The National Register. — London, England, 1822-09-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER 41atch front Canterbury to Leann.— U r. B. %Vest, the celehrated petlestnan, having hatiteil ; iimself la , t %seek travel 0.1 nun ruin Cln Intl try to W ;al no Liven bridge, 56 nitlea, in eleven hotiro, fur 0 Multi led s.ivereigtis, he coot h rimed his laborious task at, ihr! .• o ' clock on Mlon• day morning as private as possible. Ile wept at the rate of six miles all hour, aml did eigl oteeit miles in three svileil he baited a few s, and tool: some redeshinent. Ile di I the icy t ten miles in one boor all filly minutes, ana tile h.tl f was completed in Is, minutes wilder fine hours. T .le pedestrian ate a !nickel., and stretched himself on a SI eJW 111311reiS. and lIISIII.I hailed lull an hour, lie pit tceeded at the rate HI use miles ati hour. Ile had tho te 1111 1 1 . s ill FeVell boors and three (i triers, and aftt r resting a}.llll a quarter sal au hour, he started a — &dimity fatiiteted, to do toe remaiiiiiig (mitten miles in th rce hauls; lie did ten a minute user Mu 114.1113, and lie won the match, with time minutes tri spire. It was a. great ih:destriait kat, and WaS Won by game. A very dreadful JCeidelit happened oil blard the For titude Excise curer, C tptaiii (.;ar. 0 i Sunday at half past eleven o ' clock, as the cotter. which was moored at Gr tvesend alongside the Flamer) nn-bn_, uas iiriii tile saline, while the Rovil STiadrott was passing, the carpenter of the Fortiotole, who w is J 5,1311114 it one of Ilse Slatereil lettibly ill C , ll:SetleliCe Qt asixi e:y to .:o his (lacy in a creditable foamier. guns Ints;;ltg in en fired 'lmre than once, and the salutes coal ink thick ilium each other, tile pour fellow omitted to itu: the siaitrAe, and 1111 ranimin4 down a carriditx an ex plosien took place, by which his right arm W 33 so dread fully shattered as to render immediate ampotatioti neces sary. ' rile operation WJS [1:•11oralel by 1)r. It.ig.hs, at 4.. tvese nJ, aid It is feared Ilia tile ulliolltittate carpet'. er will lose the sixlit of both eves. Ott MlnndJy ttr , ruin c Eltaabeth Jones, who s ands charged mill the wilful murder of her ba , taid chill, oil the verdict of the Coroner ' s Jury, .was :ea:rived in a hackney coach Irmo lier nsideacc, I)tuountimil-airet t, Elsioil...ipiare, in the custody of J/ hit Aielley, I of the Paitsli of Si. PJOCT:I3, sal Newilate for trial. The coach was lellowed through the sireetll by upwards of a thou . :and perstms. Boer her deliv.hy sue has been constantly guirded ill her apartment up to the time of her rem r .va. l :or 1,11,01 i. DREADFUL Ft az:—Oa Montloy afternoon Atom five o ' clock, an alartutog lire was discovered to have taken place in the house of Mr Archer, Venenan bliod-ina milacturer, el Oil Round -court, Strand, which threw the whole urighourhood into considerable alarm. The fire, it is said, originated in consequence of a pot full of varnish bothng over, thiough which the chimney canglit fire, and in the coarse of a short time the flames made their way through the walls, which were not of the most substantial description. The immense body of smoke which al first made its appearauce ill the ['Villa meta finetuitle the greatest devastatimi, and the flames very soon mad: their appearance. Several engines %volt firemen arrived on the spot shortly afler the alarm W3S made, and there Wai a plentiful supply or water, but the confined nature of the nettutbourhood %%heir the fire broke out rendered it very ion .mvenielit .or the ti:eitteit to adjust the plies, ice. In Atom half all hour aher the commencement of the fife the engines played with great activity tot the house of Mr. Atelier, which was I,urn itu rapidly; and the Gaines had conitomocated them advt.' to four or live of the surrounding houses, and much fear was entertained for the s.tietv of those in Castle and Bound coons. The liiltabitalit; were busily engaged in rt allot II g their furniture from the premises, and the scene depicted dist of the greatest distress, and it was found necessary at Ism fall to calf 1111)11 the soldiers at tile Mime Wards for their