The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-06 00:00:00

CLARING TIIC CALLING OF ♦NU77I6R.

GZORUE H.

Whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our
Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament. which stands
prorogued to Monday, the 13th flay of March ;Int! we do, for
that end, publish this our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby
dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords spiritual
and temporal, and the knights, citizens and burgesses, and the
commissioners for shires and burghs, of the House of Commons,
are discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said
Monday, the 13th day of March next. And we being desirous
and resolved, as soon as may be. to meet our people, and to have
their advice in Parliament. do hereby make known to all our
loving subjects our royal will and plersure to call a new Parlia-
ment; and do hereby further declare, that, with the advice of
our Privy Council, we have given order that our Chancellor of
that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, and our
Chancellor of Ireland, do respectively, upon notice thereof,
forthwith issue writs in due form, and according to law, for
calling a new Parliament. And we do hereby also, by this our
Royal Proclamation under our Great Seal of our United King-
dom, require writ. forthwith to be issued accordingly by our said
Chancellors respectively, fur causing the Lords spiritual and tem-
poral, and Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament,
to be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, our said
Parliament; which writs are to be returnable on Friday, the
twenty-first day of April next.
Given at our Court at Carlton-house, this twenty.trinth day
of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, in
the first year of our reign.
GOI) SAVE THE KING.

A similar Proclamation was issued for the Scotch Peers to
umt at Holymoil.hoube, Edinburgh, on Tuesday the 11th
slay of Aptil, for the election a to Peers of Seutland, to sit in
the House of Peers in the new Parliament.

At the Court at Carhomhouse, the 22d February, I 840 ;
Present—The King's Moot Excellent Majesty in Council,
His Majesty, in Council, was this day pleased to appoint
Charles Barnett. of Stratton l'ark, Esq. to be Sheriff of the
county of Bedford, in the room of Sir John Burgoyne. of Sut-
ton, Bart.
And his Majesty was also pleased to make the following
amendm nts u, on the roll:
County of Southampton. James Scotts, Esq. made James
Scots, Esq.
Denbigh.--John Lloyd Salisbury, Esq. made John Lloyd
Salusbury. Esq.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Gordon and )..1. Ferber. Linn. Street, inerchsr.ts.
C. and F. Shaw, Wickereley, Yorkshire, stonemasons.
J. and J. I). Owen, l.udlow. Shropshire, shoemakers.
H. and W. Gowan, and G. kl•Nisli, Glacimw.
J. Veasey and T. Pugh, Saltney Mill, Warwickshire, millers.
G. Baird and J. Mackey. Nottingham, provision merchants.
.1. W. and J. IL Gill, and J. and N. Bundle, Tavistock, De-
%• ri,hrre. merchants.
J Cartviligla and J. liecket, Liverpool, ironmongers.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

J. %Vagstaff and B. Taylor, Warrington. rniters.
J., W., J , and R. Tindall, Jun. Scarborough, YorkAITZ.
I). Wagstaff, T. Baylis, S. and .1. H. Wagstaff, Kiddermin-
ster, Worcestershire, carpet manufacturers.
BANKRUPTS.
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W. Vaughan, Compton-Dando, Somersetshire, maltster.
Solicitors, Messrs. Nethersole and Barron. Essex Street, Stracd.
J. 11. Forster end C. Dobson. Norwich, manufacturers. Solt.
Messrs. Tilbury and Langdale, Falcon Street, Faleen Square.
S. Morris, Blyinliill Lawn, Staffordshire, butcher. Sol.
Mr. Hick,. Grays Inn Square.
CEI:TIyIeATEs to he granted, March vt.
F. Henderson, Newton by the See, Northumberland. fah
dealer.—R. Sidney, Newman Street, picture Mal.
cosine, Ashhourne' Ihrbysltire, t dealer.—J. Petle, Tower
Street. City, sack matitCacturer. W. Wood, Walsall, Stni-
forclshire, :;etscastle upon Tyre, merchant.
—E. Langley And %V. flekh, High Street, Ito:ough, ergrr.ve-s.
—C. Mikes and T. Willingtos, Timiworth, IVarwic:sahire,
bankers.—D. Brabant. High HoPxrn. glass dealer.
DIVIDENDS.

