The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-13 00:00:00

TBB THUNDER STORM ZASTEBBAL

The pleasure of the holiday-makers was yesterday
considerably marred by one of the most tariff° thunder-
storms which Dave passed over the metropolis for =my
years. It commenced about half-past 12 o'eloeic, and lated
with mire Cr lea violence for about three hours. In the
meth-west district, where we bdieve it raged with the
greatest violence, the claps of thunder were ea loud and
startling as we cin ever ref:punter to have head, and the
lightning which treaded them was of the most vivid de-
eoription. The min came down in sheet*, the ereets
being completely deluged, and from this alone the &struts-
ties to garden property most have bren very great
At Bishop's-walk, Fore-rmet, and High-street, Lambeth,
where the ground lies low, a considerable amount of pro-
party
.was destroyed in coneequenoe of the basements of the
being inundated by the great flow of water. From
Bidm'e-wirlk antiwar preretted an eztutordinary appearans.
At Bert-nes the water overflowed the bank., end at Chelsea
considerable damage we. dote tothe waterside property. Be-
tween iluogerford and Westminster bridged • serious &c-
-oldest eccurred. A boat containing fuer boys watt caught
by the current and capsized, the boys being thrown rule
the water. One of them, a lad about 16 years of age, swam
to the bask, and was tellowed by two of his companions.
The fourth, however, being unable to swim, we. rapidly
drifting away, when the eldest of the four succeeded
In bringing him in en infeasible Mete to the bank.
Near friatcham-park, O'd Kent-road, an elderly gentle-
men, who was proceeding in the direction f London,
suddenly fell to the ground as if struck by the
lightning. A police constable and several persons has tend
to his aaktanoe, and on raising him tram the ground
it wee found be waa quite itoensible, and froth and blood
were oozlog from his month. In the neighbourhood of
Sydeabate, Norwood, and the Green-bum at Dolwrch the
damage done to the 11 wee-gardens was coesiderable. At
Goose-rem a large tree in • meadow was wrack by
the lightning, • have branch being torn off, the
electric fluid burying itself in the earth, and scarering In in
course 'hewers of gravel and earth. In the Dulwich-toed
an accident occurred which Pearly resulted in It.. of life.
A gentian= was driving a phaeton, in which were his wife
and three children, and on reachieg the brow of the hill the
horse attached to the vehicle was suddenly startled by a
clap of thunder, and potwitbetandiog the alias of the driver,
it contrived to get the bit between its teeth, and started off
at • furious pace. Three men who were proceeding along
the road ran in front of the infutiated animal with the
retention of stopping it, when one of them was
struck in the breast by the shaft, and thrown to the ground
easerlas. His companions were, howev, r, more fortunate,
and succeeded in stopping the bores, but not before the lady
in the phaeton bad received a severe cut GU the left cheek by
falling forward on the iron nil of the driving boa. At the
beck of • hours in Bereeford-street, Walworth, the electric
fluid struck soros steel t romans on the top of a summer-
home, and pas.= through the roof, splitting and scorching the
woodwork. At Rotheehithe, as et Lambeth, the lower por-
tions of arming adjoining the river suffered much. At the
East end of Lindoe, the storm, although not felt an vio-
lently, wee severe, the rein faling in tontines. Among the
craft down the river and dose to Greenwich =vend acci-
dents took place from the overturning of small boat., but no
lives were lost.

MORE TORT MAGISTRATES. —We read in the
Berwick Aden:User : "The Derby government, "rata second
time daring flair brief pn iod of office, have, unsolicited, made
aa addiiion to our borough msgistratee, the object foe which
is too appereut I. require explenation, end too mean and too
wicked to admit of a juaifica• ion. The selected on the pre-
set occasion are the following . Mr. Robert Thompson,
High-area, drapsr ; Mr. A. It. Lowrey, Corporation Ned
steward; Mr. J. U. "loggias, Hide-bill, agent to the Union
Bask ; Dr. Kirkwood ; sad Mr. George Heederson, Now
Water Haugh, ems merchant. The two latter gvntietuen
mast be aware that they ere tacked on to the list merely to
qualify the whole, end we think they will set wisely if they
refuse to accept the offersd office, and by them rejecting it
leave the Derby juveniles to themselves. It all accept
we shall have fourteen borough magistrates—a number that
will render it necessary to anlsrge the bench arid probably
the court-house itself. The Intelligence of this act on the
pest of the ministry, which was received here on Monday
has caused much comment end mend aindemnaticm."

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The West Norfolk Militia are to assemble for
training and enrolee On Wednesday, July 6. The Pastern
nalmeat le also to be embodied.