which corps d'armée, are closely supported by the main body. Before they quitted their position they destroyed a part of their cannon and ammunition; and they have since blown up whatever the horses were unable to draw away. They have no provisions excepting what they plunder on the spot; or having plundered, what the soldiers carry on their backs; and live cattle. I am concerned to be obliged to add to this account, that their conduct throughout this retreat has been marked by a barbarity seldom equalled, and never surpassed. Even in the towns of Torres Novas, Thomar, and Pernes, in which the head-quarters of some of the corps had been for four months, and in which the inhabitants had been induced by promises of good treatment to remain, they were plundered, and many of their houses destroyed on the night the enemy withdrew from their position, and they have since burnt every town and village through which they have passed. The convent of Alcobaca was burnt by order from the French head-quarters. The Bishop's Palace, and the whole town of Leyria, in which General Drouet had had his headquarters, shared the same fate; and there is not an inhabitant of the country of any class or description, who has had any dealing or communication with the French army, who has not had reason to repent of it, and to complain of them.

This is the mode in which the promises have been performed and the assurances have been fulfilled, which were held out in the Proclamation the French Commander-in

Chief: in which he told the inhabitants of Portugal, that he was not come to make war upon them, but, with a powerful army of one hundred and ten thousand men, to drive the English into the sea. It is to be hoped that the example of what has occurred in this country, will teach the people of this and of other nations what value they ought to place on such promises and assurances, and that there is no security for life or for any thing which renders life valuable, excepting in decided resistance to the enemy. I have the honour to enclose returus of killed and wounded in the several affairs with the enemy since they commenced their retreat. I have received the most able and cordial assistance throughout these operations from Lieutenant-General Sir Brent Spencer and Marshal Sir W. Beresford, whom I had requested to cross the Tagus, and who has been with me since the 11th instant; from Major-Generals Sir W. Erskine, Picton, Cole, and Campbell, Major General Slade, and Major-General the Hon. C. Colville, and the general and other officers commanding brigades under their orders respectively. I am particularly indebted to the QuarterMaster General Colonel Murray for the assistance I have received from him, and the Deputy Adjutant-General the Hon. Colonel Pakenham, and the Officers of the Adjutant and Quarter Master General's departments, as also to those of my personal staff, who have given me every assistance in their

power.

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THE following is an account of duty paid by the twelve principal Fire-offices for the Christmas quarter: Sun... £22,885 Hope £4,482 Phenix.... 14,611 British. ..... 3,923 Royal Exch. 13,014 | Albion...... 3,763 Imperial... 8,995 Westminster.. 2,939 Globe 6,932 Atlas...... 2,802 County 4,527 Hand-in-Hand 2,791 A new dock has lately been opened at Rotherhithe, near the King's Victuallingoffice, called the East-Country Dock, capable of holding about 80 ships, intended for those from America, the Baltic, the Fisheries, and others containing naval stores,

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On Monday, April the 8th, two houses in Ironmonger-row, Old street-road, which, notwithstanding they were under repair, were crowded with inhabitants, fell down with a most tremendous crash, and buried a great number of the inmates in the ruins. London militia, who were exercising in the Artillery-ground, were immediately sent to aid the sufferers, and, by unwearied exertions,

The

MARRIED.

~At Mary-le-bone, B. Madden, esq. of Jamaica, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Edward Strange, of Tunbridge-wells. -Baron Charles de Tuyll, to Miss Gildermeester, daughter of Daniel G. esq. formerly Dutch consul-general and chargé d'affaires to the Queen of Portugal.-Dr. Adams, of Doctors' commons, to Mary Ann; and, at the same time, Thomas Philip Maunsell, esq. of Thorpe Mallor, Northamptonshire, to Caroline Eliza, both daughters of the late Hon. W. Cockayne, of Rushton-hall.

At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. 1. W. Eliot, rector of Peper Harrow, Surry, to Matilda Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Henry Halsey, esq. of Henley-park. Henry Fellowes, esq. second son of Robert F. esq. of Shottisham, Norfolk, to Frances, youngest daughter of Sir John Frederick, bart. W. Lokes, esq. of Desborough, Northamptonshire, to Mrs Jones.

