The National Register. — London, England, 1817-12-15 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRES IN NEWk'OUNDLAND. —ems- By his Majesty's sloop Pike, Captain Buchan, which ar- arived at Portsmouth, on Saturday week, from St. Jelin's Newfoundland, in II days, we have received the following accounts of two most awful and destructive fires, which ra vaged the town of St. John's on the night of the Ith and moruineof She 21st ult. The property destroyed is immense, and the distress of the sufferers already alinest beyond de scription ; which will no doubt be dreadfully increased by the rigout-0 of the approaching winter. Unfortunately, the provision stores have principally suffered ; but to alleviate the evil as much as possible, Vice Ad " al Piekmore. Com mander in Chief on that station, has imposed a temporary embargo on the export of provisions floats St. John's, in order that an extent of the evil may be ascertained, and, if possi ble, provided against. St. Jowls's, Nov. tB.—Painful is the task which da volves epos us of relating the distressing fire with which this iildated tows was again visited on Friday night the 7th inst. The Mantes were first discovered about half-mist ten o'clock, issn ing film an uninhabited house, about 39 yard. lions The Rept Gazette Office, in front of Mr.W. ll.Thonmaes dweiliewt and iu ten minutes communicated to the swim a ling bidlll - ; by this time the inhabitants hail avo , ernli:eal, but the en pries seemed el little use in checkitag the devouring element, which now began to assitme all appearance that struck every beholder with terror and dismay. In the centre of the town, between two streets not exceeding twenty feet in width, all exertion was unavailing to stem the current of conflagration; the flames epreall in every direction with the rapidity of lightning. until about six o'clock on Saturday morning ; when the exertions of the more respectable pair of the cum. mauity, Isiah al by the army and navy, suceeeded in arresting its progress at the Ring's wharf. Ti else an adequate de• scription of the aefai grandeur of the scene, we confess our inability. When the moroing dawned a scene of desolation Presented itself, extending nearly a quarter of a mile in • length, and 300 yards in breadth, was clea.red of the houses which stood thei eon. From the dissenting Meeting-house to t'n church yard, on the west side : all the buildings from tie C n urtmouse to the north-east boundary of Cravh f'ord's premi-es (lioth inclusive) on the east side of Dock worth street ; from the corner of Church -hill to W. F;ndlit . 's ou it e upper side, and from J. anal R. Brines shop to the King's 11 hart on the lower side of Water-street, im c :ding die stores anal wharfs, were reduced to ashes, and with nem the greater part of a very large stock of provisions swath which they were stored. What rendered it more trails distressing is, that most of those w'oo suffered so severely in the fire of the 11th of February, Idi6, are again unsolved in the distress which we now at. tempt to describe—in that calamity, many respectable Mali vi don's lost their all, and are again reduced to a Similar situ wool, withoet shelter or covering, at this advanced season of tt,e year. Winter is approaching—a long, dreary, Newfound land Minter—and the prospects before us are now gloomy in . the extreme. Amongst the causes of distress, not one has produced in our minds more powerful effects, or more um pleasant tidings, titan the alarming depravity manifested in toe extensive depredations rot iiiii ined during the honors and contiasion of the night, by wretches devoid of all religious feeling —of all sense of mond obligation. So far as we Lave heel) able to kicertain, 12 mercantile es tablishments, and among them the extetedve concerns of Hart, Rubinson. and Co.; Hunters and Cu. ; P. liewlerson elate J. Mat-hairs and CO.): Batik:VS, Job, Mid Cross : P....rker. Clive% er, seal Co.; W. B. flifillids; Attwooal and Maples ; P. 1.43 Mestarier ; and at least 135 divellingdmuses, occupied by not Irss thou 1100 persons,have been consumed ; and it is calculated brat the amount of property destroyed cetinot be less than from 4 to 500,9001. 