The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-13 00:00:00

The great tontine match for Woo guineas will take
place on Sunbury Common, on Itlonday next, hetweet,
to o horses, one against the other, one mile. The tow,
horses are the property of gentlemen well-known in the
rieighbournood of St. James's.--Batting even on the
as cut—six to four is taken the wincing horse dues the
distance in three ini ttttt es. The horses to start by half-
past ten on Motulay morning. Mier which a bank
ia ill take place for a nurse, between Goode, the footman,
and Elinotals, a youth from the country. Edmonds is
a complete 'melee, and Goode has been a long time
under the tuition of T. Spring. Both men arc of equal
weight, and the partizans of Goode back their wan
freely at six to Mtn.
A STOLEN CHILD —The following most inhuman
and thstres-iii eltild.stealing occurred last weed. :
—A girl of about In years of age, of rather interesting
iiiaiiiiers, whose parents are dead, was under the plotec•
tiou of her grandmother, at Wallingtoti, in Surrey, near
whom resided a Mrs. Edwards, who had a beautiful
little daughter about two years old (her only child) who
was the admira.ion Mall who beheld her. On Saturday
the girl allude.: to paid a visit to Mrs.-Edwards, as she
occasionally did, and took the infant in her arms and
nursed it, and caressed it for some time, expressi,ig her
aituiratiou of its beauty. The girl after remaining about
an hour, requested Mrs. Edward's permission to take
the child out for an airing, telling her she would take
particular care of it, and would return shortly. The
consented, and the female left the cottage with
1:;e little innocent in her arms, who cried bate airly
I,.avity, her mother. The girl not returning, inquiry was
made at the grandmother's house, when it was ascer-
tained that the girl had not been heard of since her de-
porture, and nut the least trace has yet beets discovered
of her The unhappy parent is in a state of mind
• imiats..ible to describe.
Dttadjill WEMYES. DEC. 31.—On
Saturday last, three sailors, belonging to this place, went
met in a fishing bust to ascertain ti a;I on board the ship
Wimps, Captain Bissett, front Riga, that had just made
her appearance off this coast, were well. On their re-
return, and within 'o yards of the shore, the boat was
upset among the breakers, when all went down. Two
of them were instantaireously, as it it were, washed to
the land, and were thus delivered from their perilous
situation, without sustaining any injury whatever. The
body of the other, whose name was Morgan, and that
of a young mats named Cosens, belonging to the parish
of Dysart, were not found till a considerable time after-
wards, as to render every attempt to restore anima-
tion forts ctual. The scene that ensu. don shore was
mast afflicting. Matt and women were running here
and Mere, some among the surges
.and others among
the rocks, all sMicnotia to do something, whilst they
had not in their power the means of doing any thing
effectual to save the lives of their fellow-creatures, who
were connected with them by the tenderest of tics.—
The case of the young man Cowin is particular. Ile
heloosed to the Margaret, of Leith, that was wrecked
souse time ago, and had come in the /Versos from Riga,
bound to Kirkcaldy. Ile was advised by the master, as
lie had come so far with them, and to go ashore
till they reached the place of deaths:Mon, where lie
would have a happy meeting with Itis parems, who had
gone there expecting his arrival.
Daring liottcry.—Oit Friday night at a very late hour,
the cottage of Mr. Pritchard, a builder, residing in Nur-
sery-row, near Lark-hall, on the Watotsworth-road, was
entered into by thieves, who after procuring a light, broke
specs the drawers, and carried off the whole of Mr. amid
Mrs. Pritchard's wearing apparel of every description, a
gristmill of silver plate, desert, and teaspoons, &c. of
considerable value. The robbers regaled themselves
with a bottle of real Hodges, which had been left in
the parlour, and afterwards escaped with the stolen pro-
perty. It is supposed they entered by climbing over the
garden wall. During the time they were in the house,
none of the family heard them.
On Friday last au occurrence took place at the house
eZ a gentleman named Jones, who moles at Walworth,
witaat would probably have proved fatal, had not the
servant-maid acted with great presence of mind. Mr.
Jones's children were playing in one of the upper-rooms.
—The eldest sun, a boy about ten years of age, ran into
another room and brought from thence a gun, which
had been left there for SWIM time, and was, without the
knowledge of any one in the house, loaded. He pollard
tie tun at his brothers and sisters, who were playing in
a group in a corner of the room, and was its the act of
pulling the trigger, when a servant girl, who became tin
a sudden apprehensive of danger, seized a blanket, and
threw it against the muzzle of the gun. The piece went
off, but the aim of the boy was fortunately named away
by the blanket, and no tniachief took place, except what
was caused through the house by the terror which tile
report occasioned. The bullet passed through the
blanket, and lodged in the ticking of a bed.
Daring Robbery.—On Tuesday night Mr. J. Phillis,
of York-ssireet, South Lambeth, returning to his resi-
dence from Camberwell, by the the fields adjoining-
Brixton, was stopped by a very tall stout man, wilt) said
—"Sir, don't be uneasy ; I want a few shillings front
you," accompanyisig his words -sroducina
which he clapped close to the gr
was so alarmed that he suffered
of all they contained, with wine
deliberately off, swearing if Mr. I
alarm, he would blow out his brio
There are at this time in Falb;
its blostom, a circumstance, at thi
very rare occurrence. There is a!
in the window of a house aojoadi
sea, in a pot, a caranation, whiel
souls on oue stalk.
Between eight and Moe o'cloel
a fire broke out in the back work,
copper-plate printer, sit Red Li,
The alarm was very great, on act
sheds built of wood, which were
p. 1..., by the arrival of the engines
lined to the workolio.• in wt.teh