The National Register. — 1811-09-29 (London, England)

PREVENT SMUT IN WU EAT.—Take of soft green soap, from fresh oil, one pound; warm water, 16 pints ; dissolve the soap in a glazed bason, with a small portion of the water ; continue stirring it, and a•lel more water as it dissolves, tilt the whole is in a perfect lye; use it about the heat of new milk ; put the wheat into a tub with a drain bottom like a brewing vat, and pour over it such a quantity of the liquor as, standing some inches above the grain, will allow the operation of skimming it freely ; stir it every ten minutes, and take off the SCI2I; keep the tub covered with a blanket ; after an hour's steeping let the lye run off, or, if a common tub has been employed, drain it by means of sieves. In this manner 40 pints of lye will, clean half a boll of wheat. A deplorable instance of domestic sorrow has occurred in the family ct. Mr. Hamer, a respectable fa mer at Cowstay, near liishop's Castle, Shropshire. Three weeks ago he was a happy, fa!her, in the midst of seven. sons and daughters, several of whom had attained maturity ; but the ravages of a putrid fever have now reduced the number to three—his wife is sunk almost into a state of insanity, and he himself is unable to rise from hia bed. Few per ins daring to go into the house, his grain was let out to be. reaped, and his dairy cows have been driven to another farm. . _  Tuesday morning as a stage coach was coming to towns about two miles the other side Uxbridge, one of the front weeds flew off, and melancholy to relate, an interesting young woman of seventeen years of age, on the top, sitting in front, dropped under, and the whole fabrick of the coach tell upon her head, and literally dashed it to atoms. She was the daughter of very respectable parents near Portland-place. Last week, as Mr. James Wilkie, youngest brother to Matthew Wilkie, Esq. of Bonnington, Scotland, was looking after some shearers, he was attacked by a hull, by which he was trampled upon and tossed about for some time, when the enraged :-nimal was joined by two bullocks that were feeding along with him, and such was the fury of the animals, that though within view of a whole field of shearers, no assistance could be afforded him. When taken up he was still alive, with almost every bone in his body broken. He expired two hours after.  ------In the morning of Thursday last, the oasthouse of Mr. Wilhart Cooper Woodhams, at Pea marsh, Sussex, was burnt down, together with about 30 cwt. of hops. The stock only was insured. On Friday morning, the oast-house of Mr. Witherden, at Biddenden, Kent, shared the same fate, with about 24 cwt. of hops, which, we are sorry to say, were not insured. The cause of both accidents is at present unknown. The driver of a stage coach was convicted at Coventry, on Saturday se'mnight, in the penalty of 101. for suficring a gentleman drive; by which means an accident happened. Our readers will recollect the melancholy affray which happened at Thatchuni, which has since been investigated by the Magistrates of the Newbury division ; when Richard Farran, George Arnold, John Harris, and James Cook, inhabitants of Thatcham, were committed to the county gaol, for the wilful murder of the Irish soldier at that town: the other soldiers were liberated, and are bound over to prosecute. On Saturday, five French Officers' who had broken their parole at Jedburgh, and had proceeded to Blyth, with a view to make their escape, were brought to Berwick under a military escort, and lodged in jail. On Sunday they set out for Pennycluck, escorted by a party of the Forfarshire militia. Three of them were good-looking young meti; one in particular, of whom the following anecdote is told. at Jedburgh:—His parole not allowing him to go beyond a certain mile-stone, one day -whet, lat came to that ?icy/us uitral wiakiog to extend Zis per. •