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

THE WEATHER.

(From the Hertford journal of Wednesday.)
AWFUL AND AFFLICTING CATASTROPHE.
On Saturday a most melancholy event occurred at:Mal-
vern, equally distressing and appalling in its consequences,
and Which suddenly converted a' scene of harmless festivity
to one of the deepest and most heart-rending distress. A
few ladies from this city, who were on a visit to some
friends near Mal Vern, had a party fornied for their amuse-
ment to dine on one of the hills there, where a kind of
summer-house is erected' for the accommodation of those
who are induced to visit the spot, for the purpose of en-
joying the fine and extensive scenery it commands. The
party comprised eight persons, ladies and gentlemen, and
they had just set down to dinner, when suddenly a storm
burst over the spot, a stream of electric fluid, attracted by
the roof of the building, which was covered with iron
plates, entered the apartment through a window, and in'
an instant two of the patty, Miss Ellen Woodyatt, third
daughter of Mrs. Woodyatt, of this city, and Miss Eliza
Hill, eldest daughter of Mr. Hill, of Lintridge, were
struck dead!! A sister of Miss Hill was likewise se-
verely injured, and another person of the party. slightly
hurt. 'the escape of the rest was truly providential, as
the different articles on the table were broken and dis-
persed hy the action of. the electric fluid. '

An inquest was held on Monday, at the Unicorn, Mal-
vern, on the bodies of the two young ladies who were
struck by lightning while taking refuge within a house on
the Malvern Hills. After a short investigation, the Jury
returned a verdict of "Died from the effect of lightning."
(From the Cheltenham Chronicle of July 6.)
Cheltenham was visited on Tuesday night by one of
the most terrific thunder-stornis remembered for many
years. The seeming warfare of the elements was indeed
awful ; the peals of thunder, which were long, loud, and
frequent, shook the houses to their very foundations ; and
the flashes of lightning were vivid and continual, and
could not fail to impress the most hardened-atheist with a
deep sense of the nothingness of man, and 'of the power
of the great Being who bade the thunder roar and light-
ning blaze. He who could not, during such a scene, confi-
dently throw himself for protection upon the mercy of
the King of Kings' must, if possessed of any feeling, he
wretched indeed. We are happy to state that we 'have
not heard of any daMages resulting from the storm, but
that, on the contrary,. it appears to have dime us material
bethe air, which had been for several days'
exceedingly
bnk coolingpppressive.

following from Co.
bvyenatrTe yrn:oh—satv'etcenwndous thunder-storm, accompanied with a
(From the Worwichhire Chronicle of Wednesday.)l
was visited
Tthhiiss r tnnoorrnni il gig rteheee cityi'ed of the
C o v e n try
deluging shower of min. It commenced about one o'clock,
and for upwards of an hour the vivid flashes of the light.
Wing
t hinge two,
o f the
a elect
u,ir..
i
and the deafening peals of the thunder were Nislxver.ecalafur.enliesinsg,
beyond description.
against
ostitfitt
ratuheek quarterthe house as
dow-shutter on the ground-floor, on the east side of the
building; it entered the premises, dashing to splinters the
window and window-frame ;
itnri c
ivilluticihd
Park-street,deseendetl
and taking a torpendicular
direction, forced its, way through the ceiling into the
chamber above, where part of the family were at rest ;
the window and frame here shared a similar fate with

those below, several splinters, beat ir thrown on the bed of
the terrified inmates.: The! t pr eeded ierosie thie-
chamber, forcing large pielees,of ~woo, and brick fretrr the- •
wall, and entered 04 shopahoive, which Contained several
regine-looms filled with From the appearance of
this place: the electric matter' had •lost none of lies powei.
