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THE CLAPHAM CHALYBEATE. !ROM Till NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE TOR MAY. Who ha ere been at Clapham, must needs know the Pond That belongs to Sir Barnaby Sturch, 'Tis well stock'd with fish, and the Knight's rather fond Of bobbing for tench and for perch ; • When he draws up his line to decide if all's right, Moist drops o'er bit pantaloons dribble, Though seldom if ever beguird by a bite, He now and then boasts of a nibble. Vulgar mud, very like vulgar men, will encroach, Unchecied by the spade and the rake, In process of time it envelop'd the roach _ _ In Sir Baruaby's Lilliput Lake; Five workmen, well arm'd, and denuded of shoes, Now fearlessly delv'd in the flood, To steal unawates on the Empress of Ooze, And cart off ber insolent mud.• • 1 The innocent natives were borne from the bog, Eel, minnow, and toad felt the shov.:l, And, lizard-like, left by the fugitive frog In a clay-built extempore hovel. The men work'd away with their hands and their feet, And dvlv'd in a regular ring, When, lo! as their task was almost complete, They waken 'd a mineral spring. Id We've found a Chalybeate, Sir," the men cried, " We halt till we know what your wish is;' " Keep it safe," quoth the Knight," till you finish'd, and then Throw it back with the rest of the fishes." THE ENGLISH CHURCH-BOULOGNE. FROM THE TRAVELS OF RAE WILSON, ESQ. IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND lISNMARK. On the restoration of the Bourbons, a number of fanilie4 having settled here, especially those of military and medical officers, attached to the division of the British army of occupation, and others arriving to take up a residence from motives of ec-nomy, and cheap education for their children, great inconvenience was experienced from a want of a suitable place for Pro testant Worship. Divine Service had been gratuitously performed in the house of the British Consul, by three Clergymen, Btitish re,idents. A subscription was then set on foot for founding a regular Chapel of the Esta blished Church, when a commodious building was erected, where Divine Service, according to the rites of the Church of England, has since been performed. In 1820, it was agreed that a portion of the income arising from annual subscriptions should be appropriated as a stipend for a resident Minister; and at a meeting of the subscribers, in 1821, it was resolved, that Sir John Head, the Rev. Dr. Tomkin, and the Rev. Mr. Maxwell, . on account of their faithful and gratuitous services, should be requested to accept the situatien of Honorary Chaplains, and the Rev. it. flue was appointed Sti pendiary Chaplain. In 1822, the latter Gentleman resigned, and the Rev. J.Symons named as his successor, who, with the Rev. Messrs. Bur y and Titt, were named Honorary Chaplains. By these arrangements the *vents of their distressed countrymen were not overlooked. To Sir John Head may be said to belong the merit ol appropriating col lections made at the church, assisted by those from • other sources, in relieving those who, from sickness or • other misfortunes, were unable to return to England. Sir John left Boulogne in autumn, 1822, to the regret . of all ;.and was succeeded by Mr. Symons, when be en tered into an arrangement with the Captains of packets at Boulogne to convey distressed British subjects to their own shores, at a stipulated rate, on the production of a ticket supplied by the almoner of the fund. [Here Mr. Rae Wilson describes the ticket, and the rules laid down to check imposition. 