The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-31 00:00:00

THE LATE STORMS.

I regret to say that we cahoot yet speak of the
storm us a thing pissed, tor even now i: blows a a. v..-re
gale, aid, as the wind is now from the •lat, and directly is
the teeth of the express steamer from Kingstown to Holy-
head, there appears but little chance of your Irish express
parcel reaching you in time. 1 subjoia some particulars
from the provincial journals of the effects of the recent tem-
pest in different parts of Ireland :
Coax.—Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights this city
was visited by nearly the most violent hurricanes it has ever
experienced. The streets were strewn with slates and tiles,
by which several persons narrowly escaped being killed.
In I parts of the country large trees were torn up by
the roots, stacks blown down, crops demolished, and cattlo
severely injured. The loss to the farmers must have been
immense. Queenstown during Sunday presented an un-
usual number of weather-!wand, water-lugged, and shat-
tered vessels. It is said that the Cork Steam ship Company's
steamer Ocean suffered damage. Coucurrently with the hur-
ricane we had an extraordinary fall of rain, the depth of
which was upwards of half an inch. It has been stated that
the wetness of the months of November and December in
the present year has been greater than usual. This, however,
does not appear on examination to be the ease.
Batraar.—On dabbatbssight last, this town and the sur-
rounding country were visited by a storm more severe and
more serious In its effects than any which has occurred since
the memorable hurricane of the 7th of January, 1639. Both
on Friday night and on Saturday morning, gales were ex-
perienced which must have preyed disastrous along the
cost lines and at NM, thou.ih no damage worth noting oc-
curred in town. About twelves o'clock on Sabbatti
however, the storm of the previous two days increased in
intensity ; at about two o'clock it had gathered strength
and impetus threatening the most serious consequence. both
oar sca and land ; and between four and five o'clock at had
reached a perfect hurricane, terminating in the toppling
of many chimneys, is the unroofing of numerous houses,
in the complete prostration of at least two or three build-
ing., and in the destruction of a considerable amount of
property in the town and its vicinity. In ionic of
the older thoroughfares of the town the damage done by
the falling of chimneys, the dilapidation of parapet walla,
and the dislodgement of slates. was certainly more
lextensive than in newer localities; still there were tow
streets, old or new, in which houses didnot suffer more or le* t
injury . A large number of buildings were partially unroofed
lin High-street, North street, John-street, Carrick-hill,
field, Talbot-street, Academy-street, Nelson-street, and the t
ladjoining districts, and the new buildings in Waring.street.
Victoria.strect, and Ann street, atferded evidence that they. ,
too, had not been suffered to escape. The storm continued
rage with considerable violence, and with imminent danger
to life as well as property, till about one o'clock in the
afternoon, portions of cnimneys and dislodged slates still
continuing to fall at intervals on the footpaths and in the
middle of the streets. Several individuals congratulated
themselves on basing had almost InifaClllolll. compes. Pro
habit as great or greater injury was caused by the river,
which rose to an extraordinary height—eome six feet higher
than usual, and which flotded all the localities in its ucigh-
bourhood, up even to the centre of the town. Gamble-
street, Tooth-street, Corporation-street, Great George-
street, Earl•street, Trafalgar-stgeet, Fleet-street, Gar-
mills street, and the adjiiniug streets and lanes, were im-
passable at an early period in the day, and remained so
during hours. In the direction of Sandy raw, Durham-
street, and the Pound, the overflow of the Blackstaff did its
accustomed dirty work with the inhabitants, and the sweep
of the Lagoa river over its backs placed the pcople in the
low-lyinglocalitiza about Murp'-iy-itreet, Friendly street,
and the streets contiguous to May's-tields and the markets,
in a position not mere comfortable. In this latter locality,
as well as in the former, including the fields on either side,
the whole, as far as the eye could reach, was one vast sheet
of water, and the inhabitants were obliged in numerous
cases to leave the lowsr floors, which were inundated to the
depth of two or three Ivo% and retire to the higher.