attendance. Tile crowd was so s cry great that the Sir mil tt as completely blocked tip, WIIII early aVelitl: Iru .nt4 to toe coitit where the file was. The eihfines conti oiled play tog oti lie whole of tile houses for some thin: with great Jlaehity, but in the course 01 an huiir the house of Mr. Archer, with tile toners, were complehly gutted, attil die whole of the propel iy drstrovcd. It Was rept/Mil that soar lists wee lost, but shit we believe to be without loinitlation. By pipe tt ' clock tile progress of ilie flames was not only if tipped, but neatly the ushule Were (1131 itigoisited. There were eight houses very considerably damaged, and two in a tr Wog ti,gter. Esset.:rturi.—()/1 Saturday I tit iv.is exremed, on the lee.,:e tit GoctSß.l coon's' gaol, Ssion,el ilarrcit, aued 31, coos icied aI 0111 last •A`,lZst of Sit'3llll4 three Itorbes, tie ploperty 110.4)..r, o: Si. Genr...e's. Since Ins coiolviiinatithi, his In has tour %eas very proper and bet:oll'6)g his J NI;(1,111./11. lie received ev. ry atteli- Pion from the v. Chaid.tin, and by the penitence he e‘ineed, showed that be bail made a due use ot etit.solatioos a litrit rehlitot itch: out to hint. On Sr tortitty, alit r receisilig the holy Sacrament, lc.. , %;1; con ducted iti the seallo!tl, at.toin twvlse o'clock, air. d1% , ,.¢ brit fly exhorted the people to take wariiiii4 by ills tos- Elraceriil tale, n.lB 1.t11:1Cill'd IWO cle runty, nt (lie prcacliet of all 1111illtAlae concoolSe of bpeCtabora. At Crednott fair, List week, a fatal accident oceorreil. A horse and cart ILui lu.ril sti..ereil 10 stand betore the song 0' a barite., mak um, while some al , eration vvaS its 1nt.14..; the aniiiirl, wittelt WJS 1/11. ticularly accustoinel to start, 11S0 11 y sr or.: bitt.kers,and thts.!ltelng removed, it mink 1112111 al $)-tit: o•jecl, $l.l off whit great speed, and rail overa poor itit I named 'fon who nail two childreil under her t-are at the time, and 2:41 the %%heel passitiz (Ayr 11,-r etiest, occ.c.i.meil her 3 1 1hour—the.children hottittately scaped un hurt. Tile Molter of tile e,:ii a:triv.pktl, at the risk or 11. s own lire, to soli the lior,e, but could not succeed. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE OCT OF YORE. CAPTLE —Oil about iNie 11%. the 1110(11111Z, th.rtcen clotal c hie an attLnyi to ttl ct 411 vs:t,.e I s lolll filltrnfelli. Irul 141'1111:.11dy %Vt're 11% erticarti by the watchuirtt, tt ito 4 41, • were jiniiirdlat vly tieciutql. 1 lad t •v +III got $lllll the Casile•y, I'd, ill 4:1 (Irk, • .b.l , ty the rt.SISI4.ICC would have beat dr-iu rale, f tilt) had pros tacit the:n iches with ituu bars , Jiv..l uui r iiluplcultuts of ilefcuce. DESTRUCTIVE FILRE.—About six o'clock on Tuesday evening last, a fire broke out in the extensive premises of Messrs. Lumley and Milner, witolesale druggists, N.). 28, Breail-street-hill. I lie ciecuinstances under witicii it originated were these:—Ube of ate warehouse men had descended into the cellar with a portable lamp, a spark from which lodging upon a mass Of camphor, of the fittest (reality, and conseciwittly of a inAilly in flanunaile nature, it immediately burst into a treuten• dints blaze, and coutut•uue tied to a quainity of oils that were a tiiiort distance from the C4llllOOO. The man called loudly for a suil,.ly of water, unit remained in tite e II .r for a considerable tune, eitileavotorin.r to smother the finites, and prevent their ascent to the warehouse and laboratory. five, however spread its a few mi oulcs 10 lie factory aitit couniina,•honse. By this time upwards of a dutch engines had arrived, and, by we exertions of tit-. firemen and iteignbours, many of the papers in tie.: counting house were saved; bill 4 cons• .:crable quaiirity of valilabit documents were cun•untcd. Of the extensive stock in trade but a very small propor tion was saved. This part of the property %% - 45 insured lit a largo amount its Me Union but we are bony to Irarll that tile 11101 r lice does stilt Cover the loss. I • ne laboratory was fortunately saved. house ati.l premises are insured in tie Sulk I'.re•ollsec. Great alarm was excited is the tieiAlthourhouil in citits‘ii.lence of a report that a riit:titity of K ilo-powder was Oil the pre mises, and orfora nit/Weil/ tile eiteriries of the fir. men were parat)sed; but the re.aly contradiction of the,, pules the es restored c. 1)A atteds 'I'HILW —Oil ‘l ' ciltiesday moming last, at nine o'clock, a leilow had the auJacity to carry off 1141111 tile door of a hooksellt es opposite the New Clwrc i lit tile Strand, a WA-as-case, c tltlalu lui 4 aonie valuable por traits, belonging to an artatt. It is snhit r, Ih .t altho' nuniLers 01 people were I/11 , 5;116 at the tithe, Ito 011 C Of.. lercil to stop him. 