The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-24 00:00:00

Til E LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts frem the Morning Papers,Dec. 24,1825. TIMES.] The money-market yesterday presented an aspect with which we are familiarized. It seems to: be slowly, and with occasional checks, wind ing round to its usual state. But country fail ures occur, and mercantile difficulties start up, which still agitate the surface, and cause fits of apprehension that danger may in parts lurk un detneath. To relieve the embarrassments of xneiChants, the Batik gave notice yesterday that it would be open on Monday, ready to supply diiCounts on good bills, no doubt. The per pleXities of the country may not find so prompt a remedy. Provincial bankers, it is said, are threatening to refuse hereafter all pecuniary ac commodation to the tenants of those landlords, and the landlords themselves, who now give notice that they will accept nothing but cash and Bank of England notes for rent. This were a consum mation devoutly to be wished for indeed by the public. We sincerely hope the offence will be given, and the threat executed. The fewer the relations are between the agricultural and the paper interests in the country, the better for the people of England. But then, how will the pro -vinCial.bankers get their notes into circulation, if they will supply the tenants with none on the se curity of their crops, and the.landlords with none upon mortgages, or for supposed improvements ? These points concern them, and not us. Mr. O'Connell, at a late meeting of the Catho lic A s sociation, declared that on a deliberate view . of the act for putting down the old Catholic As sociation, he found the measure to be "effectual" foi: its purpose. It is not many weeks since, according . to the newspapers, he dared the Government to meddle with . the Catholics un der that same act, and hoped that he might have an opportunity of trying the question " " sonallr with them. The gentleman, there fore, admits in the present case that when he spoke before he only talked • nonsense ! ,But the Catholic liader has the taste to avow; a few minutes after delivering - the' former sentence, that " pe•present:calaMities of the people of England " are a consolation to him ! !" What would this brutal-minded fellow have, said of any English man,. Who, something less than four years ago, when half a million , of Irish wretches were starv ing, had openly derived consolatio❑ from their rnlieliy . , and endeavoured to 'dissuade the people of England from subscribing 400,0001: for the re liE4 of it ? We have been aware for many months, that the talking champion of the Catholics was altogether destitute of sound discrimination and • practical judgment but he seems resolved on . comple•ting his own portraic.by the exhibition of .:.a selfish and• ungrateful heart.—(lbid.) [NEW TIMES.] In another part of our Paper will be found a full and correct copy of the convention of Com merce and Navigation—(See THE SUN of Yes• terday).—concluded on the 29th of last Septem ber, bet Ween his Majesty and the Manse Towns. This is one of the Treaties naturally resulting from the liberal policy adopted by our Govern ment ;, and it cannot fail to be observed, that those free States in which the principles of com merce are best understood, are among the first to avail themselves of•the offer held out by Great Britain, and to adopt the equitable principle of reciprocity in the relaxation of imports and re strictions on foreign commerce. It is to be mented, that greater and more populous nations, (such as France for instance) evince so little dis position to act towards us on the same equitable and enlightened principles. They must remem ber that we cannot always give them advantages without equivalents, and that if they persevere in refusing. 03 our commerce a fair indulgence, we shall be compelled to rpcal certain benefits at piesent enjoyed by their trade. • [TM: PUBLIC LEDGER.] The Paris Papers of Wednesday, Morning and Evening, as well as the Dutch Papers, which ar rived yesterday, are occupied almost exclusively with the death of - the Emperor Alexander.— They concur in ascribing it to the cause we men tioned yesterday, namely, an inflammatory sore thrOat ; whilst there is not the most distant allu siiin in any of them, of his having fallen by the hand of an assassin. Had a report to this effect reached either Paris or Amsterdam from any respectable source, it would to a moral certainty have found a place in one or more of the Journals which reached us yesterday ; and it may be therefore fearlessly said, that such rumour, if it rtrally existed, found not the slightest credit. It is probable, however,. that a story, similar to the one that has been imposed upon the credulity of: one of our Contemporaries, may have been, trumped up in Paris, and some of the chief towns cif Holfand ; but what would this prove, but