The National Register.
London, England, 1816-02-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

FFI3. 11.

On Saturday morning the body of Mr. W. Lynch, only 2 years
of age, son to Mr. Lynch, a wine.merebant, at 91, Great Russell- ,
street, Bloomsbury, was found drowned in the Thames, iet low
water; the body had the appearance of having bee ,everai days
in the water ; but at what part of the river he was drowned could
not be ascertained. That he committed the dreadful deed, was
'evident, from a note found in his pocket, written by himself, giving
the person who shonid discover the body directions where to apply.
it appeared before the Coroner's Jury. on e' idence, that he had
been for some time past in a low and melancholy state of mind,
but for which no cause could be as igned. They returoed a ver-
dict of Lunacy.
A few days age, a fire broke out in French-street, Southamoton, -
belonging to Mr. S. Craske, which lie had let to two men and
men, strangers in the town ; and such was the rapidity of :he times,.
that in the course of an hour the house was ill ruins. alit( the tiri
had commenced on the adjoining houses. occupied by 11r. Ga. iwid
and Mr. Bard, and also on the Mitre stables an I eoach-lioas,. , all
of which were entirely consumed ; and, to arrest its progress, it was
judged necessary to pull thwu three old lenose. adjoining. Mr.
Garland escaped from his noose, with his wife and children. under
considerable apprehensions for their face; hut, what has excited
deep lamentation is, Mr. C. Ward (eldest son of Mr. Ward, Mas-
ter of the Academy near the tiny') fell a sacrifice to his active
endeavours to stop the ravages of the flame's. He was assisting
and directing the firemen, when a beam, which s•ipported a large
bow-window on the first floor, fell upon him. 11. was dragged
out a corpse, having sustained a severe fractnre in the head, shock-
ing bruises in the body, and was so much d.stigured, that it was
not for some time after he was taken to St. Michael's church that
he was known. The inhabitants are much indebted to the firemen
for their active exertions, and to the South Hants Militia for pro-
tecting the property. 0 n Thursday Hills and Kingsw ell, two of
She persons who rented the house where the fire commenced, were
apprehended and examined by the Magistrates. touching the (ni-
l& of the fire. We forbear at present to state the circumstances
which have cast suspicion of guilt upon them; they were such as
to induce the Magistrate to commit them for another examination.
They carried on the business of straw-bonnet-makers, and had ins
sured their property for 1000!. the policy of which had been in
their possetnon only two days.

Legal Anecdote.—Some 20 or So years ago. the Western C ir-
cuit was attended by three Barristers. who were remarkable,
the first for taking vast quantities of snuff—the next for being
extremely passionate—and the other for incessant talking. Mr.
3—, then just beginning his legal career, happily charac-
terised them as 'mfg.-box, pepper-box, and ch,itter-bur.
Some few years ago, an old farmer in the country was com-
plaining to his landlord, that " He began to think his wife a
little too gay for him."—" Why, John," said his landlord.
" you arc doing very well upon your farm, in these times ; and
you know it is an observation throughout the country, that up
corn ; up horn !"
The Gout is universally allowed to leave the nerves affected
for a long time, and it is perhaps a disorder of all others that
leads a man to think whether he has not done something he
ought not to have done For instance, it is said to be a terri-
ble disorder for an .1 ttorne# to be afflicted with.
On Monday last, as the carter of Mr. West, of Bromley, was
carelessly driving his cart along the Commercial-road, one of
the wheels got into a rut: the driver began beating the horses
with such excessive cruelty as soon created a numerous mob,
who strongly deprecated the fellow's conduct; however, just
at the time, Mr. West came up, got off his horse, and with the
greatest ease immediately removed the cart from its situation.
He then very coolly took the whip out of his man's hand, dis-
charged him, and ((love the cart home himself.
The Carlisle Patriot says—" In consequence of the great de-
preciation of the price of tallow, candles are sold in this city
at 9d. per lb. taking three pounds. Leather being also down
in price. shall we not have cheap shoes
RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK & Co. are induced to hope, from the.
repeated instances of good fortune attendant on purchasers at their Offices,
that they shall continue to meet with that liberal support, they have al-
ways experienced. .ICos. 18,616, 5,692, and 16480, Capital Prizes of
50,000/.' 20,1,001., and 1,0001. were shared in the Last Lottery, at thr
Officez, Comhill and Charing-Cross, where they. respectfully solicite
favors of the Publie, in the Lottery to begin Drawing on Valentine's Day:
Scheme contains 2 Capitals of 2.5.000 Guineas in Gold, 2 of 20,000/.,
&c. and is famed on the original Syspan of nos K 131unis to a Prigs.

I