The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-07 00:00:00

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On Saturday morning, between se 4,!./a4.4,_,
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o'clock, a thunderstorm visited the iiVrAoi Or .:e.
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the suburbs, and was particularly •. :4 , „:,...-#l.l- A.:iL,.,
vicinity of Bow and Hackney mars .o•7!airlii" A7' 47 -1
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13ow, , ,and Hackney-wick s'Ations
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fluid .did much mischi.ef---to ' the dial , olqs ha S
connect on with -the wires.: Here, after -E—most •
vivid flftsb;) the fluid passed alona- one of-`them
-which Acted as a conductor, and at the Hackney;
wick station . there was heard a very-loud-report, ~..,- ~
.:• .which accoMpanied 'by a' sulphurous smell. The station master, as, aho •his assistant, were flinch - ‘
alarmed, and thought the station was on fire.-'`'''
They promptly made an examination,' when they ' - -;I.
The
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thourrhlt-was much ,
Fortunately the station itself,
shaken, did not receive nauchadahmeradgeo.f
sAhteeVp.
whiratnT
pier, shortly after 8 o'clock,
were previsiudy grazing, ran under a_ large tree.
At the same moment a vivid flash of lightu'ng
de-
scended and killed five of the anirtials instiantly.TWO of the park keepers and several men proceeded
te The spot, and found two other 'sheep sufferin2
flom the effects of the electric fluid. Subseq-uentr
they were removed and glinghterecl- b......r,-
r ...e ownerY.
Ab art the• game time, Thomas 'Raymond; pfaii:-e- .
constable, No. 78K, who was on citity in the Beth-
nal-gveen-road, was suddenly struck by lightning
across the fare. . He was conveyed by another ofll
cr to the surgery of Mr. Rolph, where he was catt--
mined, and found to be totally blind. He Was sub-
sequently taken to the police st ation, Arbour-square,
Stepney, and yesterday (Sunday) morning Mr.
Hinton, the divisional surgeon, pronounced him
to be progressing favourably, and added that there
were some hopes of the restoration of sight. He is
also suffering from ,a severe shock to the system.
The electric fluid likewise struck the roof of a house
in the King Ed ward-road, Hackney, removingapor-
tion of the titles and shattering the chimney-pots.
The effects of the storm were severe in many of the'
gardens near Victoria park, an-I srveral large trees
were shattered to pieces. The rain fell in torrents,
an I many valuable plants were completely de-
s'royed.
The effect of the storm on Saturday morraing,wm-
much felt at Walthamstow. The flag -staff of .thlf,
church was shattered into innumerable splinters, ~
the gas pipes torn open, the robing room, and vari-
ous parts of ihe exterior injured. The shock was
so severe as to shake the foundations of the neigh-
homing houses, cawing much coast rnation and
larm.

BERKSHIRE.--On Thursday morning a thunder-
storm of a fearfully violent character, and destruc-
tive in its consequences, occurred at Abingdon,
13,:rkg, and its neighbourhood. Mr. Stacey, a far-
mer, had as many as 25 sheep and lambs killed by
lightning. It appeared that, so vivid was the light-
ning, and so great was the noise from the rolling of
thunder, that a flock of - sheep Were alarriaed and
rustle Ito one corner of the fold. While thus close
together the electric fluid descended, and several
of the animals were observed to fall, by some men
who Were emp!o3'ed in mowing grass a little dis-
tance off. They inimeliately went to the spot and
picked out as many as 20 sheep and lambs which
had been killed by the lightning. An examination
was nude to discover if there was anything remark-
able in tl'e external appearance of the animals, but
beyond a strong smell of sulphur could be detected.
Tie carcases, however, on th r skins being taken
off, were found completely blPck.
LEPos.—A very violent storm of lightning and
thunder, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain,
passed ove: the West Rid of Yorkshire of
Thursday evening. About 20 minutes after eight
o'clock the cleAric fluid struck e church of St.
John the Evangelist, Leeds, knocking off one of
the p;neacl-s of the tower and doing some other
damage' but not of a very serous character. For
a short tune just before the storm burst over the
town nearly to-al datkne,s prevailed, and lamps
and candl s had to be lighted in the shops, dwel-
ling houses, and other places. The rain literally
poured down, deluging the streets in many parts of
the town. So great was the flood and t o much
earth was washed up, and other damhge done at
the B•amliope tunnel, on ihe North-Eastern Rail-
betw,.;en Leeds and Harrogate, that the traffic
through the tunnel was suspended. No loss of
life, happily, is reported. Toe storm was also
sev- re in Bradford, Halifax, Wakefiel 1, and other
parts of the Riding.

