The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-26 00:00:00

On Salida), evening last, about ten o'clock, as a gen.
fleetest* was passing the uppri end of Mount-street,
Dimino, a female, enveloped in a dark dress, with a
black honied, rapidly crossed bunt towards the canal,
and t Irately after hearing a areat splint', as it some
thing were cast in, lie rushed over at site moment when
this mirth 1111 l ale person Waif rising to the lupus the water.
Toe 111,01 WWI( dark, and no one as Me untie near, he
Illfe off nis coat and plistiaed in, assi, beitiA lortimately
an exc. bent swi 111 l tier. melted, wish dilHenlu, this un-
fortutute victim of self-destruction. On regaitsiug ilia
hank with nu burden, sturdier gentleman, on his way
to Salialyinount, castle up. To the solicitous enquiries
of both WIC refused to give any explanation, out con-
tinued to txelaini in a low, but wild, distracted, and
agOailaral voice, " Oat 1 why dial yuu prevent one?—
Way did pm rescue met" The genalemen apprenensise
tor tier to.d her, that JS bile would inn glee tier
alitre!•*, Intl sullulit led it isicisinuent osi them to take 'I
tier li, We police office. Tins renestiniratice had the de-
sired t ir ct iiistairtly sin tier afters sot conspired
them, in the ...oat phenol accen.s, "1111,OraUllale as she
Wa,, Saul its eXpow her, and lOW would a/AC Ilef address i*
Wlliell MC slid wills great reluctmi.-e, and, with mill
glealef, aCCollbp4llled them to tile house, worn the
write mat eitsur.sl tory lie wetter imagined (lieu described.
—lt iyeats sue i. the victim of au Youriiiii Ate intact,.
mein , ii:r friends arc tespectalik; she is yang—not
dun 17, and of most mistreating dppeafallee. Her
uncle, won whom she resides, obtained, in tier presence,
fro is the w eillettsra who acc iiiii panted her, toe must
Si ale assurances Mal neither her name liar that ill he,
family should eser transpire; and her family might MI
11J113Ii:t1 that Muse gentlemen will keep Wad promise w-
rist ale, be Sag Well of wit touch (echo% and too sums'
buittnit to add IU tsar WoUlld6 nary have already Irerl‘cal.
NIG Green, who it will be remembered, was nearly
killed sty an accident in his descent, aster has ing ascended
Liam Ctielienhain LW 11104111, and his b escaped
d gas Idle netting. uttered a reward of 51. and so pay
all reasosta•de expences,fio the resturatiari of the bilious,.
It led in a field a short distance hum Northampton, and
to the disarace to all 13ri11sn leelmg, the person will not
restore it to Ilse un.urtutiate aeronaut without making a
prnprity of the accident. He demands forty pounds and
ripener'. The committee as Cheltenham have expressed
their indignation at such condos', and intend taking
steps i iiiii em.itely to obtain possession 01Ilie bailoon.
As Mr. Coulter, a medical gestilemati,olAdain-street,
Bryatistutie square, was passing altnia Wittdmill-street,
Haymarket, about eight o'clock on Tituraday evening,
he perceived a sitia.l child fall from a wood floor win-
dow, on its luck close to his leet, and his ssethately turn
s its lace; II Ile%Cf crud, ion showed any symptoms oh
injury. Mr. Cooper, on viamiuing Inc coital, declared
that it had received no non—s tact which, extraordinary
as it may ent, was fully contintied by the subsequent
exaotina.init of .1110I11ef practitioner.
A st:olt time ago the workmen who are employed in
di4ostig die back near the Copperas Gap, to lortat New
Sittnetiati, r.tad, discovered a httinaii skeleton, wltsch,
front the appearance of the bones, s,tiist twee lain there
fur many podia. S.l sirAige a place 10 users WWI such
IClll.lllls .salurally excited considerable curiosity, but no
iota iiiii allots can be °bunted to explain bow they be-
came deposited Mere. lilt Sllepheall Of a farmer Mal
isle spot very gravely said, that ablUt .20 years al!)
he saw " a galuSl lakell watt two tubs of gin us, the very
spot." I

Cro Thursday night, allow. ten o'clock, as Mr. Patter-
son, of 11 mover.street, Hanover-strafe, was proceeding
loom Acton to Loudon, in a one horse chaise, the horse
took fright, in the neighbourhood of Kensington Gravel
Pm, iu coosequenee of which the chaise was overturned,
and Mr. Patterson, with his 'errant, were •hrown out ;
the horse welt ran with great speed towards town, and
was stopped at the next turnpike gate, the bars of which
were actually broke in pieces.--A baker's man who was
driving a harrow in the road, was caught up by the wheel
of the gig, pitched into a ditch, and very much injured.
Mr. Padersoit was much hurt; the servant escaped with
a slight contusion.
Lord Kennedy has gained his bet (of 1500 guineas).
that he woul.l ride 130 utiles, walk ten miles, shoot 40
brace Of .gnithe, and walk ten snilds hark, all 111 V 4
hoar, whim' he performed in larataty one hours, and shot
49 brace, being brace unite than hi. number. sod
in three hours less time.
At the late Leicester assizes a cause was tried, the
K'lnt V. John Bites the younger and John Bates the
el !er. The prosecutor was Mr. Lacy, of Nottingham,
to whom the patent was granted some years ago for mak-
ing of Lee. rhe defendants. JOllll Bale, and his son,
are hosiers in Leicester, and have also an establishment
at Antwerp; anti it appeared upon the trial that the de-
fendants had endeavoured to get some of the patent lace
machines conveyed to Antwerp Tm• defendant, Jolan
Bales the elder waa f d guilty, and sentenced to be
imprisoned for one veal', to hay a fine of 2001. and'.
be further imprisoned till that fine be paid. J. Ili.. s
the younger forfeited his recognizance by not 111/IWaillg.
ONE HUNDRED MILES IN TWELVE HOURS.—The Hunting-
donshire galloway, 14 bands and an inch, and six years old,
fit property of Mr. Charles Franklin, st a ted on Friday morn-
lag, at two o'clock, over an eight miles piece of ground, near
Biggleswade, to perform the above great undertaking. It was
for a thousand ions, and was to be performed within six
week,: from the 23d July ; to trot only. Heavy stakes were
pending upon the issne of the event, which was done as follows :

u. M.
81h8 miles in 0 50
9th
10 Is
11111
12th
The lasi 4 miles 0 :0

11. N.
Ist 8 miles in 0 40
2d - 0 38
3d ---- 0 62
4i1,---
sth --- 1 12
tith
7th --- 0 521
The horse woo by sight minutes and a half, and was never
distressed. ths rider (Stanton) carried nine stone. The horse
mos baiteed io the 21ith, 43d, and 65th mi)es in small quantities,
end fed welt; and if pushed with two Mors, could have per-
forated the distant* lo loss time by an boor. Mr. Aron Gulley
mod (pt. Braithwaite were the empires.