Star. — London, England, 1820-08-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY, ..:~.. rri.lty next, one of. the grandest Reifies's which, been witnessed in the environs of London for s, :ne time, will take place on Hounslow Heath, by M cs TY. The following Regiments are to as and to be reviewed altogether. The whole v . the Ist and 2d regiments of Life Guards, the 10 Hussars, the 14th regiment of Light Cavalry, t!.: Royal Blues, and the 16th and 19th Lancers; whole forming seven regiments complete. The is to be kept, it is said, by the City Light and Surrey Yeomanry. Yesterday morning, at the early hour of six o'clock, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, attended by the Earl of carat:Aar, inspected the Second Regiment of Life Guards, in the Five-fields, Chelsea: Yesterday his MAJESTY'S Regiment, the 10th Hus sva a grand field-day upon Hounslow Heath, I I; ei ir.i:ory to the grand Review on Friday next.— 'nT whole of the regiment is quartered at Hounslow, i.lewinth, and Twickenham. The 14th Regiment of Light Cavalry are quartered : Kingston-upon-Thames. The Royal Blues, and Stith and 19th Lancers, are at Hounslow and NVindsor barracks. We understand that the Palace duties, and indeed f:e whole routine of duty about the Capital. are in fi•titre to be taken by rotation, from the Royals down wards, or at least in mixed duty with the Guards. ! . i(Airlso ENriruSlASNl.—During one of the en 12a3ements in the late war in Spain, a private soldier; named William Bisket, had his thigh perforated by a musket-bull. With his musket in his hand he quitted the field, the blood flowing from his wound he passed to the rear. He had proceeded about • liundred yards, when, turning round, he bel eld companions supporting the conflict with undi :ukhed ardour. At the sight his bosom was fired .i:i?w ; 1:e returned to the gory field to assist his .:itiftil of f iends against the numerous legions of ri.,•il. enemies. Being asked what motive induced • ,•, :nin his company ?he replied, "To have • at the rascals, Sir, before I leave you." . .wither fired once, and was in the act . : his piece a second time, when another .....traced his arm above the elbow, shattered t.le Lite. and compelled the hero to retire from :la field of honour, deeply regretted by his admiring ct.ur,:ry men. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Be .4 • wits received front Parne on the 12th ult. the Alge-• had captured, off Bona, three Tuscan vessels, with for the barques on the coral fishery ; and had also pele:re, from Tunis. The C7l:Wi were put in irons, and • squadron procireded for Algiers. Th.: Nile and Arid, from Shield-, to America, ran on shore at i air I.le, Orkneys, previous to the 20th ult. but were got off damage, and carried into a snudi harbour in that Isle. ZaINCEV, Jeer 27.-Arriecd, the AlireJ, -, from Jaueii . o in 64 days; she was plundered on the 23th June. Lt. 22. 16. N. long. 38. 42. W. by an Insurgent ;..rmed vessel, . schooner aft and brig-rigged forward, under blue and white ~oloers, of a •stotru-rait, one top-mast ditto, three coils rope, vo bolts caevass, two flags, two hags coffee, one hag sugar, six racks and trig-lines, 41i dollars, two silver watches from the '.Ester and Mate, together with some of their clothes, one com rai' one spy-glass, seven fowls, one hog , and many other articles. TOIIIIAI4, JILT 30.-The Frien . dship, WEEKS, of this port, hou:: , i to Wales, was run foul of by the Paragon, SMITH, by which she lost her mainmast, and received other damage. Fat-norm, Joey 29.-Wind S.-Arrivcd off this port, the ilmanara, Pater., from London for Bengal, for supplies. The !?seedy, which arrived off this port on the .17th host. from Rio, i k ske on the Bth hist. the Lively, Raoots, from Sierra Leone, . nut six weeks; and on the 16th, the American twig London, from Boston for Havre, out 39 days. PLT7IfseTH, Jeer 50.-One of our pilot-boats spoke this morning, off thisvor4 the William and Alfred, from Antigua, well; and the Amazon, ADAMS (late litseniz), from Ja ri;:ica ; sailed the 28th of June : Capt. It. died on the 11th in last 44. 3. long. 43, 20. W.-On the 22d inst. at four its, in lat. 46. 9. N. tong. 20. 