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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



yards off", whence he soon after re- 

 moved to the house of Mr. William 

 Adams, in Tunstall ; and, we have 

 since learnt, is almost recovered. 



Mr. Smith, for whose apprehen- 

 sion a reward of fifty pounds was 

 offered, was taken at a house in 

 Market-lane, Pall-mall, London, by 

 Dixon and Carpmeal, two of the 

 Bow-street officers. Although arm- 

 ed with loaded pistols when the offi- 

 cers came to his house, he made not 

 the least resistance, but conducted 

 himself in the most gentlemanlike 

 manner in every respect. When 

 brought before the magistrates, Mr. 

 Smith admitted he was the person 

 described in the advertisement. He 

 has since been removed, bv order 

 of Mr. Bond, from Tothi'U-tields 

 Bridewell, under the care of Carp- 

 meal and Dixon, to the coimty gaol 

 of Stafford. Histrialis putoffonac- 

 count of the absence of a material 

 witness of Mr. Smith's. 



30th. This morning, at half past 

 iive, a fire was discovered to have 

 burst out in the room called the 

 Prince's Gallery, or Long Room, in 

 Van xhall- Garden, which was ori- 

 ginally builtfor amasquerade room, 

 but which for some years has been 

 used for scene-painting, and as a 

 lumber rotnn. Every assistance was 

 immediately procured, and a part 

 of this building was immediately 

 pulled down, to prevent the rapi- 

 dity of the flames from destrovino; 

 the whole of the extensive px'emises 

 of Vauxhall. A great part of this 

 gallery, which was entirely com- 

 posed of wood lath, and canvas, is 

 destroyed. A valuable quantity of 

 scenery is also destroyed. Near 

 thirty of the trees caught fire, and 

 the foliage burnt, together with the 

 portico at the entrance, and the 

 outside railing; but the material 



buildings of the house and garden 

 are saved. 



Chatham. This forenoon, be- 

 tween 1 1 and ] 2, a fire broke out 

 at a wharf a little way above the Sun 

 tavern, which raged with dreadful 

 violence upwards of two hours ; 

 both sides of the main street are in 

 one heap of ruins, from within three 

 or four dooi's of the Sun tavern to 

 the Union flag, and very few of the 

 houses opposite that space, towards 

 the new road, have escaped. Un- 

 fortunately, when the fire broke out, 

 it was low water in the rivei-, which 

 prevented a supply for a considera- 

 ble time. A thatched farm-house 

 and bara, about a quarter of a mile 

 distant, were set fire to by the sparks 

 which the wind carried to it, and 

 were totally destroyed, with a great 

 ([uantity of hay. One or two lives 

 are lost, and a few unfortunate ac- 

 cidents happened. 



Died. 21st. At two o'clock, at 

 his house in Upper Harley-street, in 

 consequence of a dreadful accident 

 he met with on the preceding Wed- 

 nesday night, about eleven o'clock, 

 William Bosanquct, esq. He was 

 making some alterations in his 

 house, and, amongst others, had 

 removed the balcony from his back 

 drawing-room window : unfortu- 

 nately forgetting this circumstance, 

 he walked out, and immediately 

 fell into the area, and, in his fall, , 

 broke the vertebrsE of his back, and ' 

 was otherwise most severely bruised ' 

 and injured. He was sensible of 

 his inevitable dissolution, and bore 

 his sufferings with a fortitude of 

 mind almost unparalleled, dictating, 

 in the extremity of torture, some 

 additions to his will. He has left a 

 most amiable lady and ten children to 

 lament hisloss. Mr. Bosanquet was a 

 sou of the bank-director, and him-, 



