The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 6.
(Before Mr. Commissioner lloratoYD.)
IN RE M• BRANSON.

The bankrupt was described as a stationer, at Strat-
ford, and he came before the Court on the question
of passing his last examination. His accounts from
September, 1851, to July 26, 1852, show the foll,)w-
-ing items :—Capital, 2101.; unsecured creditors, 9601. ;
property realized, 3541.; good debtors, 321.; losses,
576/. ; expenses, 3001.
Mr. HUSSEY, for the assignees, reserved all ques-
tions for the certificate meeting.
MT. DUFFIELD supported the bankrupt.
The bankrupt passed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Robert Philip 11:lead was placed at the bar before
Sir J. Musgrove for final examination, charged with
being concerned with two brothers of the name of
Evans in assaulting William Dirnsdale, in Upper
Thames-street, with intent to commit a highway
robbery.
The prosecutor identified the prisoner as the person
who assaulted him and escaped when the others were
apprehended.

The officer stated that, o❑ taking,► the prisoner into
custody, he said it was a foolish and drunken fresh:, in
which James Evans fancied the prosecutor was a
friend who owed him 41., and, during the altercation.
the prosecutor struck prisoner in mistake for Evans,
but be did not return the blow.

The prisoner was committed for trial, and bail ac-
cepted.

James Gains, a man between 70 and 80 years of
age, and one of the constables who assisted in the
cap ure of Thistle wood and his confederates in the
Cato•street conspiracy, in 1819, was charged with
stealing some reins from a person who had afforded
him a night's shelter in a stable.
After the evidence had been given,
Sir J. MUSGEOVE asked the prisoner what be had
to say for himself ? Prisoner—Oh, I dare say I
wanted to drag something about, and took the reins
for that purpose.
Sir J. MusanovE—But this is a very ungracious
act on your part, after the prosecutor had kindly given
you shelter for the night. Prisoner—Oh, never mind
that, your Worship—(Laughter)—but give him the
reins.

Sir J. MusGmovs —That is what I intend to do;
but I want to know what I shall do with you, for I
know something of you. Prisoner—l don't know you
though, because you are a new magistrate; but I'll
tell you what, old boy—(Great laughter)—l got this
cut on the crown of my head, and this at the back, in
taking Thistlewood and his gang in 'l9.
Sir J. MUSGROVE—I k❑ow you have served your
country well, and are, therefore, entitled to some pro-
vision in your old age.