In several places brick Were torn. from the wall with tre-
mendous violence, and considerable damage done to the
looms. The destructive fluid afterwards made its egress
through a window on the west side of the hoist, tearing
out the window frame. A:young man, son to Mr. care-
less, who slept in the shop, 'terrified by the violence of the
Storm, rose for the purpose of closing •the window as the,
electric fluidentered. He was immediately :struck to the
„ground, but, we are happy to stall." received no further
inirsonal injury:thastheing foi.iilitort time stunned. • He
describes the sensation he experienced as similar to 'that.
of a person' whose head was surrounded by a flame of fire.
No other member of the family was injured."
-A refreshing shower of about an hoer's duration fell
here (Taunton) on Saturday last, but it was of no avail
agriculture, and the Lent and other crops, therefore,
to
in a very diimal plight. "The wheat, nevertheless,
we are happy to state, looks surprisingly well, and entirely
free from all injurious visitation. Since writing the abovm
a bountiful she;.ver fell late last night, which, from its veil- •
tinuance for several hours, must materially have benefited
thecountry.--,-Thanion
This city (Hereford), and various parts of the' county,
have been visited during the last week with storms, of rain
and hail, accompanied with thunder. On Saturday the
rain was very heavy, the thunder tremendous' and tlu
lightning. extremely vivid. Near Lugwardine, hailstones
the Size' of Musket bullets fell. On Thuraday a hail-storm,
the severest ever witnessed by the oldest inhabitant,lell
at Luston, in this county.; some of the pieces of ice taken
(from a ditch the next day, measured an inch and a half
across. We regret that several hop-yards were injured by
the hailstones, the wires being curt offend nearly destroyed
On Tuesday, the 20th ult., about halfliast two 6'064'
p.m., a heavy storm of hail and rain passed over Gross.
'mom,' accompanied with tremendous thunder and light-
ning. The electric fluid strucjc the chimney of a house oc-
cupied by Mrii Powell, a widow, who keeps a day-school,
the stones of ‘Vhich were forced out, and part fell into:
the kitchen, where the mistress and l' or, -15 ehihten
were sitting; fortunately they all escaped without injury,
though many suffered severely from the effects of the
fright, the visitation occasioned. No other damage wiet
done, except to the upstairs windows ' which were broken,
'and an out-house adjoining 'Was • also injured A short
sliatance from the town an ash-tree was shattered to pieces
the lightning. In different parts of the kingdom, si-
milar visitations have taken plate, and many cattle, &e.
killed by the lightning.—HerefOrd Journal.
'The folloWing singular :effect was produced during the
late thunder-atorm at Ashton-under« Line :--40 a field be-
longing to. Mrs. Chadwick, of Park-hall, an oak '11,4
struck by the lightning, and partly divested,of its bark
and branches. The fluid appears to have penetrated near
the top of the tree, and its course downwards is directly'
marked in a narrow stripe of the wood, which is divested
of its sap, and has its texture completely destroyed, heing
converted into 4 soft spongy substance, resembling .*a de-
cayed willow. Close to the root is a circular orifice in the
earth, about two inches in diameter, indicating the spot
where the subtle eleMent entered and was absorbed.
'Last Saturday morning the inhabitants of this town
(Derby) were refreshed by some fine rain. It had been
so long wished for, that, though it commenced between
two and three o'clock, almost every individual was alive
'to the grateful change of the weather, and many persons
rose from their beds, and stood at their windows to wel-
come the falling shower. It continued for nearly two
houra, and in the course of the day the rain fell in abun-
dance. We have reason to believe it extended a consi-
derable distance, and in some places amounted to a storm.
