The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

EQUITY.

The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the en-
suing educational term a course of nine lectures on the fol-
lowing subjects :
I. On the Leading Division of Equitable Jurisdiction,
ant the principles from which they originate.
11. On Relief in Equity against Penalties and For-
feitures.

HI. On the Nature of Legal Mortgages.
. IV. On Suits for Redemption and Foreclosure.
V. On the Priority of Incumbrances on Real and Per•
sonal Estate.

VI. On Proceedings in Equity, with reference to
Waste.
The Reader will continue with hit senior and junior
classes the general courses of equity already commenced.
He will also continue in the senior class and commence in
the junior to explain the leading rules of pleading in equity
from the work of Lord Redesdale.
THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY.

The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to
deliver in the ensuing educational term nine public lectures
on the following subjects :
I. Titlo by Prescription.
11. The Law of Copyholds.
111. The Power of Executors to Sell under a Testamen-
tary Charge of Debts.
In his private. lectures the Reader on the Law of Real
Property will refer more particularly to the cases cited in
the public lectures ; and pursue his course of Real Property
Law, using the work of Mr. Joshua Williams as a text-book.

TERRIFIC UURRICANE.

The neighbourhood of Caine was on Friday
visited by one of the most destructive storms ever
witnessed. It appears to have been a regular
tornado, having a curvilinear motion, and progress-
ing at a rapid rate. Symptoms of an approaching
storm were visible at one o'clock p.m. The whole
atmosphere became thick and heavy. It was so
dark that it was scarcely possible to read without
artificial light. Presently the vault of heaven was
lit up by vivid flashes of lightning, accompanied by
loud and sudden claps of thunder, which together
with the big hail stones falling thick and fast, and
the roaring of the mighty wind, produced a scene
at once awful
.and sublime. The whirlwind ap-
peared to commence on the outskirts of Bowood-
park, near Quobb's farm, passing on to the Rookery
Farm, marking its path by trees blown down
and others snapped off in the middle, thence to
Quemerford-villa, carrying away the roof of the
stable ; but when it reached Mr. Slade's mill at
Quermerford it carried away the chimneys, stripped
off the spouting and lead work, and blew some of
the slate tiling at least 400 yards from the spot.
The adjoining skilling, in which cattle were feed-
ing, was literally deprived of its roof, and the
stone tiles of which it was composed strewn about
the road in pieces as fine as could be produced by
a stonebreaker's hammer. Pieces of freestone
coping, a yard in length, were blown away, and
a large tree near the millstream is torn com-
pletely out of the earth, having at least thirty
square feet attached to its roots. At Blaekland-
park, belonging to Mr. Marshall Hall, the de-
struction of property was immense. Part of the
roof of the lodge was blown away. Hundreds of
trees are lying on the ground, and it is a remarkable
fact that trees Bft. and loft. in circumference were
snapped in sunder like matchwood ; while others,
especially the heavy-topped firs, 30ft. in length,
were blown out of a plantation across the turnpike-
road, and into an adjoining field. The park and
plantations form a complete scene of desolation.
Twenty or thirty men were engaged all the after-
noon clearing the road, which was quite blocked
up. The windows of Compton-hall, the residence
of Mr. G. W. Heneage, sustained much damage
Prom the hailstones. At Cherhill, about three miles

from Caine, and situated in the vale of the White
Horse, the storm was terrific. Whole ricks of

wheat were carried away,rund some of the sheaves
to such a distance as to render it extremely
doubtful whether the proper owner will ever
see them again. A large tree fell across a shed, and
the waggon it contained was cut in two. Several
cottages were more or less blown down. We are
happy to state that amid all this destruction not a
single life, either of man or beast, has been lost.
One old man had a narrow escape. He had gone
under a small shed for shelter, when a large tree
came down with a crash across the roof ; but,
strange to say, the poor fellow crept out of the
debris safe and sound. One little outhouse at
Yatesbury was borne away, not a vestige of it to
be seen. The amount of damage done to barns and
ricks belonging to Mr. John Tanner, cannot be less
than £l,OOO. Such a storm was never before
known. It is quite impossible at present to state
accurately the full amount of damage sustained.

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