that morbid disposition on the part of the human mind generally, to find something uncommon and mar vellons in the demise of every remarkable per soilage, particularly if, as upon the present occa sion, he had occupied a conspicuous place in the hopes or fears of the world 2 It would also prove the miserable and precarious tenure by which ar bitrary power is held ; for no sooner does a de spot die, than violence is supposed to be the cause ;- arid, as if he had nothing in common with the 'characters of mankind, the hand of a wife, a son, a brother, or a favourite, is selected for the enrtimissiou of the murderous deed: This, however, is really a waste of words ; for it is not the manner, but the act itself, that constitutes hirnAtte primary consideration ;r and we believe all too are agreed, that a More important event could..MWhave possibly happened in the ordi- - nary course . of things. In this light too, it seems . to: be generally viewed on the 'Conti nent; 'and,- if it' has not produced -the same de-: gree.or sensation here, the reason is very obvious, nis::tobntry, thank Heaven! does not hold her. tranquillity by so brittle a tenour, as the life of any Sovereign, much more a foreign one. It is upheld by the moral, reflecting, and loyal cha, racter of the nation, as well as by the undoubted excellence of her institutions. Here the King never dies ; and it is next to impossible that he can in a very glaring manner abuse his sacred trust. The people can, therefore, except in very rare instances, have no very serious ground for alarm from political causes; and whilst they have the same reason to be contented at home, they may see,. without much anxiety, a foreign crown pass from the head of a prudent and pacific Prince, like Alexander, to that of another, whose policy may be of a very different complexion.— The change may occasion unpleasant reflections ; but to say that it is an alarming consideration is mere nonsense, as applied to the British Empire. [BRITISH PRESS.) The accounts of the Emperor Alexander's death in the Paris Papers received yesterday are not very clear or satisfactory. It is certain thitt he died after a short illness, but of what nature, nobody seems exactly to know. The Etoile says, it was a bilious fever succeeded by a q.vinsy. M. D'Anslett, the Russian Minister to the. German diet, has; however,it appears by the Constitution. nel, given " positive statements" of a different kind. According to M. D'Anslett, his Imperial Majesty died of the erysipelas in his head.— The Courier Francais publishes an article de scriptive of an alleged quarrel, about 12 months ago, between the late Emperor and the Grand Duke Constantine relative to the Greeks. The *latter in warm terms, it is represented, urged his brother to march at once to. Constantinople.— Alexander, it is said, reminded the Grand Duke, that his succession was endangered by his second marriage, and-it is insinuated - that measures were in progress to set Constantine aside, and declare Nicholas the heir presumptive to the throne.— The inference is, that Alexander's death was the rhult of a treasonable conspiracy. Great agi tation has been produced in the Money Market of the Continent, in consequence of the uncer tainty prevailing, as to the accession and policy of the new Emperor of Russia. The French Funds continue to decline. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Paris Papers, like our own are, in the absence of certain information respecting the cir cumstances of the death of Alexander, busying themselves with rumours; and conjectures. The Courier Francais has an article on the subject, from which we have made an extract under the head Paris Papers. It . observes, that the death of Alexander will have had the effect of confirm.. ing power in the hands of M. de Villele, who for some time had been forcibly attacked by the Congregation and the high' Aristocracy. It ob serves, that "11. Metternich said of M. de Villele, when he was last in Paris, that he spoke Russian, and thought English. According to every appearance, the words of M. de Villele will in a short time be more conformable to his thoughts. Hitherto attacked by the liberal Opposition, of the blows of which he is in little dread—by the Jesuits and by the Courtiers, whom he realty fears—he has contrived to ma nceuvre with a sort of ability. All his ,efforts have had for object to render himself indispens able, and to create incessantly situations or events from which the Government could not ex tricate itself without his aid. This idea has not certainly been without its influence on the plan of finances of 1824, and the indemnity to the emigrants." The discussions, in the Second Chamber of the States-General at the Hague, on the Budget, seem to have been pretty warm whenever the subject of the Philosophical. College was introduced. One Member said," the Institution of the Philosophical College is not only a very wise act on the part of the Government, but even an act commanded by necessity, as the Bel gian Clergy, and even the higher Clergy, are still in darkness—(' Oh ! oh !' Sensation in the as. sembly.)" He spoke next of a" fanatical Priest hood—(' Oh ! oh !')