Prisoner—Yes, Sir, I have served my country for
fifty-one years.
Springate, the gaoler, said he had known the priso-
ner to be in and out of prison on various charges
during the last ten years.
Prisoner—Ah 1 Mr. Springate, you are always at
your fun with me.—(Laughter.) It's too bad.
Sir J. AlusGrcovE—l cannot allow you to be roving
about, and laying hands upon everybody's property,
and I shall, therefore, send you for fourteen days to
prison, and at the end of that time make such ar-
rangements as will insure your admission to the union.
Prisoner—Oh don't do that, your Worship. You
had better give me 6c1., and turn me adrift.
The prisoner, who is evidently deranged,
r was then
removed.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday James Groves, Thomas Maggs, and
Robert Atkins, three mechanics, were charged with
the following violent assaults :
About 12 o'clock on Saturday night Vbles
constable of the K division, was on ena_ ,
White-
chapel, a
duty innite-
chapel, when be saw a large mob of blackguards col-
lected round the two first-named prisoners, who were
half mad from drunkenness, and fighting with the
most determined animosity. He endeavoured to
persuade the mob to disperse, which part of them did,
and then tried to induce the prisoners to go home.
Both became very violent, and refused to do so, and
be therefore, singlehanded,
attempted to capture the
two, but the instant he laid hold of Groves that pri-
soner expressed his determination not to be taken,
and a violent struggle ensued between them, in the
course of which the officer was knocked down, and
struck and kicked in the most outrageous manner,
Finding, himself unable to cope with his assailants,
who were abetted by the mob, he attempted to spring
his rattle for assistance, but before he could do so the
third prisoner, Atkins, ran up, and getting behind the
constable as he lay upon the ground, dealt him a vin-
dictive kick in the back, and attempted to get away,
but was intercepted by several other officers ; and
after a very violent contest, in which another of the
constables was also severely beaten, the whole of the
prisoners were at length captured and lodged in the
station, the prisoner Groves fighting, resisting, and
kicking all within reach of him with such outrageous
violence that the united exertions of six of the police
were necessary to overpower him alone.
All the prisoners now look d very crestfallen, and,
with a profusion of apologies, expressed their sorrow
for their conclue ; but Groves, the most violent, was
at once sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment in
the House of Correction without the imposition of
any fine; Atkins to the same term, in default of pay-
ing 305.; and the other prisoner to a fortnight's in-
carceration, in default of the payment of a propor-
tionate penalty.
James Green was nexccharged with the following
daring robbery :—Mrs. Marian Bennett, the wife of
Mr. Wilkinson Bennett, a gentleman residing in
Thurlow-square, Brompton, had been upon a visit to
a friend at Whitechapel on Saturday afternoon, and
was returning through the High-street about four
o'clock, with her silk purse, containing a quantity of
gold and silver, from which she had been just paying
for a purchase, twisted round her fingers, when the
prisoner, who had been watching her movements,
suddenly darted before her, seized her purse, and
wrenched it from her grasp with such violence as
almost to pull the lady upon her face. Ha imme-
diately took to his heels with great swiftness, but
was pursued by the lady, exclaiming that she had
been robbed, and a bootmaker named M`Na-
ara who had witnessed his dexterity, and ulti-
mately stopped and captured him; but before he
could do so the prisoner ducked down his head, to let
the bootmaker's band pass over it, jerked the purse
and its contents to a confederate, who got clear off
with them, and then quietly surrendered himself,
coolly offering the prosecutrix to get her money back
for her if she did not prosecute. The lady, however,
indignantly rejected his overtures, and, on an officer
coming up and taking him into custody, he candidly
acknowledged to the constable that he bad robbed the
prosectetrix and flung her purse.° way upon being se-
cured, but denied that he had the slightest acquaint-
ance with the thief who had got it.
The prisoner now said he should reserve his de-
fence, and, the depositions having being taken, he was
fully committed to the Middlesex Sessions for trial.
CL ERK EN W ELL.

Yesterday George Cohen, a re;pectably-dressed
young man, who described himself as a leather bag
maker, residing at 1, Union-terrace, Islington, was put
at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged by Miss Mary
Smith, governess, of Highbury, with having as-
saulted her under the following aggravated circum-
stances :

Mr. Charles Da Silva, of Highbury-park, deposed
that yesterday forenoon he was walking with his son
in a field at the back of his residence, when they
were attracted by the loud screams of a woman, and
on locking towards the spot they saw the prisoner
and the prosecutrix struggling together, flnd the for-
mer had h.s clothes loose about him. 'Witness and
his son immediately repaired to_the spat and gave the
prisoner into custody.

. ..
Prisoner—Will you swear that you saw me strug-
gling with the young lady ? M. Da Silva—l will ;
and my son can also.
shoulder,
Prisoner—l never so much as touched the lady.
_Mr. Da Silva, jun., confirmed his father's evidence.
Muss Mary Smith said she was a daily governess at
atinidghvbiouireya.t
_She was walking alone in Highbury.
lane, when she saw the prisoner standing near seine
Palings. He came up to her and touched her on the
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thoroughfare. /4 some spot. It is a public
doubting as to whether he should send He
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by a jury, or deal with the case summarily
biro to be tried
only thing he had to regret was, that Iml ,-nhaar
ii l y . The
1 forwd he held a reipeetable situation ; but he should
treat him :s a rogue and vagabond, and send himsho IL
1
the 'House of Correction, with hard labour, for threeto
months.
The prisoner, hearing the
on . sentence, burst into
tears, and was conve37-eldLt4oll.;;Erisson in the police van.;
Yesterday Robert Cuthbert, a printer, xins brought
up on remand b:-fore Mr. Yardley, charged with stab-
bing Mary Lawson, his half-sister, and attempting to
murder her.
ainful case were full
The particulars of this very py
detailed in our impression of Tuesday last. Mr.
Yardley remanded the prisoner at the last examina-
tion, in order that his state of mind should be in-
quired into by those who were competent to do so.
Yesterday,
on the prisoner being put to the bar, it
was announced that his mother and sister would not
appear against him. 1

