The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-31 00:00:00

ARSON.

Jane Co, A was put to the bar, charged with having on the
943 of October feloniously set fire to a certain house in the pa-
rish of St. Marylehoue, the property td Julio Campbell Esq.
Mr WA Lroit D opened the case, and Mr. 1301.tatt:o sum!
it to the Jury, on the part of the Sun roe office, who had
insured the house

George Wilkinson, r coachman, remembered the mornityg
of the did of o;tuber. Lived near seyntour-place, and from
his own door could see the house, No, 69: saw it on fire
about 7 in the morning, the fire coming out of the first floor
wind w. Went with sonic others to get the servant out.
They went from wont to room, and in the back parlour they
saw a bed, but did not perceive at that time any person in it.
They went out; but were induced to return, when they found
the prisoner in a state of insensibility. They spoke to her,
but she did not answer. The corner of the bed was un tire.
They took her away, and soon after returned to get a bed
for her to be laid upon. After the fire was nearly extin-
guished, they went to sec how the prisoner was. She had
then recovered in a great degree, and talked rationally, but
was a little convulsed at times. He asked her.how the fire
had happened, and she said that she was the only person
guilty, and she knew she must suffer She added, that tier
friends had all turned their backs upon her, that her charac-
ter was blasted, and she had no remedy whatever to get rid
of all her enemies, but to be burned in the flames. Witness
asked her whether she had been advised by any one. She
said no; not in. particular; that every one was her enemy,
and she wished to get rid of life. She had dune the act, and
us. one else was to biamc. She then described -the may in
which she had set fire to the home. Elie got up about titre:
o'clock, and took some laudanum and some holland& out of
her master's cellar, and drank it She had cut up sonic
sheets, and set fire to them, in the back kitchen.
Cross-examined by Mr. CURWOOD.—Prisoner appeared
like one deranged. What she said about setting Cite to the
back kitchen could not be true, from all he had seen.
Br the Cover.—She had some scratches un her throat, as
if else had attempted tosnake away with herself. She Litt;
nothing to him about diem.
Mr. John North, a surgeon, ,aw the prisoner on the morn-
ing in question. •Wm was a good deal convulsed at intervals,
He examined her throat, and found a few very slight incl.
noes, but they were of no consequence, being only mu d.c
skis. In tke course .of an hoer or two after, he visited her
again, and found her compara:ively tranquil. but s. ill much
agitated Hire this witness corroborated the testimony of
the former one, as to her coctes,ion of the fact of setting Ste
to the house. She denied that a soldier had any hand in the
tratvaction ; but soon after added, that she could not tell the
whole truth, for fear of the peop.e. Witnesizathered from
some other parts of her coneenatiun that she had been ill.
treated by her husband. :he told witness that she had at-
tempted to cut her throat, and the wound, bore the mark of
a very sharp instrument. She also acknowledged to li,sviug
taken-some laudanum. _ .

