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re' BIANUFACTtYRINO SONNET,. Am Ike e ra Yinestins. If in a damp and dirty cellar thou fiat been, And, nodding &cc his loan, a man bast seen, Whose eyes ware dim Whole cheeks were slim ;—: And, squatting near him, on a three-140 stool, But seen a little, ragged, pale-faced girls Preparing for her father many a spool, And piecing many an end with many a twhir— If, searching in a basket, thou hut seen A hungry mouse, where once the bread had been ; And by the fire a female form, I ween, With 'kerchief round her head, like one that krieveth, If thou bast this beheld—then thou bast seen The melancholy fate of one that weaveth / BLACKBURN DICK. LA wlyriaiGENCE. • ; • f i V SATURDAY, MAY 4. HEARING OV CASES IN PRIVATE. IN TIM MATTER OF COMELY. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY t. IN THE MATTER OT JOHN COMELY. In the Vice-Chancellor's Court, on Monday, a pe tition was presented by Mr. CHINO, on behalf of the a'uove-named individual, paying that he might be discharged from the Fleet Prison, where he had been confined upwards of two years, for contempt of an order of the Court. The circumstances upon which the order was made, were of a very delicate nature. The petitioner, a labourer in the fields, a married man, and the father of a family, having contracted an inti macy with Miss—, a ward of the Court, which her friends, for obvious reasons, were extremely desirous of interrupting, was cautioned against continuing the intercourse with her, and was also reminded of the fatal consequences that must inevitably fall upon himself, in the event of his persisting in his improper conduct. The advice was not heeded; but as the preservation of the young Lady depended upon the connexion between them being broken off, her friends made an application to the Court for its immediate interference ; upon which an injunction was issued, peremptorily forbidding him from having either personal or written communication with her. This mandate was also disobeyed, and as their at tachment continued to increase, it occasioned a mis fortune to the young girl, when she was not more than sixteen years of age, that at once ruined her moral respectability, and blighted all her future pro spects of happiness. On this calamitous event being made known to the Court, Comely was taken into custody, now upwards of two years sioce, and has from that time been subsisting solely upon the scanty prison allowance of four-pence per day. The deplorable state of misery to %%licit he, his wife, and children, were reduced by this long imprison ment, induced Mr. Ching, the Munster, from motives of humanity, gratuitously to supplicate the Court to grant him his li'serty. Bad as was the wretched si tuation of the prisoner, it was said to be superior to that of his hapless wife and children, who were lite rally perishing, frau having his assistance - so long withdrawn from them. Against the petition, Mr. Heald handed in an affidavit, with an observation that its contents were such as had prevented him fiom filihg it in the usual way, because hereafter, when he hoped the quietness of the family of the young, Lady would be in some measure restored, it should not again be broken by reading on the re cords r f the Court the painful facts it disclosed.— Mr. Ching protested against this document being-re ceived but in the usual way, alleging as a reason that he had not seen it,-and that if it contained false mat ter, the party making it was screened, by this mode of pry ceeding, from an indictment for perjury. To this it was anssvered, that it was not probable that the petitioner Would prosecute his own father. The affidavit was then handed up to the Vice-Chkincellor, and, after his Honour had read it, he said, in an em = phatic tone, 44 Let the matters of this Petition stand Over till the first day of next Michaelmas Term."— Mr. Ching implored the Court not to incarcerate the , sofortunate man in prison for sir r:onths, upon the evidence contained in a paper he was not per mitted to see, nor even to know the substance of.