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Mr. Alderman Carden and Mr. Csddecott have been chosen by the Livery of London to fill the office of Sheriff during the ensuing year. In' returning thanks, Mr. Carden alluded to the Sher(' of Induetrr by All Nations : that grandest scheme that ever was projected forbringing for- Ward the skill and artistic energi'Ktill the world would be carried out in his year of ofkoc; and he pledged hiMaelf„togive all the assistance his.
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A man is in custody on a charge of obtaining money by pretending to be in a state of starvation. An officer of the Mendicity Society brought him before the Marlborough Street Magistrate. _ The man had a most wretched appearance ; the constable said he was dressed ,for busiuess." Ile saw him mok up a number of cabbage-stumps in Covent Garden market; then he walked towards jermyn Street. When he met a person likely to commise- rate him, he began to scoop out portions of a cabbage-stump with a piece of tins and eat the morsels as if ravenously hungry. Thus he gathered 2s. be- tween Covent Garden and Jermyn Street.
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