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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



have to renew our weekly list of 

 broken frames : as, however, the 

 frame-breakers still continue their 

 operations in despite of every ex- 

 ertion of the civil and military au- 

 thorities, we must do our duty to 

 the public. This morning, about 

 five o'clock, a number of men en- 

 tered in at the chamber window of 

 Mr, Harvey, West-street, Broad- 

 lane, in this town, and while some 

 of them secured the family, others 

 proceeded into the workshop, and 

 demolished five warp-lace frames, 

 which were employed in mak- 

 ing two-course-hole net : they 

 were all very valuable frames, and 

 one of them was 72 inches wide ; 

 and, what is worthy of remark, 

 Mr. Harvey had, a short time ago, 

 removed from New Radford to this 

 town, as a place of safety. Two 

 frames were left unbroken ; and it 

 is supposed they weresaved through 

 a neighbouring woman calling out 

 • murder,* and who had a pistol 

 discharged at her to make her cease 

 her noise, Mr. Harvey had two 

 loaded pistols and a blunderbuss 

 in his house, the former of which 

 the frame breakers took away ; 

 and as they were descending from 

 the window, it was thought by 

 persons who saw them, that the 

 pightly piquet was receiving them 

 to conduct them to prison ; but it 

 turned out to be about twentj'-five 

 of their companions, armed and 

 dressed in soldiers, great coats, one 

 of whom was dignified with a 

 large staff, and, it is supposed, he 

 was the commander of the party. 

 On Monday morning, five men 

 entered the house of Edward Or- 

 son, of Stanton, in Derbyshire, 

 and broke one narrow cotton, 

 frame." 



About a week ago, serjeant 



Ives, of the West Essex militln, 

 was stopped between Stilton and 

 Norman-cross, at eight in the 

 evening, by a number of fellows, 

 who, after having knocked him 

 down and robbed him of his watch 

 and money, wrenched open his 

 jaws, and with savage cruelty cut 

 oft' a piece of his tongue ! It is 

 said that the serjeant has lately 

 been active in suppressing the plot- 

 trade at Norman-cross barracks ; 

 revenge, therefore, in all probabi- 

 lity, instigated the ruffians to this 

 atrocious act. 



Pit/month, Feb. 25.— To-day this 

 place has been visited by a more 

 dreadful thunder-storm than has 

 been experienced here for many 

 years. The lightning was exceed- 

 ingly vivid, and the claps tremend- 

 ously loud, accompanied with a 

 heavy shower of hail. Several 

 persons who were on the citadel at 

 the time, distinctly saw the elec- 

 tric fluid strike one of the guns; 

 its direction was from S. W. to 

 N. E. nearly. In this dreadful 

 storm the fore and main top-mast 

 of his majesty's ship, Tonnant, 

 were struck with lightning, which 

 shattered them, and beat down 

 and wounded no less than twenty- 

 four persons on board that vessel. 

 A merchant brig, which also was 

 at anchor in Cawsand bay, and 

 near the former, was struck at the 

 same time, on board of which two 

 men were killed. A seaman, who 

 was at the main top-mast head of 

 the Salvador del Mundo, in Ha- 

 raoaze, was also struck by the 

 lightning, and knocked down dead 

 on the deck ; and another seaman 

 who was standing on the quarter- 

 deck of this vessel at the moment, 

 was so much burned, that his life 

 is despaired of. These awful oc- 

 currences 



