32 
Doctor Thomas, of Leicester- 
place, and several other eminent 
surgeons, were called in, but one 
of the children died immediately, 
and the other wassomuch burned, 
that there are no hopes entertained 
of his recovery. 
10.—A few evenings since, a 
melancholy accident occurred off 
Rye Harbour. A boat had left 
Hastings, in which were five men, 
for the opposite coast ; they had 
scarcely left the roads, however, 
when the wind changing, they 
were driven towards the harbour 
of Rye, where, after beating about 
for some time, the boat upset, and 
the whole of its crew were con- 
signed to a watery grave. They 
have all left large families to de- 
plore their loss. 
Mary Welch, a native of Ire- 
land, was brought before Mr. 
Serjeant Sellon, on a charge of 
attempting to hang her own child, 
a girl about eleven years of age. 
The child, whose situation had 
providentially been discovered in 
time to save her life, stated, that 
her mother, aided by her father- 
in-law, after tying her hands se- 
curely behind her, put a rope 
round her neck, and dragged her 
to a hook fixed in the wall of the 
room, from which they suspended 
her in such a manner, that the 
ends of her toes only just touched 
the floor; in this situation she 
was fortunately discovered by a 
relation of her father-in-law, who 
entered the room by chance, and 
cut the rope by which she was 
suspended, before the vital spark 
was extinct. This person stated, 
that the child soon recovered her 
speech, and informed him how 
she had been treated, on which he 
immediatly sent for a constable, 
ANNUAL REG 
SISTER, 18165. 
and the unnatural mother was 
taken into custody. ‘The father- 
in-law having received information 
in time, unfortunately escaped. 
The prisoner was fully committed 
for trial at the Quarter Sessions. 
This morning, about two 
o’clock, as the watchman was 
going his rounds in Winfield- 
street, Christchurch, Middlesex, 
he discovered the extensive sugar- 
houses belonging to Mr. Krudge, 
in George-street, to be on fire: 
he instantly gave the alarm, and 
the inhabitants lost no time in 
rendering every assistance in their 
power. Having learned that three 
men and a boy slept on the pre- 
mises, they burst open the doors 
and brought them out at very 
greatrisk, In less than two hours 
the premises were totally consum- 
ed, with all the property, except 
seven hogsheads of refined sugar, 
and about as many barrels of 
molasses, No lives were lost. 
15. Captain Serresde St. Claire, 
who some time since was con- 
demned for the murder of Cor- 
nelia Kersemacker, called the 
handsome Dutch woman at Paris, 
has been a second time brought 
before a Council of War, and 
again found guilty. As, however, 
the crime appeared to have been 
unpremeditated, the Council sen- 
tenced him to be kept to hard la- 
bour for life, to be degraded ‘at 
the head of the guards to which he 
belonged, and to pay the expenses 
of the process. He was then in- 
troduced. ‘St: Claire’? said the 
President, “ you have disgraced 
yourself.’ «‘« Never!” cried the 
prisoner, starting from his seat 
and stabbing himself ‘with a dag- 
ger which he had concealed. The 
soldiers ran towards him, and he 
