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--- The Life and Genius of Lord Byron. By Sir COSMO Gonnos. Bvo. London, 1824. Who Sir Cosmos Gordon may be, we do not presume to inquire, but he evidently writes currente catanto ; for within a few days after the news of Lor d Byron's death reached this country, he gave to the Public a well written Memoir of this distinguished Poet ; which not only notices the principal circumstances of his too brief, though eventful life, but also contains an impartial es tioone of.his talents and character. Some passages in tee Memoir are really eloquent. TIIE PASOPHLETEER. The forty-sixth Number of this useful miscellany has just made its appearance. It contains various Pam phlets, yielding a good deal of information on different topics connected with the State of Foreign Prisons, the Wool Trade, the Settlers in South Africa, the Usury Laws, Political Economy, &c. To certain valetudi narians we would recommend a perusal of an article in dd. Number, on the medicinal uses of White Mus tard Seed. They will find in it some information which may prove highly beneficial in certain cases. ON THE REST 111EANS OF RENDERING CHATITTA.- BLE INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE TO TIDE pooh. To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, ix end near London. (From the Gentleman's Magazine.) It has oceurieJ to me that tire laws and regulationl of the numerous Vublic institutions with which this vast Metropolis abounds, for the telief of the sick and maimed poor, are very defective on the most important point for which these Institutions were originally founded; namely, that except in cases of accident, no person can be admitted a patient to the hospitals or dis pensaties without a letter of recommendation from a Governor or Subscriber. From the great difficulty daily experienced by the , poor in procuring such letters for any particular Insti lotion, and from which the sick individual is desirous of receiving the relief of which he stands in need; it has Oicurred to me that this grand defect in all oat Hospitals and Dispensaries may very easily be reme died without any expense to the poor—a mere trifle, and that may in the first instance, to the parishes, and to the charities themselves no additional expense what ever will be incurred. On the contrary, 1 hope to be able to chew that the plan I am about to submit for your consideration will ensure the means of immediate relief, will tend in some degiee to lessen the pours' rates of the numerous parishes in London, and will even tually increase the funds of these charities by an addi tion to the list of benefactors and subscribers, sup posing such to be necessary. If then these three great objects can in any may be effected, surely much good will have been done, and I do conceive, that individual charity is already exerted to a sufficient extent, if ge neral effect could be given to such efforts, by making the poor better acquainted with their legitimate resources. As surgeon to the most extensive charity of the kind in London—;lie Westminster General Dispensary, I have but to frequent opportunities of learning from the paticats the great difficulty they experience in ob taining teats~ for that and other charit;es, in conse quence of their ignhratice of the names and residences cf the (Jove, trots—that such inquiry is attended with great fatigu:, loss of time, and neglect of the sick, and in some instances the writer has even known death to hare ensued before such reconintendatory letter could be procured : whereas, on the other band, if the dis order have proved infections, early remedies, or re moval to an hospital, might have arrested the progress of such disease, and possibly been the means of re storing a parent to the maintenance of his family, which in the event cf a protracted sickness or of his death, mint of necessity depend upon the parish. The plan I have to submit is shortly this. That in; the vestry-room of every parish church throughout the ltletropolis, or in such tabu place as may be deemed snore proper; a copy of the Governors and Subscribers names to each and every public Institution should be lodged ; that the list:: be street lists, corrected yearly, with the view that the inquirer may fix upon a few names in the immediate vicinity of his own abode; that the Clerk of the pat ash, or some fit and responsible person be required to attend a certain number of hours every day, Sunday excepted, for the