The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-15 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON NArraINAL SCHOOL.

A very respectable, though not a very numer-
ous meeting of the Friends of this Society,. Was
held yesterday, at the LondOn Tavern, Shrowtly
after two o'clock, his Royal, highness the Duke
of YORK, attended by his Grace the Archbishop
Of CANTERRURY, the Bishop of LONDON, 14:CI-. itke
Bishop of LLANDArr, and several other distin-
guished persons entered the room,. and they
were received with much applause by the Meet-,
Mg. His Royal Highness having stated the abject
of the Society referred to the more immediate. pm--
pose,for which this Meeting had been convened.
The complaints against (ho confined situation of tire
present School were frequent,andras just he believ-
ed as frequent. And as an opportunity them
offered to secure premises advantageously c:r..-
curnstanced, he trusted that means would be
Afforded by the generous and the benevolent In
accomplish this laudable abject.' His Royal
Highness sat down amidst universal applause.
His Grace the Archbishop of CAN:I:Eat:UR IC
proposed the first Resolution., which he prefaced
with a few observations upon the necessity of itre-
serving the health' as well as the morals of the
people and as the situation in which the present
School was placed could not contribute much to•
the health either of the master or the scholars,
he deemed it right to secure, by a speedy pur-
chase,. a School. in .which might be united .nol.h
these advantages.

The Bishop of LONDON proposed the secona
Resolution, which was seconded by Mr. ito,Tzt—
WELL.

The Bishop of LLtNDAFF proposed the thivd.
Resolntion„ which was seconded by Mr. T.
soy, M.P.

The several Resolutiom having been propesect
and carried, I vote of thanks was,' on the ntot:ett
of the Archbishop of. CANTERBURY, pas3ed to
his Royal Highness- the-Duke of YORK, for ti-e
kind manner in. whi;cli he had condescended to
take the chair on that occasion.

The Resolution was carried .with very general'
applause, and the Iltustrious CHAIRMAN returned
thanks..

Previously to the sepparation of the Meetin4
the sum of 1000 guineas was subscribed towanos.
the benevolent objectrfor the accomplishment of
which it had been convened.

NOAITHAMPTON A ssi zES .—Fou rtecn prisoners.
received sentence , of• death,. • four of whom. are. ,
left for execution, viz, two for murder, Oile for •
forgery, and one for a rape.—The trial-6f P.
Ilagnes and Mari Clark, for murder, excited 'a
considerabledegree.of interest; and the Court was::
crowded to. excess as early as eight o'clock in the
morning... The prisoner flzynes was indicted for
the murder i-f Mr. 3. Clark, a farmer of ChariA el-
ton, with whom he had formerly lived, by S:1106613;
him in his yard, whilst cutting some hay -at a..
rick ; apd the female prisoner was wife to: I).e . -..:
deceased, and indicted for being accessary to . ~
the murder. They were found guilty on the : .
clearest evidence. -It appeared from _several-let- 'it
.ters produced on the trial, found in Haynes's pas.-
session, and sent to him, by Mrs. Clark, that she
.it'oadooftorirmist" some
trioerridpasdtkebi_tell'ipPoen_rshueard4Laallftir,.--
and. had promised him 5. . marriatre if lie was not.
discovered.* The trial las6ql about eight hours,
when they were both convicted,-and ordered, for
execution on 'Saturday last,. at •12 o'clock, and'.
their bodies to be dissected. -The prisoners re-
ceived the awful sentence without the- lercit- Pp
-
parent emotion, excepting when the -Judge or
..
tiered their bodies to be given to the Surgeon,
when Mrs. Clark burst into tears. r. Clark.
was a man of very considerable property, -which
he has left wholly to the children, a boy anet
a -girl,
TANDEM MATC.Q.—Captain Twits•re's watch to drive:
two horses (tandem) twenty-three mil.!x in two hours, and to
turn horses and chaises upon a break from the trot, took Flair
on Tuesday, inst?ad of • Saturday lust (by consent) urn -clr
Stilton round. The wheel4iorse brake from OK: t.l-cA twici. I-
_
the first ten miles, and eleven miles were accomplished. in tile
first hour. The leader broke his pace in the thirteenth mile, i,
and the . match *as given up, as the horses had no:. sijc.e.4.
enough to accomplish the task.
MELANCHOLY EVENT.—Litz on liredriesd4s, evening two
men and seven women, belonging to 'Woodman a fishing village
near Burghead, who had completed a successful -search for bait.
were endeavouring to bring a small cable, in which part-of the
muscles were deposited, al4ngside the boat, which was lying at
anchor ; they Observed one of the men, w;c' was attempting to ,
join them, so much embarrassed by his fishing b°
began to sink in the quick sands ; the other .manlt6l°Ww that'
lai'
oar to him, while the women, in their alarm for his dangeroM si-
tuation, leaned against one side of the cobie, which imme-
diately swamped, and; Melancholy to relate, three 'married
women and three. girls were drowned ; the man saved
,hirn- .
self and the wife of his companion, by clinging to the coblcl
, the latter having got hold of the oar, was- also taken td land
: Wive, but both himself and wife were so much exhausted, th - ,
I their recovery was doubtful. The marrid women have left 1 • 1
,„-hildren.T(ldin burp Courant, March 12.) -

'he fullowing wcte the psirrs

PI,Ti:RSFIELte, MA ECU 14.—'
at our Market this day :-.--
Per Quarter. 1 Per Stone-
Wl,eat .... Jay 6,1 a 466 04. Beef.. • 41 04 a 4. a
Barley .... 20s 04 a 23s 04 Nluttou 4s 04 a 44 tia
Odds .... 4. 19s Od a 22s Utl Veal
Pi ase
Beans .... ~.10s 04 a 32s 04 I Pork its 84 a 45 Oil
I-Lty ..,... 31 to, a4l per '.1%.,i.