Mr. YARDLEY said he was not at all surprised at
that, after the very kind feeling which both mother
and sister bad exhibited towards the prisoner. Their
whole behaviour towards him was marked with kind-
ness and forbearance, and if the prisoner had one
spark of generosity in his soul he would show it by
leading a different life, and lamenting what he had
done. He should now discharge him ; but if he was
ever brought before him again for a similar offence he
would compel his mother and sister to appear against

LAMBETH.
John and Charles Graham, two Englishmen, and
John Gallivan, an Irishman, were charged with be-
ing concerned in a riot which took place in the
Wyndham-road, Camberwell, on the preceding
evening.
It appeared that for some weeks past a strong feel-
inng of animosiiy has been exhibited on the part of
the numerous Irish residing in Camberwell against
the and several desperate " rows" have been
the Ensgullit . h
The cause of quarrel on Sunday evening
res,
was said to be a refusal on the part of one of the
Grahlras to comply with the request of an Irishman
to allow him to drink out of a can 6f beer which he
accompanying his refusal with
held in his hand, and
the expression that he wis nut going to give his beer
to any "
by the Plr""u to whom it was applied as an insult
to all Ireland and the Irish, and in a very short
time the Grahams were sought for by a regular mob
of Irish, who vowed vengeance against them. They
(the Grahams) took refuge in the hour(' of Mr. Neate,
the Prince of Wales, in Cambs_,rvvell New-road, where
they were followed by their pursuers, and a savage
conflictwhich the Irish were the victors,
as they
weresued,
much
ensued, in in
more numerous, and inflicted
serious injuries on several of their opponents. Two
men, one of them the father of the Grahams, had re-
ceived several severe kicks about the face and head,
while on the ground, and were marked in a very
frightful manner. Tile riot, which had been kept up
for some hours, was such as to cause the greatest pos-
sible terror throughout the neighbourhood, and Mr.
Neate, the publican at whose house it commenced, is
a severe sufferer, having a square of plate-glass of the
value of 51. destroyed, besides several articles of fur-
niture, &c., seriously damaged.
Mr. NORTON granted warrants against several of
the Irish engaged in the outrage, and made them re-
turnable on Thursday next, to which day he remanded
the prisoners, bat
admitted the Grahams to bail, to
appear on that day.

A KILLED BY HIS MASTER.
Mr. Lanham, deputy coroner for Westminster,
held an inquest on Saturday evening at St. George's
Hospital, on view of the body of Edward Westwood,
aged 45, a groom lately in the service of Mr. Samuel
Sheward, the well-known horse-dealer at Knights-
bridge. From the evidence, which was of a very
voluminous and conflicting character, it appeared that
the stables belonging to Air. Sheward are situate at
the rear of a forge, at which deceased was in the habit
of working. Last Monday afternoon Mr. Sheward,
of Green-street, Grosvenor square (father of Mr.
Samuel Sheward), sent a mare to the forge to be
shod, with instructions to the deceased to pull away
the surplus hair from the animal's fore fetlocks. De-
ceased was in the act of pulling out the hair when
Mr. David Sheward (partner with his brother Sa-
muel) entered the forge, and ordered him to leave the
'
mare alone. Deceased discontinued, but upon Mr.
Sheward s leaving
the forge he resumed operations
upon the mare. Mr. Sheward returned, and pushed
or pulled deceased away, saying, " You old fool, why
don't you let the mare alone.' Deceased asked Mr.
Sheward why he applied such a term to him, and
knocked his hat off, upon which Mr. Sheward struck
him with his clenched fist on the mouth, the force of the
blow causing h;in to fall backwards. Deceased got up,
and Mr. Sheward caught him by both arms and
pinned him against the wall. Soon afterwards both
parties left the forge, high words and " tramping"
were heard, and these induced persons to go to in-
quire what was the matter. Deceased was found by
Peter Fere, a stableman, lying on his back, bleeding
profusely from the moutb, and quite insensible. Mr.
Sheward was standing by the stable door, looking at
deceased. The coroner asked the witness whether
Mr. She ward, when he saw deceased bleeding from
the mouth and insensible, gave any directions for a
medical man to be sent for. Witness replied that he
did not utter a word. Mr. F. Buckland, the hospital
surgeon, said deceased was brought to the hospital
in a state of insensibility, and died two days after-
wards. He had made a post mortem examination,
and found a fracture of the skull at the back part,
erendiog six inches along the right side of the head.
Tnis injury, which might have arisen from a fall,
was the taus of death. The jury, after considering
the matter with closed doors for an hour and a half,
returned a verdict in the following terms :—" We
find that the deceased died from a fall, ,but
whether the fall was the result of a blow
or :otherwise there is not sufficient evidence
to satisfy the jury." The coroner remarked
that, as the verdict had been returned, he felt bound
to state for the information of the press, that for a
long time a large majority of the 16 gentlemen com-
peAing the jury were for returning a verdict of man-
slaughter, and that after further consideration the
present ver,lict had only been agreed to by a bare
majority. The inquiry, which lasted five hours, and
hieh excited much interest in the neighbourhood,
then terminated.

