Incidents in London and Middlesex. Stonhill, W. Stukely, Oct, 6 Swinnerton, W. Fillongley, Oct. 12 Sykes, J. & G. Sykes, Currier's-hall*court, Sep. 16 Thackray, T. & R. Bottrell, Greenwich, Sep. 16 Taylor, P. M. & J. T. Smedley, Liverpool, Oct. 4 Taylor, J. Shoreditch, Oct. 2157 Tipping, T. Warrington, Sep. 15 467 Wheeldon, G. Bonsall, Sep. 25 iWorth, T. Talbot-court, Gracechurch street, Nov. 4 Wright, J. Doncaster, Sep. 15 Wrightson, G. sen. Maryport, Oct. 3 Wrightson, G. jun. do. Oct. 5. Zimmer, J. Welbeck-street, Sep, 16 INCIDENTS, APPOINTMENTS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. Country Bank Notes.-There can be no doubt, that whenever the Bank of England Notes are, by the new issue, rendered more secure against imitation, the ingenuity of the forger will be directed against the Country Bank Notes, which are now in a very defenceless state. It is a source of much satisfaction to us, therefore, to have learnt, that a plan for the protection of the Country Bank Notes has been adopted by the Government, which will, by an immediate operation, secure the whole of the provincial banks from forgery, without requiring any change of their present plates, which would necessarily be a work of much time. A stamp of great difficulty of imitation has been contrived, and preparations are making at the stamp-office for stamping all the Country Bank Notes with this stamp, after the new year, by which means the revenue collected on Country Bank Notes will be secured, while the notes themselves will be protected from the forger-because he cannot forge the note without also forging the stamp. This stamp is combined with beautiful coloured printing, intended nearly to cover the back of the note, so as to preclude the necessity, and also to save the expense at present incurred by many country bankers in printing a back to their notes by way of security, that security being thus given them by the Government gratis. It is proposed also to connect this with a change in the paper for the Country Bank Notes, by substituting a description of paper, the water-mark and appearance of which can only be produced in its first construction at the paper-mill; whereas there are various ways of forging the present water-mark in ordinary paper, which may be purchased in any stationer's shop. The most important features in this plan, are-first, the expedition with which the country banks will thus be secured against forgery. And, secondly, the economy, as it requires no change whatever in their present plates. Civic Innovations.-Mr. Alderman Waith'man has, we understand, with the concurrence of his colleague, determined to aban'don the old custom of the sheriffs to entertain the City officets with repeated feasts; and has also resolved to use his own private coach upon all occasions. Drury Lane Theatre.-Drury-lane theatre, previous to its opening for the winter season, is to undergo a variety of judicious alterations. The ceiling is to be lowered at least eight feet, which will exclude from the audience part of the house, the present upper gallery and the slip boxes. The two shilling gallery is to be formed into the upper one; and the boxes under, into the lower gallery. The theatre is also to be new painted and ornamented. The Regent's Canal.-A few days ago the basin of the Regent's Canal, at Limehouse, was opened for the reception of ships, when a collier was taken in, and unloaded her coals upon the jetties. The utility of this work is now manifest, since it will be seen that the colliers can deliver their cargoes into waggons, without the intervention of barges, by which not only a certain and large expense is saved, but the plunder which is unavoidable on the river, is wholly prevented, and all casualties from storms, and from vessels running foul, are avoided. Abstract of the Will of Sir Joseph Banks. -The late Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. one of his Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, and President of the Royal Society, by his will expressly desires that his body be interred in the most private manner in the church or church-yard of the parish in which he shall happen to die, and entreats his dear relatives to spare themselves the affliction of attending the ceretnony, and earnestly requests that they will not erect any monument to his memory. His house at