non, he resolved to attack them, when he was himself attacked by 5,000 under Cabrera. He ordered the cavalry to charge in order to cover his retreat, but the cavalry gave way before the fire of the Carlists, and the infantry joined it in the rout.

FORTUGAL.

The Extraordinary Session of the Portuguese Cortes was opened at Lisbon

on the 29th May by the Queen in person, accompanied by the Prince her Consort. They were received by the people with the greatest demonstrations of loyalty and attachment. The principal subjects for the future deliberation of the Legisla tive Bodies were announced to be measures whose object should be to effect a diminution in the public expenditure, an increase in the public revenues, and the maintenance of the national credit.

IRELAND.

The resistance to tithes has become more inveterate than ever. In the dio

cese of Cloyne, a mob of women nearly

killed a process-server of the Rev. Wm. Chatterton. In Limerick county, four men employed to serve subpoenas by the Dean of Limerick were lately assaulted; and one of them, who was a cripple, pursued into a house, and beaten to death.

The farm buildings of a wealthy yeoman in Waterford have been set fire to, and completely destroyed, because he paid his tithes. The system seems to be perfectly organised. Accounts of a hundred meetings arrive in Dublin in one day.

June 5. The ceremony of the mass in the vernacular tongue was for the first time celebrated at Birr, co. Leinster, by Mr. Crotty, the Catholic priest. The people were highly edified and delighted. In the amended service, the prayers to saints and for the dead were omitted; and in place of the mass being offered as a sacrifice propitiatory for sin, it was performed in commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and in thanksgiving for all the favours and blessings we have obtained through the merits of the same Jesus Christ our Lord." The elevation and several other parts of the service were also omitted.

SCOTLAND.

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has this session occupied itself with the increase of Popery. The subject having been referred to a Committee, a report from that Committee was read to the Assembly: " About a century ago Popery had been almost entirely confined to the remote districts of the country, but it now rears its front in the large towns, where splendid churches are rapidly rising for the celebration of its idolatrous ceremonies. This increase in the Lowlands was, according to report, to be in a great measure accounted for by the influx of Irish labourers; and it particularly mentioned GENT. MAG. VOL. VI.

that Glasgow now contained more Catholies than in 1679 existed in all Scotland, and that Dundee, where half a century since the Catholics amounted to about 50, now contained a Catholic population of five thousand." This report, in conclusion, recommended that the Assembly should express its approbation of the exertions now making in different parts of Scotland to maintain Protestant principles by public controversy, sermons, and cheap publications, and earnestly advised the prudent employment of these means where Popery abounds, or Protestant zeal declines.

INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

A renewed Commission for Inquiring into Charities in England and Wales, has been issued in consequence of several changes among the Commissioners. The date is the 25th May 1836. As this very important inquiry will in all probability terminate with the present Commission some time in the course of the ensuing year, after an investigation which coinmenced in the year 1818, our readers will think it not unimportant that we should record the names of the Commissioners: The Right Hon. Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Sir Edw. Burtenshaw Sugden, Knt, and Thos. Frankland Lewis; Robt. Eden and Henry Hart Milman, Clerks; John Willing Warren, John Ashley Warre, Nicholas Carlisle, John George Shaw Lefevre, George Nicholls, and Jas. Me Mabon, Esqrs. Sir John Jas. Garnett Walsham, Bart, Wm. Grant, John Wrottesley, Dan. Finch, Sam. Smith, Robt. James Mackintosh, Francis Offley Martin, Wm. Augustus Miles, Edm. Clark, Jas. Sedgwick, Geo. Long, Jas. Hume, John Michael Fellowes, Cha. Humfrey, Hen. Bertram Gunning, Patrick Francis Johnston, John Macqueen, Francis King Eagle, James Whishaw, George Barrett Lennard, and Arthur Buller, Esqrs.

The workmen, in excavating for the railroad at Keynsham, had lately to break up some of the burying-ground of the old

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abbey, where they found the remains of persons interred there much more perfect than could have been expected. The monastery of Keynsham was abolished by Henry VIII. with the rest. The estates of the monastery were then worth 419. per annum. They are now in the possession of the Chandos family, and worth 40007. a year.

The

May 30. Prior Park House, near Bath, the residence of the Roman Catholic Bishop, Dr. Baines, fell a prey to the flames, which originated in consequence of there being a communication between one of the beams of the roof and the chimney of the kitchen. The fire was confined to the original or outer mansion, and the chapel was much injured; though the valuable organ, the tabernacle," and other moveable parts of the altar, composed of jasper, statuary, lapis lazuli, &c. were taken to a place of safety. two colleges, which are situated at some distance from the main buildings, are un injured. The main walls and beautiful portico still remain. The library and valuable paintings, together with the splendid tables of Sicilian alabaster belonging to the drawing room, and the furniture of the house generally, were preserved. The old mansion had associations which rendered it interesting to the philanthropist and the man of letters. Built by the benevolent Ralph Allen, he there assembled the wits and the literati of his day, the novelist Fielding, the poets Pope and Gay, and others whose names have now passed into oblivion. On the death of Mr. Allen, Bishop Warburton took possession of Prior Park, in right of his wife, and there produced some of those profound literary labours which will be an ornament to the English language and nation as long as they exist."

