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lOth. The lightning this day Tvas 

 very vivid at PVitton, where a man 

 was struck dead whilst driving some 

 pigs, and a tree shivered to pieces. 

 At Morton, a shepherd was also 

 killed by the lightening, whilst in 

 the field with his sheep. 



Mr. Estlake, coroner for Ply- 

 mouth, took an inquest there, on a 

 view of the body of John Rogers, 

 who was stabbed by a woman in 

 the left side, just abofe the heart, 

 and died from internal haemorrhage 

 in about an hour. The circum- 

 stances are nearly as follow: — The 

 woman was called Betsy Barber, 

 and she cohabited with Rogers ; 

 but, what is remarkable, her hus- 

 band died the preceding day. The 

 quarrel arose, it appeared, from the 

 latter swearing she would go to her 

 husband's funeral in white and blue; 

 but he objected to it, and said it 

 was indecent. More Avords ensued, 

 when she flew in a violent passion, 

 rose up, and committed the above 

 rash action. After all the witnesses 

 had been examined, the jury found 

 a verdict of wilful murder against 

 Elizabeth Barber, who was fully 

 committed for trial at the next as- 

 sizes at Exeter. The corpse of the 

 husband of Barber, and the corpse 

 of Rogers, were interred in the bu- 

 rial ground side by side. 



The hounds of Thomas Williams, 

 esq. of Lianlegley, near Penybont, 

 Radnorshire, lately killed no less 

 than 1 5 foxes in five days. 



1 1th. This day a violent thunder.^ 

 •torrn was felt in the neighbour- 

 hood of Norwich. At Iloniiing- 

 ham, the seat of Lord Baynirig, a 

 house on the Brakes, called the 

 Shepherd's Lodge, was nearly de- 

 moli!,hed. The shepherd (who had 

 gone in at the approach of the 



storm) was struck blind ; a child 

 Avas burnt, and it is thought will 

 not recover ; the door and windows 

 were shivered to pieces, and many 

 of the bricks forced out of the wall, 

 and carried with surprising velocity 

 to a very great distance. 



12th. Three persons in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Evesham were struck 

 blind with a flash of lightning. 

 One has since recovered his sight. 



14th. Fifty-seven persons were 

 brought before Mr. justice Bond and 

 sir William Par^sons, at Bow- street, 

 in consequence of their being appre- 

 hended the preceding evening, by 

 virtue of a search-warrant, at a 

 house in Poland-street, dancing ; 

 charged under the 13th Geo. II. by 

 an informer of the name of Bell, 

 with being assembled at a common 

 hop. On examination, it appeared, 

 that the house was kept by Mr. 

 Cunningham, who is a dancing- 

 master ; and the parties assembled 

 were subscribers to his ball, and re- 

 spectable tradesmen, and the females 

 of their families, &c. The magis- 

 trates were of opinion that this was 

 not the description of meeting 

 which the legislature intended to 

 take cognizance of, and discharged 

 the parties. 



15th. This evening, Mr. James 

 Peat, of Great Portland-strect, un- 

 der an ideal apprehension of being 

 beset with bailifls, threw himself out 

 , of a two-pair of stairs window. He 

 survived but a few hours. 



16th. A young girl, about 11 

 years of age, died this day at Selby, 

 in Yorkshire, of hydrophobia, in 

 consequence of being bitten by a 

 dog which took oflf from Strcufail 

 about two months ago. 



The ancient mansion at Lanhcrne, 

 near St. Columb, hm excited consi- 

 derable 