_
In his cross-examination; Ise said,if called in to give his opi-
nion as to her sanity: he would hesitate in giving it under the
circumstances of agitation in which she was. However,
judging from what he had seen he could not say that she ap-
peared sane then She was sent to Marylcbone Infirmary.
Mr. Guodger, the apothecary to the Marylebone Infirmary.
saw tie prisoner when brought in there. She was then in a
very stupid state. That might have been occasioned by lan•
danum or other opiates. de saw her several times after, and
she talked a great deal of nonsense. As soon as the effect if
the laudanum had subsided, he had no doubt from her man-
ner that she was deranged she was insane upon one point.
She always:magined that some persons w. re scandalising her,
and sometimes she conceised that she was going to lose her
head.
Mrs. Frances Stowe knew the prisoner; used to pay her
board wages for keeping Mr. Campbell's house t witness saw
her in the li.firmary, where she confessed the had made away
with some or the property, she told her where they were to
be found. waness went to one of the hou•es, where she found
a silver cream pot and anger tongs, and some tea spoons.
Witness saw those articles, but.d4 not examine them; she
went to ether places, but valid actuated asy.artieles of Mr.
Campbell's property.
Mr. Thomas Webb. the surgeon to the House of Correc-
tion in Cold Bath-fields. saw the prisooer wh nsheicamethere,
and,every day whilst she was there; and to the best of his skill,
she did LAI appear to he any thing deranged in bet mind. She
appeared a good deal debilitat. din her bodily system. She
had bsen sent from the I iifi wary to Cold Bath.Aelds house.
The case had gone thus tar, and no legal ohketiou was
made to the indictment,
.when a gentleman of the name et
Owen was called by the counsel for the prosecution. The uh.
ject in calling this gentleman was to give legal proof that the
house, ti,,cribed in the indictment, was the property of •Jolin
Campbell, Esq. Fur this purpose Mr. Lswen produced the
probate of a will, made by a Mrs. Eliza Stapleford. in which
the house, No. 69, Seymour-place. was bequeathed to Mr.
Campbell. But the terms of the bequest ran thus—•• To her
dear friend John G Campbell, Esq. ; ' whereas the indictment
laid the house as the property of John Campbe I, Esq , with-
out any other name being {?refixed or added. Upon heating
dds,
Mr. Justice PARR stopped the evidence, and sent for Baron
Wood, who had been out of Court for a short time. !laving
consuitcd with Baren.Wood fir some minutes, Mr. Justice
l'at k was suffering the case to proceed, when
Mr. Cuswenna submitted, that the indictment could not
stand. in consequence of the misnomer. The indictment
chargeti the orisuner with having set fire to the house i,t John
Campbell, Esq. • whereas it now appeared, that the house was
the prup2, ty oelohn Graham Campbell. This, he contend-
ed, must resider the indictment void, as if the prisoner was
acquitted on it, she could not urge such acquittal as a plea
in bar to auy future indictment which might describe the
property as that of John Graham Campbell. It was held thiS

OCT. 31.

the name of the owner of the property was essential, and if so
tt was cssenti.tl that it should begiven correctly.
i The Coos r again called Mrs. Stowe. whn stated, that she
had known Mr. Campbell as Joh n.C.a m plied but she had also
heard him c., lied Craham Campbell sometime-.
Mr. Cue wool) now observed, that wh ite,er he might
have been called, lit re was a probate of a will to which he
had sworn, and in which by his own act, he was called John
Graham Campbell It this objection had not suggested it-
self, them wit.. another which he intended to hare made, but
only in welt of judgement. He thought. however, he might
aaarell mention it then. It was to the wording of the indict-
ment, which described the house as be 11 fd c 1,. 3. Gtinpbell,
die. Now, he maintained that this expression was equivocal,
and that the terms, ‘• she gy Sec. should have been
used; for a house might be belonging to a tenant, and yet
the property of any other person; and it the house was held
as tenant by the prisoner, the offence of sttitig fire would
not be a capital one. This dcicriptivin of the property he
therefore maintained was not a suirwient one in law.
Mr. Boit...two rose to reply.—His ob.cm.itions on the
second objection were not audible where we sat. In reply to
the first we understood him to contend, that the way in
which the name was given &chant vitiate the indictment.
They had proved that Mr. Campbell bad been known by
the name of John, and his having been left property as John
G. Campbell could not effect the legali,y of the former de-
scription If he, Mr. Bollaad, whose name was had
been left property, and was described iu the will as Mr.
Henry &Maud, it would nut invalidate an indictment in
which he should be described as William Holland. the
learned gentleman was proceeding with this argument. when
Mr Justice PARK observed, that although the will had
only mentioned ' John G. Camphdl," yet in the probate
Mr. Campbell acknowledged the addition, and filled it up
with the word .• Graham."
Mr. Bo said he was not aware of this circumstarce
before, and had therefore nothing further to offer upon that
objection
Mr. Justice PARK then observed, that his learned brother
Baron Wood, having a doubt on the subject ar the objection,
he would reserve it for the opinion of the ix fudges; as also
the other, which Mr. Curwoed had made.
'Ms evidence fur the prosecution being now closed,•the
prisoner was called upon for her defence, but did not offer
nay obser cation- Her counsel called the billowing witness :
. Aone Payne knew the prisoner fur 2 years and a half.
Saw hey the live days betore the burning of the house. She
noticed her incoherent manner of talking. she told witness
she was much troubled in mind, and would oeetainly make
away with herself. She complained particularly of the con-
duct of her husband. Witness asked her to see her husband,
but she refused, and said she would never see him any more.
Witness firmly believed that she seas not right in her mind.
fit had befu a this burnt an excellent character.

