The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-14 00:00:00

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the appointment of a committee, to whom ally amt..
Nation in the present lietitiust might be suggested, esti
' who might prepare a petition, of which the present
might loon the ground work, which would probably be
approted of at a future meeting.
Mr. Fottexa expressed himself strongly in favour of
the proposal tor depriving insolvent detni:ra of the Rules
of the hinge s Bench and Fleit•Psiions.
The resolutions for printing Use petition was then put,
' and agreed to unanimously.
A comtnit tee of 19 was appointed to receive commu-
nications on the subject, and submit the result to the
next ineetiog, which was appointed to take place on
Thursday, the 24th
Thanks were toted to the chairman, after which the'
meeting dissolved.

The lurid of Joaeph rematns of this-
wretched being, $4.110 at.egnitied to astrassitede Si! C.
flampfylde, and at the same moment put a period to his
own existence, and against whom the Coroner'. Jury
recorded the verdict of " Feb& se." was rerouted noun
the Wdrcester Arms, George Street, !Norman Square,
on Tuesday night, to Mfrylebone workhouse, and from
thence, at 4 o'clock ohs Tlioisday morning,. a procession
consisting of the beadles, and other parochial. officer.,
conducting a cart, upon
.which the body *lay. They
koreetled-to St. Jbhn's Wood, Chapel ROA.: Padding-
ton, and a pit of considerable. depth anst•lrogitravas dug
in the, Centre or croisintecif the roue ettailileading to
Paddington, Highgate, tlarylettone and Loudon ; tha
surface of the bottom of the trench, or pit, was strewed
with slackened lime; the body was then thrown in, and
instantly covered with ans.', lime, and sand; a stake,
to fulfilahe ancient law, was then driven through the
earth and body, and the grave was filled op. Very few
permits attended ;. a strong patty of constables were on
duty round the grave. •
At a quarter ia three o'clock on Thursday mornitig
an alarming fire broke out at Mr. Gila* the Nlaidels-
head public:4low, in liant.cuoit, Fl.et•street: "l'ile
whole neighbourhood was in a dreadful state of alarm.
The distress was, indeed, treater thanwe have witnessed
nn similar occasions, Owing to the lateness of :he hour,
the narrow entrance to the court, and 'the Conserportit
dilllculty of egress and regress,. Wonted and turn half
dressed, were seen rushing impetuously Ihmugh :be
Crowd : some anxiously looking for their familirli, and
others, in the violence of their anguish, exclaiming
that they had lost their all I Two palish engines arriied
instantly, atilt:there was,o-plentlfat sopply warei ; but
' theistatbility of theircondieliers' to bring them into play
added to the confusion. The arrival of the 11111 l ernl•detio
fire-offite engines at length stayed the progiess ol the con-
flagration ; but not till it had completely destroyed the
Maidenhead public-house, where it originated, and the
the house of Mr. Potts; in Sergeant's lam, situated to the
rear of h ; three other houses •re also 1111 l ell injured.—
We are happy to add that no hers have been lost. 'l'lle
flumes had coinstronicated tolhe staircase in the house
of Mr. Potts, before the inmates (consisting of twit yousig
gentlemen and the itotasekerper)), were apprised or their
danger, and they, with great vliflieulti, escaped over the
'roofs of the homes ; tout • a vestige of the property has
been saved.
Llassyslthe Alert Packet —lt is with sincere regret that
liged friends of
41e

we fret eursehres 0b14....t1 to annuuncr•to t.
the sufferers in the alga, that bir. little hopes can lit
entertained of :he recovery of any more of the bodies;
although boats lave been constantly not, none has been
f d since the find dayoniti it is supposed trout the strong
easterly winds winch have lately prevailed Ihey must
have driven them to sea. We have seen two gentle-
men who have jest returned from Holyhead, where they
have been fur the last lahr da;s,• engaged in au effectual
search for the bodies of Messrs. Hine and Lindsay, the
only two eibiti passengers (besides Mr. M'Master) %Aline
names have been ascertained.
In a gentleman's garden, in the• vicinity of St.
Anne's-street, Liverpool, three land tortoises, which
had buried themselves in the earth nt the beginning
of'October last, rose from their earthly sepulchres,
about two o'clock on the Ist inst. within half an
hour of Mal other, to the no small astonishment of
the observers. The sudden transition in the atmos-
pherefrons cold to heat, is preNunicil to have been
the quo of their almost simultaneous resurrect:Q.l.