ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



the property, deposited in the iron 

 chest, had been stolen. An alarm was 

 immediately given, and several per- 

 sons were examined ; but, as yet, 

 nothing has transpired which may 

 tend to discover the perpetrators of 

 this theft. Bills have been distri- 

 buted describing the marks, &c. on 

 the notes lost ; and it is hoped, from 

 the steps which have been taken, 

 the villains concerned in this rob- 

 bery will be discovered, and brought 

 to condign punishment. The 

 amount of the cash and notes of 

 different kinds, which are stolen, is 

 about 7000/. but payment of the 

 greatest part of the bills has been 

 stopped. What renders this rob- 

 bery the more remarkable, is, that 

 the iron chest, where the property 

 was deposited, has a lock of pe- 

 culiar formation; the aperture to 

 which cannot be discovered by a 

 person unacquainted with itsnature; 

 yet this, and eveiy other, lock must 

 have been opened, shut again, and 

 no force appears to have been used 

 to effect it. 



A fire broke out in a lodging- 

 house in Goswell-street ; and an 

 ostler's wife, carrying her two chil- 

 dren under her arm, was obliged to 

 drop them in getting out of a win- 

 dow, and they both perished. 



25th. The storm, last night, 

 blew down the remains of king 

 John's castle, at Old Ford, near 

 Bow. This ancient pile was built 

 in 1203, and was the residence of 

 king John. Here, historians say, he 

 plotted the death of prince Arthur; 

 here he entertained the Brabanc^-on 

 chiefs; and here l,e usually slept, 

 after having signed Magna Charta. 

 This palace was first mutilated 

 during the civil wars of Charles I. 

 About forty years ago the chapel 



fell, and ten years afterwards two 

 wings tumbled down. It is now 

 all levelled. The ground belongs 

 to the Blue-coat school. Some 

 curious coins, &c. have been dis- 

 covered in the ruins. 



The exact report of the number 

 of prisoners, under the charge of the 

 French commissary, December 21, 

 1799> the day when they were de- 

 livered over to the Transport-board, 

 the consular government refusing 

 to provide for them any longer, is 

 as follows : 



Plymouth . . 7,477 



Portsmouth . . .10,128 

 Liverpool • . 2,298 



Stapleton . . . GQS 

 Chatham . • 1,754 



Yarmouth . . . 50 



Edinburgh . . 208 

 Norman Cross . . 3,038 



25,646 



31st. This evening, about half 

 past seven, a fire broke out at the 

 sugar-house belonging to Messrs. 

 Freake and Endelman, in Thames- 

 street. In about two hours this 

 large and lofty building was en- 

 tirely consumed. The Castle-Bay- 

 nard- Ward association attended, un- 

 der anus, to prevent depredations. 



Died. At Wolfenbuttle, after 

 a short illness, field-marshal de 

 Castries, formerly minister of the 

 marine in France. He had ac- 

 quired much reputation, asasoldier, 

 in the seven years war, and shewed 

 talents for administration during the 

 time he was minister of marine. 

 He enjoyed, in an eminent degree, 

 the confidence of Louis XVIII. 

 The duke de Castries, his son, is 

 colonel of a regiment in our pay, 

 which is now in Portugal. 



