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XWIII. I3ECE:IIBER, 1839. PRicE TwoPEhc.
There is nothing astirring except the marriage of our beloved officials appeared with a turban on , his head after the manner
Queen, who is to ally herself to the Berman Prince Albert. of the
fever
patients his however was the Gas fever, but
being church l" l 1 Qu
a
ker,
,
This intention her Majesty, announced herself, to ,a concleve
of old state leachers, about a week ago. We beleive that
She,
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fan equally marry a subject, pity it is therefore that her Ma-
jesty, did not cast her eyes
on
some strong well built son of
Caledonea, some scion of an ancint House, and raised his
family to the throne, and established the chance of.haveing-a
Royal race"of hardy make, and of being �eventully ruled by
one of our `own quid folk,"and not by a. needy and greedy set
`�f Germans, her Majesty has
somehow
or other got amazing-
ly unpoplar, and we dont think that her marriage will. remove_.
the unpoplarity, that is to say if she persist in _keeping :in the
present ministry, it is said Albert is of strict Protestant prin..
ciples, and that he may prevail on her Majesty to cast over
board, the present Oconnel and papist Ministry, we wish it
inay" be so, and that we shall have an ab',e and stable Cabinet,
*1*ii so much evil broods over this country,
in-
the great � dis-
tress which prevails in the Manufacturing interests. The;
Welsh Chartists are to be, tried, but ,ihey wil l not be hung that's
flat. ; Jn Scotland the only thing moving is the affair of .the
Church, which are exciting a good deal of discussion.
1kBEPDEEM
INFIRM
APY.
(fin. Saturday night last, as we were proceeding homewards
to our letter box, in the Suburbs we were astonished at seeing
the Infirrnarya Brilliantly' lighted up with Gas in every, corner
it was very law being about twelve o'clock, or We would have
called-to
ascertain the'cause, this unusual sight,seemed to zlraw
the attention `of a number of people as well as ourselves, as
we
concluded an accident had happened. But on� 11'Ionday rrtor-
rung on inquiry, •
w
e learned that the officials who had the
charge of the Gas having got their wages on
.
that clay had
taken in a little Gas on their own account, and had forgot
to extinguish that of the Hospital, which continued to burn
,or a considerable time, `Next day being Sabbath one .of these
a c ure i going roan, �e wisely, went to the
ua
-ers
chapel, at which place he did not require to doof his beaver--
It has been reported to us, that
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the elder of these o:f'icials
although they had step`t for several hours and had a good larve
bill paid nothing which is his usual practice—We trust the
managers at their first meeting will make enquiry into this
afFair or we will give all the particulars in our next"
The actions of the widow, who keeps the public house, in;
`Garvoek Street, are, not so great a mystery to us as she thinks.
Her tricks with the chap Murray who by the by is her intended.
are'shameful, and we think rather often repeated.' We should
think she was too tongh for a mere loon, the other widow who
visits her may sake this gentle hint.
The�above mgntioned Murray, is a newly imported country
,
kindof,a chiel, presently employed about Duffus work--Your
attention, t^ mnking of coarse auy necessary correc-
tions w .
.