chimneys blown down; but no lives were loft. A ftack of hay (about 40 tons) on the Tarvin road was blown over, and nearly all loft; the vanes on the top of St. John's and Bride's churches are bent like bows, and rendered ufelefs; and the streets are ftrewed with flates, bricks, &c. The wind was nearly Weft; confequently, the damage to the shipping in the river, on the coat of Wales, Hoylake, and the Channel, muft, we fear, be very great.-In the town and neighbourhood of Sheffield many houses were unroofed, chimneys blown down, windows wrenched from their fituations, many old cottages totally demolished, trees torn up by the roots, and hay-ftacks fcattered about. The place wears the appearance of a town clofely befieged, and for the whole of the day was nearly as still and filent as at midnight. Among the most conspicuous buildings that have foffered is the Tontine Inn, the leads of which were early in the day torn from the roof, and lie ditperfed in the adjoining Streets. After the wind was fomewhat abated, it still roared hideously, accompanied with intervening storms of rain and fnow.-At Doncafter, the hurricane blowing from the W. N. W. did confiderable damage. The roofs of feveral houfes were stripped, chimneys blown down, and two large trees in Marchgate blown up. It blew fo violent, that many perfons patfing abong the ftreets were thrown down, and much hurt, A barn of Mr. Jackson's, of Reffington, was blown down.-At Thorne, in Yorkshire, a chimney, near 8 feet high, was blown down, and knocked in part of the house of the Red Lion Inn, kept by Mrs. Beftow; by which accident one feryant-maid was much bruifed, and one killed on the fpot; who was dug out of the ruins in a dreadful ftate, not having a whole bone in her body.-At Drayton, a barn belonging to Mr. Rix was blown down. There were three men working in it at the time; two of them, alarmed by the cracking of the building, had time to run out, and the third efcaped by throwing bimtelf under the wall to the windward fide: the ruins fell over him; but, though in a degree buried beneath them, he did not fuitain any injury At Shrewsbury many houses were unroofed, and the streets covered with tiles, bricks, &c.; but providentially no perfon was hurt.-At Norwich the streets were frewed with the fragments of chimneys, roofs, &c. and in the neighbourhood feveral large trees were blown down; and a pear-tree, belonging to Mr. Gurney, in Magdalen-ftreet, was torn to atoms. Other damage was done to the amount of 1ocol.-At Lowestoft, the brig Thomas, from Sields for Ramfgate, was driven on the Homefand, and wholly loft, with the mafter and cook the reit of the crew were faved. At the Cockle Sand, a

fhip, from Oporto for Newcaffle with wine, was wrecked, and part of the cargo loft.-At Horfiead, a large tree was torn up by the roo's, and, falling on an old woman named Hobbs, killed her instantly.— At Sudbury and its neighbourhood several. houfes were unroofed by the wind, and feveral chimneys blown down. A mi at Ballingdon was nearly broken to pieces.At Stamford, a windmill, and feverat ftacks of corn and hay, and innumerable chimneys, were blown down. The chapel windows at Burghley were blown in, and leveral large trees were blown down.

At Hall the storm continued, without intermiffion, till about noon, when it rather abited, but blew violently at intervals till a late hour in the evening. The damage it has done to the buildings, &c. in many parts of the town, is confiderable. The gable end of the Diffenting chapel in Hope- ftreet is blown in, and a great part of the roof tripped off; feveral houses in Parliament-freet, and other parts of the town, experienced a fimilar fate. The ftreets were in most places literally covered with chimney-pots, tiles, and bricks, which had been torn from the adjacent houfes." The appearance on the fide of the river was tremendous. From the extreme violence of the wind, the Humber appeared like a field of fmoke. A fmall floop, belonging to Mr. Jofeph Howard, of this place, unloaded, funk oppofite the garri fon; fortunately, none of the crew were on-board, and the velfel has been got up, with little damage. A brig was driven afhore between this place and Paul, but has fince been got off. A floop was funk off Hale, and two out of three of the crew drowned; the third reached the shore with the greatest dithculty. Of the crew of anothe floop in great diftrefs, off that place, one perished upon deck by the cold; another was drowned, and the third was, by great exertion, got on fhore and carried to Heffle. At Holybead, the gale commenced from the Weitward, accompanied by a very heavy fea. Next morning a floop was driven on thore; but fortunately one life only loft. In the afternoon the Sachem of Portland, a large American fhip, bound to Dublin, and laden with a valuable cargo of tobacco, was driven on this coatt, and anchored off a reef of rocks, with a signal of diftrefs flying. At half-pait four the parted, and itruck on the rocks, the fea making a fair breach over her: fhe, however, get over, but drifted to leeward into the harbour, and ag in truck on another reef, cxhibiting a moft melancholy fight, having cut away her main and fore-mit; nor for many hours was there a hope of faving a life from on-board her. A liberal fubfcription of 40 guineas, by gentlemen detained there on their paffage to Ireland, induced fix brave fellows to attempt to get