On the line of the Holywood Railway, considerable in-
jury was done—so much so, indeed, that it will require a
few days to repair it. The tide at half-past 10 o'clock rote
to such a height that it overflowed the Kinnegar, and cams
down with great force on the line in its neighbour-
hood, washing away the top dressing or " balluting," and
loosening the sleepers and roils. Such was the power of
the waves, that a schooner was actually forced on the em-
bankment, and remains there high and dry at the present
moment. The damage done to the line was most fortu-
nately discovered before the next due train reached the
spot, so that no injury was censer: to passengers, carriages,
or stock. The traffic on the line has been suspended till
the necessary steps are taken to conduct it with safety to
the company and to the public.

THE RECEiT HIJRRICANE
DEVONSHIRE.

The hurricane on Sunday night and Monday
morning did much damage to property in various towns of
Devonshire. The gale was very violent on the south coast.
At Torquay chimneys blew down, roofs were injured, and
several fishermen's boats were dished to pieces. In Tor
Abbey a number of trees were torn up by the roots. At
Newton Abbott the river Lemon overflowed its banks, and
the marshes were covered with water. Considerable damage
to property hes been done. At Totnes the roofs of several
houses were blown off. At Ashburton the gale lasted 12
hours. Hundreds of apple trees were rooted up, and the
roofs of houses and chimneys were much shattered. In
the north of Devon the hurricane was very violent. At
Crediain considerable damage was done to houses. The
towns of Torrington, Southenolton, Bideford, Barnstaple,
and other places, have more or less sustained damage.
SOUTH DEVON.
FALL OF A CLIFF ON THE SOUTIL DEVON
RAILWAY.
The south coast of Devon has been visited by,
severe storms daring the week, and property has sustained
great damage. The mail train, which leave, Exeter at 4
a.m. on Monday, was much impeded by the violence of the
storm. On arriving just below Powderham-road bridge,
on the South Devon Railway, the engine was struck by a
falling tree, and the buffers were knocked off. Fortunately
this awkward accident did no further injury, and the train
proceeded. The passengers were rather skewed, as they
felt the concussion, and imagined that the train had gone
off the line. At high water, and the wind blowing to the
S.S.E., the sea broke on the shore with greet violence, db-
leg some damage to the more exposed parts of the South
Devon line. At Teignmouth the sea was very boisterous ; the
waves dashed into the streets of the town; and since the
great November gale, in 1824, when the bodies of the dead
were washed out of their graves from the East Teignmouth
churchyard, such a gale has never been witnessed. The waves
dashed against the East Teignmoutb Church wall, huge
pieces of rock, weighing more than a half-hundred weight
each. A most extraordinary occurrence took place on the
South Devon line, en Wednesday morning. Between V tw-
lish and Teignmouth, there are some rocks, of a grotesque
formttion, known as the " Parson and Clark. " These
rocks have been tunnelled through ; and in doing so, it was
neccatary to cut away a portion of the Dawlish cliffe—the
base of which has been so undermined that they have, for
a long time, overhung; and an accident, at some time or
other, was predicted. The continual wet weather has loos-
ened these cliffs, and on Wednesday one of them fill with a
tremendous crash upon the line of the South Devon Railway.
The immense quantity of earth and stones which are now
lying there had completely blocked the way, and the mail
train which was due on 11 ednesday morning at Newton by
6 o'clock, did not retch until 10. The mail bags were
obliged to be taken out and sent on by omnibus to Dawlish.
By this obstruction, which will take some time to remove,
the passengers by railway are obliged to go from Dawlish
and Teignmouth, and n.ee versa, by omnibus, which of
course causes much delay.

