102 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



and laudanum to himself, without 

 medical advice, but he did not 

 know in what quantities. 



The lord chief baron, in sum- 

 ming up the evidence, stated, that 

 the mere atrocity of the act itself 

 inust not be considered evidence of 

 insanity, otlierwise the most guilty 

 criminals would escape, and here 

 was evidence much too slight to 

 infer any derangement of mind. 



The jury found the prisoner 

 guilty, and he received sentence 

 to be executed on the Monday. 



8. Four fine children, belonging 

 to Richard Builth, a day-labourer, 

 of Abbeydore, were consumed by 

 fire in their father's cottage, on 

 Thursday se'nnight. Their mo- 

 ther had hired herself at a neigh- 

 bour's house to bake bread, and 

 left her children in the cottage, 

 desiring the oldest, who was only 

 five years of age, to take care of 

 the others, the youngest of whom 

 was a sucking child. It could not 

 be known how the house caught 

 fire, for the whole was in a con- 

 flagration before it was disco- 

 vered. 



10. Since the abolition of the 

 slave trade, about 2,000 negroes 

 have been rescued from slave ships 

 by our cruizers. These men are 

 now at Goree, and it is from them 

 that tlie West India regiments are 

 to be recruited. 



12. " Liverpool. — This afternoon 

 the inhabitants of this town were 

 gratified with the long-expected 

 ascent of this intrepid aeronaut. Se- 

 veral hours before the time fixed 

 for the ascent, crowds of people 

 had occupied all the lanes and 

 avenues leading to the ground 

 which was a convenient inclosed 

 field, near St. Domingo, about a 

 mile and a half from the town. 



At- twelve the town was nearly 

 deserted ; and the shops being al- 

 most universally shut, it wore the 

 aspect of Sunday, but with scarcely 

 a person in the streets. The bal- 

 loon was inflated within the in- 

 closed area, which was partitioned 

 oft" into three divisons, for the ad- 

 mission of spectators, at fixed 

 prices. Here upwards of two thou- 

 sand persons were assembled. The 

 operation of filling the balloon 

 commenced about ten o'clock, and 

 after it was inflated, the car was 

 attached to it, and Mr. Sadler 

 placed himself in his vehicle, 

 amidst the acclamations of the 

 spectators. 



" The ascent, which took place 

 at half past two, was sublime; not 

 rapid, but deliberate and graceful ; 

 exhibiting thebeautiful proportions 

 of the whole vehicle, and the deco- 

 rations of the car. The wind took 

 the aeronaut in a south-east direc- 

 tion, towards Knowsley-park ; but 

 as it was not Mr, Sadler's inten- 

 tion to travel far, be attained his 

 highest altitude in about twenty 

 minutes, at which time the bal- 

 loon itself was reduced to a very 

 diminutive size, and the car was 

 totally invisible. 



" The approach of the balloon 

 fo the earth was soon after appa- 

 rent, and the descent was gradual 

 and majestic. We suppose the 

 actual descer.t to have taken place 

 in the neighbourhood of Knows- 

 Icy-park, about four miles from 

 this." — Liverpool Courier. 



On this day, the birth-day of 

 the prince regent, the first stone 

 of the Breakwater, in Plymouth 

 Sound, was lowered down. At 

 ten o'clock in the morning two 

 boats from every ship in Ha- 

 muazc attended at the admiral'ii 



stairs, 



