The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

THE STORM OF SUNDAY.

- The thunderstorm which visited the metropolis on
Sunday evening, mentioned in yesterday's paper, occa
sioned a serious loss of property in Walwortb, and in the
vicinity of GreenwiCh and Blackheath. In the latter dis-
trict several of the principal streets were inundated by
the torrents which, caused by the heavy rains, flowed
down froth the hills leading into Blackheath, and entirely
filled tho kitchens and lower stories of the dwelling.
houses 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 th© water.
On the further side of the park, near the railway, a
number of houses, built in au old sand or gravel pit were
nearly swamped, and considerable anxiety was occa-
sioned in the neighbourhood for their fate. At Green-
wich also great injury was done to the houses and pro-
perty in the lower parts of the town, from the floods. At
Lewisham, Lee, and the adjoining districts, the market
gardeners and nurserymen have suffered severe losses.
At Bromley the standing crops have been beaten down
by the heavy rain, to such an extent that it is feared
they cannot pc ssibly recover. The embankments on the
South Coast and South-Eastern Railways slipped in seve-
red places, and che 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 damage has been done.
At Stepney, the electric fluid entered the back windo
Of the house. No. 26, King-street, cccapied by Mrs
Hunl, end after destroy leg a portion of the bedding and
bedstead, and tearing the paper from the walls, is de-
scended through the flooring into the lower room, where
it de,i tee' d the window-blinds, forced open the shutters,
which were shattered, and einapad into the yard. The
two back rooms were a complete ruin.
About the same time the lightning struck a house in
Newhy-plece, P.)pir:.r, opposite the police-station, and
reduced it toe coToplete wreck. A large stack of chins-
npy4 mr,..s thrown down, the root torn off, and ono of the
windows shattered. A woman in one ot the lower rooms
was knocked down, end was rendered insensible for
some time e ter•wtards. _

At. Greett;ich and Woolwich the damage done by the
floodirg was vary great. At the barr.ac•ks of the Ito 3 al
ppers and Miners at the latter place a drain burst
under :he main building, and in a few minutes the ,cuter
was upwards of two feet deep in the quarters of the
quarter-mlster sergeant, the master tailor, and other
non-commis,ioned officers, who occupy the lower story
of the barracks. Fortunately one of the persons pre
sent at the time had the presence of mind to throw a
bad upon the opening in the dr..in, or the consequences
might have been serious, th‘a rush of water bring so
groat that it wou:d have been difficult to save the chil-
dren. At the bot:otn of John-street, the bakers' un-
derground pieces for working were so full of water that
on Monday they had to obtain the loan of one of the
fire-engines belonging to the deck-yard to pump the
water out.

A man was kilted while stmling under a pear-tree al
SnarsabroJk, in Essex, and several minor accidents oc,
cured while the storm was raging.

The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces
during the past week are all satisfactory. At Manchester
the general course of business has continued to show much
steadiness, and, in consequence of the state of the Liverpool
cotton market, there has been a tendency to higher prices.
At Birmingham both the home and foreign orders have been
good, the demand for Australia also being particulaily large.
The returns of the principal parishes continue to show a di-
minution of pauperism as comrared with the corresponding
period of last year, notwithstanding the general prosperity
then prevalent. In this woollen districts there has been no
alteration of importance. From Nottingham the reports
show that the recent improvement in the lace trade has been
strongly maintained, while for hosiery there bas been an aug-
mented demand both for home use and for exportation to
Australia. Here, as at Birmingham, the increased means of
enjoyment on the part of the people are plainly observable.
In the 'fish linen market transactions have been almost
wholly suspended in consequence of the elections.
The clearances from the port of London for the
gold colonies of Australia during the past week have been
large. They consisted of seven vessels to Port Philip, of
an aggregate capacity of 4,290 tons, and one to Geelong (in
ballast) of 331 tons. There was also one vessel for Ade-
laide, of 333 tons, besides two for Van Diemen's Land, of a
Joint capacity of 940 tons. Spirits and wines continue to be
freely shipped. but the proportion of other goods has not
be n relatively large. The two vessels to Van Diemen'a
Land, however, took considerable cargoes. The total num-
ber of passengers has not been ascertained, but it is supposed
to have been nearly 1,090.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 26.
CROWN COURT.—(l3afore Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
Thomas Smith, aged 25, was indicted for wilfully and
maliciously throwing a stone upon a railway carriage of
the London and North-Western Company, at Darlaston,
on the 16th of February last, with intent to endanger the
safety of the passeugera.
Mr. GnAcE conducted the prosecution.
A labourer, named Yates, stated that he saw the pri-,
soner and another man standiug on a bridge over the
railway, about two miles from Birmingham, on the
evening of the day in question. The prisoner stooped
down and picked up something of the size of a hat, the
other man did the same, and as a train passed underneath
they threw them over the bridge. The witness heard the
bump, and ran to the spot, shouting, "Halloo, what aro
you doing there?" when the prisoner said, "I will tell
you," and knocked him down with a stick, and ran
away with his companion. The guard of the Liver-
pool and London express train stated that, on the ar-
rival in Birmingham of the train which passed Darlaston
at the time the prisoner was seen at the bridge, a com-
plaint was made to him of something having been
thrown on the roof of the carriage, and, on an examina-
tion in London, a stone, nearly 3001 b. weight was dis-
covered buried-in the tarpaulin on the top of the second
carriage. The prisoner was takes into custody on the
17th of March, in a hovel, at a coal-pit near 'Wolver-
hampton. On being charged with throwing a stone on
a railway train, be replied, " That is about a month
ago; I have been here three weeks."
The jury convicted him, and be was sentenced to one
year's imprisonment with bard labour.
It was stated by the counsel for the prosecution that
offences of this description bad become very numerous.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT --11' arwick, July 26.
Tim cause list contains an entry of 18 causes, including
that of "De Aderoda v. DaA7l3Oll and otherb"—the
Baroness von Beck's case—which is marked as a special

inry.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common aary.)

YATEs v. SAM lONS.
This was an action on the case fur maliciously poison-
ing the plaintiff's dog by placing pieces of poisoned meat
in a wood, where the plaintiff was aecustomt:d to walk
with his dogs.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a special plea
alleging that the wood was the property of Lord Leigh,
that the plaintiff was trespassing there, and that the de-
fendant placed the poisoned meat in the wood by the
I command of Lord Leigh.
Mr. Sergeant Miller and Mr. Bittleston appeared for
the plaintiff ; Mr. Hayes and Mr. Brewer fur the
defendant.
The plaintiff is a breeder and rearer of sporting
gr
and the defendant ganu:keeper to a Mr. obins,7vray
who tics
some preserves in the parish of Alles., y n
According to the plaiwiff 'it evidence the defendanthad
warned him that if he v7ent into the wood in
he had long been in the habit of doing, thecild7ft•ei°hnd'ara:
would punish him; but the plaintiff insisted that he
as much right there as .the defendant. El,lwever,ithap-
peared that on S. aturd ay, the 28,h of February, the
plaintiff was out wit's :Lis dogs in the neighboarh.a33 of
this wood, which is situate at Ai,e'kY, a few miles
from Coventry. He observed the d t
thing in the weed, close to eendatit place some-
thing
lane which ran by the
side of it; and as he: ;vas
from 15/. to 201,, ran. 4„ 1,1-"""4, a setter hitch, worth
up. In half
an hops ,:hu the spo,, and picked snmerhing
and died; and then,. une dud lansi seized
de
withp spasmsb
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