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The Directory nominates the receivers of all taxes and contributions , and the administrators of the national property : it presents a yearly account of the jlinances of the state . It may suggest any object to the consideration of the Five Hundred , but not in the form of laws . The Directory must reside in the same commune as the Legislative Bodies , and the salary of each member is fixed at the value of 10 , 222 quintals of wheat . Such are the leading principles which it will be necessary for those to carry in their recollection who arc deterred by any tedious plan , and have neither leisure nor inclination to peruse the whole constitution , now accepted so gens-Tally as to ensure its coming into operation . ; .
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THUNDER STORM . In the night of August 13 , and in the morning of the 14 th , a most violent i . torm of thunder and lightning took place in London , and in many of the country parts of England , the effects of which the following are some particulars : Mr . John Dalby , surgeon of the Royal South Volunteers , as he was sitting at dinner in Horse-Ferry-Road , Westminster , was killed by a flash of lightning , which left visible mark on his body or clothes
no . At Fieldalling , in Norfolk , afire-ball fell down the chimney of one Thomas Carr , a labouring man of that parish , which split the chiinney and balk of the house : the tea kettle , and the hake on which it was suspended , were both melted down . The poor woman had a looking glass on her lap , and was goingto put on her cap , when she was struck blind : her husband was knocked down , and remained senseless for some time ; and the looking-glass they have not been able to find , nor even the least remains of it : what is very remarkable , a received hurtbut
child of a year old , sitting in the chair in \ he corner , no , was covered all over with soot by the explosion . , A ball of fire passed through Braintree , in Essex , near midnight , which burnt three houses , together with all the furniture . It also struck the church steeple , tvhich was shivered into an hundred pieces , melting the clock work , & c . & c . A fire-ball ( as it is termed ) fell on a barn belonging to Mr . Blomfield , of Brightlingseain Essexin which was about eiht coombs of ryethe major part
, , g , of which , with the barn , was destroyed . It is very singular , that , in the month of August , in the year 1768 , a barn , standing exactly on the same spot , Was destroyed in a similar manner . Mr . Foyster , of Northwold , in Norfolk , had two barns burnt to the ground by the lightning . . At Oxford , the spire of St . Mary ' s church was injured by the lightning , which appears to have entered the north-west side of it , about twelve feet below the the dial the northside
weather-cock , and to have escaped at or about , on - , many stones thereabout being disjoined and broken , the'dial itself perforated , and the gilt figure of XII . quite discoloured In Blue Bear Lane , a ball of fire entered the tiles of Mr . Gee ' s house , and passing through Mr . Boswell ' s , fe | j in the Blue Boar Yard , without doing any material injury . Ar . Iflley the end of a barn was shattered by the lightning . A boy tending birds at Coddington , near Newark , was struck dead by a violent flash of lightning . His hat was shattered into near a score pieces , and his
other cloaths much torn . At Huntley , in Gloucestershire , a large elm was struck by the lightning , which took three directions down the body of the tree , and made grooves in the barkfour inches wide ; the bark torn off was carried to the distance of more than 300 yards . At Norwood Green , in the parish of Westbury , a large tree waj ' blasted by the lightning in such a manner that it continued burning on Friday morning . A person , riding from Newnham to Claxhill , had his horse struct do wn , and the beast for some time lay motionless , ' though it afterwards recovercd . Several persons saw balls of electric fire descend from the clouds . In the parish of Worths , in Lewes , Sussex , five sheep belonging to Mr , Brooker were killed by it ; a windmill , at Copthorne , in the occupation oi
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Home News.
The Directory nominates the receivers of all taxes and contributions , and the administrators of the national property : it presents a yearly account of the jlinances of the state . It may suggest any object to the consideration of the Five Hundred , but not in the form of laws . The Directory must reside in the same commune as the Legislative Bodies , and the salary of each member is fixed at the value of 10 , 222 quintals of wheat . Such are the leading principles which it will be necessary for those to carry in their recollection who arc deterred by any tedious plan , and have neither leisure nor inclination to peruse the whole constitution , now accepted so gens-Tally as to ensure its coming into operation . ; .
Home News.
HOME NEWS .
THUNDER STORM . In the night of August 13 , and in the morning of the 14 th , a most violent i . torm of thunder and lightning took place in London , and in many of the country parts of England , the effects of which the following are some particulars : Mr . John Dalby , surgeon of the Royal South Volunteers , as he was sitting at dinner in Horse-Ferry-Road , Westminster , was killed by a flash of lightning , which left visible mark on his body or clothes
no . At Fieldalling , in Norfolk , afire-ball fell down the chimney of one Thomas Carr , a labouring man of that parish , which split the chiinney and balk of the house : the tea kettle , and the hake on which it was suspended , were both melted down . The poor woman had a looking glass on her lap , and was goingto put on her cap , when she was struck blind : her husband was knocked down , and remained senseless for some time ; and the looking-glass they have not been able to find , nor even the least remains of it : what is very remarkable , a received hurtbut
child of a year old , sitting in the chair in \ he corner , no , was covered all over with soot by the explosion . , A ball of fire passed through Braintree , in Essex , near midnight , which burnt three houses , together with all the furniture . It also struck the church steeple , tvhich was shivered into an hundred pieces , melting the clock work , & c . & c . A fire-ball ( as it is termed ) fell on a barn belonging to Mr . Blomfield , of Brightlingseain Essexin which was about eiht coombs of ryethe major part
, , g , of which , with the barn , was destroyed . It is very singular , that , in the month of August , in the year 1768 , a barn , standing exactly on the same spot , Was destroyed in a similar manner . Mr . Foyster , of Northwold , in Norfolk , had two barns burnt to the ground by the lightning . . At Oxford , the spire of St . Mary ' s church was injured by the lightning , which appears to have entered the north-west side of it , about twelve feet below the the dial the northside
weather-cock , and to have escaped at or about , on - , many stones thereabout being disjoined and broken , the'dial itself perforated , and the gilt figure of XII . quite discoloured In Blue Bear Lane , a ball of fire entered the tiles of Mr . Gee ' s house , and passing through Mr . Boswell ' s , fe | j in the Blue Boar Yard , without doing any material injury . Ar . Iflley the end of a barn was shattered by the lightning . A boy tending birds at Coddington , near Newark , was struck dead by a violent flash of lightning . His hat was shattered into near a score pieces , and his
other cloaths much torn . At Huntley , in Gloucestershire , a large elm was struck by the lightning , which took three directions down the body of the tree , and made grooves in the barkfour inches wide ; the bark torn off was carried to the distance of more than 300 yards . At Norwood Green , in the parish of Westbury , a large tree waj ' blasted by the lightning in such a manner that it continued burning on Friday morning . A person , riding from Newnham to Claxhill , had his horse struct do wn , and the beast for some time lay motionless , ' though it afterwards recovercd . Several persons saw balls of electric fire descend from the clouds . In the parish of Worths , in Lewes , Sussex , five sheep belonging to Mr , Brooker were killed by it ; a windmill , at Copthorne , in the occupation oi