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Copyright © Pat Newby
December 2004

MISCELLANEOUS.

At our Corn Market, on Saturday last, Wheat was sold at 43s. Beans 18s. Oats 16s. and Barley 14s. per coomb.

At our Cattle Market, on Saturday last, there was a plenty of fat beef, most of which was sent to London, at from 9s. 6d. to 10s. per stone, and fat mutton sold at 7½d. per lb. There was a good shew of lean Scots, and sales were effected at about 6s. per stone.

FIRE at CULLEY'S WAREHOUSE.

On Sunday morning last, about one o'clock, the inhabitants of St. Peter's Mancroft parish, and its immediate neighbourhood, were roused from their repose by the dreadful cry of Fire, which it was presently found had broken out in the warehouse of Messrs. R. and S. Culley, in the Upper Market. - Very providentially Mr. Benjamin Culley, of Merkshall, stopped in town on the Saturday night, and was the means of alarming the family in sufficient time to effect their escape. He occupied a room which otherwise would have been empty, and into which the smoke first made its way and awoke him.

Very soon after the warehouse and the adjoining parts of the dwelling-house were in a blaze. Unfortunately there was a large quantity of sugar, upwards of sixty chests of tea, and other articles on the premises, and the column of flame that rose up from them was truly awful.

The tolling of St. Peter's great bell spread wide the tidings of disaster, and before two o'clock several of the city engines and a considerable number of persons had come to the spot: but the supply of water at this time, owing in a great measure to the confusion which prevailed, was extremely scanty, and we regret to say, even the greater part of that was lost through the pipes, which, as well as the engines themselves, were out of repair, and very inefficient.

The furniture of the dwelling-house, and a large quantity of cheese, &c. from the cellar, were removed into the street, and the Guild-hall thrown open for its reception: an unfortunate report, however, having circulated amongst the crowd that there was gunpowder lodged in the cellars, it was sometime before any general assistance was given, either to convey the goods into a place of safety, or to supply the engines. - About three o'clock, Capt. Cockburne and Lieut. Day arrived with the detachment of Artillery-men, bringing with them the engine belonging to the horse-barracks.

The conflagration had then assumed a tremendous aspect; it had reached the shop and dwelling-rooms above; the warehouse was now burnt down to the ground, which entending far backward communicated with Miss Weston's house. - At this critical juncture, Mr. Alderman Cole, aided by Messrs. Black, R. Boardman, Geo. Barker, and several others, succeeded, through great personal exertions, in getting an engine into the garden of the last-mentioned house, through which the pipes were carried to the point of communication, and a constant stream of water poured upon the flames whenever they caught, as they repeatedly did, the cornish of the roof.

By these well-timed and judicious measures, Miss Weston's house was happily saved from destruction, in which the connected range of building occupied by Mr. Priest, as a laboratory, must inevitably have shared. Such, indeed, was the fatal appearance of things, previous to this period, that the inhabitants of the houses next the corner of St. Giles'-street, were employed in removing their furniture and valuables, and all around was distress and consternation.

In the mean while, the meritorious endeavours of many respectable individuals to form the people in double lines, for the purpose of handing buckets, had at length been attended with success, ...

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BIRTH.

On Saturday last, at the General's house, in Wimpole-street, London, Lady Elizabeth Loftus, of a daughter.

Same day, at Walsingham, in this county, the Lady of the Rev. James Lee Warner, of a daughter.

MARRIED.

In the East Indies, Capt. James Ives, of the 14th regt. of Native Infantry, on the Madras Establishment, and son of the late Chapman Ives, Esq. of Coltishall, in this county, to Miss Wilhelmina Lorton.

On the 7th inst. Mr. Philip Browne, of Sporle, to Miss Sarah Anne Seppings, youngest daughter of Mr. Seppings, of Swafield.

Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Thomas Chamberlain, of Kempstone, to Miss Vincent, of Yaxham.

Sunday last, at St. Ann's, Blackfriar's, Mr. Jas. Orton to Miss Jane Forster, of Lynn.

Monday last, Mr. Granville Crabtree, of Witton, to Miss Muskett, of Yelverton.

Same day, Mr. H. Jackson, of Haverhill, Suffolk, to Miss Middleton, of East Dereham.

DIED.

Thursday evening, the 14th inst. in the 76th year of his age, at his seat at Euston, in Suffolk, His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Governor of the ports in Cornwall and Devon, Receiver General of the Profits of the Seals in the King's Bench and Common Pleas, and of the Prisage of Wines, &c. His Grace was also Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and Recorder of Thetford and Coventry. - The Duke was appointed Prime Minister in July 1766, in the room of the Marquis of Rockingham, and his administration was succeeded by that of Lord North's, in January 1770. His Grace was a steady friend to religious toleration, and as a husband, parent, and landlord, cannot be too highly extolled.

Lately, in the West Indies, John Rix Birch, Esq. formerly of Wingfield, in Suffolk.

On the 13th instant, Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Law Simms, of Brancaster.

A few days since, in the 20th year of her age, Miss Porson, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Porson.

Yesterday se'nnight, at Roydon, near Diss, in the 110th year of his age, Mr. John Bailey, formerly a farmer at Shelfanger, in this county.

Saturday last, after a long affliction, Mrs. Newstead, wife of Mr. John Newstead, of the Queen's Head Inn, Acle, in this county.

Sunday last, aged 62, Mr. John Curchin, bricklayer, in St. John's, Maddermarket.

Wednesday last, aged 74, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Ralph Coulson, in St. George's Colgate: her charity will long be remembered by the poor in different parts of this city.

Same day, aged 61, Mrs. Hubbard, wife of Mr. Hubbard, cabinet-maker, in St. John's Maddermarket.

[ Mrs. Sarah Bowles, who died a short time since at Lynn, was not the relict of the late Mr. Henry Bowles, of the Norwich Theatre, as was stated in this paper last week, but of Mr. Robt. Bowles, who, many years ago, was the principal singer in the Norwich Theatre, and who afterwards settled at Lynn as a watch-maker. The Widow of Mr. Henry Bowles is now living with her son at Yarmouth. ]