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on-board; which they effected, and, in fpite of a molt tremendous fea, faved, by feveral excurfions, the whole crew. The repeated and perfonal exertions of Captain Skinner, of the Leicefer Packet, who, alone of the gen·lemen of his profeßion, remained with 1ghts on the rocks dung the night, and took every requifite and humane precaution, contributed much to deliver them from this dreadful fituation; which appeared, to a crowd of spectators on the rocks, totally hopelets. The thip is bilged, and will fhortly go to pieces. Two other veffels are driven on fhore in

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the neighbourhood.—At Liverpool, between I and 2 in the morning, a oft dreadful form of wind arofe from the Weftward, and continued with equal or increased violence till 3 in the afternoon, in which many floops, fome laden, others in b.liaft, were funk at their anchors between the Old Dock Quay and the Fort; boats beaten to pieces on the beach, as well as larger craft. The floop Peggy, of Greenock, Captain M'Lean, laden with provifions from Cork, was driven on thore near the Half-mile houfe, where the went on her beam-ends, and foon filled with water: the crew, fix in number, with a gentleman and fix foldiers, paffengers, and the pilot, lafhed themselves to the maft and rigging, and remained there a confiderable time, not so yards from the shore, in fight of many fpectators, who, in vain, attempted relief, but were unable to afford aay, from the violence of the storm, and tremendous furge of the sea; and, melancholy to relate, the pilot, pallengers, and crew, were all unfortunately drowned, except one, who was washed on fhore nearly exhaufted, but was happily recovered. flowed near fix feet higher than mentioned in the tide-table. The river and all along the Cheshire coatt prefented a melancholy fcene. Dead bodies thrown up-pieces of wreck floating here and there! Horror was depicted in every countenance-each perfon afraid either to go out in the street, for fear of being killed by the falling of bricks, flates, ridgings, &c. and equally apprehenfive of his life, by conftant ex;cétation of his houte falling down over him. The devastation is beyond defcription; fcarcely any houfes but retain fome marks of its unprecedented fury. 15 new-built mall houits in Chiflenholme freet, and others in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall-rozd, were levelied to the ground; the roof of a gentle man's houte in Bold-treet was beat in, by the itack of chimneys falling, which broke through the roof and Roors down to the tea-room. Another house in Price's street fuffered the like difafter, in which a woman, in the latt tage of pregnancy, was killed by the ruins, whilft in bed with her Lufband and two children: the later, however, escaped with fome contufions. gentleman in Ranelagh-ftreet had not quitted his bed many minutes before it

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was completely covered by the chimneys; which falling, penetrated through the roof: but the most wonderful mark of prefervation was, that of a gentleman in his bed at Everton, who, by the falling of the chimneys, was entirely overwhelmed by them; but, as if by the fpecial care of Providence, two of the large coping stones from the chimney fell in such a manner as to form a kind of arch over his head, and thereby preferved his life: a contufion and feveral bruifes were the unavoidable confequence; but, we are happy to say, that he is in a fair way of recovery, though the weight of the rubbifh was fo great as to break the bed-stocks on which he by," and to force a paffage through the floor into the room below. The houses in B dford-street, Harrington, Edge hill, Lowhill, and Everton, and their neighbourhoods, have fuffered feverely in their roofs and windows, many of them being completely uncovered, and the garden-walls levelled with the ground. Indeed, there is fcarcely any part of the town that has efcaped its fury: the fame, we learn, has been the cafe in all the neighbouring townfhips. In Halewood many trees torn up by the roots, and barns thrown down or uncovered; in Simond/word, a new-built brick houfe, and niany other houses, barns, and fuppons, thrown down and completely defroyed; in Down Holland the bike difafter took place, as well as at Crosby; and the venerable church of Sefton, that has food upwards of toco years, has loft about five feet of its fpire, with the weather vane, which is blown down on the body of the building.-At Ereds the damage confiderable: chinneys, roofs of houses, and even houses themselves in fome parts, did not outitand its fury. At the entrance into the town of Wakefield, a large barn was rafed to the ground; the garden walls, and feveral of the largest trees at Seacrofthoufe, the refidence of Charles Clapham, efq. the newly-erected windmill upon Yeadon Moor, a dwelling-houfe near Hunflet turnpike, and two at Beefton, met a fimilar fate. Within two miles of Halifax, the York and Leeds Mail-coach was blown over and broken to pieces.-At Birmingham and its neighbourhood it blew quite a hurricane for 12 hours inceffantly. Chimneys were blown down, houfes in part unroofed, ricks of hay and corn nearly difperfed, and trees blown down and torn up by the roots all over the country. A maid-fervant in a gentleman's house at Handfworth was dreadfully bruifed by the falling of a chimney, which broke through the roof into the kitchen.-At Manchester the hurricane was tremendous in its fury, and niere fevere than any thing of the kind remembered here. It began about 12 at night, and continned unremittingly till 7 the next evening, when its rigour abated. Much wamage has been don, udfore lives

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Vol. LXXI. p. 1210, 1. 40. Mr. Payne is now 22 years of age, and when he arrives at 25 will come into poffeffion of 10,0col. per annum. He is the youngest fon of René Payne, efq. formerly an eminent banker, who, by his will, devifed, in a fingular manner, the chief part of his fortune to the youngest of three fons, and, in default of iffue, to his eldeft, and, lastly, to his fecond fon.

