The National Register.
London, England, 1813-10-31 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL lirGISTER.

An old seaman. of Purls, 76 years of age, has been cored of a can-
err on her tongue by a young fretich surgeon, who cat one-third of
the tongue off, wi.h the other two-thirds she continues to speak intel-
ligibly.
To show what a rare felled and abject state France is reduced, the
cel,brated dancer, Des Hayes, who by his profession is supplesed to
have realised a fortune of twenty thousand poetic's, is now serving as a
common soldier in the last raised levies of France. He came amongst
the conscript 'and not being able to procure a substitute for menet!,
he was tarn away to serve in his own proper person.
A lion-hunting party of Nimrod% in Bombay, assisted by tome na-
tives, discos creel a royal
_family reposing in a iunule They first irri•
tated a lioness, who escaped with two cubs froin the jungle, but
while in pursuit of her, a liege lion apperetched them, and though fired
at and wounded, he sprung on a Mr. M. whose arm he facet ated dread-
fully. At the moment of the attack on Mr. M. a native pierced the
ferocious annual with his lance. The poor kllow, rievertheless, fell a
victim, being seized, torn, and strangled by the Iron. Atter this, a
lioness that had killed a woman mid child in a neighbouring village,
was attacked by the pnrty, when two out of the four of the natives that
were foremost, were so crushed and manglen as to cause the instant
death of one, and no hopes of the recovery of the other.
Disc v. Ilene Limo ...W. Moore, of Loughborough, Leicestershire,
bricklayer, a few days ago laid a gager of three shillings, that he ,
could with his hands fixed behind him, worry to death a liedgekw
with his Ince. Ile commenced his extraordinary undertaking by piers-
trating himself en the ground, Mid attack.ug the exterior of his p irk'y
areagoinst with his nose. In a few !ninnies his face was covered with
blood, anti he appeared to have little chance of success : hoeeevi.r, :it
leneth having pressed the little animal till it had protruded its head,
he snatched at it, and bit it riff thereLy winning the wager, to the
great amazement of the brutal spectators.
OVURFLOW ING of zeta Misstssteei.—Letters received from the
United States mention, that in June shd July, the Mississippi bud risen
higher titan it had been kaown fur thirty years. The consequence% had
been dreadful. The water had burst the moueds and inundiced the
country on the west side to the distance of 65 miles The inhabitants
lied to the heights, where they and their slaves were encamped ; but
vast crops, plainatiens of sugar canes, with an immense number of
horses, (attic, sheep, hogs, mat deer. were swept away. The loss of
neat cattle alone was estitrated at 22,000 head. Every little spot of
-bare ground was crowded with animals. It was not uncommon to find
herds of deer intermixed with wolves, and both, front a sense of danger,
equally domesticated. The total lose of property is variously esti-
mated ; the lowest is eight millions of drillers ; the highest twenty-two.
MIRACULOUS EacAre.—llis Majesty's brig Martial, Lieut. Leaver,
which sailed from Plymouth with dispatches and a considerable quan-
tity of stuck for the squadron ill Basque Roads, on the 13tli instant,
was forced back on Sunday week, after experiencing a most narrow es-
cape front destruction in the late tempestuous weather. For three days
she was beating about, nearly in sight of the French coast, when, as
site was lying to, about two o'clock, p. m. a most tremendous cross
sea struck her on her larboard quarter, threw her on her beam
ends, ar.d carried away her bulwark, spars, &c. in this cri-
tical situation she remained some minutes, until, by throwing
six of her guns ern erboard, together with an immense quantay of pota-
toes, casks, hampers, &c. by continual baling and pumping, and the
unceasing labuurs of the officers, p.issengers, and crew, in ieher respects,
she was in about an hour cleared of the water, and enabled to stand be-
fore the .rind. Bat this misfortune was only the prelude to a greater
one. In steering fur the Sound, a wave more titan twenty feet high in
her main iigging, swept away her starboard guiltier-deck bulwark,
dm killed the corporal of marines, threw her on her broadside, amid
completely filled her. She was apparentlyainking, and twenty minutes
elapsed before the exertions of tho-e Mt hoard had any effect, or any
hope of saving the ship could be indulged. Several of the crew were
washed off the deck, and returned again by she sea in a half drowned
state, from which they were recovered with the. greatest difficulty. At
length the brig was lightened, and again bearing away before the wind,
she reached Plymouth a complete wreck.
SINGtiLAa oCCU IfFNcL.---Friday ee'nuight, the military stationed
at and near Gosport, were diawn out in (tido to witness the infliction
of corporeal punishment on a soldier of the Kildare Militia, who had
been tried by a Ceent Martial, in consequence of neglect of duly.
Brigade Major Gibbs began to lead over the proceedings of tee Court,
wherein the prisoner was stated to be a private. The Colonel of the
Kildare here interfered, and suspended ail proceedings, telling the
Brigade Major the prisoner was not a private but a drummer, and
that the punishment could not take place. In consequence the troops
were dismissed, and lite prisoner. will be held in durance until the plea-
of his Royal ilighnessthe Peinee Regent is known, to whom the busi-
ness is referred.

