The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-29 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKS.

APERDEEDI, Ocr. 20.—We regret to state, that the
brig Aurora, of this place, late Capt. W. Stewart, was,
when oil her passage from Newcastle fur New York,
lat. 41. long. 6(i. NV. struck by a tremendous sea, the '
effects of which were most disastrous and melancholy.
The vessel was fore reaching under the reefed courses,
and close reefed main-top sail, it blowing a violent gale
from S. E. by E. to S. W, wheat at midnight of the
31st .4 August, this f.nal and destructive sea broke on
titian! th.• stailutartl ',cam, by which Cant. Stewart,
J. maim, .1. AILm, carpenter, and W. til‘Corithie,
seaman, were washed over'uoarrr and drowned. The
remtinitel, I.ari 4.1 the crew were only saved by
bed, and the others :Aloft, as every thing upon deck was
cow •letely 4wct.t away; the long-boat, cook.hvuse, and
cairaiiouse, the bulwarks, am: all the mane:tools, fore
an.; aft, comnanio.t dont., tiller of the rorWer, fore-Hatch,
tafferail. pint of the deck tore up also From the
vast r‘ttantiry of water which, in. consequence, immedi-
ately poured into the vessel, it was found there were four
feet and a half water at the weather pump, while cables,
otpes,ant‘ conloge, in the steeran:e, o crc so warped, that
it was fott:.d recessaiy to throw them overboard, as well
as part or her cars rof cr...ls, 111.1. Providentially tie
weather soon nuttleratee, NI that toe vessel vv .s at last
freed lay the pumps; and next day, having fallen in
with a fishing vessel, the rem. i;.itis crew took on burro
:woof the met, pilots, by whose asslyince the vessel
used t,t Edgivivetowo Ole 8.11 ult., but erdult! riluree
.ettipo.ari repair, before bein3 lit to proceed to he. das-
ti-etioo.

A 0'..1t.c1: on i'le evetti'.tit of l'oevlety, :its! 26
iitst.tistrin. very thick Alf...ihz Slat:tibia brim. Pto.sideAcia,
" ititi .01144. Peen Aiiilerto for Litiflol, ti .
1..011, Tar in; 1 rock called liellweatiters, at
:,evu tin fast. Abaut is: olve tliecrew few St. A -ries
tight, arld tired a got', ott.et, a t• tatber lotatt
:att (OF, and saved all who were .41 wvi at day-
th:xl alins,st every iht:a.. d th.:!
ct+uld be svared front the dilf•rent :s ttehtled
the purpose (tf Benin;; ow the e.lr•fo, 'Jae happily
fectc.l on the same clay, alui dr who!, ca,tiv-yet! to S:.
laity's, but in so riatnagerl a state (thrt,tigh eta., purr
ILO the wind and rain), that thou:th oriftieally wont
10,0001. its inesetoi value is not al),,se nee third of that
stint. On toe Wed.tesday tti-ht the lAsats sail temail-
lug nortt.l the wreck were assaile.! dy a stolt..l rate,
when the Akre, a tine large (Etat Itch eivitt:, to Brvber
Island, and worth about 34101. was (lashed to ieees.

A case of suicide, committed under very si.Tulsr
c-mscr,ces, occurred at Glasgow on s !ay last (‘ti
16;11 it.st.) An elderly roan, w ;lose "aloe .we fmlear
anentioning, wilt. had ....To:tied a respectable tilnaliun
;n Xirkintilloch for nearly iu years, left his ho.ne 'hat
Ituariiii.e, and accioneaoied by a oeiltel,:nr, came int.,
the city. On the way the unhappy man iniOrittett hi:
comrade that he conituittiii4 self-murder, I. r
%Odell purpose he tail provide.l himself with a i)ist, I.—
The cause Ile assia.,cd fnr meditating this act we have n-t
heard with sufficient accitricy to jurify our stati. ft it.—
His comisinion,iiistea.. of heir-g alarmed, or of
!'im Iron his ptiriarse, coolly remarked that what "
meant to du he must do quietly!" and in furtherance of
this humeoc advice, when they arrive.; in t, own, he de•-
cow pa flied his friend to a vtiblic-house in th- Geri, ds,
and alter ordering r &stile of ale, the fell isc went OM to
the door, in order to guard his insane a,,,ainst
interruption, while centtaittiog the dreadful act whi. I.
was to precipitate him in a mnineot iota the prese..ee of
ois oflended Maker I immediately thereafter the report
of a pistol was heard, end the lan.rlord, !taste ,ir.g into
the room, fotctil the uofurtunale man extended on ttw
floor; his hand had been UN; with tniu steady an aim
to his head, ant: he had literally !down tlf the oppet
part of his scull. The tI w nun it inay be sail he
owed his dismal evil, was tal.en into ctistotly, eair;ed
before the Fiscll, 81.0 mini ,eel; too. tlie law contem-
plating on ouch case, he was nbligeil to de ilischar:!ed,
Anil left to the " corni ~,,, ctions visitiny,s" t f hls etio•
science, which. Judging from the rtesent olgusity of his
faculties, are likely to be ho h " few and fat between."
We believe the tinforionate soicide was a matt of good
education, and some literary attaii,inents.—Grecaock
Advertiser.

