The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-03 00:00:00

ebitic 'Zbitiott SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cluelt. PETERBOROUGH AND NOTTING HAM JUNCTION BAILWAY., (THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the shareholders of this Company took place this day, at the London Tavern, under the provi sions of an Act for the purpose of facilitating the dissolution of railway companies. The meeting was advertised for one o'clock, but it was not until long after that hour that the proceedings commenced. About two o'clock the chair was taken by Lord Thomas Clinton. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had deeply to re gret that they appeared before the shareholders without having an opport un ity of going before Pa rliament, and being obliged to announce that the funds of the Company were not in as flourishing a state as they c ould wish. Their failure was entirely owing to the refusal of those to whom shares had been allotted to perform their part of the con tract. The directors had innever gained a singlwas e s hilling by the scheme, fact the contrary the case, nor had there been any unfair market. " course adopted. There had b een no " rigging of the The directors had hopes to the very last moment of amalga mating with other companies, and thus have been enabled to place the shareholders in a better position. The SEcagrAny stated that there were twenty-nine com mitteemen who had not paid as yet, and that the balance in band was 4,7411. 14s. 4d., and that there were bills for 1,8621. more, which were in course of payment. The following gentlemen were then appointed as scruti neers :—Mr. Alton, Mr. Whitecombe, and Mr . Travers. Mr. F. L. COLE moved the dissolution of the Company. Mr. ROULP seconded the resolution. It was also resolved that the act should not be taken as an net of bankruptcy. The numbers voting were— For the dissolution 1,830 shares As an act of bankruptcy 30 The meeting was then adjourned, there being nearly 400 more shares requiring to be represent e d to constitute a meeting. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. ST. ALIIANS, LUTON, AND DIINSTADLM. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Vyse, cross-examined by Mr. AusTIN —Rad an establishment in London, and his proportion of the outlay at Luton, of 500,0001., was 45,6721. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Waal/mum—The rejection of the Oxford and Cambridge line would be of great benefit to this line, for the traffic which would be diverted from this course must flow in this direction. His calculations with respect to the popu lation were made from actual observation, and inquiries of those persons qualified to give him correct information, and he adhered to his statement. The number of money orders distributed at Luton was 20,000. Mr. Willis of Luton, was called, and stated that he concurred fully in the evidence of the preceding witness. lle also stated that Luton was far superior in the staple trade of the town to Dunstaple, and that the proposed railway by effecting a saving of ftom 7,0001. to 10,0001. in the article of coal to Luton, and by forming a communi cation between Luton, Dunstable, and St. Albans, would be of the greatest advantage to these towns. Several other witnesses were examined in support of the Bill, to prove the traffic. After which the Committee adjourned. WEST RIDING UNION. -- The Committee met at the usual hour, present Lord Camoys (chairman), Lord Verulam, Lord Caithorpe, the Duke of Norfolk, and the Earl of Caledon. Mr. BAINES, Q. C., opened the case on behalf the promoters of this line. The first witness called was Mr. Hanksbam, the engineer to the line, who was examined by Mr TALBOT.—The line proposed to effect a junction with every railway north of Leeds. The descent into Bradford by the proposed line was by an incline of 1 in 50. By adopting this severe gradient shey would be able at once to get on to the main line, upon which the steepest gradient was 1 in 120, and the remainder of which was a perfect level. they were also enabled to accommodate a population of 40,000 per sons more than by the line as laid out last year. There would be no difficulty whatever in working the gradient of 1 in 50, as by its proximity to the station there would always be abundant assistance at hand. The total length of railway to be constructed was 22 miles 211 yards ; the tunnelling upon the line would be about 4,800 yards. There was a branch proposed to be constructed to connect Elland with Huddersfield and Halifax, the length of which was 5 miles 51 yards, and the steepest gradient was 1 in 103. By the propose! lines there would be three modes of communication between Huddersfield and Bradford. 1. By Halifax, via Elland. 2. By Brighouse, via Cooper's Bridge. 3. ByMirfleld and Leversedge, via the Cleckheaton Valley Railway. The Cleckheaton Valey line would be constructed very easily, and would accommodate an immense population, including Dewsbury, Heckmondwicke, Leversedge, Cleckheaton, Oakenshaw, and other places, and would afford direct communication between Wakefield and Bradford. The length of the line would be 9 miles 7 chains. The Brighouse branch would bring minerals by a descending gradient from Low Moor to Brighouse, a large station on the Man chester and Leeds Railway. The length of this branch was 3 miles 72 yards. There was also another branch for the purpose of affording com munication with Pudsey and Staningley, and the coal-fields of Gil dersome and Fantley Moor. The length of the line was about three miles. The estimate for the construction of the main line, and all the branches, was 1,827,3971. This sum was ample for the construc tion of all the works. After the examination of Mr. Hawkshaw, several witnesses were examined in favour of the Bill. The Committee then adjourned. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at three o'clock, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Lard Redesdale and several other Noble Lords were present. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (LONDON-BRIDGE EX TENSION). Their Lordships decided that the promoters of this Bill had com plied with the standing orders. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. • The list which came before their Lonlabips in this capacity, con tained twelve Bills, of which only one was a railway Bill. This was the EASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION BRANCH. In respect of which Bill their Lordships came to the decision that the promoters had proved their preamble. The preambles of the following Bills were also declared proved : Dublin Cemeteries ; Cambeltown Harbour, Waterworks, and Paving ; Argyll Canal ; Andover Canal Navigation ; Australian Agricultural Company; Sligo Ship Canal. The remaining Bills were adjourned till to-rnerrow (some having been part heard), and their Lordships rose shortly after four o'clock. ALLEGED DEATH by MILITARY FLOGGING, AT HOUNSLOW.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition). Alex. Wright, a sergeant in the 7th Hussars, said he knew the handwriting of the deceased, and had seen him write. Had a letter in his hand (a letter was handed to the witness) which was in his (the deceased's) handwriting. It was dated the 25th of June, and bore the Houcslow post mark, and was addressed " Mr. W. K. White, Post. office, Leeds, Yorkshire." The following is a copy of the letter : Barracks, Hounslow, June 25, 1846. Dear Brother,—l am really ashamed to write after so long a silence, but conscience pricks me for neglect to you and mother, and tells me to say something, adding to the case of necessity of sending to you a letter to Tom, who wrote to me, and of course requires an answer, and how to send it bothers me confoundedly. Be kind enough to dispatch it when the mail leaves. He states to me that you received a letter for me, and I think you might have sent me more, but I supposs you thought to punish me for not writing. If the . direction is not right,' please alter it for me. lam unwell; and have gone through a great deal of trouble since you heard from me last, and feel disgusted with the service, but you need not tell mo ther so, for she would only fret. I hope you are well by this time. Give my best love to sister and mother. I had formed a resolution to commit mis chief; but, thank God, I have for the present al tered my mind. I have not that confidence in myself that I used to have. My star of destiny frowns at me and everything goes wrong. Your letters give me a conso lation generally, but I have not resolution to read them always, for I am very near approaching lunacy at times. I AM an old man now to what I was, and what a few more years will make me I am afraid to guess at. Write to me soon, and give me word how matters are in Leeds, for you are the only parsons I correspond with now. I have not seen' London yet, nor shall I unless I change my mind. Every one of them is lost to me now. Again I hope you will keep quiet to mother that I am ill, for her sake. • Give my respects to Machin, and Whitfield, and Keppell. You must excuse my faults and forgive en feelings. I cannot help their fate in the proceedings, and I must go with the will. My paper is short, and I must cut short my letterof woe, and resume my most hard and wrttched duty of a soldier. God be with you and prosper you, and in your prayers remember Your affectionate brother, FREDERICK JOHN `WHITE. Mr. W.AICLEY, addressing the jury, said there could be ne doubt that White received 150 lashes. It was his duty to deal with the law on the subject, and his opinion was (he did not know whether they were of the same opinion), that according to the Act of Parliament and the articles of war, White rendered himself liable to receive IW lashes for striking his superior officer. There could be no doubt of this; therefore, he considered they had arrived at that stage of the inquiry when they might hear the depositions read over in order to determine the cause of the deceased's death. A juror desired to be informed how the ladder was fixed on which White received punishment. Mr. WAKLEY said his wishes should be gratified. Sergeant Potter was called by Mr. Clark, and deposed that White came into the hospital on the 15th and left his bed on the 20th, six days after the infliction of the punish. ment. He got up on Saturday, the punishment having b een inflicted on the preceding Monday. After he could wear his shirt he was allowed to get up and walk about the ward and assist in cleaning it. Ile appeared then quite well, with the exception of his back. White assisted