62 ANNUAL R E G I S T E R, 1816. 



day se'nnightj ;i fiie was discover- 

 ed on tlie premises of Mr. Hust- 

 lej', of Gedding, Suffolk, whicli 

 raged so furiously, that in a short 

 time a bain, iicat-lioiise and cart- 

 lodge, together with 45 coombs 

 of wheat, u quantity of straw, 

 some live stock, &c. were con- 

 sumed. There is strong reason 

 for thinking the above were wil- 

 fully set on i'nt. On Saturday 

 sc'nnight, a thrashing machine 

 belonging to Mr. John Fenton, 

 of Whelnethani, was set on tire 

 on the premises of Mr. Sarjeant, 

 of Cockfield, Suffolk, and entirely 

 consumed. {Esaex Iltrald.J 



Friday se'night, a lire broke 

 out in the premises of Mr. Long, 

 Chandler, of llminstei', which 

 threatened destruction to the body 

 of the town, but through the ac- 

 tivity of the inhabitants was got 

 under, after destroying the pre- 

 mise.? in which it commenced, 

 and the workshops of a cooperage 

 adjoining, contaii>ing property to 

 a large amount, a part of which 

 only was insured. (Bury paper.) 



-4bout two o'clock in the morn- 

 ing of yesterday se'nnight, an 

 alarming lire broke out in the 

 ]nTmise5 of Mr. Kingsbury, of 

 Bunga)', which, from the quan- 

 tity of tallow, tar, oil, &c. there- 

 in, Uueatened total destruction to 

 the adjoining buildings, but was 

 got wider by the {)ronipt exertions 

 of the inhabitants, though not un- 

 til the offices were destroyed. 



Same day a tire was discovered 

 in two barns occupied by Mr. 

 Scott, of Kettlebaston, during 

 the time the men who had been 

 thrashing therein were gone to 

 breakfast, which circumstance 

 leads to a r.trong suspicion they 

 were wilfully set on fire. The 



flames raged so furiously that 

 the whole were destroyed in a 

 short time^ together with ;i stable, 

 cow-house, and a stack of clover. 

 10. Tiie following is the de- 

 termination of the i'lince Re- 

 gent respecting Sir Robert Wil- 

 son and Captain Hutchinson: — 



GENERAL ORDERS. 



Horse-gucads, May 10, 1816". 



So long as Major-General Sir 

 Robert Wilson and Captain J. H. 

 Hutchinson, of the 1st or grena- 

 dier regiment of foot guards, 

 were undei' triul, the Commander- 

 in-chief abstained from making 

 any observation on their conduct. 



The proceedings having now 

 terminated, the Commander-in- 

 chief has received the Prince Re- 

 gent's commands to declare his 

 Royal Highness's sentiments on 

 the transactions which have led 

 to the trial and conviction of those 

 officers. 



In the instance of Major-Gene- 

 ral Sir R. AMlson, the Prince Re- 

 gent thinks it necessary to ex- 

 press his high displeasuj-e, that 

 an officer of his f;tanding in his 

 Majesty's service, holding the 

 commission and receiving the pay 

 of a Major- General, should have 

 been so unmindful of v.'hat was 

 due to his profession, as well as 

 to tiie government under whosp 

 piotection he had voluntarily 

 placed him.self, as to have en- 

 gaged in a measure, the declared 

 object of which was to counter- 

 act the laws and defeat the public 

 justice of that country. Nor does 

 his Royal Highness consider the 

 means by which this measure was 

 accomplished as less reprehensible 

 than the act itself : for his Royal 

 Highness cannot admit that any 

 circumstance could justify a Bri- 

 tish 



