The National Register. — London, England, 1808-08-28 00:00:00

;Z ; I 1 I bv ~~ Y ~, at 1 ` ~ ATlattirr : • THE : NAVIONIAtIi ethe.eaelvq, the unary of De beteg •taatteprisometti /cad tbat of Wedel being subj the same fate; without any other distinction than that.of tbs. littier receiving their arms at Ops time of their embarkation only. for baying taken. position against military law, during the suspensioa of arms conceded to him aad,to his Commander in Chief, .The ,Catup-Marshal Marquis de Complus'', Chief of the se ceadAtivision, has ant only, in concert with rae is the.direetion otthe pavements of this, day, cnittriltuted to their successful terntinatAess i , bat paving selected the carps of which thave made Mention, he let' them in person to the hottest points' of the • three general attacksolud WM red by his judgmeat mad gallant example the said happy result. Brigndier General Don Francisco Hewes, Chiefof the van of my dixisien, placed on my right wing,.diiposed with skill, and much pmence °retied, the proper corps and artillery an all the points attacked by , the enem.ts,and ably cant riheted to repel bin. leall Itis . partial sueeeasive attack, its well as In the last kenelial sea obstinate one, by which he attempted to turn the said wing. at the same time that he was at tarkiag center.' (The remainder or this Doesuneut is merely recommendatory of the regiments and individuals who dist itiNished thctnsel ve.) on the occasion.) Joyless, July 22, 1801 • (Sigited) RXDING. .10 1 1 tivs* „of •VeSeei Pit vs Ant *V '';BILNIVAIWIWP Aitta 41 ' • V4l • ' . r.; . •3 • 7 . 4 1,74 i , The following singular act of heroism has been ermaralakiented to us eta fact, on the authenticity of w hiciv our readers may Mr. 'former, HIM resident at K ild w irk in the Ynrkshire, was in 1 ndia,'in . the ("019r:toy's ;et.- tif his comrades iii arms. when tracing one of wilds in that country, were menaced with an attack Bengal Tyger. The animal was making towards speed, and his companions, intimidated by the the enemy, sought their safety in Uir;lit. and 'miter themselves from every thing that might left their muskets on the field. l u the midst panic, Mr. Tnriter stood an:limn:o ed, and hefore -bed him, had disehartal his musket and lodged body. Rendered fdri,nis by the torture, the close quarters, ;chi mi the intrepid soldier re- Axed bayonet, w hick by some accident came of the &dock, and lodged in the animarsbodv. Bashed fire and making a second spring at h is him by the toles, andliad it not be:a) for his ;fide arms, which broke the force of the rave death must have ensued. In this dreadful di ns it were Itetwixt life and death, Mr. Turner ine to fix his hands in one of the wounds of his and by a preternatural effort of strentth derived from his perilous itituation, tore open the wound and laid his ene my lifeless at his feet• From this daring and heroic action he obtained the name of the Mao-tvger, amid the Last India Com.. puny settle:. a ) in him a pension for life. Last week an Inquest was taken on the hotly of an ()Meer of the KinA'S Merman Legion, which was roan(' in a ditch, at Trai tor), near Plirtsuinuth, on Sunday se'imight ia a putrescent state. with a razor in the hand. It is supposed that he had lain there three wicks. There was nothing but the skeleton of his head remaming, the birds having eaten the flesh off from every part of his hod that was utainathed. It tuipeated; liowever, on toe testimony orals ()Meer finite German Legion ArtilLty, 'that the tiafarito , ,aie maa's mime was Augusttis Slothen, a Lieutenat:t in the second battalion of the Kites (lemon) Legion ; ime ii rivett at Spith ad in the expedition from fititieilhitrgh, on the trnt It ult. came 09 shore toollciliately afterwards, and had been .ssaig ever Mince. Ile hal long been in a low melancholy was, and titer,. is no d o ubt but he tut his throat. There was nothing found about him but a silver watch, which was of little value. Co fonec's verdict—l. tooleg. Ott Thor-tlav se'imight, a private of the First West York Reg'ment of Militia, was tried a: VT; muutb. by a Court Mart ia I. and sentenced to receive WO la-hes, for maiming his own per son, by haviag for severs.' months past. after the surgeon had daily dres•ed a wound in the back of his band, ititroditeed son.e lead bLittotis with toe shanks next the desk under the platieter and haulage. On Saturday last, a soldier briongiag to the 3d Regiment of (Its tolls, 0f i to name of Thompson, was found hanc, , iog io a wond, tiros Si reet in flit. pariah Of Ciiiitham. It is not% a mouth 9:o:e he ai.ssetited himself tile re,;iinent, oaf' was Aenrrolly nspopsed to twee deserted. It appears Cwt he had uue itl st'S stt ~.. -Al 4. search of his wife, who itsliklikbiall. nee of some wads beams/mikes,. sod we maMmalleolit e =riett,= em ote d the liesperate resolution at pl110010 6.44 :1 4 td life. He must have been banging some tit*, mien lbad wait in a w 11 ost putrid state. : . ‘ ll .V 1 >On A melaacholy accidentaeettreed on frefollapaetamight, after the eamftes were drivi ng review at Wanstead Flat: A number eV close together. and at a very fast rate, towards town; a man got up behind one, and on the matehames *reviving him, he whipped over the roof of the roas/h.tei*ft tam down ; the mon, in endeavauring to get down as quirk - as possible, fell, and Ihe.v. heels of another carriage, which was close behind, went over his head before the post.boys could stop their horses. He died inmastly, his skull being crushed to pieces. /EXTRA(/' DIN An Y LRAP.