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VILPF;R 11 HISTORY OF THE BARDS aad MINSTRELS in WALES. 111011 all RICHARD 17OARR'S TRANSLATION or ARCH " 1111110 P aaLDRIN '/ ITINERARY.( The eatlinstmention I can find made of the Bards in Wales, is in the reign of the British King Cadwaladvr, who died at Home A.D. C 99; and of whom the following anecdote is recorded. This King presided at in EISTEOLIVOIS, or meeting assembled for the pim ping of regulating the birdie institution ; when eminent' appeared, and played upon his harp . before this illustrious aresembly in so dia. pleasing and %Inharmonious a key, that he was ordered, under se. vets penalties, whenever he again performed before permits skilled in the art, to adopt that of Mwynentiwynedd, or the pleasing me. lady of North Wales. Doling the reign of the great Welsh Legislator, Hovel Phi, A.D. 940 a we find that the Bards were held in high estimation, 'and enjoyed great and peculiar privileges. 1 'timid Tculu, or the Multi,, Atelicia(corresponding wlth our Poet Laureate), received etr his appointment, from the King, a harp, and a gold ring (rem the Queen ; which haty he was re part with on no consideration whatever. lie held his land free, ar.d at the three great festivals of Christ iania, Enter, and Whitsuntide, he sat at the Prinee's table. If the BrW desired any favour of the King, he was obliged to play one of his own ansmoaitions ; if of a nobleman, three ; and if of atple bine, he was under the obligation of playing till he went to but, or was tired with his music. II is person was held so sacred, that who ever slightly injured the Bard, was tined vt cows and exx pence ; and the niurderce of a Bard was fined CICIL•I cows. lie pre ttied the army when prepared for bottle, reciting an English ming caned (4th/oath Prydain, or the Monarchal Song of Britain, and for this service received his share of the enemy's spoils. About the year 1070, Blestillyn ab Cynvyn, Princeof Powys (the author of another code of Welsh laws) established some regulations respecting the Bards, revising and enforcing those which were al seedy matte. After the death of Trebling= ab Cando; in Rao, Gruffydd ab Cynan succeeded to the p•incipality of North Wales. Dunne: his long and glorious reign of fifty-sox years, he reformed the them dered behaviour of the Welsh Minstrels, by a very good statute, which is extant to this day. The annotator on the Welsh Chroni cle records the following particulate respecting the Bank. There are three sores of minstrels in Wales. The fire sort, named Beirdh, which are makers of song, and odes of sundrie measures, wherein not onelie greet skill and cunning is required, but alsoa certeine naturall inclination and gilt, which in Latino Is termed/error poetwor. These do also keepe records if genlemens amiss and peterees, and are best esteenual and ac counted of moon them. The second sort of them trephines upon instruments, chick'', the ban* and the cmwth, whose musike for the most part rune to Widen with the said firuffyth ap Conan, who being on the out aide an Irishman by his mother, and grandmother, and also borne in Ireland, broeght over with him, out of that canonic, divas cunning musicians into Wales, who derived in a manner ail the iu atntneentall musike that is now there used, se appeereth as well by the betakes written of the same, as also by the names of the tunes and measures used amongst them to this dale. The third met, called A reaneaid, are those which do sing to the instrument plaint by another, and these be in use in the countrir of Wales to this dale. This statute or decree before mentioned doth not neelie prescribe and appoint what reward everie of the said minstrels might to have, and at whose hands, but also of what honest behaviour and maser. sedan they ought to be, to wit, no makebates, no vagebonds, no slee-houte hunters, no drunkards, no heathen, no whore-lienters, no thanes, nor companions of such. In which things if they offend, crone rotten by the said statute is made an officer, and author:ten to arrest and punish then, yea and take from them all that they have anent then. They are also in the IMO statute forbidden to enter Into anle mans home, or to make anie song of anie man without special! licenceof the panic himaelfe. And this statute or decree bath beam oftentimes allowed by publike teuthoritie of the cheefe magistrate of that countrie, as appeareth by mender commissions directed to divers gentlemen in that behalfe. The character of King Edward the first has been blackened by the imputation of the greatest cruelty towards the Bards ; for after the final subjugation of Wales, he is said to have issued as edict foithen extemiination, on the false plea of exciting their coun trymen to sedition, by the recital of the heroic deeds performed by their ancestors. This idea has been generally adopted both by poets and historians ; but perhaps' without good foundation. The historian Carte says, "that the only set of men who had reason to complain of Edward's severity, was the Bards, who used to put those remains of the ancient Britains in mind of the valiant deeds of their ancestors. Me ordered them all to be hanged, as Inciters of the people to sedition. Policy in this point got the better of the king's natural lenity; and those who were afterwards entrusted with the government of the country, following his example, the prettesien, becoming dangernue. gradually declined, and in a little time, that sort of men was tamely destroyed." Jnhn Wynne, in his history of the Dwedir family, following the some opinion, says, " Edward the first, who caused our Bard.' oft to behoved by martial law, as stirrers of the people to sedition, 'I whose example being followed by the governors of Wales, until Henry the Fourth his time, was the utter destruction of that sort of, tuna Sit/mem this kind of people were at some further libertk to sing ;owl keep pedegrees as In ancient time they were wont; since' which we have same light of antlquitie by their songs and writings. From the reigns of Edward the First to Henry the Fourth, there is therefore nos certainty, or very little, of things done; other than whet is to be found in the prince's records, which now, by tossinge the same from the Exchequer at Carnervon to the Tower, and to the offices in the Exchequer at London, as aline by in-keeping and ordering of late dayes, are become a chain of eenflnion, with a total neglect of method and order, as would be needful for him who would be ascertained of the truth of things dune from time to time." Mr. Pennant, in his tour through North {{'ales, informs us. that in the 15th Henry VIII. an Eisteddfod was held at Caerwys, Flint shire. in which the ancient laws respecting the Bard, were con firmed. And he further adds, that A.D. in the reign of queen Elisabeth, a royal commission was issued for holding an Eisteddfod at the same place; on which occasion several Bards re ceived their degrees. This commission is the last of the kind that has been granted, and is still in the possession of the Illostyn family, together with the silver harp, which, form time immee morial, had been hi their gift to bestow on the thief of the faculty. This badge of honour is about fire or six inches long, and furnished with urines equal to the number of the Muses. See Pennant, vo l. i. p. eta; where a copy of the commiseiuti, and an engraving of the harp, are Riven. Such is the information which I have been able malice front written authorities respecting this celebrated order of men in Wale'. The following notes, drawn up by Mr. William I liven, at my te eniest, will enable me to enter mote fully, and, I trust, satisfac torily, into this subject. BARDS.