The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

r~ - www~ ~. .~.,,~-. Ih. ww..l wrir THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ERN - • FEB. 15. Morpheus, at a public house at liorshatn, from whence she was removed to the poor house, where she yet remains in lormant state. An operation has been suggested by eminent lentlemen of the Faculty, but which the unfortunate young woman has hitherto positively refused to undergo. A person named Rollins, a considerable :!airy-farmer firineard's-hill, near Wootton-Basset, was in the daily practice. of drinking' to great excess, and in fits of inebriety, he would often heat his wife most cruelly, and threat.at to kill her. On !4undav se'nniaht the poor woman had expressed her fears that he would out his threat , in execution, and bad ormicularly re quested e ie of the men-servants to sleep in the house ; but this request, unfortunately. was not at tended to, and no one was in the house that night but Robins and hi: ‘t ife. Oa Mon uh morning, at break or day, the first labourer that went to work liseilvertd .itobit:s sitting by the hearth-side, in the hark kitchen, and near him his wife, lyinK on the embers, burnt in a dreadful manner, and quite deo& The murderer was appre hended, and lodged in Devizes prison. Simmons, the wretch who murdered the two nt Hod desclon, a few months since, died, it is said, la:t week, in Ticrt, ford gaol, raving mad. lie had, it SCeMA, refused to take any food for several days before. Thursday night, a wing of the !muse or 711 r. Walpole, at f.adon, Herts, wits blown down, and Mr. Bellis, a servant maid, and a boy, were buried in the ruins, The former was dug out a corpse, the child died on Friday, and the servant was day;2:er. ously bruised, Mr. B. was a resident of Hampshire. and had only slept in :he liow , e tuo night: previous to the accidct:t.— The child 1%a:: the nephew of Mrs. 'Walpole. i , A • ~ ; Used Petty gave notice•, that on Moewin" he should move an Address to bix Majesty, for dispatches, or extract of dispatches, received by Minister. 4, relative to the ratification of the Treaty with the United States. A. Pi:7,9tt gave a notice similar to that of Mr. r.den, for a list of all neutrali brought into this country, or who came into it, and allowed to depart, oil giving Muria. Mr. fiusKieson brought up the Bill, carrying into effect the late Orders in Council, which war k read a tint, and ordered to be read a second time on Tue•dav, Mr. 'Pritvonby intimated, that he stgaild debate the principle of the Bill in that stage. The Cttrate's Suspension Bill was read a third time and Pared' • The Exehetver Bill* Regulation Rill wrui read a third time and pasted. An Account was presented frotn the Exchequer of the Interest paid on Exchequer Rills for the last three year. Several Accounts of Rum imported from the West Indies, ex ported from Great Britain, and consumed at borne, for the last three years * were ordered.—Adjourned till Monday. PRO VIN C lALS. CA meattine. Ten, s.—The Rev. Edward Pearson, rector of Rempstotte, Notts, and fortherly Fellow and Tutor of Sydney College, was on Sunday unanimously elected Master of .that society.—Thti late Dr. Smith's prizes i.f '251. each, for two commencing Bachelors of Arts, proficients in mathematics and natural philosophy, are this ) . e..r adjudged .to Mr. B ick ersteth, of Caius, and Mr. M. Bland, of St, John's, the tirst and second wranglers.—The syhjects appointed by the Vice- Chancellor for Sir Wit. Browne's prize medals, for the prese..t year, are for the epigrams, Reatus oulnere.,Alcaics, Finibus expalsam patriis, nova regna patentem.—Sappliics, Yeti, Canines. At the Annual Meeting of the Bath and West of England Agricultural society in December last. Mr. Sitwell made the following commu..iration ;—" Mr. Sitwell has fotind, that a disease in calves, called the Navel 111, or an inflammation of the sanelstring, that takes place between the first and ninth day after birth, is very prevalent in various district', and in every . jostance tatal, lie has been fortunate to find a cure, which is as follnwq :—immediately on the calf being taken ill, he gives. in one table spoonful of bark, 150 drops of laudanum, and one Trine-glass of port-wine. Every four lieurs he foments the in flamed part with marsh mallows. or camomile flowers. The following morning he gives, in n.nv milk, two tea-spoonfuls of rhubarb, lie repeats the hark, laudanum, and inc