THEATRICAL REGISTER.

DRURY LANE.

May 27. A serious opera, in three acts, called The Maid of Artois, was for the first time played. It is the second great operatic effort of a young Irishman, Mr. M. W. Balfe, composer of the music to the "Siege of Rochelle," an opera, the production of which we had occasion to notice very favourably in the course of last autumn, and which has since proved so successful as to have been repeated near one hundred nights! The plot of the present opera is (we believe) original, and of far greater interest than pertains to the generality of these compositions. The scene is laid partly in France, partly in French Guiana, and the period which the drama illustrates is the latter part of the reign of Louis XV. The "poetry"

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May 26. Ion, a tragedy, by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, was produced for the "benefit" of Mr. Macready, to whose good taste and spirited exertions the public is indebted for its representation. have already expressed our opinions of the poetry of this tragedy (see Vol. V. p. 505, N.S.); and it acted with far greater effect than we anticipated. The simplicity of its plot, its unity of action. and therefore paucity of minor incidents, its great equality, or rather sameness, of sentiment, will prevent it ever becoming very popular as an acting drama; but the poetry with which it abounds, whether on the stage or in the closet, is as heavenborn music to the ear and heart. Again we say, it lacks the spirit-stirring and the rigid nature of English Tragedy.

HAYMARKET.

April 25. This Theatre commenced its annual campaign with Sheridan's brilliant comedy of The Rivals;" it was sup. ported by inferior actors, who did their best, and satisfied a numerous audience. A pretty new ballet, by M. D'Egville, entitled Zulema, closed the evening's entertainment.

April 26. My Husband's Ghost, a farce, was represented; we mark it xxx, as a brewer distinguishes a good cask of beer. It is the first offspring from the pen of Mr. Morton, jun. son of old Thomas Morton, whose comedies and bustling characters so admirably depicted the

BIRTHS.

May 5. At Cougham Lodge, Norfolk, the wife of Sir Edw. Parry, R.N. a dau.-14. At Aspedon rectory, the wife of the Hon. and Rev. G. Yorke, a dau.-18. At King's Walden, the wife of the Rev. Ralph Berners, a son. 20. At the Vicarage, Shapwick, co. Dorset, the wife of the Rev. W. Scott, a son.

-24. At Felmersham, Beds, the wife of the Rev. C. C. Beatty Townall, Vicar of Milton Ernest, a dau.-26. At Clifton, the wife of the Rev. James Daubeny, a son.-27. At Woolmers, Herts, the Lady Susan Hotham, a son.-28. At Brighton, the Hon. Mrs. Anderson, a dau.-29. In Weymouth-st, the Lady Helena Cooke, a son.-31. At Clifton, the wife of Col. R. Whish, a dau.

June 6. In Woburn-sq. the wife of Col. Pereira, of the Madras Army, a son.-9. The Lady of Sir Win. Geary, Bart. M.P. a dau.

10. In Great Portland-st. Portiand-pl. the wife of the late Aulay M'Aulay, esq. of Demerara, a dau. At the Vicarage, Somerton, the wife of the Rev. Wm. Newbolt, a son.11. Mrs. Dawes, Acres Field, Bolton le Moors, a son 14. At Torquay, the wife of the Rev. S. O. W. Hawies, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

March 3. At Poona, Geo. Hicks Pitt, esq. Bombay Civil Service, to Wilhelmina Petrie, second dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Bell, of the Madras Artillery.

May 10. At Dunchurch, the Rev. E. Blick, Rector of Rotherhithe, to Louisa Augusta, second dan. of the late Rev. W. Hutchinson, Vicar of Colebrook, Devon; and at the same time Rev. J. Hutchinson, Perpetual Curate of Hanford Trentham, to Martha Oliver, third dau. of the Rev. W. Hutchinson.

