The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-07 00:00:00

T Dli FA' OEM.

• Yesterday tridftliti6 di about seven o'clock, during the
thUnder storm, as James Laftkidti; a lad about sixteen years
of age, residing at No. 6, Ireland-PA Rt. Andrew's-hill,
was proceeding through Farringdon-market, 1w was struck
by a flash of lightning, which knocked him down in a ptate
of insensibility, and his face and head were severely injures.
Sevaral persons near the spot proceeded to his assistance,
and immediately carried him to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, where he was put to bed and every assistance was
afforded him, but he is now lying in a deplorable condi-
tion. The electric Auld as it passed by was strongly felt
by every person in the neighbourhood, and a peculiar sen-
sation was created. Lloyd, the ward beadle, at the time
of the accident, was standing in conversation With Mr.
Jolly, a market gardener, who described that they wit-
nessed the approach of the lightning, and it had the appear-
ance of a firebrand, which proceeded with the swiftness of
a meteor in a northerly direction.
At about the same time a boy was passing along Bridge-
street, Blackfriars, when he was also struck by lightning
and felled to the ground in a state of insensibility. He was
carried away for medical assistance, but we were unable to
ascertain who or what he was.

At about half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning an
elderly man was passing through Noble-street,, Falcon-
square, when he was struck by lightning, and fell forward
on the ground. Some passengers proceeded to his asA
sistance, and on lifting him up they observed that he was
bleeding from a severe wound on his face, and was consi-
derably scorched, and appeared to be lifeless. He was
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital on a shutter, and
on his arrival he was found to be quite dead. He was not
known. Several pamphlets and other articles were in
his Rpssession, and it is conjectured that he was hawking
them about for sale. A coroner's inquest will be held upon
his body.
Yesterday evening, on inquiry at the hospital, we ascer-
tained that the lad Larman had remained in a state of
insensibility during the whole of the day, unable to speak,
and that several other accidents had been admitted. During
the storm the most extraordinary appearances presented
themselves. At the above hour Henry Rakewell, a car-
man, in the employ of Messrs. Spencer and Capel, coal
merchants, of Bridewell, had to deliver coals at the above
hospital, and he was, with his waggon, &c., in the open
yard belonging to the establishment, when his attention was
attracted by a flash of lightning. He perceived a body of
fire in the firmament, which burst, and exhibited the ap-
pearance of a sky rocket, which descended with great velo-
city towards the earth. Several persons who were passing
by the spot were also attracted, and they felt a peculiar
'sensation of heat, and were greatly surprised and alarmed.
Shortly after this extraordinary phenomenon took place,
the old man, the deceased, was brought into the hospital,
and he (Rakewell) was called upon to assist. Similar
appearances were witnessed in the neighbourhood of Black-
friars-bridge, Shoe-lane, Farringdon-street, Holborn, &c.,
and it is supposed that considerable mischief has taken
place in the metropolis and the country in consequence of
the storm.

A few young boys at Lenzburg, in Switzerland,
at the end of last month, who had been taking birds' nests,
contrary to the injunctions of the authorities, suspected one
of their companions of having betrayed them, or of being
likely to do so, and therefore debated among themselves on
the most effectual method of stopping his mouth. They
found nothing better spited to their purpose than to strip
him of his clothes, to tie his hands, and to throw him into
the Aar, which they accordingly did, at half a league from
Lenzburg. His body has not yet been found. Four of his
companions, from eight to fifteen years of age, have been
taken up and put into confinement.—Galignani's Messenger.
TIIE HAY SEASON.—Three or four more fine
days will suffice to stack all the hay which is now out in
this neighbourhood. The crop has generally been heavy,
and in no season has the hay been got up in better condi-
tion. The trifolium incarnatum (crimson trefoil) is stated
to have generally failed, or only partially succeeded. In this
neighbourhood, however, wherever it has been well culti-
‘ated, it has admirably succeeded, and stood the winter as
well as the other fodder crops. In one instance within our
knowledge, where it was sowed after harvest amongst the
rising clover, by a Hollingbourne farmer, it produced excel-
lent and plentiful fodder for horses, or indeed any other stock.
—Maidstone Gazette. _

