The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

THE STORM OF SUNDAY.

Tho thunderstorm which visited the metropolis on
Sunday e-vening, mentioned itf yesterday's paper, occa-
sioned a serious loss of ptopeety Walwortib, and in the
vicinity of Greenwich and.Blackheeth. In the latter dis-
trict several of the principal streets were inundated by
the torrents which, caused by the heavy rains, flowed
down from the hills leading into Blackheath, and entirely,
filled the kitchens and lower stories of the dwelling-
honscs in the neighbourhood. In several instances, so
sudden was the rush of water that the inhabitants had
barely time to escape. In Blackheath-park the embank-
ments were thrown down, and the wall opposite The Ca-
tholic chapel gave way under the weight of the water.
On the further side of the park, near the railway, a
number of houses built in an old sand or geavel-pit were
nearly swamped, and considerable anxiety was OCCi-
aioned in Ciwt..eighbourhood for their fate. At Green-
wich also giPt injury was done to the houses and pro-
perty.in the lower parts of the town, from, the *iota At,
Lewisham, Lee, and the adjoining districtei the market
gardeners -and nurserymen have suffered severe: loSsele
At Bromley the standing crops have been .beaten down
by the heavy rain, to such an extent that it LS feared
they cannot possibly r:tcovter. Tae.erebankmenta on the
Scuth Coast end South-Eastern Railways slipped in
seve-
ral places, and the electric telegraph wires were injured
by the lightning, which has thrown them out of order at
nearly-every station, but it is not anticipated that any
serious derange has been done.
At Stepaey, the electric fluid entered the back. window
of the home, No.. 2G,. Sing-street,
occupied by Mrs.
Hu isyeend after destroying a-portion of thabeddieg and
bedstead, and tearing, tee' paper from the walls,, i dee
seehded through the flooring into the lower room, wheie
it destroyed the window-blinds, forced open the abutters,
which were shattered, and cicaped into the yard. 'The
two back rooms were a complete ruin.
About the same time the lightning struck a house in
Newby-place, Poplar, opposite the police-station, and
reduced it to a complete wreck. A large stack of chim-
neys was thrown down, the roof torn off, and one of the
windows shattered. A woman in one of the lower rooms
was knocked down, and was rendered insensible for
some time afterwards.

At Greenwich and Woolwich the damage done by the
flooding wtn very great. At the barracks of tho Royal
Sappers and Miners at the latter place a drain burst
under the main building, and in a few minutes the water
rims upwards of two feet deep in the quarters of the
quarter-master-sergeant, the master tailor, and other
non-commissioned officers, who occupy the lower story
of the barracks. Fortunately one of the persons pre-
sent at the time had the pv:)sence of mind to throw a
bed upon the. opening in the drt;iu, or the consequences
might have been serious,
tiro rush of water being so
groat that it would have been difficult to save the
_chil-
dren. At the hotom of. Jog-15greet,_. the baker a,- un-
derground places for working were so full of water the*
on sionday they had to obtain the loan of one, of the
firo•engines belonging to the dock-yard to pump tho
water vet. •
A man was killed whil(3, standing under Pear-tree at
Snaresbrook, in Essex, and several minor accidents ()c-
-onned while the storm was raging.

