The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-27 00:00:00

TI-IE NATtONAL REGTSTIM

1101-1147 ICE.

I.•tt• r Item Crinevilw;en •••oilisiniiicate4 the following de •
ta•' :Ttots tke brealiug up of Cie ice ou the coact of Greeu-

s s

Four hundred and fifty swine miler of ice have recently
,e,taelteel itse If from the eastern coasst of Greenland and 11:e
m•igis bunt Me regions of the Pole. It was this mass which.
riarisig 100 yeas s, had rettetered that province at first diflice:lt
res'acress, and afterwards Saarcessible, so as even to caner its
existence to be doubted. SINN! 17t16 the reports of the
whalers have invariably referred to some elianges, more or
less considerable, in tiv• sei•s of the North 1' .le t hest at Ilse
present !One, so much ice ha., ectuchell itself, and such e%-
ttosive canals arc open amidst %%hat remains. that they can
penetrate, without obstrnctinn, as far as the 63t1 degree.
" All the Suits of the North Amami with these Oinking
twessi s, which are driven to mere temperate climates. A
packet from lialifax Nll in with emu of these in a more
ton there) latitude than the situ:l6m of Loudon; it :Imitate,'
alvlot half a mile in circumference, and its etc• at ion above
the vs ater was estimated at tot:* feet. 'lhis breaking alto of
the Polar k es coincide* %%Orli the emotional tempests truss she
soisitsseast, accompanied with hems, raime, storms, and 4 rely
elect rival stair of the 4•110.1‘t ere; cn w anes:auers which, sho •
tog three years, have et:inset! UN io expel Settee in Denmark
but winters anoleohl humid . lh►the2.itllof Al ay these
till tit Copeultageo five &bourn of bail, to e.ch of which sue.
ceedeel a dead calm.
"Many sulkiness are apprehensive that the ice wNI fix it-
self on the easeern coasts 01 Asescrice ; hut whilst the emrlll-
- ain't+ prevail, dirge floating masses w ill disappear to
the southern (ocean. Sons. of the fluatine islands conveyed
forests and trunks of trees. We notice this last fact priori-
pally lfir the satisfaction of geologists, who attribute, to plievo•
Vren4 or tMs sort the Mocks of foreign granite funna its the
chaise of the inns motentains, nod conveyed at the epoch
when ow' highest mountains were coveted with water."

Owing to the great number of iteciilencs that occur
almost every dvy from the overloading of stage coaches,
the gentlemen of the Morylebone trust, in order to put
a stop to such dangerous and disgraceful practices, have
served notice on all the men employed ut their different
turnpike gates, to lay immediate infbrinations against
the owners or drivers of any stage coaches passing
through sncl► gate, carrying more outside passengers ►.r
luggage than is allowed by act of parliament ; and in
case of their non-compliance with such order, to be
immediately dismissed. They have also ordered painted
boards to be put up, expressing their determined ICSU
tiell to prosecute such offenders.
About 30 of the Stockport rioters have been taken
tato custody, of Avhotla 17 were admitted to bail, one
committed to the I louse of Correction, and one (Joseph
Barker) is in custut•.•y in Chester Castle. All is quiet
to Manchester.

