chased a two-penny loaf at the baker's, and with water from the pump, made my supper; I then wrapped myself up in my great coat, and laid down on the floor, and slept till morning, when on another loaf and a mug of water, I made my breakfast. In this regimen I feel no inconvenience whatever. Finding I can live in this manner, I have formed a determination never to prostitute my press to the purpose of corruption, and abuse of this kind, for the sake of gain. ing a more comfortable subsistence. A Married lady consulted her lawyer on the following curious question.-Quere, As I wedded Mr. T- for his estate, and that estate is now spent, am I not to all intents and purposes, a widow, and at liberty to get married again? A watchmaker in London advertises, that he has been induced by the great scarcity and exhorbitant price of gold, to endeavour to find a satisfactory substitute, and that he has succeeded in discovering what will answer all the same purposes except for money. His metal he calls Petit Or, or little gold Proba bly no person will have to complain that the gold is not little enough. A FOUNDLING. The following singular occurrence: took place a few days ago, at the royal Navy asylum, at Greenwich, (England.) A female child, five years of age, was sent anonymously to that establishment, with an intimation that 50 pounds in. bank notes were sewed up in the child's clothes, which were accordingly found. The following account of the birth, parentage, and education of the little foundling was also given ;-The father was described as a seaman on board of a British man of war, and However unusual, it appears that his wife, from some cause or other, was permitted to go to sea with him. The father was killed in an action, and the day after his death, his wife was delivered of a female infant under one of the guns, and almost im mediately expired. The child was then taken care of by the messmates of its deceased parents, and fed upou biscuit and water, all of them acting the part of nurse by turns, and carefully removing it from hammock to hammock, when they were called upon duty. On the ships arrival in port, the fifty pounds above mentioned, were collected among the ship's company, and the abject of their bounty transmitted to the Asylum. The child, which is remarkably healthy, has been baptized-Sally Trunion In the late entertainment given by the city of Paris, to their majesties, the Órchestra in the dancing ball, contained 300 musicians. Three hundred houses were. on the 19th May, destroyed at Newhaswell, in Hungary, by the explosion of a powder | magazine-80 persons lost their lives, and near 200 were dug out of the ruins alive, but dreadfully mangled.. MARRIED,At Gisburn, in Cra ven, (Eng) Mr. T. Bank, to Miss Martha Hague, both of that parish. The bridegroom is a twin, and his twin brother, attended; the bride is a twin, and her twin sister attended; the clergyman who officiated is a twin; and the parish ¡clerk a twin; his twin sister (who lives n that parish, and who has been married about twelve years) has had twins twice all living. LADY'S MISCELLANY. NEW-YORK, September 15, 1810. The City Inspector reports the death of 33 persons in this city and suburbs during the last week.—viz. 9 men, 7 women, 10 boys, and 7girls. Died in the New-York Hospital, August 1810. Silas Andrews, Stillwater, Painter, Consumption-Charles Choquet, N. Or. leans, Seaman, Hepatiles-Andrew Glenden, Ireland, Porter, Phrenitis-Fames Low, (Mass) Seaman, Syphilis-John Miller, Amsterdam, Boatman, Dysente ry-Mary Susan, Gaudaloupe, married Consumption. Sept. 1st Melancholy Accident. On Saturday last, two orphan daughters of the late Mrs. Titford, of this city, were drowned in a mill-pond at Mamaroneck; the eld rest 16, the youngest 12 years. They were fishing on a rock, when one of them slipped into deep water, and the other imme diately jumped in after her. Two chil dren who were with them ran to the nearest house, a quarter of a mile off and cried for assistance, but it was nearly half an hour before they could be got out of the water, Efforts were made and persisted in from 11 o'clock untill 4 o'clock P. M. but without effect. A SINGULAR CASE. Died, on Monday, Mr. C. Cave, surgeon, of Petersfield. On Saturday se'night previous to his death, a seafaring man was attacked with a violent inflammation on the lungs; and after being attended several times during the day by Messrs. Cave and Whicher, he died the next mor. ning. The surgeons being of various opinions as to the cause of his death, agreed to open the body, which they did on Mon. day, and found the lungs in a complete EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE There was a marriage solemuized on the 27th November, in the parish church of Crosthwaite, near Keswich, at which there were present, 2 Brothers, 2 Sisters, Cousins, 3 Husbands, 3 Wives, 4 Fathers, 4 Mothers, 4 Sons, 4 Daughters, 2 Uncles, 2 Aunts, 2 Nephews, and 2 Niecvs, and yet the party only consisted of no mere than 6 persons. Births-In Sparte, (N. J.) the wives of two farmers, who occu pied each the half of one small house, were blessed with five children in one week-one lady had three and the other two at a birth! Four of them are living and do. ing well. MARRIED, On Saturday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Wilkins, Mr. James Graham, Merchant of this city, to Miss Henrietta Shay, daughter of Patrick Shay. On the 20th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Townly, Mr. William Greer, to Miss Margaret McBride, all of this city. At Haverhill, Mr Thomas Pearson to Miss Mary Plummer. A punster anticipates in this a fruitful match. On board the frigate President, off Sandy-Hook,. on Manday last, of a consumption, lieut. George Marcellin, in the 25th year of his age, an active and prom¡sing naval officer At Albany, on the 6th inst. Mr. John Jones, of the firm of Arnold and Jones, and son of Dr. Gardner Jones, of this city. On Sunday last, at the Quarentine Ground, Mrs Mary Munro, wife of Thomas Munro, Esq. of the Island of Jamaica. At Washington, col. John Whi ed States infantry, aged about 54. At Sag-harbor on the 2d inst. by the Rev. Mr. Prime, Hallam Hemp-ting, of the 5th regiment of the Unitstead, Esq. of Marietta, Ohio, to Miss Eliza Sleight, daughter of Mr John Sleight, merchant of N. York, deceased. At Brookhaven, L. I. on the 6th inst. by the Rev. M. Green, Mr. Joseph Gererd, merchant of this city to Miss Charry Swezey, daughter of Capt. Stephen Sweezy, of the former place. At Tappan, on Saturday evening the 2d instant. by the Rev. Mr. Demeray, MR. CHARLES OAKLEY, merchant, to MISS MARGARET RoomE, eldest daughter of Mr John P. Roome, all of this city. At Goshen, Orange- county, gen. Moses Hetfield, aged 75 years; and at Warwick. same county, Mrs. Elizabeth Hathorn, wife of maj. gen. John Hathorn, in the 61st year of her age. At Albany, Leonard Gansevoort, Esq. judge of probate. At Annapolis, Mr John Muir, Esq. president of the Farmers Bank of Maryland. At Boston, on 4th inst. Jomes only son of Mr Abraham W. Gammage, of Cambridge deceased, aged 2 years and 4 months. His father was interred on 25th August last, Thus scarcely is the tomb of the faIn London, on the 14th of July ther close when again opens to relast, Mr. N. G. Ingraham, junr.fmily anticipated of the afflicted ceive the son, a lovely pledge-and merchant, formerly of N. York, to Miss Caroline Becket, of Aldermanbury. DIED, mother. On Sunday morning last, in the 23 year of her age, Miss Charlotte Merse. reau, the prey of a lingering and distres ing malady. At his country seat a German. Town, Mr. Thomas Fisher, late merchant of On Wednesday morning Mrs. age. At Norfolk Capt. Thomas Gibbons "Now, Traveller in the vale of tears! To realms of everlasting light, Through Time's dark wilderness of "There is a calm for those who weep, "The Soul, of origin divine, "The sun is but a spark of fire, SHALL NEVER DIE." |