The National Register. — London, England, 1808-11-06 00:00:00

Worra 9 111 $ ' I .•. • a ..... '... : ,i n 1 it 1 1 • t t 1 l/ i • t „ , . , A..,.: . fat vAtiriortAt REGISTER._ us . . . Treatcit courage and eatbasiasm. w e communicate this or the general satisfaction, 011 the complete details can he ablished. The disembarkation of ass English troops has commenced, and will continue, to the ,aniouut of three thousand men. These will proceed on their march di rectly, and will be followed by others when they are suf fciently adverted, Not more than a battalion can proceed at a time, on account of the want of accommodations on the road, The whole will meet at Burgos, when they will join General Moore, who is advancing thither from Portugal, with about 15,000 more. Ilia Beitannic Ma jesty's ship Air elia sailed this morning with transports, having on hoard the itch and 31st tegiments. Their destination is said to be Lisbon. Mr. Frere has set out for Madrid. . . SCOTLA N D. • Niorrxt; OCT. 26.—We had yesterday a most dreadful 'form of wine and rain, and the river, in the neighbonrhoo.i flame down in witch torrents as were never seen before by the eldest people here. Amongst the damage occa-ionesl by it, we *re .0;31 to state ga distressing accident which happened to the elail coach from tilasgow to Carli-le, n bid) pa,-es this. nay, at the Bridge over tle River Evan, about nine miles from hence, its a place called - 1,1e5% cicagh, betwixt nine and ten o'clock last fright. - The coach I:ti jiff got about half way over w hen the bridge gave way in the migdle of the arch, and the coach, passengers, horses, c. were.itststantls precipitated into the river , down a were of or 40 feet: . There ete four inside and two outside 4 ~a...g e ri; the too latter and two of the horses w e r e k ill e d o puu the spot, and ,the other passengers had a most miraculous I peape pith their lives, but U r are carry to say they are very consitte ably hurt t the c , iachniau and guard were also much i hurt, he former had arm broken ar broken and otherwise much bruise +, and the guard got a severe contusion on the head. The other coach from Carlisle to Gla , c-nw narrowly escaped *haring the carte fate; it arrived at the rirldge just at the time .qhe accident bappeaed, and from the darkness of the night, and • the rate the coach necessarily ttavels, must ia,!vetably have gone Opeethe river at the same breach in the arch, had not the cries .4T one of the sufferers alarmed the coachman, and induced him to stop. . By the exertion of the coachman and guard of the other coach, the passengers w ho sins ived (a lady and three gentleman) w ith She coachman and gaud that had fallen into the abyss, were extricated, and conducted to a place of safety, until oilier as sistance was afforded them. Much praise is due to the propri etor at Moffat, fur his exertion and assistance on this occasion; immediately on hearing of the accident, he set out in the mid dle of the night with several of his servants and surgical assis- Agate, and rave every possible relief to the passengers, and by this means, we are happy to say, the London Mail and many yaluable articles in the coach have been saved. The exertions of one of the proprietor's servants is particularly deserving of votive: at the risk of his life, he went down the precipice sus pended by a rope, And saved the life of the lady (one of the pas *veneers), and recovered the mail bags, which must have been carried down the stream. The bodies of the two passengers *eve been found and conveyed to Moffat, and notwithstanding *he detention occasioned by this calamity, the mail cysts yester day delivered in town in its regular course. . 'l,e PROV I N DIALS. NOV. O. or wheat, the farmers have kept their teams at work, its mud a, possible, in making up the land for their sifting mops, a mode of husbandry which is of the utmost advantage, and whirs should never be neglected when it ran be had recourse to with convenience. The droppings of the season in the preceding ; as well as the present mouth, has afforded an unusual quatiti li ts ii o f feed for live stock, both in the meadows and pasture lands ; so much so, that in some of the counties iu the minium p the island, they have scarcely a sufficiency of stock to cumeme it before it becomes injured by the frosts. The turnips, both Swedish and common; as Well as most other sorts of writ c.tde 4 rope, in general look uncommonly well, and base in many cases risen to a size that must afford a considerably mote ;wn . dandy supply of winter and spring food than was at one period supposed by those Canters a ho grow them. The season has been h ghly favourable for them in most places. The beans in moat of the more ni rthein counties mere but very indifieleat crops, 3 ieldin; an unusually short produce. II rit Ero Rust' IKt AGRI( VI.IUIC4L SOCIETY.