The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-08 00:00:00

NATIONAL REGISTER.

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MISCELLANIES.

• The tamer to the enquiries yesterday morning, at Kensing-
ton Palace, respecting the Duke of Sussex, was, that his Royal
Highness was better than he was yesterday morning.
From a sudden indisposition of the Princess Sophia on,Thurs-
day, notwithstanding the carriages and horses were ordered for
the morning airing at the usual hour, they were counter-
manded.
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The Mausoleum in Cardinal Wolsey's chapel, intended as the
cemetery for the Royal Family, is nearly completed; and it is
expected that the remains of the late Princess Amelia, which at
present lie under the private communion table in St. George's
chapel, will shortly be removed and interred in one of the vaults
of this magnificent structure.
A SELF-CREATED KING.—rI late Philadelphia Journal con-
tains a singular account of a Mr. Lambert, mariner, of Salem,
Massachusett's State, having taken possession, conjunction
with two associates, of Tristan de Clh4ha, Inaccessible, and
Nightingale Islands, lying in the Western Ocean. Mr. L. has
published a proclamation, dated Feb 4, in which be declares his
intention of founding'a settlement there; and says, that as the
said is/ands have never been claimed by any power, he shall,
from the above date, constitute himself the sole proprietor of
them, not by right of conquest or discovery, but by the rational
and sure principles of absolute occupancy. He has re-christened
them the Islands of Refreshment.

An Evening Paper of Friday has the following paragraph :
el It is said that Mr. Jones Burdett is to came forward at the
next election for the Borough of Southwark, and that he has
been solicited to stand Candidate by several hundreds of the
Electors." Vie believe there is not a word of truth in the
statement.

The Freeholders of the county of Huntingdon are forming
themselves into an independent association for preserving the
freedom and purity of election. George William Leeds, Esq. of
Croxton, has announced his intention of offering himself as a
representative for this county at the next election.
Tut COMET.—This phenomenon has been seen from the me-
tropolis. I- was on Thurday evening very conspicuous from
soon after dusk until half past nine o'clock, in a N. N. W. di-
rection, near the horizon. After having been about four
hours below the horizon, it was again to be seen this morning
in a N. N. E. direction, from half past two o'clock until nearly
day-light.

A few days since, a young gentlemen, who is presumptt•:e
heir to a title, as well as one of the most considerable estates in
Sussex, set off from the Metropolis, in company with a very
youthful femal,!, on a trip to Scotland, supposed on a matrimo-
alai expedition. The young gentleman, who had previously
exhibited sonic eccentricity of character, is aged 18 years; the
lacy, his companion, has barely seen 16!
Two ?r!slinien, who were badly wounded at the battle of Bar-
vosa, happened to lie in the field near each other ; and while the
Surgeons were examining their wounds, one of them made a
great outcry; when the other, with considerable non-chalance,
sang out ,‘ What are you at, Pat ; what a roaring you keep ! do
you think there's nobody kilt hut yourself ?"

We some time since gave an account from the French Papers
of the c 4pture of the Alacrity, Captain Palmer, by the Abeille
French brig of war. The enemy, it is said, owed their success
to this stratagem :—Having struck their colours, Capt. Palmer
sent part of his men, under the command of the Second Lieu-
tenant, to take possession, when they re-hciisted their colours,
and again engaged the Alacrity, which, in consequence of her
force being so much weakened, was compelled to yield.
A very singular rencontre occurred a few evenings ago,
which deserves to be made public, as it shows the enterprize
and ferocity of the Tiger, in a field of action that hitherto has
been thought secure from his attack. The crew of the Kedge-
ree Da wk boat,while at anchor near, Sangor, in 7 l-Bth fathoms,
were alarmed by the noise of a tiger, swimming towards them.
I-le approached the boat, and having got so near as to reach it
with his claws, attempted to get on hoard, from which he was
prevented more by height of the gunwale above the water, than
by any opposition from the crew, who were too much alarmed
to exert themselves with effect. The tiger continued, accord..
ing to the report of the boat's crew, upwards of forty minutes,
(two ghurries) alongside, frequently renewing his attempts to
• climb on board. The marks of his claws remain distinctly visi-
ble on the planks above the copper.—(Madras, March 16.)
In a case at Nottingham Assizes, it was decided that a person
detaining any property which may have been lost, after the offer
of a reasonable reward, that is equal to 1-20th of such property,
is guilty of friagy.