March 43, J. F.. Gylesrlihorediteh, oilman.-...;0, W. Parker,
Weft Teignmouth, l'evonshire, innl: eper.—r., T. Browne
and J. Forrester, Savage Gareens, awe merchants.-2s. D.
Stalker and A. Davenport, Lertlenhall Street
.1. Bell, Church Street, Spitalfields. blniLarin manufacturers.-
21, J. J. Welch, Globe Street. Wrpping, rneriner..-43, G.
W. Wye, Neringtnn Butt T. C. Patrick,
AustincSar, insurance hroker.-3, Day, Tor:1, Kent.
seed crusher.—Marc' W. May. Spiral Squsrr, oil : menu.
fEcturer.—^s, J. Chatvion. f;rere. a Helen's, rishorK gat.
Street Within, broker.-1:1, W. and U. Coles, rnd W. rilliams.
Mincing Lane, broker.—;, D. Latham irxi J. Parry. De.
voushi te Square. tnerebants.—ln. W. Pratt, Pirminghem.
druggist.-2t, B. and 3. Gra". Wilsol. t.nd .1. Riehan!son,
Livcrp4ol. muchants•-11, M. end S. Blundell, Holborn
ILikTe whale.,ale drapers.-21, J. 2. and .1. Richards, jun.
Marnu's Lane, merchant,.

TA.31.1?-rmar,
1.011 MEAN'

From Gold ittr? Nortldwvoe a I ',mirk /Varmint.
The Month or Aland' derived its name from
Mare ; and the d eltlattS, who gave it tnat appel
lation, considered all marria,,..s t nfortunate and
infelicitous which were entered into during its
existence.
1. Saint r.—.!; the IbencLt c;:e:cral mortis.
t2riet in slr-at nr:tain and It rand, and he it rill
patron Saint of the V'el,h, who hare
of I, victory gained by duan over rho Sa-,vms on
day.
179 e. The-Emperor I,rapold o' Gerr ,•••iy ,rna pcison d.
8.-1792. An earzliquak,!. in the countiea c.f ..4dfiva, Leice.ter.
Lincoln. Yottitjk,un
1711. Addison nuh4sh . his frnt vuirtnt• ortha ulniirable
work. the Spectator.
1797. The celebrated Horace %V
3.-17t3tt. An earthquake at Tz.uris. in Ver.i , where in.cto
houses were thrown down, and great p4rt of the
inhabitants perished.
ISIS. Buonaparte quitted 1
s-1460. Edward IV. began to reign.
1707. Union Act with Scotland paseed.
3.-1461. Edward IV. elected King; before hi, coronation,
was obliged to take the field, and 1' glit 6- haul.
of Towton, when 2.7,741 and not cn, prisor:r
taken but the Earl of Devotishire•—,•,..'. t 7.
6.—•1715. Amor: Borealis, of dir Northern lights, Cm:.
appeared in the Noah feavaing • evrel
columns or pillars of light, and throwing the pia.
pie into great consternation.
789.—Tescnen, in Weal*, reduced to ashes in• !Ire.
7,_1337. Edward the Ohm* Prince created Duke of c.ornwel
in lull Parliament. He eras the first in England
that bore the title of Duke.
6.-1702. William died, aged at.
Queen Antic began to reign.
1711. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, cot:hired at the
Council Board.
179 C, Sir Wra. Chambers architect, died.
9.-1566. David Rizzi°, an Dalian musician, n-misinord.

10.-115011. A Massacre at Algiers.
11.-14n5. The battle of Monmouth was fought, when the
Welsh were defeareli
1478. Edward i V.caused his brother, the Ilex of Clarence,
who had joined the Earl of Warwick turinst
in 1467, to be drowned in a butt of inahusey wine.
ITt?. Kouli Khan usurped the Persian throne.
1789. Edward IV.th's corpse was discovered undecayed.
and his drv,s nearly perfect, as were the lineaments
of his fuee ; he was buried at Windsor on the 9th
April, .w.;.
1789. At Corfu, a magazine wan d,rstroted by tare, when
Ms. of powder. and ;ion ixanb hhells blew
up. and killed 190 men.
I?. St. Gregmy the. Great, and rtlidknt Sunday.
1808. Borgia Cre.ifir killed himself.
15.-1470. The battle of Stiont'ord wag fought btj'reen the
Itoyaliqs and Relnls, when the latter trete
deteated.
1806. A French squadron taken by Sir 3. B. Warrm.