-At the late Anniversary Meeting of the Herefordshire Agricultural Society, which was more numerously and respectably anemic(' than on sun formet occasion, the premium for the best new varlet% of the A pple was adjudged to T. A. Knight. Esq. for the Follev Apple, being a cross between the yellow Siberian Cr:th and the Oraiive Pippin. In size it is nearly equal to the Old tiobleti Pippin; the pulp i 9 of a deep yellow colour, null the juice rt• mart: ably rich and saccharine ; the wood and blossom, are S up. posed to be as hardy as the native Crab. The premium for the best two-year-old heifer was not assarded ; that for the bc.• three-sear-old was adjudged to Mr. Edward .letTeries, of 6.: Sheri& ; and that for the best pen of title-Ivor:fled ewes to Mr. Watkins, of Brinsop. After the business of the day a4s finished, the company dined at the hotel, aniountitig to nearly KAD persons, and included the Earls of Oxford and Talbot, Sir Charles Morgan ; Sir George Cornewall, Sir H. 11oskpls, th.: members for the county and city, and many other geuticmes., farniers, and breeders. MORE WITCHCRAFT. We last week et posed to public view some of the wicked awl dtalm'ical arts prod Coed by Mary Bateman, of Compfield, oe,• Leeds, upon the distressed and ruined family of William Pr TI:;0, of Bromley. W a have another atrocious act of the same kind to commun. rate. James Suowdeu and his family have also been the dupes of Mary Bateman, in a degree little inferior to Perigo ; living at the next door to this artful wotnan, she learnt that Snosv den's wife had a sort of preseutimrnt that one of her children would he drowned, rind offered her services to avert to heavy a rata mitt'. The agency of Mks Blyth was culled in here aguir Mary pretended to write to her at Thirsk, and received a letto directing that James Snowden's silver watch s hould he sowed up ' in the bed by Mary Bateman;--next, money, to the alumna n of twelve guineas, was demanded, and obta ined in a manner a god deal similar to the way in which it was extorted from Prfiro this was also to be sewed up in the bed. Ily and by, it becorr necessary, Miss Blyth said, in order to prevent their son brill drowned, and their daughter becoming a bandoned, that S 00%• den's family should leave Leeds and go to Bowling, in the neigh bourhood of Bradford, taking the bed, At ith the watch an" motwy in it, with them, hut leaving a considerable portion r.f fteir property in their hong. at Leeds, and giving, Mary Bater'v the key. At length, they ex pre , ,sed their wish to Mary ta be allowed to look into the bed, and to take out the watch NA money , but the time bad not yet arrived i and before this inspcc• t on was to be made, the family of Snowden were intake a which was at that time iu preparation for them. and wo this t° been administered during the prese nt week ! was never taken. Oat w u Saturday last, Jam es Snowden a' P" dw ! sing part of his evening at a pobli; -house in Bradford, a d the Loeds Mercury being prodwed, one of the company underto4 Ito read the a rticle which bad produced so much conversation I 'luring the day, under the head " W i tc hcraft, blarder, lib Crch ;"—Snowden heard the narrative wi th violent cataii"! selen it was nished, he stared from his chair and made the bc t :t his way ho fi me, is first t care was in open the foldi o ('o' f • b d, w hen lo ! instend of his watch and money, he found — ' bad per t came over to Leeds, mid found his ho u se. whic- It ia Vie rare of Mary Bateman, plundered, and on a t . ar ... warrant brio?: procured, part of the property tvai found in 0 4 ; c it. mu% ;— Juiw eatentan was in consequence apprebea MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL RIEPORT. , The sowing of the wheat crops has now been almost wholly completed, even in the more not hern districts of the kingdom. hose which were put in early are 110 w up, and look remark ~l►lv well, iu many instances nearly covering the ground. The •I,otatoe crops have likewise now, in a great measure,. been taken up, and are found in all the northern districts to turn ow uncommonly well, affording a inurh larger return than those of last year. They are also at the same time unusually good nu all the more dry and elevated grounds. On thrashii.g out the grain ,t fops, we ire sorry to timid that in soon'e cases they do not pro duce so NCI as there 5% as reason to suppose, while standing on tht ground. There is inure light grain than wry; expect:•d even► during the burvert seabou. biuce the tinisking of the ploushieg r •• '••••