Me. Justice Putt summed up the evidence, upon which
kr commented at some length, and the Jury, after a very
short deliberation,. returned the followi..g verdict —" Not
gaidtg,.being at the time in a state of mental derangement."
This verdict, if not set aside by the decision of the twelve
ledges, favourable to the objections made by Mr. CoLivood,
subjects the prisoner tolmprisonment for lift in some asylum
for the reception of insane persons.
During the whole of her trial, the prisoner Cwho, as far as
we could judge from a slight glimpse of her features, appears
shout or SO years of age) stood at the bar in a state of
great dejection. She held her handkerchief to her face for
the must of the time, and searcely once held up her head, or
seemed to regard what was passing round her. At her re-
moval she wept much, but not aloud: ii:deed, her whole de-
meanour indicated a person labouring under a deep melan-
choly and dejection of spirits. She wasordered to be detained
until the King's pleasure be known (that is, until the decision
of the tit Judges should be given).
In the course of the evening the Grand Jury came into
Court, with the last of the bills whack had been sent to them.
The foreman presented a paper in the name of himself and
brother Jurors. This shortly stated, tLat theilbrors had
visited the gaol of Ifesegate, and were perfectly satisfied with
the order, regularity, and cleanliness observed there. They
were then discharged.

Some time ago we noticed a, most daring attemp
Made by a prisoner, named John Wien's, to escatic
loin the Borough Umurter. He had been in one of
the loftiest wards of the prison with several others, from
whence an escape was considered hazardous, Wool alto-
gether iinpossibie ; but Williams's luring spirit ev,r-
eaine every obstacle, and he determined at all hazards to
try the experimtut. Accordingly, after wrenching away
several of the window-bars, he raised himself on the
roof of the prison, working his body upwards, and then
tying 3 rove made of the boil-clothes to the railings at
the top, tie began to descend; but had not got more
than half way down when it broke, and he dropped or.
she fare:nem and broke both his legs. Singe that period
he has been confined in Guy's Hospital, from which he
made his escape last Sunday evening, muter circumstan-
ces of great art and ingenuity. For the last week. or
two, although the surgeons were of opinion that he was
getting better, he has complained of the most excrucia-
ting pain in his legs, and if requested to get op has
always declared his inability to move. On Sunday
evening he was left in bed soon after six o'clock, when
the sister sill' nurse went to church, and next morning
was missing, with a pair of crutches belonging to ano-
ther patient, so that in the course of the night he must
have gut up and escaped through the surgery and the
great hall. A coach was at had ready so convey hint
off, it is supposed to Liverpool- or Bristol, of which lat-
ter place he is a native. fire offence with which sir
stood charged was a robbery on the 'fhames : he has
been a mariner, and from the manner of the robbery,
must have been frequently employed in the hazardous
euterptize of cutting slipping out of harbour, for in the
middle of the night of Saturday the 10th of July he
rowed to the brig Unry, lying toff Pickle Hering-....5,
and without disiurniog any person, got on board, and
was staking tiff with the Captain's pocket-book, coo-
tainitig a WI. tio.e, and a gold watch, when 1 do.• be-
longstig to the Venus sloop, laying alons„side, observed
him, arid began to hark, which itwok.t Mr Captain arid
his brother, out the robber irking a 'mustard from his
girdle held shone at hay till use descended into Isis boat,
anti was 411060 in row ashore. On p.ssma the end of
the slims tor this purpose, toe dug spt wig into the boat
upon hint, and drag.ted bins overboard, which envois's-
lance alone lcd to his apprehension.

