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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



derable interest on account of the 

 asylum it has aifordcd to some Car- 

 melite nuns, driven from France by 

 the philosophical savages of the re- 

 volution. These venerable ladies 

 (for none of them are young) have 

 resided about 10 years at Lan"herne, 

 in which period two liave died, and 

 18 now remain. 



A very large otter, measuring 

 from the noso to the end of the tail 

 upwards of 6 fttet, was lately found 

 Ly a tisherman of Bath entangled in 

 his net. The animal was dead when 

 drawn out. 



18th. Being Saturday night, the 

 bishop of London compelled the 

 curtain at the Opera-house to drop 

 at 12 o'clock, before the bal'et m'hs 

 nearly finished. He has also pro- 

 hibited Sunday evening routs and 

 concerts in the metropolis. 



The court of king's bench was oc- 

 cupied the whole of the morning in 

 pronouncing judgment \ipon vari- 

 ous offenders, mostly for assaults, 

 and oltences against the excise laws ; 

 likewise for having naval stores in 

 their possession. Of the latter de- 

 scription was Mr. William Beau- 

 mont, who was stated to have been 

 40 years a member of the corpora- 

 tion of Maidstone : he was sentenced 

 to pay a fine of 2001. and be impri- 

 soned twelve months in Maidstone 

 gaol. 



At Marlborough-street, a woman 

 namwd J^eonard, was fully commit- 

 ted for trial, for stealing an infant 

 in Monmouth-street, under pretence 

 of giving it sweetmeats. She was 

 with great difiiculty withdrawn 

 from the vengeance of the popu- 

 lace. 



The king has presented her royal 

 Lighness the princess of Wales (who 

 has been ou a vigit to Windsor,} 



with t\\'0 beautiful Arabian horses, 

 and an elegant service of gold. 



His majesty has also presented 

 the young princess Charlotte with a 

 magnificient tea service of wrought 

 gold, brilliantly decorated with dia- 

 monds and rubies. 



Jler majesty has recovered a dia- 

 mond waist-buckle, M-hich she had 

 lost, and for wliich lOijuineas reward 

 had been offered for the recovery. 

 It was found by a ho>ise-maid in 

 the hall of the queen's house, under 

 some furniture. 



Instances like the following are 

 rarely to be met M'ith. In the 

 Woodbridge alms-houses, found- 

 ed by T. Seckford, esq. in the 

 year 1587, for the support of tliir- 

 tcen poor tradesmen and three wo- 

 men, the ages of its present tenants 

 amount to 1203 years. 



A spring that has the power of 

 petrifying moss and other vegeta- 

 bles, has been discovered near Clif- 

 ton, in the parish of Gainsborough. 

 It is strongly impregnated Mith a 

 calcareous earth ; and by introduc- 

 ing vitriolic acid in a'quart of the 

 water, fifteen grains of lime may 

 be obtained, deducting a proper 

 portion for the sulphureous part of 

 the acid. 



It is a fact which ought to be 

 known, that brine dried in an oven, 

 after meat, will answer the purpose 

 of salt, in making bread, or many 

 ether uses to which that article is 

 applied. 



20th. James Moore, esq. major 

 of the Mitcham volunteers, was 

 brought up to receive judgincnt, in 

 the court of king's bench, for as- 

 saulting his brother-in-law, Mr, Ox- 

 terby. It appeared, however, by 

 the affidavits, that the major had 

 been more sinned against than sin- 



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