The National Register.
London, England, 1808-01-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL. REGISTER.

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JAN. 10.

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n small ottautity of alloy, seemingly of brass or copper. A
human skeleton was found Rear the chain, aod a piece of the
pane metal. resembling in shape a bracelet, but wshich could not
nave been iotended for that purpose, being considerably too
Inverness is said to have been the ancient capital of the
kitys, and the forte of Craig Phatrick, 'tear that town,
well as many others, are supposed to be the remains of the
royal habitations of that race.
During the late heavy falls of snow, which were severely felt
by all the store farmers iu Scotland, two nhrrp, the property of
Mr. Bertram, farmer, at Westhope, in the county of East Lo-
thian, were blown up and covered over with snow, beneath
which they survived no less than five weeks cud four days, w it h-
out food ; and after having, of course, been considered as lost,
one of them, after a day or two of thaw, travelled home to the
farm-steading front the place where (as was discovered,) it had
been blown up. a distance of about o and is now thriv-
ing and (Wag well; but the other one was found dead.

Iiti:LIVND.

r LINT, TA . 2.--Between the hours of six and seven O'clock,
on NV edoesdaV, the 30th ult. an attempt was made to set the Dub-
lin Library Society !louse" nn tire, by putting a lighted pieceof
coal, wrapped up in a quantity of linen rag and whited brown
paper, among a great number of tamale's of 'Unbound hooks and
loose papers, which were stored at the farthest part of the hall,
and not more than two feet front the cieling staircase. Had
it not been for a Getttlemau of the Dublin Librart Society, who
wus going out of the house, and discovered a smoke and smell of
lire; and a Ilatne having actually burst out frog the papers, the
house must base been on fire, and probably Canaille& A re-
i% ?int ha, here offered tor the discovery of the affrader.• • '
si1;0:•K I. NG AcctueNT.---A melancholy accident lately oc.
furred in the Distillery in Belfast. NV liNt the fermenting vat
was to bw cleaned, though the men had keen always strit iy ens
joined to have a large plate taken out the previous higbt, ask 4
also to put (WWII some burning coals, and afterwards to throw
In a quantity of Water, in order to expel the new air, yet, from
mere negligence. one of them, withodt• even trying the simple
experbacut of sending down a lighted candle, rashly deg.eudel
into the vat, and was suffocated in a moment. His eunipaisions
!tearing hint fall down, one of them nastily went to his askiso!
sage, and though others, who were present, insisted' ou his t) keg
a rope round his waist, he, through over .au‘iety tO save his
comrade,- instantly descended w ithout it, but had -serereely
reached the bottotu of the ladder w Oh a rope in his hand to fat-
ten to the other man. -when be:Hannel f was so • abetted by the
air that h^ couldonly only, some tremulous shrieks or cties..bat
lwing ti:tally unable to help himself, he also fell don u, linme7
diate e:ertions were then made by all present, and another man
having fixed a rape ronufl his waist descended, but before he
could lay holil of either 41f the other two per,oars, he ul-o was
so strongly infected that the people abave instaotiv drew him up
figain. For smile minutes he %S' as sit-04... coavulsed. and ap-
peared like a person (1,4--anged, but on &ring taken to the open
air, he inont-dii.tely recovered. Notwithstanding what he had
N 1)(4-lei-wed, his humanity prompted hint to mike a second at-
tempt, in which ho succeeded in throwing a 'loose over one of
the metes legs, and be and that man were both- draws aut.
Tineogh very mach affected, toil greatly exhausted by this
second attempt, he iusisxed on ping down a third time forAhe
other man ; he did so, and in a similar way accomplislied his
Olivet. Having been rather longer down this third time, when
drawn up, he was were seririaily • affected, but fOrtunittelY
soon recovered. Medical assistance' being immediately called,
ery exertion was mane h two Professional Centletnea
recover the two men who first descended, but though the one
had been only 15 ::ad the other outy IC, is the vat, yet
wry attempt to revive them proved iiiefectlial..

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PROVINCIALS.

The followlog la said to he must etTectual method of keepio!
crows oft grain laud stick, about two card iu len...th,
>tuck into the earth in the most exposed part of the !it1(1, and an
inverted glass bottle pot on the top, the stick g.nit.g up the neck.
Three bottles thus placed, have this season secured a seven-acre
field of wheat from their AlepredationA.--+l%e cannot vour!Vfor
the truth of the above; hut we hope, that tbow who are inclined
dibbetiovo it b+ill k;; the exporiaocc, tii,e best, bull cilly
=4;kie L.ctutovit.l4 Uwit duttleus.

