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London, England, 1846-08-03 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, AUGITS:T 3, 1846.

the irquiries that have been made, the Noble Lord may
not be unwilling to state to the House what are the in-
tentions of her Majesty's Government with regard to
military punishment, especially with a view to the abo-
lition of military flogging; and I beg to give notice that
I shall bring forward any motion of Friday on the
motion for going into a Committee of Supply. At
the same time I wish to state, that to-morrow.
I shall ask the Government whether they are acquainted
with the fact that flogging has been introduced on a very
large scale in the island Hong Kong, and on the 25th
April last no less than fifty poor indivivals were flogged
for a violation of the police regulations, and after having
been so flogged, I understand, they were delivered over
for a second punishment by the Chinese authorities.
VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.
Mr. HUME begged to give notice that he would to-
morrow ask the Government the reasons why six of the
council of Van Dieman's Land had resigned office.
DEO DAN DS BI LL.

Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that if the
donourablo Member, to whom was entrusted the
case of the Deodands Bill, intended to press it
on Wednesday, he would object to such a course, as
there had been very extensive alterations in the Bill,
which it would be necessary to have generally if not
publicly known.
MILLBANIC PRISON.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE wished to ask a question, in
consequence of some observations that had been made a
few evenings ago respecting Millbank Prison. He
wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of
the Home Department. whether he would have any ob-
jection to lay the report respecting that Institution on
the table of the House ? and also, he wished to ask why
it was that in the tenth annual report of the Inspectors
of Prisons, Millbank Prison was specially left out ?
Sir S. GREY said, that the report which he had by
him was not a final one. As soon as he received the
final report he would lay it upon the table of the House.
RELIGIOUS OPINIONS DISABILITiES BILL.
Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to know whether it was the
intention of the Government to proceed with the Reli-
gious Opinions Disabilities Bill this session.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, that it was the intention
of her Majesty's Ministers to proceed with the Bill
but that in consequence of the Bill having so recently
received the sanction of the House of Lords, he could
not say upon what day he would bring the Bill forward.
PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. •
Sir 11. W. BA.RRON wished to know from the Right
Hon. Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how
much money was now applicable, under the Public
Parks Bill, the County Works Bill, the County Pre-,
sentments Bill, and the Drainage Acts of this session, or
sums advanced to private individuals and others for car-
rying out improvements in Ireland.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he hoped he should be able during the present week
to lay upon the table of the House an accurate state-
ment upon the subject of the grants and expenditure
under the different Acts referred to by the Hon,
Member.

the utmost reluctance, and after serious con-
sideration, that they came to the determination
that such would be the best course to adopt. The
Government thought that they could not promote the
object which they had in view, were they to bring in
measures so seriously affecting Ireland, at so late
a period of the session.—(Hear, hear.) He would also
assure the Hon. Gentleman that it was the intention
of the government early next session, to bring forward
such measures as they believed would be most condu-
cive to the welfare of Ireland.
Sir H. W. BARRON wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Government to press on the Drain-
age Bill, which was a measure of vast importance to

Ireland.
Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know what were the
intentions of the Government respecting the Leases
(Ireland Bill) ; he certaiuly would press this question.
Mr. LAI3OUCHERE said he only asked until Wed-
nesday to be able to answer the question.
ST. ASAPH AND ST. BANGOR.

Lor d OLIVE wished to know what curse it was the
intention of her Majesty's Government to pursue with
reference to the St. Asaph and St. Bangor Bill?

(LEFT SITTING.)

TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM:

- - - - -
Amongst the public buildings in the metropolis which
have suffered most severely by the fracture of skylights
and domes, from the hailstones, are Buckingham Palace,
Somerset House, Burlington Arcade, the Bazaar (Baker-
street), and the Paddington terminus of the Great Wes-
tern Railway. The Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick,
the Botanic Gardens, Kew, and those in the Regent's-

