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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1801. 



Corneille, James Nixon, William 

 Burnett, Robert Harris, William 

 Gill (alias Harris), Caroline Mat- 

 thews, Elizabeth Fisher, Mary Anne 

 Taylor, Edward King, and Louisa 

 Darney ; when they were all res- 

 pited during his majesty's pleasure. 

 The cases of Robert Aslett and 15 

 •thcr prisoners were not reported. 



During a violent storm about 2 

 o'clock this day, the church at 

 Edenham, in Lincoln, was struck by- 

 lightning, and one of the pinnacles 

 on the tower was drircn off. The e- 

 ledlrical iluid descended by the clock 

 •wire, and broke a part of the dial. 

 The Rev. Mr. Towers, curate of 

 that village, was thrown down in 

 his house, near the church, by the 

 concussion, but fortunately did not 

 receive any injury. 



14th. A pike was taken out of 

 the great pool in Packington Park, 

 Warwickshire, the seat of the Earl 

 of Aylesfordjwith a carp stuck in his 

 throat that weighed lOlb, whicJi had 

 choaked him : the pike when emp- 

 ty weighed 301b. 



16th. Four of 1010 journey- 

 tnen bootmakers engaged in a com- 

 bination against their masters, were 

 examined atMarlborough-strcet po- 

 lice office. Three of them were 

 sentenced to hard labour in the 

 house of corredljon for two months, 

 and one for one month ; which 

 timely severity, speedily put an end 

 to a widely spread and dangerous 

 conspiracy. 



19th. This morning two boys 

 who were bathing in the serpentine 

 river were drowned. The one 

 screamed on getting out of his depth, 

 which attrafted the other to his as- 

 sistance, and led him to the same 

 fate. 



This morning a committee of such 

 tf the noblemen .and gentlemen pre- 



sent atWobtirn Abbey, as aremcm- 

 bcrs of the Smithficld society was 

 held, and the premiums for the en- 

 suing Christmas shew were determi- 

 cd on. Soon after 11 o'clock, the 

 shew of South Down tups com- 

 menced ; different parts of the com- 

 pany being at the same time em- 

 ployed in examining an experiment 

 in drilling turnips on his grace's 

 farm ; others were engaged in ex- 

 amining (lie different implements of 

 agriculture belonging to his grace, 

 and brought by others to be exhibit- 

 ed. About 3 o'clock more than 200 

 persons, principally consisting of 

 gentlemen of landed property, and 

 agriculturists of note, sat down to 

 an excellent dinner at the Abbey ; 

 they had, however, to lament the 

 absence of all the patrons of agri- 

 culture who are in the house of 

 commons : nor was the cause known 

 which so uucxpeftcdly detained them 

 all in town. After dinner much in- 

 teresting conversation followed, en- 

 livened by several suitable toasts. 



21st. This day the literary fund 

 held their annual meeting at the 

 ship tavern, Greenwich. Lord Pel- 

 ham took tiic chair, and discharged 

 its duties with his usual assiduity. 

 The meeting was very well attended, 

 and passed off with that refined en- 

 joyment naturally arising from fes- 

 tivity founded on benevolence. Mr. 

 Fitzgerald indulged the company 

 with some of his animated recita- 

 tions, and added the following lines 

 impromptu, to one of his admired 

 effusions of loyalty and patriotism : 



Consul, or emperor, what ambi- 

 tion will ! 



The blood-nurs'd Corsican's a 

 tyrant still ! 



Imperial purple never can efface, 



Jaffa's base murders, Acre's foul 

 disgrace. 



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