PHOTOGRAPHY.
A few days ago eve obtained a personal proof of the
utility of an invention made and registered by Mr.Beaufort], of Hastings' which, by being applied to the
usual daguerreotype eneerument, materially increases its
Power and capabilieies in a variety of ways.
The object-glass used on this occasion was one of
Voigtlander's doable achromatic daguerreotype lenses,
mohea. We took our seat about
with a diameter of Si
six feet from this iaetruraent, and our portrait was
neexintgunassisted taken in forty seconds, the operation in this case
b
stepwasto
apbveriy one of Mr. Beauford's " accele-
rators" additional apparatus. The
to the instrument, when a portrait was ob-
tained in the space of 25 seconds, the instrument end
ourself remaining unmoved. This accelerator was next
removed and another substituted, whoa the time was
shortened to 15 seconds. A third step was made, and
the accelerator on this occasion did its works in less than
ten seconds. As the accelerator increased in power, the
portraits diminished in size, but the life-like appearance
of the portraits thus obtained was very striking, the
picture appearing in high relief, devoid of the flat up-
pearance observable in daguerreotype portraits taken in 1
the usual way.
We may here remark that the portraits thus taken
were obtained while the room was shaded with a thick
cloth, or the time of operation would have been still
further abbreviated. On a subsequent occasion the
cloth was removed, and the result was that the photo,
graphs were obtained in one-third the time required on
the previous occasion; for in.cl taric e, a portrait which
required fifteen seconds on the previous day, only took
five seconds on this, so that a portrait which occupied
ten
seconds before, now only requires about three seconds.
Thus froso
of position beyondhe
a little screwing of the moveable
taken, earyinpalaers, we had four different portraits
smaller one. e'Fir_enal a considerable size down to a much
a change of Had not the accelerator been employed,
change moreeetiarub,
which
mast have taken place, or else a
quired space than -most
latter process would have re-
say nothing of other inc most studios would permit, to
From our own observaT"nienc".
ford's invention that it is eminently s
we can state of Mr. Beau-
and facilitate photographicmelpn"tly qualified to cheapen
hav-
ing four costly instruments 'rations. Instead of hav-
.s or various '
need hare but one large one, as by sizes, the operator
accelerators (which are very mach cheaper then different
instrument) he can obtain portraits of any
then an entire
minution. He also avoids all trouble of
moving
of di.
ap-
paratus about to cetch the required foci "ring his aP-
P 5 for portr ' airs of
different magnitudes. He will likewise find the
accele-
rator so to ietensiry the solar infleenee, that by itsaid
he will be able to take portraits in dull weather which
a coil d defeat Ilia best efforts with the ordinary instrument
Photogra,pbera will understaud us when we tell them
that no diaphragms are employed in this process. .Re.
specting these ae;pliancea we could call the attention of
artists to the tact that a diaphragm diminishes the
amount of solar radiation which enters the camera, and
therefore weakens the power; whereas the accelerator,
while it diminishes the size of the portrait, increases the
strength of the actinic influence, and abbreviates' the time
of the operation while it improves the remit.
o photographic por-
traits has long been an objection '
e
traits that they are distorted, the central and forward
parts being disproportionately lerge. This is generally
observable in the case of tho hands, which appear of a size
not very agreeable to any one of the gentler sex who
may Cave been the sister on the eccasien. IV euTlfy;
lag Mr. Beanford's accelerator this is entirely 00v4,"6",
and the representation is inall
respects
In the ordinary preens, requires
when the operator
a smaller portrait he has tod ” fur-
hus ins:rums. -
vier bsek, in dein.. which he losesr"
power, his lenses re
eetving alasser amount of radiation from the object. BY
using the accelerator, ho is
former position, and henai avoidseziabled to
maintain
his
we hive Aid before,no
process, distortion arises from this j

•
. _
This invention was exhii;ited in the Great Exhibition,
being at that time FovNionslly registered. Yiansanda
dueripti,m wt-re• forwarded, by rNitrat, to-the .Ameriean
Government at Washinven• The general adoptiOn
of
016 useful invention Ecemi inevitable, and we. hope that
the ingeidous investor, being now protected by a regular
r,.gistiation, will meet C,lta reward.—Eastings and
St. Leonard's News, July 16.

STATUE TO Da. Jaisiatn.--An influential com-
mittee has been formed for the pu-pose of erecting a coka•
sal bronze statue to the memory of the above distinguished
individual, to be placed m a public situation in the Metre.

