Star.
London, England, 1810-07-10 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGUe,E.

rig LiTIE STORM.

Pr)I.I 'P.

The thunder storm, which
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was felt in the tnetrai•:
pas, Sunday se'nnight, extended to Sheffield, Where i Bow-STREET, JULY 9.—e.t., eeinday night in con
it appears to have clone consider able daniag.. The qusnce of some private information received by the.
cers repaired to a public-house, the sign of the Swan,
lightning struck the houses of Mr. Corr and Mr.
Thompson, in the Ponds, demolishing thenhindows, now.street Magistrates, a snow; party of Police O.
In Vere-street, Clare-market, s aid to be the rendez-
looking-glasses, Sec. and. with a tremendous explosion' 1
ermlipli 1 vows of
rocking the buildings tchtheir foundations.
1 jinn. The Ai eers proceeded to se arch tile house,
a society of misciearas of a detestable &scrip.
it passed through the bed-chambers whet e the fere hies
was iiiii-t. Ateerrliffe I where they found e cempany of 21 persrans, the wh le
together with the landlord of the house
lay, providentially no person w
Chapel WAS likewise struck by a flesh, sell!el. entered a; 16-f whom,
they apprehended, and io=hryd i ,r th. nivalt in tile
dislocated stones, split the beard on which the'Co
the belfrey, tore the roof, shattered several widdrws,
winter-house of St. Clement's parish. The house ryas
na-1
and most of the perems oaken were of that de,c, it).
a piece of call for coffee-house and tavern waiters,
mendments are written, and thole its way throuttii
the north-east window of the gallery, which it berse
The:e were also autoag them some
soldiers of the Guards.
te pieces, and drove out the fra ale. In a field near t'''"' privies,
Broomhall, a very valuable h. irse, belonging to t*".r. h;,
Newbuuld, was killed during the storm ; and a !louse Yesterday :warning at eleren, the Bow-street offie
at Rotherham was much damaged by the lightning. ,tors proccelcd wi h three coaches to the eeeeeee„,"
At Wellingborn, Nortletniptoeshire, a man named to bring np the pi isreiers for examinatien ; but the
'Hornsby, was killed by a ball or flue on Sunday night, concourse of people was so great that the c au-noses
as he Jay in his bed, with his wife and child. could scarcely proceed. Bow-strect, and all the ave.
FROM THE SWANSKI PAPER.
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nees leading to it, were also imme tsely cross Jed, and
Sunday sehinight, we were visited by a tremendous so continue! till pnst sin the aita ninoti.
thunder storm, die dire effects of which will be long Samuel Taunton, the officer who had the execution
remembered in this neighbourhood : one of the vanes el the warrant, stated that Ise and ot;•er o(crrs went
of a windmill, belonging to Morgan Elam, isi L. last night to the boas_ eleatt elev:n o'clock, and ap.
sender, about three miles from hence, lieeirg been prehended the before-named Ors• ns, exc-pt the land-
broken in the morning by a gust of whet, several lerd and waiter, in a back parlour.
ARRIVALS, AT Ina Tow. labouring people were attracted to the 'pet. some Two of the ()Arnie gave an account of their being
Mrs. Tebhutt, Mr. and Mrs. Ella, Mr. Wild, Mrs. Fox, Mr.
Hill, Mr. Marsden Mr. Greenhain, Mrs. and Miss Farrow, by curiosity, and others to assist in putting the in the house last night previous to the exectitigia of the
Messrs. lisslewoud, C. Wilkinsou, Downing, H. F. Whitgreave, machinery in order. About three o'clock, a very warrant, and stated der particohas of the conversation
Moore, Crossley, Dr. Dowgles, Lieut.-Colonel Doweles, Mr. It an- , heavy shower of rain fell, and drove haw •twenty and actions .•
between that passeel whim they were in the pahlotire
dies, Mrs. and two Miss Charleston,. three Miss Hills, M. .
and thirty persons - into. the mill for shelter ; when, but it is of too horrible ais atgrgeto meet the pubis
Richard, Mr. Lotteade, Captain Delirve' Mr. Livington, Mr.
Gould, Captain Davy, Mr. Entwhleand Sons, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. almost immediately on their being thus collected, the eye. These witnesses also stalenteir having seen bi.
.(i.cholt 6 and Son, Mews. Livc-sey, Baldwin, Grant, Leslie, H. G. electric fluid struck the roof of the building, and, pc. miler proceedings in the same p art tut- on the night of
rant, Mr. a:4 Mrs. Salisbury, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Roberts, Miss netrating through it, set the whole in a blaze.—. Sunday week, and Llentilicd several of the prisoners
Lowe, Mr. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Nisbet, Captain Don, Mr. The scene at this moment was of the most shocking as having been present at that time.
