The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-26 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, JUNE 23.

STOCK ExciiANaE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 8/. 10s.--Aberdeen,
Banff, and Elgin, IL 6s. 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 21.135. 6d.-Ar-
breath and Forfar, 27/. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. IN.-Ar-
magh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Ayr-
shire and Bridge of Weir, 2/, 45.-Banffshire, IN.-Belfast and
County Down, I/. 15s. -British and Irish Union, 2/. Is. 6d.-Cale-
donian, 15/. 55.-Ditto, New, 1/. 55.-Caledonian Extension, 11. 35.-
Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. Bs. 6d.-Caledonian and Northern
Direct, 1/. 155.-Chelmsford and Bury, 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junc-
tion, 151.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 1/. 75.-Deeside Railway,
31.-Direct Northern, 1/. I3s. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 11. 10s.-
Dundee and Arbroath, 381.-Ditto, New, 211. 55.-Dundee and
Forfar Junction, 1/. 165.-Dundee and Perth, 221.-Ditto, Kinross
Extension, 21.65.-Eastern Counties Extension, 11. 55.-East Indian
Railway, Ws. 3d.-East of Fife, 11. 95.-East Lothian Central and
Tyne Valley Junction, 11. ss. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. ss.
-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 751.-Ditto, Half Shares, 17/. 10s.-
Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, ditto, New, 181.-Edinburgh and Leith
Atmospheric, 18s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 151. 10s.-
Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 5/. 10s.-Ditto,
Newport, 10s. 9d.- Edinburgh and Peebles, I/. 11 s. 6d.-Edinburgh
and Perth, 1/. 155.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 11. 9s.
-Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 195.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 741.
-Ditto, New Stock, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. 10s.
-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 2/. N.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle, U. 195.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. I Is. 6d.-Glasgow
and Garnkirk, 40/. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 8/. 12s. 6d.
-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 8/. 155.-Ditto.
Preference, 11. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 1/. 105.-
Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 1/. 155.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ar-
drossan, 1/. 175.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 2/. 10i.

-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great County Down, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Great
North of Scotland, 1/. 135.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. Is. 3d.-
Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Bally-
mena, 65.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 11.-London and
Hounslow, 155.-London and Manchester (Rust.), 3/. 145.-London
and Manchester (Remington's). 155.-London and York, 11. 17s. 6d.-
Ditto, Half Shares, 21.-Midland and Eastern Counties. 11.-Moray-
shire, IL-Newcastle and Berwick, 251.-Newry and Londonderry,
165.-North British, 291. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 11L-Ditto, Extension
to Carlisle, U. 135.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61.-North Staf-
fordshire, 5/. 175.-North Wales Mineral, 141. IN.-Ditto, New, 61.
10s.-Perth and Inverness, 11. 12s. 9d.-Scottish Central, 181.-
Ditto, New, 71. 55.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction,
1/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 71.-
Scottish Southern, 11. 17s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, Os.-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 3/. 65.-South Midland, 1/. 78.
-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 125.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 45.-
Strathern Junction, It. 10s.-Wishaw and Coltness, 511.
GLASGOW, JUNE 24.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian Extension, 25s.—
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 21s.—Direct Northern,
33s.—East Indian Railway, 9s.—Edinburgh and Bathgate, 455.
Glasgow General Terminus, B%—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
38s.—Glasgow and Greenock, 171.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 34s.—Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 31s. 6d.—Larne, Bel-
fast, and Ballymena, ss.—South Midland, 27s.—Stirling and Dun-
fermline, 31s. 6d.

