The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-19 00:00:00

TUEADA Y, JULY 13.

The SPEAIti entered the lionsii soon after one o'ck,ck. At
half past one o'clock, lie was enabled to take the chair, shortly
after which, the Usher of the Black Rod summoned the llouAt
to attend in the House of Peers.--ISee Lords.

There is at present residing at Pinkclt Cottage, near Newton-
Stewart, the scat of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir William Stewart,
Ain:ander .Xl•Crcittlie, of Sorby, whose corporeal and mental
faculties seem but little impaired by the wasting hand of Time.
although he is at present in the 106th year of his age. Tins sin-
gular specimen of antiquity poesrwes such a youtbfl cheerfulness
in conversation, and etch a fondmis of relating the manners and
cutems of the people of Galloway in the early part of his life., as
to nuike him not only an amusing, but likewise a very incructise
companion. When he was a young man, about 90 years ago, be
says, " there was not a spinning wheel to be seen frac the Bei-
gend o'Dutafiier to the brats o' Clump, nor were the people of
Galloway acquainted with dying any other colour than black,
which, whin mixed with white wool, was made into clothing
flicaklertgrey) for both laird and ladies, and was far afore the
twittery wortawahs made now-a-days."—The broad national
bonnet was invariably worn by men of every station in this
quarter then, except by the Earl of Galloway, and Col. Agnew
of Si uch.in : '• they introduced the thrietless fashion of rearing
hats in this country." '• Einem Sarks were only wont by the tap
v.tiry, nave o them had either nteks or hanbans."—Looking
g.itsser were then so 'carte. that gin a bonny lass wanted to ate
nersel, she had, like my joe Janet, either to heck into the dray-
well. a cog lu9 o' water, or a dub at a dykeside." This
curiu..t chronicler was born in the parish of Kirkintier, in the be-
ginning of the year 111 a, and has always been a labourious and
hard-winking man. When he was lir/ years of age, during the
horsiest season, he bound up the brain cut by lour able shearers.
and to the present time he cooks all iris own victuals, casts his own
petits, and manages all his own AfiiiiM and can teed the smallett
edition of the Psalms of I)avkl without the help of rper•
taclm. lie was never out of Galloway except once, and
tt,en only for a few days. His present jotaney from Sorhy
to Pinkell Cottage was ur.dertak n at the desire of Sir IVilham
Stewart, who would have conveyed him in a carriage, but the
old man preferred travelling on lout, and performed the but nine
milts of his jou.-ney with great ease in about tour hours.
A boat, or rather a canoe, •i 0 fiet long, was last
week found by some workmen, digging in Pinch-
beck-fen, Lincolnshire, 6 feet below the surface of
the earth, where it must have lain fir town centuries.
The Grand Jury at the Cheshire *aster Ses-
sions, on Tuesday, found true bills of indictment
against Sir Charles Wolsely, hart, and the Rev.
Joseph Harrison, of Stockport, for the seditious
speeches made by theta on the `26th ult. at Stockport..

JULT 19.

FOREIGN INTRLLIGEACE.

PARIS. JULY .12.—Yeaetil my the IL to; Is/moored with
his signature the color:wit of itiarrinze bet weed the Coma de
Mundrewille, Lieutenant in the King's Guards, Roil Lady
Caroline liritilenell Bruce, daughter of Lord Adesbury,
Peer of Kuglaua.
Al half-past eight ei clock the King went in his carriage to
Versaliles. and hoviog reviewed the guards of the company
of Nimilles, he entered that pail the park o Welt is called
the King's Garden. This part actually forms a very beau-
tiful English gardeo, reps e-enting that of ILittaell. in En.-
land, where his M ijesty had resided. The King walked for
a long time in this gardeu, hod then to at-coll..: to'l'l
a here he 'found trcops iirawtaup in oriler of bowl-, unit pas-
pawed them in review. His Majesty rigaruod so St. Cloud
at half past five o'clock.
It is stated ai a rert mill fart, that a young English Noble-
man, Lord Po eel woof t, ..111”e.1 Madame Blancluti
Tivoli, 25 limit In pesmit hem to accompany her io her lasi
.cent. The 14,1 y refused it. not having hero app' keit: of it
in siitfic ice t time to allow for an a'aeratiou in the boat, and
some other preparations that were
Major Kitty, one of the bravest ortieers of ;Ire Cu li.h
army, well known and highly valued aflllillr his country men
for the amenity lit his in:toners. died on Saturday, at five
o'clock, in consequerre of a duel which took plate on the
Thunolny preceding het •. eeti him al II minther
lie endured for 44 hums severe suffer death has
excited the regret of oil whnknew him.
Fit kirk:roar:, .lucv 5.---The assassination attempted at
•Schwalbach, on the pesson of M. Ibid, mak. s a grent noise
nere. This President of the Regency of the But by of Nits-,
.s ut has the reputation of an able statesman ; hut arbitrary
•fisealmeavuri s are imputed to Irian. .

It is isffirwit that llta soung apother:o.v repro:lt-hod the
President with heinK the cause of his cnrotr)'s misfortunes,
hreviou•ly to aiming at hint a blow o ito .; poniard ; the
Atecnitt, fortann:ely, only ortolsered a siWit %sound. On
lor examioation, he confessed the foct, aile4h.g for h•s
motive a wish to rid his eonntry of a man so .stjurottv Io
the ;whim weal. It h oifirmod that th:, Cocoas: has had as
uhiverrity education. :Ind that he .so ved as a Vologteer during
the last oar of luvasion.