. BEADFORD.—LOSS OF LIFE.—The thunderstorm
on Thursday afternoon and evening created great
damage in the Bradford district. ; Owing to their
cellars being inundated by the overflowing streets,
brooks, and drains, several of the shopkeepers in
the lower part of the town have suffered severe in-
jury of their proy.ry. Many houses were struck
by Vie electric if lid. Amongst ihf•s.4 were ono
in the oreupation of Mr. I:hitting, of Southfield-
place, Morniugitain, and another beltinging to Mr.
Thomas Milner; of Saletn-sriu t. At the former
some of the slates we: .e torn off the ro if and tossed
a distance of 30 yards. A b.-am in the upper story
was also torn in two. At the latter`a complete
wreck w ts made of the c irn'rey and some put of
the walls. Mrs. P.:Miler will two cl.i'dr, n, in tr.e sit-
ting room, had a very harrow escape, in conaequ,nce
of the marble mantel-piece and fire fixtures, ti.e
gating, kc., being suddenly torn down, and teased
into tie in dd'e of the roam. School-lane, Wito,ey-
bank-foor, was alsa struck by the electric fluid
about 3.30 p.m. One boy, name d Simeon Bas • ow,
aged seven, was struck ire-tautly dead, and another,
injured for a time, had his shoes torn in friTtnents
from his feet. At Peel-park great damage vr,ta
done. , A bridge was driven down, and great por-
tions of some of the embankments were washed away. -
A Gothic house was also struck and injured. It is
reported that at Windlrill, near Shipley, a man had
his arm struck and shattered ; and that at Shelf,
midway between Bradford and Ha'ifax, a waggon
was struck and broken to pieces.
NEWCASTLE —ln this neighbourhood the storm.
was the most severe that has been known for years
past. R.ur young and valuable horses, valued at
2001., belonging to Elward Thow, Esq., of Short-
ridge, were struck dead in the Buston Pasture. Mr.
G ,r.liner, of Lesbury, had also a pony killed in
the af•ernoon. Mr. Tate, of Belton, had a pigeon-
house uttr noted, and eight of the pigeons killed.
Wi,rkwoz th Castle, it is said, was also i'.jured, and
a geu.ltman on horseback, in the streets of that
town, hail a narrow escape, the horse and his rider
being thrown to the ground, though without
serious injury. Mr. Thompson, of Whittle, had a
very narrow ezcape. He and his wife were sitting
aside the chimney-piece, when the fluid descended
the chimney—dislodging a brick, struck him on
the leg, then passing into a closet, where it entered
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the point of a tally-iron,made
handle ; it. finally andits exit split riff
from
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the wooden
• without doing further damage. Tire lightning
struck the stables at Stuelifield Hall, near Bywell,
• and killed two vain ible horses ; and other acci-
dents are reported to have occurred in the Vale of
the Tyne.

OPPOSITION TO THE CORPORATION WORM-
BILL.-COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL:

On Saturday a special Court of Common Council
was hell at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding,
to receive a report from the Corporation Inquiry
Coturnittee, with a statement which had been pre-
ed for circulation, relative to the opposition_to
the London Corporation 13i11 in parliament.

Mr. J. WOOD, chairman of the committee, said
the committee extremely regrettei that they bad
been compelled to call the court together at so early
an hour, especially*on so inconvenient a day as
Saturday ; but, although they had already received
from that court full powers to do as they might
doym advis%ble, in order to oppose the bill, and
more particularly- with regard to its consfiscating
clauQes, they had thought it necessary to call they
court together in order to obtain its-opinion upon,
and sanction to, a most important statement, which
they had prepared for circulation. In conclusion,
ho moved that that paper should be read.
Mr. WOODTIIORPE, deputy town clerk, accord-
ingly read the report and paper prepared by the
committeb, a lung and elabora' e document, setting
forth s'eiy fmpbatically the claims of the corpora.
tiou to public support. It glanced at the Lberal
constitution of the Court of Common Council, the
careful and liberal administration of the City funds%
the awount (upwards of 1,000,0001.) spent by the.
corporation within the last thirty years in street
improvements, their efforts in the cause of educa-
tion, and generally vindicated their proceedings
and character.

Aft,Er some discussion the report was agreei to,
and the statement way ordered to be printed and
circulated, after which the court adjourned.

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—With a view c.f facilitating the apprehension of Londt n
and provincial thieve:, printed and gratuitous i forma•
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paid constabulary, head constable of any borough or
town, the governors and keepers of every prison,
cif superintendents of the eight p•incipal railways
—Great Western, London and North-Western, Great
Northern, Eastern C. unties, South-Eastern, London
and Brighton, North Kent, and London and
South-Western also, to mayors of incorporate
boroughs, to the naval and military departments
theents of
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the
United Kingdom as may be authorised ; t
commissioner of
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aplsoloicenfotrocel
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