The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT of EXCHEQUER, July 2.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Lord ABINGER and

a Special Jury.)
THORNTON V. BYNG-THE GURNEY .AFFAIR.

(Continued from our Afternoon Euition of Saturday )
Sir Twomas WILDE' addressed the Jury at great length on
the part of the defendants, and called witness for the purpose of
proving that, in all dispullis respecting bets, &c., between
members of the Turf, the matter was referred to the Jockey
Club, whose decision was held to be final, and contended that
the plaintiff, in the present case, ought to have abided by their
decision.

Sir W. FoLLETT having replied on the part of the plaintiff,
Lord MUNGER summed up the evidence, and the Jury re.
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2001.

SINGULAR PusNomENow.-7—Wednesday forenoon a
phenomenon of most rare and extraordinary character
was observed in the immediate neighbourhood of Caper.
About half-past twelve o'clock, whilst the sky was clear,
and the air, as it had been throughout the morning, per-
fectly calm, a girl employed in tramping clothes in a
tub, on the piece of ground above the town, called the
common, heard a loud and sharp report over head, suc-
ceeded by a gust of wind of most extraordinary vehe-
mence, and of only a few moments' duration. On look-
ing round she observed the whole of the clothes, sheets,
&c., lying within a line of a certain breadth, stretching
across the green, driven almost perpendicularly into the air.
Some heavy wet sheets, blankets, and other articles of a
like nature, after being carried to a great height, fell,
some in the adjoining gardens, and some on the high
road, at several hundred yards' distance • another portion
of the article., however, consisting of a quantity of
curtains; and a number of smaller articles, were carried
upwards to an immense height, so us to be almost lost to
the eye, and gradually disappeared altogether from sight
in a -south-eastern direction, and have not yet been
heard of. At the moment of the report which preceded
the wind, the cattle in the neighbouring meadow were
observed running about in an affrighted state, and for
some time afterwards they continued cowering together
ha evident terror. The violence of the wind was such
that a woman, who at the time was holding a blanket,
found herself unable to retain her hold, and relinquished
it in the fear of being carried up along' with it ! 'lt is
remarkable that, while even the heaviest articles were
stripped off a belt, as it were, running across the green,
and while the loops of several sheets which were pinned
down were snapped, light articles lying loose on both
sides of the belt were never moved from their position.
—Fife Herald. •
cir Robert Peel arrived in town this morning, from
a visit to Sir Henry Hardinge, at Penshurst. Lord
Aberdeen also arrived in town this forenoon, from the
Priory at Stanmore. The Lord Chancellor also arrived
this morning.
Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen had interview s
with Sir James Graham, at the Home-office.
Most of the Cabinet Ministers atter thd at tl.e.
Home Department this morning.
The late Lord Elingsborough's costly library is to
be brought to the hammer in Dublin.

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