park have also suffered severely.
In the neighbourhood of Brompton, Kensington, and
Hammersmith, the storm was particularly severe. About
four o'clock the electric fluid struck a stack of chimneys
at the house, No. 21, Lower Phillimore-place, at the cor-
ner of the road leading to Notting-hill, by which the
stack has been much shattered. In the Victoria-road a
skylight was carried by the force of the wind into the
middle of the road. In the lower parts of Kensington
and Brompton, the basement stories of several of the,
houses were inundated by the great body of water which
descended 'like a torrent upon Notting-hill and the
higher parts of the locality, and which carried everything
beiore it.
The nursery grounds westward of town have suffered
severely, as have also the market gardeners, their lights
being all more or less damaged.
In the metropolis considerable damage has been done,
all buildings having skylights being more or less injured.
The houses on the western side of Farringdon-ttreet
have sustained considerable injury by the ovei flowing
of the Fleet-ditch, which filled the various cellars and
underground apartments. One house, occupied by a
linsndraper, had five feet of water in the lower rooms,
and it required several men to be engaged nearly two
hours to empty the place. The lower stores of the
Angel Inn were completely flooded. A number of sheep
were saved just in time.
Battle-bridge was a scene of great excitement and
confusion, in consequence of the waters overflowing the
land from near King's-cross to Acton-place, Bagnigge
Wells-road, which was so inundated that the thorough-
fare had the appearance of a river or canal, and was not
only rendered impassable, but the inhabitants could not
obtain egress or ingress to their premises without the
assistance of some conveyance. The kitchens, parlours,
and back yards of many of the dwellings were so over-
flowed that parties could not enter .them.
The hou-es nearly opposite the police station in the
Bagnigge Wells-road were completely filled with water,
arising from the elevations of the surrounding neigh-
bourhood. Mr. Kerr, a baker, in Hereford-row, Bag-
nigge Wells-road, on the day before had in 36 sacks of
flour, which were entirely spoiled. The lower part of
the house of Mr. Greenwood, of the Northumberland
Arms, was quite inundated. The lower part of Mr.
Silcock's, the Carpenters' Arms, Bagnigge Wells-road,
was also filled with water, as well as other public-houses
in the neighbourhood. At the police station-house,.
Bagnigge Wells-road, and also at the police-court, nume-
rous windows were broken.
The skylights at the Euston-square railway station
have suffered so much that the whole of them must be
replaced.
At the lower end of Mutton-hill the rush of the flood

was so powerful, that it burst through the gratings, and
before the inhabitants were aware of their danger, the
water, which was mixed with the most nauseous soil
rose three or lour feet above the surface. The utmost
alarm necessarily prevailed, but in a few minutes the
cellars were filled, when those who occupied them were
obliged promptly to take their flight, leaving their furni-
ture to the mercy of the flood. At the bottom of Mutton
hill, it was at a depth of four of five feet, Adjoining
Mutton-hill, to the north, is W ignall's-place, in which
are eleven houses; here the water had risen about seven
feet. The utmost consternation prevailed among the
inmates who were at the first fluor windows, imploring
assistance, many of the suppliants holding children in
their arms. Assistance was pr.mptly afforded by the
neighbours. Among the first was Mr. Hunter, landlord
of the Two Brewers, who swam to the aid of many, and

rescued several children. A man named Smith, a
French polisher, followed his example, and also saved
many. Ladders were also brt ught to the spot by
means of which the women and men were extricated.

The consequences of the flood are such that" some of
the houses are undermined, and cannot now be occu-
pied. The back of the Coach and Horses, near Wig-
nall's-place, is swept away. In Round-court, to the
south of Mutton-hill, two houses, the property of Mr.
Langdon, were forced down, and but for the activity of
the inhabitants, who hastened to the assistance of the in-
mates, many lives would have been lost. A Mr. Clarke
saved three children. The premises of Godson, carcase
butcher, were nearly swept away. Among the property
lost was a cart, which was swept into the sewer that is
here open. In Thavies•inn the kitchens were filled with
water. A vast quantity of timber and other materials
have floated down the Fleet-ditch. Two houses above
Mutton hill are also down. The rush of water was tre-
mendous, and carried away the whole of the back part
of three house 3 in Round-court, occupied by poor fami-
lies, who with the greatest difficul:y succeeded in making
their escape. A large warehouse in the same court,
belonging to Mr. Fox, drysalter, had the back front
also carried away. Mr. Nichols, a broker, of No. 1,
Vine-street, has sustained considerable loss, by
a large quantity of furniture being carried
away down the ditch into the Thames. Mr. Knight,
a publican, bad his cellars so flooded, that the barrels of
beer were forced upwards, and knocked in the bar and
parlour flooring. He also is a great loser. At eleven
o'clock at night the poor people in the courts and alleys
in the neighbourhood were busily employed in removing
their furniture, as many of the houses, in consequence
of the water sapping the foundations, which are very
old, have sunk several feet, and are rendered extremely
dangerous. A strong body of police afforded most
efficient assistance in this distressing affair. The autho-
rities at Clerkenwell workhouse gave a general order for
the immediate admission of the poor people and their
families, who have been rendered homeless.
During the time that the storm was at its height,
the rain, which was falling in such immense bo-
dies, ran down the various conduits into the Fleet-
ditch, which very speedily became filled. The outlet at
Blackfriars- bridge, not being sufficiently large to al-
low the water to rush out as fast as it entered the sewer,
the extraordinary pressure of the water blew the iron
crown off the covering of the ditch with such violence,
that it made a noise like the explosion of a piece of ar-
tillery. At the same moment the water flew out with
such impetuosity, that No. 3 Waterman steamer, which
was going down the river, was driven against one of the
piers of Blackfriars-bridge, and so disabled that she was
forced to put back and land her passengers by means of
one of the Citizen steamers. Soon after it took place,
portions of Ledsteads, chests of drawers, cheffoniers,
&c., were seen emerging from the mouth of the great
sewer. Intimation of the circumstance was very
quickly communicated to the officers of the Thames-
police, who soon took up their position in boats
in front of the sewers, and this efficient body of men were
occupied until a late hour in conveying from the sewer
portions of articles such as those that we just mentioned.
The articles in question were all conveyed to the other
side of the bridge, contiguous to the steam-boat pier,
where they were placed under the care of an officer of
the Thames Police. The several articles were supposed
to he the property of the furniture brokers and others
whose houses were destroyed or injured in the neigh-
bourhood of Saffron-hill; these persons will, of course,
be on the look out to ascertain how far this assumption
is a correct one.

