1827, Jan. 1. General Clinton landed with 3,000 British troops at Lisbon.

The earl of Harcourt, G. C. B. appointed governor of Plymouth, and general Sir William Keppel, governor of Portsmouth. Jan. 2. Died, John Mason Good, M. D. and F. R. S. aged 62, editor of Pántalogia, or a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, and other useful works.

Died, aged 76, Henry Cline, esq. F. R. S. an eminent surgeon and anatomist. Jan. 4. Carlton palace, the late residence of his Majesty, began to be pulled down, to afford an opening from Pall-mall to the park.

Jan. 5. Died, at the house of the duke of Rutland, in Arlington street, his royal highness prince Frederick, duke of York and Albany, and commander in chief of his Majesty's forces; his royal highness was born the 16th of August, 1763, and was the second son of his late Majesty king George III.; his royal highness was buried on the 20th of Jan. with great funeral pomp in the royal chapel of St. George at Windsor.

Jan. 9. Died, Elizabeth O. Benger, author of several popular Biographical and Historical works.

Jan. 10. Died, Dr. J. Jones, author of the Greek Lexicon.

Jan. 23. The duke of Wellington ap pointed commander in chief of his Majesty's forces, and colonel of the Ist. Grenadier guards, více the duke of York deceased.

Jan. 25. Died, aged 59, the rev. John Evans, L. L. D. author of a Sketch of the denominations of the christian world,' and other useful works.

Jan. 27. Died, Edward Legge, D. D. lord bishop of Oxford, aged 59.

The rev. Charles Lloyd, D. D. promoted to the see of Oxford.

Feb. 4. The claims of Great Britain on Spain were finally arranged at Paris, the amount 3,000,000l. sterling is to be liquidated by debentures payable at 5 per cent. interest.

Dorsetshire, J. B. Garland, esq.
Essex, Sir J. Tyrrel. bart.
Gloucestershire, G. B. P. Prinn, esq.
Herefordshire, J. Griffiths, esq.
Hertfordshire, J. Latour, esq.
Kent, Isaac Minet, esq.
Lancashire, C. Gibson, esq.
Leicestershire, O. Manners, esq.
Lincolnshire, J. Reeve, esq.
Monmouthshire, W. A. Williams, esq.
Norfolk, L. Thompson, esq.
Northamptonshire, J. J. Blencowe, esq.
Northumberland, D. Dixon, esq.
Nottinghamshire, F. Robinson, esq.
Oxfordshire, J. Wilson, esq.
Rutlandshire, T. J. Bryan, esq.
Salop, W. Tayleure, esq.
Somersetshire, H. P. Collins, esq
Staffordshire, H. C. Meynel, esq.
Southampton, G. C. Poore, esq.
Suffolk, J. F. Leathes, esq.
Surrey, W. Crawford, esq.
Sussex, Sir C. F. Goring, bart.
Warwickshire, W. Dilke, esq.
Wiltshire, T. B. M. Baskerville, esq.
Worcestershire, G. Farley, esq.
Yorkshire, H. Darley, esq.

WALES.

Anglesea, R. B. W. Bulkeley, esq.
Brecknockshire, C. H. Leigh, esq.
Cardiganshire, A. Jones, esq.
Caermarthenshire, J. Gulstone, esq.
Caernarvonshire, W. G. Grithths, esq.
Denbighshire, J. Price, esq.
Flintshire, Jones Panton, esq.
Glamorganshire, J. H. Vivian, esq.
Merionethshire, T. H. Lewyn, esq.
Montgomeryshire, J. Jones, esq.
Pembrokeshire, A. J. Stokes, esq.
Radnorshire, S. Beavan, esq.

Feb. 7. Died, the right rev. George Pelham, lord bishop of Lincolo, aged 60, his lordship's death was occasioned by a severe cold, caught on attending the funeral of the duke of York, he was succeeded on the bishopric, by the rev. J. Kaye, D. D. Feb. 8. Both Houses of Parliament met

1827.

Bedfordshire, G. N. Edwards, esq.
Berkshire, T. Duffield, esq.
Buckinghamshire, T. Sanders, esq.
Camb. and Hunt. John Margett, esq.
Cheshire, P. Leigh, esq.
Cornwall, Sir C. Lemon, bart.
Cumberland, W. James, esq.
Derbyshire, E. S. C. Pole, esq.
Devonshire, R. W. Newman, esq.

petitions were presented against the catholic claims, and against the corn bill.

