134 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



it is said, has fallen recently 4s. 

 oi" 5s. a givllon. — Glasgow paper. 



A vessel riding at anchor in the 

 harbour of Lochmaddy, North 

 Uist, was struck with lightning 

 on Sunday the 21st ult. and im- 

 mediately sunk. All the crew 

 were lost. On the same day, a 

 young woman, who was visiting 

 her friends at a small farm called 

 Poolcharre, Sjouth Uist, was kill- 

 ed by lightning, just as she had 

 come to the house on the farm. 

 She had no external appearance 

 of receiving any injury. 



The town of Preston, in Lan- 

 cashire, has lately been partially 

 lighted with gas. The length of 

 main pipes already laid is 1,000 

 yards ; and in this space it is esti- 

 mated that more than 900 lights, 

 emitting tlame equal to 4,000 

 mould candles of six in the pound, 

 will be attached to the main pipes 

 in the ensuing winter. The plan 

 of lighting a considerable space 

 by means of a single burner, 

 placed at an elevated situation, 

 has been cairied into effect at 

 Preston. In the centre of the 

 market-place, which is of con- 

 siderable area, thei'e happens to 

 be a handsome Gothic column, 

 36 feet in height ; on the top of 

 this is placed a vase, in which is 

 the burner j and it thus becomes 

 the substitute of 2.5 common oil 

 lamps, but with an effect which 

 could not be etjualled by double 

 that number, placed in the most 

 advantageous situations. 



SEPTEMBER. 



EFFECTS OF THE GALE ON THE 

 NIGHT OF AUG. 31. 



1. Mundsley. — '■' I am sony to 



acquaint you, thatyesterday, about 

 nine o'clock, the wind came round 

 from the northward to the south- 

 ward, and about eleven o'clock a 

 large fleet of coasting vessels 

 passed to the northward, and se- 

 veral laden ships standing to the 

 southward. About three o'clock 

 in the afternoon the wind backed 

 round to the east, and blew a 

 heavy gale, with rain ; and last 

 night, about eleven o'clock, it 

 blew a hurricane fiom the N. E. 

 This morning oxu" shore presented 

 a melancholy sight. The ship 

 Ranger, of London, from New- 

 castle to London, with coals, 

 Avas scattered in various pieces 

 along the shore for two or three 

 miles, and, I am sorry to say, all 

 hands perished, excepting the car- 

 penter. A foreign ketch was 

 seen to go down this morning, 

 about three miles fiom this place, 

 and all hands perished ; some 

 jjart of the wreck is on shore. 

 She appears to have been in the 

 English service ; and by some 

 papers that ha\ e come on shore, 

 she belongs to Great Yarmouth. 

 A fishing smack is on sb.ore about 

 three miles to the northward of 

 this place ; hands saved. I am 

 fearful of much damage being 

 done further northward, as not 

 less than 300 sail of ships passed 

 yesterday." 



Margate. — Yesterday it rained 

 the whole day, and blew a strong 

 gale from N. E. ; in the evening 

 the wind increased, and at night 

 it blew a hurricane. The slum- 

 ber of the peaceful inhabitants 

 was disturbed by the awful howl- 

 ing of the wind, the roaring of 

 the waves, and reports of guns 

 of distress from the ocean. This 

 morning a most awful spectacle 



presented 