THE CASE OF THE MADIAIL—PIIBLIC MEETING
AT BILIGHTUN.—A vary crowded meeting wu held on
Wednesday last, at the Pavilion Rumen in this town, Sir
T. W. Bloomfield, Bart., in the chair, for the purpose of
hearing from Capta.in Trotter an account of his recent mis-
sion to Florence an company with Leeds Roden and Cavan,
In the hose of procuring the release of the Hadiais from the
Grand Mike of Tuscany. The gallant captain gave very
many interesting details concerning the spread of protes-
tantism in the city of Florence and its immediate neigh-
bourhood ; a result which he entirely ascribed to the num-
bers of English Bibles which had been introduced into that
country in spite of the vigilance of the Roman catholic au-
thorities. Captain Trotter further stated that within the
last few weeks the Grand Duke had introduced the guillo-
tine into Florence fur the purpose of checking the progress
of the protestant movement, and had actually appointed a
public executioner with a salary of 101. a month. Ile also
describe,' the system of espionage to which all persons were
exposed in Tuscany who were suspected of entertaining the
least protestant sympathies, and the power of the state
authorities and police to arrest and imprison inchei•luals,
though innocent of any overt act, upon the merest suspicion
of favouring that cause. Ile stated that Francesco Madiai
at Volterra, and Rosa, hie wife, at Lucca, were aulferinet
seventy in health from the effects of their close imprison•
anent, but that they were much comforted by the assurance
of English sympathy. Ile al,o stated that a college was
the course of erection at Geneva fur the purpose of rceeit'wg
these converts who were forced to lea‘e Tuscany on ar,:oune
of becoming Protalbutts, and announced that tho co',lection
made at the doors of the, room would be applied to that sr.
pose. The meeting was closed with prayer by
awis crissicklabl• swum Wm, ?.••
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LITERATURE.

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Risfreical and Statistical Account of New Soh Wo'es.
By Joe'. Dc biota Lane, D.D. Third Edition.
2 vols.
Freedom and lad.penclente for the GUMCP4 Leads of
Austral:a. lly the same Aa:hor. Lcogincas.
In March, 087, the tir-t British colony landed in
Australia, and in December, 1651, the London world
is presented with an elaborate history of the country
and its successive rulers. Who wilt deny that this
is an age of progress, whoa mighty nations start
into existence ready made, and forthwith raise a
crop of historians to make the world acquainted with
their fortunes and misfortunes' The name of Dr.
Lang has hang been connected with our great colony,
and is tolerably familiar to the readers of this paper,
through the series of valuable communications he
published in its columns relative to the growth of
cotton in Australia. Of his ability and earnestness
there can be no dou'd, but he labours under
two drawbacks to the completion of true and
impartial history. Ito has lived too near the
times of which he writes, and he has a serious graec-
slice against the power. whose career he sits down
to describe. Indeed, we might say that be has at
Once a grievance, • theory, and a prejudice—all
three serious stumbling blocks in the way of an his.
tonal'. With the nature of his grievance the public
are already well acquainted, and with it we
have no concern further than as it may affect the
character of his book, by unduly heightening his
pictures of the misdeeds of colonial governors. His
theory cone which will probably bear discussion some
200 years hence, being neither more nor less than
the erection of Australia into an independent repub-
lie under the names of the seven united provir.eis.
To this point the second publication on our list is
mainly directed, and to it we refer those who may
think the question ripe for discussion, as a re-
facciamento of ingenious arguments, and &heavy cats-
fugue of the misdeeds of successive governments.
The history, written more at leisure, and more than
awe carefully revised, sill be found an exceedingly
useful book, now that the publio have suddenly
awakened as if from a dream, and take at interest in
'yin the slightest fact connected with their new
found Eldorado. How short seems the time since
the now world famous Australia received its first
convict colony. Dr. Lang says:
A fleet of eieren sad was asseusble,l at Portsmouth, is
the smith of Much, 1787, for the formation of the pro-
pared sett:es:eat en the coast of New Holland. It coo-
aimed of the frigate Sirius, Captain John Hunter, and the
armed leader, Supply, Ltentenant Ball; three store ships
—the Gold.n Grove, the rishbourni., sad the Borrowdale;
and tie transports—tho Scarborough, the Lady Penehys,
the Friendship, the Charlotte, the Primes( Walim sad the
Alexander. On hosed el these vessels there were emberhad
six hundred male, eat two hundred and fifty Mies nth
uteri; the guard sensimies of one major ammeadant,
nerd rsr eigentas of wedass, twelve subalterns, twenty-
/bee ameammidsmed tams, and one hundred and sixty-
MAIM rheas. Feely wivas of the marines, were
die ptholnemlllell essempasy deter-Meat, together with
illdron.
