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London, England, 1824-04-19 00:00:00

the two prisoners into custody. While torching the prisoner 101—
he dropped a small parcel containing several half-crowns, sh 111..,. •
and sixpences, and upon his person was found some good and
money mixed together. Upon the other prisoner were found tr,
bad sixpences.

Sarah Martin, shopwontan to the last witness, identified the pt.
soner John as the man who gave her the bad half-crown, in NI.
ment for three pennyworth of buns- s
Hobert Chapman, constable of Chelsea, depnsed to the fintlin•
the bad money, aniseveral indecent pictures in their possession. -
The prisoners were committed.
UNION-HALL.

Saturday the Overseers of the patish of Newington appeared tc
the summons of a poor man in the parish, who stated that two of
his children were dead, one since the sth of April, and the othq
since the 10th, and the Overseers refused him the least assistaeof
to bury them. _ _ _

The Magistrate inquired of the Overseers why they refused ,tri
application so reasonable and so pressing?
'fhe Overseers said, that had the complainant applied to them in
time they would have buried his chiidren for hias, as they wttc
bound to do ; but instead of snaking application to them, he vt
coffins made himself, which bad nails in them, and the Rector
fused to allow any bodies, in coffins with nails, to be buried in t:.
church-yard, which every one knew was his freehold, without be:.:•
paid his fees; and it was also a rule with them not to give aliyas,i!:::
ance to the interment of bodies in any other than parish coffins.
The poor complainant stated, that he had intended to l.ury kis
children without making any application to the parish ; bat alter
having pledged all his things, he found the fees and tXpel:Sei
great, that he was unable to do so without some little assistance
from the parish, and he had offered to take even a few ?.hillings.
The Magistrate observed to the Overseers, that it surely ce,,ed
not be their desire to keep the bodies of the children aiaeve raune.
The Overseers consulted for some time, and then agreed to gise
the complainant six shillings, with which he departed.

ASSIZE OP lIREAD.—A Bill was brought into the
House of Commons, the day previously to the adjourn.
ment, for amending an Act passed in the 53d year of
the late King, &c. so far as !elates to the price and assize
of bread to he sold out of the City of London, and beyond
the Bills of Mortality, and within ten miles of the Royal
Exchange. It is to be read on Friday, the 7th May.
The late WILLIAM CALDERHEAD, Esq. merchant in
Glasgow, by his latter iil left the following handsome
legacies to Charitable Institutions in that city, viz
To the Royal Infirmary, 5001. North Parish Chuich
Session, 1001. Leanox's School, North Palish, 1001. Lu.
natic Asylum, 1001. Deaf and Dumb Institution, 1001.
and Magdalen Asylum, 1001.
One of the French Papers states that the Police has
recently shut up the Private Theatres which had been
opened in different parts of the capital, and which had
become so numerous as to be highly objectionable.
The piece of ground given by Earl GROSVENOR, at
Pimlico, for building a Church, has Leen lately en-
closed with boa' ds, and the foundation has been digging
for several days past. The spot of ground is situated
at the commencement of the King's-road, on the right
side of the entrance from Grosvetim -place. It is the
vacant piece of ground between the houses and the en-
closure for a new square. When the Church is built,
application is to be made to Parliament to constitute
Pimlico, which has increased very much within these
few years, a separate and distinct Parish, to be called
the Parish of Belgrave. At present it is attached to the
parish of St. George, Hanover-square.
IMPORTANT TO PARENTS.—It was lately ruled in the
Court of King's Bench, in a cave Wilken u. Law, that
the entry of the birth, in a Baptismal Register, is not
evidence to prove the age of the party. In chic case
the defendant was chi istened in 1807, but the entr-
stated that he was horn in 1799. This verdict should
be a caution to parents not to defer the baptism of their
children longer than the first or second Sunday after
their birth.

Ten persons, whose united ages amoureed to
hundred (naive years, sat down to bre:le:lAA together
on Wednesday, at the London Inn, Taunton.
Tuesday morning, the watchman of Mr. JONATIIAS
AKROYD'S mill, Lear Halifax, was found dead, supposed
to be horn a fit.

Thursdly afternoon, a n elancholy accident oe:tirred
on the Eton side of the Thatne4, to a youth ten years of age, the
son of Mr. SAwycr, Intzklayer, who fell off a barge into the Ilumes,
and was drowned.

The following are some of the plans lately brought
forward for the investuient of capital, with the nomilt.il
amount of each :
*Pie Alliance Inuirance Company
The Palladium ditto

- X 5,000,000
2,000,000
- !i,000,000
,000,( CO
- 5,000,C00
1,000,000
- 100,00
200,000

The Equitable Luau Bank
The Irish ditto -

The British Annuity Office -
The Metropolitan Invetment Bank
The Thames and Isis Navigation Company
Table Ale and Ale Brewery

£14.300,000

April 17, the Lady of the Rev. C. T. Smith, Crawley, Sussex,
of twin sons.
Wednesday, the Lady of Lieutenant-Celonet Power, at Marl-
ton, of a son.

iNIARILIED.

Thursday, at Stepney, the Rev. B. Moore' of Edwarilstone Cot-
tage, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. C. Hyatt, Com-
_ _

At Littleham, the Rev. Whitworth Russell, M.A. of St. John's
College, Cambridge, to Frances, daughter of Vice-Adm. Carpenter.
At Kingston Church, the Rev. John Edmunds (Kirk of Scot-
land), of Portsea, to Miss Caston, of Basingstoke.
April 10, at Monkstown Church, county Dublin, the Rev. Thos.
Palmer, A. M. to Diana, daughter of the late John Croke, Esq. of
Sussex. -