Feb. 10. Died, aged 83, William Mitford, esq. professor of ancient history to the royal academy, and author of a valuable "History of Greece," he was brother of lord Redesdale.

Feb. 12. Addresses of condolence were presented to his Majesty by both Houses of Parliament, on occasion of the death of the duke of York.

Feb. 16. The British army in Portugal,
under the command of general Clinton,
marched from Lisbon, and arrived at Coim-
bra; a short time previous the insurgents
under the command of the marquis de
Chaves were defeated by count Villa Flor,
in the province of Beira.

In pursuance of a message from his Ma-
jesty, both Houses of Parliament agreed to
a grant of 6,000 a year as a jointure for
the duchess of Clarence, and 3,000l. a year
to the duke, which with 3,000l. a year to
which he was entitled on the death of the
duke of York, made an increase to his
income of 12,000l. a year.

Feb. 17. The right hon. the earl of
Liverpool principal secretary of state, was
attacked by a stroke of apoplexy, which
totally incapacitated him from performing
the duties of his situation.

Died, M. Pestalozzi, the author of a
system of education, which goes by his

Feb. 22. Mr. Peel moved in the House
of Commons for leave to bring in the fol-
lowing bills, to alter and amend the code
of criminal law. 1st.-To consolidate and
amend the laws relating to burglary, lar-
ceny, and robbery. 2nd.-For the punish-
ment of malicious injuries to property.
3rd.-To amend the laws relating to reme-
dies against the hundred. 4th.-To repeal
numerous statutes relating to robbery, &c.
Died, the right rev. Walker King, D. D.
lord bishop of Rochester, aged 72.

Feb. 27. A meeting was called and
subscriptions entered into for erecting a
monument to the memory of the late duke
of York.

Died, aged 50, William Kitchener, M.
D. author of the Cook's Oracle, and other
useful works.

Died, Thomas Milton, an eminent en
graver.

Died, aged 79, Thomas Holloway, his
torical engraver to the king, an artist of
considerable merit, and celebrated for his
admirable engravings of the Cartoons of
Raphael.

Feb. 28. The master of the Rolls moved
the House of Commons for leave to bring
in a bill to alter and amend the practice
of the court of chancery.

March 1. The right hon. Geo. Canning
in the House of Commons proposed certain
resolutions respecting the coru laws.

March 5. Died, Alessandro Volta, the
celebrated experimental philosopher,
aged 82.

Sir Francis Burdett moved in the House
of Commons, "that it is expedient for the
house to take into consideration the state
of the laws which impose civil disabilities
upon Roman Catholic subjects, with a
view to their repeal," this motion after
considerable discussion was adjourned to
the next day, when upon a division the
numbers were, for the motion 272, against
it 276.

March 20. The marquis of Hertford
appointed to proceed on a special mission
to the court of Russia.

March 25. Sailed in the ship Hecla,
capt. Parry, on an expedition to the North
Pole.

March 26. Mr. Canning appeared in
the House of Commons after several days
absence, in a great state of bodily ex-
haustion.

March 28. Came on at the Lancaster
assizes the trial of Edward Gibbon
Wakefield and others, for the abduction
of Miss Ellen Turner, and causing her to
contract matrimony through fraud and delu-
sion; the jury found the parties guilty.

Died, at Paris, aged 81, the patriotic
and philanthropic A. F. Duc de Rochefou-
cauld Liancourt.

March 29. Died, Charles Dignum, a
vocalist of some celebrity.

March 30. In consequence of the delay
in forming an administration on occasion
of the severe calamity which befel lord
Liverpool, Mr. Tierney moved that the
supplies should not be granted till a re-
sponsible administration was formed.

March 31. Died, at Vienna, aged 57,
Ludwig Von Beethoven, the celebrated
German musical composer.

April 6, Died, Charles Talbot, the 15th
earl of Shrewsbury.

April 9. The setting of spring guns for
the protection of property in gardens, &c.
prohibited by Act of Parliament.

A large and respectable meeting of the
inbabitants of London was held, to take into
consideration the necessity of applying to
Parliament on the subject of the badness
and want of supply of water in the metro-
polis, when resolutions were entered into
to carry their intentions into effect.

Died, aged 78, the marquis Cholmonde-
ley, he was succeded by his son the earl
Rocksavage.

April 11. Mr. Canning received his
Majesty's commands to form an adminis-
tration in consequence of the continued
and hopeless indisposition of lord Liver-