—What we find to have been suns! prominent in the religion, laws, and manners, of the patriarchal item, and in that part of the world which has been generally deemed the cradle of the human race,'oamely, the western regions of Asia, prevailed likewise among the distant colonies of Britain. Were we inconsiderately to pronounce the early inhabitants of 6MM/end to have been In a savage state, according to the summon acceptation of the term, it would he contrary to the teem of a mul titude of historical facts. But this is the character generally drawn of the Druids, and of the religion they practised among the Celery. Sach a picture is m contrary to the evidence we are ambled to calla' from the monuments which they have left behind theai, and even to dieter notices taken of them by the Greek and Runlet) writers, that I thiek it melees to enter into &deed! of things so much mime-presented. The commoa observation that the whole people were overawed by the teeter of priencraft, is foolish ; for every nation is governed by the it:Rua:ice of its religion ; and we have no evidence ef any particular abuse of this power among the ancient Britons. In considering their state of religion end society, the first object . that arrests the attention is the system of the Bards; the principles of which are clearly identified among the ling patriarchs of man- Mod, and were extended to the farthest regions in India, in come man with the western borders of Europe ; and the agreement of system in these to extreme regions is astonishing. as might be illus. treed by numerous facts; such as the exact identity of character of the Indian Meow, and the Alen. of the British Triads and re nnin& tales. • Oae of the most striking peculiarities of the herdic system was the invention of an ore/ record, more certain than the art of e th ing itself, especially SR it existed in its infancy, or perhaps at any other per before the discovery of printing. For the Herds re. quintet that every branch of knowledge embraced by them should be ropimitted to memory ; anti this their disciples were obliged to , do before there:mild be tally initiated into the order ; and with a viewer tendering them perfect therein, nothing that appertained to the institution was allowed to be coininitted to writing. {chat they thus taught was redueed into a peculiar kind of aphorisms, called Trktdr,, from their compteliending three different articles classed tree/ether, aecordlng to the characteristic enalopy subsisting between them; and those Tr iod• a embraced the leading points of theelogy, inorelay, science, and Mabry. Solemn meetings were held at certain seasons of the year, such se at the new and full moon, but more penitently et the solstice., and equinoxes ' the four principal meetings of the year tnuk place, for the promuletation n. the maxima of the Hardie religien, sue for other purpooke. list there were other stiperior triennial meetings, which were great national assemblies, wherein were ratified such things as were propmed for their oral record. These convennons of every desaiptiou task plate wi th in circles of iinhewn stones, in the most public and convenient situations, such as in the open plains in the county of Wilts, whereon die principal stone circle of the whole island was raised, and of which Avebury and Sanitary-hill present, at this day, to our observation, some of its vast and wonderful remains. The instinition consisted of three ceders .1 the Bards proper, the Druids, and the 01 ates ; and to each of these were attached peen. persuits and functions. • The order called the [ludic was time predominant clam, or that into which all the disciples were initiated in the fiat instance; it seas, in chart, the privileged national college of the Britons, for on nog adinitEd into i t , t h e emembers assumed one or the oilier of tee three deasee, as their inclination or interest directed then,. To ibis primary order appertained the perpetuation of the privileges mil natant% of tf.e system, and aline the civil end moral iiistitures mid learning. If a Hard assumed the charaner of a Druid, he had perfomi the folic:ems of the eriesthend ; gruel as there was a !'rest or Druid in every comniunity, and the greatest influence was alached to rim, this was the class into which the greatest number of the 11nrik were necessarily entered. Theroure, owing to the power belueging to Ws rharatter, the Bards appeared more conspicuous to eratige• it the Druidical character, then when they soficated in the others • eu that •the accounts we find in ancient wnttrs, who describe them, riteoften contradictory. hut generally the names of the other melees are lost in that of die Druids. The Ovate' were sueb of the Bards as cultivates) particular arts or sciences : therefore it was the order to which belonged artists and mechanics of every description. And this was the only cbs. Mew in which the Bards were permitted to hold - private emelt-vs in performing the functions of the other (heists, they were obliged! to assemble, as they expressed it, In the rye of light, and in thn face of the sun. I have not the least tiouht, from the information I have obtained, but that this class of craftwros was the origin of ftecinasonry ; for in times of persecution the Bards found it too dangerous to hold public meetings: they therefore assumed the ovule character, which permitted them to meet under cove.; anti indeed many of the very terns arrangements, anti principles of Masonry are to be found in Bardism. So that Masonry is Bardism in disguise, being so involved In technical trams that it esquires great application in those who are initiated to sec through the mys terious covering. The Bards too have a secret like the ~lawns, by which they can know one another. The three letter. 0. 