The National Register. — 1821-09-10 (London, England)

ANDOVER, SEPT. 3 —Our little town has been thrown into a state of strung excitement by a circumstance which has taken place within these few days. Miss who was teacher at a boardingschool, has absconded with Mr. —, a married man, who was agent to a house of respectability its London, in the tvine trade. Under a pretence of collecting debts for his employers, the gentkn:,.:l had quitted his residence some days before ; and :I.; young lady, a few days after, took a chaise for '.3..singtoke, where she was joined by her gallant, wl, ', it is feared, has been but too succcsiful in raisi:ig the supplies at the expense of his principals. fair fugitive is an interesting girl, of good connexLms in this neighbourhood, and about 18 years of age ; while her inamorato is a dull, heavy sort of m,:n, approaching to 30. They are about to proceed to the Cape of Hope, it is stated, to establish th,tinselves as new settlers. Lately, ut a town in the north of England, a young clergyman, who is running the race of preferment, was appointed to preach the assize sermon. The Mayor, agreeably to ancient custom, sent t!te reverend youth a polite invitation to dinner; bat was answered by a gruff note condemnatory of 11. e practice of giving what he called public dinners ,13 a Sunday. The astonished Alderman handed this' • unexpected reproof to one of the learned Lords pre- • sent, who could not refrain from expressing his disapprobation at such ill-timed impertinence. T:ta pious preacher, however, will perhaps by this display • . ut modern evangelieisra please his right reverend re- • lative, who once made a most grave and memor.:l2e attack upon the short petticoats of the opera dunces. A very remarkable instance of a propensity to self-destruction has lately been fatally exhibitt.l the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum. A female, ai,„..t 2i years of age, the mother of three children, months ago became impressod, from nu assigna.a.e cause, with a conviction of her own unworthinesa to live; and, after several attempts to cormnit suicide, was placed by her friends in the Lineal' Asylum. Watched and restrained as she there was, she would rush front the hands of the nurses a 11 beat her head against the walls or fl,xn—has be..a known to push u thimble down her throat—to throw herself' into a water cistern; and when put into a warm bath would resolutelximmerse her head until • it was foicibly withdrawn. Finding her purpose constantly prevented by the care and vigilance of the institution, she had recourse not only to the obstinate refusal of faxl, but to retaining; her breath, and resisting every call of nature, sur.lo.tg as her exhausted powers would maintain the struggle.— She at length effected hor purpose, by contriving to get herself at liberty during an absence of the nursc, nut exceeding teu minutes, and succeeding its strangling herself with one of the straps used for keeping her confined. Expetitnems far manufacturing a new Batik r..:to still continue by direction of the Bank, but no p!..ca has yet been definitively decided upon. Persona should be cautious from whom they take one-pounil notes, as the Bank has decline 1 prosecuting utterers of those that are forged.  ~s .e J.  i  10