The National Register. — London, England, 1814-01-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RV.GISTER. Ilr. G rtitiztru'a house, No. 17, Deninank-stecet, when Once uther home% were burnt. Mrs. Graham, n widely , the tecupier of the hawse, said she kept s ,dging..litt,..e, but carried un nu other hu.iness. She was alarmed our vt be; sleep by Atchibnld McGibbon, a young man, a lodger in the luitt-e, with the cry of Fun ! She and the other ludgeis owed their Ike: to htai. Archibilld McGibbon, a carver awl gilder, suit, be lodged at Mr‘• tjuithani's Rio or three ditforent times ; the last time he came to lute% there s' as on last Saturday ; he usually slept in the trout attic, our f‘F:rl' Anti Coon-v, the deceased, slept in the next rerun I id, wos also a (rout room, no persons being in the back att A Mrs. Pool. se ktid.T.V lady, UCCUpit'd the second th e ir; the first tleor wr torcished, but not inhabited ; two men lodgers and a buy slept in the trout par lour ; fwd Mrs GiPhain and her niece slept in the kitchen ; %%lines. cattle home on Tuesday night about a (palter past bine %Alio k ; he sat in the parlour alone. %%bit Mts. Grabion, her niece, and Mary Ann tootwy, therwelv-s, awl conytrsing on %caucus suisjects. About ten o'clock, ilJ,s. Pool, the lady who occupied the second floor, caute down stabs, and ordered a coach to he tent hrs., as she intended to go to ti..! City, and deep at a iend's house in Nelv<mte-street, ak d go to :Ire Bank in the morning to receive a dividend thet was due to lier before she t ame home. Mrs. Graham'. niece and the deceased went to order Ow coach. Mrs. Graham :diked Mrs. Pool Ic.cl put Out bet lire and candle, and left all safe. Mts. Pool awweled that every ti!ing was perfectly sate. 'Witness retired to bed about half past bit o'clock, and slept soundly until between one and two ; %%hen he awe lee be kit a sensation of suituention, and jumped up in bed ; the room was with smoke ; I.e strutTgled as if for 'be, and attempted to call cut, but could not for wont of breath ; by an effort, hones -el . , he tea% bed the window, "idyll he threw up, and gate the alarm, by calling out " Fire !" Ile was answered by Mr. Sivewtigla, a neigh bour, " No, it is some person breaking, into my house with a design to rob tile." Witness made answer, " No, no, this house is lire;" the witchinito came, and the neighbours were alarmed; ttic 11.iar was very hot tint ler his feet, until the tire began to appear near his bed's head, twar the wall. AVitnes. then ran (Inuit stairs to alarm the inways; passing. the first floor, he went down illfs and burst open the parlour door ; lee awolie two men and a boy that slept there, and thee: he called Mrs. Graham and her niece, who both slept itl the kitchen ; witness then inquired if all were sale, and lie was answered all, except Mary Ann (mewling the deceased) and who, winless miderstood, was to go home, and sleep at her father's that night, but who slept in the next room to him ; he beeasae a'armed for her safety, and he attempted to r up to save her, but could not pass Mrs. Pool's door, whence the flames burst forth very strong, and the stairs upwards were also on fire; witness brine nearly ariked. was unable to force his way through the fie ; Mrs. Grullase came to him ; she also made a desperate etfert to rush up through the fire, but could not ; witness then made a secoed attempt, bit the laths and plaster being all c n fire, fell in a shower down the stin;q. and sly,rtly utter the attic fluor gave way, and fell int o the second deer, so that they were forced to run off to save them selves. There %yes but vets little of the furt;i ore saved, :61010110 the !twists wus the lirgest and best furnished house in Deninirk-street. Wit ness lost his watch, t.is pocket-hook, with what little money be hail, together with alt his clothes, not so much being left him as a hat, si..,(e or stocking, arid r on:Tined nroirki in a state of ueliedness in the street, nun! !Our o'cleck, when chalice threw an old wily of stockings his way ; one neighhour cave him an old pair at blines, another a hat, &c. ; his shirt ceck-handeerchief mete burned, in his effort to as.C4,lld the Siairs'. "several of the Gentlemen. who composed the Jury, and who reside on the spot, and were ‘Aiteesses to this di eadtel accident, uttributvd the saving the lives of the inmates:, and the preserviiti-n or the adjoin ing lenses, and the property saved, to the vieilauce zed acti‘ity e 4. this yiiung man, mid expre.sed a wish that he m i g ht get a petition, whi t h they winild sign, to be prc s, noel to the Geelleenen of the :Mien Fire lnseraece Colipauv, with whom Mrs. Graham had her !nun' &c. Insur e d for a b ou t 0,01. in hopes they mieht take his distressed case lute coleideration, and give hiHm some relief. es it might be a induce ment to others to act in like manner, iu a similar case. The Coroner explained the nature of the evidence to the Jury, who, by his dime tioo, returned the following vei diet :—"*l hat Miry Aeri Cawley, Ca•ti ally, accidentally, and by teisfortene, met -with her death, by being burnt with the house, No. 17, Denmark street." CURIOUS OCCURREVCE.