the same.

Also, that for large and populous places, having a number of unoccupied poor, lands, principally waste lands, as near as possible, shall be provided, for the employment of the same, under suitable superintendence, the buildings and cottages required, being to be erected, and suitable wages paid: the commissioners being also empowered to set out some portions of such waste lands as shall be eligible for small farms, villas, &c.

That, for the providing the necessary funds for these important purposes, exchequer bills should be issued, under arrangements similar, in a measure, to the provisions of the Exchequer Bill Loan Act; the interest of which to be paid half-yearly.

During the prorogation of parliament, and previous to the preparing a bill upon the above premises, judicious opinions, bearing upon the same, will be appreciated, such being addressed as under, (post paid).

The Provisional Committee congratulates the country upon the principles of equity discoverable in many landed proprietors upon the subject of rents, whereby land-owners, and their tenantry,will realize that happy union of interests, so long the glory of our favoured land.

That the number of small farms augments, and that the use of the spade increases, there can be no doubt; which events are calculated for the benefit of all, through the increase of labour produced, and the additional profits which, by such management, are obtained.

For the Provisional Committee,
BENJAMIN WILLS, Hon. Sec.

King's Head, Poultry,

Dec. 1820.

On Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 25 minutes Procession at the opening of Parliament. before two, the Royal Procession moved from Carleton Palace in the following order:

six beautiful bays, containing the GentleThree Royal Carriages, each drawn by men Ushers and Equerries of his Majesty.

Carriage of the Master of the Horse, Duke of Wellington, bearing the Sword drawn by black horses, containing the of State; two other Officers of State accompanied his Grace.

was his Majesty, in the full uniform of a The Royal State Carriage, in which Field Marshal, accompanied by Viscount Lake, the Lord in Waiting. The State Carriage was preceded, followed, and surrounded by a strong body of the civil and military. His Majesty sat more than usually forward in the carriage, so that the anxious crowd had a full view of his person. When the procession first issued from the gates of Carleton House, there was a very general burst of applause, accompanied with a few shouts of "The Queen! the Queen!" and the manner in which his Majesty was received in the remainder of his progress, was nearly the same, if we except near Whitehall, where a number of the disloyal had collected. Their noises, cries of however, were soon drowned by loud Majesty, after remaining about twenty The King for ever!" His minutes in the House of Lords, re-entered his state carriage, and returned to his Palace, in the same order as he came, and was similarly greeted.

Borough of Yarmouth.-Theodore Henry Lavington Broadhead, of Berkeleysquare, esq. vice Theodore Henry Broadhead, esq. deceased.

Borough of St. Albans.-Henry Wright Wilson, esq. vice Tierney Robarts, esq. deceased.

Births.] At Lower Tooting, Surrey, Mrs. Robert Hoggart, of a daughter-In Great Russell-street, Mrs. David Francis Jones, of a daughter-In America-square, the lady of Wm. Pratt, jun. of a sonMrs. J. G. Crickett, of Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, of a son.

