historical chronicle. 



had done, and also for the ex- 

 pences of procefs. 



Enormous increase of West 

 India property. — Mr Baillie of 

 Bedford-square lately purchas- 

 ed an estate in Grenada for 

 L. 100,000, which, by the in- 

 crease of the price of sugars, 

 netts L. 10,000 /ier<7««a/w. An 

 adjoining estate of bir James 

 Johnstone's, which lately only 

 produced seven, now netts ele- 

 ven thousand, and is daily in- 

 creasing in value. 



Mr Beckford's estate In Ja- 

 maica this year netts 2200 

 hogtheads of sugar, and from 

 the high price which that ar- 

 ticle bears, his revenue may be 

 estimated at 82,0001. Theseaie 

 the consequences of monopoly. 



The prime cost of sugars ai 

 Jamaica is now 60s. the hun- 

 dred weight ; — a price which 

 was never before known. 



On Saturday last, a young 

 man of about »6 years of age, 

 the only support of an aged 

 father and mother, while en- 

 deavouring to clear the snow 

 off a window in the roof of 

 Mefsrs Fulton's cotton work at 

 Lochwinoch, fell to the ground, 

 and was unfortunately killed. 

 Mefsrs Fulton, in order to 

 prt-vent the old people from 

 becoming a burden on the pa- 

 r;lh, have generously made a 

 provision for them equivalent 

 to what the son earned in their 

 ftrvice. 



The enemies to the sluve 

 trade are, enco\jrajj»d in thcii 



exertions by an advertisement 

 anouncing the sale of what are 

 termed free sugars, — that is, 

 sugars imported raw from the 

 East Indies, and refined here, 

 being entirely the produce of 

 the labour of free ihen. 



Last Sunday Dec. 25. be- 

 tween six and seven in the eve- 

 ning, there was a great storm 

 of thunder at Greenock j the 

 tlaihes of ligktning were very 

 vivid ; two of the peals of 

 thunder seemed to be very near 

 the town : Some sailors on 

 Doard the Minerva, at the tail 

 of the bank, were stunned lay 

 the lightning, but soon reco- 

 vered. 



A duel was fought at 

 Ramsgate, Yorklhire, between 

 John Watson, of Nenagh, in 

 Ireland, and C. H. Fox, iLsqrs^ 

 the latter of London j when, 

 after exchanging one Ihot each, 

 Mr Fox received a ball under 

 his right breast, in consequence 

 of which he died since in Lon- 

 don, where he was removed by 

 liis own desire the day after. 



The Pitt iVlanning, bound 

 to Botany Bay, with convicts, 

 lost, in her voyage to Port 

 Praya, only eight males and 

 three children. 



Dec. ^o. died at bis house 

 in I'hrogmorton street, Mr 

 John Lliis, at the very advan- 

 ced age of ninety-six. He, a 

 few days ago, resigned the of- 

 fice of deputy of Broad street 

 Ward, owing to inlirmity oi,* 

 body. He has been a mcinbe/ 



