The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

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• THUNDER STORMS 14
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thunder-storm fell in wide interstices, but eubsegalesnfl
melted 'away into summer rain. At twelve e'elddlt lif \ (1-S.--" 4----' k—'l.
set in decidedly wet, as if f,r the .day, the -rain- falling
uninterruptedly until about two, when the "big rain"
which 'came " dancing down to earth," and falling or. the
adjoining buildings like a cataract, in a very few minutes
'flooded all the principal avenues and nearly choked ap
all the drains. The clouds at the time were heavy and
leaden, but did not appear as if surcharged with electric,
matter. In a few minutes, however, the approaching
" shock of elements" became obvious; the clouds sailed
heavily in opposite directions; one vivid flash of blinding
lightning shot out, closely followed by a crashing, peal,
which echoed through the buildings, and t4e rain came
down as if threatening a second deluge, whilst the thun-
der pealed at intervals, seeming to take a circular.ditee-
tion around the metropolis. In about hall-an-hour the
blue sky showed in the east, whilst all to the west was
thick and murky. About Nur o'clock, after severed at-
tempts at rc-union,,and some heavy showers eastwards,
the clouds in the east were completely dispersed. and the
rich mOist foliage was glittering in sunshine, whilst the
heavy wing of the departing storm still shadowed the
west, and the thunder muttered frequently in the dis-
tance. At six o'clock ell these qmfacances passed away,
and the ev,ning was comparatively calm arid beautiful.
DREADFUL THUNDERSTORM, AND Loss OF LIFE.OII
Thursday evening this town was visited by a El3l/91 me-
wl atom of thunder and lightning, accompanied by
heavy rain. The flashes of lightning were remarkably
vivid, and created much t.larm among many of the in-
habitsutti. Unfortunately, the storm did not pass °ter
without loss of life; a little boy, named William Lam-
.bert, aged twelve years, son of Daniel Lambert; delver,
Upper-lane, Northowram, having been struck dead by
lightning. It appears that about a quarter past, eight
o'clock iu the evening, the mother of the little lad Was
sitting in the house, near the fire, deceased being sit in
a chair near the out wall and the wall of the adjoining
house; a little girl being sat at a abort distance from
him and close to the chimney:— The door- of the house
was thrown open, and also a window up stairs. A little
above the head of the deceased a pair of tongs wereitung
upon the wall, as customary in many cottage houses.
The thunder at this time was loud and terrific, 'and the
vivid flashes of lightning succeeded each other in 4aPid
succession, until at length there came one brighter
than the rest, and which rendered the mother of
the, deceased insensible for some moments. Upon con-
sciousness returning, the little girl screamed out " blo-
ther! Willey's dead." The distracted mother ran towards
her child, who sat motionless in his little chair, with his
head upon his breast and his arms,hinging by his aide.
She spoke to him, bat he answered not; and calling in
her neighbours, the little fellow who, but a moment or
two before was full of life and vigour, was found to be a
corpse. Not a single mark was found upon his body,
excepting a very slight discolouration of the chest. A.
few yards above where he was sitting, the plaster was
knocked off the wall to the extent of about twelve inches
in length and one in breadth; and the middle nob of the
ornamental work at the head of the clock, which stood
in the opposite corner of the hbuse, was knocked off.
There was also a rent in the floor above the clock, and
the posts of the bed were found to be slightly damaged.
In the bed-room, a small piece of plaster was also
taken out of the wall above the fire-place, but neither
the tongs before alluded to, nor the fender or fire-
irons, had apparently been moved. It would appear
that the lightning had descended the chimney,
through the room floor above the clock, and,
being attracted by the tongs on_ the other corner
of the house, expended itself upon the unfortunate
child sitting beneath. The house itself stands in a some-
what prominent situation on the hill. An inquest was
held upon the body yesterday afternoon, befofe G.
Dyson, Esq., coroner, at the Shoulder of Whitton Inn,
when a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned. We
have heard of no other accident arising from this tre-
mendous thunder.storm,—Halie`ax Guardian. '
THUNDER STORDL—On Thursday evening last, about
six o'clock, a storm of thunder, accompanied with vivid
flashes of lighting, visited Holnifirth. The lightning
was awfully grand; flash after flash following each other
in rapid succession. The storm continued for upwards
of an hour. We have not heard of any damage being
done in the neighbourhood.—Halifax Guardian.
A fearful thunder storm has passed over Cheltenham
this afternoon, such as, for the vehemence-of-the-Twin.
and the vivid brightness of two or three of its flashes of
lightning, we have certainly never seen exceeded. For
the space of full twenty minutes the rain descended in a
perfect deluge, and completely flooded many of our
streets, rendering several of them quite impassable. .Tbe
thunder was less violent than that of the etorm,Which
visited us about three weeks ago, but in other respects
the storm differed but little from the one in question:—
Cheltenham Chronicle of August 8. . .