SER

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD.
VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
BELFAST, SEPT. 3.—The sections were well at-
tended during the day; a large accession of members
and associates had taken place since yesterday, among
whom were several disqnguiAed foreigners—M. de
Verneuil, M. Achille Delesse, M. Champlonis, &o.
SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCI-
ENCE (CONTINUED).
A. M'FArland—On the fata morgana of the Irish
coast.

James Nasmyth—On the probable origin of the
asteroids.
J. J. Waterston—Oa the gradient of density in
saturated vapours.
The meeting was opened by an- exhibition of nu-
merous drawings of appearances presented by some of
the nebu!x, the results of the observations of the Earl
of Rosse, and made by experienced draughtsmen
under his own inspection. These were severally
explained by his Lordship and Dr. Robinson, of
Armagh, who remarked that the result of their obser-
vations was very likely to overturn many of the
theories hitherto adapted, and render a large amount
of labour entirely useless.
Professors \V. Thompson and J. P. Joule—On
the thermal effects of air rushing through small
epartures.
Professor W. Thompson—On the sources of heat
generated by a galranic battery.
Professor C. P. S nyth—On the red prominences
observed during a total solar eclipse.
This paper had reference specially to the observa-
tions made by the author in his visit to Norway last
summer for the purpose, having a favourable locality
to view the total solar eclipse. The day, however,
was dull and cloudy, and generally unfavourable for
the purpose. Some beautiful drawings were exhi-
bited to the section, showing the change effected over
the face of the surrounding country by the progress
of the eclipse, from the first contact to complete oc-
cultation. The great question as to the nature of the
red prominences, whether they are material and lu-
minous, or whether they are due to the diffraction of
light passing by the moon's edge, the author leaves
undecided.
Dr. Tyndall—On the molecular peculiarities of
certain organic substances.
Sir D. Brewster—On a remarkable case of mirage
in Radnorshire.
Sir D. Brewster—Account of a case of vision with.
out retina.
SECTION B.—CHEMICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED).
Dr. J. H. Gladstone—Report on the influence of
the solar radiations on the vital powers of plants
growing under different atmospheric conditions—This
paper had reference to the effect produced on the
growth of plants when placed under glasses of dif-
ferent colours, by which the admission of white light
or its component parts could be graduated. The re-
sults of various experiments were given.
Dr. Apjohn—On the results of analysis of a
substance resembling the pigolite of Professor
Johnston.
Dr. Andrews—On the application of polarised
light to the discovery of minute quantities of soda—
The author stated that the double chloride of potas-
sium and platinum showed no depolarising action
when placed in the dark field of the polariscope ; but
that the double salt of sodium and platinum was re-
markable for its depolarising power, and that a minute
trace of this salt, invisible to the naked eye, could
readily be detected by the brilliant display of prisma-
tic colours when under the action of polarised light.
The delicacy of the test is such that soda can be de-
tected when in a quantity so minute as the 1,000,000 th
part of a grain.—un a new variety of magnetic iron
ore, with remarks on the application of the bicarbo-
nate of baryta to quantitative analysis.—On the ato-
mic weights of platinum and barium.
SECTION C.—GEOLOGY (CONTINUED).
Mr. Harkness—On the fossils of the lower Silu-
rian rocks of the south of Scotland, and the sequence
of the deposits.
Professor Nicol—On the structure of the Silurian
mountains of the south of Scotland.
Professor M'Coy—Oa some fishes of the old red
sandstone—The author, in describing the subject of
his paper, referred to certain peculiarities in their
form and structure as evidence against the theory of
" progressive development," and claimed them in
support of the more commonly received geological
opinions.
Mr. R. Young—On the eskers of the central part
of Ireland--The peculiar drift of the district lying
between Dublin and Galway was the subject of the
paper, the author dividing the diluvial ridges of the
country into, first, gravel hills, apparently deposited
from agitated water, as they are seen sometimes in a
stratified form ; and, second, eskers proper, which are
well defined, narrow ridges of pure gravel, and
consist of waterworn limestone, gravel, limestone
and sandstone boulders, aid sand without clay. A
lengthened discussion followed, in which Sir H. De
la Beche, Professor Phillips, Mr. Griffith, and the
President took part.
Professor S svi—On the discovery of a fossil mas-
todon in the tertiary beds of the Arno, in Tuscany.
