5 JULY 1930, Page 16

A Hundred Years Ago

THE " SPECTATOR," JULY 3ao, 1830.

THE NUMBER OF LETTERS.

So great was the number of letters put into the General Post- office on Saturday (nearly 30,000), that the clerks were engaged for some time after their usual hour in making them up. The extra number of papers was immense, and a great many were delayed leaving town that night, as it was impossible, notwithstanding the increase of hands, to assort them ; great disappointment was conse- quently experienced in the country, as the mournful event of tho death of his late Majesty had created the most lively interest.

SITUATIONS.

A highly respectable female, without incumbrance, in whom the greatest Confidence can be reposed, wishes a Situation as Companion to an Invalid or elderly Lady, or the Superintendence of a Gentle- man's Family where nothing menial would be expected. The Advertiser is thoroughly competent to Domestic Management, and would be found very desirable in a Family who have been deprived of maternal love ; the that references .will be given. Address, post paid, to M. A. P. at Forrester's Music Repository, 35, Waterloo Bridge Road. No Office-keeper need apply.