The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-23 00:00:00

THE DUCHIES OF CENTRAL ITALYAND
THE SARDINIAN GOY BRNMENT.

In taking the partnership accounts in this case a receiver
was appointed, and on passing the receiver's accounts 10
per cent. was charged on the gross amount.
Mr. Schomberg, for the petitioner, a military tailor, con-
tended that 10 per cent, only was chargeable on the nett
profits, and not on the gross amount received and expended
in conducting the business, which, according to half yearly
accounts exhibited, amounted to about £60,000 yearly.
Mr. Taylor opposed, on the ground that the larger the
amount of the accounts examined, the greater was the
trouble in passing the accounts, and the fee was payable on
the amount, according to orders of Court in 1852 and 1857.
Mr. Schomberg, in support of his argument, cited the
following decided cases, viz. :—Wells v. Wails--4 De Gex,
MacNaughten and Gordon's Reports.
The Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices considered that
10 per cent. was payable on the nett profits of the partner-
ship business only after deducting the cost of carrying on
the business, and ordered accordingly.
The Lord Chancellor said some new rules would probably
be made on the subject.
Their lordships allowed the petitioner his costs.
APPEALS.-SHAW V. JUGGINS.-JUGGINS V. JONES.
Plainitff filed his bill in the first suit to take the executor's
accounts in the administration of the estate of the late Mr.
Juggins ; and the plaintiff in the second suit filed a bill to
administer the estate. The question raised was purely a
question of costs.
Tne Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices, with consent of
counsel, remitted to the Master in Chancery to take ac-
counts, with periodical rests, reserving the question of
interest and:costs till the hearing of the cause, with liberty
to apply.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(7IIIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE AGAINST A GENTLEMAN OF OBTAINING
MONEY BT FALSE PRETENCES Alfred Moorhouse Tay-
lor, 23, described on the charge sheet as a gentleman, and
who said he was the son of a cotton spinner at Adlington,
Manchester, was charged before Mr. Bingham with ob-
taining money, by false pretences, of Mr. Alfred Biggs,
cigar importer, of 1, Pall-Mall.
From the evidence, which was very lengthy, it appeared
that the prisoner had recently been a customer of the
prosecutor, and in consequence of his believing that
the prisoner was of good family, and of his repre-
sentations that he had an account at Messrs. Wood-
cocks' bank, Adlington, Manchester, he cashed a cheque
for £lO for him, and subsequently a second—the first of
which he paid to Mr. Sidney Frances, a merchant of
Bishopsgate-street, and which was soon after returned pro-
tested ; he, therefore, kept the second cheque back. The
answer returned by the bankers being that there were
" No effects" and " Not known."

The prisoner said that he was a respectable person, and
that he believed at the time he gave the cheques there
would be funds to meet them. He had received a letter
from the bankers.

Mr. Broughton read the letter, and said it stated that
whatever money he liked to deposit with them could be paid
through Messrs. Barclay. He had given two cheques,
neither of which had been paid, and his deposit had not
been made, and to give a cheque without having an account
at the bank was a fraud.

The prisoner said he had studied at the University Col-
lege for a doctor, and was about to enter the cotton trade.
Bruce, 88 C, said, on taking prisoner into custody he
found on him a cheque on Robarts, Curtis, and Co. for £5,
and a writ at the suit of John Foster Hodges.
The prosecutor said he believed he should be able to bring
forward other charges.

The prisoner was then remanded, Mr. Broughton stating
that he would take his own bail in £4O and two in £2O.

THAMES.