34. W. fell in with a wreck (ap -7.lr,ntly American built), of about 120 tons, with her main alast gone four feet above deck, and also her foremast, one an -:!!ur on the gunwale, bowsprit complete, with t affrels and t....u.acLions • her hull was in good condition : no name was dis c,rnible. The Amazon put into Halifax for three days, to pro .re inedicints, ?cc. for the late Captain. Porersarourn, JCLY 31.-Wind E.-Sailed the liebe, Wz r, for New South Wales. Jeer 31.-Wind 5.--Sailed the Ann, GOODWIN, for River. Arrived his .*.iais:sty's ship Sramez, from Jamaica, tat from Portsmouth, and sailed for the River. Remain in the Downs, the Servals, and Diligence Fast India pilot-yacht. Jeer 31.-Wind S.W.-Arrived the Prince of Orange packet, with a Mail from Holland. C.:nom-Hoes; Lowman JULY 31.-Ships Entered Inwards: lbc William and Mary, dom Leghorn.; Triton, from Quebec; hasev, from Sr. Petersburgh; Union, from Quebec; Maria, - ir.l 'Wexford; Singleton, from Stangate Creek; Victory, from ('..:k; Thetis, from Aland; Velatura, from Dantzic ; Flying ish, from Ostend ; Charlotte, from Quebec ; Briton, from Cal- C--ta ; Margaret, from Belfast; Hero, from Pillar; Perseve nnce, from Malaga . ; Cyrus, from St. Petersburgh; Sawyer, ditto; Prosperous, from Ostend; Providence, from Quo te,: ; Ceres, from Memel; Sappho, from Jamaica; and Prince Regent, from Dublin. Entered Outwards:-The Unicorn, for Demerara; and Juttie, for 11.1tavia. Cleared Outwards :-The Doke of Wellington, for Sligo; British Colony, for she Cape of Coed Dope; Ahnwell, for St. Petersburgh ; Marten, for ditto ; D.:ke of Kent for Rotterdam ; Nymph, for Teneriffe; and the . nut, for Sw eden. VESSELS aroma WITH-The Thetis, of and from Hull, for Q.a.bec, out 39 days, off Paul's Island; Pallas, of and horn Li v.rpool, for Malta, on the 21st uh. in lat. 49. 30. long. 8. 30.; J „Alas Cam-, from Liverpool to New York, on the 11th, in lat. 44. 50. long. 46.; and the Thomas Gilbert, Brown, from Li verpool to Mirarnichi, on the 23d, in - lat. 49.49. long 20. 30. Aituver , -At Rio Janeiro, the Azores, Riddell, from Lon dcn and Cork ; Genii, -, from Liverpool; and Chichester ;adeet, .---, from Falmouth. At Bergen, Christina, Strand, f - em Newcastle. At Havre, fly, Sawyer, from London; and challes, Watson, from Newcastle. At Rouen, Adele, -, from Bristol; and Ardent, Davis, from Cardiff. At -Bilboa. Lord Nelson, Caner, from Liverpool. At Cadiz, Caroline, from lcadon. In the Humber, Lively, Cowing, from Galipoli. At "slalta, Alert, Chapman, from Bristol. riLe The workmen are still employed in Westminster Abbey; it is said that the Throne of Inauguration, for the Cormution, will be the old oaken Gothic chair, t —laced upon th e stone f rom t h e a ncient Scottish Pa ace at Scone, according to long-established presump tion. The pulpit is placed at one of the transept :oruers, oruers, about 25 feet from the platform, anddin which vile of the Archbishops, supposed his Grace of YORK, will peach the inauguration sermon. None of the • ~ .tts, the platform. or the pulpit, are yet covered, ‘% hen laid on, will be of fine scarlet cloth, ith appupri ite decorations. But few workmen are r 1w emrloyed, )et the preparations are going on, :.,.)n g h slowly. ‘Vc•dnesday evening, upwards of one hundred y• meu formed themselves into military array, ••• Nest ::itstle, and parat.ed for some time before the 1,2 and in the neigi,bouring streets. They had a !• ci:nsiting of two fifes, playing Scat trka ha'c •• 3 alloce bird. They greeted the soldiers in a the Cdiatie w ith loud cheers. THE Q UEEM Yesterday, at two o'clock, the lieptit.itiOvi front' the Borough of Ilchester, accompankd by Dr..Lusu . ixeroN and Mr. Alderman Woot, waited upon the Queen with at) Address, to which her MAJESTY re turned the followihg gracidus Answer : u I retuto 14 internl thanks to the inhabitants of the Bib rough of Ilehester and its vicinity, for an Address in which so much affection is manifested for my person, so much zeal • for my rights, and so much sympathy for my sufferings. " My late beloved daughter well knew her mother's Injuries; and her noble nature made them her own. Over her untimely end, if I wept se a parent, the whole Nation mourned like an individual. The grief was one and the same in aik Every man felt as if he had lost a friend—and that friend his solace in the passing day, and his hope in the