111 1' of a prociamatioe i.siied by ws Ex c ellen c y the Governor, all vessels anal bums are prevented from caving this port till the q u antity a l pi ovisione in the town ii , c , T rehied ; this, we are in hopes, will have the good ef feet oat sa curing to the community whatever may be yet re moaning, but that itse.f, with the addition of oliat is expected, ili nut, sae apprehend, lie ewer sufficient to sit ;aply our wants fiat our navi.zation opens in the epring of the ye-or. In rattai l; JP.vai:.g to the tiatti..tity of far I consunted,there is a scarcity or Let valuable article. ANOTHER CALASIITOLs AND DIsTREASING FIRE. From the Mercantile Journal, Nov. :21.) Alopid h‘or.ligl•l three o'clock this 1111 l as we were about to put our Paper to press, e alarmed by a C..nal for tire ; and we have now the liaiorril task to record, atti E so short a lUIISP at tntle, another extensive and distres.t. n o otta.. ; •. tom. " It appears tha the Ore was °llse, v cri in the premises of and Co. in Wit ii•l .siri et, and sumo ex• bmicil its ravages to the west vi aril.l4" Mr as the house of Mr, It '.tuwlinr. oil the tipper side, awl the store of Mr. R. Ne_ on the lower side, where by every powerful exertions, is 'r as stopped in its westerly ihreelion, but continued ad vanish,: .rd anal Nouns hail past nine o'clock, by which tour it lied burnt the premises of Mr. J. Clint, where great etertions were were liall i .liy•exertrd, to save • tie premises of Means. Perkins and Winter itpon which de pen•leil the safety of the whole range of ll ses me the Chore,' Intl, on the upper side, and the stores of Itlr•sois. irtintiiii:iglianis and Co. on the lower s id e ,j o ,,t s , h ere t h e 1 ,, t ,, fire was P.t.pped in its prostrtss ws:Asens(l; all Of which b ol idings narrowly escaped on 'the ill, inst. Thos a great pail of tne western half of the town, which we contemplated as a stivltcr for the then distressed, is lain in ashes, And many fe Hine% herr to lament and Ii el the painful distress of a *c oital time being holm oat of their dwellings :11 the shirt apace 01 14 days. Ry what un au. many of them will last Shelter duriag the approaching winter, we are al a loss to t0:0 , 4401e, should they even be fortunate enough to have tbl weans o) purchasing necessaries. "In that .sre., eininut enter fully into particulars, Nor can we at this Slant notice pretend to estimate the a: g agate amount of the damage dour ; the very extensive 41 ,v. r. mid dwelling of Memo , . COnningliunis, Hl 11, and Co. and thosi of Messrs. Rule, Reed, and Co. ; Ryan and Sons ; Mr. R Nevins, Mu. J. Cld . l ; Mr. J. Rorke, and several otli•-r met csiabd•iiments, have talleu a sacrifice to the ileyouring flames ; the dwelling-hunse, shop,ace. of Ms Nevins were presri veil. Various conject Ines are afloat as to the cause of this disaster; but we will not at present hazard an °Minot!. 11 have ureat confidence that the Proclamation of his Excellime , the (inventor, Wild the decisive ineasnies adopted by the 4,30 A u thorities, Lela eto demi dainins colimialtr•d on the . . cf.ect o the re Tift NATIONAL A3 GIST A Strasburg Parer of Dec. 6, utile..." A frightful cause, the details of which make us shudder with horror, was brought, to day, before the Court of Assizes of this city. ,*.A person named Guth, a day-labourer, left his village on the 14th of July last to go a begging on the other side of the Rhine with his eldest son. leaving with his wife two orher children; a girl and a boy of 13 years of age. At