The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-25 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIdENCE.

The R PREFERMENTS, &C.
void —el'. Robert Sergeant, to the vicarage of Stoke Prior,
by the cession of the Rev. W. Godfrey. Patrons, the
e,41,111 and Chapter of Worcester.
vie he Rev. J. Heberden, late curate of Stone, Kent, to the
po:tatteof West Thurrock, vacant by the death of the Rev. J.
it,h'r• Patron Whitbread, Esq.
,eboo‘T Rey. James Tate, M. A., master of the grammar
tat Richmond, to the vicarage of Easby, near Richmond,
rkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. C. Readshaw.
,atron, _
Rev.
Queen.
45v. Isaac Close, to the perpetual curacy of Kirkby
p!ellsworth, vacant then death of the Rev. Thomas Buxton.
',ll,'en, the Bishop of Cter.
vie,,,he Rev. James Gisborne, of Yoxall, Staffordshire, to the
Re ago of Croxall, Derbyshire, vacant by the death of the
S. IlollsorthY Patron, the Lord Chancellor.
nThe. Rev. Edward. Tracy, a:younger son of Hanbury Tracy,
9., Is to be presented to the living of Sully, in this county ;
cl the present rector tile Rev. David Jones, is to succeed
the living of Panteg, Monmounthshire, vacant by the de-
tease of the Rev. L. Leeson.—Glamorgan Guardian.
The Rev. John Pollock, to the church and parish of Balder-
Sleek, Dumbartonshire.
I The Rey. Doctor George S. Smith, one of the junior fel-
bit/vvttlurs Of Trinity College, Dublin, to the living of Aug-
,eher, county Fermanagh, vacant by the death of the Rev.
ur. Russell.