Spring-grove, Heston, Middlesex, he gives to his wife, Dame Dorothea Banks, with the furniture, plate, &c. &c. His real estates to his wife for life, or widowhood: after her death or marriage, those that are situate in the county of Lincola to the Hon. James Hamilton Stanhope, and Sir Henry Hawley, Bait. subject to provisoes and conditions: the remainder of his estates to Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. his heir and assigns, subject to conditions and provisoes. The leasehold estates (except his house in Soho-square) to John Parkinson, Esq. The residue of his By the 1st codicil, dated 21st Jan. 1820, he gives to his indefatigable and intelligent librarian, Robert Brown, Esq. an annuity of 2001. and also the use and enjoyment during life of the library, herbarium, manuscripts, drawings, copper-plates engraved, and every thing else that is contained in his collections, usually kept in the back building of his house in Soho-square; and after the decease of the said Robert Brown, then he gives the same to the trustees, for the time being, cf the British Museum; or, if it be the desire of the said trustees, and the said Robert Brown shall consent to have the same removed to the British Museum in his lifetime, he shall be at liberty to do so; and the said Robert Brown to be provided with the proper means of access thereto for himself and his friends. And he declares that the aforesaid bequests, in favour of the said Robert Brown, are upon condition that he continue to use his library as his chief place of study in the manner he now does, and that he assists the superintendant of the Royal Botanic gardens at Kew, and continues to reside in London, and does not undertake any new charge that may employ his time. His leasehold house in Sohosquare, with the appurtenances, to his wife during her life; and after her deccase, or giving up possession thereof, then to the said Robert Brown, subject to the aforesaid conditions. To Mr. Frederick Bauer, of Kew-green, who has been employed by Sir Joseph as a draughtsman for thirty years, an annuity of Sool. upon condition that he continues to reside at Kew green, and employs himself in making drawings of plants that flower in the collection at Kew, in the same manner as he has hitherto done; and the drawings which he shall so make be added to the collection now in his hands, and which revert to Sir Joseph or his representatives at the time of his death, as appears by an agreement entered into between them; and it is his wish that if any doubts should arise as to his meaning in the conditions imposed on the said Robert Brown and Frederick Bauer, the same should be construed in a manner so as to be most favourable to them. By the 24 codicil, (dated 7th of March, 1820,) he declares, that with every feeling of that dutiful homage and humble attention justly due from a loyal subject to a most gracious Sovereign, he gives to his Majesty, for the use of the establishment of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, all the drawings and sketches of plants that have grown in the said gardens, and have been made at his expense by Mr. Bauer, and which are now deposited in his custody, deeply impressed with an opinion, which he still continues to hold, and believes to be founded in truth, that the establishment of a Botanic Garden cannot be complete unless a resident draughts man be constantly employed in making sketches and finished drawings of all new plants that perfect their flowers or fruits in it; and declares that he long ago determined to fix such a person at Kew, and maintain him at his own expense, and he accordingly engaged Mr. Bauer, whose collection of drawings and sketches, he trusts, will prove a valuable addition to the important science of natural history; that he did this under a hope that the truth of his opinion would in due time become manifest, and that the charge of maintaining Mr. Bauer would then be transferred from him, and placed on the establishment of the garden. This hope, he declares, is still warmly cherished, and receives ample support from the well-known and often-experienced love of science which makes a part of the character of our beloved King; but in case of its being deemed inexpedient by his Majesty's advisers to make this small addition to the establishment, he charges the annuity of 300l. to Mr. Bauer on his