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tower of Camborne-church fell 

 through the roof, and has greatly 

 damaged it. The roof of a large 

 barn between Penryn and Truro was 

 lifted whole and thrown upon the 

 turnpike road at several yards dis- 

 tance, which for a considerable time 

 prevented the passing of the mail- 

 coach. A very great number of 

 trees have been blown down at Car- 

 clew, Tregothan, &c. On the 

 south-western part of the coast the 

 storm was dreadful. Our channel 

 fleet has suffered considerably. The 

 following ships came into Plymouth 

 with the loss of masts, yards, or 

 othrr damage : the Dreadnought of 

 <J8 guns, the Neptune of 98, the 

 Terrible of 74, the Plantagenet of 

 74. Our little squadron has also 

 been driven in from off Boulogne, 

 but without damage. A preterna- 

 tural ebbing and flowing of the tide 

 happened at the same time at Fal- 

 mouth and Plymouth. A tremen- 

 dous gale came on at Hull from the 

 south-east. Two sloops were sunk 

 in the Humber, at the south end, 

 and another oft' the Long .Tclty. 

 During the night, a considerable 

 part of a house, building in Os- 

 bournc-street, fell down; and some 

 other buildings in and about that 

 town have received trifling damage. 

 At Scarborough the weather was 

 uucommonly tempestuous. Five 

 sail of ships were sunk there close 

 to the harbour, all laden with coals; 

 but happily no lives were lost. — 

 Great n|imbcrs of dead bodies, how- 

 ever, continue daily to be thrown 

 on shore by the waves along the 

 whole coast. At Brighton, the wind 

 blowing briskly from the south- 

 west, the tide, though at neap, 

 flowed as high, and more complete- 

 ly inundated the strand there, than 

 is altogether usual when at full 



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A large fragment of the 

 cliff, to the east of the half-finished 

 crescent, undermined by the water, 

 fell in, and was partly washed away 

 in the course of the night, leaving 

 a chasm in the road which leads to 

 Rottingdean, dangerous to pass, and 

 frightful to behold. At Birming- 

 ham, and in the neighbourhood, 

 considerable damage was done ; at 

 Eagebaston, Hamjistead, and other 

 places, several large trees were torn 

 up by the roots. V ery great injury 

 was done to the roofs of several 

 houses and other buildings in Glou- 

 cester and neighbourhood ; and in 

 various parts of the country, treei 

 have been torn up by the roots, out- 

 houses unroofed, and a variety of 

 other losses. At Worcester, a stack 

 of chimneys falling on the roof of a 

 house occupied by Mr. Harris, at- 

 torney, in Edgar-street, great part 

 of the roof M'as forced into one of 

 the upper rooms, where the nurse- 

 ry-maid was in bed, with two chil- 

 dren under her care, and who was 

 instantly killed, by a beam falling 

 upon her neck ; but the children 

 were providentially taken out of the 

 ruins, without any material injury. 

 At Stapleton, near Bristol, a great 

 part of the wall of the French pri- 

 son was blown down ; in conse- 

 quence of which, one of the loyal 

 Bristol light horse was sent off ex- 

 press to that city ; and such was 

 the expedition of the courier, that 

 a reinforcement to the guard of 50 

 men arrived at the prison in the 

 short space of three or four hours. 

 — The orchards have sustained, 

 throughout the cyder counties, the 

 most material damage, and the mis- 

 chief universally done is incalcula- 

 ble ! 



24th. In the court of king's bench, 

 Mr. Erskiiie moved for a writ of rer- 



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