The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-01 00:00:00

JAN. 1.

Greyhound Inn (where they had been to pay their rent), and
but for the timely help and humanity of Mr. Chapman, would,
in all.prohability, have periibed, as they were on horseback,
and within thirty of a very deep pit full of snow.
yards

DARING Ro-aliERY.—On Monday evening last, about seven
o'clock, as John Liddle, carrier between Haw ick and Carlisle,
was on the way to the former place, a man came up to him on the
road, near Brans holm, and seizing him forcibly by the throat,
gave a signal, when an accomplice instantly appeared, who
presented a pistol at him. Liddle endeavouring to knock it from
the villain's hand, struck at it, upon which the robbers threw
him down, bound him, and carrying him into an adjacent planta-
tion, tied him up to a tree, when they robbed him of a parcel,
containing about 1001. in bank-notes, and also of 151. his own
property. Liddle was found, by some people who heard his
cries, forty minutes after the robbery, nearly exhausted with
cold and pain, the villains had tied him in such a position, that
only his toes could reach the ground.
On Wednesday evening, near seven o'clock, as Mr. Robert
Jackson, pilot, of th• Bull Inn. Stepney, was returning home
from Hull, he was joined, a little beyond Spring-row, by a
man, who, after walking with him a little way, knocked him
down with a bludgeon, as he supposed. Mr. Jackson cried out
" 4 murder ;" the man retreated from him a few yards; and
some persons at no great distance repeating the cry of " murder,"
he hastily ran off, and threw himself into the ditch among the
snow. Mr. Jackson got up and followed him, and on his coming
up to the spot, stopping near it a short time, the man jumped
up and asked w hat he was making a noise about ? Mr. Jackson
said he had been knocked down, and asked him to assist in pur-
suing the assailant. This he apparently consented to do, and on
coming up to some persons, who were drawn to the spot by the
noise, Mr. J. seized the man, and charged him with the assault.
On going to the spot where the man had been secreted, a hatchet
was found in the ditch, with which it is presumed the blow had
been given.—The man was brought to Scolcoates, and lodged
in the House of Correction at that place. His name, we under-
stand, is Forbes.

DREADFUL FIRE.—On Tuesday afternoon, between five and
six o'clock, the beautiful mansion of Sir John Kennawav, Bart.

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called Escot-house, near Honiton (formerly the residence of
Sir George Yonge), caught fire, and continued burning until ten
o'clock at night, by which time it was entirely consumed. The
conflagration was so tremendous that little could be saved, ex-
cept some papers, plate, and jewels. The accident was occa-
sioned by a lighted-candle being left in a dressing-room, which
set fire to one of the curtains, and spread so rapidly as not to
be extinguished. Some engines were procured as soon as possi-
ble from Ottery, but so injured by the late frost as to render
them useless. Sir John, and a party of friends were at dinner
when the first alarm was given, and we are happy to find that
tit) personal injury was experienced by any of the family ; but
we have to lament the death of Mr. Pile, a respectable young
farmer, who, in assisting, fell from a ladder twenty feet from
the ground, and was killed on the spot.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

Owen, Gale, and Stewart, Bridewell Hospital, weavers.
Elizabeth Barney and Ellen Barney, Wolverhampton, inn-
keepers. J. Barratt, S. Barran, and J. Holbert, Manchester,
flour-dealers. I. Taplen and W. Tapleu, Portsmouth, cabinet-
makers. Martin and Gardiner, St. John's-street, ironmongers.
Austin and Saddington, Tower Royal, Watling-street, druggists.
Allen and Andrews, Bromley, Middlesex, pipe-borers. R.
Welsh, G. Welsh, and B. Rideing, Liverpool, brokers. A.
Clarke, R. Clarke, and 'Filson, Liverpool, flour-dealers.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
l Robert Morris, Lincoln, money-scrivener.
BANKRUPTS. . •
William Edwards, Broad-street, Bristol, cordwainer, to sir.
render Jan. 3, 16, and Fel). 1, at ten, at the Rummer Tavern,
Bristol. Attornies, Mr. James, Gray's Inn square; and Mr.
Mell in, Bristol.
William Blackburn, Leeds, Yorkshire, woolstapler, Jan. 4,
5, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Star and Garter, Leeds. At-
tornies, Mr. Speigat, Leeds; and Mr. Battye, Chancery-lane.
John Gash, Parker's-row, Bermondsey, victualler, Jan. 7, at
one, 17, at ten, and Feb? 7, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney,
Mr. Sgaith, Great St. Helen's.
Barret Sellars, Little Hutton, innkeeper, Jan. 4, 16, and

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