17. At St. Mary's, Marylebone, Capt. C. S. Maling, 68th Bengal Native Infantry, to Wemyss Jane, relict of the late C. H. Campbell, and dau. of the Hon. L. G. K. Murray, son of late Earl of Dunmore.-18. At St. Alban's, the Rev. M. J. Lloyd, Rector of Depden, Suffolk, to Sarah Loretta, eldest dau. of J. Timperon, esq. of New Barnes House, Herts.-19. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. Capt. Swinburne, R.N. second son of Sir J. E. Swinburne, Bart. to the Lady Jane Ashburnham, dau. of the late, and sister of the present Earl of Ashburnham. At Bathwick, C. Rowlandson, esq of the Madras Army, third son of the late Rev. Dr. Rowlandson, Vicar of Warminster, Wilts, to Ellen, second dau. of C. F. Sorensen, esq. of Bathwick Hill.-20. At St. Winnols, Cornwall, aged 68, Ann, relict of the Rev. Dr. Roberts, Rector of Drewsteignton, Devon.At St. George's, Hanover-sq. G. Harding, esq. of Great r. sell street, Bloomsbury, to fielen, dan. of the late S. Comyn, esq. barrister-atlaw. 21. At St. George's, Charles, eldest son of Sir George Wombwell, Bart. by his second marriage, to Charlotte, dau. of Orby Hunter, esq. of Grosvenor-pl.-At Walcot, the Rev. J. Cooke Faber, to Emily, dau. of the late sir W. C. Bagshawe, of the Oakes, Derbyshire.-21. At Walford, Herefordshire, C. Underwood, esq. M.D. to Mary Isabella, dau. of the late Col. Thoroton, of Flintham Honse, Nottingham.-23. At St. George's, Hanoversq. his Royal Highness Frince Charles Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies, Prince of Capua, to Miss Penelone Smyth, sister to Rich. Smyth, esq. of Ballynatray, co. Waterford.-24. The Rev. J. F. Edwards, rector of South Runcton, Norfolk, to Caroline, third dau. of Harry Browne, esq.-At Bedford, the Rev. John Brereton, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Brereton, of Bedford, to Emily, second dau. of the late John Edwards, esq. of Silsoe, Beds.

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Ronald George Macdonald, esq. Writer to the Signet, youngest son of Lieut.-Colonel Robert Macdonald, C.B. of Inch Kenneth, late of the Royal Horse Artillery, to Alicia Jane, eldest dau. of the Rev. Nath. Bridges, Vicar of Henstridge, near Sherborne. At Horncastle, the Rev. C. Turner, Vicar of Grassby, Lincoln, to Louisa, dau. of Mr. Sellwood. -26. At St. Roch, Paris, the Lord Stafford, to Eliz. dau. of Richard Caton, esq. of the State of Maryland, and sister to the Marchioness of Wellesley.--At Cheam, Surrey, the Kev. Edm. Dawe Wickham, to Emma, only child of Archdale Palmer, esq. of Cheam Park. -Vice-Adm. Sir John Beresford, Bart. to Amelia, widow of Samuel Peach, esq.At Merthyr, the Rev. D. Jones, vicar of Cadoxten juxta Neath, to Sarah Anne, eldest dau. of the late E. J. Hutchins, esq. and niece to J. J. Guest, esq. M.P.-At Brighton, Anthony Augustus Baron de Stermberg, of Fark-street, Grosvenor-sq. to Miss Harrison, of Acrewalls, co. Cumberland.-31. At St. George's, Hanover-sq. John Lindesay, esq. of Loughrea, co. Tyrone, to Harriet liester, dau. of the Rt. Hon. C. W. Williams Wynn.-At Kensington, the Rev. G. W. Murray, of Pimlico, to Mary Anne, second dau. of the late MajorGen. Sir W. Douglas, of Pimpendean, Koxburgh. At Preston Candover, W Hunter Little, esq. of Llansafraed, Monmouthshire, to Georgiana, dau. of W. H. Hartley, esq. and the late Lady Louisa Hartley, and niece to the late Earl of Scarborough.--At St. James's Church, Eldred Mowbray, third son of the Lady Eliz and the late Stephen Thos. Cole, esq. of Stoke Lyne, Oxon, and Twickenham, Middlesex, to Helen Lina, second dau. of Gen. Von Molgel, of Stellenbosch, in Austria.

