The National Register.
London, England, 1817-05-12 00:00:00

ST SO ERS.

In eonseqwnce of the acting Magistrates for the
County of 13‘.t.-;ss !tacit g been retusea auahitaa.e to toe
slake in Cie 0“..)1 of Reading (though they
were in the constant habit of visiting that gaol,) they
addressed Queries to the Secretary of State fbr the
Flume Dei)..rtatent on the subject, and received An-
swers. 'the naming is a copy of the Queries aud
Answers:—

set the whale in a blaze. It seems this wretched man had meditated
this revenge upon :ds master ever since harvest, when they had souse
angry words, which provoked the latter to strike him, and tura hies
out of his employ.
On Thursday, the Ist. inst. as Mr. John Payne, sack carrier, of
Hillingdon, was retuning in his cart, from Hemel II ernpsted mar.
ket, Herta, he was robbed and barbarously murdered between Water
End and Dagnell. hone stopped as a public house, at ti e let.
ter place, waere his master usually took refreslanent, and the people
in the house nut seeing Mr. Payne, went out and discovered hint
lying dead in the catt, with his throat cut, and the body scarcely
cold. On searching the pockets, his pocket book and money were
-ascertained to be missing ; the latter, it is conjectured, amounted to
mar I'a. ; but aid. concealed in the watch fob, had been passed over
undiscu.. ‘e.i. 'roe Earl of Bridgewater, and the respectable is ha..
Moults or tie itighboini.ood, have most laudably eivrtei themselves
to brin,;. to exeni;.lary.ataice the perpetrators of the horrid deed, and.
two or tnree have been apprehendect en suspicion.
We leant with regret, that the temporary tranquillity which had
existed at the East India College at Haileybury has been spin in-
terrupted. There have been college councils held, and juvenile
council, held ; and whatever might be the comparative wisdom dii.
payed in debate, the actions, at least, emanating from the latter
councils, were the most decisive and powerful, terminating in an
attack upon the council-chamber itself of the learned Professors.
alr. Principal is said to have been chased, with very opprobrions
language, by a dog with a tin kettle tied to his tail ; one of the Tu.
tms wi., beaten, and the Steward had his head broken. On the con-
miry, the acts emanating front the council-chamber of the Masters.
though they might possess much wisdom, were deficient in vigour.
Some of those punishments which are with great propriety called
re.vtleations—as sending the youths from the populous City of Hert-
ford t leath to tie retirement of London—were pronnanced only.
A most destructive fire happened Monday la tat Allhourne. IVilt
. lest o;ed fifteen cottage-house>, Lree oarns, two malt-houses
(one built within the last two years at an expence of 501. and tip.
wards), a large quantity of thrasaeal and unthrashed barley, a rick of
oats. waggons, cart, and a large quantity of barley and malt in the
mali-nouses, a smith's shop, a carpenter's shop. and a weaving shop.
Mr. Lockett, Student at Law, was committed to the Fleet, on
Wedne alay, by the Lord Chancellor, for having clandestinely mar.
tied Miss Edward,. a ward of Court, while the settlement was pond:
ing with the Nlit.ter fur his marriage.
Tuesday, in the case of Mrs. Bazeley, the ward in Chancery, the
Lord Chancellor gave an order for the payment of a further sum of
0001. for the maintenance of the lady :rid her two children. Mr.
Bazeley„ the husband, still continues a prisoner in the Fleet.
A soldier of the 13th light dragoons, W;ti had bavely served in
Portugal, Spain, and France, drowned himself on Saturday ben-
night, in the river Eden, Cumberland, to avoid lain? flo Ted a ass.
contl time, fcr the crime of marry Mg without consent of his officers.
LoatonviT v.—A Gentleman of considerable researth, lately
made a catalogue of neatly eight hundred person s who hat attained
a great age, and found dear habits of life only to agree is one yard.
cube, namely, rising eat ly in the morning.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, May 6.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
Rrtot, J. Tong, Yorkshire, worsted manufacturer, till May 27.
BANKRUPTS.

PETTMAN. W. Ham, Kent, nurseryman. May 13, 30, June 17.
Airs. Muntrion and Locock, King's Arms Yard, Colman-street.
MouGAN, A. Carmarthan, milliner, May 11, 20, June 17. Atm.
Bourdillon and Hewitt, Little Friday-street.
GUVER, J. Low:r Brook-street, wine-merchant, May 13, 20, June
17 Mt. Thompson, South ftlulton-street.
Rictiwitos, W. Chatham. blacksmith, May 10, 20, June
Att. Nelson, Eases-street, Strand.
Boni Nsort, J. Dorking. baker, May t 3, 20, June 17. AIL Wes/14,
New Boswell-court, Carey-street.
LEWIN, L. Old City C .ambers, watch-maker, May 10, 20, Junsr
17. Att.. Annesley and Son, AnAel-court, Throguiortot-street.
HAWK.BIIII/OE. W. S. Clevelami-row. Fitzroy-sni are, surgoana
May 10. 20, June 17. Att. Passmore, Throginom 4.40. et.
Tocsi.e, W. 11. High-street. Sout ,work, iron-me:clout, May 10,
17, Jane 17. Atte. Denn and Ctusidand. Broad-s rest
SEEIII. W. Liverpool, counnission-agent. June 9, 10, 17. Att.
Chester. Staple Inn.
BILLIARD. lt. West Ma 'khan]. Nottinghamshire, farmer, May 17.
14, June 17. Att. Blatlcstock, S..T.it' cans Inn, H c eet-7e.t.
CiLINDLEY..I. Sto,kport, Cieshire. grocer, May 17, 19. June
Att. tacker, N0..01k-street, Strand.
SIIIITII. S. 1.. kiadte,n, Leicestershire. desk:. May 16, 17, June
17. Att. Bromey, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn.
PELT. J. yen. Bradmore. Nottinghamshire, nialtater, May 23, 24. •
Jane. 17. .Au.. Hard and Co. Temple.
11E WENS, W. Ilinekky, nierc..r, May 26, 27, June 17. Atts. Ail-
lington and Gregory, Bedford-row.
BARK. K. Haliiaz, corn-dealer, May 21,22, June 17. Att. Socket,
Noule-streLt.
DIVIDENDS.