Star. — London, England, 1830-05-17 00:00:00

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We will merely instance the case of the late Lord Chief Justice Elleuborough, and his family appointments to show how far the present system of " Domestic patronage" conduces to impede or further the due administration of justice; leaving the public to dot-ode with ‘‘ hat sincerity, such a Lord Chief Justice ith his family surfeited with sinecure places) could ha‘ e reasonably been expected to give his honest aid, and rht Erful co-operation in suggesting or carrying into effect t:eneficical improvements in the administration of the laws ; seeing that such improvements, for the benefit of the community, must have deprived his own family of a splendid revenue, amounting to many thousands per annum ! We subjoin the following list of appointments—very snug births indeed !—in the Court of King's Bench, held at the period ve are alluding to by the family of Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough : The King's Coroner and Attorney—Edward Henry Lushington nephew to Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough I Chief Clerk on the Pleas side—The Honourable Edward Law (now Lord Elienborough) son of Lord Chief Justice Ellen borough ! ! Castodes Brevium—The Hon. Henry Law, another son of Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough ! !! Clerk of Nisi Prius--The Hon. C. E. Lsw, another son of Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough 1 ! 1 ! lianhall and Associate to the Chief Justice—The lion. Edward Law (now Lord Ellenborough) son of Lord Chief Justice Ellen. borough Clerk of Nisi Prins in London and Middlesex—The Hon. Charles Law, another son of Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough ! ! ! ! ! ! From this polluted source of undue influence has mainly arisen, not only most of the impolitic laws inflicted upon the community, but it has also been the prolific pa rent of innumerable abuses, and the progenitor and con stant protector of all the sinecures and useless places with which our Law Courts are still, and in future likely to swarm. To sinecures and useless places we are again mainly indebted for ruinous expences, vexatious delays, and dishonest uncertainties, which are so truly and pro verbially attendant on all litigation in what are termed " our superior Courts;" where " Laws," we are sorry to say, in many instances, according to the old adage, " catch flies, but let hornets go free."—News. THE BISHOP of LONDON, and the SABBATH. A Letter on the present neglect of the Lord's Day, addressed to the Inhabitants of London and Westminster, by C. J. Blom. field, D.!). Bishop of London. The most marked and the most inconsistent feature of' the Bishop's lettcr, is a charge against the Press, of " pandering !" to the irreligious portion of the poor, by constantly naming► the Sabbath-breaking customs of the rich, as an example !' This is " too bad," as Lord Liverpool said. Must we then pander to the vices of the rich by conniving at them ; and further connive at the inconsistency and subserviency of the higher orders of the Clergy, who enforce the Law against the poor; and leave the rich to do as they please ; enjoining that their sins be not even named ! And this would be virtue, and religion, and justice, in the Press !! ! Really his Lord ship must excuse us, but we have never yet met with any public writer who ventured so far into the slough of ab surdity. We throw back the term pander on the source from whence it came, though it shoUld happen to light in the very Vatican of Protestantism; and if his Lord ship, by perusing his Dictionary, should discover that it Las been somewhat misapplied as to the Press—he may possibly learn that it has an application nearer home, amid the self-righteous in palaces : hard names, as well as curses, resemble chickens, which " come home to roost." The Bishop, with some strange confusion in his clas sics, calls the predilections of the ignorant, and low, vulgar classes of this country, to know something about their betters, an " Athenian curiosity ;" and he says by means of that " Panderer"—The Press— " It is impossible that any transactions of those who occupy the 'vantage ground of life should be concealed from those beneath them. Their habits of living, their domestic arrangements, their conversation, the petty de tails of their private life, find their way, generally indeed distorted and misrepresented, into the newspapers: and while many of their pious and charitable deeds pass un noticed, no violation of decency or propriety can escape publicity. Every Sunday Dinner Party, or Concert, is made known, on the following day, to every corner of the metropolis, and scandalizes or encourages thousands." What a strange perversion of facts is here ! The public and the newspapers command only a view of the exterior circumstances of High Life; or such as the parties are desirous of seeing recorded—except only the few vices and offences, the knowledge of which accidentally transpires by accident, or through the Courts.