in cleaning the ward on Saturday, the 4th of July. He was sot asked to clean it, but he volunteered to do so. He went °ld...every day alter the 20th. r.WAKE.xv inquired how the evidence of the witness contradicted that given by him on the last occasion, when he stated that White was in bed fourteen days? Had any one complained of the evidence he had given? " it n 4s asaid no one had • no one had reprimanded him; he lhieadvicaosn s' i ld o e w red roo th e evidence ' he gave on the last occasion, and be dangerous The surgeon did not tell him that it would if White should go out. White made no complaint medical book wereup to the sth of July. The entries in the generally in his pre se made nce. on the days they bore date, and Sergeant Hooper, of the nthsa Hussars, saw White in the hospital. Went there the Only came out of the hospitarlt day, and to the same ward. from the ward into another. The rest r W t h h i e t e was evidencecom removed_ Potter. Some men take long er to get well tphrais:do andtthhearts,of much dependstillonbe th ,, e h i o r uta Norm the Mr. Clark said it was right Co roner that he had had no communication with n . any soldier on the subject of the inquiry. In reply to t he CORONER, M r. Clark stated that h 6 had le en unable to obtain a copy of the court-m ar ti al from the llors3 Guards, and that the Coroner's summons would b e necessary before it could be obtained; but be understood that it was in the possession of the Judge-Advocate. At this stage of the proceedings, a gentleman from the Judge-Advocate's office seat his card to Colonel Whyte, and he was ushered into the inquest-room. Mr. W. H. Hughes, second clerk in the Judge-Advocate- General's- office—l was desired by the Judge-Advocate to at tend here, and I produce the original court martial and sentence. in. short, the whole of the proceedings on the trial of Frederick White, of the 7th Hussars, as well as the ap proval and confirmation of the Commander-in-Chief, which was signed by Sir John M‘Donald, the Adjutant-General. (The witness here read the whole of the proceedings which ' were very voluminous.) The deceased pleaded guilty to the charge, and in his defence the deceased attributed it to drunkenness, and threw himself in consequence on the mercy of the court. Mr. Mills then read over the statements - of the medical treatment of the deceased, and the pain he was stated to brave suffered in order that the medical gentleman, agof whom Tl3k SUN, LONDON were present, might immeliately state their opinion of the deceased's death. The following are the officers who comprised the district Court-martial :—Captain C. Hogarth, Captain T. Preston, Lieutenant J. Hely, Captain C. Wyndham, Lieutenant J. Ilagart, Lieutenant N. Russell. They are all officers of the 7th Hussars, or " Queen's Own." Ist charge—For being drunk at the cavalry barracks, Hampton-court, on the evening of the Ist of June, 1846, and for having then and there offered violence to and struck with a poker Lance sergeant John Darley, of the 7th Hussars, his superior officer, he being at the time in the execution of his duty. 2d Charge--For having, when in confinement in the guard house, on the said let day of June, made use of insubordinate and threatening language of and to his superior officers, in the following instances :-Ist instance—ln having declared that "he wished he had beat the b—y brains of the ser geant,":', meaning thereby Lance-Sergeant John Darley ; 2d instance —ln having said to Corporal Thomas Hollis, of the 7th Hussars, " and you, you b-----r, I will serve the same." The prisoner pleaded guilty to both the charges. Evidence was then adduced. Sentence—The court having found the prisoner guilty of both the charges preferred against him, which being a breach of the articles of war, and taking into consideration his general bad character, particulary towards his superiors, does now sentence hiirrirthe prisoner, Private Frederick White, No. 689, of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to undergo a corporal punishment of 130 lashes.—Anyn UR SHIRLEY, Captain and President, 7th Hussars. Hounslow Barracks, June 10th, 1846. " Approved and confirmed by order of the Commander-in- Chief, " JOHN MACDONALD." The following certificate accompanied the finding of the court-martial : " I certify t hat No. 689, Private Frederick White, of the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, is in a good state of health, and fit to undergo corporal punishment or imprisonment, solitary or otherwise, and with or without hard labou r. "SAMUEL WARREN, M.D., Surgeon, 7th Hussars. " Hounslow Barracks, June 10, 1846.' White handed in the following statement to the court martial before the verdict : " Gentlemen—Having pleaded guilty to the charge pre ferred against me, it only remains for me to urge some exte nuating point by w hich - I may become entitled to some cle mency at your hands. I am sure that it cannot be said that the unfortunate affair was premeditated. I never had a word of any kind but such as should pass between a private and his superior officer, having always borne myself towards Sergeant Darley with that respect which was "due to his rank, and I must deeply regret that the drink which I had taken deprived me of all constraint over myself, and obliterated from my me mory those feelings of respect which had up to that time always influenced my conduct. "I am well aware that an action committed under the in fluence of drink obtains but little consideration on that head, yet, from the absence of all vindictive feeling on my part, added to the unconscious state I was in at the time of the committal of the crime, I have to hope you will deal leni ently with my case, and allow what I have urged to have some weight with you in coming to your decision. " I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " FRED. WHITE. "A. Shirley, Captain and President, 7th Hussars." Colonel Whyte stated, at an earlier part of the proceed ings, that Matthewson seemed to consider that Dr. Warien had given evidence which would injure his character. He wished to be informed of the nature of it. When the evidence of Dr. Warren was read over, Mat thewson was called into the room, and repeated that Dr. Warren said in his presence, that the pains of which the deceased complained whilst in the hospital were attri butable to the flogging he bad received. It will be in the recollection of our readers that Dr. Warren flatly denied having made any such remark. The witness further added, that he could bring forward persons to prove that he did say this—Holles, M'Leod, Hooper, and Skinner. Mr. WAKLEY—Withdraw, and have your witnesses in at tendance. The witness then withdraw. After the evidence of Cooke had been read over in his presence, Mr. WAKLEY asked him if be had been reprimanded in consequence of the evidence which he had given? Witness I have been reprimanded. Mr. WAKIX.Y—By whom? Witness—By Lieutenant- Colonel Whyte. Mr. WAKLEY—When? Witness—Last Friday morning on parade. Mr. WAKLEY—Were you called out from all the rest? The witness said he was, and in reply to questions made the following deposition :—On Friday morning whilst on parade for muster, at which every man in the regiment at Hounslow was present, on my name being called; we salute and march off after answering to our names. Colonel Whyte ordered me to stop, and called me before the ranks. He said, " Now, Mr. Cooke, I wish to "speak to you with regard to the testimony you gave on thelate inquest. He commenced by saying that my statement that trumpeters flogged in ca valry regiments was not the case. The first Adjutant, Ire land, remarked, " No, sir, and never was." Colonel Whyte said, " Yes, and I find upon inquiry that such a case took place about fifteen years ago." To which I said, that "the Ist Dragoon Guards flogged by trumpeters, and that I had been told that other regiments had done the same." He said, "such bad nut been the case, and that I was as near committing perjury as damage." Then turning towards some of the trumpeters, he safd, " Did you call Trumpeter Luke Bust a boy, or Taylor ?" and the adjutant said, "or Youle?" I replied, " I spoke generally, and did not refer to particular men." Thisconversation had reference to the state ment which I made before the jury, that " drummers flogged in cavalry regiments." Col. White said he could plainly see that I endeavoured to throw misconception over the whole affair. He also said, "You have spoken of severe punish ment in the Hussars, and I find upon inquiry that there has been less punishment in the 7th Hussars for the last four years than in any other regiment. Colonel Whyte used no threats or intimidation. Mr. WAKLEY—Is it reported that there is less punish ment in the 7th Hussars than in other regiments? Wit ness—l believe it is. I replied to Colonel Whyte, when he spoke thus—" That is what I stated." That was all I believe that passed; he ordered me then to fall back. Mr. WAKLEY—Was this in the hearing of all the soldiers? Witness—Of a great number. Colonel Whyte had made use of no intimidation. Mr. WAKLEY—Did you hei=r any other man spoken to on the same subject ? Witness—Yes ; Matthieson was also called out, but as I was not near 1 did not hear what was said. Mr. WAKLEY—Mr. Clark, do you wish to examine the witness on this subject? Mr. Clark said he had, on his own responsibility, advised Colonel Whyte not to make any statement then. Colonel Whyte said he bad not the slightest objection to explain the circumstance, but not then, as he considered they ought to hear Matthewson first, as the observations re ferred to, arose out of some conduct on his part. Mr. WAKLEY said he had just received a letter from the brother of the deceased, in which he expressed a wish that the chaplain of the barracks should be examined before the jury. He thought it was a wish that should be complied with. Mr. Clarke had not the slightest objection. He lived close to the house. After the testimony of Skinner had been read over, he stated in reply to the Coroner, that he had seen 18 or 20 men flogged. After receiving punishment, they sometimes complained of a heaviness between the sholdiers. On the second morning after being flogged he (witness) asked him how he was? To which he replied, that he had a burning pain in his chest from the punishment he had received. Mr. WAKLEY—You are confident those are the words he used? Witness—Yes. Mr. WAKLEY—Have you a shadow of a doubt what were • the words he used? Witness—No, Sir; not the least. Mr. WAKLEY—Did he put his hand anywhere? Witness— Yes; here—(applying the palm of his hand