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THE GARDENERY CHRONICLE. 341 
the late fancy ball given by her Majesty at Buckingham 
Palace, which rR a is expected to be fo 
mpany. 
greater portion of the 
lege of be 1 tropolis.—The following is the 
that have occurred in the Metropolis, 
num 
ber of 
—Males, 378; Females, 378 ; 
llowed by the 
total, ria 
Weekly bi 1838-9-40- 1——-Males, 467 ; Females, — 
total, 912 
to-day 
or 
in 
ing no great intrin sh uty 
manu qo excited ne hattska interest as the 
dro 
which Hor 
Strawberry Hill. Si x sale of effects this 
t has 
place eae, 
been num merously attended throughout th 
S cat was wne 
if 
ae ce 
> an Beant 
- celebrated in the ge ete ode of Gray, was bought for 
for 40 guineas. The ebony chairs, the Abbot 
s chair, the India nr and su 
ndry other 
q 
curiosities, formed the pee ig a of sop han and 
igh prices. The sale on th 
t 
gross proceeds of the effects already amount +g se rds of 
00 ght that when orient the whole 
of 30 
property will have realised upwards A 
Greenwich.—A vestry meeting of the ahaa of 
this tow hes eb held for the purpose of making a 
church tate and for other parochial business. icar, 
the Rev. W. ook the chair. The vestry clerk 
- 
amendment that a church-rate was un 
eT, SO as” 
pa 
the 
CLASEATY, 
ed. Several other persons then ad- 
er which the question was put, 
te it 
piece d 
to prese nt- angles which would give great 
igs in whatever peatce 
exhibited to show 
a_ brief account | in a former 
been su 
ns, to show the = that would be to 
cold climates, The new compositi 
nr form as having been joined 
er and tested with a strain of 21 tons by 
the hy- 
it asians 
t it had re. 
ceived no injury, although 
top of the shears in the ee 
o sho 
hard granite below. 
qui 
the new composition could be made available, Mr. Jeffrey 
ith i an 
mer the soli 
Mite a extent. 
and the conseque 
e been suc = 
parts fetched high p: 
B 
not have been able to 
— by the railway. ff 
ae — the fish are cal to have gene- 
wood on 
t d them f 
ees which could only be ee 
ea 
r. Jeffrey 
eden his details its expressing ‘the obligations ie: felt 
under to the Lords of ‘the Adm 
ralty and the officers of 
this dock sail, without whose assistance he —_ 
tread in the s of his fa 
sures which had earned for 
Brighton, — few d 
Court in this town, the cler 
the magistrate on the bench, a 
for signature against various 
re 
in eae neta ia 
t 
v 
to the ut order 
tain for the cultivators of their native land rights epre 
to those claimed for and conceded to 
veral othe were proposed, 
must sign them. r. Wig- 
ney, by his bankeapteyy is disqualified as a ek gat 
ristol,—A } local ame informs us that during the high | 
winds on the 8th inst. the harbour and floatin g docks o 
e higher 
been met with in all the late eitalitions to 
asts Oo 
of a specimen 
arctic regions, and has 
r Seas. 
oO 
ving. bees, chadaiin 4k walks 
rt the purpose of being 
ae by eeaktigs ew a 
he should 
0 its present 
bourhood. Flocks of these birds were also observed the 
same _ at Pista Weston, and other places along 
the nara 
nsiderable interest continues to be felt 
on n the a of the KE eee installation of the Duke 
of Northumberland at this Universit ; and, as stated in 
our last, it mina 0 he a general oon that a very 
large number of visitors, inchoding Pr ce Albert and man 
distinguished seth cieanle: will honour rah city with their 
company on the occasion. The preparations for the ball 
in the Fitzwilliam Museum have alread egun, and 
in addition to the other arrangeme een 
taken for holding an horticultural exhibition on the 7th 
The musical performances wi e fol- 
lov July: 2, a concert ; uly 4 atorio ; on the 5 
hguse. The band and c rus, it is said, will consist of 
upwards of 140 performers, me! it is vhidebe tood that the 
aged, 
most meee vocalists will be e 
has ct announced tha Ay aby 
parben es issubd the necessary mavens for the re 
go nmel-park, whi 
witness, ann uiv oung woman = 
d been in an ill state df rotor which arose, Me believe 
oes unrequited love, Prisoner, who. travelled on 
e 
co to her, and induced her to believe 
that she was spell-bound, and proposed, on yment 
fa in sum of money, to form certain magi 
ceremonies, by ns of which she eved 
from that spell. The learned gentleman than detailed the 
facts of the case as stated in the n anna 
Guiver was then examined at length and detailed the 
whole system of imposition practise er, ch 
occasioned much amusement in the ceur m the extra- 
ordinary degree of credulity whi e appeared to have 
man d. On behalf of the prisoner it urged that 
as a case in which the p had no right to complain 
f the consequence of he n wit AE 1 to 
go and buy advice, such as it might be, they could have no 
right to turn round in this manner on t 
ho’ 
they had bought it, The j jury, without hesitation, found 
her guilty. The Chairman, in passing sentence, o rved, 
that the law must protect the weak in mind as well as the 
weak in body, or it would be no Jaw at ats og he sen- > 
i rtat 
Devizes.—The local papers contain a lengthens ac- 
count of the Baia ce at a public meeting of farmers 
which has been held in this town on the subject of the 
The imp ion of 