purpose of giving to the poor the information desired, and that intima tion of such a regulation and attendance at the Vestry be stuck upon the Church doors for such time as may be deemed necessary, until this arrangement be gene tally known. It may be urged, and with some appearance of truth and justice, on a prima facie view of the case, that the Hospitals and Dispensaries themselves are the fittest places for the poor to apply for the information re quired; but the thorough knowledge I possess of the manner in which these Institutions are constituted, enables me to state most decidedly, that such is not the fact. The superior and inferior officers are, as they ought to be, too much engaged in the duties of their respective offices, for which these charities were ors. ginally founded, to have their attention diverted to other objects or concerns ; and these officers, from the highest to the lowest, become, from attachment, but too sensible of the superiority of their own Institution over that of every other of a similar description, so that if a poor person were to inquire for the names and address of the Governors of any other charity, it is not likely, in such case, that the inquirer would be well and kindly received. But independent of these arguments, there are others against the admissibility of such a mea sure, still more cogent, which prudence, on the present occasion, bids me refrain from adverting to. It has been already stated that the above regulations, if adopted, would much more effectually answer the ends for which these Institutions were originally founded, namely, the insuring prompt medical and chirurgical aid to the poor, and that they would tend very materially to lessen the poors'-rates---as, also, in crease the funds of the dimities themselves. The first is answered by the greater facility this plan offers to the poor in ascertaining the names and residence of the Governors or Subscribers. The second, by procuring Snore early assistance to the father of a family, fur in stance; for in that case the disease with which he may be attacked will be the sooner subdued, and" will also enable him the sooner to provide for that family, which during his illness is, in most cases, of necessity main tained by the parish. Numberless are the instances of this nature which have fallen under my own observa tion; and on this E.g . = I have farther to refer you to the, . 11 . 9 eSt 00, concurrent opinion of the profession, particularly those. members of it who are attached to such charities. Surely, then, if self-interest do not call on loudly against such difficulties and reitiictions for the admis sion of patients to relief from the numerous charities in London, &minority ; and lam confident of the fact, that an appeal like the present need only be men tioned to Englishmen, to insure the establishment of some plan, like the one described, having for its object, as that has, the amelioration of the condition of the poor in sickness. The plan I have ventured to suggest, is that which appears to me the best calculated to remedy the evil, for it is simple, is easy of execution, and will eventually be attended with no expense, and very little trouble. The detail of the plan, and arrangements, I shall leave to the Vestries of the different Pat ishes, with this inti mation, that should any difficulty be started by indivi duals, I shall be most happy to offer to therm the result of my experience and reflection on the subject, either verbally or in writing, as may be most convenient to the parties seeking it. Thirdly and lastly, to increase the funds of the cha rities. We have only to mention the fact, that as matters now stand, many subscribing ;ambers who reside at a distance from the Institution to which they contribute, are yearly withdrawing their names and support from them, because they are not aware of the i extensive benefits they ate conferring, owing to their not being applied to for letters of recommendation,' application being principally confined to such subcrib ing members as reside e,:t to the Institution.