The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

THE STORM AT LIVERPOOL.

On Sunday night the wind, which had been com-
paratively light, increased until it blew fresh from
the westward, accompanied by heavy rains. Subse-
quently, a complete gale set in, the gusts of which
were frequent and powerful, and roared and rattled
with great violence over the more exposed and ele-
vated parts of the town. So far as we can learn,
however, no accidents have occurred ashore, though
afloat, we learn by the marine telegraph, teveral dis-
asters have ensued. A brigantine drove ashore on
Crosby Point, and an empty boat was cast ashore at
Southport. Shortly after nine o'clock also a schooner
got upon the North B:.tik, near No. per chart 9. Sub-
sequently she drifted oil into the vicinity No. 47 per
chart, but a steam•tag was near her. Her crew
abandoned her in their own boat at half-past nine
o'clock. The latest telegraphic report mentions the
capsizing of a schooner, the crew of which had not
been seen, and the dismasting of a large ship.

THE NEW COUNTY COURTS ACT.
The following is a list of business which may be
transacted in the county courts, under the new
County Courts Act :
Actions may be brought in the county courts to
recover

Debts of every description not exceeding 501. (or
that amount of a larger debt, the excess being aban-
doned) ;
Damages (not exceeding 501.) for assault, trespass,
breach of contract, expressed or implied (as)---for
non-performance of award for not accepting or not
delivering goods sold, or for breach of warranty
thereof, for dilapidations, for breach of guarantee of
all kinds, for breach of warranty of horses and other
cattle, for breach of indemnity expressed or implied,
for negligence of servant or other person, for breach
of by-laws.

Against agents for not accounting, not using due
care, &c., apothecaries and surgeons for unskilfulness,
apprentices for breach of articles, bailees of every
kind, builders for breach of agreement as to buildings,
&c, ; carriers for losing or damaging property, re-
fusing to carry it, or not carrying it within reason-
able time ; landlords for breach of contract, expressed
or implied ; tenants for ditto, masters for ditto, ser-
vants for ditto, schoolmasters for ditto. And for all
other damages except damages arising from—mali-
cious prosecutions, libel or slander, criminal conversa-
tion, seduction, breach of promise of marriage.
Actions of replevin—for recovering possession of
houses or land, where the yearly rent does not ex-
ceed 601., for an unliquidated balance of a partner-
ship account, for a distributive share under an intes-
tacy, for a legacy. And by the written consent of
both parties (to be filed with the clerk on the entry
of the plaint)—to recover debts or damages of any
amount, except damages for nfalicious prosecution,
libel or slander, criminal conversation, seduction, or
breach of promise of marriage. And by the like
consent—actions in which the title to land, tithe,
toll, market, fair, or other franchise is in question.
Where the amount of debt or damage, and the
conditions of payment can be agreed upon between
plaintiff and defendant, such agreement being made
before the clerk or assistant•clerk, or an attorney,
judgment may be entered accordingly, at the office of
the clerk, and the attendance of either party on the
court-day will be unnecessary.

Executori and administrators may sue and be sued
as if they were parties in their own right. —Sheffield
Times. ' '

GOLD FINDING.
The accounts from America have been regarded
with considerable interest. The money market was
easier, and the rate of exchange slightly more fa-
vourable. Flour was rather lower, but cotton, in
consequence of the advices from the south, was still
advancing, notwithstanding the partial reaction men-
tioned in the accounts from this side. From Cali-
fornia the news was considered highly favourable,
and the further receipts of 200,0001., with an an-
nouncement that at the last dates there had been two
arrivals at Panama with an additional 300,0001., in-
creased the prevailing confidence. The reports from
the various districts of the gold region on this occa-
sion are nearly all of a uniform character, and the
results of the dams erected in the several rivers seem
already to have been remarkable. At one bar
" seven men with a quicksilver machine raised
12,000 dollars in five days." At another 201 b. of
dust per day were obtained by the labour of four
men ; and in addition to individual cases of this kind
each statement concurs in the fact that the general
results secured by the mass of the operators are very
considerable, the average on some points being an
ounce a day. One person, who is said to have had
experience of mining i❑ South America, is described
as having realised 42,000 dolls., which he attributes
to no especial luck, but to the exercise of ordinary
judgment. On some bars of the Stanislaus each
miner is represented to be obtaining six ounces a day.
Occasionally they fall upon lumps of 1113. each, and
in one case " a man in two hours obtained 200 dolls.
from dirt that was thrown away." At Stockton a
new " placer" is alleged to have been discovered
where there is room for 20,000 miners ; and some
explorers are also said to have crossed the Sierra
Nevada, and to have found greater deposits on the
eastern than on the coast side. It is also affirmed
that in Tuolumne county it has been ascertained that
not one fiftieth part of the dry diggings have yet
been worked, and hence that there will be an ample
field for labour even after the rainy season shall have
commenced. " These diggings," it is stated, " will
yield the miner at least an ounce a day," and there
was room for 50,000 men. The failure of a Mr. Barton
Lee at Sacramento city is announced as amounting to
1,100,000 dolls., but, in conformity with the Eu-
ropean fashion, his assets are to pay all and to leave
a large surplus. Ile appears to hare been a sort of
banker, and to have held deposits at interest to the
amount of 330,000 dolls. The reported burning of
Sacramento city was generally disbelieved, as the news
could not have been conveyed in the manner and time
alleged, and the fact of the outbreak hiving been ef-
fectually subdued by the authorities was expected to
be confirmed on the next arrival.

