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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



The Duke of Angouleme was on 

 the right of his Majesty, and the 

 Duke of Berry on his left. The 

 Duchess of Angouleme, dressed in 

 mourning, went down into the in- 

 terior of the chapel, and placed 

 herself in the choir opposite the 

 officiating clergymen. Among the 

 persons present were remarked 

 eight or ten bishops, almost all of 

 ■whom have lately returned to 

 France, and several of the King's 

 almoners. All the persons be- 

 longing to the Court were in full 

 mourning. Mass was performed 

 by M. de Vintimille, Bishop of 

 Carcassonne. 



Extract of a Letter from Bear 

 Haven. — In consequence of a 

 severe gale coming on, on the 

 loth instant, the fleet under con- 

 voy of the Sultan, 74, was di- 

 rected to put into Bear Haven: 

 the Baring transport, a fine ship, 

 upwards of 700 tons, having on 

 board 18 officers and more than 

 300 men of the 40th regiment, 

 under the command of Major 

 Shelton, lay to for a pilot off the 

 mouth of the haven, but so near 

 to the rocks, that she drove upon 

 them on the left side of the en- 

 trance, and after striking several 

 times, lost her rudder : she then 

 became unmanageable, drifted 

 across the haven, and struck on 

 the rocks on Bear Island, carry- 

 ing away her bowsprit. 



Through the exertions of the 

 officers, the men were kept below, 

 until the water was ankle deep on 

 the deck ; every endeavour was 

 then used to get them on shore, as 

 the ship was found to be sinking 

 fast ; in the confusion many of 

 them jumped overboard, there 

 being no boats near, and several 

 were unfortunately drowned; 18 



or 20 are at this time missing, but 

 I hope some of them may yet be 

 found upon the island. From the 

 vessel filling so fast, and the exer- 

 tions of every officer being re- 

 quired in saving the men, it was 

 impossible for them to recover any 

 part of their baggage ; they have 

 lost almost every thing, and many 

 of the men are in a state of naked- 

 ness. 



17. By letters received from 

 Nottingham, we learn that the 

 outrages of those deluded people 

 called Luddites still continue. A 

 few weeks ago a man of the name 

 of Towle, of New Basford, was 

 fully committed for frame-break- 

 ing, upon the evidence of Mr. 

 Carton of that place, and was to 

 take his trial at the quarter ses- 

 sions. Aware that the evidence 

 of Mr. Carton could not fail to 

 bring their accomplice to condign 

 punishment, the Luddites formed 

 the horrid resolution of murdering 

 him. With this view, on Fri- 

 day night last, a number of them 

 assembled about 9 o'clock. For- 

 tunately Mr. Carton had received 

 previous intimation of their inten- 

 tions, and had made application to 

 the magistrates, who furnished 

 him with a guard of constables. 

 On arriving at Mr. Carton's house, 

 they eagerly inquired for him, 

 and swore they came to do for 

 him ; and by way of intimidation, 

 fired several times, but without 

 doing any mischief. On forcing 

 their way into the parlour, where 

 the constables were waiting for 

 them, the Luddite ringleader re- 

 ceived a shot in his head, and 

 dropped down dead on the spot. 

 He proved to be a Nottingham 

 man, named Boamford, and had 

 lately returned from sea. Th6 



