edw. Gulson, esq. Rich. Earle, esq. W. H. T. Hawley, esq.and W. J. Voules, esq.-Edw. Senior, esq. is appointed an Assistant Commissioner of Poor Laws. John Gervas Hutchinson Bourne, esq. to be Chief Justice of the Island of Newfoundland.

Sept. 4. Mary-Anne, wife of William Adams, of Thorpe in Chertsey, esq. LL.D. second surviving dau. and coh. of the Hon. W. Cockayne, to have the same precedence as if her father had lived to succeed to the dignity of Viscount

Cullen.

Sept. 6. Isaac Preston, esq. of Stanfieldpark, Norfolk, Recorder of Norwich, to take the surname of Jermy only.

Sept. 7. 29th Foot, Major Hon. C. A. Wrottesley to be Major.-90th Foot, Major John Singleton to be Major.-95th Foot, Major John Walter to be Major.-Brevet, Capt. Samuel Spooner to be Major.

Sept. 11. Lt. Col. James Johnston, 99th foot, to accept the insignia of the Tower and Sword, conferred by the Queen of Portugal for his services in the Peninsular war.

Sept. 14. 3d Dragoon Guards, Major Geo. Maunsell to be Lieut. Col., Capt. T. Arthur to be Major. The Hon. S. T. Carnegie, Comm. R.N. to accept the order of San Fernando, conferred by the Queen of Spain for his services from the siege of Bilbao in June 1835 to the 4th May 1837.

Sept. 17. The Hon. C. F. Clements, Wm. J. Hancock, and John O'Donoghue, esq. to be Assistant Commissioners of Poor Laws.

Mr. John Wood, (now Chairman of Stamps and Taxes) to be Chairman of the Excise Board, in the room of Sir F. Doyle.-Mr. Hart

Davis, a Commissioner of Excise, to be Deputy Chairman of Excise, in the room of Mi Plunkett, deceased.-Mr. Stephenson, late Commissioner for the investigation of the Slave Compensation Claims, to be Commissioner of Excise. Mr. Wickham, Private Secretary to Lord Althorp, and afterwards one of the Excise Inquiry Commissioners, to be Chairman of the Board of Stamps and Taxes.-Mr. Spring Rice, jun. to be Commissioner of Customs, vice Mr. Binning, superannuated.Richard Bourke, esq. (eldest son of Richard Bourke, K.C.B.) to be Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in place of Mr. Rice, jun. -Major Jarvis to be Surveyor-General of India.

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Rev. C. Bedford, Denton R. Sussex.
Rev. R. Brickel, Shireshead P.C. Lanc.
Rev. W. C. Burges, Osmotherley V. Leic.
Rev. F. Burton, Old Kent-road new ch.
Rev. H. Chaplin, Ryhall with Essendine V.
Rutland.

Rev. C. R. S. Cocks, Wolverley V. Worc.
Rev. C. H. Collyns, D.D. Farringdon R. Devon.
Rev. J. E. Comins, Little Wakering V. Essex.
Rev. G. W. Craufurd, Burgh with Winthorpe
V. Lincoln.

Rev. J. Dawson, Llangar R. Merioneth,
Rev. J. V. Franklin, St. Keevin V. Ireland.
Rev. J. Hayward, Kemsing with Seal V. Kent.
Rev. Copinger Hill, Badley P.C. Suffolk.
Rev. Edw. Holmes, Thornbury R. Devon.
Rev. S. R. Hughes, Bodewryd P.C. Anglesey.
Rev. E. Kirkness, Kennerleigh R. Devon.
Rev. R. Lee, Darley Dale C. co. Derby.
Rev. Wm. Lees, St. Peter's Ch. Oldham.
Rev. T. Lindsay, Kilrea R. co. Derry.
Rev. George Mingaye, Wilby R. Suffolk.
Rev. W. Nind, Cherry Hinton V. Camb.
Rev. Hewitt O'Brian, St. James's ch. Heywood,
Lancashire.

Rev. Brownlow Potchett, Great Panton R. Linc.
Rev. Wm. Price, Llanarth with Bettwys V.
Monmouthshire.

Rev. A. Sampson, Mocosquin R. co. Derry. Rev. Cornelius Thompson, Elkesley V. Notts. Rev. W. Tomkins, Lavendon with Brayfield V.

Rutland.

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July 20. At Rothley Temple, Leic. the wife of C. Trevelyan, esq. of the Bengal Civil Service, a son.-23. In Park-st. Grosvenor-sq. the Lady Robert Grosvenor, a son.-24. At Welcombe House, Warw. the wife of C. T. Warde, esq. a dau.

Aug. 3. At Sanwell, Staff. the Countess of Dartmouth, a dau.-12. In the Close of Salisbury, the wife of the Rev. Canon Fisher, a son.

13. At Cossington, the wife of Edw. B. Lennard, esq. a son.-15. At Dittisham, Lady Henry Kerr, a son. The wife of P. В. Hoare, esq. a dau.-16. At Little Hampton, the Hon. Mrs. Trotter, a son.-17 At the rectory, Chelmsford, the Hon. Mrs. C. St. J. Mildmay, a dau.-18. At Beddington Park, the wife of P. A. Browne, esq. a dau.-19. At Redgrave Hall, the wife of G. St. V. Wilson, esq. a dau.-20. In Northumberland, the Hon. Mrs. Coulson, a son.--21. At Shelbrooke Park, Lady Louisa Cator, a son.--At Geneva, the Hon. Mrs. Woodmass, lady of C. Woodmass, esq. a son.--At Eden Hall, Lady Musgrave, a son.-22. At Connington Castle, Huntingdonsh. the wife of J. M. Heathcote, esq. a dau.-24. At Brighton, the Marchioness of Abercorn, a son and heir. At Gorhambury, the Countess of Craven, a son and heir.--At Westbrook, Lady Georgiana Ryder, of twin daughters.-25. At Brussels, the wife of Sir Hamilton Seymour, a son.-27. At Berkswell-hall, the house of her father Sir E. Wilmot, Bart. the widow of George G. Blackwell, esq. of Ampney Park, a dau. -At Shroton, Dorset, the wife of Capt. Ryves, R.N., C.B., a dau.