From Panama the accounts represent great acti-
vity, and it will be seen from the following paragraph
that the numbers crossing the Isthmus to and from
California is estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 persons
a month, with the prospect of an increase :
" The dull season has passed with us, and our city
once more displays its wonted business appearance.
The streets, hotels, and other places of public resort
are constantly crowded with strangers, and as fast as
one set leaves us another takes its place. Since last
Monday at least 1,000 persons have passed through
our city to and from California. Every day more
or less come and go, and the tide is rapidly increas-
ing. We think we are within bounds when we say
that from this time out 5,000 to 6,000 people will pass
through Panama monthly until January, when doubt-
less the number will be doubled."

The zeal for gold finding, aroused by the impulse
from-California, still continues in other parts. In
Virginia it is mentioned that gold mines are now
being worked with a new amalgamator, which yields
25 per cent. more than was obtained by former pro-
cesses, and the Quebec Chronicle gives the following
account of what is called the Chaudiere gold district
in Canada:-

" That the Chaudiere gold region is one of no ordi-
nary value is daily becoming more and more appa-
rent. The yield is continuous, and for the most part
regular, the net profits of the company now engaged
in its extraction being about 51. per day. But, in ad-
dition to this return from the siftings of the aurife-
rous gravel, there are lucky hits—times when a piece
of the precious metal of some considerable size
is met with. We have this day seen a piece weighing
over a quarter of a pound, as pure as if it had been
taken from the smelting-pot—that is to say, unmixed
with gravel, or vitreous quartz, or any other foreign
substance.

" Were this the only piece of any considerable size
that had been found it would signify little, but it is
neither the first, nor the second, the third, nor the
fourth. There have been many valuable pieces found,
and there seems to be every prospect of finding more.
We must congratulate the Chaudiere company on
their golden prospects, and we do so more readily
as the more gold they obtain for themselves the more
they increase the value of the province and enrich
others. The Sacramento has peopled California, and
raised it to the position of a state ; it is yet difficult
to tell what the Chaudiere may do for Canada."

STABBING AT WORCESTER.--Mr. Sidebottom, the
stipendiary police magistrate of this city, was occupied
on Saturday in investigating the circumstances attending
a serious case of stabbing which occurred in the market-
place on this day week. The circumstances are briefly as
follows:—On Saturday last a young man named James Wil-
liams was in the butchers' market engaged in superintending
the stall of a butcher named Grundy, when another butcher,
named Pollard, accused him (Williams) cf striking his (Pol-
lard's) dog. Williams applied some abusive language to
Pollard, who thereupon threatened to pull his nose. Wil-
liams threatened, in retort, to " put the knife into Pollard,"
who was proceeding to pull Williams's nose, when the latter,
with a long and sharp butcher's knife, which he bad in his
hand, stabbed Pollard in the abdomen. Pollard fell back,
and exclaimed that he was stabbed, on which Williams was
taken into custody. The wounded man was unable to ap-
pear before the magistrates until to-day, and to-day he was
a
brought up to the police-office in a fly. He deposed to the
facts, and said he did not actually pull Williams's
nose. Mr. Hill, the surgeon who had attended the injured
man, deposed that the knife had not penetrated the bowels,
but had inflicted a superficial wound some five inches in
length, penetrating the abdominal muscles. It seemed that
Pollard turned on one side to avoid the blow, and hence his
when hde esetl
struck
life was sated, for had it been a direct blow, the howe!s must
passed
through" been pierced to the back bone. The knife had r
ce
kd
his Inhoese,hilLandTshaeid, prisoner
thatthr Pollard atrh: le had muscles
pulled uP
at him, he (Williams) had forgotten that he had a knife in
his hand. Pollard
was pronounced out of danger, and Wil-
liams was committed to the assizes for stabbing
with intent.

THE WEATHER.—Sur OFFICE, Ocroitzs 8.
THERMODUSTIT.R, ix Tux Swarm
57—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
57—this day, at noon.

Berumaa-rzp., 29.73.
Warn S.W.—fresh breeze and fine sunshiny weather.