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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



entered the holcj, killed an old man, 

 and knocked down a boy gathering 

 chips. 



Died. — Lately, at Ilarlington, 

 Bedfordshire, aged 111, John Kemp- 

 ston, labourer. He retained his 

 faculties to the last. His youngest 

 son, the youngest of 15 children, is 

 60 years .old. 



AUGUST. 



4th. The Thomas and Hannah, 

 of Maldon, belonging to Mr. Easter, 

 of Tollesbury, was lost on her toj'- 

 age from Newcastle, near the Dud- 

 geon light, on the coast of Norfolk. 

 The crewjconsisting of four persons, 

 perished, except the master, who was 

 providentially saved by clinging to 

 the mast, from which he was taken 

 next morning, nearly exhausted, after 

 witnessing the melancholy fate of his 

 shipmates, amongst which was his 

 father, a native of Maldon, who has 

 left a large family. 



6th. In a violent thunder-storm, 

 the carriage of W. Wrightson, esq. 

 standing in Cwshworth, near Don- 

 caster, was struck with lightning. 

 The coachman received a severe 

 shock; and Mr. Branson, who was 

 in conversation with Mr. and Mrs. 

 Wrightson, and had hold of the car- 

 riage, was sensibly afl'ected. The 

 gardener, two labourers, and a cart 

 horse, were all thrown down by the 

 shock. 



There have been buried, in the 

 parish of Holy Trinity, Hull, be- 

 tween the 8th of June and the Sth 

 of August, 70 children, all victims 

 to the small pox. 



10th. The newspapers having 

 announced that the tide would rise 

 this day ten feet higher than has 

 been known for the last century. 



some thousands of persons liv?ng 

 near the river, between Richmond 

 and Gravesend, employed them^ 

 selves in removing their furniture. 

 Many thousands assembled on the 

 bridges, and the shore all along from 

 Greenwich to Fulham, and were 

 disappointed. At 40 minutes past 

 2 tiie tide had neaped, and fell 

 above 3 inches, and before 3, to 

 above 8 inches. 



12th. About 1 this morning the 

 Royal Circus, in St.George's Fields, 

 was discovered to be on lire. How 

 it originated has not yet been dis- 

 covered. The property-man was 

 the first who discovered the fire : 

 he is of opinion that it originated in 

 the premises of an alamode-beef shop 

 adjoining, which belonged to a man 

 of the name of Croft. The parti- 

 tion between his shop and the paint- 

 room was the first part which was 

 seen on fire. Next to the paint, 

 room was an 18 stall stable, the loft 

 of which had been converted into a 

 scene-room, and was nearly full of 

 canvas. The horses were saved. By 

 half past 1 the whole vcas in one en- 

 tire blaze, together with the dwel- 

 ling-house of Mr. Jones, the pro- 

 prietor, the two coifee-rooms on 

 each side, one belonging to Mr. 

 Branscomb, the other to Mrs. John- 

 son, and all the extensive stables, 

 and out-houses. Not a vestige of 

 any part remains, except the front 

 rooms of Mrs. Johnson's coffee- 

 house. Several engines soon arriv- 

 ed, but, owing to the want of water, 

 they could not be set to work until 

 the fire had nearly exhausted itself, 

 which was about half past three 

 o'clock. A new piece M^as to have 

 been performed this night, the get- 

 ting up of which had cost a great 

 deal of money. All the pert'onnera 

 had their new cloaths for the occa- 

 sion 



