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London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

WHITEHALL

By Act of Pediment 28 Henry VIII. cap. 12, it was
enacted. that Whitehall, and the site of the ancient pa-
lace. should thenceforth be called the King's Pslace at
Westminster for ever. It belonged to Ilubert de Ilcurg,
Chief Justice of England in the reign of Henry HI. to
whom sr eeral grants were made. still remaining in the
Tower, of " houses, a court, chapel, 4cc. in the town of
Westminster, and of land called More," which it is
erein said to lay, " between the hospital of Sr. James
and the moor or marsh of John Chine( llor." Dugdale
says in his Bar:,nage, among other particular!, that in
atico of 140 marks of slyer, Hubert de Bour
purchased from the monks of Weuminster the inheut-
ance of certain houses, with a court and It c chapel,
wherein to celebrate divine service for hitns:ll and fa•
snily,.within the liberties of NVestminstcy, paying yelriy.
to them, and their successors, a was taper of three
pounds weight, upon the feast day of St. Edward.
Hubert, at his death, gave the palace to the Black•
Friars, who afterwards sold it as an archiepiscopal ps. ,
lace, to Walter Grey, Archbishop of York, I 25... i, vkic:i
it del ivssi the ts..r.se of YOI k-Oact." Ile and his sa, '

?cessors in that see so enjoyed it till the time of Cardi•
nal Wolsey, from whom• Henry VAL obtained it in
1529, and converted it into a tegai place, fixing here
his residence ; because, is the Att of Parlianient for that
puipose states, «the old Palace of Westminster (mean-
ing that in Palace-yard) was then, and had been long
time before, in otter ruin and decay."

ST. JAMES'S.

In 1531 2, Roger Lu_pign, Provost of the College of
Lad' If Eton, rid the • College en-

our Blessed _ yor and the same .seEt
feoffed King Henry VIII. of the ' wht'ile site of the
present palace and park, by the description of " MI that
hospital of St. James next Westminster, London, dio-
cese, together with all its rights and appurtenances,
and all and singular houses, edifices, messuages, lands,
tenements, fields, parks, pastures, and other hered.ta-
meots whatsoever,to the said ► ospital,or to them the said
Provost and College in right of the same hospital, then
appertadning or belonging, and which they held of the
gift and grant of the most excellent and illustrious
Pane', of noble memory, the Lord Henry the Sixth,
late King of England." And it is subsequently de-
scribed in the letters patent of the same Henry
VIII. as— _ _ _

" All that site, precinct, and circuit or their house or
holoital, Sze Jacobi in Catopis, vulgarly called St.
James in the Fe:de, and other houses, edifices, lands,
tenements, rents, services, fields, parks, and pastures,
within the same site ; also all other lands, fields, parks,
and pastures belonging to the same house or hospital
of St. James, containing by estimation 185 acres and a
I half ; of which there lies between the cross, vu'garly
called Charyng Crosse, and Hay Hill, on the south rari
of the kings highway, leding from tht..said cross called
Charyng Crosse to,the said Hay-hill, 64, acres of ara-
ble, meadow, and pasture; and in a certain field called
the North Felde, on the north part of the said kings
highway leading, &c. (as aforesaid) ninety-six acres of
arable, meadow, and pasture land ; also at a certain
gate called Knights bridge* two closes of the same
containing eighteen acres; and in a certain meadow
called Fernmys Mede five acres; and also in a certain i
meadow called Chelsey Mede,half an acre; and also in
a certain meadow at Fulham two acres."

The Abbot reserved in this exchange, to the use of
the convent, 44 as well the aqueducts as curse of the
Aqueducts leading to•the abbey of Westminster, through
the .lands and under the lands of the said messuages,
gardens, and wastes, being, and being in the east part
of the street called King-street ; and all other lands
and wastes on the south part of the said kings highway
to The cross called Charynge Crosse."

• Now "

AERIAL MACHINE.