VIE NATIONAL REGIEVITIt.

RIGHTS OF WOMEN,
--ow-

Much having been said of late respecting Femile
Refimners, the following authorities will prove that
female rights have been greatly infringed:
I-14y Paces engem returned twee Members to Parliament.
—Brady en Run reflexive, 33 Ap.
By a collection af kewell'4, in the ease of Catherine
re, Surrey, the opinion of the Judges was, that an ... ar-
e led woman having a freehold might vote for Members of
l'ae liament.

A WOllllll may be an ()veneer of the Pnov—for this we
have a r.ceht authority.—Sce the King v. Stubbs, 2 Term
Rep. 39:i
A woman WAS appointed Governesti of the Home nfCor
rection at Chelmsford, by order in Court.-2 Ltl. Raym
1014.

In the Mirror of Justices, a Homan is said to base been
a Justice atilt Peace. _ _

In the last chapter of the flown'', verse 1, one Phrehe
k called the servant of the Chinch, and held sonic eccle-
siastical odice.
Deaconesses nre mentioned in ancient Councils, when
baptism was by SitIII.
1.4i1y Broughton was Keever of the Got,hlnse P son.
The Minister of Clerktutwell wa, clo,en by a majority
of women.-1 Geo. 2.

Women may be guardians. administrators, executors,
and C4ll execute powers of attorney.
Women have held by military •trnnrec.-13lount's
Termer, 47. _ _ _

in Pe:18,215, there is a grant of castle to a Lally.
The other of Champion at the Committal or George i.
wits in i W (((((

The office of Clerk of the Crown le•the Klo(•s Bench
war granted to at Woman.—Sirow, P. t•. •
The office of Wash Constabte has been borne by a Wo
invn.—flyer, 285. •
Tire law allows Worsen to be even Queens: her Ma-
jetty Queen Caroline was left Repot anti Gisuidiau of
alai+ Realm-.

The celebrated Ann Counter. of Pembroke, Dorset,
end Montgomery, held the hereditary other of aheriff of
Westmorktpl, soil V7(1.1 eised it in person at the A./sizes at
Appleby,•ti.i:ott on the Bench with the Judges.—Cu. Liu.
to Note, .136.

Women ale Patrons of Chbrehev : they have Dontives,
and there they are is 4 Ordinaries; they are capable of
imitropriations, are circa sacra, and they are re-
garded in law as Parsons; mativ Nunneries had them
befote the Reformation. Women, in neees..ity, have been
allowed to baptize.-7 Mud. Keit. 2711(12 Oeo. I I.) where
all the above authorities are acknowledged. In an
old eilitioo of the Tesionient, in the year Phi t, a Woman
eaHed a Miniater of -the Chnrch. And it is notorious,
that Quakers allow WOllll.ll in preaeli.