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The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne will
have a grand dinner party on Friday evening, at Lansdowne-
house.
His Excellency the Russian Ambassador will give
tk sumptuous entertainment on Monday next, at Ashburnham_
bouse, to Prince Esterhezy, Prince Soutzo, and the whole of
the diplomatic corps.
The Countess de Grey has issued cards for a grand
concert on the 11th of next month, at her elegant mansion in
St• James's-square.
The Duke of Devonshire will give a splendid ball
t' he 17th of May, at Devonshire-house, the eve of the
wirlring-room, in celebration of her Majesty's birth-day. It
exceed in elegance any entertainment given for years past
will magnificent mansion. We. understand her Majesty
of p
mrese nt. His Grace will give his first ball on the 11th
next onth.l.
The appointment of State-Housekeeper of the
Palace at Hampton-Court has become vacant by the
easnis
sister e of Lady Emily Montagu, daughter of the late and
to of the present Duke of Manchester. Her ladyship was
trave 58th year, and unmarried., The Duke, her brother, is
lling in Italy.
of The m premature demise of Mrs. Francis Baring, wife
..
or. Francis Thornhill Baring, has again placed the families
s,,,'„rd Ashburton, and Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., of Strat-
d ark, Hants, in mourning. Mrs. Baring was the youngest
tOuialirtier,?f the late Hon. Sir George Grey, G. C. 8., brother
of s. L„,'Jrrey, and was married to Mr. Baring, eldest son
144114; homas, in 1825. She has left an infant family to
or loss
nt Orloff, the new Russian Special Minister to
i7ovaitorna,
Court, is the celebrated General and diplomatist
Eenzatiti 3 visited this country on two special missions. Some.
arid th°4 has been created among the Russian nobles in Paris
fortliddl cousitry, by an order from the Russian Government
in foreimg subjects of his Imperial Majesty purchasing estates
4t
tsn countrios.
Alonda he meeting of the Baronet's Committee, held on
by Olaf'', at the Clarendon Hotel Committee-room, attended
was br r standing counsel, William Crawford, Esq., a letter
their i7iught under their notice from Lord John Russell, to
testy Secretary, R. Broun, Esq., stating that her Ma-
Place aansd-een graciously pleased to refer their petition " for
degree
of vestments of estate at the coronation, as the sixth
belongs'arsal hereditary dignity of these realms," to the Ear
hto tvhom the arrangements of all matters properly
LEsterhazy, the Duke of Leinster, Marquis
01..Z:g0, Lord Dysart, Lord Allen, Lord Blayney, Lord
ho Hon. Col. Molyneux, Hon. Col. Leicester Stan-
notir-e s';,"°n. Mr. Byng, and a long list of fashionables ho-
moodu the Saint James's Theatre with their presence, on
right,and to witness the revival of the Ambassadress,
do and Leander in the former of which Mr. Braham
Of ighted
(Ibex his audience by his masterly execution of the music
from he Duke D'Osuna is expected at Mivart's Hotel,
