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I ' i 1 r~ r, . r • t ul ON ILI Y F. lIALT/111:: . 6 LONDON :.1 1 4 10. V. VOL. I. As our pre ?iit Number will be given to the Puhlie trt the first of May, we ,L , ay be atiowed to indulge ourselves with a few observations upon the ancient customs and pl?asantries 01 aiat fairest .;ay of all the ye tr. shail be al,:r.ling our Readers some amuse- mqut, pt:rhi-o, a, we'.l as doing oursel•:es a service,' by she ing that we have some relish for geode as' well AS critical sp:xts; and that we can assaine enooli to turn asi.k from the flowery peaiods of otr 47on:c:npin it's, whether in poetry cr an cast a though:, once in a way, urea the month of lowers. Al our itsoci.liens with May a:c t-!lightful. It the time of coirratulatien and of hope: we rejoice that the white.- has passed away, and we see the !u:rirner oproach towards us with the sofles: glance and ino.a buoy step :we forget the le,tivities of Chris!ni as, and the scorciii:.t.- ; glance and st.L . y breath of June ; and rec.)ilect only that bitter frosts and dark days ate tile companions of the one, and that the other has bright colons an 3 tli t t icheq odours, sunset , ml evening winds, to make ns happy. The titst of May wa:• a day ple:tsant to gods and ien. It sh,•ae as welcome on Olymi:us as at Rome and in the valleys of Tivoli. We have high intiina tasn that Aurora was a patroness of the day, or, at any rate, that ..he mingled in the revelry. Who, when he !lears of " Zepiiyr wit% Aurora playing, " be met once a mabinz," can be , itate to admit into the ca:enciar. of his holy days thi, one which was ooserved by such bright and airy deitiei? nna Oiav) i 3 traced by son'e to the word i cycz, is said to have been adopted by Romulus ()lit of respect to his senators, who were called Ma jot es. VI e pa efe:- tilt: pleasanter derivation, and actaiowled.7,e rather its origin in the starry 1 1 / a i:.:, (? ! -.e of Vie Pleiades, and mother of the feather iuote..l He; iheu ins, who v,enerally sheaved a good deal of animal propensity in their an.n-cments, observed Ikia)•..nry with but unseemly rites; they exhibited lt;ose s, .eels aini extravagant postures, to stimulate tine de.,-,r-Lied appetite of Rome, in the same spirit that they ad •:iiiiistered to their own pampered vanity, by pro...:!.ii , ning al! the world barbarians except them selves. The:e sports were acted in honour, as it was of the goddess Flora, who (ousting Pomona from her gole:en seat) was worshipped as the deity tf fi awl flovers. et fer:c.i±:us rre-cra." The ancient,: esteenaar the month of May unfa vourable, while the moderns deem it favourable to lave. Shalc.peart, sho may be considered as the best authority on ininits or this sort, speaks of "' I.ove, w:pocc month is czar Ata li .” For O7melves, r.e .ire of the modera faction ; and while we thick that se., ltom the young-eyed god might make bright even the fogs of Nos -inber, yet when he shakes h s wings " with rosie May dews wet," and comes down upon us like a shape from llEss - LN, not even Sir Merck Shattou himseif, that inpeniotisly• tedious euphuist, may contend with him. This is but a strange comparison, perhaps, especially as we confess our admiration of that ro mantic personage extends scarcely beyond his slashed doublet and collar of .gems, and . by no means car ri.!s us to the end of his speeches. Yet are we con strained to consider Sir Piereie as a favoured speci men ofhis kind ; for wehave seen some of the brightest eyes that we know glisten, though they wete previ ously and very sweet lips smile at the passing mention of his name. We have felt that this was really hard upcn us, and our se:ious endeavours at : though the Elizabethan knight is certainly a sort of privileged person, and has written antherity to rise with " mortal gashes' on his head, and to push us oil this plain-spoken age from our stools, with as little ceremony as he used towards the honest family of Glendinning. But to quit Cupid and Sir Merck Shaf:on for our suhject, fiorn which we have been beguiled by the latter worthy, let us now say a word or two about (air ancestors. They had better notions of May than the Romans, and observed it with as gay but more decorous rites. Although the processions and dance of the morning might degenerate into too free a ca rousal at night, yet the more objectionable parts of the sporty; were never, we fisheye, preconcerted : it is, nue, indeed, that good dicer was not wanting during the-day; but it was not until evening that the bon; ii.es were lighted, and the actual revelling com menced. At Rome, vice formed a striking and es scotial part of the day's festivity: ie England, it was either hafrequent or iortaitous: it was nourished with potent dews, and sprung up like an exhalation at the dose of the day, when the spirit of gaiety began to languish. May-day was celebrated, as was fitting, by the young. They rose shortly rifler midnight, and .went to some neighbouring wood, attended by songs and music, and breaking green branches from the trees, nrionled them with wreaths and crowns of flowers.