The "ant landing at Sydney Core," is thus
barbed
The governor, Captain Phillip, with a party of mariner,
eld ISM artificers selected from immix the seamen of the
Wes and the @soviets, arrived in Port Jackson, and an-
ANA math of the cove intended for the settle-
MUM IS the @ming of the 25th January, 1788; end in the
mime of the *Mowing day suelt•ient pound was cleared
few easempleg the officers' guard and the convict' who had
Ma heated iv the morning. The spot chosen for this put.
pees was at the head of the cove, seas the run of fresh'
water, which stole silently along thmegh n very thick
wood, the stillness of which had then, for the first time
since the creation, been interrupted by the rude email
of the labourer's sat, anduthe downfall of its aselext
inhabitants ;—a stillness end tranquillity, which from that
day were to give place ID the voice of labour, the confu-
sion of camps sad tiwnu, and "the bar; hum of its new
possessors.'
an the semidee of this day the whole of the party that
ease round In thi Seeley were assembled at the point
when they bed Ike leaded in the morning, and on which
a flag-set itir bed boa pnryeedy erected, and an union-jack
displayed, when the madam bed several tonics ; between'
which the gewerwr sad the When who accompanied
Mak the health se his Inokesty sad the royal family,
mad MIMS le the sew !dm. The day, which bad beta
thwthealLellse, winaleed with the safe arrival It ass
Mime awl swath, Om Saha, hap-thos tomb
the throe Ida the ems pal helms that bed Am
be sememthementbeth se empiessudy their friend and
Clls.themberhatten of the Weep end amide tart pipe
be. the %Bowleg day until the wide were landed. -The
ecstasies that mod will not be weethred at, when to la
Hat every ma stepped hem re hem Mamie
lthe a weed. Pemba of pretile were
end nos eselsedy aryleyed—sore ell=lirened br
the dames remper ats—others in pitching testa, sr
up sash stem as were seen fooned lately wanted ;
ralrespee whidi bed se lately been the abode of Were
sad Werrifewille eeffebsepite Onset
sad esaliera i bet allot a thee war spedinelly preva
ilhd.
As He weeds were spark and the pried cleared, the
wises ensewpmeas wore szteaded, and all wore the ap-
perms et weirdly.
The anther here proceeds to 4heisibe the troubles
of Captain Phillip, the Int govieser, of which
!alias au his people wen net the Met. Pray
basses that the present rank be the diggings
bring it net about again as a much larger mar
The arable at heed iserloos were is the awl= r-
ased ao drew, an pease sztrerttlis; Oen berg ai
bids, We the Nosealli Lind peteri. se be enight err
=sifflis whale missy was Ste • bag tire es bait
ben eves that enmity berg Arad greater then
the Me
t repress raw said he any Mph of dm,
ordeals el rehoblift ear rig sealorsat se the
bonus ef idne s ardise, • feedsor robellon was sedlered.