On Saturday a man, upwards of GO years of age,
tamed Davis, was.broug-ht befivre the Lord Mayor upon
the following charge :—(ln Friday afternoon be went
op to a ticket porter in brood-street, and saying he was
too lame to walk far, re 'nested him to take a check for
.5101 9s. 7d. to the banking house of Willis and Co.,
in lannbard.strcet receive the money, and bring it back
to him at an adjacent. public house. The porter, on
presenting the cheek, was desired instantly to bring the
wan of whom he received it ; and returning for that
purpose he met another porter, who said the prisoner
was anxiously waiting his return, and had sent him to
pro ere u coach. The porter made use of the coach to
convey the prisoner to the bankin!, house, where, hav-
ing been asked some questions, he was sent allout his
I,winess. He then ordered the coachman to drive him
to Lloyd's, whither the porter accompanied him, and
here he attempted to escape without paying the latter
for his trouble, or the coachman his fare. He was
however, seized, and given over to a constable. A
gentleman came forwaltd, and identified the check as his
property. His peel et had been picked of his pocket-
book, containing the check and other documents, in the
neighbourhood of Bond-street en Friday. The pri-
soner was recogilized as an out thief by one of the offi-
cers, who said he was about I() years ago sentenced to
transportation for life. Davis, upon being asked how
be came to Le at large, said he had received a free
portion. Ile was reanuidetl.
Late on Wednesday night or early on Thursday
morning, the house and premises of Mr. Jackson, cm•
position ornamental manoiltetuter in Tottenham Court
Road, were broken open. Nlr..laeksen went to bed
aimut 11 o'clock en NVednesday night, but *mkt not
!Sleep oo account of the excessive heat: he got up to
rpm n window tier air, at which tine: he heard a noise
avhiA he had no doubt proceeded from the feet of two
me„ at. the tulle time It was alarmed by his daugh-
ter in an adjoining roora calling out that there wire
thieves in the house be opened his Lcd room
than-, and sate at least two men making their
tray elimn str.irA , being fearful they w!alld
catape by Tavistock me.vs, which is at the back of his
house,he gave An alarm to a watchman in the (Putt of
his house. Three watchmen proceeded to Parch the
house, but could t find any person : and it was ascer-
tained that they hid escapeal by the window of the
kitchen. Just as the watchmen were about leav
tog the premises, oae of them, out of mere curiosity,
Idled up the lid of a Lug,: chest in the upper story, and
,-ices a man collet-tied who, to the ostonis:lment Of Mr.
Jackson awl his family, proved to be t piling man of
t kbet nom: of ;Large Xicki till 1::C ti Can Siae to be
of the bigkcat topectability. Fully emit:bat:ll for
trial.

MARGATE, JULY 'LI —Our harvest has commenced.
A great deal of oats, pea.s, and rye is already housed.
The wheat and other grains never promised a more pro-
lide cm:, than ill's year, unlit ie with' med by the oldest.
people that such a plentiful harvest hes not been known-
for many rear .

The avers;;:, of six Thermometers in the Stn, at two
o'clockf rn Friday was 114 deg. Farenheit, or twl tie-
green above f•ver heat. Thermometer in the sbarlc,
northern aspect, 87 ; ditto southern tu.peet„
The long vnitinuance of dry weather has horn par-
ticitlurly twourable to the young brood of pal-trid:,,ys
and plwao. its throughout the kingdom. la some of
the, ^outlicro counties the coveys of partridges are large
anti numerous, beyond all latter precedent.

A dreadful atoms' of thunder, lightning, rain, and
hail, visited kumsey, in Hampshire, on Wednesday uf-
ternoon. A number of trees in the New Forest, were
torn up b. the roots. At Bromshaw, seven mild from
ltumsey; the hail stones did considerable damage to the
hot houses.adjoining; at Mr. Orris, not less than Bel•
squares of glass were broken; two small horses, which
had taken shelter under a tree, were found both deal
on the following morning.
fly the Trinidad Courant, or the 2il of May, we re-
gret to learn, that on the preceding day a fire took place
in a wooden -tattling in the town of San Fernando,
which conimunicatta with such rapidity to other houses
of this description, that in less than three hours nearly
the whole of the town was consumed. The loss sus-
tained on this occasion must have been very considerahle ;
and it appears that nbcut 200 hhds. of sugar, which
had been placed there for the purpose shipping, were
desabyed.
The provincial papers continue to give flattering
accounts of the improving condition of trade and
manufktures. At the dinner given on the conclusion
of the late Thetiiird Wool Fair, Mr. Coke observed,
that it was the largest and most respectable ever held
in that town ; and he rejoiced to state, that the woollen
manufactories were never in a more prosperous condi-
dition than at the present moment.