On Friday se'nnight the Printers and Proprietors of Tke
Dublin Evening Herald and The Freeman's Journal, received a
long notice or letter, signed by Messrs. Kenunis, Crewn-aoli•
citors, to attend at the Attorney-General's house, Stephen's-
green, on Monday, at three o clock, to shew cause why an in-
formation ex-cfficio should .not be granted, if any they h:id,
why The Freeman's Journal on the Ist of August published a
libel, and why The Herald on the 9th published also a hbel—
to which they attended, accompanied by their Counsel, and
were told by the Attorney-General they were to be prosecuted
and tried next Term fur the report of Mr. Scully's speech at
toe last Catholic Meeting in Dublin.
We understand that a new arrangement is about to be made
by Government for printing The Gazette. A house has
been fitted up in Downing-street, for a large printing establish.
meat, where not only The Gazette, but all Proclamations, Mani-
festoes, and other State Papers, issued by the Government, will
be printed under the immediate inspection and controul of the
Members of the Government respectively concerned. The la-
pers translated into foreign languages for circulation upon the
Con inent will also be executed in this establishment, which will
be placed, we understand, under the direction and superin-
tendence of a very respectable Gentleman long connected with
the newspaper press in the interest of the Ministers.
A model for a Printing Press has been prepared for the in-
spection of the Society of Arts, which appears calculated to add
much to e ,pedition in the Impression, and greatly to diminish
the manual labour connected with that operation. The frame is
an oblong square, somewhat similar to those in common use ; the
carriage stands in a line with the cheeks, one of which passes
through its centre ; and the rtbs are segments of circles. The
coffin is placed above, and close to the carriage, and is nearly of
the same length; the same cheek goes likewise through its cen.
tre. This coffin is made to admit twb forms at a time, and to
move horizontally about the cheek already mentioned, present.
ing, at the same instant, a form to receive the impression, and
another for the application of the ink, and the taking off and lay-
ing on of the sheet. The rolling in and out of the forms, which
are invariably to the same point, and the pullings are performed
by a circular motion, and may be done by any person, even a
blind man ; indeed it seems possible for a weight to accomplish
the purpose. One revolution of a wheel rolls out one form, rolls
in another, and pulls it with an unchangeable accuracy; for the
degree of pressure which the form may require, and which is
given to the first sheet, will extend to every sheet in the heap,
without the smallest increase or diminution. It would appear
that nearly the work of two ordinary presses might be done at
the same time at this.—This ingenious improvement is the more
remarkable, as it is the work of a person unconnected with me-
chanical pursuits.

MANIAC.— A most interesting looking female, about 18
years of age, dressed in a style of fashionable elegance, attracted
the attention of several persons yesterday morning in Bond-
street, by the singularity of her demeanour. She held in her
hand a beautiful work-basket, in which were small bundles of
straw, which she exposed for sale to the passengers, asking
them, at the same time, if they would buy any matches? So
extraordinary a circumstance soon drew a crowd round her,
who continued to li,ten to her ravings for some time, and many,
from curiosity, purchased her little bundles, for which she re-
turned the most grateful acknowledgments. At length, an
elderly gentleman, in great agitation, forced 'his way through
the throng, and, catching the female in his arms, he was, for a
moment, lest in the greatest anguish. Several gentlemen offer-
ed their assistance, and a coach being procured, the unfortunate
maniac was placed in it. To this she made no resistance, but
continued crying her matches. She was driven to the house
from which she had wandered, in Baker-street.

On Thursday last, Mr. Luke Cade, a respectable tradesman
in Paradise-row, Chelsez, and who for neialy thirty years had
been a tax-gatherer, revered by his superiors, and respected by
the poor and the distressed, met his death by falling into a wine
cooler full of hot wine. The deceased, on his return from at-
tending a vestry meeting on Thursday, employed himself in
emptying a coffer of boiling elder wine into a cooler, after which,
whilst wiping a copper, his feet slipped from a tub on which he
was standing, and he fell backwards into the cooler of heated
wine. He was unable from his age (seventy-five) to extricate
himself, and he was rescued by three of his daughters, who had
been alarmed by their parent's shrieks.* In this horrible situa-
tion, in which he was put to bed, he lingered until Sunday,
when the hand of death relieved the- worthy man from his
heart-rending sufferings. The deceased had the reputation of
never levying a distress warrant; his heart was ever open to
lend a fostering hand to the distressed, and the breath of slander
had never ventured to approach him.

Cribb's principal exercise is in following the athletic pecks.
Wan Captain Barclay, at grouse shooting, at which he often gets
dead beat.