The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

(IVILOM A CORRESPONDENT 3

AI about half•past a. sal', p.m. on Thursday last, the town
of Denbigh was visited by an usual thunderstorm; there be.
lug a gentle breeze fluor the north, and the sky appearing
much overcast to the south-cast, as if silently collecting
its vpialerfel 'fur • subsequent intonation, which, though
at some ilistauce suuu became perceptible, and gradually
convinced us of the near approach and explosion of the
electric matter. As near eight o'clock as possible the
thuoiler.storni was at its highest, and to every appearance
directly vortical, threatening iu its mad career destruction
to the frightened inhabitants, who were all busy either in
closing oi opening their windows just as their fancies sug.
gested. Flaoh succeeding flash in rapid succession, made
it truly awful scarcely haul the loud rolling peal ceased,
ere another snore dreadful than the previous one followed,
as if all the combustible matter io nature had determined
upon • war iii the vast field of aerial fluid. At some
periods it was really ularmisig ; no ■owner had the broad
vivid flame shut across the sight than it was succeeded
by an iusteutaneons display of must brilliant light •aceud-
inF; with a rapidity scarcely conceivable. Two or three
SAIiOUS might have been counted in the intervening time,
when an awful shrill clap succeeded; added to these, the
transient darkness of the circomambient 'lonosphere, made
the prene at once terrible and sublime; these intonations
euuttsioed •fifteen or twenty pulsations. Ii was
near half after right before there was an apparent ces-
sation of hottilitics, when the noise gradually subsided
in a westerly direction. As night came en the display of
lights, which had now taken • position nearly south, be-
came beautiful in the extreme; at one iustant dieting from
hehind a cloud in the horizon, then with an undulatory mo.
thou, a seeming concentratiou waosuccreded by the brightest
darts conceivable; the whole sky to the seat hecuashig
ignited and appearing fur a moment its a blaze. These may
lw amid to have occurred at an average of two or three each
minute. Some idea of the loightness of these explosions
may be formed, when the trews, their branches, the ruins of
the castle, dm were perfectly and distinctly visible; even
persona going slung the streets were distinctly visible.
About eleven the thunder was again hoard, bat at a groat
When there fell two slight ►howers of rain. Thus
it lasted near five hours with little iuterooission until mid.
night, at which period the lightning inclined towards the
west. lam happy to add, nu damage has twee dour, with
the taco-wisest of a tiro which was shivered very near the
towll.

The most remarkable hailstorm visited Runcorn and the
ori4h6oudo .. un Weduesilsy .e'uuiKii, that Wail 11:Ver re-
munbi mA by the oldest inhabitant. The Lill of hail was
111,111.11.11 and trsiiiemloos; all She pausal of glass in the
l:ut.huuses and skylights were broken; at Nuiton reinry the
damage iii this way was supposed to amount lo 2001.; the
hailstones measured from three inches to four inches and a
half nt rirrunsfereisee. A lady, while running fur shelter had
her bonnet beaten to Muria; even pants .1 bull-eyed glass
were broken in exposed windows. The !AIMS were as plenti-
fully skewed will. gn•en I.avxsea they usually ore with faded
ones io auloulii. %Ye are assured that 16e hailstones were
of the above diiii.msions; and that some whirb full at Faro.
worth, where censidcrable damage war done, were fuur inches
ia circumfereuct.