— They returned home at the rising of the sun, and made their windows and :Lek doors gay IA ith gar s.tiids. In the they danced during the day around the May-pule, which afterwards remained during the whole year untouched, inceFt by the seasons, a fading emblem :uid a consecra:ed oiering to the Goddess of Flowers. At night, the vil:aers lighted np fires, and iuditiged in revelling which' sometimes were, perhaps, " after the leis Raman ta.sbion ;" and tri-ght, indeed, have vied even wi:h those ieligicus festivities with which the " True Fevers" are siiti accttlionied to reward themselves, for their pious abstinence dining the fasts of Rlitimazan. By the Highlanders of Scotland, and also 1:y some of die nations of Italy, May .day Was o L er , c j, as well as by us. With us, indeed, it had the addi tional recommendation cf being called " Robin lood's day ;" and persons representing Robin and I laid Marian were wont to veside on these occasions, accompanied by villagers in the ta: Sherwood green. I.ty-gueen, crowned with noses ri;:going in the pride of 'May, and otter flowers, is a etc:attire beautiful enough for ::t Lion, and may vie in idea almw.t with the ;.s n;fl:s and spit its of antiquity. • r are told that King Henry VIII. who was su c h Hl.idlit in his yoiqh, and such a tyrant in his age, u.. t Le rode " a Inaiii); " with his wife Catherine, horn, Greene ich to the high ground on Shooter's-hill, ac companied by the Lords and Ladies of his Court. 'leis must have happened in the earlier period of his life ; and we can well believe that the man alit) trod , the field of the cloth of gold," and had qualities ' which enabled him to understand and return the Gourtesies of hi, brother King at'Ardres, could relish the pleasure' of the first of May. The Reformers weie averse to all these sports, as savouring of superstition, and did much towards them ; yet Latimer once found himself neglected, aid compelled to give V ay to Robin Hood. IL, says, .(we quote this from 1/r, Godwin's Life of • " Coming to a certain town on a holiday to preach, I found the che. ch (loor fast locked. I taryed there halfe an houre and more. “rd at last the key was found, and (meats the r aiisli comes to me and says, Syr :cis is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you; i; is Rabic io•sd's ; the parish ata gone abioad to gather for Robin Ileud ; I pray you, let them not.—l thought n.y rechet would have been regarded , but it w • .Id not serve; it was to give place to Robin hood and hi. men." The poets have ever been the great advocates and patrons of Mar. Spenser, and Shak , peare, and Fletcher, and Milton, and all the greater- spirits of England, have stooped from their lofty places, with out c:isdain, to do justice and honour to this delicate month. Spenser, in his account of the months, thus introduces May " Then came faire May, the Lirest Mayd on ground_. Dee.% all with dainties of ht-r season's pryde, And throwing flow'rs out of her lap around !" Shakspeare has scattered allusions to May, like I flowers, over all his plays and poems. We hear of " the merry month of May," the " May morn of youth," the '• May of b100.i," &c. &c. lie tells us also, (as we have already said) of • " Love, whcse mouth is ever May." That— "Is arc May when they are maids, But the sky changes when they are wives." And, what is perhaps more to our-purpose, that it is as impos.ible to disperse a crowd, ac 'tic to melte 'em sleep On May day morning, vial:ewe i.e." Marlow, in his celebrated song of the Passionate Shepherd, makes the pleasures of May ;4 ground of invitation, as it were, to his mistress: " The shepherd swains drill dance and sing, For thy delight, each Ala: , morning; If these delights thy mint: may move, Then live with me, acd be my lover - And Mr. Charles Lamb, worthy in all respects to be classed with the writers of antiquity, has spoken of the same thing, in