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Marriages in and near London. 



[April ], 



from Gutter-lane nearly into Foster-lane, 

 ■were totally consumed, with the two ad- 

 joining' houses : the baclcs of six houses in 

 Cheapside were also damaged. 



Mar.l. A handsome silver vase, presented 

 by some inhabitants of Fulham to Alderman 

 Wood, in testimony of their " admiration 

 and esteem for his conduct during the pro- 

 eecntion of the Queen." 



— 5. A committee was formed in the 

 House of Commons to enquire into the 

 causes of the distresses of the agriculturists. 



The royal pardon granted to Fredk. 



White, a youth under formal order for exe- 

 cution. His interesting appearance had 

 excited the benevolent attention of Mr. 

 Sheriff Waithman, who on examining into 

 the case, discovered that a drunken prose- 

 cutor, who at^the Old Bailey swore that he 

 was sober, had seized White among a 

 crowd of spectators at a fire, on a charge 

 of picking his pocket. The Sheriff's dili- 

 gence in prosecuting the inquiry brought 

 forward a train of evidence which demon- 

 strated the innocence of White, and the 

 result was his free pardon. This case has 

 excited considerable public interest, and 

 has proved the high probability that too 

 many ignorant and unprotected persons are 

 the victims of the glorious uncertainty of 

 the law ; and that better protection ought 

 to be afforded to peisons under criminal 

 prosecution than the forms of courts at pre- 

 sent admit. If the multitude of prisoners 

 do not allow aud the form of proceedings do 

 not permit a sufficient time for the investi- 

 gation of each case, a sufficient opportunity 

 to the accused to bring forw ard their wit- 

 nesses, and these evils cannot be remedied, 

 the secretary of state's office, or some 

 other estiiblishment, ought to become a 

 court of appeal, and the royal prerogative 

 of pardon ought to be constantly at work. 

 But in all cases juries ought not to convict 

 in issues cf life and liberty, except on the 

 clearest and most positive testimony — tes- 

 timony such as by no possibility can lead 

 to the conviction of au innocent man. 



— 6. Mr. Maberly's motion in the House 

 for a reduction of the army expenditure, 

 ■which was lost by 109 against 83. 



— 7. Mr. Pluukett's bill read the first 

 timein the house of Commons for Catholic 

 emancipation. 



— 8. A public meeting was held at Ux- 

 bridgc, to petition parliament to take into 

 their consideration the necessity of equal- 

 izing the criminal code. 



— 12. Mr. Hume's motion for a reduc- 

 tion of 10,000 men from the army list : 

 and uo less than sixteen divisions took 

 place during the discussion. 



— 17. Nc-.vs arrived of a revolution 

 having taken place in Piedmont, which 

 ended in the ahdication of the King and 

 the proclamation of the Spaaish constitu- 

 tion. The French funds fell 6 per cent, 

 aud the English 4 per cent. 



The court of Common Council lately 



agreed, nearly unanimously, t9 the report 

 of a committee, declaring that .Sir William 

 Curtis had held large and improper ba- 

 lances, as receiver of orphan dues on coals, 

 and that in future the said dues should be 

 paid by a collector direct to the City. 



— 21. Mr. Western moved in the House 

 of Commons for the repeal of the last ad- 

 ditional duty on malt, which produces up- 

 wards of 2,000,000 per annum ; and though 

 opposed by ministers, carried his motion 

 by a majority of 24. In the course of the 

 debate. Lord Folkestone was cheered in 

 declaring in effect that it was impossible 

 and impolitic to continue to pay the interest 

 of the national debt. 



MARRIED. 



W. Dudley, esq. of London, to Miss 

 Anna Sophia Steele of Croydon. 



Henry Bayues Ward, esq. to Miss Har- 

 riett Ann Daviesof Portland. place. 



Mr. George Spooner, of High-street, 

 Whitechapel, to Miss Ann Eliza Slcap, of 

 Brentford. 



Ambrose JoLn Baptist Francis Bourden, 

 esq. of Rio de Janeiro, to Mrs. A. Russel, 

 of Old Fish-street. 



John Watton, esq. of Guildford-strcet, 

 Russell-square, to Miss Hiirriett Maria 

 Ludlow, of Cowley-street, Westminster. 



Mr. James Rutland, of Oxford-street, 

 to Miss Eliza Singer Adcock, of Prince's- 

 street, Cavendish-square. 



Mr. S. C. Norris, of Little Moorgate, 

 to Miss Mary Grellier, of Wormwood' 

 street. 



Mr. Thomas Pearce, of Long-acre, to 

 Miss Jemima Appleton, of Ludgate-street. 



George W. .Sanders, esq. of Lincoli.'s- 

 inn, to Miss Georgiana Frances Griffith, 

 of Pall mall. 



At St. George's, Hanover-square, Ciipt. 

 W. C. Coles, of the Lancers, to Miss But- 

 ler, of Down, Kent. 



.\t St. George's, Queen-square, the Rev. 

 James Veuables, of liucklaud Newton, 

 Dorsetshire, to JFiss Mary Caroli\ie Lewis. 



Mr. T. G. Beasant, of Lawrence Pount- 

 nejrlane. to Miss Miiry Anne Gunner, of 

 the Kent-road. 



Mr. William Petiit, of Chapel-street, 

 Bedford-row, to Miss Jane Smallmau, of 

 Ro'dney-strcKt, Pentonville. 



Mr. William Morison, of Hammersmith, 

 to Miss Catherine Agatter, of Deptford. 



Thomas Smith, esq. of Russell-square, 

 to Miss Addison, of Hornby-house, near 

 Lancaster. 



Robert Willis, esq. to Mi.?s Jane A'Court 

 Tucker, of John-street, Bedford-row. 



William Colborne Towers, esq of Queen 

 Ann-street, to i\Iiss Emma Barnadestou 

 Yates, of Solihull, Warwickshire. 



Anthony William Johnson Deane, esq. to 

 Miss Sarah Eliza Stable, ofHauover-street, 

 Hanover-square. 



George Wilkins, esq. of St. Georges 

 Somersetshire 



