The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-07 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGIWER. FEB. 7. . SOUTH WALLS.. Carmarthen:hire—Mown Price Lloyd, of (llansevin, Esq. Pernbriskt ohn Allen, of Larsclty, Cardigan- —Morgan .lone., of Para by rl is, Lag. Glamorgan—The lion. William Booth Grey, of Dultryn. Breton ---Postponed. Radnur—Thumai 1 homes, of Peokerrig, Esq. NORTH WAI.I-7!-L Mrtioneth—Lewii Prire rdwards, of Tolgarth, Esq. t'a rptarcossAi re - Robert Thomas Carreg, of earreg, Esq. Irifirseg--Elinanl ones, of Cromlech, Esq. iicah:,,niergshirt --- Robert Kuight, of Griertsvgoe, Esq. iVabighvltire—lt. 11. li.vorkk, of .tiantElwyd4, Lsq. Thomas Lloyd, of Trehierad, Esq. John Tillir Coryton, of Croc.ulon, Esq. was appointed Sheriff of the Comity of Cornwall, for the year 1808, by his Royal It the Prir u of Wales in Council. Th,, n , 3 4 Cl a yton, of Carr-Hall, Eq. to be Sheriff of the Palatine of Lancaster. ~:._ PORT N EW S. Winton°, Fru. I.—The Leda frigate, Captain Honyrnan, in coining into this harbour last night about one o'clock, in thick weather, got on shore in West Nangle Bay, nearly opposite the lA.:Jo-house. Her guns being heard , sever a l boats ent off to h, r, and the Captains of the Cockatrice ail Peacock, the officers of the Impress, the consouoiders of the Revenue vessels, with the officers of the Duck-yard, arc now on hoard, with era t and boats, rendering their assistance, in lightening the and conveying the men onboard the Quarantine Hulk, itc. Soiae holies are entertained that she may be got off, provided !1,• weather enntiilllei moderate. tier masts are cut away, she i- bilged, and the principal rock on which she rests, has not roire than three or four feet water round it at low water. Do y En, Fru. I.—Passed by this morning a convoy from Plymouth, consisting principally of Danish prize vessels, one .u* which, a ketch. being astern of the convoy, and about eiwhi , f rom , was captured about ten o'clock this irsoriii,„; by a French tugger privateer, and carried away for Ca i•, sight o: nuiaeruns spectatort from our l'ier lbw!". No are about here to protect our trade, and annoy the privateer'. 4'4.i - sworn, Fria. 4.----Private letters received hem to-day, tt..ie that the ltoraefort Sqoadron sailed thence on the 16th J,- t .. h uh, , th;:t Admiral Sir R. St cachatr, st ho had !web bl own -of 1.,s -,ation in a gale of wind, did oat recei‘e intelligeoce of c; rape until the `24th, ou a hieh lie immediately made sail i!‘ ; , rzNiq of tnem, and it was the general opinion on htiatd the squa L :ron, that the enemy were pme for the. We,t Indies. Th. , Cesar lost her main-yard is the, hale, which was supplied ber it cilia the Donegal, P1.1)1.5 . 1 lt IA \ I:4M. Mr. Docent.. the Pedestrian, finished his Herculean hibours ve,terday, t o mites of Beaconsfield, but under such cir cumstance:2., as probably will not induce him again to attempt a similar performance. He hr.d ten days to perform 400 iciles, a trk imprecedented. and the weather was unfavourable. Mr. Doss or was so much fatigued on Wednesday night, that it was hatred he would not be able to proceed on his journey the other I.‘i days. He went, however, to Farnborough, Oxon, on Thur:day evening, and retired to rest in a feverish state. Fri .iay. the last day, was a trial of strength lie started at four o clock in tho morning, and his ft iends had but faint hopes of his saceesF. After li hours labour, having stopped about even ttiree 'Mies, llr. Doane completed his task, which was for 100 4tlit:C.lß • LAW REPORT. coYszsrearr corner, DOCTORS COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, TED. 3. 31VSIBAND V. NVSEA `fD. This wrii a cease of nullity of marriage, brought by one Mat thew Husband, against Susanaub Husband, his wife, by reason of minority . It app e a re d f rom t h e lib e l, an d the e xhibits pro duced and read before the Court, that the parties were married w the rid of April, 1192, under a licence obtained by tbe 93 husband, who also, to *tart. lountli 1114 Oat; fpdodaced the re gister of baptism of Ms wife, and stated that Sl•annah, th e daughter of Thomas nod Jane Truman. was born the Ist of July, 1771, and baptised the lath of the same math. It also ap peared there was no consent of parents (the fittbe t r of tbe,pary having died before the marriage took place, and by the.mothet. marrying a second'hushand, which rendered her incompettut to give consent), and likewise that . no guardians were appointed. These facts being fully supported by the evidence, the I...carne4l Judge (Sir WilliaM Scott), was clearly of opinion, under the. Act of Parliament commonly called the Marriage Act, he wag bound to pronounce the marriage to be null and void, even if the party wanted but one day of being of age; and Accordingly so pronounced it to be. ACCIDEiVisS, &c. Snack EX cs natl.