THE DUCHESS OF KENT STEAMER.
Another disaster has happened to the foundered
Duchess of Kent steamer, which, in addition to ren-
dering her recovery much more doubtful, and creating a
serious obstruction in the fairway of the navigation of
the river, was nearly being attended with loss of life to
those engaged in the operation of raising her. In order
to weigh her as effectually and quickly as possible, the
Admiralty put at the service of the contractors two chain
lighters frond the Woolwich dockyard, and a more power-
ful one from Sheerness yard. Four chains from those
vessels were secured to and under the wreck, viz., one
at the stern, another at the bow, and the two others to
the ends of the main shaft of the engine. On Saturday
afternoon, at low water, the chains were what is termed
fastened down, and on the return of the tide the wreck
was lifted, although perhaps not more than a foot from
the bed of the river, but sufficient for the purpose
of buoying up towards Grays to a more suitable
place for shoring her. The Prince George steamer,
one of the Commercial Steam Company's packets, then
took the lighters in tow; but they had scarcely reached
half a mile from the spot where the wreck had been
raised ere a fearful strain came upon the two smaller
lighters which held the chain under her stern. They
were brought gunwales under water and for the moment
it was thought that they were being carried down with
the wreck. The next instant or so the chain suddenly
yielded, apparently from the giving way of some portion
of the keel, as a quantity of timber floated up, and the
lighters being relieved of the great weight upon
them, the whole strain came upon the larger one, which
was immediately brought down, and but for
the timely relieving of the chains attached to her,
might have foundered. The wreck once more became a
fixture in the bed of the river, and in a position which
will offer a serious obstruction in the navigation of the
Thames. The efforts for raising her were then aban-
doned, the labourers were withdrawn, and it is feared a
great difficulty will now be experienced in weighing her.
It is said that her engines are not in the least injured.
She was about 16 years old, and at the time of the un-
fortunate accident was worth 8,0001. or 10,0001.
Some few days back a body was picked up in the
river somewhere in the vicinity of Gravesend, which it
is thought was that of a second passenger who perished
on board the ill-fated steamer. It was that of an elderly
man, stout built, and with bald head; and it was dressed
in a black coat, grey trousers and vest. Nothing about
him was found which could lead to his identity. Hls
pockets were turned inside out, and there is too much
reason to suspect that his body bad been previously.Tusly
picked up by some of the wretched creatures who infest
that part of the river, and who, having taken everything
valuable about the corpse, set it adrift again. An
quest was held upon the body by the coroner of G. raw!:
end, and in the absence of all evidence as to the identity
of the deceased, and how he lost his life, a verdict of
" Found drowned" was returned. The presumption.
s
strengthened that this was the body of a second SUtle.r.e.l-0
from the circumstance of a passenger having made punint_,
a letter in which he stated that he saw three Person
struggling in the water, that a repo was thrown to them,
and that only one succeeded in reaching it.

