136 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



able fall of snow in the lower 

 pans of Cambridge and Hun- 

 tingdonshires, where the frost 

 was so severe as to destroy all 

 the crops of cucumbers and 

 French beans in the extensive 

 market-gardens round the city of 

 Ely. 



3. Ramsgate. — Along the north- 

 eastern coast, the wind during 

 the night of Saturday and Sunday 

 blew a perfect hurricane from 

 the N. and N. N. VV. and caused 

 the heaviest and highest sea, al- 

 though a dead neap tide on Sun- 

 day morning, that has been 

 known for some years ; and sink- 

 ing and beating to pieces several 

 large boats at Hearn-bay, and 

 dashing with violence against the 

 terrace in front of the buildings 

 at the east end of the Bay: so 

 high a tide, with the exception 

 of one spring tide, is not within 

 the recollection of the oldest in- 

 habitant of that part of the coast. 

 — About noon on the same day, 

 a fine outwaixlboxnid ship of .500 

 tons (the Henry, of London), for 

 New Brunswick and Jamaica, 

 which, after parting from one an- 

 chor, had rode out the gale during 

 the night off the entrance of the 

 Narrows, at the ebbing of the 

 tide drove from a second anchor ; 

 and after beating about for some 

 time with a signal of distress fly- 

 ing, grounded on the main in 

 Hearn-bay, Avhere, the wind mo- 

 derating, she lay in safety, while 

 a lugger from Whitstable, which 

 had proceeded to her aid, obtain- 

 ed another anchor and cable 

 from Margate. A brig, which it 

 is supposed was foreign, from 

 her having a Danish ensign hoist- 

 ed in the shrouds, was also ob- 

 served early in the morning in 



distress, but drove before the 

 wind to the eastward before any 

 assistance could reach her. 



5 . The Lord Mayor, in his en- 

 deavoius to check the abuses of 

 Bartholomew fair, spent the 

 greater part of Tuesday and last 

 night himself, aided by the mar- 

 shals, city officers, &c. and suc- 

 ceeded in establishing a cessation 

 of every species of disorder by 12 

 o'clock. Not a public-house or 

 show was found open after that 

 hour. 



9. An account has been re- 

 ceived from the mate of the Creole 

 schooner, arrived off Dover from 

 Smyrna, that on his passage two 

 of the crew nailed him up in his 

 cabin, while they murdered Cap- 

 tain Johnson, and threw him 

 overboard, wrapped up in a 

 square-sail. After a considerable 

 confinement he got to speak to 

 the boy, and learned that the two 

 men, of the names of Turner and 

 Smith, had possession of the ship, 

 and were about to murder him 

 (the Mate), whom they had de- 

 termined to hang ; but the boy 

 told him, that himself and a man 

 of the name of Masson were de- 

 termined to stand by him, if he 

 (the Mate) would attempt to re- 

 cover the ship. Soon afterwards 

 the Mate was taken upon deck, 

 and had his hands tied, and was 

 made fast to a staunchion. The 

 two mutineers had then possession 

 of about 600 doubloons, which 

 they had taken from the Captain's 

 drawers. In the evening they 

 began to quarrel about Avhat 

 should be done with the ship, and 

 the Mate, contriving to get loose, 

 suddenly seized a musket, which 

 he knew to be loaded, and put it 

 to Smith's ear, while Masson at i 



tacked 



