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ANNUAL REGISTEPx, 1805. 



crown of laurel over his head. This 

 groapc is placed on a pedestal, in 

 the form of a sarcophagus. In front 

 is a figure, in a recumbent posture, 

 representing the Nile. The sphinx 

 and palm-trees, farther indicate the 

 Egyptian shore. On each side of the 

 sarcophagus, ships arc engaged in 

 action, one of which is theL'Orient 

 blowing up. This monument, 

 which is a companion to the one to 

 paptain Burgess, by the same artist, 

 was the last production of the late 

 eminent sculptor, Thomas Banks, 

 esq. R. A. 



10th. A novel and important de- 

 cision was this day made in the pre- 

 rogative court of Dublin. A Mr. 

 Lynch, a Roman Catholic barrister, 

 applied to be admitted to practise in 

 the ditl'erent ecclesiastical courts of 

 Dublin. His daim was founded on 

 the statutes which admitted Roman 

 Catholics to the bar ; and his coun- 

 sel contended he was entided to this 

 privilege without taking the usual 

 oaths against popery,transubstantia- 

 tion, &c. Dr. Duigenan, the judge 

 of the court, gave it as his opinion, 

 that the legislatiirc never intended, 

 by any of the acts for re])caling the 

 popery laws, to give Roman Catho- 

 lics a power of practising in ecciesi-' 

 tstical courts, whose authority they 

 i^enicd. The petition of Dr. Lynch 

 ivas therefore rejected. 



A fire broke out in the back 

 kitchen of Mr. Hagar,inHoe.street, 

 Walthamstow ; but, by the great ex- 

 ertion of the neighbours, was pre- 

 rented from doing much damage. 



I'ath. This day George Scholey, 

 esq. one of the late sheriffs of Lon- 

 don, was unanimously elected al- 

 derman of Dowgate Ward, in the 

 toom of the late Paul Le Mesurier, 

 esq. 



About eight o'clock this evening, 

 1 



a fire was discovered in the premi- 

 ses of Mr. Gillet, printer, in Salis- 

 bury-square ; it was not long before 

 the engines arrived. When they 

 came, they could not be brought 

 near enough, the house was so sur-^ 

 rounded with old houses in narrow 

 courts. In Sailsbury-square, the 

 firemen proved successful in their 

 endeavours to save the houses ad- 

 joining. By 12, the whole of Mr. 

 G.'s premises, front and rear, were 

 destroyed. Too much praise can- 

 not be given to the 3d and 4th regi- 

 ments of lojCal London vol«ntcers, 

 who, with some parties of other 

 corps, were on constant, severe duty 

 from 8 to 12, affording every faci- 

 lity to the firemen, and protecting 

 the property. Part of Mr. Gillct's 

 proj)crty was saved, together with 

 tiie property of some adjoining 

 houses. The central house of the 

 Jennerian society is greatly da* 

 maged. 



Sir Charles Morgan laid be- 

 fore his majesty the proceedings 

 of the court martial on colonel sir 

 John Earner, of the east London 

 militia. Sir John is honourably 

 acquitted of all the charges ; and his 

 majesty has ordered the following 

 officers to be displaced from the re- 

 giment: lieutenant colonel Jennings^ 

 major Wilson, captain Ayres, (the 

 prosecutor) adjutant Walker, and 

 surgeon Tuppcr. 



19th. The remains of the late al- 

 derman Le Mesurier were brought 

 from Homcrton, near Hackney, 

 and interred in Christ-church,- Spi- 

 talfields. The alderman being co- 

 lonel of the artillery company, that 

 respectable corps mustered early iirt 

 the forenoon, at theartillery ground, 

 from whence they marched to IIo- 

 merton, with their colours, flags, 

 and baud playing j and about three 



o'clock 