DREADFUL THUNDER-STORMS.
DERBY, JUNE 26.—Derby and its vicinity was visited
with-an awful thunder-storm, accompanied by rain, on Friday
last. During the day the heat was very oppressive; the
barometer lowered ; and during the early part of the day
thuader was occasionally heard in the north. The storm,
however, did not reach Derby until about five o'clock in the
afternoon. The lightning was very vivid, and heavy peals
of thunder continued for about half an hour, though the
storm did not rage so violently over Derby as in some other
districts of the county. The rain fell in torrents, intermixed,
in some places, with hailstones the size of hazel nuts. Many
of the surrounding villages bear testimony to the severity of
the storm ; and at Melbourne it produced very lamentable re-
sults. Many casualties are reported ; among others, the
loss of a cow, the property of Mr. Joseph Hodgkinson, of
Langley, and one belonging to Mr. White, of Brailsford. Im-
mediately
after the storm, and during the whole of Saturday,
the atmosphere was considerably cooler; but on Sunday and
Monday it was nearly as hot as before. On the evening of
the last-named day heavy clouds gathered from all quarters,
and about seven o'clock a vivid flash of lightning gave
warning that a second storm was approaching. The ba-
rojneter' which had been gradually lowering, made a
sudden drop of half an inch. Presently flash succeeded
flash and peal followed peal, almost incessantly, while
the rain fell copiously. We do not recollect a storm so
awfully grand as this was. It continued for more than two
hours, causing the greatest consternation and alarm to
many of the inhabitants, and at length passed away towards
the south. It is stated that a man was struck blind by the
lightning whilst haymaking in a field belonging to Mr. Tarr,
of the Morledge, but we have not heard of any other
casualties, though the electric fluid was frequently observed
to dart to the earth with fearful velocity.
CIIESTERFIELD.—The storm of Friday passed over Ches-
terfield, causing considerable damage. The house occupied
by the Misses Lucas, in Elder-yard, was struck by the
electric fluid, but we are happy to say that no lives were lost.
WIRKSWORTH.—About four o'clock in the afternoon of
Friday last thunder was heard in the distance, which was
soon succeeded by several louder claps and slight flashes of
lightning, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain and hail.
For about twenty minutes the drops of rain were described
to be " as large as tea saucers ;" however, the storm was a
welcome guest at Wirksworth. Middleton church was
slightly injured by the electric fluid. On Monday we had
considerably more thunder and lightning than on the pre-
vious Friday. The rain was not so heavy, but continued
much longer. The cornice upon one part of the house of
Mr. Marsh, grocer, was knocked off with a tremendous
crash ; but we hear of no further damage.
MELBOURNE.— On Friday last, about five o'clock in the
afternoon, the town and vicinity of Melbourne were visited
with one of the most fearful and fatal storms that it had
ever known. For a considerable period, dark and portentary
clouds were seen collecting together, and considerable fears
were entertained by many of the inhabitants that a tempest
would soon be experienced. The sun, which had only a short
time previously shone with unclouded brilliancy, was almost
suddenly obscured. An alarming pall-like mass of clouds
now appeared to envelope the town, and in a few minutes
the highly-charged electrical conductors came in contact,
and vivid sheets of lightning blazed instantly around, ac-
companied by loud and frequent peals of thunder. After the
storm had raged with violence for a considerable period it
seemed gradually to pass away, and once more the sun lit up
the recently dark sky, when, as if the tempest had only been
lulled awhile for the purpose of concentrating all its energies,
an awful crash, like the discharge of a whole battery of artil-
lery together, shook the town to its foundations, while at
the same instant a stream of electric fluid descended from
the clouds with destructive force, striking two well-known
and respectable inhabitants of the place dead on the spot.
One of them was Mr. W. Bailey, hair-dresser, and clerk of
the Melbourne Friendly Society, held at the Melbourne
Arms; the other was Mr. Hugh Dalman, master baker. Mr.
Bailey had only just crossed from his own house to his g'arden.
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on the opposite side of the street, followed by Mr. Dalman, to
notice the progress of the storm, although
the earnestly intreated
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not to do so by Mrs. 8., to whom he replied, " Oh, there's
not one in a million killed." The formerrep had entered the
garden, while the latter was at the gate of it, and who, on
being struck, was seen to fall instantly, by a person opposite,
and without a struggle expired. Mr. B. was found near the
edge of his garden, by his deeply-afflicted wife, who, on hear-
ing what had occurred to Mr. Dalman, regardless of all
danger, rushed across the road, calling upon her husband.
The scene which followed exceeds all description. The
whole town was filled with confusion; shrieks and wailings
might be heard in every direction. So terrible, so sudden, and
so loud a crash, as accompanied the electric explosion, had
never been heard, or conceived of before. The shock of an
earthquake could only have exceeded it. It was as if the
voice of God in fearful majesty had called upon the people to
attend to a display of his omnipotent power.
The hair on one side of Mr. Bailey's head was burned off;
but upon the person and clothes of Mr. Delman the ravages
were most awful. His shirt was on fire when first approached.
His small-clothes were stripped to ribbands,—one of his
stockings and one of his shoes were burned to a cinder, and
his whole form fearfully disfigured.
Several persons in the town were, in different ways, affect-
ed by the destroying flash; some were thrown down, while
others were sensibly oppressed, as with a weight of sulphur-
ous heat pressing upon them.
From the point where first it descended, the electric fluid
proceeded through therstreet, street, and at a distance of about a