The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-02 00:00:00

STORM AND FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.

The high wind from the south-west which began
to blow on Tuesday night rose in violence en Wednesday
morning. and from two o'clock till after daybreak blew a
gale such as ham not been experienced since the storm six
weeks ago, which was accompanied by so many and heavy
Maniere to shipping in the Firth. Fortunately, the present
gals has not, so far as we have yet learned,been attended with
any serious tumults. The wind was from a quarter which does
not usually much affect the Firth ; and on Wednesday, al.
though the sea was heavy, particularly in the morning and
forenoon, no accident of any consequence ls known to
have occurred. The steamers on the Gunton and Burnt-
island Ferry experienced somewhat rough passages, but time
woes pretty fairly kept. On land there was an equal im-
munity from inisch:ef. The gale was accompanied in the
morning by heavy rains, io coosequence of which the stream.
in the vicinity of Edinburgh were considerably swollen. In
the afternoon the wind subsided to some extent, but in the
evening it again rose, and continued all night to Wow
strongly from the south-south-west. The storm seems to
have extended over the central and southern districts of
Scotland, but no serious incident is anywhere reported. Oar
correspondents in Stirling, Perth, Auchterarder, CrieS,
Lenny, Hawick, Galashiels, and Inuerleithen write that
high winds prevailed in these diaries ou Wednesday'
morning, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain. The Tay at
Perth overflowed its beaks in the afternoon, and at the
bridge the water was fully sixteen feet by the index, and
still rising. The flood is mid to have been caused not more
by the rains than by the melted snow from the Grampians,
which had been quote covered with snow from Saturday till
Tuesday afternoon. The Earn wu also In flood, and over-
flowed the laughs near Anchterarder. The damage is sup-
posed to have been considerable, but will not be ascer-
tained until the water retires. From the neighbourhood
of Orieff large quantities of wood, turnips, and *oil,
were carried away ' • and on the tributaries of the river,
which, descending from the hills, were largely swollen,
several bridges were swept away. Several sheep
bad also been carried swab and their drowned carcasses
were found several miles down the river. The flood had
the effect of stoppieg the mills along the river banks by
the large quantity of back-water. On Wednesday night,
the riser near gaff was subsiding. In the game district
considerable damage was caused by the high winds, which
overturnedthe decks on exposed lam-yards and unroofed
several thatched cottages on the hill sides. In Stirling,
where high winds were also experienced, there was •
very thick hail shower at miUriy. There have also
been heavy floods in the rivers in the south of
Scotland. The Tweed rose to a great height yes-
terday morning in its upper waters, and in the neigh-
bourhood of Innerleithen and Waikerburn the bonJenog
Miners were flooded to a great extent. Messrs. Wrier'
mill at Walkarburn was stopped by the back-water. Our
Hawiek correspondent describes the storm as one of the
most severe ever experienced in that quarter. The wind
rose at Tuesday evening, and increued during the night to
a pitch of fearful violence. In consequence of the heavy rains
which accompanied the dorm, the Teviot and Slitrig were
swollen to high flood during the forenoon, but both =Gams
decreaaed considerably as the day advanced. On the whole,
although the storm seems to have been very violent in the ,1
parts of the country reported from, the damage to property,
so far as samortained, re comparatively inconsiderable.—
Scamin.