Star.
London, England, 1809-08-18 00:00:00

LATE STORM.

SPORtING lATELLIGLAN6E.

At the next Brighten Meeting, Sir B. Gamum s
Wren is matched against the Duke of RumAgy's
for a like sum.

The Duke of atm AND,g Polucris is matched against
Sir B. GIIAJIAWS Saraj:a, at the Second Newmarket
Meeting, for 103 guineas.

TREMADOC, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.
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A Purse of-60ga.
Nl's'. W. Matlocl:'s b. c.lli‘George, 4 yrs. old 1 1
Sir %V. W. Wynn's b. in. Mader.miselle Presle 8 dr.
The Traeth 11I.iwr Stakes, of l6gs. each.
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Sit' T. Moy;ton's ch. C. 3 yrs. cad (walked over.)
The Snowden Wel'er Stakes of 5. 1345. each.
Mr. E Lloyd's hr. h. Artichoke, aged 1 1
Sir W. W. Wynn's ch. g. axed • 3 3
Sir T. Moyston's hr. in. 5 yrs. old dr-

WET E.SDAY.
The Tan-yr-allt Stakes of .Igs: each.
Mr. E. Lloyd'• b. c. Stilton, 4 yrs. old
Sir T. Moyston's hr. c. Mater i'eazle, 4 yrs. old
Sir. W. W. Wynn's b. f. Devana

The Vron ivr Stakes, of .sgs. each.
Mr. Lloyd's br. h. Artichoke, aged - -
Sir T. I%ton:on's br. in. 5 yrs. old

1 1
2 $
3 3

NEWCAS i'LE-UNDER-LYNE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.
A Sweepstakes of ;Cgs, each, for all ages.
Mr, Dyott's gr. h. Lichfinid, by Gouty, 5 yrs. old
14. Wilt9n's b. f. Berenice, 4 yrs, old
A Maiden Plate of 501.
Mr. Bensftn'a,br. f. Dimple, by Sir Peter, 4 yrs. old
Mr. Prices b. nu aged
Mr. Fazakerlty% br. f. S yrs. old
Mr. Grobm's ch. f. by Ganeral, 4 yrs. old
• • WRDNESD IY.
The Members' Plate of SOL for all ages, fonr-mile heat,.
Mr. Dyo:t's Lichfield (or Mr. Egerto::'s Cestrjan) 1 1
Mr. E)res b. f. Miss Bladucl, 4 yrs. old - 2 dr.
THURSDAY.
. The I'l:die:nes Purse of SCI.
Mr. Dyott's Lichfield, .; yrs. old • 1 1
Sir T Stattley% b. g. Viper, . yrs. old 2
Mr. Egerton% b. v.. (\Milan. 4 yrs. old - - • . 2 3
Mr. liarTi,'s br. e. Vulture, yrs. all 3 4
Mr. Cl:fton's lit. c. Sir Atiihony Rowley, 3 yrs. old 4 .5

TIE.

Say, is there ought that can convey • •
An image of its transient stay ?
' fi, as hantnt breadth ;'ii/
fis a veast.l tint.kr ;
'1 is a count r'a straining steed;
' I is a shuttle in its spet..d;
'is as eagle in iu t% ay,
Darting down up-in its prey;
'fis an arrnw in iin