1. W. are with them the unutterable name of the Deity ; they therefisre wade else of another term, known only to themselves, just as she Jews, who always make use of ;Menai when the name ofJehorah occurs. Each of the letters in the Hardie name is also a name of itself: the first is the word when uttered, that the world burst into existence ; the second is the word, the sound of which continues, by which all thinggs remain in existence; and the third is that by which rte consummation of all things will be in happiness, or the state of renovated intellect, for ever approaching to the immediate prescoce of the Deity. Each of these three Orders wore an appropriate dress. That of the primary order, or the Bards in general, wits of sky-blue, em blematic of light, or truth, and of peace. White, as is mask of purity and holiness, was appropriated to the Druids. The (hales wore green, thus denominating that the earth was the object of their rIdII4IIILS. The fundamental object and principle of the Bardie system vrre, the search after truth, and a right adherence to justice and peace. They never bore arms, nor engaged in any party divines; sit that eventually they became totally exempted ()um all political connec tions; and they were therefore employed as heralds en war between different Powers. So sacred were their persons considered in the office of mediators, that they passed unmolested through hostile couotries, and even appeared in the midst of battle, to arrest the arm of slaughter, while they executed their missions. But this state of disinterested virtue was at length the means of procuring to the order the supreme influence in the nation, by the perversion of its original principles, as we find to have been the case amongst the Gauls, where the office of Arch-Druid was established, and made permanent, in direct violation a those principles; and this High Priest bad acquired so great an ascendancy as In struggle success ful) against the Keenan power for nearly bOU years. Thee idea with respect to the moral government of the world was, that life was gradually increasing In perfection; that there fore truth and justice were a dvancing therewith ; so that the Bards looked fur a period when those attributes should predominate over the principles of evil and devastation that when that 'Knott ar rived man would begin to make rapid appmaches towards that per. faction which ids state aid capable of undergoing; and then, on the consunintatien of such an event, the design of this terrestrial world was answered, and it would be changed into mutate state by fire. In tracing the origin of the Bantle system, we are led back to very remote antiquity. The first who inane verse the vehicle of in struction and of record, according to the Tch.ds, was Tydain Tel Assets, or Tydain, Father of the Mare, ketwet o whom and Tula,' Thoth, ur Hennes of the Egyptians, there is a striking conformity as in the names as in their attributes. From this oriOnal were derived die privily tes and peculiar customs which were ar-s ranged and methodiaed by the three primeval ilards, Plennydd, Alon, and Ownsn, and then sanctioned and adopted as a part of the constitution of the re tion,and which before ouir received through courtesy what was afterward, insured by law. The Triads differ as to the periods when this took phase, whether in the time of Prydaio, son of .ledd the Oma(, or Of Dyvnwal Idoelmuil, his son. The exact era of all these personages is lost In antiquity; but it is curious to o'eterve thrt the Mon here mentioned, seems to be the same with ()len, the Hyperborean, Anima, or Linos, in the Gee. can mythology. It may be pertinent here to notice another wherein it is said, that Gwysition Hanhebon was the that who cemposed verse—that Hu the Nighty was the first who made it the vehicle of record and instruction ; anti that Tydain Tied A wen was the first who reduced it to an tut, and fixed rules of comonsition ; and hence originated Bards and Median, and the regulation of the system in all its privileges, by the three primes al Bards, Plennydd, Mon, and Owron. The fiwyddoo (lanhehon aboreatteationed, seems, accordingi to another Triad, to have achieved a work that Is to be identified with the Pillars of Hennes iu Egypt ; fur this Triad stems to mention three great exploits one of them being " the stones of liwysidon li anhebon, upon which were to be read all the arts and sciences in the world." I It don not appear that the Raids leaf any mythological fables. They had triad., and other kinds of aphorisms, containing their political, moral. religious, and other maxims, and branches cf knowledge. which it was necessary that every disciple should learn by heart, before he could gain tulinlasion into the order. Of these thing% as many are still presentd as would take up a long time for a person of common capacity to acquire. Whatever superstitions might have originally belonged to the system, must in a gnat measure, or perhaps totally, have been ex punged by the introduction of Christianity. In other respects, believe that the system is still preserved, as to the general princi ples. within • small district of lilarnorganshire, whilst it has be come nearly unknown in every part of Wales for several ages. This appears more particularly front a celebrated Eisteddrod, or Co n gress. held at Carmarthen about the year 1430, against which the Synod of the Bards of tilatnorgan protested, as being totally sub versive of the ancient institutions, as preserved by them. This Congress at Cartmuthen, and those subsequently held in North Wales, were scarcely anything more than the simple meetings of poets and minstrels, under a few etnninon and indispensable re gulations, for the sake of good order, and therefore not worthy of particular notice. The ('hair of 61Rn:organ being the only one that preserved the ancient Herdic instittit:ll, it is of consequence to bring it more par. Ocularly to the notice of the public, for without it we should have probably nothing left of Banlism or Druidism, except in scattered ruins, of which nothing satisfactorily could now be made out. This provincial chair, or lionsedd, has regularly preserved the ancient discipline, and has occasionally held public meetings, to give edict to die functions el the Bards belonging to it. Some of these mcetincs were expressly convened at the desire of the Lords Marchers and other powerful families, who were desirous of learn ing somethieg of this extraordinary system, which was so formed as to have within itself the means of self-v.-nervation, under all the great changes of the nation. And to satisfy the wishes of those noble personages, several of the 1111/4 intelligent Bards of the times were appointed to (collect together and digest every particu lar relating to the t /min. Of the Congresses convoked by such authorities the first was under the patronage of Sir Itichard Ne vine ; a subsequent one was held under the auspices of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. at Cardiff Lamle, in 1370; another in 1390. under the direction of Sir Edward Lewis, of the Van ; and the last fur such special purpose was held at Bewpyr Castle in KM, under the authority of Sir Richard Basset. The result of these meetings was entered into books, which were revised in the last-mentioned Congress, and of which manuscript copies are s7 iit extant ; and the original register of the last meeting is in the possession of Mr. Turberville, of Llan Haran, in lila morganshire. FATAL AERIAL EXCURSION. BEDINGTON,MAY Immediately after tb' inquest so Mr. Ilarris elm body of the deceased was !aid nut and put into a shell, by Order of the church warden*. blesses. Simpson end Lambert. Mr. Harris, the father of the deceased, who has the appearance of being about 60 years of age, a.