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quake in Jersey and Guernsey, and 3oth, at Poole. 

 August 14. Much damage done at St. Peter's Church, 

 Cornwall, by a storm of thunder and lightning. In 

 many parts of England riots occurred from the dearness 

 of provisions, though a quartern loaf was sold at l\d. 

 October 15. A hurricane at Oxford (Boyle). 

 1774 Wheat, 52J-. &/. per qr. (Official Returns). 



January and February were remarkable for great melt- 

 ing snows, and vast gluts of rain. Rainy weather with 

 some sunshine all through the summer (G. White). 



A famine (Rogers). 



March. Sudden rise of springs and floods at Imber, 

 and other villages on Salisbury Plain (Hoare). 



A comet, August i5th (Townsend). 



Hot summer (Penny Magazine). 



Height of flood in Thames, at Clifton Hampden, 

 8ft. i in. (/ C. C.). 



Bullocks, ;6 each; sheep, 125-.; lambs, Ss. ; turkeys, 

 $s. 6d. ; geese, 2s. 6d. ; chickens, ()d. ; pigeons, 2d. each ; 

 pork, 3^. per Ib. (A. Y. R.). 



March 20. The low lands at Chelsea and Battersea 

 were overflowed in consequence of the heavy rains. 



November 25. Between Yarmouth and Leith, more 

 than forty ships driven on shore in a storm. 



December 5. A storm occurred in London, which 

 lasted three days, doing great damage to the shipping in 

 the river. 



In Smithfield Market this year were sold 94,000 head 

 of cattle and 800,000 sheep (Boyle). 



Frost and rain to the end of the first fortnight in 

 March ; thence, to the end of the month, dry weather. 

 To the 1 5th April, showers ; thence to the end of April, 

 fine spring days. During May, showers and sunshine in 

 about an equal proportion. Dark, rainy weather to the 

 end of the third week in July ; thence, to August 24th, 

 sultry, with occasional showers and thunder. To the end 



