The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-10 00:00:00

Extract of a letter, dated Hamburgh, Oct. LS,
ad.lrcssed to a mercantile-house in Birmingham
" I hope you will endeavour to give me every ed.
vantage you possibly can, both in your discount and
in moderating the expences on your goods, as the
high exchange is so much against us, and as, at the
present moment, it requires all the foresight of an
honest man to get any thing by his business; hav-
ing to combat those fine dressed sharpers who are
daily underselling in all articles, and who, every
four weeks, have public sales 4 auction of the finest
quality of buttons; only eight days ago mere than.
1,000 gross were sold in this way at a most ruinous
price; a.,d though I have been in business inure
than 20 years, I never witnessed any thing equal
to the degrading state in which business has been
conducted by these vagabonds. IVe aro at a loss to
know by whom they can be served from your town
—fully convinced that none of the merchants of our
acquaintance have any connexions with them, we
cannot suppose the resp-ctable manufacturers would
expose themselves; and we have only to hope,
whoever they are, they will soon find what difficulty
it is too late to procure their payments; but now it
is too late to advise them—they must, in the end,
feel the consesuences of it."
[ulnritlatlo+l %vita brought to Bow-street dace, on
Thursday, of a daring robbery co 11111 l itted oil the carriage
of Lady Aiary Taylor, the Ludy in Waiting on the
Prince,. Anansta. Her ladyship was travelling to Lon-
don from Frnamore un Tuesday evening, and on her
arrival at the King's Palace, at Pimlico, it was discossered
that her large trout( was cut from behind her carriage—
it contained a very numerous assemblage of articles of
jewellery, a large quantity of wearing apparel, and other
property to a considerable amount, packed up, in readi-
ness to accompany the Princess Augusta to Hanover.
The trunk was sate at Hounslow; it is possible fir it to
have been cut at Hyde-park-corner, the carriage having
been kept waiting there a considerable time, the gate
being locked.---A great number of similar rob:aeries have
lately been conuuinrd near Piccadilly. A stage coach
was robbed a few evenings since nearly opposite the
Pulteney Hotel. The package fell °tithe coach info the
street, and the robber who had stolen it threw it over
the railing of the Green Park, where five of the gang
were in readiness to receive it, and made off with it.
FIRES IN YORK.—Abort seven o'clock on Monday
sennight, a considerable al•rut was spread through this
city, by a report that the warehouses or the Right Hoti.
the Lord 111..y0r, iii the First-water-lane, which a short
time ago were on lire, had again suddenly appeared in
flames. The bells of the adjoining church were rung,
as Customary on. such occasions, and ihoin-ands of people
thronged trout all parts of tie city. The fire, however,
was not so serious as at the first was apprehended. It
originated in a stable adjoining die said warehouses, and
bad thence communicated with souse straw its the park.
mg marl. There it was fortunately got under, without
spreading further, and before any material damage. The
poor hihab•tauts of the adjoining houses were, however
greatly alarmed, and well they might, fur so constructed
and so circumstanced are the buildings in those lanes,
that if once a tire should make there any great progress,
no power on earth could save any part of the buildings
f one Conliiloll destruction. It is Is most extraordi-
nary circumstance, that about 10 o'clock on Wednesday
night a similar report was spread, that the same ware-
houses were again on fire; the alarm thus created was
not altogether groundless, but by timely assistance the
secutid tire was also got tinder. Strange and unfori u-
nate as the preceding inlay apnear, the surprise of our
readers will be still greater, when we add, that the fol-
ios% rig Thursday es eitiog, about half past five, the same
warehouses here pronounced to be a third • on fire;
the twist prompt eXi.r ions were used to procure engines,
water, &c. and ure are happy to say dial those exertions
we. e aiso again successful. How the tires Originated we
not—but, we understand, the probable cause is,
that as the two places were tilled with oat straw, which
had been thrashed out in the open field, the straw had
heated and taken fire.

I)MtIN6 ROBBERIES IN BEDFORDSIIIRE.—thi Tues.
day last an information was received at ((((( ah-
street Office, by \I r. Pisiik, the chief officer, of a most
tiesiierate gang 01 burglars, who have b,eir most success-
ful in their depredations at Witou Deadman's Cross,
‘Vobitrii-road, I)litist a tile, Ilmetiliff, and other villages
distant from Lot nl u, on the Rdiord Road. The gang
consisted ut seteral persons, who teaselled in a lazed
cart, aud generally met, as it were, by accident. They
acted tinder the direction of a lams. Within a short
period, the iiiforniation stated, they had plundered
several houses and stables, and in one night robbed the
house or Mr. Sunni, Mr. Dave--, and also attacked and
',louden d the dwelling of Mr. R..aid, but the lainily
being disturbed, the rubbers were attackrd while com-
mitting the burglary by the Seri/3113, and the mulatto
WWI snot, and another was also wounded by the
blow tit a crow bar, and one, named Tana y, w. s se-
cured, and lodged in Bedford gaol. 11 tie mulatto and
the other wounded man were assisted off, and alit gh
pursued and tracked by marks of b'mod for a considerable
durance, yet they succeeded in eluding the then made
corpora's; but, on a subsequent search being made, they
%vele hero near II anctilitt acid Deadinan's Cross—the situ-
Into being scarcely able to proceed, his head, face, and
back henig bourid up, where he had received the shot ;
and the tither wounded robber was also labouring under
great pain, arid was not able io put oil tits coat. They
accounted fur their appearance by saying they had beeit
lighting a prize battle. The cart they brought with than
was seized, but they succeeded in getting clear (di, it is
supposed to London. From many circurnstaticas, they
are suspected to be the perpetrators of some very cruel
acts, alto also of being concerted in innumerable burg-
lanes told and sheep and horse-stealing. 'I he
party who gave the in formation is • respeciablr gelitletnait
oh Bedford, aid enquiries were directed to b.: made.