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London, England, 1808-07-27 00:00:00

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ing to return the money, if they could "aftetwards
establish that the bill had not been re,;ularly ne-
gotiated. The Plaintiffs not knowing that the. bill
bad not been presented at Naples for acceptance,
paid. the money ; but having ascertained the .art,
they brought their udion for 4231. the amount of the
bill, and expellees. --

The question was, whether it was contrary to the
general praaice to demand payment for- a • bill at the
place where it was payable; without having pre-
viously procured. the acceptance at the plaCe where it
was to be accepted. It appeared in evidence, that this
was contrary to the general praaice, and that there-
fore there was au irregularityiin the negotiation. of
the bill, tor which the holder was answerable.—
Verdid for the Plaintiffs, 4231.

THU,VDER STORMS.

During. the• severe storm yesterday, a house be-
longing to Mr. Cheesman, situated in 'Broomfield-
place, Deptford, and the one adjoining, were par-
tially struck by the li,;htninar. The electric fluid ap-
peared to come from a South-east direaion, and
striking the window of Mr. C.'s house obliquely,
tcre away the frame
.-and cell. In the ro.)m it did
more considerable damage, tearing: away the plain-
tering and ceiling, and otherwise injuring the roof..
Mrs. C. sittina-,in the room, was thrown on the
floor by the vi;lenceof the shock, but received no
other injury than the fright-.
The adjoining house experienced a similar shock,
and two females in the room were struck to the
ground, one of whom, at five o'clock, last evening,
li had not recovered. the use of her !Mills;
A letter. from Strathblane, ScOtland, dated 21st
July, says—" This vicinity was visited to-day by
a most tremendous thunder-storm, •accompanied •
with heavy rain. The peals were incessant for the'
space of three hours and upwards, having beam)
about eleven and continued till near three. About
otie o'clock 'the lightning struck the tower of the
Castle of Mugdock, entering by the roof, where it
tore up the ceiling- and slates for many yards, and
threw down several large stones from the corners.
It then made its way through the inner wall of the
staircase, making a large hole in it, shattering the
wall for a considerable space mound. It afterwards
direaed its, coursO down the staircase; where it
broke one of the steps, precipitating the half of it
to the bottom. It next forced its way through the
top of a stone vault, throwing down a large, stone
near the centre; thence it seems to have escaped by
the door into the earth, as 'to farther trace•Of it has
been obServed. Fortuna., yno person residing in
the Castle received any injury, although the family
were dreadfully alarmed with the ,loudness and
abruptness of this particular peal; which they de-
scribe as being more terrible• than any thing they
had ever heard."
On Thursday, about, three o'clock p. m. a violent
thunder-storm took place 'near Linlithgow. The
lightning struck-the house of Mrs. Finlayson, where
it did, considerable damage-,-it destroyed the ceiling
of 'One room, having been attraCied by, and ran
along, the bell-wires; ffoni that room it descended
to the apartment below, in a spiral form, described
by a little boy present'aslike a burning hoop; and
had such an effi On a Lady who was attending the
boy, as to render her insensible for some time. A
great deluge of rain tell.
GI:OUtESTER; JULY 25.=--During the tremendous
thunder-storm, on the night of Friday se'nnight, a
most alarming circumstance took place at the house
of •Mr. T. Whittard;of fiorsley, in this county;—
About eleven o'clock a fire-ball: fell upon the house,
throwing dowfi a considel'able part of the roof. It
then entered a room, where his niece (who is in a
bad state of health) was iu bed, perforated the wall,
And split one of the rafters, forerun its way through
to the dwelling underneath, inhabited by a man and
his wife. rile fluid likewise damaged the wall, in
several places, in this part of the house, and after-
wards darted through a window, without any of the
parties,..whose lives were in such danger. sustaining
the'smallesLinjury, beyond the dread occasioned by
their perilous situation.

