562 Political Events-Denmark-America. Essen was invested with the dignity of Viceroy of Norway. On the 15th, a plan of finance was submitted to the diet, which assembly, after its adoption, was expected to be dissolved on the 13th, DENMARK. Prince Christian, who, after the loss of the Crown of Norway, returned to Copenhagen, seems likely to experience a farther disappointment. He has hitherto been the nearest male heir to the throne of Denmark, but the projected marriage of the Princess Royal Caroline, with the Hereditary Prince of Oldenburg, would effectually frustrate his expectations in this quarter. According to a plan of indemnity proposed at Vienna, Denmark is to cede Hither Pomerania to Prussia, and to receive in return six millions of crowns, the duchy of Lauenberg, the bishopric of Eutin, and the territories of Hamburg and Lübeck, with the protectorship of those cities. AMERICA. General Drummond, after his retreat from Fort Erie, took up a position at Chippewa, where, on the 15th Oct. he was attacked by the united force of Generals Brown and Izatd, whom he gallantly repulsed. On the 19th, a body of 1500 Americans detached to turn his right was also met and beaten back with considerable loss. This defeat, the intelligence that the British fleet had sailed from Kingston, and the apprehensions of an attack on Sackett's barbour put an end to offensive operations on the part of the American commanders. They retreated to Fort Erie, followed by General Drammond, who had been reinforced by about 1500 men from Kingston. Meanwhile, Sir James Yeo, being joined by the St. Lawrence, a ship of 100 guns, just launched, on Lake Ontaria, obliged Commodore Chauncey to seek refuge in Sackett's Harbour. In consequence of this superiority, and the severity of the season, the Americans evacuated Fort Erie on the 5th Nov. after blowing up the works and destroying the place. General Drummond and his whole staff immediately returned with the fleet to Kingston, where they arrived on the 10th. Sir James Yeo and Sir George Prevost are both coming home from Canada, and are to be succeeded by Commodore Owen and Sir George Murray, Between the two former there has long been a want of co-operation, and this misunderstanding has become publicly [Jan. 1, notorious from the dispatches of Sir James Yeo relative to our disasters on Lake Champlain and at Plattsburg, which he lays to the charge of the military commander-in-chief in such an unqualified manner, as to render an inquiry into the conduct of the latter inevitable, All active operations in the north being thus for the present suspended, the public attention is naturally turned toward the southern shores of the United States, whence intelligence of moment may shortly be expected. On the 11th of September Sir Alexander Cochrane sailed from Halifax for this quarter; and in October, an expedition of 2,000 men was preparing at Kingston, Jamaica, destined, according to report, against St. Augustine's, in East Florida, The government of the United States is making the utmost exertions to meet any emergency. Three bills,-one for filling the ranks of the regular army by classifying the male population, a second for accepting the service of volunteers, and a third for raising 40 additional regiments,-had been severally read twice in the House of Representatives, and referred to a committee of the whole on the 17th November, On this occasion, a letter, accompanied with expla natory observations, from the secretary at war to the military committee was read to the House, He recommends that the present military establishment, amounting to 62,441, be made complete; that an additional permanent force of at least 40,000 men be raised; that the corps of engineers be enlarged, and the ordnance department amended. He urges the necessity of opening the next campaign with a regular army of 100,000 men, exclusive of militia and volunteers; and offers four several plans for raising the force required, which he proposes to do by conscription. This scheme has excited considerable alarm, and it remains to be seen whether the people of the United States will submit quietly to its adoption. The rapid increase of the naval force of the republic, is another necessary result of the present contest. The Guerriere, a new frigate of 64 guns, is nearly ready for sea at Philadelphia; the Washingtou, also a new ship of 90 guos, is equipping with all possible ex pedition at Boston; and the Independ ence, of 98, lately built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is considered, both in weight of metal and crew, as more than a match for the largest vessel in the British navy. 1815.] Peace with America. The finances of the United States seem, on the other hand, to be at a very low ebb. Various expedients have been devised to raise the necessary funds for the prosecution of the war. A paper currency of treasury notes, for small sums, is to be issued by government. These notes are, to