In the Strand, also, considerable injury was done to
I the windows of many houses owing to the hail-storm.
. Several squares of glass in the workshop of Mr. West,
. the optician, were broken to pieces. The glass domes
• which light the Lowther Arcade were all of them more
or less injured, and the shopkeepers in the Arcade were
obliged to give up business altogether.
Buckingham Palace has suffered severely. It appears
that the Royal Picture Gallery is lighted by a sic) light,
consisting of a centre piece and sides. There is an im-
mense dome over the grand staircase, composed entirely
of glass. A glass dome over the Ministry staircase, and
a variety of others. All these have been utterly de-
stroyed ; the ruthless torrents of hail and rain poured in
with the force of a cataract, making the various stair-
cases so many waterfalls ; the basement floors of the
palace were completely flooded. The Picture Gallery,
in which are some of the most splendid productions of
the oil-masters, was at one time in imminent danger,ioi
for when the large hailstones had removed all opposition
flooded to the
to the ingress of the rain, the gallery
depth of many inches, and the water assumed
N titne was lost in
appearance of a natural curreiwit .vas
s all the
(*.re liable to be injured,
removing all those pictures thatingle instance has damage
and we believe that in
.Theo more valuable pictures were
been done to any one.
engraved plate glass of the sides, which
ranged under the en
successfully- withstoogdratheviolence of the storm. As soon
as the rain had in some degree abated, active measures were
taken to
ru
oroclear the various rooms and lobbies of the
the water that had accumulated, and to
achieve
palee that object speedily the services of the police
stationed at the palace were called int 4 requisition, and
a company of the Foot Guards were sent from the
Wellington barracks to assist; their services were put to
a severe test for more than an hour. Mr. Cobbett, the
pa inter and glazier to the royal palaces, visited the
palace, and having ascertained the extent of the damage,
he at once gave the necessary directions for covering in
the picture gallery and the various rooms with tarpauling,
and a great number of men were instantly set upon that
work. Many thousand squares of glass are demolished,
and at a rough calculation the loss in that Exticle alone
will be little short of 1,800/. or 2,0001. It is satisfactory
to state that the Queen's decorators have closely in-
spected the various royal apartments, into which the
water obtained access, and have not discovered that any
material damage has been sustained by any of the costly
embellishments. The parade in front of the palace, ex-
tending from the foot of Constitution-hill to James-
street, Buckingham-gate, Buckingham-gate, was one sheet of water, and so
r4evp As t 0 under it impassable to pedeetriangs _

The deep barrel drain in the Green Park burst from
the immense accumulation of water, and formed a com-
plete river to the orr•.amental water in the enclosure of
St. James's Park. Here the violence of the storm dis-
.

mantled the flower-beds, tore up the pa;,-Q-;o
flooded the -pastures, that it became necessary for men
to wade up to the middle to rescue the sheep that
would otherwise have been drowned. The water

accumulated to that depth in bird-cage-walk that it
was rendered impassable to pedestrianq, and almost so to
vehicles.

At the metropolitan police office, Scotland-yard, 300
squares of glass were broken. The Admiralty stables
sustained great damage, and not a house in

place-gardens escapt;ii.' Lord Liverpool's and Sir
James's windows suffered most.

