In the newspapers of February 1820, the death of a Mr. Samuel Hemmings was noticed. It was stated, that he had been an ironmonger and prosperous in trade - that he was born on the 4th of June 1738, at nearly the same moment as his late majesty George III. and in the same parish of St. Martin's in the fields; - that he went into business for himself in October 1760, when his late majesty came to the throne, - that he married on (the 8th of September 1761,) the same day as the king; and finally, after other events of his life had resembled those which happened to the late king, that he died on Saturday, January 29th 1820, on the same day, and nearly at the same hour as his late majesty!

Query. After such an authenticated and luminous instance as the foregoing, where the lives of two individuals born at the same moment, corresponded in every remarkable particular, even in life and death; can the Astrologer be justly accused of superstition or absurdity, should he pronounce the fates of mankind to be subject to planetary influence? Or can any rational mind, upon mature and sober reflection, attribute the foregoing most pointed agreement in their destinies - to mere chance?

" Beautiful stars, in other days The prophet's eyes might read your rays, And tell of many a strange event Of warfare and of warning sent".