— The Vice-Chancellor replied, that its contents were such as he could not and must not be permitted to see, lint that it convinced him that the man had done an irreparable injury - to the unhappy girl and her fa mily, and therelote for the present he should dismiss she Petition without assigning any reason for doing so. circumstance of a decision being made upon an affidavit, 'which the petitioner was neither suffered to answer nor to know the contents of, appeared to Mr. Ching as a singular exception to the general practice of the Court, and he consequently, on Tues day, made a similar application for Comely's dis charge, before the Lord Chancellor:. his Lordship, after hearing the case, said, as the matter appeared to bear so much upon the libert7 of a subject, he' could not refuse to let his situation be considered, and, in conclusion; ordered it to be mentioned on , 1 Thursday morning. The subject was accordingly discussed, but in the private room of the Lord Chaocellor, s 9 that the particulars of'what transpired ) wete not made public. It waa, however, ascertained! that the petition would be disposed of on Saturday. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked Mr. Heald this morning if Mr. 'Wetherell had seen the original affi davits in the case which had been mentioned to him on Thursday morning ? Mr. HEALD said, he did not believe that he had. The LORD Cu Aric EL 1.0 R.— Then let him get them out of my room. I have no wish to go into that room any more. I was told in the House of Lords yester day morning, that observations had been made in one of the public papers upon my hearing that peti tion of Comely's, which Mr. Ching stated affected the liberty of the subject, in my private room. I did not do so of my own accord, although I have always considered it right, when circumstances affecting fe male infants or lunatics came before the Court, to upon the present recollected, that, when the Counsel rate ; and to bound to attend. been spared. been pleased ' 411• • to mention this. aglitter is art Cant, that he (Mr:l Heald) had seen asitpaper_centaining those observa tions ; in addition to whiA kids°. ceataiaed a report of circumstances which had taken place in his Lord ship's private room. Now, as tie only persons pre sent were the Counsel and Solicitors engaged, and his Lordship's Registrar, such circumstances could only have transpired through. on of them ; and. he con sidered it complesirly.at variance with the confidence reposed in Professional Gentlemen thus to divulge what. had taken place in private. The LORD CnOttionx.t.oa.--With respect to hear ing the case in pietnte, I have nothing further to ob serve thanithat I dld so in consequence of the appli cation of Counsel. on both sides. I will do the Bar the justice to say, that whenever the Court has been of opinion that a case should be heard in . private, they havealways willingly consented, to avoid adding mis fortune to misfortune, by giving it publicity. lam therefore convinced that when Counsel agree that a case ought not to be made public , they tha t a lend themselves to such a purpose afterwards. Let me not, however, be understood as saying that, even though Counsel were to withhold their consent, it' might not sometimes be the duty of the Court to in sist upon preventing circumstances of this nature from being disclosed to the Public. I think a Chancellor is bound to see that the affairs of a family, in which there may be infants or lunatics who are wards of Court, be not made more public than the ends of justice require. The petitioner's Solicitor then rose and stated, that what had appeared in the Newspaper had only been mentioned as a rumour in Court. He had certainly been applied to, but had stated nothing of what had occurred, in the private room, more than that the case had been adjourned until Saturday morning.