time that Was to - come. " When I call to mind the form of his late Majesty, oppres sed with afflictions, and bending trith age, I ought not, perhaps, to lament over that event which put an end to his sufferings, and made him elchange his earthly crown for a. crown more permanent. But my gratitude will not suffer me to forget that his Mbjesty was my protector in adversity; and my heart, still sorrowing, tells me that that protector is no more. I should, even according to the confession of my accusers, have been guilty of no sin if I had never revisited this country; that was my great transgression, and that has been rendered more inexpiable by this circumstance—that I no sooner came than the affections of the people all circled round their Queen. " If to possess the affections of the people be a proof of guilt, how can I ever shew that lam innocent? Could I prevent, or was I to try to prevent, the stream of popular sympathy from running forcibly in favour of Majesty Insulted, and of integrity reviled? If the Nation could have contemplated the many wrongs I have experienced, and the greater wrongs with which I am threatened, with severe indifference or with sluggish apa thy, it would nut have been composed of men and women ; it would have been constituted of beings wltisout sensibility or in telligence. But the British people are made of better materiali. No nation has more right reason or more good feeling ; and this is a truth of which I tan never be unconscious as long as one particle of life is streaming in my veins." After the Deputation withdrew, her MAJESTY went to North -street, Finsbury-square, to view the School called the Royal Institution, for 1,000 boys and 300 girls, of which the Duke and Duchess of Kort were patrons. The children being generally of poor pa rents, and many of them very indifferently clothed, her MAJESTY has given orders to Miss Woo°, the Treasurer, to clothe the 300 girls with a neat dress, and to continue the same annually. Although no public notice was given of the intended Royal visit, the numbers assembled were immense, and her MA JESTY was received with loud and general greetings. A respectable looking female was unfortunately thrown down among the crowd, and had her leg and thigh broken. She was carried on a shutter to Bartholomew's Hospital. The Gentleman whom her Majesty has engaged to proceed to Italy to collect evidence in her behalf we believe, a Mr. HENRY; and we understand his Majesty's Government have afforded this Gentleman every possible facility for the execution of his mis sion, and have instructed all our Ambassadors and other diplomatic Agents abroad, to render him all the .-usistance he may require. Yesterday two of her MAJESTY'S witnesses arrived from Milan, one of whom performed the journey in the short period of six days. It is said that the Go vernor of Milan refuses to grant passports to any witnesses for her MAJESTY, except those who may have belonged to her Household, without previously sending to 'Vienna for authority. Thus the , defence of the Quart; of England is , : made to depend upon the will and pleasure of the Emperor of Avarua. A Meeting of the inhabitants of Hammersmith took place on Saturday, to consider the propriety of presenting an Address to her MAJESTY, on her arrival in this country; Mr. GOMSIE, the Churchwarden, in the Chair. Several appropriate Resolutions were moved by Mr. BOWLING, and seconded by Mr. BIRD. On the motion of Mr. BowLING, seconded by Mr. HUGHES, an Address was voted to her MAJESTY. A Meeting of the County of Middlesex, to address the QUEEN, will take place some time next week.— The Requisition to the Sheriffs has been presented some days. The 24th ult. the Guild of Berwick passed a vote, that an Address be presented to her MAJESTY the QUEEN ; the number for the Address was 156, and against it S 2. Sir JOHN SHELLY has written a letter to the Town Clerk of Lewes, declining to present the Address voted by the inhabitants of that Borough to the QUEEN. It is said that the other Member for Lewes has also joined in his refusal. concluded, by requesting his hearers so to conduct themselves on the present occasion, as to set an ex ample to those who were called the Higher Orders ; and thereby chew, that they were as superior to them in that respect, as in general 'utility A eelantation ). —He then proposed a series of Resolutions, and an Address to-her Majesty, founded upon them ;at the sanisitige,,, assuring the Meeting, that the Higher Or •ddrtbad had no hand in their composition, but that were exclusivelt the wok of the Lower Orders. Resaltitions and Adirreirsovhich were all rather voluminoul, were sten put, and carried unanimously; the enthusiastic Waddington and several others, making neat little spcitchekin support of thorn.