-rived about four o'clock yesterday Amoral, amompanied by a younger brother of the deceased, a youth ahaut 13 year* old. Owing to the circumstance of the Jury being at the time viewing the belly, he was prevented for some time from seeing the remains of his anti, and went in the interval to the room of Miss Stocks. Mr. llarrk asked hey what his son had said tuber during the voyage ; she gave him nearly the mate account as that which appeared ia nut pular of yesterday. He then scent into the roam of the &erased several times, and afterwards took a seat in the bar of the inn. where he wits introduced to the step-mother of 3liss Stocks, and he was head to say that he had repeatedly told his son that be was building a machine for his own destruction ; to which he said the answer from his son wins, ". Never mind that, father, but go and attend to your own business." The widow of the deceasnd his not yet been down, Lut is ex pected to-41r.e, as well as the father of 31iss Stocks. 31m. Stocks returned to London with one of the members of the Committee, about six o'clock yesteniay evening. Mar Stocks has passed the night in a very bad state, continually moaning. she says it is too much for her to bear, and is continu ally praying to (lad to relieve her. She often says she is sure her recovery is impossible. This morning she said, with apparent sa tisfaction, that her side was better. About seven o'clock she drank about half a can of tea, since which she has complained of in. creased pain and restlessness'. She awoke from a very abort slum ber in the greatest fright, fancying herself in the balloon. So great is the detnand for pieces of the tree against which the balloon struck, that it has been found necessary to station two men near It this ramming, to prevent its being literally turn up by the mots. All the bustle and confusion of yesterday is now completely I subsided. The two pigeons which 31r. Ilarris took up in the bal. ' loon are now almost conipletely recovered trim. the shock of the full. At eleven o'clock the lice. Air. Ferries, the Rector, tame to the assistance of the sufferer, and remained with her some time. She expressed to him a great wish to see the mother of the deceased, or sonic of her own family, and appeared to be considerably can "ed. It has been said that Miss Stocks is not informed of the death of 31r. Harris. The fact is, she inquired after him oa coming to her I senses, and was informed of the fatal event. As many false reports of the cirssor.stsnees attending the offer of Miss Stocks to accompany Mr. Haiti. have been circulated. it may be proper to supply the following particulars, which are said to be authentic Ilarris having advertised for a companion, and mentioned :4 guineas as the sum required fur the ascent, three gentlemen applied to him during the inflation. each offering thirty guineas ; but for same private reasons these offers were de. dined by Mr. 11. On his retiring feint the committee-room to dress tor the ascent, bliss Stocks came to the window of the committee -loon), and intimated that she had seen the advertisement for a person to accompany Mr. Ileitis, and Iwas herself willing to do so. On being informed that Idly !guineas were required she appeared considerably disappointed ; but her application bring mentioned to 31r. I hurls, he went to her, and seeing her display much of the cool courage so necessary in a perilous enterprise, offered her a sent in his car. MISS Stocks was then Introduced to seine female friends of the I 'onimittre, who with great propriety asked her if she did nut wish the attendance of some of her family ? She replied that her mother, who was outside of the gate, had consented to her ascent, but had &vino d cunning the gardens. She was then induced, with much persuasion, to take a glass of wine, but would not accept the offer of additional cover ing, which some persons thought necessary, as she was dressed in *bite, without a shwa ASiLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS. The Anniversary Amid of this laudable Institution was celebrated at the City of LOFtIOn Tavern, Ilishopgete-street, on Wednesday evening, when upwards of 150 of its friends and supporter' sat down to a sumptuous dinner, W. Williams, Esq. M.P. in the Chair. I Among the company we noticed Florence Young, Esq. lig.' ' Sheriff far Surrey, Rev. Mr. Gurney, Samuel 51arryett, Esq. H. Haskell, Esq., Wheeler, and sceeral Member'. of Parlia ment, Clergymen, and slegistrates, &r. After dinner, " Non Nair Zetendine" was sung by several pro fessional gentlemen who attended, and the " King," with other loyal sod pstsiceic toasts, were drank. In the course of the even ice the Secretary's Report was read. The Committee for con ducting the affairs of the Institution, it stated, had experienced great anxiety during the preceding year, not in consequence of the diminution of their annual income, but by the approach of a far more serious call upon their honk than any with which the Charity had vet had to contend. The premises occupsed by the Asylum were held under a lease from the City Lonelun, at a rate of ill. 10s. per annum for a long term, which within two years of expire. tion. ft therefore became an o of anxious consideration, whether it would be more benellAal to obtain a new lease, or endea vour to effect a purchase of the freehold ; and they therefore re wileed to make an alternative application to the Court of Common Council.- The Bridge.honse Committee, to whom their petition was referred, directed a valuation of the property to be made by Owe surveyors, who jointly reported that the value of the tee-simple, wito its present boildinge, wee 15,75f1. 4s. and that if the pre mises were granted on a repairing lease fur 21 yeas, the clear annual value was COW. ; but not expecting to have a renewed term without a considerable increase of rent, they did not anticipate a demand of such magnitude, which involved the Institution in con siderable difficulty ; to remove which an appeal wait made to the Car. representing the necessities and value of the charity, but their application was refused, under circumstances which did not at all impugn the motive of the City of lemdcaa. The Institution, as it stood IA present, was in every way adapted to the advantage of the Charity. and leaving it now, after having had the premises for the last seventy years, must prove tuinous to the Charity, as having to build ;tad furnish a fresh school, and leaving a commodious cher], would occasion considerable expense. The Report concluded by urging the support of the Charity. The health of the Chairman was drunk with greet applause. ' The Cilia it Dia x rose, and delivered a speech of a very neat de. seription. Upon the aid which the Institution required, depended