The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-20 00:00:00

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MIL GARRICX'S usiver.
The catalogue of the Lt SMART of the English Reseint
is jusvissued, front which We have made the following
extract:—" Mr. Garrick, by his will, directed that lie.
rare collection of old n
plays. which had bee f
with great assiduity. d p the course of his theatricel
life, should be deposited in the British Museum lot -the
use of the poblic t. an injunction which• wan collider/
soon after his decease in 1799: The columesi composing,
that collection. are uniformly bound and distinguished..
by hit initial*.
The rensaintier of his books, with the exception
of
such. to the value of one hawked pounds, • as should be
chosen by his widow lot heroism use, he betide:Weeder .
his nephew-the Rev. 6..Garrick.,7Viear of Hendon, bat
Mrs. Garricti prevailed-upon Mr. Carrinanit Garrick. to
dispose to• het of the -inter& which he had acquit(/
,therein under hit tanclei will.
• Tuwards.tite conchnimrot her protracted. life, Mrs.
Garrick presented. the 'water part of the Meek and
Latin CLISOCI, together with• her ttttt nerous and highly
tialtsabl.• Italian books, to giitutuplier Philip Garrick.
Earl. at presentthe male representatite of thefamtly.
Tit! rest of the Library, condtleratily enplaned by
Mrs. Girricietitice 1779, is now offered to the ',Alit,.
'Orattitite exception only of hooks' to the value of e***
hundred and fifty pounds bequeathed to tire executors bf.
will. • ,
triernessiox oe Fetne.--04. Thtirtelay• lasfr;• •
'ptinmaut to adjournment, a Petty -Sessions ivas bef&-
at Lambeth-street Office, calling on the prepristsiet
of certain land in the parish of Bow, to shew Air
what authority they held Bo* fair•anneally It be= •
ing admitted that neither charter nor* prescription .
could be produced, sanctioning the. holding of the
fair, the Magistrates declared it to -heillegal, and
expressed their dettzmination of suppressing it for
the future.--By the decision of the Magistrates bf
the Hammersmith dirieion, assembled in Petty SOP,
'ion, Brook Green Fair, whiCh used to commodee on
the Ist of Msiy, and Parson't Green Fair, are now •
focally extinguished.
. Correia or FOUR BODY•STSALZIM—B.aween etre
Mid two o'clock on Sunday morning, four oksperate.r.
surrection men were detected tit the burial place et the •
• poor. belongtui to St. Andrew. H •motti, as the backiof
the workhouse ;a Shoe-lane. It wins the tin thitginund
there as only one drpoettory for-the remain, 011 4.55wa5041
pew, which is capable of holding apieursle of
and the parish, in order to guard agentst the. stillichees,
acid preser.e the fetches from failing thin dte".r hinds.
' have had a largatpierrielf irony weighing between.six
seven liunderettltight,eonisesseted was so lay on the
tops of the , mod ••(.I..titeed up awl anal by swarm
ot • pailvy. !Notwithstanding this excellent precaution, •
a short lame:since the plate way removed, and on Ptirfuy •
night these Wretches paid another visit (ti thg groove%
bat-their operations it would appear were frustrated ;bat •
the patient padlock was broke limn the hook sodarotleer •
put in of place, se as tmget at eaay *cress to tot vault. •
l'ios stratagem was (atonality discovered by Mr. Hick.,
the *Mots, *ha ruppetied to puis the plate ;.he to cop-
al-plc nal determined to have assistance, and he trial the
watchman, tee. took their stemma, armed with at bloom
'kraus, in a secluded ;tart of the burial ground; and at •
about haillust one o'clock in the morning four May--
with tacks shovels, &c. were seen getiantover the Wall
frotoPlunildree-court, into. the IR f1.4;1111 ; they eautionaly
made to the place, and hiving unlocked thy trap door,
two *titian -ght down leaving the flap open, and the
other two returned to .the wall to keep .a look out, an:
to alarm huh companion's strOuld there be
Mrs Hicks immediately sallied forth, aid first closed the •
twee men in. the grave. by_shating down t.te•flaps and
putting the bar Scion; Having secured them. he rittil
the watchman ;torched the oilier two and look them.—
They were conveyed to Giltspur-street Comptes., for the
.. purpose ai undergonig extuntrianaii before a magistr3te.
A dreadful accident oecurveMondhe II th instant, in,a
coal-pit near Valenciennes, by the. explos ttttt of an in.
flaintitabrelusf called indhat part of France. fey grimes.
Nitteteceit of the woiktmien • were killed; the 1110.114 L 111
which the bodies were found aggravated the melancholy
uatute of the spectacles for it is dated they,could not, be
identified,as their limbs no longer resembled what limbs'
arc its their natural slate; they were shrivelled; and their
;rails drawn together.
It ha; been erroneously stated in the public papers
that India.. rubber will ina)te good glue, but the tact
it will never- set to harden. For a strong firm cheap
glue, nothing has yet been discovered superior to the
hest kind of that which is in general use; and for a film
clear transparent kind which will unite glass, so as to
render the fracture almost imperceptible, nothing. is
...Anal to isinglass boiled in aptips of wine.
• - ,Adroit a fortnight gentian to, Cu dealer' in
cattle, from Uwe/Fool; :who lodged at, Georee'sVitay. '
proceeded to a eespectoble tavern, where hit
passed the evening. Ott his way hdnie Iron, the latent,
he was accosted by a cyprian, and in a few tttttt utes after
the usual COMpliUleibla which accompany introductions
of this description were over, the gentlemen missed his
pocket book, coutausiug 2001. She was immediately
secured and brought to the watchhouse. where shelves
searched, but nothina was found on her slat could tend
to criminate her. Whilst she was in coliffuemeni,• a
suessage was brought to the gentlest% to who lost the
month, swing that some of it was hound, anal on lids
proceeding to the watchhouse, 471.• was handed in I •
by a watehnian. The gill was subst.cpwattly tried betide ,
the Re-cooler, found gui ty, and eentruced to be trait.-
ported for seven years. Lu consequence of some iaffors
ination given by this glad„a Walt.llllll4lll, named Peter
Harris, was taken into custody ; :he was searched indite
watchhome. and on his person was futuirl 601. all in.
51. oohs.. He has been fully coinin/ued.to take his lti.J.
jot btinikeencetned in the aborts robbery. •

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