STRIPPING HOUSES OF LEAD.—John M'Dermott, aged
16, and Eliza M'Dermott, his mother, 45, were brought be-
fore Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 1 cwt. of sheet-lead
from the roofs of two houses in Salter's-alley, St. George-
in-the-East. The prisoners lived at No. 5, Salter's-alley,
and it was proved that on two occasions the male prisoner
put a table in the yard behind his dwelling, placed a tub
on the top of the table, and a few boards on that, and ma-
naged to ascend to the roofs of the houses No. 5 and 6,
Salter's-alley, and strip them of the lead and lead-piping,
which he threw into a dust bin, and afterwards carried
away. The houses were greatly damaged by the rain
coming through the roofs, and this led to an examination,
and it was ascertained that the lead had been removed.
The robbery was clearly brought home to the male prisoner,
and he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four months'
imprisonment and hard labour. There was zio material
evidence affecting the woman, and she was discharged.
MORE LEAD STEALING.—John Sale, aged 43, a fish
vendor, William Moss, 17, labourer, employed in the
navigation of barges, and William Lemon, 24, were
brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 2 cwt. and
3 qrs. of sheet lead, the property of Messrs. Charrington,
Head, and Co., brewers, from the Five Bells, public-house,
Old Ford, Bow.

It appeared from the evidence that the whole of the lead
was stripped off the public-house on Tuesday night last, or
early on Wednesday morning. The prisoners Sale and
,emon were at the house on Tuesday night, called
for a pot of beer, and with the consent of the land-
lord, Mr. George Willis, took the pot with them. The
two men were seen near the premises of Mr. Willis early
on Wednesday morning. Inspector Kenessey, of the K
division, and a constable named Tuckett, 170 K,
subse-
quently traced the lead to a house, No. 1, Old Ford-lane,
on the banks of the river Lea. It was buried in rubbish.
Sale and Moss lived in the house, and were taken into cus-
tody. Lemon, who was dwelling at No. 4, Old Ford lane,
was subsequently apprehended. In the course of the in-
vestigation Mr. Selfe asked the lad, Moss, if he would tell
the truth, and make a clean breast far himself. He said
he would, and was discharged and sworn. He said he was
called up on Wednesday morning by Sale and Lemon to
assist them in removing the stolen lead, and it was con-
veyed in his barge from the Five Bells to the back of the
)use, No. 1, Old Ford-lane, and there concealed.
Mr. Selfe directed Inspector Kenessey to complete the case
oy Friday next, and remanded Sale and Lemon until that
day.