." Another Speaker " drew a striking picture_ of all the machinations re sorted to by the Catholic Clergy, first to prevent -the adoption of the fundamental law for the as- , sembly of the Notables, and then to prevent the organisation of the Provincial States—and what was the principal motion ? It was, that the Clergy could not suffer public instructions to be confided to the care of the Government. He cited facts within hii knowledge, to prove the in fluence of the Clergy on persons of the Judicial Order, of whom several would not take the oath prescribed by the Government, from allowing themselves to be intimidated by the Priests. It became, therefore, necessary to organize public instruction, and to take %lige measures that they might hereafter have an instructed and enlight ened Clergy in Belgium." IMORNING POST.I French Paper; to the 22d inst. and the Etoile of Thursday, arrived last night by express. They began, little by little, and before they could know what we had published in this coun try respecting the violent nature of the Emperor Alexander's death, to make cautious approaches to the subject. En their first statements they had asserted that the most perfect intelligence had ever prevailed between. Constantine and his brother. They now admit that a violent quarrel took place between them ; that Constantine reproached Alexander with sacrificing the interests of his country to the ambition of heading the Holy Alliance ; that he insisted, as heir to the throne, on the right of interfering in the political direction of the Government, and that Alexander not only threatened openly to cut him off from the line of succession, but attached himself to gain the favour of the Senate, in order that that body should give effect to an Ukase which he had prepared to exclude Constantine, and to transfer the Crown to the Grand Duke Nicholas, whom he has brought up in the principles of his policy. Now that revelations have begun, we may expect them to continue, and as the courage and confidence of the Directors of the Continental Press encrease, the whole will gra dually be brought to light. Already it is ac knowledged, " that the death of the Emperor was kept a secret at St. Petersburgh for several days, in order to give his successor time to make the necessary preparations for taking possession of the reins of Government." This, coupled with the fact that the news of Alexander's death was conveyed directly to Warsaw, where Constan tine had hastily arrived to receive it, instead of be ing sent to Petershurgh, where it would have set the Grand Duke Nicholas on his guard, proves that the whole was managed by the friends of Constantine, and that the last mortal hour of the deceased Emperor must have been spent amongst them, and under their controul, for other wise the intelligence would have been commu nicated with equal rapidity' to the two bro thers. Another proof may be derived from the fact stated in all the German papers, and by the Mode itself, that though the news reach- ed Warsaw on the Bth instant, it had not ar rived at Vienna, which is much nearer the seat of the event, on the 11th, three days after ! The reason is obvious ; the Austrian Court, from its politics, would be inimical to the claims of Con stantine, and might perhaps have exerted itself in behalf of Nicholas. Hence it was left en tirely in the dark, until the former should have taken secure possession of the throne. Let all these facts be dispassionately considered, and who will deny that they betray contrivance? The following account makes the death of Alex ander more sudden than before, though it still attributes it to a different cause ; whilst the Etoile mentions an altogether new one, a bilious fever. [MORNING HERALD.] The proceedings of yesterday were not marked by'any particular circumstance. The accounts from the coun try continue to bring further announcements of failures, but none of them are of any great moment. It is stated that three houses in the Blackwell Hall trade stopped : payment yesterday, but the names of the parties did not transpire. The official ac counts from St. Petersburgh, regarding the death of the Rus sian Emperor, are anxiously looked. forward to, as so much will depend upon the contents of them. 