Married.] At St. Clement's Danes, J. Smith, esq. to Eliza, eldest daughter of Thomas Edgley, esq. of Essex-street-At St. Mary's, Rotherhithe, Mr. G. Bainbridge, to Susan, only daughter of John Mews, esq.-At St. James's Church, Mr. Hudson, of North-house, Epsom, to Miss Kearsley, of Langley-hall-At St. Mary's, Lambeth, R. Johnston, esq. of Effra-road, Brixton, to Ann Iverson, eldest daughter of Thomas Hayter, esq.-At St. Mary-lebonne Church, Captain the Hon. E. Cust, M. P. Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late L. W. Boode, esq.-At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. Dr. Bond, of Lambeth, to Mary Ann, relict of the late John Olney Beckley, esq.-At Croydon, Mr. E. Sidgwick, to Jane, youngest daughter of John Keen, esq.-At St. Dunstan's in the West, Lieut. J. H. Westcott, H. P. to Miss S. Hewetson-J. W. Hayes, esq.of Wealdstone-house, Harrow Weald, to Miss Halfpenny- At St. George's, Hanover-square, T. Cockayne, esq. to M. A. Edwards, widow of the late George Edwards, esq.-At Chelsea, F. Cartwright, esq. of Lower Grosvenorstreet, to Catherine, second daughter of the late Capt. Thomas Puzey- At St. Luke's, Middlesex, Mr. J. Crook, to Miss Ann Crafts - At Mereworth, the Hon. M. J. Stapleton, to Anne Byam Kerby, only child of the late Hon. Thos. Norbury Kerby-At Chiswick, J. Stevens, esq. to Mrs. Hennett-At Brentwood, Mr. J. Perry, to Mrs. Spitty- At St. Andrew's Undershaft, Robert Tindal, esq. to Miss Robinson-At St. Luke's, Chelsea, the Rev. H. Blunt, A.M. to Julia Anne, daughter of Joseph Nailer, esq.-At Chelsea, R. T. F. Davis, esq. to Frances, only daughter of Joshua Fennell, esq. -At St. George's, Hanover-square, W. F. L. Carnegie, esq. of Spynie and Boysack, county of Angus, to Lady Jane Carnegie, fourth daughter of the Earl of Northesk

On the 28th January, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Edward Holroyd, esq. third son of Mr. Justice Holroyd, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Charles Pugsley, esq. of Ilfracombe, Devon.

Died.] In George-street, Portman-sq. Major-gen. H. Chester, late of the Coldstream guards-At Guildford, Mrs. F. Skurray-At Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, Robert Sherson, esq. M.D. 85-At Park-place, the Rev. F. Thruston - In Wellclose-square, Frances, relict of the late John Robinson, esq. 77-At Bermondsey, Willy Meck, 44-After a lingering illness, Frederick, son of Francis Kelsey, esq. of Hanover-street, WalworthIn Skinner-street, Snow-hill, Dr. John Strachan-James Topping, esq. one of his Majesty's counsel, a bencher of the Inner Temple, and late attorney general of the county palatine of Lancaster, and of the county palatine of Durham-At his house in Brompton Grove, at an advanced age, Sir John Macpherson, bart. for many years a member of the Supreme Council at Bengal, and afterwards governor general of India-At his apartments, New-cut, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, Robert Brooke Kirkman, esq. 45, second son of the late Alderman Kirkman-At Guildford, Miss C. Macaulay-Miss Anne Ogbourn-At Godalming, Wm. Smyth, esq. 83-In Upper Berkeley-street, Doctor Arthur Saunderson,88,senior fellow of the College of Physicians-At Pimlico, the Rev. David Love, 85-At Stockwell, C. Cornelius Dymoke, esq. 49, cousin to the Hon. and Rev. the champion of England

At North-end, Fulham, Isabella, daughter of Dr. Crotch, 20-At Sandersted House, the seat of her son, S. R. Lushington, esq. Mrs. Lushington, sen.-At Prospect-place, Paddington, John Davison, esq. 81-At Twickenham, Mr. Howard, 80 At Epsom, Charles Parish - At Queen-square, Westminster, Jos. Hopkins, M.D.-At Brixton Hill, W. Pugh, esq.— After child-birth, Mrs. Gilbert, Highstr. Borough, 32-John Hassell Durand, esq. of Sutton, Surrey-In Charlotte-str. Portland-place, the Rev. E. H. Johnson— At Acton, Mrs. Margaret Gainsborough, daughter of Thos. Gainsborough, esq. R.A.

Charles Bacon, esq. of Moor Park, Surrey-At Hampstead, I. Lewis, esq. 73—Åt Chelsea, Mr. J. Scott-At Chigwell-10w, John Wedderburn, esq, 77-In Holborn, the Rev. R. B. Cotton, 51-In Bedfordrow, Miss W. R. Leathes-Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Meacock, esq. of Canonbury-square, Islington, 47.

