OCT. P. :th"1(11 V I st manOloniPclTdvri)r, died ...'uddriliv he Ciro-ye Lin, ik.l , ati , , from t dtirikiug. lie 5.,110,1,;wed Iw o qua t% of herr in a iniuute and a Sime profane wad ere trived the explosion of one of the inflammable compo.itn.ll‘, raked dtt,,tiatiug ball.. (in Sunday, in the Broadway Chapel, Westuil :Styr, which caused not a little alarm umono the co I.regation• Thorsda c morning, William Bull, son of a respectable halter, re in:di stiett, Blooliishory, whilst cleaning the iront s' in duwsof hi, father' , shop, the ladder, owing to the moi.ture of the .tlag,s, gave way, and shockin; , , to relate, li• fell npoti stone farce spikes, which penetroted him body so far that he was hit's dttfietiltv ext deated. He then ran toward. , Dr. Vincent' , , %%hinit how twenty yards distance; but in the attempt fell irrc . t rh te on 1 i• bark. and in.rtantly expired. Thursday se'nuight a dreadful affray took place between eleven and twrive o'clock, in King str'et, St. George's in tic East, betm iEn some drunken sailors, cool-heavers and Inmpers ; Own Barney Shields, the watchman, received a blow from a man of the name a William Harney, or Money, a coal-whipper. echo worked in the neighboui hood of Sliadwell and Wapping, w iiich kil!ed him on the spot. '1 he fellow who inflicted the blow has air-entitled. A daring attempt at robbery was made I aqt week in the bowie of E. Manners, (known by the name or the Deaf Doctor), at Gates head, Neweris . tle. Manners %las awakened anont midnight by t wo suet' who had broken into house, am' %%ere attemidinz to rdn him ; lte, however opposed *nett rt..sistance, as not only prev t niud the robbery, bid mwit: it extremely difficult fir them to en< et their r. , cape ; w Idyll at length tit y rieeoloplisln d, tht instives through a %mall Wddlov%, by which the entered one of them leas lag it shoe behind. .111 . anners is sit nug, bale, and of heroic c drag,, Ilidd;:h BO years ut age. extreme ly deaf, and by trade a vender of liosti inns. Having otetemew one. of the villains, the other, with an iron instrument, assailed the old man. and indicted same severe wounds on his head, the send having in various places been laid bare. A fire, which threatened extensive destrnction, broke out at a late hour on Tuesday night. in the hack pa: t of the per mist . % behing• lii to Alessi , . Sparks and Soli druggists and distillers, St. John's. street. Smithfield. Al. the chief part of the property ifi the "14re houses w as of a combustible oatore, the &me. raged %VIII: g: vat fury, and considerable damage was done ere they could he s ubdued. Th e dwelling house of Messrs. Sparks caught fire, that and the re•t of the neighlomilitiod were Meatdmiger of lit log reduced but the filmes were got mider the exertions of the fit chick; butol TUICII injury was sustained by any of the building-, except the warehouses ; and where the lose' occasi med is rely grcat. A dreadful fire broke out on Satni day se'enni-ght in the morning, at St. News, linntingdonsline, in the street leading towards Cam bridge, called Calsilindt e•street It is supposed to have happened iu consequence of some men who were splitting wood by means of gunpowder, some parts of which had been blow» and alighted on a thatched lmildieg. Eleven houses were consumed ; the flames spread so rapid, in consequence of the wind being very hiA, and the buildings in a very diy state. Many of the poor inhabitants bare lost the whole of their furniture and other property. An elderly G.entleinen, resident at Camberwell. was stopped by a tuotp id, On Frid:iy se'imight, Mihden Lane, near fliehgate, vile) presc• ted a pi-tot to his hrea , t, alt,d deem:der' hi s ne , m iy in a tremidi lone. The dusk of the evening had approached, and the g o e tteoein ea. Just enabitd to ascertain tha , the iofilier, who wore a crape over his lace, was not x very old offender; he told him to take awa y ilk l estol, promising to conform to his wishes. The robber cum p!nid, and waked paiiewly while lie slowly unbuttoned his two Coats , sod fumbled in his po,:kets. I3v this time two men apeienclo This eircams:duce, r, did not seen) to attru. I. the notice of the foot pad, who piwively at the head of the hor.e, as if vb,,.1-,ed in thought. The old (Jentleman took advantage of this cheoinstauce, and calhng to the :nen for assistr.nce, they secured the robber, atid con veyed him to a nubile-house near the _ l snot. lie suffered himself to he disarmed without sneaking a word. Upon their ana:epting to remove the crape trim) Lis face. he seemed mocii d:sturhed, tied t wicavonred to pr, vent them. Tney fleeted it, however, and IJ the surprise of the accuser, he recognised his own nephew. The exclamation of both p lilies, at the mornent,• disclosed the secret; and an explanation fol lowed, which ended the discharge of the men who 11)44 assisted in seeming the otfeuder, and an arrangement which, n 44 d iuht, proved . satisfactory to the young luau, who scented deeply affected at his si taattua. 