'These accounts, it is calcu lated, cannot arrive ai the earliest until the middle of next week, as the place where the Emperor's death is said to have taken place is full ten days' journey from the Russian capital. There appears to be at present an ample supply of money to answer all demands. The Bank continues to supply all who have good security - to offer, and it has announced its intention of keeping the Discount Office open on Monday next, although that day and the following are always kept as holidays. Ru mour says that the silver sent from. the Bank yesterday is on accoutif of Mr. Rothschild, and in return for the sovereigns that he assisted the Bank with some days-since. It is said that the silver which left the Bank yesterday was to the extent of near 150,0001. The business on the Stock Exchange was very con siderable yesterday. Consols opened for the Account in the morning at 81 ; after which they declined about three.eighths per cent:and things assumed a gloomy appearance. Consols, however, advanced to 81i, and then again declined ; but they eventually again advanced, and finally closed at 81A. India Ron& closedat from 10s. to l.'s. discount; Exchequer Bills, .to2o discount. The demand for money stock was pretty considerable yesterday, and the prices upon the whole better. The jobbers were evidently attempting to resume their occupa tion ; but a number of therns have lately suffered so severely, that the fought very shy. The business transacting in the Fo reio'n Funds was very inconsiderable yesterday, and the prices did not vary materially. Russian Stock fluctuated one per cent. and closed just about a half per cent. higher than it opened at. The French Rentes closed a trifle worse than' what they opened at, their last prices being 924. Shares and Schemes remained without prices. ADMIRALTY SESSIONS, DEC. 23. CHARGE OF MURDER BY SMUGGLERS. John Greenland, mariner, was put to the bar on an indict ment charging him with wilfully killing and slaying, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the High Court bf Admi ralty, John Howlihan, one of the men belonging to his Ma jesty's preventive service, stationed off Folkeston, on the night of the 9th of October, by forcibly throwing him from a boat, at sea for the purposes of smuggling. Another count laid the of fence as having been committed with a pistol. The LEARNED JUDGE, after bearing the evidence, com menced delivering his charge to the Jury, and having remarked on the high importance of the case, put it to them to say, whether they could conscientiously acquit or find the prisoner guilty. After an absence of an hour and a half, the Jury found the prisoner —Not Guilty. • Charles Stnith was put to the bar on an indictment, charging himiwith feloniously stealing, within the jurisdiction of the H igh Court of Admiralty, twenty-five gallons of rum. The case for the prosecution was not borne out by the witnesses, and the Jury found him—Not Guilty. • The bill against.T. W. Ilele, for stealing 25,000 dollars was thrown out by the Grand Jury. The above were the only .cases for trig, - and the Sessions ad journed. COAL MARKET, DEC. 23. Burden, 35s 9d—Beaumont, 35sLCarrshill, 31s—High He worth, 34s 6d—Heaton, 37s 3d—Hebbtirn Main, 375, 37s 6d, 38s—Killingworth, 37s 6d—Ord's Redhugh, 33s—Pontop Windsor, 33s 6d—Shipcote, 34s 3d—Townley, 36s—Willing ton, 38s 6d to 38s 9d—Wylam, 30s—Walls End Bell and Co. 38s 9d to 39s—Walls End Brown's, 36s 9d—Walls End Bur raton, 36s 3d—Walls End Green's, 35s—Walls End Hotspur, 36s 6d—Walls End Northumberland, 36s 6d—Walls End Rid dell's, 38s ed—Walls End Russell's, 39s to 39s 6d—Hetton'S small, 21s—Lambton Primrose, small, 24s—Heaton Trader, 37s —Hartley, 41s Lamb ton Prim roBe, 35s 6d—Walls End . Lyon's, 398 6d—Walls End Lambton, 42s 6d..--Ships' at market, 39! —Ships sold, 334. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Dec. 23. ‘nistctdarn Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam Antwerp l2 12 flatoliorgh Altona Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto Bonrdeaux, ditto Berlin 7 0 ..Fiank fort on the Main Peter sburgit . 91 Vienna lO 20 Trieste lO '2O Madrid Cadiz Bilhoa Barcelona ~crille.. Gibraltar Leghorn Gei!lat ...... •..434-Veniee, llal. Lie 27 Malta Palermo . . l2O pet Os Lisbon ... Oporto Rio:Janeiro Bahia 48 50 Buenos Ayres Dublin .... 91 ........ Cork qi Net Cent. BULLION Portugal Gold ,i n Coin 1.0 .0 0 per Os Foreign Gold, in Bats 3 17 G New Donlitoons .New Dollars 0 0 . 0 Silver Standard in Bars. 0 5 ui BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at 'Jayne, in the County of Devon, the Lady of C. Arthur Harris, Esq., of a son and heir. On Thursday, the 22d inst., the Lady of John. eteorge Behrends, Esq., of Broad-street-buildings, of A son. MARRIED. At St. Andrew's, Holborn, on Thursday, Dee. 22, Richard Smith, Esq., Secretary to the Lord •Bishop of Lincoln, to Mary, eldest daughter of Richard Edwards, Esq., solicitor, of Castle street, Holborn. On Thursday, at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Mr. S. Benton, of Manchester, to Miss Eliza Worthington, of Sloane-square, daughter of late G. Worthington, Esq. DIED. On the 22d inst., in the 53d year ()filer age, Mrs. Edward Roberts, of Page'S-walk, Bermondsey. On the 22d inst., aged 74, at her house, Chester-place, Lam beth, Mrs. Swiney, relict