The National Register.
London, England, 1808-05-15 00:00:00

MAY 15.

PROS' IN CIALS.
Fos Cif ACE.—A. few days ago, two dogs, belonging to Mr.
Marchan, Of Ridley Ball, started a fox in tile West Bank, near
Judas Craigs, passed Jingho Haugh, in Ilexhamshire, from
thecae to Blanchland, and. returning the same way back, pro-
ceeded to Beldon Shields, the distance about 40 miles, which
was run front chace to view iu three hours. The fox was taken
under covert.
The Dottrel have not as yet appeared on the Width. They
were never known so late. Swallows w hick generally appez.r..4
there between the llth and 13th of April, did not make their ap-
pearance till 11a)-day. The season of course is 16 or 17 days
later.
LAGLES.—A short time since, nt Moorside Parks, in the
parish of Artedon, (about five miles front Whitehaven) ten
Jambs, belonging to Mr. Dickinson, of that place, wcrt killed
by two eagles ; and some others desperately wounded.
MURDERS.—A letter dated on Thursday. last at Drayton,
Dorset, states, that a horrid murder was committed on the bodies
of Mr. and Mrs. Sledger, of Thaw Fatal, two miles from Dray-
ton, on Wednesday morning, at two o'clock. Three robbers
broke into the house and alarmed the fatally, and the farmer and
his wife were hound together in bed. 'there was only a maid
servant, of the name of Sarah Cullum in the house, and she fled
at the alarm, at four o'clock in the morning. Two hoOrs after
the servant had escaped, she procured assistance, when the poor
old man and woman were found dead, and mangled in a shocking
matinee. Their ages amounted to 130 years, they were unable '
to make resistance, and the house had been completely plunder-
ed. One of the villains worked on the farm, according to the in-
formation of the servant, anti he has decamped.
Snot KING CarILI.Tv.—A poor boy, named John Knight,
had been hound out as an apprentice from the house of industry,
at Melton, in Suffolk. On the 9th of January last, his master's
head man, named John Dafeldeo, took hint, while verv.ill and
unable to work, naked out of his bed, put him into a hog-cistern,
and unmercifully beat him with a horse-whip and the root of a
tree, and afterwards kicked him. For this brutal assault, Ila-
selden was tried at the late Woodht idge Quarter Sessions, and
frotenced to on:• year's imprisonment. The wretch pleaded
guilty, to prevent the evidence from being given ; hut the Magis-
trates heard the whole caw, in order to fix the punishment.

TUESDAY'S LUN DUN GAZETTE.

admirakii-Ofice, .41n.y 10.
Eslead of a Letter from Capt. Palmer, of the Pheninnt sloop,
to the Hon. W. W. Pot:, dated at Spithead, *Oh inst.
On the sth of last month, in lat. V. 10.1ong. 56. W. 1 fell it.
with a trench privateer, and, I am happy to ad,l, that after a
ch.tce of four hours, I captured her. Site helotved to (ioadst-
inape, her name Trnpard, had been out week-,l taken no-
thing; N% as formerly his Majesty's schooner-the king's Fist), or
Hying Fish, coppered, and copper-fastened, now rig;:,ed its a
sloop ; had on hoard when taken live guns, viz. otte long IS-
pounder, a traverser, and four 6-pounders, uhd tnatunid with
62 men.
[The Gazette contains another list of Army Promotions, be
ginning with Lieutenant-General Robert Morse, of the Royal
Engineers, who is appointed a General of the A roty.—Mitjor-
Ceneral William Congreve, of the RON al Artillery, to be Lieu-
tenant-General.—Five Colonels, begintain;r, with Evelegh,
of the Ito%al engineers, and ending s i;l7 Edward Stephens, of
the Royal Artillery, to be itiljor-Generals.—Thirteen Lieute-
nant-01'4101s, beginning with Theophilus Lew is, of the Royal
Mariues, and ending v. lilt David Collins. of ditto, to be Colonels.
—Four Majors, beginning with Robert Stewart, of the late
Royal Irish Artillery, and ending with Alexander Brice, of the
Ro)al Etwineers, to be Lientenant-Colottels.—Twenty-seven
liiptitins,Cegiaming with William liettry Boys, of the Roat
Itiarine, and tlaling with John Long, of ditto, to be Majors.)

PARTNERSHIPS I)ISSOLVED.
Cnodwin, Pite. and 711antliorp, Woodbridge, corn-mereltants.
---Dietrieltien and Menden. RatOrme-place, stayrnakers.—
Applch and Carter, Manch..ster, wasont..—llartison and Co.
Paper-tnakers, Mills, Susses.—Whitaker and Howorth,
I(alifax. coed wainer4.—skaise, Irving, and lendlaut, Skinner-
ftrret.—ll on ley and flurtons, Church (irealey, potters.— I) i sun,
Greeilhalgh, and Holland, cotton-spinners. Mancliestet.—R tigers
and Godb). Queen street, wakhuuseniea.—saiggin, Crawford,
and Wltitcli, Lund u.