—Mr. WADDINGTOW, among other things, laid, he was sure his Majesty was no party to the proceedings against the , Queen, but that some person had " dropped poison is his tar l" -Several other Gentlemen also seemed to be of the same opinion. The Address was ordered to bePresented by a De putation of two discreet persons from every mecha nical trade in London, and Committees were ap pointed to make the necessary arrangements. Thank k having been voted to Mr. Gast for his up right and impartial conduct, &c. Mr. GABT returned thanks for the honour thereby done him ; and availed himself of that opportunity of recommending his hearers 48 to forego the sensual luxury of a pipe and a pot," for the purpose of con: tributing all in their power to farther the object of the Meeting. He also expatiated again at great length upon the subject of public opinion being an Herculean club, which would eventually destroy the• hydra of corruption. He described the memberi of the Meeting, and others of the -same sort, as indus trious Lees, the higher orders as idle drones, and the Ministers as the caterpillars of the State ; and con cluded with the following mysterious observation " His Lordship (the Lord Mayor) put a-little vinegar in our gruel at the outset of thisbusiness, bat-we have added sugar enough to destroy the - effect of the acid ; and I hope that will, always be the case with those sycophants"—(Laughter and applause). The Meeting then separated. '' - ROBBERY AND PIRACYA circumstance which has created much conversation among the commer cial interests in Scotland, has lately occurred, and which will, no doubt, ultimately end in an awful example to those convicted of being concerned jn the foul conspiracy ; the following are all the parti culars we have as yet been able to collect :--ig A ship, a few weeks since, sailed from the Clyde bound to Gibraltar, with manufactured goods on board, valued at f,20,000 ; she was insuied for- the full amount of her cargo, and proceeded with a fair and prosperous gale until she arrived at the Isle of Bate, she put into port, but it appears she was here plun dered of the principal part of her cargo ; after a, short stay she proceeded on her destined voyage, and was no more heard of until the Captain and crew landed at Wexford, in Ireland. The account they gave was, that the vessel had suddenly foun dered off the north coast of Ireland, and that they were compelled to take to their boats to save their lives. This appeared very extraordinary, as no bad weather had been experienced, and the underwriters were satisfied the vessel was completely sea-worthy, and in a most ex cellent condition to complete the voyage; but a singular and unexpected circumstance occurred, which has led to the developement of shis plot. A youth shortly after passing through Glee. gow,saw some printed calicoes exposed to saki which, had been shipped on board the above vessel, and' which the manufacturer had never disposed of for. sale in this country. On questioning the shopbeeper how lie became possessed of them? he said he pur chased them of a person who happened to be then approaching with a fresh supply. • An officer was sent for, and the seller was apprehended. An inves tigation took place, and from the information re, ceived, upwards of twenty valuable packages wen' foun'd buried under the sands in the Islp of Bute; three of the principals concerned in this transaction have been apprehended ; one, we understand, is 4 man of great property, and always considered re spectable; another of them has offered to turn king's evidence, but, in the present state of the business, it has been deemed proper to decline the proffered offer." ~. • Monday se'smight, as a man in the neigltinmrhocd of Gilmerton, was bnliging bottle -some grits in