The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RV.GISTER.

Ilr. G rtitiztru'a house, No. 17, Deninank-stecet, when Once uther home%
were burnt.
Mrs. Graham, n widely, the tecupier of the hawse, said she kept s
,dging..litt,..e, but carried un nu other hu.iness. She was alarmed our
vt be; sleep by Atchibnld McGibbon, a young man, a lodger in the
luitt-e, with the cry of Fun ! She and the other ludgeis owed their Ike:
to htai.
Archibilld McGibbon, a carver awl gilder, suit, be lodged at Mr‘•
tjuithani's Rio or three ditforent times ; the last time he came to lute%
there s' as on last Saturday ; he usually slept in the trout attic, our
f‘F:rl' Anti Coon-v, the deceased, slept in the next rerun I id,
wos also a (rout room, no persons being in the back att A Mrs. Pool.
se ktid.T.V lady, UCCUpit'd the second their; the first tleor wr torcished,
but not inhabited ; two men lodgers and a buy slept in the trout par-
lour ; fwd Mrs GiPhain and her niece slept in the kitchen ; %%lines.
cattle home on Tuesday night about a (palter past bine %Alio k ; he sat
in the parlour alone. %%bit Mts. Grabion, her niece, and Mary Ann
tootwy, therwelv-s, awl conytrsing on %caucus suisjects.
About ten o'clock, ilJ,s. Pool, the lady who occupied the second floor,
caute down stabs, and ordered a coach to he tent hrs., as she intended
to go to ti..! City, and deep at a iend's house in Nelv<mte-street, akd
go to :Ire Bank in the morning to receive a dividend thet was due to lier
before she tame home. Mrs. Graham'. niece and the deceased went
to order Ow coach. Mrs. Graham :diked Mrs. Pool Ic.cl put Out
bet lire and candle, and left all safe. Mts. Pool awweled that every
ti!ing was perfectly sate. 'Witness retired to bed about half past bit
o'clock, and slept soundly until between one and two ; %%hen he awe lee
be kit a sensation of suituention, and jumped up in bed ; the room was
with smoke ; I.e strutTgled as if for 'be, and attempted to call
cut, but could not for wont of breath ; by an effort, hones-el., he
tea% bed the window, "idyll he threw up, and gate the alarm, by
calling out " Fire !" Ile was answered by Mr. Sivewtigla, a neigh-
bour, " No, it is some person breaking, into my house with a design to
rob tile." Witness made answer, " No, no, this house is lire;" the
witchinito came, and the neighbours were alarmed; ttic 11.iar was very
hot tint ler his feet, until the tire began to appear near his bed's head,
twar the wall. AVitnes. then ran (Inuit stairs to alarm the inways;

