The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-06 00:00:00

THE RECENT STORM.

! . LOSS OF tirE AND PROPERTY.
The siortii of Wednesday geeing to have raged with
great *lelend& in Scotland. The stoats' eommenced about
midnight Oh Tuesday; and raged with fury till between
seven an'd eight Wednesday morning, when it had
'somewhat abated Vet fiedikient and' strOng gusts of
wind eoutinued until nightfall: Irr Edinburgh and
Glasgow, chimney pots, portions d houbes; and trees
were blown down in all directions, and Vatiotis persons
were severely:injured in the streets. At Greenock there
was great distress among the shipping. When the
report left the ship Camden, driven from her moor-
/
ayout half way across, had settled down on
the bink, '!h sea making a clean breach over
her. The crew weir' ..Ftert preparing to leave, and
were apparently anxiously tiaraitlie the arrival of a tug
which was vainly trying to make to fie; and they were
eventually seen to get into the small boat, ari'd make for
and reach the steamer, leaving the' schooner, in the
meantime, to her fate. The Clyde Shipping Company's
lighter Renfrew, with a quantity. of brick and other
cargo on board, had broken away from alongside the
bare Lord Palmerston, and was fast making for the
lea shore, of water, and the Sea breaking over her.
It was feared that ft °. of the men, viz., Hugh M•Kinlay
and Alex. Douglass, Were or board: Other accidents
of a similar nature arc reported kern the same place.
At Queensferry, a sloop was driven tipun a rock near
the Battery Pier. So soon as the vessel struek the men
betook themselves to the boat; but from sortie Ea^aEse
or • other, contrary to remonstrances from the shore.
they returned to the sloop. Almost immediately after
they peon board the sloop went to pieces. Two
o.f the
nren inistantly sunk and never rose. The third clung to
mast, and for one hour and a-half, battled face to
face with destiny. The preventive gig was launched
to' the rescue; but, so Violent was the gale, it was
in'sta'ntiv dashed anloug the rocks, her sides being stove
hi, dad, eonsetneritly, rendered useless. Peeing all
human ald bed by the' elemental fury, the poor fel-
low, resigning hill-lee:lf to hid fate; waved the spectators
of his grim conflict a last adieii, and met death with the
calm heroism of a British sailor. At li'undeef great
damage was done to shipping, and to property in the
town. At Leith, two or three vessels were dismasted
and drifted out to sea, others were sunk. At Newhaven,
about twelve o'clock, the fishermen, taking advantage
of a lull in the gale, determined to bring their boats
into Leith harbour ; and boat after boat left and
tentlred the harbour in safety ; but one of them unfor-
tunately upset neat the point, of the pier, and the three
fishermen who 'We ht bet were exposed to the fury of
the waves. Two clung to the boat, and were saved by
the crew of another Newhaven bust; hat the third, John
Liston, was carried away and drowned: The boats lost,
including the one in which the fisherman was drowned,
number six or seven—a heavy: loss to the fishermen.
Tho steamtug Star left Leith on Tuesday evening with
two lighters in tow, and it is reported that when she had
passed the Ferry, the lighters either broke loose, or
were thrown off to save the steamer, and that one of the
lighter's was driven ashore and the crew saved, but that
the other one went down so far from the shore that no
help could be extended to crew or vessel. These are
but a few of the sdoT'e/ of disasters that are reported
from Scotland.

A report, dated Shields, Wednesday; says 7 "A fierce
gale is blowing from the N.W. It came on before
daylight, and lias continued with tremendous violence.
If it had been blowing upon the coast, instead of off
it, serious consequences might have resulted. As
it is a schooner is stranded on the Herd Sand, at
the mouth Qf our harbour, and a steamer is upon
the Insand. The schooner was well blown up by
the force of the gale, and the crew were rescued.
Not much damage, is likely to arise to the steamer.
Some anxiety prevails with regard to a very large fleet
of laden Vessels that left the Tyne yesterday and Mon-
day. ttet ha'Ve an off-shote wind, however, and can
run before the Ole ;; so. that their position is not very
alarming. Down to the time of sending off this despatch
no serious accident is reported orr laird, or as having
occurred in adjacent ports.—halfpast one A foreign
vessel has capsized in the Northumberland Dock, and
several keels have been sunk in the Tyne. A wherry,
laden with goods, has also been sunk.