The following correspondence respecting the
alleged annexation of the Duchies of Central Italy
by the Sardinian Government, was published yes-
terday as a Parliamentary paper :
Lord J. Russell to Sir J. Hudson.
(Extract.)
Foreign-office, June 22, 1859.
The Marquis d'Azeglio has read to me two de-
spatches, signed Minghetti. The first, relates to the
affairs of Lombardy, the second to those of Parma
and Modena. Both are intended to justify the
King of Sardinia in all that he has done in rela-
tion to those States. I asked the Marquis d'Azeglio
whether be had any question to ask me in relation
to these despatches. He said he was instructed to
do so. It is therefore, sufficient to remark that
everything done at present must be considered as
provisional. A battle on the Mincio might enable
the allies to advance to the Tagliamenta, or might
drive them back to the Ticino. As her Majesty
has not taken any part in the present war, it would
be premature to decide grave questions of public
law on tho present state of possession. The same
observation applies to Tuscany and the Legations.
All that is to be desired for the present is that
where the previous Government has been with-
drawn, or has been overthrown, an authority
capable of maintaining order, and of making itself
respected, may, be immediately constituted. It
would be lamentable to see the disorders of 1848-9
repeated in 1859. The will of the Italian people,
the fortune of war, and finally an European treaty,
must, in the last resort, settle the territorial ar-
rangements and rights of sovereignty in Northern
and Central Italy.
Sir J. Hudson to Lord J. Russell.
(Received June 28.)
Turin, June 25 1859.
My Lord,--I have the honour to report, to your
lordship that the Sardinian Government have
addressed a circular letter to the Ministers, go-
vernors, and extraordinary commissioners of the
King, to the,following effect :—The King's Govern-
ment have created, at the department for foreign
affairs, a temporary office for the transaction of
business arising out of the relations which have
sprung up from the annexation to, or protection
by, Sardinia of Italian provinces during the present
war. The Government had to deal with states of
Italy which heretofore had laws and an adminis-
tration of their own ; of these states some are
simply protected by Sardinia, others are annexed
to her. With regard to the latter, this new office
will prepare the way for the regular administration
of their affairs, and will expedite their business by
transacting it with persons conversant with their
laws and customs, instead of confiding them to the
Sardinian Ministries, where different rules end
regulations obtain. The Sardinian Government,
therefore, have determined to invest 'their local
governors with exceptional powers, in order that
the current business of each province may be car-
ried on without delay on the spot; and with regard
to those points upon which the respective governors
may deem it advisable to consult the home Govern-
ment, their correspondence is to be addressed to the
office now established ; and as, by degrees, unifor-
mity in the conduct of affairs shall be established
between the parent state and the province annexed,
the eonduct of those affairs will gradually be trans-
ferred to the central departments of the general
government.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) ' J. HUDSON.
Lord J. Russell to Sir I. Hudson.
Foreign-office, June 28, 1859.
Sir,—l have received and laid before the Queen
your despatches to that of the 25th instant inclu-
sive. With reference to the last number of those
despatches, giving a summary of a circular issued
by the Sardinian Government announcing to their
authorities that they " have created, at the Depart-
ment for Foreign Affairs, a temporary office for the
transaction of business arising out of the relations
which have sprung up from the annexation to, or
protection by, Sardinia of Italian provinces during
the present war," I have to state to you that
her Majesty's Government. readily admit the ex-
pediency of uniting the efforts of those engaged
in war with Austria, either by the regular action
of the respective sovereigns or the sponta-
neous movement of the inhabitants, under one
common direction. But with regard to the perma-
nent annexation to Sardinia of states hitherto obey-
ing their separate sovereigns, her Majesty's Go-
vernment have adopted a line of conduct which
they believe to be in conformity with the law of
nations. Her Majesty's Government, as I stated
to you in my despatch of the 22d inst., consider
that everything done at present must be considered
as provisional ; and that although it may be neces-
.
sary to make arrangements for the temperary main-
tenance of order in countries where the previous
government has been withdrawn, or has been over-
thrown, yet the will of the people, the fortune of
war, and finally a European treaty, must, in the
last resort, settle the territorial arrangements and
rights of sovereignty in Northern and Central
Italy. Her Majesty's Government are happy to
find that the view they have taken of tsis matter is
shared by the Government of the Emperor of the
French, and confirmed by the declaration in the
Moniteur of the 24th inst., announcing that it has
been erroneously inferred, from the fact of the dic-
tatorship having been offered to the King of Sar-
dinia from all quarters of Italy, that Sardinia, with-
out consulting either the wishes of the people or
the great powers, reckons, by the support of the
arms of France, on uniting the whole of Italy in a
single state; but that such dictatorship is a purely
temporary power, which while uniting under a single
authority the common forces, has the advantage of
in no wise prejudging future combination. From
the language of Baron Brunnow I infer that such
is likewise the view taken of the matter by the
Russian Government. You will read this despatch
to Count Cavour, but will not furnish his Excel-
lency with a copy of it.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) J. RUSSELL.
A translation of the despatch from Conn Cavour
relative to the neutrality of Parma, in reply to the
Earl of Malmesbury's despatch to Sir J. Hudson,
dated June 7, 1859, which has already appeared in
our columns, was also published yesterday morning

'ANQUET TO MR. CHARLES KEAN.

TO TIIE EDITOR OP TILE SUN

SIR,—In your report of the banquet, you state "The next
toast was the Prince Consort, Prince of Wales and the
rest of the Royal Family.' The Chairman, in proposing
it, expressed a hope that the Prince of Wales, in his next
tour, would pay a visit to one of the great colonies of Eng-
land." (Loud cheers.) His Grace, the noble chairman,
could mean none other than Canada, on the opening of
the Victoria Bridge. " The Victoria Bridge is without
exception the greatest work of the kind in the world.—
Year Book of Facts, 1858." p. 18. " England's Duty,"
therefore, is not to forget the last words of "the man" by
whose military genius that colony was conquered on the
" Plains of Abraham," Sept. 13, 1759—" Now God be
praised, I die happy."