Lincolnshire estates. He requests his relation, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. to examine his papers and things at his house in Soho-square, and destroy those he may think proper. The papers respecting the Royal Society to be sent to the Royal Society; those respecting the Mint or coinage, to the Mint; his foreign correspondence to be sent to the British Museum. His personal property sworn under 40,0001, London Bridge. We need not inform our readers that the very dangerous and incon¬ venient state of London-bridge has of late engaged the attention of the Committee of the Bridge-house Estates; and from the proceedings of that Board, it is believed that an application will be made to Parliament, in the ensuing session, for a Bill to enable them either to rebuild the bridge, or greatly to enlarge the water-way, by throwing two of the arches, on each side of the centre, arch, into one. Our Agricultural Poor. The following has been circulated by the Committee sit ting at the King's Head, Poultry : "The Provisional Committee for encouragement of industry, and reduction of poorrates, having received some communications which require to be noticed, think it desirable, on an object so important, thus publicly to offer a reply to objections against the proposal of relieving the distress of the labouring classes, thereby to promote our home-trade and commerce, through the cultivation of land. "It has been said, that to alleviate the condition of the poor would be improper, as it will be the means of exciting a redundant population. "This view, though urged by persons who would disclaim the sentiment, it is feared, will be found opposed to the dictates of our Holy Scriptures, whereby we are commanded to feed the hungry, and clothe the naked; consequently, since the same Divine authority enjoins the necessity of labour as the means of subsistence, and also depicts the evil of a state of idleness, it will be thought that no further reply will be required. But we may assume, that a miserable condition does not arrest the progress of population, as well from the example of Ireland, as from the fact of our own peasantry, whose circumstances have been for fifty years deteriorating, and even whose standing in the British community is endangered, but whose members notwithstanding, as appears by a portentous poor-rate, are undiminished. Indeed, the destruction of all hope that by any management an improvement in their condition may be effected, by withdrawing the moral restraint which is found ever acting on the happier classes, may be expected, while such a state continues to be the prolific cause of an augmentation, which some political economists so much dread. It is also asserted, and we wish to invite the most serious attention to this statement, that the poor are degenerated in moral conduct, which, in tracing the effect to its cause, will be found originating in the alienation which has just been mentioned, of the stimulus to exertion. The Provisional Committee, therefore, desires to impress, that at this time, while all inadequate remedies must be deprecated as likely to permit an incalculable waste of human life and human happiness, a mode of providing, for centuries to come, by their own efforts, for whatever population we may possess, must be considered as founded on the most rational policy. An application has been made to Parliament, which has been favourably received; but as it is desirable that the same should be supported universally, it is request ed that the names of individuals convinced of the necessity of the adoption of such means as shall relieve the condition of agricultural, and other labourers, should be transmitted to the Committee, free of expense. "For the Provisional Committee. July, 1820. "Hon. Secretary." "Act of Insanity-An insane person, whose name is Daniel Krasling, a German, was examined at Guildhall on Monday Sept. 25, he having on Sunday evening created great alarm and confusion in St. Sepulchre's church by firing off a pistol in the middle aile during divine service. The prisoner, who is about 24 years old, did not understand English; and Mr. Rhenius, a friend and schoolfellow (who is clerk to Messrs. Pasche, and Co.) was sworn to interpret. It was stated by Mr. Cumber, that he was standing in the aile, near the pulpit, about a quarter before 7 o'clock, when he