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eloven asunder, and robbed of the 
above sum. 
Plymouth. This evening about 
five o’clock a dreadful fire broke 
outin asail- loft, inSouthside-street, 
belonging to Mr. Douglas, sail- 
maker; in a few minutes the 
whole building was in flames ; 
every exertion was made to check 
its progress, but the lofts were filled 
with such inflammable substance 
as rendered every effort ineffec- 
tual. Inaddition to the sail-cloth, 
rope, &c, belonging to Mr. Dou- 
glas, the lofts of the same pre- 
mises were filled with a valuable 
cargo of bale goods, landed out of 
a Danish ship that was then under 
repair, to which the fire soon‘com- 
municated, and the conflagration 
became terrible indeed ; the flames 
presently extended to the houses 
on each side Mr. Douglas’s, and, 
they being occupied by people of 
the same profession, their lofts 
were also filled with the like in- 
flammable articles,.so that the fire 
became extremely alarming, and 
threatened destruction to the whole 
neighbourhood ; it continved burn- 
ing six hours, with incredible fury, 
when, by the great exertions of the 
inhabitants and the military, with 
the assistance of the dock-yard and 
hospital engines, it was fortunately 
prevented trom spreading farther, 
but the three houses were entirely 
consumed: the loss, is supposed to 
amount to 15,o00l.. Many of the 
unfortunate sufferers are uninsured, 
and subscriptions are now open for 
their relief. It is a providential 
circumstance, that the-tide was 
flood at the time, or the fire 
would have communicated to the 
shipping in the pool, and probably 
jn that case half the town would 
have been destroyed. 
ANNUAL. REGISTER, 1795. 
Aa This day a man who had 
* the appearance of a labourer, 
was found strangled in a field near 
Camberwell, Surrey. It appeared 
that he had stolen a sheep, the hind 
legs of which he had tied together, 
and put them: over his forehead, 
in order to carry it away; but it is 
thought, that in getting over the 
gate the sheep struggled, and by a 
sudden spring slipped his feet down 
to his throat, for in that posture 
they were found, the animal hang- 
ing on one side of the gate, and the 
dead man on the other. 
“ The annual ele¢tions for the 
3 ‘city senate have terminated 
with much fewer changes than 
might have been expeéted from the 
unusual exertions that were made. 
The average number of new snem 
bers, in the most quiet times, 
amounts, from deaths and volun- 
tary resignations, to eighteen: on 
the present occasion there are but 
twenty-two. In the majority of 
the wards, all the old members are 
returned ; in others a.single mem- 
ber is removed, cither of one party 
or the other, as local circumstances 
have happened. The strongest 
contest has been in the wards 
of Cheap and Farringdon With. 
out. In Cheap, eight new candi. 
dates appeared, all on the side of 
Government ; and three were suc- 
cessful. In Farringdon, on the 
contrary, were six new ones on the 
side of opposition; who so far car- 
ried their point, as to intrdduce 
two of their champions, but were 
disappointed in the main object of. - 
their attempt. 
goth About three o'clock this 
* afternoon, a gentleman was 
hustled, at the door of Will's cof- 
fee-house, in Cornhill, by several 
well dressed pickpockets, and we 
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