to the middle of the chest.) Charles Cooke corroborated the statement that Dr. Warren said in reply to an exclamation of the deceased three days before his death that the lash was the cause of the pain he suffered, " I know it." Skinner, Mathewson, and Harper present. Matthewson was next called, and stated in addition to his former evidence that the Doctor did not examine the de ceased's chest by putting his hand to it before he received punishment, but simply asked him if he had any complaint. He bad his dress and gloves on. Neither did he examine his. In his case he was tried, sentenced, punished, and sent to the hospital N. ithin five hours. But three officers were present at the court-martial which adjudged him to receive 100 lashes for insolence to Colonel White. Their names were Captain Hagart, Lieut. Eden, and Cornet Cooper, all of the 7th, when White was punished the farrier major took up one cat and the adjutant took up another, which was dark handled, and which was changed after the first 100 lashes for another, which also had a dark handle. When Dr. Warren asked me if I had any complaint, I said "No." I was pretty well. He immediately signed the certificate and was taken off to the court-martial. He did not ask me if I bad a pain in my chest, or if I spat blood. A private named Bilings was present when the doctor examined. I have not received any punishment for the evidence I have given here; in fact, I was in confinement at the time I gave evidence, and Colonel W hvte liberated me two days before my term of imprisonment had expired. White and I were often together, because we had been both punished. I was punished only a week after White. lie called my attention to a sin , rular pain in his chest, and said his shirt was moved by it. A week before lie died, on the 4th of July, he said he had a bad pain in his side, and stripped off his shirt, and stowed the place to Dr. Warren, who said it would go off, and ordered him some cooling medicine. On Saturday, after he was punished, there was a review; the deceased was apparently well, and did not go, because Dr. Warren thought the knapsack would injure his back. Mr. WAKLEY called the attention of Dr. Warren to an entry in the medical book of that date, which stated, " back altogether well, and will be fit for duty in the course of to morrow." This was an important consideration. Dr. Warren said, the deceased was out of bed on Saturday and Sunday, and was apparently well. The jury then retired fur refreshments, an hour and a half being allowed by the Coroner for that purpose. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocK. ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Pyrrhus the First 6 to 1 agst Griniston 6 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 12 to 1 agst lago 12 to 1 agst Traverser 13 to 1 agst Fancy Boy Very little doing. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by commission to the following 61 Bills : SNuegw Zealand arDutie Loan (N 0.2 Duties Rope Wo r ker's Bill. aattersea P ar k Bill. 11111 13. a Chelsea Bridge Embankment Bill. Shcrorpeswhei. Uilion Railway and Canal Bill (Newton to Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Railway Bill. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Chester and Wolverh ampton Line Bill.) Dublin, B e lf ast and Coleraine Junction Railway Bill. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Ext ens i on Bill. Whitehaven and Furness Railway Extension Bill. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Extension Bill. Strathtay and Bredalbane Railway Bill. Trent ,Valley, Midland and Grand Junction Railway Bill. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Bill. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill. Liverpool and Bury Railway Bill. Midland Railway (Leicester and„ Swannington Rail Way Alteration and Branches) Bill. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. Bill. London and Birmingham Railway Bill (Weedon and Northampton Branch). Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill (No. 1). Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Bill: Manchester and Leeds Railway Extension Bill. South •Eastern Railway—(No. 2)—(Greenwich Railway to Chilham with Braches) Newport, Abergavanny, and Hereford Railway Bill. Blackburn, Preston, East Lancashire Railway Amal . gamation Bill. Leeds and Bradford Railway (Junction at Bradford) Bill. North Staffordshire Junction Railway (with Branches) Bill. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Junction Bill. Bristol, and Birmingham, and Midland Railway Bill. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Shrewsbury and Stafford Railway) Bill. - North Wales Railway Bill. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way Bill (Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Line). Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, o:atbridge Purcease Bill). New castle and Darlington Railway Bill (Pontop and South Shields Railway Purchase). London and Birmingham (Coventry to Nuneaton) Rail. way Bill. Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Bill. Partbury Pier and Railway Bill (No. 2). Surrey Iron Railway Company (Dissolving) Bill. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coutbridge Railway Extension Bill. Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches) Bill. Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal Sale and Purchase Bill. Midland Railway (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches) Bill. Vale of Neath Railway Bill. Cockermouth and Workington Extension Railway Bill. Sligo and Shannon Railway Bill. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Bill. West Cornwall Railway Bill. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Bill (Bir mingham Extension.) Cambridge Improvement Acts Amendment. Billingsgate Market Bill. Gorbal's Gravitation Water Company Bill. Sheffield New Streets Bill. Tunbridge Wells Improvement Bill. Kennington-lane Lighting Bill. Barr's Estate Bill. Fleeming's Estate Bill. Parks' (or Yates') Estate Bill. Phelp's Free School Bill, and Spalding's Estates Bill. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Earl of SHATESBCRY took his seat upon the woolsack at Five o'clock. GAME-LAWS. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Ayr against the game -laws. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition to the same effect. LOCAL COURTS. The Earl of POWlSTre;entediiietition from Car narvon, Monmouth, and other places in Wales, praying for the establishment of local courts. MARRIAGES IN IRELAND. Lord CAMPBELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of marriages in Ireland. It was intended to make provision for those cases to which the Bill brought in by Lord Lyndhurst in 1844 was not applicable. It referred to those cases where one of the parties might reside in Scotland or England, and was intended to oblate the difficulty which at present ex isted with regard to them. As it met with the appro bation of the law officers of the late Government and those of the present Government, he was sure it would meet with no opposition from their Lordships. Leave having been given to bring in the Bill, The NOBLE LORD continued—As related to persons of a middling station in life, the present law pressed very heavily. He would, therefore, move the first reading of the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the pen sions granted for public services. On the ground of education, it would be of great sery ce to have these retnrns brought forward. He had stated to his fellow members of the Education Committee to go to the schools near Finsbury-square ; and Mr. Wilberforce, though opposed to Mr. Owen's principles. and other subjects, and Mr. John Smith, and others, had pro ceeded to xisit the schools in Wilmer-street. The result was, that as many as fifty Members of Parliament had gone there, and had quite assented to the views of Mr. Wilberforce and himself, that, however much en titled Mr. Wilderspin might be for credit in the esta blishment and extension of infant schools, yet, certainly, Mr. Owen alone was the author of them. The Marquis of LANSDOWN thought that although his Noble and Learned Friend had put many witnesses into the box in the course of his life, he had never acted more judiciously than on the present occasion, for he could confirm every word that he had uttered. He was himself quite cognisant of the respective writs of Mr. Owen and Mr. Wilderspin—the former as the author and the lrtter as the extender of infant schoals. He should never forget the enthusiastic joy of 400 chil dren in Dublin, when the toys and the games of the infant schools were first made known to them. He fully assented to the merit of Mr. Wilderspin, and that he was entitled to any testimonial which could be offered. Lord BROUGHAM said that the whole history of the thing would be found in Dr. Coke's account of infant schools. LOCAL COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour o local courts. CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from the members of the Well-street Mechanics' Institution, and from the members of the Wakefield Mechanics' Institu tion, for an improvement in the law of corresponding societies. THE EARL OF DUNDONALD. Lord BROUGHAM rose to present a petition of very great importance, and one to which he begged to call her Majesty's Government's attention, faom an individual that was known not only in this country but in Europe, but he might say in the world. It was from Lord Dun donald better known under the name of Lord Cochrane. He would venture to assert that no captain either by sea or on shore had performed nobler exploits, or had been of more service, d'iring the contest of the late war, than Lord Cochrane. It would be recollected that Lord Dundonald had been dismissed from the service of his Sovereign, and had been degraded from his high rank for being connected with certain transactions of which he was wholly ignorant. On the trial, when this affair was investigated, his counsel including himself, Mr. Best (Lord Wynford) and Mr. Topping had all vehemently urged him to declare the truth, which was that the guilty party, Mr. Cochrane Johnson, a near relative, was the person who had committed the act for which his relative suffered such disgrace and loss. They had all urged him for hous, but he would not commit a near relation, and neither then nor now did he allude to the circumstances. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Ten minutes before Four o'clock. Mr. D. DUNDAS, the Solicitor-General, was introduced by Lord Ebring ton and Mr. Tufnell, and took the oaths and his seat for Sutherlandshire on his re-election. ROYAL COMMISSION. At four o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the House to the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given to 61 Bills, for the titles of which see our Lords' report. Mr. ALLIX moved the third reading of the Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway. Colonel PEEL opposed the motion, the Bill was nothing better than an attempt on the part of the East ern Counties Railway, to carry the traffic from Wisbech and St. Ives, over their line in preference to a far better one. He trusted the House would not allow this without further inquiry, and should give an opportunity of that taking place. He would move that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. Mr. ALLlX—Considering that this railway was most essential to the interests of the people of Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge, was determined to persist in his motion. Wisbeach was one of the largest corn markets in the kingdom, and St. Ives next to Smithfield. was one of the greatest cattle markets in England; and he hoped that the Hon. and Gallant Member for Huntingdon would withdraw his opposition, because, if it were successful, the people of that district would be deprived for the period of nine months of the advan tages which this railway would confer upon them. Mr. BINGH All BARRING was convinced of the necessity of this line. Ile had voted for it before, and he was now also determined to give it his hearty sup port. Ho hoped that the House would support the decision of the Committee on this Bill (of which he had been chairman), by passing the Bill. Under all the circumstances he trusted the House would allow the Bill to pass in its present state. Mr. B. I)ENISON denied that the London and York Company, as a company, were opposed to this Bill. Mr. GARDINER opposed the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when there appeared — For the third reading Against it Majority for the third reading —34 The Bill was read a third time and passed. The Yeovil Borough Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Metropolitan Sewage Manure Bill was read a third time and passed. The Stamford and Spalding Railway Bill was also read a third time and passed. ,DUBLIN WIDE STREETS. On the motion of Mr. GROGAN the amendment to this Bill were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. 55 Mr. CAVENDISII moved that the report n i f o rom ß the - Committee on the Manchester and Lincoln Union Rail way and i Chesterfield and Gainsborou g h C ana l Bill b e taken into consideration to. morrow, provided the amended breviate be laid upon the table, and the amended points be deposited this day.—Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, Lord Kin naird's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. Mr. BARKLY begged leave to give his Noble Friend the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests notice that, to-morrol , v, he should ask what answer he had received as to th e promised inquiry of the Sub-Committee of the Wellington Testimonial Com mittee. MILITARY FLOGGING. Dr. DOWRING—Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that after MONDAY EVENING, AUGITS:T 3, 1846. the irquiries that have been made, the Noble Lord may not be unwilling to state to the House what are the in tentions of her Majesty's Government with regard to military punishment, especially with a view to the abo lition of military flogging; and I beg to give notice that I shall bring forward any motion of Friday on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply. At the same time I wish to state, that to-morrow . I shall ask the Government whether they are acqua i nt ed with the fact that flogging has been introduced on a very large scale in the island Hong Kong, and on the 25th April last no less than fifty poor indivivals were flogged for a violation of the police regulations, and after having been so flogged, I understand, they were delivered over for a second punishment by the Chinese authorities. VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. Mr. HUME begged to give notice that he would to morrow ask the Government the reasons why six of the council of Van Dieman's Land had resigned office. DEO DAN DS BI LL. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that if the donourablo Member, to whom was entrusted the case of the Deodands Bill, intended to press it on Wednesday, he would object to such a course, as there had been very extensive alterations in the Bill, which it would be necessary to have generally if not publicly known. MILLBANIC PRISON. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE wished to ask a question, in consequence of some observations that had been made a few evenings ago respecting Millbank Prison. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of the Home Department. whether he would have any ob jection to lay the report respecting that Institution on the table of the House ? and also, he wished to ask why it was that in the tenth annual report of the Inspectors of Prisons, Millbank Prison was specially left out ? Sir S. GREY said, that the report which he had by him was not a final one. As soon as he received the final report he would lay it upon the table of the House. RELIGIOUS OPINIONS DISABILITiES BILL. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Reli gious Opinions Disabilities Bill this session. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to proceed with the Bill but that in consequence of the Bill having so recently received the sanction of the House of Lords, he could not say upon what day he would bring the Bill forward. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. • Sir 11. W. BA.RRON wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was now applicable, under the Public Parks Bill, the County Works Bill, the County Pre-, sentments Bill, and the Drainage Acts of this session, or sums advanced to private individuals and others for car rying out improvements in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he hoped he should be able during the present week to lay upon the table of the House an accurate state ment upon the subject of the grants and expenditure under the different Acts referred to by the Hon, Member. the utmost reluctance, and after serious con sideration, that they came to the determination that such would be the best course to adopt. The Government thought that they could not promote the object which they had in view, were they to bring in measures so seriously affecting Ireland, at so late a period of the session. —(Hear, hear.) He would also assure the Hon. Gentleman that it was the intention of the government early next session, to bring forward such measures as they believed would be most condu cive to the welfare of Ireland. Sir H. W. BARRON wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to press on the Drain age Bill, which was a measure of vast importance to Ireland. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know what were the intentions of the Government respecting the Leases (Ireland Bill) ; he certaiuly would press this question. Mr. LAI3OUCHERE said he only asked until Wed nesday to be able to answer the question. ST. ASAPH AND ST. BANGOR. Lor d OLIVE wished to know what curse it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to pursue with reference to the St. Asaph and St. Bangor Bill? (LEFT SITTING.) TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM: - - - - - Amongst the public buildings in the metropolis which have suffered most severely by the fracture of skylights and domes, from the hailstones, are Buckingham Palace, Somerset House, Burlington Arcade, the Bazaar (Baker street), and the Paddington terminus of the Great Wes tern Railway. The Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, the Botanic Gardens, Kew, and those in the Regent's- park have also suffered severely. In the neighbourhood of Brompton, Kensington, and Hammersmith, the storm was particularly severe. About four o'clock the electric fluid struck a stack of chimneys at the house, No. 21, Lower Phillimore-place, at the cor ner of the road leading to Notting-hill, by which the stack has been much shattered. In the Victoria-road a skylight was carried by the force of the wind into the middle of the road. In the lower parts of Kensington and Brompton, the basement stories of several of the, houses were inundated by the great body of water which descended 'like a torrent upon Notting-hill and the higher parts of the locality, and which carried everything beiore it. The nursery grounds westward of town have suffered severely, as have also the market gardeners, their lights being all more or less damaged. In the metropolis considerable damage has been done, all buildings having skylights being more or less injured. The houses on the western side of Farringdon-ttreet have sustained considerable injury by the ovei flowing of the Fleet-ditch, which filled the various cellars and underground apartments. One house, occupied by a linsndraper, had five feet of water in the lower rooms, and it required several men to be engaged nearly two hours to empty the place. The lower stores of the Angel Inn were completely flooded. A number of sheep were saved just in time. Battle-bridge was a scene of great excitement and confusion, in consequence of the waters overflowing the land from near King's-cross to Acton-place, Bagnigge Wells-road, which was so inundated that the thorough fare had the appearance of a river or canal, and was not only rendered impassable, but the inhabitants could not obtain egress or ingress to their premises without the assistance of some conveyance. The kitchens, parlours, and back yards of many of the dwellings were so over flowed that parties could not enter .them. The hou-es nearly opposite the police station in the Bagnigge Wells-road were completely filled with water, arising from the elevations of the surrounding neigh bourhood. Mr. Kerr, a baker, in Hereford-row, Bag nigge Wells-road, on the day before had in 36 sacks of flour, which were entirely spoiled. The lower part of the house of Mr. Greenwood, of the Northumberland Arms, was quite inundated. The lower part of Mr. Silcock's, the Carpenters' Arms, Bagnigge Wells-road, was also filled with water, as well as other public-houses in the neighbourhood. At the police station-house,. Bagnigge Wells-road, and also at the police-court, nume rous windows were broken. The skylights at the Euston-square railway station have suffered so much that the