At Vienna, on the 23d of June, it appears that the
cholera was raging with •great violence, although the people
had grown so used to the visitation that they ceased to dread
it as formerly. The Emperor is to leave the capital at the
beginning of August; and proceed by slow journies to Prague,
11 here his coronat►on as King of Bohemia will take place.
THE •TEA TRADE.—The clearances last week
amounted to about 425,0001b5., duty having been paid upon
a consideiable quantity of Bohea teas, preparatory to the alte-
ration in the duty from Is. 6d. to 2s. Id. per lb.
Though the French assume theirs to be the universal
language, there is no doubt that, including the United States
and our own colonies, English is spoken by double the number
of persons in the known world.
M. chapuy, a mechanician, of the rue de la Vieilid
Monnaie, having consulted a quack for a complaint from
which he bad long been Suffering, W2S ordered a bath at 40
degrees of Reaurnur, (122 of Fahrenheit) in which there was
a strong infusion of peppermint, and other powerful aromatics.
Scarcely, however, was the patient immersed, when he be-
came delirious; and, being kept in the bath by force, was at
tacked with violent spasms, which, in a quarter of an hour
put an end to his life with the most horrible agonies.—French
Paper. •

SOMNAMBULISM.—On Sunday morning last, be-
tween the hours of one and two o'clock, a respectable female,
of the name of Morricc, residing in Long-acre, opposite to
Buw-street, was observed by a policeman walking in her sleep
along the parapets in front of the house adjoining her own.
She had arrived at Mr. Stenning's, the confectioner, where
she opened a window, entered a room on the first floor, and
laid herself down by the side of a little boy, who was enjoying
the pleasures of a few hours' repose on the sofa, when Mr.
Stenning, who had 'been made acquainted with the circum-
stances.of her entry, went quietly into the room, wrapped her
up carefully in a blanket, and, soon succeeded, with the assist-
ance of the policeman, in carrying her back to her own domi-
cile, which she had so. unconsciously quitted. During the
whole time of this business the young woman did wit once
sboW the least signs of awakening.—Morning Paper.
DONNA MARIA'S FROLICS.—LISBON, JUNE
13.—An old woman, who has been lately employed at the
Palace making new window-curtains, relates many amusing'
anecdotes of the Queen and her young spouse. Her Ma-
jesty, it seems, is as full of frolic and as 'wild as a kitten.
She never takes more than one meal a day ; but that one meal
lasts all day long—for the lump, not slice, of bread and but-
ter
is never out of her hand. In her hours of relaxation she
and the Prince often indulge in a game of romps, which ge-
nerally ends in a melee of all the ladies present. Lest I
shonld forget it, let me tell you at once she is posi-
tively not enceinte. Some days ago she hunted old Don
Lorene° de Lima from room to room with a pair of
scissors in her hand ; and her object, namely, to cut off a
piece of his coat-tail, having been frustrated by the clever re-
.reat he ultimately succeeded in effecting, she indulged her
sportive humour by chopping off large pieces from, the
fashionably capacious sleeves of her Maids of Honour. The
Prince is just as frolicsome, and is for that very reason, be-
sides his good-looking phiz, a great favourite at the Palace.
The dramatis persona of the little coterie who surround the
Royal pair is small but choice. Don Lorene° de Lima, un-
cle to the Marquis de Polite de Lima, the very beau ideal of
Bob Loyic, with spectacles, umbrella, &e. The only.aCliieve-
ment of any note ever accomplished by him is one of which
certain London tailors can furnish you with the particulars.
Don Thomas De Mello, a man of Herculean frame, and almost gi
gantic dimensions—it was he who really killed the lancer whom
Lord Beresford has the crddit of having slain at the battle of
Albuera—though a nobleman of the highest descent and
rank, lie was then serving as a private dragoon. The fact is
that he never intended to enter the army as a profession, hav-
ing been brought up as a leonine de robe, and only joined the
army at the commencement of the Peninsular war, because he
felt , that his country had a right to claim the aid of his
,• brawny arm for its defence. Thinking himself rather too old
to be a subaltern, he entered at once as a private. The
Duchess de Ficallio, a very amiable woman by all accounts,
and lastly, the fascinating Donna Maria das Dores, the Mar-
quise de St. Iria—a young lady whose charnis are said to have
enthralled the heart of a juvenile diplomatist of Hibernian des-
cent, and who claims kindred with the immortal gods, being
the nephew of no less a personage than Cupid himself. The
i •
rest are all figurantes not worthy of any particular commemore-
tion.—Correspondence of a Contemporary.