The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-11 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

Linn Pool, JULY B.—The drought, which had been of
long continuance, his at length been relieved in this
neighbourhood, and the heat, which had been excessive,
has been somewhat tempered by a succession of refreshing
showers during the last four days. We have also been
visited by the thunder-storm, which seems to have taken
so extensive a range having been felt in almost every
county in England Wales, in the lowlands of Scotland,
and even in France.

BRADFORD, JULY 7.—The conflagrations upon the
moors Still continue, and without abundant rain they are
not: likely to be. speedily -.extinguished. Large tracts of
sheep Walks have been entirely destroyed, and the hopes
of those sportsmen who proposed to make the West
Riding Moors their field of faMe are annihilated. The
fir have not only spread over a wide extent of surface,
but burnt to a great depth, consuming not only the moss,
but the peat underneath. HawkeswOrth:moor is entirely
deStroYed. On -Ilkley-m:4)r .500 acres are burnt. There
is no hope of any part of Bingley-moor being .saved.
Burley-moor is on tire, and is partly consumed. Thornton-
moorgis entirely destroyed, and with it all the young plan-
tations, which cost-upwards of 2,0001. in planting. Oaks-
worth4noor is entirely burnt. Ovendongnoor, Ilolme-
moss, B Hebden and Grassington-moors, are
on fire; and unless-, as we- have already said, incessant
and heavy rains should speedily fall, every one of these
must be entirely consumed. We have no doubt that light-

fling is the cause of the conflagrations.
(From the Inverness Journal.)
The long tract of dry weather, which may be said to
have continued from seed time, there having been since
only some partial showers about the end of the last month,
has a length been interrupted. The heat still continues
exceaiiive. The thermometer has been for some time
abovit 80 in the shade, and during the past week has
sometimes been even so high as 80, with a northern ex-
posure. On Wednesday afternoon thunder was heard in
the distance in a northerly direction ; during the day it
approached nearer, and about six o'clock in the afternoon
a skirt of the cloud passed over this place ; there were
several loud claps of thunder, and vivid flashes of light-
ningi and the rain fell in such torrents, that in a few
minutes streams were running down the streets, which
inundated low-lying houses, and ploughed np the roads
whege there was any declivity. At Moyhall, the thunder
was iremendons; it was there accompanied by showers of
rain; hail, snow, and ice, breaking all the windows in the
mansion, anti, cutting the stems of the corn and potatoes,
desttoyed the crops.
Ektract of a letter from Nairn, dated yesterday :

About three o'clock yesterday we had one of the most
terrific thunder-storms ever. remembered. The lightning
struck a house at Newton, entered by the roof, and did
great irkehief, In the kitchen, a serVant-girl's gown was
burnt on her 'back, and a woman, who was sitting by the
fire, was scorched by, the lightning. The whole house was
filled with smoke, and the Inmates were nearly suffocated.
There were a number of cattle • killed in the neighbour-
hood, but I have heard of no loss of human life."