it. e mt nued prosperity, and he was convinced that every individual I could not tail to sympathise in the existence of such an Institution formed for the purpose of g iving to infants, deprived of both father end mother, a shelter and a home; of preserving and shielding female purity; of afiierding that education, both moral and reli gious, which should guide then, in future life; and of instructing them in those useful domestic duties which would render them va luakle servants aid good members of seciety. He was satisfied that the 4 'hazity would meet with every support, without which the Society would be cemapelled to pay a deaf ear to the applications of , the helpless young females, who, front their not having any known settkuient, would be ineligible in all other establishments. (Ap plause.) Several other speeches were delivered, and, in the course of the evening, a amble-Coda) was made by the company, who indulged themselves with the utmost conviviality until a late hour. AGED PILGRIM,S" FRIEND SOCIETY. On Wednesday evening, at six o'clock, the Annual General Meeting of the Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society, was held at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie.street, Goodman's-fields, when a numerous company, chiefly consisting of elegantly-dressed ladies. attended ; Dr. COLLYER in the t 'hair, The Report of the Institution stated its object to be for the relief and comfort of those aged Christians of both Sexes, and of every denomination, whose setting sun of life Is clouded by the gloom of adversity, and by the mists of mental and bodily weakness, who, before they are admitted to the advantages of the institution, must give evidence that they are members of the mystical body. There are at present under the protection of the charity, ninety seven aged persons, most of whom are upwards of 60, some 70, and others 110 years of age, who receive 72. per week, or 10s. 6d. for • man and his wife, who are considered deserving objects. Dur ing the last year, 27 additional pensioners, whose cases have been properly investigated, have been received under the Society's pro tection. Many of the poor aged pensioners on the Society have seen brighter, and some of them prosperous, days ; but having outlived their friends and their means, and being unable to provide for themselves, were forced to fly to the Society for relief. Several cases were mentioned in the keport, which excited considerable interest, and several of the poor, infirm, and aged individuals who were receiving the benefit of the charity, were present, and created the utmost commiseration. It was moved that the Report be printed and circulated, which was seconded. _ . . Several other Resolutions were moved and carried unanimously, and several speeches were made in support of the Institution. On thanks being voted to the Chairman, he rose, and spoke in eloquent terms of the usefulness of the chanty. It was gratifying to conceive, that individuals whose advanced ages and circum stances rendered them unable to support themselves, had such a source of relief fur their distresses. lie returned thanks for the ho nour conferred on him, and suggested, that the Ladies of the Cemmittee should stand at the doors to receive subscriptions, and names of the persons desirous of becoming subscribers. At the conclusion of the meeting it was highly interesting to wit ness several ladies, dressed in a superb manner, standing at the doors with plates in their hands, fur the purpose of receiving sub• aeriptions, which were very numificently contributed by the cont. pony, and the collection amounted to &considerable sum, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MaY 27. ENTERED INWARD/. Luna, Bishop (De Bie, broker) from Harlingen. COVORAtion, Power (Hrkinan) from ditto. Atlas, Mayne (Foster) from Canton. Star, Yule (Arnold) from Cadi& Augusta. ;Mods (Windle) front Dantzie. Vigilantia, Dryden (Bakers) from Rotterdam. MAY '26. CLEARED Ot:Twanna—The Highlander, for Bermuda; and Juno, tor Venice. CLEARING OUTWARDS..—ThE Albion. for Genes; Belle Al liance, for Antwerp; 31ar1~t(ery, fur Bahia; 1./uve, for Malta; Ann, for Archangel ; and Cadmus, for Quebec. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. PLYMOUTH, MAY 25.--Arrived the Fame, Valantyoc, totally disrnasted. FALMOUTH. MAY 25.--The John and Robert, Evan■, from 'Bristol to Montreal, which put in here 18th inst. with damage, is discharging her cargo. PORTSMOUTH. MAY 26.—Arrived the Finsbury transport, front the Eastward, bound to ('ape Coast Castle. DEAL, MAY 26.—Passed through front the River, the IVilton, Barker, for Genoa t Effort. 514Lueltie, for Palermo; Christiana Maria, Busk, for St. Übe's; Cornwall, Bunyan, hw Madras; snd Pyramus, Brodie, for India.—Arrived and sailed fur the River, the (Batton, Lawton, from Honduras. The llonourable Company's ship Rose, and Henry William, Worts, remain for °niers. a AV ESE w n, MAY ?G.—Arrived, the Alanhal Blucher, Collins, from Rotterdam; and Vigilant* Andes, from Rotterdam.— Sailed, the fleece, Po pin, for Teseritre; Unicorn, Talbot, for Havannah ; lktrey and Sophia, Goodlad, for Elsineur ; Pluenix, Lindsay. for Canhagena; Ann, Spence, for Pillars ; Lion, Wetherell, f o r New Orleans; Cameron, Rayner, for Berbice ; Prince of Wales, Gibbs, for Antwerp ; and Eliza, Etherdon, for Rotterdam. _ _ _ . CIIIIIALTAIL. MAY 6.—The vessel set fire to by the lode. pendent privateer, war reported at (Naha to have been a Spanish pobere, with a cargo of bullocks. A steam packet, from Cadis to San Lucre, was taken by an Insurgent privateer; the pas sengers searched and plundered; after which the vessel was re leased. Off Dover, the Magniis, Hager; from New York. The Syren, Tailor, from Trieste, wax released from quarantine at Plymouth on 2 . 111 i inst. • The Hopewell, Gallium, from London to Quebec, was spoken with on the 241 inst., with loss of main-yard, topmasts, bulwarks, and sails, liming been struck by lightning daring a tremendous gale on the 2:ld lilt. The Thetis, Taylor, from Antigua, which she left on the 7th ultimo, arrived at Whitehavrn am Monday morning, with loss of anchor and cable, cabin, kedge-anchors, bulwarks, staunehions, and deck-lumber. Ott 'lie 27th ult. she fell in with a boat, con- 1 taining the remaining pan of the crew of the ship Hannibal, Capt. Low, bound to Livmsord (consisting of thirteen crew, and one passenger) which vessel had been .truck by lightning on the 22d, at ten, A. lbf. The crew remained by her till ten, r. at. on the 25th. Three of them were killed by lightning, one suffocated, and one passenger, Mr. John Taylor, of Norfolk, Virginia, who bad his thigh broken, died before the crew left. VESSELS RPOREN wurn.