passing. the first floor, he went down illfs and burst open the parlour
door ; lee awolie two men and a boy that slept there, and thee: he called
Mrs. Graham and her niece, who both slept itl the kitchen ; witness
then inquired if all were sale, and lie was answered all, except Mary
Ann (mewling the deceased) and who, winless miderstood, was to go
home, and sleep at her father's that night, but who slept in the next
room to him ; he beeasae a'armed for her safety, and he attempted to
r up to save her, but could not pass Mrs. Pool's door, whence the
flames burst forth very strong, and the stairs upwards were also on fire;
witness brine nearly ariked. was unable to force his way through the
fie ; Mrs. Grullase came to him ; she also made a desperate etfert to
rush up through the fire, but could not ; witness then made a secoed
attempt, bit the laths and plaster being all c n fire, fell in a shower
down the stin;q. and sly,rtly utter the attic fluor gave way, and fell
into the second deer, so that they were forced to run off to save them-
selves. There %yes but vets little of the furt;i ore saved, :61010110 the
!twists wus the lirgest and best furnished house in Deninirk-street. Wit-
ness lost his watch, t.is pocket-hook, with what little money be
hail, together with alt his clothes, not so much being left him as a hat,
si..,(e or stocking, arid r on:Tined nroirki in a state of ueliedness in the
street, nun! !Our o'cleck, when chalice threw an old wily of stockings
his way ; one neighhour cave him an old pair at blines, another a
hat, &c. ; his shirt ceck-handeerchief mete burned, in his effort to
as.C4,lld the Siairs'.
"several of the Gentlemen. who composed the Jury, and who reside
on the spot, and were ‘Aiteesses to this di eadtel accident, uttributvd
the saving the lives of the inmates:, and the preserviiti-n or the adjoin-
ing lenses, and the property saved, to the vieilauce zed acti‘ity e 4. this
yiiung man, mid expre.sed a wish that he might get a petition, whith
they winild sign, to be prc s, noel to the Geelleenen of the :Mien Fire
lnseraece Colipauv, with whom Mrs. Graham had her !nun' &c.
Insured for about 0,01. in hopes they mieht take his distressed case
lute coleideration, and give hiHm some relief. es it might be a induce-
ment to others to act in like manner, iu a similar case. The Coroner
explained the nature of the evidence to the Jury, who, by his dime-
tioo, returned the following vei diet :—"*l hat Miry Aeri Cawley, Ca•ti-
ally, accidentally, and by teisfortene, met -with her death, by being
burnt with the house, No. 17, Denmark street."

CURIOUS OCCURREVCE.—A singular story is in circulation, of
which we state the particulars pteeiscly as they reached us. Some
weeks ago, a niece of Lord o—, a young I ,acty about twrlvc or
thirteen years ()rage, rushed out qt MA chamber in great alarm,
exclaiming that slie had Ken a ghost of a frinale seavant who had
hitt], initted the family, but %vim wali also still living in London. lu
vitc ut all the argutu •ate used to renivve this

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sl:e persisted in deviating, that site invariably Sa w the same phantom
0:1 entering the same chamber, the terror of its appearance had
•T 1 Os an effect npon her nervous system, that it via. feArrd !WC
titcult beeollie disordcrcd, it was deemed exredietii to
consult Sir F. M.--After several ineffectual attunpis to dispel the
phantasy by widen she was hffileiell, lie reeoMlllended that the
servant %hese lioire was thus presented to her should be procured.
and placed in the C4l 411, in the exact attitude described by tba
young lady, that hv this means she might be convinced other exis-
tence, anti be satisfied that the l'ancied vision was only the coinage
Of her own brain. This was accordingly done, and the young.
Lady Ras conducted to the chaniter,nhich she had no sooner entered
titan she uttered a piercing .irick, clasped her lian&, anti exclaimed
Two gho..ts ! Inn ghosts 1" fell on the floor in a convidsion
wltiidt, in a few hours, terminated existence I—j Stujbrilshir4
Mercury. ) •
A murder, more than usually shocking to humanity, was com-
mitted in Dublin, on Tuesday sennight.—Maurice Eaton, aged
about '24, and James Eton, Rued about 113, having had all riltvrea-
i ion, the former cut hi 4 brother's throat from ear to ear—the 111041'•
ter had effected his escape.

DIE D.
At Miirston Rectory, Kent, in his 96th year, the Rev. Mr. Marsh,
Rect. r of Murston.
At Sudbury. near Harrow, Aliddleses, Mrs. J. Moore, of the Queetis
•liousehold, need 95. •
Lat. Iv, at Vale itriennes, Richard, V;scount Barriagton. lie is suc-
ceeded by his [mother, the My. G. 13artiu6ton, Prabendary of Dur.
ham.

