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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



Burway, hear Chertsey, between 

 the younger Belcher and Ryan, 

 jun. There were great odds at set- 

 ting to in favour of the latter ; 

 but, by the professional skill of 

 Belcher, he beat his man, after 30 

 rounds, in about 40 minutes. All the 

 great amateurs were there. Lordi 

 Craven, Albemarle, and Monttort, 

 general Fitzpatrick, Mr. Grey, Mr. 

 Windham, and about 3000 other 

 gentlemen, from Westminster, Ivag- 

 fair, and the city-patronizers of the 

 noble art of self-defence ! ! ! 



A few days since, a vat, belong- 

 ing to Messrs. Scranke and Bigg, 

 brewers, atllatfteld, containing 530 

 barrels, burst, and all the beer run 

 out ; when, on the alarm being 

 given, the town's people assembled, 

 ■with tubs, pails, &c. from all quar- 

 ters, by whose exertions about 150 

 barrels were saved : many Mcre 

 knee-deep in beer. 



7th. Two young gentlemen ex- 

 ercising their military talents by 

 firing at a target in Strangewa3''s 

 Park, near Manchester, one of 

 them, being unfortunately, behind 

 the goal at the moment of the other's 

 piece going olV, was sliot through 

 the body. lie languished in the ut- 

 most agony till the morning of the 

 9th, when he expired. 



Eton Moiilcm. — - This morning, 

 at 11 o'clock, his majesty, the 

 •dukes of Kent and Cumberland, on 

 horseback, with her majesty, the 

 duke of Sussex, the princesses, and 

 duchess of York, attended by gene- 

 rals G Wynne, Fitzroy, Manners, 

 and several others, in three car- 

 riages and four, and a chaise and 

 pair, went to see the Montem, by 

 the young gentlemen of P^ton col- 

 lege. They were stopped on 

 Windsor-bridge by the salt-bearers, 

 when each of the royal family made 



them a present, and then proceeded 

 with the procession to Salt-hill, to 

 hear the speech spoken by the cap- 

 tain of the school. Messrs. Groves 

 and Cush were salt-bearers. Mas- 

 ter Heath (the son of the doctor) 

 was the captain. A greater num- 

 ber of the nobility were present 

 than has been recollected for a num- 

 ber of j'cars past. The young gen- 

 tlemen levied their contributions 

 upon all travellers as usual. 



The above ceremony of the Mon- 

 tem takes place tricnnially ; when 

 the young gentlemen of Eton college 

 march in procession to Salt-hill, 

 where their captain, who is the best 

 scholar among those belonging to 

 the foundation, recites a passage 

 from some ancient author : this 

 young gentleman has a sum of mo- 

 • ney presented him from the foun- 

 dation, which enables him to take 

 up his residence at one of our uni- 

 versities. His majesty likewise al- 

 ways makes the captain a very 

 handsome present. 



Died, in the fleet prison, aged 32 

 years, Miss Elizabeth Frances Ro- 

 bertson, of swindling notoriety; and- 

 on the Tuesday following her re- 

 mains were deposited in St. Bride's 

 church-yard. Her father, mother, 

 and one of the turnkeys of the 

 fleet, were mourners. 



William Jackman was indicted at 

 the Old Bailey for the wilful murder 

 ofElizabethwifeof Wi]liamSmith,by 

 giving her a violent blow on the right 

 side. William Smith, the husband, 

 stated, that he was a watchman in 

 Mary-lc-bone parish ; he was mar- 

 ried to the deceased in the year 

 1787, and they lived together un- 

 til June 1804> when his wife left 

 him, to cohabit with the prisoner ; 

 she had returned again to him, and 

 he agreed to forgive her for her in- 



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