• lam sir, your obedient servant,
London, July 22d, 1859. W: H. ATTREE.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLI-

GENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, JULY 22.
ARRIVALS.—JuIy 18: The Lotus, Earl Vane, from
Cherbourg; Wizard, William Delafield, Esq., from Ports-
mouth; Dream, George Bentinck, Esq., M.P., from the
westward. 21st : Laverock, Lord Colville, from Cherbourg ;
Dryad, Earl of Cardigan, from Lymington ; Sultana, Sir
Charles Taylor, Bart., from the eastward ; Alarm, Joseph
Weld, Esq., from Southampton.
SAILINGS.—JuIy 17 : The Derwent, Charles Lee, Esq.,
tor the Channel Isles. 20th: Wizard, William Delafield,
Esq., for the westward ; Haidee, Henry Thorold, Esq., for
Southampton; Fox, John Litchford, Esq.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.—The Royal
yachts Victoria and Albert, and Fairy; Zara, Commodore
the Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton ; Cecile, Marquis of
Conyngham ; Anaconda, Lybbe Powys, Esq., M.P..
Caprice, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Baring; Laverock, Lord
Colville ; Dryad, Earl of Cardigan; Sultana, Sir Charles
Taylor, Bart. ; Haidee, Henry Thorold, Esq. ; Fox, John
Litchford, Esq.; Fidelio, Charles R. Colville, Esq., M,P.'
.
Queen Mab, Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.
Commodore the Earl of Wilton, with his family, are
expected here for the season, to-morrow (Saturday).
The Marquis Conyngham, Sir Bellingham Grahara,
Bart., Lord Colville, George Bentinck, Esq., Sir A. Ban-
nerman, Bart., Lord Cardigan, Sir Henry Edwardes, Bart ,
Charles Colville, Esq., E. R. Harvey, E
Henry Tho-
rold, Esq., have been at the Squadron House during the
week.
Through the kindness of Captain Denman, hundreds of
the inhabitants have been admitted to view her Majesty's
beautiful yacht Victoria and Albert during her stay off
Cowes.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.—We understand that it
is the intention of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent to take up her residence at Norris Castle, East Cowes,
about the middle of August. The Prince and Princess
Leningen are residing at Osborne Lodge, East Cowes.
Lord Lyndhurst has taken Gothic Hall, West Cowes; the
Princess Ouroussoff. No. 1, Parade Terrace; Sir John
Thorold, Bart., No. 5, Parade Terrace. Lord de Blaquiere
is in treaty for Cambridge House Lady Caroline Morant
has taken Rosetta Cottage ; R. B. Sherdan, Esq., the Old
R.Y.S. House; Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, White
Rose Cottage; H. E. Pellew, Esq., Harriet Lodge • the
Hon. C. Cust, Castle Rock Cottage, for 21 years; the 'Earl
of Carden, Rose Lodge; the Countess Benkandorff, the
2d Cottage in the West Cliff; tbe Hon. E. Petre, the 3d
Cottage; the Hon. Mrs. Douglas, the Ist Cottage. The
Hon. Spencer Lyttelton is in treaty for No. 2, Solent Ter-
race. Colonel Biddulph has taken the Elms Tower
ISLE OF WIGHT RACES.—These sports came off on Thurs-
day. The weather was threatening at the commencement,
torrents of rain having fallen during the night, but the day
proved fine, and there was an unusually large attendance
of fashionables on the ground. The different races were
well contested,

AN ACT OF GALLANTRY;

