CHRONICLE. 



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Saxe-Gotha and Altenburgh — 

 Duke. 



Saxe Mcinungou — Duke. 



Saxe-Hilburghauson — Duke. 



Saxe-CobourgJ>aalfel(l — Ernest 

 Frederick Anthony — Duke ; born 

 tlie 2d January, 1784, aged 32 

 years. 



Brothers and Sisters. 



1. Sophia Frederica Carolina 

 Louisa, born tlie 10th August, 

 17T8; married to Emanuel Count 

 of Mansdorff and Foully. 



2. Antoinette Ernestina Ame- 

 lia, burn the "iSth August, 1/79 ; 

 married to Alexander Duke of 

 ^V'urtemberg. 



3. Johanna Henrietta Ulrica, 

 born 23d Sept. 1781 ; married 

 to Constautiue Grand Duke of 

 Russia. 



4. Ferdinand George Augustus, 

 born the 28th March, 1785, aged 

 31 years. 



5. Maria Louisa Victoria, born 

 the 17th August, 178(j'; married 

 to E. Chailes Louis, Hereditary 

 Prince of Linange. 



6. Leopold George Christian 

 FrecL-rick, born the KJth Decem- 

 ber, 17 DO, aged 26 years. 



17- At Diury-lane Theatre, at 

 tlie opening scene of the farce 

 called Modern Ani'mues, or The 

 Merry Mourners, in wliich Miss 

 Kelly appeared in the character 

 of Nan, a country girl ; and Mr. 

 Knight, as Joey, a country lad ; 

 while these two performers were, 

 according to their parts, embrac- 

 ing, a pistol \\as discharged from 

 about the centre of the pit. Great 

 consternation Mas excited on the 

 stage and among tiie audience ; 

 and it w;is not ascertained ^^he- 

 ther any person was shot, or what 

 mischief was d-ine. Jt was not 

 KnQwa then whether the deadly 



attack was intended to be against 

 jMiss Kelly or Mr. Knight ; but 

 a subsecjuent investigation proved 

 that it was aimed at Miss Kelly. 

 Baker and Dickons, the consta- 

 bles belonging to tlie theatre, 

 were ujion the alert, and soon 

 hail the assassin in c\istody : he 

 at first denied that he Avas the 

 man who had dischaiged the 

 pistol, but the officers, being 

 supported by a cloud of witnesses, 

 continued their hold of the man 

 originally pointed out, and hand- 

 cuti'ed him. 



Mr. Rae, the manager, then 

 came forward on the stage, and 

 Informed the audience that the 

 man who had fired the pistol was 

 in custody, and he would inform 

 them of the result of the investi- 

 gation at the close of the per- 

 formance j which intimation gave 

 general satisfaction. 



The prisoner was conveyed to 

 the above office, and underwent a 

 long examination before Mr. Bir- 

 nie, at which Mr. Rae and Mr. 

 Dibdin, the managci's of the 

 theatre, attended. 



The prisoner appeared to be 

 about 21 years of age. He was 

 decently and plainly dressed, like 

 a tradesman, but with no ap- 

 pearance of gentility. He gave 

 the name of George Barnctt ; said 

 he was a law stationer by busi- 

 ness, and lived at No. 22, Prin- 

 cess-street. 



Nathan Harris, a jeweller, of 

 No. 136, Drury-lane, said, he was 

 in the pit of Drury-lane theatre, 

 sat neiir the prisoner during the 

 time Miss Kelly and Mr. Knight 

 were on the stage together, at 

 the conunenccmoit of tlie enter- 

 tainment ; he observed the pri- 

 soner in the act of presenting a 



pistol 



