The National Register. — London, England, 1815-05-28 00:00:00

I .‘f VS' 28. •~ .. ~.,, 7 '7 The following is an extract of a letter boa Lady at Sidwuu,h, on Ca.' distressing subject A boat full of people upset, list evening, at.olit three miles riff this shore. and out of sixteen on board, leo were drawneci. II is not possible to.descrilse the horrors of the scene. Wt wire walking on the beach, when we obsersed a few people looking tiwards the sea through a telescupo with 'rime appearance of anxiety ; we also saw smile bouts going o.st, and immediately atierwaid, numbers of paisaus running tors:ird• the si a. On inquiry we undersitlllii that a party had com• ill trout Or.tertiin in the morning, two of along had 1,. en married there just Amore ahoy set • out they •came here to pass their bridal day, j i had dined at no inn herr. and set out in high spirit s (num of !hero! intoxicated) to return home. The boat was crowded, and the party on knew ronlimg of the management of the vessel. A little rlaytul scut& ensued ; a hat Irll overboard, and, in the attemp t to rec•evcr it, the boat upset, and the unfindimats eatastraph - e followed We retrained on the beach, watching the progress of the boats , which went off immediately, with an alacrity tint did I lomiair Io T ,i.ab.tarns of Sidieorith.-0 he more so, as tame of them had any re 'a:low or rear friends no hoard the unfortunate vessel.. tt We had no power to leave the beach, though we dreaded every rl::titc would being sowe of the unhappy sofferers before oar e 3 e.. At lasi I s;:id, I would stay t o longer,' and turned to go ; but, before I reached It me, a boat lauded with some of the people—souse 5 , 10 e d-ad. Instantly the silence of expectation ceased, arid dreadful dies koke floor the els‘eri.bled multitude. We ran into the first house pear I. and waited till the crowd had carried the first objects of eh- ir laturtited attention to the rtedieul baths ; happily I escaped seeing any of them ; ne b. i 1 I afterwards saw, indistinctly, as it *as carried into Slockey's. All the woman and a little girl were drowned ; they lad hopes or some time that the poor bride was recovering, but all the et Hunt that could possibly be made were ft nit less ; the ettifortu n-ne huSband •urvived. Anwher of the gills came to Sidmouth on p'!rpose to eneaie a young friend to attend her wedding nett Thursday. %Whittle dreadful, what an awful reverse ! " I need not tell you how much we all suffered. The town has 1) , !•-n in a hustle all the morning ; the (fiends and relations of the parties lia,e been crowding in. Boats are still out, and one or two more bo dies have been brought nn shore ; three only are now missing, probs• bly they h ye been washed out to sea, as the tide set from hence at the time. Not a boat was leti on the beach; I never witnessed such exer tion. ‘' A young lady saw the whole from the brick •field; she even saw owe of the women clinging to the boat, and heard her shriek when she sunk. - Imagine what a scene I" Thursday se'imight, a girl, about five years of age, in the parish of St. Thomas's, Exeter, being left by her mother r a frsv minutes, at tempted to reach a cup from the cliiinney-piece, when ber clothes caught Ste, and she was SO dieUdillily burnt, that no hopes are enter tained of her recovery. The extent of the calamity Web happened at the colliery at New castle is stated as follows : Mr. Miller, (the undervievter, Ito hiss left a Kite and eight cliiklren,) 3'2 workmen, 44 boys, and 37 horses, have peri-herl ; and %%Mows, with ;Mont CO chedren, are left to bemoan ' - sudden death of their husbands and fathers. the 'l•2d ult. was executed, at Lancaster, Atoses.Ovren, a native Witte, and one of the nutrition; Cock•road gang, near Tted at the tact Lancashire assizes. of stealing from the Chachtlek. of Ltii AV.IIIII. Suniersit, u vtry valuable ••t gelding. Jame► Cribb. the accomplice of Aluses was at .•aese 4.eizzs sentenced to be transported for life. - .'p.. TI-TE NATIONAL REGISTER. - shocking to relate, he shot the above young lady thtough the head, and killed her on the spot. The agitation and feelings of the young man may be better conceived than described. Miss Mound was much beloved by all who knew her ; and her relatives are •inconsolable tog her loss. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Tuesday moming, between four and five o'clock, a very alarming Ere hro'•c out at Mr. Duokin's, tallow. Melter, in Aldersgate-street, whose valuable premises were entirely destroyed, as also great part of . Mr, Cockerion's, oil and colou ti nan ; s o rapi'l was the progress of Ham" , that before their r .vages could be preyei.ted, they com municated to the houses in Shaf;esbury• place, part of which was also demolished. Happily no lives were lost. About one o'clock on Wednesday morning, a fire broke out in the works of t h e Gas Con.pan% in Dorsct-Areet, Salisb-ry•sqitare, which occasioned the most serious abrits to the whole of that neigh bourhood in a short time the wit le of the temporary root cwt r one of the retorts was honied to the Kround, it being c:onvosed chit` 3v of timber and cembustible m itcrial. , as W3S the. top t;f the house of MI Larance, a printer, ai l joinii g No accident whatever occulted, aid the fir - .was completely s u bd u ed by three o'clock. On T hursday even'ng the following most melancholy accident oc• currcd at a farm near Farehain : As Miss Hound was returning horn fromfrost a reii..libouririg farm, with a NJ ty of rel a t i v e s, a young man o f !heir company, who was en the oilier side of a hedge, impiudently 4' 1 %4 011 4 fo wling-piece, with the intention of alattnialg titian, when. POLICE. OW LIM !ALL Two young men, mimed Ward and Sale, were charger, with riotetni conduct in the ,hop M. W, Adams, r confectioner, is Ffeet-:treat, on Frothy evening. where they were not content with tasting the pi try, but insisted upon tasting the hp. of Mrs Mattis. They were ordered to make compensation for ti:e itjury thet had dune, or be bound over to the session Preferring the latter, th.y were disch.aged with severe reprimand. UNION lIAI L. Benjamin. a Jew, was brought before Mr. Chambers, by Goff, charged with sellin g a number of counterfeit tokens. . A woman named Pt ters, stated that she had applied, by direction of G to the pri• suner, to purchase son e cuutiterfrit tokens of hi , having understood that he was a dealer iu that commodity. Tin- prisoner was t affentely shy and c:iii110114, and site had consideia hle dtffi ulty in obtaining them. At knoll •he succeeded, al:r1 purcliatvd six ih nikens for nine shillings. Goff Stated, that having heard the p•isouer was a dealer in counterfeit coin, he employed t ua last witness to enneavour to pur chase some, and gave her some 1114 , 11eY. which be had previously marked, to apply to that purpose. He then watched them, amid abers he considered the purchase eompleated, went into a plibli.: house where they were, and took them into custody Peters immediately gave up the bad tokens ; and un tttt prisoner was (own] some of the marked money. Ile was fully committed. John Scott, a young man of decent appearance, was charged with defraudinc• .1. Cooper of 151, under pretense of hecomiog a substitute in the 9th %liaison of Foot, in the room of his ltrotber. It appear. 4 flint the complainant met the prisoner near the House of Com/mats, in the month of April last, and agreed to give him the bounty in gacsti••ts if lie would become a substitute. The prisoner agreed to !his propo,i tion, and was the next morhing attested before a magi•trate, when be received the motley, but never joined the regiment. He was todertd to the Savoy prim!). The .pribokter said its had an aced mutitYr dr• pendant upon him fur support. • MARRIED. On Thursday last, at the Meeting-house, Colchester, Mr. J. Ball it., of that town, to Aim, third daughter of Mr. Joseph Cross. of the Annie place. [A most awful and atilicting event-occur:4d at the same time. in time sudden death of Jane, the wife of Tim. Catch. pool, of Colchester—she bad attended apparently in her usual health, at the above Meeting, was suddenly seized with a tit, and expired soon after she was conveyed home.] SINGULAR WEDDING..--Last Vvek at Dovitton, in Gloiteester. shire, by tie Ruverenti W. Gunning, Mr Wiicnn , a resident ticiir Strand, to Sarah Lock, a young - Gipscy Girl; belonging to a gong now hutted on the Common in the vicinity of that town. This happy event was celebrated by the ringing of bells amid other demon. orations of joy. A handsome dinner was provided on the occasion at the Pull Inn, in Hinton. A ball followed, at which the whole of the Gipsy Corps, oral the inhabitants for miles round, were present. At eleven o'clock the dingy tribe yetired, but not before the hither of the bride called for a pint pot, which he tilled with guineas and presented to the bridegroom. DIED. • Aged 68, Mr. John Lee, of Leek imfield, near 13everley,Yorkshire, an excellent practical farmer, and one of the must extensive horse• dealers in the north of England. Suddenly, of the White Hart, Lincoln, nn Saturday the 15th inat. in his 5811. year, Sir John of Ripley Park, Yotkidiire, and Kettlethorpe, Linunliishire : lie (1(4-veiled in his extensive estates by his only stirvibi;;;T Ron, now Sir Win. frigilbv, bast. THE DISEASES OF FEMALES. 01 Mr. MA C) A rtsir, Surr eon, alter 23 }ears of profes , ,ional eltreri core, enlightrned by ali the aids of nit Oka , scicner; ha% adortcti I tin ciple. of practice. whit h utt f frri st•cci.;s may Ji' try fits Odin g to term intaliibie. 1.1 every cAse . int.rease.4l ut tii t ni_ nisned Di-charges, of I rregularit aci ton, or Disease in the Female Organs ; as well as in thrse V,'eaknessesit.(l iistrcssing Nervi.us C u m_ plaint-, really, thutigli rot cbviuusly, clepet;titi.e thereon, It iv ver fails !‘) impart the desired acct. Mr. M, cont , r lieb to give Attvica daily, 'r. in Eleven fill Your, pelt:wed:ly 13% letter , at b, Lcktbic:. squAre.—Mialicines sent to any part of tha itingtiont. 7 -