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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



I3th. The metropolis wasilllimi- 

 hatrd for three successive evenings, 

 and some windows were broken 

 bclon^riiig to those who refused to 

 exhibit this mark of satisfaction at 

 the important victory obtainei. — 

 Among others, the house of earl 

 Stanhope was damaged, in conse- 

 quence of which, he next day in- 

 serted the following advertisement 

 in the newspapers : 



" Outrage in Mansfidd-street. 

 " Whereas a hired band of ruffians 

 attacked my house in Mansfield- 

 street, in the dead of the night, be- 

 tween the 11th and I2th of June 

 instant, and set it on fire at different 

 times ; and whereas a gentleman's 

 carriage passed several times to and 

 fro in front of my house, and the 

 aristocrat, or other person, who was 

 in the said carriag^e, gave money to 

 tlie people in the street, to encou- 

 ray,e them : this is to request the 

 friends of liberty and good order to 

 lend me any authentic information 

 they can procure, respecting the 

 name and place of abode of the 

 said aristocrat, or other person who 

 was in the carriage above-men- 

 tioned, in order that they may be 

 made amenable to the law. 



June 12, 17.04. Stanhope." 

 ] 7th. Naples. On the l.Sth ult. at 

 ten o'clock at night, all Naples was 

 sensible of the shock of an earth- 

 quake, with a horizontal motion, 

 which lasted about 30 seconds. — 

 On Sunday last, the 15th, about the 

 •ame hour, the earthquake was re- 

 peated, which was followed by a 

 violent eruption of mount Vesuvius. 

 The mountain opened intwoplaces 

 towards the centre of its line, when 

 columns of black smoke, mixed with 

 liquid inflamed matter, issued from 

 each mouth; soon afterother mouths 

 were opened, apd in a line towards 



the sea. The explosions from all 

 these mourhs, louder than thunder, 

 mixed with sharp reports, as from 

 the heaviest pieces of artillery, ac- 

 companied by a hollow sabterrane* 

 ous rumour, like that of the sea in a 

 storm, caused all the houses to shake 

 to their very foundations. Thelavas 

 gushing from these mouths, after 

 havingrun fourmilesin a few hours, 

 destroyed the greatest part of the 

 town of Torre del Greco, about a 

 mile from Portici, and made a con- 

 siderable progress into the sea, where 

 it formed a promontory about ten 

 feet above its surface, and near a 

 quarter ofarailebroad, having heat- 

 ed the water to such a degree that a 

 hand could not he borne in it at the 

 distance of one hundred yards front 

 the lava. It cannot yet be ascer- 

 tained how many lives have been 

 lost in that city; many families are 

 missing ; but whether they have es- 

 caped, or are buried under the ruin* 

 of their own houses, is not known. 

 Naples is covered with ashes, and 

 every object is obscuredas in a thick 

 fog. But Vesuvius, though not vi- 

 sible, continues very turbulent, and 

 more mischief may be expected, 

 although the lavas are all stopped at 

 this moment- The head of rft. .la- 

 nuarius was carried in procession 

 yesterday, andopposedtothe moun- 

 tain by the cardinal archbishop of 

 Naples, attended by many thousand* 

 of the inhabitants of this city. 



ISth. The bishop of Lincoln this 

 day consecrated the mausoleum 

 which Mr. Pclham has erected to 

 the memory of his late wife, neat 

 his seat at Brocklesby in Lincoln- 

 shire. It is esteemed the finest 

 building of the kind in this king- 

 dom, and is supposed to have cost 

 nearly 30,0001. 



JOth. Portsmouth. His majesty 



arrived 



