The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-05 00:00:00

TIIT NATIONAL RPAlstn.

PROVINCIALS.
A near kind of groundvnion has been introduced into Scot-
land from Egypt, by Captain John Born, R. N.—lt is larger
than the common onion ; In brae and quality it is the same; diut
it has a material advantage over it in this particular, that it
planted about the middle of April, it will he fully ripe about
the same time in September. It is not liable to the •asnalties
which the seed onion is subject to ; and no instance has yet oc-
curred where it hits been injured by vermin or insects.
At the t )ticyi Yorkshire) Agricultural Show, a few daysago,
a portable 'Thrashing Machine MA6 t hibited by the maker,
which appeared to give universal satistkction. To convey
this machine fram farm to farm requires only the aid of a pair
of cart wheels and one horse ; it may be unpacked and set to
work in a quarter of an hour. Tvo horses going at the rate of
two miles and a half per hour, will thrash front 7 to 12 bushels,
and four horses from 15 to 2U bushels of wheat per hour.

At Mr. Unssell's farm near Non:ton, the oxen are worked
with a collar instead of a yoke: and it has been proved, that
four oxen worked with a collar will tin more, and with greater
ease, than six own in x yoke. 'llierefore it in our interest, as
well as our duty to the cause of hi:lnanity, to make the expe-
riment.

NAIURAL Pricgomen.t.A sow belonging to Mr. Stephen
Applegate, of Westbury Leigh. lately farrowed eight pigs; one
of n hich had a rose like a hare; the second the sante, with a
tooth on each side of its nostrils, one of its hind legs with three
claws, two others like a bird's, only quite straight ; the third
had one of its hinder legs straight behind, but no foot, the other
midi one Single chw turned; the fourth had no bind legs at
all, but with its fore legs coelil make a little progress in walk-
ing, and haul a nose like a hare; the fifth and sixth no hinder
legs ; the seventh with its two hinder legs timed vile round;
the eighth in right shape and tbrm.

enicrrEsTen, A PRI r. renahing the pavement belong-
ing to the Poor House of this city, the workmen discovered a
sepulthial vault of brick, neatly arched, 12ft. Gin, in leu;th.by
Eft. loin. in width, in which was deposited a leaden coffin, pre-
senting the bead in its true shape, by the lead around it fitting
like a cap : the height of the body was isft. loin. The coffin
appeared to fit rinse to the body ; and, on examination, there
appeared to be a dark humid moisture amongstthe bones,of the
consistence of paste. Every conjecture respecting the person-
age so encased has been unsatisbmtury; and the greatest pains
have been taken to find an inscription within the vault, without
success. It is conjectured to be the remains of the founder of
the Almshouses (now the Pctor's house), Wm. Crawley, who
was Member of Parliament for this city mud who voted for
and signed the dceth•warraut or Charles I. His large estates
in this neighbourhood were confiscated on the Restoration ; and
he, as a Regicide, was exiled abroad, where ue died, and was
afterwards brought here to be privately interred. In the same
vault there were two other skeletons of a fnll•growu rase,
the decayed parts VC their wooden coffins lying amongst the
bones.

'On tretinemlay, a Pop, two years and a half old, the on of
R. Cardin, Lilq. of Nlaidstune, escaped from his nurse, and
shortly afterwards was found'drowned In a bath in his father's
garden.

On Monday, • boy, eight years old, votlis <knfl fractured by
two carts meeting and ernshing his head between them, in the
Gran-market, Edinburgh. The operation of trepan was im-
mediately performeif, and there are hopes entertained of his
recovery.

A fpw days since, Mr. Thomas Buchanan, Precentor to
the College Chapel, Glasgow, was found killed in the
Close in which he lived in the Saltmarket. He had fallen from
the stair:window, four stories high, but the manner of his g ' g
over is not ascertained. A person of the nanie of J. M.Kiiilay
was afterwards found on the stalls, and has tivvu imprisoned
On sitspicitm.

Tivestlay se'nnight Helen Reid tras foimil guilty, at the Court
of Justiciary in Aberdeen, of the murder of her husband, by
stabbidg hini with a knife. She is to be executed on the 31bt
of May.

A few nights since a fire 'was discovered on the premises of
Mr. S. Hustler, of Gedding, which raged so furiously, that in
a short time a barn, neat-house, and cart-lodge, together with
SS combs of wheat, a quantity of straw, some live stock, &c.
were entirely consumed. The premises were insured, and
there is a strong suspicion that they were wilfully set on tire.

Wednesday morning, a fire broke ont in Martlesham Hall,
near Ipswich. The fire burst forth at two parts of the pre-
mises, near 150 yards distant, at the same instant, and did con-
siderable damage W the out-baildings, and it was with great
difficulty the house was preserved. Suspicion arose that the
fire was the work of some cendiu ry ; and the following day a
labourer, named Ilrigg, was taken into custody, and committed
to Uoodbridge Gaol.

At Stamford quarter sessions on Saturday week, Clement
Adams was tbund guilty of stealing two blankets from the Poor-
house ill ss hid) he was lodged in that borougl►, and (having re-
pea teats before been convicted of similar offences) was sen-
tenced :even years transportation. —lite love of drink seems
to has e berg the only incentive to this mach roguery, and has
been his min, as it has ruined thousands of others. He had
obtained a pension front Chelsea Hospital for many years' ser-
vices in the army ; but one of his former convictions having
been certified to the proper authorities, that allowance had
been for some time discontinued. For this deprivation the
flatfish man thought he owed a grudge, not to the lad habit
A% Melt had brought on his tons and disgrace, but to the Deputy-
Recorder, by whom his conviction had been certified to the
Governors of Chelsea Hospital.; on his trial, therefore, he
mouthed out the strangest imprecations on the learned gentle-
man (Mr. Torkiugton the Barrister); and at last, in return fur
the sentence pronounced on him, he very emphatically sen-
tenced the "rogue in a gowu" to fifty years' accommodation in
a ray a•arto station!

On Friday se'nuigbt, as Mr. Chaplin, of Rochester, ac-
companied by a young lady, was driving home, two men
Stopped the gig, one of whom caught hold of the bridle, and
robbed Mr. C. and the lady of their money, and took from Mr.
C. his gold murk and pocket-book. The Mat wa•, however,
returned. Time man then wished them good night, and said
that necessity bad driven hint to so desperate a mode of sup-
porting himself. While this luau was robbing, the other stood
at a distance, and fired at the chaise, the ball of which passed
through the bonnet of Miss C. On Mr. C. giving notire of the
robbery at Struod Gate, he learnt that Mr. Rodmell and Mr.
Amermfey, of Stroud, had met two suspicious characters on the
London road, and expressed their belief that the wcu %sunlit
return to tow n over the fields, through Frindsbury. Theme
gentlemen then went in pursuit, and met the delinquents near
Ftindsbury, Uhl I/ a scuffle ensued, which ended 111 their ea.
cape. Four men have been apprehended, and underwent an
examination, and were all discharged but one, named linight,
who was remanded.