The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-15 00:00:00

THUNDER STORM.

The weather in the West Riding of Yorkshire throughout
the past week has been of the most tempestuous descrip-
tion. Fierce winds, hail, and heavy anl almost incessant
falls of rain, have prevented anything like the appearance
of spring. The rivers and streams have become so
swollen as to have overflowed their banks. The lower
porrion of the town of Wakefield, during the week, has
suffered very much from the rising of the water, which
submerged the ground floors of many of the houses,
floating about he tvy articles of furniture, and driving the
inhabitants to the upper storeys. The force of the
current was so great in front of Messrs. Marrirttt's mill,
on Westgate common, that it swept away about 60 or 70
yards of a strong brick wall in front of the mill.
Throughout the whole of Good Friday distant mutterings
of thunder were heard at intervals; and at about half
past seven o'clock in the evening the storm burst over
Wakefield, Alverthorpe, Stanley, Thornes, and the sur-
rounding townships with tremendous violence. The
thunder claps were like reports of an immense park of
artillery, accompanied with blinding flashes of lightning,
and a drenching fall of rain.

The French government has decided that the introduc-
tion into Algeria of Indian and Chinese field labourers
shall be encouraged, they being well suited to the cultiva
tion and raising of certain special crops.
The editor of the Skowkhegan (Me) Clarion went down
to Augusta about two years since and did not get enough
to eat, and he said so in the Clarion; whereupon a libel suit
was commenced against him, The suit falls through
because it was proved that the hotel man had no license to
keep his tavern ; and an unlicensed man in Maine cannot
be libelled.

ENGINE MANUFACTURING IN PRI7SSTA. -- In Borsigs'
locomotive manufactory, the most important of the
engine manufacturers of Berlin, which, all branches
taken together, may amount to forty in number, the 798th
locomotive has just been completed. This manufactory,
during the comparatively short time of its existence, has
produced of locomotives alone a value of about £2,000,000.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Yesterday.

BEFORE MR. MANSF/Et.D.

DESPERATiS ASSAULT 13t A WOMAN.--A' A female, named
Anne Butney, was charged with having committed a des-
perate assault tin anotl4r Wonian, tiarnA Anne Grant, by
striking her several blows with a poker, and stabbing her
with a knife. It appeared that the parties reside in a
court off Bond street, and that they had a quarrel about a
man, who was claimed by the prisoner as her husband.
This man was away with the oomplainant for some days,
and on their return, as the prisoner alleged, they had "a
battle about him, and the fight was a fair one." The
coniplainant struck her with a basin on the bead, and
" trashed her with a poker." She denied having used a
knife, but said in her own defenCe that she did use a
poked Surgeon dames said he had examined the wounds
On the face and head of the prosecatrix, and described them
as very serious, but he did not think there Was any danger
of the woman's life, The, prisoner was sent to gaol for
three inontbs, with hard labour.
ASSAULTS ON THS POLlCE.—Thomas Butler, a mason,
was charged with having assaulted police officer No. 40.
The constable said after one o'clock in the morning he was
on duty in Brunswick road, when he heard cries of police,
and on going to aseeitain what was the cause, he Saw a
Woman lying in the road-way drunk, and the prisoner
kicking her ; he ran over to catch him, when the prisoner
knocked him down. Another officer came np, when the
prisoner ran off and got into the halve where he lived, but
being closely pursued he intnped out of a two story window
and got off, brit was subsequently caatured, after kicking
a couple of policemen rather severely. The prisoner was fined
46 or in default of payment three months imprisonment.
James M‘Donnell and his wife were charged with
having assaulted officer No. 95. The prisoners were
drunk, and in that state wanted to force their way into
the Adelphi Theatre, but the constable wouldnot allow
them to enter, when the assault was committed. The
man was Rued 6s, and the woman discharged.
NOT GOOD OYSTERS.— Junes Pye, late a police constable
in the county force, was brought up v Inspector Chew,
charged with having assaulted Willia& May, and with
having destroyed the stock in trade of the said May,
which consisted of an oyster stall in Roe street. The
prisoner and his brother went to the stand, which
is at the Corner of the Amphitheatre, and " gobbled
up" six pennorth of real " natives," and then
were walking away with great sang Jroid. Mr. May made
some vague hint relative to money matters—that is what
the commonalty call " payment"—but to the gentle
suggestion the prisoner was quite deaf, and walked away
This might do very well for " Rowdies" in California, bat
Mr. May did not understand any privilegeposessed even
by an ex-policeman of the county of Lancaentra, to enable
him to devour oysters without payment, and so he told
him ; whereon the ex-policeman not only knocked
down poor May, but what was worse, tumbled
his stock in trade about, the street, and
trampled the " fish " into " everlasting smash." The inspec-
tor coming and seeing both the assault on the man and the
stock, took the prisoner into custody. Ile was fined 42
and costs, or to be imprisoned for one month; to case the
fine was paid, the poor oyster man to get conipensation
for his loss.