Paris, to be present at the coronation of her Majesty.
IC The Countess of Chesterfield arrived at Chesterfield
use, from the Noble Earl's hunting lodge at Newmarket,
pi ere she arrived from Belvoir Castle, the seat of her Noble
itd hilele, the Duke of Rutland. Her Ladyship and her friend,
e Y Alice Peel, despite the severity of the weather, were on
~course daily, in their carriages, during the race week.
ik.he Duke of Newcastle and the Ladies Pelham
Cl oton arrived in Portman-square on Saturday last, from
crotraber Park, for the season. His Grace has added to his
f
the Dukege estate in Nottinghamshire by the purchase o
n, of Norfolk's princely domain of Worksop Manor,
that county.
ti4Lt ord and Lady Gardner arrived at Lord Dinorben's,
CA e, House, South Audley-street, yesterday,. from Windsor
Note, where his Lordship has been Lord in Waiting on her
esty during the stay of the Court.
tl Pitzwilliam arrived at I\eforttmer House, Bel-
the„,„ On
--quare, from Tunbridge-wells. Viscountess Milton,
Pas noble Earl's daughter-in-law, has left Grosvenor-squaprae
Park,
Leto,
the recess with the Earl of Liverpool, at Buxted r
",1.53, Suffolk.
t Lord the Duke of
Edward Somerset, uncle to
dueVort, having retired from Parliament, has been travelling
thsenelthe winter in Germany. Last month his Lordship and
Baderid:auginora were at Manheim, in the grand duchy of
The Earl of
bode at
Errol, master of the Queen's hounds,
LoilYn',illeuerT.Panied by a numerous stud, taken up
.his a
The hounds meet at different places in the forest
Ttc:nuaYs, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
as st4t2 Countess of Cadogan has not been indisposed
vki
_et` by a morning cotemporary.
Pres e understand that Miss Coutts Burdett is to be
Larlited to-morrow at the drawing-room, by her aunt, Mrs.
to hay
_arn• It is stated that the Duchess of Sutherland washe
boteo presented the wealthy Miss, had the grandson of the
/ f Norfolk succeded in obtaining her hand.
stzliltr• AT ISLINGTON.—INQUEST ON THE SUF-
tii,(lo::tetrs:--treYeetsterday an Inquest was held at the King's Head,
, Islington, before Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, on
,_le bodies of Elisha and Henry Cockerell and John Glenn,
‘,athree unfortunate individuals who lost their lives in the late
et:is-autrieddlitsoen.pslfiareee,, whichli took place at the fire-work manufactory,
gton. In this case, which was
.not. con_
tvitoes:_hen we went to press yesterday, the examination of
lieyi 8 having concluded, the Jury were unanimous be-
cia_ng the fire to be entirely accidental. A verdict of—" Ac-
sital death," was then recorded.
lIIIRIGHTON BLOODS. Some miscreants, while
r,erarribulafing our streets on Thursday night last, amused
!intier.nselves by ringing and destroying the door bells of the in-
tthabtitant,
of
High-street and School-hill. We understand
forcedwith but few exceptions the bells and knockers were
. from nearly every house from the Tower Clock to the
r
Id6e.--.Patriot,

LITERAT URE.

