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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



posterity with the regret of all his 

 contemporarieti. 



MARCH. 



1st. Home. We learn, tliat the 

 beautiful church of the Vatican, 

 which has been robbed of its trea- 

 sures by the French, is at present 

 receiving presents from ilifFerent 

 quarters, consisting of golden clia- 

 lices, pictures, &c. The nobility, 

 clergy, and merchants, are raising 

 a loan of 150,000 doUars, for pur- 

 chasing corn in Naples. On the 

 27th ult. a person of the name of 

 Genoves, who had robbed several 

 churches, was hanged here, his 

 head and hands afterwards fixed on 

 poles, the body burnt, and the 

 ashes committed to the air. 



The stone arch, which formed 

 the floor of the white tower, over 

 the east gate, at Lynn, suddenly 

 fell, while the rope-makers, who 

 dress hemp under it, were gone to 

 dinner ; to prevent farther danger, 

 it is thought adviseable to take 

 down this ornament of the town. 



11th. A society, under the title 

 of "The Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain," and under the patronage 

 of his majesty, commenced its sit- 

 tings, for the first time, this day. 

 Its professed object is to direct the 

 public attention to the arts, by an 

 establishment for diffusing the 

 knowledge and facilitating the 

 general introduction of useful me- 

 chanical inventions and improve- 

 ments. 



In France, as in England, there 

 have been disputes about the com- 

 mencement of the 18th century. 

 The astronomer Lalande thusdeter- 

 mines the question ; which, he says, 

 was equally agitated fit the end' of 



the last century ; he having, in his 

 library, a pamphlet published on 

 the subject. "Many persons," says 

 he, " imagine, that because after 

 having counted 17, they commence 

 18, that the century must be chang- 

 ed, but this is a mistake; for, when 

 100 years are to be counted, we 

 must pass from QQ, and we arrive 

 at 100; we have changed the 10 

 before we have finished the 100. 

 Whatever calculation is to be made, 

 we commence by 1, and finish by 

 100; nobody has ever thought of 

 commencing at 0, and finishing by 

 99-" Thus, he concludes that the 

 present year 1800 incontestibly 

 belongs to the 18 th century. 



17th. Lieutenant Rothersy, of his 

 majesty's ship Repulse, of 64 guns, 

 captain Alms, arrived at the admi- 

 ralty with the unpleasant intelli- 

 gence of the loss of that ship, a few 

 days since, on the French coast. 

 She struck on a rock near Ushant, 

 in a violent gale of wind, and, not- 

 withstanding the utmost exertions 

 were used, by the captain and offi- 

 cers, to save the men, ten brave 

 sailors unfortunately perished. Cap- 

 tain Alms, and the remainder of 

 the crew wei"e made prisoners by 

 the people on shore, from whom, we 

 understand, they received all possi- 

 ble assistance in the hour of distress. 

 Lieutenant Rothersy came home in 

 the long boat, in which he happily 

 effected his escape from the wreck. 



27th. With great concern we 

 have to notice a mutiny on board 

 his majesty's ship Danae, which 

 has been carried into Brest by the 

 villains who obtained possession of 

 her. The purser of the ship ar- 

 rived at the admii-alty this day 

 with the tidings. 



30th. ChelmxJ'ord. A remarkable 

 occurrence happened towards the 



