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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804 



The effects of these hurricanes 

 liave not, however, been confined 

 to the West Indies only. It appears 

 by New York papers, dated Sep- 

 temhcr 30, tiiat the losses sustained 

 at Charleston, South Carolina, 

 amounted to one million of dollars. 

 In the beginning of September there 

 occurred at Savannah a more dread- 

 ful hurricane than ever was remem- 

 bered there ; it continued to ra™ 

 during the whole of the night of the 

 8th of September ; and next morn- 

 ing when the inhabitants ventured 

 out of their houses, they beheld ail 

 the trees in and about the city lying 

 prostrate on the ground, the tops 

 of chimnieSj and several houses 

 blown down. The wharfs, from 

 one end of the city to the other, 

 "were torn up ; and almost every 

 store near them, with their contents, 

 were destroyed. Every vessel in 

 the harbour which was not totally 

 lost, was thrown upon the wharfs. 

 A man and two children were killed 

 by the falling of houses. In Hut- 

 chinson's island, and other rice 

 plantations near the place, all the 

 buildings were swept away in the 

 general dcstru6tion, and many over- 

 seers, and negroes with their fami- 

 lies, amounting to nearl)^ 100, were 

 lost. At a place called the BhifT, 

 damage to the amount of 100,000 

 dollars was sustained. The plant- 

 ers on Skemaway and Wilmington 

 islands have also suJl'ered consider- 

 ably. 



The same mails bring the intelli- 

 gence of Dessalines, the black chief 

 of St. Domingo, having been pro- 

 claimed emperor of Hayti, that be- 

 ing the Indian name of Hispaniola. 



The young gentlemen of Eton col- 

 lege had their annual rejoicings this 

 night, with fire-works, &c. Ayour^g 

 nobleman put a lighted squib info a 

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school-fellow's coat pocket, about 

 nine years old, Avhich set fire to his 

 clothes, and burned his side in so 

 shocking a manner that he died in 

 two days. His relations and friends, 

 who have to lament his loss, reside 

 at Petersburgh. The young noble- 

 man has absented himself from col- 

 lege, in consequence of his distress 

 of miud at this unfortunate circum' 

 stance. 



6th. The coachman of Dr. Wil- 

 son, driving a cart from Ben- 

 field to London, had not proceeded 

 above three miles before he fell from 

 one of his horses on w hich he was 

 riding, and, the wheel going over 

 him, was killed upon the spot. 



Sth. The admirable gilt lion's 

 head letter-box, which was formerly 

 at Button's coft'ee-house, and in 

 which the valuable original manu- 

 script copy of the Guardian was re- 

 ceived, was yesterday knocked doAvn 

 at the Shakcspears-tavcrn, Covenf- 

 gardcn, to Mr. Richardson, for 

 171. 10s. 



9th, Lord mayor's day was ob- 

 served with great display of civic 

 splendour. About one o'clock the 

 old and new lord mayors, aldermen, 

 and sheriffs, proceeded in procession 

 to Blackfriar's bridge, where the 

 city barge conveyed them to West- 

 minster. They were attended by 

 the city companies in their barges^. 

 The lord mayor was sworn into of- 

 fice before the barons of the exche- 

 quer, and, having saluted the different 

 courts, returned to the barge, and 

 landed at Blackfriars. Mr. Pitt fol- 

 lowed the procession at some distance 

 along Cheapside, when a party of the 

 populace took out the horses from 

 his carriage, and drew it to Guild- 

 hall. The hall was brilliantly illu- 

 minated. At each end was fixed a 

 large glass chandelier; and in the 



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