—Lune, Young, on 26th April, all well; 28th. Lady Sheriwoke, and Bellona. of Shields; 27th, Amethyst. Thompson, of London ; May 3d, Ilarring, of Sun. derland ; 6th, Union, of Poole. from Lisbon, for Newfoundland, by the Fame, put back to Plymouth. Guide, from Haire, 6tb inst. ; Ann. of - London, 12th ; Aurora, of New York, 17th ; Fsetor, of Salem. Ismail to Falmouth, 16th; Hercules, of Sun derland, for Plymouth to St. John's, New Brunswick, 4th inst.; Heart of Oak, front Poole to Newfoundland, 13th, by the Han nah. Cullen. The members of the Samaritan Society held their Tri ennial Festival yesterday at the City of London Tavern. This Institution is an appendage to the London Hospital.l A very Tempi etable party dined together, and zealously promoted the objects of the Society. His Royal fliglinisa the Duke of Gloucester, among many other persons of distinction, yesterday visited the Naturorama, and was pleased to express himself at diffe rent times highly delighted with the ingenuity displayed, and the effect produced, in several of the inimitable views and models of which it is composed, and its superiority over the exhibitions to which it is sometimes compared, by those who are not connissicurs in either paintings, models, or any other imitations of nature. LiW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, THURSDAY, MAT t 7. HOLIDAY P. NO HOLIDAY—LINCOLN'S-INN HALE. The Loan CHANCELLOR entered the Hall five minutes after ten o'clock ; few Counsel were in attendance, from the idea that his Lordship would not sit, this day being a holiday. Ilia Loa WHIP called on the bar to proceed to business. Mr. Sr was anxious to finish his arguments in the cursor! the Covent-garden Theatre, bat saw none of the Counsel on the ad-' . verse side present. Mr. SPENCE applied to his Lordship to advance a particular case in the list of causes. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, he was placed in a very un pleasant situation ; it was very hard that his lordship should be taxed for the inconveniences of proceeding in this Court, by the very Counsel who created these inconveniences. It was the pro. tice for Attorneys to apply to Counsel for the advancement of causes, and for Counsel to apply to his Lordship to that effect; and after his Lordship had acceded to such applications, gentle-' men came forward, on the representations of other clients, to tell him how badly . ha administered justice. This was very hard ; it was perhaps Imprudent in him to say so; but it was a fact. If be should advance Mr. Spence% invent motion, he should find, on his return to his howe this evening, complaints from many other suitors, of their cases having been pat back. There' were Counsel who applied to his Lordship to advance cases, and who the next day blamed his Lordship for his compliance with their own applicatitms. His Lordship did not mean Mr. Spence, but others. He understood that the Vice-Chancellor was steady in refusing to hear such irregular motions, and this his Lordship. mentioned to that gentleman's credit; his Lordship was determined to imitate the Vice-Chancellor in that point, for the short lime that , his Lordship was to sit that ('wart (Chances) and he wished Counsel would mention this to the Solicitors. When his Lordship was at the bar, it was not usual to take fees for such aplications ; he was sorry to hear that the practice was reversed. Mr. Sto nyw observed, that some Counsel certainly took fees for such applications, but it was by no means a universal practice among the bar. Mr. ROSE was convinced that fees on such occasions were refused My times o ft ener than received. The Loan CHANCELLOR was glad to hear it. He had come toCourt to-day, though it was a holiday, through a wish to despatch I the businc.ss of the public, and for the convenience of the bar ; but his presence was useless if Counsel would not attend him. He would not blame them, as he knew they were fond of holidays. Saturday would be a holiday also, but his Lordship would attend and deliver judgments. Ile should hear motions to-morrow. His lordship repeated his wish that gentlemen would proceed to business. _- No gentleman appeared willing to address the Coast. His Lottwm t• said," Well. I can do no more, libtrari anitnam nesam. I shall wait half an hour in my private room •if Counsel should conic let me be called." Ills Lordship then retired from the bench. Some time after his Lordship withdrew, several gentlemen hay. ing entered, expressed their madmen to make motions, and required the officer in attendance to mention it to his bordship.—The officer refused. lt was then observed by a King's Counsel that it was a mere mockery to appoint this day for business, as those suitors who ex pected orders to be made against them would not attend, and in their absence the adverse Counsel could not make motions. The gentlemen of the bar then retired, and the Court broke up. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. EMERY v. 111110 RX. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN this day 'hewed cause agabst the rule obtained in this action. The Court having directed that the plaintiff should answer the allegation of the widow (the defendant) he produced several affidavits by which it ap peared that not only had she a perfect knowledge of the original actin having been commenced, but she had actually been made cognizant of every step in the proceedings. The charge of the plaintiff having tendered a mortgage to hce for her signature was completely negatived, as well as the other imputations upon the character of the plaintiff: The COURT observed, that the plaintiff had fully answered ex matter of the defendant's affidavits. . _ _ The plaintiio;nsentetiMtWeliberation of the defendant, and abandoned all further proceedings against her, upon her attor ney refunding the costs of the nonsuit, which bad been paid in this action by the plaintiff. The rule was made absolute upon these terms. POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. " Yesterday WitliamHowAlar.; resp ectable-looking man, about seventy years of age, was brought to t he bar accused of forgery, by Mr. Ireland, manufacturer, Kendal. Mr. Ireland stated, that on Tuesday last the prisoner bought of him goods to the value of 701. and presented a bill for 649/. 10s. purporting to be accepted by Johnson, Reilly, and Co., White. haven. Ile took the bill in paymens, and returned the prisoner the balance. Ile immediately wrote to the bankers to ascertain if they had accepted the bill, and received for answer that the bill was a forgery, and that they did not know any thing of a pawn of the name of William Douslast. Douglas wan immediately pursued by Mr. Ireland, and arrested in London. On being called on for his defence, he stated, that there must have been some mistake in writing that letter. as he had frequently transacted business with these bankers, and produced a letter of credit from than, allowing him to draw on them to the amount of 3,0001. • An order was immediately given for the appearance of one of the bankers to give evidence, and the prisoner was remanded till a future day. Jolim Jooph link, who had formerly been before the Court, was next brought up. It appeared that Hale was a clerk in the banking house of -- Fuller, Esq. Comhill, and had stolen a great variety of bills of ex. change, some for 1001. and others for 5001., to the amount, as was I stated, of nearly 5,000/. The different owners of the bills, and those that had cashed them, appeared to give evidence, and were bound over to prosecute. The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the Old Bailey. SECOND MEETINGS. Corbett, B. O. Fri lay-street, linen-draper - . 