James G. Seton, esq. of George-street, Adelphi, to Georgiana, eldest daughter of Charles Bourchier, esq. of Hackney.

At Cripplegate, Mr. C. T. Neale, to Miss Gastineau, of Camberwell.

Thomas Bull Williams, esq. of Thornhaugh-street, to Miss M. S. Dunbar, of Paddington.

At Lambeth, Mr. Stanley Howard, of Cannon-street, to Miss Ching, of Erixton, Surry. Robert Tulloh, esq. of Gould-square, to Mary Joanna, only daughter of the late William Grant, esq of Demerara.

At St. Ann's, Blackfriars, Mr. Benjamin Severs, of Chatham-place, to Miss Raban, of Bridge-street.

DIED.

In Upper Berkeley-street, Sidly Effendi, chargé des affaires from the Sublime Ottoman Porte. His excellency was interred in the burial ground of St Pancras. The procession consisted of a hearse, containing the body, covered with white satin, followed by his excellency's private carriage, and two mourning coaches, in which were the priest and the late ambassador's attendants. Upon arriving at the ground, the body was taken out of the shell which contained it, wrapped in rich robes, and dropped into the grave, and immediately after a large stone, nearly the size of the body, was laid upon it; and, after some Mahometan ceremonies had been gone through, the attendants left the ground. The procession, in going to the church-yard, galloped nearly all the way.

At Colebrook-terrace, Islington, Mrs. Margaret Thompson, wife of Mr. Nathaniel T. She was deeply regretted by all who knew her.

Mrs. Browne, relict of George B. esq. of Evenly-hall, Northamptonshire.

At Sunbury, Mrs. Crawshay, relict of Richard C. esq. of Merthyr Tydvil, Gla

morgan.

-At his chambers in Gray's-inn, in his 78th year, John Knill, esq. a gentleman of rather singular character, though of great worth and

probity. He was a native of Cornwall. Many years ago, by his order, an excavation was made in a rock, near Mount's-bav, in Corn. wall, for the purpose of holding his remains when his mortal career should be ended. The place was ever afterwards denominated "Knill's Folly." He was, however, a man of an excellent understanding, and well acquainted with mankind. Though he had & very wide circle of friends and acquaintance, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him, he resisted every invitation to dine in private society, and for very many years past dined every day at Dolly's chop house, walking through the chiet avenues of the town in the course of the day, in order to meet his friends, and to preserve his health by mederate exercise.

The Rev. Dr. Price, of Trinitv-college, Cambridge, chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and formerly rector of Great Houghton, in the county of Northatap ton.

In Cork-street, Burlington.gardens, Yames Wilson, esq. superintending surgeon of the medical establishment, Bombay.

In South Audley-street, Mr. Donaldson, the king's messenger. As he was walking in Thames-street, his foot slipped, he became entangled with a hackney-coach, which threw him down, and the wheel went over his leg, which was dreadfully fractured. The coachman drove away with the most careless indifference, and has never been traced. Mr. Donaldson was conveyed to is house in South Audley-street, and eminent surgeon; but the attended by an which en sued prevented amputation. He fingered some days in great agony. He was between 50 and 60 years of age, was a very intelligent man, well acquainted with most of the continental tongues, and was greatly esteemed.

In Montague-street, Russell-square, Ann, second daughter of Thomas Dickason, esq. In Green Lettuce-lane, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. John Smith, of Newbottle, Durham, 18.

In New-court, Swithin's-lane, Mrs. Tracers, wife of Benjamin T. esq. In Bishopsgate street, Mr. John Archer, 70.

At Paddington, Basil Orven, eldest son of the Rev. Basil Woodd, 23.

At Lambeth, Mrs. Smith, wife of Mr. Charles S.

In Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, Mrs. Bacon, wife of Mr. John B. 69.

In College-street, Westminster, Elizabeth, wife of William Whitmore, esq. 24.