3 The beneficial effects of this system have fully answered expectation, by clearing the country of distressed artisans and others. In aid of it, a corresponding plan has been adopted at Paris, under the sanction of the British Ambassador, whereby those who received tickets of their cases at Paris, on producing the same at Boulogne, are supplied with tickets for their instant embarkation. With respect to the Church, I own I never saw one abroad so well attended, or where the service was more solemnly performed. Notwithstanding all the improve nunts which have been made on it, and although capa ble of containing 700 persons, yet the building is too sm4ll, and it is determined on to enlarge it :o as to contain 1,000. A church-yard is exclusively appro priated for the interment of the English, where I per ceived many monuments, and the whole enclosed. The only apology I have to offer in speaking of the Church of Boulogne, and those highly-laudable exertions on the part of the British population to relieve their dis ttes.ed countrymen, is, that these remarks may perhaps attract the attention of Englishmen in other depart ments of France and distant countries, and induce them also to do something for the cause of their national religion. Service is performed twice every Sunday; and the Sacrament is administered on the first Sunday of each month, besides on festivals. On these occa siens the collections sometimes exceed 200 francs. To tl:e honour of the English, it should be added, that :hey have lately formed a Humane S.:ciety, which is the very first that has been established in na.:ce. Accounts from Carthagena, of the 18th February, state that the Expedition from the island of Cuba was in great forwardness. Friday, an inquisition was held on the body of a respectable lady, who died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in cea. sentence of bring dreadfully burned; whilst warming a composition of spirits of wine and bee's-wax, it boiled over, and ignited her clothes so rapidly, that she died in consequence of the severe inju ries she received. Verdict—Accidental death. A proof of the celetity of Sir J. llyNo's movements, who is appointed to the military command at Manchester, and those • of the Government, is afforded by the fact, that although he was 130 miles from London when the order for him to take the com mand was given, he arrived -into Manchester 30-hours after the order had been dispatched from Whitehall. A well.written and temperate Petition was presented to the United Associate Synod of Edinburgh, on the 29th tilt. from Cottoning atawmtr, a Surgeon in Dutublane, praying the Court to rev ew and reverse the sentence of suspension pronounced against the Rev. ALtx•,ciao I:Lirtviesa, Minister of Albion Chapel, Moor &lds, on the ground that it was informal and unwarrantably severe. The Court. however, decided that it was unnecessary to revive a matter that had been so long disposed of. A young couple, at Parts, lately going to the Mayor to have the chit ceremony of marriage performed, the young Lady, in stepping out of the carriage, entangled her lace dress in the step, and tore it. " Ilow stupid!" exclaimed the Gentleman. The Lady took nu notice of this ungallant expression, and the party went into the hotel of the Mayor; but on being asked whether At consented to take the Gentleman present fur her husband, she re plied, " tint so stupid !" which was the only answer that could be obtained ituni her. - PUBLIC SALES. 11ty 4. At Carraway's, by Mr. ROBINS (of Warwick House.) A Leasehold Estate, comprising a Residence, called the Hill House, seated on a lawn, situate at Tooting, Surrey, with double offices, double coach house, stabling and rooms over, farm-yard, with all necessary buildings, a planted garden, Walks, green-house, &c. adjoining another farm yard, with cottage farm-house, barns, stabling, and buildings, a piece of garden ground and _Meadow land„ in all upwards of 33 acres, held for 19 years, from Septem ber, 1616, at 2004 per annum ; landlord insures, land tax redeemed, fixtures to be taken at a valuation—sold for 9901. The Advowson and Rectory of St. Colurnb Major ' Cornwall, comprising a par sonage house, with o ffi ces, coach house, and stabling, garden, pleasure grounds and glebe, containing 30 acres; also the great and small tithes of the parish, extending over MOOD acres of arable and pasture land, the whole e.timated to produce upwards of '2,0001. a year, present incumbent aged about 5.5-12,0001. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 4. Wednesday last, the following Degrees were conferred : BACULLOL TN DIVINITY—Rev. Francis Lewis, University College. MASTIRS or A nrs—Rev. Chas. Grey Cotes, Christ Church, Grand Compounder; Rev. George Inge, Fellow of All Soul's College; Rev. James Edward Austen (era% * • Scholar), Exeter College ; Rev. Robert Henry Tripp, Exeter College ; Rev. Peter Periog, Oriel College; Thomas Heberden, Oriel College; Rer. John Acton Anson, Brasennt.ie College. BACHILORS or Aises—Henry Taylor, Worcester College; liam Samler Hadley, Queen's College; Francis Hague Greswell, Scholar of Brasenuose College ; John Burges4, St. John's College. ICC LESIA STICAL PIIOSIOTIII4S. Saturday last, the Rev. Wm. Williamson, M.A. Curate and Re gistrar of the Parish Church of Leeds. was elected one of the Foundation Fellows of Sidney Sussex College. Rev. Charles Wastneyi Eyre, M.A. of 13razetinose College, Oxford, and only son of the Rev. Archdeacon Eyre, has been pre sented, by his Grace the Archbishop of York, to the valuable Rec tory of Carlton, in Lyndric, near Worksop, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. P. Goodenough, M.A. late Student of Christ Church, Oxford. _ _ _ _ The Bishop of Exeter has conferred on the Rev. John Bull. D.D. Student of Christ Church, Oxford, Archdeacon of Cornwall, and Canon Residetiary of Exeter, the Rectory of Lezant, in Corn wall, void by the death of the late Chancellor Johnes •' and on the Rev. Geo. Barnes, D.D. of Exeter College, and late Archdeacon of Bombay, the Rectory of Seaton, in the county of Devon, void by the cession of the Rev. Dr. Bull. The Rev. Thomas Leeson Cursham, D.C.L. of Lincoln College, Oxford, is promoted to the Living of Blackwell, in the county of Derby- It is understood that the Rev. Dr. Pott. Archdeacon of London, will succeed to the Chancellorship and Canonry of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, in the option of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. Wednesday, Mews. Robert Wm. Goodenough, William E. Page, Frederick Biscoe, Johu Rohm Hall, and Henry l'artington, were elected Students of Christ Church, Oxford, from Westminster College. Messrs. Dunlop, Carron, and Heath are elected to Tri nity College, Cambridge. The Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the Rev. William Williamson to the Vicarage of Slipton, in the county of Northamp ton, on the presentation of the Duke of Dorset, vacant by the death of the Rev. David Watichope. Rev. T. H. Biggs, to the Rectory of Whitborne, in the county of Hereford, void by the decease of the Rev. J. Wingfield, D.D. Rev. J. Davis, LLB. has been licensed, by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Perpetual and augmented Curacy. of Ashwick, Somerset, on the nomination of the Rev. Chas. Neve, Vicar of Kilmersdon, from which Vicarage Ashwick has been disunited. Rev. W. T. Williams, to the Rectory of Lainston, Hants. Rev. Stephen George Comyn, to the Vicarage of Roodham, Norfolk, on the presentation of Sir John S. Sebright, Bart. of Beechwood, in the county of Hereford. B. H. Allen, Esq. the Founder of Trinity Church, Huddersfield, has presented the Rev. Benjamin Madoox, to the said Benefice, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry John Maddox. Rev. George Preston, M.A. to be Second Master of Westmin ster School, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. H. Bull, M. A. and Student of Christ Church. _ _ The Lord Chancellor has presented the very Rev. James Hook, LL.D. Dean of Worcester, to the Vicarage 'of Stone, in that county, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. Plumptre. . 'The very Rev. the Dean of Worcester has beeß presented to the Vicarage of Bromsgrove, In that county, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. Wingfield; and the Rev. Wm. Digbp i , M.A. to the Vi carage of Wichenford, void by the death of the Rev.. Dr. Plumptre. Rev. John Thickens, Vicar of &hall, near Coventry, to the Vicarage of Fillongley, in the county of Warwick, ou the- presen . tation of the Lord Chancellor. The Bishop of Eexter has instituted the Rev. William Ward Smith, M.A. Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, to the Rec tory of St. Leonard, near Exeter, on. the presentation of Sir T. Baring, Bart. void by the death of the Rev. G. Patch. The very Rev. the Dean of Exeter has instituted the Rev. Wil liam Spry, M.A. to the Rectory of Botus Fleming, Cornwall, on his own presentation, void by the death of the Rev. Wm. Batt. The Lord Primate of an Ireland has presented the Rev. Arthur Ellis, Curate of Banymakenny, to the Vicarage of Ardee, void by the appointment of the Rev. Doctor Jackson to a valuable living in the county of Armagh. The Rev. Mr. Radcliffe has been appointed Precentor's Vicar in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, in the room of the Rev. Richard Graves, resigned. The Slat ult. the Rev. Alex. Nielson was ordained by the Pres. by tery of Selkirk, Minister of the Church and Parish of Roberton. At Rye, on Thursday, a party of the Coast Blockade making a seizure of 300 tubs, were fired on by the smug glers, who killed one seaman, dangerously wounded another, and rescued the spirits. By a further account of Exchequer Balances, printed by order of the House of Commons, it appears that the balance of money remaining in the Exchequer on the .sth of January last was less than on the sth of January of any preceding year, during the period included in the account. The following is an abstract of the total balances: On sth Jan. 1816 £15,729,927 On sth Jan. 1822 £6,432,666 - 1817 13,514,729 - 1823 8,232,979 ---. 1818 10,323,986 .....--. 1824 9,864,732 - 1819 10,673,613 -• 1825 • 9,913,093 - 1820 13,423,958 - 1826 6,715,950 1 - 1821 7,785,666 According to an Official Return made by the Bank of England in 1824, the number of persons holding funded pro,.erty (or in other words, creditors of Eng land) was (al round numbers) 288,000. Of these, the number who received half-yearly dividends was as fol. .lows :-51. about 96,000: above 51. and under 101. about 41,000; between 101. and 501. 90.000; between 501. and 5001. 33,000 ; between 5001. and 20001. 22,000 ; above 20001. 213. Talking of American liberality to English actors, one said, " Why, the bait must ire tempting, for I fi nd YATES has taken it."—" That cannot he , said 1, " for he's making a good thing here."—" Yon may depend upon it," he replied he, " for I met him on his way to Adelphi this evening.--1 he Ass. COMPOsITiON OE A BANKRUTF —A chive in the new Bankrupt Act provides, "that afer a bankrupt has passed his last examination, he may cal his creditors together, and offer them a censposition in discharge of their debts ; when, if lie can induce nine-tenths of those who attend at that meeting,and anther to be held in not less than 21 days, to accept such composition, the Loam CHANCELLOR is empowered to supersede the Commis sion." According to the Bill now before Parliament for altering the Law of Debtor and Creditor, " the majo: rity of the creditors or any insolvent merchant,. trader, or individual, are to be at lherty to make a compromise with him, and the conseu.t and signatures of such ma jority of his creditors will be rendered binding on the minority; and in this way merchants will be, left a; liberty to regulate their own concerns, reference to the C-rirts of Law being always open, to prevent hand I or coriusko. • . SPORTING IN►TELLIGENCE.., . • NEWMARKET SECOSECOND SPRING MEETING. Nawat►aiei, Sr:lmq Artiantion. The second and last of the Spring Meetings commences to morrow, and notwithstanding it will not bring forward so many of the favourites for the Epsom stakes as the preceding ones have done, good sport and a numerous and fashionable attendance is looked for with confidence. The races are expected to finish on Thursday (a day sooner than usual) in mitt that those Noblemen and Gentle men who intend to visit it may have time to reach York for the great Spring Meeting, which begins on the 15t1 , and which will have as nitwit influence oe the betting for the great Doncaster St. Leger stakes as the late Newmarket races have had on the Derby