— Whereas, if the plan soggested be adopted, these is not any part of London, or of the subrtru., where sub scribers do reside, that twill not he visited by the neigh- . [sowing poor, for the purrche above adverted to, and thus the subscribers will become the rime beibible of the charitable purposes for which they have given away their money. Besides, from local circumstances, the subscriber's will necessarily be batter acquainted with the characters of the applicants, and which latter cir cumstance will likewise afford to them, or to their wives, the opportunity of occasionally court limiting to the domestic comforts of the poor htbuuring under sick• ness and disease. The publicity thus given to charitable Incitutionsl would, by demonstrating their useftilness to the Sub scribers, induce many tu add their donations; and otl;ers to become subsctibers who were before doubt ful of the extensive benefit they thereby tendered society, a.ld, in adJition to which, it would lessen that degradation of spirit which is attributed to receiving parochial relief; tor, it must be apparent to most men, that when the mind has once determined to receive such parochial relief; it is no easy matter to induce such ' individual to return to habits of labour and industry ; but you, Gentlemen, to whom this letter is addrested, are better acquainted with this part of my communi cation than I can have any pretensions to. . . The case of the industrious sick mechanic and la bourer is one that ought to awaken the feelings of all men, and I am quite sure that I have now only to re quest a patient and attentive perusal of this letter, and of the plan suggested, to the Gentlemen to whom it is addressed, to insure its adoption, or the adoption of some other to answer the end in view. A. COPLAND HUTCHISON. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JUNE 7. A man named frocilgar was tried upon an indictnv:mr, charging him with having defrauded a pour man ni a sum of money, under a false pretcnce—namely, the pretence of procuiing a situation for him in the East India House. The prosecutor stated the case, which resembled in most particulars those which have already appealed be fore the public. It differed, however, essentially in one respect. 'The prosecutor swore that the pri-oner had, to his knowledBe, jimmied places id the East India House for several persons; and he believed it. was the intent . oa of the prisoner to do so in this instance. The CiiAIRMAN..---" 'nen you can't say he intended td defraud you?" l'iosecutor.—“ No, I rare say he would get it if he could, and perhaps he'll get it yet." Tue prisoner then said he had procured places for half a dozen people lately, through the influence of a Nobleman and several highly respectable persons, with whom he said he was well acquainted. lie mentioned the names of his friends, and seemed disposed to give a history of the proceedings he had adopted to procure situations, when The CHAIRMAN interrupted him, and told him not to expose his plans, or they might be Adopted by others.— He was immediately acquitted. An aged man, with lucks of snow, was indicted for having attempted to commit a rape upon a little girl not more than !..ix or seven years old. One of the witnesses complained that the child's mother was extremely neg ligent. —Tile prisoner was found Guilty. Nuremberg and Vienna Papers to the 2Gth of May have reached us. The former are almost %%)04 occu pied, in the article from Greece, with unntirv:led re7rets for the irreparable loss of Lord BYRON. I lis death ap pears to have produced the most heartfelt sorrow throughout Greece; his memory is now dwelt on with the most affectionate and devoted attachment. " The Senate of Missolonglii. (this article says) will preserve, as a sacred treasure, Lurd BYRON'S heart, whose last pulsation was for us." One of the boats intended fur Captain FRANKLIN'S land expedition was last week launched from the commu nication-bridge, Chatham, in the presence of Lieut.-Col. PASLEY, the projector, and Dr. RICHA RDSON, the enter prising companion of FRANKLIN. The boat was christened by the eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel FA SLEY, " The Nutshell,"which it resembles. The Ira me-work is made of ash, fastened without nails, over which is an entire case of double canvass, enclosing a lining of dissolved India rubber. Her weight before entering the water was 851 b. She is capable of carrying four persons, and 55015. weight of ballast. Lieut.