The lightning was very vivid, and the thunder was heard
in loud arid long-continued peals all around Derby ; .but no
damage was occasioned by the storm in this immediate
neighbourhood. Near Belper, however, the elemental
strife Wat 3 much augmented, and the hail fell in a prodi-
gious shower of stones, many of which were of large di-
mensions. One of these, when measured, gave a circum-
ference of' six inches. In the neighbourhood of South
Wingfield also the storm was very violent, and did consi-
derable damage by the breaking of hot-house and other
windows. We have not, however, heard of any fatal ac-
cidents from the lightiiiug, and the benefit of the rain to
a large district of parching country has been most season-
able and important.. On Wednesday we had another fine
shower, accompanied with lightning and very loud thun-
der. The rain continued till near five, and has penetrated
to the roots of the potatoes, which were wanting this
supply of moisture. The grass lands and the corn
crops will be much 'improved lay it; we have great ho.pea
that its extent has been considerable, and a still farther
supply 'may be expected from the appearance of the
clouds, the direction of the wind, and the falling state of
the barometer.-----Derhy Mercury.
During the storm on Tuesday se'nnight a piece of Lu-
cerne belonging to Mr. Chatfield, of Hove, wax scorched
by. the lightning in a very singular manner ; and a piece
of rye was nearly destroyed by the hail. In the green-
house of Mr. Tamplin there were upwards of 400 panes
of glass broken.—Brighton Gazette.
Owing to the dry weather the hay this year is very
light, and as poor a produce as. we have had -for several
years past. Pasture-grounds arc also very
sbzplti.eudp., slovtatteaisttlien meaayr, 4,endcoatipsii,deearresd
vveeir stoparier:vailly:
some of it is in blossom. With regard to the wheat crop
there is no cause to boast, as in some places it is partly
foxy, and appears very stinted, and from the present cora,
plexion, the wheat does not promise a good average crop,
although a very early one. Bear and barley has m some-
places been already reaped, and seems "a tolerably good
crop. Oats seem quite short. and in ear, so that the
reapers must prostrate themselves in a very humble atti-
tude to secure this valuable crop. Flax m general pro-
mises indifferently. New potatoes are in some places
being dug up, but we have no great cause to boast of
their quantity or quality'. Oats, grass, and flax,, semi to
be the three worst descriptions of vegetation. If this till
Weather continues Muth longer, it may be feared that
other Crops. will share the came fate. Present appear-,
aitces afford but a bad prospect of an abundant crope."-
4PatetArd Pa pen

SAGACITY 0117—A 130T.-7AToung woman, soh-
jfreoetmtoGneoeeasigeirst:la.leell:earir)itotuint aberrations thweeentnad,agator,a)ittixd„onaifterranimor-odlh,
two children and a Rutin water spaniel. The two ehikl,ren were
found, after an anxious search; about one o'clock next l"rt'ing
in the Moikleriggs moor ; no trace of the youngwoman could
be discovered, and it was remarked as something strange that the
dog should have attached itself to her in prefere",e to thelive
a°,
with whom it was intimately acquainted. Tue Parent/ 'Were
inue4 concerned about her, and hail Pew" inver::::leirase:i°::
ilotsoksainggaceiftty7
dheeeri.redlthiene muster of
ttlgirai°linta'e.sing aware of
wow take care she should receive
be was confident that the dog
ti"'enrioernt:i;e6rainnuldlingtwahillilit°eilair:lii:t!do:aswit:luteoC4lntifelsewrs"""HitnitettilievFlp:ltial flea dog
next.,
receivedt nbeturntrottingulnn until
sahwele)a"gww:tl:7,
Was
safely 610 at bar own fire.aide....Paistry Advertiser.

TAIINTO'N.

A Public Dinner was lately given by General Peachy
to his friends at Taunton, on his-Election, which was nu-
merously and respectably 'attended. After the Mira to the
Electors of ttent'oll was drank with three tines three,.
the General's health was givini with loud acclamations,
and With thren'times three, when lic'addresSeil hitr'Con-
stituents, a s follows :—.., -. - '
~ .
