294 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



read by the prisoner, and promised 

 to comply with his request : it was 

 delivered to the prince regent. He 

 was executed ; and died protesting 

 his innocence. 



16. The inhabitants of Dover 

 were again greatly alarmed by the 

 unexpected falling of the clift', 

 which extends along the houses on 

 the north-west side of Snargate- 

 street, about one o'clock on Sun- 

 day morning. The quantity is so 

 great, thatithas filled up the whole 

 space between the back of the 

 street and the cliff. No person, 

 however, sustained any injury by 

 this fall. To the sufferers of the 

 former accident, we have to add a 

 child of Mrs. Poole's sister, dug 

 out of the ruins on Saturday, mak- 

 ing in all seven persons. Mr. Poole, 

 the only survivor of his family, is 

 likely to recover, although he lay 

 buried in the earth half an horn- 

 before he was extricated. The 

 quantity of land lost by the falls of 

 the cHff between Dover and Folke- 

 stone, is estimated at six acres. 



18. Lucien Buonaparte, his fa- 

 mily, and suite, landed this after- 

 noon at the Victualling-office, Ply- 

 mouth, about two o'clock, having 

 been brought from the President 

 frigate in the admiral's cutter, and 

 proceeded to the King's Arms in 

 carriages, accompanied by sir Ro- 

 bert Calder (the port admiral) 

 general England, lord Borring- 

 don, and several other naval and 

 military officers. They are expect- 

 ed to remain here a few days be- 

 fore they proceed on their journey. 

 Lucien appears about fifty years 

 of age, about five feet seven inches 

 high, of a sallow complexion, thin 

 visage, has a pale, intelligent face, 

 large whiskers, a piercing eye, and 

 is a verygentlemanly-lookingman; 

 is very much like the pictures 



seen here, which are said to be a 

 good likeness of his brother the 

 emperor. Madame Buonaparte is 

 a stout handsome woman. The 

 children consist of five daughters 

 and two sons : the eldest is about 

 seventeen years of age, and very 

 handsome, so are her sisters ; the 

 boys are very young, the eldest 

 not being more than eight years 

 old. 



The baggage of Lucien Buona- 

 parte and his attendants is stated 

 to weigh thirty-three tons. There 

 was a perfect squabble among the 

 inn-keepers of Plymouth and 

 Dock, to know which of them 

 should have the honour of lodging 

 these persons under his roof. Lu- 

 cien studiously avoids all pomp 

 and ostentation. His eldest son 

 was, on Tuesday, taken through 

 the dock-yard, accompanied by 

 captain Warren, who brought 

 them to England. 



19. The Pallas, of thirty-two 

 guns, and the Nymphe, of thirty- 

 six, one mile below Dunbar, the 

 other three miles further, coming 

 up the Firth at half-past ten last 

 night, at the rate of ten knots an 

 hour ,'they both ran a-groundonthe 

 rocks, and were totally wrecked. 

 Fortunately only seven or eight 

 men have lost their lives. The first 

 lieutenant was brought out appa- 

 rently dead, but after an hour and 

 a half, was so far recovered as to 

 be removed to the duchess of Rox- 

 burgh's, now well. The life-boat 

 upset with forty men in it, luckily 

 only one was drowned. 



i!0. His raajesty'ssloop Satellite, 

 of sixteen guns,commandedby the 

 honourable Willowby Bertie, pe- 

 rished, with all the crew. She sail- 

 ed from Spithead on December 17, 

 to join the ships that were cruising 

 off La Hogue. On Wednesday, the 



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