The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-21 00:00:00

Tilt NATIONAL, R.ECISTEII..

hours returned to Wit Linton tottery, in the premises of which
he passed one of the rnen, but sci zed a small dog belonging to
the lipase, which had flown to the door for prozection, and ii
hit so severely that the step was sprinkled with blcodi the dogs
drove so furiously aptinst the door, and the house dog made so
dreadful a yelling, as to occasion. it to be immediately opened,
when the house Lg. rushed in, ran to the kitchen and laid down
in great terror. The mad dog took off along the KeChliCil'i ROW,
where he passed women and children without doing them an'
injury, but hit two dogs, one of which, that was wad' larger
than himself, tied on his appearance in a fright ; fro thence
he went to the quay, bit the dog at the Ballast M ichine, pass-
ed through I I Owdon Pans, w here he also bit some dogs, and so
onwards towards the Point to Shields, so quickly, that before
the alarm was taken, he had got too far for pursuit. From
this it appears that is dog in some stages of madness is not disposed
tit bite the human species, though he will bite all of his own
that he can ; awl from the behaviour of the other dogs, it ap-
pears they have an instinctive terror of a rabid one.
A Fire as fierce and destrurtive as any that has, for a long
series of years, spread terror, and dismay, throughout the me•
tropolis, breke out on Sunday night last, on board a vessel
alongside the quay adjoining Billingsgate-Dock, at a very short
distance from the water edge. it was first discovered a few
minwtes before ten o'clock, and the whole range of warehouses,
tilled with sugars, tar, oil, hemp, turpentine, tallow, .&r.
were all successively consumed; and it was at one period
Rilpeehentled that it would he impossible to preserve tire whole
of the shipping in that part of the river from 4thsoiute ruin.
Fortunately the tide. favouring about eleven o'clock, by the ef-
forts which were made for the preservation of the vessels -in the
dock, several were towed out, although with extreme
cult y. A--floating engine: whirl'. was worked with great
skill, was of considerable service in preventing the extension of
the fliones along the river. The vessel on hoard of which the fire
broke out, had nearly the whole of her Cargo in, which vas
destroyed. The flames first broke out very near that part of
the quay where. the Margate and Ramsgate ho)s usually lie for
the reception of paseengers:-.-The Margate hay, Brit/min; had
her rigging and deck buna: Two laligs laden with butter and
tallow were completely consumed. Sdieral vessels -.were seri-
ously damaged, and a number of barges burnt. The insurance
affected upon the warehsoases was no mom t han 23,000/.The the is
said to have been caused in the follhwlng manner:--A. laMplighter
imprudently struck hi w hen ',Milling against a cask of spirits
of turpentine, which it would appear must have been leaky, and
the contents immediately took

LLOYD'S LIST.

'rhr .rtutunee frigtite arrivoll tt ('ork, ¶th !meted from the Wect India
l'lret trim) the C.Ae; Inth March, under eilitvo of the Princi.•:.i
in the Ira itiole of Niadeirit : on I.id ult. in lat. 4.3. -I). long.
10. the Pliete,;tot sloop of War. and fleet which Goer. on the

'i.e.. Frefielt ketch, lakel 11t)t•hfort by L'Ai;le fr4:ato, arrived ist
wee.. the I itli.

'lite 1)11 fine, Chace, of honflop, wits well at Van Dienton'A 1:1.9 oil, on the .10t h
;opt/ itiber fan. _ _ _

it.. Aerooist‘ rota Atadrai, title I)..crother,• nein ix Jane, Bvnnett, 'WAS cap,
l'e.h.nr, by a Freoch fritrate (supposed the Caroline) ultielt alto cap-
tea ;• i the ship (tope, Coot., bonn.l to tira.!;•3l.
!wee -ail of the liar mid t eo fr:•131.-4, front L'Otient, hAtinl to liartiniepte,
aro-1%1.1 at the. Saia(s' tlw rad of Nlarelt (has inx pre% lottily captured tv. o liter-
chant ;teed Nvere tbsr blockaded by the last aecounti, Dv' sepudron of the
wit of the et:e. tinder command of Admiral Cochrane.
The Sro.eds. Iteenoclliition (3 t!iian) from Bert ht to Archangel, is taken by
11;:rria -.loop of war, and tq'tit ti•r
Tow Traotp..ease sloop of *vac. capturett two Duttle nut-boats-, and seat
Vasa' 1 ;to I)ee.r. • I

11.40 Port txu Pritsce, ttf Lothm, ii taken at 7'oagittahoo Want!, itt the South
Pa •ifi.• I:tew 101641.

T 1 I.l!ire V. deli, , front Liverpool to 11:irliadocA, is totally lut
Crew :mei!. !cad O:ie third of Ow

Tin. Frii•or Gourtzt, Woo°, to k•ailect front :it. Tnotti-t,'A 14 ult.
.sioi pot 11.11 vtliqg Corfu ft31111...1..'.
Volwito•rt Train lioncloa to kieit not int St.
till, in and µ illnitt'.ll.ll'd, .4.0(.11 hull them's: httit tilt. from St. Croix, to
in :t c;lr ro it emit for it-t.