of the late John Swiney, Esq., of his Majesty's Customs. ST. GILES'S. The ancient and modern states of this large Parish presents a greater contrast than that of any other in the metropolis or suburhs. In an excellent account of it re cently published, and which is deduced from records of St. Giles's Hospital and other authentic sources, it is calculated that about the reign of Henry IV. the whole number of householders could not amount to 200. In the first year of Edward VI. the number of what are termed " houseliog folk" (supposed to mean communicants at the parish church) was returned at 305. This number, judging from the small increase of buildings. as represented in old plans and views of London, was probably not much augmented until the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign. The increase of inhabitants in the next two reigns, and during the interregnum, was only mo .derate, owing to the absurd restrictions against building in the out-parishes, which were only taken off towards the close of the latter period. It was, afterwards astonishing, being stated in an account received by Vestry from the church wardens in 1711 (and which was taken pursuant to the Act of Parliament for building Churches) at 2999 housekeepers, whereof there were 269 gentlemen, 1923 tradesmen, and 807 poor housekeepers, making, upon an average of about seven persons to each house, 21,000 inhabitants. At the end of the reign of James 1., the number of houses mentioned in the rate-book was only 897. At the latter end of the reign of Charles 11. it had increased to more than 2000. In the rsign of Ann, the number of houses amounted to upwards of 3000, although the Seven Dials, and its neighbourhood. was then unfinished. In 1801, the number, including Bloomsbury, was 3681 ; and in 1811 it amounted to 4828. The total, yearly rent of the houses in St. Giles's and Bloomsbury, as charged to the poor's rate for the year, amounted, in 1730, to 58,2671. ; for 1760, to 61,0571, ; for 1791, to 107,939/. ; for 1801, to 128,068/. ; and for 1811, to 213,260/. The number of expences of the poor in different years, is only to be estimated from circumstances, except in occasional instances. In the year 1642 the whole disbursement for the poor amounted only to 53/, 13s. 3d. ; the total of money re ceived on account of the church and parish was 82/. 2s. Bd. ; the disbursement for church and parish the same year was 411. 6s. 3d., making the whole amount of money received for church, parish, and poor, 123/. 16s. 7d. The-total disburse ments for the same were 96/. 19s. 6d. So that there remained in the accountant's hands a surplus of 26/. 17s. Id. In 1649 there was laid out for the poor 1731. 3s. 4d. In 1676 there was distributed on the same account by the churchwardens 440/. 12s. 7d., and by the overseers 1,320/., making a total of 1,766/. 12s. 7d. And the following year the whole money expended in supporting the poor was 2,1031. 3s. 10d. Its amount for the like purpose in 1817, was no less than the enormous sum of 39,1161. 9s. _ _ . The details respecting the very early state of 0:e parish are extremely curious. In the flourishing periods of St. Giles's Hospital, nearly the whole of the parishioners were the tenants of that esta blishment, which then owned most of , the land in the parish, together with the manor of St, Giles. They are stated to have been of various descriptions, and to have held greater or lesser quantities of. ground, according to their • conditions and circumstances. Few of them, however, possessed more than two acres in one in one situation, and more generally but one, or half an acre. These portions of land were for the most part laid out in curtilages or gardens, and had _dwellings at tached. 'The uncultivated parts consisted of pasture and marsh land. • . The whole parish was divided,- as present, into north and south, by the great thoroughfare of - High-street and Holborn. The former was called by.different names, as St. Giles's-street, the King'i high-way leading from London to Tyburn,'&c.— It had a common spring or conduit in the middle of it, and at the end, opposite Drury lane, a stone-cross. Beyond ran Hol born, and terminated with the parish itself, near the bars of the Old Temple, which stood on the east side of Chancery-lane.