In the files of British American papers which
have reached us we find the following account of
an action worthy of the name of Cochrane. The
hero of it, the Hon. Ernest Cochrane, is youngest
son of the Earl of Dundonald. He distinguished
himself greatly by his bravery in the Crimea, by
his gallant daring as aide-de-camp of Sir H. Jones,
in the attack on Sebastopol, and by saving the
lives of two persons he won his lieutenant's rank.
We subjoin the account of the Halifax newspaper,
which shows that he possesses all that chivalrous
courage which has made the names of his father
and mother historical :
• " MELANCHOLY EVENT.--In common with the
whole community we deeply regreat the sad event
which occurred on Tuesday, June 29, casting a deep
g,loom over our city—the sudden and untimely death
of Mr. John H. M‘Nab. As our readers are aware,
amongst_the celebrations in honour of the Queen's
coronation, a yacht race was appointed to take place
at 12 o'clock—an incident in the day's rejoicings
that was looked forward to with a great deal of
pleasure by a large number of our citizens. The
race started in fine style, the weather being consi-
dered particr'larly favourable • but scarcely five
minutes elapsed when one of the boats, struck by a
sudden squall, was seen to capsize, and sink almost
immediately. The contest was instantly abandoned,
and the different yachts, as well as all other boats
in the vicinity, hastened to the scene of the disaster.
Those in Mr. John Wallace's boat, on coming up,
shoved off their boom to the first person they neared,
who saved himself by clinging to it; at the same
moment a rope was thrown to another young man,
who grasped it and was hauled in. The two young
men thus saved were midshipmen belonging to the
Indus. Another gentleman, Mr. Hardinge Stewart,
of the Commissariat Department, was picked up,
greatly exhausted, by Mr. Fishwiek, who happened
to be near in a small boat. While this was taking
place, Mr. S. A. White's boat also reached the scene,
and by the exertions of Mr. White and Mr. Jacob
Miller the remaining two of the five who were on
board the yacht when she was struck, were taken out
of the water. These were the lamented deceased,
Mr. N'Nab, and the Hon. Ernest G. L. Cochrane
(seri of the Earl of Dundonald), whose noble and
heroic conduct throughout the affair is the theme
of everybody's praise and admiration. On finding
that the boat was sinking, he first with great pre-
sence of mind called upon his companions to clear
themselves from the rigging, and then asked if
theyall could swim. Mr. M'Nab answered that he
could not. ' Then keep by me,' said Mr. Cochrane,
' and I will save you.' Full ten minutes elapsed
before assistance reached them, during all which
time, and though all but exhausted himself, he
never let go his charge. When the boat reached
them the persons in her could see nothing of Mr.
M'Nab, and it was only on hauling in Mr. Cochrane,
then in an insensible state, that they found he still
retained a firm hold of his companion, although
unfortunately he was unable to keep his head out
of the water. Mr. M'Nab was taken on board the
Indus, and every effort made by Dr. Donville and
other medical gentlemen to restore animation, but
all tuo late--the vital spark had fled. He was a
universal favourite, and his loss will be long felt
and deplored by his fellow-townsmen. With his
bereaved family we sincerely sympathise. It is
impossible to listen without emotion to the accounts
of Lieutenant Cochrane's noble conduct by those
who witnessed it, and the extent to which he risked
his own life in attempting to save another's ; and we
believe that nothing would more gratify numbers
of our citizens than to have the opportunity of
manifesting their feelings in the only way possible,
by contributing towards a testimonial of a suitable
character to mark their appreciation of such an ac
of real heroism."

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THUNDERSTORMS.