J. SIVE:WRIGHT,
-Informs his Friends and the Public the First Day of Drawinz the
State Lottery is over. and the Great Capisal,, viz. Two of i.? 0,0001.
One of#lo,oool. with many others. being Undrawn, makcs Ric
Wheel mieminnonly Rich, all which will he distribta'.ed on NV I.D-
NEsnAY NFAT, the ‘26th inst.
Undrown Tickets and Shares are on Sale at his Old and favourite
Offices, ; 11, Holborn; SB. Haymarket; and I+l,
Oxford-street ;--wherc for the last eight years Capital Prizes have
been sold to au amount unprecedented.

A VALUABLE DISCOVERY, with a SAVING of FIFTY
PER CENT.
IMPROVED LAVENDER WATER.
This fine, subtle fluid, being trebly distilled, with very little heat,
from the recent flowers, is more fragrant and refiesliing thau any
other preparation or the kind, produces the permanent effect of a
nosegay of the fresh flowers,; and being extremely volatile, i. speedi-
ly diffused through ci sraeimis apartment; instead of discoloultiaa,
it actually increases the whitenei.s of linen.
Prepared and signed by the Proprietor, a Jones, and sold wl:ole-
sale and retail, at Watson's medicine warehouse, 22, Sonthamptnu-
street, Strand, price 34. in piles, or 3041. per dozen : where also is
sold Janil.s's Irestiniable Peruvian Tooth Pusvder, in buses of is.
and 1). tid each.

A FINE HEM) OF HAIR
Has always been eateamea an rweuti3l addit;on to perional beauty; to obtain
which k espeociall recoinutecaed
ROVVLANIYS MACASSAR OIL.
By expresq Authority—Patronized by their lto%;t1 the Princeos of Wale% .
and the Duke of Stisci;x, His Excelz•ney the Spankii Autha.,4olor. the Right
lion. the. tart tna ('onuterAv of Oxford, the Nay). and Arm, and the inajoritl

of the Nehill. thrnitihout rbe F:mpire. "
OH is die must heatitifulb. ploasant, and efficacious production in tl•ts
for eralicatin; all Impurities in the Human Hair. and prOAUC/11{: a ilaat111:111t
g,rovvilt nn the b....itlest p.ace4, previentirc: it nr teruisir cre.
Ar..lials tut auxiliary nf strength to the roots t f Cie Hair, which soon ptodeces
an in iiaitahle natural Curl, and bestows on the tree-es a transcet.dant litiai4 In!
lta.Ve ; renders Childrrn's Hair strews and heithtiftil ; promotes the tr. lath ••1
E,e-'.rotss, in line its per-eminent wittliec I ate bre2
atte,deo. by aii L.:intense multituile nt wittiesse, For ii:rther e;ucidation 1,
Liod's 'Eri-atise on the Itupruverarat of the Harman Hair, viola,
atter.tion of every f imily.
poptilitrity (Willis Ail has induced insidious person: to impose on
Pultlio a base and noxious Counterfeit, imitating* the Bib-, Bottles, Se.
tl lie?
the Preprietors view it an duper kiwi duty to cmition the Poldie not t,c parche •
vit ithout the shot e Treat:se Icicle:et!, .and the si.i.naterci of ihr PlOnfierol'S 011
lahle, in red ink, "A. ILOW iND and SON," in their writ lie.
Enid at .ts, 1;d. and Is. per hottle, lay the cr,ii,trictart HOWL
and SON, liirby--treq, Hatton-garden a.nt, app.:isit?nytil, by all l'c'.lc
and Medicine Venders in London, and throu;bout titc United kittetlow.—A
powI.AND'S ESiENCE 'Cr TYRE; ()It, D1P1:111AL 1)1
A Prrparatien of wonderful metaintirph•-inc which will
eCectua!ly clialt2v Heil or Gret Hair, Vi 1" • t" a b" so'
Black or Mown, which colour cannot tie rf 00%-rd 11y Wailoi:T. It t: praect
ist.xiotts, anti c•iinpoitild'id eeterf - A siiitZle 1.14; ..•,:!1 p:,,!
.1 p..lr4ur rueits.—Prii::. 1. Litt liott/e.

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