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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



the state of education in Ireland, 

 it appeared, that in 17 dioceses, 

 out of the 22 that are in Ireland, 

 there are 3,737 school masters, 

 who educate 162,367 pupils. Of 

 the naasters, 1,271 are Protestants, 

 2,4:65 Catholics — of their pupils 

 the Protestants are 45,590, and 

 the Catholics 116,977. These 17 

 dioceses comprise about five-sixths 

 of the superficial extent of Ireland, 

 but it is doubted, whether they 

 contain more than four-fifths of 

 its actual population. It is con- 

 cluded, that if similar returns from 

 the whole of Ireland had been 

 made, the number ol" pupils would 

 appear to be upwards of 200,000, 

 and of the masters to be above 

 4,600. 



29. Yesterday afternoon, about 

 two o'clock, as Mr. Inman, a gen- 

 tleman from Bristol, was returning 

 from the Bank, in company with 

 a friend, at the corner of Buck- 

 lersbury, Walbrook, he made a 

 sudden halt, and instantly dropped 

 down dead: his body was imrae- 

 diately conveyed into a neighbour- 

 ing house, and afterwards removed 

 to Walbrook church, where it now 

 remains. The deceased had nearly 

 10,000/. in his hands when he fell, 

 which property is secured. 



French Prisoners. — A )'oung 

 man, who formerly lived in the 

 neighbourhood of Rye, was last 

 week committed to Horsham gaol, 

 under the following circumstances: 

 He had been living in London in 

 an expensive style, until he had 

 spent all his money ; in this situ- 

 ation he set his wits to work, 

 when it occurred to him that he 

 might, as he was well acquainted 

 with the coast, raise a considera- 

 ble sum by conducting French 

 officers (who were at large upon 



their parole) to France. He con- 

 trived to get acquainted with a 

 colonel and a major at Reading, in 

 Berkshire, who, glad of the op- 

 portunitj', agreed to give him 300 

 guineas for assisting them in their 

 escape ; 150 were paid down, and 

 the other moiety was to be given 

 him as soon as they were on board 

 the boat. They accordingly set out 

 together in a post-chaise, and ar- 

 rived, without the smallest inter- 

 ruption, at the public-house at 

 John's-cross, in the parish of 

 Mountfield, a few miles from 

 Hastings, where they engaged 

 beds. They were, however, ob- 

 served by an exciseman, who sus- 

 pected from their appearance what 

 they were. The landlord, who was 

 closely interrogated on the subject, 

 said he understood them to be 

 German officers, on their journey 

 to Bexhill to join their regiment. 

 The exciseman, however, not be- 

 ing satisfied with this, got a part}' 

 of the military, and going to the 

 House, seized them in their beds. 

 They made no attempt to disguise 

 the fact, and submitted in a hand- 

 some manner. When under ex- 

 amination before the magistrate, 

 the young man acknowledged his 

 intentions, and said, that being 

 driven to desperation by the total 

 exhaustion of his finances, the 

 offer of 300 guineas was too tempt- 

 ing to be resisted. The French 

 officers have been since properly 

 disposed of. 



A Villain ascended at night by 

 a ladder to the bed -room window 

 of Mrs. Fletcher, Kingston-build- 

 ings, Bristol, broke the square, 

 unscrewed the window, threw up 

 the sash, and entered the room, 

 before Mrs. F. heard him. Two 

 children, her nieces, were in the 