— The Solicitor on. Mr. Heald's side had also been pre sent, but be was sure the Learned Counsel's observa tions did not apply to him. The Loan CHANCELLOR was willing to give the Gentleman full credit for what he had stated ; but still the circumstances could not have. been heard through stone walls. He therefore agreed with Mr. Heald, that there must have been a breach of pro fessional confidence somewhere; and, from his know ledge of the Bar, he was sure it was not with them. Such a breach could not be too much reprobated : giving publicity to the ruin of an unfortunate infant, could not, in his opinion, give the Public satisfaction. At a subsequent period of the day, Mr. CHING czme into Court, and said that he had read the affi-' davits which his Lordship had sent him ; perhaps, therefore, his Lordship would dispose of the case in the course of the morning. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he (Mr. Ching) mig ht . observe that the facts contained in th e m were ql.ute at variance with what was stated in his petition. He (the Lord Chancellor) felt some difficulty in this case. He did not know whether he was to hear it in private or not. Some observations had been made upon his having done so on Thursday. Mr. Ching had not been in Court when he mentioned it in the morning. It was all the same to him (the Lord Chancellor) to hear it in public, except that he thought it was making a very unnecessary exposure. Mr. HEALD said, that Mr. Wetherell, who was on the other side, had taken the same view of the mat ter as he (Mr. Heald) had. The LORD CIIA NCELLOR observed, that the affida vit stated circumstances of great aggravation in tip conduct of the petitioner. Mr. CHING said, that originally he bat! been guilty of' great misconduct, but, his long subsequent cm finement had been some atonement for it. • The LORD CHANcELLoa.—The best way is for you to attend me at half-past nine o'clock ore Tuesday morning; and in the meantime an affidavit ought to be made by the petitioner. Mr. CUING said, That the expense of that would be an object to him. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he could not help that. He also informed Mr. Ching that he had only attended to those affidavits which he had sent him.— He certainly thought that some affidavit ought to be made by petitioner, stating that he had abandoned all idea of persevering in his former improper resolutions. After some further observations•of no importance, it was ordered, upon the suggestion of Mr. Ching, in order to save the expense of the Master's going to the prison, that the petitioner should be brought up by the Warden of the Fleet to the Master's Office, with out a writ of Habeas Corpus, for the purpose of swearing the affidavit. Mr. WETHERELL now came into Court, and ob served that he had heard observations had been made upon his Lordship's hearing this case in private. He begged to state that that was the act of Counsel, and not of the Court. The LORD CIIANCELLOR.—It was certainly not the act of the Court ; it therefore ought not to have been animadverted upon. But, he repeated, the Court has been always considered to possess a parental discre tion to do what it can for the purposes of justice, without unnecessarily exposing infant females, who are wards of the Court. COURT Q 1 KING'S BENCH, MAY 4. THE KING V. CLARKE. The question submitted to the judgment of the Court in this case was, whether the City of Bath is liable to be assessed to the county-rate for Somerset? It depended on the construction of 55 George 111. c. 51, which exempts from the liability to contribute to the general county-rate all places having a separate jurisdiction of their own by grant, Charter, or Statute. It appeared that the City of Bath had, for some pur poses, a separate jurisdiction by Charter, but that its Magistrates had the power of committing to the county jail persons charged with felonies within the city, and the expenses of prosecuting,such offenders would be paid out of the county fund. The COURT, therefore, after bearing Mr./trim% for the exemption, and Mr. GAM= for the liability of the City, decided that Bath was liable to the rate.