The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-09 00:00:00

'EDINBURGH, AUG. 4.

•
THUNDER STORM.---in addition to the different ac-
counts...we have alreadygiven of the extent,Niolence,
and progress of the thunder-storm that took place on
Thursday the 21st ult. we have received the follow•,-
ing : at the house of Kersiebank, in 'the neighbour-
hood of PolinOnt, occupied- at present by a Lady,
-her two children, a niece, and servant-maid, the,
clouds, by the. hour of ten o'clock, had a very un-
common appearance;' the atmosphere seemed _itn-
pregnated with
,sulphur, and thunder was hew&
at a.coOsiderable distance. But, by twelve, the peals
became extremely loud,and frequent, and betwixt
- the, flashes of the lightning. there was little or no
intermission; when, all at once, the family were-
alarmed by a most tremendous noise from the hall,
Like the shot of a cannon ;.,upon which all around it .
appeared to be filled with fire and smoke. In the
hail itself, the' plaster, and. every thing else that
could be severed from the walls, were broke down ;
in • both dining-room and
,drawing-room the bell,
wires, and many other articles, were:torn off; the
door of a closet was forceclopeu,-and the lock broken
to pieces, as were also a variety of articles of china
and • glass that were in it. The. Lady's'son, in one :
of the apartments on the second flat, had a book
he wai reading driven from his hand, feeling, at
the same time, as if he bad gota blow on his breast,
when he observed the liglithjiig fly, something like
stars, from his buttons. The servant in the kitchen
care.l out she was kiikd.; but none Of them were
injured, only the latter telt rem- some time the effeas
of the lightning on her neck and arm. In short,
the whole scene; was truly awful and tremendous,
insomuch, that those who afterwards' saw the ravage
that had been made, considered it next to a miracle
that the fat/lily had escaped unhurt.

RENOVATION OF SlGllT.—Lately died in the vil-
lage of Aberteldie,
,Perthshire, Margaret Robinson,
at the adVanced age of 96 years. The history-of this
woman, in regard to the recovery of her sight, is
somewhat remarkable, and is not unworthy of re-
cord, not merely as declaratory of the fat itself, but
as also holding out strong hopes tO those who are,
or may -be, unhappily placed in a siniilar condition
of recovering this inestimable blessing, sight. About
the period this woruan, who was a farmer's wife, at-
tained the age of 63, she became totally blind, not
suddenly, or by any particular cause, but by a gradual
decay of sight. In this state she remained for 15
years. In her 78th year, she recovered her sight
so well, that, With the assistance of glasses, she was
able to thread a .needle and to read her bible. , In
the course. of the next year, 'she found it so strong
aiid clear, that she-laid 'aside her glasses altogether.
From her 79th to the 87th year Ober life, she en-
joyed her sight with as much clearness as she did at.
any period of her life : it then began to fail again,
but was not totally lost at: the time of her death. It
is observable that she always retained- all her other
lacnities with undiminiShed vigour to the last.
The following very extraordinary circumstance
lately took , place at Calicut seven desperate Malays
who had been the terror 'of the adjacent country,
having carried away the cattle, set fire to the cot-
tages, and murdered several.of the natives who op-
posed their depredations, were
.J,lpprehended and
lodged; in the public gaol, when, during the period
' of their confinemetit„ they behaVed in the most re-
fradory and resolute manner. On being brought to
trial, several charges were 'brought home to them,
and they all received sentence of death ; but the
evening previous to their execution, they rose on
their guards, whom they murdered; and possessing
themselves of their. muskets, bade defiance to the
keeper of the vi-ison and his assistants. The Officer
commanding in the distrial, With a small detach-
ment
of Seapoys, attempted to scale the walls of
the firison, the doors and windows being blockaded
within; but he was repulsed with the loss of se-
veisl men ; the Assailants however being reinforced
from an adjacent station, and the desperadoes finding
themselves overpowered,- set fire to that part of the
prison in which
.they were confined, and refusing
all' assistance, petished in the flames. Fortunately
the rest of the prisoners were rescued, and a part of
the- building was saved from destruaion.