The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-12 00:00:00

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On Moeda_ y last the peeleogers the Amnia dap
marsh. frost Wormier. Met with a providential escape ;
the coach had changed horses about It o'clock, as usual,
and proceeded at a moderate pace up Headington-hill,
at the top of which • fellow was belabouring a poor
donkey which had taken his station in the middle of tho
road with a can attached ; at this the leaders took fright,
and darted suddenly ewer a heap of rubbish by the road-
ie:le, which jerked the marehissan off the box and thus
freed the animals from all restraint; immediately they
darted of at full speed. and continued at the rate of le
miles an hour, ler about four miles; during which three
outside passengers contrived to escape behind, and two
gentlemen who were Weide climbed on the roof and
dropped off in the same way, leaving a lady and child
inside; when opposite forest-hill. the coachman of the
Worcester down coach, seeing the other coining at so
fatless a rate without a driver. pulled up, and the lose-
tempers instantly jumped elf. One gentleman made a
desperate snatch at the loaders. and was dragged a con.
Womble esteem but fieseessely waded. a taming
the tad by divan* aid of she alier possisigen the
whole weft resened fradreaset imminent dasoore, wittiest
the sittitleitir brit/ iestaieed by the passegste or
coma. Me rnems se not aneserielly ajar&
A dreadful emearrenes took place at Hinckley a Wad-
wonky snots'*. Ties yowls, men, woad 4feseph
Hoist mod William Peat, laming hash-attain dispute
with sub ether, determined le mule it liy *mak Ac-
=. gay hips Ow Nobs. but was shArleets Adir
. *orally. er luid Peet boss_ asin Is
a their in a hoiire, before hs MI akeedbons
and expired. twee, the. ether eashataisti seneadased
himself to a constable the nest • .to await the
Coronet inquest, which was MOMS • . The
Jury brought in a sadist thin he din/ from " illellei“
passion, and not by blows 110111•011 bens his einagesda
' On Wednesday morning led, about half-pass six
ticloek..ass as the waselsonen had mita from Arty,
some tho Arad an mama brae As porkier window
of Mr. Antietam mot aseeheni. of Prisee's maw, by
meal eta eeniabis. They Mho apes she Imam end
carried away ii pent quantity of obis sad bendy linen,
and other arta 'so a commidamble millost. A. has,
supposed to belong to one of dm villain., was lett
behind. -
BILLINGIOATI MAMILBTA.4IIO moat interment she
venom and Inspromments ass to all place m Billing,.
gaiwinarket. lie 11111111•Iimmeivaniesakenses from ohs
existing arsamminens. by which the wholesale abet,
and the retail or hearse mirk* is united. The pupa
are liable 10 great isnymitinna in seinsgemmeof this
Whoa, as they ass prevented from thedogmehrog be.
tween the salesman and the bomesommo, mod Mies per..
chase large quantities of fish at retail prime. By the
plan submitted in the Cies Committee an this **ism
the two markets will be edeetusily espoused, mad th;
public will be protected from all attempt, m daframi.--
I)w* the mayoralty of Alderman AAA's. a say be-
nebAd change was made in the market. It had been
usual to permit the oyster boats to land, their oyst•ra at
any part of she market %hat bad promostid as opening—
a permission which caused the most offissim and isiMs.
rious mimeo. whit* were may pmt an main by 4 wee
lation tonguing the heats to a wain VICO 114 the honest
of the market. The owners at first opposed this plan
fur their accommodation. bat they no wasoer bad tried
the experiment than the approved of it. The committee
also recommends that the profits of rise ttaarket. shall be
paid iota the Chamber and that the Corporation shall
pay the different officers of the market 4a rote equal to
their present casual weekly receipts. There is to be an
enema of fees, nor any pecuniary adantegi as( the
empannime. arising item taking the osatopedolot out of
the lauds of the present clerks • lout it is supposed that
the public. will be extensively clerks;
_by rho change,
• Aso a certain degree oh romeenaibililY •Pu`o4
corporation for. the protection of aN purchasers: She
sothemen sod hoarse-men are perfectly Cell saiii6id at
the primed impeoveunents, and we undimmed that the
report will be made early in the month. '
Wright, the pedestrian, the _champion olf 'England
completed his task on Thursday last' d WO miles in Ml
successive hours, la/Minutes before four oelsok. being
SO minutarbefore his time. lie then offered to walk
five miles the next hour, but his.backers would jot al-
low hlm to exert himself any further. He now offers
to walk against any MU in Eneldq, NO miles fair
walking,, to start within 24 hours front hie 10U miles, as
above, for any sum. from 1001. to suoi.
A racing match, between Gen. M'Keasie end Capt.
Douglas, fora ansiilerable sum, teak plass at Broughty
Ferry. on Friday end Saturday last.—The distance missed
over was about If mules being from the Ferry to the
Light-house. and back. On the Awl day it was amens-
plhhed in about 36 minutes, Gee. MaKensis, beinika
few yards in advance. On the second da_y. in about 119
minutes she General being again first. The warr was
for the best of three heats, and of course Gen. WlCeusie
was declared the winner. The horses earned i t stone.
The feat is more worthy of notice, that it took place in
'la season of the year when the horses are is bud condition,
and on the second day's ram it was full tide. when they
' were forced to take rough add uneven ground user the
Sandy ridges. .•
A poor man named Foster, whose mtemstion is that
of a rat-estaber, while employed Lisa week, at Truleigh
i. Farm, near Brighton, had his thigh pierced by a rat-
epee', and in that mate was conveyed to Hatboro, a
distance of twelve miles. where the instrument. which
is a gaged one, was extracted by Mr. Mania, a surgeons.
of Bonham; but notwithstandiess his t swam end
skilful cover a, the poor fellow died two days afterwards.
On Monday morning last, Master Sayer. eldest lON
of Captain Sayer. royal- navy, with soh* telsess,, went
to shout on the cliffs, at Turn-chapel, near Plymouth.
when, no ruing over a hedge, his Meet neat off. and '
the whole charge mitered the right side and lodged in
the shoulder. He was taken to aho useet Turd-opsi,
where he remains in a dangerous state. His homily, in
consequence, are thrown into the deepest distress.