'ditto of catirse escaped. GROUSM SVUOTING.—Tibe MOMS lit the eas.ern parts of Cailfde, 114%1: prod:iced air ahuntlaiice of game sauce tot coaimencemetit of the shooting season. Though several " bad shots" complain of the scarcity and wild o as of the birds, yet acknowledged sportsmen have returned, after one day's 511001'106, with (rout seven to eleven brace each. Tuesday alumina, about 10 o'clock, a young woman, about nineteen years of age, who lives la the capacity ttf housemaid with a respectable old lady residing near Kennington COIIIIIIOII, oil being inforaied of ti'.e mar riage of a young Mall, shies took place on Saturday I ist (who !lad toronerly lived as localism in the lamily, alit' had paid Isis addlesses to her). instantly rats clown to the bottom of tune garden, And jlisliped 111t0 a large water-hunt, it there bur the purpose of watering the garden ; but disltking her Slttlatiall, She 50011 began to scs'eam rim for assistmice, and her cites having alarmed ute adjoining neighbours, she, by the assistance or two of Mb:servants, was es:incased trout her perIIOUS wish no tither iiitiry matt a gibod Saturday fortnight, mule some of 'he salmon fishers were busy at their occupation on the Cijcle, with one of their nets airy caught a large seal, opposite Mr. Splers's house. 'ruts animal being cousith reit a curio,ny, anti M! mister has log a ptib:iediouse uiHoman, lie deter mined to take it maw., anti, n possi 'le, keep it alive in a lark. tub lit one of Isis rooms. The seal was accord ingly taken twine with etre, and consigned to its Wately ludollsg. It weighed about till I,ollllllb weight when taken, and it was su fat that it moved wilt difficulty and reluctance; Inn it has resulinely refused every sort at fish that mud I be gist, and indeed every sort of sustenance, it his now i , eCtlitleCtiliStilerauly leaner, and I oves about the room with spirit aii•l activity. It le fees the cistern fiequently during the day, and returns to it at pleasure. Is s 9 alreafy so bar thinistsucaletl, that it se, ins to cons d:r me apartment in wineti it is contiiied as it i until; ail I wile!, ally us the customers c.,11 to see it, it vie its Meat with a :,teaily eve, unit evinces a deter mination to (I. lend its aquatic abode against any invader. At sight of a dog it ,liews every detiomstration of ra'Ae, ant I a:Tarclltiy C,tll9elwll9 Ul its Matadi y to Ily, promptly pil'lrns . s ;DI .1 1.1“111..11. well-k toss it ltubt. Robarts died last Wednesday, (*Will a riipt.ite ut d Dhlwd te,sel m she head, anti was tir.ed on Saturday last; lie had kept a publie-hothie some tiaie lit the It ditell, in NVor casiershire, tvliere uc cited. Thefe were aLout 4001. ms t 11041,e at hl, tit Cease. S.:ver4l on the iv h of lao month, digging ihe 10(1111141I1011111 a liou -e near the old wells of Laii.oll„ iii toe v wooly of Boortlcatoi, loom! a vise filled wit,' silver 10111, all struck lei the reohi ul Lciia le Delonaa,ie. Oil one bide, lieiNeell IWO 111441'1dt:4 nu w,te lit. be ,%tittIf—LVUOWIcVS IMP:—.I Cross, 6.trietl at the tour oicuoicti Our middle of the piece. Oii utr :ippe.iled toe fl ))))) iNLece 01 a churcii, wild two small clos-es, in tile venire 01 the edifice, tile o• her .11 the saloovii 01 the front. The circle UOIC thIS 1111- •cr.i.inti C--•• 11115 LIANA RELIGIO." _ .