whole of them must be replaced. At the lower end of Mutton-hill the rush of the flood was so powerful, that it burst through the gratings, and before the inhabitants were aware of their danger, the water, which was mixed with the most nauseous soil rose three or lour feet above the surface. The utmost alarm necessarily prevailed, but in a few minutes the cellars were filled, when those who occupied them were obliged promptly to take their flight, leaving their furni ture to the mercy of the flood. At the bottom of Mutton hill, it was at a depth of four of five feet, Adjoining Mutton-hill, to the north, is W ignall's-place, in which are eleven houses; here the water had risen about seven feet. The utmost consternation prevailed among the inmates who were at the first fluor windows, imploring assistance, many of the suppliants holding children in their arms. Assistance was pr.mptly afforded by the neighbours. Among the first was Mr. Hunter, landlord of the Two Brewers, who swam to the aid of many, and rescued several children. A man named Smith, a French polisher, followed his example, and also saved many. Ladders were also brt ught to the spot by means of which the women and men were extricated. The consequences of the flood are such that" some of the houses are undermined, and cannot now be occu pied. The back of the Coach and Horses, near Wig nall's-place, is swept away. In Round-court, to the south of Mutton-hill, two houses, the property of Mr. Langdon, were forced down, and but for the activity of the inhabitants, who hastened to the assistance of the in mates, many lives would have been lost. A Mr. Clarke saved three children. The premises of Godson, carcase butcher, were nearly swept away. Among the property lost was a cart, which was swept into the sewer that is here open. In Thavies•inn the kitchens were filled with water. A vast quantity of timber and other materials have floated down the Fleet-ditch. Two houses above Mutton hill are also down. The rush of water was tre mendous, and carried away the whole of the back part of three house 3 in Round-court, occupied by poor fami lies, who with the greatest difficul:y succeeded in making their escape. A large warehouse in the same court, belonging to Mr. Fox, drysalter, had the back front also carried away. Mr. Nichols, a broker, of No. 1, Vine-street, has sustained considerable loss, by a large quantity of furniture being carried away down the ditch into the Thames. Mr. Knight, a publican, bad his cellars so flooded, that the barrels of beer were forced upwards, and knocked in the bar and parlour flooring. He also is a great loser. At eleven o'clock at night the poor people in the courts and alleys in the neighbourhood were busily employed in removing their furniture, as many of the houses, in consequence of the water sapping the foundations, which are very old, have sunk several feet, and are rendered extremely dangerous. A strong body of police afforded most efficient assistance in this distressing affair. The autho rities at Clerkenwell workhouse gave a general order for the immediate admission of the poor people and their families, who have been rendered homeless. During the time that the storm was at its height, the rain, which was falling in such immense bo dies, ran down the various conduits into the Fleet ditch, which very speedily became filled. The outlet at Blackfriars- bridge, not being sufficiently large to al low the water to rush out as fast as it entered the sewer, the extraordinary pressure of the water blew the iron crown off the covering of the ditch with such violence, that it made a noise like the explosion of a piece of ar tillery. At the same moment the water flew out with such impetuosity, that No. 3 Waterman steamer, which was going down the river, was driven against one of the piers of Blackfriars-bridge, and so disabled that she was forced to put back and land her passengers by means of one of the Citizen steamers. Soon after it took place, portions of Ledsteads, chests of drawers, cheffoniers, &c., were seen emerging from the mouth of the great sewer. Intimation of the circumstance was very quickly communicated to the officers of the Thames police, who soon took up their position in boats in front of the sewers, and this efficient body of men were occupied until a late hour in conveying from the sewer portions of articles such as those that we just mentioned. The articles in question were all conveyed to the other side of the bridge, contiguous to the steam-boat pier, where they were placed under the care of an officer of the Thames Police. The several articles were supposed to he the property of the furniture brokers and others whose houses were destroyed or injured in the neigh bourhood of Saffron-hill; these persons will, of course, be on the look out to ascertain how far this assumption is a correct one. In the Strand, also, considerable injury was done to I the windows of many houses owing to the hail-storm. . Several squares of glass in the workshop of Mr. West, . the optician, were broken to pieces. The glass domes • which light the Lowther Arcade were all of them more or less injured, and the shopkeepers in the Arcade were obliged to give up business altogether. Buckingham Palace has suffered severely. It appears that the Royal Picture Gallery is lighted by a sic) light, consisting of a centre piece and sides. There is an im mense dome over the grand staircase, composed entirely of glass. A glass dome over the Ministry staircase, and a variety of others. All these have been utterly de stroyed ; the ruthless torrents of hail and rain poured in with the force of a cataract, making the various stair cases so many waterfalls ; the basement floors of the palace were completely flooded. The Picture Gallery, in which are some of the most splendid productions of the oil-masters, was at one time in imminent danger,ioi for when the large hailstones had removed all opposition flooded to the to the ingress of the rain, the gallery depth of many inches, and the water assumed N titne was lost in appearance of a natural curreiwit .vas s all the ( * .re liable to be injured, removing all those pictures thatingle instance has damage and we believe that in .Theo more valuable pictures were been done to any one. engraved plate glass of the sides, which ranged under the en successfully- withstoogdratheviolence of the storm. As soon as the rain had in some degree abated, active measures were taken to ru oroclear the vari o u s roo m s and lobbies of the t h e water that had accumulated, and t o a chieve palee that object speedily the services of the p o li ce stationed at the palace were called int 4 requisition, and a company of the Foot Guards were sent from the Wellington barracks to assist; their services were put to a severe test for more than an hour. Mr. Cobbett, the pa inter and glazier to the royal palaces, visited the palace, and having ascertained the extent of the damage, he at once gave the necessary directions for covering in the picture gallery and the various rooms with tarpauling, and a great number of men were instantly set upon that work. Many thousand squares of glass are demolished, and at a rough calculation the loss in that Exticle alone will be little short of 1,800/. or 2,0001. It is satisfactory to state that the Queen's decorators have closely in spected the various royal apartments, into which the water obtained access, and have not discovered that any material damage has been sustained by any of the costly embellishments. The parade in front of the palace, ex tending from the foot of Constitution-hill to James street, Buckingham-gate, Buckingham-gate, was one sheet of water, and so r 4evp As t 0 under it impassable to pedeetriangs _ The deep barrel drain in the Green Park burst from the immense accumulation of water, and formed a com plete river to the orr•.amental water in the enclosure of St. James's Park. Here the violence of the storm dis . mantled the flower-beds, tore up the pa;, - Q - ;o flooded the - pastures, that it became necessary for men to wade up to the middle to rescue the sheep that would otherwise have been drowned. The water accumulated to that depth in bird-cage-walk that it was rendered impassable to pedestrianq, and almost so to vehicles. At the metropolitan police office, Scotland-yard, 300 squares of glass were broken. The Admiralty stables sustained great damage, and not a ho use in place-gardens escapt;ii.' Lord Liverpool's and Sir James's windows suffered most. We were also informed, from a creditable source, that the Houses of Lords and Commons were so inundated, from the destruction of the fan lights, that it may be questionable whether they will be in • a condition to re ceive the members this evening. Carlton-terrace has suffered very much, the vestibules of those houses which are glazed being considerably shattered. Every square of glass over the Regent Quadrant was demolished, and the pathway strewed with broken frag ments. Several of the large houses have their stock in trade greatly injured. A considerable number of windows have been broken in the Government Gazette-office, and the building saturated with water. Scarcely a house in Cannon-row has escaped injury by the storm. In the well-known range of premises belonging to Messrs. llarvey, termed Lambeth House, in the West minster-road, the floors of the shops were covered with water. The stock in trade is most severely injured, The skylights were demolished by the hail falling upon them Ths Baptist chapel in the Waterloo-road had upwards of three feet of water in it. The Hero of Waterloo Inn, in the same road, had between 40 and 60 tons of water in the cellar and about GO squares of glass demolished. Messrs. Jones's oil factory in Robert street had 00 squares of glass broken. The. Pear Tree Tavern, in the New-cut, had tke water in the cellar almost up to a man's arm-pits. The West of England engine was engaged nearly two hours pumping the water out. Mr. Knight, an oilman in the same thoroughfare, had a most valuable stock in the cellars spoiled by the water. The Surrey Theatre had the skylights demolished and the windows broken. The rain poured in such a manner that the place was flooded. A notice was put up last night that, in consequence of the damage done, no porformance could take place that night. The sur gery belonging to Mr. Brookes, in the Waterloo-road, had five feet of water in the kitchens. The Nine Elms terminus of the Southampton Railway was extensively injured. Astley's Theatre was injured almost as bad as the Surrey. Messrs. Fell's brandy distillery, in the