The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-24 00:00:00

't HE NAtiosAi. ItEciS;TIM.

A YOUNG BRIDE BURNT WITH lILR urrnoTtiro
s a N Frciu a Bombay Paper veral
months ago, in the vicinity of Chanlennagere, a
feniale victim was immolated on the funeral pile,
under circumstances peculiarly affecting. She was
a young woman who had been recently betrothed to
a .outig man of the same town. Every thing was
prepared fir the celebration Of the nuptials, which
laid been fixed for the next day ; the relatives of
both parties had arrived front a distance to honour
the marriage with their prLsenee : 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 wns taken ill of the cholera worlotc, and in a
tew hours was a hfelem corpse. Intimnation 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 bet wetn the relations
of the bride and the Priests .respecting the legality
of tae act ; the result of which was, that in such
cases the shastures considering the bride is Windt°
her husband by the vow she has taken. permitted a
voluntary immolation on the funeral pile. The nest
day, therefore, instead of the musk and joy which
had been aaCcipated, the bride was led to the banks
of the Ganges, amid the silent grief of her friends
and relatives, raid burnt whit the dead body of ber
intended husband.

A SAVING or COALS.—Take tip: ashes and small
cinders Mich fall from the fire, and saturate or fill
them very well with water, till they arc like the
mortar used by bricklayers ;—that being done, put
them on the back parr of your fire ; when those who
have not made the experiment, will be surprised to
find what a pleasant fire they make in conjunction
with coal, and will answer any common purpose.

On Wednesday Thomas &Wench! and James
Lister, blanket weavers, of Heckmundwile, were
convicted at a Justice Meeting, held at Dewsbury,
• of an illegal combination to raise the price of wages,
and were committeAl to York Castle, for the term
of three months. - As these persons new members
of the Clothiers' Union, it was thought adviscable to
have military assistance at hand, to prevent a rescue,
and a detachment of infantry and cavalry was
marched from Leeds on Wednesday morning, to
Shaw Cross, within -abont a mile of Dewsbury.—
After remaining there several hours, and finding no
demand for their services, they were marched bark
again. In the evening the prisoners were sent to
yorL, by the coach, attended by a single police
officer, and although several thousand persons were
collected together; and accompanied the conch with
music, in a kind of triumphal procession. no
was thrown in the way to impede their
inter-
departure; mid the civil power was proved to be
perfectly adequate to the execution of its own pro-
cesses without the aid of the military.

:Extract of a letter dated Paris, Jan. 15.—" 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 began its operations by sharing a dividend of
ten per cent. among its proprietors, is at its last gasp.
A cell:saltation of the directors was held last night,
to ,eonsiderthe propriety of discontinuing it alto-
gether. They came to a resolution, however, of
making a previous effort to maintain the establish-
ment, by entering into a negotiation with the second
company,•in order to put a stop, if possible, to the
system of competition that has hitherto subsisted
between them, and by which both have been mate-
rially injured."
•It is stated, that advice was received at •Kensing-
ton Palace on Sunday, announcing that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Kent's illne,s had assumed
most alarming symptoms. It is said to be an in-
flammation on the chest. On Monday morning Sir
David Dundas set oil express to Sidinouth, w attend
on his Royal Highness.
Cuniors .11.r.r.--Thnrsday last, at noon, the
attention of a number of spectators AWA excited by
a sailor, who, for a bet of five francs, untie:lna to
walk naked in the snow, or swim across the Seine
(Paris), between the Tont de Huta 11;ett and Pont
St. Michael. At the moment he had pcdnaned
his tusk, and was putting on his clothes, he was
taken into custody, and convcyeil before the pre.
lecture of police. Ile stated bAiire the Magistrates,
that he had merely tried by way of e\heriulcnt
how much cold he could bear, in case it might
the necer.sary, during the inclemency of the season
to save a person from driwning This ingenious
excuse procured his discharge.
A lets day, since, as some woOmie.i were entvloyell
on the roof of Hie house of Mr. NV,lvains, it. toe Kent
road, titcy let fah a roll of 101,-et lean
lleßvecit Iht whers. The immense wciglii of Ow lead
form! a pissar wcouch the cieling: of a r,:oin
and it tell oil a de-k, at which 'Alr. Williams was
ficated, ver.Pi:6, a- d w ihe fall knocked of his hat,
providentiaily, lioweter,withom doin Min any injury.
The desk sva•• canted)? deinol:shed.

