The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

STORM.

IXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM EXETER.
" On Thursday se'nnight we experienced a more
'Violent gale, of wind- tha-u has been remembered for
a number of years; it •blew most tremendously
about three in the afternoon, and occasioned consi-
derable damage to many buildings in this city and
neighbourhood. At the Royal' Oak.; in Butcher-
row,., a stack of chimnies was blOwn down, .carry-
ing with them whatever- opposed their fall ; . they.
forced their way through two .floors, and killed one_
of the band hAonging to the Royal Montgomery
Regiment, who was sitting, in the parlour, from
whence seyeral.of his.eoturades had gone but a.few.
'minutes before. 'A woman who . was in the attic
story, was carried with the ruins- to the ground,
from which perilous.•situatiOri she was. extricated..
Without tile slightest. injury. A •honse. in King's,.i
alley, shared- a similar tate to the above, by the
filling of a chimney ; and nearly the Whole front
of the Theatre, with the piazza, and the pillars on..
which it wa,s ereded, was levelled with the grotifi4,
presenting instantaneously to the view a grand mass
of ruins. lii the lawn at Cowick, 33. large and beauti-
ful eIM trees were felled by the violence of the bur-
, ricane. the streets many persons were wounded
by slates, &c. blown from the house tops; and in
.St.
Sidwell's a woman-was blown from her horse, and so
severely wounded, as ity tender it necessary to con-.
vey her to the Devon and Exeter Hospital. At several
places in this neighbourhOod, we have heard of si-.:
Milar disasters. Amidst so many accidents, many
of which occurred in places .of great public resort,
we are happy to learn, that only, one person has
lost his life, which was. at' the Royal Oak, as above
stated.
On Friday se'nnight a Coroner's Inlitest was
held at the. Dolphin Inn, in this city, before SAMUEL
WALKEY, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Thomas.
Humphreys,, one of the band belonging to the
Montgomery Militia, who was suffocated in the
ruins of theßoyalOak Public-house, which fell dur-
ing the late htirricane: Vet:did—Accidental I.)ealh.”

A few days ago as somelabourers were digginia
drain in the meadow in the parish of Wheotham-
stead, in Herts, they discovered, about two feet and a
half below the surface-of the ground, a human ske-
leton :—A travelling pedlar , had suddenly dis-
appeared in that neighbourhood about twenty years
ago, and some suspicion was entertained .that he
bad been murdered : inquiries weremade about it,
and two men of bad charaaer absconded for some
time I the men soon afterwards returned, and the
body not being found, no farther notice was taken
of it. Upon this late discovery taking place applica-
tion was made to a neighbouring Magistrate, who
issued a warrant for the apprehension of the two
men who had formerly absconded : the suspicion of
their guilt was strengthened by such strong circum-
stantial evidence, that he committed them to the
County gaol, until further inquiries can be made into
this mysterious business.- It is remarkable that a
medical Gentleman who was present at the ex-
amination of the Prisoners, gave it as his opinion
that the b6nes which have been discovered ,must
have lain in the ground for mahy.years.
An accident- occurred' yesterday, at Whitehall,
which threatened the most- serious consequencesto
the parties. As .Mreand Mrs. AuStin, of Billiter-
lane, was driving through Whitehall, tcwarciB Char-:
ing-cross, in their 61e6aut. Carriage, the- spring' of
the dickey-box snapped, ands the -foot-stool-falling
on the backs of •the'horses, they instantly took
fright, and set off in zrvilop. • 'The coachman
.I.s;as
unable to manage them, and'. inevitable ckstrudion
must have ensued, but that at the MoMent, a
ney-coach was crossinz the street, and the Itight&l
animals ran klire,6tly againSt it ; both the hackneV-
c6ach-horsei! were throw
into throwndown, and the driver,' a
•
bo.y,, pitched the street, at some distance.. Mr.
and Mr4.i.,-Austin were conveyed home in a hackney
coach, wjthout any personal injury. ,
On Wednesday last were lodged in. the Tower
fine young Lion and a Lioness,, Sem by his M.je.,ty
the Emperor
.of. Morocco as a present to his
jesty. These hnimals_Were presented to his Majesty
by MCiSrS.• and .1). GUIDALLA and MEIR MAC-
N, CommissioOrs and. Agents to the Emperof of
Morocco e audit is singular that, whik on their
voyage,. they 7 were captured by a French Vessel, but
retaken'by,au English Frigate before they had reach-
td • .
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the French coast: