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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



children are become the deserving 

 objects of public benevolence. 



" On Friday last, at Jarrow col- 

 liery, a large stone fell on two pit- 

 men while at work, and crushed 

 them to death ; both left families. 

 A similar accident happened on 

 Tuesday, in a pit belonging to Mr. 

 Burden, of Hartford. A man 

 named Nicholson, upon whom a 

 large stone fell while ascending 

 the pit, had his head literallj^ cleft 

 in two, and died instantly ; while 

 another, in the same loop, had his 

 thigh dreadfully lacerated, but, 

 notwithstanding, kept his hold both 

 of the rope and the dead man till 

 they reached the top. Two men 

 at the bottom of the pit were also 

 much injured." 



This day at twelve o'clock, being 

 the time appointed for the private 

 confirmation of her royal high- 

 ness the Princess Charlotte, agree- 

 ably to the forms of the Church of 

 England, her Majesty, the Prince 

 Regent, and the whole of the royal 

 family at Windsor, attended at the 

 appointed time, in the private 

 chapel, when the ceremony was 

 performed by the archbishop of 

 Canterbury, assisted by the arch- 

 bishop of York, the bishop of Sa- 

 lisbury, the dean of Windsor, &c. 



26. A German jeu d'esprit, after 

 advertising a reward for the capture 

 of Jerome Buonaparte, gives the 

 following description of the fugi- 

 tive ;— " Jerome, aged 29 years, 

 of low stature, an awkward figure, 

 diseased and debilitatedbyexcesses, 

 sallow complexion, blear and hol- 

 low-eyed, downcast look, middle- 

 sized nose, and pointed prominent 

 chin, and particularly remarkable 

 for the harshness of his voice, and 

 indistinctness of his speech. At 

 the time of his absconding he wore 

 a white coat with blue collar and 



cufts, and epaulets of false gold, 

 a short white waistcoat, and buck- 

 skin breeches ; large old cocked 

 hat, and newly-galoshed boots with 

 sherry-yellow-tassels." 



27. Mission of Viscount Castle- 

 reagh. — His lordship's departure for 

 the continent took place this day. 

 At the cabinet council held on 

 Sunday, his full powers and in- 

 structions were finallyagreed upon, 

 and afterwards submitted to the 

 Prince Regent. The noble lord 

 waited upon the Prince this morn- 

 ing, and took leave of his Royal 

 Highness. He was also busily en- 

 gaged in the course of the day 

 with the earl of Liverpool, earl 

 Bathurst, and Mr. Hamilton, un- 

 der secretary for the foreign de- 

 partment. The arrangements ne- 

 cessary to be made were so nume- 

 rous, that the parties were not in 

 readiness for departure till half- 

 past seven o'clock. It was then 

 announced, that the noble lord 

 would be accompanied by lady 

 Castlereagh ; lady Emma Mount 

 Edgecurab, as a companion to her 

 ladyship ; Mrs. Robinson ; Mr. F. 

 Robinson, and Mr. Planta, of the 

 foreign office, as secretaries ; Mr. 

 Ward, a young gentleman, a re- 

 lative of lord Castlereagh ; Mr. 

 Richmond, a special messenger ; 

 Messrs. RulFand Williams, King's 

 messengers, and Krouse, messen- 

 ger to Mr. Planta. Four carriages 

 were in attendance at the door of 

 his lordship's house, in King-street, 

 St. James's, to receive the persons 

 attached to this distinguished mis- 

 sion : there being, besides, a large 

 establishment of servants. Lord 

 and lady Castlereagh having taken 

 a very affectionate leave of their 

 private friends, the different parties 

 left the house, and entered the 

 carriages. A large concourse of 