— Every thing else is dressed up to the public eye : and can only be recorded from prima facie views. If the truth must be known, the Bon Ton is seen only in a false splendour ; and is commonly eulogized for virtues not its own. Sunday Dinners ; Sabbath Concerts ; Lord's Day Converzaziones ; Religious Routes, and Godly (as, &c. are all, more or less, Morning Post adver tisements the day before ; they are communications doming from the parties themselves, through whom only they can be known. All the dark shades of the picture are out of sight ; vice, profligacy, intrigue, gambling, corrupt influence, drunkenness, blasphemous conversa tion, and all the indecencies of stimulated and uncon trouled passions, are affairs behind the curtain ; and are no more accessible to the agents of the Press, than is the worming and wriggling subserviency of the Clergy, at the foot of political power, in their ascent up the ladder of patronage. The openness of the Press is all on the side of the charity and benevolence of wealth and rank ; for these generally are " not done in a corner ;" and if they were, the canning and clubbing philanthropists (lovers-of-mans' praise) of our times would take care to fully avail themselves of the Liberty of the Press, in bringing such matters before the public eye. When the higher classes seek to enforce the observ ance of the Sabbath, generally, and impartially, we will give them all the aid in our power, con amore : but when they leave wickedness and blasphemy in high places, to wallow tincontrouled in the indulgence of the Bonzes and the passions ; and carry the crusade of over righteousness into the haunts of the poor, where people must do as they can, we will never cease to expose the hollowness and hypocrisy of such a paltry puritanism. Tradespeople are called upon to pay their workpeople on a Friday, because the poor man should not be driven on the chance of being too late for his Saturday marketing.; and thus thrown on the unpardonable sin of buying " his greens on a Sunday morning." The tradesman must pay his workpeople when it is most convenient to himself : in the same way as the rich pay their tradesman. How many thousands of the middle classes in London, as they would be called, have to receive for their goods, before they can pay the manufacturer ! The payments of trade are not like the dividends in stock : or even on a par with tythes, or rent charges, &c. where a distress can come in, and at one " fell swoop" clear debt and costs of process, at the mere will of the creditor. To the creditor in trade, there is indeed the process of the Courts : with the chance lof suing where the debtor is on the look-out for a white washing : or—the beatific and blessed certainty of losing the whole or greater part of his debt in extra costs, where, in the glorious uncertainty,' he may be lucky enough to win. All the common and ruinous evils of law, do not touch the higher orders, in their ordinary intercourse with society : and it would be only decent for them to decline any interference with the modes of payment which peo ple in trade usually adopt, and which are commonly less the result of choice than of necessity. If it be true that sixty thousand people in London rise every Sunday morning, without any very intelligible no tion how they shall contrive to get a dinner, it would be rather hard to say that they shall not dine at all, unless provided for on the Saturday. Now this providence on the Saturday is the precise thing which they want : and when the " ways and means" fail on the seventh day, the matter is, of necessity, adjourned to Sunday morning. Unless some shops are kept open, and some available channels for procuring food are left—of how many wretches might it be said, "And Sunday came, no Sabbath day to them !" Even our pious Bishop himself would find his devotion somewhat impaired by the want of a good dinner ; espe cially