The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

bALE CiiY' SATURDAY.

One of the most terrific storms with which the
metropolis has been visited for several years com-
menced on Saturday evening, and which, although
of short duration, exceeded in its disastrous effects
that of last Monday. The wind had i een blowing
during the forenoon from the eastward, and sud-
denly shifting about two o'clock to the S.S.W., in-
creased in violence until seven o'clock, when a most
furious gust broke over the metropolis, inflicting a
considerable amount of damage. The hoarding at
the terminus of the new street at the corner of St.
Martin's-lane was blown down, and another in
Long-lane, Smithfield, was levelled with the ground.
In the suburbs on the south side of the river the
• destruction of property was immense, the roofs of
several houses being completely stripped, the wreck
of tiles, slates, and chimney pots falling with vio-
lence into the streets, by which several persons were
seriously wounded and contused. Several trees
were blown down in the vicinities of Clapham, Nor-
wood, and Wandsworth, house property being also
materially damaged in those localities. The
Middlesex side of the river did not escape un-
scathed ; in the vicinities of Russell, Brunswick,
and Mecklenburg-squares much property was de-
stroyed, and in Clerken well and Islington the da-
mage was immense, the streets and highways be-
ing strewed with broken tiles, slates, and broken
brick-bats, blown from the roofs of houses and
chimneys, several stacks of which were blown down.
Considerable damage was done to the trees in Hyde
Park, the Green Park, and St. James's Park, and
the shrubberies and young trees in the Regent's,
Victoria, and Battersea Parks suffered considerably
from the violence of the gale. At Charing cross,
when turning from Trafalgar-square, a four•
wheeled cab and horse were thrown on their side,
the driver being much injured. The gale increased
in fury on the flood-tide, and at high water yester-
day morning became a perfect hurricane. On the
river the confusion amongst the shipping from mid-
night until 2 a.m. is indescribable, tiers of vessels
ware torn from their moorings and driven to the
north side of the river, where the collisions occa-
sioning much damage were numerous. Several
barges, lighters, and tug-boats that had been driven
over filled with water and sunk, and the water-
drift or spray breaking over the embankments of
low lying wharfs and landing-places they were
inundated to some depth, the receding tide carry-
ing off light and buoyant articles, and numerous
gangs of workmen were employed yesterday in re-
pairing damages. At 3 o'clock the hurricane had
subsided into a moderate gale, accompanied with
showers of rain at intervals, and towards evening
the wind drew more round to the westward. It is
feared that accounts from the outports on the south
and west coasts will bring very distressing and
melancholy intelligence.

THE GALE ON 211 E SOUTTI COAST.

LEWES, SUNDAY ETENING.

Along this coast the disasters have been many
and serious, to say nothing of the damage done to
landed property, which is great.
Several wrecks are reported both at Shoreham
and Brighton, or rather along the coast between
the two, and many bodies have already been
picked up. It is at Newhaven, however, that
the shipping has suffered most. Here, during
the whole of Saturday and throughout the fol-
lowing night, the wind blew a complete hurricane
from the south-west. In the evening many vessels
were seen off the coast, struggling hard against the
tremendous sea which prevailed. Some got away
and weathered the storm—others were not so suc-
cessful. A schooner (said to be the Wander, o
Hastings) is a total wreck, the crew saved. The
Woodside, of Southampton, laden with coal, was
cast ashore. The captain is lost. A fishing smack,
the John Wightman, of Hastings, came ashore, and
was cast upon her broadside—crew saved. The
Eliza Jones, of Carnarvon, laden with grain, also
came ashore and is greatly damaged ; her cargo lost
or rendered worthless. A French fishing-boat from
Dieppe is greatly damaged, but no lives lost, An-
other fishing-boat from Hastings, on entering the
harbour was partially swamped, and lost two of her
crew. The damage altogether is estimated at several
thousand pounds. The life-boat lay between the
piers, manned by the Preventive Service, but really
had no opportunity of rendering any service, the
swell being such that it would have amounted to
folly to venture out. The crew of the Eliza Jones
had a narrow escape, having been obliged to fly to
the rigging, while the sea rolled almost mountains
high ; here they remained three or four hours, when
they were got off.

JP RECK OF TBE HAMBURG, HAMBURG

STEAMER.