Getrrtintst:, ELEctotts ilier
'...t'I;NTW4.---Your kindnees ma-
nifested in ito flattering a manner, dettlaildS ' theArtmoat ex nres.•sion
of my thanka, • for never Was. a than.enterthreleti by more 'ardet
friends; than-thou whom I hs.ve the Mohr o f arldreSsing' I appeal
even to my *writes,' and "fits eat ob hoste'-diireci,"'hi?'politiettl
enemies I melt; . (liar I trust that I have not it:personal etiutty,) it
my Vledge tit' Ps(thering to- you ogainStall Opposition lora not been
completely redeemed, .: I lutely,stated, that if atty one ehoulti sok,
catrer,,l„ ~ weia, or ~,' toy r . I would not answer that question,
and ao Isiill say, hot that! met. a character fat frame:No:lit% (inch
'.eensideratione' or any mit fictitious torsi, moos undefinable in
the EngliSh language, and; too frequently adopted to eaptivate, at-
tract;-and deceive; to at the option of any Forme( who may
allittelt! thelti:' I am ' nOt 4':artgiit. by
.'eirot • iiiiroe,, but ion the
friend of iny'lCltig and Conotil,nrill'a Weeni admirer, of the Bri-
tieh Conistitutiene that Conetitution; maith, since the perlod of
the ftd, 'William, 'and partiettlarly under 'tile }liaise of firmiewn4t,
hrts-Afivated this country to a palinode of renown; so tat itt t.atite,'
the admiration,of; the .attrroundiug worldt ;that Comnitntiim it a
column. fair andstraray to the .viewer uniting solidity : withheauty ;
with the, rock of fteedom ' iil its hush, and the Royal Crowe 'of
EnOroh'. glittering.ter it . i'ap;t,,l, l'hire iss.fts it, P 4191.141 iv, lolly
and loyalty ethiddinel. 'll,e, irlrinincraff: is the sceoo,,hra,iielt in
oar pelitical•system,'inel rit(y lne,comparedtn the shalt, fits -inter-
vening betWeeo King 'and r;Pedor, foritiieg an 011111)011.41 hetweeit
both, Preeereing
:the Segii 'in (vial bidanee, and flow preventing
one braneb ,fronfinflitking on the primiples of the other. you
have gained this triumph with great honor; with rm army (if neatly
two-hundred - in reeerve, which it wan -not deemed neetiSory•
to bring . into tin( field. • Out 'of Mti votes for the Hines,'
two only letyP been rejected, although the continued effints of an
unweatied and tibia counsel wore particularly directed to- that
point.l,
,tme,of those,votes vernieteodered in an unfortunate nide"
meeit tit inelitiety; elyi the oth sAeitterefuetil merely oil a • point
of lA, and Winch, the Italie( wirl* :declartxl, did not nolitise
in tin slightest dewee againSt tokottield reptitatioin7-Bia if we
look In the reeertie.-Or the picture;lime compleo: 'i, the colit,0„;
how dat•lt'artt soitibre the 'VieW ;
.:,nit what iiiimhers were kit, 91
from•the:etettriteatitk; 'few which 'wth teittlered. The 'flits liave
recently
,dettlarild that they hattneveil been defeated ; but the charm
is diersolatehrand the-stadl iii broken. ' They considered thethselves
impreffoatilytentrenched; but -a-brestelt hies been'effected, and' the
citadel taken, and their hattlementxure, I trout, shaken, to their
foundlitione. . I cessainly: rim. not a . Modern .Whig,.-and if any
maiitietilte,the differ:llea lietween an old toil anew; Whig-, Whim
periere.threadmireble.production of hlr. Iturke,, in which the line
of dennieel(tion is ash dietiectly drawn betweeu both, that it can
not fain retry e'onvietioir:to.;,the most indifferent and ineriohis
bum: ' When • I advert to" };tied Someta surd.ill,t Me:aliens Madill-
tollt 111 'the reign of QiieM Anne, 'men Whi..) blessed and dignified
the-age in which they liverl, the pride cut} theannament of the
country which 'produced them, rind entimare theta With inWlern