and Oaks. The arrivals as yet are not very numerous, but several of the No bility are here, and the servants and saddle horses of others. The lodgings are mostly engaged. His Royal Highness the Duke of York has just attired at the King's palace in his travelling carriage and four ; after visiting his stables his Royal Highness dined with Mr. Douglas at his apart ments in the palace. T.,e Heath this morning was not very numerously attended, but there were a great number of horses our taking their exercises, nearly all•of them appearing in good racing condition. Walt the exception of the match heiween Rufus and Fleance, and the Scrub Stakes, little betting has taken place as yet on the week's running, on those named, and the Derby and Oaks : the odds are as follows: Scrub Stakes—Wednesday. Even betting on the Duke of Grafton's Goshawk against the held. Match—To-morrow. 5 to 4 on Rufus against Fleance. 16 to 1 azst Ruitic 16 to I agst Advance 16 to 1 apt Shakspeare 20 to I apt any other 5 to 1 art The Cyener•il S to 1 agst Panic II t• 2 agst The Moslem 9! to I apt Dervise 14 to 1 agst Monarch 11 to 8 art Problem 7 to 1 asst Parapluie 74 to 1 apt Mignonette 12 to 1 apt Tears ST. LEI:MR-15 to 2 on the fteld. ,KS. I It to 1 apt' Rachel 13 to 1 apt Elizabeth 1 14 to 1 apt any ether TO-MORROW. Lord Ansan's Bustard agst the Duke of Grafton's f. by Woful, Bst. 41b. each, for 100 soy. h. ft. The Duke of Grafton's Rufus, est. 71b. agst Lord Orford's Fleance est. for 200 soy. Mr. Udny's 'farandus apt Lord Exeter's Redgauntlet, Sat. 41b. each, for 100 sow. Mr. Wortley's Crusader, ree. 50sor. from Lord Orford's Swiss Guide, Bst. Sib. each, for 200 soy. CHESTER RACES, 1826.—blosot T. The Grosvenor Stake*, of 15 soya. each, for all ages ; three year olds, 6st. 121 h. four Bst. 41b. six and aged, fist. 31b. Lord Derby's br. m. Urganda, S yrs old 1 Sir W. Wynne's b. c. Orthodox, 5 yrs old . 2 Sir T. Stanley's ch. h. Grenadier, 5 yrs-old . blr. Yates sb. f. Madame Pal, 4 yrs old ; Sir T. Mostyn's b. f. by Rho da Puta, 3 yra old; and Mr. Clinton's b. c. Tess, 4 yrs old, not placed.-6 to 4 apt Urganda-3 to 1 apt Orthodox-5 to 2 apt Grenadier-4 to 1 apt Madame Poki, and 2to t apt fobs. Produce Sweepstakes of 25gs each, for Colts and Fillies. Sir T. Mostyn's be. c. by Filho da Putt Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Tiresias Sir W. Wynne's br. c. Sancredo . 3 Lord Derby's ch. e. Prussian, by Blucher; Sir W. W. Wynne's ch. f. by Piscator ; Sir W. Wynne's ch. f. Lattitat ; and Lord Grosvenor's King Henry, were not placed, and eight others were drawn.-5 to 1 apt Sir T. Mostyn's br. c• sto 4 apt Sir T. Stan: ley's ch. e. A Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, for horses that never won before the Ist of May, 1826; two miles.-3 yrs old, 6.t. 121 b. four, gist. five, list. 101 b. six, 9st. and aged, 9st. 21b. Mr. Hoiddsworth's br. c. His Ghee, 4 yrs Mr. Haywood's b. c. Sceptre 3 yrs Lord Derby's b. c, Raimondo, 3 yrs Mr. Thempson's ch. c. Predictor, 5 yrs old A good race.-6 to 4 agst His Grace. Tradesmen's Cup, 100 gs added to a Free Handicap Stake of 15gs each ; 10 sovs. forfeit. Mr. Clifton's b. h. Brutandorf, 5 yrs, 81. 71b. . 1 • • Mytton's b. c. Flexible, 4 yrs,7st.l2lb. . 2 Won easy. Six drew, and paid 10 sots. each ; and eight de. Glared off, and paid 6 rms. each. Lords Stamford and Grey lid not name.-5 Co 1 apt Brutandorf—S to 2 apt Flexible. • Maiden Plate of 50/. for horses that never won before, 3 yrs 6st. 121 b. four, Bst. 21b. five, Bs. lelb. six, and aged, 9.t. •T. Stanley's b. c. Oberon . 4 2. 1 1 Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. Elephanta, 3 yrs old . 5 1 2 2 Mr. Chandler's bl. c. Northwood, 3 yrs old . 6 4 3dr Mr. Roger's b. in. Melody, 4 yrs old . . 75 dr Mr. W. Saunders' b. c. Victory, 5 yrs old . 2 6 dr Mr. Haywood% b. c. Sceptre, 3 yrs old 1 bolt Major Gore's ch. f. Cynthia, 3 yrs old ! . 33 dr Mr. Mytton's hr. c. by Bustard, 3 yrs old . fell to 1 apt Oberon-3 to lon Elephanta, after the second beat -2 to I on Sceptre, after the first heat. Tummy. A Free Handicap Stake of 50 sovs. each, 10 sovs. ft. fur three and four yr olds; once round and a distance. Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Signorina, 4 yrs old, list. 21b. . . 1 Sir T. Mostyn's br. f. by Whisker. 4 yrs old, 7st. 121 b. . 2 Major Ormsby Gore's ch. c. Rapid, 4 yrs old, 7st. 81b. . 5 Mr. Houldsworth's b. 1. Maid of Mansfield, 4 yrs. 7st. 61b. 0 Mr. Postletbwaite's br. c. Monarch, 4 yrs. old, 7st. 21b. . 0 Four paid-7 to 4 apt Whisker-2 to 1 agst Maid of Mansh.id. Any odds against the winner. His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for four yr olds, ist. 21b. five, list. 101 b. six and aged, 9st. Winners of one plate, match, or sweep stakes, carrying 51b. of two 71b..and .of three or more lalb. . 2 extra. Thrice round. Mr. Mytton's ch. g. Euphrates, aged . • . I Major Ormsby Gore'sch. g. Rapid, 4 yrs old . . . 2 7to 4 agst the winner-3 to 1 agst Rapid. Eleven were drawn. A Sweepstakes of 20 says. each, for three yr old fillies, Sst. each. Once round and a distance. Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. sister to Miss Maltby • . 1 Mr. Massy's b. 1. Claudia, by Paulovrits . • • 2 3to 2 agst sister to Miss Maltby-6 to 4 agst Claudia. Sixty guineas (clear), the gift of the Members of the City, for three yr old colts, to carry Est: Sib; fillies 6st. 61b; four yr old cults Bst. 411.. Two mile heats. klr. Mytton's hr. c. Flexible, 4 yrs old, received 10 guineas; the other fourteen being drawn. witowasno,T. The Dee States of SO scus. each, h. ft. for 3-yr oWe. Once round and a Aistaace. Mr. Giffird's ch. e. Leviathan • Sir T. Stanley's - ch. c. by Tiresias Lord Derby's eh. c. Prussian Mr. Houldworth's br. f. Fanny Davies Sir W. AVynne's b. c. by litho Mr. hlytton's gr. e. Balloon Mr. Clifton's b. c. Tom Lord Grosvenor's br. f. Basilisk - . . I . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 _ - . Three paid. The Stand Cap, value 100ga. added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, all ages ; twice round and a distance. Mr. Clifton's b. h. Brutandorf . . Mr. Mytton's b. h. Longwaist . Sir T. Stanley's Doctor Faustus Mr. Price tames b. c. Fksible . • Mr. Geary's br. 1. Arachne . Lord Derby's b. m. Urganda • Seven drawn. The City Plate dings. given by the Corporation, all ages.—Heats, thrice round. Mr. Mytto&s b. It. Whittington . Major Gore's b. It. ilespetus . Mr. Thompson's b. m. Dorcas . Mr. Barow's b. m. Alecto . Mr. raynesbr. h. Cbarnwood . Four drawn. . 2 . 2 . 1 1 . 2 3 3 0 4 1 . 5 4 Last week one of the chapvls at Brighton, hitherto occupied by a congregation of Dissenters, was conse crated as a Chapel of Ease to the parish Church. At the Liverpool workhouse it has been resolved to allow the old women tea, sugar, and butter, and the old men tobacco and snuff. consequent increase of expenditure will be 5001. a year ! Aecordi.tg to a published plan of the proposed alter ations in the Strand, the Police-office is to be removed prom Bow-street to Chandos-street. FOLICE INTELLIGENCU. BOW-STREET. E4zalleth Fa:4mM and Maria For were I (lambed, charged with • uttering base coin, making up . the number of seven now iu custody for this offence. GUILDHALL. Joh* Thomas was committed for stealing a Printer's conspostgl. stick out of an office in St. John's-square, where he bad applied fur work. One Mr. e Begixi, a well-built, well-fed, well-dresood.. I.lncasbi re person, was brought before t ;le Akterman,charged with having scorned the advice, arid cracked the shins ut Joseph Godtrey,, a comfortable little cockney constable, in a flaxen hob wig. It appeared by the evidence of the constable aforesaid, and divers very ancient and quiet wrchmen, his coadjutors in the preservation of the King's peace, that about half-past one o'clock in the mottling,. this Dlr. Robert Begood, instead of being at home and a bed, as might naturally have been expected of the bearer of such a surname; was found at the door of the Bull inn, Smithfield, in close confaho. lation with two very naughty women—ladies who profess to der. MY line only, but who are, in