The National Register. — 1816-08-26 (London, England)

PROITVCIALS.  Oar readers have been infin used of the distress that prevails In Stalfordsaire, but few of them are perhaps aware of the eaten) of the distress in Shropshire. From an enumeration of the iron furnaces, it appears, that out of 34, no less than •21 have been put out of will, and consequently only. Itt rue in blast. The extinguished works eunsitnied not less than h0:10 • tons of coals per week; so that a corresponding number of colliers are also destitute. Thai circumstanced, we have great pleasure iu stating that some public-spirited gentlemen have announced in the Nhrrirsbury Chronicle nit intended new road from Coalbrook dale to Wellington ; and that it is undertaken with the design of giving work to '• the poor men who are • thrown out of employment by the stoppaee of the coal and iron winks." Among the characters who have thus set tht• example in Salop, the Member for Wenlock is conspicuous by his subscription of 10001.—Hutwor to this good man! A letter from Ely, dated Aug. 19. says—" On Tuesday last Mr. John Hopkin, a small farmer at Downhain, near Ely, pat a period to his existence, by hanging himself; lie had been in a low and desponding way for some time, which is supposed to base been brought on by the pressnre of the times. Au intinest has been taken, and the Jury returiwit a vet diet of laniacy.—About three months since, a farmer in the same parish colinniited suicide under similar circumstances." A few days since three men 'applied to a farmer near Kinganon, kurrey, for rinployinent, which he was unaule to give them. On his rclits•tl, the,: requested they inig,lit ludas in hi.: barn for the night, this hire agreed to; ow! haring suspicion that they intended same depredation after th family had retired to rt,t, he determiotill to listen to their coaversativa; when he heard them say they had been totally w.ilioat utourlah• meat fur several days. He immediately ordered them twine bread, cheese, and beer, and, after having get them soar clean straw, retired to rest. In the in.wnsilic he went to the barn, and found than all dead. It is supposed they had eaten too voraciously of the provisions, which caused their dissuiu' Lion.  The Rev. T. Fox, of Mapperton, Dorset, and Rector of Temple and Abbas Conine, Somerset bas ilifonued the principal inhabitants of that place (through his son) of his intention to reduce his tithes Al per cent. from the 2.ath of March last.— It is not the tint reductiou of tithes that Christian liirister has anode. We trust it is unneeessary to urge sportsmen to postpone the co.nriencement of the shooting season, for at least tie ee. weeks or a month. A later season is not within the memory of man, though we hope that there is the prospect of an abundant harvest. Let not the hopes of the farmer then be disappointed by the roaming of dogs and sportsmen through the standing corn. Peruaps, for the present year, gentleness' will, by common consent, agree that partridge and pheasant -11.00 ting shall commence on the 'awe day. That stupeolons undertaking, the Tunnel of the Tavistock Canal, was, after thirteen years incessant laboar, haled on Thursday last, with great accuracy. A line of coma nonication has been thus opened between the Tavv and the TA..,nr. The whole Ireigth of den Mg through the hall, is above a mile and a half, and, in some parts of it, more than IN feet below the surface. We are concerned to state, that the Bishop of 4alisbitry was thrown from his horse, a few days since, from tine tirina of a gun in the street that city by which fall his Lordship received tt violent contusion on the beck part of the head, from winch lie is not yet perfectly recovered. Saturday schuright about three o'clock in the afternoon, a pow woman named Griffin, of Clatford, was s;riick dead by lightning. in a hay field at Westover, near Andover. Suuday morning about eight o'clock, the body of a farmer trained Stillwell, ,5.45 tumid min tiered at his own haul,% at a small village called Farsilia:a Hole, near Farnham, Surrey. The deceased was korawir to have possessed some money; used having lived in a Inuit retired state, It is supposed that lie was attacked by some villains whose object was plunder. The town-crier of Litchfield, in cry hog some rails stolen in Greeultill, a few days ago, gave a hroa:l hint that the thief was kwon, and suvresird the propriety of the sail rails being re• placed. This toninds as of a Darnel crier, who, Cryimag sonic Mien concluded as fad" as:—" Let those who have stole n them now keep them at thtir pail, as we partly know where they bill p, (hi Friday se'tinight the valnable flock of Spanish sheep belonging to Mr. Layton, of lit edliam, wale Fr atl) injured by slogs; 4'J were dreadfully loin and lacerated, spoil 31 are already dead. Ihe damage done to the reotaind, ris ineattatla ;asit is well knot% to, by breeders of those timid .animals that they never thrive afterwards. The loss is to be the more lanratto d, ski it is now impossible to replace them. Mr L. imported the breed immediately flour SpAtio; souse of which, in the frst instance, at 41) guineas per hind. Sunday morning lam, the &dint,: shops of Mr. J. Beames, of Chippeniatn, ware tirokm into, and robbed of broad sloths and kersayvneres, value Zook and tywards; immediate pursuit was in:i.de by Mr. B. and his nei4litraars, and G. Lewis anti %V. Chalkin were taken at Bristol, and have been committed to Fish...non goal. for trial. The cloth were found in Merasaitot Wool, heae k'o:d, with 14 pick-larks and oth r shod,: ituarnments. About tho same time a trunk was stolen out of a w*gon, which was standin,, opposita to the 11:Ar CiliprCl)ll2l.ll. The trunk was afterwanrs tound nt l.ogdon, tr:ar that town, with a parts of its conemts, aid the roahainsier was discover-4AI with die keresynxses, &c.