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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
' LONDON , August 1 st , 1793 , THE number of houses in the city of Dublin by an actual survey in 1788 , amounted to 14 , 327 ; and notwithstanding the prodigious increase of buildings in that capital for the last five years , it may not be thought too great an augmentation to state them now at 16 , 000 inhabited houses , which at nine to a house , will contain 1 44 , 000 souls . PARIS . Statement of the prisoners , -who were confined in the different prisons on the 1 st of Jul
y . Conciergerie , 294;—Grande Force , 329 ; 67 of whom belong to the Military . —Petit Force , 142;—Abbaye , 78 ; 13 of whom are Military men , and five hostages ;—Bicetre , 232 ;—Salpetriere , 66 ;—Chambre d'Arret ' de la Marine , 54;—Total 1417 . His Majesty has been pleased to settle a pension of 661 . per annum , on the eight children of the late Mr . Flint , the Messenger , who was unfortunatel y iilJed abroad by the overturning of a post-chaiselikewise 661 annum
; . per , on Mrs . Flint his widow . Brighton , August S . Yesterday morning between six and seven o'clock the atmosphere became suddenly uncommonly dark , and a most tremendous storm of lhunder and lightning succeeded , accompanied with torrents of rain : the storm lasted rather more than half an hour , and then it cleared up—during its continuance a most extraordinary circumstance happened ; the tide which was coming an suddenly went back above a hundred yards , and in a few minutes returned
again ; it ebbed and flowed in that manner six or seven times in the course of half an hour ; the oldest inhabitants here declare they never saw any thing like it before ; there are various conjectures about the cause of this phenomenon , the most probable one is that it was the effect of an earthquake in the opposite shores . Ifszoich , August 7 . About seven o ' clock this evening a ball of fire fell upon , a house at Felixsron , near twelve miles from hence , belonging to Mr . Chandler , divided into two tenements and
occupied by Jonathan Cook and Ellen Punt , both labourers , which being a thatched roof was soon in flames , and totally destroyed , together with all their furniture . Punt and his wife were at supper by lhe fire-side at the time . The ball entered the house of the chimney , melted some part of the fire-irons that stood in its way ; struck the poor man on one side , burnt his arm in a most shocking manner , and made several holes in his stockings . His wife received ' no hurt . The roof of that part of the house belonginglo Punt was blown off and falling upon that belonging to it set it on fire .
HORRID EXECUTION AT PARIS . Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Paris , giving an account of the execution of twelve persons in that city , for having supplied their relations , the Emigrants , with small sums . vf money . " There was not a breast unaffected by the execution here of the twelve victims to Revolutionary Tyranny . The heroism with which they met their death , furnished some comfort . I was present at the wholeAll these unfortunate
. people answered the interrogations with the same tranquility as if they had been engaged in common conversation . The whole of their deportment was noble . The women ( three of the twelve ) were dressed with neatness , taste and simplicity . The youngest of them quite a beauty . A number of persons went to the Tribunal to observe their behaviour , and they returned from thence with their hearts oppressed , to think of the fate which awaited ihese unfortunate persons . .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
' LONDON , August 1 st , 1793 , THE number of houses in the city of Dublin by an actual survey in 1788 , amounted to 14 , 327 ; and notwithstanding the prodigious increase of buildings in that capital for the last five years , it may not be thought too great an augmentation to state them now at 16 , 000 inhabited houses , which at nine to a house , will contain 1 44 , 000 souls . PARIS . Statement of the prisoners , -who were confined in the different prisons on the 1 st of Jul
y . Conciergerie , 294;—Grande Force , 329 ; 67 of whom belong to the Military . —Petit Force , 142;—Abbaye , 78 ; 13 of whom are Military men , and five hostages ;—Bicetre , 232 ;—Salpetriere , 66 ;—Chambre d'Arret ' de la Marine , 54;—Total 1417 . His Majesty has been pleased to settle a pension of 661 . per annum , on the eight children of the late Mr . Flint , the Messenger , who was unfortunatel y iilJed abroad by the overturning of a post-chaiselikewise 661 annum
; . per , on Mrs . Flint his widow . Brighton , August S . Yesterday morning between six and seven o'clock the atmosphere became suddenly uncommonly dark , and a most tremendous storm of lhunder and lightning succeeded , accompanied with torrents of rain : the storm lasted rather more than half an hour , and then it cleared up—during its continuance a most extraordinary circumstance happened ; the tide which was coming an suddenly went back above a hundred yards , and in a few minutes returned
again ; it ebbed and flowed in that manner six or seven times in the course of half an hour ; the oldest inhabitants here declare they never saw any thing like it before ; there are various conjectures about the cause of this phenomenon , the most probable one is that it was the effect of an earthquake in the opposite shores . Ifszoich , August 7 . About seven o ' clock this evening a ball of fire fell upon , a house at Felixsron , near twelve miles from hence , belonging to Mr . Chandler , divided into two tenements and
occupied by Jonathan Cook and Ellen Punt , both labourers , which being a thatched roof was soon in flames , and totally destroyed , together with all their furniture . Punt and his wife were at supper by lhe fire-side at the time . The ball entered the house of the chimney , melted some part of the fire-irons that stood in its way ; struck the poor man on one side , burnt his arm in a most shocking manner , and made several holes in his stockings . His wife received ' no hurt . The roof of that part of the house belonginglo Punt was blown off and falling upon that belonging to it set it on fire .
HORRID EXECUTION AT PARIS . Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Paris , giving an account of the execution of twelve persons in that city , for having supplied their relations , the Emigrants , with small sums . vf money . " There was not a breast unaffected by the execution here of the twelve victims to Revolutionary Tyranny . The heroism with which they met their death , furnished some comfort . I was present at the wholeAll these unfortunate
. people answered the interrogations with the same tranquility as if they had been engaged in common conversation . The whole of their deportment was noble . The women ( three of the twelve ) were dressed with neatness , taste and simplicity . The youngest of them quite a beauty . A number of persons went to the Tribunal to observe their behaviour , and they returned from thence with their hearts oppressed , to think of the fate which awaited ihese unfortunate persons . .