fact, decoy ducks, waddling abosst SmitkW field and the parts adjacent, for the purppose of decoyhig the =utas try wild drakes, who resort thither, into the snares of the fowkr—or r in rather words, into the haunts of the thieves, who are always waits. ing to pluck them ; and certainly aptder occupation cannot he. Now the comfortable little constable aforesaid, seeing Mr. Robert Re— good in close confabulation with the aforesaid brace of decoy ducks. —or damsels, be they which they may; and being moreover deci dediy of opinion that Mr. nolo. Begood was fresh ftotu the country, and therefore in great danger of being decoyed by them into zii . . canner of naharef and misery; determined in hi. own mimd to • . save him from the same if possible. So, "first and foremost" he wzat up to them, and ordered the decoy ducks to "Ise off for brace of brimstones!" and they did go oft' accordingly, as he verily believed at the time, but in this point he was mistaken, as the event will thew. However, believing the said brace of britiwur.ro to be " gone clean away"—though how he could believe such fool sluts could go clean away, we know not; be next addressed himself to Mr. Robert Begood—informing him of the peculiar statute of those brimstones, and earnestly recommended him to go home to bed. To which Mr. Robert Begood replied—M Nay, but I have• some ale within doors here, and I'd like to drink that first—as for women, I didna want moo& do wi em." " Very good," rejoined the constable ; for be thought it a pity that good ale should spoil fur lack of drinking; and, as we have already said, he is a very comfortable constable, and of course, be likes to make every body else comfortable—that is, every honest body. Su when Mr. Robert liegood talked of finishing his ale, the constabl.... said "very good;" and they went into the house together—the con-tab!e thinking.that it would be better he should assist in the drinking of the ale, is order that it might be the sooner drank; and nut doubting but that when it was drank, Mr. Robert Begood would bu good enough to go home quietly to lied. But in this also he was mistaken ; for as one word - brittle on another, so also does one cup; and Mr. good's cup was no sooner empty than he insisted upon having it fil ed again. " I poured my advice into him," said the constable ; " brat it was all of no use—he scorned my advice, and set good counsel at defiance ;"—thatis to say, as fast as the constable poured in the ad vice, Mr. &good poured in the ale; and the ale, being the strongest. got the better of the advice ;a very natural con , equcnce, though it seemed to puzzle the. constable much. But the worst part of the• business was yet to come, for whilst they were thus engaged— the coustable pouring in his advice, and Mr. Begood drowning it by pouring in his ale, in bounced the brace of brimstones above mentioned; and Mr. Begood was so mightily elated thereat, that he jumped over the table, and kicked sundry drinking gl there from, smashing them to pieces against the wall on the other side of the room. The constable now thought it was high time to pocket his patience and take out his staff; and he did so; but Mr. Begood ' paid as little respect to the staff as he had done to the advice; and when the constable attempted to force him away from further mis chief, he set-to, and cracked the constable's shins, with as little re morse as his distressed countrymen are cracking the power beams. Whereupon the constable called in the watch, and the brace of brimstoues were dispersed, and Mr. Begood was carried to the watch-house, kicking and sprunting with all his might. Air. Begood, in his defence, admitted that he had not been so good as he ought to have been ; but nevertheless he thought he had endured more punishment than enough. lie said he was but " standing on steps asking constable fur's authority, when watch man came up, grappled him round knees, like child, and began tarrying him off in that form; and bateau.