AQUATICS.
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SILVER
CHALLENGE SCULLS.
The very interesting aquatic contest for the possession
of the Westminister scholars' silver challenge sculls took
place yesterday evening, from Putney to Vauxhall-
bridge. These symbols of aquatic superiority were pre-
sented in 1844, by Messrs Colquhoun and Buxton, to
promote the healthful and scientific pastime of sculling;
and the various gallant conte is since that period have
been locked forward to with pleasure by the admirers of
this manly exercise. By the conditions under which
they were given, the challengers contend together, and
the winner on a subsequent day has to try his
prowess against the holder (the successful candi-
date of the previous season). There were four gentle-
men desirous this season of entering the lists—Messrs.
Barnes, Q.S., Berne, Q.S., Dlilman, T. 8., and Stewart,
T.B. ; but owing to the very unfavourable state of
the weather on the day appointed for the challengers
race a fortnight ago, the party did not deem it advisable
to get afloat, and Mr. Barnes alone rowed the course in
order to entitle him to contend yesterday against Mr.
Wright, the holder. At about a quarter to seven last
evening both were at their stations at Putney Bridge,
Mr. Stewart, a former winner of the sculls, officiating as
umpire in the Westminster eight. The start was taken
very evenly, immediately after which Mr. Wright took
a slight lead, his opponent continuing for a considerable
distance with the nose of his boat nearly upoa his ad-
versary's quarters. A very beautiful race continued
down to Wandsworth, where, the water boing a little
" lumpy," Mr. Wright drew away, and ultimately went
some distance in advance, winning easily. Mr. Barnes
suffered under the disadvantage of rowing in a boat to
which he was unaccustomed, owing to some accident
having befallen his own. Mr. Wright rowed the dis-
tance in 31 minutes, which, considering the state of the
weather, was capital work.
BLACK WALL REGATTA.
Notwithstanding the very unfavourable, state of the
weather yesterday, there was a vast assemblage of spec-
tators to witness the announced contest- at this place.
After a very severe hail storm of considerable duration,
the weather cleared up, and the close of the evening was
very fine. The regatta, which included All Saints,
Poplar, as well as Blackwell, was in commemoration of
the first meeting at Blackwell for the establishment of
that invaluable institution, the Watermen's and Lighter-
men's Asylum; and the awards of victory were n new
boat for the first man, and about 15/. to be divided in
fair proportions amongst the others, commencing with
51. for the second man. The race was with six millers
in five heats.

First Heat—H. Cory, (Green) 1; George Atkins,
(yellow) 0; R. Dent, (light blue); 0. The beat was
started from Blackwall-stairs to the Folly-house, and
East India-dock buoy, twice round, and finish as the
stairs. Green took the lead, and although his opponents
held way with him for a short distance, they were soon
completely tailed, the leading man going in first by up•
wards cf fourteen lengths.
Second Hest—J. Welland (red), 1; Charles Press-
man (pink), 0; D.R.Nowland (dark blue), 0. They were
off even, and then pink touk the lead, which he laboured
hard but unsuccessfully to maintain. Red soon chal-
lenged, and passed him after a very sharp struggle,
winning by some lengths.
Third Heat—George Atkins (yellow), 1; Charles
Pressman (pink), 2; Richard Nowland (dark blue), 0;
R. Dent (light blue), O. Shortly after the start the first-
named took the lead and kept it with a little advance to
the end. It was a capital race for some distance for
second.

Fourth Heat—ll. Cory (green), 1; J. Welland (red),
2; G. Atkins (yellow), 0; C. Pressman (pink) 0; Green
took the lead and kept it. A most determined race
throughout between red and yellow, and the second
place a long while in doubt, there being but two or
three lengths between them at the finish.
Final Heat—H. Cory (green), -1; J. Welland (red),
0. It was a severe race the first round, but the winner,
with the advantage of size and youth, was too good for
his adversary, who at the finish was six or eight lengths
astern.

CRICKET.
THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v.

LEAMINGTON.

This return match was played at Leamington last
week, and, as will be seen, afforded no great opportunity
for remarks, seeing that it went, as it were, all one way.
The score was thus at the end of the game:—