Mrs. and Miss Taman, Mr. Hill, Mr. Williams, Mr. Palmer,
Mr. and Mrs. Furness, Meows. Knowlen, Newton, Higginson description : the owner of the mill was in the loft with The prisnners underwent a long ezamioation. &n-
-and Thelverll, Mrs. and Miis Thorne, Messrs. S. W. Ryley. two other men, both of whom were killed, and he rag were discharged, the proofs against them net being
Litwin, and Porkies, Mr and Mrs. Dawes, Mr. Broadhead, Mr. was much injured ; the remaining persons, more than sufficiently Aron- t Av. s _ a arrant their detentionfortrialibut
and Mrs. Scott. Messrs. Tuvey, inatotr, sayer, mnythe. Sicilia. in b twenty num er, Inyin a promiscuous heap on the their liberation was instantaneously productive of the
tht,rp, Brocklehorst Hinks, Hudson, Hilton, Ward, aid Reeve. '
Mr. and Naas Nightingale, two Mr. Widdalls Mr. anti Mrs. ground floor, apparently lifeless ; but assistance bean most dangerous consequences. The multitude, male
&modes, Messrs. ur,gory, Tipp, Austin, and keens, Mt. and instantly procured, they were taken our, and only one and female, fell upon them-as they came out. They
Miss Brown, &c. &c. was tound dead ; the others were all happily recover- were knocked down, kicked, and covered with mud
AT SCAR/WORM:GIL i ed, and are doing well. The names of the unfortu. through every street in their endeavours to escape.
nate sufferers were David Jenkin, William liopkin, The women, particularly those of Russell-street and
and Diehl Thomas, the latter of whom has left a Covent-garden market, were most ferocious in the ap.
pregnant widow and six children- Nothing remaine plication of this discipline ; but the lower order of tus
of the mill but the bare wall, and a quantity of corn Male spectators-were by rev-means lax in their eater.
and flour WAS also destroyed.—The lightning also tions to mark their detestation of those wretches,
struck the Coach and Horses public house at Castle- Otit of the whole number, eight were ordered
town, a village between. Cardiff and Newport : it to find bail for the misdemeanour, and in &le&
entered the roof at the bottom of the chimney, and were committed to prison. They wane housed for a
after shattering the maatle-pieces in the upper and time at the Brown Bear, in Bow-street, until the
lower room, forced its way through the window of crowd should disperse. The crowd, however, cond.
both apartments, severed squares el gless in which nued to block up the street and its avenues. A coach
weir broken. Four men sitting in the parlour escap- , was drawn up before the door of the Brown Bear, for .
eel unhurt.—The store: r.,ged with considerable vin- the conveyance, of a part of the Delinquents to pri.
fence in Cardeettioliire : a Dissentine Minister rd lag son. This a/forded a fresh signal to whet the eager.
' near Egiwswry, had his horse killed an.ier him, and ness of the mob, who pressed close round the cerrisge,
was himself so much hurt, that serious apprehensieni and could wet be. kept off by the constehles. It was,
: are entertained for his life. Greet damage has been therefore, seen' Out any attempt to c 'nye), the pri-
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, experienced in vazious parts of the country, hi the soaers that way, must have exposed them to ex-
' destruction of glass, uncovering of buildings, &c. - tremely rough handling, if not to murder. It was
FROM rile ST.AF::'01:ll tannin. . in consequence deemed prudent to detain the coach
The late thunder storms have traversed the whole there, and by that means to fir the attention of the
of our island, which, width; the space of two days, multitude, while the prisofiers were taken, about half
was more or less sisited with the hr tel iitic, hut salu- past four, over a Wall at the rear of the Brcwn Bear,
tary and seesonehle effects. The storn, a hich was and into a iatge yard behind, which has an avenue
felt in the metronalis on Sand I y evening, the Ist inst. to Russell-street, through e bleb, after same time; they
`where considerable damage was d. ale, toe'c a north- were coadacted,hattdcaffed three together, to coaches,
werdly direction, and nhy be traced, according to our and conveyed to prison.
different provincial papers of the week, through Lin. ate of those committed is a snidier, the rest of
coinshire, an arm of Northamptonshire. and across them fleshy dressed fellows, in coloured clothes, with
the whole sweep of Yorkshire. At Sheffield, during nankeen trnwsers, silk stecking;, &c. all hale robust
. the night, it appeared to have reached its height ; and fellows, the oldest not above h'3.