in an absence of the overture of a breakfast. In a city containing a million and a quarter of human beings, it is almost miraculous bow they are provided for at all. There are more that require compassion and charity than spiritual counsel: churches and chapels are provided in abundance, and there is no lack of persons who can give good advice, which is not the " one thing (most) need ful " on a theatre of crowded population, with limited means of subsistence. The partial continuance of the modes of business, on a Sunday, is not, in a religious sense, a neglect of the " Lord's Day," but rather an attention to personal wants that cannot be wholly dis pensed with. With such a deduction from the Bishop's living as would leave him richer than a christian pastor was ever designed to be,—how vast a portion of this said " neglect of the Lord's Day" might be removed ! That in the crowded haunts of promiscuous society there must be much of want, vice, profligacy, and irreligion, is as undeniable as it is irremediable, in a general way of speaking : but the ministrant causes thereto, and the force of all inducing example, are deeply laid in the ill-got ten gains and corrupt conduct of the higher classes.— More than half of the misery and want of the metropolis, may be found in persons, broken down in life ; and who in other days have furnished to the revenue of well-fed tyrants, high in office, and other myrmidons of power, as much of their substance as were now a respectable competence for life. Vice, as abstracted from want and poverty, would form a meagre portion of Sabbath breakers; for such all persons are denominated, who are not well-fed and sufficiently clad, to attend places of public worship. It is even an offence in the nostrils of extreme piety for the poor to go out in the open air: or walk in the fields; or bask in the sun-shine. The order and decorum of silence ; and the absence of unpleasant objects, are deemed to be necessary to the tranquillity and zest of the great man's devotions : he must not be annoyed with unsightly views, or discordant sounds : 44 And when I pray, let no dog bark ! And are thirty thousand pounds a year essential and ne cessary to sustain the Christian humility of a true Pastor of the faith? Or, are not the wily means necessary amid competition to acquire this monstrous wealth by a dancing attendance on the pride of greatness, and its vain glory and ungodliness, rather calculated to under mine the Christian character ; and disclose in its stead, the mere pretender to sanctity, and its forms ? Such pre tenders we shall find in the persecutors of the poor sin ners against the exteriors of righteousness, whose po verty might plead some excuse for the mere want of pa rade and ceremony in their public attendance on given forms of worship.—Sunday Paper. DREADFUL FIRE IN LOWER SHAD WELL. About ten o'clock last night a fire of a tremendous na ture broke out in the large premises of Messrs. Floyd and Denby, large coal-merchants, at Bell Wharf, Lower Shadwell, which in a little time communicated to the back premises of Messrs. Flynn and Co. the anchor smiths, next door, and such was the fury with which the fire burnt, that in half an hour afterwards the flames were distinctly seen at Temple Bar. The large stabling of Messrs. Floyd and Co. including a large quantity of hay, straw, and corn, and some of their waggons, as well as a large dwelling-house, with all the valuable furniture, are completely destroyed. The stabling and back premises of Messrs. Flynn and Co. also containing a large quantity of hay and straw, are de stroyed, but the dwelling house and the whole of the fur niture are not consumed, though greatly damaged. The horses of the two firms were fortunately saved. The dwelling-house and premises of Mr. Geddes, the ship chandler, have, particularly the warehouse, received much damage. From the density of the houses and property in this neighbourhood, the destruction of valuable premises must, from the fury of the fire, have been very great, but for the prompt attendance of the Norwich Union, Sun, Phoenix, and other engines belonging to the diffe r ent Fire-oices, with the firemen, who exerted themselves in a praiseworthy manner. The supply of water was very good, and the Sun As surance Office floating engine poured large quantities of water from the river upon the burning flames and adjoin ing houses. We learn that the property of Messrs. Floyd and Denby was insured in the Phoenix and Protector, and that of Messrs. Flynn and Co. in the Globe Assurance Offices. It is, under such circumstances, consolatory to add, that no yes were lost, nor any serious accident oc curred on the occasion. The fire was got under by two o'clock. THE Two P.'s.