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robbery. The prosecutor appeared 
in fetters. His evidence was so 
vague and contradictory, that lord 
Ellenborough stopped the trial, and 
the defendant was acquitted. It 
appeared in the course of the pro- 
ceedings, in this wicked prosecution, 
that it was instituted for the vile 
purpose of invalidating the evidence 
of Mr. Dorant, who is to be an evi- 
dence against Rouvellet, at his ap- 
proaching trial for forgery. After 
the trial the prosecutor was con- 
ducted back to IIchester gaol, from 
whence he had been removed by 
habeas corpus, to give evidence on 
this iniquitous prosecution, and 
“against the woman, Barnett, above- 
mentioned. . 
16th. During the storm: this day, 
‘a remarkable strong flash of light- 
ning, followed by a _ tremendous 
crash of thunder, attracted particu- 
Jar attention at Salisbury, about two 
in the afternoon ; and at this mo- 
' ment a poor man, named Whitlock, 
servant to farmer Maton, of Pitton, 
was struck dead by the lightning. 
17th. This evening, the lightning 
and thunder were very sharp, and 
twelve lambs, grazing in-a field be- 
longing to Mr. Thomas Parsons, of 
Great Barton, Suffolk, were struck 
dead. 
A yery singular and brilliant me- 
teor was seen by many of the inha- 
bitants of London, in broad day- 
light, this evening, about eight 
o'clock, passing in the southern and 
western part of the hemisphere, 
from about 8S. E.to N. W. it ap- 
peared about one-fourth of the dia- 
meter of the moon, but more bril- 
liant than Venus ever appears, and 
moved with very great swiftness, 
nearly in an horizontal direction, 
Jeaving 4 conical tai] of light aud 
pparks behind it. 
The meteor described was ob- 
served very clearly over the Hyde, 
at Edmonton, by persons passing 
between 8 and 9 o'clock. 
A gentleman who was angling in 
the Mersey, near the Cheshire 
shore, killed two fine congers, one 
weighed 241\|bs. the other 12!bs. 
18th. Acow, the Chinese sailor, 
convicted at the last admiralty ses» 
sion, for the murder of Anguin, 
another Chinese, was hanged at Ex- 
ecution Dock. He was conveyed 
from the Old Bailey in a cart, and 
appeared dreadfully dejected. 
Marta. — ‘* ILnow come to 
relate to you an eyent of the most 
melancholy description, and almost 
unparalleled in regard to the dread- 
ful and miserable consequences. Ié 
happened this morning. A maga- 
zine took fire, and blew up with an 
explosion scarcely ever known to 
be equalled; by it 370 barrels of 
gunpowder, and above 1600 shells 
and grenades, were blown up. Such 
an immense quantity as 40,000lbs. 
of guupowder must occasion the 
most dreadful havock and destruc. 
tion. The houses adjacent in every 
direction were thrown immediately 
into ruins ;—and how shocking it 
was to the inhabitants you may easily 
conceive, as there was no chance of 
escaping. The buildings are all of 
stone, of immense thickness. It is 
calculated that one thousand persons 
have either perished, or are dread- 
fully maimed. ‘The principal suffer- 
ers are the Maltese,who chiefly lived 
near the place. One man has lost 
his wife aud six children; others 
nearly the same ; and whole families 
are buried together. Those who 
escaped momentary death, perhaps, 
are shockingly dishgured and maim- 
ed, and crawling abeut in amiserable 
condition 