GAS ExeLnstow.----On Monday the ut ivlittourbood of Great Prier-
sheet, Wustit,in•ter, was thrown into much alarm by an explasi-n of
gas, wteeli shook the surrounding houses. It a;'peared, that a pipe
unexpeett Illy burst in the pri wises of the Gas Light and Coke Com-
pany, in culiequence of which notch gas had oozed out and filled then
ap irtment ; but nut calculatiog on this, one of the 'nen took a candle
and pruCE eded to the spot. to aacertoht what was the mutter. The rue-
tilelit the cand;e %vas intioduced, the whole of the gas, that had escaped
from the pipe hoist into a flame, with a dreadful t aphr ion, as if fire
had been communicated to a heap of gunpowder. By it this man was
much injured, as well as two or three mare of the workmen ; hut the
speedy orris of the fire-engines, and the eaertioos within the manu-
factory, soon Qui Ow filf• undet c•‘ntroi.
A blind Vl'l,lllilll, named Macon, tpwards of 70 years of age, was
burnt to death on Wednesday afternoon, at her residence in Great
Earl-strect, Seven Dials. The accident was occasioned by a,spark
which flew out of the fire and communicated to her clothes; she
was instantly envelopod in flames, and expired almoat immediately
afterwards. It is a remarkable circismstance, that her death was
nearly oc,casioned a few months ago in a similar manner.
On Friday last, as a lahonter of ths• name of Hicks, in the employ
of Mr. Huntley, of Tenterden Kett, was driving a cart, into
which lie had born& otly got, Site horses took fright and ran away.
when the dri+i-r, in attempting to jump out, was caught by hes
frock and thrown under the wheel, which passing over his body,
from the shoulder to the toigh, caused his death in about an boar
ufterwatds. He has unfoi Innately left a wire and three childtep.
A quarrel some time a,,0 took place between two French pri-
soners of war, on board the Sampson prison ship, at Gillingham
Reach, when Renoir Robert, who conceived himself insulted, in-
st,ted that Jaques Sotron should fight him in a duel ; not having any
weapons on board, they unrivetted the blades of a pak of wheat's,
which they strongly attached to two sticks, each about a yard long,
with which they fought.—The duel took place on the v 4 of October,
when Sotron inflicted a mortal wound upon his advemtry, of which
he lingered till Thursday last, win is he -died. A Coroner's -Jury,
which sat on the body, gave in a verdict ot•—.Self-Defence.
Last Monday, Sir John Brines, Hart. was apprehended in this
city, on a charge of embezzling King's stores. About zie years since,
Sir John was charged with being concerned with Isgar, Crosley, &e.
in forging the will of a gentleman of Monmouthshire ; and a reward
of 3601. was then offered for his appreltension.—(Bulb Chroakie.)

MATH.
At the Countess of Kinnouirs, Oloneestetplace, the Right
Hon. Lady 11. Di ununond, of a ilaagistia.

MARRIED.
Tuesday, at St. 'Mary-le-bone (laird', the Right Hon. Lord
Henry Mullet, Rear-Admiral of the Blue, a Lord of the Adtnia*ltys
and brother of the Marquis of Winchester, to Miss Maria Ravens.
croft, youngest daughter of E. Ravenseroft, Esq. of Portland-Ware.
Lately, in London, Mr. Thomas Maddison, of Shoreditch, to
Miss Pindard, of Fareet, HOURS. It is very strange, but equally
true, tl.at this is the third sister Mr. M. has Married in rather inure
than four years, and he is own brother to their father-in-law.