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self, was amended by Alderman 

 Curtis, with a vote of thanks to 

 Lord Nelson. The worthy alder- 

 man, it seems, whose good motives 

 cannot be doubted, did not happen 

 to recollect the names of the oflicers 

 next in command. 



The ancient village of Reculvcr 

 in Kent (the Regulbium of the Ro- 

 mans), has received serious injury 

 from the hijjh tides of the autumnal 

 equinox. The wind blowing strong 

 from the north-west, and the tide 

 being at the full, the clitf, on which 

 were two houses, gave way, and 

 with the houses M'as precipitated iu 

 ruins on the beach, carrying with 

 it the exterior walls of three adjoin- 

 ing tenements. One of them was an 

 ancient building opposite to the pub- 

 lic-house, which was supposed to 

 have been the remains of a mouas- 

 tic edifice. Part of the church- 

 yard has been washed away. 



A court-martial was lately held 

 on an officer of high rank for strik- 

 ing a private. His majesty approv- 

 ed of the sentence (a very severe re- 

 primand), and directed " that the 

 judge-advocale's letter should ex- 

 press the wish of his majesty, that 

 the lieutenant-colonel in his zeal for 

 the service, had conducted his com- 

 mand with more temper than in 

 some instances he appears to have 

 done:" as also, " that it should de- 

 clare his majesty's high disapproba- 

 tion of striking a soldier at any 

 time, but more especially when un- 

 der arms ; although the bloAv, as in 

 the case adduced in the evidence, be 

 infli6ted with6ut cruelty, and with- 

 out any material hurt. 



This evening one of the park- 

 keepers discovered a woman floating 

 in the Serpentine river ; he drew her 

 to the bank, but she was lifeless. 

 The body was owned yesterday, and 

 1 



the deceased proves to have been art 

 elderly widow, who resided at 

 Brompton, and who has left a large 

 family. 



12th. The heat of this afternoon 

 Mas excessive. The thermometer, 

 in the shade, stood as high as 80 de- 

 grees of Fahrenheit's scale, and the 

 streets were nearly as clear of pe- 

 destrians as at twelve the preceding 

 night. 



14th. A melancholy accident hap- 

 pened at the lock, known by the 

 name of the Rye-house lock, near 

 Huddcsdon, on the river Lea. As 

 the lock-keeper's daughter, an a- 

 miable young woman, was returning 

 from a message, across the lock, her 

 foot slipped, and she was precipi- 

 tated into the pool, and drowned. 



] 3th. Alderman Metcalf was c- 

 Iccted Mayor of New Woodstock, 

 for the 9th time. He served that 

 office exactly 50 years ago, and is 

 considered to be still fully adequate 

 to its duties. 



There is a curious room in Hurst- 

 monceaux castle, of which the di- 

 mensions, which were very lofty and 

 spacious, arc still traceable, and 

 from which the " Drummer, or the 

 Haunted House," had its origin. 

 The furniture and wood-work of 

 this apartment has been carried away 

 to the modern house in the park, 

 built by Mr. Hare, known by the 

 name of the Leveret. 



Fcrur omnia Jupiter Argos, 



Transtulit, et nemo hie habitet nisi 

 nocte coactus. 

 At Burlington, a person of the 

 name of Crosbie, an inhabitant of 

 Graystock in Cumberland, went, 

 amongst many others, to an enter- 

 tainment given by the Duke of Nor- 

 thumberland, where he ate and drank 

 so immoderately, that he was no 

 longer able to sustain it ; and, after 



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