The National Register. — London, England, 1814-12-25 00:00:00

TITP.NATIONAL•REGIST seek (Jimmies nt • o r t f hoiieta so.v• te eti thrown down, and wittitt•ws brek• t.. Few' ses 1, r , wit( I es, aped &tinier. Tvreoy 01 the I:treess trees in College P k weir ts•rn lip by she roots It ' 011. j- Ow greater part of yesterday to well: the streets, from the filling et sle•es and brick-work. A galbot from Liverpool to Amster eam, with merctiseedize (said to be the Mee ot Freesland), wus driven on ..bore hiss . i.stit, on the Niirth Dull. Two • t Once a %miry vessels are wrecked the 8011, and i. is reported that a ship rigged vessel fetiettered ye.tertlav utf Cotte,.DFc. 17.—ThursdAe night n tremendous hurricane, which c irameticed tit it o'clock, continued without interniissiun until late yes tt-rdny wort lug., Mangy hnti.r4 site stripped and chiciiiies blown S hue se.ldiers . at the Stitith llilit try Hospital hove been iojured by tl:e destruction ot part of that hinliline. Considerable mischief has been . ; also dune in the country ; cabins have . been unrse.fed, stacks , blown down, and a great number of hap trees torn up by the roots. Six vessel w have been stranded at Cove, of whiCh we learn the names of three :—the Fan, biome' to Bermuda; the Oporto pat ket,, fur Oporto; awl the Apollo, fur New Proii , trute; a lighter, laden stills bait ; sod . another vessel, were lost in the river. Ltmentex, Urn 17 --Yesterday morning we had the most violent stone within .the meisiory of the oldest isitiabitant. It cam mence.l from the west, raising the tide to a height never befure witnessed in. Limerick : 3 vessels burst cables at the Pi cii, and proceeded up the. elver with the most violent rapidity,biir4 hog with them the mid hull which lay as llervey's (Juni, and all the et..er craft s between that and the New as. I and Golden Mills. The Pax, a large Norway ship, struck' and retrains with her stern overhanging the railing in the rear of thee N. ar u.st-lo.use. The Caroline, from London, with a e.aleable cargo. was drives to the rear ot the. Citiele Barrack, where lie realities is, re 1 ., titer a etineerous way. The,Mercy was sunk at .o,',Neill's-Quay. .The s-head of the .Caroline. Aiettlier vessel lost her ! units, and was ;o:ved wish great difficulty intb.-Creagh'i Pock. ; Deicing tlio, harticane,:tainiclibunics and Imitates fill in the old town. ,The transport ship .Sovereign,. bound frotu,„tngland to ; Quebec, was wrecked on the 13th, October last, on-the ol.St. (illph of So. Lawrence ; she had, on board nine .ufficers an-186 vi - I' , of the 49th. 58th. and 81st regiments, 9l servants, 2 t women, and child,erh ; in all, including tile ckiptain mate, and 19 seamen, forining a total of, V 36 •ietacins., Only ::".7 lives ware saved ! TlLe . 'pie ,Sovereign was sailing at seven knots an hour ; and it beihg, hilvtil 7 o'clock in the evening, /lie rock on ythichi,te split was nut ohst:ryed above three minutes beihre she struck. Tke sarviVors we' e taken off the island two days after, .by the dliaisipion, and arrived . 13ciminla en the instant. They had, saved. but fit,' of provisions, and could not have subsisted long Lient. Untie, of the bed, is the only office s savt.d ; .tpgether with 2 set.. jeants, 14 rank and file, acid 1.0 seanien drowned.-49th Itegt.—Lient..Hanibly, wife, and ci:ild ; riogn!'Wtkoti." 58th,. Lievits. Farmer. liesebridge, Goldsmith ; Surgeon bunt glum. 81st, Lieut. Serjeant ; Ensign Skelton. A coroner':. Inquest sat on M9ndry, at Havant, on the h.idy of an unknown man. ' Verditt--,Died b the Visitati , nt If ,Ged. 'the circuit' alums attending the removal of this stranger was very strange and in-. hu 'an. .011 Saturday last (a . very wet day), as Mr. Smith's carter of Westbourn, was uttloadine corii.near the Ilalf•wav•hou•es, l'ortsea, woman came to him ,Irolll . ur near Surrepstreet, a• d asked him it lie wouldcotivey iii his waggon, a man to ['avant, adding, that lie had a si ter living !he.ehe wished to see. The man consented 'o take bin . She retorts, d a . short time with a man in a cart, slid actually dr, : gged hiM 'roan it into the waggon, in a very unlit debilitated state, while she carter was in the house taizing some refreshment, sslioknew not his phssesiger was a sick man, as no conversation then of afterwards frasied betwecis them. At the entrance of the carter'bearing iri niiud what the Warian had told him respecting'the sister, thought it prudent to apply to him, and ask him where he would get down, to -his great 'astonishment, he found . him a corpse. Mr. Bias, th.r