Iliad, Ordeal and of the lint odeniir as
lids pried were ensers. • are superable is.
ardor et , who orhed the seloor se a hes
mesa of Orseser has
told sett but
be aMg period wee Reedy a orb
erre bad of ladies ern •• day, end that Ibr three
Corrses he bed lived la the army la the mutant belld thatM Amnia sae day pair of haw I
This dab of Alp, however , owls passed away,
and the ahoy usediesed to thrive spite of the see-
MOWS bleaders et seseaselve (all in the
wren& oesenling to Dr. Lag until we come to
what we may be allowed to ecribr an important
met in the *denial bistery—we mean the sir-
Warning el the Snit oar paper, whisk looklit
it awn, in IEO3, under the title at the i
Gosotk. PAM theses the state of the as
was ere of rapid development, astwit
in, the detests it oar main, whisk Dr. Lang
entries with little mercy. the the edelgithasst
of the 102nd Rest. he W pertienbsly levees io hie as-
demotion, andsertehaly the Taste le ideas Tallya
tidy his. De thew are Ist the =Wm 'beat v
the pulls are Rest modem at the pm* meneat.
They. ewe little whether DeelVateashe, Mse.
tisane «rained the groilest as gorentsee
of New South Wales. What they wane to know le
what are the present resonnesiatiene of that
eesttey me an miriade. kid, besides its pulp
so a sad, se the mama edemas dDr.=
• boot we And sopa eat we ihr
inforratice en dist Of tilieealtalleellaste
•Ilesepsa sesilltalkae be eve
I ies WWI te bare that We posholdlities of life, for
soy amine ef Allier bra tube okay, ale higher thee
be a rear MOIR been la Neoperk OM Wee ewer ef
rat sirober see Naely a. meet .sass. aid age Or la
Orr Intro. Li &RA re ism dlHr I. the salubeious
elirste of
New Owe Weir is Ehe • err larsorsod fa •
mud lOW with sews gee ; It bum eases brightly thaw
Is swum air, bait stead
Peewee ef impthes wh=:o the arias
serval,
ef life rhea =MEservel. ere denbrus4 tear fours
la New Sour Weis Shea rep teeny bar dr la
lead. indieNnel seers w eareisly earla es judge W
bet I my be pethdeled ;re the dryer/ me of ea
aid mm. of the sews W whe Ml bees may yeses
is tee key, sal ere the Deneosiont Arbor is
=. et a honied sod the yens of op. The swig sr
weeds besioed, Ire Ore yaws berm hls
des* nu
achell he hod lleoldrie been asertursd r
use • whole euraltywosense, M be was herisstly
heard rase Ilw—hls resist! -
The sekbeity if the direr of New South Wales le
dashisis ears, la peas esessersoe Os attrease dryers
ef He arrerbeoe; re .asses kyyperater el lame
at are ia•neleells. soorehelile het
oa aleiste_eurally_ ef rim thst
&Mg the yeeros emessed won the lir la Preps
he I roll irow enmity tint re serer all ot era la
New err Wake is math peers Or k begloaL h
dee le era end rehops reels errs, sell riff 1171141:
rentlied es on end et. Ose
emir, however, is Os dimmer of the in.
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slims. sell doss eat hos Metal pupae. of
sell es la may Imelltise la thus as gowwello
mad him Is =l=es he
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ta..BBommielsear Cala lallailleatliteteitagraya "
eraser N. the sears date
arbialiC meneef • samer.
re have et the wee the en-
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af lbe ark vegeletra ere bads ea the
sea girt:4r " lore
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salutary seat open the atmosphere, while the amount of
Iresidanns which they leave Olio added to the soil is nest
Ito nothing.
The hot northwest winds of New South Wales, to which
Pd. P, ran alludes is the passage I have JIM quoted below,
constitute ore of the most remarkable phenomena in the
ma:vorology of that country. The.. winds occur on an
average about four times every summer, and blow Irom
twenty-four to thistpaix boors each time, the atmosphere
all th• feeling like • current of I:salad air from •
furnace, and the thermometer generally standing at from
90 dogs. to 100 dogs. of Fahrenheit. It has stood
as high on one occasion, within my own experience,
as 1121 dogs. The day I allude to was • Sunday,
in the mouth of Febraary, MN. I bad to pertres
divine service twice during.the hottest part of the day ; but
I confess I experienced v, ry little inconvenience from the
bat—less, lacked, than I have felt in a crowded church in
Scotland. ThVija to be ascribed entirely to the extreme
dryaem of the atmosphere in New South Wales; for in a
dry atmosphere one ts able to bear a much greater degree,
either of heat or of cold, than when the atmosphere is
charged with moisture. In the humid atmosphere of Eng-
land, such a degree of beat would be extremely oppressive,
if wit quite intolerable. From the same tante, also, their
extreme aridity, them hot winds are perfectly innoctuous ;
and they have So such depressing influence on the spirits as
the Italian sirocco.