Waterloo-road, had eighty panes of glass broken. In Bishop's-walk, Lambeth, it is stated that the lightning struck the wall of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Palace, and tore up a tree in the garden. Mr. Bacon's printing premises, in Robert-street, had a number of squares of glass broken, and the business was in conse quence suspended. Mr. James's grocery premises, in the New-cut, was injured to such an extent that, the place was forced to be closed last night. The Victoria Theatre,and Lawrence's miscellaneous,stores at the corner of Webber-street, had several feet of water in the cellars. The neighbourhoods of Fore-street and Princes-street have suffered by the water. Scarcely a house in Belgrave-square or its vicinity has escaped receiving some injury. One mansion alone has 701. worth of glass demolished, and many of the rooms saturated with water. At the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the conservatory, in which the carnivorous animals are kept, has sustained such injury that to repair the glass will cost 2001. This building is 100 feet in diameter, and its domed roof, which is 300 feet in circumference, is covered with glass and its sides arc secured with the same material, leaving a space of about eight feet between the latter and the dens of' the animals. This space, when the storm had subsided, was found covered with broken glass to the depth of two or three inches, and scarcely a whole pane was discernible in the roof When the storm was at its very highest a singular in cident occurred in this building. A noble lioness, which had beets noticed for some time to be in young, became most uneasy, and roared terrifically ; but it was at first considered that this was produced by fear, as the other animals were more or less acted ou by the appearance of the vivid flashes of lightening ; but it was soon dis covered that the poor beast was in great pain, and in a short time she gave birth to a cub lion. The keeper at tended to her as well as they could ; and the youthful addition to Mr. Tyler's stock of animals was taken care of. It is much feared, however, that it will not live, as there can he very little doubt that its birth was pro moted and hastened by the fears of its mother. The monkey-house, which was also seriously damaged, presented an extraordinary scene during the storm ; its inmates were so dreadfully alarmed by the lightning, that many of them covered their eyes, to prevent them seeing the flashes of lightning. The splendid foliage of the gardens suffered severely by the hurricane, and one tree was blown right down. Three parts of the garden were covered with water. The injury done to Vauxhall Gardens was compara tily trifling, and will be repaired by an outlay of, per haps, 304. The lightning struck the Chinese Temple, and dashed a large portion of the panelling, which was an inch and a half in thickness, to pieces. By the violence of the storm a large beech tree at the bottom of the Italian walk, was snapped off at about four feet from the ground, and fell on the roof of the stabling, but did not do it any mischief. This, with the exception of the breakage of some of the lamp glasses, and the glasses of the private rooms, was all the damage done to these gardens. Mr. Alford, the coach-maker, in the Walworth-road, will be a severe sufferer, a large sky light on the part of his premises, where a number of harness-makers were at work, was nearly wholly de molished. 'rhe Catholic chapel, in the London -road, had a great number of squares of glass destroyed, as had also New ington Church. The damages sustained by the publicans in the vicinity of the Kennington and Walworth.roads has been very considerable. The cellar at the Elephant and Castle was inundated to a depth of several feet, and the loss will be considerable. Mr. Hewitt, of the Lamb and Hare, in Kennington-lane, bad his cellar filled to a depth of five feet. The owners of green-houses in the neighbourhood of Kennington and Lambeth, must be severe sufferers. The damage done to the banks of the Thames by the rush of water, especially about Chelsea and Milbank, is very extensive. Boats were forced from their moorings, and it required the greatest exertion to keep them from being washed away. At the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, some thousands of squares of glass were broken. The houses in the Clapham, Vauxhall, and Wandsworth-roads have scarcely a square of glass left whole in those fronts hich were exposed to the fury of the storm. Tho windows of the houses in Larkhall-lane were literally shattered, Mr. Kennedy, flymaster, having only six panes left whole, and the fruit, young tendons, and whole limbs of his celebrated vine being scattered in all directions ; and the well-known Larkhall Tavern has one front a complete wreck. At Mr. Chapman's, florist to the Queen, in the Wandsworth-road, the storm has been most destructive. The glass roofs of all his hot-houses and green houses are completely de molished; the fronts and sides being very little better. Mrs' Chapman estimates his loss at 1,000/. ; and the rare plants and flowers are greatly damaged, and some totally destroyed. In fact, the ravages of the storm in this locality are beyond all conception, the hail stones which fell being generally the size of common marbles, and some were picked up as large as walnuts. Such a scene of destruction was never before exhibited over so extensive a district; whole streets for miles— indeed, the whole district from Battersea-fields to Clap • ham-common, including Brixton, Stockwell, Kennington, and Newington-butts, has suffered most severely. It was, literally, a West Indian tornado, with the addition of a hailstorm. Several of the lower floors in the Penitentiary, Mil bank, were several feet deep in water. In open a round, facing the Quadrangle, the water rose so high that the officials and other parties were forced to climb over the iron railings to effect a retreat. The Citizen steamer D was struck by lightning off Batterst a, and her paddle-box was carried away ; far tunately no lives were lost. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The storm of yesterday, which appears to have been general throughout the country, commenced about half-past two o'clock, and continued up to past five. The hailstones had done consider able damage in the neighbourhood, especially in the vicinity of Datchet and Horton. At Litton- park, the residence of the Duke of Buccleuch, upwards of 2,000 panes have r b e e en_ broken ; nearly the whole of the extensive hot lin also, and houses having been totally demolished. along thet e neighbourhood thunder and o l i f B h t u n s i n n 1 g i a m h , a t s h e dlt Ail ayt winch accompanied le corn has been damage. A great portion of the hasdiquercytiohnas.s b A ee t n on au e s o t , a c i l n o e c d k ~ b r y e att e l r i e. tom commenced, the thermometer, day, shortly before the s place which av h hca n e iec ha s , t b o oNi f t : n ots .h four t al l i t7- e , g gardens, at Frogmore, stood at down, and d i n much e \'ery the violenee of electric isN bt rdii s i then scd 3gi degrees. , s e l shade, TOWN the royal s urn t e h n e ter h ed ous t e he o c f hi M m r n . ey e: o'clock, the shock causing the utmost alarm to the neighs ilernington-road, Camden-town. This took — to ; ;le id le and i. struckut' h i d e n passed down the chimney flue into the kitchen, in which was the female servant, who was at the time occupied in cleaning some plate. She became senses less and was immediately attended to by Mrs. Corvan, who had her removed, as it was n o t poss ibl e, in consequence of the strong smell of sulphur, to remain there. In the mean while numbers of the inh a bit ants h astened to the house, as it was reported that it had caught fire, and there was a Upon strong smell of wood burning. ant examination of the roof, the timber un d er the slating was found exten sively charred; but as it was raining in torrents at the time, of th the e p a r d o g w r a e sss alsoo t t i h n e e fire it ed was. The shoeo houses e u x n o g n u i e s a l s d e A m q , e t r i a e a n t t s y o cal sli g h u i a l y r d damage e n a, a d p . ert l ie n a tl a ie f the i gent,Bs esi bank of the Regent' s - cana l Regent's -park, above th e Z oo l og i • was a ashed away, some trees being forced down. In the New-road, between King's-cross and Judd street . , in conse quence of the sew er being overflooded,_ it gave way, causing a considerabl e ex t ent of damage. The thoroughfare was, of course, instantly stopped. _ In BR OMLEY an d the immediate neighbourhood very much damage has been done to the several nurseries by the hail, several thousands of panes of glass being demolished. One of the hailstones, or rather pieces of ice, which fell at the latter place, when measured, was found to be of an angular shape, and upwards of three inches in circumference, the greatest width at the top being one inch and a half. So far as can be ascertained, no lives have been lost in the range of locality previously described. GREENWICH DEPTFORD, LEWISHAM se —The ,coming storm was indicated by very heavy and dark clouds from resembling n r, the south- west, a b o ut three o'clock, followed in a few minutes by vivid lightning and c l ap s of tun a park of artillery in the continued distance. Then came torrents of rain, succeeded by a fall of hailstones,. whichwith storm advanced over these places, the lightning increased to a few intervals of short duration until six o'clock.. As the an awful-extent, and betweea the tlapJhea the clotttla werl bQ heavily charged that there was the appearance of approach ing night. About an hour after the storm commenced, the lower parts of Greenwich and Deptford were inundated. The flood which poured from Shooter's-hill and Blackheath, down Croom's-hill and Royal-hill, completely choked up the drainage, and caused London and Church -streets to be com pletely under water. The kitchens and cellars in this line down to the Royal Hospital, and alongshore to the creek which divides Greenwich from Deptford, were in a most de plorable state from the same cause. The lower part of Black- • heath-road, Deptford -bridge, and Broadway,were impassable for foot-passengers during two hours. The vicinity of the dock and victualling-yards, the General Steam Navigation yards, Penn's boiler manufactory, and other extensive works, were surrounded by water at least a foot deep. The devastation caused by the extensive and heavy fall of hail is very great. Numerous skylights and windows were demolished in the dock and victuallingeyards. At