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

T11(,74D,1ER STOR.)L!.

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Yesterday xe'unight, about OOP after a forenoon
unusually sultry for the west's, several very heavy showers
of rain fell in Liverpool awl its viciety, itcreimpassied by
hoed elame of thunder. During ,use of these showers, the
electric fluid was observed Sum pass along the south end of
Edge Hall. In its progrest it knocked down I work-
meu, one of whom was so Violently affected in the back of
the head, that fir relief he had recourse to bleeding; and
• girl in a garden haul her arm suddenly lifted up by its
effect, and felt it benumbed for sonie time after; a coachman
' was struck tits the arm whilst on the box, bet wee merely
stunned ; • lady, near Islington, whir was sewing ■t the
time, felt in the fingers iu contact with the needle, a
sensation erten:Oiling that of a slight elect: i^ spark. The
electric fluid entered the house of Mex. Clare, in Edge
Vale, where its progress was not less nl•rming to tho its-
males, thou destructive to the premiers. It appears pro-
bable, that, attracted by the iron railing in front of dee
house, it entered the wall on one side of the door, where it
has shattered the bricks, tutu to pieces the wood soul brick
work between the duor•pillar and the archway of the door;
lifted the boards .011 the top, al k the fan-light to piece.,
burning a part of the frame, and leavit., a black front us, the
p•iut work; theme it passed through time archway t•f the
dour, splitting the bricks stud the stone at this bottom of
the middle wordow,.the glass of which was phoneme, to
pieces, and she wbule frame dislodgmd and furced into the
house. Over the wiudow it forced, in its way to the roof,
a large hole, above which the soot appear. exactly PS if
flame had Issued front it. Its course appears met to have
beets leeward* the chimney; the cans were shattered to
pie cee ; the ridge-moms displaced ; ninny bricks and
note!' cement torn from time wall; and the lead in many
places fee red up: in the lower room, the stucco, plaster,
tool paper are in ri semi places broken, and the fluid
scorched She editing of the chimney glass awl peeled the sop
oruartecul•, Lit did nut disturb the polished tire-nuns just
below. Six eroiares of east were driven moo in tide room.
In the room above, in one Collier stood a bundle of rods, to
which it entitle its way, perhaps, from the chimney, he.
toren the lathing and the wall, as it forced off the plaster,
and shit a ors:toile of it against a chest of drawers 11 or
12 feet distant, evidently with amazing force. In this 100:11 a
polite lady wasrianding. Sht• felt a. if her head were pressed
by a weight to her shoulder, hid received nn further injury
than Ih•I ref ultine from ahem at the lodge of the fluid in its
paassee, which resembled l'atlooo, an.l fil'ed the room (and
indeed the whole house) wills a solplorreous smoke. Ois
tog to the dour, she found it fast, the bolt having been famed,
ad if it were pertly locked, plot/ably from it• having attract-
ed the fluid. A young lady. a het wax using • pair of sei
was struck down, and deprived, for a short lime, of the use
of our of her legs; she was seriously hurt, but is mover.
iug. A female servant was driven to one end of the kitchen,
tool a nail in she dune, suit which her bonnet was hung, was
drawn out, avid the boom t turn to pieces. The house ap.
peereel to lw fluted oil!' vivid flame anti smoke. Two into
and • tiny, who had taken shelter at the cud of she house,
were throws 15 or 20 feel tram the spot se he re they stood ; one
of them was talon up inseustlele, but is now recovering. The
breast arid hack of she buy are severely scorched In red
breeching etrire a, es if produced by the blows of a switch.
In the nixt bonne, in a room. the door sited windows of
which were eloseil, time frame of a large pier glass was per.
(orated as if by a pistol hall; round which, as from a cen-
tre, the gilding was iegolarly streaked with soot ; the glass
was not broken. A prestos was iu the lat,lll, but was not
aware of the circumstance when it happened. The greater
part of the ceding of • room above was also stripped off.--e
( Liverpool Mercury.]
On Tuesday toed Wednesday week this city and neigh.
Iseurhoud was %kited by several tremeneiout thunder-storm•,
■cruuipasird by [teary rain, and hail stones of a great size.
The lightning was very vivid. Much damage has been
dime in the steielthourhood of Tenon, Hatidley, and other
rota east of Chester, by the hail. The hot-houses at Al.
dericy Ball, were nearly di•airmeja d, and the damage ass-
tamed is very considerable; it is estimated at upwards
of one hundred pouuds. 'Farporley ■oil Nendwiels were
also visited. It is said that malty of the hail-stemes
which fell at Nantwich euesseicil shout four inches and
stud a half iu circumference. A pe.iton (ruin uur office who
was at Natitwich an Tharsdey, saw a hail•atoue which at
that time measured three inches its eircumfereoce, wutwitb.
standing what it must have lost of its magnitude by having
lain from the day preceding. Coosidelahle damage has ate.
cessarily been dune iu the country. Mr. Tonikissiote, of
Doefuld 11.11, we underitand, has sustained a loss it, the glass
of his hut-houses sed flames of not less than 90/. The loos
sustained by Mr. Gray, of Ashton Hers, is estimated at
1001. to 15U/. Mr. Curliest, of D•ruold flan, Mr. •1' kin-
-114111, of !teas Heath, Mr. &hillock, of Nantwich, and mummy
cohere, have suffered hi a rou•rlcrable amount. Indeed die
damage done betwixt the destruction of glass, and of fruit
I trees, and of INu rising garden crops, is not easily to be cal.
related. Several uptight aiuduws of shops and hollers in
Nauteich were bruhem, and had had it not been that the
wind was calm, much more damage must have accrued.—
(Chester Guardian )