-Colonel PA St I3Y and three Officers of the Royal Engineers sailed across the Med way, and afterwards to the Dock-yard, where she was taken to pieces, and carried upon the shoulders of two men to the Artillery Barracks. A circumstance almost amounting to a phenomenon occurred on Sunday afternoon in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. A thick fog, having the resemblance of a dense cloud, spread most suddenly over the country, and appeared to travel at a rapid pace. Persons who wert‘on tl..e different roads became alarmed, and men, women, and children, were seen running towards their houses, with evident symptoms of fear in their coun tenances. Coachmen also began to wish themselves safe at their journey's end. GRAND ENTERTAINNIBNT ON BOARD TILE WINDSOR CASTLE 4. Windsor Castle, Tagus, May el. " You will have heard of the arrival of the King and Princesses of Portugal on board the Windsor Castle, their departure, and of every circumstance that occurred during that period. Since Then, our ex cellent Commander received his Majesty's commznds, that he would honour him with his presence to a Ball and Supper, on Wednesday, 19th. Every preparation was made, considering the shortness of the notice, and, I may say, that one of the most splendid entertainments ever given on board ship, was witnessed that evening on the quarter-deck of the Windsor Castle. The deck was magnificently fitted up, forming a tent, by the stand ards and flags of England and Portugal, extending from the foremast to the taffrail, the booms being planked over. A most superb throne of velvet and gold was erected 'at the afterrart of the quarter-deck, over which was suspended the Crown of Portugal in variegated lamps. On the mainmast fronting was a picture of his Most Faithful Majesty, over a transparency of the Royal arms, tastefully decorated by laurel, and the flags of England, Portugal, France, Spaia, Holland, and America. On the foremast was seen tl:e Crown of England, with G. R. IV. in variegated lamps; added to which, two magnificent glass chandeliers were suspended, and, with lamps all round the ship, had unquestionably a most brilliant effect. His Majesty and the Princesses came on board at seven o'clock, under a Royal salute from the Portuguese squadron and French line-oPhattle ship Santi Peti i (which ship was splendidly illuminated in the evening), with tl:ei; yards manned, and were re ceived by Captain Dashwood, his Officers, the whole of the Corps Diplematique, all the respectable English re. sidents in Lisbon, and such of the Nobility as had ar rived. His Majesty was occupied till neatly nine o'clock with the Foreign Ambassadors add Ministers, and Great Officers of State, in the after-cabin, when the Ball was opened by Mairpris Palmella and Marchioness Anjega,, followed by between thirty and forty, couple, in two roses. Quadrilles and waltzes were danced the remain. der of the night. Between four and five hundred people of the first distinction were present, including t h e Ad.' mil al and nearly all the Officers of the Santi-Petti. The whole of the Opera Band.orcupied the poop for the, dancing, and a lull Military Band, stationed at the fore, part of the ship, deiighted the company by playin g . beatriful and select - pieces of music during the evening. In one of the intervals a song, composed liir the occa. Sion, highly complimentary to his Majesty and Prin-' cesses, and justly applauding Sir E. Thornton and the. rest of the Corps Diplematique, for their strenuous ex. crtinns during the late proceedings, was sung bT Sir John Milky Doyle, at the particular request of the King. lees and retsiesliineats if all kinds were in abundance. At one o'clock, the King and Princesses retired to the cabin to supperAtlic company did the same to the ward room and half-deck). Captain Dashwood stood behind • his Majesty's chair, and the Hon. Mrs. Dashwood that of the Princesses, attended by Lieutenants Walker, Sharpe, and Dashwood. Dancing recommenced alter supper, and was kei t up till day-light. At three, his Majesty and the Pt incesses took their leave, after ex ' pressing to Captain and Mrs. Dash wood how gratified they were with the entettaiament, under a Royal salute, with blue lights at eaca yard-arm, and continual cheer ing by the ship's company." ULI GE I.'ll ELLIGENCE. BO W-ST It RET. Notwithstanding the prevalence of cold north-easterly winds ] these last two nights, this o:lice was Crowded to an overflow with night-charges yesterday morning. The following is a fair specimen of their general quality. EMERALD CCT EMERALD.—Robert norms* and &Andisk ('Grad',. Esqrs. a couple of very tine-spirited' young Gentlemen, troth from " the Emerald Gem," were charged with haying a:s.odt-ml and othersvays ill treated one Peter Ilive.