The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-07 00:00:00

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husband, who also, to *tart. lountli 1114 Oat; fpdodaced the re-
gister of baptism of Ms wife, and stated that Sl•annah, the
daughter of Thomas nod Jane Truman. was born the Ist of July,
1771, and baptised the lath of the same math. It also ap-
peared there was no consent of parents (the fittbetr of tbe,pary
having died before the marriage took place, and by the.mothet.
marrying a second'hushand, which rendered her incompettut to
give consent), and likewise that.no guardians were appointed.
These facts being fully supported by the evidence, the I...carne4l
Judge (Sir WilliaM Scott), was clearly of opinion, under the.
Act of Parliament commonly called the Marriage Act, he wag
bound to pronounce the marriage to be null and void, even if
the party wanted but one day of being of age; and Accordingly
so pronounced it to be.

ACCIDEiVisS, &c.

Snack EX cs natl.—Wednesday morning, at half after sir,
a tire was discovered in the house of Miss Pielonan, who kept a
lace-shop is Castle-street, Leicester-fields. The inhabitant,
belie; fast aslevp, of coarse, did net hear the knockings, -.whirls
was repeated for some time at the door. At length a patine' was
burst in, and it was seen that the counter sold shelves behind ft
were all in a blaze. The admission of air fanned the flame, sad
every part of the house wasouickly on ire. There was bat a
lath and plaster wall between that and the house of Mr. Illowitt,
n ha kept a cook-shop next door, and the two houses in a short
time exhibited but one body of fire in the lower part of both.
Miss Picknian, her servant, a gentleman who lodged in the
house, and the niece of Miss Pickman, a fine young girl-, Who.
acted as shopwoman to the aunt, *ere wakened, but had no titpe
either to save any of dii.property or to dress themselves. The
lady of the house went out'of the one pair of stairs front wit:-
dow on the leads over the chop. her hesitation as to which
way she should turn, the gentleman who followed bad time tore.,
collect, that he had forgot a little hot', W. Welt contained some-
thing vatuahle, he returned to his apartment and brotight it uut.
The servant timid followed : she lowered herself dtion by a*.
lamp-iron into the street unhurt, n hilst :Miss Pickman and her,
lodger got into the window of Mr. Ball, the tait4e-seller. The
shopo moan ran, •in a bewildered state, up to the three-pair of
hate fluor. The neighbours on the gpposite side called to her-
to go down to the • first floor and giobut.on the leads ; 'she.an-
peared to have bent momentarily dt:pilved of her reason, end;
whet. some stupid people iu the streetovithot:U44 the prc,-
ca ttirto of holding a W.:bikeror auy alio; to receive h: r, sold
het to leap out, or she would be homed, she did: sox, and was
literally dashed to picce.s. Mrs. BlertlU with her kiefaut were
for some-time tnis?,ing, but it was afterwards fount that they es-
caped ,afely, through a dormant witidoo , over the top oti' the
Louse, into auuther that. it as oat .us .fice. At a ttuarter eferr
seven, the walls of the two houses already taeivioned, fell to
the ground, w hich materially tended to ,ohtlee the :lames.; •aed
by nine o'clock the fire vs.:is :tlitiost eAtinguisbeil. 'oy that
time Ihe hawse of 11r...8a11, mu,ic-seller, in C:t loge-
titer w ith that of Mr.. Kernut, chtonist and in Hear-
,treet, were etair;:ly consumed, together with,44,110149,114.to
trade and furniture.--The new losaraitt e t T law, is
stated to have lost upwards Of MAI. by the htsitriereo' of far.
Kernot's stock,and some ditto hth er I, s
in Cranbourne-alley were pttrtially d ; the ;Omen
(amid it necessary to continne lima a late I:our fast.
night, to prevent the cildsersititalliN up •tsfresl'. • -
A young lady, bound for, Gretur.-green in st B:viz:o7 !fry froto
a h:oc parlour window 11. to the !-.;arden, oYt M ediesd:Ly•e*ta, at •
the nest end of the town, unfertuttattdv fell, rod broke err V 1....
A F.oap-hoilet, in the.uviahbourhnad of Edisiburgli, was lan:
week Peaided to death, by fa', liv into a cauldr o: b eilioa soap.:
maarrismargenia.n.annia."--Mi4

•BilL'llli.

Ou Thursday evening. the (,01intes, (0: 11(4 En, of a son and heir.
On the 3d inst. at Lady Irrinert, ilnepur's, the Lady of V'm.
Jemmy, Esq. of a daughter.
MA.RRIED.
On Tueqdav sennicht, at Hare-shod, .To7ln Eeosoo, of
East-Keswick, agetlls, to Mv. F,o4ler, of the serve pare,
:iced 85.—The loving Ample a pprarea in the Ida est r • %% hen
c •ing to ply their devlrivi at the mit:r of •ilynlen.* !7he lead
:0001. almost all io gold, hoarded tezether doing tle last cen-
tury, and-put under a large flag stone.
DI.U.D. •
Tuceby, qr a liver complaint acid billings fever, at hylattea,..
In Lower Etnok-street, the CouLte,,R of Lu=ton.
TbelOtbirlt #t Maistel4, 'Jr ItTght Slug. FertEls Lay'sd Mho.

Return of NV heat, including from January 18 to January 23,
Total, 7,459 quarters, from 625. to SO..—Averap 725. 7i'jd. or
ls. id. higher than last return.

.4F"ERrIGIC PRICE! OF
tn Creat Britain, fur the
Eng. Sc Walc4.

Wheat -
R ye
13arley
Oats

as . ... ..

s. d.
69 3
47 6
38 9
29 '2

( ORA PIM Qt. ART EX,
Week ending February 5.
Lag. 4 Dales.

Reans - -

mi. . .

eit'AF
Oatmeal -
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