At Twickenham, Mr. Thomas Champion, of Mincing lane.

In Fenchurch-street, Miss Adamson. At Kennington, Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Albin J.-Mrs. Linging, relict of Samuel L. esq. 65.

In Albion-place, Mr. Benjamin Cape, 78. In Aldersgate-street, Mrs. Ann Jefferie.

In

In Devonshire-place, James Pinnock, esq.

In New Norfolk-street, John Hammet, esq. M.P. for Taunton, and a partner in the house of Esdaile and Hammet, bankers, Lombard

Street.

Robert C. 81.

We

[Further account of the late Earl of Romney, whose death was mentioned in our last Number. The family of the Marshams is of considerable antiquity, and, although never possessed of either great wealth or very extensive power, has been long respectable. learn from Edmondson*, that they came originally from the county of Norfolk, and that they first took their name from a town there; a custom very prevalent in England during former times, and usual in France, until the period of the revolution. Thomas de Marsham dieu in 1103; and the industrious researches of the genealogists have discovered, that his great grandson Richard was a monk in the priory of Norwich, and almoner to his monastery. From the same source we learn, that a descendant of one of the good fiiar's brothers served the office of sheriff of Norwich in 1510, and mayor of that city in 1518. The founder of the family, however, seems to have been Thomas Mercham, an alderman of London, who died in 1624, and appears to have been very wealthy. John, his second son, born in 1602, was educated first at Westminster, and then at Oxford, where he took a degree, in 1625; and thence removing to the Temple, there tudied the law. This, however, aid not occur until he had travelled into Fiance, Italy, Germany, and Holland; during which period he attended sir

Baronagium Genealogicum.

Thomas Edmonds, ambassador extraordinary to the court then held at Fontainbleau, "to swear the French king to the peace." In 1637, Mr. Marsham was sworn one of the six clerks in Chancery; and, during the reigu of Charles I. being attached to the royal cause, he went after his majesty, like a good lawyer, following the great seal to Oxford." This, of course, aroused the wrath of the victorious republicans, who had then possession, which some professional men have reckoned nine points in the law, they, there fore, treating him as a delinquent, seized his office, and mulcted his estate. He, at length, compounded, indeed, for the lat er, at the rate of S561. 16s. v. However, on the restoration of Charles II. his affairs seem to have been more flourishing than ever; for, on that event taking place, he became a master in Chancery, was returned a member for the city or Rochester, ha the honour of knighthood confered upon lun, and, in three years more, was created a b..onet. Sir John appears to have bee a very studious man, and to have written meny tracts, celebrated at that day. He was termed, by learned persons, "the great Marsham of England. Anthony Wood † says, that Monsieur Caracoy, the king of France's library-keeper, and all the great and learned then of Europe, his cotemporaries, acknowlenged him to be one of the greatest antiquaries and most learned and accurate writer of his time, as appears by their testimonies, under their hands and seals, in their letters to h m, which would make a volume in folio." He possessed Whorne's place, at Caxton, near Rochester, Kent; and died at Bushy hall, Hertfordshire, May 26, 1685, aged 83. By his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Hammond, of St. Alban's, in East Kent, he left two sons, Sir John Marsham, of Caxton, bart. and Sir Robert Marsham, of Bushy-hall, Hertfordshire, the latter of whom is the an cestor of the earls of Romney. The former of these was very studious, like his father, and, being possessed of the family library, which was stili valuable, although diminished by the great fire of London, in 1666, he set about composing the History of England. Although twice married, he left no offspring behind him; accordingly, on his demise, he was succeeded by his brother, above mentioned, who occupied, like his father, the othice of one of the six clerks in Chancery, and, in 1681, had obtained the honour of knighthood. He also obtained a seat in par liament, having been thrice returned for Maidstone, during the reign of William III. By his wife, Llizio ch, daughter and heir of

* 1 Diatriba Chronologica Lond. 1649.; 2. Chronicus Canon Ægyptiacus, &c; 3. Preface to the 2d vol. of the Monast. Anglican; 4. Imperium Persicum; 5. De Provinciis & Legionibus Romanis; and 6. De Re Nummaria. Hist. of the Oxford Writers.

