The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-13 00:00:00

On Saturday afternoon we were visited by one of thee'
extraordinary storms that has swept over us for many Yegeeo
A eentleman of our acquaintance first saw it, while betw.,d,
Pakefield and Lowestoft, caning inside the Newcombe Samo_,
It continued to sweep along the coast, till it came to Gorlest:.,
pier, where it crossed over the residence of Capt. Smythe, 11...50
but with tie great violence. It proceeded thence, at a ter'ro,
rate, along the east bank of the river, across the gasw°,,,il
where it took off part of the roof from the retort-house. a' "wer
as from the purifying and the tar-houses, which are much leo,
buildings. As it swept over the north gasholder, the
body
employed on the works were greatly alarmed lest thP large
ribed
of gas should escape, and produce an explosion. They cles—cora.
the holder, which is substantially fitted inside, as beini,.
pletely collapsed. Several boats in Mr. Beeching's yard, ad)
ing the gasworks, were blown over, and many were lifted ea
ed
the water. The crane at the Trinity-wharf, which was faltld,
to a 1-lcvit. iron sinker, lying on the ground, was blown Nu 03
and stopped only by falling against the house. Three or four
on the wharf were obliged to throw themselves at 00,
ground, and seize the mooring rings, to prevent being 1)1°0,
away. 'The south door of the Trinity warehouse being era,
the wind entered, and lifted part of the roof, so that the Ping
lines were separated seven inches from the principals, dalica
the walls, although the roof was tied on very securely,lb
aioie prevented its being carried away altogether. A bowed
feet feet lorg', was carried a distance of 15 yards ; and several 'L,
were greatly damaged, while others were not even !00007,
although at a few yards distance therefrom. The river The
lashed to foam, and threw up its spray 20 yards high. that
Resolution, London trader, was thrown on her side, se Res
her keel was clean cut of the water, and but that sbe
well moored she would probably have gone over" and lobo
Yet, on the other side of the water it was quite calm•
ertj
the quay many of the trees were damaged, and ee'roj
swallows and sparrows were dashed to the ground,,„rest
either killed or stunned, so as to be easily taken.
erj
Shelly and Co.'s warehouse a quantity of coalbeev_o
shovels were caught up, and pirouetted in the air. The etut'b,
took its course across from the quay, past the bank°f
esti).
Town...hall, over Mr. Cubitt's paint mill (which was Sr.,rt of
shaken), and thence into Charlotte-street, having torn N.G.
the roof from the Yarmouth Arms public-house, and a eu
tttf
nay or two in Howard-street. In Charlotte-street, a.(11114,
of paper- hangings, &c., exposed for sale, were blow' wait!
The current of air, which seemed to sweep everything 11.:00
track, appeared to be unusually narrow. It beat its 0" to
through the market down to the North River, and aero.s_3,
the sea, dismasting the brig Enchantress and a sloop 19_,"ed
the wold. During the hurricane, a young woman P"—jelc
Susannah Muttit, apprentice to Mrs. Larham, while retureii,
to work atter dinner, was caught by the wind, and thee/ the
lently into a pool of water; a policeman who witnessed oss
accident assisted her up. She was wet to the skin, and
ever
immediately taken home, where she has been cordialt see
since, from the effects of the fall and the fright. ~ otber,.
happy to state, as far as we have been able to learn, njnrfole
serious casualty has occurred from the storm.—'
Chroniee.

THE HARVEST. 0(
As the state of the harvest has become of late one of
the current topics at the Stock. Exchange, where eleiolo
effort is made to produce an unfavourable irnPre9sthe
from its present prospects, the annexed extract froni
aG
Bantle's' Circular may be quoted as a moderat
?ft lit feeling, since this is a publication care°6l/1°
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collecting facts relative to the harvest : h
" On the exciting and very interesting subject of ts:
harvest let us first refer to facts, and primarily to ttlfere
relating to the stock of old wheat. Last year till,';
was new wheat sold at Mark-lane in the month of d'7o.
this is the Bth day of August, and not a bushel of !3,,g,
wheat has yet (we believe) been gathered in this kJ:a
dom—indeed, that fact is certain. ConseqUe'oo.
we have completed a full measured year of
sumption, and rather more. Yet we find that tbesijo
plies of old wheat of home growth, at almost all ere
country markets in the wheat-growing districts, bad
..,oa
larger in thy first week of August, 1845, than theY,.the
been in any preceding week during the whole 01-if
twelve months immediately preceding the first wee ore,
August. We are told by a letter from an acquaiut3t" of
who has till now doubted the accuracy of our repotlarge stock, that on visiting a village in his neighT) be
hood wh€ re a great quantity of wheat is produc,,,
found every farmer had ' a stack or stacks of old "01
of 100 quarters or more.' He does not say hovv o°4l
bad two or three stacks, nor how much they had st°,'o3
away in granaries. A capitalist in the north of Bagt'liold
advised an intelligent corn-factor to lay in a stock of
the
wheat. The wa=, " I dare not buy much, ,01
price cannot be high; there is such a sight' of old Wifein the hands of the farmers.' We quote the Pref., of
words ; and, having stated these faits in confirmati°;" to
our views respecting stock, we need not again edger
'
the subject."
