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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



[Jan. 



to find Friday, but that they had 

 found his wife alive and hearty ; 

 whereupon the father was sent for, 

 and the other witnesses, all of 

 whom were greatly but agreeably 

 surprised at the sight of the wo- 

 man, and acknowledged their er- 

 ror in having sworn to the de- 

 ceased. The coroner reprimanded 

 the witnesses severely for their 

 want of discrimination ; but every 

 one allowed, that the great like- 

 ness there was between the living 

 woman and the deceased might 

 have deceived bettfcr judges than 

 the witnesses seemed to be, par- 

 ticularly as both tiie women had 

 similar private marks on each arm. 

 IIn<ler these circumstances further 

 proclamation was made for evi- 

 dence to identify the deceased, and 

 discover how she came by her 

 death ; but none appearing, the 

 jury returned a verdict of " Found 

 dead, under suspicious circum- 

 stances, and with strong marks of 

 violence on her person ; but wlie- 

 ther inflicted by accident or by de- 

 sign, they could not ascertain." 



A letfei' from Lochgoilhead, da- 

 ted tlie 3d of .T;inuary, ISl*, to a 

 gentleman in Glasgow, says — "On 

 Monday last a boat left this, in 

 order to go to Greeiiock ; when 

 sailing down Locligoil, they werfe 

 hailed by a person that wanted to 

 cross ; they condescended, and, 

 being uj)on the IcC-shore, gave 

 the boat tlic two sails, which be- 

 fore had but one : half way over, 

 opposite the A^'anillan, came on a 

 squall, and run tlie boat dowii by 

 riot relieving the sheets. Eight 

 persons were o)i board ; those 

 that were (h'owned are, Archibald 

 Camjibell, Dugald ^^'eir, ArcUi- 

 - bald Walker, Thomas Thomson's 

 wife, the ploughman to Archibald 



Campbell, Esq., Drumsaynie, a 

 daughter of Archibald Smith, Loch- 

 goilhead. — Saved, John Campbell, 

 Duncan Smith, Duncan M'Glas- 

 han." Another letter says, that 

 Duncan M'Glashan died after be- 

 ing got on shore. 



7. We observe, with pleasure, 

 that the condition of the nume- 

 rous body of nailmakers in Staf- 

 fordshire is improved by a meeting 

 of their employers, held at West 

 Bromwich, when it was unani- 

 mously agreed to restore their 

 late of wages, which had been, 

 fiom the depression of that trade, 

 partially and considerably reduced. 

 — Blrmiugliam Gazelle. 



8. For several hours this morn- 

 ing, the fog throughout the whol6 

 of the metropolis was so intense, 

 that candles weit used in every 

 shop and counting-house. 



1 1 . Froni the crowded state of 

 tiie foreign seamen in the Helder, 

 lying off the Tower, Government 

 has given directions for another 

 vessel to be prepared for their re- 

 ception. The Helder ^va5 calcu- 

 lated to be capable of containing 

 nearly 300; but as more than 

 that number have bdcn sent aw 

 board, sickness has made its ap- 

 pearance, from the crowded state 

 of the miserable objects. 



On Monday week, Dennis Mur- 

 phy, of Limerick, sawyer, assist- 

 ing a constable in executing a 

 sessions decree at Rathmore cas- 

 tle, in that county, was attacked 

 by a number of fellows, \\ho in 

 the most savage manner beat him, 

 and inflictetl several wounds on 

 his body, of wliich he died on 

 \Vednesday. Thursday an inquest 

 was held on the corpse, and a 

 verdict of wilfol murder returned 

 against the perpetrators. Two men 



charged 



