“2d Class. I am thirty years of age, a widow, in the grocery line in London--have children; of middle stature, full made, fair complexion and hair, temper agreeable, worth 3,000_l._ “3d Class. I am tall and thin, a little lame in the hip, of a lively disposition, conversable, twenty years of age, live with my father, who, if I marry with his consent, will give me 1,000_l._ “4th Class. I am twenty years of age; mild disposition and manners; allowed to be personable. “5th Class. I am sixty years of age; income limited; active, and rather agreeable. “_Gentlemen._ “1st Class. A young gentleman with dark eyes and hair; stout made; well educated; have an estate of 500_l._ per annum in the county of Kent; besides 10,000_l._ in the three per cent. consolidated annuities; am of an affable disposition, and very affectionate. “2d Class. I am forty years of age, tall and slender, fair complexion and hair, well tempered and of sober habits, have a situation in the Excise of 300_l._ per annum, and a small estate in Wales of the annual value of 150_l._ “3d Class. A tradesman in the city of Bristol, in a ready-money business, turning 150_l._ per week, at a profit of 10_l._ per cent., pretty well tempered, lively, and fond of home. “4th Class. I am fifty-eight years of age; a widower, without incumbrance; retired from business upon a small income; healthy constitution; and of domestic habits. “5th Class. I am twenty-five years of age; a mechanic, of sober habits; industrious, and of respectable connections. “It is presumed that the public will not find any difficulty in describing themselves; if they should, they will have the assistance of the managers, who will be in attendance at the office, No. 5, Great St. Helen’s, Bishopgate-street, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of eleven and three o’clock.--Please to inquire for Mr. Jameson, up one pair of stairs. All letters to be post paid. “The subscribers are to be furnished with a list of descriptions, and when one occurs likely to suit, the parties may correspond; and if mutually approved, the interview may be afterwards arranged. Further particulars may be had as above.” Such a strange device in our own time, for catching would-be lovers, seems incredible, and yet here is the printed plan, with the name and address of the match-making gentleman you are to inquire for “up one pair of stairs.” * * * * * ~Topographical Memoranda.~ CLERICAL LONGEVITY.