—Prince Polignac and Potier, the actor, are pleasantly whispered to be sons of one f ather. We hinted at the origin of the former some time ago, but did not know that scandal made the player also the son of a King. The sister of a celebrated vocalist, who lately was en gaged in a theatrical fracas at a royal theatre, is now a neighbour of an ex-lessee, who sojourns at present under the management of Marshal Jones. This amiable nymph has contracted debts to the amount of 2,5001. and her cruel creditors oblige her to reside on the Surry side for six weeks. Her hardships during term time are really affecting ; she pays four shillings per day for a rule, and rides over London to while away the tedious hours until eight o'olock, when she returns to her apart ments, and sits down to pick a bit of dimmer, composed of the delicacies of the season. It is to be hope& that her nerves wiU be sufficiently strong to endure the fa tigues of a Court-day in Portugal-strait. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, Her 15. THE WILL OF TILE LATE YRS. PHILLIPS OF FINCHLET. KERR V. PHILLIPS AND OTHERS. This was a question as to the testamentary intentions of Mrs. Charlotte Phillips, the unfortunate lady whose sudden death at Finchley, excited so much public atten tion a short time since. Dr. LUSHINGTON supported an allegation, praying the Court to admit two unfinished papers to probate, as they contained the intention of the deceased with respect to her property. The deceased under her mother's will, became entitled to a sum of .5,0001. and she had executed a regular will on the 31st of July, 1829, disposing of this sum in a particular manner. Five days afterwards she drew up another paper of instructions, containing a dif ferent disposition of her property, which she placed in the hands of a Mrs.Visset, requesting they might be given to Mr. Scott, her attorney, to be put into a legal form.— Before this was accomplished, Mrs. Phillips died, and the admission of these papers to probate was opposed by her next relative, Mr. Atkinson, who would have been entitled to the property had she died intestate. The KING'S ADVOCATE appeared on behalf of Mr. Atkinson. Dr. ADDA M appeared for the husband of Mrs. H. Phillips, and denied that the will of July, 1829, was pro cured by undue influence of the husband. He could show that at the time there was a reciprocal will, and gave the survivor the other's property. The J rno E directed the allegations to be admitted. BOARD OF EXCISE, MAY 15. CON VICTIONS OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS FOR HAVING DEER-COLOURING. John Symonds was charged with having beer-colouring in his possession, and for adulterating his beer ; the in formation contained several counts varying the manner of the charges, each count imposing a penalty of 2001. The COURT, after hearing the defendant, mitigated the penalty of 2001. to 101. hoping that would be a warning. Thomas Trevillion and Ellen Sarah Ford, joint pro prietors of the Rum Puncheon, in Old-street, St. Luke's, were charged with a similar offence. They were con victed in the mitigated penalty of 51. Richard Connell, a licensed victualler, in Fleet-street, Bethnal-green, was fined 51. for a like offence. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 16. EX-PARTE LONOMAN, RE 'HIRST, ROBINSON, AND CO. B•NKRUPTS. The Lord Chancellor stated, that in this matter, which stood for judgment, Longman and Co. had proved, a debt against the estate of John Hurst and Ogle Ro binson, to the amount of 19,0001. and that the ap: plication to the Court was, that the proof of this debt might be ordered to be transferred to the estate of Thomast Hurst, John Hurst, and Ogle Robinson. It appeared that Thomas Hurst was a partner in the house of Longman and Co. tho partners of which house dissolved partnership on the Ist of December, 1825. All their accounts were settled at that time, and 37,0001. was' paid over to Thomas Hurst, as his share of interest in the concern. At this period consequently there was an end to Thomas Hurst's connection with that con cern. Thomas Hurst afterwards became a partner (on the lat of January, 1826), in the house of John Hurst and Ogle Robinson. It was not known immediately that he was a