„• LIIIdP IN ‘‘. ALL cal and ellicacilus way of pffet/ClitlilZ the kit:o3oi (1.1111 i) tc iir upon paper in PlOlll% Ilan IJ:Cl) Itrn reed (.11141 I%e 1.1:Ittel,1.111,1) %%WI COIIII,IC C It consists of Idllll4 the wall or the damp part id it with bIICCI purpoptly rolled very tutu; tots is fastened tip will small coppir which not I•eing subjeCt iii 11l l ate very (hirable, and the whole may lie iiiiiitediatcly covered null paper. sic lead is nut ill.t.kff rIIJ 11 that %%Inch is used id the chests in %%hien tea is ini potttd, and is wade id surety of tvbiett the avidth ISJlwut &ILI! nl CO:111111M 1 1,1 1 1, : r 11 . , 1411143 . I ' iILNUNILNUN We v 2.1 of Jii!y grout all acre of the wcst side ot rte Ctjv,rJek crick, too wiles 110111 Hudson. was tliscoicriii to hare settled hi stnne places Itventt five ur thivy lest, weft tell with sited turcc :lb 10 rais.• the tied id the (deck, which was lhrrr Or tour :cct unit r water, about e, iu lcet abide its sartace, and ColllllloCly twntd nom its idols • upon the I eadow oil tile o 1 'wife ride 'rite cieid; has illlt. en: tirrotsir Ile onaitsil trite elfin( lire leer tv it There are a ilutiluct UI I roe alyle and on lilt! WIIICII stand as pzetcuit erct.a ali.f as rArr,. Their cups are about tutu watt the Lau. 4LisiVe. 217 A MONSTER.--4Wo young ladies, Alisses Appleton' were impertinently accosted ma Monday event:l4, at dusk, at the end of Biker -street. New-road, by a rutlian, dress sed like a gentleman, whofollowed them (limo the New. road. I u endeavountig to avoid his insolent imporium. ties the ladies mopped, when the villain siabbed one of hens in the lower p a rt of the back and made oil. The tatty fainted, and Lite monster escaped. MATCH To SALISBUKY.—Mr. Jetikittemt, the pedes trian, started on IVeduesilay laq, from Kensington, to go to Salisbury auto back to Eghant, a distance of 140 miles, in 56 hours. The pedestrian did hventy miles in the first four boors, and halted an hour. He proceeded on, and performed at the rate of nine miles in two hours, until he performed tile first quarter of his distance, in lets hours. lie touched on the skirts of Salisbury in his hour, fresh and well ; he halted two hours, aul left titere at ten o'clock on Tout-clay mooting, hating 64 miles to do in C. 5 hours. He began to get lame at 15a. sing stoke, but he had 27 miles only to do in la hoofs. Ile continued to do about three miles all hour, which left pletity of time to rest, and lie won the match with hall an hour to spare, On Friday ear ree4, the 30th tilt. about eight o'clock, • during a vittleist thunder -storm, winch raged in the neighbourhood of Lincoln, the liahtuditz set fire to a Imet I in the fans-yard of NI r. Cook, at Barton, abont two miles front that city. 11:614 covered wins furze, the hovel was von continued, and communicated the aline, Ilroil. ; i1 a hole its the wail to an atijoiniog harts, which • WOI destroyed to the bare walls, with about 60 quarters of stew wheat, a wagon, fiec.; an extensive range of sheds were a'so burnt, and considerable apprehension were at one time entertained for the numerous stacks of hay and corn which cluaely adjoined, several of which were partly on fire, but the flames were eatingnished by the Signoras exertions of the tictilliliours who hastened to assist. The conflagration, notwithstanding a thick plantation whielt intervened, presented a striking spec tacle, and those parts of the city which commanded a view of it were er nvded with spectators. The whole of the property destroyed was insured. The banks of the Cyde in the vicinity of Upland.. bridge, were on Friday afternoon, between truce and four o'cliick, visited by the moat tremendous storm of thunder and had ever wiiisessud by the oldest inhabitants uf that place. Carmichael Milo seemed to be the centre of the hail shower, althora4is the rain was unusually heavy 4 11 armload. The damage done to the crops it beyond computation. °Alt in some parts are literally thrashed. Turnips and potatoes were severally washed, and the crops much damaged by the hail. For hours after the storm the level lawn were white, and had the appearance of hating been newly and thoroughly limed; while on the lands with a declivity the hail was run into htapt, and the ti2lels seemed covered with hundreds of carts of lithe, or rather of two or three carts emptied into one heap. During the storm a tree was struck at Car mich • I Milo, and a large branch torn all'; and