We were also informed, from a creditable source, that
the Houses of Lords and Commons were so inundated,
from the destruction of the fan lights, that it may be
questionable whether they will be in • a condition to re-
ceive the members this evening.
Carlton-terrace has suffered very much, the vestibules
of those houses which are glazed being considerably
shattered.

Every square of glass over the Regent Quadrant was
demolished, and the pathway strewed with broken frag-
ments. Several of the large houses have their stock in
trade greatly injured.
A considerable number of windows have been broken
in the Government Gazette-office, and the building
saturated with water. Scarcely a house in Cannon-row
has escaped injury by the storm.
In the well-known range of premises belonging to
Messrs. llarvey, termed Lambeth House, in the West-
minster-road, the floors of the shops were covered with
water. The stock in trade is most severely injured, The
skylights were demolished by the hail falling upon them
Ths Baptist chapel in the Waterloo-road had upwards of
three feet of water in it. The Hero of Waterloo Inn,

in the same road, had between 40 and 60 tons of water in
the cellar and about GO squares of glass demolished.
Messrs. Jones's oil factory in Robert street had 00
squares of glass broken. The. Pear Tree Tavern, in the
New-cut, had tke water in the cellar almost up to a man's
arm-pits. The West of England engine was engaged
nearly two hours pumping the water out. Mr. Knight,
an oilman in the same thoroughfare, had a most valuable
stock in the cellars spoiled by the water. The
Surrey Theatre had the skylights demolished
and the windows broken. The rain poured in such
a manner that the place was flooded. A notice was put
up last night that, in consequence of the damage done,
no porformance could take place that night. The sur-
gery belonging to Mr. Brookes, in the Waterloo-road,
had five feet of water in the kitchens. The Nine Elms
terminus of the Southampton Railway was extensively
injured. Astley's Theatre was injured almost as bad as
the Surrey. Messrs. Fell's brandy distillery, in the
Waterloo-road, had eighty panes of glass broken. In
Bishop's-walk, Lambeth, it is stated that the lightning

struck the wall of the Archbishop of Canterbury's
Palace, and tore up a tree in the garden. Mr. Bacon's
printing premises, in Robert-street, had a number of
squares of glass broken, and the business was in conse-
quence suspended. Mr. James's grocery premises, in
the New-cut, was injured to such an extent that, the
place was forced to be closed last night. The Victoria
Theatre,and Lawrence's miscellaneous,stores at the corner
of Webber-street, had several feet of water in the cellars.
The neighbourhoods of Fore-street and Princes-street
have suffered by the water.
Scarcely a house in Belgrave-square or its vicinity has
escaped receiving some injury. One mansion alone has
701. worth of glass demolished, and many of the rooms
saturated with water.

