The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-23 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

(4) Expel las licet—usrre rceurris.
(5( An I liubion to the eunsequenees of the then recent French
revolution.
(6) The mud deposited by the Nile wits supposed to engender
niu:,stere.

A YOUNG BRIDE BURNT WITH lIER HETROTHFD
HUSBAND.--(From a Bamhay Paper,)--Several
months tigo, in the vicinity of Chandennagore,
female victim was immolated tot the funeral pile,
under circumstances peculiarly affecting. She was
a Young woman who had been recently betrothed to
a young man of the same town. Every thing was
prepared for the celebration of the nuptials, which
had been fixed for the next day ; the relatives of
both parties had arrived front a distance to honour
the matriage with their presenee : and the circle of
their friends already enjoyed in anticipation the
festivities which the approaching day would usher
in. The preceding evening, however, the bride- •
groom was taken ill of the ch:)'er a morbac, and in a
few hours was a lifeless corpse. Intermation being
then conveyed of the melancholy event to the
bride, she instantly declared her determination to
ascend the funeral pile of her betrothed lord.—A
long debate was hence held between the relations
of the bride and the Priests respecting the legality
of tne act ; the result of which was, that in Such
cases the shastures considering the bride is butintlto
her husband by the vow she has taken, permitted a
voluntary immolation on th, funeral pile. The neat
day, therefbre, instead of the music and joy which
had been anticipated, the hritle aas led to the banks
of the Ganges, amid the silent gild' of her friends
and relatives, and burnt with the dead body of her
intended husband.
A SAVING OF COALS.—Take the ashes and small
cinders which fall from the fire, and saturate or till
them very well with water, till they are like the
mortar used by bricklayers ;—that being done, put
them on the bark parr of your fire ; when those who
have tint made the experiment, will be surprised to
find what a pl alsatit fire they make in conjunction
with coal, and will answer any common purpose.
On Wednesday 'fliomas Scholefield and James
Lister, blanket weavers, of Ileckinondwike, were
convicted at a Justice 'Meeting, held at Dewsbury,
ef an ill, gal combination to raise the price of wages,
and were committed to York Castle, for the term
of three motttlis. As thew persons nett: members
of the Clothiers' Ultion, it was thought adviseable to
have military assistance at hand, to prevent a reseue,
and a detachment of infantry and cavalry was
marched from Leeds on Wednesday morning, to
Saaw Cross, within about a mile of Dewsbury.—
A tier remaining there several hours, and finding no
demand for their services, they were marched back
again. In the evening the prisoners were sent to
York, by the coach, attended by a single police
officer, and although several thousand persons were
collected together, and accompanied the coach with
music, ia a kind of triumphal proeession. no inter-
eruption was thrown in the way to impede their
departure ; and the civil power was proved to be
perfectly adequate to the execution of its own pro-
cesses without the uid of' the military.
Extract of a letter dated Paris, Jan. 5.—" The
great insurance company, established in this city at
the close of the war, on a scale calculated or intended
to engross the business of the whole world, and
which begun its operations by sharing a dividend of
ten per cent. among its proprietors, is at its last gaap.
A consnhatitmll of the directors was held last night,
to consithrthe propriety of diamminuing it alto-
gether. Thay came to a resolution, however, of
making. a previous effort to maitimin the establish-
ment, by entering into a negotiation with the second
campany, in order to put a stop, if possible, to the
systetn of competition that hat hitherto subsisted
between them, and by which both have been mate-
rially injured."
It is titatol, that advice was received at Kensing-
ton Palace on Sunday, announcing that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Kent's illness had assumed
rams: alarming symptoms. It is said to be an in-
flammation on tl:e chest. On Monday morning Sir
David Militias set off express to Sidmouth, to attend
tin his Royal Highness.
Cualous 136 T.--Thursday last, at noun, the
attentMn of a number of spectators was excited bv
a sailor, who, for a bet of five frunea, undertook to
wall: naked ill the snow, or swim across the Seine
(Paris), between the Pont 'lc Hotel-Dieu and Pont
St. NI whael. At the moment he had perlbrmed
his task, and was pit•tiag on I.is ....Ales, he was
taken into custody. and caniayed before the pre
Laaure of polite. He stated before t ..e At;:istrates,
that he had merely tried by way of exicriment
how much cold he could bear, in case it might
time necessary, during the iaclemener of the season
to save a person from drowning Tins ingenious
excuse procured hie; dis.lia..ge.
Six hundred families have, through the exertions
of the Committee in Plymouth, Lien supplied with
bread at lime farthings per .b., coals at 3d. per
peek, and potatoes at Vb. l'or a peney.

