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HAY-MARICET TM: ATR F. G o ldsmith's Comedy of. The God Moo ,a, revived last night at this Theatre. It was re duCed to three at ; and the curtailments (ailmitt log the propriety of making the alteration) were executed with judgment. Mr. DA lITI.HY play ed J?' .eyw ed (the C iod Natur'd Man) in a ver) 1 leasing manner. But the chief excellence of the night, and indeed as great an excellence in comic humour as our theatres can boast, was the playing of Croaker, by Mr. MATH ews. He dis played an imagination of uncommon fertility He was under no necessity of repeating an :union or look. because he had run the round of his conception. Every scene induced the spedator to say—" This is exquisite; yet this singular Insp. dance can never continue to the end." It did con tinue, however, and with growintt novelty of illustra tion of the same tone of humour, to the very end. Croaker's scene,when he finds what he thinks the let ter of an incendiary, was very happy ; but still finer was the succeeding scene, when he watches the sup posed incendiary. It revived in our mind the idea, though no copy, of sonic of the best of our deceased comic adors ; and Mr. MATHEWS may assume the just confidence, that he will rival the fame of any the most esteemed among them, if he loses none of that as. sisluity, without which genius shortly fades into a mere shadow of its former self. This play was ge nerally well sustained ; and we cannot question, that it will be often received with pleasure. The House, before the drawing up of the curtain, overflowed in every part. The boxes were filled with a most fashionable aud; tnce. TeiE CUURT. Yesterday mornings about half past ten o'clock, Their Maitre's', and - the Princesses Au , : tirra and E L Is ear it, attended by the Countess A v Ltsse aY, arrived at the Quuen's House. In a short time after the Duke of You had an audience of His Ma. Jury. At half past one His MI/JUTY held a private Levee, which was attended by the Loso Cis•s.- e4i.tos, the Custmett.oe of the Exenzques, the ISSORZTARIES Of SrATS. Doke of Kairoge. AI a:q uis of Hertford Eke ks--Chattieru and Westmoreland. Vsrvutat Castlereagh. Loasmo.—.Melvtle,litulgrate, Humid', J. Thyttne. sad Riven. 8;116—N. B. bieals. S. Cottonsll, Z. 14plus. aad Mt. Gibbs. . le f )11oning Presentations took place to His AJESTY Vicars Gin'is, Esq.bv the Lned chsneellnr. on hi. being se. voluted Chief Justice of Mester, in the room of Sir James blawriel4. Marquis of 11,1tford by Loyd River., on Ins being appointed Mater et the none, in the room of Frirl Lord . 1 o:an Thenne..br the saute, Go ins bouts appointed Vies ChAnaheri.iiii to the King. 00 which occasions, they all had the honour to kiss His 14/14T If 'S hand. A: oiree o'clock, His Ms, tsv v held a. Privy CounO, when Lord JO:IN TH ANNE was a and bad the 119A.ur t obZ Sworn in one of His %I A- Jury's PI ivy C..,unsellors, and took his seat at the Pend accordingly. Afterwards I lis MAJESTY gave private ard:o; • to kir. Lord lisaaowaY, and Sir Ev....; ire AN, ;LAP. past five o'clock. _ _ ::.aa after di o'clock. the Royal Family left the Queen's House, for KIM , . Yesterday morning, Viscountess Ca tmorwr, and Lady Commorvz Fusco, visited Her Mass' - '. and the Pi:lactssgs. FA.SILION.ABLE ARRIVALS. AT CHCLTLrItAM. - • —• Cunt s‘lti.t,rall, Lunt and I. d. Dc Rtaq•riere, Ho 1. Mr. Sir mid Lady Smyth, Co.. SGn6 , Ma j or Ki rtianKoi, 3t.rn r L., , te, Capt. Ham -. .ond, C.ipt P, re;*.a, Mr. S_u.• Mr. Rrchnsan, Mr. Liver, Mr Dewy DJ railort, NI:. Wacker, Mr. and Mrs. Wvlsh, Mr. Irrnan. Mr. Writer, Mr and Mrs. Robins, Mr King, Mr. KA'. Mr. F. Rob•rt..,,, Mr. Wel+h, .•.Ir. Ato.ley, Mrs. and Two Mrs *fret., Mra n - ,•hatthnot, Mrs. V 1.2111, Mrs. Wary ILiniiron, an.l M Fer, Mr.. Delany, Mr,. Donovan, Mrss Oliver, L'•t k mulish, MIA Amelia 4c. Arc. ♦T CLIFTON. Lord and !Mr Mont.rigfi..l,l, Inn! and Lady Coslord, Sr AAR and Lads Risen, Sir Allan and lady Plriaeo, Sir Allen LA Las J.ihris in, 114 n r. Cul. and Mrs. Burton. Sir Thorns SiA II V. Lad, Wright, (;01. illAchfool, rapt. %fotshearl, Mr. and Flyntly, Mr Warre and I:4.ailv, Mr. ash' Mrs. Uaralan, Mr mil Mrs. Vaughan, Miss Sisalay, ire Sc. AT NOTWALLS. Hon S.