--. This parish, laying on the outside of these, was hence de- , nominated St. Giles without she Bars, &c., and which addition preceded that of - "In the Fields," - by which name it was after wards distinguished. The other great streets were Crown street, at the west end of the church, - which was then called " Old-street' 7 4Erdestmte), and which led entirely through fields to Nirestminster (uniting at its termination with Saint Martin's:Tanel,r h ' Le Lane,' now Mont : Louth:street, and the via de . Aldewycit, -or present Drury-lane. The minor ways or paths, of which —there were several intersecting other parts of the parish, have no distinguishing names in the old grants. The principal road sides were not only bordered by ditches, but the lesser ways. The chief of them was ",Blemund's dyke," called in after times " Bloomsbury-ditch," and " South ampton-sewer," whiCh divided the two manors of St. Giles' and Bloomsbury. The next was the " Marshland-ditch," afterwards " Coek and Pye-ditch," and enclosed the whole,of the present Seven Dials. " Spencer's-ditch," the other princi. pal one, ran behind the houses on the south-side of Holborn, and-was so called from it contiguity to land of a great family of the name of Spencer or Dispenser, formerly parishioners. Each of these ditches, besides others of minor consequence which separated the' grounds of the different inhabitants, are to be traced in.the present common sewers. " The houkes, though confined to particular spots, stood prin cipally on the north-side of St. Giles's-street, and the south side of Holborn. They are stated in the leases granted of them by the Hospital, to have been, for the most part, shops, and the nature of the trades carried on in several of them may be guessed at, by the description of persons who occur as parties or witnesses. Among them are, Reginald le Teulleur, Wm. le Chandelier, Gervase le Lyngedrap, Robert Cordivac, d'i'm. le Mason, and others. The next best inhabited part seems to have been on the east side of Drury-lane, or site of the present Lewkenor's-lane, Parker's -street, &r.,..t.Tbe , ,,,principal resi dences where the mansion of Win. Memund or Blernonte,from whom the manor of " Blernandesbury.4' or Bldoinsbury, took its name, and three or four inns or houses of entertainment. Among the latter were the Broche Hose, the Swan on the Hop, and the Rose. ' Like several of the other parishes in the suburbs, the greater part of the soil at the early period spoken of was marshy. This is not only indicated by the ditches which it was intercepted with, but by the various places in its vicinity which terminate their names With the addition of bourne or brook, as Ty-bourne, West-bourne, Mary-le-bourne, Old-bourne, &c.; and by the mention of ponds in different parts of the parish, at which va rious accidents are stated to have happened, and some of which existed almost within memory. Such were" Marlyn's-pond," " Capper's-pond," " Smith's-pond," &c.; all of which stood in what are now the most populous parts. To the foundation of St. Giles's Hospital, by Matilda, Queen of Henry 1., in the year 1101, is probably to be attri buted the first draining of the land, and the formation for that purpose of the various ditches mentioned. Before this period a small chapel, or oratory only, stood on the site of the present parish church, of which one John, bone menzorce, is said in the Charter of Henry 11. to have been chaplain. With that esta blishment the district was erected into an independent parish, of which the former had the advowson, and of course new resi dents were attracted. Accordingly, Fitz-Stephens notices this portion of the suburbs as abounding in his time with gardens and residences of the citizens of London, and enlivened with corn fields, water mills, and other rural appchdages. These residences and gardens, appears as front the hospital grants, kept on increasing, till the whole, about the reign of John, and for ages afterwards, presented the appearance of a considerable and populous hamlet. Such is stated to have been the very early state of St. Giles's parish. Its lands, for the most part pasture, or covered with gardens and cottages, divided by ditches, and crossed by roads and ways of a character completely rural. Heightening these features of rusticity, lay its high street bordered with country shops, and venerable from its ancient stone cross and hospital ; accompanimenta which must have given to the whole a consi derable share of ricturesque effect, and have rendered the de nomination of " Villa Sancti Egidy," by which it is generally recognized in old writings, strictly appropriate. Of its more modern state, from the dissolution of the hospital downwards, there are numerous interesting details. The first alteration in the appearance and population of the parish, seems to have taken place sometime previously to the dissolution of the hospital, and was occasioned principally by the extinction of the small landholders, whose estates had be come vested in that foundation, and been let out in large plots of ground to particular tenants. A large inn, which stood at the corner of Drury-lane, called the " White Hart," for instance, enjoyed near that time most of the once-inhabited site of Lew kenor's-lane, Parker's -street, &c. before mentioned, which had changed its name from Aldewych Close to White-hart Close ; and other large portions of ground were occupied by a few in dividuals. So that in the grant made of the hospital posses sions here by Henry VIII. the greater part is described as pas ture and marsh land ; verifying the lines of Goldsmith-..... 