The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-09 00:00:00

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DZATH INT I arPautilt 11111ATIlhewt.sAR tir4ll.,
I held on Thursday at the Lion and Still, LkOry-lande
before Thomas 'Stirling, Es 9 the Comore. at the in-
stance of the parocaiel officers of Si. Giles's parish, on
Inv hotly of Thee. Browne, whose death was occasioned
by ituptoper treatment he received while being removed
keno Nurthernmorishire test Gilea's.---Eliza:Bolton. a,
tame in the Iltld ward of Sal Giles's workhouse, said,
- • deceased was a paieper, acid had been removed f the
• tourney to Sit Giles's between two and three weeks. At
the time Ile came there lie war i,t a very bad condition.
and told witness he had came from NOrthamptonshire
din the wagerni ; that he travelled three days and three
• 'stains. having only one local per day, with: on straw to
• cover hirfeet, and alleged that his death would be occa•
• 'eased by riding in the waggon. The deceased also
• -stated, he kft 'Northamptonshire in good health ; he
.113.1 nu motley, but was promised some when he arrived
• iti London, -which he never received. On Monday
• morning, alarm a quarter before wren, the witness oh.
• -served the deceased going up stabs, and went to hint,
when he suddenly sunk • her arms apparently dead ;
•he was instantly got on a bed, but never spoke. Mr.
• 'purees*, the apothecary, was sent for, who attended,
and attempted in bleed him, hut without effect. Thos.
•S • h, a pauper in she same ward as deceased, said, he
e(tleceesed) alleged that kis eompl inn arose limn coining
• up in the waggon, and haring hot one tneal per day; lie
seemed always to dread going to bed 011 accoinst of his
death. Witness was close in the deceased when he
died, which happened no Monday last. Mr. Joseph
Burgess..apothecary at St. (-bless workhouse, said the
deceased was brought in there as a pauper; he had me-
(bettor for hi. complaints which was an affection of the
Amiga, brought on by cold ; he had also a dropsical
au riling in the leas, attended with a distressing cough.
•eitticulty of breathing, and great expectoration, denoting
• •disease of the lotigs s• the cough brought a qoan-
tity of blond into the vessels of the fare and head ; de-
• erased was a eery lusty Mall of plethoric habit, and he
AI of opiniou he died of apoplexy, which was likely to
• have been occasioned by cold. The deceased never
hinted any thing to hint of the manner of being sent
trout Northamptonshire. The Jury were of opinion
• -there teat a great want of attention to the deceased oat
journey, and r.turnted their vettliet—" That he died
• of In inflaissatioin of the lungs, occusioned by toe tattle.
• 'matey of the weather, on a journey when' passed from
Aye; in Northamptonshire, to Si. Giles's.'
MR. CLARK.—NIr. Thomas Clark, the well-known
proprietor of Exeter Change, where lie amassed as large
• 4 tontine as was perhaps ever gained by a single indivi-
dual tat the w y of retail trade, was one of the most sin-
polar individuals of lois day Selling nothing but what
%distil the best quality, thing content to sell at a am
• ;actin, and always asking at once the lowest price he
would take, he acquired an extent of retail custom un-
rivalled in toe metropolis ; and his coffers filled rapidly
with the fruits of lair industry. But what perhaps
served not less to promote his .ortutte, was the frugal, or
rather penurious mode of hie, which, to the last. he ob-
served. The co-t°, his dinner, ott six days of the week,
Sel.lolll exceeded nittepeoce : he took it on the bate
boards in a small closet adjoining his range of shops ;
and after he had finished, would step across to the pub -
lic.houae opposite, to the west of the Chat,be, take a glass
vl gin and water,which cost an additional two- pt nee, and
moot cutaway return to resume the business of the day.—
Such was the even undeviating tenor of his way, till he
..approached his 80th year, when he expired. after a short
hitless. So large were the profits of Mr. Clark's trade,
•tuat when the income-tax was imposed, he •returtied
ahem at 6,0001. The tax-collector. conceiving that he
had, by mistake, returned, and over-rated too, his whole
-stock, instead of his income, sent back to Mr. Clarke his
schedule fur correction. Mr. Clarke added another
thousand. and begged to assure the collector that he had
id maw stated the uuuust amount. " Ay, but," d
tile oilier, " 1 want your income, not your propett.."-...
" Will you, be content to take it as nay mentor t" " Oh,
yes r " So will 1." replied the old merchant, who
unshed the astonished collector a good mur tt itt g. The
fortune which Mr. Clark left to his faintly is supposed
.to have amounted to nearly hail a million.
FATAL ACCIDENT OK THE ICE.—OH the 23.1 ult.
a melancholy occurrence took place on the lake of Cat-
tleraitge. in the demesne of lhumas iii
the county of Rosati . A matt of the name of
-Casey, in crossing an arm of the base, had toot proceeded
many yards upon theta... whenit.gave way, and he sunk
immediately; but having accidentally found Mining on
a rook,-he was not perfectly overwhelmed. Be eticou•
raged the hope of being savo.d by the arrival of three
bloater' of the !tame ol Kilroe, who with trite Irish cum.
,rage and it ttttt atrity ran to his assistance. One of thesis
had succeeded sit tattooing a rope round his waist, when
-the ice giving way again, he also whit. hits two bro-
thers anxiously but inconsiderately rushed towards him at
the same moment, to share, alas I wan a friend and a
brother their premature and watery grave. The ffir
boatel! were found in a few hours after, the 11.1114 S of-etch
clinging to the rope. Otte has lett a widow, and another
a widow and child, to suffer by their loss. The father
.of the three Kilroes is au object of great pity: old, feeble,
and infirm, he little thought that in owe fatal hour his
three tio.• lads, the props of his declining years. were to
be cut oh) in the spring of their .I,..sys. It is fortunate
that the families resided stn the property 01-11 benevolent
IMldlord. A fifth had, iii thonatsie of Keegan, in ended.
sooting to save till rest, eseeped by toe ice breaking
where the water...W.4ls onion deep.
OisFriday last three couple of wild docks, pressed by
the severity of lite weather. pitched near Weirdo() bridge,
being.pererived by a gentleman uear the place, be
pluestrud a gait and shot IWO of them.
.Oat Wednesday etching, between the haunt of seven
and eight o'clock, two boys had the .tudaetty to enter
the ger lei of Lieut. White, sat Trafalgar-place, and steal
three waistcoats, fire pair ladies gloves, two shirts,
and wtiwe tither lillt.ll, which were hanging on a line.—
The young depredators cut the line at each end, and car-
ried oft their booty uucr)serveal.