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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



many have lately arrived with full 

 cargoes, and many more are ex- 

 pected. 



As Lieutenant-colonel Lamb was 

 on his passage from Southampton 

 to the Sussex coast, in his pleasure- 

 boat, accompanied onlj' by one 

 man, either in shifting tlie boom, 

 or by a sudden jirk of the sail, 

 he was forced overboard unper- 

 ceivedby the boatman,just opposite 

 the hotel at Bognor, and drowned. 



Near Dungannon were lately 

 found a pair of palm deer horns, 

 measuring 15 feet 7 inches from 

 tip to tip. Several of the lumba 

 vertebrae, the os, coccygis, and 

 some of the ribs, were likevfise 

 found. The jaw bones are won- 

 derful for tht'ir specific gravity, 

 being not much lighter than an 

 equal bulk of iron, 



20. Mary Ann Adlam was in- 

 dicted at the late So^ler^et assizes, 

 for petit treason, in the wilful 

 murder of her husband, Mr. Henry 

 Allem Adlam, at Bath, on the 18th 

 ■ult. The prisoner was a straw- 

 hat maker, resident in Bath-street, 

 in that city. It appeared in evi- 

 dence, that the deceased had used 

 most abusive and provoking lan- 

 guage to the prisoner, who, in a 

 passion stabbed him with a knife. 

 The jury, after a few minutes de- 

 liberation, returned a verdict of 

 Manslaughter, and the prisoner 

 was sentenced to 6 months impri- 

 sonment. On the verdict being 

 given, Mrs. A. fell into strong 

 convulsions. On her recovering, 

 the Judge told her, that seeing 

 the state of her feelings, he should 

 not enlarge on her offence. 



22. The following extract of a 

 letter relative to Joanna Southcote, 

 said to be from a clergyman of the 

 Established Church, is in a Bir- 

 mingham paper : 



" If, Sir, you have seen the 

 letter, and do not mean to insert 

 it, this part of the business I must 

 leave for you and your couscitnce 

 to reconcile. In addition to the 

 cradle, 1 can inform you that such 

 is the strength of faith of the sup- 

 posed fanatics and deluded people, 

 that the society in Birmingham 

 have sent up to London many 

 presents for the reception of the 

 Prince of Peace; and, in addition 

 to those already sent, we are now 

 going to send up a silver cup and 

 salver, with a lid, on which is 

 placed a ball representing the 

 globe, on which is perched a dove, 

 with an olive branch ; perhaps, 

 at some future time, I may inform 

 you of the inscriptions thereon. 

 Tlie mission of this woman was 

 to fall in Birmingham in less than 

 six months, and not a vestige be 

 left behind : this was the cry of 

 the Ministers of the Gospel ; but 

 you see, Sir, it has not fallen yet. 

 Our motto from the beginning 

 was, "Truth is strong, and will 

 prevail ;" and we see the effects 

 of this have been realised. Our 

 society now consists of 500 peo- 

 ple : many are flocking to our 

 standard ; for when the truth is 

 told them, they find what they 

 heard is only mockery and lies. 



' Truth shall win its widening waj^, 

 ' Ever mighty to persuade.' 



Your's respectfully, 



S. Bradley." 



This morning, at a cjuarter after 

 eight, the following persons were 

 executed before the Debtors'door, 

 Newgate: — William Henry Lye, 

 for burglary; John Mitchell, for 

 forgery ; Francis Sturgess, for 

 highway robbery ; Michael Ma- 

 roney, alias Mahoney, for highway 

 robbery ; John Field, alias Jona- 