ASSAULT ON MR. DIGBY SEYMOUR, M.P.,
BY MR. CAMPBELL FOSTER.
The Daily News of Wednesday contained a tolerably
impartial, but not quite accurate statement of the facts as
to the assault on Mr. Seymour, committed by Mr.
Foster, at York, on Monday last. We subjoin tan
e fiats
of the assault, with some preliminary and p
la
particulars.
Fen-
Just on the eve of the Sunderland election, Mr. ex
g, a üblic meeting of the
wick, who was Mr. Seymour's opponent in the lam con-
test for this boron h read at
electors, a letter from Mr. Foster, in which.that gentle-
man, in strong terms', attacked Mr. SoYesonr's p3titica.i
consistency. In a speech in reply, Mr. Seymour took
'
p
Mr. Foster severely to task for his letter, and mentioned
several facts, to .show that Mr. Foster had, fora long
time, been actuated by a vindictive feeling against him.
During the early part of the assizes at York, Mr.
Dvarshy, as a' routes' friend of Mr. Foster. and Mr.
Seymour, interfered for the purpose of
angernent.' Accordingly, some Totters passed, and Mr.
effecting an ar-
lSeymour wrote a letter to Mr. Dearsley, in which he
expressed his regret that be was compelled by circum-
stances to mike the statements he did, and, further,
repudiated certain constructions which Mr. Dearsley
urged might be drawn from Mr. Sey
and which Mr. Seymour declared he neve s speech,
r meant to
convey. mour'
In reply to thiS letter, 'Mr. D.larsley wrote 3' short
note, in which he said ho accepted Mr. Ss,ymour's letter
as an " apoi00;" 4ad was satiated with the " adniii-
justifiable." .
()135." that what. he, (Mr. S.) had zaid was "quite tin-
. 2411% &yrnour, sin this, wrote to Mr. Dearsley protest-
;
jng against his petting' such n °instruction on his letter;
and vating 'that,- howfver he regretted what occacred,
be could not "retract " coy fact he had stated. •
On Monday, the 19th, Mr. Seymour, had gone into',
-the barristers' rafting-room, in York Castle', and was
sitting in his Wig and gown writing' a 'letter at the
table. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., the leader cf the circuit,
Mr. Pashley, (4.0., and several other barristers being
present.
Mr. Foster came suddenly to Mr. Seymour and said,
" Do you retract your apology?" Mr. Seymour replied,
" I nevor made one; I can retract nothing." Mr.
Foster then raised a stick, which he held in his hand,
and struck Mr. Seymour with considerable violence. Mr.
Seymour instantly rose to protect himself, wisen Mr,
Foster, pressing his foot against the tire-grate, pushed
Mr. Seymour 1);.clt; end the latter gentleman tripping
in his gown, he fell to the floor, Mr. Foster falling over
him. While en the floor Mr. Foster seized Mr. Sey-
mour somewhere about the throat, and tore his neck,
lip, and the inside of bis cheek with his nails, which
caused the blood to flow freely.
The barristers present, who were for the moment
paralyzed by the suddenness and nature of the whole
scent', now interfered and brought the matter to a close.
Mr. Knowles immediately after had an intervievi with
'both the 'Learned Judges in their private room; and
Mr. Ssymour and Mt. Foster being sunanonadto their
preence, both Learned Gentleralm were bound in their
own recognizance of 5001. each to keep the peace for six
months:
Mr. Seymour will, no doubt, feel him_
An outrage like
himself constrained
to sect: redress in a court of law. A
this on theport of Mr. Foster must, of course, bring
him bofore a jury, and pending a legal proceeding we
shall abstain from further complete msn wile proceeding, we as-
Liberal electors of Sunderland, whose battleBteem Inlf the
sure Mr. Seymour of the sympath and ee
nobly foUght and gallantly won. They also clearlye re-
cognise
the true author and source of all this mischief.—
Sunderland News.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, July 27.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 24, 1852.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert A.
Thompson as Consul at Nassau, New Providence, for the
Free Hanseatic city of HanabUrgh. _

CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 23.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PARLIAMENT
SUMMONED TO BE HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER, ON
FRIDAY THE 20TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1852.
County of Northampton (Northern Division)—Thomas
Philip Maunsell, Esq. ; Stafford Augustus O'Brien Stafford,
Esq.
Southern Division—Richard henry Richard Howard
Vyse, Esq. ; Rainald Knigtley, Esq.
City of Peterborough—The lion. George Wentworth Fitz-
william ; the Hon. Richard Watson.
Borough of Northampton—The Right Hon. Robert Ver-
non Smith ; Raikes Currie, Esq., of Hyde Park-terrace, in
the county of Middlesex.
County of Oxford—The Right Hon. Joseph Warner Hen-
ley ; John Sidney North, Esq.; George Granville Harcourt,

Esq.
University of Oxford—Sir Robert Harry Inglis Bart., of
Christchurch, D.C.L. ; the Hon. William Ewan Gladstone,
of Curistchurch aforesaid, D.C.L.
City of Oxford—James Haugton Langston, Esq. ; Sir
William Page Wood, Knt.
Borough of New Woodstock—The Right Hon. John Win-
ston Spencer, commonly called Marquis of Blandford. •
Borough of Banbury—Henry William Trancred, Esq.
County of the Isle of Wight—Colonel Francis Vernon
Harcourt, of St. Helens, in the county of the Isle of Wight.
County of Warwick (Northern Division)—Charles New-
digate Newdegate, Esq.; Richard Spencer, Esq.
southern Division—George Grey Greville, commonly called
Lord Brooke; Heneage Finch, commonly called Lord
Guernsey.
Borough of Warwick—George William John Repton, Esq. ;
Edward Greaves, Esq.
Borough of Birmingham—George Frederick Muntz, Esq.;
William Scholefield, Esq.
City of Coventry—The Right Hon. Edward Ellice;
Charles Geacb,
_

