20 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



tion, the combatants therefore se- 

 parated for a few minutes, when sir 

 Edward Berry called bis men from 

 the main deck, and cutting away 

 part of the wreck, got the ship once 

 more under command, that is, obe- 

 dient to her helm, and manageable, 

 and again close alongside her deter- 

 mined opponent, who nailed his co- 

 lours to the stump of the mast, and 

 displayed his flag on a pole over 

 them. Sir Edward then com- 

 menced again a most heavy and 

 well-directed fire, his men having 

 now got into a system of firing 

 every gun two or three times in a 

 minute, regularly going through the 

 exercise ; musquetry was occasion- 

 ally used when the ship was very 

 near on board the Guillaume Tell ; 

 but latterly the mizen mast being 

 almost in two, sir Edward called the 

 marines from the poop and put 

 them to the great guns, by which, 

 many lives were certainly saved. 

 At a few minutes past eight, the 

 Guillaume Tell's fore-mast was shot 

 away, and becoming a mere log, 

 she struck her colours. 



" The Foudroyant, in this en- 

 gagement, expended l62 barrels of 

 powder, 1200 thirty-two pound 

 shot, 1240 twenty pound ditto, 100 

 eighteen pound ditto, and 200 

 twelve pound ditto. Although 

 much damaged, she was, within a 

 very short period, in readiness for 

 sea." 



An epidemic disease lately pre- 

 vailed at Bussorah and Korim, in 

 consequence of the overflow of the 

 Euphrates ; anc' which, within the 

 period of two months, proved fatal 

 to upwards of 12,000 persons. 



1 6th. On this day, the anniversary 

 of the duke of Bedford's sheep- 

 shearing and shew of cattle com- 

 menced, and attracted several hun- 



dreds of agriculturists and breeders, 

 from all parts of the country ; 

 among whom was a baron from 

 Germany, who is at the head of an 

 agricultural establishment in that 

 country, and four gentlemen from 

 Ireland. The call for post-horses, 

 and other conveyances, on the Lon- 

 don road, during Sunday and Mon- 

 day morning, was so great that 

 many could not get there till the 

 businesshad commenced; and others 

 were actually obliged to go by in- 

 direct roads, and then could not get 

 conveyances across the country, and 

 were obliged to walk a number of 

 miles. His grace gave a public 

 breakfast at the abbey, at 9 o'clock. 



18th. A chUd of Mrs. Dandy, of 

 Rotherhithe-wall, near Dock-head, 

 being about to be put to bed, and 

 crying vehemently, the servant, 

 Anne Vines, to quell its obstinacy, 

 threatened toput it into the copper, 

 unless it consented to go quietly to 

 bed. Persuasion and remonstrance 

 being in vain, the servant suspended 

 the infant (not three years of age), 

 over the place of terror ; when it 

 slipped from her arms, and sunk 

 at once to the bottom of the boil- 

 ing copper. It died immediately, 

 in a most shocking state, the very 

 skin coming oft' with the clothes, 

 when taken out. The jury sat the 

 next day, and, after a minute in- 

 vestigation, returned the following 

 verdict: feloniously killingandslay- 

 ing, by putting the child in the 

 copper, but not with an intent to 

 kill. — Anne Vines has since been 

 tried at the Surry assizes, and found 

 guilty of manslaughter. 



21st. Liverpool. Mr. Peter Wain- 

 wright, a respectable merchant of 

 this town, had long been in the 

 habits of friendship with a Mr. 

 Theophilus Smith, earthen-ware 



I 