a cart, the horse ran Off, when a child of his own, a boy, ahOut four years of age, to whom he was giving a ride, was thrown out, and killed on the spot. Saturday evening, a Gentleman, his wife, and son, a fine young lad about 18 years of 'age, arrived at Gravesend in - a chaise, and on Sunday morning they proceeded to the bathinrenaehines, .for the purpose of bathing. It was a spring tide, and the current was consequently. limning very strong. The lad, who it seems could not swim, was unfortunately carried out of his depth by the stream, and instantly gave an alarm by his cries, in which he was -assisted by his agonised parent. The man attending the machine ran to 'tender assistance,-and with a boat-hook endea voured to reach-the incautious youth. In his humane efforts he .forgot his own danger, and was himself precipitated into the river, and being unable to re- Corer his footing, was, with the object of his solici tude, drowned within sight of the persons ..on the beach. The feelings of the father may be more easily coanceivedihan described. The unhappy mother was *Lille instant immersed in the warm bath, and alarmed by thecries which she hard, rushed forth to witness her stn Oak, for the last time, beneath the treacherous element. .The mat has excited the greatest sym pathy. in thetciemufGruverend. Poor Ernmington (the map t erbo.etpendel tlte..batiting-machine), has kita•wifiolOd Otte children - to deplore his loss. His body - wild picked up:hlitie iiittie of the day, bat that, 1 . of ihe'ititith4taiiief yet been recovered. • • ? • • - • 2 - . -- • ..i MatiNG Or ie e.IiAN . iCS TO . ' AliDli . E-AS' it'll ALE F.l . siito.vs Pon AUGUST. -- I r . : , ..,.. -• • ?'HE Q. -. . itycy Bak Hista. -..-Roynsi iiress of celestial blue gossamei .. 4' .arid der. Latin, ,a o nd r , grts-d at some7 -N A Niece mg was - held yesterday, at. the Cart a lis iesi tanc w e it a h bo b v m e the fold fringe round the No:. Horses Croswell-street, of about four hundred per-a brOad layer of geranium Atli; edged on each side weith border, SI: !as iho assembled in consequence of a placard ill- Corsage of celestial blue satin, ele n g a a rr ntly laced gol.thddin nthastt;ifutiz.nhely oF lcih m s e tie n de t s ed i of wi th th e a gi. g rani old n tri m m aa m t i i n n w g , , o c n o g rr t o h l e d e :. eking the " thinking, working, and industrious Me- ° co rdo n, mi. skirt of the w dr ess Eh 4n an . i d cs of London and its environs, to take into I *raiding ava st oration the tropriety of an Address to the 1 mounted superbly trimmedlti e e e v ri e a bb o o f fine net, sun. w of white of art, and to express their opinion on the conduct m a g !e a l ia rn e ;te e l ra y a p i d hite and red. The ns4l7at7fuorll-brine i her accusers." — Mr. GAST was called to the Chair. hair elegantly arrang n ed rose cl: a r. d AST bas already obtaine..l some reputation as o p rn in s i. me se n t te se d i at th tli v e i back part • with a rich cluster of 0 seconder S a n er of Smithfield Resolutions, and he is more- Glauvina ' gold and ear- ri ngs; white shoes of grog a ti ll e- le !k?apt is. Pearl necklace o n operative ship-builder in one of the yards ates; white kid ewes. ' WIT D&RSS or LADY WoII3LICY fling Deptford. l He opened the business of the day in .a • (A) a rich AT Tilt NW be, tinD 111471:1C-110011 or (lemma llT.— .h consist s ta ot w h repete with censure of the powers that whea sir with a , fancy petticoat over it, embroidered in w pe e .a:l t a s; and of a t least three quarters of an hour's duration, finished e d c a h t en eh ill e e rosettes, id and wreaths of the same. The - commencing . with an expression of sorrow at the in- petticoat wi th ~ a A rouleau of blue groo-dez. Naples, wreathed over with peari er ption given to their proceedings by the Lerd trin of ed b al lue gem: de-Naples, lined throughout with white satin , r . iayar, at Jacob's Well ; but admitting that he was by h ed a rich French blood, and rouleau of gr os-de r ound en no mean s . surprised, that his Lordship, who was so iwwit; Theth pearls , yf to correspond with the border of the 4petti sioptcuons for his loyalty in one quarter, should be coas n •tastefully ornamented atuwith pearls and French o blond. gr°d Head-dress, eNales' ther. tit t o prevent any expression of loyalty , in ono- with ostrich feathers , bandeau of diamonds , amagnificent plume and blond Court lap= He then proceeded to comment upon the ca • se pets.