—Comity of Middlesex—The Right Hon. Robert Grosvenor,
commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor; Ralph Osborne,
E City of Westminster—Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart,
Sir De Lacy Evans.
;
Borough of the Tower Hamlets—Sir William Clay, Bart.,
of May-fair, in the county of Middlesex; Charles Salisbury
Butler, Esq., of Upper Clapton, in the said county.
Borough of Finsbury—Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, D(1.;
Thomas Challis, Esq.
Borough of Mtrylebone— Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., of
Hanover Court, in the county of Monmouth; Lord Dudley
Coutts Stuart, of Stratford-place, in the county of Middlesex.
County of Hertford—Thomas Plumer Halsey, Esq. ,• Sir
Henry Vieux' Bart. ; Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bul-
wer Lytton, Bart.
County Of Bedford-Francis d..._--
Borough of Hertford—The Hon. William Francis Cowper;
Bedford-Henry
Thomas Chambers, Esq.
JULY 2G.
Coun •
Borough of
Count of Caithness—George Traill, Esq.,. of Rattar.
Richard Thomas Francis Charles Hastings Russell, Esq.;
Gilpin Esq.
Whit-
bread, 'E-sq.Stuart, Esq.; Samuel
County of Denbigh_ Sir
Robert Myddletonl3*r Watkin Williams Wynn, Dart. ;
tddulph, EEC!
Borough of Denhi h p -red ".
Ruthin Castle, in theg erick Richard West, Esq., of
county of Denbigh.
JULY 27
Combined Counties of Roe •
Matheson, Bart., of Achany and the Lewis&c.
County of _Norfolk (Eastern Division)—Edmond' W
house, Esq. ; Henry Negus Burrouoth Esq.
Western Division—William Bagge, hsi of Stradsett, in
th© said county ;Gorgee Pierre B. • i. '''
entitle., Esq., of Terring-
ton Saint Clement.
Borough of King's Lynn—The Hon. Robert Jocelyn, com-
monly called Viscount Jocelyn; The Hou. Edward Henry
Stanley, coramonly called Lord Stanley.
''
Boreng,Li of Great, Yarmouth—Guarles Edmund Pumbold,
of Freston Candover, in the county -,' Southampton;
Esr• - ~,,,
jw.es ..41 u.
Sir Edmund Leary 1'... •
.1 , . co 1
n, ..lart , of Great lan-
mouth
and Or.i.ue:,Lty Saint lilaigaret, in the ccunty of
mouth
Norfolk. Bnrin . ,
Thetford—Francis u. g, E,,,,
commonly
Borough of
called the Honourable Francis Baring; wliiiiacm9 Henryl
Euston.
Fitzroy, commonly called Earl of
of n i-s—i, bert Palmer, Req., of Holme Park,
County ...C1 , ,-, ,
in the said county; the Right honourable William Keppel,
Viscount Bariingcon, of Becket House, Shrivenham, in the ;
said county ; George Henry Vansittart, Esq., of Bishum
Abbey, in the said count)'. i
Borough of Reading—Francis Pigott, Esq.; Henry Singer
Keating, Esq. I
Borough of Now Winaxa—Tl2o UOll. Charles Wellesley,

