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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



horrors of this trade ; she was a 

 smack of 183 tons burthen, bound 

 to the Brazils, with 375 slaves on 

 board ; and, it appeared, when the 

 Thais took possession, that three 

 of them had died from actual suf- 

 focation. 



DECEMBER. 



3. The Prince Regent gave a 

 most splendid dinner to the gen- 

 tlemen of the deputation sent by 

 the Emperor of Russia to convey 

 the orders of Russian knighthood 

 to his Royal Highness. 



The members of the deputation 

 were met at the Great Hall by the 

 yeomen of the guard, the pages, 

 and livery servants, and from 

 thence conducted to the state 

 rooms, where they were received 

 by the Prince Regent, surrounded 

 by his royal brothers, the dukes of 

 York, Clarence, Kent, and Cam- 

 bridge, and the principal officers of 

 state. They sat down to dinner at 

 seven o'clock ; and among the dis- 

 tinguished foreigners present, were 

 the Count and Countess of Lieven, 

 Count V/oronzow, Count Orloff, 

 General Balascheft", Prince Sapieha, 

 Baron and Baroness Nicolay, Count 

 Potocki, Marquis de la Maison- 

 fort, General SablukofF, Mr. Sass, 

 Mr. Paggenpohl, &c. There were 

 also present. Lord and Lady Liver- 

 pool, Lord and Lady Castlereagh, 

 the Marquis of Hertford, Lord 

 Melbourne, Earl of Harrington, 

 Lord St. Helen's, Sir Wilhara Kep- 

 pel, &c. 



The dinner consisted of three 

 courses, served up with the most 

 sumptuous magnificence. The 

 table was of an oval form, of the 



dimensions of sixteen feet by 37. 

 The Prince's gold and two silver 

 services of plate were displayed on 

 the occasion. In the centre of the 

 table was a superb temple, in the 

 middle of a circular plateau, suit- 

 able to the form of the table ; it 

 was decorated with basso relievos, 

 surmounted by Genii, supporting 

 laurel leaves, emblematical of vic- 

 tory ; and in the border were por- 

 traits of the King, Queen, and 

 Prince Regent, patronising the 

 arts. In addition to the Liverpool 

 service of glass, a new service was 

 exhibited on the occasion. 



5. The following Bulletin was 

 exhibited at St. James's Palace : — 



" Windsor Castle, Dec. 4. 

 " The king's disorder continues 

 undiminished : but his Majesty's 

 bodily health is good, and he has 

 passed the last month in tranquil- 

 lity and comfort." 



6. At the Manor-court, at Wake- 

 field, a trial took place which con- 

 tributed much to elucidate the 

 cause of the great failure in the 

 crop of onions in that neighbour- 

 hood. A dealer in onion-seed had 

 stocked the whole country with 

 seed imported from Holland, and 

 stated to be of a superior quality, 

 but which had been sea-dipped, 

 and consequently rendered not 

 worth a farthing. The payment 

 of a balance due for some of this 

 infamous trash was resisted, and 

 after a trial which lasted some 

 hours, and in which many respect- 

 able witnesses gave evidence to 

 the worthlessness of this seed, the 

 plaintiff was cast with costs, to the 

 satisfaction of a numerous court, 

 and particularly of the gardeners, 

 of whom numbers were present. 

 It appeared on this trial that most|of 

 the growers of onions in the whole 