— The City had, no doubt, for some purposes, a separate jurisdiction; but those words in the excepting provi sion of the Act must be construed to mean a separate jurisdiction for the purposes to which the countyrate is applicable, and could never intend that where a City derived benefit from the rate, it should be ex empted from a liability to contribute to mike it. Tbey therefore gave judgment for the Crown. The Court rote at two o'clock, as the Judges were summoned to meet in the ExchNtier Chamber, to' confer on reser►ed points of criminal law. / ~ .7. 4 1;7 1 A tosszsroll__Yrozak . •, - - on, • , • A 30013 at aie t ties at half pat, liEAKE'S GENUINE PILLS, it stly follow for curing, in all its stages, the VENEREAL DISEASE One small Pill is a dose, and the taking of see Box, in a rcce , -t case;-will soon convince the patient of the certainty of his speedy recovery. Nothing can be better contrived, mere safe, or more convenient than this Remedy, for such as are obliged to go jour nies or to sea, as it needs no confinement nor restraint of Diet; and sixty years experience (in an extensive practice) has proved that it will effect a Cure when repeatc.l Salivation and all other methods avail nothing. For the Scurvy and other Chronical Disorders, this Medicine has not its parallel. Upwards of 40,000 persons of both sexes have been radically cured of the above cruel disorders, within the last eight years. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietors, T. TAYLOR and SON, Members of the iloya' College of Surgeons .at their House, No. 9, N•'w Bridge-st: eet, in Boxes of only 25. 9d. each, duty include, i .— N.B. Two Lack doors, and Lights in the Passages at nig:r.— They are also sold, by their appointment, with copious Lions, at the Toy-shop, 103, Oxford -street; Mr. Disborottb No. 7, Fish-street-hill, nearly opposite the Monument ; and one Person in every considerable Town in Great Britain Ireland. Advice gratis to Persons taking the above, or other the Proprietor's Medicines. MAILS Tens DAY.-•••• RR. Dun. Dublin 1 0 Waterford 5' 0 Guernsey and Jersey 1 0 Lisbon 0 0 Holland 1 0 New York 0 0 ♦ IR. Vi'S. France 1 0 Hamburgh 1 0 Flanders 1 0 Jamaica 0 0 Gottenbu►gh 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 HIGH-WATilt at LONDON BRIDGIZ T -MO UTOw leferning - 36 olinutes after 3 Afternoort LONMON : Printed and published by Limy place, Tensple-Bas. P " was. •s. •••••-- avoid giving them publicity. But upon 1 . ' ' occasion, lam sure it will be recollected i 1 coming into Court, I was applied to by idi Cu both sides to hear the petition in priv such an application I thought myself bout i, ', , Those observations, therefore, had better Mr. [ILSLD said, as his Lordship had 1 .-, .- - 'Its4R OI4 YDrIR VT restitution of conjugal rights, by Drs. ADAMS and Jattaza, to the s. in the wife's allegation, which charged . - of.the husband's suit. The first and second articles set forth the marriage in May 1816, after which they cohabited only five weeks, when the husband, who had represented him self as a man of fortune, was arrested and thrown into Cork Jail for debt, and where he remained in confinement for the space of twelve months. That during this time she repeatedly visited him in prison; but, in consequence of his violent abuse and cruel treatment of her, she was under the necessity of quit ting his protection, and came over to England. The third and fourth articles pleaded, that thi s Lady was possessed of considerable property, which, by marriage settlement, was secured to her separate use, and she charged the violent conduct of her hus band to be with a view of getting possession of her personal estate. The violence complained of in other articles was alleged to consist in blasphemous abuse, declaring he hail only married her for her money, abusing her mother and sisters, and that if she did not let him have her money, menacing her that he would never let her rest or be at peace. Proceeding to the 130 article—When she visited him in Cork Jail, he asked her if she had signed a deed which he had sent her by his daughter ,Cathe rine, and on her refusal so to sign, be toolc:a Bible, .and, going down on his knees, swore that he would not