—Fivog La Bellevlssemblie gi the Queen, and described her Majesty as a per- w • A LIONG Dauss.—A round dress, composed of jaconot mos seetite woman d whose interests were intimately con- •ha : the skirt is moderately full and gored,itis trimmed - at the erected with those of the Meeting F if , " g; " or said he bottom by three fiounces o f li rich work ; each flounce is headed .they (the Ministers) succeed in their machinitions by a muslin bouillonn ih body , ti made without a collar, to fastast behind, and orn amented e. of work disposed in asst her, we, who are now only tied by ' leg' , a serpentine wreath round the bust a ro S w l all [hen be completely double-ironed upon both " width, very long over the band, fi ni s he dane:v'lofa moderate with bouil. (App ..r. He then took a review of the whole . falling full half , l , .... r. work divosed in a Wave to corn - ' ay !- bas t he . attempted negotiation at St. Omer's jaeonot ezp o o s i i i ii d i . w!th the last. The spencer is also composed of to/he present time, and highly eulogized her Majes- th e waist is of moderate length, and is finished it b a y a a fti sh il o k rt ae f k ult CS t conduct throughout. He then commented upon j ac ket; trimmed sthare wort, to the shape. A large double pelez that strange attack upon her . MAjesty in the Wes. riae,tm the t . conceals the lower part of the hen • o inaaa al i mi s s Naar!, country Paper , and thereupon took spencer: the collar is it stands out from the throat; and is also richly w ig itl; occasion to observe that her ' Majesty " instead of finished at the hand by trimme d falls w ork . Long loose al / 4 .evesi two of work. Head-dress, a bonnet keeping:higher-order hours, had the peculiar ' honour composed of French net , ornamented with chains of French of- keeping 'mechanical hours."—(Laud applause).— gimp , la id :the eero crosswise in i rows, and Interspersed with white satin rouleus 1 ha ving read her Majesty's Answer to the Wak e the and finished at the e ta dg o e w by a q k u r illing of l e a thanaually deep, field Address, which, he said, had his " decided ad mi-la ce ; the f top of tee. crown is very tastefully ornamented bydra . rati on," he observed, that " a King without subjects tened with small white satin bows, and interspersal Peea of i ll ' faa would be no King at all ; and by a parity of reason- A oneric.h ribbon passes under the chin, aid ties.in a f w ull t bow on ing," he added, "if we say we will defend 'our Queen, side. Black kid shoes ; limerick gloves. I should be glad to know who will resist us? They Evaxiso Daess.—A round dress, g co ore mrs:d nd of Urling's net ' th (he continued) attack a hair of her head, if ever a white dare not satin slip ; the dress i; to h a ng in easy folds round the figure; the bottom s of . the tly sl f tirt t . public voice is raised against it, for the public of s f tn w rnm hite ed z wit h fl ounces of Urling's lace, headed by rosileaus io votce i s . political power ; and it is the public voice these .h flounces • are festooned in a singular sh one which has preserved to this country, even- a but striking eP 2anner ; que t ts . of roses and blue-bells.— adow of its liberties "—(( Bravo Bravo ! Bravo !).—He The corsage is tight , to the sha pe a n v etit moderately low round the bust, which is ornamentelin i with then censured Lord Castlereao, for designating a lozenge formed by a, large pearl ; ne th r e front of f ze th n e ge e s o of net, eact certain portion of the community " a base populace," shirt; it ras h* g eo e m is also decorated ff with pearls. The sleeve is very and asked, what would his Lordship do wi th out thatfuln ess of net over white satin In base populace ? That populace was the nerve and terspersed with pearls ° lei:I l on a ! ; sa th ti e n bo a t n t d om of the sleeve by a twisted roulea w n a% O ( f s sinew of the State—the creator of all the luxuries is finishedin .s profusion of full cutilLs, Hair which dressed are in the French style, which H his Lordship enjoyed, &c. (Shoals e f applause). b rough t very low at ate sides of the face, and parted in the He congratulated the Meeting upon the, progress middle ut the forehead, so as partially to display it • the hind which liberty was makint he Continent • g neon ; and hair is bruugbt up in full bows on the crown'oethe head • - - -. concealed' - -nand of - which is - they are partly t._ .by a garland roses, , placed very far back on the head. Lear-s ings and necklace, pearls. White satin slippers and white kid gkweso—Ackerninteses Repository. THE STORM.