At the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the conservatory,
in which the carnivorous animals are kept, has sustained
such injury that to repair the glass will cost 2001. This
building is 100 feet in diameter, and its domed roof,
which is 300 feet in circumference, is covered with glass
and its sides arc secured with the same material, leaving
a space of about eight feet between the latter and the
dens of' the animals. This space, when the storm had
subsided, was found covered with broken glass to the
depth of two or three inches, and scarcely a whole pane
was discernible in the roof
When the storm was at its very highest a singular in-
cident occurred in this building. A noble lioness, which
had beets noticed for some time to be in young, became
most uneasy, and roared terrifically ; but it was at first
considered that this was produced by fear, as the other
animals were more or less acted ou by the appearance of
the vivid flashes of lightening ; but it was soon dis-
covered that the poor beast was in great pain, and in a
short time she gave birth to a cub lion. The keeper at-
tended to her as well as they could ; and the youthful
addition to Mr. Tyler's stock of animals was taken care
of. It is much feared, however, that it will not live, as
there can he very little doubt that its birth was pro-
moted and hastened by the fears of its mother.
The monkey-house, which was also seriously damaged,
presented an extraordinary scene during the storm ; its
inmates were so dreadfully alarmed by the lightning,
that many of them covered their eyes, to prevent them
seeing the flashes of lightning.
The splendid foliage of the gardens suffered severely
by the hurricane, and one tree was blown right down.
Three parts of the garden were covered with water.
The injury done to Vauxhall Gardens was compara-
tily trifling, and will be repaired by an outlay of, per-
haps, 304. The lightning struck the Chinese Temple,
and dashed a large portion of the panelling, which was
an inch and a half in thickness, to pieces. By the
violence of the storm a large beech tree at the bottom
of the Italian walk, was snapped off at about four feet
from the ground, and fell on the roof of the stabling, but
did not do it any mischief. This, with the exception of
the breakage of some of the lamp glasses, and the
glasses of the private rooms, was all the damage done to
these gardens. Mr. Alford, the coach-maker, in the
Walworth-road, will be a severe sufferer, a large sky-
light on the part of his premises, where a number of
harness-makers were at work, was nearly wholly de-
molished.
'rhe Catholic chapel, in the London -road, had a great
number of squares of glass destroyed, as had also New-
ington Church.
The damages sustained by the publicans in the vicinity
of the Kennington and Walworth.roads has been very
considerable. The cellar at the Elephant and Castle
was inundated to a depth of several feet, and the loss
will be considerable. Mr. Hewitt, of the Lamb and
Hare, in Kennington-lane, bad his cellar filled to a depth
of five feet.
The owners of green-houses in the neighbourhood of
Kennington and Lambeth, must be severe sufferers.
The damage done to the banks of the Thames by the
rush of water, especially about Chelsea and Milbank, is
very extensive. Boats were forced from their moorings,
and it required the greatest exertion to keep them from
being washed away.
At the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, some thousands of
squares of glass were broken. The houses in the
Clapham, Vauxhall, and Wandsworth-roads have
scarcely a square of glass left whole in those fronts
hich were exposed to the fury of the storm. Tho
windows of the houses in Larkhall-lane were literally
shattered, Mr. Kennedy, flymaster, having only six
panes left whole, and the fruit, young tendons, and
whole limbs of his celebrated vine being scattered in all
directions ; and the well-known Larkhall Tavern has
one front a complete wreck. At Mr. Chapman's, florist
to the Queen, in the Wandsworth-road, the storm has
been most destructive. The glass roofs of all his
hot-houses and green houses are completely de-
molished; the fronts and sides being very little better.
Mrs' Chapman estimates his loss at 1,000/. ; and the
rare plants and flowers are greatly damaged, and
some totally destroyed. In fact, the ravages of the
storm in this locality are beyond all conception, the hail-
stones which fell being generally the size of common
marbles, and some were picked up as large as walnuts.
Such a scene of destruction was never before exhibited
over so extensive a district; whole streets for miles—
indeed, the whole district from Battersea-fields to Clap •
ham-common, including Brixton, Stockwell, Kennington,
and Newington-butts, has suffered most severely. It
was, literally, a West Indian tornado, with the addition
of a hailstorm.
Several of the lower floors in the Penitentiary, Mil-
bank, were several feet deep in water. In open around,
facing the Quadrangle, the water rose so high that the
officials and other parties were forced to climb over the
iron railings to effect a retreat.
The Citizen steamer D was struck by lightning off
Batterst a, and her paddle-box was carried away ; far-
tunately no lives were lost.
WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The storm of yesterday,
which appears to have been general throughout the country,
commenced about half-past two o'clock, and continued
up to past five. The hailstones had done consider-
able damage in the neighbourhood, especially in the vicinity
of Datchet and Horton. At Litton- park, the residence of
the Duke of Buccleuch, upwards of 2,000 panes have
rbeeen_
broken ; nearly the whole of the extensive hot lin
also,
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kitchen, in which was the female servant, who was at the
time occupied in cleaning some plate. She became senses
less and was immediately attended to by Mrs. Corvan, who
had her removed, as it was not possible, in consequence of
the strong smell of sulphur, to remain there. In the mean-
while numbers of the inhabitants hastened to the house, as
it was reported that it had caught fire, and there was a
Upon strong smell of wood burning. ant examination of
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was a ashed away, some trees being forced down. In the
New-road, between King's-cross and Judd street., in conse-
quence of the sewer being overflooded,_ it gave way, causing
a considerable extent of damage. The thoroughfare was, of
course, instantly stopped.
_ In BROMLEY and the immediate neighbourhood very much
damage has been done to the several nurseries by the hail,
several thousands of panes of glass being demolished. One
of the hailstones, or rather pieces of ice, which fell at the
latter place, when measured, was found to be of an angular
shape, and upwards of three inches in circumference, the
greatest width at the top being one inch and a half. So far
as can be ascertained, no lives have been lost in the range of
locality previously described.
GREENWICH DEPTFORD, LEWISHAM se —The
,coming
storm was indicated by very heavy and dark clouds from
resembling
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the south- west, about three o'clock, followed in a few
minutes by vivid lightning and claps of tun
a park of artillery in the continued
distance. Then came torrents of
rain, succeeded by a fall of hailstones,. whichwith
storm advanced over these places, the lightning increased to
a few intervals of short duration until six o'clock.. As the
an awful-extent, and betweea the tlapJhea the clotttla werl bQ