his return, on the 16th of the same month, not seeing the youngest of his children, he asked his wife where he was, and she answered be was at rest. The father insisted. She at last replied, that the child was iu the kitchen. He went thither, and opening a cupboard, discovered in a tub the unfortunate child bathed in blood, wanting the right leg, which had been totally amputated. At this horrible spectacle the father cried t'Utt to his wife, " Ah, wretch, what have you done r's. and went immediately to declare the deed to the Mayor. The woman, being interrogated, declared that, driven by famine, she had cut the infitnt's throat with a prun ing knife, and had detached the thigh, a part of which she had cooked with cabbage and eaten. There were found, in fact, boiled greens which she pointed out, with a gnawed bone, beside them, which was recognized to be the tensor of the infant. It was not hunger which armed the hand of this unnatural mother. It was prov ed that she had rtill fowls, a goat and vegetables. But skilful physicians, examined on the trial proved that so monstrous an action on the part of a woman who had till then lived an irreproachable life could only be the effect of a sudden attack of delirium. The judge, in addressing the jury, after summing up the evidence, said, " You will declare, without doubt, the accused guilty of voluntary homicide, and with premeditation, e.numitted on her own child, because this fact, with its horrible circumstances, is but too well established; but on the question whether she was in a state of mental alincation at the time of the action, which the lave requires you to determine, and which is the only defence in this case, you will not do human nature the injustice ofdoubting,. No ! human nature cannot pro. duce monsters capable of the crime imputed to the prie muter. Not even among the cannibals do they kill their own children to devour them. No, no ! this unheard of crime, which can never be imitated, must be the ef fect of derangement. We may lament her fate, but we cannot dispense with the necessity of separating her from societ.s far ever, that she may never cease to be an object of horror, as she is at this moment to every one of us." The verdict of the Jury was, that she was guilty of assassination, but that she waain a state of rlaranframont at the time of the action. She was, therefore, acquitted, but put at the disposal of the authorities, fur confine ment, and in a nical-house. 01'1 7 1C E OF 0111).V.4NCE, Dec. eth, 1817. THE Principal (Veers of his .11ojesty's Ottlnonce do hereby give -Yoh e, Th.lt OCT will sell by A.-etion, at the Totece, on Monday, the 221/ instant, at Eleven o'ehrd: in the jiocnocit pre- Sandra Lots of New and Old Stores, eansistiag of Tarpaulins. Blocks, double and single, Powder limns and Pieres. Casks of sizes, Saddle Bags and Pieces. Accoutrements of Sorts ar.d Pieces, Old Ryes Furniture front Arms broken up, Copper. Solder. &e. included. Nlited Metal, Swords. !lilts and l'ieces, and also rine lots of refined Brimstone, which will be de:ivered at the Royal Pow der Mills at Waltham Abbe!. The whale of the nrtieles snay be t4etec3 upon I , nplieation at M te Principal Storrkceper's tele.% the Tetar, until the day of Sa e 9 npd the artiele.of Brimstone,' which may be inverted upon appli, r,ti.ntfry the respective Offleers of the Ordrastee,at the Royal I'vleder at Waltham .11. 1 / 4 y. Printed Lists of the Lots will he deli. .• • red l'..runos who may epply.f9r the sante, at the O r rice of Pri:teipal Stereleeeper in the Tywr.... Ry Order of Me Word, R. 11. CREW, Secretdry. IT !la , ing. been cow:Meted by nary of the Customers rf I (Iti E :cut co. 43, lIAVKAItII:T. tact tile Notice given of the advance of rowr WINE'S was not so liberal r.o given by larger Concerns, and too short for many to avail themselves of the ch,dice of piirehssing. 