winter pear tree,ina gardeaat (xreenhill, SO wise-, ridb
ieaSO:I produced fruit of a secono blossom ; some are netal:y toe
sac of ;yet egg.
Late'. was shot by Georg.e. PrhOe. at Stai tr te, near Dan!ty
Lodge, )the sporting seat of the Rt. Mon. Lord Viseourt Dow t.e)
e.t.;le of the following remarkable dimens•ons : its Lica oil
ei'll the tip of the wings two %tads ten incites, the
fr:on its beak to the tip of the tail. tliirt t -eight inches, the ex-
tr me breadth of the tall twenty- five itiebes. When Oueet; fit an
er .et posture, its height two feet seven inches, its weight sixteeu
p wilds two ounces : the colour is a mixed brown ni.d w bite, the
b tck almost nearly White. This ex traordii.ar) bird hoe bet is
p it into a state of preservation, by Mr. Frank, at Vaulty
L edge.
Evrry.—A Mrs. Mary Titrapson is now lii ieg In K ent
Street, Liverpool, in good 'health and spirit-, at the advai.ced
age of 'llo.years, hem born in srotland the Ist of 3..-
nuary 1698. She has lived is the rei4o of lite inor
n.trchs, beginning with Kiog William. She bore a diiiii)olloed
oat t in the battles of pettingen, Culloden, Fouteeto). &c. tlOder
the Duke of Cumberland.
Another welatteitoly iostance of the thoughtlessness aotl
ruderice of parents.—Oa Tuesday last, about one o'clock in the
ArriloPn, Jost' Carr, an infant about tour -ears of age, and
bl in. 1,4 he son of W Minns Carr, serving• in the, ?inv, tOeliig
by his mother, in her lodging room in LeweF, with two other
children younger than himself, for a short time, w &silt she **int
to a shop for flour, got so Hear the bre, that his (tithes caught
the flames, when the child left the 'room, aci r law un ad-
aieitti; well-house, where it• cries brought a it ttnn:ti front the
next house to its assistance, but too late, as the Rallies
sunwd all its apparel, except the stockits s. to lion! .r, t-n
miserably burnt the child, that he expired a few hours after its
the greased agony. Coroner's Verdict---Accitlental death.
unfottaaate little sufferer w;:s born blind, but could tuq
abattt the street like other hoot, and possessed such .t tilora
.woWledge of his play-mates, that he could readily distingut.itt
one Prints sheother, .
Tuesda, as 'Thomas Dicker, a lad of 15, of Sitcheoter, Berks.
%tag'prepariog to go nut a shooting, tie flood the flint defctive,
end gave the end efd;re gen, which was I tadett, to ois emitter
to who placed it against his belly ; on h trnntering toe hint
tne caught dee, ;tad the contemts w 're discharged into the
no % el* a;ui,„ &rooter, wo4.,.t,saguished in great agouies ull the
attAt day.

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TtJESDAY'S: LON DON GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
George Wake, Morpith, brewer, from J, to J. le,
at ten, at Guildhall. •

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BANKRUPTS.
'Wm. Chowne, Exeter, it:lea-diaper, to ssirrender Jan. 12,
40, and..Feh. 16, at eleven, at the Globe Itivern,:k.xeter. At-
torney, Mr. Anstice, lamer Temple.
Win. Cox, ben. Chichester, dealer in earthenware, Jan. 19,
at Ave, at the Cumin inn, Stone, Jan. ztil, and Fen. 14, at the
!White Lion Intl, Lane laid, Stallordshire, .A.ttormes, hit W tit
un, Kiug's Bench Walks, Temple; ti f Mr. bead...ism:, Stay
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John Holthain,Glintees)er, wiaesoisereltont; Feh..1.2., and 16,
•Lt ten, at the lloothall Inn, Gloocester. Bit% Cr. Gil,
.00, schequer Wire, Lincoln's iu.t ;or hir.Waril, Gloutester.
.luau lieskin, Liverpool, straw hat-manstfact erre,. jaa.
23, a& Feb. 16, at eleven, :t the Geor:e lan, Liverpool.. At.
11r. Forrest, Liverpool ; or Mr. W tadle,.outa.-strect,
Bedford-row,* Lotaton.
• DIVIDEND 9.
lan. 26. John neorgeTlionta, Great Yarmouth. lisea4raper,
I bier, at the King's !lead Int., Great Yarmouth.
Feb.'6. Jowtph Greaves, A‘n. Gloticester-huiloings,ralwarth,
insuraure-broker, at one, at (ittild11•11.
Feb. 6. George Sims, St..phen--trert, Tottanhaut-eoUrtsroad,
coal.amichot, 41 twelve, at Guildhall.
t2.' William Lord, Ship,ton-upon-Stony, drtig;lst, zt
eleven, at the Vaiorn Inn. AIAW on the Wold.
• Feb. (I. William 'Wentworth Dcseamps, I.levts!t Stirvi,eo„
Uorgan, and Peter Nl' raggatt. Ile,c4lit'.t*, al ie.,.
at Guildhall.
u(1)., wall= William, Oxford-street. 14;t13 draper,
i Av., at nfilldl4ll.
March Poicaa, Leadenhe.l-uluAkt; r•sattp.,.. - •
wive, att 14t&ild:Georgic.
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