NO URMAIIAL -3 Vols.
Coburn —London, 1838.

We are indebted for this tale to the pen of Mr. Quin,
author of " A Steam-voyage down the Danube," and other
works, which have met with considerable success. The
scene of the present fiction is laid in the East, at one of the
most stirring and eventful periods in oriental history—the
close of the sixteenth century, when the celebrated sultan
Acbar sat on the throne of the Moguls, and held his court
in the splendid city of Lahore. The incidents of the nar-
rative are supposed to be related by a story-teller of
Cashmere, " itinerant reciters of prose and poetical fictions
being still," says the author, " as is well known to tra-
vellers, as common in the East, as they were in the days of
Homer." Mr. Quin ably sustains this character of a
Cashmerian improvisatore, for, in no one instance that we
have been able to detect on a hasty perusal of his Nour-
mahal, has lie been guilty of even the slightest solecism of
thought, feeling, or description. He has evidently read
and—what is still more to the purpose—digested his ma-
terials with uncommon care, reminding us in this instance,
of the late Mr. Upham, whose tale of " Karmath" dis-
played a consummate acquaintance with the habits and pe-
culiarities of the East, the result of diligent and long-con-
tinued research. But Mr. Quin has this advantage over
the mere oriental scholar. He has himself been a tra-
veller in eastern climes ; is familiar with the manners and
modes of life of the Indigetes, and knows therefore the
exact spots in which to make his " bul-buls" sing, and his
flowers blossom. It would have been as well if all those
who within the last twelve years have laid the scenes of
their poems and Annual stories in the East, had taken as
much pains to acquaint themselves with localities as the
author of Nourmahal, for then we should not have seen
mountains rearing their lofty forms to the sky where moun-
tains never existed ; and translucent lakes, not to be met
with in any map, spreading out in front of beautiful city
palaces, for no other reason than that young lovers tray
wander by moon-light along their banks, listening to the
warblings of birds whose untoward peculiarity it is to con-
fine their melodies exclusively to Europe. Mr. Quin's
opening chapters display lavish powers cf description. His
sketch of the country lying beyond the grand chain of the
Ilimalas ; of the pastoral character of its inhabitants ;
of their stupendous rocks, and glens, and cataracts, the
very smallest of which might put Helvellyn and Lodore to
the blush ; and more especially, of their daily habits of life
—these various sketches are detailed with great accuracy,
and occasionally in quite a poetic spirit, such as in the pass-
ing, vivid allusion to that magnificent bird the flamingo
" that sometimes lightens in the firmament like a meteor."
The chief charm of Nourmahal indeed is its descriptions,
for the author is not so much at home in grappling with
the strong points of character ; many of his personages—
with the exception of the highly-finished portrait of sultan
Acbar's Prime Minister—being deficient in the requisite
mark and likelihood. But in sketching the grand and beau-
tiful features of external nature ; in heaping up incident
upon incident, so as never to allow the story to stand still
or flag in interest ; in imparting reality to these incidents,
without investing them with too much of a matter-of-
fact air ; and colouring his narrative with just enough of
romance, to rivet the attention of all lovers of the wild
and the wonderful—here Mr. Quin is as successful as the
most ambitious novelist could possibly desire to be. There
are few things in modern literature more impressive, in
their way, than the description of the passage of Mangeli
and her husband Kazim Ayes, with their infant daughter
Nourmahal, across the desert on their road to Lahore ; of
the deceitful mirrhage which leads them to suppose that they
are approaching the terminus of their labours ; of the tiger
hunt in the depths of the jungle ; of the battle between
Suleiman and Mirtas among the defiles of the Himalas ; and
—though last, not least—of the splendors of the imperial
city of Lahore. As a favourable specimen of the author's
manner, we quote his sketch of the young Nourmahal,
which, though highly coloured, just halts discreetly on this
side of exaggeration :