0,1 Fri(''ty mor'itu• last, at fire Ole f).7ver
mail-coach, in .a4sisrg throlit!S ilirilurd, on its way
d..w:i. guard,
posoctriam. reeei.e.l ow!.
dud WAS taken wit, 7,4(1 coureyecirttr.vil m a..postchaisc
nd (Inv, :Jecrntiv.v.ied by :10. an.! two pascong,:rs„
and arrived at the Gen..!ral taunt-onice in kme short snacz
ui one bon; and c%venty-tisir minutes, a distance of 16

A pensioner of the 71st revionent 11.-; he( r nd-
cd
and co iiiiiiiiiiii to of dearauding the
Waterloo Fund 01 101. he asiiincil the 11.1111 e Of another
person. by which be obtained the in:cm:try certificates
to enable him to receive the money. Tills is not the
first *tine he has been guilty of sionlar

339

TIIE KING.
-sap—
(IPROM A PRIV.ITE LETTER.)
HA NOSPRR,WEDN ESDAV, OCT.I7.—You will have
learned, that the slight indisposition of his Majesty
has occasioned some interruptions of that series of
celebrations that were prepared by a joyous people
to honour his reception; but I have great pleasure
in informing you, that the statement of this morning
is, that our Sovereign is considerably better, and
that lie will not be much longer confined to the
Palace. The indisposition is a very slight attack of
the grout, affecting the knee. His Majesty is zealously
attended by Sir William Knighton, his physician, •
and Mr. Walker, the royal apothecary; and the
general good health of the King is such, as to leave .
no doubt that, in a day or two, he will be enabled
to take his accustomed exercise in public.
This trifling interruption of health has not occar,
sioned any interruption of public business. His Nla-
jesty has daily given audience to the Marquis of
Londonderry, and to the Foreign Ministers here.
With respect to the Palace of Herrenhausen, at
which Lit Majesty resides, it may not be uninterest-
ing to inform you, that it is about a mile and a half
from Hanover.. Fur upwards of sixty years it has
rot had a royal visitor; indeed it had no inhabitants
hut persons connected with the household. What
changes have taken place were made expressly for
his Majesty. At this pleasing residence, his Majesty
remained somewhat closely confined dining Monday,
the slight attack of the gout having commenced on
Sunday. He ade,;tted but few visitors
Yesterday the King gave long and ;articular
audiences to the Marquis of Londonderry, and to
some foreign personages of t'istiuction ; and on the
cueing of that day despatches for England were
rule up.
wece the palace of He: rerhausen and Hanover
it tee fee, mansion which was fineacrly the residence
of Cote, Walmoden. It was after c. Ards purchased
by the Ilanoverian Government. That mansion is
the present residence uf' the Merqui-: of London-
Limy, who has %%411 him Lord Clanwilliam, his pri-
vate secretety.
rite uitiner p.,rties at the retrace of Herrenhausen
i ore daily efeu extensive and most splendid el•aracter.
' The vaiious ibreigners who are Lere from Jiffeteet
- Courts give hicreated eclat to On list of to:Avers, as
well its to the dinner and eveeite, i.artks. Such,
i••deed, has Ueee the consaytence or the influx of
visitors, that a bed for one night, at the oriieary
'tee, costs a Lenis d'Or, and this price receives the
saretit:n of the authmitics
To merry e (Thursday) is expected to be a gay day
wits. us. In the curse of the ufteinoan le;!. Majesty,
it is expected.. will be able to attend a :Lather, al-
though it can ot'ly be a partial, review of the troop;
at pre'-cot stationed abut tl.e palace, and in the
eelghleattheed uf Hanover, a•euutitinig to upwards
• ‘i*Ao,(loo ir. number, cavelry anal infantry inaluded.
• _he appearatee of these tracers is Fee • imposing.
ftce this ;evict./ there will Le a splendid cenibitio
iires!ve,•rke in the gardens Sna grounds setronnd-
i:!..a• the palace t f ilerrenhaesen, at which the public
ill be italiscrimittately admitted.
IL is at present positively calculated that his :la.
ic sty will ect extend his visit to us beyond the mid-
dle or next weLk—.tot after the 24th inst. SL B.
llourn.iel.l has orders to that clieet. The Dineecr
et' the Prussian pests is already here, waiting t., re-
ceive Os instructicns respecting the route that his
tluje•tv may taks; Leta he has cone/lands f.o his
teen divernree• • to teLure
onght ,ti,n a t ut;Leas ralibety that has
taken place here, and whiet, Las occasioned a g.:l/4xl
&al of c mvereation, a.; well as much activity to the
ert of t'te police. Sir B. left his w.stch
in a eltat.ll.:,r adjoining to his w Aseat
for a short time, a ',cram witi, s. ines.see froil the
Lavin;; detained him, when ant his way back to
l is cll:nalser; but on returning lit discovered that
the wutet was gone. This loss L the uLite vcxetious
to Sir 8., as the watch was the 14,ft of the King,
anti contains within it a fire like, ess of his Majesty.
Air the endeavours of the police to bet any traces of
:t have as yet been fruitless.

A gentleman or sereatitic research ha!, we are
inakrateil, constructed $ machine ef... perfectly novel
description, which Le terms an Ilydtaulic Lavery.
The object of this invettiort is to produce a more.
complete imiunion oT the silent, gliding msai.als of
the Iletveuly Bodies then has yet been efftxted.-
I;very circulation or ttblive movement is pertizmail
by means (,1 water, applied in such a manner as to
.pmducc Vi;: apparent effect of spouaricons motion.
The apparatus 62;7 been wen in action by several
distingal.cd characters, anti the motive ptineiple is
F i 4 1 to be applicable to a grL..t variety of tape:is,
mental and ultihr:ophicA purposes.
The return of the woollen mmufactute of the
West Riding of Yorkshire, to the oust tor ending
the 30th of September last, has just been made up,
and we arc happy to hear that the quantity of goods
manufactured within that period exceeds the most
I flourishing quarter in the memory of man.

."~

\

-