some beautiful lines, addressed to a child. Milton talks of May and its beauties, in various parts of his mighty works. He has even written a song " May morning," with which, although it is pretty well known, we shall conclude our extracts. T:,e song is worthy of the day : " Now the bright morring star, day's harbinger, Conies dancing from the East, and leads wizh..Mr. The flowery May, who from her green lap thrL.ws The yellow cowsiip, and the pale primrose; Ha;:, bounteous relay ! that dcst bispire i‘lirth, and youth, a:.4 worm desire; Woud; and groves of thy dres.,icg, and dale d•rth bc-ist thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song. Act: welcome thee, acd wish thee long!" Thus then have the first of May, and "the flowrie month of May," been spent by our ancestors, and celebrated by oar poets. Now there is scarcely a garland to be seen : the song is silent, and the dance is over: the revelry has ceased; and vulgar pursuits usurp the place cf those pleasant pastimes which seemed a sort of first offering to gentle skie,, and were consecrated by the smiles of the tender year. If we were dwellers in the country, we would try to revive these things, for they are worth revival. They ate land-marks of happiness, to which the peasant was wont to look: he enjoyed them in anticipation and remembrance; they stimulated his exertions, and rewarded his toil. The introduction of these cus toms would render luxuries " or little worth," and less desired, and might charm back many a spirit to its pure and early simplicity. The number of fierce adventurers in commerce and war would be dimi nished, because success in either would be less an object of ambition. It i. but a bad thing, we sus pect, when the mind; of men arc cooped up alto n b ether either in counting-houses or camps. Not only base the revellers left the revel, but the very poets, who ought' to be free from the alloys of time, turn their backs on Nature, and their rhymes to more profitable account. They pen a fiery tale, a satire, a love song, a compliment, or a joke; they prize, and coquet wiih imitations of Nature, but Na ture herself is never worshipped, and seldom sought. We had written thus far, and bad forgotten the only remaining followers of May-day sports. The chimney-sweepers, with their soot, and shovels, and brushes, and finery, had absolutely escaped our thoughts. To them the first day of May is still " a gaudy day ;" though we fear that their dancing is not altogether spontaneous. However, they ate now the sole " lords of holiday," the only sporters and revellers in the Spring. Yet, on consideration, we think that even the chirriney-sweepers begin to feel the influence of the time. They are no longer the . happy mortals they were wont to be. The Court went out of mourning yesterday ; the whole of the KING's Servants and Attendants ap peared in colours. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY gave his third, public entertainment on Saturday, at Lambeth Pa lace, which was attended by twenty distinguished personages. Among whom were the Duke of MONT ROSE, the Duke of BEAUFORT,. the Bishop of EXEfER, the Bishop of ELY, Earl DJGBY, &c. Miss BURNEY*.i Taks ( . )f Fancy," we understand are more than ever in demand among the hunt ton since it is discovered that " Country Neighbours" are not country folks but frshiona4ks, living near each other in the country. Two families, the Stavordales and the Tourbervilles, both headed by ancient, Bare . aets, are the princii , •ll Country Neighbours, and among the surrounding satelites, a country surgeon and his wife, a village curate, a sort of Will Wimble, &c. &c. make a prominent figure on the canvass.— Blanche, the heroine, is a very original portrait, but the chief strength of the drawing is in the Stavor dales, among -.vhoni sliines conspicuously Isabella, one of the danghters, an inveterate coquette of the Trappist order, &c. &c. Novel exhibits a ncw proof of the writer's accurate observations on life and manners, and of her admirable delineation of charac ter. The dialogue is, as usual, extremely spirited. THE P.II?K. • The Court mourning having ceased yesterday, a partial display of colours was presented; Pink ap pears to be a predominant ; and the royil purple of course is a favourite in compliment to the new reign. Silver grey, also, was in request, and grass green is another novelty. Boots of every colour were worn. Leghorn bonnets, and drab beaver hats with feathers The Park, about four o'clock, exhibited a prodigious throng. The cavalcade was immense at five; in cl.:ed, the whele of the Fashionable World might he said to have been there.