178 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



distinguished by his dress from 

 his men. In the summer season 

 he was iVe(}ueiitly up at three 

 o'clock, attending to and assist- 

 ing in loading the brick-carts, 

 &c. His wealtli did not improAc 

 or alter him in liis comluct, 

 manners, or mode of living. He 

 provided plenty of food for the 

 house, but it was in a very rough 

 style — fat pork, fat bacon, &c. 

 sometimes poultry. His hog- 

 feeders and other men sat at 

 table with him in their working 

 dress ; if a friend happened to 

 dine Avlth him, his men were 

 made company for them, and he 

 did not deviate from liis daily 

 plan, although he had company, 



. of helping his men tirst. Although 

 large sum.s were constantly pass- 

 ing througli his hands, lie did not 



- keep cash at a banker's. He 



made up small bank-notes in par- 

 cels amoimting to lOOl., and tied 

 them up with common pieces of 

 string : he carried large smns 

 about him. He delighted in tell- 

 ing his origiri and progre.:>s ; 

 which was, when he lirst went 

 to Hammersmitli , he was employed 

 as a labouring man at a uu'dt- 

 house. He coumicnced brewer 



, in a very small way, and used to 

 take the beer out himself in a bar- 

 row. The Creek brewhouse be- 



. came his property, and the sur- 

 rounding premises. jMr. Crom- 

 well liad been married, and had 

 one son. His wife had been dead 

 a number of years : his son died 

 about three years ago. Although 

 Mr. C . did not allow himself the 

 comforts of life, or even in some 

 instances thecommon necessaries, 

 yet he was b) no means void of 

 feeling or natural affection to- 

 wards others. A younger brother 



died a few years since, leaving 

 four children unprovided for ; he 

 sent them to a boarding-school, 

 and pro^■ided for them in other 

 respects. His two surviving bro- 

 thers, who live the one at Houns- 

 low, and llie other at Feltham, 

 are heirs to his immense pro- 

 perty. 



7. Itis determined, that the new 

 street shall not be proceeded in 

 further, for the present, than Pic- 

 cadilly. It will be continued so 

 far with facades of Ionic columns, 

 on plaster, coiresponding with 

 those in the square opposite Carl- 

 ton-house j then two lodges will 

 be elected on the east and west 

 of the Regent's palace. The 

 screening colonnade will be taken 

 down, and some light kind of 

 I'ailing or balustrade will be sub- 

 stituted. 



A \ ery heavy gale of wind oc- 

 cuiTcd at Lisbon, in which 33 

 lishiug-boats foimdered, and above 

 1()0 poor fellows %\ere drowned. 

 The rapidity with which the gale 

 came on is remarkable : not more 

 than 10 minutes before the fatal 

 catastrophe it was a cahn ! 



The Hamburgh Corrcspondenten 

 gives the following account of 

 the decease of the late Duke of 

 Mecklenburg Strelitz. 



Sirelitz, Nov. J. — Ouri'espected 

 grand Duke was in good health 

 during the whole of his tour last 

 sunnner, to Rebburg, Schwal- 

 bach, and Ilildburghausea, and 

 returned amongst us in the s^ne 

 state. Some days after his return 

 he was attacked by an inllamma- 

 tion of the lungs, from which, 

 however, he seemed to have re- 

 co\ered in three days, and was 

 quite well on the 5th of Novem- 

 ber. But on the 6th, about 5 in 



the 



