The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-12 00:00:00

LEICESTER-SQUARE.-This square has be
recently recently greatly improved in the centre. The trees °Pei
the shrubs, which had been much neglected, and aPPeibriie
like a wilderness, and almost entirely hid from the P° 64,
view the equestrian statue of George 11., have been (0%0
and the statue, which was also much neglected, has the
been bronzed, and is now seen to great advantage. , „pi
walks enclosed by the iron railing have been gravelled
improved.
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By the clause in the Bill for the better gto
vernment of the boroughs, transferring all local Inatre'ltbr
a Common Council, to be chosen by the ten.pounderst 0,
present Board of Commissioners in Devonport will heefoe
extinct. This Board consists of 156 members, sv'f,j
qualification is the possession of 1,5001. property, °oil,
who are elected by the rate-payers of 6/. per annum, It
upwards. Its jurisdiction is, however, so very lino. bi,
that no very important interests will be endangered
the change.—Devonport Telegraph.
The London and Birmingham
mails arrivtei'4re
at Sheffield on Tuesday at half-past one, agreeably to ~
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new arrangement, being about two hours earlier than
usual time. —Shetlfeld Courant. f
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Sr. JAMES'S-PA RK.—The exterior o
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new guard-house, facing the old Birdcage-walk, has J lio
been finished, and presents a very handsome boildiog! bit
in every particular suitable for the purposes for tgblettt
is intended. The whole of the new railing enelosing,yl
handsome avenue leading from Pimlico-gate to Storti,,t
gate is nearly erected, and the great improvements at hl'
side of St. James's-park do much credit to the ta,,`, ‘,O,
which it was direct, d. The opposite side of the GI; 0.1
park, as far as Hyde-park-corner, has a very nake"..„o'
desolate appearance compared to the adjacent itlV:t;ie
ments, anti will remain, it is said, in its present 001
until the Palace is finished, when it will be ornailletor/i
with shrubs, which from the irregularity of the grt'otial,
can be planted to great advantage ; and with serPe of
gravel walks this Park may be rendered a Plac,,e,,,etti
pleasant rural recreation for the public. For '1;0Y
evenings past the wild ducks in the water of St. f' ople
park have been observed with their broods to 10eer ,tP
about dusk and take flight in the direction of 13 LAtt 06,1,
and return in the morning with the tame fowl of tue lc,
species. They had increased so much since theorre
breeding season that it was found necessary t°, i 01:
several couple of them, the men appointed to the Lest
having received instructions to shoot the malards.
autumn they performed similar migrations. 15 ill
Mr. J., a wealthy merchant of St. De,ntiiits:
Paris, aged about thirty.seven, having ascertained st,,
ce
young lady to whom he had long paid his addres•sgoe::
more favourably inclined to one of his partners, i sgi
his cabriolet to the Faubourg St. Denis a few daY-thlie
hastily entered a house, ran up to the fifth storYtt. Po
himself into the street, and was killed on the 'Pa he Ito
had sent away his cabriolet, anti not being knowfi'd is
conveyed to the Morgue, where a letter was 105 ,
pocket, declaring his motive for committing Buie' etibliC:l
On the 7th instant, the master of a Potio'r,
house in the Fauxbourg de Bourgogne, at Orleac°: r,e th
Perrault, and his wife, were both found murdered' o''.o
rault was discovered in the morning in his gard,li, se,j,
four severe wounds front a knife ; and the body °' t iilteoi,
was lying in the cellar, stabbed in five ditierene",
apparently with the same instrument. A s,ostrof ioe
p'oyed by these people, who were known to be i'l eat ° in
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cumstances, stated, that when she left the house oe-ien
o'clock the preceding evening, there were tvi°t°,lV,
smockfrocks drinking and playing at cards. At"; r,,iok
o'clock, two men, answering her descriPtie['4ol
through the gate leading on to the Quai du aliev, so'
a bundle, and on being asked by the officer of the/bag'
duties whether they had anything to declare, the
otiey.
swered in the negative, at the same time shakiagej 11/ toe'
dle, which evidently, from the sound, contOt tl'ebof°
These circumstances lead to the conviction tit °
fold murder was committed by these men, :1_,..'
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that they may be arrested and brought to justic-
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of
BIRTHS. tidy ,
On the 9th inst., at Sutton Courtney, Berks, 01 „if °'
A. Allnutt, Esq., of a son and heir. tpe''
On the 9th inst., at Wrexham, Denbighshire' 00°'
the Rev. W. Nunn, of a son. tinel,.ll
On the 4th inst., the lady of Walter Smythe, f,,5,1 o'l' t
,
On the 10th inst., at the Lordship, Great Had"- F
of H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. „Ise° sf,
On the 11th inst., at Mabledon-place, Burton.' 0.
Edward Lawrence, of a son. l5clY °f As
On the 6th inst., at Bolney Lodge, Sussex, the e helm,
Huntley, Esq., of a daughter, ec; orb
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On the sth inst., at Sevenoaks, the wife of
Esq., of a daughter. , ,
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On the 11th inst., the lady of P. St. L. Of'-'" 1,,1,
daughter. t, the
On the 9th inst., at Chawton House, Ilan' '
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Edward Knight, Esq., of a son, stillborn. rce.of
MARRIED.
On the 10th inst., at Week, Hants, Thr:,7: gitcoef
010 of
Esq ,of Barnsbury.place, Islington, to Mary' ' •10#'0,
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Williamurnet, Es., of Week.
On the
10tht inst,,q at Newbury Church, '-'irt;e lets P.,Ludgate_street, to Sarah, second daughter of ~,t'icl‘
James Wells. ~,,rto'Poir
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On the 10th inst., at Brighton, the Rev, -°' la - ,(J,
to Bridget Margaret, third daughter of the oil' of
of St f.',4''
Macgregor, Bart. Esq , •tis,
On the 10th inst., Robert Hunt, jun., ~- hi, AL
to Frances, youngest daughter of the late .0)
et'',.
the same place. ..------
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On the 07th ult., at BagnerE
es de Bigorre,be Lord 01 ,
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John Wilson, second son of the Right Rev. t
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Calcutta, aged 9.6. ~,. WOdsvi Of
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On the Oth inst at his house in t..-
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Leonard Phillipps, Esq., aged 76.
On the I lth inst., the Rev. John
.Jahlfr't:, 3.,lie:rith'i I
Parudon, Essex, and vicar of North Mims, fool N
On the Sth inst., at Dartford, Kent, AI • 11
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Bank of England, aged 46.
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