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Mr. Schoenherr has addressed to us a later on an
aerial machine he has invented, and whiih he says, his
present Majesty honoured him with noticing it in 1795,
at which period he exhibited a drawing of it at the
Royal Exchange. The projector states " this machine
is far superior to the balloon, and is on a grand scale ;1
the whole, when finished, will appearlike a ship in full
sail. Its length is thirty-six feet, breadth twenty-four
feet, height in proportion. In its centre is a room,where
all the necessary operations can be carried on, twelve
feet square. The whole is sufficiently commodious to
carry twelve persons, conveniently, with ease and safety.
The operators are neither exposed to the cold nor damp-
ness of the atmosphere, nor liable to giddiness,—heing
stationed in the centre); yet they can, when they please,
see above and below, before and behind, and on both
sidis ; and they can direct this aerial machine to tra-
vel either in citeles,"ohliquely, sideways, or in zig-zag.
The course, with the wird, may be very rapid : but to
go against a strong wind is not promised, though it may
be possible. The aeronauts may remain days or weeks
in the air, according to their provisions; and should
they perceive a deniable spot, they may descend to it
gradually at pleasure. They may go from city to city,
or from country to country, or go on to another !semi
sphere, either in the day-time or at night, being of course
provided with sea.compasses, telescopes, bsrosneters,
speaking-trumpets, and other necessary articles. The
provisions should consist of light food, such as biscuits,
wine, tobacco, ace.
" The voyagers may pass alike over land or ocean—
the water having no power to attract or draw the
machine. Each man would have his respective place
and work assigned : one would sit at the helm to steer
and give directions; four would row or move their
wings; four would have other work of great power
and utility; one would manage the front—another the
rear; and one would write down every occurrence."
slr. Schoenherr concludes with expressing his entire
confidence in the practicability of his scheme, and be-
lieves many excellent discoveries and much national
benefit may be obtained through its means, and hopes
for the general patronage of the Nobility and Gentry.
Mr. Schoenherr, like many clever men, appears to
us somewhat of a visionary; we do not, however, on
that ocei on!, deny that he is a man if talent. The
dreams of alchemy led to many discoverie, in chemistry ;
the attempt to discover the longitude has improved the
sciences of astronomy and navigation ; and to the lab.).
rious industry of the ingenious to create a perpetual
motion we owe many ins aluable discoverie, in mecha-
Ives; who,then,shall say, that although Nit. Sehoenheri's
inve. Lion may not justify his expectations, it can Inv-
duce no go d? In fact, without vouching for or kno A'.
ing an, thing of his proposed machine, we fearlessly
sty there is no science which has advanced less, or
here there is mote room for improvement, than ael Oi•
tation.—Literary

The Kings of BAVARIA and Wuaramtuao, have
granted to the lamily of the late celebratedUian PAUL
Fatanantat lticirrea, the same privilege tor the lID.
pression ok the complete colection cif his works, as all
the Powers oipeimany have lately given to the great
Poet GOETHE.
Saturday night, the Union Coach, on its way to Lan•
don, at New-hill, between Stokenchurch aid West
Wycombe, being overloaded, and going down a &scent
without the wheel being clogged, vas overset. The
coachman's leg was broken, and the guard much b: uised.
The coach vas shattered to pieces. The toad it was
carry ing is stated to have exceeded four tons. On the
same road, another melancholy accisient happened on
Thu. sday. Toe Sur, Oxtoru coach,. in passing oser
heap of rubbish, was overset on the other side oh
Wycombe, by which the driver, an old' coachman,
nameJ was thrown off his b .1, ,srid had his
back broken.

'file plain of Mateitgo is inundated with miter, even
to the.gate of Mei .1 i an_i a. Their Majestie, the K tig
and gleen a SARDINIA have J,:teired their jo ,tr.ey in
;Ist qu lice Iron; (icnuA to fu. in.

ansmirseinps

. GLIPMEY ,lANuAlty 5.
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The initest. thy IfTlxia 'Court into the conduct of
tfi. IV thohtteset In 4 en#V oc— c aiion of ibe Greek,
nth
brig of wee Cym,4. i wreck, closed on Satutday. Mr.
. .
John Gaudiont lenis PrOctireur at Alderney. was pre-
sent atrourt, and sitisfaitritity exculpated himself and
his ftrelnis feom the charges brought against him. His
defence was made in open Court; but as the examina-
tion. of all the witnesses, and the Court's, deltberations
previous to their pronouncing judgment, passed in pri-
vate, it is impossible for us to enter into details. It
will, however, suffice to say, that the Court gave it as
their unarnmous opinion, that there was no foutidation
whatever for any accusation against the authorities 01
Alderney.
We feel highly gratified in being able to record this
decision of the Court, on their terminating an inquest
which has occupied a considerable portion of their
valuable time, during the list four or five weeks—an
inquest too, which, from the indignation excited in the
public mind by the malicious stories of plunder and
robbery said to have been committed on the prof erty
of the Greeks, must have been undertaken under the
influence of feelings not very favourable to the character
of the inhabitants of Alderney; for we must suppose
our Magistrates to be more than men, before we can
suppose that, previous to their examining witnesses, they
felt nothing of a sensation which in other respt.crs was
very generally, if not universally, experienced here.
Upon the %% hole, we think that the Greeks have no
cause to complain of the treatment they have met• with
in these islands. Previous to the peri:id when the re-
Iports, prejudicial to the inhabitants of Alderney, began
to assume some degree of importance, the Captain and
Lieutenants repeatedly expressed themselves as per-
fectly satisfied with their conduct ; in this island they
received every possible mark of friendship and hospi-
tality from pis Excellency Sir John Co borne, who
kindly allowed rations to the crew, and gave them
quarters at Castle Cornet; and previous to their depar-
ture from this island, a sum, amounting to nearly 3001.
raised by private subscription, was distributed among
the mew-Guernsey Paper.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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