44 One only master grasps the wide domain, And half a tillage stints the smiling plain."• This paucity of dwellings and inhabitants continue,' till late in the reign of Elizabeth, as May be seen by the plant of Lon don of Ralph Aggar, and Hogenberg, both taken near the middle of that reign. In these, the entire sites of Great Queen street, and thence Northwards to the back of Holborn, Lin coln's.inn•:tields, Long-acre, Seven-dials, and nearly the whole of Bloomsbury, is represented as fields. On the site of the hos pital alone there appears a new cluster of buildings, partly en compassed by remains of the hospital wall. • From this period Holborn began to be connected with St. Giles's by building—Drury-lane, described to have been miry and nearly impassable "by reason of the continual rode there," was paved, a,al near the church,-as well elsewhere, dwellings began fast to multiply. Their amazing increase afterwards 11;.3 been described. GEORGE and BLUE BOAR , 110 7 L 801 15 LONDON. Very Elegant COACHES, built upon the most - Principle,' set out to ABEKYSTWITH, The Sovereign, every Sunday, Tue sdall Weonesday, and Saturday, Afternoon at 3. ARUNDEL, Comet, through Epsom, Dorking, Orld4' and Billinghurst, Morning at 7. BATH, The Blue, through Marlborough, Caine, and airpenham, penharn, Noon at I, except Sunday. BA RMOUTH, through Oxford Birmingham, Shrews bury, Wclshpool, and Dolgelly, Afternoon at 3. Oaf BEDFORD, Times, through Welwyn, Hitchin, Shel f every' day, at 2. BIRMINGHAM, Prince of Wales, through Oxford, shir stratford-on-Avon, Afternoon at 3. BIRMINGHAM, Eclipse, through Brickhill, Towcester, Meriden, Stone Bridge, and C o ve n try, M o rning at 7. BOGNOR, Comet, through Epsom, Dorking, Billinghq! o- Pu!h,ongh, Arundel, and Little Hampt o n, Morning at I . l *, BRIGHTON, Alert, through Sutton, Crawley, and te , id, Morning at 8. Modena Cuck - BRIGHTON, Union, through Sutton, Crawley, and field, Morning at 50, except Sunday. BRISTOL, through Reading, Newbury, and Hungerf °l.3 ' Noon at 1 CAMBRIDGE, Fly, through Epping, Hockerill, Chest er ' ford. and Sawson, Morning at 10, except Sunday. te r. CAMBRIDGE, Times, through Epping, Hockerill, • ford, Duxford, &Whittlesford, Afternoon at 3, except Saw"' CARLISLE, every Morning at a quarter before 7. DOVER, The Express, Post Coach, direct without chatle.7/ ing, through Rochester, Chatham, and Canterbury, cle w Morning at 10. ttitir DEAL, Four-inside Coach, through Brompton, q' bourne, Ospringe, and Canterbury, Morning at 7, Art erso° liaif past 5• oing GLOUCESTER and Cheltenham Mercury, every I‘ l ° r at 7, through Oxford, Witnev, Burf o rd, N or tilleaCb7 3 Fr HARROW, through Westbourn and Kendal Green, After noon at 4, Sunday Morning at 8, and Evening at 9. HA RRONVGAtE and Skiptun, every Morning at 3 ter before 7. TO' HASTINGS, Royal William, through Seven Oa''' bridge, Robert's-litidge, and Battle, Morning at „ „ lo on HENDON, through Hautptead and Mill Hill, Al` e. at 4, Sunday Morning at 10, Evenin at 9. q guar. HERTFORD, through Hoddesden, g Afternoon at 3 ter beftire-,4,.except Sunday. - cto t- HOLYHEAD, Prince of Wales, through- Oxford , ford-on-Avon, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, 'acid 'Da Aro _ ternoon at 3. • , - • •• t• trg h6lri KETTERING, through Bedford, Bletsoe, Rusdeor. Ferrers • and rinecloo, Morning at a, except Siiday. üby . • KENDAL, thrimgh Leeds, Skipton, Settle,-and Loosdole,-every Morning at a (patter before 7. • *;0" Royal Onion, through Stamford, Grantham , ' ark and Pontefract, Wining quarter' before '7.'• LIVERPOOL-through St afford, Stone. Newcastle end ringtoff, Afternoon, at 3. LIVERPOOL, Sovereign; through Northam • ter, •Burtonlin Treat. and•the Potteries, Morning at 7- , tr p LIVERPOOL, Eclipse, through Hockliffe, ,Stonl. foid, Diinchiireh; and CoVentry, Morning at half Pest r ' t° t LUDLOW, through Oxford, Enstonei Chipping N' r afi ti Moreton, Pershore, Worcester, One; Hundred fital.ll Tenbury, Morning a t , , MANCHESTER, hrough Leek, Macclesfield ' port, -Afternoon at 3, 'and Morning au 7. , • 4,„ Lt rae MARGATE, through Rochester, Chatham, Sittingy— and Canterbury, Morning at 7, Evening at halt past 5. t NEWBURY, through Maidenhead and Readiug,-da il Y a • except Sunday. • OXFORD, Star. through Uxbridge, Wycombe,• and worth, Morning at 9. .. 1. ..