bear interest, like our exchequer bills, and may be funded in an 8 per cent. stock. New taxes to the amount of 11,635,000 dollars, a sum exceeding the whole of the former national revenue, are proposed to be laid on. If the president has experienced less opposition in bringing forward these measures than might at any other time have been expected, it is to be ascribed solely to the publication of the demands of the Eng lish commissioners at Ghent; the majo rity of the nation being willing to make any sacrifices required by their own go vernment, rather than submit to terms which they consider so exorbitant. On the other hand, it is affirmed that Great Britain has lately relaxed in regard to the most obnoxious of her demands, and that the demands of both parties were in consequence in a state of approxima tion: but the public papers of the 24th Dec. announce, on the authority of private letters, the complete rupture of the negociations. The proposed convention of the states of New England has not been relinguished, as we were taught to believe. It was summoned to meet on the 18th of December, at Hartford, for the purpose of considering whether these states are sufficiently protected by the union, and whether they should not declare themselves independent. The senate of Massachusetts had resolved to send 12 503 delegates to this meeting, to which re-1 peated and pointed allusions have been made by the partizans of the govern ment in the House of Representatives. WEST INDIES. In spite of the most positive evidence, the partizans of France still represent the rival chieftains of St. Domingo as ready to resign their authority into the hands of Louis XVIII. Were farther demonstration of the fallacy of such assertions necessary, we might refer to the energetic manifesto, dated Sept. 18th, and published on the 2d Oct. by King Henry, better known by his surname Christophe. After adverting to the his tory of the island since the Revolution, aad expatiating on the treacheries and cruelty of Buonaparte to the inhabitants, and the unfortunate Toussaint, he vindicates before the whole world the claim of the people of Hayti to independence, and proclaims the determination of himself and his subjects to assert that indes pendence with the last drop of their blood. Dec. 24. Since the preceding article was writ ten, the intelligence of the conclusion of peace with America has been received. This grateful result of the negociations at Ghent was brought by Mr. Baker on the 26th, and communicated the same evening by Lord Bathurst, secretary of state for foreign affairs, to the Lord Mayor of London. The treaty was signed by the respective plenipotentiaries on the 24th, and hostilities are to cease as soon as it shall be ratified by the Presi dent of the United States. It received on the 27th the ratification of the Prince Regent. Dec. 28. INCIDENTS, PROMOTIONS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. Nov. 27, a general meeting of the British and Foreign School Society, for promoting the education of the labouring and manu facturing classes of every religious persuasion, was held at Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent was in the chair. The secretary, Mr. Joseph Fox, fead a highly interesting report of the proceedings of the society during the year, which exhibited a pleasing picture of the success with which its efforts have hitherto been crowned. On the motion of Mr. Whit bread, it was resolved that a sepatate fund should be formed for the purpose of extending its benefits to foreign countries. Dec. 10, in the Sheriff's Court, a jury was impannelled ro assess the amount of damages in an action instituted by the Earl of Roseberry against Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, bart. M. P. for criminal conversation with the wife of the plaintiff. The damages were laid at 30,000l. From the relations in which the parties stood to each other, this is a case of peculiar atrocity; the earl, Sir Henry, and his brother, having married three sisters. The baronet has been a widower about two years. Lady Roseberry was married in 1808, and has four children. The jury pronounced a verdict for the plaintiff, with 15,000l. damages. The baronet and his unfortunate victim have retired to France. We understand that the corporation of the city of London have at length determined 564 Incidents, Promotions, Preferments, &c. to enlarge the water-way, by widening the arches of London Bridge, or entirely to remove that nuisance to the navigation of the river Thames, as soon as the intended Southwark Bridge shall be completed. The latter, according to the terms of the contract, is to be finished in two years, from February next; and from the extraordinary exertions made since the commencement of the work, there can be no doubt that it will be opened for public use within that time. Indeed, though the works were only commenced in September last, the coffer-dam of one of the two piers