NVIO: SELLINo.—The scandalous and illegal prac-
tice of husbands selling their wives in open market,
with a halter round their necks, under the vulg.ir
notion that they thereby get clear of their obligation
of maintaining them, has of late years been too com-
mon. In many recent case, this abominable corultlct
has been punished with laudable severity. The
proceeding, however; is not quite so modern as is
generally supposed. An instance is mentioned by
Lord Coke, in which a husband endeavoured to
dispose of his wife by deed, and it may, perhaps,
unitise some of our readers to see a translation of it
from the original law Latin :
Know all men by this pi csent writing, that T, John de
Carney s, sun and heir of Kandla!ph de Cameys, of my own
voluntary Win, 1161%4' assigned, and set ove► unto William
Pa, toil, Knight, nay site. Margaret de Cameys, daughter
and heire•s of John de Gattesden; anti also have given
sod granted, released, and gnat claimed,•tss the said Wil-
hams all the goods and amt. lr, which the said Margaret
has, or in future may I),v:tile possessed of, and also,
whatever I possess of the goods and chattels, of the
said Margaret, with their appurtenances, so that neither 1,
nor any other person in my name, shall in future claim
any interest in the said Margaret, or in the goods and
chattels of the said Margaret, with their appurtenances.
I will anal grant, and by this vresiiiit COIII4III, that
the said Margaret shall be and with the said
William, (banal the pleasure of the said %% 'Main. In
testimony whereof, 1 has e tothis present writing Witted
lily seal.
Lord Coke calls this a " wonderful anti unheard
of grant."

SIR ARTHUR PIGGOTT.O WILL: eminsmt
Barrister's Will was proved mater 14,0001. at • Doc•
tot. s' Commons, on the 27th ult. by his widow, Lady
Piggott. to whom he has left nearly the whole of
his property, and appointed her sole Executrix.
bequeathing to her as many books us she may
choose to select from•his Library, he gives the re
mainder to his laother, Elphinstone Piggott, in trust
fur him to divide between his nephews, and after•
wards gives his brother poser to dispose of his
books at any time. he may think proper. To
his clerk,. P. N. Asian (who served him without any
other salary than that arising from the clerk's fees,
tin. upwards of thirty eight years), be has left only
101. for mourning. Sir Arthur Piggott was a native
of Barbadocs, and was busied privately at Eastborne;
he was father of the Bar, senior Benches of the
Temple, Attorney-General during Mr. Fox's last
and short administration He was representative
fist Arundel on the interest, of the premier Duke.
He was considered to be a kind master, and a staunch
opposer of the slave trade, having sent ont manu-
missions to some slaves th.st were bequeathed to
him a few years since. We hope • that his Execu-
trix, i.utly Piggott, will make some provision for his
lung tried and faithful old clerk, who is now nearly
70 years of age, and who has saved but little to sup-
port him, owing to his master's practice being on
the decline fur several of the latter years of his life.

