The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-06 00:00:00

THE DROUGUT.

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The effect; of thelonOontinued drought 'wag eriouslii ,
felt in this neighbourhood I ;We 'nevet recollect. so • light -'
a swarth of grass as this; season. The tsicl.elandav with a
' south aspect, ni many places, kre quite destitute of vege-
tation, being entirely burnt up by the scorching rays of
the sun. .The'eorn iii similar sititationS is aISO witheri!lg.
and the whole face of the,etaintry itt this neighbourhorid
presents a very unpromising appearailee.--earinarthiW
-nal.

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ABERDEEN, Amy 1,-,The weather continues dry and
sultry to a degree very Unusual in this part of the country,
and most unpropitious .to the pr moss of the growing.,
eroPs. the lace, of the caitutry,ts, parched; and corer
which till now had preserved a 'tolerably healthy appear-
once, are bee-ming brown, and shooting into the ear, al-
thouh but,a few inches above ground. The heat for the
last few days has been most oppressive, the thermometer;
in the shade ranging from '75. to 82. Many wells, ponds,
And some of the smaller streams of Water, are entirely dried
up : and cattle are Stiffering no less from the droughtn thatc.
from the scarcity of pasture. In the upper parts of the
count), the effects of ,the beat have been of a most extra-
ordinary and.alarming description. On Saturday, the
furze on the hill of Lochnagar was observed to be on firei_.
and the most plausible conjecture as to its origin ascribes
it to the influence, of the sun acting upon and reflected
from some of the eairugoruma and other gems which are
to be found in that picturesque spot—the thermometer
upon the side of the hill having risen to above 96. But the
fire, wehave since learned, isnot confined to Lochnagar. Set,
vend other hills in the neighbourhood haVealso &nighty.'
fire; among .Which .Benaboard, Benaven, and the hill of
Plentanner 'are' mentioned,: and have 'been burning for
some days:- Every Aertion is making to prevent the fire
reaching the woodS;'.init,*e Mist,. will prove successful:.
Our information On the subject is hitherto very iMperfeCiir
we have just received the' folloWing 'from Kincardine-
O'Niel, dated on Monday :—" The heat. is excessive; to
such a• degree, that at Major Hey's, a towel, in six folds,
was burnt through, and some wood caught fire where it
lay : • had it not been_ observed-in time, it 'iS believed the;;„'
house Would have been in ilames. The hills up ihe
country, six mses from hence, have caught fire, and many
are the probable, conjecturesas,to the cause. Be thiS a 4
it may, the 1034 spread 15 or 20 miles, carrying all
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along with :it ;•,,Upwards of .200 sheep are burped; the ••
woods of Glentanner are threatened;' all the men in the
country are raised to cut ditches and put it out ; but we
have not heard of their 'su,,ecas. In addition to the above,
we hear that the forest of Mar has caught fire We trust
this is incorrect"Aerdecn Journal.
A: WOOD our- I:Jim...m.on Friday morning Last, so aof f
the workmen engaged at Mr. Panton's, on the Shawpark
estate, :near Alloa, discovered a great quantity of smoke,
arming from a young plantation in the neighbourhood;
and on investigating the source from which it proceeded,::
found the foliage and young trees were on fire. .We
derstand that the strenuous exertions of upwards of a do.
zen of men were required, 'the whole day; to confine the ,
ravages of thedestroying element; which was Tipt fairly •
got under till nearly tAvo• 00.0 of the plantation were
strOyed— Nothing has been developed to account for
its origin'.'
. We have . just reeeivod the following'information from our
Falkirk .comispondent:" The
,heat has been excessive
for some time. The t,hermorneter has frequently been at
84 in the shade; and at 125 in the open air. The conS,e,
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quoce.s.arealarming. > Themosses and heath clad''irittirk
to the S.W. have ,rein on fire for :a• Week past;'imdl are
still buniing,.andno human power sem table to arrest its
rogroka.'-' It • has been' I:'otripeted that upwards of :2,000 uerea9have been Unita, ineludineSoMe 'Corn fields' and'
plantations,, „at the same timglitstrOjink all kinda' of game'
upon the moors. 4 'Pt; only hope is, that an ample supplY,'
of ruin may Coale :01,1 :,p