the Greenwich Police-court, the police-station, and premises attached, much glass was brolten, and damage done by the water getting into the apartments. The skylights and windows in the factory of Messrs. Penu and Son, engineers, .Blackheath-road, suffered severely, upwards of 500 squares being smashed in, together with portions of the framework. More than 100 squares of glass were dest ro y e d at Messrs. IVeelhouse's Dent; ferd-bridge ; and nearly the whole of the glass frames and greenhouses in the market garden and nursery of Mr. Loft' near the Kent Waterworks. Much damage was done also to the glass work and choice productions of Mr. Cormack's nur- . sery, at New Cross. At the police-station, Rushey-green. Lewisham, much glass wee broken, together with the framework thereof ; and the lower part of the village be tween Lewlsham-bridge and Lee-bridge was so effectually under water that it was with some difficulty horses could ford it, Particularly if eftaelied to carriages. The market gardens at Lewisham, Lee, Deptford, and Wotilwich road, h av e suf fered immensely, not only from the hail, which at Lewisham fell in flakes an inch long, but from the flooding of the growi eg crops. Throughout the whole district of Bleb.; heath th e hailstones fully averaged the size of large haze. nuts. The gardeners who have suffered most are Mr. Tyler, near the Greenwich Union; Mr. Shepherd, Lewisham; Mr. Palmer, Lewisham ; and Mr. Loft, Greenwich. The quan tities of sand and gravel which have been washed from the rubbish-hilla into Greenwich and vicinity is astonishing , leaving the high roads bare, and presentine. nothing but a surface of' bright and broken granite. On theEltham row?' a man with a scythe in his hand was struck by the electn° fluid, and fell insensibly to the ground. The poor fellovir however, luckily recovered so as to be able to proceed honr; PLUMSTEAD.—In the midst of the storm the electric flan` struck one of the chimneys belonging to a house in the cupation of Mr. George Kimber, stone-mason and marbly_ cutter, next door to the Plume of Feathers, opposite to th e church, at the village of Plumstead. From a conversation held yesterday with Mr. Kimber's son, by the reporter, _I! appears that at the moment he, with his father, was e P t. gaged in preparing for polishing a marble tablet, and e th t e whilst thus engaged, a stream of fire passed through shop, which is in the first floor on the back of the house, en tering at the ceiling, which it tore down with great v iolenc e ; as it also did the plaster of th e side walls. Then ce it egsse through the floor to the cu pb oar d s b e l ow, the woodo49r eae which was demolished, and the crockery and miscellttot o 3 contents therein destroyed. It th en appeared. to '?" e l t to through a chink in the w a ll t o a b u tt i n t h e yar d, vini r was broken up, and a ft er p l ay i ng i n sport i ve f u ry _ some time in the roadway it appeared to ground, rising out again at a distance from the house. J. ° , o half the chimney was torn down, and the bricks fell w e , the yard among several gravestones, in a course of preps e r" e _ lion. Two large holes were made in the tiles, which per,:.. trated the roof, from the rafters through the ceiling. Bingham, the landlord of the Plume of Feathers, states . 1; he was standing in front of his bar, serving customers, at_w o f time when the flash of lightning —or, rather, the streani to pass into4l fire—appeared. So fierce was the flame, and so appallin g report arising from it, that he was for a few minutes un."l. scious where he was, or what he did. The next moment heard the crash of the falling brickwork, and, upon 100 , out of the window, after his stupor was in some measure _ , ;'` o f sided, lie saw a volume of dust proceeding from the ro o f the premises in Mr. Kimber's occupation. verl At Frith, Crayford, and Dartford, the storm was cif severe, and at Chatham it i s sa id to h ave b een excess°7o; violent. In the mid s t o f thi s v i s i tat i on and loss o f pro perty, it is gratifying t o s t a t e th at t h e hop bine has r l ' is improved. since the sto rm , one o f the largest grov els the west of the country having discovered e upon an ex: l yier e nation of his crops th a t, a lth oug h on F r i day last thee_ w et covered with fly and lice, the thunder and lightnin; fiv e cleared the majority of the arms from these destra c vermin. by tile SournEsn.—The damage th a t h as b een sustained eiree hail-storm which f e ll on S atur d ay i s tremendous. Tile,"oosei tion the storm took b e i ng f rom sout h to nort h , the h o t -b° t he and green-houses pres en t e d a f a i r mar k f or its fury, i ii duel destruction that follo we d it i s mos t ex t ens i ve. M r . n' co a- Forster, of Southend, has his beautiful hot-houses . , one pletely riddled, ther e no t h av i ng b een l e f t more tba"coarese tenth of the paces w h o l e . Th e num b er o f broken 1.01,0 i amounts, in this place, it is said, to over 4,000. Mc' l e telf the same place, has h a d th e f ron t of hi s h ouse cornfoins disfigured, nearly all the b eau tif u l pl a t e - g l ass w i n d o ws been broken. The violence of the storm ex t en d e d it se lf t o the n ej o g e lv : bouring counties ;—ln the neighbourhood of Readink., t he ford, Newbury, Farringdon, Cirencester, \Vantage, 4 f e c ,, a ge storm was of a most awful description, and the d14 i1 . 0 1- sustained to vegetation generally is incalculable. At erec t • rl° cester two sheep and an ox were killed by the , les e fluid ; and at Wantage two sheep and a valuable lior b se„' t ee struck dead by the same powerful agency. At Oxhill'het electric fluid did great damage to building property , The roof of the house of Mr. Dou e la houses, and gardens. tn ro in o g tho A f t a L c e o T t/ lies shattered a bedstead, and threw a child that the mothe,or"ii, situate near w near the r t i h v e e r li w g as htn st in ru g ek en hy te t r h ed e li t g h h e just laid in bed on the floor, but unhurt. At Higb%ese, the servant of a Mr. Boyne got under a tree, with his lolla for shelter; the horse was killed, but the man miracu o i e r escaped with a slight scorching of the forehead. At lie 'IV on-Thames the flashes were awfully vivid and forked: gor house of Mr. Musgrove was struck by lightning. 31 t r ' s taad' grove and a portion of his family were at the.momen_ ed, so" ing in a passage, through which the bell-wires pas, were all struck to the ground, but happily without_o°oo' injury; the damage to hia outhouses, plants, &c., co ous to the dwelling-house, is very considerable. ° rya serious damage was sustained by the electric fluid.„ e , OA P of Hampshire, &c., were also visited by the aboveSstorAl Swan Inn, Inkpen, a small village about three I : o _ l , cs cot Hungerford, the paper on the walls was in many Pi,"`e be be f , pletely stripped off. The lightning then followed lb wire to the kitchen, where the maid-servant was al her clothes caught fire, but her screams speedily b e . r; it e . o e u, sistance, and the flames were happily extinguish o st pcl , 4 o . . her receiving much injury; and a boy, who W 0 5,,,, ee", in a barn near the house, was knocked down by k, O ning, but escaped with a few slight scars on the ce" by l" great portion of the barn, however, was destroye d electric fluid. UP: t pril THE STORM IN BIRMINGII.A.M.—BiRmitiGMAM q I f —This afternoon Birmingham and its neighbourb°l°carasis° visited by a dreadful thunder-storm which :lasted n i? st, two hours. The wind blew gently from the south-'%'' A which direction the tempest came. The rain deec,,e torrents, and in some parts of the neighbourhood - io " it gh o Pt rendered the roads impassable. Fortunately, a i t-tioor one period the storm was of the most fearful descrie serious damage was done in the neighbourhood. CORNWALL AND DEVON CE TRAL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Third Edition of Saturd a Y'pe ) (O a The scrutineers having given in their report, it 41) that there were— 545 For the dissolution ......... ... .. 5 1:614 Against --- - " . , 0 • Majority in favour of going on . the The total number of shares repre,ented in thel. c h vte g` `' e of the meeting, was 62,132, of Wo l 62, 131 the following summary : No. of shares originally represented ... ......... Shares held by the directors who declined to 4, 566 vote ... ............................................ 5 45 Votes for dissolution ........................... 5 1,61 4 Votes against dissolution .•• Shares held by parties who left during t he 5, 407 ..... 5 ..---' meeting without voting ........................ 62,13 2 62,134 le f t the vi lio no , It appears, therefore, that if the sharamiders lAtion, the t if, meeting without voting had voted for the di r45, 662 ' nilloa jority against it would have been reduced t st the 0 on the other band, the directors had voted agat r u c „0,30 8 id of tion, there would then have been going on with the company. It was then moved and secondedb . t a ha m t a t i l o le nt3 bes i ttlla li Lrei Williams, Lsq., fas n a d hl a e re an h d el im y pa g r i t len c t o o ild n ti n e r w r 0 , 0 e this l : ai r m . meeting are due, The vote was agreed to nem. can. meeting then broke up, after having lasted u r olfo rjl of nine hours. Al der COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A. special Court of ic ing : men was held on Saturday for the purpose of onto til t a nnot only nl e3d,neodtrhmbr three i u l d s i r n a t e deputation from the committee appointed relattev-prese., building of a new criminal gaol in the room of til t e, s io city,FC resolution e n t p a t pn e rd r i . stotini lv ai, l at t vi . lot huolel id Wire, opwbr oea t py l l3 e v .82e, ,od c ou h ogl a oda i zo r b, m l ew that ~iet t rt 1 oes h oe t rts o e . brbscos p eui c pt, u: ie)onui r n d. . suig, :c ei:g ie b t : : ' .le lt oo i ,so ' nfoo t i t e tbides ,ei l e , tat j cad: l toi f o r eo ' ' .,eir: af i ' _ t r o l wii ! the n e da x nf c do e r p t t thh a e t eni , they liad, Ccfr o ot °', t , of g, on the s , t ° ,, we° ,J; Court of Aldern iut i l e hgl e acres would o iste to coo whereas the spot fixed prison should be built in the city. 7 t B e ,oo g O r l. u , en at Holloway, c° ;40 & g ist acres, and could be purchased the P r i' r upon the subject, Mr. Alderman M ul e oeheA'fstb g ti taro 400 persons. severfor 17,0001. 5 ,010 wo o this proposition as being al of the alderruenwi`b the ll ' at the resolution of the directly at variance ‘. lo s t ass ioil lie disc kha t the deputation should write their, P then h closed . submitted to the down . 