lb an orchard belonging to H. Biedermann,
of Tetbury, a large-apple-tree was shivered to pieces
by the lightning, and 23 panes of thick glass in the
green-house were broken
.by the haikstones.
At Burleyrlam, near Whitchurch, Shropshire,
the cattle, tear-struck, herded close together in the
fields, 'and the lightning ,struck down five cows
.belonging 'to Mr. Benyon, of the Rookery, in
the parish of Audlein, together with his son,
who was passing at that moment. On-his Provi-
dentially recovering, he ran to the cattle ; one he
found dead„ another -with her head doubled under
her brisket, . but which soon got up, and, with the,
other three:, are likely to-do well ! The one which
,was unfortunately killed,- on being struck, sprang
several feet, and instai•ily expired : the fatal streke •
caught her on the top of the tail by the rump, and-
passing down the side of her hind' quarter, in a
burnt' seam of about three inches wide, rack across
the-ribs, and descended 'down the shoulder and leg'
.seemingly into the earth.

A serious accident betel Gregson, the pugilist; a
his sparring benefit on Tuesday last. He was setting
to with Firby, and on being rallied he retired to the
extremity of the stage, when both fell off, and
Gregson again broke the small bone which had pre-
yiooSly been brOken in his combat with Gully. A
match has been made between Gregson and Crib,
as before state.] and the former yesterday consult-
ed Surgeon 1-I.HAvi.sinE, whether. the fracture would
be well enough tor the combat in three months.
noble Marquis has backed Gregsoll, anti
sequence of this accident he will forfeit the depoSit.
Tuesday next will be the Fifth Day of Drawing.
HoaNsay and Co.,respedfully acquaint the
that they continue their original plan of returning
to the purchaser of a Ticket (or Tickets to: any
ambunt). one Pound above the price paid for the
same, be what it may, after every day's drawing (if
undrawn), which insures to the.adventurer an easy.
mode of obtaining every capital prize at a trifling
risk. Prizes in the Wheel are 20,0001. 10;0001.
50001. 20001. 5001. Sic. and the usual proportion of
smaller Pi izez. Tiekets arid Shares are selling, war-
ranted undrawn, at their State Lottery Otlices, 26,
Cornhill, 52, Charing-cross, and St. Margaret's-hill,
Borough.

LE DS, JUL:

AT the Sessions held. at Leeds, on Monday last,.
the calendar was unusually large, and a great interest
was exeilt,..d by the dangerous gang of villains who
have for a `considerable time past committed the most
alarming depredativs upon the property of indivi-
duals, apparently secured by locks and bolts, and
that with a degree of secrecy and syternatic address
which has long eluded detention, and baffled all the
viailance of the Police.
TRIAL OF HENRY PULLEYN,&c.

