The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-02 00:00:00

DEM II OF AN ECCENTRIC.

On the 17th instant died at Hcekiugtuu, aged 6.5, Mr. Sam•
net .1a SSIlp, an opulent grazier, of pill-taking menioey.=-
lie lived in a vt ry eccentric way, aa a baelit lor, without
known ea lative.s, and has died possessed of a good fortune,
notwithstanding a most inordinate craving for physic, by
which he was distinenished for the last '.!,0 years of his life, as
appeared on a trial Mr the am omit of am ;apothecary's bill, at
the last Assizes at Lincoln, in which llr. Jessup was the de-
fendant. The evidence on the trial atibrds the following ma-
terials for the epitaph of the deceased, which *ill nut be
transeetatli d by the memorabilia of the life of any man :—ln
21 years (from 1791 to 1816), the deceased took 226,934 pills,
supplied by a respectable apothecary at ItuttestOrd ; which is
at the rate of 10,606 pills a year, or 29 pills each day ; hint as
the patient began with a more la rate appetite, and increas-
ed it as he ;vula ded, in the last five years preceding Inia,
he took the pills at the rate of 78 a day, and in the year 181.1
swallowed not less than 51,590. Notwitlistamling this, and
the addition of 10,000 bottles of mi attire. and juleps and elec.
tiotries,eatendine altogether to 55 closely written columns of
an apothecary's bill, the deceased lived to attain the advanced
ne of GS years!!!

JUTE A.

THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE.

The Prince Regent held a levee on Thursday, which
was numerously attended by the Cabinet Ministers,
great Officers of State, Foreign Ambassadors sod En-
voys, Archbishops, Bishops, Dukes, Marquisses, and
all the other gnidations of Nobility and Gentry
among them were the Marquis of Tavistock, Lord
Donnoughmore, and Sir Lumley Skeffington. Mr.
Baron Garrow kissed hands on his new appointment.
There were several presentations ; among others,
the new Solicitor.Generul, Mr. Robert Gitlitrd, who
received the honour of knighthood.
Mr. Huskisson's coachman outrageously attempted to
violate the necessary regulation fur carriages on these
coccassions, and in his criminal obstinacy nut only flogged
the constables, but the High Constable for endeavouring
to prevent him.. He even had the temerity to stand a
contest with the Life•.' Guards, by whom he was dragged
from his box, and afterwards conveyed to Bow-street,
where he was ordered to find bail, or be committed fur
the several assaults.

ELIZA DAVIES AND MR. NEALE.

Our readers will recollect the circumstance of an

aggravated case of cruelty towards a female in the
neighbourhood of Golden-square, as srated in last
week's paper ; since then,
W. Neale has issued forth a laboured apology
for his conduct towards Eliza Davies. The only part
of his explanation at all worthy of notice, as the
manner, in which he ehooses to describe the origin of
his acquaintance with her—" Several years" says
Neale, " Eliza Davies was locked up at Mr. Sander-
son's, a Sheriff'sofficer, in Leigh-street, Red 1 .ion-square,
where sho requested me to cull on her. Upon, an in-
terview, she descended upon her knees, shed a deluge
of tears, entreated, supplicated, and implored me to
consent to become bail to the Sheriff, protesting in the
most solemn manner, that, if she could not find menus to

settle with her creditors before the return 'of the writ,
she would render herself to prison in discharge of her
bail. J was affected at her distressed situation ; I suf-
fixed myself to be over persuaded, and to yield to her

earnest entreaties, upon an express promise and solemn
engagement, that she would surrender herself in dis-
charge of her hail. As she had many other creditors,
she could not safely return to her lodgings in Leicester
square, and she entreated me to give her un asylum
in my house fur a single night, which with great re-
luctance I consented to, having no permanent acconnuu-
dation filcher. The next day from the pretutbation
of her agitated spirits, and her termr of bailiffs, she
was taken ill, and I provided medical advice.
" Soon after this period, the misfortune befel me
which hasoccasioned great public sensat ion, and done me

irreparable mischief, without any thing arising out of
it to criminate me. She was ronumed to the workhouse,
where she remained a considerable time, and when the

period proper to render was approaching she ran away
from her bail, assisted with the pecuniary collection,
subscribed by some o!' th.: principal persons in St.
James's parish, whereby I had the debt and costs
to pay, in several actions, amounting to many hundred
pounds, ihr a confirmation of which, amongst others,
-I
refer to Mr. A'Becket, Broad-street, Golden-square;
and Mr. Vincent, Butiford-street, Bedford-square,
the Solicitors to whom I paid the money.-
How happened it, we would ark, that this destitute
girl (fir she appears nmv only just thirty-two years
old) should then have taken the liberty of sending fbr
a stranger to her, not exacting such fitvours of him ?
Something requires to be t'urther explained. Mr
Neale observes, that he is ignorant of any specific
c/urge against him upon oath, and therefore he entreats
the public to suspend their judgment with regard to
his case ; but he cannot be ignorant of the nature of
the accusation now to be fastened on him, and which
indeed, he repels not in the most satisfactory way.
Mr. Neale has also caused the following letter to be
circulated :