653 Last Tuesday evening a Coroner's inquest was held on the body of Mary Payne, at the Coach and Hoises, Little °mond street. deceased kept a house in Oinnind-street, and was about forty-five years old. A servant in the howe stated, that as she way lighting the fire in the morning, she heard that Mrs. Payne svo soddenly taken very ill, and on goitag into the bed room, found the deceased in couvulsions. Mr. Fernandez, apothecary, found tier in a state of insensibility, and in strong convulsive fits, differing very little in appearance from apoplexy; but whilst he was con. siderinm what the attack cottlr4 be tinder which she was labourin g , Ilse Imsba.:d showed him a letter written by the deceased, which left no doubt ou his mind that she had taken poison. The emetics usnalk' given to perso! s in melt a Ntase were administered, but without effect, as she died 4bout noon ; and subsequent circum sin:ices, a bolt e being found concealed %silk+ had contained lauda num, etc. left no doubt that she bad poi,onrd herself. Verdict-- Lumley—poisoned herself. , A Coroner' , Inquest was held last week at WiVon, Norfolk, on the body ef C B. Lake, an infant about eight months old. It appeared that the pare'tts of the child. had purchased some land ithlllll, and the &H.:gist emittitu to give proper directions as to -rd. mitistering it, the quantit% ti%en to the child was so powertul as to terminate its existence relict, Died front Ike rio'ent effects of laldanu.a applied through wisadrentLre. A Corot:er'sinquest was held on the body of Catharine Weale, on Wednesday, at the Northumberland Arms, Wells street, Oxford .roinl. Richard Weak, the husband, stated, that he resided in Adam and Eve-cont t, Oxford-road, and .that he was guard to the IlrLltton mail roach. After dinner on Sunday last, hits wife went to lay down, and he accompanied her to the room. A friend eallinr, he went into another apartment to him and a minute after wards the maid came and said, that his wife was dead. He went to the bed-room, and iMind her lifeles , :. Mr. Brown, Surgeon, stated, that he bled Mrs. Weale but in vain ; that there was no suspicions or ‘iolent marks about her, and that she must hate Cited a natorli, although a very sudden death. about au hour before he saw lier.—Verdiet Died !, the Visitation of G d. 111 RTI - 1. On the 25th ult. at. l'isenunt Melbourne's, Brod:et Hall, Herta, Countess Cowper, of a still-born child. MA it RIED. Henry Brown, Esq. banker, Windsor, to Miss Dolby, of Wink. field. Lately, George Wilbraham, Eq. of Dehmore Lodge, county of Chester, to Lady Anne Fortesene, third daughter of Earl Fortescue. ITIIS. Wednesday sennililit 7 aged 75, the Rev. G. Wright, of Brandon , Suffolk. Thursday last, in St. Giles, Norwich, in his 85th year, the Rev. Thomas Howes, Rector of Mouruingthopy, iu Norloti. (in the gift of the crown), and of Thorudon, in Su&lk. He w a nrofolind scholar, and the formidable antagonist (with bishop Hotsley) of the late Dr. Priestley, in the Trinitarian controversy in 1781. He was the author of " Observations on Books, ancient and modern," and se veral theological works. On the Ist inst., at Blnnderstone, in Suffolk, in conseqnenee of his gun going off accidentally, S. Saunders, Esq. M. 1). On Tuesday last, at his apartments in Colmore row, Birmingham, J. S. Pratt: Esq. Author of Gleauings &r. occ. Last week. suddenly, Mr. Richard Kt tich, a respectable farmer. at Charibory. Oxfordshire. His brother, Mr. William Kcoeb. Of the same place, attended his funeral in d health, ii;:d on the fol lowing day was seized with an apoplectic tit, and extinct'. At Bri,ditnir ou Sunday last, in the 75th year of flee a,ze. Countess of Denhigh, widow of :he late Basil. tint F. 411 of Denbigh and Desmond,' Grandfather of the present Earl. a minor. Her Ladyship was sister of Edward Farnham, r,,q. of Quorodon, and was married first to the late Sir Charles Halton!. Bart. of IVeston, in Leicestershire, by whose will that property devolves to Sir Henry Halford, nart. M. D. R. Bally, Esq: banker, of N:•wbury, Berks. Suddenly, Major-General Fisher, ()ruttier to the Lord Bishop of Silisburv. In September, at Flower hie in the enmity of Gal .e ay, the Right Him. Anthony, Lord R:vorstoo. Baron NllVeilt. Ri s erston, comity of Galway. The title of liiverstim being contiqred by King James the Second, after his abdication, has not been admitted by the Hon , e of Peers. His Lordshin is succeeded by his son, the H a n. William Thomas Nugent, ot'rwiiace, uow Lord Riverston. THE NATIONAL REGITER.