. this town and its neighhoerhood exhibit numerous ha. The crowd was not dispersed from Boa-street and
!rentable traces of its destructive course. A succes- its vieireage till ye n six o'clock, and appeared to be
sion of dark and rolling clouds, which fell :wed as the extremely mortified at the escape of their intended
retinue of the storm, have scudded the inland coup. , victims.
ties nearly the whole of the present week ; and .1 gee ! The following are the names of the wretches who
Yesterday Blackfriars-bridge WAS covered with spec.' neral and gradual rain has given vigour and profuse. I were committed :
ettors, in consequence of an extraordinary exhibition
ness to the vegetable world. The effects of this sea. , itiaa Haycock, keep a shop new the Yorkshire S:ingo, Ntt r
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on the River. Two watermen swam against each ' smeible relief have already been partially felt nn the Ro.-d- ..
i ames Amos', alias Fox, lodger a.. the White Swan, the h use In
other fora considerable wager, towing their wherries different corn-markets of the kingdom, which have question. A f crvare out of place, di-abl d in the ann.—N. B.
by ropes, which they held in their meuths. The con-' experienced a general depression ; and on the western
ft, w„ convicted and pilloried sonic time time for ua 'awful
test was against tide, and ;11 their passage through the' coasts, where the immense importations have occa- practices.
sinned a general glut in the market, the prices widiam,
.Thoms i
on waiter ars hotel in Covent-garden.
arch of Blackfriars-bridge the competitors displayed have Henry 1 oogosxl,s servant to a gentleman in Portland- little,.
wonderful strength and perfection in the art of swim- , fallen below the fair level of the markets Robert Aspioall, lodger, at No. 1, Brewer's-court, Great Wiw-
i Sunday evening last, about half-past nine o'clock,
ming. street, tailor.
! several very dreadful shucks of thunder and light- Richard Francis, a corporal in the Third Regiment of Feet
BoxiNa.—A spirited fistic combat betwixt Flowers, ' . -
were felt at Ostnestor, near A shbnrne, in the Guards.
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the proviecial bruiser, and a man of the name of James Cooke landlord of the house; and
COU )nt• of Derby. At a barn belonging to Mr. p • ' •
Keats', took place at Tavistock Wilts, on Saturday Milli lint, the waiter.
' roller of the above place, thc lightning forced it's
last, on the estate of Major Whebble, for a stake of ! ' The following were discharged for want of suffi-
way through the top of the g.able end, by the coping .
'2OO guineas, the former having beep backed by the 'cient evidence :
ofthe barn, down between a double brick well,
stone
M.ajor, and Ilene, who is an iron founder, by a purse James Seittle, a servant, in Chancery-lane; Matthew Satin•
' upon a stable loft adjoining the barn ; then through den, of u e street, t Late , James Done, of Curtain-road,
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from some amateurs at Cheshire, from whence he -
the rack into the stable, where there were four horses Shoretlitch, bricklayer ; William Barrow, of Fureival's-inn • John
came to fight Flowers. Like a true glotton of the
two double stalls, and killed two, by striking one Reeves, of Castle-street, Leic..ster-fields, traveller with ;;00d, ;
Crib school, Keane suffered his e. es to be lanced for in as appelrcd j James Griffiths, Union-conrt, Holborn, a. servant out of place
on the ear, and the other on the nostril,
e glimmer of sight, and by real hard fighting, his (Guards;own at Buw-street); E :ward Quaff. a soldier in the Sd
from those parts being singed ;—what is sieetilar, the' , ae •
George at, a waiter, out of place, lodging at theWhlie
weight, which .tai a stone more than Flowers, won ' - two outside horses remained unhurt. Fertunately, seen; than Clarke, Uniarecourt, Holborn, a servant out of
him the battle, in one hour and 10 minutes, at half .
the servant had filled the racks with grass instead of place •. '1 imothy Norris. of Temple-a. rvvt, Whiteftiars, a servant
minute time. l hay, or probably the hay would have caught fiats. nut of place; Barnard Hovel, a soldier io the lit Guards; Tha-
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Fet Rene Fati.—This place, so celebrated for rustic i fork which he placed against the stable wall, Was en- mss Dixon, a soldier in the 341 Uu.leds ; Michael Hayes, a ser-
vant out of place.
scenes and amusements, had experienced of late years tirely shattered to pieces. The servant had provi-
All these prisoners, except Dixen and Hays, who
a considerable falling off, but this season it resumed deittially left the place a very short time before the
were in a dirk kitchen, were found in a room on the
all its wonted vigour. On Friday the annual pastimes . event happened.
and shouting which I ______— first floor, but there be'ng no evidence of what took
commenced. By the hallooing place, they were all discharged except Done, who
continually took place on the road, a gentleman's i On Pride, the 29th ult. about eight o'clock in the .
proved to have been in the back perinur with the
horse took fright, and overturned his gig in a gra- ' evening a number of armed villains went in search of Whirs. WaS
others, on the night of Sunday sennight. He was
vel-pit, by which means his thigh was broken, and , arms to the house of Mr. Jones, of Whitfert, Tippe-
committed.
