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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



■was convi6ted, and sentenced to be 

 transported for seven years. The 

 prisoner was tiien tried upon a se- 

 cond indi6tmcnt, along with ano- 

 ther person, and the -whole proof 

 again rested upon the testimony of 

 the same witness. During Tiis exa- 

 mination, however, a letter was 

 handed to the prisoner's counsel, 

 from the mother of the boy, who 

 }iad been stated by him to be dead. 

 On being closely questioned, he 

 confessed that his whole story was 

 false, and alleged that his master's 

 "wife had instigated him to the I'a- 

 Lrication. This, again, on being 

 farther pressed, he also confessed to 

 be untrue ; and at last acknow- 

 ledged, that there Mas no founda- 

 tion whatever for either accusation, 

 both being entirely the invention of 

 his own brain. The cunning and 

 wickedness displayed on tliis trial, 

 excited (he utmost astonishment in 

 the auditors : and the chairman, as 

 he could not do away the sentence 

 he had passed, agreed to present a 

 petition to the king, which the 

 whole of the jury expressed a wish 

 to be permitted to sign. 



22d. His majesty's ship, Grey- 

 houijd, captain C. Elphinstone, fell 

 in with,, and, after an eleven hours 

 chase, captured the French lugger 

 privateer, le Vimereux, Jan. B.Pol- 

 let, captain, armed with fd'tcenguns, 

 and having on-board a complement 

 of sixty-nine men. She sailed from 

 St. Valcry en Carx, to which port 

 she belonged, on Thursday, and 

 had taken nothing. She is a re- 

 markable fine A-essel, about 60 tons 

 burden, nearly new, and sailed so 

 well, that had the Greyhound not 

 been greatly favoured by frequent 

 changes of wind, all the efforts in 

 pursuit of her would have been 

 fruitless. It was agawist this lugjer 



that the gallant, though unfortunate 

 attempt, was made by the boats of 



between 

 owing to 

 with ice. 



the Rattler and Folkestone lugger ; 

 and it is with great satisfaction we 

 state, that the lieutenants of tlie 

 Rattler and Folkestone arc still 

 living ; and, although severely 

 wounded, that there is very great 

 expectation of their recovery, 



1'3d. His majesty having bec'a 

 pleased to appoint Francis Gore, 

 esq. governor and commander m 

 chief, in and over t!ie islands and 

 plantations in America, commonly 

 called the Bermuda, or Somer's 

 Islands, he this day took the usual 

 oaths, appointed to be taken by 

 the governors of his majesty's plan- 

 tations. 



A stage-coach was overturned | 

 while ijoing down Mockdale.hill, 

 Buxton and Sheffield, 

 the road being covered 

 by which accident Mr* i 

 MarsdcM, tailor, of Shelheld, a pas- 

 senger, was killed on th« spot. Six 

 inside passengers, however, and the| 

 coachman, escaped unhurt. 



26th. His majesty's hired cuttc^jj 

 Constance, lieutenant Menzies, com- 

 mander, was lost at Roundstone- 

 bay, near Gal way, on the 17th ult,] 

 in a violent gale, which, after caNj 

 rjing away almost every article on I 

 her deck, dashed her on a rocll)):! 

 where she was totally wrcckedJ 

 Two of her crew unhappily pc* 

 rjshed ; the remainder were saved 

 by the assistance of the neighbourl 

 ing peasants. 



oGth. A'^out three weeks ago, 

 lady at Edinburgli was burnt ta 

 death, by her cloaths catching fired 

 About a week ago, a girl, at LeithJ 

 five years old, was burnt to death ill 

 the same manner ; and on the 8thl 

 ult. at Cupar Fife, an old lady, whc 

 had approached too near the fire of 



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