at night, and the rhubarb the following morning; which has hitherto effected a cure. Mr. Sitwell suggested, that tying a ligature romid the navel string immediately after birth, mid cutting oft the re Waking part, ma . i• he in grime degree a means of preven tion, but not to he depended on " Fifteen thousand acres of land wero inundated on the coast of sutfoll;, lay the hi h tide of the 14th ult. The damage done to the buildings and stork is inealeulahle. Oil of any !Owl may he purified by mixing it with an equal quantity of water in whir h oak bark, Or some other tanning, has ben infused, azi tat lop it violently, and apply h , to the liquid a boiling heat for about a quartPr of an hour, when the oil is to be scummed The refilA. of front the above process. used is mak in; phster iaiteco, or in paints, putty, &c. ;it i 4 liken e xceltent in4rediert for Hacking for leather, such refuse being ins.duble is tv;:ter, and consequently resisting ter. Et.o ri:Nr Nr.---Oit Tur, lay the dlii:Ater of a r-spert:;- hie ir !oe.lia., irl (?re^iinek elopesl with a roperslaker. She had be. Is he rot e! to a eslrt.o.nter, bi t preferring the rorniakcr admirer), , he set so.f%sith him on Tuesday to get spire d at ; slot, aJ:& ! for tho hungry lovers, it w:ss a Pat tiny ;:t volmtly cosslil lie found to An , / 4rstre. hek theref .ce took up their lodgings at an inn, where being furnished with ~ e 2Arate rooms, they ‘vest to bed, determines! 10 get in.is rie:l i.s the saioriii::;;. ..11eaw.vhile the lither ansi the carpenter, upon learnic! , what had happroed, set oat in pursuit of them, ;Ind arrived at !Paisley at a late hour ou TtiCsday night. After i;ra!siris.g at several houi:es, tiiey found alit the osie in whirl, the wer: ; a rd, unknown to the rope:naker, brought off the leaving him to lament Os. loss of his fair prize. Sarah Smith, the S , ...s.iex Sleeping Sylvana, otherwise called Cie Ste .7/44; Beauty, has again fel) nndcr the in! uencc of COUNTRY 31.117KETS, RECEWED Pr MOND.I7"'S POST. NC sTrn,—Wheat, 4 10d. per load of Winelu , ster bushel ; ;leans, !As. [IN - load of 2401b5. : Oats, 245. ; Oatmeal, 10i. 21 1 . ; Butter, h. Id. per lb. of 18 ounces. Pit ESTON.—Wheat, Cl. 9s. 4d. per quarter, Winchester measure; Oatmeal, J.A. 19s. per load of 2401b5. ; Butter, 16d. to 17d. per lb. of IS ounces. Hank Twist, No. 30, 2s. 9d. to 3s, ; Ditto, No. 30, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 5d.;. Cop Twist, No. 40, 3s. Id. to 3s. 4d. ; Ditto, No. 50, 3s. Id. to 3s. 9d. ; Cop Weft. No. 30, 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d.; Ditto, No. 40, 2s. Bd. to 2s. 10d.; Ditto, No. 50, 3s. to 3s. 2d. ; No. 60, 3s. 3d. to :3s. od. BLICKIICIUI.--COTTON, TWIST, W rrr, fir. Tlrtnk 'rwist, N 0.20, 2s. to 2s. Id. Ditto, No. 30,25. 9d. to 2s. 10t1.: Ditto, No. 36, 3s. 4d. to Bs. 6d.: Cop Weft. No. 18, Is. 9d. to 1!:. I Id. ; Ditto, No. 30, 2s. 4d. to 2s. sd. ; Ditto, No. 40, 2s. fid. to 2s. 9d. Potatoes, 1-Is. to 13s. per load of 4 bushels. Coals, laid down in Blackburn, 15d. to 17d per load, or to o baskets, which contain about 2 cwt, II low N croN, FEB. s,—Prices of Wheat nearly as last week ; Barley 3 . 35, 6d. current prices, 2Ss. to Sls. ; Oats sold readilv, and prices had an advance of about Is. 6d. per boll; best 335. current prices, 255. to 1 275. ; Peas and Beans nearly as last week ; best 325. 6d. current prices 275. to SOs. Edinburgh price or Oatmeal, Is. 10d. and Is. 9id.—Quartern loaf, lid. CAMBRIDGE, Fen. 6.—Wheat, 405. to 425. Od. per load; Rye, 465. to 4X s. per quarter; Batley, 40s. to 455. 6d. ; Oats, :?85. to 345. ; Peas, 7•25. to 80s. ; Beans, 51s. to sSti. RoYSTON, FEB. 10.—Wheat,40s. to 445. per load ; Rye, 48s. to 50s. per quarter; Barley, 425. to 465. ; Oats, 3Og. to 3(is. Mon PETII, F i n. 10.—This market was well supplied with cattle and sheep, hut there being a great demand, price, kept high. Beef, 6s. to is. Mutton, 7s. to Bs. per stout, sinking offal. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Downing-Street, Feb. 8, Captain Berkeley, First Aid-de-Camp to General Bowyer, arrived yesterday inf.rning at the office of Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, with a. Di-- patch from the General, of which the following is a copy : Santa Criz, Dec. 27. • MY Lon D—Being in a state of preparation and readiness to move n sufficient force against the Danish Islands in these sew, in consequence of your' Lordship's dispatch of thO sth of Sept.