The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-22 00:00:00

REVIEW A r BLACKHEATH.

Thursday, the flank companies of the West and
East London Militia, with the Ist and f.'d Regi-
ments of Tower Hamlets Militia, assembled at their
respeelive quarters, and marched down to Black-
heath, for the purpose of being first inspeded, and
afterwards reviewed. They were in all eight com-
panies, and mere formed en brit,ele.
The light of the West London took the right
Rank. and that of the first Tower Hamlets the left
flank. At eight in the morning they fell in, in line,
and at ten the Earl of Banbury. as reviewing ofS-er,
with his staff, came on the ground. Scarcely ever
did we see such a nnmber of men put through so
many manceuvres, and executed with so much ap-
parent ease. Two manoeuvres were most excellently
carried into effea; two companies, one of grena.
diers, and one of light infantry, were detached to
form a skirmisking party; they went to the right
and left, and forming, commenced a heavy inde-
pendent fire to cows- the movement of the main
body against the supposed approaching enemy.
While they were keeping this up in a high style.
the main body advanced to make a feint, alternately
retreated and advanced. At length their coverers
having cleared the way, they advanced, took pos-
session of the enemy's ground, and made a grand
salute.

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l'he Earl of Banbury appeared very much satis-
fied with their coudutt, as did every military man
present.

Friday se'nnight there was a violent tempest at
Ilai'estop, Norfolk; the rain tell very heavily for
more than ball an !sour, and was succeeded by loud
and awful claps cf thuuder, and quick and vivid
flashes of lightning, which continued with little in-
termission for iirany hours. About seven o'clock, a
tremendous clap of thunder was heard, arid. at that
instant, a large oak pollard, on the premises of Mr.
FILSHFILLD, a quartet of a mile Irons the town,
was rent from top to bottom, nearly half of it was
splintered, and the branches hurled iii different di
retions ; one of which. of more than 2 cert. was
carried 14 yards from the base of the tree.
Same morning, a thunder-storm took place over
Norwich and its neighbourhood, accompanied by
one of the heaviest falls a rain ever remembered
for a series of years. This tremendous coull el of
the elements commenced between one and two
o'clock, and the pitchy darkness occasioned by the
torrents that descended from the cloud:, ren-
dered the incessant flashes of the lightning peculiarly
terrine. Alter about two hours continuance, the
storm subsided; but at six o'clock it began again.
ant lasted with nearly equal violence till eight. At
Pullsam a small farmer who keeps four horses, had
the best thereof, worth 401. killed by the lightning.
At Acle, a tree was struck and entirely split down.
The riding horse of a gentleman at Mourningthorpe
was also struck dead by the lightning.
A, number of cows belonging to Mr. TRIVOR,
• banker, of Whitchurch, lately broke out of their
pasture in the night into a piece of clover adjoining,
and in consequence of eating it, four of them must
inevitably have been lost, but for the timely assist-
ance of Mr. masses, farmer, et Broughall, who
saved the lives of three of them by the operation of
tapping ; the fourth died before relief could be ad-
ministered. Several others were addled. but not
dangerously.
Saturday sennight, a dreadful storm of thunder
and lightning came on at Allandale, its Northum-
berland. At Gatehouse, three cows were killed
by the eleetric fluid, and two men were struck down,
but recovered. And at Hexham, on Thursday
sennight, a young man, whilst glazing a window
on the outside, was in a moment benumbed and
blinded by the lightning, but there are hopes of his
recovery. The thunder was succeeded by the hea-
viest torrents of rain ever remembered in that neigh-
bourhood. which have done considerable damage to
the families in the immediate vicinity of the Skits.
ners-hurn, by spoiling arid washing away part of
the furniture en the ground floors of their houses.
Lancaster Assizes commenced on Saturday. the
Bth iust. the Hon. Sir /Scare CHAMIIIat presided
in the Crown Court. before whom 37 prisoners
took their trials; 16 were equalled. and 21 were
found poky: their sentences were to be pronounced
on Saturday. Sir Gliwice Wool, presided in the
Nor Pries Court, where 134 causes were entered
for trial :—At the breaking up of the Cum on Fri-
day, there remained 49 to he tried.
About two months ago, we noticed some circum-
stances relative to the commitment of a man, named
7e.4e Leech, to the gaol of Maidstone, in Kent,
charged. on his own confession, with the murder of
Etta. V•uon•n, at (Inward, near Lynn, in the
months of Oflober, 1804. This man, in pursuance
of an order of the Judge, at the late Kent Assizes,
• was on Tuesday last removed to the Castle of Nor-
I
with. in order to take his trial, tut the crime alleged,
' at the neat Tetulotd Anima.