The Press.
London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

HURRICANE IN THE NORTH.
WIOTONSHIRE was visited on the 20th of January by a
phenomenon rare in these latitudes, in the shape of a vio-
lent hurricane, which committed great havoc, especially
upon the demesne of the Earl of Lialloway. An eye-
witness has communicated from the spot the following
graphic description of the occurrence.
There was nothing in the previous state of the weather
to lead to the expectation that a violent change was im-
pending. The air was dry and calm, and the morning
was what was considered a rine one for the month of
January. As it advanced, however, the wind gradually
rose ; the rain recommenced, and suddenly, about twenty
minutes past twelve, a lurid darkness overspread the sky,
such as usually accompanies a solar eclipse, and a terrific
hurricane swept past, driving the rain (which had now
become sleet) in a perfectly horizontal direction, and ex-
ceeding in violence and iuteutiun anything that has here-
tofore been experienced in this neighbourhood within
human recollection. Happily, the whole affair was of very
brief duration, not occupying as much time as is required
to describe it ; and there immediately ensued a deathlike
stillness, as remarkable in its effect as the fearful blast
which had preceded it. This continued for some time,
anti was at length followed by a partial rising of the wind
(unaccompanied now by rain), which ultimately freshened
to a gale, and prevailed during the rest of the day.
Such was the tremendous strength of the hurricane that,
although it scarcely lasted a couple of minutes, stately firs
which had withstood every bast for more than a century,
and whose diameter exceeded three feet, were snapped
asunder like a stick, or fairly uprooted anti laid prostrate
in a few moments. Nor was this tornado less remarkable
for its local and capricious character than for its violence
and brevity. It has left fearful evidence of its presence in
but two spots, separated from each other more than three
quarters of a mile. The first of these places is close to the
shore, within a few yards of high-water mark ; and yet,
strange to say, the sea remained undisturbed throughout.
Some labourers, who were taking their midday meal, were
eyewitnesses of the fury of the hurricane, but felt none of
its effects, although only a very short distance from the
scene of havoc. From another account it would appear
that the wind came with a sudden and terrific swoop on a
particular portion of the belt of a wood which fringes the
sea-shore, prostrated, as iu au instant, almost every tree,
large and small, within the limited sphere of its operation
(about fifty square yards), and then, instead of forcing its
way horizontally, suddenly mounted upwards, clearing the.
remainder of the trees, and hurling the large branches,
some of which were afterwards found more than three
hundred yards off, partly imbedded in the gravel-walk,
evincing the extreme force with which they had been
hurled to the ground. No further tokens of its course are
perceptible for about half a mile, when it can again be
viewed, by the broken branches of the outermost of a small
clump of trees, which it appears to have just grazed as it
passed, and by fragments of furze, which were can it d to a
considerable distance from the particular bush whence
they were recently torn. A few hundred yards further we
come to one spot (another belt of wood) where it appears
to have expended its remaining strength in the very act of
forcing its way out of the park; for beyond this point
nothing special seems to have marked its progress. This
second spot presented a scene very similar to the one
already described—nearly every tree within a space of
fifty yards square being uprooted and hurled to the
ground.
Some of these details recal the description of similar
phenomena in the West India Islands, where the passage
of a hurricane is often marked by a narrow line of devasta-
I tion through the forests, as sharply defined as if it had been
cut with a knife.
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SATURDAY,

Ensign Henry Ladbrooke Weller Clarke to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Massy; Ensign George Dickson Thomas
Stockwell, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, N ice Clarke.
20th Foot—Lieutenant lieorge Shirley Maxwell, fivn►
the atb Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice hlaycock, who ex-

changes.
35th Foot—John Newbold Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Chaplin, appointed to the 50th Foot.
39th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Halyburton Ross,
M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
41th Foot—Ensign Richard Fitzßichard Eyre to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daring, who retires;
Joseph Logan, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Eyre.
40th Foot—Lieutenant John Hickinbotham Chambers
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dickins, who retires ;
Ensign Nicholas Dunscombe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Chambers ; Henry Lawson, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Stockwell, appointed to the 11;th
Foot ; Edward Hawker Helyar, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Dunscumbe,
41th Foot—Lieutenant John Gittens Maycock, from the
20th Foot, to he:Lieutenant, vice Maxwell, who exchanges.
49th loot—Major John Weech Randolph, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major (repaying the difference), vice
Hart, who exchanges ; Capt. Charles Thomas Powell to
be Major, by purchase, vice Randolph, who retires; Lieut.
William iWhitaker Maitland to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Powell; Ensign William Watts Corbun to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice. Maitland ; George Kemp t hat-
field, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Corbin'.
50th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel James Richard Rotton, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut. Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Eden, who exchanges; Major Suuldeu Oakelcy to
he Lieut. Colonel, by purchase, vice Mutton, who retires ;
C aptain Samuel Spurs Cox to be Major, by purchase, vice
0 akeley ; Lieut. Henry John Tolcher to be Captain, by
purchase, v ce Cox; Ensign Richard Jones Hobson to be
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Tolcher Ensign Clifford
W'atertuan haplin, from the 35th Foot, to be Ensigh, vice
C. Iteltson
iota k oot—Richard Edwyn Barry, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires.
89th Fout—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Frederick Widl
from the'btaff, to'be Assistaut-Surgeoii.
Rine Brigade—First Lieutenant John Ross to be Adju-
tant, vice Peter Macdonald, who resigns the Adjutancy.
2nd West India llegiwent—Major tleury Waso Whit
field to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase.
Gold Coast Corps—To be Lieutenants, without par•
chase : Ensign and Adjutant Edward Hill, Ensign John
Everard Deane, Ensign Charles Fox Duke.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Schoolmaster-Ser-
geant George l'ascoe,froni the 17th Foot, vice Hill ; George
Charke, Gent., vice Deane.
BREVET.—Major John I.Veech Randolph, of the 49th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army ; Captain
James Garner Holmes, of the 49th Regiment of Bengal
Native infantry, ta havo.the rank of Major in the Amy
in the East judiett.;l•.•
UsArrseurx.—Lieujeniat and Adjutant Peter Macdp-
Judd, trout the RiffiThigtitle, to he Captain, without put-

NEW DEI'UTY LIEUTENANTS.
Worcester.—The Hon. Frederick Lygou.
Coniwill.—The Hon. Xdward John Cornwallis Eliot,
Annually called Lord Eliot.
Uluueester.—The 'Hon. William Middleton Noel.

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