The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-11 00:00:00

THUNDER STORMS.

Sunday afternoon, there was at Glasgow a greet
deal of thunder sod lightning, accompanied by ex.
rrw•ive heavy rain. About a quarter past four, the
lightish% struck the top of Lord xtson's 'Monu-
ment ; sod we regret to say, that it has most mate.
really injured that elegant structure. Ou the north
the columu is torn open for more than twenty
feet front the top, and several of the stones have
been thrown dswn. On the west sides the effects
of the destructive fluid are visible in mere than one
'dace; ais4 on the south side there is a rent in the
column as far down as the head of the pedestal.
A number of the stones are hanging in such a
threatening posture, that a military guard has bees
placed around the monumeot, to keep at a die.
truce the thoughtless or too daring spectators.
—Same day, whole the Physicians were going their
rounds in the Royal Infirmary, there was a violent
thunderclap, without any pereptible interval be-
toeen the lash and the stroke, which seemed to
shake the Infirmary. AU the chimneys were affect-
ed, but particularly the western. The lowest of
the women's ward*, where the writer of this was,
exhibited a very awful appearance. During four
or six secoods, all the time was suddenly driven
into the ward with a rustling noisy, together with a
dense column of soot and smoke, which itistai..ly
filled the ward. Fortuiirtely do person was hurt;
but the patients screamed aloud, and such a• could
rise ran Irons their beds. Sunder appearances,
thou4ll its different degrees. took place through the
whole hou.e, which seems to hare been enveloped
eta a thunder (loud, and which probably may have
owed its preservation to the quantity of rain flowing
from its roof.

The I,gianine. a little past fonr also
struck a house of three moms high in Itottenrow.
street. In the upper floor ■ wit.tlow was shivered
In Nieces-13 the m:cotici Amer, n Ityttle. which was
on the tire, ha.lits spout cotlttd the ground

ddor, leeer.sl ell:liren sud thrir 411-. r were •ittin/
at the tire; the children's Its r tr.is singed,
neid the 'anther w Is thrown it comsidtnible distsiice;
a hole about an . inch ilisineter was mule through
the ',Atolls of nn od lamp which na.+ standing on
the chimney-piece; the electric miller then went
through a stone-wadi 'shout tliar inches thuek. and
strurit a tin flatgou on the opposite side of the
rood' _

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It is perhaps worthy of remark, that, -abont fifty
years ago. the high steeple of our venerable Catlin
dral, was likewise struck by lightning, and received
an idolising fracture near the top. Au rumen-
Architect was brought trOM 3 distauce by the Ma-
gistrates, to consult what was necessary to be done
to aavc that fine building fruits what was conceived
impending destruction. 111* advice. as the on'y
safe method, was, to drive off the shattered parts by
firing cannon balls at then! This inupo.al, we
know, was not adopted; and the late tugeniutia
Mr. Mingo Nttiomith. then Toan'a Mason, who
had jut finished St. Andrew's Church. undertook
to repair t:.e fractured steeple; he diJ, with-
out any accident, in a sisaireielit Inanser, end which.
till this won:relit, appears to he as firm as any
of the building.