—This paper was in Italian, and was communicated
to the section by Sir R. Murchison.
SECTION D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY (CONTINUED).
Professor M'Cosh—On the morphological analogy
between the disposition of the branches of oxogenous
plants, and the venation of their leaves.—After this
paper, which contained observations of much impor-
tance, an interesting discussion upon it took place
between Professors Arnott, Balfour, Allman, Dr.
Lankester, Dr. Dickie, Mr. Huxley, and Mr. Hincks.
Dr. Royle—On the species of thee which yield the
black and green teas of commerce.—The author, after
the general history and characters of the thea in its
natural and in its manufactured state, showed clearly
that both black and green teas were made from the
same plant, and that the difference in colour and ap-
pearance was due to the methods of manipulation,
and not to the addition of any extraneous substances,
such as Prussian blue, turmeric, copper salts, indigo,
&c., though these were often need by unprincipled
manufacturers.
Professor Dickie—Remarks on the distribution and
habits of echinus lividus.
Dr. Hamilton—Remarks on some of the marine
birds which produce guano on the coasts of Peru and
Bolivia, with reference to the Lobos Islands.—This
paper excited much interest, both on account of the
recent question as to the sovereignty of the Lobos
Islands' and on account of the importance of an in-
creased supply of guano. After much matter of his-
torical and geographical interest, the author gave his
reasons for expressing his belief that large deposits of
guano might still be found if the Government would
undertake the search, as there yet remained a large
portion of the Pacific unexplored, principally that
lying between Valparaiso and the Isthmus of Panama.
SECTION E.—GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY (CON..
TINUED)•
W. F. Ainsworth—On a Railway through Asia
Minor.
The secretary to the Ethnological Society then
read a list of ethnological queries proposed by the
British Association, copies of which were distributed
through the medium of members.
The object of these inquiries originated with the
late Dr. Pritchard, who, at the Birmingham meeting,
in a communication, cited instances in which total
extinction has already taken place, and other instances
in which a continually decreasing population threatens
a speedy extinction. He pointed out the irretrivable
loss to science if so many tribes of the human family
are allowed to pass away before these highly impor-
tant questions of a physiological, philological, and
historical character have been investigated.
Dr. John Gason—Climalological notes on Pisa and
Lucca.
Lieutenant Lyons M'Leod—Proposed expedition to
ascend the Niger to its source.
Colonel Sykes—Notes on the possessions of the
Imautn of Muscat, and on the climate of Zanzibar,
with observations on the prospect of African discovery.
Colonel Sykes—Commercial documents relating to
the Eastern Horn of Africa, translated and communi-
cated by Dr. Shaw.
SECTION F.—STATISTICS (CONTINUED).
J. W. Gilbart—The laws of the currency in Ire-
land exemplified in the changes that have taken place
in the circulation of bank-notes in Ireland since the
Act of 1845.—This paper involved some important
considerations in reference to the actual circulation
of notes in proportion to the certified circulation,
and led to an animated discussion, in which Lord
Mayo, Mr. Leslie, Professor Hancock, Mr. Herdman,
and Mr. Hancock took part.
John Locke—On excessive emigration and its re-
parative agencies in Ireland.
Rev. J. Edgar, D.D.—On the neglected and pe-
rishing classes, and the means of their reformation.—
Both these papers were deeply interesting, but at the
same time cheering for the future of Ireland, and
we regret much that we cannot even attempt
to give an abstract of their contents, owing to the
importance of the subjecte which they so ably
discuss.
Colonel Sykes read a paper on the statistics of the
province of Nova Scotia (communicated by D.
M'Culloch).
SECTION G,—MECIIANICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED).
Mr. T. Welester—On the new Paten'. Law, with
its bearing on the interest of inventors and manufac-
tures, and the progress of invention.—This paper led
to a valuable discussion, in which the Solicitor-Ges
neral took part and made several observations on the
law and its attendant difficulties.
W. J. Alqueen Rankine and John Thompson
On telegraphic communication between Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, by the Mull of Cantyre.
F. C. Bakewell—On telegraphic communication
by land and sea.
C. V. Walker—On telegraphic time signals.
C. V. Walker—On graphite batteries.—The sub-
stitution of graphite, from gas retorts for copper on
voltaic batteries, promised considerable advantages on
the score of perroacenoY and consequent economy.