observed the prisoner come from the rear of the pul- It is the Image of the Kingdom of Antichrist. B A B Y . N The BEAST I II III IV V VI VII VIII b b b b b The prisoner was immediately secured, and conveyed to the Compter. No trace could be discovered to shew that the pistol had been loaded with ball. The prisoner, when asked what object he had in this rash act, replied, that he might succeed, as he had succeeded; that his plan might be known to the world: the papers he had distributed contained it in part; but they were far too small to explain it; he could however explain more fully to any one who understood the principles of music. The plan was, that music is the Antichrist, which is against God, and is to be punished and destroyed by fire. The story of the wanderings of this unfortunate young man was told with much feeling by his friend Mr. Rhenius, who stated that he was the son of a respectable merchant at Konigsberg, in Prussia, and had been an officer in the Prussian army, and had always borne an excellent and exemplary. moral character. Proofs of the prisoner's disordered state of mind being adduced, and the fact of his insanity being certified also by Mr. Box, the surgeon of the Compter, it was determined, with the consent of his friends, that he should be removed to a place of proper restraint, under their care, until he could safely be restored to his parents.-The confusion this occurrence created in the church is scarcely describable; in the hurry. and crowd to get out, numbers were thrown. down, and trampled upon; several children were hurt, and one was taken to the hospital with its collar-bone dislocated, but no lives, we are happy to hear, were lost. Sir Wm. Grant.-A most beautiful fulllength portrait of Sir Wm. Grant has been put up in the Rolls Court, at the instance of the Bar, as a mark of the high estimation in which that gentleman was held by them. He is represented as in the act of giving judgement, and the likeness is admirable. Precocity. A phenomenon has appeared on the horizon of Milan. This prodigy is a young lady, ten years of age, who is known son, of a daughter-In Montague-place, Russell-square, the lady of R. V. Richards, esq. of a daughter-In Gower-street, the lady of Henry Storks, esq. of a son-In Scotlandyard, Mrs. H. Smedley, of a daughter-In Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street, the lady of S. F. T. Wilde, esq. of a son-In New Bridge-street, Mrs. Martin Ware, of a son-In Hunterstreet, Mrs. Charles Wakefield, of a daughter -The lady of Mr. Robert Walmsley, of the Parliament Office, of a son. by the name of Iphigenia, and whose extra- In Piccadilly, the Countess of Roseberry, of a ordinary memory excites universal astonish-son-In Argyll-street, Mrs. Outywell Robinment. The Iphigenia of Greece never inspired so much interest as this Iphigenia of Milan. She is thoroughly acquainted with ancient history, and answers the questions put to her with intelligence and accuracy. Her father has a list of thirty thousand questions, all of which the little living dictionary answers with the utmost readiness. It is to be hoped that the father may not prove another Agamemnon, and sacrifice his child to the desire of compressing the materials of a folio into an octavo.-Literary Gazette. "Curious Coincidence.-It is no less singular than true, that four of the principal Tea dealers in this great city are distinguished, by having the first syllable of each of their names expressive of the different grades in an article eminently useful to our shipping, and conducive to our commerce, and, at the same time, a very useful appendage to public justice. Twine-ing, of the Strand-String-er, of Monument Yard-Cord-er, of Covent Garden-and Rope-r, of the Borough. May they all hang together! -7 NEW APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. The Bishop of Landaff has been chosen Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London; and also Canon Residentiary of the said Cathedral Church; the same being vacant by the translation of the Bishop of Lincoln to the See of Winchester. Lieutenant-general the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.B. is appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Ceylon. Henry Jardine, Esq. to be King's Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, in room of Sir Patrick Murray, Bart., lately