The National Register.
London, England, 1817-10-27 00:00:00

liien the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Oct 2l•

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
Str-ap G. Aldermanbury, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23.
BANK RU PTS.
MALIN9 H. Pall Mall, conic-house-keeper. Oct. es, Nov. 8, Dec.
t, at Guildlia/L Ant. Nethereole and Co. Essex-street.
SLNOIER E. Corstey. NVilts‘tire. victualler, Nov. to. 11, Dec. 2, at
Wanninster. Atts. Nethersole and Co. Essex-street.
os: K A3l W. Bristol. baker, Oct. 31. Nov,l, Ike. 4, at Bristol.
Atts. Poole and Co. Gray's Inn-square.
Itoasox C. Fast-lane stairs, Bermondsey. shipwright. Oct. 25.50,
Dec. 2 at Guildhall. Au. Mr. Hutchinson. Crown-court, Thread-
nesat:street.
EST La J. Rochester-road. brickmaker. Oct. 25.30,
Dec. 2. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Lawrence, D.:an-court, Doctors'.
maroons.
FoassAs J.jun. Mountsorrcll. I.eicester. hosier, Nov. 3,4, Dec. 2,
at Leicester. Atte. Alexander and Co. New Inn.
Clumsy R. Eden-place. Kentish town. bookseller. Oct. 28, Nov. 8,
Dec. 2, at Gniklltall. Att. Mr. Wilde, Warwick-square.

DIVIDENDS.
H. Scroder, College hill, sugar refiner. N0Y.17.
H. PuWord. Berkeley street, Piccadilly, wine merchant, Nov. 13.
P. Young, Wapping, ropeinaker, Nov. 15.
G. Syme, Vine-street, Minories. merchant, Nov. 15.
J. Leo:lre% Somas town, Suffolk, merchant, Nov. 13.
G. R tree, Stockton, Durham, simper, Nov. 13.
It. so J. Doison,Thre4aun-court,Southwark, hopfactors, Nov. 11.
114'Lacklan and .1. Galf, Great St. Helen's, factors, Nov. 13.
Purday, Margate, stationer, Nov. It.
I'. Unwin, Shawt.ridgeworth. ilertford, rnaluter, Nov. 29.
L. Bryant, Bath, wine merchant, N0v.19.
9. Sach, Great Coggeshall, Essex, tanner, Nov.
J. Higgimion, Manchester, innkeeper. •

CERTIFICATES. Nov. II:

J. and R. Shirley, Worship-street: dealers in earthenware—R.
Allem, Stockport, hatter—H. Spink. Rury-street, Westminster.
smith-4. Taylor, Creedenhill, Hertford. shoemaker—W. Cotten,
Bristol, dealer—J. Cotten, Doncotnbe-mill, Wiltshire, papennaker
—J. Kohler, St. Swithin's-lane, merchant—J. Beare. Cheapaide,
merchant.-. 1. Graham, Marsh-gate, Lasubt:th, ropemaker.

STRAIN BOATS.—An important application of Steam-vessels
has lately been made in Scotland, and, we leans, with the
most complete success. It appears that, since the opening of
the Clyde canal (epwards of 30 years ago), a navigable com-
munication has existed between Glasgow and Leith, the port
of Edinburgh; notwithstanding which, by far the greater
portion of the trade between these places has been carried OH
by land carriage, at an expense more than double what it
might have been done by water. This navigable connimni.
,ration consists of a canal, for 20 miles, and a broad river or
firth for 26 voiles ; and It appears, that the obstacle which has
prevented :the benefit being taken of such apparent advaii.
sages, is the extreme difficulty of comb tieing vessels, which
from the draught of water and mode of rigging, would answer
for the navigation of the canal, and at the same time be able
to contend evilest strong contrary winds in the Firth of Forth.
To obviate this difficulty, a company in Leith have equipped
a powerful steam vessel, or tracker, r ompletely adapted for
encountering stormy weather. This vessel, which is most
appropriately named the Tug, is meant to track ten other
vessels, alternately, which have been peculiaily constructed
by the same company, for carrying goods along the Canal.—
But the utility of the Tag is not confined to tracking : she
has also two commodious cabins, and from coml • • g the two
purposes of tracking and conveyance of passengers, she is
able to convey the latter with a degree of cheapness, which
tasembles more the track schuy t of Holland, than any convey-
ance we have in this country.
SINGULAR IIIiIIIENT.—One of the most extraordinary in.
stances of good fortune that perhaps ever occurred to any
baleen being. has fallen to the lot of a young gentleman, now
about 18 years of age, the son of a respectable farmer in the
vicinity of Newmarket. In travelling, more than 18 months
since, from his father's house in the county of Cambridge,
towards Shrewsbury, (where he went to school), he accident-
ally met with an elderly gentleman in the stage-coach, to
whom he was entirely unknown, but who was so much pleased
with his company, that before they parted at Shrewsbury
(where the gentleman resided), be told the youth that he had
been looking for,a person to whom helmight leave his fortune,
sod that he was the object of his election. The gentleman
thew gave Isieoptn invitation to his house, where lie was always
treated with the greatest respect, and introduced to the best
society of the place for more than a yeas , and bad a horse and
servant kept for him whilst be remained at the school, which
he continued to do till very recently. The gentleman being
taken extremely 11l within these f•sw weeks, sent for the youth,
and repeated his former intimation of giving him all his pro.
perty. Accordingly he caused a free gift of his immense
wealth tor be legally made out, only stipulating, that in case
he survived, the youth should handsomely provide for him
during the continuance of his life. He, however, died within
a short time after he signed the deed, in which it has been
discovered that he possessed more than 500,0001. sterling!
What is ;very remarkable, the youth (as we are told) never
communicated any of the circumstances to his family, until
after-the decease of the gentleman (who is said to have been
a West Indian), fearing probably, to raise expectations that
might never be realised. Since the event, however, we have
great pleasure in relating, that the youth's filial and fraternal
affection has been most honourably evinced, by his having
voluntarily given 50,0001. each to his father and elder bro-
ther. Stich are the circumstances of this singular incident,
as they have been verbally communicated to us : tbr the car.
rectuess of the whole of which statement we cannot vouch,
but the make fact is undeniable, although we are not autho-
rized to name this favourite of Fortnne.--(Bary paper.)
SINGULAR DrscovlßT.—On Mauch.), iuuw, the COW
stable of the parish of Newington, saw three persons dressed
in the garb of Jailors begging on Newington causeway; two
of theta were lame, or pretended to be so; and the third,
who was skorter than the other two, appeared to have but
one arm, and the left sleeve of the jacket was dangling by his
side. The constable asked them to go about their business
and leave the parish ; one of the tall fellows began to be very
abusive; the constable therefore was proceeding to convey
them auto the watch house, when the shortest went upon
his knees and said, " Pray don't take Jack to the watch
house, let us go; have pity on my sex, for I am a woman."
The constable found that the suppliant was one of the fair
sex, and had two arms. and had tied one up under her
jacket. She acknowledged that she was an unfortunate we.
man, had lived in Dover-street, but was cut out of baldness
by the young ones, and to save herself from starving had
assumed men's apparel, and went begging as a wounded
sailor. On her promising to put on the apparel of her
sex, and to alter her course of fife, she was discharged.
;T*as
g. he _sailors ware disgorged on their prom-Wog to data
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