! , • - --- o'clock,•
.1 middy night, about nine the streets of :
Glasgow, !Greenock, ace.. were most btilliintly illu- '
urinated by a meteor or ball of Are., T.ts passage. was
aimost instantaneous, and the, app! 'trance. was. very
' similar to that which would have 1e en produced by '
inflaming a quantity of gunpowdc r at a considerable
I height.
i ifv;:ry post brings farther pa: ticulart of the tre-
n:endous storm of lightning which raged so violently
on Thursday se'nnight. The foll,,eing account is from
ia Gentleman who was a passenger in one of the Lon-
! don coaches, going to Exeter :.--66 About eight
I o'clock on Thursday night, when within two miles
of WoonvAres Inn, on Salisbury. Plain, a tremen-
dous storm of thunder and lightning commenced, and
lasted, with little intermission, tillehree o'clock next
Imorning.—lt is impossible for the pen to describe, or
' the imagination to paint, any thing so awfully terri.: ,
fie. The earth and atMosphere, for miles roitad,
seemed one continued volume of liquid fire. Dcer
and cattle were scattered in every direction along the
road ; and every thing seemed to portend a total dis,
vilution of the whole system. Them were fourteen
I outside passengers, and six inside, in the coach above
t alluded to; and, just before they reached WOODYAYY'S
I
i Inn, the electric fluid struck a young man on the i oof
iof the coach, and killed him -on the spot. He be.
I longed to the Ocri:y.; man of. war, and had ben to
visit his friends in London.: he was 22 years of age.
I His comrade, who sat beside him, W:l5 injured in the
ii arm.; Three of the coach-horses were also struck
I down, and one of them killed on the spot. The
I coat es, wage Ons, and every other vehicle, staid at
''W YATT'S I an,..l4eing unable to proceed. One
Gent man, an inside passenger, had a cotton hand-
kerch of burnt off his head by the lightning."
Thursday night and Friday morning, the neigh-
s bourlitood of Lewes was visited by a heavy storm.
The lightning was almoit incessant. for several hours,
r and extremely vivid. The hailstones did considerable
damage. At Glynde, Mr. Eliman estimates his loss
at 4150. At Fyrle, Lord Gage sustained the greatest
injury. At Tarring, Mr. Biggs liad 6 panes of glass
broken, and a great deal of barley and wheat cut off.
Some of the hailstones were nearly as large as walnuts.
Several rooks, killed by the storm, .were on Friday
picked up under some trees near Glyne-bridge.
Cu ELTENUAM, Auousr 17.—Thursday afternoon,
about three o'clock, a tremendous storm of hail and
wind passed over the valley of Charlton, near this
I.town. . The gale was preceded by unusual heat, and
accompanied with heavy thunder and lightning. The
hailstones were of an extraordinary size ; and the
''.writer of this. paragraph, with Mr. Andrews, happen-
.ing to b. at a small farm (late the Gutterfall), was
!.enabled to'verify the following facts :—the hailstones
-were generally mime!, and somewhat lag per than a
' mu ket bullet, bait amongst theta w.,; e others of va-
rious shapes, they 'acing in fact 1. eiles of ice. Some
• measured Iwo inci:es log, and a.. vp..': whir, making a
I.cireunderenee of lour and five 12CLeS. 0.0:,; huskrel
1 and tee, picked up aft( r the:. had lain in the sun a
quarter of an hour, weight d half a potia4; and from
their b.:itig tak.sit in a great ‘l,!gree indiscriminately I
and Ine;til;, he conceives• that, of the largest, '4O at I
mist would be that weight. Whele they ray sheltered
from the sun, a hat would cover about 10`.) of them.'
—The storm, as far as, relates to the hail, appear; to
have been partial, Lot extea.ling above three quarters
of a mile wide, accordiag to the observation of some
who were at t!-• top of ti,e h'll, and liuted about ten
m'ati:.es. it did great in:, dry at Dowdeswell ; like-
ise at Mr. Agg's,. at Hcwletts.
NEWC7 AST T.E.—During the I.lst week we have been
frequently visited .with ti:undur and lightning, accom-
panic ! with a v.:st quantity of rain. On. Friday night
the rain fell in .a continued torrent for several hours,
and the morning of Saturday presented a distressing
scene among several of :he. inhabitants in thelower
ports of the town. Those in New Pandon and Cow.
gate arv:ar to have suffered most, some of whose
lions-; were ;a:ll:dated to the :I.:_pth of from three to
fmr ket. A boy, named George Innes, aged five
v.,ars, (son of George !Lures, smith, Pandon-gate)
had a wonderful escape from drowning. Wading
Amon-,0 others in New Pandon, he was swept away
by the current, and carried full 330 yards (250 of
whi.ch were an inclosed conduit) down towards the
river. In the passage is a water-fall of five yards,
directly under that part of the town's walls which
divides Messrs. Suttees, Drown, and Head's high and
low raff.yards, over which the child was impetuously
forced. A man working in the ruff-yard, with great
presence of mind proceeded to an open ' part of* the