—The following were a fcw of the pronienadiug Lord and Lady Grantham and 1.k:4 Clanwilliam, Lord Wil liam and Lady Jane Lennox, Lord Apsley and Lady Gccr: i jana Bathurst, the Kai of Uxbridge and his accomplished sisters, Lady Anne and Lady Jane Pa -et, accompanied by Captain Fitzclatence—the Duke* Argy le also joinvd this party ; Lord Auckland and the Misses Eden, Lord Alvaidey and Mr. Sey mour Bathurst, Viscount Weymouth, th‘e F.arl'of Glengall And Mr. Horace Seymour, Sir Charles and Lady Morgan. There were also the Duke of Beaufort, the Earls of Clare, Roseb.rry, and Westmoreland; Prince listerhazy, le Cotnpte d'Aglia, .'is count Boyne, Mr. Frederick Seymour and the luvely protege of Mrs. Fitzherbert, Sir Chas. Greville, Lords Hood, Colville, and Foley, Lady Perth, Lady and Isaias Owen, Colonel Gordon, Mr. Bathurst, &c. &c. Among the equipages were those of the Countesses of WARWICK, WESTMORELAND, and ST. ANTONIO; the Duchess Of BEAUFORT, the Earl of COVENTRY, the Earl of CIIARLEVILLE. The Earl of llattno ftouort, and Viscount Lake, were among the mo.,t conspicuous Dennettecrs. The Earl of PORTSMOUTH appeared upon a three-story phaeton, and the Hon. Mr. STA NfioPE dashed down the lane with alight yel low mail, behind four spanking bays. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. • Saturday, J. Taylor, a hackney coachman, was in dicted for assaulting P. W. Hughes, and robbing him of a silver watch, acc. The prosecutor is footman to the French Ambassa dor. On the night of the robbery he had been drink ing in the City, where he met a hackney coachman, named Judd, who promised him a lift - to Drury- Lane Theatre for some liquor, which he gave him.— Judd, however, set him down at the door of the Mar quis of Granby, in Charles-street, Covent-Garden, where he was surrounded by hackney coachmen (this being a watering-house), and the prisoner snatched his watch from his fob, whilst some of his associates held the prosecutor behind, until he broke from them, and pursued the prisoner, who tbrew the watch into a coach in the rank. The piusecutor did not stop to get his watch, but continued his pursuit of the pri soner', whom he took ; but as he was being conveyed to the watch-house he was rescued by some of his associates. The prosecutor. however, procured the beadle, and they went back to the Marquis olGrauby, where they found the prkiner, who held down his bead when hesity: the prosecutor, who instantly rc cognized and positively accused hiai of being the mau who stole his watch. Judd, Randall, and Anqer, three hnckney coach men, were called lin the defence, who swore that the prisoner was not out of the tap-room at the time of the robbery. Thee men were contradicted positively in many mate; parts el their te,timony by the pro secutor and the b:adle ; and on the former pointing them out, on ~ath, as being part ~ f the men who he;d him while he wai robbed, the COMMON . SELMA NT or dered them to be detained until ;he trial was over. J. Smith, clerk to Mr. Whitelock, the vrisoner's at torney, volunteered his evidence for the defence, he having been passing after the robbery ; but he gave his testimony in so singular a manner, that the Com mow SERJEA NT said, that he had exhibited very great folly ; or if it was not folly, it was something worse. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of stealing, but not by force -and violence. The COMMON SERJEA NT, as an example 'to thii ,ging, immediately sentenced the prisoner, who is a smart-looking youth, to be transported for life. He then ordered the three coachmen to Isiewgate, to be tried for holding the prosecutor while he was rob bed : and directed the beadle to represent this NV a• tering-house to the Magistrates as being unfit to have a license. The officer said, there Wtre hardly two nights in 'a week but there was a robbery committed in that street. GREENOCK, APRIL 25. A curious occurrence happened here on Saturday morning last, of which we have heard so many dif ferent versi,:as, that we can hardly pretend to give a consistent statement of it, or vouch for its correct ness. It appears that a man of the name of Watson, by trade a weaver, and belonging to Glasgow, had been lurking about this town for several days, wait ing an opportunity to embark for America. lie is reported to liave taken a-leading part in fomenting the recent