partner in that house. In about a fort night after he became a partner in that house the firm suspended its payments. It was expected that they would be able to resume their payments, but they were not, and they ultimately became bankrupts. Before the dissolution of the partnership of Longman and Co. Tho mas Hurst made use of the partnership name without the knowledge of his partners, to a very considerable extent, in making promissory notes, and also in ac cepting bills of exchange. This was not discovered till after he had retired from the partnership, the ac counts bad been settled, and he had received his share of interest in the concern. Those bills never entered into the settlement of the accounts between him and his partners. Longman and Co. were afterwards under the necessity of discharging those liabilities. Under such circumstances there could be no doubt that as between Thomas Hurst and the other partners of the house of Longman and Co. there was a claim to the extent of those bills, and the payments against Thomas Hurst. The question was, as to the manner in which the produce of those bills had been applied ? A part of it, according to the evidence to be collected from the affidavits (which, however, did not satisfactorily clear up the whole transac tion) appeared to have been applied for the accommoda tion of Thomas Hurst himself ; another part was undoubt edly applied for the accommodation of John Hurst and Ogle Robinson. But after carefully looking through the affidavits, the Court could not find that there was any evi dence to lead it to the conclusion that any of the produce had been applied for the joint purposes of Thomas Hurst, John Hurst, and Ogle Robinson, which would have ren dered them jointly liable. Thomas Hurst was liable to the full extent; John Hurst and Ogle Robinson might be liable to some extent, but to what extent would be ex tremely difficult to ascertain. Thus the transaction stood, independently of four counter promissory notes, each to a considerable amount. There was much intricacy about the counter promissory notes as far as regarded John Hurst, Thomas Hurst, and Ogle Robinson ; but it did not appear that the transaction respecting them in any way varied the liability upon the former transactions. According to the present state of the evidence, the Court could not feel justified in ordering the transfer of the proof; but as it was highly probable a very different appearance might be given to the trans actions, if Thomas Hurst were fully examined before the Commissioners, his Lordship declined finally disposing of the matter until Thomas Hurst shall have undergone a thorough examination before the Commissioners. 1170ATUNATE LAWYERS.--The last week has been rather unfortunate for Solicitor-Generals. Sir E. B. Sug den has been ordered to pay two pounds odd, on account of his chimney being on fire, though he knew nothing about it ; and Mr. Doherty has been diddled out of a gui nea by the notorious Adey, of Houndsditch. HYDROPHODIA.--On Thursday a youth about 17 years of age, named William Charles, was brought in a coach to St. Thomas's Hospital, labouring under the dreadful disease, hydrophobia. On inquiring respecting the origin of the disease, it was ascertained that about five months back he bad a situation in a house of busi ness, and while he was taking tea, the cat stole his bread and butter, and he attempted to chastise her, when she Sew at him and slightly bit him. He caught hold of her and carried her to the door, and threw her to a mastiff dog that was under a truck, and the animal in stantly tore her to pieces. It is supposed the cat must halve been in a rabid state at the time she bit him, and that the virus has remained inactive for the great length of time that has intervened. The unfortunate sufferer is labouring under the most distressing symptoms of the frightful malady, raving and shrieking, and foaming at the mouth. It was found necessary to resort to the strait-waistcoat to restrain him, and his speedy death is deemed inevitable. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A stmt-walker, or, as she described herself, " an unfurtutt, • girl," was brought forward in custody, before Mr. HALLS, char ;eni by Shea, a police constable, with having committed sundry act, of disorder that morning in a certain purlieu of the Strand, a sulk 0: iniquity sailed Off-alley.—The defendant, when called on fur he, defence, made a sweeping accusation, not only against the el.