The Pliiphrutia of t;r4:ltick, front Vir;:ittin !o Amelia tI ind. v.-•!at on ,horn
Siowo: ishad..bia was gut 011. w it foreimi,a

'l'lll. %Ili:nate Irina., front Liverpool been run
on board ut* by !Iva Si &lire friptte, and Icit (;retv taken oat and
arrived at Liverocul.

Tittl.t .Ik►lclh. Itubinant, ft m t. Ittvia to New Bruuowielc, put into St
Thfonye.:4 Mit tilt.
Tho Benj.imin and 14:lizi1 t 41..
wet! hth WI. in ht. In. A. Inn;;•. SS. 11.

from Liverpool to Pliiiliol;t3phit, wits all

I'he• 170m.netTe. Rook, is dectiae 1. 1h the Pernviall iliop of war, and seat into
the Down,,.•.

The Teterraph, prize to the C'enitor Ibe Friend:hip, !prize o e
Talbot sloop of war ; ans the Etummei. prize to thit lOW .luup •ri‘, d
at Leith oa Tuaadai

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I', 141ria and .tnn, Nieol, of Gree.toelt, from flt.tfralturzh to ',hes-pout
hi- IxK i, ilmad at ;ea distwastet:, and without an; persou un buattl, mid towed
Sl,it•ltk.

T hell Whim, Nl`Vicar, from Trinidad to Liverpool, we: all well on Ole 7th
in,tant.

The N'thev, WeMond, from Liverpool and Charlet:ton to St. Mar': was log,
ofi ftipello Nand,on the 11t 11irch,

The Sidtte !timer!. trout Bristol :tail R...A to Li•llon..prosti: a teat, nail put
.140 Oporto, on the JOth 31acch, where sl,e was tiken poAseitsiou of the Vt4.4neb
oa tia aide.

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W-stn tt,rr.—Tuesday, hiss Mary York, a young Lady,
about 2.1 eft N of age, was brought by I.a‘entkr beforo Mr.
Nares, the Sitting Magistrate, on a charge, under the Mack Act,'
of a mott extraordinary nature.--,-Itobert Coombe, stated, that
on Sunday afternoon, :than' five o'clock. he was passing through
liempton Park, in Sunhat-) ; tied as he was looking at some
oung 'then plaing at cricket, he heard a gun go on; dud iininfe•
diaiely saw the !prisoner, Miss Mary Yorl , in a paddock divid-
ed from the park by a paling, with a gun in her iiat,4l; he, in
consequence, went up to the paling, and found lit nry Parker
there speaking to Miss York, and obser.ing to her, that if sht.4'.
tired the pm ow again in such a careless mant.er, he shotstd tome
over the paling and take the ;gun from her. Ile he“rl her ask
her servant what fellow that. w pointing to W rd s Iti!t 1. The
servant replied. she did not know. Miss York then said, "
shall take the liberty of firing at him," and presented the gull at
him; it snapped twice. Ile then got behind a•tree to 41%4, d its
contents. She snapped the piece again, and it weld pr
rented at him. Ile saw 3liss 1 ork put shot into the gait out, of a"
shotshelt, and saw her prime it with powder; her servant sup._
plied her with powder to prime it. Afteroe gnu ltd,
and Parker got over the pa.ling, and took the gun front
Henry. Parker, a carpenter, of Sunbury., -confirmed -the above-
testimony.
The defence set up by-Miss York was, that the witnec,,
Coombes, had matte use of some very improper Is pguage to het',..
and had thrown some pieces of paling•af her, Ittltlftftudtteed her
to send her servant for the musket, and had disChated it. at
Conmbes in her ow n defence.

Friday morning was the time appointed for the fut.-
t her investigation. The parties were all ready in attendance.;
hnt on its being suggelted to the Magistrate. that Mr. Gurney3tils,
retained for Miss York, he waited tilt half9as. itvelve, when
Mr. Gurney Came into the Mice. 11 is: York, awl her servant,
Elizabeth Toothy, were then brought into the ()thee, and placed
before Mr. .Nacii. The witnesses were called for, but tiid
not answer, although it was proved by Lavender, Adkins, •
Limberick, and Jones, that they were at the door of the Otlice
at the time Nlr. Gurney came into the Office. Every ex-
ertion possible was made to find them, but in vain. It was as-
certained that a young man, of the name of Sanderson, the bai{ilr
to Mr. Rolfe, was seen in conversation with them all for al con-
siderable time, and at the, time they were met seen. He was
sent ,it being strongly suspected that he had been tampering
with them, to, induce them not to appear. He 'strongly denied
the charge, and declared that he knew not w here they were.
Mr. Nares, however, was not satisfied with his account, and
threatened to commit, him, but liberated him upon Mr. .Rolfe •
undertaking for his appearance on a future day. Mr. Nares ob-
served to Mr. Rolfe, that he thou; ht himself
the lenity he had shewn. Mr. Rolfe Assured him he knew -nothing"
of the witnesses being taken away. The Alugistrate thea.arder-.
ed Miss York to he committed to the--.
New Prison, clerkenwell.
She was detained at the Brown Bear Public House, till she was.
taken there, during which time numbers of. Gentlemen ',hiked
there to see this young Lady. Elizabeth Tonthe, servant, was
admitted to bail, to answer.what shall be Objected against her at •
.the next Quarter Sessions, herself in it recognizance of 3001. and
two sureties in 1.50 t. each. Mr. Rolfe was oneof.hec.b:4l.,