LrArcoi,Ar's A'N-FIELD,V BIBI.E AcSOCI.47I(;A.
The anniversary meeting of the above associa-
tion, comprising the Lelia' society, was held on
Thurmlay evening, in the chapel in Crcat Queen-
street. At half-past six o'clock, J. Batterworth,
Ei:q. took the chair.
Tile chairman opened the bu,iness of the evening
in a brief speech.
The report was then real. It detailed the labours
of the committee duriog the last year, and stated
2.135 bibles and testaments to have been distributed,
The report further stated,
.tt hat many persons %I'm,
still without the word of t..al, and that the ladies'
association was in great want of active co-operators.
William Blair, El. in nawitig that the Report
be teeeived, adopted, and printed, expatiated mt
the flourishing state of the British and Foreign Bi-
ble Society, which annually expended, in the distal-
bution of the Scriptures, upwards of ninety thou-
sand pounds The bible and testament lc as now
printing or distributing, in various parts of the globe
in 127 ditliirent languages mil dialects. Athens,
the city in which the Apostle Vaal once preached,
wits also the seat of a bible society, he (Mr. B )
having lately teceived a letter to that effect from
the I.ev. Dr. Pinkerton. Mr. Blair concluded an
able speech, by moving that the report be printed.
The Rev. Mr. Morley seconded the motion, and
adverted to the attempts male by to Lring
the bible into disrepute
The Rev. Dr. \laugh movcd the thanks of the
meeting to the Right Hon. Charles Grant.
dent of the society, and in an energetic speech, im-
plored the active assistance and co-operation of his
hearers.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, on
which he returned thaul.s, and the meeting broke
up. A liberal collection was made at the doors.

A public meeting, numerously and respectably
attended, was held in the Town-hall in Chester, it
Monday, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the best mode of relieving the distresses of that city,
at this inclement season. Among those present
were the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor, Lord Vis-
count Belgrave, NI. P. Hon. E. Massy, Dr. Thack-
erav, G. B. Granville, Esq. &c. Thee Worshiptill
the Mayor took the chair stun after twelve o'clock,
and opened the meeting in a short speech. Several.
resolutions wore then moved by the Right lion.
Earl Grosvenor, and econded by Lord Viscount
Belgrave. A subscription was immediately entered
into; and upwards of 4tAl. were raised in a few'
minutes
(Twin;; to the impetuosity of the tide, when going
down on Saturday afternoon, between three and tinir
o'clock, and the immense masses of*ice which it
carried with it, a great many ships were driven
from their moorings off the Tower, some of which
parted their chain cables, and were driven against
each other with great violence, consequently censi..
&Table damage was done: some lost their bowsprits
and were otherwise injured in their halls and rig-
ging. On Monday, two brigs and n schooner were
carri,ll against Loadon Bridee, by tilt., title rannint•
upwaitls, when the mast °lone of them was carried
away, owing to the impetuosity of tlic current.
Numerous other ships had their bowsprits, yards.
&c. carried away. The Custom house and Tower
‘Vharfs are crowded with cables attached to anchors,
which are buried in the ground, to prevent the
yes, els over on tile ebb title. Between the
tender oil' the Tower and the vessels is shore,
is fixed a cable, with a sliding stage, by which
persons are conveyed on board, dangling in the air,
to the great amusement of the numerous spectators
on shore. _

Upwiirds of a thousand pounds have been sub..
scribed -for the relief of the pear of Liverpool, which
is applied to sour-shops.
A liberal subscription is goin,; on at Cirencester,
which already amounts to 44)01., to be applied to
the employment of those whom the severity of the
season liar thrown out 01. work ; and also towards t
StliipiV of fuel and other necessaries. This sub-
scription being added to a former one, will koustititte
a fund of 5001. and upwards, applicable to the above
laudable purpos,:s.
The Liverpool Auvertiser" says—We are
extremely harpy to state, that the shops is Lich
were establislied in this town several years ago, for
supplying the pour with sour during the winter
months, and which at several pet itas of privation
and distress, have been llm means of atlOr.iing the
pour a cheat) and nutritious soul, hare been
re-opened. During the lam. we- k above 2.2,000
piarts of barley soup have been sold at a half-
penny the quart ; and so great has ..ven the demand
that it could with dillismity be s..ppliezt.
Within these few months a " radical reform,'
wortuy of sup a% :in.i itui;t tine, has to en place in
the pai.sli of Cumoasnet i.i.t, ii i....re Lira Itclhavcrt
It as la toriy sixty re:miners on his estate at Wishaiv,
employed in .outing out ii large old p!.inting, on:1
tiencniug tiro ground, to tn..ke it tit fee beann4
tlillereaL cis idb oi'erails.