—It appears that the tempest which began on Sunday night, and continued till yesterday morning at two, has not been exceeded in grandeur for many years in this country. Several . balls of liquid fire were obeerved in the clouds, and the light= ning was not only most v ivid , but also quite fOrkech Spans were noticed Ilyittg at different points, so that spectators Might have supposed that the chimneys of houses in those directions had taken fire. Portions of the Electric fluid fell on the houses, 12 and IS, in Tuttle-street, Liquorpond-street, shivered the chime ney-pots to pieces, broke in the second floor of N 0.12. shivered the cupboard door to pieces, and.set'several parts of the shattered wood on fire. There were two beds in the room, and the family were in bed, who got up, and fortunately extinguished the fire, but they sat up the remainder of the night. At the adjoining house, No. 13, the fluid broke through the roof and ceiling, caught the bell-wire, which was iron, and descended to the street door; leaving - a- black mark of smoke along the wall, as if from gunpowder; an osier cradle, in the first floor, was scorched all over t and some of the clothes caught fire. Fortunately the child was in bed with its mother. An old man e *lto' was unable to walk for six weeks before from Then:, matic pains, received such an electric shock that he - jumped out of bed, ran down stairs, and recovered the use of his limbs. The fluid, after descending as far as the street door, shivered open the parlour door; and took a direction along the passage wall, Which it tort quite to the back door, caught the lock and hinges, all of which it wretiched off, .and threw the pieces of the door into the pird,'lleaving aAtrong• smell all over the house as if caused br gunpowder. However, their losses were well rieoropen . .sed, YOrs . during the Whole of yesterday Was the street atidtwci persons at the door of NO:13,- had Iry ninth s:erdo es they could to receive the peace frekwrittial.. 'dfedsiof Gentlemen and others, who were admitted. to Jet the effects produced by the lightning, The lelectnc fluid, most probably attracted by the irtin grating, struck the area door of the house 'of Mr.- Baxter, No., 42, Richard -street, Commerciat4oad: It broke five panes of glass, forced down the jamb' of the door-post, and shattered the brick-work near it s but without injuring any of the fastenings by which the door was secured. It then took an oblique direc tion across the kitchen, and tearing off the drifting.; board of a dresser, entered the ear tit cicose to the waft, leaving a strong sulphareous smell, Which was per ceptible at a late hour yesterday morning. A. press. bedstead, which stood close to the wall that was in. jured, was forced several inches towards the Middle of the room, and it was providential that the tarrentis . of rain had inundated the kitchen, as two young women who slept there, were obliged to leave it a few minutes before the accident occurred. This storm was felt not only throughout the Metropolis, but within sixty miles of it. The e ff ect. generally, was much the same as in London, except on the Bath road, where it was not accompanied by rain. 'Such was the ungovernable state, of the horses in Many of the mails, that the coachrixen were obliged to Fag up, deeming it imprudent to.proceed. 'lwo dives, corning to London in a calf-car, on the Essex read, were struck dead by lightning. We have notheard Of any damage arnobg the shipping in the River Thame s . The Plineessitoyal, Gravesend boat.enclnntered pew of the- heaviest storms ever known, iu ,bfr passiiige from that,piace,r being full of pa,sengers, •ankl ex pecting every minute to go down, the Mister"was Under the necessity of rOnni herashoreaf Etith for ,an hour and a half, after which she arrived wif e j a the River. t• s• •.,. . • ' • 1 I I