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LINCOLA"S INN-FIELDS BIBLE .O*SOCIATIO.

The anniversary meeting of the above associa-
tion, comprising the ladies' society, was held on
Thursday evening, in the chapel in Groat Queen-
street. At half-past six o'clock, J. ILaterwurtll,
Esq. took the chair.
The chairman opened the br.siness of the evening
in a brief speech.
The report was tl:en read. It the
of the committee during the last year, and stated
2535 bibles and testaments to have been distributed,
The report further stated, that many persons were
still withont the word Of (god, and that the
association was in great W ant of active co-operators.
William Blair, I, q. in moving that the Report
be leceived, adopted, and printed, expatiated on
the flourishing state of the British and Foreco Bi-
ble Society, which annually cypctulcd, in the distri-
bution of the Scriptures, upwards of ninety tiar.!.
sand pounds The bible and tc,t.ntent was now
printing or distributing, in various parts of the globe
'in 1:27 different languages and dialects. Athens,
the city in which the Apostle Patti once Treadle&
was also the seat of a bible society, he (Mr. B )
having lately received a letter to that effect front
the Rev. Dr. Pinkerton. Mr. Blair concluded au
able speech, by moving that the report be printe;'.
The Rev. Mr. Morley seconded the motion, and
adverted to the attempts made by infidels to bring
the bible into disrepute.
The Rev. Dr. Waugh moved the thanks of the
meeting to the Right Hon. Charles Grant. Presi.
dent of the society, and in an energetic speech, im_
plored the active assistance anti co-operation of his
hearers.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, on
which he returned thanks, and the meeting broki
up. A liberal collection was made at the doors.
. .

A publie meeting, numemusly and respectably
attended, was held-in the Town-hall in Chester, on
Monday, fhr the purpose of taking into-consideration
tke 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, M. P. 4-lon. E: Massy, Dr. Thatlee
eray, G. B. Granville, Esq. &c. The Worshipful
the Mayor took the chair stun after twelve o'clock,
and opened the meeting in a short speech. Several
resolutions were then moved by the Right lion.
•Earl Grosvenor, anti recended by I.ord Viscount
Belgrave. A subscription was immediately entered
ittsu ; and upwards of 4001. were raised in a few
minutes
Owing to tlie,inipetuosity of the title, when going
down on Satire-day afternoon, between three and thur
o'clock, and the • nense masses or ice which it
I curried with it, a great many ships were driven
from their moorings off the Tower, eome.of which
i parted their chain cables, and were driven against
each other with great violence, consequently consi-
derable damage was done: some lost their bowsprits,
and were otherwise injured in their hulls and rig-
ging. On Monday, two brigs and a schtxn were
carried against London Bridge, by 'the tide running
upwards, when the mast of one of them was carried
away, owingto the impetcosity of the current.
Numerous other ships hail their bowsprits, yards.
Sic_ carried away. The •i2ustotn house and Tower
Wherfs are crortied with cables attached to anchors,
which arc buried in the around, to prevent the
vessels tithing over on the-ebb tide. Between the
tender off the Tower • and the vessels in shore,
is fixed a cable, with a sliding stage, by which
persons are conveyed on board, date.-ling in the air,
'to the great amusement of Cue numerous spectators
on shore.
Upwards ni.' a ahousana pounds base been sub-
scribed fhr the relict' of the poor of Liverpool, which.
is applied to soup-shops.
A lilieral subscription is going on nt Cirencester,
which already amounts to 4001., to be applied to
the employment of those whom the severity of the
season has thrown out of work ; and also towards a
supply of fuel and other necessaries. This sub-
scription being added to a former one, will constitute
a fired of .',OOl. and upwards, applicable to tl,; above
laudable purposes.
" The Liverpool Aavertiser" says—We arc
extremely happy to state, that the shops which
were established in this town severe] years ago, for
supplying the poor with soup during the winter
months, and which at several periods of privation
and 'distress, have been the means of atlinating the
poor a cheap anti nutritious soup, have been
re-opened. During the last week above 22,000
lquarts of barley soup have been sold at a ha-
penny the quart ; and so great has been the demand
that it coati( with difficulty be surplicd.
Withia ti tee few mouths' a " ratlieal reform.'
worthy of support sod imitetion, has ta;:en place :n
the parish .of Cumbusnethan, where Lord Belhavt n
has pearly sixty le fortneis en his estate at Wishaw,
employed in tooting out a large old panting, and
trenching the ground, to make it tit for bearing
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