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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1504. 



highly gratifying, as (Iiis institution 

 provides for a number of objceits, 

 who might, if not protcflod, bocome 

 iinwortliy members of society. 



31st. A tire broke out in a 

 house in Goat-eourt, Queen-street, 

 Horsley-down. The wife of one 

 Redner, a corn-porter, who resided 

 in the house, went from home a few 

 minutes before the accident happen- 

 ed, leaving a girl about four years 

 old behind her. T!te flames were 

 soon cxtinguisiicd. without having 

 done any material injury : but when 

 the firemen burst into the apart- 

 ment, they discovered the little girl 

 burnt to death, stretched upon the 

 floor, from whence it was conclud- 

 ed, her cloaths had caught fire, and 

 communicated to tlie room. 



The same evening, about eight 

 o'clock, an alarming (ire broke out 

 in tlic stable of jNlcssrs. Travers and 

 Esdaile, in Queen-Street, Cheapsidc. 

 It was discovered by the clerks, who 

 perceived an unusual quantity of 

 smoke issuing through the flooring 

 of the warehouse, immediately over 

 (he stables, while in llie act ol shut- 

 ting up and securing the doors. In- 

 calculable mischief must have fol- 

 lowed, but for the immediate at- 

 tendance of the tue-engincs : and 

 there also being an ani]ile supply of 

 water, in about four hours the fire 

 was got under. When the stable- 

 door was opened, four of the mill- 

 horses and a goat v ere found sufi'o- 

 cated, lying on the ground, two of 

 the horses were Ijing 'Over each 

 other, and the goat across both. It 

 is sui)posed to have originated from 

 a candle having been carelessly left 

 in a lanthorn. 



DiEii. — In iiis 127th year, Mr. 

 Robert I'.l'Farland, farmer, of Do- 

 nyghmore, co. Donegal, He could 

 tead the smallest print without spec- 



tacles, or the use of any glass, till 

 within a few days of his death. 



At Laymore, near Ballymcna!, 

 aged 119, Mr. William Simpson, 

 farmer. P'our days before his death, 

 he was walking through his farm in 

 his usual health. lie often said, 

 that he was never sick one hour that 

 he remembered ; also, that he was 

 only twice drunk in his life. He 

 had the perfect: use of his under- 

 standing to his death, and rcnicm- 

 bered the liattle of the Boyne. 



At Rochford, aged 101, Joseph 

 Robinson, a native of that place. 

 His occupation was that of a hus- 

 bandman, and till within the last se- 

 ven years was ca]5ablc of performing 

 his daily labour. Jle took great de- 

 light in following the hounds, and to 

 a very late period of his life joined 

 in the chacc with all the vigour ol 

 youth. 



BIRTHS in (he Year 1804. 



Ja:7. 2nd. At Gantby, co. Lin- 

 coln, Icidy Theodosia Vyiier, a 

 daughter. 



3d. In Gloucester-j)]are, Fort- 

 man-'-quare, the wife of capt. Butt, 

 R. iV. of a son. 



.5tli. The wife of captain ^\ illiam 

 Henry Maxwell, 3d foot guards, a 

 daughter. 



fith. The ■tvife of lieuttnant-colo- 

 nel Dyke, of the cohistiram guards, 

 a son. 



8th. The lady of sir Thomas Dal. 

 rymple He-keth, of Rufl'ord Hall, 

 CO. of Lancaster, bart. a son- 



14th. In Upper Grosvenor- 

 s'reet, the wife of col. Roberts, a 

 daugltter. 



Ifith. AtRedgravc-haU, Norfolk, 

 tiic wife, of rear-admiral Wilson, a 

 daughter. 



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