The National Register. — London, England, 1808-01-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER: .uch damage has been done in the neighbourhood of Leices ,by the high winds on Tuesday night. Some new buildings Granby-street were materially injured. Upwards of 100 of a lofty new-brick built wall, in Land Pit-lane, were 'n down, and a poor man of the name of Agar, passing at ime, was killed by its falling upon him; a woman was n down, and broke her leg; and several other accidents ;red during the night. person in very respectable circumstances, who resided at irk, went from his house about three months ago, in emu with his wife, saying they would return the next day. stopped at the house of an acquaintance soon afterwards, since then were not heard of, though the most diligent in ies were set on foot. A few days ago, however, the ho of both were found in a wood, some miles from their own ,e; a part of the man's remains having been eaten, as sup al, by dogs. From the man having occasionally shewn atoms of derangement, as well as from some marks on the ,an, and a weapon found by her husband, it is supposed he first strangled her, and then stabbed himself. Lately, Joseph Gerard, of Pleasington, died suddenly. He had supped with the family on muscles the night preceding his death, and retired to bed apparently well ; he awo!ie about four o'clock in the morning, in the greatest agony, and was a corpse by five. An inquest was held on the occasion the fol low ing day, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of this sudden catastrophe, when the attending surgeon gave his depo sition to the Jury, that his death was owing to the muscles he had eat the night before ; this testimony was corroborated by every attending witness, and also by the symptoms which usually accompany those who are what is generally called muscle stung. It is well known what disagreeable effects frequently attend the tiug of this species of fish ; and what is singular, this disorder 0 1 crates on some individuals oftener than others, owing to an id.ocrisy of constitution. Let those persons, therefore, who are thus affected, abstain from sleep till the symptoms subside, for it is probable that the noxious effects produced by the fish act with much greater force on the system during the time of sleep, than when awake. The most efficacious remedy for the removal of this troublesome disease is an emetic, early ad m;ninistered. Barbara Malcolm, alias Sutherland, is committed to the Tolbooth, Edinburgh, on a charge of administering poison to her own natural daughter, Margaret Malcolm, of Sunderland, a child of eleven tumults old, in the house of Adam Gordon, labourer, in Lady Lawson's W yud, Portsburg,. Under pretence of grit; ; ; it the medicine for a cold, she forced a quantity of aqua fortis and tirenic down the child's throat. The edect was almobt 111.A:tut:meow, and the child expired in the most dreadful torments. So powerful was the poison, that in a few minutes the bottom of a new tin jug, in which it was contained, was destroN eel. A trader, from Leed► to Hull, Vessey, master, in going down with a cargo of coals was stranded below Whitton Salltls ; at the time the vessel foundered, the master, his pregnant m ife, and tsso of their children were on board. Ills first care was to save his wife, %; limn he carried in his arms from the vessel to the shore, a distance of about a mile ; he immediately returned to his children, and, notwithstanding the rapidity of the current,, and the interruption of the large sheets of floating ice, he suc ceeded in getting then► on shore ; w hen, awful to relate, he found his wife a corpse, and to eo►npleie the climax of heart r'•nding distress, his tw o children, overcome by intense cold, ex pire.l in his arms. A stratum of sea-shells, among Is hick were many fishes hones and unopened oysters, in their complete state, were last week found by the workmen emplo%ed in sinking a well in Fisher row, Reading. Besides the NN ell-known strata found at Kates grove Brick-kiln, these antediluvian relics are frequently found under similar e uktatce ‘. One of the bells in the st.:eple of the town church of St. An drew's was lately taken down in consequence Of its having been accidentally broken, when it appeared irons the inscription that it had been there for 800 years, and that it had been a present front the then Pope. Fro:t-bitten potatoes arc restored to their natural taste and tl.tvour, by being steeped iu cold water fur twelve bowl before they are boiled. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. It the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of December, 180; present, the King's Most Excellent Mqjesty in Council. His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that no thing in His Majesty's Order in Council of the 11th of No vember last shall extend, or be construed to extend, to per mit any vessel to import any articles of the produce or ma nufacture of tne enemy's Colonies in the West Indies, direct from such Colonies to any port of this kingdom ; and it is further ordered, that all vessels which may arrive in the ports of this kingdom, direct from the Colonies aforesaid, shall, nevertheless, be released, upon proof being made that the charter-party or other agreement for the -voyage was entered into before notice of this Order. And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of Flin Majesty's Treasury, His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, thi! Lords Coin missioners of the Admiralty, and the Judges of the High Court of Admiralty and Courts of Vice-Admiralty, are to take the necessa ry measures herein as to them shall respec tively appertain. y TV. l'airkExart. JAN. 4. aa Much da► te•r, by the in Granby- yards of a blown dowi the time, r blown dow oc( urred do A person Fa!kirk, parry with hey stopp and since t quirk's we' dies of botl house; a p posed, by symptoms woman, au BANK RT:PTCY ENLARGED. .Toseph Johnson and .14ihn Statham, of Twicket's Mill% Northamptonshire, and Thomas Johnson, of Hyde-street. Bloomsbury, millerc, from Dec. ID to Feb. 6, at ten, at Guild— hall, Loudon. B INKRUPTS. George Dixon, Lancaster, glover, to surrender, Jam. 2.12. and Feb. 2, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Berry and James, Bucklersbury, London. William Wright, Queenhithe, provision merrhant, Jan. 5,16, and Feb. 9, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, 11r. Sweet, King's Bench Walk, Temple. James Howell, Eglwysilian, Glamorganshire, shopkeeper. Jan. 12, 13, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Cardiff. Glamorganshire. Attornies, Mr. I.ewis, Cardiff; or Messrs. Price and Browne, Lincoln's-inn, London. Elizabeth Juxon and Charles Juxon, Birmingham, brass founders, Jan. 15, 16, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Shakspeare Tavern, Birmingham. Attornies, Mr. Carter, Staple-inn, Lon don ; or Mr. Butt, Birmingham. James Chard, Anchor and Aope-alley, Red Lion-street, St. George's in the East, painter, Jan. '2, at eleven, 9, and Feb. 9. at ten, at Guildhall. Attorw , Mr. Dawn; Henrietta-street, (invent-garden. 11 illiam White, Birmingham, tailor, Jan. 16, at one, 18. and 1 7 4). 9, at eleven, at the W hite 11 art Ina, Birmingham. A ttor nies, Mr. Constable, Syniond's-inn, Chancery.lane ; or Mr. Simcox, Birmingham. __ _ W ill lam Nicholls, M inchinhampton, Gloucestershire, clothier, Jan. 5, at six, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the George Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Attornies, Mes4rs. Sheppard and Adlington, Bedford-row, London : or Mr. Wathen, Stroud. Samuel May and John Spooner, Great Portland-street, Mary-le-bone, haberdashers, Jan. 2, 16, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Drake, Old Fish-street, Doctors Commons. William Tankard, Bristol, cabinet-maker, Jan. 14, 15, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Rummer Tavern, Brktol. Attor 'lies, Mr, %Towles, Br6tul ; or Bennet, Dean's -court, .s*. Paul's. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 10. Henry Butcher, llythe, Kent, sadler, at twelve, at Goddhall, London. Feb. 2. Edward Whitelock, Qu-en's-row, Penton% ille, in surance broker, at ten, at Guildhall. .lan. t2l. Frederick Bartholninew roelseh and .Toceph Merry. Birmingham, kilites-dealer, at eleven, at the Ca:4le lan, Du minghitin. I