treasonable disturbances in the manufac turing districts—to have had a hand in the produc tion of the famous Radical Proclamation—and even to have been one of those who sallied forth from Glasgow, on the sth instant, to make a second Ban nockburnof the 'field of Bonnymuir; but, it is added, that after baviag got the courage of his comrades " screwed up to the sticking place," he left them on the road, inwardly resolving " to live to fight-anoilier day." So fame epotts—but to tetern to his appear- • ' :net bete. On Friaiay evening, two persons came' hither, from Glasgow, in pursuit of him. Whether or no they were "-dressed in a little brief authority," we have not fully ascertained, but we a:e told they sheaved no warrant for their subsecuent proceedings. —Without requiring any assistance from the Civil or Military Authorities, we understand they went, about six o'clock on Saturd..ty morning, to Watson's lodg ings, arrested him-in bed, and brought hint off, ac companied by a female, said to be his wife. In coming alcing the street, Watsorr, they savi corn plained of thirst, and they all \vent into the house of John ANiut en, spirit dealer, Dalrymple-street, and called for some liquor. While thtsglass was going round, one of the men calling.: hintself.a Constable, went out, and left his comrade to guard the Crisoner. An opportunity such as this, it is not to be supposed that a man whose liberty, at least, Av:IS at stake, would allow to pass unavailingly. Watson therefore took the first convenient moment for giving his sentinel i the slip, and rushed out of the huse. lie was ita mediately pursued by the other, and feliowed by the I female, who, however, was detained by the landkrd, lie thinking the whole affair a trick of the parties to; get off without paying forhislicron The Radical finding, himself at length closed upon in pursuit, faced about, and a struggle ensued, in which, we learn, he was ultimately assisted by some of the work• people then in the street, who, ignorant of the cause, thought of nothing but to aid the weaker party. In this way Watson,- as soon as be got himself disentan gled, male his escape, and has not since been heard , :f. The apprehending party, we tardier learn, en deavoured to console themselves for the loss of their prisoner, and the expected reward of their labours, (to avoid any participation in which, it is supposed t hey had io edetermined to execute the business with out auxiliary aid). by getti g a party ff snldier3 to drag tie landlord of the public house to jal, to an swer for Vittts(..l', es , :ane. It is altlof:t needless to add, that on the first inquiry be was Ilisolar;;cd—. being altogether ignorant cf the state or quality of' his zuests, and, as we have aire; , dy seen, not being pre,n‘lisper,ci to think highly of any one of them. We have been thus minute in detailing the particulars of this business, becau , ,e ..ve understand it has been very oncharita'sly magnified, at a distance, into another popular tumult ; while it must be abundantly obvi ous, that the stu r id mismanagement of the ;er,ons who came to apprehend Watson was the inutwdiate cause of his escape; and that, if he owed anything to the intervention of the populace, it was no mere than, under similar circumstances, he would have obtained in the public Streets of any other town in any part of the kingdom. CLERICAL I.\ - 77 LLIGENCE CA7.1131111)6E. APIIIT, QS. Lord grey, eldest son of the 1.:..11 of Stamford, is admitted Nobleman of Trinity College. Tuesday, John Cottirgha....l,Frtl. M. A. of Trinity Hall, Bar rister at Law, sues admitted into the Fellowship, vacant by the resignation of Lewis Duv::!, The Rev. Charles James 1)lot::.".•:!c'., !letter of Chester ford, in Essex, and la:e Fellow of Trinity College, in this Uni versity, has been prest nted to the valuable Rectory of St. Le tolph, Bishopsgate, vacitnt by the promotion of Dr. Mant to the Dishopticic of Ireland - OXFORD, APRIL :29. Thursday, the following Degre:s v. ere conferred : MASTER% •r AR TS. David Ilowell, FA. Chi ist Chur,:h,lid Comr,ourdtri. George Hall, Scholar of Pembroke Colle;:2. The Rev. Samuel Curlewis Lord, Vl'lliata Morgan Williams, and the Rev. Charles CrTill:, Colige. • John Frederick klenvitli altd Cornelius Copner, Magd..lcn Rev. John Morrall and C:ll•ert Ilentlersen, Fellows of Bra— sentiose College. • Cha:les Itaiiken, Student of Chris: Church. .T , lhn Monson and the Rev. ILlph Henry Lecke % Christ Church. William Creswell, Fellow of Dalliol