Star.
London, England, 1827-08-18 00:00:00

DREADFUL THUNDER STORM.

Yr sterday morning an awful storm of thunder and
lightning visited she neighbourhood of Wellington. A
slack of barley, and a waggon laden with barley, the
property of C. Scott, E q. were entirely Consumed by
lightning, and a man engaged near the waggon was
seriously injured. Mr. Taylor, of l-laygate, had two
horses killed by lightning, and his son who was near
them was struck senseless.-r.-Shretnsbury Chron. Aug. 17.
Wakefield and its vicinity, were visited yesterday
afternoon by a thunder storm, the severity of which
was felt more at a distance to the east ; at the village of
Wragby it was most tremendous, near which two cows
were killed lYnkefildJournal, August 17.
During the thunder storm which took place yester-
day (Thursday) between • four and five o'clock in the
efternoon, the lightning struck a horse aad cart de
scending Midford•hill, and drove the cart against a,
garden wall with such violence as to force down a ppr-
tiara •of it, and eject the driver, who with the horse
escaped unhurt.—Beth Herald. Aug 18.

Inc worthy Gentleman who prevents the sale of nn
tire fruit in his ward is called •• the sour Alderman."
31truontars.—It appears from the return made from
t►e various parts of the jcingdom, that the increase of members in
the Methodist Connexion during the past year amounts to 7,993.

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The improvements in St. James's Park are proceeding
with rapidity, and •give work to a gtert number of
labourers and individuals. They are now raising a
large mound of earth, as it is intended to prevent any
view of the building for the use of the Horse Guards
from the Royal Palace, electing on the site of Bucking-
ham House. The water in St. James's Park is to be
converted into a serpentine canal, vhich is to be inter-
spersed with small elevated islands, planted With vari-
ous rare and curious shrubs. The mall and walks in
the Park are undergoing great improvements, and
when the whole is finished the alterations *will be pic-
turesque and beautiful, and accessible to the public.

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GUILDFORD BRIDOI.—The works being no e brott_b•
to a completion. the Committee have circulated a Statement of
their receipts and expenditure, which cannot but be highly
satisfactory to the subscribers, the ;whole cost having been met
by the amount subscribed. The improvement has been effected
without a moment's interruption to the traffic on the road, and
loathe highest importance on such a thoroughfare as is presented
by the concentration of the high roads front London to Portsmouth,
Chichester, Southampton, and the yr hokline of Southern Coast.

ComwAy HE roc; e. —Con way Bridge and Embankment
are now cunpleteJ, and enable the mail and other ear-
riage‘, which were formerly subjected to a dangerous
telly, to pass with regularity and safety. This has proved
an arduous work, there being an estuary of nearly half a
mile in length, and from 50 to 60 in depth, which re-1
squired an artificial mound of 300 feet base to be esta-
blished and protected between the eastern shore and the
rocky island, upon which one of the suspending towers is
placed, and in which the one extremity of the main sus-
pendinichains is secured. The bridge of 300 feet in ex•
tent has its other suspending tower placed on the rock
in front of the castle, which has galleries excavated to
receive the other end of the main chains, the whole ap
putting an appendage to thi. old castle, while the em-
banked and embattled roadway from the bridge to the
town walls, in which an appropriate gateway has been
opened, completes the scheme by which the appearance
of the castle has been improved.
Ascaur ox Motet BLANC.—Two Englishmen, Mr.
CUARLES FELLOWS and Mr. HAwts, accompanied by
nine guides and a young man going to Mont Blanc, ar-
nived 24th July at the rocks called Les Graods Mulcts,
where they passed the night.On the 25thbat three o'clock,
they proceeded,without many difficulties, to the summit
ut Grand Plateau, where they found that the way was
rendesed inaccessible by a large hole in the ice, which
on off all communication with the opposite side.—
Four guides were then sent to make out a passage
to the. left, between Mont Maudis and Rother
Rouge, a road which turned out much more acces-1
sible than the old one. These guides, in conse-
quence of the start they had obtained, reached the
summit of Mont Blanc at one o'clock in the after-
noon, while the other travellers, who had to wait for
ibeir signals, did not reach it before three o'clock.—
After being there a short time, and without having
enjoyed the view, on account of the clouds, they de-
scended to the Grands Mulct', where they again passed
the night, and on the following morning reached the
bottom. Some of the party suffered from affections of
the eyes.—Journal de .Jamie.

ANOTHER COACH ACCIDENT, OCCURRED BY FURIOUS
Darvisn.--Frequently as we have been obliged to cau-
tion the drivers of coaches between this town and Man-
chester, with regard to their conduct on the road, it
appears not to have had the desired effect, for we have
this week to record a very serious accident, ari•ing from
Imprudent and furious driving. On Sunday evening
last, the Royal George coach, driven by a person
mimed Gresty, was coming down the new line of
toad at a very quick pace; when oppo.ite the end of
Heaton lane, he suddenly checked the horses, and
the leaders tui fling round, dragged the coach a short
distance into Neaton•lane, and upset it. The coachman
and outside passengers were precipitated into the street,
one man named Robert Pollett, and a female named
Mary Palfreyman, were severely hurt, so much so, that
but little hopes are entertained of their recovery : a
►oman who resides in the Carry, was also much injured ;
and Gresty, the coachman, the cause of all this mis-
tn;ef, has been confined to his bed ever sincc. The in-
side passengers most fortunately escaped unhurt.-
4rockport Advertiser, August 16.

Considerable merriment was occasioned yesterday on
Waterloo Bridge, in consequence of a Gentleman, who
was driving a Lady in an elegant chaise, refusing to
strip or pay the toll. The toll-keeper, however, ran after
ham, and seized hold of his coat ; the Gentleman still per-
sisted in driving on, and the horse darted cif, leaving
the tail and nearly one half of the coat in the toll-
collector's hand. The Gentleman now stopped, and I
Jumping out cf the chaise, offered to shew fight; but an
officer being fetched, and a threat held out that he
mould be sent to Bow-street, he very quietly pulled out
h:s purse and paid the money, threw the fragment of
his coat into the chaise, and drove off with his Lady
amidst the laughter of all present.
Yesterday evening, the waterman who attends the
hackney coach stand in Pickett street, adjoining Sr.
Clement's church, had but a few moments before
wasted some persons Into the chariot, No. '22, when a
brewer's dray passing at the instant, overturned the
charmer which appearel to create some alarm in the
mind of Pople the Waterman, lest the people inside
should be injured, and he was going forward to render
lISSIStanCe, ..hen he fell to the ground, apparently lite-
-41.• An attempt was made to bleed the man, but the
blood had ceased to flow, and he almost immediately
expired.