The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-20 00:00:00

THUNDUR STORMS, Scc.

8ATti..,...A dreadful thunder storm broke over
'huh on 'flintWay forenoon ; a Ore-hull struck
the louse-of WiNbsuß, in Jatues-street , but
providentially no lives were lost, though it en-
tereelJbe nursery %rhere several cliildren were At
play.

Ntinwicit.—On Thin's,lay last, between three
and tour o'clock in the afternoon, we were visited
by a tremendous thtintler-stotm. In use instance
the thunder so immediattly tollowed the
tiftig, that it was I.,.ident vii explosion had taken
place very
_near. It was soon known that this
had happened fleas St Giles's Gate, The light-
ning was attracted by the chimney of a cottage
near Mr. Barnes's lint e-....n5„ and in its way to
the thi.ec,persons were struck by it--a mae
and a boy tvio had ikik-en shelter in the door-way,
and a young ,ttoinan in the cottage. The man
and boy were th,o,%n ituwn t the hay wits in a
state of insensibility, thong!? retaining minks of
life the wan soon got up,
,was but little hurt,
and complained only of numbness in one ;
and the young woinan had only a slight uneasi,
nest on her check, which tea,, however, evidently
nflamed. On exantininir the boy, the hair on
the back part of his heal was burnt, and there
were some singular fed :radiated streaks on the
surface of the skin., both on his should/A.3 end
elicit, evidently scorched by heat. Ills situa-
tion appearing to be with eonsideraWe
danger, be -was conveyed to the Hospital, and
we are happy to find that on Friday MUElling
.he was perfectly recovered ; but be had nut the
.slightest re•collectitm of the storm, or of- his bay-
ing sought shelter in this cottage.
On examining the Cotta4e,' it was evident the
lightning had been attracted by the chimney, and
that it descended in part dawn theelanthey Hod in.
part down two stitch staircases at one end of it,
Tomiannicating with the two rooms of the cottage.
The mortar on the walls near the staircases and
.chimney was, in several places, thrown off; the
top or one door to the stair-case wut scorched,
the handle of a warming-pan, hanging near the
stairs, Was split from one end to the other, a look,
ing-glass over one fire-place was thrown down and
broken to pieces, and the top of the outer-door
and the mortar on the adjoining wall shattered.,
and it was here where ,the luau and boy received
the shock. -
No one within the cottage received injury ex-
cept the }'ol,lllg woman Mrs. Barnes's, servant,
whose cheek was slightly inflamed:. The escapa
of all the persons within the cottage, for there
were several in the other end, was most extraor-
dindrY.'4tnd that of the, boy still more so, as be
evidently received the electric fluid on his person,
but'it passed over the sin face f-,his clothes being
wet, Were probably a more reedy conductor of it.
The boy is twelve years of age, and his name is
John ,Foster.

IMNll.Ujico—Betweert. the bouts of one and
two o'clock, Thursday, the most dreadful peals
of (blinder were heard, accompanied, With very
heavy hail, whiCh fell and covered the surfate of
the earth with such violence as to destroy all the.
stalks of the early l►otatoes, &c. One of the hail
stoles, which was taken in the town of Kiln's!),
weighed a quarter of au mince. About tour
o'clock on Sun►lay evening, at Castle-Gunnell, ice
thi: County of Limerick, theme was an udeudinudk.
fall at hail—the stone); were of an unusual large,

14101ITNING.—A Hock of sheep 180 in !mintier,
tie"property of Mr. Ruskelly, of . Ringworthy
Partit,,on the borders of Dartmoor, were kit in
a field all well on Monday evening the Bth inst.
and early on the following morning si.ritptwo
of them were found laying dead, killed by
;. their eyes were forced I'vom the
kockets,- and their bodies appeared as in a gate
of:putretaction.--The flocks of ninny other far
fliers in the neighbourhood suffered severely, and
it is supposed that not less than 400 sheep were
destroyed: Stich was the violence of the *torus
great
,number of large trees were rooted
Hp, and the branches of others shivered to pieces.
The lightning excited considerable alarm on some

parts of the southerti coast also, where gritat da-
mage has 'been done, particularly in the gardens
and orchards, and is described by to my people
to have been the most terrific and awful visitation
they ever remember to have witnessed.

SVIMEN DE4TII.-...011 Monday noon Counsel.
for Cot.,Les, of Stylilien's Green,lin, died
suddenly ; buying gone into the Circulating Lib-
rely, in Stephen's street, and while in the act of
looking over the catalogue, lie tell hack and
lured Without is uroan.

If, 'l' II V.

LES RUSES DL GUEIIRE.

Rise Muse of Ilattie3l, rise, and strike lily lyre
critli all the majesty, aud all the fire
Which thou bestow'st on itormitT SourttEy:
Tell in illy verse how loudly cannons roar,
And how they :terra thundered su before;
flow .wards will glittor--and a great deal more;
Rut 'trill:re T:die it plrutifolly 41441Uthey :
For Fee a tale of wonder tO &avid,
About a etrtaiii SLI,JLANT tall and

His name or reemeut you don't care for,
eltld if yea did I could not tell you ; therefore
Without It further I;relitilel'll :
This SLIVEANTIO an alehouse went,
• To trite his glireis of porter, beer, or gin;
And baying guided to his heart's content,
In payment•to the landlord gave
A abillin3; which, like Neil Keaa'S tongue,
• Or Cobham's fiddle, or Ln Indian song,
Sounded.quite.crack'd and brass,y,
And the 'good lamilord swore it was a knavt :
The raliant SiNgANT called him deoilisis
Tu doubt his honour; and to a stander-by
Said, " Friend; look at this coin, and try
If 'fit nut al good. rig e'er Was niftily?"
Bon took it, viewsd the tail and then the bead,
Now tvisi!y rung it, then at wisely said:'
" A better shilling I ha' never seed."
" Oh! cried tint Canning t7rit4p, !
ss "I'4 ftiend, ;out you a surlier are,
" Auit must like me King George's livery wear'."

• " a soldier," said th'utfehaited
" I Wouldn't wear his lirery lot liis crown;
" Here, teak the shilling, it do stink of,powder."
" That ttitl nut do," the St:II.IEANT said, " you're listLd, .
" And most, as certain as you're burn,
" Go with me to his worship and be sworn."
to oisi poor lloa with angry voice iiisistrd
still was free;--the man of war was loud;
And notwithitanding all the hol could say,
Before the Druch they hurried him away.

NOW to the Quo',ttri Boa explained his tale; '
'The eloquence et truth would not avail
Against the interests of thr army night :
They all dscreed that lie was fairly caught;
rind now prepared upon the sacred hook.
To dignify him with a soldier's Imam;
nut still not turi;taus of martial fame,
Bug from his purse the fatal shilling took, -
dt.si ask'd ileighll'ring Justice if 'twas :I;ud ?
Who 413 they affirmative tleclarill.
shook his hands in joyful mood,
And said, While all surprise the Justicie *tutu],
" your's,tuy friend, and you a soldier are,
" and must like are King George's livery wear."

Thus duped, the Squire with inward 'mutterings curs'd,
Whilefrum the rest a general titter burst;
But fur the Bench's credit, they di4charged
Pour Boa ; who, from the UN EANT's handl; enlarge J,
Merrily towards bis home was trudging,
But turning, said, with a sarcastic look,
4' You thruw'd for a sprat, and likewise caught a gudgeon,
But both together hrokc your slender hook:!'