Mher_ul.Nissa resumed her instrument; but whilst she was still
preluding to the air which she intended to play, two of the principal
strings snapped asunder with a loud and, as some felt, an ominous sound,
like the shriek of an evil genius. In order to dissipate the sudden gloom
which this incident created throughout the company, she rose and or.
dered Kanun to take the flageolet, and, while another of her attenda
struck the double-stringed harp, she stood in the midst of the circle OF
some wonderful statue fresh from the hand of the artist. The music of
the two performers at first lamented the fate of a Hindu shepherdess
whom the god Vishnu transformed into marble, lest, during his tempo-
rary absence from the earth, she might surrender her affections to an or-
dinary mortal. A rapid transition was then made to the moat charm-
ing pastoral strains, resembling those which the former companions of
the metamorphosed maid poured forth from their simple reeds, when
after seeking her for many a day over the fields where she had been ac-
customed to attend her flocks, they at length discovered her near a foun-
tain, as they thought asleep. They hoped that they might awaken her
from her lethargy, by addressing her in the tones which she most loved
to hear—the songs of her youth; but she remained insensible to their
appeals, renewed though they were from day to day. At length a young
unknown shepherd, who, with a lyre slung on his back, joined the
group one morning as they were proceeding to the fountain, mingled the
loilliant notes of his instrument with those which had hitherto failed I.
produce any effect in the sleeping girl. Suddenly the marble trembled
and became relaxed—the glow of genial warmth overspread the whole
figure—blushes kindled on the cheeks—the eyelids separated, and from
beneath them shot forth a living fire—the arms moved—and while the
rustics, gazing with rapture on the miraculous change that was going on,
imparted to their music the brightening joy by which they were in.
spired, the strange shepherd, taking the maid by the hand, called all her
limbs into the most exquisite action, descriptive of the happiness of those
who, after a long separation, are again joined in the sweet consciousness
of mutual affection. Mher.ul-Nissa answered to each variation in the
strain with irresistible truth and power of expression. The statue,
veiled in drapery, seemed for awhile without vitality—breathless—cold
—but still beautiful, even in apparent death. No feature or limb moved,
while the airs of the sheperdesses emulated each other in endeavouring
to recal her to emotion; but when the well-known music of the god
touched her ear the effect was electric upon the whole assembly. Her
figure appeared to warm by degrees from utter insensibility to a divine
rapture. The sentiment that actuated her entire being was shown in at-
titudes and movements, refined far above those exhibitions to which the
grosser sense gives rise. Selirn followed her steps, with a degree of ad.
miration which he knee' not how to repress within the ordinary bounds
of decorum. He was beside himself with delight ; and when in gliding
before him her veil chanced to be wafted from her head, euddedly dis-
closing to his view all the charms of her unrivalled countenance, blush.
ing with confusion for curls an untoward accident, his bentled knee, his
upward glowing looks, his hand pressed on hers, whilst he exclaimed,
Nourmalial' (Light of the Harem), at once proclaimed feelings which,
though they found no words, announced that from that hour they were,
for good or for evil, to rule his subsequent existence."

THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY.
Longman, Lon'ion, 1838.

This is one of the most useful, practical works of the
day. It is the production of Mr. Maunder, author of the
" Treasury of Knowledge," and contains biographical
sketches of eminent persons of all ages and nations, from
the earliest periods of history dawn to the present time.
We have just dipped into the volume, and find it, on the
whole, remarkably accurate in its details, though here and
there there is a trivial error. Such as where, in speaking
of Robespierre, the author draws a distinction between the

" Jacobins" and the " Mountains," whereas they were one
and the same faction. The work is brought out in a most
commodious form, and at the cheapest possible price, and
cannot fail to become popular, for it is most unquestionably
the best and completest production of the sort in the
language.

THE SOLDIER'S LIBRARY.
Cadell, London, 1838.