. t (From 'the Carlisle .7-wank)
(n Wednesday last we experienced as awful and sud-
,denia change of. weather ,at,' we haiiove, iris, . over bton
witnessed m this eetuaty. During the forenoon oaittekt
dia4trbed the serenity of the entre sky., . 'shouts ' tiaiNteat
one; m., however, the appearance of the skies began
sud only to chonge, from a calm, incidental to a troubled
atmpsphere, to a complete sterm. Such.a picture as was
beheld in the heavens about two o'cloek,, has . been very
rarely, ,if ever, witnessed before. Darkness, prevailed to.,
, an extent almost unknown in the height of summer.
.. A
furibus whirlwind followed, which for a space of above
fiv4 minutes drove the dust from one part to another with
such. velocity, that, but for the houses which surrounded
tis,st would rather resemble an Arabian whirlwind than an
Entrlishgale. The effects of the wind were truly terrific--
tcafc.ely a ereatttre to be seen in the streets, or if seen, thenhut
in "stinetly, The storm new raged at its height;. hail and
rain came down in furious torrents ; the, heavens and. the
earth appeared associating. together; hail-stones fell in
taupe places two inches anti a half in circumference; and
thin dreadful storm continued with unabated fury, amidst
peals of thunder, which followed one another without in-
termission, for the space of forty minutes. The ice that
fell about this neighbourhood and at Crosby was, in many
instances, three inches in eircumference.—The height .of
tht thermometer previously. to the storm, wavered about
Bg. Since that period it has fallen to 72.
BANOVAR, J.U.NE 27,—The drought which
,has so long,
prevailed has caused a great extent of marsh land to take
fire in East Friesland, Groningen, Dunthe, and Olden-
-1)100 ; the ground was sown immediately after with black,
oats and buck wheat, , and it is, hoped that an ample bar-
vOit will be obtained—General Paper. .
On ,the Ist,of this month a dreadful ,thunder-storm ra-
vaged Chatelineau, in the province of flainault, and the
environs.. It was accompanied by a tempestuous wind,
with hail-stones, or rather large pieces of ice, of extraor-
dinary size, and torrents of rain, which caused the Sambre
to overflow its banks, and inundate the plain to .a great dis-
tance,,ettrrying every, thing before it : trees of the largest
size were rent by the storm. It .is impossible to estimate
the' damage done.—Brussels Paper.
A. letter from Louvain gives various particulars of the
storm which visited that city. Several persons have been
MEounded by the Bail-stones; a great number of windows
dpre destroyed; the whole city was inundated; the gar-
ens are wholly laid Waste ; the fields of rye are destroyed;
the wheat is only laid.
The losses sustained by 13 communes of the district of
'l' 011 It layrj,ri .consequence of the.: storms at. :the be.
inning of this mouth, have been estimated at 142,162
florins. The commune of Runic alone has suffered to the
extent of 41,570 florins, and that of Epleehin 30,000
florins. These loSses are only in the corn fields. The
meadows being still under water, the danutge. to the hay
cannot be yet ascertained.
The heat in the United States is very. great. At Bel-
timore the thermometer rose to 90, and at Salem to 91,
aud New York. 88, on the 4th of June.

A Ito WLA N D FOR AN OLI V.E A CO1101101.•
cial gentleman, of rather eccentric character, a few rnonthesince
had some dealings with a Jew at Lancaster, but Moses turned out
no better than he should be, and our traveller found to his cost
that he had been done. When he reflected upon the very ho-
nourable way in Which he had acted towards the Jew, he became
knoll mad with rage, and.vowed, "dire vengeance," against the
whole tribe, should an opportunity ever arrive. Mischief, which
is swift of foot,, did not, keep him long in suspense, for, a few
.weeks afterwards, an itinerant Israelite, who gets a living by
hawking about cinnamon, nutmegs, happened to
.preient
;hlitiself at an hotel where he was stopping. Our hero, with
114jaelvtnbyedt(]e,k1w.:iyae4Tai,tadt. wreathed szn.iieso" got very sweet upon him,
of punch, which 1):e. 40114 f cOitntryse-itedwaaMotrdooeepoli.liit'ePatrotakerefuosfe.a—brhel
fish, and in a short time the enemy bad com-
pletely stolen away 14 brains. 'the traveller, seeing his (wpm-
y
Moses of' his heard, who little dreaming of what had taken place,
oppor-
tunity,
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mislay to wait for payment. Ile, however, carefully packed up
the precious stubble,' and sent it to his employers, with a polite
note, telling theM that it gave- Milt much
that ." he lied been revenged upon :one Of the ratieally crew who
had cheated him." It hatheenliinted to us that' when the .Yew
awoke in. the morning, be said it Witt Mile"tbuarree.ft:ed"mitrin:
and he had never known a more barber-ous (barbarous) action
committed by a stranger, though it was as well to put the beat
five upon the matter.