Star.
London, England, 1827-08-22 00:00:00

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Friday last, this town and immediate neighbourhood
were visited by a succession of storms of rain, thunder,
and lightni-g, of such violence and duration as have
rarely been known in this climate ; but so limited was
the event of them, that in the different directing' cf
Harlest,'Brentleigh, and Ipswich, the carrying at corn
was not in the least impeded. We have utt heard of
' any damage being suaained in this vicinity. At Chels-
worth, Mr. Ray nham, a respectable farmer, had incau.
tionsly taken shelter under a tree, when h's horse,
which he was holding, was struck by the lightning,
and fell dead on the spot. Mr. Itaynham's trousm
was rent down his leg, and his shoe torn off hts foot, hut
he himself escaped, as well as two children who wee
with him. Sir R. Pocklington had scarcely left the
spot, being unwilling to remain in so dangerous a
situation.

On Saturday morning, about a quarter past eleven
o'clock, a. storm of rain commenced, surpassing any
witnessed by the oldest inhabitant in Woodbridge, and
lasted with little intermission till two. Heavy clouds
were observed working up against the wind, print:jug
mischief, which, as fir as the eye coqld reach, appeared
nothing but a sheet of water. which brought down
the soil from the neighbouring hilly with irrr.
sistible force. knocking down in its course brick salt,
outah, uses, &c. &c. rushing through many I the
dwelling-houses, particularly those in Bradfield street,
near which it formed a larg- chasm, partly sep ,rating
the turnpike road at the entrance of the town Wing
to Grundisburgh. The fire engines were worked with
consideraole effect in taking off the water. Many of
the shops, warehouses, and cellars, were instantly ilium
dated, and considerable loss sustaissed t it also found
its way into the Church and caused some of the vaults
to give way.. The farmers only a mile riff continued
cutting their corn withoot interruption chi oughout the
day. The lightning on Friday struck the Church at
Great Maplestead, and tore off the steeple, Unroofed the
body of the Church, shivered to pieces several of the
pews, and damaged the pillars.—Bury Gazette, Aug.%
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CALA/111'013e ACetDstrit.—About seven o'cloek this
morning a very alarming accident, by the fall of two
ruinous houses, in Br isgs•buildings, James-street, Mary,
la-bonne, threw
.that vicinity into a state of general
alarm. The houses have been some time condemned,
and the inhabitants, poor Irish families, appri,ed of
their danger, but they persevered in retaining possession
with desperate tenacity, and when the houses sank with
a dreadful crash, there were seven or eight persons in
each. The walls were observed to crack by some of
the neighbours in the morning, shortly before the crash,
and the occupants of the houses were howdy engaged
in removing their goods, in the midst of tibia) one
house tumbled down, bringing the other with it. The
ruins fell forward into the street, and crushed the win-
dows of the opposite. houses. To the circumstance of
the houses falling out may be attributed the safety of
several lives. As -soon as the cloud of dust had cleared
away, the neighbours commenced a search among the
rubbish, and in the course of the morning eight or nine
persons were dug out and carried to the hospital more
or less injured by bruises and fractures. A mile •n
found, across which a partition had fallen, and which
completely acted as a shield, and in the craJle were Ivo
infant children who, were not the least injured; their
cries had led to their being discovered. It was ro•
moored that two persons had been killed, bui this is not
true. Crowds of people surrounded the piles of rubbish
this forenoon.

About three o'clock yesterday morning, a fire, which
for upwards of two hours threatened the most senor
consequences,broke out in the premises of Mr. MORTOY,
an oilman, residing in New street, Portland New Toss.
The fire, which was first discovered by a patrol, broke
out in the lower pan of the premises, and it was net
until the danger became extreme that the inmates vote
aroused to a sense of their perilous situation, and mill
in time to effect their escape by crossing the roof, and
seeking shelter in an adjoining house in a state of-nudity.
In somewhat less than an hour two engines arrived, stel
succeeded in arresting the progress of the flames, bat
not until Mr. Moaron's premises had been reduced to
a heap of smoking ruins, and considerable damage doer
to the adjoining houses.
Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, as one of the
Camberwell stages was on its return to wan from the
Fair, near Montpelier Gardens, Walt/with, some boPt
who were throwing stones at each other, hit the near
leader a blow with one just under the eye: Both the
leaders became unmanageable and ran away with the
coach. The passengers became alarmed—a man ante,
two females, threw themselves off for safety. Meet,
the females, named Wilton, had her right arm :a*
thigh broken, and her face very much bruised; the
other received a considerable concussion of the ha"
The male passenger escaped with a sprained mule l"
a few bruises. The horses kept on their heedkog cede*
until they approached the Elephant and castle.

CORN EXCHANGE, II A RX.LA NE, Avant, ek•
Our market was In a very lifeless stale this moron's. scarce/el
sale has been effected, bat what bat been done was it the Prk"
last Masday,and we must qp.ot• pacts the same as that day he All
I kinds of Grala—Arrivals: -English Wheat, S,Sto qrs. mark/. 83
I qrs. Oats, 100004 p. Plost„5.100 sacks
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
CANTZSIORT Assails St.—Since our last report. there Pubes
several bossy oltiosters'og rain. which has bees et great bowie
the mph on the MKS,. the plsatatiaos base wandetkoly tok•
proved, amaldsriris the shock they received a then ,inte sffh
Marnsvents, Ave,: Si.—Tip bogg in the ektetti of ibis it
are toritior to the plantations In big Kent.

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