appointed one of the Barons of that Court. Mr. Harvey Strong has been approved as Consul at Glasgow for the United States of America. NEW MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. Births.] The lady of J. B. Brown, esq. of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, of a son In Great Cumberland-street, Mrs. Benjamin Cohen, of a daughter-In Hoxtonsquare, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Crosby, of a son-At Hampstead, Mrs. J. C. Cameron, of a son In Middle Scotland-yard, Mrs. R. Dalgleish, of a daughter-The lady of Wm. Filder, esq. of a daughter-In Burton Crescent, Mrs. Gutteres, of a daughter-The lady of C. E. Heaton, esq. of a son-In York place, the lady of Joseph Hume, esq. M. P. of a son-In Wimpole-street, the lady of Wm. Johnson, esq. of a daughter-In New court, Crutched Friars, the lady of James Lester, esq. of a daughter-In Hunter-street, the lady of T. H. Peile, esq. of a daughter Married] Lieut -col. Bankes, of the Coldstream-guards, to Louisa, daughter of Henry Boutton, esq. of Givons Grove, Surrey-At St. Pancras, Tobias Browne, esq. of Kentish Town, to Sarah Ann Edgar, of the same place At St. Pancras, Robert Bakewell, esq. of Tavistock-street, Russell-square,_tb Miss Hinckley, daughter of the late Dr. Hinckley, M.D.-At Clerkenwell church, William Brass, esq. of Wood-street, Cheapside, to Mrs. Elizabeth Pentland-At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Right Hon. Lord Frederick Bentinck, to the Right Hon. Lady Mary Lowther-At St. George's, Bloomsbury, J. C. Carpenter, esq. of Furnival's-inn, to the youngest daughter of J. Brettell, esq. of Caroline-street, Bedfordsquare-Edward Farn, esq. Gray's Inn, to Matilda Priscilla, eldest daughter of the late fordshire-At Isleworth, Capt. Albert GoldsMr. John Wakefield, of Market-street, Bedmid, 12th lancers, to Miss Birkett-At Hackney, Mr. Gilbert, to Miss Eliza Rankin-At St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. J. H. Kimpton, of Hertford, to Miss Yate, of HerLouis Lucas, esq. tingfordbury, Herts. Finsbury-square, and late of Jamaica, tu Frances, eldest daughter of Jos. Cohen, esq. of Lombard-street-At Hampstead, M. A. Langton, esq. to Miss Drewe, of Broadhembury, Devon-At Harrow, G. H. Mac Cartney, esq. Royal Scots, to S. H. Cotton, only daughter of the late John Carisbrook, esq. of Tetbury, Gloucestershire-At Maryle bone church, C. Majoribanks, esq. of Up per Wimpole-street, to Mrs. Parker, widow of the late William Parker, esq. of BengalAt Hackney, Mr. William Minithorpe, to Miss Pomeroy-At St. George's, Hanoversquare, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, to Letitia, daughter of Sir Wm. BurroughsAt Pinner church, G. Pocock, esq. of the Middle Temple, to Miss Ashwell At Allhallows Staining, Mr. John Reay, Mark lane, to Miss Jane Eliz. Charles, of Mecklenburgh-square At Mary-le-bone church, George Richards, esq. of King's College, Cambridge, to Miss Aylmer, of Wimpolestreet-At St. James's church, W. Teanby, esq. of Old-street, to Miss M. Fisher, of Berwick-street-Wm. White, esq. of Dorset-sq. Mary-le-bone, to Eleanor, daughter of W C. Clarkson, esq. of Doctors CommonsAt. St. Sepulchre's church, James Witch, esq. to Ann Amelia Drummond Deady. I BO Died] Mrs. Bell, of Frith-street, Soho, after a long and painful illness—In Sohosquare, suddenly, Charles Trelawny Brereton, esq. 65, formerly member for St. Michael's, and lieut.-colonel of the Coldstream regiment of Foot Guards-In Guildfordstreet, Frances, wife of Mr. Wm. Clay In Montpelier-row, Twickenham, Miss Coles Thos. Stratton Coles, esq. of Basinghall-st. in a fit of apoplexy-In Harley-st. Philip Cipriani, esq one of the chief clerks in the Treasury-In Leicester-square, Chas. Elms, esq.-In St. James's-place, James Ferguson, esq. of Pitfour, M. P. for Aberdeenshire-At Hampstead, Lewis Forrester, esq. late of Demerary, 47-At Hendon, Wm. Godwin, esq. 75-At Tottenham, Wm. Goodhall, esq. at church, in a fit of apoplexy-At Fulham Palace, George Gordon Howley, youngest son of the Bishop of London-At her house, Highbury-place, Mrs. Hogg, widow, 66-At Brompton, John Holmes, esq. 72-At Pimlico, Mrs. Henderson, 79-George Jones, esq. of Hans-square, Sloane-street, at Paris-At Hackney, Mrs. Jesser, widow, 83-In Greek-st. Soho, Mrs. Anna G. Keating, relict of W. C. Keating, formerly of Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-st. 97—At St. Pancras, Mrs. Kiddington, widow, 71In Gerrard-st. Soho, the Rev. S. Lyon, many years Hebrew teacher to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and Eton College-Miss Mills, of Parliament-st. only child of John Mills, esq.