- Th,eas Dusbar, Rev. G. , n.l Mrs. Plerel,,,, an:t &tits Welsee, Mr and I'AN Graffo, Mr. mid Mrs. G - 4 , l , •yer, Rev. R. Montfort, Lieutenant Mr Jackson, M, Jon?., Mr. finsott,, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Floury T.gh-, MI6; H!scles, Miss Sanders, Mu. Fle.ehar. &foe Carters I so Mks Browns% Lads Itiat.ltt. sr.& Miss Runlets, Mr. Mr. tkdaptei.r, Mr. Parkhurst, Mr. W. Johnsuti, We unslcrs:and, that the EmpressJoscrrslKc has just sent over a most superb copy of a work on Na tural lhstory, exquisitely coloured, as a presem to Sir Jost PH &isms. iWO Ca A MOIL LONS of the Esctt tonna are not in•l;xly compared wits the two Kings of Brentford, s mell' 'gat one nosegay. Mr. tut r, in a me urn mood, has taken to wife a r'tmg lady of 16 at Ro mingham, where he now atarts the part of nedid. married man . .. Mrs. MOIL; NTAII was taken so ill at Doncaster, as not to be able to pursue her journey for Hull, * here ht she was e x pelled to pet form on Tuesday Li. On Thursday last, Lord CITA R LES SOMiltlifT, who had vacated his seat in consequence of beiag 'rated Joint Paymaster of the I' orees, was re soegh of Rz az eTtative in Parlinnsent for the Bo ourh. On this occasion, an elegant (rimer was given at the Beaufort Arms Inn, w h ich l'as honoured with the compan of his Grace th D uke of B SAS:TORT, Lord A y ISTROII SOStalltT,e `'nieral Rooks, ice. !cc . • an d t h e even i ng was cr owned with the st kstivi a harmony. Tilere is no pubt Cl : at Elribition t i y nd n the Metropolis Il lhich has teemed such general approbation as the P u a ,. r esque View of R ome, at t h e New Panorama, tn° St rand. Lt is a suleit of equal entertain and n ' e ut to the Philosophic an d the adolescent mind each may not /4" u to ain return with a degree of gratification, be obted by asy of the frivolous amuse -41 lbw day, LAW INTET.LIGENCE. COURT OF KING% BENCH—GetLonaLt, Jc►♦ It. Si:tings 60:)re Lord EWA,. BOROUGH and a Spccial Jury. ROOKY! W. JACKSON. This VAS an anion tor money had and received to the I)cendant's use. The Plaintiff is an Under-writer, and brought this at9ion to recover from the Defendant 1,0001 which he had paid as the insurance on the ship /Cdr.', tinder the following citcumstances, as stated by Mr. A Danish vessel, called the Chrieignur SenrrauT, with a valuable cargo, was taken as prize by an E;r4lish cruiser, and carried into the Cape of Good [lope. !!pon investigation, she was given up ; but was in sn bad a condition, as not to be able to pro ceed on her voyage to Amsterdam, for which place she was originally destined. The cargo being to he disposed of, Messrs. Greetnier, Trail, and Taylor, agreed to purchase it. It was to be consigned to the Defendant in F.ngland, who was to accept Bilk to the amount of t 0,0001. These Gentlemen pur chased the ship Kitty, and procured an order from the Governor to trans-ship the goods, on condition that they were to be sent to the original place of de stination. The goods being bought in cheap, the partners thought proper to put 501. per tent. on them on the insurance—and, instead of sending them back to Amsterdam, they were seat for Eng. Lind On the way, the ship w as t a k en by a F renc h - privateer. Atlions had been brought against the other Under-writers upon this ship, and were after wards abandoned t nut the Plaintiff in this aaion had paid the insurance in ignorance, and sought to have it back again. Mr. John Taylor, broker, was then examined. He said he had been employed by Defendant to make the insurance, and that, in consequence of direlions from the Defendant, he made applicat•on to the Under-writers to make an adjustment of the account and pay the amount ' • but tt appearing tnat the Witness had not settled any of the accounts personally with the Plaintiff, he was oupossattad. AANCIIMS AND ANOTNAIt N. CAIINOV& AND CO. _ _ The Plaintiffs had an .