P.1216. Mr. Jewkes, formerly of Fishftreet-hill, ftationer and pocket-book-maker, was a character well known in most parts of England. In 1774 he married a niece of Mr. Wm. Calvert, coal-merchant, of White-friers-dock, who furvives him.

14. In Dean-treet, Soho, the lady of Sir Edward Knatchbull, bart. a fon and heir. The wife of J. M. Raikes, efq. a daugh 15. In Lower Seymour-street, the wife of Thomas Parry Jones, efq. a fon.

18. In Grosvenor-place, the wife of Richard-Henry Cox, efq. a daughter. In George-street, Hanover-fquare, the wife of J. Calcraft, efq. a daughter.

In Welbeck-ftreet, Cavendish-square, the wife of Keith Jopp, efq. a son.

19. Lady A. M. Cotton, daughter of the Duchefs of Newcastle, a fon and heir.

20. In Albemarle-street, the wife of Jn. Scott Waring, efq. a ftill-born daughter.

21. The wife of William Bell, efq. of Norfolk-ftreet, a daughter.

In Bedford-fquare, the wife of Peter Pole, efq a fon.

22. At Ongar, Effex, the wife of the Rev. Charles Edridge, a daughter.

23 The wife of John Richards, efq. of Red Lion-fquare, a daughter.

MARRIAGES. 1801. T Madras,

Kilnwick-ferry, a fon.

In Portland-place, the wife of Charles White, efq. a still-born child.

Jan. 1. Mrs. Pittman, of Howland-ftr. Fitzroy-fquare, a fon.

The wife of J. Bond, esq. of Grange, Dorset, a fon.

2. The wife of the Rev. John Clutton, M. A. prebendary of Hereford, a fon.

At Haughley park, Suffolk, the wife of George Jerningham, efq. a fon and heir, Mrs. Nelfon, of Somerfet-place, a dau. At Edinburgh, the wife of Thomas Ramfay, efq. a fon.

3. In Upper Grosvenor-ftreet, the lady of the Hon. George Villiers, a daughter.

5. At Silver-hill barracks, Suffex, the wife of Major Cragie Halket, a daughter. 6. At Harewood-house, co. York, the Hon. Mrs. York, a fon.

In Upper Guildford-ftreet, the wife of Thomas Plumer, efq. a daughter.

7. In Sackville-fireet, Dublin, the wife of Lieut.-col. Vaffall, of the 48th ft. a dau. II. At Winchmore-hill, the wife of Capt. Cruden, a daughter.

12. The lady of the Hon. and Rev. Pierce Meade (brother of the Earl of ClanwilHam), youngest daughter of the Bishop of Dromore, a fon.

In Upper Berkeley-ftreet, the wife of James Tilfon, efq. a daughter.

The Hon. Mrs. Barnton, jun. a fon. In Charles-street, the wife of Robert Beacher, efq. a daughter.

13. In Wimpole-street, the Hon. Mrs. Douglas, a fon.

At his father's house in Little Argyle-str. the wife of the Rev. W. J. Jolliffe, a fon. The wife of Capt. Philip Code, her feventh fon.

Thomas H. D.D. canon-refidentiary of Chichester, and canon of Windfor, to Mifs Catharine Thomas, dan. of the late Alderm. T.

Dec. 16. Mr. Sawyer, veftry-clerk of Enfield, to Mifs Clayton.

1802. Jan... At Stock, in Effex, Thomas White, efq. of Duke-street, Westminfter, to Mifs Charlotte Richardfon, of Stockhoufe; and R. J. J. Lacy, efq. of the royal regiment of artillery, to Mifs Louifa Richardfon, of the fame house.

Jan. I. At Bury, Lieut. Hands, of the Leicestershire militia, to the only daugh. of Tho. Moyle, efq. late of Harlettone, Norf.

2. By fpecial licence, at the house of her grandfather, Thomas Myers, efq. of Parkplace, St. James's, to Lady Mary-Catharine Nevill, grand-daughter of John Robinson, efq. of Wyke-house, Sion-hill.

Mr. Walter Morrison, furgeon and apothecary, eldeft fon of Mr. M. late fchoolmater, of Enfield, to the youngest daugh ter of the late Mr. Winkfield, turgeon and apothecary, of Market-ftreet, Herts.

4. Mr. Bowle, of Mortimer-treet, Cavendifh-fquare, one of the members of the Royal College of Surgeons, to Mifs Maitland, of Bath.

At Kirrouchtree, Lieut.-col. John Shaw Maxwell, of the 23d light dragoons, fecond fon of Sir Wm. M. bart. of Springkell, to Mifs Heron, only daughter of Patrick H. cfq. of Heron, M. P. for Kirkcudbright.

5. At Paris, Citizen Louis Bonaparte, brother of the Firit Conful of France, to Mademoiselle Beauharnois, daughter of Madame Bonaparte.

Mr. George Johnfon, fen. of Ripley, Surrey, to the widow of the late Mr. William Stone, of Grove-heath, near Ripley. 6. Thomas