The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-28 00:00:00

THE NATIPNAL .

BANKRUPTS.

FEB. 2S.

PROVINCIALS.
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Extract of h description of the Mineral Boson in the counties
of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Carmarthen, and Perri.
broke, b Mr. Edward Niartin:—" In this ba•on ;:re '2l seam.
of coal, from 18 inches to 9 feet in thickness, besides several of
inferior dimensions, The total thickness of ine coal in the
a bow? 23 seams is `25 frets the average extent of each is aboa
1000 square miles, from which, in the usual way of work in_,
may be obtained 6 100,000 tons per Mile. intcri“"e'l
several of these strata are beds of nodular iron ore, vsith is itch
the numerous iron forges in this district are supplied. The ex•
ternal boundaries of this basun are banks of linwstone."
The new line of iiiv. Grand Canal near Stoney Stratford, was
on Friday last greatly injured by two of the arches under the
high embankment givinq wa). The old line of can:it, however,
has received no injury,
lion SIT aM, F 1:c: I.—From the late mnutality and extreme
onhenithittes9 among the .lohlicry in our harriirk-, it has been
judged expedient to diminish the number by t he r: :naval of the
bucks or King's Own t one diviion of which nia:Thed oft this
morning. for East Bourne. another to-morrow, and the rest, with
,nth of the sick as can be sorely removed, wi:l fal.live in eon.
enient succession. inflawatory fever and 11 p t I:Ilia have load-
ed the wards of the 11ovit.:1, and mad: drea•lCni hav or anPing
ihe vomor recruits, On Month' v last, 2i) of the long-expected
airiliaii regintem, lately returned from the neighboodiond of fix,
raeuse, marched in here from Pets% orth on their Iv a, to Kent
they are for the roost part young men below the middling
stature: dark eomplex ions, and appeared extremely dirty in
their lighits and mariners. .1 great number of 1% omen accom-
panied them, whose long hlael: hair and strange cuitteme afford.
ed much amusement to our inhabitants.

Sparlin.,'' . ,forerlutc =•.-I,ast week a fox broke cover Wore the
hounds of Mr, Wilson, of Ilan kes-head. and near that place,
when. after a sesere run of many miles, in the course of ss hieh
thew ily effort. of Rena rd to escape were presented by the su-
perior sa_aeity aml eseellenee ;if the hounds, the fox had nearly
attained hi, old retreat. Ile was, however, so hard presed,
that he loved into an old coal pit, where he was bona after,
wards followed by two .of the foremost hounds: a rope being
procured, an intrepid collier consented to go down anal' learn
the fate uf poor Iteynard and the hounds; On his re:idling' tha
baton', he found the fo x and one of the hounds IN jug peareablv
together, hut the other killed by the fall, )3s. the as•iitaocc of
the hunters the collier was hauled to the surface, with the fox
in one gripe anti the live dog in the other.
On the Stlt instant a cow, Lekingit g to Thomas Holmes, of
Litherlaml, near Liverpool, died, tieing within a month ot.
cal vinz. (in being opened, five hull cuises were found, in per-
fect form, and haired. The largest was found Nicati, am! ;n a
petrified state, and was suppposed to have been the cause of
the cur's death,
Last week the skin of a man or woman's face was found en
the sea-shore, at the back of the Isle of Sheppy, near Choreften,
hole, or Insbrook, by some copperas-ore pickers, who con,
vexed it to the hone of a poor man near the coast, and buried
it in his garden. It appeared to have been recentiv taken or,
is quite fresh, the eye-brows, eye-lashes, and hair perfect,
and having notch down growing on the upper lip, seemed
neser to have been shaved ; but had only one ear :At:Jelled,
This very uncommon mutilation tisrs but too much calFe to
cusped, that some person has unfairly been deprived of life,
but by whom no traces may ever be discovered, • •
The following curious inscription is written over a door in a
village in Ftomersetshire.—" Petticoats tneoded, children taught
reading, writing, and dancing, grownup Penile taught to spilt ;
roses distilled, and made into a proper resistance with water;
also old shoes bought and sold."

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

John Webb. of Manchester, calico-manufacturer, to sur-
render March 14, 15, and April 5, at two, at the Bridgewater
Arms loti, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. R. Ellis, Cursitor-
street, London ; or Mr. Morgan, Manchester.
Edward Cley, of Monk Wearmouth, Durham, coal-fitter,
March 9, 10, and April 5, at eleven, at the Bridge itm, ilishop
Wearmouth. Attornies, Mr. 11, Davidson, Wear-
mouth ; or Messrs. Wharton and D)ke, Lan34:s buildinos.
"rumple.