-.. „a OUNI)LE Old Coach, through St. Nenes;•-KiMbol taa ti , Thrapst one, Tuesday, Thursday,-and Saturday Ili or' oat PARIS, Via Calais or Boulogne, Mrirning•at 7, half past 5. RIPON, Bradford, and Knateisborougth Writing at a ter RAMSGATE, before 7. . • ,--. Champion, through Cbatliam,Sittine nur Ospringe and Canterbury, -every Morning 4..7. ; Cr' rd r, Regent, through Baldoe14; Biggles"e, - ; ;it Neut.'s, Buckden,,Huntingdon, and Wandsford, rH' z half past 7. • • etran" SAREWSBURY, :Prince of :Wales, • through Birroin , 3t :3, Wolverhampton, Shiffnall, arid Wellingtim.. Atternovortiet, SWAFFHAM, Defiance, through Cambridge, Mildenhall, Brandon, and Mumford, 'Tuesday, Thure and Saturday Mornings, at o, t yl o ffr TUNBRIDGE, through Bromley and Seven Qak i ' ing at 9. ; Jrtn'• UPPINGHAM, through Hitchin,Shefford., Bedlor ' ou rs' lingborotigh, Kettering and Rockingham, TuesaaY , day, W and Saturday Mornings at S.' tab le ' ELLINGBOROUGH, through Redburn, vg Hockliffe, Woburn, Newport, and Emberton, every at half past 8, except Sunday. WOBURN, through Culny, St. Alban's, Market Str,r,el3l: and Dunstable, every Morning at half past 8; exc e p t Sil wredo WORTHING, through Epsom, Dorking, HUrsi' 4 " ) Ci ington and Findon, Morning, at a quarter hcfor e 8, tin turd IVOitv/WE at 2. • NOrt oo, STER, Aurora, through Oxford, Chipp in g Moreton, Brom:way, Eversharn, and Persbore, Morning:oo,, WOODSTOCK, Blenheitn,through B eaco nstield , WY c , Stoker; Church, Wheatly and Oxford, every N•lorniog W. tiolusa; a nd ur Take Notice.—The Proprietors of Carriages w hse! . t l ,O from - this Office will nut hold themselves accountable fa:_lt, Passenger's Luggage, Truss, Parcel, or any Package a`gej, ever, above the value of Five Pounds, if Lost or P 3 T i tell! unless the same be entered as such, and paid for irecor when delivered here, or to their Agents in Town or Cuiloote, nor will they be acdountahle for an -Glass, Chin*, Watches, Writings, Cash, Bank Notes, or Jewils Of an• scription, however small iii value. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, Londom• HONOURED SI 11, the BEG leave to inform you, that ever year 1790, I had been a ffl icted with the Lacs Vtleil: I no o which, front its obstinately resisting every co urse of ate ua prescribed by the most eminent of the facul t y here, an al.' dergoing severalsevcre courses of salivation, and charged from the Hospital with little relief , would fe t e cc or be of the most inveterate nature. In the spring Ofl39.lrjogi my disorder had got to such a head, as near l y to put 3 Ph-eadf to my existence—l bad a large ulcer on the crown tof.atY b tfol one on each arm, and my legs were brake out in a frig 19 manner ; my right was dreadfully painful, an d had he i ' ad a lso state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left I n d gal e two large nodes on it, was very much discoliturerf,'Lt. i,ed• me such excruciating pain, particularly when watrm state' as nearly to deprive me of rest ; in this lamentable was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who rec.eli`pillos great a cure by them here), to take your spat Leate' :" 1 o f which I began to dooms the 26th 0. May; in the C3 ' l fortnight 1 began to receive benefit -111 to'res, 1 thriV all month the ulcers on my head and arms wer e soundli '4,)hoe s oo n atter, the sores ors my legs healed also; hiat'it),gt tl ever, considerable discolouratioo in the skin , and w 'l a - otto bone of the left, which., by the bit ssing.of God, antoded; longer eel severance in your in v alua ble Medicine, 0 " sa a the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining i ts natural 12'' bt the nocturnal pains gradually going off.--I thus be c3 7 - 1; ' your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free front a o former complaints—have recovered my former sPi rt ha riog strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which stAt e bo pe e t continued many months, to the astonishment of all e, de , bo me, I am at a loss in what terms to express my grat a° , 0) 314 beg you, for the good of other sulfering mortals, i ° ° or this my case as public as possible, as I shall on co' r Y ;ion ; In s doing ou will greatly oblige. Sir, o your gra y teful, obedient , very hum blesert ~. ALEX. Swan's Close, High-street,' Edinburgh. 'itnesses to the above Cure:--- - pra .i it e ir: l , i l u ,t r b gl i i ; John Tboinpson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, D ill '`, . John M'lntosh, Old.Asseintily Close, Edinburgs",lo° Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, TI -1011 at I} l Wlt, Member of the Royal College of Sursge° l "' a fter house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; yvhcie?,.„ of t ': constant residence of more than 40 years, in it cularly directed to the cure of Vener,tal Complain" a v iala b .„ incidental to the Parts of Generation, with that i' l ser fel; secrecy which men of his profession should aluraY' a9 ? to re .0 such cases, he latter, himself the advice and 1 5 4 0 e 1 I' o gratuitimsly administers to persons taliing this Medi` . se itly • be esterined, by a discerning Public , as an tiara/Aga attainalale, and void of all ambiguity. ftW e 0 Also sold, by his appointment, tor the conveniencej_tt deft' living at a distance, at the Toysliop, No. 103. ()2C , Vr . ItiOc t i ,l Mr. Disbfirmigh's, No. 7, Fish-street-till; M i r: ~ aco",i, South-bridge, Edinburgh ;.Mi. Callwel . 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