In Yorkshire and Lancashire, in common with
many other parts of the country, violent thunder-
storms have occurred this Week. YThe lightning was
very vivid, and was accompanied with heavy falls.of
rain and hail, the latter •in many instances being
little less than showers of masses of ice,. the hail-
stones being so large tied numerous. SeVeral cattle
and sleep are reported to have been killed, and one
or two human beings. The destruction of the grow-
ing crops, windows, and other property is immense.
At Hemsworth, near Wakefield, on Monday even-
ing, the hailstones, or rather small blocks of ice,
were of a peculiar shape, and from two to three
inches in length. Every pane of glass in the man-
sion of Major Vincent, at Hemsworth, Lane- Ends,
was more or less broken. Mrs. Vincent says she
could compare the commencement of the storm to
nothing but a vast avalanche, destroying everything
in its way. At Painthorpe and Chapelthorpe, also
near Wakefield, the ground was covered with large
hailstones the morning after the storm, and in both
places numbers of windows were shattered.. At
Wakefield much damage was done by the rain as
well as the hail, many windows being broken and
dwelling-houses inundated. At York on Monday
night and Tuesday morning the storm was very
severe, and an agricultural labourer named Low-
ther, residing at Barnsby, while proceeding to work,
was struck with the electric fluid, and expired
directly. A companion with whom he was walking
had his clothes burnt, but received no further in-
jury. Considerable damage was done in the neigh-
bourhood to houses, &c. At Pontefract on Monday
the storm wAs accompanied by a terrific fall of, hail,
and a great number of windows were broken-7-
scarcely a house on one side of the town escaping.
The storm lasted an hour, and several cornfields and
other crops were literally cut up. At Knaresborough
the storm was terrific. The electric fluid passed
down the chimney of Mrs. Shann's house, in High
Bond-end, and through the kitchen roof. In its
course it struck Mrs. Shann's son, but. did no more
than stun him. The houses .in. two or three:-places
were inundated, but the storm was not attended
with any fatal result. The crops in the dis-
trict have not suffered so Much as was anticipated. At Bramhope and Otley the storm raged with great
fury, but happily without doing much damage. At
Bramhope the house of Mr. S. Cawthrees was en-
tered by the lightning,the glass of the clock broken
and one of the daughters struck down insensible.
She was restored, however, in a short time. At
Holmfirth, though the storm was very severe, no
serious damage was done, save the destruction of
several thousand squares of glass in the town and
at Thongs-bridge, Netherthong, Cliff, and other
places. At Doncaster the storm was not so severe,
and passed over without doing much damage. At
Huddersfield the storm, with the exception of a
" down-pour" of rain, was not much felt. At Hill-
house a house was struck, but received little injury.
At Honley a furious hailstorm broke many hundred
squares of glass. At Kirkburton many houses were
flooded,nn d the thunder was loud and continuous,
but the damage done, however, was trifling. All
around the suburbs of Huddersfield the glaziers
were reaping a rich harvest. Around Sna:th the'
hailstones were larger than hen's eggs, and win-
dows were broken everywhere. At Melton the
storm continued without intermission from 6 in the
evening to between 3 and 4 next morning. Beyond
the death of a few sheep and the destruction of
some trees, no more serious accident from the
lightning occurred. At Oldham, Middleton, St.
Helen's, and Warrington the destruction of glass
has been immense. At Warrington alone it is said
50,000 squares of glass have been broken by the
hailstones, some of which were four inches in
circumference, and at- Haslingden a- woman
was killed by the lightning. At Leeds there
was a heavy fall or rain on Wednesday night
with thunder and lightning, and some damage was
done by the flooding of several dwelling-houses,
warehouses, and other places. The same evening
there was a second heavy storm at Wakefield, by
which the low-lying portion of the town was sub-
ject to immense damage from the accumulation of
water. All the lower apartments of the houses
were flooded to the extent of some five or six
feet, and the inhabitants had to take refuge in
the upper storeys. When the usual service
was concluded in St. Mary's Chantry the
clergyman and congregation found their egress
stopped by a swollen stream of water. They were
kept prisoners in the chapel for some hours, and on
a partial subsidence of the tempest had to be con-
veyed away in cabs. In Back-lane 15 yards of a
wall, eight feet high, which formed the northern
boundary of the Unitarian Chapel, was swept away
by the flood, which broke open the schoolroom-doors-
in its progress, choking up and destroying the in-
terior. At Cheviot-park, the residence of Sir Lionel
Pilkington, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, all the
windows and a great deal of the valuable furniture
were utterly destroyed. Sir Lionel estimates the
damage to his house and crops at £6OO. Mr. Ibbot-
son, one of Sir Lionel's tenants, had 30 acres of