1609. The government of Swollen assumed by the Doh; ol
Sudcrntania after the law Gustavus Adolphus V.
was dethroned
14.-1757. Admiral [trig shot at Port;mouth, on hoard the
Monarch ship of war, for mi••-hehaviour off
M inorca.

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1805. Frederick Gottlieb Klopsto k, the German poet, died.
Julius Caesar killed by Brutus, CASAUS, and the
other cnspirators.
1792. Manchester Calico Manufactory, valued at 101,' 001
destroyed by fire.
16.--1792. Gustavus 111., King of Sweden. shot at hid levee by
Count A akehstroun.
1800. The Royal Charlotte. of 100 guns, was burnt by
accident near Leghorn ; only 150 persons were
saved.
17. Saint Patrick, the tutelar Saint of Ireland. is com-
memorated ow this day. De was born in the ytna
371, in a village called Ronaven Tabernice, proba-
bly Kilpatrick in scotland, betseen Dutlibriton
and Glasgow. lie died at the age of 125, and was
buried at Down in Ulster.

1722. Chancellor I.ayer hanged Sir treason.
1;24. Whitehall preachers first appointed.
18.-979. Edward the Martyr was stabbed by the instructions
of his mother-in-law as he was drinking at Corr':
Castle, in the Isle of Purbeck, in Dorsetshire. lie
was first buried at Wareham, without any core-
'limy, but removed three years afterwards, in
great pomp, to Sliaksbury.
1766. Stamp Act in America repealed.
19. Passion Siind ay. being the fifth in Lent.
1643. The battle of Ilopton Heath, near Str:flord, was
fought between the Royalists iiiid PArliattientary
forces, when the latter conquered.
20.-1731 Frederick Louis, Peince of Wales, son of George 11.
diet! aged 44.
1511. The Empress of France delivered of a son, who is
styled the King of Runic.

71

B.C. Ale‘xliler t4Z.I at Babylon, aged att.
1140. It.l :nne of the Sun in England, whi,h c-tweioned
total darkness.
1356. Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, burnt at
Oxfml, aged 67.
1803. The battle of Alexandria wan. fought between the
English and the French, in which dsr Ralph
Abercrombie WAY mortally wounded, and the
French complexly defeated.
2.-1644. The battle of iiewark was fought.
1;76. Letters of Marque were issued by the Americans
against Great Britain.
Matunico taken from the French.
7.5.-1"4:6. John liarrison, the inventor of the time-keeper, for
discovering the longitude, fir which he receive.. the
reward offered hy Parliament n "l+, died •-gedill.
1784. Great Sea/ stolen Cram the Lin! ChanwlEir, and
destroyed.
2s. Anniversary of the Blesred Virgin Mary, or I.ady
Day.
1637. Charity Schools instituted to prevent the uctluaion
oldie infant puce to porish seminarica.
IS'itchcratt Act repealed,
1754. Marriage Act took phce.
1';92. The I.a. c of Hamntore.n. hi the county of Cerny,
Ireland, a mile in circuit, suA into the ground.
26. Palm Sunday.
nv:, Sir Jelin Ilanburg'i. the celebrated dramatist. died.
1;75. Buckingham Tower fell down and destroyed the
church.
'27.-17,2. The toll of London 4ridge cereal.
I,,fr. Peace with England, Frsiicr, "rim. and
Holland*
28.-17;A. Stuck-jobbing torbidden n u. omen:.
1791 Ike. John Wesley dirt'., aged s
18110. .1. lex.vidcr, the pre-..avt Emperor of itussiii. began se
reign.
Camain Themes Comm. prejector of the rouodlieg
hospital, died- aged v..
el--1750. London Lying is • lespita/, ii nrownlow
I.ondnn, instituted.
;1. Good Fri..lay.- Thi, day is Illprnprinted to cot. Ts-
muraw the sufferings of .'hrist. 1' was for .eriy
calleed Holy Finlay, or the r rule, in holy V 1 ;
and burins with cro-ser on them, hair been. and
arc usually eaten, ;.litoughout England, at
breakfast.