be a. husband to her, but a bitter enemy. In another (there being 17 articles), the allegation set forth that a young man, son of her husband, went up stairs into her bed-room with a drawn sword, to prevent her taking away her wearing apparel, and menaced her with personal injury if she attempted to remove her property, and that the son had ac knowledged that what he so did, was at and by his father's direction. • Dr. ADAMS contended this allegation was inadmis sible, on the ground that no substantive act of cruelty on the part of the husband had been specifically set forth, and the nature of the menaces of which the wife complained consisted only of blasphemous abuse, a sort of sekdi Rrophanus, which, it was improperly alleged, had excited terror in her mind aad appre hensions of personal violence; but he contended wlth out just cause.—Dr. J EiIN ER followed on the same side. Doctors STOTTIA RD and LUSHINGTON arg ued in support of the allegations, which the Court a dmitted to proof,with exception of the 2d and Bth articles. UNIVEESIT'Y INTELLIGENCE CAMBRIDGE, MAY :s. Sunday, Mr. Charles Henry Maturin, of King's College, was admitted Fellow of that Society. Sunday, at an Ordination holden by the Bishop of Bristol, in the Chapel of Christ College, the following Gentlemen were ordained ; ?MST& Edward John Ash, B.A. Fellow of Christ College, Camb. John Cantle, B.A. ditto. Henry Robert Fowler 8..1. Exeter College, Oxford. Richard Jeffreys, M.A. Fellow of St. John's College, Camb. John Brooks Atkinson, T 3. A. Sidney College, Cambridge. George Edward Wentworth Norris. DEACONS. Thomas Baker, B.A. Christ College, Cambridge. George Stone, B.A. Sidney College, Cambridge. William Chrke, B. A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Edward Reginald Mantel), B. A . Emmanuel College, Camb. Newton Smart, B. A University College, Oxford. OXFORD, MAY 4. Thursday, the following Degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IW CIVIL LAW. The venerable Charles Danh-ny, Bachelor 'ln Civil I.aw, some time Fellow of New College, now Fellow of Winchester, and Archdeacon of Sarum, created by decree of Convocation. abaft lye nannies _ _ e'l°a a fta n ti er ser ttin iil he t s ir hin. tb n. pride eveai etiiie nl ; . Y—. and setting of the sun, i% nearly __ hours. Saturday-140'th of the day, assured by morning and ev en . ing WHO% jetweaty-oce hours and eighteen inhuttes. BI RTItS. On Friday, Thy 3, at Cambridge, the Ladled the nee. A t . yawns Brydges Henniker, of a daughter. Tuesday, at Uffington Hoitse, the Countess of Lindsey, o f a daughter. Friday, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, the Lady of David Pollock Esq. Barrister at Law, of a daughter. Atßandah, East Indies, the Lady of Major Meacham, of his Majesty's Otis Regiment, of a son. MARRIED. April 19, at Edinburgh, the Rev. David M. Inglis, of St o .l. bridge, Berwickshire, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. j l / 4): „ 1 Bell, Dunglau. Thursday, at Querrington, Gloucestershire, the Rev. J . 17,, mall, one of the Ministers of the Dissenting Chapel of Oxfcr to Mary Harriett, only daughter of Mr. James 'loran, :he former place. Tuesday se'nnight, the Rev. St-phen Middleton, of Trir.:7 College, Cambridge, and some time Gentleman Commove; Oxford, to Mary, only daughter of .L.ihn Ware, Esq. of ton, Devon. Tuesday, the Rev. P. Penson, Precentor of the Cathei!rz; and Vicar of St. Oswald's, I)athmr, to Louisa Elizab:•:, daughter of the late Mr. John Barley, of Barnes, Surrey. April 15, the Rev. Mr. Burtickin, Pastor of an Indepenec: Congregation, at Stone, in Staffordshire, to bliss Smith, Lancaster. April 30, the Rev. Robert 'Mosley Master, to Frances Mare, daughter of George Smith, Esq. M.P. of Selsdon, Surrey. April 29, George, eon of the Lite Rev. J. Gent, Vicar ri Stoke and Mayland, Suffolk, to Jane, daughter of tile la:c 'l. Willows, Esq. Saturday se'unight, at Tinwell, Thomas Alderson Cooke, F•%, of Peterborough, to Mary Joanna, widow of the late Willis-1 Boggis, Esq. Lieut.