-Mr. John Addison Newman, late keeper of Newgate-At Islington, Mr. Wm. Pettit, formerly of Hosier-lane, 81-In Berkeley-square, Thomas Palmer, esq.-In Wimpole-st. Mr. John Palmer-At his house in Upper Baker-st. Alexander Ross, esq. of Cromarty, North Britain-In Doughty-st. Mrs. Richardson, 78-In Cadogan-place, G. Staniforth, esq. of Trinity College, Cambridge, 25-At Edmonton, the Rev. W. Shaw, 68-In Osnaburgh-street, Regent's Park, Mrs. Thompson, widow, 75-In St. Paul's Church-yard, Mrs. Vowler-At Teddington, Lieut.-Col. Philip Vaumorel, 30th regiment of foot-In Bernard-street, Brunswick-squ. J. Wright, esq. of Largneau, 22. . DR. BENNET, BISHOP OF CLOYNE. The Right Rev. W. Bennet, D. D. who died in Mountagu-square, on the 16th of July last, was most respectable for his learning, and most exemplary for his uprightness, benevolence, and piety. He was educated at Harrow School, removed to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took the degrees of B. A. 1767, and M. A. 1770. In 1775 he succeeded to the Tutorship of his College, proceeded B. D. 1777, and D. D. 1790, in which year he was appointed Chaplain to the Earl of Westmoreland, whose private tutor he had been, and elevated to the Bishopric of Cork and Ross; and in 1794, translated to the valuable Sec of vso momma adort auf of pa Cloyne, estimated at nearly 6,000l. per annum, He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and d'stinguished by his knowledge of the Roman Roads. In 1791 Bp. Bennet married Frances, daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Mapletoft, of Boughton, Northamptonshire, by Anna Maria, only daughter of Charles 5th Viscount Cullen. His lady survives, but there are no children. હું 1 In Dr. Parr's memorable Sequel to a printed Paper lately circulated in Warwickshire by the Rev. Charles Curtis, 1792," the learned Doctor, enumerating some of his highly-esteemed correspondents, places first "that most amiable man, and most accomplished scholar, Dr. Bennet, the Bishop of Cork;" and in a subsequent pamphlet, in answer to Dr. Combe, 1795, will be found the following just and admirable character of Bishop Bennet-a literary tribute due to a man not only of the first attainments, but of the mildest complexion of manners: "Among the Fellows of Emmanuel College who endeavoured to shake Mr. Homer's resolution, and to preserve for him his academical rank, there was one man, whom I cannot remember without feeling that all my inclination to commend, and all my talents for commendation, are disproportionate to his merit. From habits not only. of close intimacy, but of early and uninterrupted friendship, I can say, that there is scarcely one Greek or Roman author of eminence, in verse or prose, whose writings are not familiar to him. He is equally successful in combating the difficulties of the most, obscure, and catching, at a glance, the beauties of the most elegant. Though I could' mention two or three persons who have, made a greater proficiency than my friend in philosophical learning, yet, after surveying all the intellectual endowments of all my literary acquaintance, I cannot name the man whose taste seems to me more correct and more pure, or whose judgment uponR any composition in Greek, Latin, or English, would carry with it higher authority to my mind. 28 "To those discourses which, when delivered before an academical audience, captivated the young and interested the old, which were argumentative without formality, and brilliant without gaudiness, and in which the happiest selection of topics was united with the most luminous arrangesį ment of matter, it cannot be unsafe for me to pay the tribute of my praise, because every hearer was an admirer, and every admirer will be a witness. As a tutor, he was! unwearied in the instruction, liberal in thel government, and anxious for the welfare, of all who were entrusted to his care. The brilliancy of his conversation, and stheq suavity of his manners, were the more en dearing, because they were united with/ qualities of a higher order; because in mo rals he was correct without moroseness, and F |