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London, England, 1830-06-01 00:00:00

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This day were published, the Third and Fourth Volumes of
COMMENTARIES on the LIFE and
REIGN of CHARLES 1., King of England.

By I. DISRAELI,
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311USIC AL MEMOIRS.
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Music in England, from the first Commemoration of
Handel, in the year 1754, to the year 1830. Copiously
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RICK CLOTHS.

BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, No. 5,
Tooley-street,. Manufacturer to the Honourable
Board of Ordnance, (who supplied the whole of the Tents,
Sail-cloth, Flags, &c. at the Shakspearian Anniversary),
Las flow on hand a large quantity of Second-hand
CANVAS suitable for RICK CLOTHS, with POLES,
&r. complete, at a very reduced price. The whole are in
good preservation, having only been used a few days by
the Shakspearian Club at StratfoNl-on-Avon. Emigrants
embarking for the Swan River, an Diemen's Land, and
other settlements, will find a great vlriety of Tents and
Marquees, with other articles indispensably necessary to
their comfort and convenience on their first establishment.
Orders by post to be addressed in full, " Benjamin
Edgington, 5, Tooley street, Southwark."

THE KING IN HIS YOUTHFUL DAYS.

The following description of him, on whom all
eyes are now fixed, in his youthful days, by the
beautiful and celebrated Mrs. Robinson, will be read
with interest at the present moment. She was an
actress of great personal charm., and was much ad-
mired for her performance of Perdita, in The Win-
ter's Tale. An epistolary correspondence com-
menced, and the Prince desired a personal inter-
view, to which the lady gave consent. He was
then in his nineteenth year :
" At length," said Mrs. Robinson, when writing tome
years afterwards to a friend, " an evening was fixed for
this long-dreaded interview. Lord Malden and myself
dined at the inn, on the island between Kew and Brent-
ford. We wait,d the signal for crossing the river in a
boat, which had been engaged for that purpose. Heaven
can witness how many conflicts my agitated heart en-
dured at this most important moment ! I admired
the Prince ; I felt grateful for his affection. He was
the most engaging of created beings. I bad cor-
responded with him during many months, and his elo-
quent letters, the exquisite sensibility which breathed
through every line, his ardent professions of adoration,
hall combined to shake my feeble resolution. The hand-
kerchief was waved on the opposite shore ; but the
signal was, by the dusk of the evening, rendered al-
most imperceptible. Lord Malden took my hand, I step-
ped into the boat, and, in a few minutes, we landed before
the iron gates of Old Kew Palace The interview was
but of a moment. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of
York were walking dow❑ the avenue. They hastened to
meet us. A few words, and those scarcely articulate,
were uttered by the Prince, when a noise of people,
approaching from the Palace, startled us. The moon was
now rising, and the idea of being overheard, or of his
Royal Highness being seen out at so unusual an hour,
terrified the whole group. After a few more words of
the most affectionate nature, uttered by the Prince, we
parted, and Lord Maldon and myself returned to the
island. The Prince never quitted the avenue, nor the
presence of the Duke of York, during the whole of this
short meeting. Alas ! my friend, if my mind was before
influenced by esteem, it was now awakened to the most
enthusiastic admiration. The rank of the Prince no longer
chilled into awe that being who now considered him as
the lover and the friend. The graces of his person, the
irresistible sweetness of his smile, the tenderness of his
melodious yet manly voice, will be remembered by me till
every vision of this changing scene shall be forgotten.
Many and frequent were the interviews which afterwards
took place at this romantic spot ; our walks sometimes
continued till past midnight ; the Duke of York and Lord
Malden were always of the party ; and our conversation
was composed of general topics.
" The Prince had from his infancy been wholly secluded,
and naturally took much pleasure in conversing about the
busy world, its manners and pursuits, dins aster and
scenery. Nothing could be more delightful •r more
rational than our midnight perambulations. I always wore
a dark coloured habit; the rest of the party generally
wrapped themselves in great coats to disguise them, ex-
cepting time Duke of York; who almost universally
alarmed us by the display of a buff coat, the most con-
spicuous colour he could have selected for au adventure of
this nature. The polished and fascinating ingeniousness
of his Royal Highness's maners, contributed not a little to
enliven our promenades. He sung with exquisite taste,
and the tones of his •oice breaking the silence of the
night, have often appeared to my entranced senses like
more than mortal melody. Often have I lamented the
distance which destiny had placed between us; how my
soul would have idolized such a husband ; alas ! how
often, in the ardent enthusiasm of my soul, have I formed
the wish that being were mine alone, to whom partial
millions were to look up for protection."

