The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-22 00:00:00

JOHN LOCKIER.

We lately gave an interesting account of the
traordinary accident which happened to this man.
The folloMng partieulars are copied from The Bath
Herald Of 6-aturday :
That ,a human being should exist twenty days
(from the 19th of August to the Bth of September),
without any'subsistence, but the little rain water he
was able to catch in his shaving cu{), and by chew-
ing the surrounding grass, will appear incredible,
but it is a fact, and will be clearly substantiated.—
His senses appear to have recovered from the effects
of the lightning much sooner than his powers of
speech, or the use,of his limbs. He•was conscious
of his situation long before he had the ability to
speak, or the inclination to endeavour to move.
The PrOfessional Gentlemen who now attend
him, from the sensations of 'tingling pain which he
experiences, have the greatest hopes that he will
soon obtain a,partial use of his legs and feet, with
the loss of his toes, as we have before stated.
The following are the memoranda he minuted on
.the slate leaves of a black letter case; and which
book is bent and Coaled up, evidently appearing to
have been soaked through by the wet
Jam just able to pencil this—l believe the fatal thunder;
storm (to me) was on the tgth*of August--I should not have
known how the time mint on only by hearing the guns go oil
for
.partridge-shooting the first of September, and it is now
the fourth I am 'penciling thiS—froin tire above till now I
have not had any thing to put in my mouth."
On another leaf he had written on the day be was
discovered :
As 1 was going across this wood to Farleigh, I was
struck down by a violent clap otjthunder, where I lay sense..
less tot Cod' knows how long. When 1 came to myself, my
hands and tcet were swelled viriinuch, so that I could not
stand, nor have I eat or drauk'any thing tbr three weeks past
—cud only knows my sufßring."
* It was on the !vb.

ANECDOTE.--S:. MVEL FOOTE, one day, when at
dinner with Commodore JOHNSTONE, indulged him-
self very freely with the character of Mr. GARRICK)
and arraigned hut for his envious,, narrow, contra6ted
mind, and for various littlenesses which he daily.
'practised to preserve the reputation be bad acquired.
The Commodore grew warm, and swore by G—d
the charaaet- of his friend should not be outraged in
his_preseuce ; and said, that he believed him- to be
possessed of as much honour as merit; and he should
consider every attack upon him as a falithood. Upon
this Mr. 'VpoTrt instantly said—" i will tell you a
'story, Commodore: When I came last from Scot-
land, I saw the following Words written on a pane
of glass in a tavern window : Miss Gordon is the
upest woman io the universe, in my eses,'—upon
which, (says the wit) I took my diamond and in-
'stantly wrote_ wader D—n my eyes.' The Com-
modore perceived the force of the application, and
burst into a loud laugh, apologizing tin- his warmth.
On Monday evening, about ten o'clock, a shock-
ingincident took place at Sheffield, between a young
man called Henry Lonsdale, and one Housley, who,

~with his wife, was walking up and carryina° a bas-
ket, which the former shook as he passed. On. this
an altercation ensued, when Housley struck Lolls-
dale a blow upon the breast, which instantaneously
killed him. The Coroner's Inquest
,sat upon the
body on Wednesday, and brought in a yerdici. of
Manslanghier against nousley, who was committed
to York-Castle. . _ _

An inquisition was taken, at Sheffield on Saturday
last, before 'Mr. FOTELI, on ,the body .of Williatn
Watson, late of Upper Hallam, which bad been
buried in the parish church-yard on the Tuesday pre-
ceding, but was taken up for the. inspeaion of the
Jury ; before whom it appeared in evidence that the
deceased, who was about 50 years of age, had re-.
ceived alalow from his father, who was upwards of
four score, more than, two months before his death.
The skull, on examination, appeared to have been
fraaured ; and it. was the opinion of the Jury that he
died in consequence of it.. The father was accord-
ingly'committed to York Castle. The son had been
attempting, to repair a churn, hot happening to split:
a part of it, the father in a passion snatated the
4andle up and struck the son with it.