The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Wedoesday morning, about seven o'clock, Mr. Smith,
of Saffron Hill, was returning to his residena; when
he arrived at the end of 11',u•iiour Street, Soho, he was
attacked by 7 mill:ins, who bustled Mill and knocked
down;hint they then robbed him of his watch, &e.
11. 7s. in silver awl his hat; one of the rulhatis inn an
old hat on Mr. Smith's head, expressing a hope that he
would not catch cold; the attack was so very sodden,
and the robbery was SO sours aCCOOIIIIIIIiICd, that Mr. S.
had no opportuony of giving an alarm until it was too
Irate, as the villains retreated dwell Newman Street.

gurtGLAitsr.—Monday Multi, or ear!), ou Tuesday
morning, some villains, by means of forcing olf the
shutters, entered the bar window of the Anchor and
Hope public-house, Hrook-street, liatchtf, kept by Mrs.
Jacks, and without disturbing the family, curried oli a
quantity of weaving apparel, together with a small cask
from the liar, containing ah.mit tour gallons of rum..

Ott Wednesday a poor labourer, who had jti4 arrived
from Irelaud, was work attending till a bricklayer
repairing the tiles of a home in Sulmotith Street, Spa-
fields, aseetided by Lite ladder to the top, .1,1(1 never been
tat Mgt, before, he became so giddy that he laid Mond;
down in tile gutter, and no ptisuasion could prevail on
114411 to get up; he lay in that situation several hours,
until he was nearly frozen to death by the cold. '!'here
was no entrance Irmo the roof into Ile house, and the
men were ohliatirl to get a lolly rope and puny, by which
he was lowered to the ground allure dead than alive front
the lii4lll. Toe st,llit attracted the attention of the
whole heighbotirliond.
On Monday plain, about 9 o'clock, a most dreadful
accident occurred at the house of Mr. Tony, Blue
AticinuCtiort, NV iiitecross Street. Mrs. Alouy, woo is
an elderly ia,:y, was stantlitiA close to a large tire tit the
k itcite it, cooking sonnet hing for supper, when her clothes
which were of a light kind, unfortunately caught the
lire, aild she is as almost immediately enveloped in liames
—some persons in the kitchen eiuleavoured to pot out
the lire, but without avail, the coin us.oit was so Brea:,
the titi'.ortnitale soberer ran in a state of frenzy into tl.e
street, where the flames were extinguished by roliing her
ketin.l, hut not before her clothes were almost
burnt to a cinder, 31111 she dreadfully injured as to render
her recovery dubious.
A horse the property of Mr. Phillirnore, of Darset
Street, was hacked on Wednesday for SO guineas, to trot
one title in three minutes and 1(11 SCCOIItiS, Bileli being
at tile rate of wore than 18 ittile4 on hour. Tne horse
was backed at 5 to 4 to win, aiiil the grionul was 011 lila
new road between 1-lonitslow and Sunbury
The house went tiff in great form, inning gone 50 yards
back to: take the start when in action, and won cleverly,
three • .to spa:.
I'tues•ratAsr AIATC/1.—.1 short time since, Al r. 1).
a gentlemaii of Gloucester, bating tuttlestaken for a
wager to walk twenty miles in four hours, the match
was decided on Tittostlay Litt at our Spa Walk. At
nine o'clock Mr. 1). started in very gaud style, in toe
presence of a 111.1110 Zr of spectators WllO W1:1:1 attracted
to tile spot. At tile conclusion of his first tulle, he had
gained seven minutes upon time, and be s, vs Welt had
seen pre, ionsly upon 11111:4 had turned m his 1.1%0111%—.
He won the tu.ueil oycouhple.otg this task witi/ apparent.
ease in 3 hours and 5G nu. nuts, being nearly loin ani-
s wino the tone allowed.
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SIGNS ♦ND TOKF.NS.—The 'people of Reading were
s fo:..v years ago thronil 111tfl considerable uneasiness, by
certain signs and tokens with which their bread became
impiessco from the oven. One old lady could distinctly
trace at the bottom of a loaf which site received, the
anilines of a death's head and cross bones, and was so
shocked at what she imagined to be a toost appalling
omen, that she lisimetliateiy took to her hed. Another
person, iii the bloom of hie and health, saw lillprlllted
in the ittost legible characters " Died the 20th Sept."
and concluded that fate hail taken iiiis mode of warning
her of the day which it was appointed onto her to die.
Tile bread of a third w.ts unasked in large, bin not bold
icuero, the word " Resurgam.- 'flee amaze I purchaser
showed tile loaf to an ingenious tiei.glillotir, who, dis-
carding tile idea of any supernatural agency, thought
that tile word slight be a harmless device of the baker's
to imitate psis wish that bread thigh► rise in price. The
was of tile WhOIC parish were soon at work to account
l'or these marvellous appearatices ; and the inquiry which
ensued led 10 the hollowing simple, thotis,li certainly 1101
very creditable solution of the mystery. It appeared,
that in consegitence of smile alterations in St. Giles's
church-yard, several l.u•ge fiat slimes had become super-
fluous articles, since the persons o%er whom they had
th.,ti placed had sunk iota the " marrow house" at so
distiutt, period, that no friend lived to insist on the
dca•l retatitiolug the little privilege of that sculptured
filejacea, %%Alien ditty or affection coutnhooted to their
illeilioiy. It happened that the churchwarden for the
Lillie 'N.is chief baker of the town, awl be looked wait
a loillll4 tyc on these nice hat loolisheil stones, for hie
oven wanted lotonlio4. lle ilviirOvi lam! ►heal to 11111 a
iise, and the coti•cipl;:lice %%as 11% •ihtOC
By advices front Jamaica to the 12th ultimo, it
appears that intelligence had been received there, to
a late date, concerning the state of atfairs on the
Spanish Main. The details are copious, and involved
in stone confusion ; but it is evident that the Inde-
pendents are gaining strength. 'file Sit:tin:ads
)li:tint:tined their superiority at 5..!,1 Lilt tile: end of
Sep.,einher ; but the arrival of a snail squad' on at
Saranilla, and the expectation of another, was likely
to transrer the superiority to Admiral Brion, and to
enable him to attack the Spaniards should they ven-
lure out of Cat thagena.
The price of poultry and provisions in most parts
of the kingdom are very cheap, but this is very im-
material to the poor and industrious parts of the
community, it• they have not the mcans to purchase
theta. It however will enable the atliaent to dis-
pense their charity in a more enl.t•ied sphere than
usual in their respective neii;hbourhuoils.

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