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London, England, 1820-01-21 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS.

VI;(1/.1 THE SMOit\lM• PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

IMorning Chronicle

It is said, that no less than three or fury of tire
'l,inkl)irriclors, who are next in succession to•the
Covering's Chair, mean to decline the enviable
divinction. Pei haps, tindtr existing eircum-
st•ores, t! e honour is not considered a sofficient
temptation for the re,ponsibility.

[New Times.]
OFFICE OF SHERIFF.

It has been customary, from time immemorial,
for tke Sheriffs of Loudon to supply the Grand
Juries with such refreshments as were requisite
while upon duty, anti that the trifling ex pence
Aiould he borne by the Sheriffs, in turn. It de-
volved upon Alr..Sheriff Parkins, a few days since,
ro rim m this ditty, which might be expected
to be porriculatly gratelii to an uptilAit Patine,
and a warm admirer of that " pall'adium o'
our liberties, the Trial by Jury " It might
al.o he expected that a Lover of Justice would

he anxious that Gentlemen \vim had e
-IT !hi time to_ ti,e service of the Public,
shouhl be put to rill o!Ler expence, while the
pr,,fit• of his affordcd ample means of
ee(raying it, The event however proved &Ile-
'co : acid an application of the Jury was me: by
the ''ply, that " it such a slid exist, It was
high time to ow all el,gl to it ! ! !" shouhl he

added. thAt ;`,lr Bull►well s.Att N note to

the .fur', statinv, thai thot,gh it WAS 11“ Ot
thity in that instance, vet ,honl,l his Colletsgne
object to the lishal coarse, lie st;oald be ready to
tot%e the expeose upon -11 r. l'Atliins
shews, hnrtev,r, no objeciion to any part of the
peoprisites of his offire ; by a caret.il attro.tion to
hich, he mity pooihly make the dig ity
3or 40001 a Tear. No wonder, that he shotild
so literally oiler to serve for ten years

[The Tim es .]
SHELTER FOR THE HOUSELESS.

This Asylirm is making rapid approaches to a
vete of complete organization, so desirable in all
institutions of this nature, and so difficult in out
established on a new pi inciple, without experience
or precedent to guide its operations. The alien-
tien of the House Committee has been directed to
"no part of their arduous duty more stroegly, than
the means of removing the filth attendant on the
last stage of destitution, and of preserving clean-
lieess among their inmates. They arc now se-
parated into divisioos of 25 persoos, and each di-
vision is plactd wider the superintendence of an
Officer, whose business it is to regulate their la-
bour, their food, arid their ebletiona. They were
employed yesterday in removing the straw oriel-
nelly provided, and which the use of a few days
rendered Unfit for the purposes to which it Was
dtssined : it was carried into Alts' fields, and
there beret, the floort subsequently being clear-
ed, and the rooms fumigated with Vinegar. The
benevolent Mrs. Fry, attended by Mrs. hick and
i\lrs. Campbell, yesterday visited the Institution,
end, under their superintendence, many usefulre-
gulatioes will be adopted, particularly. as regards
tire treatment of the females. The ventilation of
the buihiieg is about to be improved by making
irew windows both at the sides and at the
virus. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on
the persevering attendance given bY'the House
Committee, sonic of whom have beets (employed
ori their work of charity, with very slight hoer-
ods for refreshment, from seven in the morning
till midnight; and this is done by Gentlemen en-
gaged in business, to whom time is most valuable
and important. The numbers were not materially
increased yesterday, there being but 60 new
plicants. A case occurred early yesterday morne
ing, which provell both the utility of the Institu-
tion, and the activity of those concerned in its
management. About one o'clock,' a member of
the Committee, returning home front the Refuge,
found a poor woman lying in the street, in the
last stage of pregnancy, who had been turned oat,
and was likely, without assistance, to perish.
Several attempts were made, but without success,
to place her under the care of the officers of the
parish in which she was found ; she was then
In ought to the Refuge in London-wall, but the..
piece nor offering the accommodation suited to
"her situation, a medical gentleman, who is a
member of the General Committee, emoted a
coach to be brought, and accompanied her in
person to the workhouse of. St. Giles, Cripple-
gate-without, where, on urgent representations
being made on the necessity of the case, she was
admitted. Without this timely interference, she
must have perished in the open street. The Special
Committee, mentioned in our last, met yesterday,
at 12 o'clock, at the King's-bead, in the Poultry, to
consider a proposal for extending the views of the
Society towards the relief of poor persons at their
own habitations. The Bishop of Chester is at the
head of this Committee. We believe, on account
of the mageitude of the evil, and the difficulty of
devising a mode for administering .effectually to
dietress which shuns exposure, that no specific
plen has been determined on ; hut this Committee
is to meet again to-morrow. A Deputation front
the Committee of the Society for the Relief of
Destit we Seamen had an interview yesterday
morniug with some Members of the General Com-
mittee of the Refuge tar the Houseless, at the
Mansion House, when, we are informed, the ex-
pediency of a co-operation between them teas ad-
mitted, for the sake of providing in the tnost ef-
ficient manner for that portion of the destitute
who are seamen. No definite measures were,
however, agreed on, it being deemed advisable to
*trek e sonic previons, arrangenteuts with the Ad-
miralty.

DESTRUCTIVE FutE.—A fire broke out on Monday at Ma-
nor House, six miles from. Epping, the residenee of J. H.
TAbot, Esq. The tire most have originated in the laundry,
situate in nne of the wings of the mansion, as it WaiS•con-
so,ncti before an alarm was Linea. The family had a very
narrow escape ; and front the severity of the weather, there
was a great want of water, and also of hands, frau' the time
it broke cut. The house had bees fitted up in the most
c4stly manner, with an elegant library, and not a stick or
)„t,l> was saved. , The wi'ile Was a lad', of ruins within
two hours, and the insurance we understand to have been
very trifling. A groom, who slept over the laundry, -was
dangerously burnt.