* he did not like that, they' puncied him wi staves tilt ribs ached!" ash. Alderman Cox told him all * this was the natural conse quence of his own misconduct; and-nnless he could satisfy the constable; by apeligizing to him for having kicked his shins LP un mercifully, he must put in bail. Mr. Begood preferred to apelogike ; and the parties having with drawn for a minute or two, the constable came in again, and said they had made every thing very comfortable. QUEEN-SQUARE. G. J.Ainsols, alias Day, was fully committed, charged with .sealing Jane Carlton, aged four years, daughter of the coachman to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The child wastplaying In the Trea— sury Chambers, when the prisoner sent the girl who had her isn charge to see the time of day at the Treasury clock, and in the interim decamped with the child, but was soon after detested, when a silk handkerchief, which was round the child's neck, was , found lying on the stones, at his feet. LAMBETH-STREET. T. Prevost and T. Burdett were fully committed, charged with snatching a watch and appendages from the person of Mr. Ger vai, a cunve7ancer, while passing over a bridge nn the Regent's near Bethnal Green, in the midddle of the day, on the 24th tilt. A female, named Ward, in a state of extreme intoxication, was charged with having attempted to throw her daughter, two years of age, into Tower Ditch, and twice knocking its bead against the pavement. A person named Huckle deposed, that he came up just in time to prevent the fatal act ; the inhuman wretch had seized the child by the legs, and was attempting to perpetrate the act, when he happily prevented it. This testimony was corroborated by. bevelai , females, when the monster was, ordered to find bail, and the child sent to the workhorse. MARY-LA-BONNE. Ned Stocknenot,the pugilist, was char d with having demolished the poppet-show of a poor old man et Harlsdon.green, otr Thin sdav last. It appeared there is an annual fair at Ilarisdon.green, the. P..dgeware.rnad, which took place last Thursday. An old. soldier had erected a trifling show for children ; but in the midst of his exhibition, Stockman, and a crowd of companions, attacked the little exhibition, and by the way of "a lark," broke it to pieces, thus depriving the veteran of his only earthly means of existence. Stockman was ordered to make the man a compensation of £2, and pay all costs, or be sent to prison in default of ..o doing, The anniversary Meeting of the Prayer-book and Homily Society took place, Thursday, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate.hilL Lend Rattcrr took the Chair, sispp9rted by the Bart of Itocaaavasz, the Right Hon. Cantina Rosa, and several other persons of distinction. The Report stated, that within the last fourteen months, 9,185 copies of Prayer-books and Homilies have been distributed in different languages, prineipally among seamen. It has been translated into 35 languages in British India alone. The amount of the receipts within the last year for the Nippon of this Society, is 2,2511. 153. 6d. ; expenditure, 2,2424 —leaving a balance in han4 of W. 156.6 d. BIRTH. Thursday, in Sloane-street, at the house of her father, Vincent Stuckey, Rsq. the Lady of the Rev. William Weed, of a sen. 10 A RA—THIS DA T. AIL. DOI. ARIL. tor It. Dublin 2 0 1 France I 4 Waterford 2 0 1 Hambursh 1 u Gummy and Jersey 0 0 I Fla.idets 1 0 Lianas 0 1 Brasil 11 1 Gottenburgh 0 1 America 0 I Malta 0 0 Leward Islands u 0 Holland 1 0 13senos Ayres 0 (1 ---- - - - Lox.oitt Priodid and Puteiritri by J. F. KEALT, Pt th 4 STA/. OrrrA4 .Vo. I, if.,,ifo-riase, hametoßuce DIED. Thursday, in the 63d year of hie age. George Dawn, Esq. solizi. ter; Southampton.street, Strand. Rev. Charles Atwell, of Malqubury. Rev. R. James, for 35 years Curate of Cwmdu, Breconshire. Rev. Richard Wright, Vicar of Wrangle, Lincolnshire. • At Potters, Bedfordshlre, aged 64, the Rey. Mr. Coulthuret ! Suddenly. in his 45th year, at the Uon Hotel, Woverbantpton, the Rev. Edward Bate Compton, Vicar of Feckenhan. RIGILWATER at LONDON-BRIDGE T0.M0142,011i. Morning • 29 minutia after 3 Afternoon - 45 atireutes after 3