The National Register.
London, England, 1815-12-10 00:00:00

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ti*; and Mr. Napper, whose estates was lately set. Ws,
air. solicitation on the.part of his tenants, reduced his
7ouol. per annum Last sear he rebuilt the town of
at expen. eof from 10 to k?,0001.; and is also erect
fartahle, and, in some instances, elegant houses for his tenants.
The Duke of Norfolk, who has been indisposed some time, is
become 'so very weak, that he can sit up but for a 'short time:
his plit.sar'anientertaiii very little hopes of his recovery.
Aldermen Contbe, we are happy to state, was putficiently
well on Wedi.esday to transact business with the Aldermen who
met (or that day at Guildhall.
In April last, a Gentleman planted in his garden, near Dun.
fries, 14 grains of seed taken frompotatoe plums, which did.not
weigh half a grain av3irdupois, to procure new potatoes.; Whet)
du up, a few days ago, ho found 14 distinct sorts, containing
si7eable potatoes, fit for planting next year, several Of
which weighed a ounces. and the whole 17 pounds 4 drams,
beim.; a produce of 'i00,060 times the weight planted.
account The of Mr. Tomb, of Monmouth, being engaged
a walking-match, turns out to be one of those fabrications itf
which malteni•y attempts to disguise itself under the mask of,
honour, ca' led a hoax. The hoaxer in this instance is likely
be discovered.

Mr. Col)h(qt, Me Arno, s politician and agriculturist, has
lately turned critic, and published a letter to prove his title to
the latter distinction. He calls Milton's divine poem of ‘,`Pa...
rudi.te L.,st," and the works of Shakespeare, " bm•bareas trash ;"
and.uea..e/y pro Mises, in the same letter to prove potatoes to
be " worse than a useless root!" Of all the cants that art
cantzd in this canting world, though the cant of Avpocritcs may
be the worst, the cant of criticism is the most tormenting."
Mr. Lidwell, Counsellor O'Connors friend in the late dispute
with Mr. Peel, having been' released from the remptizances
imposed by the Court of King's Bench, proceeded to Calais last
week, followed by Sir Charles Saxton, the friend of Mr Peel:
The parties there had a meeting; when Sir Charles fired at
Lidwell without effect, the latter declined returning tht
five; and thus the matter ended.

The walking mania appears about to assume the character of]
ofan e;ridemical disease. From Blackheath and Rochester it
has at length extended to the populous village of Lambeth. A
publican, not One hundred milesfivm Carlisle-lane, made a Wager.
f,l- a bit of holloTO and punch, to walk a one-mile heat with a
Laker, ;it the sameneighbourhood. This match excited coo-
sideral)le interest, and the competitors were warmly bieked.by •
their respective fi iends. A poulterer in the vicinity was'ap-
pointed umpire. The ?!fader qf the Rolls and this 'Hera of
flitn Stu use the Newmarket phrase) started at score. The
tirt halt mile they were pearl.) neck end nick.

" Charge, charge!—on it-.-Aley on !"
from •
resounded a quarters. Thus they continued
but 0 vain boast,
• Who can eoutivul his fate!
within a single vard of the goal, the "'knot' Doawh broke down !
and mine liust If* the Garter was' declared Vietbi ions by the
Turk, ev Men +, nt.
According to letters from Nisrnes, General Lagarde is likely
to get the better of his wound; the ball and the splinters having
been extracted fiont the shoulder. The villain Who made this-,
airy on the life of his General is known to have beeti one of
the National Guards, whose duty it was to hale suppressed dia.
on-bailees. The Duke d'A tigouleme left Niqnes on the 20th
ult. after having on the 19th diverted the publication of an
Order of the Day, addressed to the National Guards, in Which
the atrocious outrages committed upon the Protestants are
blivhtiv alluded to in general terrm, and dismissed in a few words.
The of Naples has lately given a diamond necklace and.
seine Mu t at's jewels to the Virgin Mary
By the last acivices frointilambuigh we are apprized of the'
approaching departure attic Commisioners appoined on the'
part of Himmel. and Prussia. ru- the purpo:e of ceding East
I''r,_(.land to the former kingdom. This cession, besides its
political advantages, which are very considerable, will secure
rat coroulereial facilitiet; not only to Hanover but to this
conatiy. '1 Lc Pi us::isin Atlministration of this province was