heavily charged that there was the appearance of approach-
ing night. About an hour after the storm commenced, the
lower parts of Greenwich and Deptford were inundated. The
flood which poured from Shooter's-hill and Blackheath,
down Croom's-hill and Royal-hill, completely choked up the
drainage, and caused London and Church-streets to be com-
pletely under water. The kitchens and cellars in this line
down to the Royal Hospital, and alongshore to the creek
which divides Greenwich from Deptford, were in a most de-
plorable state from the same cause. The lower part of Black- •
heath-road, Deptford-bridge, and Broadway,were impassable
for foot-passengers during two hours. The vicinity of the dock
and victualling-yards, the General Steam Navigation yards,
Penn's boiler manufactory, and other extensive works, were
surrounded by water at least a foot deep. The devastation
caused by the extensive and heavy fall of hail is very great.
Numerous skylights and windows were demolished in the
dock and victuallingeyards. At the Greenwich Police-court,
the police-station, and premises attached, much glass was
brolten, and damage done by the water getting into the
apartments. The skylights and windows in the factory of
Messrs. Penu and Son, engineers, .Blackheath-road, suffered
severely, upwards of 500 squares being smashed in, together
with portions of the framework. More than 100 squares of
glass were destroyed at Messrs. IVeelhouse's Dent;
ferd-bridge ; and nearly the whole of the glass frames and
greenhouses in the market garden and nursery of Mr. Loft'
near the Kent Waterworks. Much damage was done also to
the glass work and choice productions of Mr. Cormack's nur- .
sery, at New Cross. At the police-station, Rushey-green.
Lewisham, much glass wee broken, together with the
framework thereof ; and the lower part of the village be-
tween Lewlsham-bridge and Lee-bridge was so effectually
under water that it was with some difficulty horses could ford
it, Particularly if eftaelied to carriages. The market gardens
at Lewisham, Lee, Deptford, and Wotilwich road, have suf-
fered immensely, not only from the hail, which at Lewisham
fell in flakes an inch long, but from the flooding of
the growieg crops. Throughout the whole district of Bleb.;
heath the hailstones fully averaged the size of large haze.
nuts. The gardeners who have suffered most are Mr. Tyler,
near the Greenwich Union; Mr. Shepherd, Lewisham; Mr.
Palmer, Lewisham ; and Mr. Loft, Greenwich. The quan-
tities of sand and gravel which have been washed from the
rubbish-hilla into Greenwich and vicinity is astonishing,
leaving the high roads bare, and presentine. nothing but asurface of' bright and broken granite. On theEltham row?'
a man with a scythe in his hand was struck by the electn°
fluid, and fell insensibly to the ground. The poor fellovir
however, luckily recovered so as to be able to proceed honr;
PLUMSTEAD.—In the midst of the storm the electric flan`
struck one of the chimneys belonging to a house in the
cupation of Mr. George Kimber, stone-mason and marbly_
cutter, next door to the Plume of Feathers, opposite to the
church, at the village of Plumstead. From a conversation
held yesterday with Mr. Kimber's son, by the reporter,
_I!
appears that at the moment he, with his father, was ePt.
gaged in preparing for polishing a marble tablet, andethte
whilst thus engaged, a stream of fire passed through
shop, which is in the first floor on the back of the house, en-
tering at the ceiling, which it tore down with great violence;
as it also did the plaster of the side walls. Thence it egsse
through the floor to the cupboards below, the woodo49r eae
which was demolished, and the crockery and miscellttoto3
contents therein destroyed. It then appeared. to '?"elt
to
through a chink in the wall to a butt in the yard, vinir
was broken up, and after playing in sportive fury _
some time in the roadway it appeared to
ground, rising out again at a distance from the house. J.°,o
half the chimney was torn down, and the bricks fell we,
the yard among several gravestones, in a course of prepser"e_
lion. Two large holes were made in the tiles, which per,:..
trated the roof, from the rafters through the ceiling.
Bingham, the landlord of the Plume of Feathers, states
.1;
he was standing in front of his bar, serving customers, at_wof
time when the flash of lightning—or, rather, the streanito
pass into4l
fire—appeared. So fierce was the flame, and so appalling
report arising from it, that he was for a few minutes un."l.
scious where he was, or what he did. The next moment
heard the crash of the falling brickwork, and, upon 100,
out of the window, after his stupor was in some measure
_,;'`of
sided, lie saw a volume of dust proceeding from the roof
the premises in Mr. Kimber's occupation.
verl
At Frith, Crayford, and Dartford, the storm was cif
severe, and at Chatham it is said to have been excess°7o;
violent. In the midst of this visitation and loss of pro
perty, it is gratifying to state that the hop bine has rl' is
improved. since the storm, one of the largest grovels
the west of the country having discoveredeupon an ex:lyiere
nation of his crops that, although on Friday last thee_ wet
covered with fly and lice, the thunder and lightnin; five
cleared the majority of the arms from these destrac
vermin.
by tile
SournEsn.—The damage that has been sustained
eiree-
hail-storm which fell on Saturday is tremendous. Tile,"oosei
tion the storm took being from south to north, the hot-b° the
and green-houses presented a fair mark for its fury, iii duel
destruction that followed it is most extensive. Mr. n'coa-
Forster, of Southend, has his beautiful hot-houses., one-
pletely riddled, there not having been left more tba"coarese
tenth of the paces whole. The number of broken 1.01,0 i
amounts, in this place, it is said, to over 4,000. Mc' letelf
the same place, has had the front of his house cornfoins
disfigured, nearly all the beautiful plate-glass windows
been broken.
The violence of the storm extended itself to the nejogelv:
bouring counties ;—ln the neighbourhood of Readink., the
ford, Newbury, Farringdon, Cirencester, \Vantage, 4fec,,age
storm was of a most awful description, and the d14i1.01-
sustained to vegetation generally is incalculable. At
erect•rl°
cester two sheep and an ox were killed by the , lese
fluid ; and at Wantage two sheep and a valuable liorbse„' tee
struck dead by the same powerful agency. At Oxhill'het-
electric fluid did great damage to building property,
The roof of the house of Mr. Douela
houses, and gardens.
tnroinogthoAf taLceoTt/lies
shattered a bedstead, and threw a child that the mothe,or"ii,
situate
near
w near the rtihvee r
liwgashtnstinrugekenhytetrhede litghhe
just laid in bed on the floor, but unhurt. At Higb%ese,
the servant of a Mr. Boyne got under a tree, with
his lolla
for shelter; the horse was killed, but the man miracu oier
escaped with a slight scorching of the forehead. At lie 'IV
on-Thames the flashes were awfully vivid and forked: gor
house of Mr. Musgrove was struck by lightning. 31tr'staad'
grove and a portion of his family were at the.momen_ed, so"
ing in a passage, through which the bell-wires pas,
were all struck to the ground, but happily without_o°oo'
injury; the damage to hia outhouses, plants, &c., co
ous to the dwelling-house, is very considerable. °
rya
serious damage was sustained by the electric fluid.„ e, OAP
of Hampshire, &c., were also visited by the aboveSstorAl
Swan Inn, Inkpen, a small village about three I:o_l,cs cot
Hungerford, the paper on the walls was in many Pi,"`ebe be f ,
pletely stripped off. The lightning then followed lb
wire to the kitchen, where the maid-servant was al
her clothes caught fire, but her screams speedily be
.r;ite.oeu,
sistance, and the flames were happily extinguish ostpcl,4o..
her receiving much injury; and a boy, who W 05,,,, ee",
in a barn near the house, was knocked down by k,O
ning, but escaped with a few slight scars on the ce" by l"
great portion of the barn, however, was destroyed
electric fluid.
UP:tpril
THE STORM IN BIRMINGII.A.M.—BiRmitiGMAM q I
f
—This afternoon Birmingham and its neighbourb°l°carasis°
visited by a dreadful thunder-storm which :lasted ni? st,
two hours. The wind blew gently from the south-'%'' A
which direction the tempest came. The rain deec,,e
torrents, and in some parts of the neighbourhood-io"itghoPt
rendered the roads impassable. Fortunately, ait-tioor
one period the storm was of the most fearful descrie
serious damage was done in the neighbourhood.

