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that his corpse was not yet inter- 

 red, t>he went to the lodgings and 

 saw the body, when she recollect- 

 ed the features oi" the face to be 

 the same with those of the person 

 who used to be constantly looking 

 at her at the opera ; but she never 

 to her knowledge saw him upon 

 any other occasion, nor did she 

 know his name or who he was. 

 The deceased was a constant at- 

 tendant at St. Martin's church, 

 but had no regular pew : he oc- 

 casionally gave the pew-opener a 

 shilling, and at Christmas he al- 

 ways gave her a guinea. In his 

 will he left a legacy of 1,000/. to 

 Archdeacon Pott, the Rector of St. 

 Martin's, as a mark of his appro- 

 bation of a sermon he heard him 

 preach. The archdeacon had no 

 knowledge of Mr. Wright. He 

 also left the following legacies : 

 1,000/. to the Lord Chancellor; 

 4,000/. to the Countess of Rosslyn ; 

 and 4,000^. to the Speaker of the 

 H. of Commons. He had no more 

 knowledge of any of these distin- 

 guished characters than he had of 

 Lady Frances Wilson. The re- 

 nia'ns of Mr. Wright were interred 

 on Tuesday last, in his family vault 

 at Drayton. 



MARCH. 



-3. Glasgow. — This evening, 

 about half-past four o'clock, the 

 north wall of ilie south wing of a 

 large house in Saltmarket-street 

 suddenly gave way, and fell into 

 the close with a tremendous crash. 

 By this catastrophe, the principal 

 part of five stories, occupied by 

 nine families, and the garrets 

 above, occupied as a printing- 

 office, were instantaneously con- 

 verted into a heap of rubbish, and a 



number of the unfortunate inhabi- 

 tants buried in the ruins! The scene 

 was distressing beyond description, 

 and the cries of the unhappy suf- 

 ferers were distinctly heard from 

 among the wreck. The most 

 prompt assistance, however, was 

 given by the crowd of people 

 whom the fatal occurrence had 

 drawn together, and many of 

 whom, at the risk of their own 

 lives, lent their aid towards the 

 preservation of those who were 

 more immediately within reach. 

 Several persons were thus humane- 

 ly saved from the fate which every 

 moment threatened them bj'^ the 

 overhanging ruins. Ladders were 

 now procured, and several of the 

 unfortunate inhabitants were taken 

 down from windows, &c. to which 

 they had clung at the moment of 

 the fall. They were at length all 

 accounted for, several of them se- 

 verely cut and bruised, and one 

 boy sent to the infirmary ; but one 

 woman (Mis. Bishop, wife of Mr. 

 Bishop, reedraaker) is missing, and 

 it is supposed she was buried in 

 the rubbish, where she must have 

 perished. The fall of the house 

 was generally attributed to some 

 alterations that were making in 

 the ground-floor ; and several fa- 

 milies had removed that day, from 

 an apprehension of immediate dan- 

 ger, which fortunately rendered 

 the actual casualties fewer. 



G. The Rev. George Murray' 

 having been appointed, about the 

 beginning of last year, to the Bi- 

 shoprick of Sodor and Man, and 

 presented to the Prince Regent by 

 the Duke of Athol, upon the occa- 

 sion, it was discovered, that, being 

 only thirty-one years old, he had 

 not attained sufficient age to be a 

 bishop, thirty-two years being the 