at Co vitt: ;Hi, throe unties distant, the house of Itolieit Ker was aim vrtick, a ..tin killed in the byre, the hearth-stone brOkell, and fire-place destroyed. Not a minute before, his wife had risen from the fire and gone to heel with a child who was afraid, and the stones in the fluor where she had sat were broken to pieces. The hail was onserveti on Saturday lying in hea l ,; on several parts of the road, and even at that tone the hail s.enses appeared to be about 3 laths of an inch iu diamtler. An elderly gentleman, who lately died in Fayette County, S.tte of Kentucky, previously to his death re quested that his dailAhter's remains stimuld be thattiteereit and placed by the side of his owls. Ilia dateAtiter had beeu buried want eleven yea's in the county of Bourbon, Kentucky. After his decease, the old gentleman's re- - Twat was complied with. 'in the astonishment of those engaged tit raising the daughter's remains, her body was found to be entire. Oil a titmice examitiatton, it was found to be petrilied—its specific gravity W.ll about the Sallie as alait of continuo iiine.itme. Toe conj., w.,s decayed. lice countenance had mitler;mie sa Pisan ail • alteration, that her husband, oil behold:leg her, fainted. Great Cricket Match, and dren4Al acc:dent, at Ilarnal. near —The areal cricl , ct match between fifteen S,ittlieid and N‘ltliFsgildlll pidyerT,l"Or winch great preparations have latterly been making on the new ,intend at I)irital, commenced on the '26th ult. in the larenotin. 'Die contest Navin: excited a peculiar interest in ;old around the town, the concourm of spectators was proportionably great; lit ver, perhaps, on any oc. Casino, were witnessed an assemblage at 011 Ce WI nu merous and retie ctable. Sheffield seemed almost to poor nut the princi,..ll part of its population, the roads brio& lite:ally colt, red all the morniug with crowds Inv-tentig to the scene of the expected enjoyment. Little was it then sulx.c'ed that berate the expiratiou of the day the pleasure of it was to be dashed by one of the sum af then''a accidents that we plate had to record for some time b id, The pla)iii4 commenced; the weather, with Fite exception of one shower, was highly favour. aide, aml all we tit on well till ahaill four Welch k, when a lar4e t te:ent 01 - tealiddisie, which had been fi:ted up mt tiie ground near Ide road aide, for the accommoda. tom of several thousands of passengera, having nine tier of scats, and bring sear huty yards long, suddenly gave way, and pr cipitateil its uttnntiniate te n a n t s one over the other out in- gonna,. Sorieks, screams, and groins rent lie air co all stiles, and the scene of coofsisitoss which i ssued was 61d:it - rill t•dy att . :Cling. Every hand Was instantly cli.,ta;cil in oc resting the stilivr‘rs; every possible accommo..ation offered, awl every vehicle pot nu lei' osittnii to COMey lilt-its aWJV to their respectite I home, It was with pato:Ill teelitizs mai we 114,e let add. 111 it two persons were killed upon the spot, atul between (arty an.l tiny mine nun less maim e d. Twenty-three : caa:.s had been admitted to the infirmary, four or five of which were pronounced tern dallarrollus. RANDALL AND 11 saTlN.—Tbis nivel, is for a stake of ono itioasaait atiit will take place the first week its Noveut bee. Hawaiin will train 0, b s foriaer ground, the Itiffs, and 6tattia goes with Spring, bolls being kicked by aaa nude luau. R.uidall lat the favourite, at ti he. a. LA.I t •%• stic;i:;...tett an.i gin A CIIJ,111(1 titrwt,h Us twaitsii one abo,IL live leer • th,, , isamt uinl lull will take place the first week in Novetn- into) the ( . .asile.;„, fi l, in a.i pr,, • .b.l , ty the rcSISI.I.ICC There are a itutiiticr ol 14(6t: apple and i;t:4 0 :1 10e her. Handal! will *raid o i !.!s foriaer ground, the Han.poraa would have bccii de -pt tale, rqr tilt) had provided them- suidivii land , %catcu bland as vii,t 411,1 as orr. hills, and msttia goes with Spring, both being backed by are *eked with trod bars, ao.J uudr itityloututs of tictl•uce. Ittor t o ps ar t about rst:u %vita tile b,utk ats.de. ,5u.1.111/14. li utdall v the i.. ou ire, Yt Vt. I. • • • • .•