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iVlockitag tree it:ing sight ;
• "I'k a vapour in the air,
'Tis a whirlwind rushing there ;
"fit a short-iiv'd fading flower ;
• • '7.1:i3 aTainbow On a shower;
•momentary tay',
Smiltvz on a ‘Viiiter's day ;
i is a torrent's rapid stream;
'I is a shadow—'iis a dream; • •
- '.l-k the closin3 watch of night,
Dying at the rising light ;
is a landscape, vainly gay,
Painted upon ci•urnbling clay ;
`cis a lamp that wastes its fires ;
' Tis a smoke thsat quick expires;
'Tis a bubble ; 'tis ;
Ile prepay d, 0 man, to die !•

A Newspaper of the largest size is printed at Taun-
ton, and is i-old for • Six-tenee only in Somerset and
Devon, and to the inhabitants of Hants, 11/,'lt.r,
and Coriuwall, for Five-pence only, bin Three Half-
pence less in price than any other Newspaper printed !
Its intell;gcnce is obtained by an Express 11fles.,iing,7
_from who arrives eight hours b.l-1-e. the Mai! !
It has attained, in consequence of thee reconimendii-
torysircumstances, an immense sale in every part of
the West of England.
Monday se'nnight, Captain IlictrAtin acntr., late
of the Mary Ann, of Greenock, having gone on
visit to his friends in Ayrshire before lost his
way between Ardrossan and Saltcoats, fell iuto a
quarry, ant was drowned.
O:1 the 4th ult. a dreadful accident happened at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire (America), in conse-
quence of .the explosion of about 3:30 pounds of gun-
powder ; eight persons were ascertained to be killed ;
a great many were dangerously hurt, and several
mil •
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Sunday, Mr. 'Nturphy'a boat, which conveys pas- conduit, at the foot of Pandon, where he fortunately
stingers to and loon the Liverpool packet at the arrived, just in time to rescue the object' of his pur-
Pigeon I limo!, Dublin, going with passengers to the snit from a watery grave. Had he been one second
Moira packet, sl'ot fly alter the vessel getting under later, the child would have passed on to the river, and
sail, the bat lying alongside, the main beam struck inevitably perished. Though he had little appearance
the boat's mast, and the people on board consisting of of life when caught, in a very short time he came to
five r;on, were instantly precipitated into the sea. himself, and was on Sunday perfectly recovered.—
et ptain itoricars, of the Moira, on perceiving the If any thing might be said to cause amusement in the
situation of the men, immed7ately put out the boat, midst of so muck distress, it was the escape of some
and picked up three. Mr. Giunoms, one of the pro- ladies and their paraMours from a house of ill fame
prieLors of the Liverpool packet, and a seaman named in Pandon. The water having deprived them of their
Farrel, w clothes, e're unfortunately drowned.
they were forced to issue from their dwelling
An accident of a most melancholy nature took place breast high, and almost in a state of nudity, to the
near Farr, in Strathnairn, on Monday last. As the- no small gratification of a number of spectators. In
workmen who had been employed in erecting a bridge the afternoon of the same day, a man who had be-en
were engaged in putting in the keystone, the prop- at the fair, and four horses, were struck dead by the
work supporting the arch gave way, together with lightning at the Cowgate, on the west side of the
the whole fabric, and the unfortunate men were for Town Mtor, and a boy and two other horses scorched,
some time buried in its ruins. One man was killed but have since recovered. A man belonging to Mr.
on the spot ; three were so severely bruised that but j Freeman, miller, near Busy Cottage, was drowned
little hopes are entertained of their recovery, and four f in ea ossing the burn at that place, in returning with
others were very much hurt and lacerated, before they a laden cart from the market in this town.
could be relieved from their perilous situation. lOn Thursday ,evening a cow belonging to Mr.
A few days since as some workmen who had been Atkinson, of Fulwell, was killed by the lightning,
employed in erecting a house in Cross-street, St. 1 which struck her beneath the breast, from which it
George's-fields, were regaling on laying the last brick ; burnt all the hair, and perforated the skin at the point
of the building, the scaffold gave w.iy, and two of ' at which it appears to have entered her body with a
the men were thrown to the ground from a consider- ! number of small holes. •
able height. They were much hurt, and were con- The lightning, on Thursday se'nnight, struck the
veyed to the hospital with very slight hopes of recovery. -.- house of Mr. Dale, of Walker, near Neweastle; threw
(Ame-
At a Court of Sessions, held at Charleston, down the chimney and a great number of tiles, broke
rica on the 25th May last, George Burrows and Roder:
• 17 squares of glass, tore offthe window shutters, and
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dashed them against the garden pales, scattered the
Welch, convicted of negro-stealing, were ordered to be .
planter about the house, and filled the rooms with a
hanged ; James Hutton, convicted of having killed a
Repo, was tined fifty pounds!!! I sulphurous smoke ; but providentially did not injure
any of the family.
Yesterday at the Mansion House, a genteely dressed
sEuimsunott, AUGUST 14.—Sunday, about 1 p. m.
woman, apparently upwards of 30 years of age, swore a storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied with
a child to A black boy, aged 15. The boy found bail a remarkably heavy fall of hail and rain, passed over
to indemnify the parish. • . ' this city; the streets, in some places of the city, were