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A STRANGE TROPHY.—The 34th Regilnergiocts
in its possession six brass French drums, taken from the rob
34th Regiment at Arroyo del Molino, in Spain, ieigc the
A
when under the command of the late Lord Hill- sre,
baton or staff of the French drum-major. The dru.o.„Thslit'
still used by the drummers, and are smaller than the .I.'"
drums, with the rims painted tricolour.
-MINING L'Asz.—At the Flintshire Assizes eltigre
tion was brought by Mr. John Davis, of London, against,,, Or;
Crockford, the. idow and administratrix of the lag
Cr-Ockforfl, to. recover 5,000/. for coals taken by Mr. Lir": 9cet
from under property purchased by the plaintiff in
1839.- The property in question was originally leaaedd se'
John Hamner to a person named Scott, and afterwar nag
quired by Sir. Crockford from the assignees of the latter, eves
an assignment and conveyance of the interest so leased.
..oce
colliery leased by Sir John Hanmer was known by the ;or
of the South Mostyn Colliery, and ran up to property Vole;
ing to Mr. Crockford, called the Abbey Colliery, and it wry ct
having underworked this latter colliery into the bellnleed
the former that compensation was now sought. The '-esise
Colliery had been worked a little before Mr. Crockford
into possession in 1839, but on his taking it the works ;,,clf
conducted with greater activity and vigour, and a pit vrag lies'
very near the boundary line which separates the two collie ado
In December, 1841, Mr. Bagnall, a mining engineer', I';und
diallings above and below, at the Abbey Colliery, awl of of
that Mr. Crockford had overworked his mine to the
,e!tke4 but
273 yards. -An action of trespass was brought in 10';',:eeth
was left a remanet at the assizes, and in about "'ewe
afterwards Mr. Crockford died; proceedings were tbrool
taken in the present form. After the examination of lose!
witnesses an objection was taken by the defendantslured,
that the planntiff had no title; in this the judge con
and the plaintiff was nonsuited.
WeeiTol:
TO PRESERVE'FLOWERS THROUGHOUT THE •
Pluck the flowers when half-blown, and place theta built
closely-covered earthen vessel, dipping them, with the is`
downwards, in equal quantities of water and verjuicer 101 A,
with a small quantity of bay salt. The vessel must he oi
closed, and in a warm place ; and then, if in the coldest cidapil
winter the flowers be taken out, washed in cold water, an
before a gentle fire, they will open as if in their usual b 10003;
log
INGENIOUS FRAUD.—The following ingenious log
was practised yesterday upon Mr. M ' aninon a tailor, yes
in Rupert-street, Haymarket. Mr. Maninon had been aereip
ally employed by a foreigner named La Blanc, resialniler
Gerard-street, who represented himself as a musiciau.,_.4 be
terday he called upon Mr. Maninon and left a flute, a'n!t; pot
represented to be a valuable one, in his care, begging 11100
to allow any one to handle it, as an unskilful perae,tecelr,
destroy its tone. Shortly afterwards a very gentle—tilt
looking person called on Mr. Maninon and ordered aipipg
clothes. Seeing the flute he took it up, and after efr,4,o,
it declared he would willingly give 121. for it. Mr. Map ble
knowing the owner to be in difficulties, at once decla,Li-bree
ability to procure it. An appointment was made fort and
o'chick at the gentleman's residence in Sackville-stree4 tee
the tailor, after a hard bargain with the owner, WWI ood
article for 81., and hastened with it to Sackville-street
that he had been hoaxed. The flute was not worth jOe' trig
EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN WAGEs.--Masons
neighbourhood are now publicly offered 1!. 78. er aefogeo
twelve mouths ago lbs. to 18s. was the currents te et
—Berwick 11 'order.
testes The Middlesex Sessions commenced Yes.,.,`-d th„°
before the Assistant Judge, Mr. Sergeant Adams, ,„I`7 ce 9P
usual bench of magistrates. The calendar contains a Oh', re,
prisoners, 77 of whom are charged with felony, and t". tried
mainder with assaults, mi,demeanours, &c. The Cage"
during the day were not of any public interest.
