354 
sand pounds by the daily admis- 
sions to sce the preparations for the 
funeral of Lord Nelson; the door- 
money is taken as at a puppet-shew, 
and amounted for several days to 
more than 401. each day!! 
This morning a meeting took 
place near Nottingham, between 
ensign Butler, of the 36th regiment, 
and ensign Brown, who was on the 
recruiiing service.in that town. The 
parties fired together by signal ; 
when, unfortunately, ensign Brown 
was shot through the heart, and in- 
stantly expired, without uttering a 
word. Ensign Butler immediately 
disappeared. — 
A nautical clock was lately stolen 
from the dbservatory of col. Beau- 
foy, at Hackney Wick, which was 
avery extraordinary piece of me- 
chanism. It has four hands, the first 
of which points at the number of 
yards a ship sails; the second shows 
the hundreds of yards, from 100 to- 
2,000 ; the third specifies the num- 
ber of miles, from one to ten; and 
the fourth the tens of miles, from 
10 te 100. This curious machine 
is put in motion by a log line, and 
the whole is considered as a great dis- 
covery in navigation. 
During the funeral procession of 
Jord Nelson up the river, a lady of 
the name of Bayne (related to the 
late captain William Bayne, who 
Jost his life in the West Indies, under 
Lord Rodney) was so affected at 
the scene, that she fell into hysterics, 
and died a few minutes after, 
4th. The house of Mrs. Head, 
near Aylesbury, was broke open, 
and she and herson murdered. ‘The 
son was found in a pond near the 
house, with his head nearly severed 
from his body, and the mother in 
the house, dreadfully mangled. 
* Faran Durn.—Abouta year ago, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
a duel was to have taken place at 
Liverpool, between major Brookes 
and colonel Bolton, in consequence 
ofa quarrel; but the affair being 
known, they were bound to keep 
the peace for one year. After this, 
the animosity between them in- 
creased daily, and each reproached 
the other with having informed the 
officers of justice of their i ‘ontion 
to fight. The time for which they 
were bound to keep the peace 
elapsed on Friday week, when 2 
challenge passed, and an immediate 
meeting was determined upon.— 
They met, and at the first fire major 
B. was killed on the spot. ‘The 
colonel has absconded. 
5th. Funerat or Lorp Netson, 
The Great Hall at Greenwich hos- 
pital was this day (Sunday,) thrown 
open for the admission of the public 
to see the coffin which contains the 
body of our naval hero, when the 
confusion and impetuosity of the 
crowd, who had long been waiting 
for admission, was such as perhaps 
was never equalled.—It is calculated 
that upwards of 20,000 persons 
were unable to gain admission. On 
the second and third days the crowd 
was equally great ; but some troops 
of horse guards having arrived to- 
assist the volunteers, the ingressand 
egress were effected with more re- 
gularity. though not without many 
persons sustaining severe injury. 
The arrangements of the solem- 
nity wereas follows :—In the fune- 
ral saloon, high above the corpse, a 
canopy of black velvet was suspend- 
ed, richly festooned with gold, and 
the festoons ornamented with the 
chelenk, or plume of triumph, pre- 
sented to his Jordship by the grand 
seignior. It was also decorated 
with his coronet, and a view of the 
stern of the San Josef, the Spanish 
admiral’s 