„ plainant, but also against several of his colleagues, to *hum imputed practices of the very worst description. They w ei ., assured the magistrate, constant guests at the brothels in the neigh. bourhood, and acted as " fancy m en " to f ema l es i n b et osn ut,. fortunate situation.—The complainant positively denied the char{ its Solo. Inquiry was made by order of the ma g i strate , an d the v. suit was proof of the falsehood of the defendant. Mr. HALL, ordered her to be imprisoned in the House of Cut rection for one month. The Instant the defendant heard her ben tence she rushed towns& the complainant, and would have lacert-d his face with her nails had she not been prevented. The pole. then secured her, and the magistrate doubled the term of her prisonment. _ _ MARLBOROUGH.STREET. CURIOUS APPLICATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF ♦ Wirt —An elderly respectable-looking man, having a bundle of lettets in his hand, presented himself at the Magistrates table, and re quested Mr. DYER'S advice under the following circumstances . The applicant stated that he felt himself called on to apply to a magistrate for his assistance to enable him to recover his wife, at,, had eloped from his protection. He had been married but a short time to his wife, to whom he behaved with the utmost kindness and attention. A few weeks since she complained of:being in an ill state of health, and observed that she thought a change of air would be of the utmost benefit to her. Anxious to meet her wishes, he agreed that she should spend a few weeks with her family. His wife accordingly left his residence, taking with her a quantity of property. Shortly after, having occasion to look over his property, he discovered that a great number to articles, for which she had no use, were also gone. This led him to suspect that his wife had deceived him, and he wrote to the country to inquire about her health. By return of post tic was informed that his wife had never arrived. He then proceeded to make inquiries, and, after considerable trouble, he discovaLd that she was living under the protection of a gentleman in the neigh. bourhood of St. John's Wood. He proceeded to the house, and found that it was an empty one ; but, upon watching, be found there were two gentlemen in it ; on which he went and made a den.and for his wife. They denied all knowledge of her, although he has since found that she was living there. Mr.DrEn.—What do you want me to do for you ?—Applicant. To enable me to recover my wife from the person who is Leping her. Mr. Dyzit.—l am not able to :Asia you in getting your wife back. Applicant.—lt was upon this day fortnight that I made the application for her, and I was then told that she was gone into th country, but that is false, as she was seen in Fleet-street last Thur, day with a gentleman. Mr. DYER.—Do you think the person detains her against her will ? Applicant.—l don't think he does, from this letter. (The applicant lute handed a letter to the magistrate.) Mr. DYER, after reading it, said—From this letter she appears to have absconded from your protection of her own accord ; and it you wish to have her back, your attorney must apply for a Habra Corpus. Applicant—Cannot I get her back by any other proceeding ? Mr. Dyui—You have no other remedy. The applicant said, he certainly should use every exertion to re. cover his wife, as he was afraid that she was at present in very ba! company ; and he very sensibly seemed to think that no good wettLi follow. WORSHIP-STREET. Saturday, three respectable-looking persons, named S. Pul/tn. 1 Sharpe, and William Taylor, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Baounimow ' charged with uttering a forged check, purportin g be drawn ,by Edward Smith upon Sir Richard Car Glynn and C. the bankers, for the sum of 421. 10s. The prisoner Pullen wa, stated to be the son of a highly respectable man in the city . London. The case having been gone into, the magistrate observ, that the proof of the forgery was complete ; bat Mr. Gates, the so. lleitor to the Bankers' Association, not being present, he remanded the prisoners for a week. QUEEN...SQUA RE. Saturday, Thomas Gardner, an out pensioner of Chelsea 110!. pital, who was remanded until this day, was placed at the ba: charged with the murder of his wife, Ann teardner, by cruelly beat. Ing her about the throat.