FASO ION MILE INTELLIGENCE.—It is not generally known, that Lady
Lyndhurst never wears a pair of shoes a second time. Fine doings this for Melmoth ! One has heard of "new silk and old sack," as luxuries in their way ; but it is reserved for our day, to discover that there is comfort in a new shoe.—Court Journal. The number of counsel who attend the Court of King's Bench, for the purpose . of practising there, is about three hundred and forty ; but the great portion of the business of that Court is in the bands of about fifty individuals.
Last week, a poor man named Abraham Gentry, was sentenced to three months' imprisomnerat in Chelmsford gaol, for stealing three cabbages ! " It is an ill will that blows nobody good." Owing to the deplorable day on which the Horticultural Fête took place a party went down to the gardens with a speculation in ladies' clogs, of which they sold no less than 1100 pair. An eminent solicitor, known also for his attachment to scientific pursuits, has it is reported, acquired 100,000/. by a successful speculation in foreign corn.
A vacancy, we hear, is likely to occur in a medical department of the Royal Household, for which there are already many applicants.—Morning Paper. TOLERATION.—A Cure at Marseilles lately refused to admit a young girl to take her first communion, because she worked for a Protestant tailor. Another declared that the daughter of a bill-sticker at the theatre, in consequence of her father's occupation, was unworthy of being admitted to participate in the same holy rite.—French Paper.
M. Thuriot, member of the National Convention, who was Advocate-General in the Court of Cessation tinder the empire, died lately at Brussels, where he had lived retired ever since 1816. Thuriot acted as Advocate-General of the tribunal which tried Georges and Moreau, in 1804.
Mr. Fargos sold, on Monday week, at Bristol, port wine, the property of the late Ralph Montague, Esq. at the moderate price of 71. 2s. per dozen.—Liverpoot
• Mercury.
An eminent author saith, There are three doctors, Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman. They are reported to be excellent physicians ; and if kept at a constant pension, their fees will not be very costly."
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