•xtensive commercial house at Surinam, and the Defendants were great com mercial merchants in Lmsdon. The former had consigned 103 bags of coffee to the latter ; and hay ing received advice of the sale, and of the sum re ceived on their account, the Plaintiffs drew Bills up on the Defendants for the amount, which bills they refused to accept, alleging, that they had fot got to charge for the insurance of the pods from Suri nam to London, although all charges to: lighterage, storeage, insurance against fire, &c. had been charg ed on the account sales. Upon being called upon to mew their authority for making the insurance. they alleged, that they had made a lump insurance upon all produte coming home, and bad appropriated 7501. to that cargo. It appeared that the Defendants had sent a dupli cate of the account sales some weeks after they had syn. the original one, and had never mentioned any thing ahnut the insurance: that the policy was long subsequent to the advice of the goods being shipped, and hAI never been direaed by the Plaintiffs. r ! t. ENDO ROUGH observed that if the Defend ex,.yded to be pai 1 the insurance, they should ave hid a srecific policy ; hut they could not have the benefit nt a •ithsequent one.—Verdia for the Plaint,ff i'4:Bl. los. FOL OY DEIIIII. OF Log() RIMSINOTON O. TIOMAS FL - TON. This was ap aaiolt to recover the possession of prenfses in NliMl...street, Cloth I air, in the Parish of St Barthr,i •;new the Grctt. which were ,tvviscd by th. late \\ iliram ! l:nry Edward, to 'he fa:lwr of the pre.etl! Lcrd,!-6:' E!•!, re: iAin.fer to his ,nn ; by 14 Lich wia h e e mp .xvere.l tl:e late Lord Ketitin'tton to 1114 kr leases fur tic ee lives or ninety eine years; and th? !etsce .•1 the Plaintiff now suughr to recover the potsesslus as heir at law. Several witnesses wer: celled to prove the value of these piemites, :ind t show how much more they welt worth than that for which they were sat. Upon the cross-examination of the witnesses, most of whom were surveyor', it appeared that the pre mises in question were ill a vsry ru . nous coat:titian before the D fondant took them, so much so, that t e city bad them railed in to prevent danger to the public. It also appeared that the Detendiutt had expended 12.0001. upon them lately. Mr. &MUNI, in a very animated address to the Judge and Jury on the part of the Defendant, re probated the condufl of those whs advised the No ble Lori) to bring thosr affirms, who, he observed, was a man of high rank and immense fortune, quite sufficient to support any rank His Majesty could bestow on him, without grinding the tenants of his late father Lord Eta.trisciaouou observed, that the question was, whether. in the fair exercise of his judgrne.nt, the father could make alease to prejudice the rights of his son —Verdi4 for the Defendant. In consequence of the tale of this cause, five si milar ones were withdrawn. COMMON PLEAS. Str J as Ma sat to try the only remain ing cause upon the paper, which went off undefend ed; and was of no public interest. The sittings in this Court are discontinued until next Ten.), and the Judge and Serjeants w:11 proceed on the circaits. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which were present the Right l ion. the LORD MAVOII, seven Aldermen, )(Leos ota, two Sheriffs, and a great number of Commoners. A Petition was presented from James EPHRAIM LURE NIALSOH, Esq. Citizen and Draper, praying the Court to discharge him from the of of She riff, to which he was defied on the 25th day of June last, he being a Protestant Dissenter ; which was read, and referred to a Committee, to examine the allegations, end to report to the next Court. The Militia Committee delivered in a Report in writing, recommending the Court to apply to Par liament for a separate Bill fur raising in the city of London their proportion of men for the general de fence of the nation—which was agreed tot and a draft Bill being prepared, was read, agreed to, and ordered to be presented by the Sheriffs, attended by Mr. Resits( aa cca, to the Honourable the House of Commons this day ; this Bill being reccs-' sary to preserve tie aucic..t and important rights and privileges of this city. DUMAN, jos.y S. 'I he Leinster Circuit has been annenneed. The Judges are, the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Nor. bury. Wicklow Wexford - 22 Waterford -.- tf Clonntel Kilkeony - 8 The Home Circuit begins at Ca low on the With of July ; Judgrs the Lord Chief B ar on a n d M r . Justice Daly. 