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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



taiy Prince of Orange, as Knight 

 of the Order of the Bath, took 

 place immediately afterwards. 



24. Mr. Sadler, junior, as- 

 cended with Ills balloon, from a 

 field called Kettlewell Orchard, 

 adjoinin:,^ the Cathedral, at York. 

 The ascension was a remarkably 

 fine one : the weather, which had 

 been very stormy during the whole 

 of the forenoon, cleared up, and 

 was as calm and favourable as 

 could be wished. The balloon as- 

 cended at twenty-one minutes 

 after one, and was seen with the 

 naked eye from the place of as- 

 cension, for 45 minutes. From the 

 ascent to the descent was 63 miles. 

 His descent was near Craike and 

 Easingwold, where he was re- 

 ceived by the Rev. Dr. Guise. He 

 was fortunate in alighting near a 

 populous and hospitable neigh- 

 bourhood : had he passed the 

 black and desolate hills which 

 were before him, he might have 

 spent the night unassisted and in 

 distress. 



It appears from returns drawn 

 up from the records of the Court 

 of Admiralty, and delivered into 

 the House of Commons, that 124 

 vessels laden with slaves have 

 been captured at various times, 

 and on different stations, under 

 the Acts for the Abolition of the 

 Slave Trade. Almost all of them 

 were condemned. The mainte- 

 nance of captured negroes in the 

 colony of Sierra Leone, for the 

 year 1813, cost this country 

 4,0:39/. Of these negroes, 428 

 had been enlisted in the Royal 

 Afiican corps. 



25. A contest has lately arisen 

 between the Grand Tury and Dr. 

 Troy, the Catholic Archbishop of 

 Dublin, relative to the appoint- 



ment of a Catholic Chaplain t(» 

 the gaol of Newgate in that city. 

 The Grand Jury having appointed 

 one. Dr. Troy superseded him on 

 the ground of incompetency : the 

 former appealed to the Court of 

 King's Bench, and were informed 

 by the Chief Justice, that if the 

 person they had appointed was not 

 to be found at his post, they must 

 proceed to a()point another, and 

 so on. The Grand Jury, however, 

 chose to adopt a different course, 

 and sent an order to the prison, 

 that no other Catholic Clergyman 

 should be admitted, except him 

 whom Dr. Troj- had suspended. 



Extract of a letter from Smyrna, 

 dated July 2. — " The ravages of 

 the plague begin to abate. It is 

 calculated that nearly 30,000 

 Turks have died of it ; about 

 6,000 Greeks, and a third of the 

 Jewish population, are also sup- 

 posed to have perished. The 

 deaths are now calculated at 200 

 per day. Of those attacked a 

 great many escape, which is a sign 

 that the disorder loses its malig- 

 nity." 



27. Copy of a letter received 

 from Captain Williamson, of the 

 Brig Mars : — 



" Cove of Cork. — This day at 

 two p. m. I arrived here in the 

 Orbit, of Liverpool, Capt. Peers, 

 he having picked me and my ship's 

 company up at sea. It is with 

 heartfelt grief I announce the loss 

 of the Mars (by fire) on Thursday 

 night the 25th instant, Waterford, 

 bearing N. N. E. about 6 leagues 

 distance. While sitting in the 

 cabin with Mr. Kelsey (passenger) 

 the Mate came down at nine 

 o'clock, and said there was a strong 

 smell of fire ; I instantly went on 

 deck, and found the watch that 