MRS. JOHN HUNTER.

When those whose genius or talents have contributed, in any degree, to the instruction or enjoyment of mankind, have finished their earthly career, and can no longer add to the obligations we owe them, there is a melancholy pleasure in looking, back upon what they have done, and paying some tribute of gratitude to their memory. No one who has ever delighted in musical numbers, expressive of refined and tender sentiments, and is acquainted with the writings of the late Mrs. John Hunter, will question her claim to such a token of respect. The verses, " On November 1784;" the beautiful address to Fancy, under the title of "La Douce Chimère," with several of her miscellaneous poems, shew that she possessed the feeling and imagination of genius: but, as her songs are the portion of her works which are best known, and mark more particularly her style of writing, the following observations shall be confined to them. In appreciating her merits as a lyric poet, we ought to recollect how few songs, before her time, were to be found in the English language, that were worthy of being sung by the cultivated and refined, or were truly expressive of the pathetic melodies to which they were joined. The cruelty of Delia, receiving a rosebud or presenting a nosegay to the fair Idol, complimentary gallantry or the silly courtship of imaginary shepherds, were the usual subjects of our politer popular songs; though a few of superior excellence might indeed be discovered, like rare jewels, closed up in the volumes of our classical poets. Mrs. Hunter had the good taste, the good sense and feeling, to strike into a better path, and to take deep and tender feeling, as arising from some implied situation of passion or distress, for the subject of her verses. The superiority of this refinement was immediately felt; and the first of her songs that were known to the public-" The Son of Alknomook," "Queen Mary's Lament," &c. became exceedingly popular. They had also one great advantage to the singer and the listener, that, as the love of music had first induced the author to write in verse, no word was admitted into her measure, which conveyed any harshness to a musical ear, or was in the least degree at variance with the air.

This good path she pursued; but contemporaries soon arose, whose lyrical works more than shared with her the public favour; and her volume of songs and poems, published many years after they were written, was less attractive than it would have been at an earlier VOL. III. NO. II.

period. It is not, however, we are confident, rating her genius too high to say, that at this present time, when the songs of Burns, Scott, Moore, and Byron, enrich the different collections of our national airs, the pathos, harmony, and elegance of many of her compositions have not been surpassed.

Though fond of reading and music, and capable of amusing herself in the closest retirement, she had great relish for society; and at one period of her life mixed very often in a circle of agreeable and cultivated friends, who met together regularly, many of whom are well known in the literary world. By those friends she was respected and admired; and into whatever assembly she entered, the delicacy of her face, with the commanding grace of her person, gave her a peculiar air of distinction, and seldom failed to attract attention. But she never ascribed to her own merit the notice she received in society; feeling herself the wife of a celebrated man, she was fond of imputing the attention she received, to the influence of his character; doing injustice to herself, from a generous pride of owing every thing to him and she never appeared so much gratified by attention and kindness, as when she supposed it was shewn to her

for his sake.

The latter years of her life were mostly spent in retirement, though no infirmity of age, a slight deafness excepted, prevented her from enjoying society. The resources of her books and her pen never failed her; many of her songs, and other poems, written at an advanced age, are very beautiful, and some of them are of a more cheerful character than the productions of her younger days. She also wrote many letters to her friends; and her flow of ideas, and facility of diction, made it an amusing and pleasant occupation.

She was an affectionate relation; and, where she was attached and had opportunity, she was a warm, useful, and steady friend. To her contemporary writers, particularly the poets of these days, she was a charitable critic, and a warm and generous admirer. The pleasure she received from them was repaid with no grudging or niggard thanks. To critical severity, as applying to her own works, she was mild, considerate, and forgiving.-This distinguished woman departed this life on the 7th of January, 1821, after a lingering illness, which she bore with great patience, in the 79th year of her age.

Horace Walpole (Lord Orford), Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Vesey, &c.

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