rendered altogether billions*: het coo!
great TAI of rain. About P. 'Tn.' we had ""°
thunder storm, bet- the fall of r!itt Was 010011 met'
• rate.
ABERDWI, AuoUrr 11.--,Yetterdrf mom;ko
ink We
had a violent thunder storm, whiCh.coNtinned ut
two hours, daring part of which the pezls
were un-
commonly loud, and the lightning very rn id ; fortud
!lately we have heard of no serious accident' attend-
ing it. A woman, in going out early to tether' some
cows near the bridge of Dee, had the hair of het' hard
almost corripletaly „aged off, and fainted from, the
fright.
I.vartxass, Austin. 11. —On the afternoon of 1.'6-
day list came on here a dreadful storm of thutideir
and lightning, accompanied by a he.evy fall of rain, •
and, iv several parts of the country, with hailltones
of an uncommonly large size. A trcrftendo s water-
spout was observed to burst to. the westwa d of Ding-
wall ; and we are informed that about 40 sheep were
killed by the lightning in the Aird, and that from 20
to 30 shared the same fate in Urquhart.
Amittoout, Auousr 12.—During the thunder-
s...orm on the 3d instant, at two p. m. thelightning
struck two houses, connected by a mutual gable, near
the shore, at Aberdour, in Fife. The whore building,
about 70 feet long, and gi broad, was enveloped, for
an instant, in a blaze. Au intense part of the light-
ning, entering the west gahle, about three feet front
the corner, proceeded down ward, through the heart
of the wall, passed through an oaken lintel of a wall-
press, part of which appears ;s if charred, melted a
brass candlestick, standing below, in eight different
places, and tore the shelves in- every d•reczion. In
the middle of the building a par itiou was rent frOm
top to botoorn, in two places, so a; to admit one's.
hand, and roonberless fragments of the brits and
lime were I.i..!and un the opposite window-sash, all the
panes of shier were broken; and pieces-of the glass
forced ou:ward 2J feet from the wall. On re-urning
to an ttrp..T apartment, which she had not left five
r&nutei, a woman fOund the chair, on which she had
• sat, overtitme4 ; part of the flax she bad been spina
ningi s-orched ; a shawl, which lay on a chest, with
a hole burnt in it of 14 inches diameter; a wooden
clock d ished on the fluor ; a large oblique section of
the jamb in shivers ; on the hearth, where her wheel
stood, a Hann, in a wire cage, within three feet of the
window, and directly opposite to two panes which
were broken, escaped, and, from the midst of dust
and smoke, serenaded its owner immediately on h. si
appear:ng. Of 18 persons in the two houses, all
were so stunned by the lightning, that only one re-
membered theloud clap,which appeared simultaneous;
yet, excepting a cut on the hinder part of the Lead,
and a contusion of the fate, occasioned by the frag.
mPrts forced from the gable and 7:lrtition walls, and
a slight strain of the knees, from h•iving been thrown
violently on the Hoer, sustained by. three of them, no
Injury was received. A tremendous hail-shower int,
media:ely pr!!cedcd the lightning. The barometer
stood at inch 29. and the thermometer Fahren. at 59
d!grees.