10 Douthwaite, C. Pancras-lane, wine-merchant . . - In Fisher F. Austin Friars, merchant - - 12 Graft/in, M. Union-street, Bishopagate-street, glasa-dealer - 11 Haselden, J. Grub-street, and Coleman -street, horse-dealer 12 Ratnsden, R. Wandsworth, Surrey, coach proprietor . - 11 Sintenis, W. F. Langbourne Chambers, merchant . 11 Twaddle, W. C. Hertfordshire, draper - . - 11 Wood, 11. J. and J. Chandos-atreet, Covent-garden, haber dashers Yates, J. C. Rosemary-lane, china and glass man - 12 FIRST MEETINGS. Eaton, G. Upper Thames-street, stationer - - k Ella, S. Noble-street, shoemaker - - . 1 Bailie, R. and E. Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, merchants 12 Castel', J. Blackman-street, Newington, wire-worker - 19 Evans, W. Albany terrace, Old Kent-road. merchant - 10 31`Carthy, O. Shadwell, Middlesex, coal-merchant - 10 Whitbread, W. Southend, Essex, linen-draper - . 12 DIVIDENDS. Brennand, T. Brearl-sneet, Cheapside, warehouseman Bridgman, E. L. Fish-street-hill, undertaker - Dowling, W. King-street, Tower-hill, grocer • Grant, J. Coleman-street, merchant - - - 11 Hamilton, W. New City Chambers, merchant . I Horn, H . Cherry Garden street, Rotherhithe, merchant - 11 Humphreys. S. Charlotte-street, Portland-place, merchant - 12 Mackie, J. Wading-street, merchant - - H. Minchin, T. Ventlam-buildings, Gray's Inn, dealer - • 11 Williams, L. Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, merchant - 12 Williams, L. Fenchurch-street, merchant - . 10 - 11 12 FISII_MARKET. Tnoaen►T, 11 . 4 y 27. This motnin . Billingsgate Market presented but a naked ap. pearanc.e to what we have been accustomed to see of late. Iliad Fish were scarce, and maintained high prices. There was more Fish this day, owing to the change of weather; the Mackerel particularly the boat fish) were " third day," and many of the -carriage looked gaeer on the whole, there was certainly lest good fish in the Market to-day than yesterday. Two Dories only were in the Market, and brought a good round price. Not a Sturgeon or Haddock was to be seen. Soles were good, and not very scarce. The live Whitings were fine, and fetched high prices. Salmon was a little on the rise. The following is a list of the 130 W-STREET. DISTRESSING CASE.—Vesterday J. a person who had formerly been in very respectable circumstances, but whose appearance now strongly indicated that " Misery had marked him fur her own," was put to the bar, charged with stealing from the Sun and Apple Tree, in White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, two pewter pots. The unfortunate being had lodged in the house for about a fortnight, and on Saturday last he took the property in question to a pewterer's shop in Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, and offered ! them for sale. The marks, however, were known ; and on being told he had stolen them he ran away. Last night the pewterer went ' to the Sun and Apple Tree to return the pots, when, to his seta nishment, he found the prisoner sitting in the tap-room, and gave him into custody. The landlord did not wish to give charge of hint, in consequence of his distressed situation ; but the pewterer insisted on doing so, and thus he appeared before the Magistrates, Sir Richard Itirnie and 31r. Halls. The landlord did not attend, but the Magistrates insisted on his making his appearance, and shortly after 3lrs. Griffiths came forward, but did not by any means wish to press the charge. She also corroborated the tale of distress ; the case, however, was too clear, and he was about to be committed, when it was discovered that the property could not be' identified. Ile was discharged. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Mr. Gratauste Hertz, of Tavistock-place, • gentle manly young man (a foreigner), appeared upon a summons issued on an information, charging him with riding on the footway of Burton Crescent on Monday night last, in violation of the Street Act. The Solicitor to the Commutsioners of the Pavement appeared in support of the prosecution. The watchmen who were on duty that night deposed, that be tween twelve and one o'clock (as the street mrl broken up on that side of the Crescent which leads directly up to the New-mad), the defendant rode on the footway, and though warned to retire, and go round the arched part of the Crescent. he a.Tain returned on the footway. for the purpose of reaching some stables. The defendant pleaded guilty, but explained the peculiar cir cumstances of his case. The street was so completely broken up, that there was not a passage left even for a horse; and as there were no foot passengers at that hour, he conceived he might ven ture on the footway rather than take a circuitous route. One watch man allowed him to pcss, but he was ultimately stopped, and taken to the watchhouse, where es. were demanded frost him as a pe nalty. He resisted the payment, but gave his address. The Magistrate minutely inquired as to the cause of this de- I mend, when it was ingeniously urged on the part of the watchmen, I MARRIED. that it was only claimed as the necessary expenses which they At Dullingham, near Newmarket, Mr. William Noble, a re would incur by taking the gentleman's horse to the Green-yard. spectable tridesman at Brinkley. to Mrs. Sarah Sandfield, widow of the late Mr..rosenh Sandfield, of Dullingharn, both 70 years of The Magistrate /Sergeant SF.LI.ox) observed, that they were The " I , •'• via the bride's son in law maid her grand-dc.cgh .7. There were "young men and maidens. not empowered by the Act to proceed to such extremities; and fur. We. • • • - . and the bride's they added, that be thought it rather an ungracious act on the part old men and children," to the comber of 000 . present. of the Commissioners to press this case, alien they had so com pletely broken up the entire street. I Ongfi Wednesday, at St. Mary-la - bonne Church George [Nei !Wine, Es., e Inner Tem:, to Luc Isabella dest The Solicitor strongly pressed for a conviction, on the grounds that the defendant pleatled guilty. daugMer ld of the q late of th and sister of the pi present E. B. Portman . e ll Esq- M.l'. for Dorsetshire. Sergeant SE always look to the virit, not the letter al an Act, and with this impression I dismiss the case. On the 18th instant, at Dedham, Robert Whalley, Esq. of Ali:- f'caneis Whilsey, driver and proprietor of the hackney chariot, ete High -street. to Sarah, youngest daughter of aeorge Wittiest. No. 3?2. appeared to a summons for a similar offence on the lame ( miner place. night, and at the same spot. As it appeared, however, that at the ! (rn Tuesday last, at St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. Jas. Sexton. ' ' early hour of nine o'clock he drove his chariot furiously along the of the Hon. East India Company s service, to Miss Briggs. footway, to the great terror of foot passengers, he was fined in the Wal w 't h • mitigated penalty of 31. and costs. prices:— Turbot . - - ds Oil to 160 Od each Dories (large) -21 s Od to 25s Od each Ditto (small, almost useless) Os Od to Is Od each Red Mullets - - Is 6d to 21 Od each Sturgeon (prime parts) - Os tkl to Os Od per pound Salmon (prime) - - Is 4(1 to is Gd per pound Ditto (inferior) - Os Od to is Od per pound Severn Salmon (crimped) - 33 6,1 to 4. CNI per pound Salmon Dwelt' (best) - Is ld to Is 3*d per pound Ditto (inferior) - Od to Os 10.1 per pound Trout (best) - Os led to Is Od per pound Ditto (soft) - Os Od to Os Rd per pound Live Whitings - Od to 15a (Id the 13 Haddock - - - Os Od to Os Od each Ditto (drowned or dead) - Os tkl to Oe Od each Mackerel (boat) -30 s Ski to 32s Od per 120 Ditto (land carriage) -32 a Ski to 42s Od per 120 SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning, a poor man named Wm. Leggatt, a bricklayer, tit years of age, by some means slipped between two sealfold boards, two stories high, in front of a house in the Royal Crescent, and, dreadful to relate, fell on the iron railing of the area, where he hung, suspend by the legs, as long as his flesh could hold him, and then fell into the arca below. lye was taken up in a shocking state, having both his legs broken, one in two places, and also his right arm, besides many other severe contusions. lye was forthwith conveyed to the Di.- penury. One of his legs was amputated, but the poor fellow died yestenisy morning .-Brigntott Gerdie. BIRTH. On Tuesday, at het residence in the Regent's Quadrant, Madame Caradori Allan, of a ion. DIED. 1 On the 17th instant , at i'Mrnhepe Herefordshire , r..;:d 21. Yesterday being Holy Thursday, no business was done, ikudamoye liwi n ym Eechmere, E . ' in the Courts of King s Bench, Common Pleas, or Es- On the 16th ult. at Well'ngton,lierefordshire, in the 31d S. chequer. chequer. .. of his age, Thomas Thornton, Esq. late Acting Deputy Coror.lit. C at' r. LTY or • PATH IR.—On Tuesday, the 18th inst. sary-Denenil to his Majesty's Forces at Sierra Leone. an Inquisition was taken at Stradishall, by John %rayman, Gent. I On the 12 th instant, at his house, Canterbury-place, Lambed', Coroner for the Liberty of Bury, upon the body of Susan Peachey, , Peter Watson, Esq. aged 73. a child about three years old, who died on the previous Sunday I , On the 25th instant, at his house in St. Paul's Churchyard, Mt. morning. Much interest was excited in consequence of an opinion Richard llaker, aged 76. . . that the father of the little girl had neglecters her since the decease On the 2.;:h ink. Martha, wicc of Mr. Large, Old Cavent I . isti. of her modwr, and a long investigation took place, in the course : street. Oxford-street, of which it was proved that she had been left alone, locked up in ! On the 2:nh inst. in Cecil-street, Strand, London, Miss Ilannsh an unfurnished house, from eight o'clock in the morning till sit Kilner, of t'lscrstone, Lancashire. o'clock in the evening of the previous Thursday. The surgeon, I , a_______. ., ____ however, was of opinion that the child died a natural death. The i 11 . 1 , (lH , WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON-BRIDGE. Jury, a ft er full consideration of all the evidence, returned a verdict, I " That George Peachy, the father of the deceased. did inhumanly I ."""'"g , 44 min' after I. I Afternoon, 12 Min. after 2. leave her without assistance for a long spat," of time prior to her e• — ....si , i ,- - --- - •- - deeense, and did thereby hasten and accelerate her death."—Bury . Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J. W. CAI' al' °X Pod. I 181, Strand ; and Publlshed by R. CANNON, saws place. THE ARMY. THE NEW LEVIES. By the returns which have been received from Great Britain and Ireland, respecting the new levies, and which are made up to the 2tth instant, it appears that the total of the recruits raised for the 97th, amounted to 524; for the 98th, 437 ; and for the 99th regiment, 537. Detachments lof recruits embarked at the Leith Wharf, on Sunday last, for Glasgow and Edinburgh. Detachments marched, on Tuesday last, from the Re. cruiting Department, in Westminster, for Chichester, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Major-General Murray will shortly return from Deme rara to England. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MAY 214. Sweepstakes of 30gs. each, logs. ft. for 2-yr.old colts, fist. Mb. lies, Ost. Two-year-olds' Course. Nine Subscribers. Mr. Riddell's b. c. Bngand, by X . V. Z. - I Mr. Fox's b. c. by Interpreter . . . . 2 Mr. Wyvill's ch. t'. by °eta% ian . . . 3 Lord Fatzwilliard's h. 1. by Ardrossan sat 2 on Brigand ; 7to 4 agst Mr. Fox's b. c. ; sto 2 art slr. Wynn's ch. f.—A good race. Sweepstakes of 200.4. each, for 3.yr.01d fillies, Bst. 31b. each. Lan nude and a half. Five tiubsaibers. Mr. Tarleton's eh. f. by Tramp - . . I Lord Fitzwilliam's b. f. Partheneasa, by Cervantes - Mr. Watt's br. f. Pantiles, by Comus or Blackloek . 3 2tol on Mr. Tarleton's eh. f. A smart rate. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs., by subscription of 20gs. each, the surplus in specie. Two miles. Seven Subiaibers. 3fr. II an's b. h. Duprort, by Cerberus, 5 yrs. old, Bst. 71b. walked over. Match fur 1011 VIM each, h. ft. King's Plate Articles. Tao miles. Mr. Kay's m. Kate, and Mr. Earle's b. h. Charles, oft by consent. TATTERSALL: S, MAY 27. The Subscription Room was filled at an early hour, and ao con. tinned till nearly six o'clock. There was much betting on the Derby and Oaks, and the odds fluctuated greatly during the day. At the close of the Room the betting was as follows : DERST. 31 to 1 agst Scrab 18 to 1 atgst Silrertail 3 to 1 apt E lep hant 18 to I agst Skinn to 1 agst Cedric 30 to I apt Don Carlos 9 to I apt Reformer 30 to 1 apt Sir Gray 15 to 1 apt Grenadier 1 30 to 1 apt Ridicule 13 to 1 agst Osmond 1 30 to 1 agst Skiff 2 to 1 apt Cobweb 44 to 1 apt Rebecca 9 to I Alias apt Jigg 10 to 1 apt Principisaa 11 to 1 agst Lady Elinor (Lord Derby's filly) 12 to 1 agst Zara 20 to 1 apt Barosaa(fillyy T. LEGER. 10 to } apt Tinker -- - - 9 to 1 apt Swiss 10 to 1 apt Altisidora (011 y) MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THZ BANKRUPTS' COURT, BASINGHALL-!TIBET, TO-MORROW. THIRD MEETINGS. Austin, W. H. Old Broad-street, merchant . Bowen, R. Wood-street, Cheapsidc, and Southampton-street, Camberwell, Surrey, merchant - Gilbert, J. George-lane, Botolph•lane, merchant . Gunther, E. Beaumont-street, Mary-le-bonne, hosier Hassan, R. Bull.street„ Birmingham, blacksmith Muriel, J. Peckham House, Peckham, Surrey, Commission - Agent - . - 10 Wood, J. Red Cross-street, and Fishmonger.alley, Southwark, comer - - - - - 10 12 - It t I 1 4 l i ,