The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-11 00:00:00

Sxtract of a totter, dated Hamburgh, Oct. Ir,
addregesd to a mercantile-house in Birmingham :

41 I hope you will -endeavour to give me every ad.
vantage you possibly can, both in your discount and
in moderating the expenses on your goods, as the
high exchange is so much against us, and as, at the
present moment, it .requires all the foresight of an
honest man to get any thing by his business; hiv-
ing to combat those fine dressed sharpers who are
daily underselling in all articles, and who, every
four weeks, have public sales by auction of the finest
quality of butto.as; only eight days ago more than
1,000 gross were sold in this way at a most ruinous
price; and though I have been in business more
than 20 years, I never witnessed any thing equal
to the degrading state in which business has been
conducted by these vagabonds. We are at a loss to
know by whom they can be served from your town
—fully-convinced that none of the merchants of our
acquaintance have any connexions with them, we
cannot suppose the respectable manufacturers would
expose themselves ; and we have only to hope,
whoever they are, they will soon find what difficulty
it is too late to procure their payments; but now it
is too late to advise them—they must, in the end,
feel the consequences of it."
Information was brought to Bow-street office, on
Thursday, of a daring robbery committed oil the carria4e
of Lady ..tary Taylor, the Ludy itt Waiting on the
Princess Augusta. Her ladyship was travellina to LOU.
don from Froatuore on Tuesday evening, and on her
arrival at the King's Palace, at Pimlico, it was discovered
that her large trunk was cut front behind her carriage—.
it contained a very numerous assemblage of articles of
jewellery, a large quantity of wearing apparel, atul other
property to a considerable amount, packed up, in readi-
ness to accompany the Princess Augusta to Hanover.
The trunk was safe at Hounslow; it is possible Mr it to
have been cut at Hyde•park-corner, the carriage having
been kept waiting there a considerable time, die gate
being locked.-4k 'arat number of similar robberies have
lately been committed near Piccadilly. A stage coact►
was robbed a tew evenings since nearly opposite the
Pulteuey Hotel. The package fell °tithe coach into ilse
street, and the robber who had stolen it threw it ov,:r
the railing of the Green Park, where hue of the gang
were in readiness to receive it, and made off with it.

FIRES IN V ORlL.—Aboist seven o'clock on Monday
sennient, a considerable alarm was spread through this
city, by a report that the warehousesof the Hight Hon.
the Lord Algol., in the Fast-water-lane, which a short
time ago were on fire, had again suddenly appeared in
flames. 'the bells of the adjoining church were rung,
as customary on such occasions, and thousands of people
thronged from all parts of the city. The fire, however,
was riot so serious as at the first was apprehended. It
originated in a stable adjoi ll ll g the said warehouses, and
had 'lattice conintunicated with some straw in the park-
log room. There it was fortunately got under, without
spreading further, and before any material dam. ge. The
poor inhabitants of the adjoining houses were, however
greatly alarmed, and well they might, for so COII6IIIICIeII
and MI circumstanced are the buildings in those lams,
that if once a fire should make there any great prores,
no power on earth could save any part of the buildings
one common destruction. It is a most extraordt.
nary circumstance, that about 10 o'clock on Wednesday
night a similar report was spread, that the same ware-
houses were again on fire; the alarm thus created was
not altogether groundless, but by timely assistance the
second fire was also got under. Strange and unfor. ti.
mite as the preceding may appear, the nirprise of our
readers will be still greater, when we add, that the fol-
lowing Thursday evening, about half past five, the sante
warehouses were pronounced to be a third time on lire;
the mos, prompt can- ions were used to procure engines,
water, Lim sold we are happy to say that those exertions
were also again successful. How the fires originated we
know not—but, we understand, the probable cause is,
that as the two places were filled with oat straw, which
had been thrathed out in the open field, the straw hail
heated and taken fire.
DARING ROBYERIES IN BYDFORDSHINE.—OIa Tues-
day last au inhumation was received at Nlarlboronah-
strvet Office, by Nit'. PI ink, the chief officer, of a most
desperate gang of burglars, who have been most success-
ful In their depredations at Wootton, Deadman's CiUsS,
Woburn-road, Dunstable, Hanchl.ft, and other voyages
distant froth London, on the HAMM hi d. The g
consisted of several persons, who travelled in a taxed
cart, and generally met, as it were, by accident. They
acted tinder the direction of a mulatto. Wultirt a ...Mat
period, the information stated, they had plinitlend
sclera! houses and stables, and iu one night robbed the
boils: of Mr. Smith, NIL D.:vis, and also attacked and
plunder, d the dwelling in Mr. 13 aid, but the faintly
being eisturbed, the robbers were attack, d while com-
mitting the burglary by the servants, -mid the itiolaro
was snot, and another was also wounded by the
blow of a crow bar, arid one, named Tans'. y, was se.
curd, and lodged in Billfold gaol. 'I lie Mulatto and
like tither wounded mad were iI,SISIed oil, and although
pursued and tracked by marks of Wood for a considerable
thstancr, yet tiley succeeded in eluding the then made.
enquiries; tint, on a subsequent search ing made, they
were seen 'KU lianchliff and Deaden io's Cress—ilte naua
Lino henna scarcely able to proceed, his bead, lace, and
back being boomd op, where he had received the shut;
and the other wounded robber was also labouring under
great pain, and was not able to put 011 Iris coat. They
accounted fur their appearance by saying they had belt
lighinig a prize battle. The cart the) brought with thou
was seized, but they succeeded in getting clear oft, it Is
supposed to London. Front many circunistancas, tiny
are sii•peceil to Ise toe perpetrators of bollit very cruel
' acts, anti also of being concerned rte tot 1111 l ieratile bity-
lag te• and roblieri.s, dad sheep and gorse-stealing.
party is him gate the into:voatioti is a respectable gentleua.n
of Bedford, and inquiries were directed to be mode.