—Dr. Hewitt, from St. George's Hospital, who attended the post *torte's 'examination of the unfonunste woman, was in attendance to give evidence. Mr. WHITE said he had been informed that the Coroner's Jury had returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the prisoner, and it would be unnecessary to hear any more evidence. Dr. Hewitt said he attended in consequence of his having bee:. unable to attend before the jury on Friday. The verdict, however, was quite consistent with the evidence he had to give. Mr. Wilms said that he should have sufficient notice to ;menu the trial. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trig On Wednesday last, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and one in the afternoon, the house of Major Siasmore, Lansdown place, Old Kent-road, was cnttrtil by a thief and plundered of a plate basket, which con tained property to the amount of 2001. THE CLERK OF THE PEACE AND HIS DEPUTY. — Mr. Allen has published a letter, in which he states tL net emolument of the Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex. in the year ending March 25, 1827, was 2,0881. of whici, sum be gave his deputy, by arrangement between them. two-fifths. The clerk, therefore, pocketed 1,2531. deety 8351. EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY; OR, THE FOATCWATt. Jzw.—On Friday afternoon, a Jew boy went to the mansion of Prince Esterhasy, Chandoustreet, Cavendish.square, and offered some earthenware to one of the servants for sale, and eventually the domestic bartered with the Jew some old shoes in exchange for two earthen cups of small value, and the boy went away. A few days before another of the domestics had sold out stock to the amount of 4901. which he received from his broker in four notes of 1001. each, one of 501. one 201. and two of 101. On his return home, he, for security, foolishly trammed them into the toe of one of the old shoes, and placed it in a particular situation amongst the test, and of course his fellow servant was ignorant of this fact, and in looking up the old shoes foe the Jew, the one containing the treasure was amongst them. Upon .the circumstance coming to the knowledge of the unfortunate owner, he became almost distracted. A reward of 501. is offered for the recovery of the property. The Dotes are stopped at the Bank. HEBDOMA DA RY. Tars Dar.—The Radcliffe Library at Oxford founded 1737. To-moititow.—Bossaparte declared Emperor of the French, 1804. WZDNDSDAY ....Anne Boleyn beheaded, 1536. St. Dunstan. He was an Archbishop of Canterbury, who was canonised for extent!. ing the papal power in an arbitrary manner. He died of grief in 988, upon losing his influence at Court. Mars rises 21 mil. past 1 morning. TIWKIIDAY—HoIy Thursday. Holiday at the Bank. Ascension Day. A festival in memory of our Saviour's ascending to Heave' from the Mount of Olives. The Moon in perigee at one afternoon. FarDay.—The Sun enters Gemini, the last of the Spring signs. Mercury at his greatest elongation. SaruanaT—Alemnder Pope burn ' 1688. Princess of Homburg born, 1770. On this day Samuel the Prophet died, according to the Jewish Calendar. New Moon 13 min. past 7 morn. StrwtsaY.—Sun rises 4 min. past 4—sets 3 min. before 8. BIRTHS. Mrs. Robert Roberta, of St. John -street, of a son—On Friday. the lady of A. G. GiMat, Esq. of Portswood.lodge, Southampton. of a son—Mrs. Cole, of Highbuty.terrace, Islington, of a daughter —ln Bedfonl.square, the lady of A. Atherton Park, Erg. of a daughter. 3IARRIED. At Streatham, H. S. Floud, Esq. eldest son of H. Floud, Esq. of Upper Tooting, to Caroline Ann, only daughter of W. Cathay. Esq. of Balluun-hill, Sunvy—Snturday, at St. John's. Hamp stead, A. C. Vernet, Esq. of Genera, to Mary Anne, eldest daugh ter of J. F. Menet, Esq. of Hampstead—At St. Margaret's, bel t:ester. Mr. J. Houghton, merchant, of Oporto, to Mary Walker, second daughter of T. Wood, Esq. of the former place. DIED. At Lower Thames-street, Louisiana, the beloved infant of John and Charlotte Ann Von der Heyde, ha survived her brother and sister but one week—Mr. C. Clark, of Francis -street, Hower. street, in his oath year, many years of the York, War. dour.street—At Fromenteau, Seine et France, T. Moen* el• dent son of the late Alderman T. Smith—At Terracina, in Italy, J• W. Knightley, Esq. of Ofcburch-bury, county of Warwick, in the 27th year el his age. HI G ki- M AVM at LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning • 51 nineties shot 10 Afternoon • 37 minutes after 11 Lessem : Prieted sod Published by Joan slrn, It ebs Seas- Orton Ne.l, Plekatt.plase,Temyis list. i~ 1 ' II T~ t