'ille Munster Circuit, at Ennis, on the. 24th of July; Judges. Mr. Justice Day, and Mr. Baron Sin ta. A man of the name of Patrick Doyle has been committed to prison, charged with treasonable prac tices. He was apprehended by Major Sirr and Justice Hell. TELEGRAPHS. Last•Mnnday a communication by Telegraphs be tween Dublin and Galway was opened before his Excellency the lard Lieutenant, at the R..yal Hos pital—a message was transmitted, and an answer returned in his Excellency's presence. Tlic Lord Lieutenant had the goodness to arrange a message of considerable length for the Telegraph, which was sent to Galway in thirty-five minutes, and to which an answer was returned by Captain Beaufort, of the Navy, who is a confidential officer at Galway, it; less than five minutes. This line of Telegraphs has Leen completed by Captain Beaufort and Mr. F,dgewc rth, who has gratuitously devoted to this establishment eight months' incessant labour, as the best contribu tion he could make for the defence of the conntry.— The velocity of this mode of communication is a,to nishing ; intelligence sent from Dublin at rlevon o'clock, fur instance by the sun-dial of the Royal llospital. may be received at seven minutes and a halt past eleven by the dial at Galway: fifty-four signals have attually been sent and received in 31 minutes. The vocabulary, which is a most laborious work, has been construaed under the diretion of the Lord Lieutenant, to whom it is dedicated in the following Ann, _ arms anti wiettee Hardwick' guards a throne, And with a nation's glory bleeds hts own. A tower has been constrated, upon a plan entire. 'y new, by Mr. Edgeworth, on the hill of Coppa, near Kilcock, upon which a permanent tele graph is seeded. This tower is defensibleainst every thing but cannon, and would most prob ably resist six pounders for a con s id era bl e t i me. We must not omit to say, that fifteen stations belonging to the Telegraph are manned by detachments from the Fdgeworthstown infantry, who have conduChA themselves under many hardships during six months (without officers or inspeaion), so as to obtain pro teetion and assistance wherever the/ have been sta :ioned. Lord Vi ICOCInt STRANGTORD, His MAnsry's Se cretary of Legation at Lisbon, left that place for Madrid on the lath of June, charged with a mission to Mr. Fasts. The East India Fleet. under convoy of the Cid -444, Admiral Sir EDWARD PaL tsw, sailed on Tuesday usorniag. consisting of the following ships. viz. Nig MADRAS, stmoel., £llrD The &tits( Capt. Moak's'. 101 MADIA* AND 11111 1 kG•tr United Kingdom Capt. J. H. Polly. FOR if AD, AI. Airly Castle .. Capt. J. Mackintosh. Worcester • . Wood. Lord Hinwitesburv.... Duke of Montrose Tatersan. IrOa 7IMG•L. Monarch •• • • Capt. Hawes. Severity, - Minton. Alexander — J. R. Francklin. The Dutch privateer Le Lose, Capt. HTrrottr S Mos Dil Lt, of Marseilles, fitted out at the Cape of Good Hope, carrying 12 guns, and 90 men, has taken, upon the coast of Angola, the English ship the Pirpgret, of 330 tons, carrying sixteen guns and sixty men. The brave French Captain, with a crew scarcely one half of the enemy, was the first to board, and after a sharp encounter with swords upon the deck, made themselves masters of the ves sel, the cargo of which consisted of 350 negroes, a great deal of ivory and dry goods. The loss of the enemy in this action was sixteen men, and we had only ten killed and wounded. The prize has ar rived safe in one of the ports of the Brazil.— (.Ifintiteite.) The Peotper privateer of Boulogne has taken up on the coast of England, three ships : th e Theth, the alpre, and the Rorer, and carried on tho 20th of June the two first into Dieppe, and the third into St. Valery. Two were coal laden, and the third with provisions.