Thomas

Thomas Bosville, of Little Motte, Einsford, in Kent, and grand-daughter of Sir Francis Wyatt, of Boxley-abbey, he left three sons and four daughters. Sir Robert Marsham, bart. his eldest male issue, and the first Lord Romney, served, like his father, during three parliaments, for the borough of Maidstone; this occurred in the reign of Anne; and, in the first year of George I. he was once more re-elected. Having been considered as a great stickler for the Protestant succession, and having attained such eminence as to be chosen one of the managers for inquiring into the conduct of the Bolingbroke and Oxford administration, the first prince of the house of Brunswick determined to ennoble him: he was accordingly created a peer of the realm, by the title of Lord Romney in Kent, by letters patent, bearing date June 25, 1716; and, in 1717, he was nominated governor of Dover-castle. This nobleman married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of the celebrated admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel, originally apprentice to a shoemaker, afterwards a cabin boy, and finally a gallant sea officer, who represented Rochester in parliament, and resided for many years at May-place, near Bexley. heath, in Kent, being owner of that mansion, as well as of several other possessions in that neighbourhood. On Lord Romney's death, in 1724, he was succeeded by his son Robert, in both honors and estates. That nobleman, born in 1712, possessed considerable learning, great taste, and a correct judgment. While at the university, he obtained the degree of LL.D. and afterwards distinguished himself by his zeal, as president of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; the members of which, in return, have placed his picture in a con picuous situation in their great room. After a life generally dedicated to rural plea aures, and the independence of a country life, he was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, by MissPym, of St. Christopher's, with whom the family obtained the West-India plantations. Charles Marsham, third Lord and first Earl of Romney, of whom we now treat, was born September 28, 1744. Having an elder brother then alive, he was destined either for the navy or army; but, on his demise, after receiving a liberal education, he was sent abroad on his travels. Soon after his return, he was elected for the borough of Maidstone, within a short distance of the family mansion. In 1774, Mr. M. became a candidate for the county, and succeeded; on which occasion he served along with Mr. Knight. In 1780, and 1784, Filmer Honey wood was his colleague; and he might have been chosen again in 1790, had not the state of his father's health exhibited the most unequivocal marks of an approaching dissolution. Anterior to this period, and when he was thirty-two

years of age, (August 30, 1776,) he married Lady Frances Wyndham, daughter of the late and sister to the present Earl of Egremont. With this amiable and accomplished woman he lived happily for many years; and, having settled at Wanham, near Reigate, in Surrey, and rebuilt the house, her ladyship, who possessed a fine taste for ornamental garden. ing, laid out the grounds with great ability, The same employment afterwards occupied her leisure hours at the Mote, which was planned on a greater scale; and it has been said, that her death was occasioned by long and continued exertions on the latter occasion. Mr. Marsham's conduct, as knight of the shire, was at once manly and meritorious, having opposed the American war, and protested loudly against all Lord North's measures on that occasion. He also loudly condemned, as "unconstitutional," the measure of garrisoning Gibraltar and Port Mahon with "foreign troops." He, however, op. posed Mr. Fox's India bill with equal zeal, although he afterwards laboured for a coali tion between him and Mr. Pitt. He also opposed the extravagant fortification scheme, proposed by the late Duke of Richmond, while master-general of the ordnance; and acted a noble and independent part relative to the militia, which he wished to be embodi ed, employed, and called forth every year, as constituting the sole legitimate and constitutional defence of the country. In 1786, he introduced a bill for securing the freedom of election, by excluding persons holding places in the navy and ordnance from voting for members of Parliament; but the question was lost, on a division, by a majority of 76. Having succeeded his father as a peer, in 1793, Lord Ronney appears to have taken the alarm at the then situation of this coun try, and, 1797, we find him proposing a voluntary patriotic donation, in aid of the public taxes, to which he himself offered to subscribe five thousand pounds. though he supported the war with France, yet Lord R. in 1800, censured the ministera freely, for their reluctance to negotiate with the First Consul. In private life, this nobleman was attached to agricultural pursuits, and kept a large farm in his own hands, upwards of forty acres of which consisted of hop grounds. He also pulled down the old family mansion, known by the appellation of the Mote, and erected a new one in its place, within a quarter of a mile of the ancient site. On the 1st of August, 1799, his lordship entertained a body of near* 6000 volunteers,