A work wholly of a military character, and evidently the
production of one who has seen much service as a soldier.
Some of the observations addressed to those who desire to
distinguish themselves in the profession, display all that
terse and practical good sense which is the result of long
worldly experience.

POEMS. BY J. KENYON.
Moron, London, 1838.
The poems in this collection are characterized by taste
and feeling, especially the sonnets, in the construction of
which the author evinces nearly as much skill as Worth-
worth. He has, however, fallen on evil times, for the very
sight of a peens now a-days acts like a scare-crow, and
frightens people from its perusal.

GUIDE THROUGH SWITZERLAND.
Bailey, London, 1838.
Those who feel disposed to make the tour of Switzerland
this summer, cannot do better than make this little Guide-
book the companion of their travels, for it will furnish
them in abundance with all the practical information they
can possibly desire.

Mr. Thomas Williams, lately tried and acquitted at
the Old Bailey on a charge of forging a will, was received
throughout his progress to his estate near Carnarvon in the
most triumphant manner ; the people of that town went out
in procession, thousands in number, to meet him; they yoked
themselves to his carriage horses, and drew him in triumph
to his hotel, when he addressed the assemblage. The same
honours awaited him on leaving the town, the people still
drawing him in triumph to his house, Brynbras Castle. Se-
veral villages and towns in the neighbourhood illuminated
their houses on the occasion. These gratifying testimonies of
public feeling cannot but afford some consolation to Mr. Wil-
liams for all he has undergone.

TO THE CANAL NAVIGATION PRO-
PRIETORS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

At a period when energetic and extensive efforts are being
made for the formation of Railway communications, it is
perative upon the Committees and Proprieters of Canals to
come forward and render their respective navigations as per-
fect as possible. Many of the canals have remained in nearly
the same condition for several years; are needlessly cir-
cuitous, are in a defective state of repair in their locks,
towing-paths, small, inconvenient, and even dangerous state
of their tunnels—arc inadequately supplied with water, and
require deepening and cleansing. It is most important these de-
fects should no longer remain, and whilst guarding against
improvident expenditure, that the several canal works of
whatever kind should be rendered effective to the increased
and increasing wants and trade of the country;—it cannot
otherwise be expected that canals will maintain their present
position against the formidable rivalry now organising in the
midst of them.
The canal proprietors in their several districts, v, ho are so
much interested as shareholders, and who are trustees for
distant parties, are bound to attend to the efficient state of the
canals in their own neighbourhood ; and where there does not
exist in the local Committees energy or inclination to effect
essential improvements, it becomes the duty of the proprietors
themselves at their annual general meetings to elect such per-
sons as are alive to the present state of canal affairs, before
they irrecoverably lose that portion of their trade which proper
attention may now permanently secure. Good management
is now become an indispensable requisite to every Canal
Company.
Upon some of the canals the trade is much fettered by com-
pensation and junction tonnages, conceded in the infancy of
these undertakings, to the influence of opposing parties. The
Canal Companies so circumstanced will do well, in a friendly
and conciliatory spirit, to ineet and arrange these antiquated
modes of deriving income, and thus place their tonnages upon
a sound and rational footing, as well as by doing away with
such local arrangements as are vexatious to the trader, and
which often, without benefit to themselves, are injurious and
irritating to the Companies immediately connected with the
trade of their district. Canal Companies must have no petty
jealousies, but unite in affording every facility to the transit
of the trade of this increasingly commercial country.
The writer of these observations is so strongly impressed
with their importance, that he hopes they may commend them-
selves to every Canal Proprietor, and to the practical opera-
tions of every Canal Committee and Canal general meeting in
the kingdom. A CANAL PROPRIETOR.
April 2, 1838.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GRAND
JUNTION RAILWAYS.—We have heard, with much pleasure,
that there is no longer any foundation for the opinion that any
misunderstanding exists between the Directors of these two
Companies. On the contrary, we are assured that the mode
to be adopted at Birmingham, when the lines are each
finished there, for the transfer of the passengers and their
luggage from the ene line to the other, has been satisfactorily
arranged ; but that, until the permanent station of the Grand
Junction Company, contiguous to that of the London and
Birmingham Company in Curzon-street, has been completed,
the inconvenience of going from one station to the other in
omnibuses, as at present, is unavoidable. We understand,
also, that the Directors of the London and Birmingham line
are at present much restricted in their power of changing
the hours of departure and arrival of their trains, on account
of the engineering operations still in progress on those parts
of the line which have been recently opened ; and from come
difficulties connected with the horsing of the coaches on the
road between Denbigh-hall and Rugby, a work in which,
we believe, no fewer than 700 horses are already engaged. It
is their intention, however, as soon as these difficulties are
removed, to curtail any unnecessary detention in Birmingham ;
and it is proper to add, that as the Directors of this Company
have made all their arrangements with the view of insuring
the most perfect punctuality in the arrival of the trains, as
well at the intermediate stations as at the two termini, the
most prompt measures have been taken to remove every cause
of detention which the first few days of the working of the line
brought to light; and it may reasonably be expected that in
a very short time the travelling upon it will be attended with
as few inconveniences as are compatible with a partial opening.
We believe we may add, that it is intended to set on one
or two additional trains immediately, with an especial re-
ference to the convenience of travellers from Manchester to
iverpool.—Nanchester Paper.
ESCAPE OF THREE FELONS FROM THE COMP-
Tan.—This morning, at an early hour, a report was prevalent
in the neighbourhood that three prisoners had effected their
escape from the Giltspur-street Compter, one of whom was
the Honourablo Algernon Curzon, the son of Lord Tenyham,
but the latter statement had no foundation in truth. On in-

