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ANNUAL REGISTER, r«17. 



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the short distance of nine paces. 

 The ball entered the right siiie of 

 the deceased, between the tenth 

 und eleventh ribs, and penetrated 

 to the convex surface of the right 

 lobe of the liver, where it lodged, 

 carrying with it a piece of the 

 great coat worn by the deceased. 

 Notwithstanding the severity of 

 the wound, it is remarkable that 

 the deceased did not fall, but with 

 little assistance he walked to a 

 gig in waiting j and on arriving 

 at the London Inn, Plympton, 

 even walked up stairs to the bed- 

 room, by merely leaning on the 

 shoulders of two persons, one on 

 each side of him. Being asked 

 why he had not fallen, he bravely 



• replied, tliat it required a good 

 knock to put him down ; and that 

 be was not a white feather. He 

 spoke in the highest terms of his 

 adversary. Such traits of lirmness 

 and magnanimity make us regret 

 the more this fresh sacrifice on 



. the shrine of false honour, in 

 which are unhappily involved the 

 fates of a widow and two children, 

 who have to lament the untimely 

 loss of their natural protector, as 

 ■well as the peace of mind and fu- 



• ture prospects of the other per- 

 Eons concerned in this melancholy 

 business." 



9. Early this morning a dread- 

 ful fire broke out in the stables of 

 the Bull inn, Bishopsgate-street. 

 As water could not be procured 

 for some time, the flames made 

 great progress, and soon destroyed 

 the stables and warehouses, with 

 all the property in the latter. The 

 east gallery of ll e inn, containing 

 several beds, was nearly destroyed. 

 Some property was stolen, parti- 

 cularly a pocket-book bplonging 

 to a clerkj which contained up- 



wards of 40/. The premises were 

 insured. Tlie cast v.'ing of the 

 Excise Ofhce once caught, but tlie 

 wind changing, it was not seri- 

 ously injured. The Green Dra- 

 gon Inn sustained some damage. 

 Mr. Mellish, who lives on the spot, 

 was very active in his exertions on 

 this imfortunate occasion. 



lO. State Prisoners. — T!ie fol- 

 lowing regulations are adopted in 

 tlie Tower, renpecting the persons 

 confined under ciuirges of higli 

 treason : — •Each prisoner is kept 

 in a separate apartment, and night 

 and day two yeomen, or warders, 

 continue in the room, the door 

 of which is locked, and on the 

 outside a sentinel is placed to pre- 

 vent the apjiroach of any one, ex- 

 cept those in the governor's es- 

 tablishment. Their beds and board 

 are ])rovided by the government. 

 No person is allowed to see the 

 ))risoners, unless a special order 

 is sent to the lieutenant-governor 

 by the clerk of the comicil, and 

 then they are restricted from liuld- 

 ing any communication, except in 

 the presence and hearing of some 

 persons ap}>ointcd by the lieute- 

 nant or his deputy. A special or- 

 der has been gi'anted for Watson's 

 solicitor to see him twice a week, 

 under the restrictions abovemen- 

 tioned. The prisoners are not 

 charged jointly, but there is a -st- 

 paiatc commitment for each indt- 

 A'idual, signed by twelve members 

 of the privy council, directing the 

 lieutenant of the Tower to receite 

 the accused into his custody. 



'l"he intelligence that has ar- 

 rived from the higher districts (^f 

 the Grisons excites the most lively 

 fears. Never were the snows in 

 greater quantity : the tops of the 

 houses are no longer seeiv and 



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