—(Afoniieve.) The Gravesend and Rochester Volunteers are ex peeed at Maidstone this day en permar:cnt duty for ten days ; before the expiration, they will be re viewed npon Coxheath, with the Maidstone and other neighbouring Volunteers. fo-morrow, at noon, the following persons, now in Newgate, viz. Howse, Arteldt, and Take, who stand convitted of a conspiracy, will stand in and upon the pillory, at the end of Duke -street, West Smithfield, pursuant to their sentence, after which they will be taken back to Newgate, to undergo the remainder of their sentence, which is twelve months imprisonment. Yesterday Merritt Coiner, who eseaped from the Hulks at Woolwich, about two years since. was apprehended in Wapping : he eluded the vigilance of the officers during that long period, who had been in search of him. A drummer-boy, belonging to the Reyal West minster Volunteers, deserted some time ago, and was lately detected in a regiment into which he had enlisted ; he was, on Tuesday, tried by a Court. Martial, and was sentenced to be flogged, winch, however, will probably be commuted, if he enters on board one of His MAJtsr v's ships, where two is neatly impraflicable. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, as a yairig woman was passing through Long-lane. Welt-Smithdeld, with an infant in her arms, tt e child of Mr. DAVID MOIWAN, of Cloth-Fair, a brewer's-dray ran upon the pavement, the wheel of which struck the child out of the nurse's arms, and, i r an instant, its head was literally crashed to pieces. Mr. NI o :was at present lies dangcrotisly Mot a fever, Anti his wite is in the last stage of her prcgnacy. . AMETI6. The Court of Inquiry appointed to monis . sts isto the conduct of Commodore Mounts, late Coemisto der of the American squadron in the Keditem nean, bare delivered aril opinion as follows: . " That Cti.(aiit Riehatal Morris did Mt hiorte't In hit Glenwood of the M.-ditnnouran sq alost 6ev.4or,activiti noomitory Ingteeute ibe duties et his att 1; ; that he is responsible for Ms Inaetislgend stator! conduct 0:' the squadron under biscarnwapd, Mews usilarest. fiend', U,is 19th day of April 160 i. et 4AMIIEL BAltitOtd, Prelates*. " HUG"! G. CAWPREJIL. . " JAHN CAIIMN. ° Copy of a Letter from Rostat Seert tary of the Navy, to R. Moasts, Esq. Niw Tort. S " Sip, P 6 Navy Deponntont, Slay " ViTith my Letter to you of the 2J toot !transmitted to Pall • Copy of the Opinion of the Court appointed to inquiroilatespoot eotidit tt., as Commanding Ufficer ot tho squadron of mail oar fed of the United States iv the Ilediterrauean. The opiniesis ha su,g tutisti..tl the P.eUdent that it is not the public inte-est that you should be longer co•itiutied in the Navy of the Un , ted States, 1 have ill chareu hotn hint to inform you, that he has revuka..d our Comm iass ost.—.l air, Sir s , your obedient aervant.; (Signed) " ROBERT SMITH." • Some notice having laielY been taken in several prints, of embsrrassments baying arisen in the adjust. meet of American Claims, under the convention of I sua, with France, we arc enabled to state, that some obstacles to a final liquidation of them exist from the variuus construfliors given to that instre meat.— (New ror4 Gazeitc, May 216.) 10111 Sr 4 14 A. Accounts from New Orleans, of the I Pith of April, state that the army of Louisiana bad left that place three days previous for Pensacola. The late P-efett. M. Ass.% r, was on the cv:: of depaz :;ng. His des tination was unknown. He was to sail in the brig Nate/ter, sonic say for Caadadmpe„ others f u r Charleston. He took a formal I:ave of the Ameei. can Commissioners on the 12th, and was received at the Gove-iiment Heise with great revel and ce remony. The American inhabitants intended giv itag a sumptuous entertainment to the Commis. sioners previous to the & T arture of General Wit t. it I s em. It appears some uneasiness was excited at No.ve Orleans by the appearance there of a Later out Governor CLAYnot z to the Presi.oes , l ..t t!ie United States : k will be recolleled that tut ter spoke in very unhandsome and contenapt:Lati terms of the merchants, planters, and others of that country. Some Frenchmen, who conceived them salves calumniated by the Governor, have manifessrd unusual irritation. Inflammatory publications have been the consequence, inviting the inhabitants to resist the Government of the United States. The Governor has declared the letter to be a mutilated extract of the genuine one. On the 15th the public feeling seemed to be subsiding. The French frigates, Meta and Syklle. each of 44 gun , , from Guatfalonpe, where they recently came from France with ta—nps, arrived last evening, and anchored in the quarantine ground. The objet of their coming is unknown.