01 it Court. The ( 1 Datati ducted W and the remainder -e, con the business was c° _She ac doors. T A g ic SOS• ~, th e n.' RE —PPROACRING PARTRIDGE ' . '" — t e ble to , o in counts in f a vou. ver y sire o r o t Surrey and Sussex are very Proaching partridge season The broods are ~,,, p roste ct fi ici ° ll the wing, and the cove •s ;re largeand t— ' t ° '• e h re , to eo e . , i s wit early harvest 'll 3. Iv' enable the sportsman ricrle the Ist of September without the usual rest speet to standing crops. fpg f 100 g ' BIRTHS. An drews' ° of On Saturday, August 1, Mrs. George •ty, Sch °ll Lynn, of a son. wife of pr . . of On the 25th ult., Mrs. Sehmitz, ladf Edinburgh, of a daughter. the , 1, On the 25th ult., at Glanhonddu, Brecor So sge ' ' Douglas Dickinson, Esq. of a son. bourx te ' On the 2 7th ult., at Leacroft 'Lodge, A l Mn' lc, Mrs. lbert T. Creay t of a son ' O r On A the 29th ult., s a Chester-terrace, Regent's- Harrison Watson, of a son. . au .. o . ,, bter• On the 29th ult., Mrs. P. S. Ormiston, of a d bo' let MARRIED. llsri le set a st• ' lOll f On the 30th ult., at the parish church „f Billrne"l t i ter ° London, William James Lumsden, Esq., .-- .. d fl ug._,bire• Aberdeenshire, to Nary Elizabeth, eldesc e l a rks Matthew Thompson, Esq.,of ManninghareL°,,iet.64-7 W. H. Wylde, Esq., eldest son of Lieutc Wylde, R.H.A., Woolwich, to Miss Macey of if DIED. On the 21st ult., at Box, Swit zer l a nd, Lou isa, t he W . o.le, Robert Winter, Esq. Mall' Wi. ' On the 31st ult., at Thornloe, Worcester, , b tbe Parsonage' ..-- the wife of Captain Hastings, R.N. rlizabet , On the 31st ult., at Caversham a ; 1 01311 wife of the Rev. Joshua Bennett. the Ir.. ‘• e °f On the 81st ult., at Clifton, Cather ine, B. Savile, Lieutenant Royal Artillery. „ ra n, aged On the 31st ult.,Mr.C.Stewart, of Stepney "green' 11 7, - ---- Y O d , °f l*T reen t London: Printed and Published by AIITIMO , Ynd, in tlia r 4, _ . 0 Strand,Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, u 4 4„, tie of the Ssvoy, In the County of bliddloesx. a" 3. 1546, ._ , . ... - - BIRD CAGE WALK. In +answer to a question put by an HoN. MEMBER, Viscount MORPETH said that he had received her Majesty's gracious commands, that the Birdcage-walk should be thrown open to the public during the recess, but that the gates should be shut at different periods for the purpose of asserting her Majesty's rights to the pro perty in question. Sir H. W. BARRON rose again to ask the Secretary for Ireland whether it was intended to apply to Par liament for any means of employing the people on the public works in Ireland during next winter? He said the accounts he had from Ireland as to the potatoe crop was. that there had been a large failure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was afraid that the statement was too true as to the early crop of potatoes, but he assured the Hon. Baronet that there was a sufficiency of food in private hands to meet the wants of Ireland for many months, and Government would hold itself responsible for any emergency. On the motion of Mr. TUFFNELL, a new writ for Cheshire was ordered to be issued in the room of Lord Robert Grosvenor, w ho, since his election, had accepted the office of Comptroller of her Majesty's household. THE GAME LAWS. Mr. COLLETT said that the Hon. Member for West Gloucestershire, had intimated to him his intention to refer to certain evidence taken before the Committee of the House, and asking lum,(llr. Collett) to be in his place. He (Mr. Collett) begged to know 'Whether it was competent for the Hon. Member to call the attention of the House to evidence that had not been published, and was not likely to be published. The SPEAKER said, when the time arrived he would answer the Hon. Gentleman's question ; for when the member for West Gloucestershire had introduced his subject to the House, he would be better able to form a judgment. Mr. H. CURTEIS wished to ask, for his own satis faction, and the satisfaction of the public, whether there was any chance of the sentence lately passed on John Sares, at the Cove of Cork, being remitted—he meant the capital part of the charge. lie had no hesitation in saying that if the answer was not satisfactory he would move an humble address to remit the sentence. Admiral DUNDAS said that the subject had not yet come under the consideretion of the Admiralty, but every mercy would be shown to the prisoner. Mr. F. FRENCH said that in the answer which had been given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to his lion. Friend near him with reference to the failure of the potato crop, he I;a4 stated that the failure was confined to the early crop of potatoes, he (Mr. French) regretted to say that he had received appalling accounts from Ireland, stating that the failure had become uni- verbal. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Hon. Member was under some mistake ; for he did not use any such words. What he had said was, that the early crop had failed ; but he did not say a word about any other crop, not did he say that the dis ease was confined to the early crop. MILITARY FLOGGING. Mr. T. S. DUNCO MBE said, that for the convenience of the House in order to relieve public anxiety on the subject, he wished that the Noble Lard would state to the House what alteration was intended to be made by Government with regard to corporal punishment in the army. It seemed to be understood that some decision had been come to by the Government, and it wovld be more srtisfactory if the Noble Lord would state it then. Lord J. RUSSELL said that in answer to the ques tion put by his Hon. Friend, he could only say that he was not at liberty to state to the House that even ing the result of the considerations of Government on the subject. Its should be better able on Friday next, when he should know the decision of the Com mander-in-Chief. Mr. IIORSMAN moved for a return of all the deser tion from the army during the last 2U years. TENANT COMPENSATION. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD wished to ask the Noble Lord, the First Lord of the Treasury, if it was his intention to bring in any Bill during the present session on the subject of Tenant Compensation? The next question he wished to ask the Noble Lord was, whether the Noble Lord, in the event of his not being able to answer the first question in the affirmative, he would be prepared to pass any temporary enactment to prevent the evils that must inevitably occur. If it were expect( d that a Bill would be brought forward next session to do away with the misery of cjectments, it would give a stiniulous to ejectment unless some means were taken to check its progress. The last question he wished to ask was, whether the Noble Lord intended to proceed with the Bill of the late Government for removing the evils of ejectment? The Bill was not so extensively useful as it might be made, yet still the Bill contained many useful enact ments. Lcrd J. RUSSELL thanked the llon. Gentleman for putting these questions to him, because it gave him an opportunity to declare the intentions of Go vernment with regard to Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) That law requires considerable alteration. The late Government had turned their attention to this subject. They introduced a Bill last session which, in the opinion of the House of Lords, could not be beneficially carried out. They ha 4 likewise turned their attention to the same subject during the present session. The persent Government had also given it their serious consideration, but they found so many objectionable points in the Bill of the late Government, that they felt it to be their duty to abandon it. He must likewise say, that after bestowing great attention on this subject her Majesty's Government had come to the resolution not to introduce any permanent measure on this subject in the course of the present session. It seemed to him that if they did introduce a temporary measure during the present ses sion, they could not hereafter give to this subject that de liberate consideration which it required.—(hear.) They would find that any temporary measures would interfere with future legislation ; they would, in fact, be giving to some parties certai rights which it would be impossible to take away. The Government had, therefore thought it best to take the whole subject into their consideration with the view of introducing a Bill in the course of next ses sion. He had said in the course of the next session,. but he should rather have said at the very commence ment of the next session. —(Hear, hear.) At the same time they were fully aware that it was quite impossible to introduce any Bill on this subject which would not be liable to very great objection but they would endeavour to introduce a Bill, which should be liable to the fewest objections to which any Biller that sort would be exposed. With regard to the other subject to which the Hon. Gentleman had referred, his Right Hon. Friend near. him (Mr. Labouchere) would state the course which her Majesty's Government intended to pursue. He could, however, tell the Hon. Gentleman that the Government had taken into their serious con sideration the consideration how they could best promote the welfare of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LABOUGHERE said ho would state to the House which of the Bills on the papers relating to Ireland, it was the intention of the Government to pro ceed with Li the present session. These were the Bills which he hoped they should be . able to p w r a o s ce E ed xoln w si i v t e h duriit Privilegesg in the Fisheries Bill, the Rating of Property Bill, one was the Honour and one was the Btil brought in by eb weree lo d tedh BillsdLu erai during eh M Trading p g res ß en il t i, s o e n s e sto w n— as the Leases one Bill upon the papers of the house—h. as to whether or not he should be able Member ro s r e b s s e e : o h l :i . n s mdetrirliyh There o Those pwrao was that there in the present session. He was sorry to the House Bill ; as to which he could not pronountc:prioscieleitdenwtiiothn were many objections made to it. Perhaps present ebs wouldee would allow ti me t o t a ke that opportu nit y of also stating that it was th e i n t ent i on of his Righ t Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of th e E xc hequer, in th e course of the pre sent session to introduce a Bill for the purpose of recon structing the Board of Works in Ireland.—((Hear.) He believed he had fully informed the Honourable Gentleman what were the intentions of the Govern ment, but ho wouid assure him that iv walk .ivith