, An elegant silver cup has been presented to Me
I William Beck, hosier, in Harwick, by the journey-
men
stocking-makers, of that town. They have
been indue.-1 to testify their regard to Mr. Beck
this respectable way from the zealous manlier its
which he defended them against the attempts of the. -
other hosiers in Hurwick to reduce their n .t;;es at
a time when the depressed state of the trade had,
independently of a further reduction of their ivagca. •
involved them and their families in extreme priva-
tions: by Mr. Beck's exemplary conduct, in nos
only allowing his own journeymen undiminished
wages during this unprecedented dullness of the
hosiery trade, but also giving them full employment,
while in other manufactories their work was limite.i
to a certain extent (which had the tendency to
duce the other journeymen to stand Out, in order
to keep up their wages at the same rate as those
allowed by Mr. Beck), together with the assis antis' •
they received from public generosity, they were
enabled to defeat these attempts, and to maintain
thei• usual, though sin-ill rite of wages unreduced..
Sir Charles Wolsely has obtained a certiorari, anp
removed the proceedings in the prosecution pending
against him into the Court of King's Bench. The -
writ teas eibtained on the affidavit of' Mr. Pearson.
the Baronet's attorney. After the'several explana-
tory matters as to the charge and so forth, Mr.
Pearson " further saith, that he has heard and bee
Heves, that several of the magistrates in the habit of
presiding at the General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace in and fi.r the said county Palatine of Ches-
ter, entertain strong prejudices against the said Sir
Charles Woslely, Baronet, by reason of his having,
. in despite of his elevated rank mid hereditary pos-
sessions, associated himself with the labouring classte,
of society, and, in opposition to the magistrates a'4
other individuals of his own rank in Chesitiro.
itiembled with the poor, to deliberate upon d-
means which he and they thought• would be best
calculated to relieve their distresses anti redress their
grievances; and this deponent furthersaith, that in:
verily believes that matters of law of great difficulty
and importance will arise at the trial of the said ilia
dictment, which • it is essential should be discussed
before a Court of greater legal knowledge .than that
which is ordinarily possessed b' Magistrates, not
having had the advantage of a professional education
and extensive legal experience; and this deponent
farther saith, diet for these reasons the said Sir (7.
Wolsely could not obtain -fr fiiir and impartial 'trial -
it the raid Quarter Sessions of the Peirce."
TIIIF: ROYAL MARINES.-.-.-The Officers of the
Rinad Marine corps have been hitherto placed on
equal ground, with respect to promotion. as those of •
the Royal Artillery and Engineers. To this site:
atom they 'have proved theniselves well entitled,
and the services of the Royal Marines have been
very conspicuous, and univer sally acknowledged- i't
the late war. It appears, however, that since the
peace some new arrangements have taken place, by
which the two former corps are placed- in a mote
desirable situatiani thus destroying the equality
that hitherto subsisted between 'these classes, to the
disadvantage of the Marines. By these regulations
as vacancies occur in the Royal Artillery and Engi-
neers, they are fined up by britigit.g in a Captain
on half-pay, who is placed on full pay; the Senior
Lieutenant promoted to the rank of Captain is placed
on half-pay, and the Second Lieutenant is
First Lieutenant. We understand that the Subal-
, tern Officers of the Marines have presented a memo-
rial to the Lords Commissioners of the- Admiralty,
requesting to be pi:let:don the same footing, MA that
their request has been refused. 'This distinction,
we believe, has been made since the present Master'
of the Ordnance came into office, butoolsb-ti whet
ground we are at a loss to conceive. The past ser-
vices of the Royal Marines have heewhighly appre-
ciated by the country. Their present utility must
be also admitted, for if they be not necessary, why
are • they continued ? The distinction •is rendered
the more invidious by the particular state of the

Royal Nlarincs at the prcsetit moment. The pre-
sent Senior Lieutenant of the corps is of 14 •ge.xrt
Mantling in that rank, anti the Second Lieutenant

is nea4 us old in his rank.

A few facilities to

promotion, where it is so slow, would appear nut
merely un indulgence, but an act of jubtiL:,

A NARROW ESCAPS —On Thursday I iSt, a lad t,l t;
:1
years of age, et:militia in Park-square, Cuilege-street,
Bristol; observed au old iron swivel gun king abbot 11.0
house, and being dr.intuts of cleaning it, lie put the
breech into the fire, and seated •Itint:•vlf %clove the nitt.,A.
zle to watch it. in a few seconds an explo‘ion took
place, and the boy felt himself wriunileil in the (fora of
hiv throat. Ile was conveyed to the latStrnary, where a
large table.fork, walnut the wooden part of the bauftle,
was taken from the wound; the 2t.tulle or the itua

lop to ,he Knott, (Iwtwecn lour and five ttichea in length)
baring been !writ d ii, his throat:: The fink, it is sop.
Iris d, tool pauell between the wino-pine mail the great
bloottsres.el, on the Pr f' side of the neck. If the pow.
tier hail hot been %cry much datuatoil, or if the fork had
taktli a direcn n eitlit r a little to the right sir to the
left, it would probably hate canted instant death. At
present, howeser, the lad appears to be doing well, but
at is-by no means out of damn r.

