The buke of Norfolk has subscribed 10/. to the fund
for the erer3trlinees monuments in e capitals of England and Scotland to the mete- of Messrs. Muir, Palmer, Skirving, Margaret, and Gerald.
The Archbishop of York has placed at the disposal porfetsluie:thiluerctho Commissioners the sinecure Prebend of Riceall, in the eathedral church of York, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Lowe.
That arch intrigante, the Princess Lieven, is expected.
It is rumoured that Lord Prudhoe, brother and heir n,
the Duke of Northumberland, is on the eve of forming a brilliaut matrimonial connexion with a lady of considerable fortutte.—eeeres,, Herald. [Poor Lord Prudhoe! he has long battled stoutly against bis brother's wish that "he would take a wife" lest the dukedom should fall out of the line of Smithson ; but it seems he is at last about to bid farewell to the freedom of his bachelor days.] Sir Edward Hayes M. P. for Donegal, is about to marry Miss Pakenham, niece to the Duke of Wellington.
The preliminaries of the marriage of Lady Fanny Cavendish with Mr. Howard, eldest son of the Lady of the Honourable Colonel Cavendish, by her first marriage, are understood to be finally arranged,
On Tuesday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a dashing cabriolet, contuining a gentleman of most warlike appearance, so far as
" whiskered fierceness" went, and who was accompanied tbytas b
very di. minutive " tiger," was observed to make the circuit of Dorset Square so frequently, that the attention of several of the inhabiun attracted. At length he was seen to spring from the cab rind advance hastily to meet a lady who came down Gloucester Street, and 'whom he instatntly handed into the vehicle, and, springing in himself, he dashed off at a rapid pace tip Dorset Place towards the Regent's Park. Five minutes had barely elapsed before a tilbury, containing two gentle-
men—one of whom, at; elderly man, exhibited signs of great agitation, drove up to the square ; and after asking some questions of the molt who sweeps the crossings relative to the cab and its freight, they fol- lowed on the track of the fugitives. The cab was perceived passing Lord's Cricket Ground towards the Edgeware Road. The pursuers now strained every nerve, and were gaining considerably on the cab, when the "tiger," turning round, end perceiving the pursuit, cave an ithrin ; und the cab went a-head at a tremendous speed, gained the Edgeware Road, and dashed off to the right. The elder of the two pursuers shouted out, at the top of his voice, " Stop! stop 'ens !" By this time several persons had joined the pursuit. On arriviog at the turnpike on the Edgeware Road, the fugitives received a cheek, in consequence of a coal-waggon coming through at the time, and the delay wits fatal to their hopes ; for the whole host of pursuers came up with them, when a scene ensued that baffles description. The younger of the two gentlemen, who commenced the pursuit, rushed to the cab, and, seizing the lady's companion, pulled him out ; and, having the ad- vantage in point of strength, be commenced thrashing the exquisite most soundly, amidst the laughter of the crowd. Ii is companion, the elder gentleman, was meanwhile engaged in venting his feelings, in a strain of no very gentle impel t, upon the lady, whem lie addressed as his wife, and who did not appear to be thirty. The exquisite at last escaped from the hands of his assailant ; and, after sundry threats about " satisfac- tion," he jutnped into his cab and drove off. The ether party placed their prize between them in the gig, and retraced their way. It was said that the lady is the wife of a retired stockbroker, residing in the neighbourhood of Portman Square. The companion of her " trip" is a gentleman well known at the West encl.—Courier.
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