Henry Pulleyn, of York, toyman, was charged
with in-caking into the shop of Miss Frances Wat-
son, milliner, of Leeds, and stotiling therefrom -a
quantity of linen drapery goods to, a considerable
amount. The most material evidence on the part
of the prosecution was that of William. Lockwood,
an accomplice in the robbery. The witness stated
that on Monday, the 14th .f June, the Prisoner,
Thomas CaMpbell and himself, met at the .Buck
public-house, in Leeds, where it was proposed by
the Prisoner, "Eo do Miss Watson's shop." From
this public-house they adjourned, tO the • Black
Lion, at the Bank, where the proposal of Pulleyn
was taken into consideration, and finally adopted;
about eleven o'clock the same evening, they met
by agreement at the Witness's
rendezvous
near the
New Burying-ground, to which rendezvous Pul-
leyn brought a quantity of picklocks, skeleton
keys., and a brace of pistols. About one o'clock
they proceeded to .-I,e scene of action, taking with
them the apparatus which Pulleyn had provided; a
piece of iron to act as lever,. and a bag to contain
the spoil.' The Witness placed himself at theMoOt
hall steps, which immediately adjoin Miss Watson's
shop, to guard against asurprise; Thomas Camp-
bell was stationed on the opposite side of the sheet
for the same purpose, and: the post of danger
was reserved for the Prisoner, who commenced his
operations by picking one of the locks, which he
soon accomplished ; but the other (a patent pad-
lock) defied his utmost. skill, and he was obliged to
wrench ;tint the staple. This operation occupied
him near an
.honr and a half'; as soon as he had ef-
fected a pra6ticable breach, he entered the premises,
ami in the course- of five or six minutes brought a
bag to the door filled with goods, which was taken
by Pulleyn, Campbell, and the Witness, to a honse
in Ebenezer-street, occupied by Ann Lescoeeahis
was-about three o'clock in the morning. -re
Witness stated that the prisoner had a handker-
chief tiecfoVer his face.. The bag remained at this
house some time, and was afterwards taken by the
witness_ to his own house, but his wife.objeaing
to its being deposited there, lie lodged it in an un-
occupied house adjoining, where it remained un-
-11l the following Sunday, when this virtuous tri-
umvirate assembled to share the boozy. John
Richmond and his wife, Who were admitted to the
honoUrs'olthis sitting, thongh not in the present, in-
stance-to a' share in the spoil, seeilied to be of -the
number Of the initiated, and to, be very worthy Of
the honours conferred upon them.. Mrs. Lock.
wood, the wife of the last witness, corroborated all
that part of her husband's evidence which related
to Nvhat took pla,ce. at Lockwood's house, and also
rther stated, 'that one of the' handkerchiefs which
tell tO her husband's lot was taken by her' to a
person of the name of Sarah. Sunderland. This
handkerchief being produced in Court was identi-
fied by Miss Watson as part of the, goods taken
frdm her shop, and was also proved by the Officers
of the Police to be found in the possession of Sarah
Sunderland, who herself deposed, to the fait of
having received the handkerchief from the wife. of
LoCkwood: Ann Lescoe also confirmed Lo•,:k,
wood's testimony as to the goods being. brought to
her house by;,-three men, one of whom had a hand-.
-kerchief tied over ,his face. -These were all the
material fa:.-As on the part. of the prosecution. The
Prisoner, in his defence, attempted, to, prove 'an
alibi, but' entirely failed. Thy evidence on both
sides being gone through, the. Rcooanza recapitu-
lated, with precision and impartiality, the whole of
the evidence, and the Jury, atter deliberating for a -
few minutes, found the Prisoner Guilty. -
The COURT immediately sentenced him to be
transported for the term of seven years. As the
Prisoner
.was leaving the Bar, he struck the
ness, Lockwood, a violent blow on the.face with
his fist :. for this gross coatempt of tbe'Court, he
was ordered to be very heavily ironed,

• John Richmond was charged, by two indiaments,
with robbing the warehouse of MesSrs. Josiah Oates
and Co. and the warehouse of 4ilesSrs. B. BiSchoti,
awl Sons, of a quantity of woollen cloth. TO both
these indiaMetm he pleaded and was sen-
tenced to be iransported: for the' term of seven
3Tars„

Thomas Grunwell (another of the same gang),
was charged, on'his own Confession, with robbing-
the warehouse of Messrs B. Bischoff .and Sons, and
stealing.therettom several pieces of wocillen cloth.
The Jury, Without hesitation, fotind the Prismier,
guile; and the Court sentenced him to be trans-
ported for the term of seven years.
The Prisoner, with great effrontery, thanked the
Court for his sentence, and, •by way of proving his
gratitude, he struck the Witness, Lockwood,, a vio-
lent blow on the lace. The Court,
,to restrain him
from doing further mischief, ordered him to be hand-
cuffed as well as ironed.
m. Lockwobd and James:Stephenson were ad-
mitted_ to give evidence fbr the Crown, arid were
discharged, after receiving a very serious admonition
from the Court.

The whole tribe of flowers have this year been in
greater abundance and beauty than ever were known,
and the Florists will do well this. year to collect their
future seeds. In the.. vegetable world, the gardens
have had their produce much scorched and' diminish-
ed, and the wall-111th is but partial and scanty. The
crops of hay are remarkably good, and those of closer
very indifferent. The rain which has for these tWo
days fallen copiously, will be of essential service in
every county.

Thirteen Capital Prizes to be drawn Of 20,0001.
10,0001. 6,0001. 2,0001. 5001. and a full propor-
tion of other • Prizes. Next Tuesday, August 2, is
the Day. Tickets and. Shares, warranted undrawn,
are selling at all the Lottery Offices.