IlosiNn.—Wedlnesda• the long talked of fight
between Turner and Martin took place st Walling-
ham Common. The seconds were Cribb and 'pring
tur Martin, and Belcher and Randall for Turner,
Betting 3to eight on Turner, and it was a gallant
fight of t 2 rounds, iu one hour and nine minutes,
mid ended by Cribb's declaring that Martin had•

vnotigh.
Wcdneslay night, about half past ten o'clock, at
a youu,; I:0100mm was passing through Pitficla-
stroct, Old.stree:..road, be was hustled by a gang of
ten or twelve fellows, seemingly drunk, one of
whom thrust his hand into his waistcoat pocket, and
.eok from thence three half crowns.

Ott Friday night, as one of the heavy Dover coaches
was going down Otavel-hill, the skid, which had been
applied to the wheel, flew off, and the coach was over-
,taHied. ittrbert Carden, the ;man!, was so much hurt
. that to hope is entertained of his recovery. Among the
pts.enge.rs was Admiral Sir Robert Farrow, who, with
sine .esi, escaped without ant• material injury.
• 'Wheeler the Princess of Wales intends to return
to England or not, it is certain that her Royal High-
. netts has, given orders to have her apartments in
iii.cosington-palace prepared for her reception.
;octal rolMeiteS have been lately enturriltted In liver-
I; one of them singularly daring. .Two labouring
.;raters, who ply for hire at tile docks, are apprelit tided,
s% ho, it appears, about six weeks or two months ago,
.made a practice ..of hiring a cart from the Oink-quay,
and breaking into a warehouse at the Queen's-dock. at
Amotiday, when the labourers were at tanner, and car.-
Slog away hemp in quaitities averaging Yucwt. at a
.time. Front the great quantity of hemp dposited in the
rooms, it teas mily lately that it was cussed; when,
..upon weighing it, tteat ly 90 cot. were missing It ap-
4.ears that the thieves had beettin the habit of sending it
.to Preston, where they had agents to receive it.
A very fatal accident occurred to the Lord Wellington
coach, on the toad betueen Kendal and Shall on Son-
day eVeninii-se'ntright, .near the inti at High Borrow-
:Bridge, known by the name of Iluck's. The hill font
the nurth.to this ton is upwards of a utile in length, the
anipper pert of which is an easy descent: at the middle
parttime is a short space of !mei road where carriages
4re.usually locked to descend the steepqr part below. In
the dialik of the evening, thed,onl %Veiling coach, tit
comingtiown this,hill, was overturned with eleven pas-
.
_sengers inside and.,outside, four of whom were most
dreadfully injureti; otie of them died on 31onday, 200
ther on I...,sday, :mid the .other two are severeiy hat,
bow; in a fair way:of recovery. The inside passengers
escaped. n inquest was held on the bodies on Tues-
day, when verdicts of Accidental Death were given in
both eases; it being satisfactorily prose) that the acci-
dent did not occur, in the slightest degree; from the
siegligence of the driver or guard, but by the unexpected
Freaking of the reins, whereby the horses became un-
taanagraLle. The -names of the unfortunate deceased,
.are John Nicholson, of It( ilwick. Cumberland, wlaise
right thigh was nearly cut timing'', much lacerated,
the bone broken, and otherwise much mantled ; and
Mtn Ellis, (from wird, part is not known,) who had
both his legs broken, was otherwise much bruised and.,
lacerated, and had sustained an injury upon the brain,
which his medical attendants believed was the immedi-
ate cause of death.