CORNWALL AND DEVON CE
TRAL RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Third Edition of SaturdaY'pe) (Oa
The scrutineers having given in their report,
it 41)
that there were— 545

For the dissolution ......... ... .. 51:614
Against
----".,0
•
Majority in favour of going on .
the
The total number of shares repre,ented in thel.ch vte g`
`'e
of the meeting, was 62,132, of Wol
62,131
the following summary :
No. of shares originally represented ... .........
Shares held by the directors who declined to 4,566
vote ... ............................................ 545
Votes for dissolution ........................... 51,614
Votes against dissolution .••
Shares held by parties who left during the 5,407 .....5..---'
meeting without voting ........................ 62,132
62,134 le ft the
vilio
no,
It appears, therefore, that if the sharamiders
lAtion, the t if,
meeting without voting had voted for the dir45,662' nilloa-
jority against it would have been reduced t st the 0
on the other band, the directors had voted agatruc
„0,308
id of
tion, there would then have been
going on with the company.
It was then moved and secondedb .
tahamtatilolent3besittllaliLrei
Williams, Lsq., fasnadhlaereanhdelimypagritlen
ctooildntinerwr 0,0
e thisl:ai
rm. meeting are due,
The vote was agreed to nem. can.
meeting then broke up, after having lasted ur
olforjl
of nine hours.

