= however, could not be executed publicly, because he was a priest: they gave it out that he was executed privately, and shew-|| ed a hand for his, nailed up against the jail. ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF LICHFIELD. LICHFIELD, the chief city of Staffordshire, signifies in the old Saxon tongue, the Field of dead bodies; so called from a number of Christian bodies which lay massacred and unburied there, in the persecution raised by Dioclesian. Plot's History of Staffordshire gives a full account of this massacre, and says, that finding the Christians in the exercise of their religion, he took and carried them to the place where Lichfield now stands, and martyred one thousand of them there, leaving their bodies unburied, to be devoured by birds and beasts; whence the place still retains the name of Lichfield, or Cadaverum Campus, the field of dead bodies. The arms of the city is an escutcheon with many martyrs in it, in several manners mangled. COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES. Spain has furnished us with wines and snuff, Russia with hemp and tallow, and China with tea. DOMESTIC COMFORT. PERHAPS there is nothing so much contributes to domestic comfort, to the secu||rity of families, both as to morals and property, as a good selection of servants,➡ Upon their capacity, integrity, and good conduct, more depends than can well be expressed. The establishment of the Westminster Central Mart is highly conducive to this end. Its object is to supply families with respectable servants of all classes; and not only with those who are in the class of servants, but with such as are capable to undertake the higher departments in families, namely, those of education and domestic management. Governesses and housekeepers will find at this establishment a constant demand. Cooks, ladies' maids, nursery maids, and servants of all work, are likewise in daily attendance. Male Iservants are also to be obtained in the different departments of domestic service, viz.-stewards, gamekeepers, butlers, valets, footmen, &c. The nobility, gentry, and persons of the most respectable ranks of life daily register their names at this office (as may be seen on the books), whom the conductors undertake to supply according to their wants. Thus no disappointment is experienced on either side. Servants are To Italy, which was in a state of civilization long before the other states of Europe, the English theatre is indebted for Punch, for Harlequin, Columbine, the disciples of St. Crispin, and female fortunetellers. The Opera has long drawn all its re-immediately supplied with situations, and sources from Italy, and masquerades are undubitably of Italian invention. To Italy our cookery stands indebted for Vermicelli, Maccaroni, and Bologna sausages; while our confectionaries are improved by ices, sherbet, and a variety of liqueurs, all borrowed from the Italians, who have also taught our perfumers the art of making the most costly and odoriferous essences. From the Venetians, France and England first learned the art of making lookingglasses; and France, during the reign of Henry IV. had few coaches but what were fabricated at Milan. From the French we have learned to make plaister of Paris and ragouts. We are indebted to the Germans for sour crout, and sophistical dramas and romances. masters and mistresses are invariably supplied with servants. None but the most respectable are permitted to register themselves.-Office, at the corner of Southampton-street, Strand; open every day from ten till four. BIRTHS. At Cheltenham, the Lady of Sir Henry Bun bury, K. C. B of a daughter. At Edinburgh, the Lady of the Hon. Charles Noel (daughter of the Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.), of a son and heir. At Abeny, Lady Gardiner, of a son. At Kneesworth-house, Cambridgeshire, Lady Jane Pym, of a son. At Rochester, the Lady of Rear Admiral Sir John Gore, K. C. B. of a daughter. At Welwyn, the Lady of H. Fynes, Esq. M. P. of a daughter. In Italy, at the Baths of Lucca, the Lady of J. Fyler, Esq of a daughter A few day since, Mrs. Roberts, wife of Mr. J. Roberts, of Wath, farmer, of three children, two sons and a daughter, who, with their mother, are likely to do well. They were immediately baptized Matthew, Thomas, and Mary; and it is further remarkable, her youngest child, before them, is thirteen years old. Lately, a woman, who had taken her place to Newcastle, was delivered of a child on the Telegraph coach, just at the entrance into Harrowgate. The coach was fortunately only about one hundred yards from a cottage, where the child, a fine boy, was taken in an apron. We are glad to state that both the mother and child are doing very well, in more senses of the word than one; as the ladies at Harrowgate have liberally supplied the poor woman with clothes, and a collection has been made for her to the amount of about 30%. MARRIED. At the New Church, St. Mary-le-bonne, by the Hon, and Rev. Edward Rice, Prebendary of Worcester, John Pepper, Esq. of Bigods, in the county of Essex, to Maria, second daughter of Magens Dorrien