The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-22 00:00:00

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Tryinerrs.—.l most tremendous storm of thunder and light-
ning, accompanied o itli heavy rain, was lately e%perienced iu
Lancashire, nod the adjoining ranOties. 'file electric tlaid
stnich a public-home near Toelhole,, which it gri ally damaged,
and killed the landlord. The same day the town and neigh-
bourhood of Staliiml were visited by one of the heaviest hail-
storms. accompanied with lijituing and loud peals of
thunder, in the recollection of the oldest inhabitants. The
shier). of H. Booth, Esit. of Clayton. sustained considerable da-
mage. In one garden on the Marsh every thing was crushed
as if the roller had been passed over it ; whi:st a inirden within
a ern surds of it was not in the slightest degree injured. At
J. Itoutledge was struck by the lightning, but It Is
hoped Iv. will recover. Ili. hoi se was killed by the same
stroke. The rain poured doss LI hi torrents liar the space us
nearly too hours.

One et the roust tremendous g:ilrs ever witnessed in Ply-
mouth took place last hit II 'night have been termed
a hurricane. The wind, being front the S. S. E. blew directly
into Cawsaiisl Bay, and smil, se% cral fishing-boats at their moor.
itiz%, besides throwing don a ehiunlies, and bursting in the glass
of %ill' CNN,111111:111,1 Kil/C.:11111. Tin' admirer*
of iiktiarcuiur be.inty will hear with regret, tl:at nun,. t:11.10
Renee 011111111elltA of .Mount Ellgt.ollllllllc, were pro,tt Med L. iht•
blast,..llllll.tothera.reeeived considerable damage 01E01.0 the

loom of limbo mod brunches.

During a '.intent thunder-storm, nine sheep, belonging to
Mr. John Lovell. of Veddingliant, were killed by the lightning.
The sheep were standing close together, under a hedge, w o
(key had liken shelter.
During a violent thunder storm on Wednesday last, tl•ligh:-
ning struck a cottage at Wymondhaut, Not folk, anti unfortu-
nately killed a poor woman, who was sitting in it near the chim-
ney ; a child, which she had in her arms at the fatal moment.
was deprived of sight, and otherwise 50 Illlttth injured as to ex-
pire the followinb day.
Tilt Ft Dltit Wednesday last the town of Spilsby
was visited by an :twin; thunderstorm. The rain, veal, hail.
poured down in torrents for on-aris too hours. At A•wardbv .
near Sitilsbv, Mrs. ilsby, wilt. ;3f Mr. Harkwith, Ailshy, was
Instantly kalt..l as she was taking bread from the oven ; the elec-
tric fluid descended down she chimney, split the same below
the roof of the huti.e, broke the window 5, and melted the lead.
At Ilumileb, near Spilsby, the chimney of Mr. Coupland was
moult damaged by the quantity of hail and rain that descended,
and w hick drove the soot down the chimney amongst ten young
children (scholars 1, making them as black as sweeps. Forts..
nately the outer door Wil• open, anti front the fright the infants
ran screaming into the street, tumbling one over the otter
amongst the water. The electric fluid broke the glass of a
window in 0 room tinder the same roof, melted the lead, and
made a warming-pan therein as black as gunpowder: fortu-
nately the occupiers were 60111 home: when the dour was
opened a strong sulphureous smell issued from the room. At
East Keal, the peas and beans in the garden of Mr. Parker.
brickmuker, were literally torn 1313 ioy the 10015. It is sup-
posed that the hailstiont s lay more titan in inches deep.

On Wednesday, about five o'clock in the ao'iern un, Maim! a
violent thunderstorm, the inhabitants of Wath, iu tt.e county of
York, were greatly alarmed by the fall of an inniten-e body ut
water (supposed from the breaking of a timid) in the se(wei
Vivid near that -lace, which, making its way into the villag•
with great force and velocity, carried every thing bet'ore it.
Several acres of turnips, anti many tons ut earth. were corn.
pletely swept from the neighbouring ttelds. A strung wall lie-
hind Mr.Turuer's premises was toe ced down by the tepidity
of the current ; and eueny of flue houses were inundated to the
depth of six feet, but we are happy to learn, no lives w ere lost.

On Thursday sennight, a well dressed man, out hors
arrived at the Swan Inn, Tewkesbury, representing himself as
Lieut.-Col. Sir C. Bergh, Aide-41(.4'Juni, to the Duke of We.l.
lington ; and waited upon the 114ilitti witit ii a message from his
Grace, informing them it was the I)uke's intention to honour
the Corporation with a visit ea the following Monday. In the
evening he invited several inhabitants to supper, intimating to
the landlord that he should stay at his house till the arrival of
its Grace ;11111 None of the invitations were Accepted, as it was
considered altogether a hoax. On the next morning he again
called on the Bailiffs ; when 166 reception was so unlike what
be anticipated, that he thought it prudent to make apt ecipitate
retreat : but Mr. Holland. of the Swan Inn. refusing to let hint
take away his horse without paying the expellees, he was com-
pelled to leave it behind. Frum Tewkesbury he went to Up-
ton, still representing himself as the Duke of Wellington's Aide-
de•Camp ; but the tat:input! of flue II bite Lion Inn, from his sits-
pirieus behavionr, took him into custody, and being carried
before a Magistrate, he was eentinitted to Worcester Gaol,
The horse was claimed by a stable-keeper of Bikini, of whom
it was hired by the imposter, tinder the name of Captain Web-
ster. It appeared that he had been hislisiuq solute days at the
Bush and other taverns in Bristol, at free quartets.

FEMALE liknotsm.---On Wednesday morning, about one
o'clock, an attempt was made to break into the hunse of sudow
J ntib, in Meadow-lane, Leeds ; but the rogues, being discovered
in the act, were tired at by MIA. Jobb ! and there is reason to
suppose that one of tt•eto u as sligldly wounded.

J. Jonas, Navy Agent, of Plymouth, has been committed for
trial at the nest Devoe Assizes, on a charge of altering a docu-
ment for the receipt of prize money pay able to T. Warren, by
the Agent of (keen% ieli I lospital.
Friday se'imight Neil Douglas was convicted before the High
Court ofJusticiary, of Edinbili of fraud and %blind imposi-
tion, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment.--lie had repre-
sented himself as related to Lord .Welville, and us possessing
great influence with his Lordship ; and also with Mr. Cobb, the
Secretary to the India !binge ; by which titans he swindled
several persons out of considerahle slims of money for s:tuatious
which lie pretended he haul procured for them in India.
Friday tennight the colliers coming from work not of the
tool-pit celled the Knowles Mumbles, bmetteing to the Fen-
ton-Pork Company, three teen were fastened in the eiains, as
asital, to seeme them, when three others, though lit ma )0111114
nine, laid hold of the chain without being fastened therein ; on
writing at the top of the pit, before they could be lauded, two
of them fell to the boil 000 , and were kilied, one aged 'a, and
the other about 15 years.
As Mr. liaititon, of Wansford, was going throng!' the Mole,-
croft turnpike bar a few days ago, the gat,• by some accident
closed against his horse, whirl:caused 51r. It. to be thrown:old
dragged some distance, with his tout entangled in the stirrup.
He now lies at Bevel Icy in a dangerous state.

1..a.t week an inquest was holden ou T. Watson, former) a
proprietor of one of the lsbield'A eoarlier, but I.ttrly um) a dri-
ver, uho was taken out of the f)211: on Sundry urn:moon. lie
was out of tanployment, and WAS observed lit'e On Saturday
evening sitting ilejerteit on SOW: timber en the (.14s1:) there.
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