1821.] Marriages in and near London. 91 



of property destroyed is supposed to be near and prosecute. On the other hand, the law 

 200,0001. ought to guiird the innocent against malicious 

 General Bill of the Christenings and Burials accusations; and the taslt of judicial dis- 

 within the Bills of Mortality, from Dec. crimination is evidently a very delicate one. 

 14, 1819, to Dec. 12, 1820. These observations grow out of the case re- 

 Christened in the 97 parishes within the corded; but we studiously forbear to p.x- 

 walls, 981 ; buried, 1,082. press any opinion on its particular merits. 

 Cliristeued in the IT parishes without the We may, however, venture to say, that 

 walls, 5,342; buried 4,076. in several respects it deserves the further 



Christened in the 23 out parishes in Mid- consideration of higher powers, 

 dlesex and Surrey, 12,449; buried, 9,685. — 18. Meetings were held in Farrlngdon 

 Christened in the 10 parishes in the City Within, and in St. Saviour's, Suuthwark.— 

 and Liberties of Westminster, 4,386; buried, Petitions were resolved upon to be presented 

 4,505. to the House of Commons. 

 Christened, males, 11,993; females, 11,165; — 23. The Session of Parliament com- 

 in all, 23,158. Buried, males, 9,794 ; fe- menced by a speech from the throne, 

 males, 9,554: in all, 19,348. — 24. At a great and very turbulent 

 Whereof have died, meeting of merchants, bankers, and traders, 

 Under two years of age .... 4,758 at the Mansion House, some patriotic resolu- 

 Between two and five 1,975 tions were passed, in opposition to an ad- 

 Five and ten 887 dress profe.ssing exclusive loyalty which had 



Ten and twenty 667 been privately signed. 



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Forty and fifty 2,069 At St. Mary-Ie-bonne church, Captain 



Fifty and si.xty 1,878 the Hon. Edward Gust, M. P. to Miss 



Sixty and seventy 1.632 Marry .Ann Boode. 



Seventy and eighty 1,208 At St. George's, Hanover-square, T. 



Eighty and ninety' 662 Cockayne, esq. of Jokleford House, Herts, 



Ninety and a hundred 119 to Mrs. Marian Amelia Edwards, of Wim- 



A hundred 2 pole-street. 



A hundred and two 1 Lieut. J. H. Westcott, of the Fusileers, 



Increased in the burials this year, 120.— to Miss Sarah Hewetsoii, of Caterham, 



There have been executed in London and the Surry. 



county of Surrey, 38; of which number ten Edward L. Pemberton, esq. of Mecklen- 



otily have been reported to be buried within bui-gh square, to Charlotte, daughter of 



the bills of mortality. S. Comptou Cox, esq. a Master iu Chan- 



— 16. A meeting of the county of Mid- cei-y. 



dlesex took place at the Mermaid, Hackney. Charles Yarnold, of Great St. Helen's, sur- 



Mr. P. Moore, -Mr. Byng, Ur. S. Whitbread, geoa, to Miss Louisa Teschemacher, of Rood 



and Major Cartwright made energetic Lane. 



speeches.— Some patriotic resolutions were James A. Aubrey, esq. to Miss Frances 

 carried unanimously. Lewis, both of Hunter-street, Brunswick- 

 Mr. Duncan Campbell refused at the Man- square. 

 .•^ion-House to be bound over to prosecute a At Hackney-church, R. Runcorn, esq. 

 thief: and on referring to the act it appeared of Manchester, to Miss Henrietta Anne 

 was not so obligated. Bradock, of Clapton. 



At the Old Bailey 13 prisoners received xhe Rev. H. Grylls, vicar of St. Neot's, 



seuienceofdeath; three were sentetioed to Cornwall, to Miss Ellen Bouldeison, of 



transportation for life ; thirteen for the term joh„.street, Bedford-row. 



of 14 years; and thirty for seven years.- p_ ^v_ ^^^^^^ of Camberwell, to 



Th.rty-two were ordered to be imprisoned jviiss M. A. Pollard Flucknett, of Black- 



dunng dififereut periods of twelve, six, and jjgath hill 



three montbs; and a great number were j. gtevens, esq. of Bear-hill Cottage, 



sentenced to shorter periods of confinement, ^^^^ ,^ ^^^ ^ of Turnbam-gvein 



an^.o be whipped. Robert Torrcns, to ^f iss 



guilty a the Quarter Sessions, on presump- l''^J\\^^'^^^ ^^''.^^'}'' "^"lt"L" '^™- 

 flve evidence of conspiring to prosecute a *"°f„^- ^f^" Commissioner of the Trans- 

 servant-maid for robbing Wilmot, her mas- P°". "°f , ' „ , , f „• , „ ,. 

 ter. The admission of presumptive evidence l>ir. John Cruddas, of High Holborn, 

 appears to require legislative regulation: to Miss Sophia Leverton, of Forest-gate, 

 and the power of prosecuting one who charges ,^* '^l;™' ., „,.,,. „ „, , 

 robbery on the corroborative testimony of ^r. Frederick Wilkinson, of Wands- 

 the person charged, ought to be qualified;i>y ^f'th, to Miss F. L. Plaistow, of War- 

 special enaclmenls, or few persons who are wick-strect, Pall Mall. 

 robbed will have the temerity to compluiu At. St. George's, Bioomsbury, Edward 



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