Star.
London, England, 1805-09-13 00:00:00

SI ORM.

The violent thunder form, on Friday morning,
Jailed about two hams, and extended very generally
and widely. It is defcribed as awfully tremendous
at almolt every place : in the metropolis, and in the
whisk of Ealt Kent, it appears to have raged with
equal fury, nearly at the fame time ; from this cit.-
cumtlance, and from the length of the intervals be-
tween the leveral flares and the explofions, it would
kern that, excepting one or two idtances where the
lightning was attraded towards the earth, the great
ma's of the eledric matter was colleded very high in
the atrnolpher e. Except in the deftrudion of a barn,
at Mr. Dilnot's, at Patrixborn, we do not learn that
its effzels have been ferioufly injurious in other parts.
Near Hythe the lightning affirmed the appearance of
r. ball of tire, and difperfed itfclf in the garden of a
(mall cottage, w ithout doing any damage. At Pa-
ttiaborn, about fix o'clock, it (truck the end of the
barn before-mentioned, on the point of the roof,
paffed along the top, to which it let fire, and at the
fame time penetrated through the thatch to the floor
beneath, which, being fpread with lode ftraw, was
immediately alio in a blaze, fo that the whole was in
flame,, both within and without, at the fame moment.
One fide of the barn was filled with wheat, and a wag-
gon alfo full of wheat had been drawn into the barn,
which Mr. Diloot's fervants were in the at of unload.
ing, and who fate the flath of lightning, and the fir-
ing of the barn, to have fucceeded each other fo ra-
pidly, as to have been almoft intlantaneous : happily
neither of them were hurt. Immediately adjoining
to this barn was another, returned from it at a right
angle, and as no hope exitied of being able to pre
ferve the one on fire, it was judged molt advifeable
to leave that to its fate, and to cut off the communi-
cation with the other ; this was judicioufly and for.
tunately effefted, by polling down a part, and by the
rain, which poured down in torrents, and in a cer.
tain degree checked the flames, and furnifhed a
powerful fupply fin the engines. From thefe circum-
flances, the farther progrefs of the fire was (topped,
and it was at length fo far extinguilbed, as to give
no farther cattle for apprehenfion ; after having, in
the courfe of two hours, confumed the barn, with
the waggon, and neatly all the wheat ; alfo part of
a corn rick, which flood clofe to the end of the barn.
An attempt was made to draw out the waggon, but
unluckily without fuceefs. The quantity of wheat
defrayed is not accurately afcertained, but it is fup•
poled to be from fifty to fifty quarters. The total
of the lois (independently of the barn, which was not
infured), is not fo great as at first conceived ;—it
amounts to about 3001. but it is infured for not more
than half that fum.
The prompt afillance of the neighbourhood, and
the alacrity and difpatch with which the engines were
conveyed from Canterbury, attended by many of
the inhabitants, of every clafs, were materially in.
ltrumental in fuppreffing the flames ; and to their
judgment and exertions, in a great meafure, it is to
be attributed, that no greater lots has been !Whined.
Much miiaief was done in about Kenfington, by
the thunder form on Friday morning. At Mr.
Morgan's, at Kenfington-gore, attack of chimnies and
feveral tiles were thrown acrofs the road into Hyde-
Park ; a particle of the eledric fire defcended the
chimney, and tore up feveral (tones in the kitchen ;
two female fervants were thrown from their feats ;
the flafh that preceded it flattered feveral windows
in the kitchen ; and the houfe of the Hon. Mr. Lee,
a neighbour, alfe fuftained confiderable damage, and
feveral of the fervants were (truck fenfelefs for fome
moments; the footman, who flept in the attic Rory,
felt the (hock in great, that he remained fome minutes
fpeechlefs, hut fortunately no lives were loft.
A letter from Whitehaven, dated September toth,
flys, " We had a molt tremendous form of thun-
der and lightning, on Friday afternoon. The rain
fell in torrents ; but it was of thort duration, and,
we believe, no material damage has been fuftained
by it."
Letters from Plymouth of the Toth infant, fay-
4, The form of wind, lightning, and hail, of Friday
and Saturday, WAS dreadful while it fatted ; feveral
men of war drove from their anchors, but brought
up by letting others go. The DILICFNTIA, t 8 guns,
was firing guns of diftrefs all night, and making fig-
n-da for the belt bower cable and anchor, which was
put on board a yard lighter, but when the came
abrealt of the DILInENTIA, a dreadful fquall came
on and fplit all her fins to ribbons, that had the not
rust before it, and got into Mill Bay, the mull have
been wrecked in Firefone Bay, and all hands, per-
haps, perilhcd. A boat of tke Novae. of IS guns,
rowed along-fide the LADY WARR v,r, of 32, on duty,
when a tremendous tea broke the boat a-drift, waffl-
ed the oars overboard, and the three boatkeepers
had nothing to trial to but their rudder and thwarts,
with which they providentially got, amidft a dread-
ful tea, into the Pier Head. Many boats humanely
put off to their atliftance. The Paola:: yawl was
upfet by the fail gibbing, and the Captain's Steward
and one man were drowned. The reft floated till
picked up by one of the men of war's boats."

On Tuefday another accident, at Brighton with a
saitkey, in which were a lady and gentleman, in
Northltreet, occurred about an hour previoutly to
the accident of Mifs MI c.c.s, by the horfe being terri-
fied at a dog which Failed him, with a tin kettle to
his tail. This boric gallopped off with much fury
alfe, but was prefently Sopped ; but not until he had
(truck a female down, who was endeavouring to cro:s
the road to get out of his way. Fortunately, how-
ever, the received but little injury.
A third accident occurred to a lady on horfeback,
at the bottom of Church-flreet, near Marlborough.:
honfe, Brighton. Her bode becoming reftive, the
lady was prefently thrown born the laddie : but her
d.t:•c;er being luckily perceived by a Mr. D'ALateas,
on the Duke of Marlborough's eltablilhment, who
happened to be walking near the fpot, he fuddenly
rufhed tot ward, and, in her defccnt, received her in
his arms, and, from every injury but what alarm
might occation, happily preferved her.
At the Atlizes at Haverfordwelt, Jams. DAVIES,
charged with the murder of her billiard child, was
acquitted of the murder, but found guilty of the con-
cealment of its birth, and was fentenced to two years
imprifonment.
On Wednefday slight, the counting honfe of Mal
l'Ay Log and Co. brewers, Southampton, was entered,
and i 521. 7s. GI Soleil therefrom.