1852.

Mr. James Birton—On the calculation of the
strains in lattice bridge, with practical deductions
therefrom.—This psper gave rise to as interosting
discussion as to the conparative merits of tubular
and lattice bri.lges, in which Mr. Fairbairn and Mr.
Coates took part.

DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM
WORCESTER, MONDAY.--One of the most awful
and destructive storms which ever swept over the
county, and which in its effects can only be compared
to the late Holmfirth deluge, has broken over this
city and county, carrying devastation and ruin be-
fore it. It is impossible to give, as yet, anything like
a complete narrative of the results of thie catastrophe,
owing to the extent of country over which the storm
passed, and the interruption to the traffic which has
been occasioned by the destruction of bridges over
the several streams ; but the following particulars,
which have up to this morning been gleaned by the
reporter, will give some idea of the character of this
dreadful storm:—
The storm began between four and five o'clock on
Saturday evening, and continued until daylight on
Sunday. During that interval the rain occasionally
poured down a perfect torrent, with some intervals of
calm, but for nearly twelve hours the thunder and
lightning were incessant. Thu thunder roared with-
out intermission, and the flashes of lightning were of
the rnostvivid and awful character, lighting up wi.h
the distinctness of noonday every object, which in
another instant was enveloped in the deepest night.
On Saturday evening the Severn was a
pellucid stream, and no higher than the
low summer level ; but daylight on Sunday morn-
ing disclosed the most fearful havoc; the river had
overflowed its bank., and its surface was covered with
trees, cattle, furniture, and crops. At Worcester
there was not much damage done beyond the flood-
ing of houses, fields, and gardens. A quantity of
grocery articles which had been left upon the quay on
Saturday night were either carried away or destroyed.
The greatest damage, however, appears to have been
committed in the valley of the river Teme, which
runs from Herefordshire and Shropshire, and falls
into the Severn about two miles below Worcester.
Upon this river and its tributaries, Laughern and
Leighbrook, the destruction of property has been
awful. A great majority of the bridges upon these
streams have been either carried away, or must fall
on the subsidence of the water. The rise of water in
the Teme was one of the most rapid and the highest
not only within the memory of man, but of tradition.
Its effects at the village of Powick, the lowest parish
upon the river before its confluence with the Severn,
were fearful. At this place an island is formed by
the deviation of the stream, for the purpose of supply-
ing the corn and china mills at this place. The water
rushed across this island, flooding the half-dozen
house here placed, and rising six inches above the
second floor of the grist-mill,.in the occupation of Mr.
Hadley. Just below these mills are two stone bridges
over the Teme; one of these is of modern construc-
tion, built at a considerable elevation above the banks
of the river, with a corresponding embankment en
either side to lead the road to the bridge. This em-
bankment, which in the highest floods had never be-
fore been reached, was flooded up to the village of
Powick. The houses were inundated, and furniture
was floating about all Sunday. To give an idea of
the rapidity of the rise of water, it may be stated
that the miller at Powick left the rail at a quarter
past eight on Saturday evening, and although the
tempest had been heavy but little rain had fallen, and
the river had not risen at all, it being dead low water
then, and he never dreamt of a flood. However, at
ten o'clock, less than two hours after, as the storm
still continued, he thought he would have a look to
see whether the river was rising, when, to his un-