commonly called Lord Charles Wellesley, of Apsley House,
army; Charles William Grenfell, Esq., of in the city and liberty of Westminster, a Colonel in her Ma-
jesty'sßelgrave-
square, in the same city and liberty.
ißerough of Wallingford—Richard Malins, Esq., of
Lowndeeesquare, in the county of Middlesex.
Borough of Abingdon—Lieutenant-General James Caul-
field, Commander of the Bath, of Ne. 17, Prince's Gates, in
the parish of St. Margaret, in the city of Westminster.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucester and
Bristol.
William Nash Skillicorne,
(and not Skillicome, ad-
vertised in last Friday's Gazette), to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
July 13.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown.
John Charles Dalrymple Hay, jun., Esq., Captain, R.N.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Edward Hunter Blair, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant; William Charles Stewart Hamilton,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant, July 17; Edward James
the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire.
Esq., to be Colonel, July 13.
S t
no peforomer
Herefordshire
by
jun.,it g
iEms
eqn., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, July 19.
Commission t
of
Militia—Philip
James Yorke,
(The following article is substituted for the one which ap-
peared in the Gazette of Friday last :—)
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.
let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Alexander
Webster Smith, Gent., to be Adjutant, with the rank of
Lieutenant, June 30.

BANKRUPTS.
Blackness Branson, stationer, Stratford, Essex, to surren-
der Aug. 5, at twelve, and Sept. 6, at ono, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Duffield, Devonshire-street, Bishopsgate-street, and Chelms-
ford.
John Lee, cab proprietor, Brooks-mews, Gloucester-place,
Paddington, Aug. 5, at half-past one, and Sept. 6, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Young and Son, Mark-lane.
William Burman, brick maker, Birmingham, Aug. 9, at
half. past ten, and Aug. no
ee, at one, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; East,
Birmingham.
John Swift, grocer and draper, Derby, Aug. 11, at twelve,
and Oct. 9, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee; Boole and Yeomans, Sheffield.
James Burrows Davies, provision merchant, Liverpool,
Aug. 5 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Yates, jun., Liverpool.
Gibson, grocer Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Auguet 3,
at one, and Sept. 3, at half-pasti twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
cast
lane,leEas-upontchea -Tyne ; St
_tinny, Simpson, and Bousfield, Philpot-
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Z. Lloyd, carpenter, Tyssen-place,Shackelwell-grcen.
C. B. Fletcher, carpenter, Tyssen-place, Shackelwell-green.
J. T. Lingham, clerk in Somerset House, Clapham.
G. Ramsden, Peckham, Surrey.
R. Perkins, plasterer, Burton
street, Walworth.common.
p ; Bownas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. Johnson, cabriolet driver, Jacob's Well's-mews, Manches-
ter-square.
T. Dewey, victualler, Swan with Two Necks, Gresham-street.
E. Grant, store-keeper, Bedford-street, Strand.
Frederick Upton, Great James-street, Lisson-grove.
J. P. Stevens, isinglass maker, St. Andrew's-rd., Newington.
R. Rogers, Frirnley, Surrey.
R. Ellis, cordwainer, Tomes, Devoe.
C. Plummer, carpenter and builder, Hastings, Sussex.
J. L. Williams, victualler, Llandovery, Carmarthen.
H. J. Braham, Bristol.
G. Dutton, Gorton, Lancashire.
S. A. Cooke, clerk, Cawston, Norfolk.
J. Wright, master of a barque, Liverpool.
G. Crosby, cotton skein dyer and sizer, Pendleton, Lancashire.
F. Maggi, surgeon, Chapeltown, near Leeds.
T. Benbow, Cheltenham.
W. Brown, dealer in ale, Hulme, Manchester.
J. Beckett, White House, near Blanchester.
T. Buller, butcher, Manchester.
D. Donovan, coal agent, Manchester.
D. Douglas, joiner, Manchester.
J. Green, mason, Somersetshirc.
J. Harman, Kingston-upon-Hull.
D. Quigley, shoemaker, Liverpool.
11. Rogers, Blanchester.
G. Rousi, provision-shop keeper, Mame, Lancashire.
W. Scott, dried fish and egg dea,ler, Manchester.
J. Silbow,lin, auctioneer, Liverpool.
J. Thompson, licensed victualler, Liverpool.
G. 11. Webb, bookkeeper, Liverpool.