29 MAY 1830, Page 7

THUNDER-SToRm.—London and its environs were visited on Sunday afternoon by

a sharp thunder-storm. Amidst the terrific peals, one was distinguished from the peculiarity of its sound, which resembled in its commencement that of a quantity of rubbish shot down a steep banks The sash which preceded it struck a house in Bethnal Green, where it killed a poor young woman, and seriously injured another, with whom she had gone to keep company during the storm. Nearly at the same time, the lightning struck a barn at West Grinsted, which was wholly consumed in consequence. The heavy rain that followed was productive of most disastrous effects to the numerous gay-dressed females that crowded the Parks and Kensington Gardens. The number of silk bonnets and kid slippers that had to lament an attack so sudden and se overwhelming, was great beyond all precedent. The dripping beauties, with their effeminate beaux, had in vain sought shelter under the trees- DOGS.—A dog, harnessed in one of the machines called trucks, bit very severely a child in Golden Square, Whitechapel, on Tuesday after- noon. The owner of the dog behaved with snuck propriety, offering every compensation to the party aggrieved, and so far no blame was due ; but the danger arising from these animals is constant, and cora- pensationfor their bites is rare. We think all dogs so employed ought to be muzzled ; and indeed it would be a good regulation, in a large town like London, were no dog allowed to go abroad unless it were thus rendered incapable of injuring passengers. Unless for the purpose of watching—and in that case they must be kept within walls—dogs are useless in a city. And to those who will keep a useless animal for their pleasure, it is a very light task that it should not be kept to the pain or annoyance of their neighbours. Let the police be authorized to destroy all dogs which they find at large unrnuzzled, and we shall never hear of another accident either from mad dogs or sane. LOCE-JAW.—A poor woman, wife of a chimney-sweeper named Blake. lock, died. of this disorder, on Tuesday, at Guy's Hospital. It was brought on by a cut in the hand inflicted by her husband in a fit of drunken passion. Daowrrixo.—On Sunday last, a boat, in which were sixteen persons% was unfortunately lost in the river Lane; when fifteen of the number were drowned, one having been left on a sandbank, where the boat struck soon after quitting the shore. The party intended to visit a Tri- nidad vessel belonging to Lancaster, that had come to anchor off the coast ; but they were unable either to reach the vessel or manage the boat, from the violence of the wind and the tide. The loss of so many individuals has spread a deep gloom over Lancaster, to which town the whole of them belonged. Most of the sufferers were very young.