A'WFI_IL. l ENT'ON "I,VIA Hitt-
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on Monday, a party, .f.clit,s. ‘VhOlp
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eldest son and three l'itigliters of Joseph 1 lill,Trpti,"
Lindridge, bit the'lmrder.4 of Glotieestershilo and.several
other young ladies, who were on' a visit to thciti, had
agreed to• form a gypsy. party„,tp,peyambillate the beantiful
rangeof Malvern' hilifi; 'rhicch commence about twat +miles n'
from Mr. Hill's residence, and extend beyond Great Mal-
vern, in Worcestershire.. They rere.accompaniPdbr a
servant:matt, With a light:E•cat;•ttlinisllo With,Provision!*,
Ate. for their tisedtrrhigitheir ,antieipitted agri;eafiVeieur-,
ion. About .three o'clock imam evening they•hadriouthed
tile Worcestershire heaeon, on which is a building 40440
by Lady Harcourt, intended 'for the use of persons tvalkivg
on the hills,' and to shelter them frion the'" pitiless pelting
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StrOYITI." Batt, alas I. it WOS no, .pietection to them.. The
air looked temßestuons, a storm .came. on suddenly, the.
young ladies \vere very ranch alarmed ,at the vivid 141'
of lightning. WhiCh so rapidly 'succeeded each other, and.
roaring,pials of thunder. which seemed to shake. the fowl-
dation Of.the rocks on Which they stood. The building i'
of stone,And the roof covered with iron ; there'was a Stone
tables in the ..middle.of. the: room;.and seats on each sidev
with it window opposite, thir,doo-way ; the party were in-
side it ; MisSElirat,Hiltilher.skater,Johanneh, and
Woodward, from Hereford, were seated at the. table; the'
others walking about. Miss argaret liill, a youti4 lady
about fifteen years of age; beingrnitch alarmed, was looking
out at the door..ivareo storm'' had passed, when
• she observed the electric.Auid ; (which no donbt'ivaA at.;
tracted by the iron roo ), appearing as x 111113$, of, fire;rak
inktilncig the hill and. approaching their retreat ; -he #4l'''
tempted to rim out, but was instantly thrown with vio,-
lenge, to, the; grotthdl let shoes and -part of her dress
much burnt;, her,bmther,:w443 wits Hear, shared much the
same.
-The eleStrie'flnid entered at the. door,
,shivered the
stone titbl4 atoms, and many large'stones 'in the wall.
and passed through the t window, • 'removing the window
frame .and stone-Work about it. .1•TWo of the unfortiinate,
young ladies, Miss 1l llta ,Hill sedlinisg Woodward, ; were
struck dead. Aliss 3 ohannab.appeared.in the same lotait;
medical aid being protatred, autl(potne,signs of life aiipaar-
i2s,tshe was bled, mid rernovt,4l. to the Unicorn Inn,
maivern ; he ha, not. spoken since, and the medical gore
denten think there is but little ciiiince of her recoverYy."l"l
The three were all burnt on, the face neck and breast,,
their hair burnt off I.IIIC side of the head,' and part of dry
clothes destroyed. The dead bodies were retno
is expected to be held to-morrow--all the other
to a house at St. Anne's Well,,where it coroner's iiitidegt
ladies
were in aslight.degree injtircd,hy the electric' 11414 anti
aremuch distressed in mind, and keep their .beds.;
,labouring Mini at work a shotOisiatice froin' the Owe
was attracted to the spot by the streatits proceeding from
the,tnan-servant.. ,He rptlidrited , what aid he could, till
other assistance arrivetl—the two are both very un7.
well, from the 'agitation of witnessing so awful and dis-
tressing a scene.
Young ne: Hill and /disk Margaret were re
"vviing to their,father's.)Musil, . •
A messenger ratt,Ospatclied to Mr, 011, whOtNYio 1110
mind,
'wife,'went to 'llalVern immediatob, so a state
,ori
not to be destAtied, to witness thi'appaing scene
struction,witli which it had;:plansed titiod to .vitit t their
lieretofere united and happy family.. • • ; •.1; •
rrioredlhls

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