78 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



and Benjamin have been com- 

 mitted to the gaol, and four other 

 men iiave been taken tip on 

 suspicion of being concerned in 

 the niurdei". The Coroner has 

 offered a reward of lOOl. to any 

 free person that will give evi- 

 dence tending to convict any per- 

 ])etrator or perpetrators of the 

 horrid deed ; and to any slave 

 giving information to the same 

 effect, a promise to use every en- 

 deavour to procure his o? her 

 freedom. Tlie deceased was bro- 

 ther of the Right Hon. Lord Cal- 

 thorpe, and first cousin to Mr. 

 Wilberforce, 



A shower of hail destroyed, on 

 the 10th of June, on the left bank 

 of the Danube, near Munich, in 

 Bavaria, all the hopes of the agii- 

 culturists within a circle of 10 

 leagues. In the night between 

 the 15th and Kith, -there was in 

 the en\'irons of Bamberg so ter- 

 rible a fall of rain, that the fields 

 belonging to 17 villages were en- 

 tirely laid waste. Hundreds of 

 cattle peiished, several houses 

 were cairied away by the torrents 

 from the mountains, and 15 in- 

 dividuals lost their lives. 



11. Honiton. — This town is 

 now tran([uil. The last attempt 

 made was on Sunday morning, 

 when a large farm-house, aboiit 

 a mile fiom the town, on the 

 Exetei' road, occupied by Mrs. 

 Hutchins, was entirely destroyed 

 by fire. The engines were not 

 l)ermitted to leave the town, as 

 the committee, who were ap- 

 pointed to in\estigate the late 

 calamities, had come to a resolu- 

 tion on the previous evening to 

 that effect, considering that an 

 alarm of fire might be made by 

 the incendiaries, the better to 



effect their purpose in their ab- 

 sence. The watch still continues 

 to patrole the town from nine at 

 night till foin- in the morning ; 

 and large vessels are constantly 

 kept filled ^vith water, at short 

 intervals, throughout the streets. 

 One hundred guineas have been 

 offered by the Royal Exchange 

 and Sun Fire Insurance-offices, 

 in addition to a like sum by the 

 inhabitants, for the discovery of 

 the offenders. 



By letters of the 11th of June 

 from Constantinople, we learn, 

 that her Royal Highness the Prin- 

 cess of Wales arrived in that city 

 on the 6th of that month. She 

 took up her abode at the British 

 palace till a house at Buyukdere 

 was fitted up for her reception. 

 On the 9th were presented to the 

 Princess all the foreign ministers, 

 and the same evening the British 

 factory. Shortly another presen- 

 tation was to take place to give 

 those an opportunity to be pre- 

 sented who were disappointed on 

 the former occasion. Her Royal 

 Highness, say the letters, con- 

 ducted herself at all times with 

 the greatest affability ; yet in other 

 respects she failed to afford satis- 

 faction to the British merchants, 

 inasmuch as she gave a decided 

 preference in all her dealings to 

 foi'eigners- She had credit on a 

 Greek house for 40,000 Spanish 

 dollars, when a British house 

 could have accommodated her 

 Royal Highness as well. Being 

 in want of jewellery, the Princess 

 applied to a Frenchman : and she 

 is accompanied by a Neapolitan 

 Count and two Ladies. At Genoa 

 and Sicily her Royal Highness 

 was well received ; but at Malta 

 it is said the Governor made the 



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