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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



[Oct. 



in the miivcrsily of Berlin. lie 

 has made several important dis- 

 coveries at Verona, whence he has 

 proceeded to Florence. 



Baron Von Sacken, of Berlin, 

 employs a part of his great fortune 

 in literary and scientific voyages. 

 He has already visited the United 

 States of America, and the West 

 Indies. He is now gone to Vien- 

 na, to accompany liaron Von 

 Schladen, the new Prussian mi- 

 nister to the Porte, who is to 

 travel to Constantinojjle by the 

 way of the Oarpatliian mountains. 

 Baron Von Sacken intends to pass 

 through Asia Minor into Carama- 

 nia, and afterwards to visit Egypt 

 and the neighboiu'ing countries. 

 He has for his travelling com • 

 panion William MuUer, a yovuig 

 Berlin student, who possesses very 

 considerable philological know- 

 ledge, and who is to employ him- 

 Silf in literaiy researches for the 

 academy of Berlin. Prince Maxi- 

 milian of Neuwied is to occupy 

 himself dui'ing the ensuing winter 

 in drawing up an account of his 

 travels in the Biazils, which l^.e 

 intends to publish in the form of 

 letters. 



The following dreadful accidents 

 occurred on Sunday the 20th to 

 two children of a farmer I'esiding 

 at Castledreignog, Cardiganshire: 

 — One of them, a girl about eleven 

 years of age, having used a wlilp 

 for the purpose of driving away a 

 boar that stood near her, tlie en- 

 raged animal flew at her, and, 

 Avith his tusks inflicted several 

 deep wounds on her breast before 

 she couM be rescued from her 

 perilous situation. While the 

 mother of this poor child was en- 

 gaged in dressing, in the best 

 manner she was able, her bleeding 



vvovmds, an infant son, not above 

 four years old, took up the whip 

 his sister had just before used, and, 

 in attempting to punish the boar 

 for the injury done her, fell a vic- 

 tim to the fury of the ferocious 

 animal. The boar, before any 

 assistance could be rendered, had 

 torn out the entrails of the child, 

 Avhose dreadful sutFerlngs and ex- 

 istence terminated together on the 

 following day. The little girl's 

 life is despaired of. The boar was 

 immediately killed. 



2G. From the Bristol Mirror. — 

 It is our painful duty to state, 

 that intelliirence reached this citv 

 of the loss of the sloop William 

 and Mary (a regular packet be- 

 tween this port and Waterford) ; 

 and that out of nearly sixty souls 

 on board only nine were saved. 



The particulars, as far as we 

 have been able to leain, are, that 

 the W'illlam and Mary, Morley, 

 master, sailed from Pill at nine 

 o'clock on Thursday evening last. 

 The night was fine and the wind 

 fitlr: about eleven e'clock, not 

 far from the Holmes, whilst the 

 mate was at the helm, and the 

 master standing near to him on 

 the deck, the vessel struck on a 

 rock, which our informant rails 

 the \Ville3's. The p.assengers, 

 who had I'etired to rest, were 

 (juickly alarmed, and many of 

 tb.em jirocecded on deck, as yet 

 unacquainted with the real extent 

 t)f their danger. This state of 

 suspense, ho\ve\er, did not last 

 long; for in fifteen minutes after- 

 wards, it was found that the 

 vessel was in a sinking state. 

 The scene that immediately fol- 

 lowed was dreadful in the ex- 

 treme. Tjie boat (a very small 

 one) was soon filled, chieflv by 



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