splendid wheat utterly ruined, and estimates his
loss at £BOO. Mr. Richardson, of Woodthorpe,
sustained damage to the extent of £300; and at
Walton £l,OOO will barely cover the loss sustained
by Mr. Charles Coldwell. Mr. Ellis, of the same
place, has also had his crops damaged to the extent
of £3OO or £4OO. Yesterday (Friday) afternoon
there was a heavy fall of rain at Leeds, with some
lightning and thunder.
WOKINGHAM.—It is now nearly 20
.years since
the neighbourhood of this town was visited with
such an awful storm of thunder, lightning, and hail
as occurred on the afternoon of Wednesday, tie
20th inst. The atmosphere had been highly charged
with electricity for several days previously, and
while most people expected a storm, no one ima-
gined there was in reserve such an awful fury of
the elements as the inhabitants had to experience
on the day in question. In the morning the clouds
were thick and heavy, and the tenlaerature ap-
proached some what that which people have to ex-
perience in the East Indies. It was about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon when the rumbling of thunder was
heard, and the storm slowly approached the town.
The lightning was continuous and vivid, and the
rain for half an hour fell in torrents deluging the
streets, and carrying almost everything before it.
Hail accompanied the storm, but it was not of such •
strength as to do anything but trifling damage in the
town. In a district a few miles hence, and in a direc-
tion from south-west to east, for the distance of
several miles, the storm exceeded in violence that
of the year 1840, when a large breadth of agricul-
tural produce was laid prostrate and most seriously
injured. The storm was not one of ordinary hail,
but of large'rough pieces of ice, and it fell with
unabated fury tor the space of about half an hour.
Field after field of corn, ready for the sickle, and
in some of which reaping had already been begun
and men were busy at work, has been knocked
down. Men reaping were glad to hasten away
and find shelter in the nearest hovel or shed from
fo
r
their violence of the tempest, trembling even
their own safety. The inmates of houses i were
alarmed with the noise of crashing glass, and n a
ice,little time
which
laalyl
severalarund inches
co kbe upon but
From the parish of Binfield towards Maidenhead
onethe
ground.s
of
Thicket the storm appears to have been more par-
ticularly heavy and severe. It is impossible to give
seemed
anything like an adequate idea of the mischief done.
Conservatories have been fearfully smashed,
and
nothing but the framework remains ; and private
houses, from the numerous broken windows in the
residences] of the gentry and farmers, present the
appearance of having been riddled by musketry. The
house of the clergyman of the parish of Hurst has
most of the windows broken ; house after house in
the same locality has been in the same proportion
damaged. At the house of one gentleman, a magis-
trate of the county, the damage to the conserva-
tory and mansion cannot be estimated at a less
sum than between £2OO and £3OO. On one farm
at Hmst nearlya dozen gallinas were killed by the
hwereail ;
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injured that they were unable to move. Geese,
too, were found to be greatly bruised, and their
wings were nearly broken by the large pieces of
ice which fell in the storm. The destruction of
corn exceeds all present computation, the grain of
wheat, barley, and oats appearing to be stripped
from the stalks, and fields so vastly cut about that
the expense of cutting the crop now standing must
greatly exceed the value of the corn that can be
hereafter obtained from threshing. The farmers are
great sufferers, unless they are secured by a new kind
of insurance that has sprung up in the last few
years ; but of this nothing is yet known. It is the
general belief that the storm in this district ex-
ceedeo in violence and the mischief done that which
so greatly alarmed the people here as far back as
the year 1839 or 1840.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF SHOOTING AT A GAME-
KEEPER.—About half-past five &clock on Sunday mowing
last, John Donaldson, head-gamekeeper to the Winger-
worth estate, and a tenter named Ranger, were out watch-
ing, when they heard a shot fired in Speight-hill wood,
into which they entered and saw a man who proved to be
Samuel Turner, of Brampton, ironstone miner, and an-
other person,
_ run into a clover field. Donaldson pursued
and overtook Turner, who threatened that if he approached
gounf the his
gun any nearer he would shoot him. Notwithtstanding this
threat Donaldson made towards Turne -, who re-commenced
running. - Donaldson again approached near to him, when
he turned round and said, "If you come any further I'll
shoulder; upon
uPon
fortunately
shoot you on the spot." Donaldson made a dash at Tut,-
thisner Donaldson, wbenthelastttruercrkaitsneed
ehnids
diverted its course. The trigger was pulled instantly and
the shot went off, just cam-.l,in
• escaping the groin of the keeper.
Ranger then came up, and Turner was secured. The other
man effected his escape.
Monday On last
Turner watt
brought before E. G. Maynard,
trial at the ensuing assizes, bail b • mug refused.—Derby
.Reporter.