ration of the victory obtained by his majefty's fleet under the command of earl Howe over that of the enemy, in the actions of the 29th of May, and ift of June, 1794, I am commanded by his majefty to prefent to your lordship one of the medals abovementioned, and to fignify his majefty's pleasure that you fhould wear it when in your uni form, in the manner defcribed by the directions which (together with the medal and ribband belonging, to it) I have the honour to tranfmit to you. "I am alfo commanded by his majefty to acquaint your lordship, that, had it been poffible for all the officers on whom his majefty is pleafed to confer this mark of his approbation, to attend perfonally in London, his majefty would have prefented the medal to each of them in perfon; but that being,' from various canfes, at this time impoffible, his majesty, in order to obviate all further delay, has therefore been pleafed to direct them to be forwarded in this manner. Allow me to exprefs the great fatisfaction I feel in being made the channel of communicating to your lordship fo diftinguifhed a mark of his majesty's approba tion. I have the honour to be, &c. Admiralty, Nov. 30, 1796. The admirals to wear the medal fufpended by a ribband round their necks. The captains to wear the medal fufpended to a ribband, but faftened through the third and fourth button hoie, on the left fide. The colour of the ribband blue and white. 17. At a court of commoncouncil, Mr. Birch moved, That an addreis be prefented to his ma jefty, to thank him for the measures he has graciously thought proper to communicate to both houses of parliament, on the recent manifefto of the court of Madrid, declaratory of war against Great Britain, and to affure his majefty of the fteady and firm determination of this court to fupport the most vigorous meafures to repel any hoftilities that may be made against his majesty's crown, and the profperity of these kingdoms. The motion was feconded by Mr. deputy Leekey, and agreed to. A committee was appointed to draw up the addrefs, which being done, was read, agreed to, and ordered to be prefented by the whole corporation, &c. Mr. Dixon informed the court, that he intended, at the next court, to bring forward the following motion, viz. That it is the opinion of this court, that the pecuniary aid recently furnished by his majefty's minifters to the emperor, has been productive of great advantage to Great Britain, and enabled the emperor, not only to withitand the defperate attempts of the French armies to overrun Germany, but also has given a decided and favourable turn to the war, and opened à fairer profpect of obtaining an honourable peace to this country and her allies." St. Petersburgh, Nov. 18. Laft night her imperial majefty, who had been feized with an apoplectic fit on the preceding day, expired at a quarter before ten o'clock. Immediately after her Imperial majefty's deceafe, the emperor Paul was proclaimed before the palace in the ufual form, and the whole court, which was there affembled in anxious expectation from the moment of the emprefs' accident ΤΟ to the moment of her death, immediately took the oath of allegiance to the new fovereign, as did the four regiments of guards; and every thing paffed with the greateft order and tranquillity.-London Gazette. 21. A common council was vefterday held at Guildhall, when Mr. Dixon, in a fpeech of fome length, brought forward the motion before alluded to, which was fupported by Mr. Woodbridge, Mr. Birch, aldermen Lufhington and Glynn, Mr. Pearkes, fir Benjamin Hammet, and Mr. Sutherland; and opposed by aldermen Skipner and Combe. Mr. Bodley moved, that all the words after this court' be left out, and the following fubftituted, namely, that no circumftance whatever fall alienate this corporation from its firm fupport of the three efiates of thefe realms, in their distinct and found rights, agreeable to the principles of our happy cónftitution,' which was negatived, there being two alder, men, 40 commoners, and meffrs. Griffith and Simmonds, tellers, for it; and nine aldermen, 64 commoners, and meffrs. Dixon and Birch, tellers, against it; majoity 31. Mr. Dixon's motion was then put, carried by a great majority, 22. Yesterday morning when the 21. Yefterday, the court of common-council agreed to a refolution, "That it is the opinion of this court that the pecuniary aid recently furnished by his majefty's minifters to the emperor of Germany, has been productive of great advantages to Great Britain, and enabled the emperor, not only to withftand the defperate attempts of the French armies, to overrun Germany, but also has given a decided and favourable turn to the war, and opened a fairer profpect of obtaining an honourable peace to Great Britain and her allies," The LONDON GENERAL BILL of CHRISTENINGS and BURIALS, from December 8, 1795, to December 15, 1795. Males 96481 Males 9882 Chriftened Females 9178 18826, Buried Females 9406 19,288 Decreaf. in Burials this Year 1891. Died under 2 Years 6772, 20 and 30- 121160 and 70 - 1113 100 - - 900 40 and 50- 165780 and 90 - 357 104 • 1537 70 and 80-891 102 5 and io 19 and 20 621 5c and bo 1338 90 and ico 551 I 1 I BIRTHS H 3, Lady of Thomas Anfon, efq. M. P. a fon. 16. Lady of fir Montague Burgoyne, bart. a fon and heir. 26. Countefs of Breadalbane, a fon. Nov. 3. Lady of the right hon. Henry Addington, fpeaker of the houfe of commons, a daughter. 