Alder
COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A. special Court of icing :
men was held on Saturday for the purpose of onto tilt
a nnot
only
nl e3d,neodtrhmbr
three
iul
ds
irna t e
deputation from the committee appointed relattev-prese.,
building of a new criminal gaol in the room of tilt e, sio
city,FC resolution
e n
tpatpne rdr
i.
stotinilvai,lat t
vi.
lot
huolel id Wire,opwbr oeatpyll3ev
.82e,
,odcouhogl aodaizor
b,ml
ew
that
~iettrt 1
oeshoet
rtsoe.
brbscospeuicpt,u:ie)onui rnd. .
suig,:cei:g
iebt:: '.leltooi
,so'nfooti
tetbides
,ei
le,tatjcad:ltoi
for
eo' '.,eir:
af
i'
_trol
wii!
the
nedaxnfcdoerp
ttthhaeteni , they liad,Ccfroot °',t, of
g, on the s,t°,, we° ,J;
Court of Alderniutilehgl
e acres would oiste to coo-
whereas the spot fixed
prison should be built in the city.
7tBe,oogOrl.u,
en at Holloway, c° ;40 &gist
acres, and could be purchased the Pr i' r
upon the subject, Mr. Alderman MuleoeheA'fstbgti
taro 400 persons. severfor 17,0001. 5,010 woo
this proposition as being al of the alderruenwi`b thell'at the
resolution of the directly at variance ‘. los t assioil
lie disc khat
the deputation should write their, P then h closed.
submitted to the down .01 it
Court. The (1 Datati ducted W
and the remainder -e, con the business was c°
_She ac-
doors.
T A gic SOS• ~, the n.'
RE —PPROACRING PARTRIDGE '.'"—teble to , oin
counts in favou. very sireor ot
Surrey and Sussex are very
Proaching partridge season The broods are
~,,, prostectfi ici °ll
the wing, and the cove •s ;re largeand t— ' t ° '•eh re-
, to eoe. ,is wit
early harvest 'll 3.
Iv' enable the sportsman ricrle-
the Ist of September without the usual rest
speet to standing crops. fpg
f 100 g '
BIRTHS. Andrews' ° of
On Saturday, August 1, Mrs. George •ty,
Sch°ll Lynn, of a son.
wife of pr.. of
On the 25th ult., Mrs. Sehmitz, ladf
Edinburgh, of a daughter. the
,
1,
On the 25th ult., at Glanhonddu, Brecor
Sosge''
Douglas Dickinson, Esq. of a son. bourxte'
On the 2 7th ult., at Leacroft 'Lodge, Al Mn'
lc,
Mrs. lbert T. Creayt
of a son
' Or
OnA the 29th ult.,s a Chester-terrace, Regent's-
Harrison Watson, of a son. .
au ..o.,,bter•
On the 29th ult., Mrs. P. S. Ormiston, of a d
bo'let
MARRIED. llsrile set
a st• ' lOll f
On the 30th ult., at the parish church
„f Billrne"ltiter °
London, William James Lumsden, Esq., .-- .. dflug._,bire•
Aberdeenshire, to Nary Elizabeth, eldesce larks
Matthew Thompson, Esq.,of ManninghareL°,,iet.64-7
W. H. Wylde, Esq., eldest son of Lieutc
Wylde, R.H.A., Woolwich, to Miss Macey
of
if
DIED.
On the 21st ult., at Box, Switzerland, Louisa, the W
.o.le,
Robert Winter, Esq. Mall' Wi. '
On the 31st ult., at Thornloe, Worcester, ,
b tbe
Parsonage'
..--
the wife of Captain Hastings, R.N. rlizabet ,
On the 31st ult., at Caversham a
; 101311
wife of the Rev. Joshua Bennett. the Ir..‘•e °f
On the 81st ult., at Clifton, Catherine,
B. Savile, Lieutenant Royal Artillery. „ran, aged
On the 31st ult.,Mr.C.Stewart, of Stepney "green'
117,
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