The National Register. — 1821-09-30 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—The body of John Irwin, an unfortuate journeyman baker, who is supposed to have committed suicide, was found Thursday morning iu a ditch near Green.lake, Stoke Newington, with his throat Cut from ear to ear. The rash act is believed to have arisen from the profligate conduct of a young woman to whom he was attached. Some few months back he formed an acquaintance with a female who lived servant to two foreign gentlemen in Finsbury.square, and he was re. ceived as a lover and as her intended husband. Within a few days past it was insinuated to him, that she had been carrying on a criminal intercourse with one of her masters, and that she was in a state of pregnancy. This intelligence so affected his mind, that he became me. lancholy, and appeared quite dejected. About 6 o'clock on the evening preceding, he called on his faithless intended, and remained with her till six o'clock in the morning, when he left her, and proceeded to the place where he committed the dreadful act. It is said that overtures had been made to the unfortunate man by the master of the young woman, that he would give him 1001. as a portion with the young woman if he married her in the state she was in, but this he indignantly refused.  This season, a family of young sparrows, four in number, quite white, were observed, scarcely fledged, in Bothwell parish, and immediately gives chace to in the eagerness of pursuit three of this unfortunate fa. Inly were killed ; the remaining one was canglit, and sent to a gentleman at Glasgow, where it died On Tuesday se'rinight, hut nit fortunately in an unfit stale for prestrvation. Thus has the beauty of this family been the cause of its ruin  A tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by the bursting of a water-spout, occurred at Holywell, Film shire, on Friday. The water came down in torrents front Pen-y-ball, bringing with it immense quantities of stone and gravel, and carried away a house and store-home, at Greenfield, filling up the pool with stones. The pavement was forced up, and holes made in the new road four feet deep. The picking-room belonging to a cotton factory, and a shop, were entirely destroyed. The water broke the windows of the Old Mac carried away the wall at the bottom of the garden, and floated the beer and liquors out of the cellar of a public-house. Bales of cotton, household furniture, Sac. were seen floating about, and a hay-stack was carried away some distance. The roof of the rolling-mill belonging to the copper-works was also carried away ; and the smelting-house caught fire, in consequenee of the water breaking into the furnace; a great part of the yard was carried away, and 19 tons of copper lost. The garden of 1). Pennaut, Este. son of the celebrated tourist, was nearly destroyed. Roarry.—On -Monday night a most daring robbery was committed in Whitechapel-road, on the person of Mrs. Fox, a respectable widow lady, residing in Ginncester-terrace, Com inercial-road. She was seized, while walkina, by a eilliau, who thrust his hand into her bosom, and with great ink tee tore a minature, set its gold and pearls, to which was stilt mled by a chain round her neck, and which was attached two gold seals. The thief made off, but was subsequently stopped and secured; he had previously conveyed the property to his associates, with which they escaped. He was taken before the Magistrates at the Police,office, in Lambethstreet, where he was recoguized by the officers to be the notorious Jack Lynn, who is the head of a most fermi. dable gang of robbers, that hate for a considerable time infested that planer. lie was folly committed for trial.