The National Register. — 1811-02-10 (London, England)

SOW. amongst those who so meritoriously exerted themselves in preserving the crews of the Nymph and Pallas frigates, lately wrecked on the coast near Dunbar. In the night between the 24th -Ind 25th ult. Parma experienced a very severe shock of an earthquake. Several persons, going from the midnight mass, were thrown down in the streets. In Genois•street all the chimnies tumbled down, and several houses sustained considerable damage. Every thing seems to indicate that the city formed the central point of the commotion ; and in other parts of the department no mischief of any consequence had been done. The latter end of last week two old swans, and four of last Spring, were stolen from the Serpentine River. Information of the robbery being given, that active officer LIMBERICK, of Bowstreet, apprehended a man with a bag containing two skins of swam. He acknowledged he had four more skins at his lodgjags, stating he had bought the whole of them at Leadenhallmarket. They were skinned like a rabit, bit not in such a complete manner as if done by a poulterer. The skins are valued from four guineas to five, for making muffs. He underwent an examination on Monday night last, and is remanded for tomorrow.  HORR/D Mtioneit.--Frorn an American Paper..--Jacob Baclgley, a stone-mason of New-York, lately committed three horrid murders ; being under the influence of intoxication and insanity, he went into a house in Hester-street, and struck Mrs. Eleanor Jackson on the head with a hammer; he then made a stroke at Catharine Mitchell, but Mrs. Jackson falling dead between the witness and Badgley, he missed his aim, and then turned upon Elizabeth Jackson, mother-in-law to Eleanor, and brought her to the floor with a single blow on the bead. It seems that he then took a razor, cut his own throat with it, and laid it un the mantle piece. Physicians were immediately called, and attempted to save the two last, but on examining the cut of Badgley, the blood started afresh, and he soon expired. Elizabeth Jackson is still living, several pieces of the skull having been extracted? land scarcely a hope of her recovery remains.— The floor of the little room in which this dreadful work was executed ran with blood, and the Coroner's Inquest could not enter it without drenching their shoes in it. The spectacle was shocking almost beyond description.  FIR .—Friday night about seven o'clock, a destructive fire happened at the Printing-Office of Mr. iarnard, in Skinnerstreet. It was occasioned by an accident in the press-room, where a great number of sheets were hanging. Some of the paper having taken fire, the men at work immediately endeavoured to extinguish the flames, but their exertions were unavailing; the blaze spread with astonishing rapidity, and it was with great difficulty they escaped from the room. In a short space of time the upper part of the house was envelloped in names, and a conflagration more luminous has seldom occurred in the metropolis. The engines soon arrived, but the house being in a confined situation up a long narrow passage, it was some tithe before water* could be thrown to produce any effect. The whole extent of the printing-office continued burning until all was destroyed. The adjoining houses of Mr. Chappel, porkbutcher, and the gunsmith's have suffered some injury,but the greatest damage is done backwards, towards Snowhill.