The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY BACIIITII.

As the half-year is about to terminate, we subjoin
a statement of the aggregate receipts of the le►ding
British railways. In no single instance is there
decrease, compared with last year:
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1859. 18584
Bristol and Exeter £142,616 .....X135,819
Caledonian
East, ra Counties
Ems Lancashiro 184,639 .... 146,210
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Li :Avow and South Western
Great Northern
Great Southern and Western
Groat Western
Lannuthire and Yorkshire 612,815 .... 616.778
London and North Western 1 618,195 .... 1,415.437
London, Bilabials, end South Coast 358,454 .... 333,781
Louden and South Western 380,457 .... 347,140
Manchester, Sht Meld, sad Lum 266,097 .... 233,725
Midland
North British
North Eastern 896,190 .... 984,717
North Staffordshire 174,759 .... 149,3/2
Orford, Worcester, sad Wolvar 149,263 .... 99,385
Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Shrewsbury and Chester
8 °nth Eastern 366,930 .... 315.411

THE THUNDERSTORM or SUNDAT.—The thunder-
storm of Sunday lag was touch more &mfrus in its
consequences than was auppoeed, the drowse mosedieg
that which has bees known fur many years dialog a storm
of such shirt dominos. At about a quarter pa. 7 o'clock
is the no ruing the worm burst with the greatest fury over
the sou. h side of the astir, oecod-nlog the go steal damage
to property and loan of life. A y.'ung man named Henry
Ousion, a groom. in the rani. of Mr. Hebert, of Cavan-
disk-road Clephun-common, t ok n foge from the storm
wider a gigantic opine tree. one of the largest on the c Ra-
mon, and within 200 yards of hie na.ter'a house, and
in about five rummer alierwards • led, who was endea-
vouring to keep a beri of affrighted cattle together,
observed him on the ground under the tree.
He wee lyiog on his dick with hie feet towards the trunk of
the tree. Hit face was perfectly black, and the grass around
him for sea* &dance was burnt sad blackened, ea though
by firs. The crown of his bat wee torn away, the electric
fluid bevies evidently struck him on the he id, and passed
down the front of his body, and out at the toe of one of his
boots, the sole being ripped from the upper leather. We
shirt, coat, waistcoat, end Ironer. were burnt end rent in
tatters. His swain,e were stripped from hie lege, and two
bottles, which he had with him' were 'mashed to pieces. A
brindle of linen which he also had war found about
thirty yards from the body. The tree under which the poor
fellow was lying bat evidently been struck on the left side,
befog completely split nearly to the ground and otherwise
shattered, the bark being also stripped off In the seine
neighbourhood, which for a coneidereble distance round
appears to have suffered greatly, a police conetabie who
wait on duty wee rendered blind, and nearly ineensibla
for upwards of a quarter of an hour, by, it ie. sup-
posed, the same flesh which killed the unfortucate
man Halton. A youth named Field wait going along
the Kennington-road, towards the gate, whoa be nos struck
by the lightning and fell heavily to the ground, and on being
raised was perfectly Insensible as if suffering from asphyxia.
On being brought to, he staled that be felt re if bin head wag
suddenly encircled by fire. Another accident occurred to a
man I. Weetroioster-road, who was on horseback. The
animal. Infuriated by the vivul Rohm of lightning, threw
his rider, who received a coact...Lin of the train. Three
young men were I awing along the Old Kent-and, when the
lightning struck two of trims, named Edema Perry and
Junta Summers. They full t
io the ground, and were con-
veyed to their homes in n seosible condition. Several
' other accidents of a shrubat nature, also occurred.