THE PRIZE RING.—The grand match be-
tween SIMON BYRNE and ALEXANDRE Al‘KAy will de-
finitively come off on Wednesday next, the 2d of June,
within 100 miles of London. Both combatants have
already arrived within 50 miles of the metropolis. Sandy
AI`KAr, the pride of Scotland, weighs 14st. 101bs , and
is attended by GEORGE COOPER, whilst the weight of the
Hibernian champion, BYRNE, is said scarcely to exceed
13st. He as usual, under the care of his inseparable
fidus Achates, Tom REYNOLDS, who will accompany him
to the field of battle. The other seconds are not yet
named. BYRNE, notwithstanding the inferiority of his
weight, is the favourite at 5 and even 6to 4. Both
parties are said to be powerfully hacked by amateur■ of
rank and title ; and the Fair-play Club has made arrange-
ments to preserve order and regularity in the ring, by the
appointment of no less than twenty stipendiary- whips to
keep the peace. On Friday next both the conqueror and
vanquished intend to grace the benefit of TOM GAYNOR,
at the Tennis-court, in Windmill-street, in the Haytnarket.

HUGE LOBSTER.----OH Friday last a lobster
was sold in Elgin, which weighed no lees than eight pounds.
The usual weight of those found in this part of the country
is about one pound and a half.—Elgin Courier.
In the case of CHARLES CULLENT, and
ANNE CULLENT, his wife, who were capitally indicted yes-
terday at the Old Bailey, for having coined and counter-
feited twelve sixpences of the realm, and whose t,ial was
not concluded when we went to Press, the Jury, at a late
hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

An inquest was held yesterday, at the Horse
Shoe public-house, at Enborne, by H. HEMSTEAD, Esq.
and a respectable Jury, on the body of MARTHA Russ,
aged 77, who met her death by having poison administered
in her food on the 9th, and lingered till the 27th inst.
The rest of the family partook of the food, and were also
affected, for whom effectual remedy was procured, except
for the deceased, whose advanced age baffled medical skill.
The case at present is involved in mystery, and the jurors
returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person
or persons unknown.—Hants Chronicle of Saturday.
JOHN SEDGEWICK, of Westwood, had a son
who lost his life in a coal-pit, at that place, in September,
1828, by the falling of a stone from the roof. JAMES
SKDOEWICK, aged 14, the brother of tho deceased, was
lately compelled, against his will, to work in the same
mine, although he had previously declared he would sooner
die than do it. On Saturday morning last he was. taken
down almost by force ; no sooner was he got down but
he was instantly lost ; a search immediately took place,
and continued without intermission for four days, ♦iz.,
from Saturday morning to Tuesday night (in which time
they consumed 141bs. of candles), when the fugitive was
found. He had absolutely buried himself alive, amongst
the rubbish of some old works, his body being jammed
close to the roof, and having scratched the earth to his
head with his hands, so as to prevent, as much as possible,
all access of air; when found, he was almost dead, but by
prompt care and attention, he is in a fair way of recovery.
He declares it was his intention to make that place his
grave, being just at the place where his brother received
his fatal wound.— York Courant.

INFANTICIDE AND SUICIDE.—This morn-
ing at about six o'clock, the family of Mr. JOHN PETTY,
a respectable builder residing at Wellow, about three miles
from Romsey, was thrown into the greatest consternation,
by the following unexpected and fatal event appears
that at the time above stated, Mr. Perry, who was in bed,
heard hie wite go into an adjoining room and lock the
doer; and in a few minutes was alarmed at hearing a pe-
culiar scream from the infant, which was jest weaned.
Suspecting something had occurred, he endeavoured to gain
an entrance into the room, but was obliged to proceed to
the kitchen for a hatchet with which he forced the door
open, when his horror can be better conceived than ex-
pressed, the dead body of his infant son was the object that
first presented itself; and afterwards his wife, in the last
agony of death. Assistance was of no use. It appears,
that with a razor, she had first cut the throat of the infant;
and afterwards her own. She had been in a desponding
state for some time, but yesterday her husband observed her
to be more cheerful; she had risen before him for the pur-
pose of getting some linen aired, as he was going a short
journey. She was a middle aged woman, of respectable
connections, and has left an affectionate husband and three
daughters to deplore their fatal loss. The child's head was
nearly severed from its body, and a rope was found round
its neck. The poor woman, it appears, had got up at four
o'clock this morning, wound up the clock, as was her cus-
tom, dressed her four children, and afterwards, at fine
o'clock, called her husband, stating that it was six.—
Hants Advertiser of Saturday.

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