Letters hare been received from Cadiz to the Ist of
July. The convoy arrived from the Havannab had an
engagement with an insurgent squadron off the port.
The latter, consisting of two brigs and a sloop, were
beat of r, after an action of flow hours.
Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the following Commanders
took leave of the Court previous to departing for their
respective destinations, viz. Capt. P. Ripley, Regent,
and Capt. S. Lee, Moffatt, for China direct.
Friday the Court of Directors of the Hon, the East
India Company gave a grand dinner on board the
Vansittart, at Blackwell, to some of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters.

We see front the proceedings of the Cmivention of
Scottish Boroughs, that as little good was to he expect-
ed fro.n i body so illaudibly constituted, so little cer-
tainly has been done. The convention has determined,
by 23 to 23 votes, that it possesses no power of chang-
ins the set of a borough unless all the parties concerned
desire the alteration. This principle. if entbrced, will in
a great measure frustra►e improvement, since it is only
in eases of unmanageable debt that the self-electors will
consent to relinquish the emoluments and consideration
which they now enjoy at the expense of flair negligent
countrymen. The change, however, which has been
effected fir Dundee, is likely, we understand, to be
important.—Glasgow Chronicle
By a mail from the Leeward Islands delivered in
town on Friday. the intelligence is confirmed of the
de:i..at of the Royalist fleet by the squadron under the
command of Admiral Brion.

The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. T.
Jackson, Master of the John, arrived at Greenock,
from Greenland, dated July 20 :--" I have the pleasure
to advise you of our safe arrival here this day, :tiler a
suzeessful voyage, having capturea SI whales, supposed
will produce V' t 0 tons of oil. We took our lust fish the
15th of June, and cruised thr smother fish till the 50th,
hut wit'iont sucees, having only seen two fish during
that time. The ire lay lunch the same as last year,
when little good was done aster June. I can say little
of the discovery slaps, except they were reen in 80,
then coming south bemuse they could get no farther
nirth. The Masters in general, with whcm I have
had communication, ate of opinion that 70 tons were
the average.
The Cochin, which arrived at Calcutta, saw a pirate
brig under Litglish Colours oS the is'und of Timonr,
and a ship of 40 guns acting piratically in the Straits
of itinca.

(hie of the pape-s expresses a hope that the Pagoda
grPge in the R.rk will be suffered to go to ruin. as
being, not merely an unseemly structure, but tending
to inrrca.se the influx of thieves and prostitutes into
the P.rlt, by aff.rding them an ear), ibusage to their
Owl. Is units in Toth:ll.l:elds.

h • military prison in the ,F;tvoy h about to be re-
moved, and a new 'its? erected for the reception of de-
serters, &c. in the i•;.•;1cei.7...-tv.tat. Until the building
is completed, one of the ioops i)f war front DeitTtintl
or Woolwich is to ly.• m(v)e..ll in the Thames oft White-
Lalistatra, fur the custody of dm; priswiers.

JUTS fl'

Sir W. Congreve will accompany the Grand Duke
Miehaol, in his tour through Englund, Scotland, and
Ireland. It is expected that his Highness will be sib•
sent about three mouths.

A regotiat:un for a loan has been set on foot by his
Htslinesrthe rope with Messrs. Rothschild. The sum
required will net e%ceed 500;0001 sterling.

An inquest was lately held at Fisherton Anger, on he body of I'.
Hose, IS yeattof age, who was found drowned in the river, neat
Fisbertor. Church. He Lad written a letur to mother, which
was fiend L his hat by the side of the water ; and of which thes
tellnwing is a copy 12-1.-a"'My dear Mother—l wrote the,e
few lines for you to rend, for I shall now do the thing which I talked
of doing two years agn—l .et ine die the death of the Righteous; and
let my last end be like hisl—So ne mat:Wool your dying son. T.
Hose." It was proved by his father, end also his master, that he
was from hisinfancy weak in intellect, and had attempted self-oe.
stritinion,:ome year:: since.—V duct- Drowned himself, not being of
sound mind ut the