11. 'Clio* PII CO. OMCOlfillly inform their ruetonunS:tll4l the Public, that they will extent their time ef selling Port Wines at :P.A. l ag !town. to the loth inuaut. after which th.y, the price must positively be 385.. After the 19111 of Jr.nuary is must he 41,4. withal it further no,ice.—N.U. Whitt:Spanish Dinnc: Wilk! of 50s. pet De-en, ausual. RICH WDEEL.—FOI7II PRIZES OF £ 2o,one. Aixl only one Day more to Draw. G. C,‘RROLL„ the Contractor, has the pleasure of announcing to the Publhe Vie State of the Wheel. which con tains FOlll OF Xte.ooe! and w hieli must he all drawn on Saturday, December 20. The present Price of Tickets and Shares arc as follows, viz.— Ticket C2l 19 0 t 1 9 0 I Ei g hth 2 18 6 Quarter The following Capital Prizes were drawn on Friday. Dec. 5, and sold by C. Caniter.r, at his Offices. 7, Comhill and 26. Ox ford Street, where the fortunate holders may receive dieir Money on demand. viz.- 4,349 a l'rize of .220,000, in Sharer 5.K 4.2 4.720 ton 2OO Guineas, in Shares. ONLY ONE DAY MORE. NEXT SATURDAY, 2nTit DEC. J. & J. SIVEWRIGHI' have the pleasure of calling the attention of the Putyhe to the rich state of the wheel which con tains FOUR Prizes of ARO,OOO, and which must be all drawn on Sa- turtlay next. Those Persons whey Tickets were drawn Supplementary Num bers, will have them re-drawn an Sattuday next, aul will possers the same Chance as benne, of obtaining the Fot:r izes of Ci 0.001). Should they not choose, however, to take the hazard of a sccond Drawing. they may receive them as Prizes of 121. each, provided they present them for payment bctwe the mil Datmher. 'fick.:ts and Shares are ••,;ria at the fortunat Mikes of J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT, No 7, Cnathill; 38, Haymarket ; No. tt, Hol born f and 141, Oxford Street:. where t,317, a rtige of £20,000, in the loot Wary, wawa iu Nana. DEC. 11. THE NOTlCE , being espirea, which THE COME MERCIAL HAIL WINE COMPANY gasp to their Friends and the Public to Furnish themselves with PORT WINES at Osne Perces. the Company take the earliest opportunify of stating their present Prices for Wines of the following fivourite Vintages Ports of the Vintage of 4813. 421. Od. per Doz. Ditto the Vintage of telt. 4135. Od. per Doz. Ditto the Vintage of 11108, 30$. Od. per Doz. It is scrtain that the Wines ef 1313 and of 1813 out be still further advanced, and the 1808 will soon all be in din bands of Private individuals.—The Company return thanks to their very numerous. independent. and respectable friends fez elk their favours and recommend the folloiring White Wines es siettisc et. their notice • per Dos. Fine Old soft rind high flavoured Sherries 465. Od. Ditto ditto East India, matchless 00s. ud. Towline. of full Madeira flavour • -48 s. 041. Bronti Maderin, very old - - SOs. Od. West India Maderia - - • 611 s. Od. East India. ditto matchless - - Od. The Company also offer the following Cape wines as being dietinct in quality from any other that have been offered, except what km lately been sold only by the Company . , White Cape Skein Win e, Soc. White Cape Wine, the finest Made ra Grape transplanted, and the old way of producing the Wine improved by experimental high wt. tivation of the Grape Lands and superior process m racking and me liorating, 345. C. C. ('ape, the only parcel ever imported, made from Grapes. selected purposely from different Vine Growers, who are the most noted for the high cultivation of their Grapes, and is what is termed the Stum.Vat Wine, being kept by the Wine Makers for the purpose of improving New Coarse Wines, 465. Red Pollute. in French bottles, and far superior to most Franck Wines. 365. Red Capc.