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Mallet, who had risen for the pur- 
pose of having a betier command, 
was thrown trom the chaise upon 
his head; the horse at the same 
time galloping away, was pursued 
by his servant for more than two 
miles before the chaise could be 
stopped. When medical assistance 
was procured, Mr. Maliet’s skull 
was found to be fraétured, and he 
scarcely spoke again. 
Dover. A violent-storm 
of thunder, lightning, and 
rain, fell here this day as noon, 
that poured in torrents down our 
hills; and a most unfortunate cir- 
cumstance took place: as a cart 
and four horses, belonging to a Mr. 
Coleman of the priory, were car- 
rying a load of dung, a violent clap 
of thunder, attended with light- 
ning, killed the four horses and the 
driver, Andrew Greaves. 
The thunder storm of last Thurs- 
day appears'to have been very gene- 
ral throughout the kingdom, and in 
many places attended with consi- 
derable mischief. It was particu- 
arly violent in some parts of Essex. 
_ A ball of fire passed through Brain- 
tree near midnight, which burnt 
three houses, together with all the 
furniture. © It also struck the 
church steeple, which was shivered 
into an hundred pieces, melting 
the clock-work, &c. The rain fell 
in such torrents as to inundate the 
country for several miles round 
Rumford, sweeping away several 
bridges, and laying whole fields of 
wheat, &c. flat upon the ground. 
A granary and stable of Mr. Vipon, 
at Southeys, near Newcastle-upon-. 
yne, were set on fire by the light- 
ning, and ali attempts to save 
them proved ineffectual. A girl 
about 18 years of age, who was on 
a Visit to some relations at Mylso, 
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near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, be- 
ing greatly alarmed by the tremen- 
dous storm, arose from her bed 
with the rest of the family, and 
standing near the chimney-place, 
was struck dead by a flash of light- 
ning; she expired without a groan. 
At Fieldalling, in Norfolk, a fire- 
ball fell down the chimney of one 
Thomas Carr, a labouring man of 
that parish, which split the chim. 
ney and back of the house;. the 
tea-kettle, and the hake on which 
it was suspended, were both melted 
down. ‘The poor woman had a 
looking. giass on her lap, and was 
eoing to put on her cap, when she 
was struck blind; her husband was 
knocked down, and remained 
senseless for some time: and the 
looking-giass they have not been 
able to find, nor even the least re. 
mains of it. What is vety re. 
markable, a child of about a year 
old, sitting in a chair in the cor. 
ner, received no hurt, but was 
covered all over with soot by the 
explosion. 
Portsmouth. His royal highness 
the prince of Wales arrived here 
from Brighton: he went on board 
the Jason frigate, capt. Sticling, 
(late of the Canada). to see mon. 
sieur the ¢cf-devant count d’ Artois, 
accompanied by the marquis of 
Buckingham, the earl of Moira, 
admiral sir Peter Parker, commis. 
sioner sir Charles Saxton, and col. 
Mulcaster: immediately on his get. 
ting on board he was saluted with 
twenty-one guns, ahd shortly after 
the standard being hoisted on board 
the Jason, a royal salute was fired 
by the whole fleet. He remained 
on board about two hours, and 
then returned to Portsmouth in sjr 
Peter Parker's barge, being saluted 
again / 
