ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



MissEushnel, niece of Mr. Norton, 

 of Berr.ers-strect. Mrs. Edgar and 

 son, of Pall-mall. In all lifteen 

 persons. 



The inqnest of tlip. coroner is lo- 

 cal. Thxi of fit. Martin's parish has 

 returned a verdirt of — "Accidental 

 death by sufibcntion, and being 

 trampled upon at the pit-door i>fi he 

 Hay-market theatre." Exclusive of 

 these lamented victims, w-ho were 

 all respectablf persons, near twenty 

 others suff* red maerial injuries, in 

 bru'.ses, broken legs, and arms, 

 some of whom are since dead. 



.^th. Thismoiningwerc executed 

 before Newgate, pursuant to their 

 sentence, John Rabbit ts and William 

 Brown (alias Bartlett), two very 

 old offenders. They confessed seve- 

 ral robbcics, amongst which was 

 that and the murder of Mr. Eaton, 

 in Bervvii k-street, Soho; of Mr. 

 Woodcock, who was knocked down 

 and robbed of hiswatch in Bedford- 

 row, &:c. &c. 



7th. This night, at eight o'clock, 

 the duke of York arrived at White- 

 hall from the continent. His royal 

 highness came pas-ienger in the 

 Vestal frigate, whTch conveyed 

 prince Adolphus to Ostt nd, and 

 landed at Ramsgate, af'.er a short 

 passageof fourteen hours. 1 h du'.ie 

 of York, immediattly uport h s ar- 

 rival in town, se* ofi' for Oj. lands, 

 where his duchess was. His royal 

 highness was accompanied on his 

 journey to En^lnnd by colonel 

 Hewgill of the guards, and captain 

 Crawford, hisro)al highness'saidcs- 

 de-camp. 



Qih. On Wednesday morning the 

 arrival of the Swallow packet at 

 Torbay, with tht most nob'e mar- 

 finis Cornwall is and ]--an of his 

 suite, w;;s a; noimced at the India- 

 house. The Swallow left Madras 

 the lOth of October, when all the 

 presidencies and possessions of the 



company were in an unexampled 

 state of prosperity. 



1 01 h. This morning Messrs. Mnir, 

 Margaiot, Skirving, and Palmer, 

 were removed Irom Newgate, in a 

 post-coach and four, attended by 

 two king's messengers. We learn 

 that they were taken on board \es- 

 stls bound to Botany Bay. 



By the court of King's Bench, in 

 Ireland, it has betn decided, that 

 Mr. A. H. Rowan shall no; have a 

 new trial ; and judgment ha^ been 

 pronounced, that he shall be impri- 

 soned for two years, pay a fine of 

 5001. and find securities forhis good 

 behaviour, nnderapena-ty ot 40001. 

 for seven years. 



1 1 th. A fire this night broke out 

 at the floor-cloth manufnctory in 

 Knightsbridge. By it no less llian 

 20,0001. w orth of property, with 

 the buildings, was destroyed, and 

 notafarthing of either insured. The 

 above fire was occasioned by the 

 neglect of a boy, who in heating 

 some colour suffered it to boil o\ er. 

 13th. Cardiff'. The canal from 

 Merthir Tidvil to this place being 

 completed, a fleet of canal boats ar- 

 rived from Merthir, laden wiih the 

 produce of the iron-works there, 

 to the great exultation of the town. 

 This canal is 25 miles in length. 



14 th. This dav was determii ed, 

 in the court of King's Bench, an 

 action of crim. con. Howard against 

 Bingham, attended with circum- 

 stances so peculiar, ttiat we sliall 

 give a fuller account of it in the ap- 

 pendix to the chronicle than we 

 could do here. 



i'2(.l. Leicifier Last night a boat 

 bf-longing to Messrs Ella, Douglas, 

 and Po; nton, arrived at dieirwbarf, 

 in the Friers, freghted with mer- 

 chandize, from Ga Uiibo ougn. Ihe 

 advantages of an immediate com- 

 munication hy water from thisplace 

 10 the coasts of Lincolnr hire and 



Yorkshire, 



