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INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, anp DEATHS, in anv near LONDON. 
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
AY 23.—Between one and tio 
o’clock, a fire broke out in the spa- 
cious residence of L. Solomans, esq. of 
Bury Street, St. Mary Axe, which was 
entirely destroyed; Mr. Soloman’s loss 
is estimated to be £30,000. 
Another fire broke out in a grocer’s 
shop, in Coram Street, Brunswick Square, 
which was entirely destroyed in a short time. 
25.—At about half past two o’clock in 
the morning, a fire broke out in the Cum- 
berland Tea Gardens, close to Vauxhall 
Bridge, which entirely destroyed the build- 
ings, but the.gardens were yery little 
damaged. 
—, The seyenth anniversary meeting of 
the Society for the ‘‘ Enlargement of 
Churches,’’ was held at the Freemason’s 
‘Tavern, his Grace the Archbishop of Can- 
terbury, in the chair. The Secretary read 
the reports, and among other things stated, 
that his Majesty had forwarded to the 
Committee a donation of £1,000. 
26.—Mr. Graham, accompanied by two 
gentlemen, named Adams and Parry, as- 
cended in a balloon, from the gardens of 
the Golden Eagle, Mile End. , 
27.—The House of Commons went into 
a Committee on the King’s message, for 
an increased provision on account of the 
Princess Victoria Alexandrina, the daugh- 
ter of the Duchess of Kent; and the son 
of the Duke of Cumberland; when the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer moved two 
resolutions, to grant anincrease of £6,000 
a year for the education of the young 
Princess, and £6,000 to the Duke of 
Cumberland. 
28.—A most alarming fire broke out, in 
the factory of Mr. Spratsley, coachmaker, 
of Long Acre, caused by the bursting of 
a body of oil gas, by which several 
houses are entirely destroyed. 
June 2.—The Attorney-General brought 
a bill into the House of Commons to 
repeal the Bubble Act. 
3.—As the workmen were digging for 
the foundation of a dywelling-house, in 
Benett Street, adjoining the Eagle, they 
discovered an earthen vessel, containing a 
considerable quantity of silver coins, prin- 
cipally of the reigns of James I. and 
Charles I.; and soon afterwards a great 
number of gold coins were found near the 
same spot. It is conjectured they were 
buried during the time of Oliver Cromwell. 
9.— His Majesty held a Drawing Room 
at St. James’s Palace. 
14.—The Recorder of London made a 
report to the King in council, of the 
prisoners lying under sentence of death, 
in Newgate :—6 for horse-stealing ; 13 for 
burglary; 14 for stealing in dwelling- 
houses; 2 for highway-robbery; 1 for 
house-breaking. 
15.—The first stone of the new London 
Bridge was laid by John Garrett, esq., 
Lord Mayor for the time being, his Ma- 
jesty being prevented by indisposition. 
The Duke of York and a very numerous 
assemblage witnessedthe ceremony. John 
Rennie, esq. F.R.S. is the architect. No 
accident whatever occurred, and the even- 
ing closed with a sumptuous entertainment 
at the Mansion House. The expense of 
the day’s display exceeded £2,000. 
20.—William Probert, the associate of 
Thurtell and Hunt, the murderers of 
Weare, underwent the sentence of the 
law, at the Old Bailey, for horse-stealing. 
21.—A most destructive fire broke out, 
in the workshop of Mr. Cruzett, in Tich- 
field Street, Mary-le-bone, which rapidly 
communicated to Mr. Woolley’s livery- 
stables in the same street, and from thence 
spread with the most alarming rapidity to 
Margaret Street, south ; Mortimer Street, 
north; and Wells Street, east. Not less 
than thirty houses are entirely destroyed, 
and property to the amount of £200,000 
consumed. 
MARRIAGES. 
The Hon. and Rev. E. J. Turnour, 
M.A. Secretary of the Clergy Orphan So- 
ciety, to Rebecca, eldest daughter of the 
late Rev. D: Jones, of Long Hope, Giou- 
cestershire. 
The Rey. J. R. Roberts, B.p. Rector 
of Rotherfield Grays, and late fellow of 
Trinity College, to Mrs. Ashton, of Meck- 
lenburgh-square. 
The Rey. N. Best, 38.a. of Baliol col- 
lege, youngest son of G. Best, esq. of 
Bayfield Hall, Norfolk, to Mary, eldest 
daughter of E. W. Mitchell, esq. of War- 
groves, Sussex. 
The Rey. R. Cattermole, to Maria 
Frances, eldest daughter of G. Giles, esq. 
of Enfield. 
The Rev. T. Boykett, of Enderby, 
Lincolnshire, to Hannah Elizabeth, eld- 
est daughter of the late W. King, esq. 
of Wood Street, Cheapside. 
L. Hervey, esq. to the daughter of the 
late Admiral Wells. 
Lieut. G. E. Balchild, Royal Marine 
Artillery, to Miss M. A. East. ‘ 
The Rey. R. P. Blake, B.a. to Ann 
Maria, eldest daughter of the late W. 
Bissett, esq. ; 
Mr. J. Wright, second son of J. Wright, 
esq. of Wallsend, to Frances, second 
daughter of the late J. Lawson, esq. 
The Hon. E. G. Stanley, M.p., eldest 
son of Lord Stanley, to Emma Caroline, 
second daughter of E. B. Wilbraham, esq. 
M.?., Lathom House, Lancashire. 
The Rey. J. Du Boulay, M.a. Fellow 
of Exeter College, Oxford; to ~ Susan 
Maria, eldest daughter of S, Ward, esq. 