-Cul. of the West Efa.'X Militia. Lately, at Landugwidd, CardL!anshire, the Rev. J. StarN, M.A. Fellow of Caius College, to Caroline Franers, third ilza;t. ter of W. 0. Brigstocke, EN. of Blaenpont, Cardiganshire. Thursday, at East Barnet, Sir Thomas %Theism of to Alicia, youngest daughter of Edward Egan, liq. of U.:: re House, Herts. Tuesday, at Woodstone, Hants,- Wm. Lawrance, T sq, c: Peterborough, to Henrietta, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. Bringlturst, who performed the ceremony. ...--.. . .. . ..11044y„ • irk *e.—...isksi Via. ante T. I..—Full • tiltii k e 9,911.1104. . On admission of responskroAlegiitiON in *Plan' * ro t"; '"lii r iod 6r e a t T s e ff la d 4ll(i ra in g' " Ille sun rise tituted ' by. William Greiff, Bp. against. 114 wife. far itodn'att"Nt pas t itn, dies abotit .estitation of conjugal rights, objections .were taken after t h ree . Th e „locums* four inittu tea after I Dn. ADAMS and JIM/MR, to the matter contained Wednesday—Moon rises abouthalf past eight ii n the wife's allegation, which charged cruelty in bar Mortar—Jupiter. the (mat tart seta shoo! 3f- the husband's suit. • . Friday—The duritiow of twilight, before and a - - . and setting of the sun. 1% nearly three hours. MASTERS OF A1: 79. The Rev. Frederick Gambier, Fellow of All Souls' ColLge. 'The Rev. William Charlton, Magdalen Ha& George More Molyneux, Trinity College. Richard Goff, Christ Church. BACHELORS OF ARTS. John Dickinson, Trinity College, Crand Compounder. Elbro' Woodcock, Oriel College, ditto. Thomas Wotton Barlow, Wadham College. Henry A. S. Atwood, Queen's College. Robert John Hatchman, St. Edmund Hall. Charles Henry Thomas Baumgarten, Magdalen Hall. Nicholas Toke, Trinity College. George Woodcock, ditto. Charles Stephen HasseUs ' ditto. Brook William Bridges, Oriel College. Thomas Pryce Lloyd, Christ Church. Charles Pitt, ditto. William Ives, Bailin' College. William Rest Everard, ditto. John Alington, Derry of Magdalen College. John Birch Webb, Brasennose College. Francis Jackson Blandy, Fellow of SC-John's College. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. The Rev. Reginald Heber, M.A. of AU Souls' College, Ox. ford, is appointed Preacher at Lincoln's Inn, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Canon of Christ Church, and Regius Professor of Divinity. The Archbighop of Canterbury has appointed the Hon. and Rev. Hugh Percy, one of the Prebendaries of that Cathedral, to the Archdeacoory of that Diocese; and the Rev. James Croft, Rector of Sapwood, &c. to a Prebendal Stall in the same Cathedral; both void by the death of the Rev. Houstonue Rad cliffe, D.D. His Grace has also presented the Rev. Nicholas Simons, Rector of St. Margaret's, Canterbury, site. to the Rectory of Ickham, also void by the death of Dr. Radcliffe. The Rev. John Leggett, Clerk, has been instituted to the Rectory of East 'Tisted, Kent, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Williams, lerk. Archibald ampbell, of Bythswood, Esq. M.P. has presented the Rev. Laurence Lockhart to the Church and Parish of In chinnan, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Richardson. On the 15th ult. Mr. William Smellie, Preacher of the Gos pel, was ordained to the pastoral charge of the Second Associate Congregation of Scram - an. The Rev. Walliam Tulloch, A.M. was, on the 11th ult. ad mitted Minister of the church and parish of Dallas, in the Pres bytery of Forres, vacant by the translation of the Rev. F. W. Grant to Banff. EXICCUITON ♦? li.cnomea.—Wednesday Trillion Dank, fo, setting fire to a dwelling-house; iknjamin Day, forlurglary ' 13erijanain Glover, and George Paddy, for stealing goods •in a dwelling-house, were executed on the Cross erected on the front of lichester Jail, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. The unfortunate men having received the Sacra ment, and everything being prepared, they were removed at half-past eleven o'clock from the chapel, preceded by the clergy man, who read the burial service in an audible and impressive manner. Their irons were then knocked off, and they were se verally pinioned. They all behaved with