—Wednesday morning, at half after sir, a tire was discovered in the house of Miss Pielonan, who kept a lace-shop is Castle-street, Leicester-fields. The inhabitant, belie; fast aslevp, of coarse, did net hear the knocking s , -.whirls was repeated for some time at the door. At length a patine' was burst in, and it was seen that the counter sold shelves behind ft were all in a blaze. The admission of air fanned the flame, sad every part of the house wasouickly on ire. There was bat a lath and plaster wall between that and the house of Mr. Illowitt, n ha kept a cook-shop next door, and the two houses in a short time exhibited but one body of fire in the lower part of both. Miss Picknian, her servant, a gentleman who lodged in the house, and the niece of Miss Pickman, a fine young girl-, Who. acted as shopwoman to the aunt, *ere wakened, but had no titpe either to save any of dii . property or to dress themselves. The lady of the house went out'of the one pair of stairs front wit:- dow on the leads over the chop. her hesitation as to which way she should turn, the gentleman who followed bad time tore., collect, that he had forgot a little hot', W . Welt contained some thing vatuahle, he returned to his apartment and brotight it uut. The servant timid followed : she lowered herself dtion by a* . lamp-iron into the street unhurt, n hilst :Miss Pickman and her, lodger got into the window of Mr. Ball, the tait4e-seller. The shopo moan ran, •in a bewildered state, up to the three-pair of hate fluor. The neighbours on the gpposite side called to her to go down to the • fi rst floor and giobut . on the leads ; 'she.an peared to have bent momentarily dt:pilved of her r e ason, end; whet. some stupid people iu the streetovithot:U44 the prc,- ca ttirto of holding a W . :bikeror auy alio; to receive h: r, sold het to leap out, or she would be homed, she did: sox, an d was literally dashed to picce.s. Mrs. BlertlU with her kiefaut were for some-time tnis? , ing, but it was afterwards fount that they es caped ,afely, through a dormant witidoo , over the top oti' the Louse, into auuther that. it as oat .us .fice. At a ttuarter eferr seven, the walls of the two houses already taeivioned, fell to the ground, w hich materially tended to , ohtlee the :lames.; •aed by nine o'clock the fire vs . :is :tlitiost eAtinguisbeil. 'oy that time Ihe hawse of 11r...8a11, mu,ic-seller, in C:t loge titer w ith that of Mr.. Kernut, chtonist and in Hear ,treet, were etair;:ly consumed, together with,44,110149,114. to trade and furniture. --The new losaraitt e t T law, is stated to have lost upwards Of MAI. by the htsitriereo' of far. Kernot's stock,and some ditto hth er I, s in Cranbourne-alley were pttrtially d ; the ;Omen (amid it necessary to continne lima a late I:our fast. night, to prevent the cildsersititalliN up •tsfresl'. • - A young lady, bound for , Gretur.-green in st B:viz: o 7 !fry froto a h:oc parlour window 11. to the !-.;arden, oYt M ediesd:Ly•e*ta, at • the nest end of the town, unfertuttattdv fell, rod broke err V 1.... A F.oap-hoilet, in the.uviahbourhnad of Edisiburgli, was lan: week Peaided to death, by fa', liv into a cauldr o: b eilioa soap.: maarrismargenia.n.annia."--Mi4 •BilL'llli. Ou Thursday evening. the (,01intes , (0: 11(4 En, of a son and heir. On the 3d inst. at Lady Irrinert, ilnepur's, the Lady of V'm. Jemmy, Esq. of a daughter. MA.RRIED. On Tueqdav sennicht, at Hare-shod, .To7ln Eeosoo, of East-Keswick, agetlls, to Mv. F , o4ler, of the serve pare, :iced 85.—The loving Ample a pprarea in the Ida est r • %% hen c •ing to ply their devlrivi at the mit:r of •ilynlen.* ! 7 he lead :0001. almost all io gold, hoarded tezether doing tle last cen tury, and-put under a large flag stone. DI.U.D. • Tuceby, qr a liver complaint acid billings fever, at hylattea,.. In Lower Etnok-street, the CouLte, , R of Lu=ton. TbelOtbirlt #t Maistel4, 'Jr ItTght Slug. FertEls Lay'sd Mho. ;z: ~• ...r ~= 1. ,)t.tl L q