The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-25 00:00:00

LETHERIN(;SET,'Skri: 18.

AlthOugh 'the tempest exprienced in the neigh-
bourhoed of Holt, pn the tith instant, was but of
short duration; it.is not in the poWer of language to
give an'adequate idea of the tsemendous scene the
thunder and lightning presented: About eleven
o'clock in the forenoon a heavy shower of rain came'
on from the West, attended by two distant claps of
thunder. The cloud passed towards the E. N. E.
and became, in an ungsual manner, stationary. A
short cessation of the rain was succeeded by such' a,
variableness in the wind as we never before witness-
ed: The wind fixing at last in the N. E. E. brought
the cloud rapidly back over the same space it 'had
before visited. ;The blackness exceedingly increas-
ed, and- the b.ody of the cloud lowered very consider-
ably towards the earth. It was now perceived to be
filled with elearic fluid, which it sent forth in three
terrible discharges.—Every house-was shaken, and
every beholder quaked with fear, expeaing each time
to view some desolating erfea. At the second dis:.
charge, a small portion of elearic fluid fell within a
few yards of the Rev. J. Burrell's horse, at Lether-
ingset, and dissipated in a hissing like that of 'hot
iron when quenching with water. But the prin-
cipal body fell on: Nifivetoo Church, 'distant about
two miles and a half toWards the North, which
it appeiirs to haVe struck' in various dire&ions.
The lariFst portion forced into the church 'on the
south --side,- can-yin:- With— it part of the wall..
The pinnacle at the South-east corner of the
steeple was thrown- :down. - In the church the
fluid , seems to have been agitated in all direaions
against the wallS; in some places 'tearing down
the .plaster, in -Others leaving a blackneas, as if
evaporated in Sinoke. The piliiicol escape was
through the upper window, hear the • steeple,
on 'the north side, which ' ‘VIiS entirely detrojied ;
the other , north windows were slightly damaged.
The third discharge uPon.'a farm-house, occur
pied by .Mr. Emery, at Letheringset. • One part
passed clown' the eastern chimney into the kitchen,.
and killed a dog .which was-sleeping With its head
on Mr. Emery's foot, from whence it passed in the
form of conglomerated smoke; through a passage
into the western rooms of the house. , The kitchen
-was 'filled with sulphuric smoke ; but fortunately,
though four or five persbns were sitting 'round the
fire, and others standing in the roOm, no personal
injury was sustained by any of them. The elearic
fluid had also entered the south wall of the house,
immediately under the roof, and carrying with it
'deSolation to the doors and windows and the phis-
teriug of the walls, threw.down the 'chimney at the
'west gable, displaced. the whole of the tiling, and
descended by the Walls into the lower apartments,
where it equally destroyed the whole.of tho windows;
through which, and a door which was shut, is seems
to have burst into a cloud of smoke, which. entirely
'concealed the house from the 'sight of Mr. Burrell's
family, whose windows are direly fronting, at the
distance of 200 yards: The wainscotting of the
parlour was torn to pieces, and the oaken door stalls
and window-frames had large splinters driven from
them. The egress in this instance was on the same
side with its ingress; there were no windows to the
North injured, and an outward door on this side
stood open. It is also remarkable, that the styles of
two dial at Mr. Emery's, and that the dial of Wive- -
ton church, should not be in the least affeaed.—
From the concussion of the air five squares of glass
were broken in Mr. JRlrrell's house. Another farm
house at Letheriugest, (Mr. Cobon's) which was
considerably rent by lightniqg about 2:1 years since,
was cracked in one of its walls; and the horses in
the hall-farm stables are said "tohave fallen on their
knees. During the tempest the rain poured kg tor-
-rents through the air. All
,became clear and calm
again about 2-o'clock. .

The Earl andeountess of DAR 11.EY, G. MATHEW,
Esq. his Lady, and 'the, Hon. Misses MONKTONS;
Sir CHARLES, /and Lady ASGILLi and party, arrived
on Sunday at Edinburgh.

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