WES7'NEATII ASSIZES.

MILLINiGAR, Jes. 7 29s—tester:lay mine on to be
tried before the Right Honourable the LORD Cusat
JUSTICE, the prisoner, Joseith Lmaghasr, Attorney.—
He stood charged tin three se: end indictments : the
Arse, for uttering a certain forgeddecd of assignMeri4
with intent to defraud, knowtree it to be forged : the
second, for subornation of perjury, by procuring a
witnets to swear to the due execution of it :—and the
third, for a conspiracy to defraud one James Grady,
by procuring a verdct unlawfully to be had against
him, on a certain trial in ejectment, -on which, trial
said forged deed was ey.hibited. •
The facts attending this -nefarious and wicked plot.
were shortly these :—The prisoner, acting as attorney
for one Maurice Finegan, and being also concerned ,
with, and interested for, one George Russell the elder,
and also for George Rt.tsell his son ; did, in order to
defend Finegan against an ejectment brought by said
Grady for the recovery.of certain latids, called Ard-
buckan, in this county, anCl*ied at the last Assize:,
contrive that a certain deed- of assignment of sai I
lands, between George Russell the elder, and George
Russell the younger, really ekeinted in the year 1809,
shortly before the trial in ejectment, shoull bear date _
,
and appear to be executed in the month of March, -
1802, for the purpose of defeating a lease made by
George Russell the elder to said Grady, and estab-
lishing a lease made by George Russell the younger
to said Finegan ; such deed of assignment appearing
to be executed in 1802, depriving George the elder
of the power of.makiag said lease to Grady—;aid as-
signment, if really executed in 1802, being prior to
the lease to Grady.
This assignment being so antedated, it appeared
the prisoner next contrived that it should seem to be
duly witnessed, and accordingly had the name of Peter
.M‘Gawley affixed to it as a witness, and one Richard
Mathews .witneseed it, the former of whom being •
stated to be dead, Mathews attended at the trial in
ejectment, and proved that the said assignment was
duly executed in.his presence, and in that of the said
*Cawley, on the day (17th March, 1802) when
it bore date, to which, and other false swearing on said
trial, it appear-0 he was urged and suborned by the
prisoner. The 11:clictment for the conspiracy was also
fully established. It, was contended by the prisoner's
Counsel, that the mere antedating the deed was not
a forgery, and that the production of it by the Priso,
ner, as attorney, on the trial, was not an uttering
and publishing it within the statute. These points
were, however, ruled againit the prisoner, and the
case being most clearly and plainly established, as
well by other proofs as the prisoner's own letters t 9
said Russell, a most respectable Jury, without liesitee
tion, convicted the prisoner on all the indictments._
The Learned JUDGE expatiated at length on, den
enormity of the prisoner's offences, dangerous to so-
ciety, and degrading to his preoression,and which every
man must feel strives at the comforts and well.being
of society. Doubte.llaving arisen as to the length of
time far which the prisoner could be transported, the
Learned Judge' postponed pronouncing the sentence
on the indictments tor uttering the forgery, and for
subornation of perjury, fill the opinion of die Judges
be had on the construction of the statute, intending,
as his lordship exprisled. to pronounce the severest
judgment the law will warrant t and, on the third
indictment,. &retell that the prisoner slisfajd,b)i im-
prisoned one year, and three times public)/