•rs—a worthy who drew hii lira butto - milk among the green hill, of F.:in, but has long been natu ralizvti in !klinbridge-strcet, St. Giles's,and is at]preient a guardian of the nliht in the I laymarkvr. An plase yer honour;' said Peter—addressing Sir MOLAR/3 Di::;;:--" an pLiie yer Honour, these here two Gentlemen curntd along I' the Ilayncaket Theatre at two o'clock on Sunday morn ing, hallooing and hooting, and making a great big bother. Don't be making all that noise !' say; I to 'cm, and that there Gentleman (Mr. Bober( I larman) coined up to me momently, and Who the devil are you?' said he. Faith, Sir,' said I,' I'm the watchman in this, for the want of a better.' Are you a watchman or a clock , man ?' say; be. ' A watchman, says Well, then,' says he, how dare you, being a watchman, have the impudence to be after ] talking to a orntienu. r L don't know, Sir,' says I, but may be this isn't the first time.' You seattudrci r says hr, been' dining with Sir Richard Meade, and I shall get him to give you a' ] small taste of the tread-mill for your insolence !' and with that he ] put bi, fist to the face of me, yer Honour; and 'tother Gentleman 1 1 (Mr. S:andish ('Grady) backed him at it, and so I got help and took 'en; both to the watch-house." Is it 110.siile, Sir," said Sir IIiCITARD, addtessing 11r. Harman, •' th a t I should have had the honour of your company to dinner ithout my knowing it? My dinner party was but small—as it Aw 4 ys ja, indeed; and really I have not the pleasure of recollecting you."—" By my soul, Sir, there was not a word said to him about dining," said Mr. Harman, and so said Air. Standish O'Grady, and then they gave their account of the matter, by which it appeared, firstly, that there was no noise or bother at all; secondly, that Mr. I Jarman civilly asked Peter Hirers what o'clock it was? thirdly, that Peter 'liver's, most uncivilly, told him to find it out; fourthly, that Mr. Harman said to him, " You scoundrel, is that a way to I talk to a Gentleman?" fifthly, that Peter Hirers instantly seized him by the collar, and swore he would take him to the watch-house ; sixthly, that Mr. Standish O'Grady said, " If that is the case, I will go to the watcli-house too!" seventhly, that Peter Hirers insolently' replied, " It doesn't matter about your will, for you must !" and thereupon he took them both to the watch-house, though Mr. Stan dish O'Grady had done - nothing worthy of it. Sir RICHARD ordered that Mr. Standish O'Grady should be dis charged forthwith, and that Mr. Ilarman should put in bail for his appearance at the Quarter Sessions. " And observe," said his Wor ship, as the parties were retiring, " I will not allow this matter to be made up; because, as the Gentleman had been dining with me, might be accused of partiality!" HATTON-GARDEN. ..... AN INDePENDENT PINSIONSIL—Yesterday Dennis Molloy, an el derly looking man, was brought up, charged by Fagan, one of the street-keepers on the Foundling estate,with most outrageous conduct on Saturday night, in the neighbourhood of Brunswick-square. It appeared from Fagan's statement, that the prisoner, in a state of intoxication, had collected a mob about him, by triumphantly proclaiming to his auditors his various military achievements; and on some hesitation as to believing the authenticity of his statement being expressed by some of his listeners, he began to enforce the strength of his veracity by rather too powerful arguments, occa sionally exclaiming that he was independent of all mankind. The prisoner, when called on for his defence, addressed the Magistrate to the following effect :—" Plase your Honour, I received my pension that day ; for you know I was in the third Buffs, and, as I always do, I went to the Duke of York public house, to drink l ions life to the Duke of Wellington and the battle of Talavera, for there I neared many bodily wounds, the worst of which was on my bead, and I was carried ckan eff the field on an ould dour t if your Honour knew me when sober, I'm as modest and genteel a man as you'd meet with in a day's march. I was certainly a little coned, but I'm now ready to fight for any one I offended.' The Magistrate did not think this work of supererogation neces sary, and in consequence of the general good character given of the prisoner, he dismissed hint with an admonition not so powerfully to impress on his friends' memory the recollection of past events. After numerous bows and acknowledgments of gratitude to the Magistrate, Dennis retired; and, w i t h a significant shake of the head and wink, observed to a friend who accompanied