The Harburg, London and Hamburg (cattle)
steamer was wrecked in the gale of Monday last,
after several hours exposure to the storm, the crew,
with the exception of two, narrowly escaping with
their lives. The Harburg was a fine steamer be-
longing to the General Steam Navigation Company,
commanded by Captain Whittiogham. She has
of late been chiefly employed in the conveyance of
cattle from the Continent to London, and at the
time of her unfortunate loss was on a passage from
Hamburg to the Thames with 1,500 head of sheep
and cattle on board. She had reached within 40
miles of the English coast when the gale com-
menced, and the officers and crew state that the
sea rose higher than ever they had witnessed. It
swept over the ship with overwhelming force, and
the wind blew in such fearful gusts as to tear the
canvas into ribbons. The hatches were battened
down, and every precaution taken to prevent the
vessel filling. The cattle and sheep were hurled
from one end of the ship to the other in frightful
confusion, and the crew had to take to the
rigging to escape being killed. As heavy seas
struck the vessel, the live stock was carried over-
board, while those below in between decks were
either smothered or trampled to death. So tremen-
dous were the seas as they broke over, as to carry
away the funnel, spars, bulwarks, stanchions, and
everything standing on deck. Although the en-
gines were kept going the vessel made no headway,
bat was driven across the North Sea on to the Dutch
coast at Texel. The destruction of the ship appear-
ing inevitable, several of the crew took to the boats.
The captain and some of the hands however re-
mained by the vessel in the hope that there might
yet be a chance of saving her, and at length had to
take to the rigging, where they were rescued by the
life-boat. Two of the men, however, in endeavour-
ing to swim ashore perished. Another of the com•
pang's fleet, the City of Hamburg, narrowly escaped
foundering in the storm. She was also laden with
sheep and cattle for London, and on her arrival in
the river presented the appearance of a wreck. Her
bulwarks, rails, spars, and everything on deck were
carried away by seas which swept the ship, besides
the loss of 500 of her live stock.

MORE WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE.

SHIELDS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The intelligence of the loss of the Edgar Athling,
East Indiaman, reached here yesterday. She be-
longed to Mr. E. Yeung, of this town, and was a
fine 13 years' ship. She sailed from here 03 Wed-
nesday week, for Aden ; and encountered the fear-
ful hurricane off Lowestoft on Monday morning.
She lost her masts and was thrown on to her beam
ends by the fury of the storm, and di ore about in,
that helpless state until Tuesday, when she foun-
dered. Her officers and crew, 22 in number, were
saved by smacks. The master's wife and a little
child were also rescued and brought on shore,
though in a very exhausted state. Tile vessel and
cargo were worth nearly £lO,OOO. The vessel is
insured in the clubs here for £7,500. The most
distressing particulars are arriving of the effects of
the gale. At least 100 north country seamen have
perished ; for, besides the amount of devastation on
our own coast, we are likely to be severe sufferers
by the eff‘,..cts of the gale on the Dutch coast.
Several colliers' vessels are ashore--one, the Earl
Talbot, totally lost ; and two vessels that sailed
from North coast ports are lost, and all hands but
one have perished. A Sunderland paper gives the
following particulars of the loss of the barque Jane
Green, on the Durham coast :—She was coming
down from Sheerness on Monday morning, and the
wind suddenly changed from S.E. to E., and then
to N.E., when it began to blow a terrific gale. The
sleet and rain was falling fast, and the captain
could not make out what part of the coast they
were on. Thinking they were not so far north as
it was afterwards proved they were, he attempted
to wear her round, but without success, the fore-
topmast-staysail being carried away. The captain,
considering he was near to Redcar rocks, let go
both his anchors, but they came home, and the ship
speedily drove on shore at Black Halls, four miles
north of Hartlepool. The anchors being out, kept
her from washing up the beach, and she was there
fore soon knocked to pieces. The men then at-
tempted to get on shore on pieces of the wreck, on
the spars, or whatever they could lay hold of.
Five were cast on shore in a most exhausted and
almost lifeless condition; but the rest of the
crew either sank from exhaustion or were killed by
pieces of the wreck. The captain had nearly
reached the shore when a wave overwhelmed him,
and he sank, and was not seen again. Every effort
was made by the people in the neighbourhood to
s,uceour and restore those who were cast on shore.
The bodies of the captain and the apprentice (both
of whom were much respected) were picked up a
mile north of Hai tlepool, and an inquest was held
there yesterday. The vessel, a barque of 417 tons,
went to pieces in about two hours, and the coast

near Black Halls was covered with pieces of the
wreck. The owner of the vessel, Mr. John Tully,
shipowner, of Sunderland, yesterday received in.
telligence that another of his vessels had foun-
dered in the gale. The Vernal, a brig of 214 tons
register, bound from Sunderland to New Dieppe,
with a cargo of coals, had received such injuries
during the storm that the crew had to abandon
her near Texel, and they have since landed all safe
near Yarmouth.

