CHRONICLE. 459 
the honour of leading the British 
forces from the East across the Red 
Sea, through the deserts of Arabia, 
into Egypt, where they were again 
victorious, is arrived in town from 
the East Indies. On his passage from 
India, he was taken by a French 
privateer, but was fortunately re- 
captured by the Sirius frigate, at 
the entrance of the harbour of Co- 
runna. Sir Edward Pellew ordered 
_ the Mary to sail with the general for 
- England. ; 
- 21st. As the rev. Mr. and Mrs. 
Webber were sitting in their par- 
Jour at Batbeatsen parsonage, So- 
mersetshire, about 8 o’clock in the 
evening, there came on a hail storm, 
attended with lightning, when in- 
Stantly the window-shutters burst 
open: the window was shattered to 
pieces, and two slate stones were 
driven into the apartment. The 
house had been. struck in three di- 
_ rections—ceast, west, and south. {t 
owas totally stripped of the thatch, 
some of which was carried, by the 
violence of the wind, to a very great 
distance. ‘I'welve out of fifteen 
windows which were in the house, 
were literally shivered to atoms ; 
“and the lightning melted the lead 
in one of the chamber windows. 
The roofs of a barn, stable, and 
Many other out-houses, were blown 
in and destroyed. The roof of the 
_ church was lightly struck. Many 
_ trees were rooted up, and carried 
_ to some distance. One large apple 
_ tree was thrown to the distance of 
24 feet. Providentially no lives 
were lost. The lightning continued 
_ very vivid, with very little inter- 
mission, the whole night. 
A general meeting of the royal 
academy was held, on the king’s 
message, respecting the late dispute 
_ of the academicians. The president 
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or council had suspended the trea 
surer, and then proceeded to vote 
away the fund, in a manner not 
sanctioned by the statutes. The 
attorney-general, on a_ reference 
made to him, by the order of the 
king, declared the measure to be il- 
legal ; in consequence of which, the 
king, with his own hand, erased the 
resolutions. [is opinion, and that 
of the attorney-general, were or- 
dered to be entered upon the re- 
cords. 
29d. In consequence of an at- 
tachment issued against one Wil- 
son, who keeps. an inn at Basing- 
stoke, for carrying, away Miss 
Woodward, he was.brought into the 
court of king’s-bench, and gave bail 
for his appearance to answer any 
charges that might be brought 
against him. He entered into a re- 
cognizance of 300l. and his bail in 
the sum of 1501. each. 
23d. Mr. Nottingham, an at- 
torney, aged between twenty and 
thirty, was brought into the court 
of king’s-bench, to receive judg- 
ment for anassault on Jolin Parsons, 
esq. a magistrate, and master of the 
ceremoniesat Lincoln, aged seventy; 
when he was adjudged.to pay a fine 
of 501. be imprisoned three months 
in the king’s-bench, find security 
for his good behaviour for 3 years, 
hiniself in 500}. and two suretics in 
250). each, and be further imprison- 
ed till such recognizances were en- 
tered into. 
This afternoon, two boys, be- 
longing to Hatton-garden school, 
playing at soldiers, in Fleet-market, 
attacked each other with pistols 
charged with powder; one, about 
-11 years of age, happened to, put 
some gravel-stones to the charge, 
which took place in the face of ano- 
ther boy, ef 14, and wounded 
him ° 
