86 
City Limerick—1 for murder ; 
4 for attacking dwelling-houses in 
search of fire-arms; 4 assault 
with intent to kill ; 4 for robbery; 
2 burglary ; 2 sheep stealing; 1 
minor offence—Total 18. 
The magistrates of Plymouth 
met to announce their decision 
on an information against Mr. 
Gill, of Tavistock, for having 
a larger quantity of gunpowder 
in his possession than the act of 
parliament allowed him to keep, 
when the magistrates announced 
the surplus quantity of the gun- 
powder, viz, 5,500lbs. weight, 
forfeited ; one half to the king, 
and the other to the informer. 
About seven o’clock in the 
morning, as some colliers were 
descending into a coal pit at the 
Level, near Stourbridge, five in 
one skip and four in the other, 
part of the machinery gave way, 
and they wereall precipitated tothe 
bottom, a depth of 80 or 100 yards; 
not one, however, was killed on 
the spot, but their legs, thighs, 
arms, and other bones were broken 
in a shocking manner; their si- 
tuation was dreadful, it being ten 
o’clock before they could be got 
up, owing to no person being 
willing to descend the pit from 
the state of the machinery. The 
accident occurred from the cogs 
which communicated with the fly 
wheel of the engine not being 
properly secured after undergoing 
some repair. 
Augsburgh, Nov. 2.—We hasten 
to acquaint our literaryreaders with 
@ most interesting circumstance. 
The indefatigable abbot Angelo 
Majo, one of the keepers of the 
Ambrosian library at Milan, who 
had the merit of discovering and 
publishing three unknown ora- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
tions of Cicero, las now had the 
happiness to enrich us by a more 
brilliant discovery, that of the 
works of an ancient author, of 
whom we know nothing but his 
name and a small work. This is 
the works of Cornelius Fronto, 
with unpublished letters of the 
emperors Antonius Pius, Marcus 
Aurelius, L. Verus, and Appian. 
The publication consist of two 
vols. large octavo, with several 
copper plates and fac-similes of 
the MS. 
Of M. Fronto, an African by 
birth, a preceptor of two empe- 
rors, M. Aurelius, and L. Verus, 
and the greatest Latin orator af- 
ter Cicero, only a small gramma- 
tical work was hitherto known ; 
now twenty works of this remark- 
able author have been discover 
ed in the Ambrosian. There are 
several books of Latin, and Greek 
letters to different emperors, &c. 
In these volumes are inserted 
also three unpublished Latin let- 
ters of Antonius Pius, eighteen of 
M. Aurelius, six of L. Verus, one 
Greek letter of Appian, the his- 
torian, and many inedited pieces 
of Ennius, Plautus, Cato, Sallust, 
and other ancient Romans and 
Greeks. The Greek pieces have 
a Latin translation ; in short, no- 
thing is neglected to heighten the 
value of this most agreeable pre- 
sent. No editio princeps of any 
classic can be compared with it. 
Fifteen copies are printed in large 
4to. and will be one day a great 
curiosity. We have one before 
us ; it is printed on the most 
splendid wove paper. 
2,.—An accident, attended with 
the loss of several valuable. lives, 
happened on this night to a sloop 
of war, bound to Bristol for the 
