The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-01 00:00:00

0E4758 IBOM LIGHTNING.

We read in the Bury and Forwich Poet
The tempest on Monday wit extremely severe fie this
neighbourhood. The great elevation of temperature 'which
took place on Sunday coatinned to increase until two o'clock
cn Monday, whim the thermometer stood et 30 deg. In the
shade. About that same time greet Melina* mime over, and
flashes of lightning, em vivid it we ever remember to have
seen in the daytime, and awful teak cf thunder, followed
to close succession ; whilst a heavy fell of hail in soma ports
and of rain in others came on, during which tbe thermome-
ter wee obsessed to fall to 67 deg., et 23 deg. in km than
en boar. At Fornhaten a poor men who bed taken &O-
Der under a hedge was struck by tat, lighteing, and
killed en the spot. An inquest was held thie
(Tuesday) mender, on his body. The following
evidec co was adduced b men Norma sworn—
I was at work yesseadm with the deceit...l spreading
muck en a layer of Mr. Witt's, mar the Hy lo Wood, in thb
perish. The thunderstorm aims up, and we mep . into e low
hedge for shelter. Deceased was at my right hand, &Vat
five or six yards of, and while the iightning was contionady
playing round ult-re wee a Dad hissing miss, and I felt as
if I bed berm struck on the Med. I mood to Cambia', and
• " ones, we be meshed ;" bat he did not answer.
I went to bon sod bond him lying with his limbs all wrung
round, awl his hoe too, and hb :eft ern lying out on hie
cheek. I went down as well es I meld to Mr. Witt's hum,
in the vall y. for belp. I nave had ente.3bis.ing In my head
all night. William A,Lbrm deposed :—Hamm cone yesterday
etternoon to toe at Mr. Witt's farm, Meier the thunderstorm.
I I wentdirectlymark on to where Cant
fosoim ae, He wee e dud.
only raw s hanted. Verdice, " Killed by
utiouter."
Three agricalturel labourers ereployei in hoetug a field at
Stretham were struck; one was Idled, an.nber was eerie:2,ly
injured in oho leg, and the third rewired but slight isjary.
Toe ono who was killed bad taken his watch from bier pocket
to answer an inquiry as to the time from tare of his coin
I. MIMI, to which he repll d "'quarter to one.- and was is-
Matrly struck delta with hie watch in his bend. The poor
fellow hart lift a wife and three Milan it. Two cows were
also killed about the same Mee, at I))arabam. In the
perch Deb:Limon the chino., et a emu* was sera*, end
the thach took fire, but rho tetra rain owl prompt tunist-
mos ran lined by the labourers a atingui.died she Honer, the
mt•chicf being confitel to a notion of the thir ch and spare
of the roof. At Ruabbro. ka Hell the homers house was
struck, the window wayt cur, and the chimney and brick
partit,o. knocked dotle brit ke flying against the oppo-
site w-11 over the head of a carpool er who wee standing in
having, end falling aroutd pmvideetially tritium'
lien; but he Ca' stunned awl deal tram the Meek.

The HABEAS CORPUS CASE.—TiIe QUEEN V.
WILLIAM WALTER ROBERTS, TYE ROMAN CATMOLIM
PIIIISAT,--Ya4aday the ante in Nee mat.. r, whisk were
nr land rms M, nday to be paid by tiro defendant by the Court
f Qoeo'o Bench, were taxed by Master Jests. of the
Criarn-i MN.. Mr. Laotian', from the arm of M-eare.Grahann
and Lyda, who had the management of the proanntfons
and Mr. Ward, attorney for the defendant, attended
the tixation. She bill was timed a' 521. Its. :kl_, which the
defondaet wee called tips 'o pay for hie c nt met of the
writ of habeas corpus It approve that the child. Mny
Ann /VD moan, WAS restorid to her feher on Monday
afternmn, having Lees, it le underlie od, staying at Bronp
ton ; eo that from the 6th of April till the Alth of May Iry
events did not know where to lint ben. The d.fendsot
not having complied with the order of Me owns isi made on
the ti.st day of term, wee arrested on Friday evening, in
Palace stmt, Weezniseter, aad talon to • lodenp hones
TelleDaw lemurs. in Caraltor-street, Chance lane, is cuatody of the sberia's
Consols which domed lesterday at 921 to 031, to his dioharge, sad which
opened this morning at the same quotation, and I oalo.of whserewthechremaiw..relvedyntd, Monday, ales the Court
wits ordered ow the child Icing sewed and payment of
gradually advanced, closing at:93l to /, both for the oosta, he bring la iminmpt. bobreqoeutly en applica-
money and the 7th of Jane. The officialbrisinesereport lion was made that the drfe
dalt might be dhcbarged
n
is se follows : Three per Cent Console, for money,o3l, so " uctlertskriag" to pay h
anol4l,l*.hies, ddlieofttaf:dgeowounlde
NI, 931, 93/, 93; ditto, for acoount (7th June); ply,u da6i'dwtthinte: Monday i,p2n,....aa
93, 931, 03. 931.; Three pet Cents. Reduced, 91/, es s from the noway of the sheriff, otter a detention
921, 911, 921, 02 ; New Three per Ceuta, 92,/, frau Fris! aviator. Tie child ikl‘lknaril is mow under
911 91t, 92 ; Thirty Yam Annuities, expiring In , the ewe of her Sather atrtailioo,