speakable astonishment, he found it over the road and
a yard up the first floor of the mill, and by midnight
it is supposed it reached its height. In consequence
of the suddenness of the rise the damage done to lire
stock and to the meal and grain at the mills on the
Teme and brooks is incalculable. The number of
sheep washed away in the parish of Powick alone is
estimated at 2,000, but it is impossible as yet to as-
certain the extent of the damage, as the water is still
out. There were a great many sheep depasturing
on Powich- ham, belonging principally to the poor
villagers ; these are all swept away. Mr. Herbert
has lost about 100 ; Mr. Badgery, of Wick, 170 ;
Mr. Essex, 40; Mr. Pullen, 30; and many others.
Yesterday the carcasses were strewn about in all
directions, stuck in the hedges, and numbers of men
were going about in boats and carts gathering them
Many were sold at 2d. per lb. The loss to the millers
is very great. Messrs. Richard and William Hadley
have suffered severe loss by the spoiling of their meal
at Powick•mills, but it does not appear as yet that
the mills have sustained damage. At Laughern• mill,
too, the property of Mr. Hadley, the mill was be-
tween three and tour feet under water, and a great
deal of flour and wheat spoiled. At Henwick-mill,
the occupier, Mr. Smith, had 11 pigs swept away,
and the pigstye in which they were with them, and a
great quantity of meal spoiled. At this spot two men
were returning home, and were overtaken by the
flood and obliged to swim for their lives; they luckily
reached a tree, in which they were obliged to remain
till daylight, when they were rescued. The Hen wick
gatekeeper states that three drunken farmers passed
through his gate at midnight, and that one of their
bats was found floating in the flood next morning.
At Down Leigh-brook the water appears to have
rushed with great violence and blown up the bridges
in a similar manner. It is reported that there was a
waterspout at Knightwick, and that a man and child,
or a woman and child, have been swept away by it.
The Leominster mail was obliged to go over Broad
Heath to get on its route on Sunday. At Malvern
the storm was awful, and a great deal of damage has
been done by the flooding of the houses. When we
consider the vast quantity of sheep that are at this
tune of year elepastured all down the river, it is awful
to think of the destruction there must have been. The
general character of the lightning to those who
were in doors appeared like sheet lightning, but
to thoss who had the temerity to witness the phe-
nomenon it was forked in every diversified form,
always attended with awful peals of thunder. At
present, the reporter has heard of but few acci-
dents by it. The horses of a coach between
Worcester and Birmingham were alarmed by the
lightning and ran away, coming in collision with a
waggon, whereby Hemming, the driver, was killed,
and several passengers were injured. At Malvern.
Link a horse and gig were overturned, but the occu-
pante were not seriously injured. The water is re-
presented as having come down the Teme with " a
head" similar in appearance to the " bore," the tidal
phenomenon observed on the lower part of the Severn
at the Spring and autumn equinoxes. At Bridges
stone- miil, on the Leighbrook, the bridge was blown
up, and a cottage below it was swept away, the furni-
ture strewn about the fields, and a poor woman,
its occupant, drowned. Many of the hop-yards,
with their crops, have been destroyed by the floods.
GLOUCESTER, MONDAY.—The storm, though of
great violence here, has not committed any remark-
able damage. The rain which fell here was inconsi-
derable, but there must have been a deluge above.
At five o'clock yesterday morning the Severn
was at the usual low summer level, but in half an
hour afterwards it had risen to " half bankfull," and
the surface was covered with treees, crops, furni-
ture, &c.