—A singular story is in circulation, of which we state the particulars pteeiscly as they reached us. Some weeks ago, a niece of Lord o—, a young I ,acty about twrlvc or thirteen years ()rage, rushed out qt MA chamber in great alarm, exclaiming that slie had Ken a ghost of a frinale seavant who had hitt], initted the family, but %vim wali also still living in London. lu vitc ut all the argutu •ate used to renivve this 63 sl:e persisted in deviating, that site invariably Sa w the same phantom 0:1 entering the same chamber, the terror of its appearance had •T 1 Os an effect npon her nervous system, that it via. feArrd !WC titcult beeollie disordcrcd, it was d eem ed exre di eti i to consult Sir F. M.--After several ineffectual attunpis to dispel the phantasy by widen she was hffileiell, lie reeoMlllended that the servant %hese lioire was thus presented to her should be procured. and placed in the C4l 411, in the exact attitude described by tba young lady, that hv this means she might be convinced other exis tence, anti be satisfied that the l'ancied vision was only the coinage Of her own brain. This was accordingly done, and the young. Lady Ras conducted to the chaniter,nhich she had no sooner entered titan she uttered a piercing .irick, clasped her lian&, anti exclaimed Tw o gho..ts ! Inn ghosts 1" fell on the floor in a convidsion wltiidt, in a few hours, terminated existence I—j Stujbrilshir4 Mercury. ) • A murder, more than usually shocking to humanity, was com mitted in Dublin, on Tuesday sennight.—Maurice Eaton, aged about '24, and James Eton, Rued about 113, having had all riltvrea i ion, the former cut hi 4 brother's throat from ear to ear—the 111041'• ter had effected his escape. DIE D. At Miirston Rectory, Kent, in his 96th year, the Rev. Mr. Marsh, Rect. r of Murston. At Sudbury. near Harrow, Aliddleses, Mrs. J. Moore, of the Queetis •liousehold, need 95. • Lat. Iv, at Vale itriennes, Richard, V;scount Barriagton. lie is suc ceeded by his [mother, the My. G. 13artiu 6 ton, Prabendary of Dur. ham. J. SIVE:WRIGHT, -Informs his Friends and the Public the First Day of Drawinz the State Lottery is over. and the Great Capisal , , viz. Two of i.? 0,0001. One of#lo,oool. with many others. being Undrawn, makcs Ric Wheel mieminnonly Rich, all which will he distribta'.ed on NV I.D NEsnAY NFAT, the ‘26th inst. Undrown Tickets and Shares are on Sale at his Old and favourite Offices, ; 11, Holborn; SB. Haymarket; and I+l, Oxford-street ;--wherc for the last eight years Capital Prizes have been sold to au amount unprecedented. A VALUABLE DISCOVERY, with a SAVING of FIFTY PER CENT. IMPROVED LAVENDER WATER. This fine, subtle fluid, being trebly distilled, with very little heat, from the recent flowers, is more fragrant and refiesliing thau any other preparation or the kind, produces the permanent effect of a nosegay of the fresh flowers,; and being extremely volatile, i. speedi ly diffused through ci sraeimis apartment; instead of discoloultiaa, it actually increases the whitenei.s of linen. Prepared and signed by the Proprietor, a Jones, and sold wl:ole sale and retail, at Watson's medicine warehouse, 22, Sonthamptnu street, Strand, price 34. in piles, or 3041. per dozen : where also is sold Janil.s's Irestiniable Peruvian Tooth Pusvder, in buses of is. and 1). tid each. A FINE HEM) OF HAIR Has always been eateamea an rweuti3l addit;on to perional beauty; to obtain which k espeociall recoinutecaed ROVVLANIYS MACASSAR OIL. By expresq Authority—Patronized by their lto%;t1 the Princeos of Wale% . and the Duke of Stisci;x, His Excelz•ney the Spankii Autha.,4olor. the Right lion. the. tart tna ('onuterAv of Oxford, the Nay) . and Arm, and the inajoritl of the Nehill. thrnitihout rbe F:mpire. " OH is die must heatitifulb. ploasant, and efficacious production in tl•ts for eralicatin; all Impurities in the Human Hair. and prOAUC/11{: a ilaat111:1 11 t g,rovvilt nn the b....itlest p.ace4, previentirc: it nr teruisir cre. Ar..lials tut auxiliary nf strength to the roots t f Cie Hair, which soon ptodeces an in iiaitahle natural Curl, and bestows on t h e tree-es a transcet.dant litiai4 In! lta.Ve ; renders Childrrn's Hair strews and heithtiftil ; promotes the tr. lath ••1 E,e-'.rotss, in line its per-eminent wittliec I ate bre2 atte,deo. by aii L.:intense multituile nt wittiesse, For ii:rther e;ucidation 1 , Liod's 'Eri-atise on the Itupruverarat of the Harman Hair, viola, atter.tion of every f imily. poptilitrity (Willis Ail has induced insidious person: to impose on Pultlio a base and noxious Counterfeit, imitating* the Bib-, Bottles, Se. tl lie? the Preprietors view it an duper kiwi duty to cmition the Poldie not t,c parche • vit ithout the shot e Treat:se Icicle:et!, .and the si.i . naterci of ihr PlOnfierol'S 011 lahle, in red ink, "A. ILOW iND and SON," in their writ lie. Enid at .ts, 1;d. and Is. per hottle, lay the cr,ii,trictart HOWL and SON, liirby--treq, Hatton-garden a.nt, app.:isit?nytil, by all l'c'.lc and Medicine Venders in London, and throu;bout titc United kittetlow.—A powI.AND'S ESiENCE 'Cr TYRE; ()It, D1P1:111AL 1)1 A Prrparatien of wonderful metaintirph•-inc which will eCectua!ly clialt2v Heil or Gret Hair, Vi 1 " • t" a b" so' Black or Mown, which colour cannot tie rf 00% - rd 11y Wailoi:T. It t: praect ist.xiotts, anti c•iinpoitild'id eeterf - A siiitZle 1.14; . .•,:!1 p:,,! .1 p..lr4ur rueits.—Prii::. 1. L itt liott/e. • i. 411- th► tire en the f rrlote en! HI the f e •44 A \ • • • a 1 .1 anti • lut;'ut tt. its b r it fi f 41 • • JAN. 23. V t .71 I I