two ladies with him had bones broken, and one '
ruse On one of his children giving him noticethereof,
of them it was feared had lost an eye. The ladies he rushed to get to where his arms were deposited ; I ElizAti Mireltel and Als Sullivin were charged
were put into a post-chaise, where one of them lay at but on getting within a few yards of the room, ore of yesterday, at Guildieill, by Mr. Newm in, Keeper of
the bottom. The gentleman, who seemed a person the fellows rushed out Stith Mr. Jones's piece, and Nesvgate, with privately conveying spirituous liquors
of respectability, was so Al that he could not be put burnt priming at him, on which Mr. Jones seized into that prison, contrary to the Act. The penalty
into a carriage, but was laid on a door, and borne him, and threw him under him, and wrested the piece for which offence is £2O, or three months imprisons
away by eight men on their shoulders. To speak of out °this hand; on the fellow calling for assistance anent. They acknowledged their offences, and ex-
the bustle, confusion, atal accidents, that took place one of his associates fired a brace of balls, one of Pressed tito:r centrition ; when the Aldetman hu-
on the return of the visitors in the evening, would fill , which entered Mr. Jones's thigh, and the other his I manely discharged them, with a suitable admonition,
columns ; sake it to say, that carts, gigs, and hones ' right breast, driving in the wadding, which set I,i, Saturday, at Union-Hail, J. Callender was charged
lay spread about the road in all directions. i shirt and waistcoat on fire. Notwithstanding these with assaulting Jane Carter, a child about 12 years
A fillyibelonging to Mr. Pearce, which ran at the severe wounds he got out of the house with his arms, of age, with •an intent to violate her person. rh •
Ipswich Races, on Tuesday last, while in the act of , which enraged the villains so much, that one of them prisener, who is upwards of 50, by n' gift of two.
passing Sir J. Shelly's horse Marmion, was struck in' wantonly fired at his herdsmen, who happened to be pence, and a pretence that he wanted to send b. r oat,
her hind off pastern by the shoe of her fore-foot, and . driving cows near the house, and wounded him in the an errand, etatce I the child into a tiniher.y Ard, where
starting, made a false step, and broke her hind leg.— ' belly with slugs; the wound is thought to he mortal. he would have effected his purpose, had his conduct
After this she tan about 40 yards on three legs, with- Mr. Armstrong, of Farney Castle, returning at the in the street not been observed by a constable, 110)0
out any change of velocity- She then fell, and until . time from shooting, on hearing Mr. Jones call for followed them. and hearing the child cry out, arrived•
then her rider was not aware of the accident. The ' assistance, pursued the villains ; one of whom snap just in time to prevent it. He was committed for
owner caused her to be immediately killed. Several ped a pistol at him—on which Mr. Armstrong fired trial ler the assau t.
other horses were killed by over-eXeCtion or accidents' and wounded one of the gang very desperately ; the iv. dirty, charged by C. Clark with an
during the races. ' fellow's blood being tracer nearly three miles. commit an unnatural crltue, was fully r

Sir Thomas and two Miss Witichcotts, Sir George and Lady
Cooke and tainily, the 1...)..an of Ripon, Mr. Fairfax, Mr. 1..1..
Fairfax, Mrs. Fairfax .nd Ms.s Caaloner, rs. and two
Miss Vaws...trs, Mrs. and two Miss Clinlmeleys, Miss Wouill-
fv,lo, Mrs. Maley, 7.1 r. a,nl Mrs Dailey and family, Mr and
M;s. Swann and namely, Mr. and Mrs. isaincr and Lordly, Cult.-
net and air. Seijcan:swn and Lindy, Mr. and Mr.. Milne, Dr.
NPlCenzie. Mr. and Ms, •.:larae, Mr. Hartley, M. C. Mr. aud
M. S. Kcnthlr, Mr. and Ales. Girittestone, Mr. sad Mrs.
Thompson, (Kirhy Hall), Mrs. Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. U.
Dowker and tamily, ,tanker', Mr. and Mrs. Eden, Mr.
Rails' Mr. Wait. ley. Mr. and Mrs. Wi.kes, Mr. T. Wilkes,
Rot. Mr. and Ntrs. Wemyst;' Mrs. Stodart, Mrs. Wray, Mr.
and Mr.. O'Brya2, Mrs. and Mica Mosigeley, Rev. lir. and Mr..
Hartley, Mr. bulinan„ Mr. Wiellwoue, Mr. and Miss 'Fyrernan,
Mrs. Brown, Mr. W. Broom, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Forth, .Mr..
Loral, Miss Barttgli, Miss Hold•worth, Mrs. Cartledge and L-
I mily, Mrs. Dunn and family, Mr. Ball, Rtv. Mr. Driffield, Rtv.
Mr Pickersgill, Mr. Gannon, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Graham and
family, Mrs. and Miss Ogle, Rev. Mr. Williams, &r.

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