The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-30 00:00:00

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 29—Esk, screw steamer, from Guernsey;
Saxonia, from Hamburg.
Arrived, Sept. 30—Jaune Selestine, from Nantes; Furet,
and Providence' from Gravelines.
Sailed, Sept. 29.—Catharina, for Galatz ; America, for
Punta Arenas.
Sailed, Sept. 30—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL,Tuesday Moring.
Passed—Strata Florida, from Cochin: Excelsiorn, from
St. Mitt's; Calypso, from Jamaica; Wentworth, from
Calcutta ; Electra, from Grenada ; Devondale, from Co-
lombo; Zodiac, bark, from west--all for London.
Anchored—Nos, of Jersey, from Africa, for London;
Josephine, from London, for Nassau.

The Message, du Midi gives an account of a
violent thunderstorm which burst a few days back over the
village of St. Arnac ( Deux-Sevres). The ig htning fell on
the house of a weaver named Calvet, and afterlce
espenndeterdatiinng
the roof passed through the floor below, and d
the ground floor, whence it went out through a pane into
glass, which was broken to pieces. Six persons were struck
by it in its passage. Calvert's wife, who was in the upper
room, was killed on the spot ; a woman named Rosch, who
was in the same room with two young children in her arms,
was knocked down and severely injured, the children
escaping almost unhurt. A little boy who was near her
had his clothes set on fire, and was much burnt ; and lastly,
a girl aged 10, who was in the room on the ground floor
was killed instantaneously.

THE FLEET DITCH.—The works for the repairing
of the portion of tho Fleet ditch running parallel with the
Metropolitan Railway in Clerkenwell, and which were ren-
dered necessary in consequence of the accident which caused
the inundation of the adjoining cutting, aro making consi-
derable progress. Tho old and insecure parts of the brick-
work of the sewer have been demolished as far as the bottom
of Vine-street, nearly opposite the Sessions-house, and a
large portion of the now sewer has been rebuilt, including
the length where the rupture occurred. As the work of
reconstruction proceeds the opening in the roaiway is being
filled up with soil and made good. The turbid waters of the
Fleet still run through their temporary course into the old
channel, and the street is blocked 11. P near St. Peter's
Church, Saffron-hill, which at present causes a large and
inconvenient detour of the passenger traffic.

POACHING AFFRAY NEAR YORK.—At York
Castle on Saturday, three men named John Hemingbrougb,
George Hemingbrough, and George Thompson, were
brought up on the charge of having been engaged in a
poaching
transaction of a rather serious character on the
estate of Lord Wenlock. The prisoners were found at
Acaster Malbis, and in their possession were discovered a
number of rabbits and nets for taking game, and in a boat
moored in the river Ouse, near the place, were found nine
hares. Major Preston, of Moreley Hall, two gamekeepers,
and another man, went to the boat, when the prisoners
made their appearance, and, after considerable resistance,
they were secured. One of the men engaged in assisting to
take the poachers had his arm broken, and in the posses-
sion of one of the prisoners a revolver was found, three
barrels of which were loaded. The accused pleaded guilty
to the charge of unlawfully having entered land with ill-
tent to take and destroy game, and besides being committed
to the House of Correction for three months to hard labour
they were required, at the expiration of that term, to enter
into recognizances not to offend in like Manlier for twelve.
montha,—Xatichoter .Examiner.