quiry at the prison it was ascertained that the names of the
fugitives are as follow :—John Humphries, sentenced by the
Central Criminal Court to hard labour for two years; Rich-
ard Gifford, for one year ; and John Murray, for six months.
The interior of the prison is undergoing great alterations, and
additional walls being built, which, with the quantity of scaf-
folding erected, rendered the escape a work of no great diffi-
culty, as in fact ropes, and other matters in use among the
workmen, render ascent and descent easy. It appears that
when they got to the summit of the wall, they let themselves
down into the yard of the Magpie and Stump Tavern, New-
gate-street. From hence they must have got into the street
through the Tavern passage, but the inmates say they know
nothing of the fact. The prisoner Gifford is the man who a
few weeks since was connected with the carpet-bag robbery.
_ _

NAPLES; APRIL 7.—Monsignore Fabio Maria
Arguirre, Archbishop of Tarso, had on the Ist of this month
the honour to be received by his Majesty at a public audience,
in the presence of the Royal family, the foreign ambassadors,
and the whole Court, to deliver his credentials. The Nuncio
had afterwards the honour to be presented to the Queen
Mother. It is said that the iron railroad from Naples to
Portici is to be completed in twelve or fourteen months, and
that it will only take eight minutes to travel that distance.
Since the steam boats have recommenced their voyages to
Sicily and Malta, the number of passengers to and from those
islands is very great ; each vessel has hundreds of them on
board. The last steam-boat from Malta brought word that
Dr. Bowring left Alexandria at the beginning of March, to
travel the way of Syria, Constantinople, and Vienna, to Italy,
and to visit this city.
MR. BULLER.—Every body knows that the Tories
have been hunting Mr. Buller for several months past, because
he has, in his approbation of the principle of justice to Ire-
land, proved himself, as they say, an enemy to the Protestant
Church. At the High Church Meeting, held at the Subscrip-
tion Rooms, which was presided over by Earl Devon, the
Bishop of this Diocese stated that Mr. Buller had gone to
him and voluntarily offered one hundred and fifty pounds a
year, out of his own pocket, towards the support of a clergy_
man in the large and populous parish of St. Thomas, near this
city, and that this sum had been regularly paid. What will
the Tories say to this?— Western Times.
THE FRENCH ARMT.—Marshal Grouchy and
General d'Ambrugeau having complained, at the sitting of the
Chamber of Peers of Tuesday, of the unpardonable neglect of
Government in not organizing a powerful reserve destined to
e;nforce the army, in case of emergency ; the Minister of War,
General Bernard, replied, that France had a reserve of
140,000 men, who might be rendered transferable within a
short space of time, and incorporated with the active army.
That formidable reserve, however (according to the Courrier
Francais), consists entirely of conscripts, left in their homes,
without any military instruction whatsoever, and who have not
even been once assembled in a camp or garrison town. The
Courrier adds, that no army of reserve exists, nor can exist
in France, so long as the Government shall be afraid of the,
population. An army, in the eyes of Louis Phillippe, is a,
force intended rather to keep down the people than to defend
them. Any reserve that should sympathize with the citizens;
he would view as a danger rather than a support. When the
example of Prussia is recommended to him for imitation, the,
King replies, that her landwehr had, on several occasions, ex.'
pressed a desire to obtain a Constitution, and that after the
revolution of July, 1830, the citizen-soldiers who composed it
sang the Illarseillaise. It is on this account, says the Cour-
rier, that no armed reserve can be organized in France ; that
a portion of the National Guard was not rendered moveable
after the three days, and that this last institution has been
suffered to dwindle away, all over the country, with the sole
exception of Paris.
GREENWICII.—We have traces of a Royal resi-
dence at this place so early as the year 1300, when Edward I.
made an offering of 7s. at each of the holy crosses in the cha-
pel of the Virgin Mary, Greenwich, and the Prince made an
offering of half that sum. Henry IV. dates his will 1408,
from his manor of Greenwich. Henry VII. resided much at
this place, where his second son (afterwards Henry VIII.),
and his third son, Edmund Tudor (created Duke of Somer-
set), were born. Hen. VIII. from his partiality to it bestowed
great cost upon Greenwich, till he made it, as Lambard says,
" a pleasant, perfect, and princely palace." During his reign
it became one of the principal scenes of that festivity for which
his Court was celebrated. King Henry's marriage with his
first Queen, Katherine of Arragon, was solemnized at Green-
wich, June 5, 1510. In 1512 he kept his Christmas " here
with great and plentiful cheer," and again in 1513 " with great
solemnity, dancing, disguisings, and mummers, in a most
princely manner." At this celebrity was introduced the first
masquerade even seen in England. Edward VI. kept his
Christmas at Greenwich in 1552-3, George Ferrers, Esq., of
Lincoln's Inn, being " Lorde of the merrie disporte." This
amiable Monarch closed his short reign at Greenwich Palace
on the 6th of July following. Qneen Mary was born here
February 8, 1515, and Queen Elizabeth, September 7, 1533.
It was afterwards her favourite residence.
MATRIMONY EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days
ago, a couple, whose united ages amount to 140 years, Was
married at the Holy Trinity Church ; after the ceremony, the
bride, whose appearance bespoke very feeble health, as well as
advanced years, informed the vicar that he had married her
twenty years ago. " Indeed l" replied the vicar. ‘, yes," re-
joined the old dame, " and what is more remarkable, it was to
the same man." It appeared that when she was about forty
years of age she was deserted by her husband, and ten years
afterwards, not having heard anything of him, married her
present spouse, by whom she had several children ; after which
she heard of her first husband being still alive, and broke off
her connection with her second : eventually she received in-
formation of the death of her first husband, and returned to the
society of him whom she had married when she only supposed
herself a widow, and they had since continued to live together;
but not being satisfied as to the legality of their union, they
had at length resolved to bo again united by due course of
law. More recently, at another church in this town, a youth-
ful couple appeared at the hymeneal altar ; and during the
reading pf the service, on the bridegroom producing- the ring,
the bride expectant was found to be in a profound sleep !
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