him," You see, Micky, when an mild soldier has got a civi coupe ill US bead he's swe to be thread like a stuntman." Benjamin Nara is was p =filt Ap a - warpni, charged wih threatening the life anti 'Hay of Mr. Canton, a drunie,, residing in Middle-row, Holborn. Mr. Canton stated, that he took the defendant into his servi ce some short time ago as an assistant, but latterly he has annit•eted himself in such a violent way towards the whole family, paniculai'y Mr. Canton himself, threatening to smash him to pieces, to kna c k his teeth down his thtoat, to break his head, &c that he gave hi e , notice to quit, and on Sunday he repeated all those threats, and in the utmost fury rushed into the shop where Mr. Canton was star t e, ing, with an open razor in his hand, which Mr. Canton dreaded h e would make use of—so that, in fact, he considered his life in d eett Mr. Canton's female servant confirmed his statement, and after s long explanation on the part of Mr. Northin, about salary, part. nerships, character, &c. Mr. Roe ordered him to find bail to k t , p the peace. TOWN-HALL A journey to Greenwich by the stage is such a trial of File Tt , to the pasiengers, and the general insolence of the coachro.n proverbial, that it may be not only useful but satistactor ) to th ose who are necessarily subject to it, to know that a summary punish. ment is provided for these gentry by the stat u te 50 Geo. 111. cap 48; and upon an information under this Act, ittrph [Sasses, the driver of one of the Greenwich stages, appeared before Mr. Ahlee e man J. J. SMITH, to answer the complaint of Mr. Mania Foster, solicitor, residing at No. '24, Lime-street. Mr. Foster, and a friend with bim, had mounted the dickey of the defendant's coach, in Gracechurch-streer, at half-past ten in the morning, and were trotting along at a tolerable pace to the Brick. layers' Arms. Here they came to a full stop, and after rem4inir: some five or six minutes, the passengers all became impatieo::- " Come, coacher," said Mr. Foster, " are you going on "" " y„ s, a few minutes;' was the careless reply. Another five minutes ei,ip-c:, and Mr. Foster repeated his question—" In a few minutei, S r," surlily replied the coachman: " I am allowed ten minutes." " W s i ; ,•• rejoined Mr. Foster, " you have already been above that time, and if you don't go on, I shall get outUnd walk." " You may walk and be d-d, but I shall have my fare to Greenwich." Mr. Foster, how. ever, at that time did not choose. to do either, but with a view to tar e s the coachman to set off, ha made a motion to get down the steps dike dickey, when the defendant seized hold ot' the lappets of his Coat and in somewhat a elm:meting tone said, " Please to had over as eigliteenpcnce first ?'''-•••" 111 you," said Mr. Foster," take me Creenwleii?" a lies," said the " when my cc :eh is full.' On this reply Mr. VGiter acesally g:)t out of the dickey. " Con.!, entre," said the defendant," at any rate you are not suing to dte:t me - out of your ride here."—" Ido trot 111( . 1!1 to cheat you, hat ii you do not proceed, I Alit try to punish you, and floe you 406."-. . 4 Forty shillings," replied Jarvy, " that a a good on e ;" with an oath, " Do you thit:k forty shillings anythiag to men... You make very li:glit of it now," said Mr. Foster, " but you will put another face upon it, if I proceed." " I don't know what tact shall put upon it," replied the defendant, " but your face will never look worse than it does now: no—not when you walk up the steps to the gallows, which you will do some one of these days. This knowing joke produced a 7,reat lauglt among the coachmen and raddees, who had now gathered round, and assailed Mr. Foster with all sorts of insolence; to avoid which, and indeed for his per' a: safety, he again placed himself in the dickey, and the defendant a: • length surlily proceeded on his journey. Mr. Foster's story, so precisely a description of the evtry day's occurrences ou the Greenwich road as hardly to need cootirm at i un , was corroborated in every particular by ld friend 31r.W.Iliamsoa. ' The defendant, indeed, did not co:;tradict its gent ral tenour, thun e -it he denied having used the more offensive observations; and the Magistrate, in order to set en example, convicted him in the lel penalty of 40s. 111 AR LBOROUGILSTREET. Six Gentlemen of rank, fashion, and fun, were brought f. St. James's watch'-house, charged with noise and riot the bight fore in the streets. Their it on , !s, as given at the office, are—Sir lkwry Goodrich", James Milky, Thornus Mitten, --- Fotiv N ibj, derick Jones, and John OTerd. The w.atelintan stated, that the defendants were nt :king all the hideous noises t h ey could poasihly contrive, about two o'clock in the morning, in the Regent's 62, sadnint ; and on his remmistrati: g w:tlt them, Mr. 