--tNese For* Vasette, May 25 ) ARMY CONTRACT. BA AY wl. ----- The most scrims attention of officers in command of brigades, has been dires.ed by Generals of Dir trids to the following Circular Letter from the Adju tant General's Of f ice, as also to the General Order of the 20th of May, 1801, and the Comm;mariat- General's letter of the 14th May, 180 S, alli Jing to those regiments not in possession of the Order. (OfFICIAt.) tt SIR, Hurse-Guard-r, June 71,•11 1 1,14. . It having been reported by the Cosisma.rdnig Clef yral ter t h e Commandet in Chief, that from tile low price or whlllit England, bond I m many coentim helms , thn contracts na made berme the price of 6d. for Me four-:mund loaf sdariey bread, which induces regiments to take their sopplies from ute contactors who, by the terms of their contracts,, casino. fur nish theta with iat of a bettet quality. and the mou e s to ix,r ain with private bakers for better bread, and pay Men. 6 i. pier loaf ; hence the contractors, who have been put t.reonerlerit,le exitance in providing for the regular typo's , of the army. are subject to great los., and those troops 'Misnames to the geriend regulations murmur in seeing their fellow soldier, *emu d with liner bread, contrary to the general under necesiorily g. yen. and upon which all the anangeownra base been made for supplying bread to the army throughout the kingdom, by which the troops, wherever they may be, are sure of boding a constant and invariable supply, never exceeding to Mem the price of 64. the (lb. and when the price is higher. Mini so more for it than is paid to the Contractor. Upon this eteesien I ham received His Royal Highness's directions to regret that you will call to the recollection of talkers in the cum ard of brigades and regiments within the dittoes under your order, the substance of the General Oiler of the 10th of May le"s, which directs that a letter from the Commanding General ad. joined thereto of the 14th of May, 1801, shall lie read at the head of every regiment, and be inserted in aU OrrEnly Books, and that you will ascertain that those orders have in even in stance ber•n peotottely obeyed. The statement made in the Commanding General's letter referred to is se emptiest and plain, that it ',hardly peelb:4l to inisuadcrstand ir, yes s sull s bewever, as irregularities with respect the supply of bread have tingly om carted, the Comment ei in Chief feels it necestary to itestre that sou • ill rle.ct the Generals commanding trigedes to take rare that the priory; e on which the allowance of broad was originally furnished throu:h His Majesty'', gracious bounty to the army, as well as the precautions which hats born taken to secure a ist gu tar supply of thin necessary article on terms the mos untenable, and who. h precludes the possibility tat any fraud tieing pea . t.seJ on the soldiery, are clearly explain' dto the men 4 an 4 thst the ord.rs which hive at different times been iesurd ea thle head, are aJiiered r i int the utmost pima ;Mr F. (S.g.l "li. CALVERT, Adj. Gen." Tuesday night, during the fire in Angel Alley, Whitcchapel, two small tenements were broke into by a gang of villains . A labouring man, who h a d saved - nine pounds, was robbed of the same, is George-Yard, adjoining the alley ; and out of du other place, a quantity of wearing apparel and pro visions were stolen, by thieves at present unkn o w n The Marquis of Tnomianti has had a fall from his horse, by nhich his Lordship has received a vio lent contusion on his left site, which has broken one of his ribs, dislocated his shoulder, and bru•sed ois arn to a very considerable degree. In consequ •nce of this unfottutiate and lamented accidery. his Lordship i, at present confined at raplnw Court. On Sunday there was a sevc7e corm of thnid.r at ll.irwich. A farmer's man in :he neighbourh, od„ in at.,i,ting to cover a hay-suck, to shutter it fioin the rain, was truck dead by the lightring ; his watch was entirely melted, am, sonic tiall a w.we in his pocket were also found rim in a m .s , as if melted in a crucible. The farmer, who was I.Las-1( at the bottom of the ladder, had his foot severely burnt ; and a man on the opposite side, had his hair singed: notwithstanding whiihehe hay-stact =tined uninjured.