Magens, Esq. of Hammerwood. Jodge, in the county of Sussex, and niece to the Right Hon. the Lord Dynevor. At Paris, the Hon. Mr. Clifford, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Clifford, of Ugbrook Park, in the county of Devon, to Miss Weld, the only daughter of T. Weld, Esq. of Lulworth Castle, in the county of Dorset, At Tenterden, James Grant, Esq. of Austinfriars and Brixton, to Caroline, fifth daughter of the late J. Neve, Esq. of Tenterden. Mr. George Howard, of Chelmsford, to Miss Clay, daughter of Edward Clay, Esq. of Greensted Park, the present Mayor of Colchester. By the Rev. F. Ricketts, S. Batson, Esq. of Winkfield, Berks, to Miss Ricketts, only daughter of the late Governor Ricketts, of Barbadoes At St. Andrew's, Holborn, T. Pagan, Esq. of Ely-place, to Lady Plomer, of Snaresbrook, widow of the late Alderman Sir W. Plomer. At Dumfries, Scotland, Captain R. Stewart, R, N. to Miss Dalzell, heiress of Glanae. DIED. At St. Germain-en Laye, aged 85, Princess de Montmorency. At Lyons, the Right Hon. Lady Cecilia Charlotte Leeson, eldest daughter of Lady Cloncurry, and only sister to the Earl of Milltown. At Cheltenham, Sir Gilbert King, Bart. of Charlestown, county Roscommon. At his house at Banner-cross, near Sheffield, in the county of York, Lieutenant-General Marray. At the Holt, near Bishop's Waltham, sincerely and deeply lamented, Admiral Sir R. Calder, Bart. in the 74th year of his age. A most remarkable instance of mortality has lately occurred in a family at Chepstow.-Mrs. Williams, wife of Mr. John Williams, tailor, died suddenly in the latter end of April last; her husband survived her about nine weeks afterwards; since which period, three grown-up sons have paid the debt of nature.-John, the eldest, died in the last week of June; James, the youngest, died on Sunday, the 23d of August, at three o'clock in the afternoon; and David, on the Sunday following, at the same hour! Lately, on his passage home from Jamaica, Matthew G. Lewis, Esq. author of the celebrated romance entitled The Monk, &c &c. and of several dramatic pieces, which rank him amongst the most successful of our writers in that department. On the death of his father, Mr. M. G. Lewis, succeeded to an handsome patrimony in the West Indies. When in London, he had resided, for some time, in a very retired manner, in Albany. His stature was rather diminutive, but his manners most elegant. He has left one natural daughter, and was never married. The Hon. A. Annesley, who was married only At Lausanne, at the house of Stratford Can- || in August to the amiable daughter of R. Ainsning, Esq. the British Minister, Robert Suther-worth, Esq. of Halliwell, in Lancashire, was land, Esq. to Jennetta C. M. Murray, eldest unfortunately drowned, on the 27th of the same daughter of Col. R. M'Gregor Murray. month, at Blackpool, near Liverpool. He had At Hulton, Lieut.-Colonel D. Forbes, half-left his residence, early in the morning, to hathe pay of the 78th Highlanders, to Maria Isabella, eldest daughter of James Forbes, Esq. of Hutton-hall, Essex. At Brussels, E. Coxwell, Esq. of the Royal Artillery, to Jane Maxwell, youngest daughter of P. L. Gordon, of Farringdon, Berkshire. At Audley, in Staffordshire, W. S. Roscoe, Esq. eldest son of W. Roscoe, of Liverpool, Esq to Hannah Eliza, eldest daughter of J. Caldwell, Esq. of Linley Wood. in one of the machines, and got out of his depth. Every effort was made by his servant and some gentlemen present, but without effect. By a letter from the Hague, we learn the death of the Dutch General Daendels, who was not unknown during the period of the Revolution. This fficer expired suddenly on the coast of Guinea, where he was Governor of the Dutch settlements. London: Printed by and for JOHN BELL, Proprietor of this MAGAZINE, and of the WEEKLY MESSENGER, No. 104, Drary-lane. BEING Bell's COURT AND MAGAZINE, FOR OCTOBER, 1818. A New and Improved Series. EMBELLISHMENTS. 1. A Correct Likeness of MISS ELIZABETH WALKER BLANCHARD, Engraved from an original 2. A beautiful WHOLE-LENGTH PORTRAIT FIGURE in a WALKING DRESS. 3. A beautiful WHOLE-LENGTH PORTRAIT FIGURE in a BALL DRESS. FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER, 1818. Explanation of the Prints of Fashion. No. 1. Walking Dress No. 2. Ball Dress General Observations on Fashion and Dress ib." Births, Marriages, and Deaths ib. Adventure of a Parisian Husband ............ 19r ib. TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE Review of Margaret Melville, by Alicia Mant, is unavoidably postponed till our next Number. If we insert the Young Poet's Address to his Lyre, it cannot possibly be before next month. We must say we should have expected something better from the author of Astarte. It is with much regret that we are compelled to put off the review of the beautiful Duet of Deep in a hollow Glen, The Lake Minstrels, and Ah! where shall I Ay? to our next Number, when the Musical Review will close for this year, and which we trust our contributors will have found both impartially and indulgently performed. 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