'Ninon took up a brick-hat, now product d, ar.d threat ened to split his head with it; and the °Urn; ahu'ed hint most grossly : upon which he took th:ort all to the watch-holt:L., or rather, indeed, he took Mr. Mit t.tn, ;el(' the rest havicg ft he charged them art, wain duty hou.A. Tip: only one of the party, he tkat appeared to be drunk, was Mr. Mitton. The defendants said, that they were making nis noise ; they were merely laughing, and perhaps speaking Bather leutily, when th watchman interfered, and Mr. Mittou said that he got hit ref: complete/1 torn off his hack. .Another watc:imals w; examined at to the imbue made in •F.: street, and he declared that at first he thought ft WAS a pa:: of hounds and. a hunt coming up the street. Mr. Roc said, that it WAS highly improper to be dhturbiog Ole peaceable inhabitants by such conduct, and ordered Air. Mitron t 9 pay ss. for being drunk, and the 41:hors Is. each for their discharge DUNDEE, MAN' 27.-Yesterday was the 4 , flittin", term;" a day which exposes the nakPidness of many farniEcs, and tha words of Sterne's mendicant, that " there is misery etieuth everywhere." A singular instance of this occurred at the Witch : know. A woman, the mother of three children, was turned o . at of doors, from inability to pay her rent. On the fort nolo, b e fo:. going, bbe placed one of her children in a neighbour's house and went off with the other two. The deserted innocent amused itself for a considerable time ; and no notice was taken of its mother's absence, till a line was discovered in its little hand, bearing the following words—" Necessity makes me leave you. Goo knows I'm war enough to do it : but though the lose.; have ho;es and the birds of the air have nests, I have not where to Lis/ my head.' It was true: she had been born to a better fate. The last rag she posses.ed was a piece of bed furniture; and this she sold on the previous night for sixpence, to buy, as she said, some food for bet. self and little ones. A subscription for the Greeks has been commenced at Calcutta, and up to the Bth of January, 18,76sicca rurecs had been subscribed. It is said that a Gentleman moving in the higher cir cies, and possessing considerable property, has under. • taken the singular task (for a wager of 500 guineas), to beg his way horn London to Eiinburgh, and return within a month, engaging to save 1001. during his jpur ney : to start in less than a fortnight. An Inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of W. Hewitt, who, in the course of a public house squabble with W. Dove, a coal porter, received a thrust with a tobacco-pipe in the eye, which caused his death.—Verdict—illanslaughter. BIRTHS. On the sth inst. at Cheshunt, the Lady of Thomas Todd Wal ton, Esq. of the Foreign Pest Office, of a son. May 2.1, at Moordrecht, in the South of Holland, Cornelia Radder, wife of Gerret Veryssel, carpenter, was safely delivered of her twenty-fourth child; she is in her 44th year, and has been married 21 years. • Her excellent state of health gives reason to be lieve her fecundity is not at an end. MARRIED. June 1, at DrumpeUier, Lieutenant John Hay, R.N. to M3CIOII, eldest daughter of David Carrick Buchanan, Esq. of Drumpelltet. June 2, at Merthyr Tydvil, Sir D. Jones Km. of Penguin Hall, Glamorganshire,to Mary,daughter of the Rev. R. Edwards, Neath. DIED. Yesterday, at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, the Lady of Captain Cruickshank, aged 19. Lately, John Blackburn, F-1. of Preston Candover, Ilants. Lieutenant Layton, R.N. sun of the Rev. Thomas Layton, 0' Southampton. This gallant young Officer is stated to have fallen. with a Midshipman and four seamen, in a gallant, though unsuc cessful attempt to capture some pirate vessels at the Isle of Pines. Friday, at East Horseley, Surrey, aged 70, the Rev. Jorm Owen. M.A. Rector of East Ilorseley, and of St. Bennet's, Pail's Wharf' London, Archdeacon of Richmond, Yorkshire, and Chaplain.l‘e nerat to his Majesty's forces. Wednesday, at Edinburgh, after a long illness, Thomas biz' third son of Mr. Cornelius Elliot, bookseller there. 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