--*On Sunday, the 31st of Jells., as,the Rev. C. Cook (tutor to the two moos of the Hon, H. Ver.. non, of. Wentworth-home,' orkshire) was riding au high-spirit ed hunter in the pArk, some of the deer crossed him, mid caused the horse to run away with him. In vain his rider endeavoured to stop him ; the beast ran at his fullest speed at the park (an irtm)gice, which is 7 rem 9 high, and with very large spikes on th e top ; al►oae the gate is a title arch of Poi timid same, sail about three feet above the tap of the spikes. 'I he hers,. neve; - thelecs endeavoured to cover the gate, but its the exertion broke the two cross bars of heavy massy iron, and by the shock wrench, 4 the lower hinge from the post ; by this means me gaie him, : obliquely, a hen frau; it- ait h t he paw, to the surprise of every beholder, he directly staunch leaped the gate, and carried hi, rider over perfectly safe, who had some ditficultv (o -am him afterwards from runniac away'. tia,grent am the emictraion, that the hone, from the forehead to the nose, was fractured corn plenilv into two paw. The horse struck his rider a most vio lent blow in his right&eye, immediately hetisre covering his leap, which nearly deprived him of the sight of the horse is expected to recover. LINCOLN ASSTZEU. SPECTIt. JCR Y.—T3lll Kl•t; V. stUCTTI.r.WORTO. This aas an indictment to procure the removal of a nuisance at C;ainsliorougli, alleged to be committed by the Defendant, in improperly earl - % ing• 1111 the flsities:- of a soap-boiler, in a po pulous part of that toan. The manufactory of the Defendant a as stated to be in Cask-gat ?-lane, where not only the la nai ma siness of a soap-boiler was carried mi. hut pulls had been erecl . ed for boiling the refuse or lees Of the mnufactory, and extract • ing from them, by steam, a stir( Of salt, ,by a process which produced to the ighlamring inhabitants, effects the most uni , sonic and una holesome that a tortured imagination could con fore. Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, with great humour, detailed some Of those effects : nothing, he said, that depended upon the natural principle of respiration for existence could emit:se the'' abomin able superlative sublimate of stench" with which the manufac tory, of the Deleniant unaided all urmaal it ; a tallow-chandler's melting-house in dog-days a as, • in comparismo, a nosegay to is Well any man who had breathed in the air infected a ith the whim- of these steaming pans, would run five miles is lilt leaded nostrils to catch the fragrant gale. " But." said the 'ranted Sergeant, " i need not look for evidence beyond mite " Neatly 's camp that this is a nuisance of the fowle-t cast, M v Leartiad Friend Mr. lialgny, join. who has been prudently re tained on the other side, would himself he a billlidellt itliehi ii estobli , h my client's case. Being • lamely at Cainsboro a day when this abominable operation vs as carrying on at the soap maautietory, he sat dew n to n dinner at an inn a considerable instaece off, but the horrid stench pursued haielike a ghost, and not a inorsal of meat could he Pal. It was in vain the poor tor tured inhabitants of Gainshoro' had new doors and new a itoloa - frames, made to fit with the utmost nicety, in t h e h o p e o f keep ing out the invasive mist and stench t without they a mild deer' v themselves of the very prieriple of vitality it was no %lay to he eluded. To be sure there iva•borne advantages which they onjoyed• in return, of a very peculiar cast—they were in possession of a compendious recipe for transtnutilig metals—taus if person hang a silver watch te - his bed's head at night, in the monolog' he was sure to tint{ it Chao. eft to a gold one; and so jib all the plate in the bathos of those who resided a ithin the range oil th is pestilence. Cask-gate-laae, since the Defendant had ma de it an emparmin of his pracesses, hd, as well as neighbou ring street -, • been r. ruinous neighbourhood for 'any one in busin ess. It th e Cabinet-maker ex mpel for sale farnitare fresh fr om the Ga nda of tit-`tit-` i rays workout,,, n a few it as:Fumed such a hue " I) ! ' of tilt :un.f-itimirattory, that every eta-tomer accosted t . • rely:—While Mr. ',Test Riding of Iro vice, he and live ►if the extensive wilds from a Royal Bent them with full spe fErocious aspect ►►f I in order to Alici-at retard their escape, of this general rani the animal reached several shots in his *ger naw came to ceived him with a 1 from the muzzle of The tyger's eyes 6 adversary, seized I tartonekhox and si Ilona gripe, certain lemma, NiOrating r had the good forum furious assailant, a L r V..C," .4 . r• ...