L 411 F INTELLIG ENCE,—June 2.

,1.

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
CAUSES.

(Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Baron Martin,
and Mr. Justice Willes.)
CALLWELL V. C U.LWELL AND KENNEDY.

Mr. Justice Hill, who was one of the judges be-
'ore whom this case was tried in May last, came
nto court this morning to hear an application on
the subject of the settlements.

The fury had returned a verdict for the petitioner,
and had assessed the damages against the co-te-
spondent at £3,000.
Dr. Phillimore, Q C. (with whom was Dr. Tris-
tram), for the petitioner, stated that Mrs. Callwell
would be entitled to £1,384 on the death of her
father, which was settled absolutely upon the hus-
band. Mr. Callwell had settled £4OO a•year on
Mrs. Callwell. Mr. Callwell proposed that the
£1,384 should now be settled on Mrs. Callwell
without power of anticipation, and after her death
that it should go to the children ; that the £4OO
a-year should be returned to Mr. Callwell, and that
the damages should be settled upon a child of Mrs.
Callwell's of whom he believed Mr. Kennedy to be
the father.
The Judge-Ordinary said if it was not Mr. Call-
well's child he could not ask the court to make a
provision for it. What was Mr. Callwell's income ?
Dr. Phillimore said he was instructed that it was
between £3,000 and £4,000 a-year.
Mr. Serjeant Pigott said he appeared to watch
the case for Mr. Kennedy, and he would only sug-
gest that any order which the court might make
with refence to the damages might be limited to
£1,500, in pursuance of an understanding which
had been come to between himself and his learned
friend.
The Judge-Ordinary said it would be most dan-
gerous to recognise anything like an arrangement
between the parties, and the court could not do so.
Mr. T. Jones, for Mrs. Callwell, said that she
neither desired alimony nor any benefit from the
£4OO which had been settled upon her, but she did
claim to have the absolute disposal of the £1,384.
He reminded the court that it did not appear
on the trial that Mrs. Callwell had been guilty of,
any turpitude, that she had been cast from an ele-
vated station in society, and that it was desirable a
respectable position should be assured to her.
The Judge-Ordinary said that the performance
of the duty cast upon the Court was attended with
very considerable difficulty. The act gave the Court,
power to direct a settlement to be made, but it pro-
vided no machinery for carrying that direction into
effect, Time must be taken for consideration.
IRVINE V. IRVINE AND GILL.

Dr. Dean, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey appeared for the
petitioner, who charged his wife with adultery ;
and Mr. Pritchard for the respondent, who denied
the adultery, and pleaded condonation and a coun-
ter charge.
The case was part heard on Tuesday last, and
was then adjourned for the amendment of the pe-
tition and for the production of farther evidence.
The marriage took place in 1845 at Hartlepool,
and there were two children. The petitioner was
the mate of a vessel trading to Australia. In July,
1858, he left England, and returned in April, 1859.
He lived with his wife for a few days at Limehouse,
and then discovered that she was seven months gone
with child, and separated from her. She was de-
delivered of a child in June, 1859.
Two witnesses, a friend of the respondent named
Forster, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine,
were called this day by Mr. Pritchard, and proved
that after Mr. Irvine's return he slept with his wife
for a few nights, and it was contended that the
Court ought therefore to presume condonation, in-
asmuch as he could not have been ignorant of his
wife's condition. It was, however, elicited in cross-
examination that there was a quarrel about her
pregnancy a few days after his return, that it had
not been mentioned before that quarrel, and that
immediately afterwards he went away from the
house.
The Judge-Ordinary said the Court had no doubt
that the respondent had failed to establish her plea
of condonation, and there appeared to be no ground
whatever for the plea of recrimination. The mar-
riage would, therefore, be dissolved.
ROGERS V. ROGERS AND HOLMSHAW.