Wilige,,,how .complete, how obvious; is the' contrast.. We have
obtorestlid ittodertr;Whighdecrying. and exposing to execration the
inetntig TAXI•(4CIAWItIiat' tar was a gond or a bad one is not
the pmeent it treet.ton),i
~hot we' have. seen motion Whigs deriding,
It all irojnet aftiLqppre.esivc, end ..that it should' he opposed
almost at the, point 9f the bayonet, tic : such . Ws*, their , WI,
Pap whtl' Ot,i,t,. a ' place ; . hilt having, , ,its tallied ~the, , sit tration
of their, tiVale,'Whitt than wax their conduct' Did .theysupprere
ma''eititigbiili this Monstroris produetion ? Did they give it
its coup de 9roesi its death-blow:' No, but they cherished
the monster" n 'thelli bonen ; they adopicd it it'; their child
they effort's& le Hrldh.i.,,,, signor 1;3, c.tendi,,r,. it., influence,
mei atided,nearly fin per' cent. to' it ; floes ;itetiet doubling
the 9dious tax whielf.hed been the three/041g 010,'COl.thei': in-
vectives , What 1 eoti Id, „not.. tho ingenuity' of those Gent 10101.11
suggest , seirnethipg. more ,•effontennei, .eottiething, more 'sidutary,
mote palatealde, than. thistolreadiapen legirey of their predeces-
sor?, ? its Jul, )1) tint $ , after their inflammatory bereneetts against
it, 'wits' X clear. izere.tiou tit 1111,4 ow ti inebility ; yet, riot
sAli4sti'!'wittk ' fii6 . i iiMi it (0 tt Pll hi i., I.rdilllPt tl,ey htttight
an enifirisi4tt44l.*liif 'they terineo the (Athos- iryireo; of the
.1;* cite, laoira;'"Wipiiiefri' , tool troilleris at terriptt to l'Or.T: them
into evety, uini,i privoh hiatus, hat's kitchen, and hi, .eidler ;
thattur place Wit Of lief "an' asylum; mitt plural sacred from their
sea whets. : It le true, tint this iniquitous • tiOc ni ight, have been
coninoituded for Ity.the'payment of a termite MD, tint Vial pay,
ment would have au acknowledgment of its principle. Let
the natiotiey tictermine, whether:such ~Willgs ...inert(' :40;aesurnd
e
mime of Patriots;., Whigs,;,who , lauded riquelly- litiolutparte, 4110
repoblicati,•and,Sapoleon, the devote' .: , . ,
. •
tifOtlefnelt, yell!' rights arid privileges shall he tilt• especial ob
ject et My care; your rights in particolar, tied thow 01 the coun-
try generally ; and I Shall he happy 1.0 pay the 40110,04 lattntitin
to thelgninbni64loooll'H with which you ray bottom. toe, , , lAm
regisrdlerie,44.4weff as my Worthy anti honourable" friends, of: linif
repereushili with which our enemieo 'alley asSell usl. their weapon
wilLbe the " Teflon • inthette sine ictic.i" •it Will Miss its murk;-
it will fall hatirdeirs on thregrotind. H
, kwasi Burka anti; , the illustrious Pitt who reised the warning '
voice throughout, the koul t. the :former. in his incomparable
writings, the latter by. hie Illatclilevi tletittellee ; the further
pointed out the, beacons to .be elonnied, and .ptedicted but too
truly the bolters and attrociti(s which would he the certain ac-
corimeniments of the Vreoch Revolution. Those awful prelates
were deport:need As a chimera, a fettle, 4a vision, the offspring of a
dilitethed And sanguine iniaginatien, ((xhaite; only in iii, own fee-
tile brain ; hut I 'appeal' te' those whom I address, I appeal to the
accurate urinate' of histdry, in which' those dire etibeities stand re-
corded, whether there ensued a conflagration, a massacre, 4 de-
struetion,, with-hi did .not ei.xteed, far exceed, the taint* of his
predietioes; they were hut, too . fatally realierel in the miseries
whiek followed, at the agenising aufferithirs of en afflicted people.
