THE NATIONAL REGISTER. I'IWI t'1:1 LS. EXTR on/MARY SW/agile, i;• parish of Rea), ia the county of Caithness, there was seen. abaft! two months ago, an ammal supposed to he the mermaif!. The head an the elte•t being all that was viiible,eu,ctiv iembleil those of a full grown youmr woman. The were perfectly formed ; the arms longer than in the human hou,, nu I the eyes somewhat smaller. When Ow waves d:!shed It;ir, which was of a sea green shade, over the face, di.' ;math were iminediately emplo ea to replace it. The skia •, of a pink colour. Though observed b several pervons in the distance of twenty yards, for about an hour and i• covered no symptoms of alarm. -It was seen ttN four or five in diviluals. of unquestionable veracity, at tut• saint. time. ii , l%er• this rof the same kind was % iu the same hei!:lthourlmott, about seven or eight years ago, by a gentleman !:en r'eAciieg near the soot, Al IT it " 7 . rt.—An Inquisition was taken on Fridvv es •I.+:-, u - the Stoke llnatt from Watford, at the Kines ge!,(l %Alt:- howl., on the body of Mr. bone Ileaf!ford, a gentlen.... :If pro. pertv, who retiited at Fotri-bri;l : ..te, wt“s wa,:f4.lm.; stn Thttr—la'y tn9rning, on tlgt.• foot path or the turnpike. The holy teas found in. Sh oc king mangled titate, at:d the .te. (ea-ed. ttihn 1.4 . a4 on his return from selling cattle, it tins stn . ,- 'insetl had been robbed of cash and notes to a coLtiitlecalde nount. There nas a trace of tut) huspeeted fellows hiwards lien ling . , and it hale ere thk heel taken into cu - 4o.'y. The ver•lict Wiyttl iVurder. Esc: t• tim Pa ;so Ni.—On the ni4ht of Thursday se'nni : ilt four pri-oners en'aped front the County of Antrim viol, Car: icL tei'rus, in a twaiin •r ono itifetior to :toy or the, escape; eTected by the celebrated IL:ron e Trenck. Ihy were confined in two se parate cells, Iwo in •each, at the usual hour, nine o'clock.-- , - With the as i+' %nee of a gimlet and penknife, they cut the wood case of the (blur over the iron bolt, so ns to inn ()ince the linger Dud shoot the holt ; b' this means tht-y got into the vas:qtge ; hey hatl vet four doors to open before they could get into the yard ; IWO of theta they opened ia the manner abo%e stated ; hat the third, four inch - ft: thick, and stadded w ith iron, A so elThettl:ol SVeliredi that i t resisted everN effort. They had now recour.ie to a tuo. , t singular method ; by some means or u: her they lighted a fire, by tv lio.!! Sao . % U.. it.4l pioces of :w iron hoop ifit:l the bar of a grate. alit :art actually horned thew t h n r in t qv', pieces, as complotvi. a-; by a sw,v. finv in:: :um* :.,o4 iseit the yar:i. th,.v varvied omit theft two wooden liedSten:l 4 , and !thee(' the e one na lite other agniost the wall of the yard, w hid,* is twar forty feet ftiz:e ; they iiten f4stene.i the bl•iaketi t or 11wir he:ls bi w p-rord ; to one end of the I;iey r.L.aeatni an ()I 1 iron gr whieh they found in the yard, and threw the IslatAet and gratin; over the wall, Iteepinz linld Of the other end, and by •that means gained the top of the wall ow'l got clear 44. During - um* id (hr late thunder -storms, a tree near Walton ltoo-:e, Cumberland, wa* strick by lightning, which instantly iAltsiit bed the ma 0, .and t! , e tree catching fire, was burned to the grotin4. It is hoped that this fart w ill serve a 4 a Intonitor to the unwary peasant, never ininn 1111,11(1er storm to take shelter near a tree ; a, alt eientilic inen al:ow, that•they are great attractors of the electriz daid. • TO THE GO'4'Err.“)tti .ANi) f;Lf.kitDIANS OF THE FOUN N a 110; rAL In our tali week's It mi:tsT ea, we took the opportunity or roirinito g what we had bei . o• 0 asserted, resperii.lz :he whirls- Sion vifehilAren into, and 1110 litanazement Of, Cie 1- . 4) 1109- tat. It is due to the t;tr:eritors o!' that Charity, to say, that he% of their own arencd, discoutilao OW practice (If 1 . ,!eel wing Children it ill) the IGO'. or any other suin ; 4t n ut they received them upon the origival Institutino - of fh.. mem, thit even h.ul the l• o'. been ein.inn.vl. that they were not acting Cowl:try l' the Estithlishment, as allirwe.l by Act of Parliament. I .Ve are now ft:lly conyluced, the t. altitotigh the 101/. were receive!, pet that no Interest •Ir ht: / ?,/f.n , :e tlks eXer cird by the Go%erieirs in the admission of Cliddren, and we folly believe Clot pew Ilse practice of receiving. a sent with rhild,•rn, alinitted into the Hospital, is olto4ettier dist-m -*l;meg: : that ilo inteeepot or isiliuence ig exercised in their ‘dints sion into that I lstiintion. Therefore, as we last we...k. expres_. sed, so we thiv week feel a pleasure in as%ertine, that nu charity of its nature cat) be better managed, or its oi.l , B ;ittal institution bitter retained, A At' ICAL `LL! GEN CE. ENTR ACT OF A Lr.Tlll.ll Fitou unticorAND, itt tY SO. " A very gallant actlnn was foo!ht on the 21st inst. by the Alert hired cotter, I.:owning two 3-pounders and two comm odes, commendel Lia”itcnant !)outrall. wit!) a crew con simiog oC eight bo)s, the :molter and himself. Proceeding up the .In . hole with . a convoy. four Danls% privateers were die c,:veced in shore, receiving r , .'inforrements of men from the Freud? Itn!inned there. Titey soon marle pail towards the con voy, w ch I,ientenant M. itt his sentll cutter bravely resolved to pre:ect. With tisat intention he bore dowo on the enemy, keepin% he! w (-en them and the ve:twls tinder Isis chat ge, and In that si!un!ion maict:•iord au tictiim, frequertly within pistol s'sot. for two houy- v. bill he had the satisfintitm to see the w hole convoy safe in p tl. The Alert had t:one killed or , ‘iseNt!.•,l. and only received a feW grape shot through the main •;; ; men are sail to have heels killed on boarc the priv4 • • 'erg Why.: the disparity of force is considered, each of the • rel.* has., iog lest less than 25 men on hoard, it it difficult C. • :-•,!lv to appreciate the steady courage and superior sea ‘ir T.;e.c..oant I)isru p t:oJ. and the braver% of his little re• 4 . 1) , t. ich four privateer 4, greatly superior in force •,) t'le Alert, were prevented from taking a single veszel of the cony oy." • LLOID'S The Leeward I,llnel rent. about IS!pail, n.maiited at St. Thomas's lvth waiti:..s the arrival of the York tnal of war front Antigua, whete she wa:: tine. uxpectod L three or titer fhtpt. 1 . 1 - e Trat•Beitoo, I%.'eptcne, SeVe`ly Warrea Hastinti,•Ctunherlatta, and Lori Melville, ontward-how•d East avera all w.. 11 oa sth April, ia lat. 9. S. !ouq. Luder cum% of the Sirius f. gate. The Lady Cactlereagh had parted .11st March for St. 11!-:!1! la. The. Carnatie, f , r I , lJia. was well Stit Apri', it lat. P. long. 3.t„ The beetlz., Saitith. front Lo:tdou to 116 Janeiro, was spoke.t with Ist Aprl in lat. 1. C. N. 10ng..33 W. 'Sir. Anna Catharine; and the H3abet, prizes to the Alexandria feiTate, artivea nt Leith 7th itt‘tant. The Spatlislt ship Ann, es El Ileit'a M.., from Ilivannali for Cadiz, was lost eta ('at Keys Stli A pri;.—Part of the ear;o s ire:l, and earrie , l to Nassau. The AmerizAtt 511ip ,A Ili ratite, soar entice. from Guadahape, was nowt htto Antipm ttltit April, by lb.• ti•plitice privateer. The Jaaet and C.e.':41411 , f. M;C:C1641114, fra n •;,,ttetthe.r;,.. to Perth, WU run down the levr Rraw, lit the Advice, of mi.. _ _ _ . - - - Ti r I littrati7 Fpnrtik fault Watereorl, i 4 loq on the coa=t of Me...-. four The Se-ttoe. Merton, from London to the 8ra . e.14; was all well on the ult. throug:t the Ear of Risc iy. The Catl-ar;na Maria, Schoinheck ; and the )li - ie CebroeUrs, Kunst, ars taken ; the Tilset privateer. and carried to Dant .7;v:. The Elizabeth. Apoleton, from Rib Ja.teiro to GiVraltart the John and Mary, from Liverpol to Bahia; aid the Clitcnila4 Fairly, of Che:ter have bean canto e 4. by the Bellona French fri:rate, of 44 ncl , .b.mvid to the Alm - hi:lv. The Eoterprize, rom Teneriftit and M uleira to Jersey; the "Votiog Charle4,from Gibraltar Gtternae. ; and the,''ram Lamlon to St. Michael':, were talien and burnt hy the L'Orlett cgwifiron.—The ctexa carried to Guadalmme, from whence they errived at 1 1 ,arbadoes 12th The tar, ifmvl tad, fr ttn Lindon to New York, put into !gel , London the kith M - treit, with touch damage, and havint . thrown great part of the cargo overhrard. The Union, Bell, from HOl to Live Tool, ii pot : .to Charleston in diAres s. Mr.r.ANctrot,y Acct fusrsday afternoon, as the se road daughter of Alt. llev, who resides in Northontherland street, qtratul. was pa , sing throttalt Spring Garden', with :113 ir rant child iu I:er arms, two bricks fell from the scalr•Ping l.efo. a Mr. Thompqoa's house, at the cornet . of New-street, and fray. Lured both their skull?. in this dreadful state they were Con.* vexed home, and underwent some surgical operations in a sta'e of insensibility, It k extremely doubtful whe:htr ey 's iil recover. No person waq near the tap of the house, n‘r %%a4 thew *nal high at the time the accident occurred g awl it i= ac t muted for, .bc supposing that a rook (many of whirl,. froot the Park, are frequently perc;r;;;;;;- on the eltimnies in the neigh. htittrho.lll). 1ta..1 in fl ing off, slo.'..en the bricks, so as to cause their fulling. 011,1). On the 2qth nil. at Cassel. the celPhrated Suricc Historian, Johannns Von Alullcr. 13 liiS rreg t hi , tory of :iis n itt e try. he as4erted. with spirit awl tAent," repohlicatt which he however found compalible ith obedience to hitrsvy inottarchi. tie had enfered surceigivelv into the service of the Elector of Mainz and th.. peror of Germons ,ag ; of the in; of Pruggiz. liisforiazrapher ; nod lactls,orE ing Jerome of Wciaphalin. first AS seerttahry of state, and. often% amiti as niinigter of public instruction. • On Tneslay last, after a long tied piinful Datley, sited 55, formers well-I:n(1.k taS it uc - ,.l visrftivincr at Vaaxhf,ll And Covent-liarden Thratte. JUNE 18. I