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tygC.] HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.
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ClKCULAR Lf.TTBR TO Trt'- LoRDS
Lll UTENANTS NEAR THR C0A8 T.
«* My Lord, yVhiithall, N<n>. 5, 1796-.
As it would matfriaU/ a'dd to the difli-
cnlties whicli ;ilieady oppofa ihc-mftflves to
any aitemi't wliicli it ispoinbie t'^e ene-
my may be induced to mtke u|ioii oitr
coafts, if the live and dead iiock. of imti-
vidunls, rending ne.,r tl)e fca-coalt, was
ca|><ib!e of being iiiQan.'ly removed, and
<'caired fir the benefit of the proprietor^ j
1 p.m commanded to ic.ommend it to your
l.ordtlrp, to exert your influence in cauliog
to be made out, as fpeeilily as poUible, an
actoiinc (.f the live aiid deail ftockj in fucij
«)f tile pariihes of tiie couniy of Sujfex as
are within ten or fvelve miles of the fca.
With refp;.dl to tlis mode of making out
tlic account requiieJ, 1 tai-;e this oppor:^-
rii'y of irai fmitting to your Loid;hip the
foims in which it has beeu executed by
J ti.e voluntary exertipis of the gentlemen
of the county of IJtr/i.v*' and fliall bag 10
fiil>mit for your Lordlliip's conrKlera'.ion and
adoption, unlefs where it may be found iie-
cell'.ry to deviate from it, ui (onfequ«nfie
of lot'l circumftaiices anti lituaiious. With
refpetl to the mode in.wh'ch it is pro-
pofed to remove fiich live and dead ftotk,
in cafe it ihoulJ be necBlfiry, your Lord-
fhi,> will communicate <vich tlie Comman-
der in chief of the dithiiit in which the
i co-,inty of Sullex lies, and will co-ceit
with him fuch previous meafures for this
purpofe as may be judged retjuifiie. . Tiie
meeting whicli 1 h.ve defncd your Lord-
Ihip to call, on the fubj-.-ct of my circular
leitjr v.i tliis day's dat-.-, will atfor.,1 you an
_ opiKirruiiity of fu^mittiiig this letter to the
confulcration of the deputy lieutenai'ts and
m-'girtracy of tlie couniy of Sulfex, and
will conleqnentiy le;\d to flu. immediate
ai'o ition of fuch meafures as fliali be iie-
celfaiy lo enable the return to, be made,
wliich I am i)erfu«d.d vour Lo;diliip- will
be of opinion is fo mncij 10 be wiftied for.
1 am farther t« inform yo^ir LordiJup,
that the Lords ComaiJliin^ers of ihe Trea-
fury have received his Majefty's plcaJiue,
tii:itthey (hould t.ike fucli previous mca-
f.ues as m.y be necelTfry for defray inj
any expences which may aril'e, in conlc-
q,.»ence of fuch polQ.do removal of livj
and dead ftock. as 1 have fuppoftd, as well
as of any particular i.iffes whicii may
eventually be occafunifd tlnreby. Al-
though the circumltincy is Inch as niult
obviate every poliible objedlion to Uie
ateafire, I am, nevei thelcf?,. confident,
that ail tl-.ofe whom it msiy concern would,
cxciufively of every peifonal conJ"id-;rati..a
or notive, jon with the uimo'i alacrity in
the excUifion of a mi-afure which \\»s for
its object the general lufciy of tiie country.
1 have the honour to be, ice. Postlamu."
Gent. Mag, iViwwZ''Y. 1796.
10
NcivctjUe, Nov. 8. This morning', at
4, a fii-c broke out in tlie houfu of Alex-
ander Grati:MTi, f;iiigeibreai!-'iakei,in Hill-
G.ite, G.tKjh.nd, which raged with fuch
fury, that the f ;ir,ily were with fonie dif-
fictilty fuved from the flames, b/ being
taken out of the window in the upper
aory of the houlV. The infiie of the
building was f.iou defticycd, together vvitla
the Itock ot bri.id, flour, funntiire, the
implements of his calling, and even the
cadi and noies: and, what rwnlers the cafe
of tii;S unfoitona'e man fliU more diftielf-
ing, not. one penny vvortii of hs property
was iiifurcd. livery aliutaiic'- in tl.e
po.ver of humanlt/ was readily lent on
this melancholy occaft..n ; parties of tl;e
JSIewcartle vol-.iiiteeis .nid Chslhr;^ railitia
attended ; and ti-.a belt eiccruons of the
different firiJ-ensiiKS wers piiKiired ; but
all was without the defirsd effitfi ; and c!je
wretclicd faiMiy now hji<l tiieiiiieivis dc-
pnvtid 0/ every means.of rni)p->rt.
}Vin(.hcflcr, Nov. 10. This mormnj^, be-
tween 1 and 3, th3 Abbey corn-iti'll, in
this city, oc^up.ed by Mr Thonris Dow-
\w!^, was diicoveifd to be on fu-f. Un-
fortunately, th- liimcs vve;:e ivm ohisrvej
till tiiey were a: luch an alamiinii height
as rendered impoili le every .aiul«;iuour to
fave rii.it brtiloi'g fr..in their f.ry. The
filk-mill.s ailjoimo;-, b(;!onrJn3 to M Ifrs.
Shentou, and tii.c hou:e e r, v.-... t f,ra
,co:ifiderable timi in tii,; .-., .11 ,,,,.!i;iiciiC
danger.) but the: aolivj ..i..J u , I,-,;,, c -led
exertions of the M. n
H"
aided by the mliaiita
refted the f rther p;o-:els ;f d^itrudon,
and, with the laf.ty of thcfi l)ai:dinL;s,
faved perhaps die whole nei^iihouii o .d.
The Univerfuy of Oxford has lutciy
printed, at its owr, cs^ptnc-, to be dltii-
buted grtiiis among ilis French ckrgy
. w!o have takea isf.ige in Grc .: li. icun,
, fa.l ufiit^ Cleri Gallicwii in ^/^itdijs exuLmlU,
-as the title itate*), 2000 lojncs of the
Vulgate of the New Te;t::ment.,
The. Maiqu.s of Buckiniihar, dlilin-
guifbed for his miiuificience towards the
cergy, has likewife cuifed to be printed,
at hii expence, ,ioco copies a: the fame
prelf, and for the fam^ ut; The Uaiver-
. fityiif Oxford has fent its coDies to ths
verier.ble Biflio,> of .St. Pol dc L-.o.i for
diliribution, acc'unp..nied by a 1_-Licr, ana'
logons to the g:;ncrous fcntinltfi.t:. .vhich
dicla'e this ho .ouia'-ls mark of eltecni
fjr the t'rench c'sigy, who ars fully feii-
fible of the value 1)1 t!!e gitc.
DOMESTIC O'JCCJRREXCLS,
The Commiitsc <f tiic Corp:)': ion of
London, appointed to coiirides of the caufcs
of the high piiwc oi flcur, Jcc. me; iigaiu