Ace We):
SUICIDE BY A DRUNKARD.—Yesterday, dot'
ley, M. P , held an inquest at the Skinners' Arms, CorProialn
row, Coburgh.street, Clerkenwell, on the body of 111°
Dunn, aged 45, a machinist, late of 35, Meredith-street:ee last
deceased, who was a first-rate mechanic, had, during Illted in
five years, indulged in habitual drunkenness, which reee t be
delirium tremens. During his feverish fits of inebri lope.
frequently threatened to commit suicide, which his fao:01/80.
posed he never intended to put into effect. On Sunday tole,
ing he was very ill, and told his wife that he bad taken ti map
expressing at e same time a strong desire that a rnediTi,d,ier
should be sent for. Mr. Buchanan was accordingly '4%100
but the unfortunate man was a corpse before that gen'd test
arrived. Upon a post mortem examination, it was flis in'
his alimentary canal was quite empty of food, and that,to of
testines were in a high state of inflammation from the ei';,,eile
arsenic. Verdict—" That the deceased destroyed himse"
labouring under insanity."
SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE .1-"
OF
Sussex.—On Monday the sale of the sixth and cone co®'
portion of the library of the late Duke of Sussex les Isiesr
menced by Messrs. Evans, at their auction-rooms
in tev'
Bond-street. The number of lots in this portion oft anti
sive library of the late illustrious Prince are near I,uurioei
consist of some rare works on civil and ecclesiastical lavTr,loo..
of foreign nations, ethics, natural and experimental etYoll,y,
phy, the occult sciences, natural history, medicine, ant„ the
moral philosophy, &c. Among the lots sold on Menw:Jrare
following was deserving of notice :—Lot 224, Cathon: %tee
book, from the press of William Caxton ; on the last lea,i_ir:he is
following—" Here fynnysaheth this present book, *,P,. pg.
sayd or called Cathon, translated oute of Frensstie h
lysshe by William Caxton,'
in thabbay of W
yere of oure Lord MCCCCLXXXIII., and the fyrst icf de.
the Regne of Kinge Rychard the thyrd, the xxli day 0 se.
cembre." This book was knocked down for 161. 11:15't cote
veral of the hooks sold were interspersed with manuscrig„ co.
by the late Duke, and fetched good prices. The sale will
dude on Thursday. . • A...+ 00
estinystrer'st:f
The herring fishery is now in full activivivo,
this coast. Many boats from Newbiggen, Cresswell,
Besrly
Whitby, Scv., are stationed at Cullerco ats, from whence r_ce
one hundred boats sail every evening, rendering the pn the
scene of great bustle, and affording much amusement
bathing'
numerous visitors at present residing at that pleasant
eneralll
place. The fishery, however, has not hitherto been
successful, though some of the boats have occasinntetcred
" good takes." On Monday morning one boat
coal:lice
10,000, which brought the fortunate crew 121. ; butn _n,_ooErsjay
vary very much, on Wednesday being 255., and
.1", very
355. per 1,000. Yet even here the effect of railway% `,:ayieg
sensibly felt, parties being every morning on the Sa,illiLoundco
to send to Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, a
and herrieg
and on Wednesday morning no less than five tons sewcast e
were dispatched by railway to those places. "
chronicle.
several lo-
The wheat harvest has commenced at fa,. so
calities in this neighbourhood, and gene opinion.is,es:
en lye cow
can be ascertained, that there will be gral defici bog!
pared ith last year's crop, of full 25 per cent:e oundred
heard that a similar deficiency is apprehended in tb.a''ive &se
of Tendring, which is allowed to be a most prosd
oc.id be a
trict. The barley crop is excellent; and if there b Tao is
The oat
fine harvest, th't quality will be very good. dela . h
patticularly good, but the bean and
owing to an attack of that deadly enemy the lous
a est
pea crops woe
Express.
'Last evening, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held triejlib;dl.°l_
at the Elephant and Cast!e, Oxford-market, toil st, cloth'
William Lambert, aged 71. The deceased, "
WPortland'strees;
dresser, in the employ of Mr. Shaw, 18, Littleast
1 SaturdaY,_s,
was suddenly seized with a pain in his head when f
he was, getting some wool in his master's sIIT,„ and fell
claimed, " Oh, what a pain 1 have in my beau
r
f
corpse.' Verdict—Natural death. Can4,.,„rbtl A
Such was the abundance of peas in e pool
markt*, on Saturday last, that they were sold at oti
gallon Canterbary Journal.