The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-28 00:00:00

THE : NAVIONIAtIi

ethe.eaelvq, the unary of De beteg •taatteprisometti /cad
tbat of Wedel being subj the same fate; without any
other distinction than that.of tbs. littier receiving their arms at
Ops time of their embarkation only. for baying taken. position
against military law, during the suspensioa of arms conceded to
him aad,to his Commander in Chief,
.The ,Catup-Marshal Marquis de Complus'', Chief of the se-
ceadAtivision, has ant only, in concert with rae is the.direetion
otthe pavements of this, day, cnittriltuted to their successful
terntinatAessi, bat paving selected the carps of which thave made
Mention, he let' them in person to the hottest points' of the• three
general attacksolud WM red by his judgmeat mad gallant example
the said happy result.
Brigndier General Don Francisco Hewes, Chiefof the van of
my dixisien, placed on my right wing,.diiposed with skill, and
much pmence °retied, the proper corps and artillery an all the
points attacked by, the enem.ts,and ably cant riheted to repel bin.
leall Itis.partial sueeeasive attack, its well as In the last kenelial
sea obstinate one, by which he attempted to turn the said wing.
at the same time that he was at tarkiag center.'
(The remainder or this Doesuneut is merely recommendatory of
the regiments and individuals who dist itiNished thctnsel ve.) on the
occasion.)
Joyless, July 22, 1801 • (Sigited) RXDING.
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The following singular act of heroism has been ermaralakiented
to us eta fact, on the authenticity of w hiciv our readers may
Mr. 'former, HIM resident at K ild w irk in the
Ynrkshire, was in 1 ndia,'in. the ("019r:toy's ;et.-
tif his comrades iii arms. when tracing one of
wilds in that country, were menaced with an attack
Bengal Tyger. The animal was making towards
speed, and his companions, intimidated by the
the enemy, sought their safety in Uir;lit. and
'miter themselves from every thing that might
left their muskets on the field. l u the midst
panic, Mr. Tnriter stood an:limn:o ed, and hefore
-bed him, had disehartal his musket and lodged
body. Rendered fdri,nis by the torture, the
close quarters, ;chi mi the intrepid soldier re-
Axed bayonet, w hick by some accident came
of the &dock, and lodged in the animarsbodv.
Bashed fire and making a second spring at his
him by the toles, andliad it not be:a) for his
;fide arms, which broke the force of the rave-
death must have ensued. In this dreadful di-
ns it were Itetwixt life and death, Mr. Turner
ine to fix his hands in one of the wounds of his
and by a preternatural effort of strentth derived
from his perilous itituation, tore open the wound and laid his ene-
my lifeless at his feet• From this daring and heroic action he
obtained the name of the Mao-tvger, amid the Last India Com..
puny settle:. a ) in him a pension for life.
Last week an Inquest was taken on the hotly of an ()Meer of
the KinA'S Merman Legion, which was roan(' in a ditch, at Trai-
tor), near Plirtsuinuth, on Sunday se'imight ia a putrescent state.
with a razor in the hand. It is supposed that he had lain there
three wicks. There was nothing but the skeleton of his head
remaming, the birds having eaten the flesh off from every part
of his hod that was utainathed. It tuipeated; liowever, on toe
testimony orals ()Meer finite German Legion ArtilLty, 'that the
tiafarito,,aie maa's mime was Augusttis Slothen, a Lieutenat:t in
the second battalion of the Kites (lemon) Legion ; ime ii rivett
at Spith ad in the expedition from fititieilhitrgh, on the trnt It ult.
came 09 shore toollciliately afterwards, and had been .ssaig ever
Mince. Ile hal long been in a low melancholy was, and titer,.
is no doubt but he tut his throat. There was nothing found
about him but a silver watch, which was of little value. Co-
fonec's verdict—l. tooleg.
Ott Thor-tlav se'imight, a private of the First West York
Reg'ment of Militia, was tried a: VT; muutb. by a Court Mart ia I.
and sentenced to receive WO la-hes, for maiming his own per-
son, by haviag for severs.' months past. after the surgeon had
daily dres•ed a wound in the back of his band, ititroditeed son.e
lead bLittotis with toe shanks next the desk under the platieter
and haulage.

On Saturday last, a soldier briongiag to the 3d Regiment of
(Its tolls, 0f i to name of Thompson, was found hanc,,iog io a wond,
tiros Si reet in flit. pariah Of Ciiiitham. It is not% a mouth
9:o:e he ai.ssetited himself tile re,;iinent, oaf' was Aenrrolly
nspopsed to twee deserted. It appears Cwt he had uue itl