Lately. Át Leuknor Vicarage, Lady Caroline Garnier, a son. At the Oaks, Surrey, Lady Grey, a dau.- At Wilton Castle, Mrs. Chas. Lowther, a dau.-In Bryanstone-sq. Lady Henniker, a dau. At Park-crescent, Portland place, the lady of Baron Alderson, a dau. -At Hackwood House, the seat of Lord Bolton, the wife of the Rev. Lovelace B. Wither, a dau.-At Hampton Court Palace, the wife of Col. Sir James Reynett, a dau.In Lower Brook-street, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Duncombe, a son.

Sept. 1. At Hoddesdon, Herts, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Baker, a son. --3. At Bognor, the lady of Sir Henry Durrant, Bart. a son and heir. At Breadsall Rectory, the wife of the Rev. H. H. Crewe, a dau. - 6. At the Vicarage, Cam, Glouc. the wife of the Rev. George Madan, a son.-7. At Bath, the wife of Chas. Penruddocke, esq. barrister-at-law, a dau,

In Upper Brook-st. Lady Ashley, a son.-8. At St. Helier's, Jersey, the wife of Sir C. E. Carrington, a dau.-12. At the dowager Lady Arundell's, the Hon. Mrs. Neave, a dau.-13. In Upper Brook-st. the Lady Mary Farquhar, a son.--At Grosvenor-place, Lady Mahon, a son and heir.-15. At Wellington, Derb. the wife of William Fitz-Herbert, esq. a dau.

MARRIAGES.

July 10. At Walcot, Bath, the Rev. Henry Hodges Mogg, eldest son of the Rev. Η. Η. Mogg, Vicar of High Littleton, to Harriet, dau. of Alexander Haig, esq. The Rev. Alex. Bath Power, M.A. Curate of Crossthwaite, Keswick, to Louisa Elizabeth, youngest dau. of the late Capt. W. Bath, 78th reg.-11. At Crayford, John, son of John Allnutt, esq. of Clapham Common, to Elizabeth Harriot, third dau. of J. F. Burnett, esq. of May-place, Kent. --At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, by the Lord Bp. of Hereford, the Rev. Tho. Phillipps, Vicar of Dewsal, Heref. to Penelope, fifth dau. of John Biddulph, esq. of Ledbury. --John Latimer Nichol, esq. of Camberwell, to Caroline, third dau. of Edw. Latimer, esq. of Headington, Oxf.-12. At Newton, Camb. the Rev. Harvey Vachell, son of the Rev. John Vachell, late Rector of Littleport, Isle of Ely, to Eleanor Sophia, youngest dau. of the late Dr. Pemberton.-At Frankfort-on-the-Maine, Saml. Gurney Fry, esq. fourth son of Joseph Fry, esq. of Upton-lane, Essex, to Sophia, third dau. of the Rev. Dr. Pinkerton.--At Trinity church, Marylebone, E. L. Witts, esq. of Champion-hill, to Ann, dau. of the late R. Parrott, esq. of Old Quebec-street.--Henry Wolley, esq. son of the late Vice-Adm. Wolley, of Clifton, to Charlotte-Elizabeth, sixth dau. of the late J. S. Biscoe, esq. formerly of Hempstead, near Gloucester.--At St. George's, Hanover-sq. S. T. Cuthbert, esq. to Frances Harriet, fourth dau. of the late Vice-Adm. Scott, of Southampton.--14. At Clifton Campville, Staff. Capt. F. C. Barlow, 20th Reg. only surviving son of the late Lieut. Gen. J. J. Barlow, to Mary Emily, second dau. of the Rev. R. Taylor, M.A. Rector of Clifton Campville. - 17. At Christ church, Marylebone, S. H. Beckles, esq. of the Middle Temple, son of the President of Barbadoes, to SusannahBeckles, dau. of the late William Henry, esq. of the same Island. At Tor, Devon, Digby Pilot Starkey, esq. to Isabella-Rosa, widow of Thomas Kelly, esq. and dau. of the late Rev. John Jephson, Prebendary of Armagh. At St. Mary's, Dublin, the Rev. James Annesly Beers, M.A. youngest son of the late Wm. Beers, esq. of Ballyway Lodge, co. Down, to Alice Eliz. second dau. of Capt. J. Banks, R.N.--John Gibbons, esq. eldest son of Sir John Gibbons, Bart. of Stanwell-place, Middx. to Susannah, eldest dau. of the Rev. A. Cotton, Rector of Girton, Camb.-18. At St. Bartholomew-the-Less, George Trollope, esq. of Christ's Hospital, to Alicia, dau. of W. W. Wilby, esq. of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.At Fobbing, Essex, the Rev. Samuel S. Greatheed, Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. to Margaret, third dau. of the Rev. W. R. Stephenson, Rector of Corringham.--At Tiverton, Capt. Charles Rumley, eldest son of Gen. Rumley, of Ascot House, near Sidmouth, to Frances Harriet, only dau. of Andrew Hutchinson, esq. M.D. 19. At Duffield, Derb. the Rev. J. H. Evans, Fellow of St. John's college, Camb. and Head Master of Sedburgh School, to Kate, youngest dau. of the late Leonard Pickering, esq. of Winterborn Abbas, Dorset.

At Charlton King's, Henry J. Clifford, eldest son of H. C. Clifford, esq. of Frampton

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