College. John Jones, Fellow of .1, College. The Iles. Peter Price, irr,!is Laci:nt ons or Anrs. The Rev. H. BeHairs, St. Mary Hall, Gril.id Corripotm.dcr. Henry Robert Fowler and John Frampton, F.lrter College. John Clayton, Pembroke. • - Jahn Pruen, St. John's Coleco. William Charlton, Magdalen tiall. • I)..rhy, Scholar on the New Foundation, Queen's Cell. liiook Henry liri:lges, Williem John Brrxiri,:k. Eng. Baihol I . l'e eay, in o;l.w:cation, Charles Ilellarr.y, Stueert in Civil Law, and Fellow of St. John's College,,was unanimously elected Vio , :rian Scholar. Yesttrday, the Rev. Robert James Carr, N. A. of Worcester College, Vicar of liriglakni, Sussex, and Clerk. of the King's Closet; was admitted Bache: it- and Doctor in Divinity. The Rev. James Bullock, Scholar of Worcester Colkge, was admitted Master of Arts; and James Colville, of Magdalen. Hall, was admitted Bachelor of Arts. Thursday, the three following Gentlemen were ekctcd bitioners of Lincoln College on the foundation of Nathaniel Lord Crewe, viz. Jchn Thomas Desher, George Thomas Ro bertson, and Charles Wootten. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. The Bev. Hugh Williams, M.A. Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, is presented to the Rectory of Rhosilly, Glamorganshirr. The net,. W. Forge, .A. Fellow of Jesus College, Cam bridge, to the Rectcry of Stanley, Gloucestershire. The Senate of the University of Glasgow have unanimously conferred the Degree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. v•-a liam Muir, Minister of St. George's Church and Parish, in that City. The Rev. .Tamcs W. Ormsby, Rector of Castlecorner, in the Diocese of Ossoty, is promoted to the Collegiate Living of Cappagh. At a Board held in Trinity College, Dublin, the late Mr. Me redith's Living was offered for acceptance. The Living passed down unaccepted to the youngest Fellow but four, the Rev. Mr. }limits. Dr. Nash and Dr. Mocks leave two -fair:Asir* fur Fellowships for next year. iiwriis . Thursday, the Lady of the Rev. J. Bond, of Freston, of a daughter. Monday, at the Rectory, Bishopsbourr., the lion. Mrs. Pcr:y, of a still-born son. April 20, at Halifax, the Lady a (1 Matcham Tarleton, Esq. 6th Regiment, of a son. A few days since, at S tr.Zhurst, Mrs. Balland, of three eM I .- dren, who, with their mother, arc is a :air way of doing wen ! MARRIED. ----- Wednesday, at Clifton, the Rev. Al:en Cooper, Chaplain to the Marquis of Exeter, to Harriat Anne, eldest daughter of the late Rev. John Turner, Archdeacon of Taunton, and Canon cf Wells. 'Tuesday, at Elmsted, the Rev. Henry Reade Quartley, of Wolverton, Bucks, to Louisa Cathatine, youngeit sister to :it -John C. Honywood, Bart. of Eviogron. Saturday se'nnight, at Dublin, Henry Stisted, Esq. Capt:.in in the Ist, or Royal Regiment of Dragoon-, to Eliz4beth Only daughter of B. Swiuney, Esq. of Kildare-street. DIED. In London, aged 70, the Rev. John Grantham, forme••l' cf Lincoln (*allege, Oxford, Vicar of CaUtley, and of Way :it, Lincolnshire. At the advanced age of 79, the Rev. Charles Gery, 'Rector of Toynton St. Peter's and Toynton AII Saints, Lintc.lo , kire. At Burgh-by-Sands, di . ..! Rev. Robert Walker, aged 62, bet •:g 21 years Vicar of that parish. Lately, on his passage from Madras, Lieut. Charles Ora. - 2g'', 46th Regimen. Friday afternoon, William Davies, Esq. of the Bern of Cadell and Davies, booksellers in tha Strand. Mr. Davies had bees for Mlle time in a declining state of health, bukappeared better than usual en the morning of Friday. Ile was a man of pos . ' lished manners, liberal princiiiies, and unsaied Entity in all his dealings i—e•stremed in life by all who ham him, he is lamented in death by a numerous circle of friends. The 26th vit. at Doncaster. aged 69 years, Major Topham, formerly Adintant of the Royal Horse Guards, well known itt the Fashionable Circles; the 'Author of some Dramatic Pieces, and the Proprietor of a N,wspapercalled the Nit had. a run for some time. The Major past the last year. of his lib, in let k..hire, where he was distinguished as an active and iTis .telli;entLiArate. ♦rw. 11121 I I.S 111111 DAVr..III. urns. Dubin 3 0 i Lisbon 0 Waterford . 2 . 0 1 France 1 • I.;u v rescy and Jersey 0 01 I lamburgh 1 0 liollit:t1 0 1 Cuttenburgh 1 1 I-1 irdt.rs 1 0 Alalta 0 0 .3., rlaica 0 ' o New-York • 0 0 ti TEL( Lu.s.Dos unit), it; .E .10l: !COW. 3lr ming 3ft rr.u.wei :Iter 4 A:tlr.icon - . ' O s ; 1)0 ell and pitl , ll.heifby I,rvi . HEN; Picictt liacc; I ;., •