7. Lady of William Manning, efq. M. P. a fon. 9. Lady of fir Charles Oakley, bart, a fon. MARRIAGES in the Year 1796. Jan. 6. George Henry Rofe, efq. M. P. for Southampton, and fon of George Rofe, efq. fecretary of the treafury, and M. P. for Christchurch, to mifs Duncombe, daughter and coheirefs of the late Thomas Duncombe, efq. 10. Lady Wilfon, relict of the late judge Wilfon, to captain Griffiths, of the navy. Feb. 6. Thomas Gardiner Bramfton, efq. eldest fon of Thomas Berney Bamfton, efq. M. P. for Effex, to mifs Blaauw, daughter of William Blaauw, efq. 9. Earl of Powerfcourt, to mifs Brownlow. Robert Lifton, efq. ambassador to the Sublime Porte, to mifs Henrietta Marchant, of Antigua. 28. Earl of Guilford, to mifs Coutts, daughter of Thomas Coutts, efq. banker, in the Strand. March 1. Henry Thornton, efq. M. P. to mifs Sykes, daughter of Jofeph Sykes, efq. of Weft Ella, York thire. Lately, James Dalrymple, efq. to the countess dowager of Hadding ton. 16. Hon. Thomas Parker, brother to the earl of Macclesfield, to mifs Edwards, daughter of Lewis Edwards, efq. of Talgerth, Merionethfhire. 29. Sir Robert Wilmot, bart. to mifs Grimfton, daughter of the late Robert Grimston, efq. of Neswick, York fhire. April 16. Earl Temple, to lady Anne Elizabeth Brydges, daughter of the late duke of Chandos, 19. Edward Wilbraham Bootle, efq. M. P. to mifs Taylor, daughter of the rev. Edward Taylor, of Bifrons, Kent. 27. Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, bart. to mifs Maria Simpfon, daughter of the late John Simpson, efq. of Bradley. 26. Mr. Taylor, furgeon, at Sevenoaks, to lady Louifa Stanhope, daughter of earl Stanhope. Lord Porchester, son of the earl of Carnarvon, to mifs Ack. land, daughter of Lady Harriet Ackland. Lately, capt. Talbot, to Lady Elizabeth Strangeways, daughter of the earl of Ilchefter. May 3. Hon. and right Rev. Dr. William Stuart, bishop of St. David's, to mifs Penn, daughter of the late hon. Thomas Penn, efq. proprietor of Pennfylvania. 11. Sir Edmund Head, bart. to mifs Weitern, of Cokethorpe, Oxfordshire. Thomas Sherlock Gooch, efq. eldeft fon of fir Thomas Gooch, bart. to mifs Whittaker, fifter of Abraham Whittaker, efq. of Ly. fton-houfe, Herefordshire. 14. Hugh Dillon Maffey, efq. eldeft fon of fir Hugh Maffey, bart. to mifs S. Hankey, daughter of the late Thomas Hankey, efq. June 3. George Wright, efq. only fon of fir James Wright, bart. to mifs Maclane, only daughter and and heiress to the late Charles Maclane, efq. of Okingham. 11. Sir George Glyn, bart. to mifs Catharine Powell, daughter and coheiress of the late rev. Gervas Powell, of Lanhara, in Glamorganfhire. 25. Sir Richard Gamon, bart. M. P. to lady Amelia Cooke. -. Sir Nigel Bowyer Grefley, bart. to mifs Garway of Worcefter. 27. Rev. Charles Talbot, fecond fon of the hon, and rev. Charles Talbot, to lady Elizabeth Somerfet, daughter of the duke of Beau fort. 30. Hon. William Leefon, brother of the earl of Miltown, to miss Buchanan. July 4. Lord Andover, to mifs Coke, daughter of Thomas William Coke, efq. of Holkam, Norfolk, M. P. Lieutenant Sloper, fon of general fir Robert Sloper, K. B. to mifs Kent, daughter of Thomas Kent, efq. Ipfwich. 5. Lord Blayney, to the hon. mifs Alexander, daughter of lord Caledon. 16. Dr. Spencer Madan, bihop of Peterborough, to mifs Vyfe, fifter of general Vyfe. 25. Lieutenant-colonel Pigott, to mifs Mary Monckton, daughter of the hon. John Monckton. 26. William Wingfield, efq to lady Charlotte Digby, fifter of the earl of Digby. Aug. 3. Hon. William Hay Carr, brother to the earl of Errol, to mifs Elliot, daughter of Samuel Elliot, efq. of Antigua. 6. Lieutenant-colonel Denzil Onflow, to the hon. mifs Petre, daughter of lord Petre. 9. Jofeph Mawbey, efq. fon of for Jofeph Mawbey, bart. to mifs Henchman, daughter of Thomas Henchman, efq. of New Burling ton-street. 12. Sir William, Ramfey, of Banff, bart. to mifs Bifcoe, of Edward-ftreet, Portman-fquare. 11. Francis John Brown, efq. M. P. for Dorfet, to mifs Francis Richards, daughter of the rev. John Richards, of Langbridge, Dorfet. 30. Robert Dundas, efq. fon of the right hon. Henry Dundas, to mifs Saunders, daughter of the late admiral fir Charles Saunders. Sept. 2. Sir Thomas Parkyns, bart. to mifs Boultkees of Leicefter. 6. Sir John Davies, bart. to mifs Leman, daughter of fir William Leman, bart. 22. Edmund Hornby, efq. to lady Catharine Stanley, daughter of the earl of Derby. 29. Sir Thomas Gage, bart. to mifs Charlotte Campbell, coufin to lord Cawdor. O. 1. Rev. Samuel Wilfon Warneford, of Broughton, Oxfordfhire, to miss Loveden, daughter of Edward Loveden Loveden, efq. of Bufcot Park, Berks. 7. Lord Templetown, to lady Mary Montagu, daughter of the earl of Sandwich. 11. John Thomas Stanley, efq. eldest fon of fir John Stanley, bart. to the hon. mifs Holroyd, daughter of lord Sheffield. |