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search of his wife, who itsliklikbiall. nee of some
wads beams/mikes,. sod we maMmalleolite=riett,= emoted
the liesperate resolution at pl1100106.44:14 td life. He
must have been banging some tit*, mien lbad wait
in a w 11
ost putrid state. :.‘ll .V 1 >On
A melaacholy accidentaeettreed on frefollapaetamight, after the
eamftes were driving
review at Wanstead Flat: A number eV
close together. and at a very fast rate, towards town; a man
got up behind one, and on the matehames *reviving him, he
whipped over the roof of the roas/h.tei*ft tam down ; the
mon, in endeavauring to get down as quirk-as possible, fell, and
Ihe.v. heels of another carriage, which was close behind, went
over his head before the post.boys could stop their horses. He
died inmastly, his skull being crushed to pieces.
/EXTRA(/' DIN An Y LRAP.--*On Sunday, the 31st of Jells.,
as,the Rev. C. Cook (tutor to the two moos of the Hon, H. Ver..
non, of. Wentworth-home,' orkshire) was riding au high-spirit-
ed hunter in the pArk, some of the deer crossed him, mid caused
the horse to run away with him. In vain his rider endeavoured
to stop him ; the beast ran at his fullest speed at the park (an
irtm)gice, which is 7 rem 9 high, and with very large spikes on
the top ; al►oae the gate is a title arch of Poi timid same, sail
about three feet above the tap of the spikes. 'I he hers,. neve; -
thelecs endeavoured to cover the gate, but its the exertion broke
the two cross bars of heavy massy iron, and by the shock wrench, 4
the lower hinge from the post ; by this means me gaie him,:
obliquely, a hen frau; it- ait h the paw, to the surprise of every
beholder, he directly staunch leaped the gate, and carried hi,
rider over perfectly safe, who had some ditficultv (o -am him
afterwards from runniac away'. tia,grent am the emictraion,
that the hone, from the forehead to the nose, was fractured corn-
plenilv into two paw. The horse struck his rider a most vio-
lent blow in his right&eye, immediately hetisre covering his leap,
which nearly deprived him of the sight of the horse is
expected to recover.
LINCOLN ASSTZEU.
SPECTIt. JCR Y.—T3lll Kl•t; V. stUCTTI.r.WORTO.
This aas an indictment to procure the removal of a nuisance
at C;ainsliorougli, alleged to be committed by the Defendant, in
improperly earl-% ing• 1111 the flsities:- of a soap-boiler, in a po-
pulous part of that toan. The manufactory of the Defendant
a as stated to be in Cask-gat ?-lane, where not only the lanai ma
siness of a soap-boiler was carried mi. hut pulls had been erecl-
. ed for boiling the refuse or lees Of the mnufactory, and extract •
ing from them, by steam, a stir( Of salt,
,by a process which
produced to the ighlamring inhabitants, effects the most uni-
, sonic and una holesome that a tortured imagination could con-
fore.
Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, with great humour, detailed some Of
those effects : nothing, he said, that depended upon the natural
principle of respiration for existence could emit:se the'' abomin-
able superlative sublimate of stench" with which the manufac-
tory, of the Deleniant unaided all urmaal it ; a tallow-chandler's
melting-house in dog-days a as, • in comparismo, a nosegay to
is Well any man who had breathed in the air infected a ith the
whim- of these steaming pans, would run five miles is lilt
leaded nostrils to catch the fragrant gale. " But." said the
'ranted Sergeant, " i need not look for evidence beyond mite
" Neatly 's camp that this is a nuisance of the fowle-t cast, M v
Leartiad Friend Mr. lialgny, join. who has been prudently re-
tained on the other side, would himself he a billlidellt itliehi
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estobli,h my client's case. Being • lamely at Cainsboro a
day when this abominable operation vs as carrying on at the soap
maautietory, he sat dew n to n dinner at an inn a considerable
instaece off, but the horrid stench pursued haielike a ghost, and
not a inorsal of meat could he Pal. It was in vain the poor tor-
tured inhabitants of Gainshoro' had new doors and new a itoloa -
frames, made to fit with the utmost nicety, in the hope of keep-
ing out the invasive mist and stench t without they a mild deer' v
themselves of the very prieriple of vitality it was no %lay to he
eluded. To be sure there iva•borne advantages which they onjoyed•
in return, of a very peculiar cast—they were in possession of a
compendious recipe for transtnutilig metals—taus if
person
hang a silver watch te-his bed's head at night, in the monolog' he
was sure to tint{ it Chao. eft to a gold one; and so jib all the
plate in the bathos of those who resided a ithin the range oil this
pestilence. Cask-gate-laae, since the Defendant had made it an
emparmin of his pracesses, hd, as well as neighbouring street-,
• been r. ruinous neighbourhood for 'any one in business. It the
Cabinet-maker ex mpel for sale farnitare fresh from the Ganda
of tit-`tit-`i
rays workout,,, n a few it as:Fumed such a hue "I)!
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of tilt :un.f-itimirattory, that every eta-tomer accosted t

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rely:—While Mr.
',Test Riding of Iro
vice, he and live ►if
the extensive wilds
from a Royal Bent
them with full spe
fErocious aspect ►►f I
in order to Alici-at
retard their escape,
of this general rani
the animal reached
several shots in his
*ger naw came to
ceived him with a 1
from the muzzle of
The tyger's eyes 6
adversary, seized I
tartonekhox and si
Ilona gripe, certain
lemma, NiOrating r
had the good forum
furious assailant, a