sht.clical geolcinata attendant on the parish, attended,' but lie wus ton fete`. Oil es•tmitling his pockets, two'clischarges were. foutid, the one from hi, Maj• stv's ship Dryad, the wher front the Slionon, of James i:ttuan, %%hi( h wi:b written on his left artu in Indian ink also in cash two sniltings and ninepcuce. A young married couple, residing at Sone 7 croft. near Staley bridge, Igattehrger, "f '•lft a woke one inornin* lately. and et t at the disappearance of their offspring, a alit , ' or 4.loeit mile rental's 4t.1i0 t evil dioly slept with them, discovered ttieir little hlf.ot, w hieti• had tropeiceptbly"t4/I.oped nut of 'bed. • *itlt its head int dtersed in -theconnnonuppendage of a bed-chamber, quite cle6tittitc. 01 life, . R .. ON PERSEVERANCE. 46 There are few difficulties indeed which Perseverance %El not overcome, and %%lawyer ril., , :a2ca in g eat designs :mist nut be intimi dated by divappoik;tment."— DA c 6 Sine constantia et _Ertibiliinte mettle»; ens, pntaris "—Clc. Irresolution not unfrequently destroys the most favourable pt o ,.p e cts of success. It is impossible for one imp tr) 2.7.7 eel aoother, without perseverance and application F. •.- 3!‘g the numerous evidences on ree,rd I shall •ak , • • 'iherty of Let. ding a few, and hope that, although •: ! e ,t!. ninnies . .nay be considered t , they will, nevettl • :..Lave a good tendency towa-ds stimulating the rising a ion. to supersede every difEcull that may present it , c,f timugh. We by a steady persevera, e and applica.ion D.-mosthenes is evcor during illustration of the advan tages to be delived limn eon tarry and reso'utioo : for by perseverance and indufa , igable industry ~ Ipf overcame hi s supposed natural defects, and was afterwards di:i.lonisbcd a s the most eminent Ciecian Orator ; •nsptcnous was the chance, flow a vitious enuacia7ion a.•tl in—gant gesture, to a refinerl elocution and graceful action •• • Vl - Pateiculos, the Celebrated historian, thus e , •sses himself concerning his acquired ex , el:ence: " Ilis Mother prAuced ohe Demosthenes and industry another. jThe renowned expedition of Jason and the fort y -nine ,M Grecian adventurets to Colchis, with the intent of obtain.. ing the golden fleece, or rather of establishing a profitable commerce, ,would, have been- ineffectual, had not the spit it of •Peiseverance reigned predominant and enabled them to surmount every obstacle L so.as finally to effect that hazard- ousenterprize. That great luminary, Sir Isaac Newton, who emitted his ,resplendant rays of light, in the latter end of the 17th and early part of the li,,th century, and to whom this age. is,so greatly itideb•ed•for his profound researches into the doctrine • of the !leavens, and the theory ofthe : Farth,acquited•h i s tran scendent talents, as he himself declares , by industry and patient thought, keeping the object under consideration constantly before him, and patiently waiting till the .first dawn gra.. dually opened and by little and little : expanded .into clear light. Indeed every individual on ,Earth, whether tinder the ap pellation ,of . Aeademian, Apprentice , Me chanic. Merchant, Banister, Warrior, St a tesman, Tutor or Divine, or ; by what • title soever he may be designated, notwithst,,nding nature may have gifted him with a superior untleistamiing an d en • endowed 'him with sni.er eminent abilities, is obliged in a conspicuous degree to perseverance for success in his desiges: For without close opplication .to scholastic pursuits, youth would obtain but a very suite , fieial knowledge those things which wi!l so essentially contribute to their future welfate ; and close ailsritiina to the various branches of an enn loyment, is an indutaiiable rennisiti in forming the than ,of busin,esi. Also should the mechanic be (trick/it in his designs, by whom would he be countenanced ? Or a merchant, ianorael in his calling,mould•he not_expei ience.unkn «n difficulties)? As depth of thought appertains to the official situation 'of barrister, it can only be acquired by eerseverance and as• siduity, .tlave we not .freq-eu•ly beheld the unhappy con equ:ences o>f Abe warrior neglects .g to pursue his sriecems# ...after having arrested the sangui nal y schemes of biq opponent 3 • Likewi,e the prerogative of s e !Statesman might be•obliterated withoutfrequent exercise of his privi!ege. Ve-eaid of under, standing and necessary information, 'the instructor of ris . ini;gf,peration would be unable to iutort.the inesii e t9o,4 ;gstisyt. .0 fr • z 99.4 c4C09;.3 •V ) TKO NASAVI DEC. 25.•