The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

MUNDERSTORMS.

The Yorkshire papers give an account of a heavy
storm of hail and rain, accompanied, in some in-
stances, by lightning. and thunder, which passed
over the southern part of that county, and did con-
siderable damage. The storm appears to have com-
menced in the neighbourhood of Barnsley, and in
the villages of Wath, Wombwell Main, Ardsley,
and Wombwell. The damage done has been very
considerable, and the farmers have suffered much
loss to their crops. Thunder was first heard about
7 o'clock. at Wombwell and Ifemingfield, and shortly
afterwards rain began to descend in torrents. At
Wombwell much damage has been done, an immense
body of water, carrying with it stones and debris
of all descriptions, having made its way with great
fury front the hill-sides and through the village.
Large walls were washed away and much pro-
perty destroyed by .the flooding of the cellars
connected with the houses of tradesmen and
others. The light fallows and the turnips
have been in many places washed away to •
the depth of two or three feet, and at Wath
and other villages around the storm did also much
injury. From Wrath it seems to have travelled to
Askern, Owston, Norton, and generally to the
villages in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, where
it raged with even more fury than in other parts;
indeed, sonic idea may be formed of its ...iolent
nature when we state that at Campsmount, the resi-
dence of Mr. G. C. Yarborough, no less than 1,000
panes of glass were broken in the greenhouses, and
three walls washed down by the hail and rain.
Though the damage was so great at Campsmount,
singular to relate, at Campsall-hall, about half a
mile distant, no damage whatever was done besides
that which might result from a very heavy down-
fall of rain. At Askern much damage was done by
the storm to the turnip crops, and atWrangbrooke,
in the district of Pontefract, it destroyed upwaris
of 60 sheep belonging to Mr. Liversedge, farmer,
which had taken shelter from the storm in an exca-
vation in a field, but into which the water poured
so rapidly that before they could escape they were
overwhelmed and drowned. Two heifers were
killed by the lightning on Friday at Iforwood, near
Leeds.

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TILE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SAYERS AND HEENAN.,7THE QUESTION

SETTLED.

Our readers and the public generally will hail
with delight the announcement we now make that
on Friday last Torn Sayers and his gallant oppo-
nent met by appointment in our office, and settled
their dispute in the most friendly manner. Sayers
was accompanied by Mr Gideon and two other
friends, and Jack Macdonald appeared as the ad-
viser of Heenan.

Several propositions were made on both sides, in
the presence of all parties, which, however, ended
in smoke. The first proposal on behalf of Heenan
was that the old belt should be cut in half, that
each should take a moiety, and that each belt
should be made complete by subscriptions raised
by either side. Sayers at once replied to this, that
he would not consent to give up the old belt, or
any part thereof, adding he would rather die in
the ring than allow any portion of it to go out of the
country. We then suggested that Toni should re-
sign the old belt into our hands to be fought for by
other aspirants, and that each champion should
head a subscription to purchase a fac
to be handed to his adversary. We represen-
ted that the feeling of the country was una-
nimous, especially among the higher classes,
that both men had done enough for honour and
renown, that by agreeing to this proposition
neither would be giving a point to his adversary,
and that it would be a method of settling the affair
which would meet with general approbation. Hee-
nan at once assented to this, but Sayers, after con-
ferring with one of his friends, said he would give
Heenan a new belt, but would prefer keeping his
own, for which he had fought so long. This was
another hitch. It was clearly Heenan's object that
Tom should not have the original, or, at any rate,
the whole of it, as he considered this would be tan-
tamount to a defeat ; and at this stage of the pro•
ceedings we had fears that after all no amicable
arrangement would be made. It then occurred to
us that if the men were left alone with us, and al-
lowed to state their own individual wishes, un-
biassed by the opinions of others, in all probability
we could put them together. A. hint was sufficient ;
the friends of both instantly left our sanctum, and
in five minutes the men shook hands in the most
friendly way possible, and agreed to our proposal
that each should have a new belt, that the old one
should be left with us, and that in the event of
Heenan's thinking fit to remain in this country and
defend it against all corners for three years, it should
become his own. Tom undertook not to put in any
further claims for it, intimating that he should now
retire from the Ring, and leave its fortunes and its
vicissitudes for younger men. Heenan, in a few
well-expressed words, said he had always respected
our Champion as a brave man, and one of the won-
ders of the age ; he had come over to try whether
he could lick him, and he acknowledged he found
in him an adversary quite as good, or even better,
than he expected, and he might add, now that the
question of the belt was done away with, what he
could not have said publicly before, viz., that even had
he defeated Tom Sayers in the Ring, it was his inten-
tion to have given the belt right back to him on the
spot, feeling it would have been far from manly on his
part to have deprived so good a man of his hard-
earned trophy, after waiving his rights so far as to
allow him a chance of trying for it. Tom replied
in suitable terms, that he had always respected
Heenan ; he looked upon him as a brave man, and
the best he had ever met, and he considered him in
every way worthy to uphold the Championship of
England should he feel disposed so to do.
This arrangement, we think, cannot but give
satisfaction to every one. All difficulties as to the
division of the belt, or its removal from the country,
are disposed of, and it still remains to be fought for.
Each of the late combatants will receive a trophy
which he may wear with pride, and show to future
generations as the fruits of his prowess. The pub-
lic generally, and especially the Corinthian patrons
of the Ring, will be pleased that the men will not
again meet in a hostile way. All were delighted
with the spectacle afforded on the 17th April, by
the indomitable pluck and endurance exhibited on
both sides, and however much all may have re-
gretted that the question was not settled one way
or the other, still the feeling was, as we have
stated, pretty general that another meeting should
not take place. As to who might have proved the
winner in the event of a second meeting was of
course a question open to much debate • each man
naturally had his partisans, and equally open to
dispute was the point as to who would have come
off victorious had there been no interference. These
are matters on which we have our own opinion in
common with others, but as the men are now fast
friends, we think it better that everything that
has transpired which might give rise to un-
pleasant reminiscences should be forgotten and
forgiven, the numerous angry letters received
by each and concocted for each by bad ad-
visers should be treated as waste paper, and
thus will both men remain free to act in con-
cert, without fear of any future disputes as to who
did or said anything to the disparagement of his
brave opponent. It should be the study of each to
uphold the character of his new pal, and do all in
his power towards strengthening the bond of friend-
ship so auspiciously entered into. It is the inten-
tion of the men to go forthwith on a joint sparring
tour, previous to which, however, they will take
joint benefits in the metropolis. As to the new
belts, they must be paid for by subscription.
Sayers will head Heenan's list, and Heenan will do
the like office for Sayers, but they will, of course,
require considerable assistance from the public to
carry out their arrangement ; and we make an ap-
peal to the gentlemen of England who have ex-
pressed so much pleasure at the recent mill to come
forward at once with their contributions towards
the requisite object. We hope next week to be
able to announce the subscriptions as complete.
In taking leave of the subject, we would most
thoroughly deprecate; on the part of the admirers
of either man, writing or chaffing in such a manner
as to kindle any spark of jealousy or be-
tween the two combatants, who have every right
to be considered the best judges of each other's
merits (crede expertis), and would urge all who
cannot come to the same conclusion in the matter
as the men themselves, to find a safety valve for
their opinions by subscribing to the belt of that one
whom they shall deem the worthier.—Bell's Life.