The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-04 00:00:00

'kit/Imo/rig, JAY So.

YestrAnty a grand dinner was even, at the:Crown,
by the Freeholders of the Hutired.pf ronsdowo,
to the worthy Members for the County. At one
o'clock the Members were met, at Hilsea Green, by
more than 300 Elm!lors (about 400 of whom were
on horseback or in carriages), with whom they pro-
ceeded, in regular procession, to thit place. The
Members were seated in a very elegant car, pro-
vided for the occasion. At Kingston, the horses
were taken from the car, which was drawn into
town by numbers of the people, a vast assenill.ge
of whom had colleded to grace a triumph reca-
liatly and justly dear to the friends of the people's
ri'hts. About three o'clock, the cavalcade entered
Pcrtsea, and, proceeding down Vieen-street, round
the Hard, and by the road along the Gun-Wharf
wall, entered the town through the Quay Gate; it
then went up St. Thomas's-street, and down High-
street, to the Crown. At the Crown door, Sir
Mildmay and Mr. Chute respedively made a abort
speech to the crowd, thanking them for the honour
they did them by the grateful reception they had
met with. The concourse of people Was immense,
and the procession was one of the most magnificent
and orderly things ever seen. The windows were
filled chiefly with ladies, the tops of the houses, and
the walls and works of both Por:sea and this too
were crowded with spedators, by all of whom the
Members were greeted with shouts of applause.—
The following was the order of the procession
Two Conductors.
Trumpets and Bugle Horns.
Twelve horsemen, three abreast, headed by two Flags.
Freeholders belongitig to the Dock yard, on font, six a:smut,
with their band, various elegant Emblems nod Flap, and a
Model of a Man of War, carried by giA ohm, cloaca Li). S 4.
vcral Flags.
A large body of liorstmen, three abreast.
South Haut; Band.
Nine Ciniductors, three abreast.
The Members, in an elegant car, with a !arse Fog.
Three Horsemen, with two emblematical Flags.
A landau, with Lady Mildmay, Mrs. Chute, M.se
and Mrs. W. Garrett.
The Koval Marine 1141:1.
Carriages of the Friend; of the Members.
A body of Horsemen with Flags.
North Devon Band.
Tho cavalcade closed with a large body of Housemen.

LONG 7 OWN, MAY 27.

DRk.ADFULTHUNDER STORM.

On Monday last, after a day unusually hot, came
on at this place, between eight and nine in the even-
ing, the most continued and alarming thunder storm
ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant. The
lashes of the eleatic fluid were indeed incessant, il-
luminating the whole atmosphere with their extreme
effulgence, and accomparied with torrents of rain.
From the commencement of the storm, until near
midnight, the thunder seemed but nee continued
tremendous peal, without the least intermission,
which kept not only the windows. but even the
walls of the houses, in constant vibration : awful in.
deed, but to him that could contemplate it with a
philosophic mind, grand and magnificent!
Considerably louder than the re.t was one peal,
which seemed to burst upon tie very roofs of the
houses; when a ball of fire entered the chimney of a
labouring man, of the name of Scott, which it threw
down in every dire lion—broke a very strong lintel
which was over the fire-place, (the extremities of
which, where it was ft:tamed, in the centre, were
forced into a direction so as to point straight into the
room, like a crane turned upon its pivot)—drove
several bricks fiom the chimney upon a bed where
the poor man's wife lay with an infant in her arms.
The child, for some time, appeared motionless, and
the face of the mother was somewhat scorched;
but, happily, t' ey are both recovered.
The ele&ric fluid then appears to have direaed
its course between the wall and the cieling, forcing
it (outwards) from its perpendicular, until it reach-
ed the door, where it most probably dire led its
course downwards, the door being split from the top
to the bottom, as it cut with a saw. Every pane
of glass was shivered to atoms, and the frame of
the windows thrown into the street, and broken to
pieces ; scarcely one article of furniture was left in
its place. A tin lamp, a candlestick, and a pewter
pot, were all mhi.e..l.
An adjacent house also suf ered. but not to so
great extent as the other. Part of the roof was toin
off, and the walls and ceiling, with some furniture,
considerably injured. A person who lives imme-
diately under. (the injury being chiefly confined to
the upper story), was struck to the ground, and tot
some time remained speechless; bat he is since re-
covered.

So great was the consternation of the three fami-
lies. that they can give no distinift account of the.
matter. All they can say is, that their houses ap-
peared enveloped in smoke. and that the smell of
sulphur was so powerful, they found the greatest dif-
ficulty 01 Respiration for a considerable time after
thcj had recovered their recoUeilion. We hear of
two or three persons having been struck down by the
lightning, but, thank God! no lives have been lust
in this place.
Same day, the inhabitants of Shap, Westmorland,
experienced the most dreadful thunder storm that has
happened for many years, accompanied with a heavy
fall of hail-stones, many of which measured in cir-
cumference 3i inches. In one house thirty-six panes
of gla.s were broken by them. The same day,
O'Kelly's Thermometer, in the open air, stood at
820.

Samc day, came on at Dumfries, about Y p. m.
which continued uctil one next morning, the most
tremendous storm of lightning and raja, ever seen
there, but without thunder.

The Queen Charlotte transport, and the American
ship Bengal, are lost at Monte Video.
While bespoke numbers are so much the rage in
the present Lottery, in consequence of three ot the
Capitals, in the last Scheme, falling to fancied
numbers, it may not be unimportant to notice the
subsequent events that took place from the porch tse
of selected Lottery Tickets on the King's Birth-day.
On the 4th of Jane, Ibos, No. 7,686. and No.
13,747 ; the first gained 2d,0011. the lets!. a
I o,ouol. Prize. And on the 4th of June, lao6. was
drawn, No. 1 Y,719, which turned up a Prize of
10,0001. all of which Capitals were sold ia Shares.
From these striking and undeniable occortences,will
the votaries of Fortune not pay special devotion to
the present 4tb of Juste?

SIR. FIORNE TOOKE'S Shccxn
PAMPHLET.

We mate the following extra ti from Mr. Horne
tooke's Pamphlet, just published, entitled, "
Warning to the EhaJrs hi West mia,ke
Alter what has passed, I know not whether you
will, err will not, be surprised to learn, that your late
rejeLled candidate, Mr. Paull, meditates another as.
saSsination of your present representative, Sir Fran.
cis Burdett. But such assuredly appears to be his
intention. Duel, I think, he will never have again
with any gentleman in his serves. But there is no
answering for tastes: and it Mr. Paull should prefer
Newgite to the King's Bench, and hailing to akar-
log, he may yet commit a murder.
.4 His condua since the : rte duel has been such as
wy.s foreseen and foretold, and will serve to prove
bow much safer it is to do even injuries to a good
man, than favours to a bad one.

is 'fu prevent his meditated mischief, if possible,
cr at least to give warning of it before the corn.
mission, and thus to strip it of all future false co-
louring, is my only motive for presenting y.nr with
his prelude in the following letters :

TO SIR IRANCIS BURDETT.
My dear SlrJacis, Miy 8.
' eur entaii,,-are circulating every where, that me are at
mortal strife. 11ave you any objection to Lay, pub: rely, low
false is the as%ertion Y'r4, u ever, JA. PAULI..'