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on the 2cl of March, about half past 

 1 o'clock, the child of Mr. Rogers 



-was decoyed from the door of her 

 father's house, and was not heard of 

 until late in t!ie afternoon of the 

 same day : when she was found nak- 



: ed on the flight of steps leading to 

 the water, on the Surry side of West- 

 Hiinstcr-bridge. On searching the 

 house of the prisoners, in Brookes'- 

 court, Lambeth, the child's bonnet 

 and shoe-s, with other parts of her 

 apparel, were found. — Both were 

 found guilty, and sentenced to be 

 transported for 7 years. 



The remains of the largest person 

 ever known in Ireland, at least since 

 the days of the giant of Hibernian 

 romance, Fion M'Coul, were in- 

 terred in the church-yard of Rose- 

 unnllis in the queen's county. The 

 cofiin, with its contents, weighed 52 

 stone, which amounts exactly to 

 SOOlbs. It Mas borr.e on a very 

 long bier by 30 strong meji, who 

 were relieved at intervals. The 

 name of this extraordinary person 

 w'as Roger Uyrne, whose residence 

 was near Burros in Ossory. He died 

 of sutibcation occasioned by exces- 

 sive fat, wliich impeded the action 

 of the lungs, and put a period to 

 liis exif^tence in the 54tli year of his 

 a^e. He was 13 stone heavier than 

 the celebrated Bright of Malilon, 

 whose wai.-.teoat buttoned round 7 

 large men. — Byrne was a married 

 man ; his widow is a very small wo- 

 man, by whom he has left 4 sons. 



13th. Lady Glanville was found 

 dead in her bed-room, in Manchcs-' 

 ter-street, at 4 in the morning ; her 

 clothes had taken fire, and were con- 

 sumed to her body, which presented 

 a shocking spectacle. 



The same day, as Mrs. Dawson, 

 of Caldbeck, Cumberland, relict of 

 general Richard Dawson, formerly 

 2 



lieutenant-governor of the Isle of 

 Man, was standing near the parlour 

 fire, immediately after dinner, part 

 of her muslin dress came in contact 

 with the Hariie, by which she was 

 dreadfully scorclied : in this j)ainful 

 situation, her distress being height- 

 ened by the most violent agitation 

 and terror, she languished until 

 Monday following, when she expir- 

 ed ! She was 71 years of age. 



16th. This night a fire broke out 

 near Sun Tavern Fields, Shadwell, 

 in the rope-ground and warehouses 

 of Mr. Cornwell. The warehouses- 

 were tilled Avith cables, pitch, and 

 other combustible matter, to a very- 

 great amount : of course the flames 

 burnt wi<h great fury, and extend- 

 ed themselves with extraordinary 

 rapidity. They soon communicated 

 to the deal-yard of Mr. Miles, all 

 of which were instantly in a blaze. 

 The immediate scene of the confla- 

 gration was inaccessible to the en- 

 gines, and the volume of fire so 

 great, as to afford no hope that they 

 could, if within reach, make any 

 impression upon it. In this extre- 

 mity, the fironicn turned their at- 

 tention to the neighbouring houses, 

 and exerted themselves to cut off all 

 coiinnunication between them and 

 the burning premises. They played 

 the engines upon the dwelling-house 

 of Mr. Cornwell: but all their ener- 

 gy, as it was feared, was not able 

 to save it, as the wind blew the 

 flames directly upon it. A more 

 dreadful fire, or a more awful spec- 

 tacle, has not been seen for many 

 years in London. The damage is 

 estimated* at 20,0001. Happily no 

 lives M'crc lost. 



The earl of Strathmore's valuable 

 stud-horse, Pipator, dropped dead 

 a few days ago. He was considered 

 worth 1000 guineas. 



18th. 



