Two brothers, John and Ra...
The Times, 1824-09-10T00:00:00

Trwo brotlhers, Juhn and Ralph Hart, columnitted suicide yesterday in a boarding-lhouse in thiscity ; they were from the island of St_ Thoinas, in the Vest Tetlie,. Thlev were at dinner and were called otot bv an officer from the Sheriff's office, who had come tm arrest themTfor dlebt. Altcr consulurg together in tthe presence oi the officer, tlhey walked up stairs to their lodging rooml, fastelned the door, and blew their brains out. On o;tening the door, a mIost mnelancholy sight presented itself; each of them hiad made use of a horseman's pistol, with brass barrels, and so etfectual was the execution, that both of their hea ds were literatl v blown to atoms, so that no traces of their countenance, were discerrible. In their ap- pearance and mattners they were gentlemen, between the ages of 24 and 30, and apparently warmly attached to each other. Both oi them had rid themselves of their coats axnd waistcoats before corn- mittirg the deed, and the left hand f eachl was burnt by the dis. cha,ge of the pistols, which appear to have beeni doubly charged with balis.-Nrcew York Aratiorai Gazettc. Thuirsday last, we were vtsited by one of the most alarm- ing storms of titunder and liglttning we remember to have encoun- tered. The tltunder was loud and threateniing, and seemed to roll immediatcly over our hatade, while thc rapidity, the freqaency. and the brilliancy ot' the flashies of' lightning, were at once dazzling and awful. The electric fire seemiied to be both ot the sheet and forked description, and was accompanied occasionally by a blue tinge., that while it made it more imposing, added. to the beauty and grandeur ot' tie sight. The storm appears to have been by no means confined to this district fbr they liad a simnilar visitation at Sunderland. Shields, IHexhanm, Uatlislc. and througlhouit that part of the country. Se- veral b,lls of fire fell in this ncighbourhood, but fortunatelyv 7thout ,doing any damage. Towards the westward, however, the effeets have been more serious. As .Mlichael Anderson, herd to NMessrs. Ward and Avristrong, was riding with his wife on horseback be- tween Riddleharmhope and Westburnitope, near 'lexham, both the liorse and Mrs. Andersoti were instantaneously struck dead, and what is remarkable, her husband escaped unlurt ! She has left a rutnerous familv to lament her loss. .Mr. Ralph Foster, | of Riverhill, near Barrasford, hkad three fat kvyoes. two qucys Iin calf, and one steer, all killed at the same mnoment hv the lightning. A horse the property of JTohn lilly, of WhittonstaLs, in the parish of 9yweQ, was also struck dead. A stack of barley be- tonging to rli. J. Harrison was on the same evening burnt in a field adjoining Styfbrtl bar. near Corbridge. At ihunderland, a house in the occupation of Ar. Matthews was s-truck by the light- ning; the walls were tent in several places, tile fire-irons in the pariour were triven so the opposite side of' the room, anti partly I meltedl, togetber with some skewers which were rttn together into a solid mast. g1r. Mtatthews himlself v;as rendered ina,ensibln ibot some time, duriny which it was feared both hisc xightt and hearing were destroyed. He has since, however, entirely recovered. AS house in Union-lane *as also struck; the chimneys and the back part of the roof were tthrown doon. At the same instant, near the samr place, six out of twenter lambs were killed. and a butcher of the name of Mlerriman, whio ittended thetn, was slightly affrcted.- I'yne 'Ifercurz. On Thursday last (2ilinst-), said to be one of the hottest days ever experienced in this kingdom, an extraordinary phenome- non occurred in our immediate neighbourhood. About three o'clock in theafternoon, a heavy ttorm, the 'skirts of whicll rached the towvn, extended irom Priestfields in a north.easterly direction over 'illenhall, where the rain, hail, aad soiit' pieces of ice fell in tor- rents, accompanied by lightning and most tremendous claps of thunler. The sewers were chokQd up by the fierceness of thie tenm. pest, and the streets were deeoded with water, which entitted a strong sulphurous smell. Scarcely a building in the place escalped without, itijury in broken windows from). the pieces of ice, w-hich i easured mnore than three inches in circumference, and 190 panes of glass were broken it ou:e house at Movieley's Hole. The thermnometer this day stood at 89 in the shade.- Kloivverh-mo pton Chrotuicl, A young man, about 18 years of age, liad for some time past coutted a yoummg wotitan, about his own age, whitt great assi. duity, and an old woman, upwards of 50, had with equal assiduily courteid him. The young fellow in this predicament hartlly k:mew what to do; on the one hand was the weeping beauty, wloni lie could not for a mioment bear tlhe thoughts of resigning-but thlen r.he had no money ! On the other. there was an old woman, but who had got an old stocking containiiig above S0 goodl pouuds. At last lie iit upon this very ingenious plan to obtaiti both objects :_it was agrered between tite young wontar. and hiniseif, that he should marry the old woman, taking care to get her money first, and, as soon as that was acconmplisheT, to abandon her atid set off with tile young oev. This project was accordingly put into execution. EIe wheedled the toolish old womanmout of heT money, under the pretence of opening a splendid butcher's shop; and on Monday se nnight they were married in our church. Dnriog she ceremony th'e young woinan was in the churchlyard and as soon as it was over, the fellow came out, leaped over the weil, and bid farewell -t his spouse. The young woman followed him, it is surposed the same day, and thtiv hare not since been beard of; and the oia roluan is leit to bemoan the loss,of her husband, and the contents of her old s.ocllng.-Brik/ttVn G Gazette. In Russia, rawvturaip is lhanded about in slice's, in the first houses? upon asilversatver, withbrandy, asawhetbefore dinner. Yesterday afternooni, about three o'clock, at the 'etied of Fleet-market, LLdgatfi-stiet;'nre of those frigstf'ul vehicles, called i vans," either thmrough' its own, unwieldineus or, the negilgence of the driver, was forced against-a single-horse cliaise, whiclh it crushted to piecea in-a monment. Thhpersons- in the cltaise-were-, fortuately, by the provapiteas of people on the spot, extricated from ttieirvezky iTerilous situation. The van wa hesvilyr loaded with goqds; and Vie passengers, Wvhev were Unumeroes, uiay.ptiink tbe elvesve'vry forhi.; nate if they gel safe to " Bath or Bristol."