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

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 6.
(Before Mr. Commissioner ifoLaorn.)
IN RE M. BRANSON.
The bankrupt was described as a stationer, at Strat-
ford, and ho came before the Court on the question
of passing his last examination. tlis accounts from
September, 1851, to July 26, 1852, show the follow-
ing items :—Capital, 2101.; unsecured creditors, 960/. ;
property realized, 3541.; good debtors, 321.; losses,
576/. ; expenses, 3001.
Mr. HUSSEY, for the assignees, reserved all ques-
tions for the certificate meeting.
Mr. DUFFIELD supported the bankrupt.
The bankrupt passed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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 animosity has been exhibited on the part of
the numerous Irish residing in Camberwell against
the English, and several desperate " rows" have been
the result. The cause of quarrel on Sunday evening
was said to be a refusal on the part of one of the
htGoerl
wshtiometoomdPrli out of a can of beer which he
comply with
with the request of an Irishman
and accompanying his refusal with
the expression that he was not going to give his beer
to any - Turk." This expression was taken
by the person to whom it was applied as an insult
aadlhl inoan3 his hand,
to all Ireland and the Irish, and in a very short
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of Irish, who vowed vengeance against the gmu.
(the Grahams) took refuge in the house of Mr. Neate,
the Prince of Wales, in Camberwell New-road, where
they were followed by their pursuers, and a savage
conflict ensued, in which the Irish were the victors,
as they were much more numerous, and inflicted
serious injuries on several of their opponents. Two
men, one of them the father of the Grahams, bad re-
ceived several severe kicks about the face and head,
while on the ground, and were marked in a very
frightful manner. The 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.
NoaTost 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, but admitted the Grahams to bail, to
appear on that day.

A MSErfiLal
n'AgAhain,TKILLED BY .HIS MASTER.
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 Mr. 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 wjss 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.
Sbeward'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 him to fall backwards. Deceased got up,
and Mr. Sheward caught him by both arms and
pinned him against the wall. Soon afterwards ath
parties left the forge, high words and " tramping"
were heard, and these induced persons to go to in-
quire what was the matter. Deceased wra found by
Peter Fere, a stableman, lying on his bzak, bleeding
profusely from the mouth, and quite insensible. Mr.
Sheward was standing by the stable door, looking at
deceased. The coroner asked the witness whether
Mr. Sheward, 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,
extending six inches along the right side of the head.
This injury, which might have arisen from a fall,
was the cause 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-
posing the jury were for returning a verdict of man-
slaughter, and that after further consideration the
majority. The inquiry, which lasted five hours, and
excitedverdict
mhuacdh lonybeen agreed to by a bare
interest in the neighbourhood,
tpwhrheeinscehn terminated. verd

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, amonc,
whom were several distinguished foreigners—M. deh
Verneuil, M. Achille Delesse, M. Champlouis, &c.
SECTION A.--LIATIIEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCI-
ENCE (CONTINUED).
A. M'F.srland—.Ou the fats morgana of the Irish
coast.

James Nasmyth—On the probable origin of the
steroids.
J. J. Waterston—On 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 nebula), 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 adopted, and render a large amount
of labour entirely useless.
Professors W. Thompson and J. P. Joule—On
the thermal effects of air rushing through small
apertures.
Professor W. Thompson—On the sources of heat
generated by a galvanic battery.
Professor C. P. Smyth—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 orgfaiic 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 tinder 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 polariscor 3 ; 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
pin of a grain.—un a new variety of magnetic iron
e, with remarks on the application of the bicarho-
r tte 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—On 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
supportof 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
strati▪ fied form ; and, second, eskers proper, which are
well defined, narrow ridges of pure gravel, and
consi▪
st of waterworn limestone, gravel, limestone
and sandstone boulders, aed sand without clay. A
lenseth.ncri discussion followed, iu which Sir H. De
la Bache, Professor Phillips, Mr. Griffith, and the
President took part.
Professor Savi—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 thea which yield the
black and green teas of commerce.—The author, after
its
natural general history and characters of the thea in
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,and Igo,
&c., though these were often used by unprixicipled
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
pestion of the Pacific unexplored, principally that
ly eg 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
Imaum 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 subjects which they so ably
discuss.
Colonel Sykes road a paper on the statistics of the
province of Nova Scotia (communicated by D.
M'Culloch).
SEcTioN G.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE (CONTINUED).
Mr. T. Webster—On the new Patent 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-Ge-
neral took part and made several observations on the
law and its attendant difficulties.
W. J. M'Queen 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-
stitav ion of graphite, from gas retorts for copper on
voltaic batteries, promised considerable advantages on
the score of permanency and consequent economy.

852.

Mr. James Ihrton—On the calculation of the
strains in lattice bridge, with practical deductions
therefrom.—This psper gave rise to as interesting
discussion as to the comparative ►merits of tubukr
and lattice bridges, i❑ 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 this 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. The thunder roared with-
out intermission, and the flashes of lightning were of
the most vivid and awful character, lighting up with
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 banks, 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-r 'll, in the occupation of Mr.
Hadley. Just below thee mills are two stone bridges
over the Teme ; one of these is of modern construc-
tion, built at a considerabla elevation above the banks
of the river, with a coerespondieg embankment on
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 le t 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 live
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. pr lb. The loss to the millers
is very great. Messrs. Richard and William Hadley
have suffered severe loss by the spiling 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 wrs 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 Henwick
gatekeeper states that three drunken farmers pissed
through his gate at midnight, and that one of thei
bats was found floating in the flood next morning.
At
.Dowii Leigh-brook the water appears to have
roc -led 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
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been done by the flooding of the houses. When we
consider the vast quantity of h s eep that are at this
time of year depastured all down the river, it is awful
to think of the destruction there must have been. The
general character of the ightning to those who
were in doors appeared "ke sheet lightning, but
to those who had the temerity to witness the phe-
nomenon it was forked in every diversified form,
always attended with ava al peals of thunder. At
present, the reporter has heard of but few acci-
dents by it. The horses of a coach between
VVorcester 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-
pants were not seriously injured. The water is re-
presented as having come down the Teme with " a
bead" 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-mill, 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 bad risen to " half bankfull," and
the surface was covered with treees, crops, furni
tare, &c.