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BLAsPHEMY AND IT. PUNIsHMEvr.-On
Sunday evening an awful thunder storm
accompanied by delugc Of rain visited
Nottingham and neighhnrhoad. The tower
part Of the town was flooded. Women
and children, half naked and frantic. m a.
cd up ihe,s,cps Of their wrclcsed abodes
into the streets, and were vx-hcd bacl,
again by The strength ol' The flood, and ia
was only by The eKcriioas ~ the mta. AMI
the night police ia particular. that many
lives were saved. Terrible as have been
the effects of the storm 10 The town is con
sequences are more dirriiil, iii possible in
the country. We have seen parties from
Bridgiord Carlton. ThuEahon. Lentnn.
and other places. and alI state that ihr cf,
iccts Of the hurricane arc terrible indeed.
Barns and other farm-baiiding in great
numbers have been ovcrhrUwn. the wheat
and barley crops are battered down, and
hay in great quantities has been washed
away; but we have not yet heard of any
accident of fatal nature. Amongst the
parties who sought shelter from thc pi!ilc w
storm in the Milton's head public house,
on the Derby road, was 4 man 20 years III
age. named Alfcrd Greenwood, lacemakcr.
This young man employed himself fir some
time in ridiculing .he fears Of The compl-
ny. His conduct, at frs, characterised by
extreme leviiy, degeneratcd into profanity.
He used the name of the Deity in most
awful manner, and with bitter oaihs cx-
pressed a wish that ihunderboalt might
come upon them and strike the company
Bind. Then raising himself and looking
through the sfylighi over the room in which
they were sitting, with prolane gestures he
was delying the electric fluid and ill., effects,
when a vivid flash of iorlled lightning en-
tered he room, and The next moment he
was lying speeches. on The ground. He
was taken up by the trembling observers
none of whom were hurt, and was placed
on couch: for some time they thought him
dead; but Mr.. Darby, surgeon, having bed
him. in about an hour scnsibiliiy returned.
The first expression be used on recovering
bis speech was, Sod forgive me- The
man still remains blind, and has this morn
ing been removed to the General Hospital.


London League, July l6.