June 2. At Burbach, near Hinckley, Chas. Noel, esq. of Kirkby, to Mary Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Jerome Dyke, Kector of Aston, Flamville, Leicestersh.Joseph Boyer, esq. third son of the Rev. J. W. R. Boyer, Rector of Swepstone, to Mary, only dau. of the Rev. J. Fiddecke, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch.-4. At Christ Church, St. Marylebone, John Addison, esq. of Mecklenburgh-sq. to Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Greville-pl. Kilburn Priory.—At Bath, W. Owen Jackson, esq. barrister-at-law, to Harriet Martha, only child of the Rev. Jas. Lowry, of Somerset, co. Tyrone.-7. At Biddenham, the Rev. Alfred Dawson, son of J. T. Dawson, esq. of Woodlands, Clapham, to Fiora, dau. of the late J. Foster, esq. of Brickhill House, nr. Bedford.-At Lymne, in Cheshire, the Rev. G. Mallory, Rector of MobberJey, Cheshire, to Henrietta Trafford, the second dau. of Trafford Trafford, esq. of Oughtington Hall. At Richmond, Wm. Bouverie Pusey, esq. son of the late Hon. Philip Pusey, to Cath. dau. of T. Freeman, esq.-At St. Botolph's, Aldgate, the Rev. J. Garwood, Minister of Wheler Chapel, Spitalfields, to Caroline, eider dau. of Mr. Dean-At the Cathedral, Canterbury, A. B. E. Holdsworth, esq. eldest son of A. H. Holdsworth, esq. of Mount Galpin, co. Devon, to Ann Mervyn Baylay, eldest dau, of Rev. W. F. Baylay, Prebendary of Canterbury. At the same time, the Rev. Edm. Tifer Yates, son of the late Rev. Dr. Yates, of Chelsea College, to Mary Sophia Follexfen Baylay, youngest dau. of the Rev. William Frederick Baylay.-8. At Ruanlanihorne, Cornwall, the Rev. R. Morris, to Harriet, dau. of the Rev. K. Budd, kector of Ruanlari orne.-9. At Long Ashton, Somermarthen, to Letitia, dau. of the late Benj. Way, setshire, D. Lewis, esq. M.P. of Stradey, Caresq. of Denham-place, Bucks.At Barnes, Thos. Bernard, eldest son of the late George Cooke, esq. of Barnes Terrace, to Eliz. dau. of the late Rev. Thos. Etherington, of Stockwell, Surrey, and niece of the late Bishop of Durham.

THE DUKE OF GORDON, May 28. In Belgrave-square, aged 66, the Right Hon. George Gordon, fifth Duke of Gordon, Marquis of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Enzie, Viscount of Inverness, Lord Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie, and Kincardine (1684); eighth Marquis of Huntly (1599), and premier Marquis of Scotland; and thirteenth Earl of Huntly (1449); all in the peerage of Scotland: second Earl of Norwich, and Baron Gordon of Huntley, co. Gloucester (1784); Baton Beauchamp of Bletshoe* (by writ 1363), and Baron Mordaunt of Turvey (by writ 1532); G. C. B.; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, a Privy Councillor, Lord Lieut. of the county of Aberdeen; a General in the army, Colonel of the third Foot Guards, Governor of Edinburgh Castle; a Colonel of the Royal Archers of Scotland; Chancellor of Marischall college, Aberdeen; Hereditary Keeper of Inverness Castle, President of the Scotish Incorporation, &c.

His Grace was born at Edinburgh Feb. 1, 1770, the elder son of Alexander fourth Duke of Gordon, by Jane, second daughter of Sir William Maxwell, of Monreith, co. Wigton, Bart.

He was appointed Ensign in the 35th regiment, and Lieutenant, in 1790. In 1791, he raised an independent company of foot, and in the same year was appointed to a company of the 42d. In 1792 he was made Capt.-Lieut. of the third foot guards; and in Feb. 1793, he embarked with that regiment for Holland, where he was present in the actions of St. Amand, Famars, Lannoi, and Dunkirk, and at the siege of Valenciennes.

In the beginning of 1794, Lord Huntly raised the 100th, afterwards called the 924 foot, of which excellent regiment he was made Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, and accompanied it to the Mediterranean. Leaving it at Gibraltar, in order to visit

England, in Sept. 1794, the Marquis embarked, from Corunna, in a packet which, three days after, was taken by a French privateer. After being plundered of every thing valuable, his Lordship was put on board a Swede, and landed at Falmouth on the 24th September.

He afterwards rejoined his regiment in Corsica, where he served for above a year. He received the brevet of Colonel, May 3, 1796.

In

In 1798, on the breaking out of the Irish rebellion, he hastened to join his regiment in Ireland, where he was appointed Brigadier General, and was actively employed against the rebels, particularly in the county of Wexford. Gordon's History of the Rebellion, it is remarked, that "To the immortal honour of this regiment, its behaviour was such as, if it were universal among soldiers, would render a military government amiable. To the astonishment of the until then miserably harassed peasantry, not the smallest trifle would any of these Highlanders accept, without payment of at least the full value."

The Marquis of Huntly accompanied his regiment on the expedition to Holland in 1799; and was severely wounded at the battle of Bergen, on the 2d of October in the same year.

His Lordship received the rank of Major-General, Jan. 1. 1801; was on the North British staff, as such, from May 1803 to 1806; was appointed Colonel of the 42d or Royal Highland regiment, Jan. 7, 1806; and a Lieut.-General May 9, 1808. In 1809 he commanded a division of the army in the unfortunate expedition to the Scheldt. To conclude our notice of his military career,-bis Lordship attained the full rank of General, Aug. 12, 1819; was appointed Colonel of the first Foot Guards on the death of the Duke of Kent, Jan. 29, 1820; and removed to the command of the third Guards