EXTRAORDINARY IMPOSTURE AND CREDULITY.—An
account was Riven same time ago of 'a peasant named
Blll4rd, of thel' neighbourhood of Auxerre (Yonne),
haVing Felt condemned by the Tribunal of Correctional
Police of that tovin to fine and imprisonment for having,
swindled certain patrons out of different sums on pre-
text of being a sorcerer, slid bOtig able, by his art, to
tell fortunes, cure maladies both in man and oxen, and
to do other things. The authorities lately loathed that the
same man, notwithstanding his condemnation, was again
practising as a sorcerer, and three days back they had
him brought to trial anew before the Tribunal as a
swindler. A curious example of the credulity of pea-
sants vas stated. A married woman, named Guinault,
of Tregity; deposed that when some years back she was
enceinte, the Met pfedieted that she would give birth to
a male child, and that a high destiny was reserved for
him—perhaps even that he Would be raisei to the dignity
of Prophet. As the first part of his prediction was
fulfilled, the child born being a male, she and her hus-
band felt convinced that the latter part would be realised
also. They therefoac made Billard a welcome guest at
their table, and he profited largely by their hospitality;
they also advancedi him money. lie repeatedly predicted
that the child would be an extraordinary one, and,
among other things, assured them that he wouid be the
"friend of God," inasmuch as genealogical researches
proved that he was, through his father genealogical
from
st. Lottp t Jle also predicted that another son of theirs
would be d gfeat warrior, and would, among other ex-

