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about four years: old, at South- 
ampton, was also burnt to death by 
similar negligence. ‘The clothes 
caught fire in the absence of its pa- 
rents, and: the suffering infant ex- 
pied i in great tortures. 
‘17th. A boat: piloting a brig 
intdé the harbour of Little Hampton, 
was'this day upset; by which  acci- 
dent, Mr. Leggat, formerly master 
of the’ vessel, and a. man: named 
Sutton, neither of whomcould swim, 
were unfortunately drowned. A 
third person, who was in the boat 
with them, sayed himself by swim- 
ming. The same day .a vessel was 
lost off Elmer, and all hands perish- 
ed. The crew were seen in the 
shrowds, waving their hats as sig- 
nals of distress; but the sea ran so 
high, and no life-boat to be obtain- 
ed, that the anxious and commise- 
rating spectators of the distressful 
scene could afford them no relief.— 
A vessel was also on the same day 
lost off Rustington, but the crew 
were all saved. 
A short time since, the new stee- 
ple which was building for the Gae- 
lic church at Campbeltown, gave 
way, drove in the roof, and mate- 
rially injured the walls. Luckily, 
no person happened to be near at 
the time. 
Qist. This day, a fire broke out 
on the premises of Mark Dobito, at 
theGreen Dragon inn, at Fordham, 
Cambridgeshire ; which, in a short 
time, consumed the barn, stables, 
and out-houses belonging thereto, 
with a considerable quantity of 
wheat and other grain, and also a 
large quantity of hay. 
24th. This morning, between 
three and four, a poor man em- 
ployed at Mr. Elliot’s brew-house, 
Pimlico, fell into the copper of 
boiling liquor, and was scalded to 
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death before ~he‘could be got out. 
He has left a wife pregnant, and four 
small children. 
25th. Thisday, the high wind 
blew off part of the roof of the 
Truchsessian gallery of pictures, op- 
posite’ Portland-place ; in conse» 
quence of which; the» pictures) have 
been removed until’ the necessary 
repairs can be made.—Several ‘of 
the new buildings. of Hythe bar- 
racks were ‘blowm down; and: in 
different parts of the country houses 
have been unroofed, and trees-torn 
up by the roots. A cutter belong- 
ing to Folkstone foundered at. sea, 
and every personon board perished. 
The beach was covered, for some 
days, with timber of different sorts, 
barrels, staves, &c. As the con- 
gregation was assembling at Mar- 
gate, for divine service, in the parish 
church, a large portion of the tiling 
came down on the sky-lights, and 
drove in upwards of fifty large 
squares of glass; and, though falling 
on the pews where several persons 
were seated, providentially none of 
them were injured thereby. But, 
from the tiles continuing to fall, it 
being dangerous to proceed with the 
service, the congregation was. dis- 
missed. His majesty’s sloop of war, 
La Suffisante, of 16 guns, capt. 
Heathcote, was lost at the entrance 
of Cork harbour. Seven of the 
crew were unfortunately drowned, 
and three killed by the falling of a 
mast. La Suflisante sailed from 
Cove on the preceding day, with 
a number of volunteer seamen and 
soldiers on board for England; and, 
in attempting to return fer shelter, 
she struck upon Spike island, and, 
in a very short time, went to pieces. 
No other material accident hap- 
pened in that direction during the 
late tremendous gale, though the 
Hh2 harbour 
