The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

NOV. 1.

_ACCIDENTS AND OFVENCES%

DREAD 1.0 L G.ILI'S.

The Nletropolis was, on Tin-idly night, visited by most dreadful
On fatal accident have already heard of, and from the
yon , titv of tilts, cicitnney-pots, Sze. blown down, we are apprehen-
we it Will prove only a prelude to many others —A lamplighter,
t:riled Burke, %win), years in the employ of Mr. Patridc, of Nen:ne-
who was lighting the lamps on the East side of Blackinars
w is, by a sudden gust, blown into the River, in presence of
stii, a chili of ten years old, and, _before assistance could 1-e pro.
ruled, sunk ta rise no more ! During the storm, part of the roof of the
ek.gant vili3 at Putney, inhabited by Maclaine C u RY, was unroofed
be the wind. Several persons were enveloped in the ruins, and one
ncriln Was tut dug out until the next Morning. We are happy to
s4r that 10 lives weie lost. In town several buildings sustained ma-
terial damus ; the neighbourhood of Downing-street was “eatly
~,,rIA and ieri.fied tuna its influence on the ruinated an uninhabited
remains of a house on tiro. right hand, the bricks and tiles of which
tere fisted into the street, to the terror of the passeiwersi. and the
diet of the dwellings contil,,toris to the desolated fabric. ./Vsout
oven o'clock, the large iron pipe affixed on the chimney of Colones
urcri's apartments in the Horse Guards, was blown down in the
iwnt of the building in Whitehall, fortunately doing no injury.
Ma dreadful gales of Tuesday night last, were severely experienced
e Harwich also; a number of boats were dashed to piece*, and several
tcals ran on shore. The Prosperous, of M laden with 410
vas of flour, hound to London, upset near the West Rocks. The
crew were fortunately saved by a g fishing vessel. Several yes-
ids =likewise on shore the other side of the beach.
A youth of the name of GEOfteES was killed in Oxford-street
o•Tumla, night, during the high wind, by part of a chimney tallicg
on his head.

The letters received yesterday from the out-ports, give most dis-
litmus accounts of the losses at
-sea ; but not more so than might be
expecte3 from the tremendous gale of wind on Tuesday night last,
rdlir.ll, ace girding to advices from various parts of the country, tore
up a number of trees by the ro)ts, and even levelled houses to the
grad The master of a Faversham vessel informs us, that in his
passage from Levith to that port, which lasted six days, he encoun-
tered three heavy gales ; one on Sunday, another on Monday, but
themost violent was that which he experienced on Tuesday night
at anchor is Yarmouth-roads. So fatal were its effects, that
this person, the following day, counted 15 wreckS tar the. neighbour-
ing coot.

YARMOUTH; OCT. 28.—Since last evening we have had a veryse.
Ter't rale of wind. The following ships have been driven on shore :
lit Endeavour, of I pswich, near the Pier ; the Edward, off and from
by, bound to London, on Yarmouth Beach, with foremast and
L.!sprit cut away ; the Vigilant, of and from Shields, on Caisler
Era.h, where it is feared slie will be wrecked ; the Providence is lust
Saud ; crew-eyed by a fishing boat frem hence ; the Oar-
-3 Jon and Henrietta. of Sunderlani, have lost anchors and cables.
v...sseL :mantes unknown) are totally lust on Yarmouth Sand, are.:
;km; board perished. •
..!a violent was the wind at-Dover on T-nesday last, that a substan-
•!y built stone st.d.le, in 0 ueen-stre.rt, !.)ewer, the property of NI r.
Gt,rot, of the Fount Ain 1 on, Wai Mown d;:o.v n. Pro% identially no
..ry %yrs sustained by any inkii vi Ina! from its sudden precipitation,
t:gdugh the building tell across tl.e street.

telDs.—Wetlesday morning, about eight o'clock, an A rwrican,
.0 hal 'Age weeksd senne weeks at A TlOllSe at Linichouse, made away with
by shooting himself through the head. His landlady went
it:4lll6in as usual to bleak fast, after having been-out for some rolls,
4 lie not answering, the door was opened, and the shocking spectacle
resented itself. Mr . Walfoid, a professional Gelid...l:tan, attended
hot ot courae too late to remler any assivance.—
ee klowing letter was found lying open on the ndle
" I will briefly state what kith led to the melancholy catastrophe
fole YOU, iind though certain it is, that of the` undersigned, a justice
file Peace in and for the County ot Becks, in the Common:vealth
.011,5)11/lull, who came to this country to trans ict
.sonic family
4'inr!,s, :And finding, by the cursed act of those bCt of t"il39 jail"
".' li, and the tl—d trench democratic faction in Congress, that
'r 114;1 been declared against Great Britain, thefetut e 110 ships likely
rr.erurn %can to America, WAS induced to trust a few hundred dol-
:„ bad let', to carry me home, and to provide for my sustenance
st:ty, to the care of a I:lett:Med friend, who promised to
c•them) to Inure advantage than I could, (so h.: has, by appropriating
hails to his own the), and left destitute of almost a single sous—btu
" sasis sous, SANS souv ;" _fir it has drove me wild,
t!et my brain on tire. To be left in a tOreign countrf'without
'''‘.7; having too much honour to steal, and too much pride to beg.
my God. nay God ! what is to he done i 1I re I am, nearly
'ionsand miles from my family and homt, and left pennyless, by
I..Perf'dY of a ; se? no other alternative, a gaol, to starve, or
rficitthe fatal and task act for which I implore the Almighty's
I •
:ilid.forgiveness, at the tribunal of my Creator, shall have to
the act, and uty tnaniksted 610 (it there is RiSY Wi"""3/

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sin, let him throw the first stone)—of mankind w.ll r..t.a,k a lay Air,
neither wi.l I bend the knee, fully relying C4l the merci.,;.an:i good.
Ile" of my heavenly and beneficent father, to whose protection I he.
serch he will he plfaF-cd to place my family and ha ta.adiesti, remain-
ing yet, (lour is, I hope, in t'le piesence of their Creator), through
the hiedielticin of our blessed I.eid Jesus Christ, our only mediator,
svdeetner, wad saviour; so pray; the ttitortunaie and ini,A.rabie
"ROBERT A DOLPH FARMAR."