only, on which this bridge will be supported, is nearly completed. Some idea of the astonishing rapidity with which they are proceeding may be formed, when viewed from London or Blackfriars Bridge. It is reported that the space between St. Clement's and the New Church, in the Strand, has been recommended as a fit place for the new post-office. The situation is central, and near the offices of government. The site would comprize Holywell-street, Wych-street, and Lyon's-inn, and the opening would be a complete sequel to the great improvements about Temple Bar. It would require the destruction of only a few insignificant buildings, to open a street into Great Queen-street, and thus obtain a clear, direct, and wide outlet, through Russell and Tavistock-squares, to the north road. As three-fourths of the letters are from the West end of the town, the position must be considered extremely favourable Notice has been issued from the Mint, that old halfpence will be received in bags of half a hundred weight each, which, if found to be free from counterfeits, and that 55 weigh one pound, a bill will be given, shewing the value by tale, and entitling the holder to payment, one month after date; but no fewer than five bags, or 2 cwt, will at present be taken. At the last Middlesex quarter sessions, the notorious Major Semple was sentenced to transportation for seven years, for obtaining a small quantity of bacon and butter on false pretences. Promotions and Appointments.] John Falconer, esq. to be his majesty's consul at Leghorn. John M. Johnson, esq. to be his majesty's consul at Genoa, Members returned to Parliament.] John Delgarno, for Newtown, I. of Wight, in the room of R. F. W. Holmes, esq. dec. Right Hon. B. P. Blachford, for Newtown. John Bolland, esq. for Bletchingly, vice W. Kenrick, esq, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The Hon. C. C. Cavendish, for Aylesbu ry, vice Thos. Hussey, esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. R. Franco, esq. for Westbury, vice Benj. Hall, coq. [Jan. 1, Benj. Hall, esq. M. P. for Westbury, bas been elected for Glamorgan, vice Thos. Wyndham, esq. dec. Lord Binning, for Mitchell, vice C. T. Brereton, esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Ecclesiastical Preferments.] The Rev. M. Pennington, vicar of Northbourn, Kent, to the perpetual curacy of Deal Chapel. The Rev. J. C. Palmer, LL.D. to the rec tories of Compton Pauncefoot, Sutton Montis, and Stowell, all in the county of Somerset, vacant by the death of his father. The Rev. R. Birch, M. A. rector of Widdington, to the rectory of Bradwell near the Sea, in Essex. The Rev. R. Hoyle, A. B. rector of Saltfleetby St. Clement, and master of the Grammar School at Heighington, to the vicarage of Granby, Notts. The Rev. W. Digby, one of the prebendaries of Worcester Cathedral, to the rectory of Harrington, Oxon. The Rev. Charles Brune Henville, M. A. fellow of Winchester College, to the vicar age of Portsmouth, Hants, and of Sydling St. Nicholas, with the chapelry of Holfield, Dorset. The Rev. Wm. Bartlett, M. A. vicar of East Støke, to the vicarage of Newark-uponTrent. The Rev. Pole, to the benefice of Upper Swell, Gloucester. The Rev. Gwinnett Hornidge, to the vi carage of Minsterworth, Gloucester. The Rev. F. Morgan, of Jesus Coll. Ox. ford, to the vicarage of Syston, Leicester. The Rev. Mr. Cutler, to the rectory of Partney, Wilts. The Rev. Mr. Hammond, to the rectory of Hannington, Hants. The Rev. John Robinson, to hold by d pensation the rectory of Faldingworth, with that of Ulceby cum Fordington. The Rev. Thos. Talbot, to the sinecure rectory of Carlton St. Peter, Norfolk. The Rev. T. H. Rawnsby, M. A. rectos of Belleau, to the rectory of Falkingham, Lincoln. The Rev. Jas. Wm. Newton, M. A. the perpetual curacy of Hemblington, Nor folk. The Rev. Ozias T. Linley, M. A. to the vicarage of Trowse Lakenham, Norfolk. The Rev. Wm. Fitt Drake, B. A. to the vicarage of Stoke Holy Cross. The Rev. John Surtees, M. A. to the rec tory of Taverham. The Rev. Francis Howes, M. A. cursse of Acle, to be a minor canon of Norwich Cathedral. The Rev. Matthew Lunn, and the Rev. Thos. Price, to be minor canons of Worcester Cathedral. Births. In Great Surrey-street, the lady of Thos. Potts, esq. of a daughter. In Hanover-square, Viscountess Jocelyn, of a daughter. 1815.] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in London, &c. In Hertford-street, May Fair, the Countess of Clonmel, of a daughter. In Hereford-street, rhe lady of J. B. Richards, esq. of a daughter. In Montague-place, the lady of J. C. Starkey, esq. of Wrenbury Hall, Cheshire, of a son. In Great Russell-street, the lady of Geo. Rickards, esq. of a son. The lady of G. Vernon, esq. of a daughter. In Montague street, the lady of W. W. Wingfield, esq. of a son. At Whitehall, the lady of J. Phillimore, LL.D. of a daughter. In Welbeck-street, the lady of Major-gen. Beatson, of a daughter. In Grosvenor-square, the lady of Majorgen. Grant, of a daughter. In Upper Harley-street, the lady of Dan. Stewart, esq. of a daughter. In Welbeck-street, Lady Duncombe, of a daughter. Married.] Wm. Anderson, esq. of the War Office, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Matthews, of Darrington Park, and Fanshaw Hall, Yorkshire. Capt, J. Warburton, of the E. I. C's. military service, to Amelia, second daughter, and J. Willows, esq. of Vauxhall, to Georgiana, youngest daughter, of C. Brown, esq. of Long Acre. G. J. Hope, esq, rear-adm. of the Blue, to the Hon. Miss Kinnaird, sister to Lord K. Sir Philip Francis, K. B. to Emma, daughter of the Rev. Henry Watkins, prebendary of York and Southwell. J. P. Morier, esq. one of the under secretaries of state for foreign affairs, to Horatio, eldest daughter of the late Lord Hugh Sey mour. The Hon. Thos. Erskine, third son of Lord E. to Henrietta Eliza, only daughter of Henry Trail, esq. of Lower Brook street. R. P. Jodrell, jun. esq. of Salt House, Norfolk, eldest son of Rich. Paul J. esq. of Portland-place, to Amelia Caroline King, daughter of the Earl of Kingston. Halford Adcock, esq. of Leicester, to Anne, second daughter of Dr. Chawner, of Burton-on-Trent, Jas. Haig, esq. late of Calcutta, to Maria, only daughter of John Swiney, esq. At Islington, John Morgan, esq. of Highbury-place, to Mary, fourth daughter of John Nichols, esq. of the same place, and of Red Lion passage, Fleet-street At Colney Hatch, the Rev. G. S. Cromp ton, eldest son of Gilbert C., esq, of Nun Monkton, York, to Clara, daughter of the Late Rich. Down, esq. banker, of London. J. Innes, esq. of Ibstone House, Bucks, to Mary, daughter of the late John Leslie, esq. of Buckingham-street. J. Fletcher, esq. of Chiswick, to Martha, eldest daughter of Thos. Hill, esq. of Great Marlborough-street. L. Smith, esq. of Homerton, to Mary Ce 565 roline, eldest daughter of W. Laforest, esq. of College-hill. Mr. Chas. Knight, of Windsor, to Miss Vinicombe, of Orchard-street, Portmansquare. J. Hopper, esq. of Blendworth Cottage, Horndean, to Mrs. A. Turnbull, widow of Wm. T. esq. of Pimlico. Jas. Jones, esq. of Caton, Lancashire, to Louisa, youngest daughter of Peter Moore, esq M. P. for Coventry. Died.] Suddenly, while transacting business, Peter Kerby, esq. solieitor, of Winches. ter, and steward of Winchester College. Ensign Edward Maguire, of the 6th W. India regiment, son of the late Charles Maguire, of Cork. At Clapton, W. Bowman, esq. of Lom. bard-street, banker. In Grosvenor-place, John Macdougal, esq. vice admiral of the red, 63. At his sister's house at Kensington, shortly after his return from India, where his services at Java had entitled him to the universal esteem and regret of all with whom he served, Lieut. Francis Hale, of the 224 light dragoons, eighth son of the late Gen. John Hale, of the Plantation, near Guis bro', Yorkshire. In Lower Brook-street, Lady Margaret Burgess, wife of Sir James Bland R. bart. and sister to the Earl of Balcarres, and to the Countess of Hardwicke. In Spring-Gardens, John Window, esq. formerly of Gloucester. In Brownlow-street, Alex. Wm. Grant, esq. chief secretary to the Master of the Rolls, In Lisson Grove, Edw. Holland, esq. In Berkeley-square, Susan, Countess Dowager of Westmoreland, eldest daughter of the late Duke of Gordon, 68. She mar ried secondly the late Lieut.-Col. John Woodford. In Gloucester-place, Lord Coleraine, by whose decease the eccentric Lieutenant Col. George Hanger succeeds to the title and family estates. In Montague-place, Wm. Strong, esq. one of the Stewards of Estates and Revenues of the Prince Regent, also for the Earl of Chesterfield, and other noblemen, 78. At Kennington, Mr. John Brady, many years in the Victualling office, author of Clavis Calendaria, or an Explanation of the Calendar, in 2 vols. 8vo. In Edgware-road, the Rev. J. T. G. Riddell, formerly Minister of Portland and Portman Chapels. At Paddington, John Hardman, esq. late of Manchester. In Charlotte-street, Portland-place, F. D. Fitzmaurice, esq. In Charles-street, Berkeley-square, Mrs. Meynell, widow of Hugo M. esq. late of Bradly-hall, Derby, sister to the Marchioness of Hertford, and daughter to the late Lord Irwin, 566 Account of Mrs. West, John Hinckley, Mrs. Black, &c. (Jan. 1 The Rev. James Scott, D. D. formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and 47 years rector of the valuable living of Si-, monborne, Northumberland, which he resigned some months ago to the governors of Greenwich Hospital, for a certain yearly come. It will now be given to six senior chaplains of the Royal Navy, affording each a yearly stipend of at least 500l. (Of this accomplished divine, scholar, and author, a full account shall be given in our next.) In Baker-street, at the house of her daughter, Lady Morres Gore, Mrs. Eliz. Gore, re lict of the late Ralph G. esq. of the county of Kilkenny, Ireland, 100. In Upper Berkeley-street, Catherine Isabella, wife of John Stephenson, esq. of the 6th Drag. Guards. prived her of the society of her acquaintance, and which brought on a slow decline of nature, she bore with dignified fortitude and calm resignation, in the besem of her family, amidst the sympathizing feelings of her friends and neighbours, till her decease, on the 6th of December, in the 74th year of her age, and after a union of 53 years and three months. Her remains were removed from Newman-street on the 15th, attended by Mr. West, their two sons, early friends, and near neighbours, and deposited in a vault in the newly-erected chapel of St. John, in the Regent's Park, Mary-le-bonne, At his chambers in Gray's-inn, John Hinckley, esq. F. A. S. This gentleman, the eldest son of the late Dr. Hinckley, though possessed of an independent income, had no attendant, and never permitted any person to enter his apartments, in conse quence, as we have been informed, of his having been robbed by a laundress whom he formerly employed. He accordingly provided himself every necessary that he wanted; and such was his reserved and penurious disposition, that he had not many visitors. He had been heard last summer to intimate an intention of going to Scotland, and as he was missing in the month of August, it was sup posed that he had put his design in execution. At the beginning of December, as nothing had yet been seen or heard of him, the porters of the inn entered his chamber window, by means of a ladder, and there found his body in the bed, but the face wholly consumed by flies. The doors of all the apartments were found locked, and the keys in the bed-room. The coroner's jury summoned to enquire into the circumstances of his decease, returned a verdict of-Dred by the Visitation of God.- Mr. Hinckley was known in the literary world as the trans lator of the " Adventures of Rinaldo Ris naldini, a novel; Fischer's "Travels in Spain," in one vol. 8vo. ; a History of the Revolution at Venice, and some other works. Mr. Rich. Hughes, many years proprietor of Sadler's Wells, and the Plymouth Theatre. In Newman-street, Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin West, esq. the truly eminent and venerable president of the Royal Academy. This lady, born at Philadelphia on the 1st November, 1741, was the youngest daughter of the Shewell family, of great respectability in that city. Her friendship with the family of Mr. West commenced prior to his going to Rome to study historical painting, in 1760. On quitting the classic region of the arts, he fixed his residence in London in August 1763, and soon afterwards his father accompanied Miss Shewell to England, to be united to this his youngest son. They were accordingly married on the 2d of Sep tember, 1764, and during a union of above half a century, she has enjoyed the satisfac tion of sharing that eminence which the partner of her life has acquired by the successful exertion of talents which proclaim him the first of living painters, and which, contrary to the ordinary course of nature, display, with increasing years, augmented vigour and raore resplendent brilliancy. Mrs. West was a woman of refined under standing, correct in her moral duties, warm in her attachments to her family and friends, In Bolton street, suddenly, Mrs. Mary as she was to virtue, and impressed with a Black. This lady was well known in the deep sense of religion, as founded on the higher circles, and in the earlier part of het pure basis of Christian benevolence. She life was much admired for her talents as an was charitable to all, but virtue and talents artist. She was particularly celebrared as a in distress had a prior claim upon her bounty. copyist; and so faithful were her imitations She had a quick sensibility to homage paid of the elder masters, that it required no slight to genius duly appreciated, but detested Hat- judgment to distinguish them from the ori tery, when offered as a gratification to vaginals. She was patronised by the list Earl nity; thus, though she was not blind to the endowments which she possessed, yet, when they were mentioned in her presence, she would turn from the speaker with modest distress. When she indulged her poetic fancy in delineating living characters, it was to cherish virtue, or gently admonish, but never to wound the feelings of a friend for the sake of displaying her wit. Such were some of the amiable qualities which won the love of all to whom she was known. The malady which had for several years de of Godolphin, whose fine picture by Temers, comprising above a hundred figures, she copied with the u most fidelity and spint Finding, however, that she was more likely to acquire independence by teaching draw ing, than by copying pictures, she wholly devoted herself to the latter pursuit, and fully accomplished her purpose, as she was pho tected by some of the first people in this country, who esteemed her for her good sense, and the propriety of her conduct, as well as for her skill and taste in the Flos |