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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



mangled and truly pitiable object, 

 expired on the evening of the third 

 day after the accident. 



His Royal Highness the Duke of 

 Sussex arrived in London from Lis- 

 bon ; he landed from Portsmouth on 

 Tuesday, whence he set out on the 

 following day for town. In the af- 

 ternoon he paid his respects to his 

 royal parents at Windsor. 



18th. At the assizes for tlie 

 county of Somerset, Mr. John Sou- 

 therton, attorney at law, of Wel- 

 lington, the well known prosecutor 

 of penal actions against the clergy 

 and others as a common informer, 

 was himself found guilty, upon an 

 information filed against him in the 

 court of king's bench, for having 

 written threatening letters to a num- 

 ber of respectable druggists in Bir- 

 mingham, for the purpose of ex- 

 torting money from them, on a 

 charge of having sold patent modi- 

 cines without stamps. 



19th. By advices from Germa- 

 ny, received this day, itis announc- 

 ed that Francis the Ilnd. empe- 

 ror of Germany, had assumed on 

 the 11th, by a formal instrument, 

 the rank and title of hereditary 

 emperor of Austria. 



As five )oung men were passing 

 through Tyoudou-bridge, the boat 

 upset, and two of them were unfor- 

 tunately drowned. 



On the same day a young man was 

 unfortunately drowned at Wands- 

 worth. 



21st. A scan-boat belonging to 

 Gorron, near Movagi/,zy, was forc- 

 ed on the rock, Avhen two men 

 jumped on shore, and were saved ; 

 but five sailors M ho remained in the 

 boat were drowned, in sight of ma- 

 ny spettators, one of whom, in his 

 eagerness to be of service, fell over 

 the clift", an^ was killed. 



Three waggoners were killed last 

 week, in the co. of Dorset, by neg- 

 ligent conduct. Two fell from the 

 shafts on which they were riding, 

 and the third, by removing the 

 blind halter from the head of one of 

 the horses, occasioned it to take 

 fright and run over him. 



26th. Never was before ^vii- 

 nessed such a concourse of people 

 as were assembled at the race-ground 

 at York, on this da)', drav n together 

 by a match rode by Mrs. Thorn- 

 ton, the wife of colonel Thornton, 

 of Thornville Bojai, well known to 

 the sporting world, against Mr. Flint, 

 for 500 guineas each, p. p. 1,000 

 guineas bye — four miles. The spec- 

 tators were estimated at 100,000 at 

 least; nearly ton times the number 

 that were present at Knaves-mire 

 when Bay Malton ran ; or when 

 Eclipse went over the course, leav- 

 ing the Jwo best horses of the day a 

 mile and a half behind ! 



About four o'clock Mrs. Thorn- 

 ton appeared upon the ground, full 

 of spirits, her horse led by colonel 

 Thornton, and followed by Mr. Ba- 

 ker and Mr. II. Boynton. After- 

 wards came her antagonist. They 

 started about ten minutes past four 

 o'clock. The lady took the lead 

 for upwards of three miles, in a 

 most capital stjlc. Her horse how- 

 ever Avas j)erceivcd to have much the 

 shorter stroke of the two; when 

 within a mile of being home, Mr. 

 Flint pushed forward and got tha 

 lead, which he kept. Mrs. Thorn- 

 ton used every exertion, but finding 

 it impossible to win the race, out 

 of humanity to her horse, she drew 

 up in a sportsman-like style, when 

 within about two distances. The 

 race was run in nine minutes and 

 69 seconds. 



That Mrs. Thojuton did Hot con- 

 sider. 