What did Mr. t'itt dial '('burs was a grand principle- that,
pervaded his elowing and wit ivalled eloquence, viz, that by per-
owlet:46er and modality you mint eventually triumph ; and you
did triomph, as that greet man hint predicted, though uefortu-
nattly ha did not live to witness the spleodld 'and happy tieneine.:
thin, • •There never Hired a truer patriot than Mr.• Pitt ; lie fell a
victim to the heartrending feelings which arose front the vieissi-
.. fluke 'of :diet protracted sync; and, with his expiring breath,. be
ejaculated the words, ."! Oh, my cotmtryr thus evincing' that,
even to his last moment,. the ". Sanetu* Amor. 'Patrice had
never forsaken hiM ; that it Wes at the fiettem of his soul;
thit it wee embodiof iii him ; , itie pasting . spirit. breathed
his valedietion, PrOvine, that at hits comitry hail been his earliest,
on wag it his latest. recolleetiou. We have observed writings ut
the deepest the_poseesoing a met riefariona charactee, and 'of the
most mitschievorwtencloney, breathing: blophemy and sedition,
circulated , with pestilential activity i , and. we . have alto, to our
theme, teen those guilty' periods reinutaireted by fantliding ennui,
}onions, Surely if they 'leaped ~thii pillory, lietenY Bay, or the
gallows, they little inerite,l renumeretion and reward for conduct
eo ablieitent anddetesteble ;,, arid ate thexpoontriblitore to be en-
relied' anon% this luiso4 a ratt*Jll patriots? When I behold de.
limited ' persons f?et lii_ris4'4lo.• iiicoe; 1, ltd fit,• them as if the sup of
poilain watt at theirlhie; for it bereavei theM of all preeent come
inec...;;,of everyintitre false:. ' ' • . ' • - '
Whorl owed_ in the limn of torturionto and the Outitename°
of yew' favour Shelf flub on my reeolleetion,' it will ,ehrier ntY
mune, and point out the dived path to duty; : Allay thotillk 'and
other ,entoutfeettitita iceive and flourish in. your •intereeting town,
and prtoperity'Velittimate ilia late!, My warmed throlks ere due
to ;yeriotte dolf iiirliow tat the, tv(rittry - inhabitanie of. Taunton;
tiro, to the tali *a of the (.7 hinds. of Euglaird, to which 3- he-
long,
.n„., wen 0 tu ineny revieetalde ilksentere, for the kind sup-
ptit with Which they have also favoured me ; to whom, there-
/i:re T feel geeetly'obliged, run (3.tl t4rbid.th4t: any man Should be
reetricted from-nffering his adOri4tiritli4 in the mantiermost Emile-
nant to'his own' OnnifietiOn ;,. tini, though last, not least, do I a-p.
preciete the kind and Battering etellitenatti:e and geed wisher, 6(
the amiable and accomplished fenuthet'of launton, who have h 0...
noosed roe with their. mespieious pittronage, for, under banners
p flete4 by their skilful and ingenious hand*, where is the man
whoer would hesitate to wird( atraiglit forward, to,:vietory.
oentie men, we, base, folfilted. cline nott...nel prmises
,of faithful
, , ~,,,,,t, other; cud Ldo most MIIIC(Te y congi mutate you
adheYon".''' '''. ii • ,i,t in witmemine (!ic 1::ya.1 Woe banner now
on Ole lee ''''"' ' p '
out our wa is.
etnsting triumphant Y

Thnrsiday a, poor Irish woman, with three children,
one about Ibur Inolltils old, in btan of complete ex-
•
bitustion tram hunger and fatigue, sat down 0„ mum
steps near the bottom of Mosley-street, Manch,stcr,
where she was found by a gentleman soon afterwards
apparently dyinp As soon as he discovered her
tation, be had het carried to a public house in the
u
neighbourhood, and sent a surgeon to visit ber ;
notwithstanding every attention which could be paid
to her, she died on Saturday.