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ly accelerated, being nearly seven miles an 
hour; thus demonstrating that, by increas- 
ing the magnitude and power of the engine, 
almost any degree of celerity might be 
attained. 
These experiments gave the greatest 
satisfaction to a multitude of spectators, 
some of whom were of high respectability. 
They were recorded m several publications 
of the day; and in particular, may be seen 
mentioned in the Scot’s Magazine for 1788, 
vol. 2, page 566; yet, from some unac- 
countable whim, however, though the sue- 
cess equalled the most sanguine expecta- 
tions of all concerned, Mr. Miller could 
never be prevailed upon to proceed farther 
in the business; and, as Mr. Taylor had 
not the command of suificient funds, the 
project was necessarily, and, on his part, 
most reluctantly abandoned. 
MR. M. MARSHALL. 
Died, at Belfast, on Wednesday, the 
28th ult., aftera few days’ illness, Mr. 
Matthew Marshall, aged 50. He served 
twenty-five years in the British army, 
during part of which he was troop serjeant- 
major in the 6th or Enniskillen dragoons ; 
and was present on the memorable field 
of Waterloo. In the action of the 18th, 
the Enniskillens made several brilliant 
charges against the French cuirassiers ; 
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when Marshall’s squadron, dashing into 
the thickest of the enemy’s phalanx, were 
cut off from the other troops. In endea- 
vouring to return to the British lines, 
Marshall had his bridle arm broken, and 
had not. proceeded much farther when he 
was hurled from his horse by a lance which 
penetrated his side, and a heayy blow 
broke his right thigh. He lay for some 
time on the ground under the hoofs of the 
enemy. When the ground became some- 
what clear, he espied a horse without a 
rider ; towards which he crawled, and was 
about to mount, when a Erench trooper, 
galloping up, cut him down. This part 
of the field was again occupied by the 
French forces, particularly artillery : and 
one of the gunners made his mangled body 
a resting-place for his foot, while ramming 
his gun. Marshall remained on the field 
with nineteen lance and sabre wounds on ° 
his body, for two days and three nights.— 
On the regiment returning home, he was 
discharged with a pension of two shillings 
a-day, and resided in Belfast, where he 
maintained the character of an. intelligent, 
unassuming, and industrious man. His 
remains were attended to the burying- 
ground by a numerous and respectable 
assemblage. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, ann DEATHS, 1n anp near LONDON. 
—<— 
Oct. 27.—Official intelligence arrived of 
the capture of Prome, in the Kast-Indies, 
by Sir Arch. Campbell. The place was 
__eaptured on the 25th April, and with it 
101 pieces of ordnance. Nearly a quarter 
of the town was consumed by fire. Prince 
Sarrawuddy, with the remnant of his peo- 
ple, retired upon the capital, destroying 
the villages, grain, boats, &c. of every des- 
cription in the line of his retreat. The 
native princes placing their hopes, not on 
resistance, but on the destruction. of our 
armies, by the privation of the means of | 
~ subsistence. 
3 Sept..26.—An alarming fire broke out at 
the house of Messrs. Jacob and Trunks, 
furriers and leather-dressers, White Lion- 
_ street, Goodman’s-fields. The inhabitants 
narrowly escaped. r 
___ A fire broke out in a house at Gibraltar- 
row, Bethnal-green, by which the premises 
were completely gutted. No part of the 
_ property was insured, and no lives were 
o lost.". > } . 
Oct. 1.—The Gazette contained official 
accounts of the capture of Arracan by our 
troops. 
A singular discovery has been made by 
_ pulling down a house situated at the corner 
of Watling-street, near Queen-street. A 
ye; number of strongly-built arches, which ap- 
ey existed before the fire of London, 
have been fouud beneath the foundation, 
on which ground either a church or a 
monastery (perhaps the monastery of St. 
Augustin) formerly stood. The arches are 
quite perfect. 
The toll-houses -and gates at Hyde-park 
corner are pulled down, and also the house 
for the weighing-machine. 
By an order in council, the duty on to- 
bacco was made permanent at three shillings 
per pound. 
Oct. 9.—A fire broke out in the house of 
Mr. Macleod, in Upper Barton-street, West- 
minster. ! 2 
The Society of Arts have rewarded an 
ingenious carpenter, named Glachyin, for 
the invention of a plane which answers all 
the purposes cf the jack plane, the pannel 
plane, the smoothing plane, and the mould- 
ing plane. 
Notices are advertised of an application 
‘to Parliament, for leave to enlarge and 
improve the corn-exchange in Mark-lane, 
or to erect a new one. ’ 
Oct. 24.—The great commercial house 
of Mr. Samuel Williams and Co. stopped 
payment. The amount of the demands 
upon the house are calculated at from five 
to 7,000,000. But it is said that not more 
than between six and seven hundred thou- 
sand pounds is directly on their own account, 
-and the remainder in cross acteptanees of 
various kinds on others, scattered over 
England, the Continent, and America. 
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