Mr. Jacob appeared for the petitioner, Dr. Wad-
dilove for the respondent, and Mr. Forster for the
co-respondent.
The petitioner charged his wife with adultery.
She pleaded a denial, and the co-respondent pleaded
that he should not be 21 years of age until April
next, that he had no property, and that he had
lost his situation.
Mr. Rogers was a tanner in a large way of busi-
ness at Stourport, in Worcestershire. In February,
1850, he married the respondent, his age being
then 28, and hers 21, and they lived happily to-
gether until September last. Mrs. Rogers was
fond of music, and the co-respondent, George
Frederick Holmshaw, who was an organist and a
teacher of music, visited at her houses. On the
24th of September last Mrs. Rogers went, as she
represented, to pay a visit to an aunt at Wakefield.
A few days afterwards Mr. Rogers followed her to
Wakefield, but was surprised to find that she had
never been there. He instituted inquiries, and at
last traced her to London. She was then cohabit-
ing with Holmshaw in Albany-street, Regent's-
park, and they passed as man and wife under the
name of Mr. and Mrs. Russell.
The Court dissolved the marriage, with costs
against the co-respondent.
SAVORY V. SAVORY.
Mr. Field appeared for the petitioner.
This was a petition by a wife on the ground of
adultery, coupled with desertion. The respondent
was a licensed victualler, and had kept several
publichouses in different parts of London. He was
married in 1834, and cohabited with his wife until
1840. He became embarrassed in circumstances,
and in 1810 he left her in a house in Baker-street,
and has never since provided a home for her or con-
tributed to her support. She has been maintained
by her family. The respondent has cohabited with
a girl named Elizabeth Fletcher.
The Court granted a decree.

REAM V. HEATH AND LONGLEY.
Mr. Macqueen was counsel for the petitioner.
The marriage in this case took place in October,
1852. Mr. Heath is a scourer and dyer in St. Pan-
cras. He and his wife lived happily together for
about six years, and had two children. In August,
1838, Mrs. Heath asked permission to visit two of
her aunts at Brighton, as she was not in good
health. Her husband allowed her to go, and she
stayed away for six weeks and then returned.
About a fortnight afterwards she went away again,
under the pretence of paying a visit to a relation
at Woodford. In consequence of information that
he received from his father, the petitioner made
inquiries, which resulted in the. discovery that his
wife, instead of going to Brighton and Woodford.
had been living in lodgings at Hoxton with the
co respondent, a clerk in a mercantile house in the
city. He thereupon separated from her.
The Court dissolved the marriage.
WEST V. WE ST AND PENNEFATIIER.
.

Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks conducted
the petitioner's case ; Dr. Swabey.appeared for the
respondent, and Mr. Garth for the co-respondent.
Lieutenant Colonel John Templer West prayed
for a dissolution of his marriage with Mrs. Marga-
retta Jane Maria West on the ground of her adul-
tery with Captain Ponnefather. The respondent
and co-respondent pleaded a denial of the adultery.
Dr. Phillimore stated that the petitioner was
married on Feb. 1, 1849, to the respondent, who
was the daughter of a Mr. Delapole, a gentleman
of ancient family in Devonshire. They lived to-
gether happily at Malvern, Ryde, and other rlaces,
and had two children—a son, born in September,
1850, and a daughter, born in June, 1853. Five or
six years ago, Colonel West sold out of the Guards
and travelled upon the continent with his wife. In
May, 1859, they were staying at Malta. On the
23d of that month, Colonel West was obliged to go
to London upon business, and he left Mrs. West at
Malta. In the fulloNsing August he received infor-
mation that Mrs. West had eloped with Captain
Pennefather, of the 41st Regiment. He and his
brother went in search of them, a:A found them at
Duotno d'Ossola, Piedmont. A duel took place be-
tween Captain Pennefather and Colonel West, and
on Colonel West's return to England he commenced
this suit.
The following wit.iesscs were examined :
Henry 'Wyndham Wcst.—l am a cousin of the
petitioner. After his marriage he resided at Ches-
hamplace, than at Malvern, then at Hyde. As far
as I could obA:rve, he always behaved kindly to his
wife.

Major Frederick West.—l am a brother of the
petitioner, and I was present at his marriage. 1
visited my brother and his wife from that time
down to 1858. They lived amicably together. In
1859 I went with my brother to Italy. We went
to Duomo d'a•sola. About the 22d of August we
saw Captain Pennt rather and the respondent. They
were together. A duel took place between my
brother and Captain Penefather. We returned to
England. In December, 1859, I went to 107,
Jermyn-street, St, James's, with the solicitor, and'

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