great firmness on the' scaffold, and the clergyman continued his prayers and exhorta tions for a considerable time, in which devotional exercises they all joined with fervour, at the conclusion of which the fatal signal was giveq, and they were launched into eternity. The conduct of the spectators, who came from all parts of the country to witness the execution, was disgraceful in the extreme; their noisy mirth would have induced a stranger to imagine a pUblic Woking, ipotesi of a mournful sehonkity. DIED. Saturday se'nnight, suddenly, at Newbury, aged R 4,!! ^ r!'t David James, about GO years Pastor of the Cnitariaa Co:.„-t• gation of that place. April g 9, the Rev. Wm Calmer', Rector of Farrier,,, i s Cumberland. Lately, at Apple-by, is the county or Westmorek.,e,! , , John Waller, 31..4.. Head. Master of the Free Granrnz of that place, and Rector of Sulharnstrad, Berke. The 7.:•;:neg is in the gift of- the Provost and Fellows of Queen's Colleie". April 14, at the Rectory House, Emley, near Wakefield, efed 31, the Rev. George Hewett, 11. A. Curate of Eroly, W..kefield, and formerly of Cathatille A few days since, St l)ursley, eged 23, The lea Prue!, E of University College, Oxford. Lately, at Stroud, in Kent, aged 69, Mr. John T.P.ndrelre'i, a superannuated officer of the 11eyal Navy. Sunday se'nnight, aged E 2, 11,erqtr11, 31.1). cf April 26, at Sheerness, agel 1;3, torney at Law. Nov. 28, at Calcutta, Benj imin Earle Larkins, of the 'Jet. East India Company's ship Marquis Wellington, and so: cr George Larkins, confectioaer, of Deal. April 21, at the Royal Marine Barracks, Chati•nnr, age -+, Catherine, wife of Dr. Dodson, of the Chatliant Divis:. 7.: Royal Marines. April 17, at his residence, Peterstone-coutt, Dee: r•Aire, Thomas Harcourt Powell, Esq. one of the Benchers ui tL Inner Temple, aged 69. November 1, at Valparaiso, Lieut. the Hon. C. Ley 7 , e; his Majesty's ship Conway, aged 25. Tuesday, at her house, in Sunbury, after an illness of several months, Mrs. Birch, widow of the late Thomas Birch, Esq. basket in Bond -street, aged 77. April 29, at Sleighford, near Stratford, Marian, wife a :Le Rev. T. W. Richards. April 30, Mary, wife of the Rev. J. It. Senior, of Winter bourn, near Bristol. Lately, aged 92, Ilichard Wiseman, an industrious labourirg man, of the parish of Icklingham, Suffolk. On the day of bps funeral, when his friends had assembled to pay their last tribute to his memory, his widow requested to see his coffin screwd down, when she fell and instantly expired ! She was in her year, and had b-en the village schoohnistreas nearly 70 years. April 22, at Sheerness, Mr. Henry Bailey, at the a:loaned age al' 96, leaving behind hint a numerous progeny, viz. thr-e sons and four daughters, 60 grand-children, 88 great grand cLi!- ilren, in all 150. This venerable patriarcii entered Cie coat.- bial state three times, and, to use his own words, had three of the best wives that ever lived; by the first of whom he bad at children! During his boyhood, Mr. Bailey went to sea in the King's service, and went to Holland with George 11. in the fie,:r that conveyed his Majesty; at the age'of 18 he came ashore, and was apprenticed in Sheerness Dock-yard, to bis hither, where he remained till he was superannuated: he lived ably regular. April 2a, at the resi&nce of T. Y. Greet, Esq. Mayer a Queenborough, where she was on a visit, and at an aivart , ..l age, Mrs. Martin, relict of the late Rev. David Martin, Csr . .!c of Eastchurch, ieppy, who died a few months since. ? lea Martin went to bed as well as usual, bet not appearing at b. c...- fast in the morning, the family became alarmed, and a serv. Was sent to call her, who could neither open her chamber dear nor obtain an answer; a ladder was immediately procured, a person got into the window, who found Mrs. M. lying a cc7it on the floor, with her head against the door. Mrs. Martin is supposed to have fallen down in an apoplectic fit whilst bat:gl' g her gown on a peg in the door, en the preceding evening, wheel she was going to bed, as she was quite cold when found. r