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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



«* In returning to the Duke, I 

 found the doors of all the state 

 apartments had marks of bloody 

 fingers on them. The Duke of 

 Cumberland, after being wounded, 

 could not have gone any where 

 but to the outer doors and back 

 again, since the traces of blood 

 were confined to the passages 

 from the one to the other. 



•' EvERAHD Home.'* 



22. Late on Saturday night, or 

 early on Sunday morning, the 

 house of Mr. Elisha Long, of Sibel 

 Hedingham, inthe county of Es^ex, 

 was broke open, and robbed of a 

 large quantity of English and 

 Foreign coins, plate, &c. to a con- 

 siderable amount. Several daring 

 depredations of a similar nature 

 having been committed in that 

 neighbourhood lately, a Bow-street 

 officer was sent for, and Lavender 

 was dispatched in consequence. 

 On the officer's arrival he found 

 four men in custody, whose names 

 are Davy, Finch, Halls, and Potter. 

 The latter was admitted evi- 

 dence by Mr. Majendie, an active 

 magistrate, who resides at Castle 

 Hedingham, about a mile and a 

 half from the spot where the 

 robbery was committed. From a 

 variety of evidence adduced before 

 him, it appeared that the robbery 

 was planned to be committed on 

 Wednesday se'nnight, when all 

 the prisoners went, with their 

 faces blacked, to attack Mr. 

 Long's house, but seeing a light 

 in it they gave up their intention. 

 They were induced to the act from 

 its being generally believed in the 

 neighbourhood that ha had guineas 

 hoarded to a very considerable 

 amount. Saturday night was fixed 

 upon for the second attempt, when 

 Potter, who is admitted evidence 



for the crown, refused to accom- 

 pany the others, or to hare any 

 thing to do with it ; however, he 

 agreed to lend them a chisel, a 

 gimlet, &c. to break open the 

 house with, and they went with 

 their faces blackened and eflFected 

 their purpose. On Sunday morn- 

 ing, as a person was passing oppo- 

 site to Finch's residence, a piece of 

 paper was found, with the words 

 " Seven Crowns" written on it. 

 The person having heard of Mr. 

 Long's robbery, showed Mr. L. the 

 paper, who identified the words to 

 be his hand-writing, and the same 

 paper that contained seven English 

 crown-pieces, which had been 

 stolen. This circumstance led to 

 the detection and apprehension of 

 the gang. 



22. The University of Cambridge 

 was again thrown into considerable 

 alarm by a fire breaking out at 

 Sidney College, the incendiary, 

 therefore, must be still within its 

 walls. The flames were happily 

 got under without much damage. 



24. Her Royal Highness the 

 Duchess of Brunswick expired last 

 night at a quarter past nine o'clock. 

 Her Royal Highness had been 

 subject to an asthmatic complaint 

 for some years, which was in- 

 creased by the epidemic disorder 

 now prevalent, with which she 

 was attacked about two days ago, 

 but no alarm was excited till the 

 morning of Yesterday. About five 

 o'clock her Royal Highness seem- 

 ed better, but spasm came upon 

 her chest about eight, and her 

 Royal Highness died at nine 

 o'clock, without pain. 



This venerable princess was in 

 the 76th 3'ear of her age, and the 

 last surviving sister of our sovereign. 

 She was born on the 31st of July, 