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all appertaining to the county of Kent, in his park, after they had been reviewed by his Majesty. On the exact spot where the royal tent was pitched, in which sat the King, Queen, Princesses Elizabeth and Augusta, the Dukes of York, Cumberland, and Gloucester, together with the late Stadtholder, a pavilion has been erected, by the gratitude of the "men of Kent." About a year after this review, which must be allowed to have been the grandest exhibition of the kind ever seen in England, his Majesty was pleased to create his noble host an earl, by patent, dated June 22, 1801. For some time past, Lord R.'s health has been on the decline, and he

Prince William Frederic (now Duke of Gloucester) under him. There was also a corps of guides, and another of artillery. On his Majesty's approaching the park, a royal salute of twenty-one guns was fired; on arriving in front of the centre of the line of infantry, the first cannon was fired, on which both lines presented arms, the officers saluted, the music played, drums beat, &c. On firing the second cannon, the infantry shouldered arms, and the officers poised their swords, his Majesty in the mean time passing the two lines. On firing the third cannon, the infantry carried swords, while the King passed along their front, the trumpets playing, &c. On firing the fourth cannon, they marched in open order, officers saluting and colours lowered while passing. On firing the fifth can

at last yielded to the pressure of disease, on the 7th of March, 1811. He is succeeded, in his titles and estates, by his son, Lord Marsham, now Earl of Romney, who mar ried Miss Pitt, daughter to the knight of the shire for the county of Dorset, and has sat for many years as a member of the House of Commons, first for the county of Kent, then for Hythe, &c. Of the late Earl of Romney, Sir Joshua Reynolds painted an excellent picture, and there is a good engraved portrait of him in one of the last volumes of the Transactions of the Society for promoting Arts, Manufactures, and Sciences.]

non, the whole of the infantry commenced a fire by companies; the sixth was the signal to take up their original position, and the seventh for a feu de joye. The tables for entertaining the military amounted to 91, and the whole length of these occupied 15,333 yards. The prin ipal dishes, 2,200 in number, consisted of 60 lambs in quarters, 700 fowls, 300 hams, 300 tongues, 220 dishes of boiled beef, 220 roast ditto, 220 meat pies, 220 fruit ditto, and 220 joints of roast veal. The beverage consisted of 7 pipes of port wine, 16 butts of ale, and 16 ditto of small beer, which were furnished by means of a pump. The remains of the entertainment were distributed among the neighbouring cottagers, except a waggon load which was sent to the poor of Maidstone.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

A CANNON ball, weighing 96ibs. and measuring upwards of 30 inches in circumference, has within these few days been dug out from the ruins of the old castle in Berwick upon Tweed. According to Fuller, In 1405, a conspiracy was formed in Berwick against King Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland held possession of the castle at that time, who heard that Henry was bringing against him 37,000 men, retired into Scotland. The royal army advanced to Ben wick, with some engines of destruction, which had never before been brought against it ; and which were, on this occasion, for the first sime employed in Britain. The first dia MONTHLY MAG. No. 212.

charge from one of these cannons, demolishing one of the principal towers of the castle, the garrison was thrown into such conster nation, that it made an instant surrender. From this account it is possible, that this is the identical ball which, 406 years ago, Oc casioned the surrender of Berwick to the English arms.

Married.] At_North Berwick, Williama Gordon, esq. of Devonshire-street, London, to Charlotte, third daughter of the late Lieutenant-colonel Dalrymple, of the 19th

foot.

At Barnard-castle, George Hodgson, esq. of Staindrop, to Miss Binning, daughter of Dr. B.

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