—This Win , - is from the Maderia Tints Grape tram planted, and produces a dry full bodied high brilliant coloured tae, 425. No. lu. Skinner-sleet, and 349, Oxford•street, London. BIRTH. The lady of Lieut. Col, Mansel, C.B. of the 53d regiment, of to • sons. MARRIED. At Ballenstadt, Prince Frederick of Prussia, to the Prince's Louisa, of Anhalt fternbourg.--At Paris. a son of Count &Osmond. the French Ambassador here, to Mademoiselle PEstillier, the rich est heiress in France.—U. Corbett. Esq. of Lincoln's-inn, to Mary Anne Jane, only dau. of the late J. Lyon. Esq. of Bloomsbury square.—R. F. Jameson. Esq. of the Inner Temple. barrister at law, to Isabella, dau. of B. Blacken, of the Green, High Wycombe, Bucks. DIED. In Bond-street. aged 63, Vice Admiral Wm. Bligh, Woolwich, W. Thomas, Esq. of the Civil Department of the Ord► nance.—At Paris. Foley. son of the Hon. Capt. G. Elliott, R.N.— At West Park, Hampshire, aged 23. Catharine, dam of Sir Eyre Come, M.P.—At Woodford, Essex.aged 69. Major Wright, Esq.— In the Adelphi. lady Anderson, relict of Sir J. W. Anderson, Bart. pro! et t}• of alarms it, the late •ire, %ill have the prega ,ma r og, iu a great degree, siurtlat eittocitics ou nut mum." LONDON MARKETS CORN-EXCHANGE. sarna2, nrc. 12. We have had a few fresh arrivals of Wheat since Monday. and rho trade was brisser to day. and rather I,W , sr rises Imre obtained.— Th. u 51.4 .5 Dolby is also nearer, there is better sale for infe rior kinds.—ln Berns, Pease, and Oats, we have no alteration to notice. MONDAY, DEC. 13. There was a liberal supply of English Wheit this morning at last Monday's price., the infector sorts met a very dull sale.—Having few arrivals of fine Barley, it was sold at an advance from:, Is. to 2s. per qtorter.—Boiling Pease were rather cheaper, likewise Grey Pease— Fine fresh Oats maintained their price--Ilye and Beans with little variation—llapesetd and Linseed were nearly thc sam: as la t week. s. s. s. s. 1. B. Wheat 56 a 90 White Pcaseafi a 50 Poland Oats 24 a5B Fine ditto (3 a 11t2 Grey Pease 4.3 a 47 Pot:eoe diao 26 a 30 Bye 3B •46 Beans 53 a 56 Fine Flour 75 a *4) Fine Barley 34 a 57 Ticks 44 14S Second ditto 70 a 75 Malt 66 a so Oats 22 a 33 Rape Setsls4l. a 56L PRICE OF DREAD. The hi!...,hett price of the best Wheaten Bread throughout o.e ma troptdis. u stated by the Bakers to be 144. the quarturla Loaf, Some Bakers sel the Quntern Loaf from td. to 3d. AVERAGE PRICES OE CORN PER QUARTER, IN ENGLAND AND WALr.S VW: TIIE WEEK ENDING EL:C. \V best I V 4 By 0 e I 44 8 Barley I '27 Oat; 9 I 5l 0 Beans I 50 ' 1 82 I'llll - E OF MEAT, :\lw:u.‘y, l-c. 13. 53111'0,1mm. NI:V• GATE AN I) T.CADEIiff AT. , ,, P. J. S. J. 1 BOIJS ofJ . -ilk la Cite: L.,l' 5..1. .% e• fle..f. ..... 54a 3 ri S,;ei!'rfirq. K'ce 24a 3 8 Ntuttan -3 8a 5 4 Ileaas.aiwut.-.... 3670 ;11,:eton-3 0 a 4 • Veal ...-4 4A 5 8 •11irep I l3.4ool'l'ot] 58a 3 a Pork ;Ba 3 4 Calm 34 0 Per!: _...4 0a 5 4 Lamb... 00a00 Piga 4lO 1.amb....0 0a 0 4 HAY AND ITRAW PER 1,0A1). £. 9. d. £ 9. d. Aver. C. s. d. (Hay 300 a 4 150 —312 6 SMITHFIELD -, Clover 4, 0 oati 13 0— 5 7 ii t Straw 1 8 0a 1 1( 0— 1 12 0 Hay 3 10 0 a 5 14 a 4 10 0 Clover 4 • 0a li 0 0 3 2 0 Straw 1 13 0 a 2 3 (1 I is 3 Hay 1 10 0 a 5 10 0 5 8 (I Clover 6 0 0a; 00— 6in n Straw 1 la 0 a 1 4 0 —2lO ST. JAMES'S 1 WIIITECIIAPEL AVERAGE , . PRICE OF St.t.AR, Computed from the Returns made in the week c•hiing Dcc. 10, is .its. 20. per cwt. exchinvc of the Duty of Customs paid or paysEe thereon on Importation thereof into Great Britain--(Salureby's Gazelle. ) PRICE 0/. STOCKS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent.Redueed Sti 3 per Cent. Consols 4 per Cent. cc div. 9111 5 per Cent. Nary India Stock Ditto Bonds 4,3 per Cent.)•• •• •••••••• • Fsencluer Bills, 2d. per Fe Consols for 8 Long .+uc oilier ...ion Int pr. -- __— LONDON :—. 1.1 .u. RI. •0. I,Z • FLICIT.STREE.T, .. :zt. Duarc.: . u,,lt sid Fetter Band torwarded tato t' : Cou.,try b, al Newsmen, ooksellers, sad Clerks of the Roads, tut of rousge.