Friday afternoon the neighbourhood of Norton-fa-.
g.ac was thrown hurt the greatest consternation and
alarm by the cries. of fire, which proceeded from tin-
,nose of \I r. Knight. oil and calournian, which (mgt.
nate,' tinder the following circunitaances:—:\ Ira. Kilian'
was attending a pot containing some tarnish which
was boilir.g on the fire in the haek pal luur, and by sonic
iiicans the vessel was upset, and in an instant Mrs. K.
was enveloped in flames-44r sliriklis wought her hus-
band to her assistance, who, in endeavouring to extin-
guish the ill111(11, WAS StVerely burned. .Mts. K nigh'
ran into the yard surrounded by.tire, and on her way
through the passage, the g MIMS set Cite to some 111111t11.
tine, which stood by, and burnt with the greatest rapi-
dity, threatening, total destruction to the whole neigh-
bourhood. At length the parish and usher engines ar-
ri%vd, amid having a plentiful supply. of water, it was go
muter without spreading further than the
.parlour, cat
which it began. Sir Win. Lihsard was intaiediately
sent for to attend 'Mrs. Knight, who was burnt in
most dri adful manner, and little hopes are entertained 01
her recovery. _ _

A meting took place in the County Hall at Der-
by, on .Weduesday last, for the purpose of opening a
subscription for providing cotployment for the poor,
and industrious of that county, now unable to pro.:
cure work for the maintenance of themselves and
families, when between t .vo and three thousand
pounds were immediettzly subscribed.
During she long vacatiriii Lincoln's lists Hall has been
1:103( elegArtly and commodiously improved. The Hall
ie now ten lees longer than formerly, and the seals are.
ouiered with fine crimson velvet, instead of the green
baise which used to be on them. 'Elie beautiful
pinning of •• Paul pleaning before Peso's," which,
,waa at the upper end of the Hall, is cleaned, and the
haute fresh gilded, which glees it a fine appearance. in
short, from the altetaitusis and splendid improvements
which have been made, this Ilan may now be considered
Otte of the most elegant, coot iiiii >thous, and finist ours
in the kiiiitii . The JUt4UW6ea glaU mukluk; to We
Society will be very gr.-at.
At Melon Bullock Fair, there was the largest 'hew
of cattle of all kinds that has been betill In, many years.
Tha buyers were very numerous, but they hough' rellic-
tamly at high price,.—Slunt-liorits obtained flout 20).
to VI. per stead, Hifildanders atAl Runts in proportion.
Colchester fair was well supplied with stock ; but
high prices being asked, little business was dune, al-
AI-Tough the company way aa *mem* as uu former
etkcasions.

CUSTOM HOUSE, LONDON,
27t1, cktulwr,

FOR SALE, (1,3, Order of the Hon. the Com-
missioners of hia Ittajest Customc), on Wedtwsday. the 3d,
Thorstlay, the 4th. and Friday, the sth of November. I tt9. at
thy COMMENCIAL SALE Rooms, MINCING-LANE ; the fol-
lowing

GOODS
FOR EXPORTATION:

East•lndia and other Foreign Prohibited Goods, Fietures;Trints.
Deals, and Twenty Casks of Hurd Soap, &c.
FOIL HOME CONSUMPTION:

Foreign Spirits, Whiskey. China, Tea. Chocolate. Sugar, and
other Grocery. Sticendoi, )rugs, Plate Glass, Chinchilli Skins,
('auras, Muslin. Shawls, Lace, Watches and other Jewellery,
Prints, Pictures, Rough Amethy,ts. Deals, Mahogany,
Duets, Stone, at.4l sundry other Goods, as mentioned in the Ca-
talogue.
CI.EAsP. OF ALI. ounEs. _ _

The Deals, Inat.;,—ind Stone. to be
newel at the Tobacco Ground, llosherhithe; and all the other
Goods at the King's Warehouse, Custom Ilouse, and at Globe
Yard Warehouses, Lower Thames Street, on Friday, the eutilt
Saturday, the 30th instant, Monday. th, let, and Tuesday, the
td November, from a o'clock in the Illumine to three in the
afternoon.

N.B. GOODS bought et thirSale must be paid for at the
Receiver of Fines and -Forfeitures' Office, Custom House, on or
before Tuesday, the lad November. tBl9, or the Deposits made
thereon will absolutely become forfeited.
ti Catalogues to be had at the King's Warehouse, Custom
House, on Thursday, the 28th instant,

PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH.