The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-20 00:00:00

THUNDERSTORM IN THE METROPOLIS.

Lest night and early this morning the metro-
polls was visited with a thunder storm of a most violent
character. It commenced soon after ten o'clock, and
lasted about an hour. Soon after one o'clock it came
up again, apparently from the south or south-east, and
for nearly two hours the streets were illuminated by light-
ning more vivid and rapid than is often seen in this
country. The thunder was incessant, but, except to-
wards the close of the storm, not remarkably loud. The
rain fell in torrents. The lightning, which was both sheet
and forked, was of a pale blue colour. The damage which
has been done cannot at present be estimated. At Barton
the lightning struck Tweeddale Lodge, where a con-
servatory was smashed to pieces. Other damage is re-
ported from Camberwell and Streatham. At the latter
place a waggon was being driven along the road towards
London, when one of the horses, becoming frightened,
began plunging about, as also did two others soon afterwards.
The driver in endeavouring to catch the reins of the
foremost animal had his sight aim broken. It was some
time before assistance could be rendered to him, and
when it was It was found that two of the horses
were badly cut about, and the waggon almost de-
stroyirl. At Norwood most of the market-gardeners
have had their plants and shrubs all but destroyed. Where
the hail—for there was hail during the storm—end rain
have not broken the frames and forcing houses they have
washed the plants out of the pots. This was also the Gem
at Chelsea.

A cabman was struck by the lightning about half-past
2 o'clock in Whiteehapel, when driving home, and was
removed insensible to the hospital.
The various works in connexion with the main drainage
of the metropolis wal be partially stopped in oonsequenoe
of the storm, all the cuttings being swamped with the rain.
The guards of the trains on several of the lines having
their termini in the metropolis state that all along the
route travelled by them during the night the storm raged
fearfully and damage was observed at all points. Moat of
the trains were considerably delayed.

The New Free Press of Vienna states that in the
interview et Salzburg the Emperor Napoleon was to raise
the question of transferring the ashes of the Duke de
Reichstadt to Paris. That journal adds that his Majesty
is convinced he will• not meet with a refusal in making
this request to the Emperor Francis Joseph.

The death at Leghorn, after a short illness, is
sonounoed of If. Carole', Be W”ieter at the emit
of Route.

Doctor Breckh, the learned Hellenist, lately
deeeased, has left his iioh library to the Berlin University.
The death of this gentleman leaves vacant the honorary
Chanoellonhip of the Order of Merit for Sciences and Arts.
This post was occupied in the Ant place by Alex. de Hum-
boldt, then by fias igny, and, before Boeckb, by the painter
Cornelius.

Count Henry Esterhazy has just married the
Countess Rowr, daughter of the celebrated songstress
Sontag.

THE CHOLERA IN ITALY.—News from Rome in
the Marinelli° of Genoa and the Piectlitontese Gazette
states that the cholera has broken out with violence at
Pregame, and nearly all over the Campagna. The in-
habitants ware hurrying to the city, greatly alarmed. At
Albano, the place is quite deserted. In Genoa there were
15 Game, of which 10 were fatal, from noon of the 13th
until midday of the 14th. The Official Gazette of Italy,
while pnbliahing decrees extending the quarantine restric-
tions, states that ►t Palermo the scourge wee becoming
more and more severe,. and mentions 600 cases, of which
1 400 were fatal.

The remains of Lord Dunksllin (says the Dublin
Evening Mail) will arrive in Dublin oa Wednesday morn-
ing, and be removed at 9.30 a.m. on that day to Athenry,
where they will be deposited in the family burial place.
It is expected that the vecial train will reach Athenry
station about 1.30 on Wednesday.
The Queen's letter authorising the appointment
of Mr. Chatterton as Vice-Chanoellor bas (observes the
Dublin Eremitic Main been applied for, and will probably
be received at Dublin Castle to-morrow or next day. This
is all that has yet been done in regard to legal appoint-
ments.
&cane 01 A Pritreoleffec—A clever escape of a
pawner from the Leicester borough gaol was effected early
on Monday morning. Workmen have for some time led
been engaged in erecting a female ward within the precincts
of gaol,aod in doing so have bed occasion to demolish a
portion of the boundary wall which was left in an insecure
condition, and which must hags become known to the
prisoner who has effected his escape. About 8 o'clock on
Monday morning,while the mumps were at breakfast, John
M'Carty, who was sentenced at the late borough sessions to
seven years' penal servitude for • midnight jewellery robbery
in May last ieltee a previous conviction for sacrilege), was
taking his morning airing in the parade-ground along with
several other returned convicts, being at the time well
guarded by two gaolers, when suddenly he threw down his
prison cap, took • leap over • low wall into the kitchen
area, where he divested himself of his coat and waistcoat,
and from thencemade his way over come planks and
brilding rubbish to an angle of the boundary wall caused
by the removal of some brickwork, the projecting bricks
of which he scaled with the utmost agility (although by
no means a seemingly easy task) to the height of 15ft.
From thence his descent into the street was soon effauted,
the drop being only about Eft. He was seen to fall and
was quickly pursued, but without success, as he made his
flight through some bye-lanes and alleys until he was lost
sight of. In the meantime, the warder from whose imme-
diate presence the prisoner had escaped, instead of pur-
ening him (fearing at the time that the other convicts on
parade might make off), gave an alarm by whistle, which
was not understood by those in the corridor until M'Carty
had made clean off.
Scsarnoas.—Eight or nine cases of sunstroke—
wart of them fatal—occurred in Essex during the past
few days, owing to the great heat of the weather, the
persons affected being generally throe engaged in field
labour. A labourer working in one of Mr. Crush's fields,
a. Cook's Mill-green, rear Chelmsford, sank down and died
in an boor. At Btaplefnrd Abbot's, .7bile reaping in Mr.
Mollett's field, Henry Bentow soddenly fell. Hu fellow '
labourers found him enema-eons and administered brandy,
but elhout effect. A surgeon from Romford was sent for,
but arrived too late. The deceased leaves a wife and nine
children. A shopkeeper at Bentley, near Colchester, named
Almond, was struck while cut:ing wheat for Mr. Vince, of
Fut:ins, and he shortly afterwards expired. William Ben-
ham, employed on Mr. Fisher's Buffet's Hall farm, Little
Clacton, fell while at work. He was taken borne and medi-
cal aid was called in, but the poor man still remains in •
d state. Other cases are reported from Leaden,
ig=sand East Suffolk. An inquest was held on Fri-
tiny last, at Biralengtoo near Margate, by Mr. W. H. Pay's,
the coroner for the district, on the body of a labouring man
named George Redwood, who had been suclr down while
at work on the previous Wednesday, sod who after re-
maining 91)001110.002 for • little more than twelve hours
bad expired. From the evidence of William Knott, a
fellow-labourer of the deceased, it appeared that they
were employed in cutting wheat on the previous Wednes-
day. They conoreoced work at 5 o'clock in the morning,
and during the whole of the forenoon the sun lay upon
them with intense heat. About 11 o'clock the deceased
complained of feeling ill and feared that he should be
obliged to give up working. He had complaieed of the
be... the dry be Ore, bat on "seeming work on Wednesday
morning be seemed very well, end remarked that he never
felt Dexter in his We. After complaining to Knott the
deceased tied up 11 or 12 sheaves, and be then left the
field sod went order the shade of a tree, where he sat
down. He a. forwards came and set beide him while
wimess ate his dinner, but after a title time he crawled
away on his halide and knees. Before resuming work
witness went to see how the deceased was getting on. He
found him unconacions,aed all he asked was that he might
not be imposed on, as he was but a poor labouring man.
Mr. Name, a surgeon, living in the neighbourhood, was
called, and gave it as his °vision that the deceased died
tram sunstroke. He had no other ailment, and from the
evidence of the other witnesses be appeared to have been a
man of exceedingly temperate habits and in robust health.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical
testimony.
The Northern Whig has been informed that the
sessional crown prosecutor has been instructed to prosecute
• number of the persons who took a prominent part in the
Orange demonstration at Bangor on the 12th of July.