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walls of the dowager lady Spencer, 
and in and about lord Grimstone’s 
park. 
At Birmingham the hurricane 
was much felt; two women were 
killed by a stack of chimnies fall- 
ing in Lionel-street ; Mr. Barker’s 
garden-wall at Summer-hill, 180 
‘feet long, covered with choice 
peach and ne¢tarine-trees, was en- 
tirely thrown down to its very 
foundation ; and the night corckes 
were greatly impeded and endan- 
gered upon all the roads, by the 
falling of’ trees torn from their 
roots, &c. 
Much damage was also done to 
the shipping at Spithead, and in 
various parts along the coast. 
From Essex we are informed of 
the following particulars of a 
dreadful accident which occurred 
during the above hurricane :—A 
stack of chimnies belonging to the 
house of the Rev..Dr. Walier, arch- 
deacon of that county, at Waltham- 
house, were blown down, and 
forced their way through the roof 
of the house, into the room where 
the doctor was lying; the bricks 
drove a part of the roof with them 
which fell dire@ly upon him as he 
lay, and prevented him from mak- 
ing his escape; nearly a cart load 
of bricks was lying upon him with 
some large beams at one time; 
assistance was procured him as 
soon as. possible, but the do¢tor 
was unable (as we are informed) 
to rise ; he was therefore obliged 
to be moved for the present: a 
surgeon was immediately sent for, 
and the bruises which he had re-. 
ceived were hoped not to be mor- 
tal; he, however, languished till 
Tuesday following, and then, to 
the irreparable loss of his family 
and friends, died. Mrs, Waller 
had, providentially, just before the 
horrid crash, jumped out of bed 
and lefr the room, fearing some- 
thing of the kind might occur, to 
alarm the family. ; 
Yesterday, in consequence 
of a public meeting, inthe 
fields behind Copenhagen house, 
having been called by the London 
Corresponding Society, an immense 
concourse of persons assembled 
there about twelve o’clock. Five 
ros-ra-or tribunes being raised in 
different parts of the fields, Mr. 
A.hley, the secretary, informed the 
multitude, that at each a member of 
the society would offer totheir con. 
sideration three petitions: .1. To 
the king; 2. ‘fo the house* of 
lords; 3: To the house of coms 
mons; which he entreated them 
to hear and receive with a decorum, 
that should refute the misrepre. 
sentations of their enemies, 
At two o’clock the rostra were 
entirely: filled, art less than an 
hundred thousand persons  sur- 
rounded them. ‘lhe petitions. were 
signed, and the multitude dispersed 
with perfect peace and good order, 
isi! This day, there was ameet- 
* ing of the electors of West- 
minster (in pursuance of a public 
notice signea by Mr. Fox) to con- 
sider of a petition to the house of 
commons against the two bills now 
pending in that house, for the bet. 
ter security of his majesty’s person, 
and the suppressing of seditious as- 
semblies.’ The meeting was at- 
tended by the duke of Bedford, Mr, 
Fox, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Sheridan, 
who severally inveighed against the 
bills, as utterly subversive of the 
liberties of the people. . On the 
other ¥ de appeared lords Hood and 
Belgrave, Mr. Jenkinson, &c. The 
‘two former were the only dissenti- 
ents 
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