Ploits,.combitt the Altibes and the King of Assida.
moreover, assured the parents that "our lord the arch-
bishop " who had been appointed by heaven to be
"syndic" of the children, had deputed to him (Hillard)
the task of watching over them. Having thus fooled
the 'poor people to thetop of their. bent, he resolved to
get more money from them than he had previously done.
Accordingly, in May last, he made them give him sums
of 27f. and 30f., ttabesaid, to pay a priest for drawing
up the genealogy of the " Little Prophet;" in June,
others of 108 f. and 60f., to cover the expenses of " a
council which was to be held to deliberate on the' in-
terests of the prophet and the warrior ;" :next he
obtained 365 f. 30c. to transmit to the Pope, on behalf
of the little prophet; then a sum of 365 f. to cure Gui-
nault of a malady;; and next 200 f. to send to Rome, to
pay the expenses of securing a life rent of 8,263 f. 60c.
from the Children's Bank for the prophet. On other pre-
tences, equally extravagant, he obtained other sums from
the ignorant couple ; and, to keep alive their credulity,
be had addressed to them, from time to time, letters
purporting to be written by the Archbishop, the Pope,
and other great personages ; lie also gravely informed
them that he himself had received from his Holiness a
letter relative to the little prophet, which was so long
that it *mild take him a whole day to read. In addi-
tiou to these facts. it appeared that he had cheated other
people chit of different sums, for performing certain
mummeries which he pretended possessed the virtue of
facilitating marriages. curing people bewitched, &c., &c.
The Tribunal condemned the sorcerer to three years'
imprisonment, 100 f. fine, and ten years' deprivation of
civil rights.
INUNDATIONS IN FRA.Ncr.7-In consequence of very
heavy rains in the neighbourhood of Oisons; in the
department of the Isere, the Itomanche -swelled so much
three days ago that the banks both above and below
the place griVe way, and the plain was entirely flooded;
as also were-about half the houses in the town, and, in
addition, such a mass of mud and rubbish was collected
near the neighbouring village of Les Sables as to
intercept the road. The village of "(Triage, also, was
much injured by the flood. On hearing of the disaster
the prefect of the department hastened to the spot, and
took measittes for relieving the sufferers. At Avienon,
the Rhone, which for some days past had been very high,
overflowed, a part of the promenade of the Oulle, hat the
waters have since subsided. -Gp to the present time
the Ardeche has kept within its banks. The Dulance
has overflowed the surrounding country. At Pertina
some embankments are said to have been washed
away, and some houses thrown down. When the
diligence, which plies between Saint Marcellin and
Grenoble, reached La Renaudiere three days ago, it
found the road inundated by aq overflow of the river
Isere ; nevertheless, the driver of the vehicle advanced,
but- before be had gone far he found the flood
so deep that the horses were in danger of losing
their footing, and moreover, water having entered the
interior, the passengers raised cries of distress; he
therefore stopped. Seeing that the diligence was in a
critical position, a man attempted to go to it with two
horses to render assistance, but lie and his animals were
soon in danger' of • being drowned, and had to return.
On that, a boat was put off, and all the people in the
diligence were brought to land; the horses also were
rescued. As to the vehicle, it was fastened by ropes to
a tree, and the next day, the waters having somewhat
subsided. was got out. The waters of the Sarthe and
of the Huisne have overflowed their banks and inun-
dated the meadows. Some damages have been done on
several points.
A Tuaii,LiNo INCIDENT.—The guests of the Lafayette
Hotel, corner of Julia and Magazine-street, were
yesterday, while at dinner, thrown into a paroxysm
of excitement by one *f those thrilling. incidents which
attest how intense and profound are the sympathies of
the human heart. A woman, a stranger, appeared at.
the door of the dining saloon, and uttered a scream of
terror. What she said was inaud'ble, but her actions
indicated that something dreadful was occurring. 'There
.was a simultaneous rush for the door, and out upon the
banquette, when, horror of horrors ! a little girl, about
five years old, the daughter of one of the lady guests of
the hotel, was seen suspended by her dress from the
hook of a window blind in the third storey, some forty
feet above the banquette! Every heart ceased for the
instant apparently to heat. it was a moment of thrill-
ing, of terrible interest ; but it was butt for an instant.
A friendly hand from within grasped her convul-
sively, and—little Dora was safe ! As the words
I'" She's safe, she's safe !" rang through the hall,
the mother; who had not yet reached the door, and
did not know what the matter was, but who neverthe-
less had a presentiment that her child was in danger,
swooned and fell upon the floor. The little girl had been
at play in the room and swung out upon the blind. The
instant she was suspended at the dizzy height over the
banquette, her little hands lost their power, and had her
dress not caught upon the hook or catch of the blind,
.she must have fallen to the ground and been dashed to
• pieces. Captain Kirk. one of the guests at the hotel,
was ascending the stairs at the time, and hearing the
alarm and comprehending what .was the matter, rushed
into the room and rescued the little creature as before
described. The whole incident took place and was over
in less time than it takes to .write these lines. It was
a moat wonderful escape fram instant death.—New
Orleans Commercial Balletin, Sept. 11.
PARRICIDE IN FRANCE.--A dreadful murder was
“inunitted two days since at Senailly, near Dijon, by a
young woman, named Lucie Migniot, on the person of
her father. It appears from the confession of the mur-
deress, who is barely twenty years of age, that she and
her father had quarrelled on the previous night respect-
ing her projected marriage with a man- of whom her
father altogether disapproved. Irritated by this oppo-
sition to her wishes, she came to the desperate resolution
of murdering her father, and accordingly, having waited
till he was in bed and fast asleep, she took ziehopper
and struck him repeatedly on the head; then. suddenly
relenting, she drew her victim out of bed to thn!op of
the stairs, near an open window,'but, iinding•no signs of
life, she removed the body back again to the bed and
screamed for help. When the neighbours came she
acknowledged hex guilt, and was taken into custody.
On the following day she contrived to elude the vigilance
of the gendarme who had her in charge, and threw her-
self- into a well. She was, however, got out almost
Scmur.
unhurt, and afterwards lodged in the prison of