The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-06 00:00:00

11 E VEN77I, 0 riI.ST.

HY AUGUSTUS VON KOTZEBUE.

[From fickermann's Itcposit,;ry of Arts. Literature, Cori-

nierce, &c. &L. I

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-Ap extraordinary person has sprting up, at P3O
in the person of a M. Comte, whose life, accoidiugd
ing to'his own account, has often been endangere„
by his performances. In Spain he narrowly
being bUrned I in Germany the peasants would We
beaten him to death to circumstance totally un-
known in that country), especially at Freyborg"
where he teazed them :rather toe nad,:h. In another
place he renewed the miracle of .83.1a.on's ass.
peasant, unable to get forward will) hi, slugg'sta
donkey, fell unmercifully upon the
.poor
which at once opened his mouth and thus alt`
dressed hii master :—" Has not God Al'utightl,
Jere.'
created us all equal ? It is' time for us at
to change our parts. Descend? then, and let
mount thy back." --The peasant, who in
whole course of his lite had never heard any u",
two-legged gasses speak, was excessively terriOeu:i
Sprung from' his seat, and ran away, firmly eonVilic,e
that his poor donkey was posses,ed with the
• Another time, M. Comte threw all the p3,serj;
gers in a diligence into great alarm. It was qw`t
dark, when on a sudden, several voices were 11,-er,;,
Without, exclaiming—" Your money or your live".
They all trembled, put their hands in their pocket',
and took out their purses. Comte did the same
and as he sat next the window, he collected all the'
involuntary contributions, to haild the,'m to the s"1';
posed robbers, -whose voices seemed graduanY `1
grow more distant. The travellers congratulav
themselves on having escaped so easily,. and kePtri
talking over the circumstances till day-break, w''ed
the arlist laughed at their mistake, and returile-
their money.
M. Comte made a particularly good use o.mlo
talipt during the revolution, when Ire sans-cu
je
were about 10 decapitate several beautiful
which decorated a church. Scarcely had these Vann
dais raised the axe or the club, when the stawo",
began to speak, and severely reprove their ev,c,ie
tioners: It may easily be conceived, that ever) t'
boldest of them ran away.
Last summer, M. Comte publicly exhibited
skill at Paris, and took a considerable sum of
Among other things, he imitated the voice v/t. Pi,r,
lican, who is supposed to be below in the Ce'w
pod is conversing with some 'person aboVe,- wdriv
presently afterwards he comes upstairs. This
-dual approach-of the voice he imitated so oatorj
that, on its reaching the room, all the co'ifiade'J
jumped up and looked about, thoroughly pe"-- ;
that some person must have concealed himself
but they were soon .cdnVinced that the a° 00.
only in :M. Cointe's belly, and triumph
complete. , . •

•
, thunder storm passed over 'the metropolis lief,
teroy, between one and two o'clock in the 0-v
noon, accompanied
.by a heavy rain and a go'ffij,J
of hail. The storm was of short duratien,'but it
some mischief. The hotise.of Mr..-Hornybt,"%v'ot
Tipper Marsh, Lambeth, was struck about Plf„Pot
One. The electric matter entered at the uppel Yrs,'
'of the chimnies, and descended to' the attic 6t° `ir•
where a man and his wife were sitting at dioller;ett
passed within a foot of the woman, bur fortiPillootce
without dOieg her any injtiry. It passe() froth *ay,
into the secoild floor, rending every thing In Vol!
;•ncl to the fiist"floor, where the chimney-piece ,dcif
torn away, and a picture rent. It, then doceliad
to the lower part of the house, where an oid „It;
received a considerable shock, but was not
passed" to the entrance, splintering the door inid
progress. Several of the windows were broke°, deo,
the house was much shaken and materially claw"'
The house has a N. W. aspect. 004
A house in Bowling-street, WestunThster' tier
also struck in a similar manner, the elec=tric ula
entering by the-chimttieS, and passing ihroegit ijs
floors. A bell-wire was melted, atid the door 11,(00
entrance was broken, A newspaper Which a r- set,
.was readifigattne time was set on fire, but lii,er}:3l
son reading received no injury. A lei:oe 6
and a child were hurt, but riot dangerously: , the
A remarkable plimnomenoh occurred dur'll::,,beli
storm, at Mr: Eraser's, Botanist, King's-road., ,ier
sea, Wad whose house, in ,a southern e%P°:,i-J0
the .hailstones, in consequence or a strong 1,-cei°
wind, had fallen in such quantities i,.to a th'ic-os to
jar, the door of which happened to be open, eta
become a complete piece of solid ice, about
hart, o
feet in circumference, and two feet in deO• ,rrier
A few days ago as Mr._Joseplr' c,,4
between .Bakewell and Sheffield, was
some grass for his horse which stood by
he struck it on the side fo make it give rrrr etr:
The animal threw up, its heels at him, and I,4leje°l
deavouring to avoid the stroke, 'fill upon the ene
the scythe, which passed through his bow°
killed him. •