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Further on the reader will find valuable informa-
tion, u to the price of land, the capabilities of the
soil, and the best modes of permanent investment. A
chapter is devoted to the dii•cussion of the best ocean
route, the author giving a decided preference to that
►y the Cape, and the volume concludes with a world
of information and speculation about the gold fields,
which in the author's opinion must ultimately lead to
the independence of Australia, and its erection into
one of the mightiest nations of the earth.

CORPORATION WATER-
WORKS.

At a meeting of the Manchester town council on
Wednesday, a very impertaat peepadtias was brouOt foe•
ward for redwing the arabal paposatt due treat the ear.
paaties is the old watarerente ort, tad the pi: • at
whisk ahem Wilma esavarep haw Yreeit ham bad ghee
the quetiew mere then a lead beteeept. Tie isamaas
mermen emestrustimp la the laaafeadebs Valley
to supply llaaebeeese with water have bees dr solo.l
ject of much notice tarpon past. Before Oho aorpratioa
could obtain power is impend upwards of bat • lanai
sterling on thew works, it was umermemille=lalin
a private company the old verbs. by ortikti bud
previously been supplied with water. This Innanla wan
made after the ruction, Ad/owing the railway wait of
1.4.5, when money um dear, and u the aorperedisa was
aot in a position to pay the missile sum, it sou itione4 that
the payment should be mit hi as =WI eidesiated at d
per cent., of 19,0d3d ?ewer wee reserved, however,
to the corporation, as bay et the annuity, on glen's
twenty Yeats putdone awasey, sr 101,2401. de long
as the old Water Wades Company existed as a cosi.
Irizty the corporatism *add only redacts their
however amp meg might
premed to deal with Os Melt enesunt ; bid 441 lidlllati
an easier arrangement, it wee wadenteed the Walmweek
ta=zeirwould Maim, md, bevies this, .oth
i would dad separately, sail the seepeentisa
could make terms with • them individually by pagiii
the elms ef ea* babe MMus lea that I wit,
'Ti.
sompeintive shams of army Ms Mkw Mused the
easpases• to try to redoes their gement, bat en the
Waterworks Coming Way ammo to dissolve, ia as-
Mame with the pedimmemay powers whisk they had
Mimi us allies their meld, that body ems to a rescin-
ded dial it was Masks& The emit has bas is drive the
Mardaddresepseaden to beam teem the lank el log-
had UMW, Ss be maid la ready instahmsna. speed
0." yesre ; MAK of Ikea amnia belay belvevred at
4 per cent. and IMAM as id par eat ; end thus the
Water Works Compimp, orbs 00in* sever matemplated
the possibility of Mush a Mae beamed, mad who
appears to have dmight OM they seeks big the attempt
to Mom a radiation et imam* by redwing to disesiva,
have been outmemavred. The somaining WM. will
be raised by the We of 120 yerpitatl easeities of 101.
Mr only 260'. lest to
is ethe
to t et TIN ear-
peados, by
he thmeganiest."="siaTil as mad
psymee mom OM Is. This
mess kr sake the teas of the town was
*nil
di. samittee Ss mat of the
=here the Tem at the massing dm
end folly appeeed et. Ths lepl amiss se-
wiped kr editing this Mad woe gives in /me, seri is
new ea the paint of eadring. se that tat smagament will
M 11.110111 i illMsdistely. A vesseing of the di Water
Woks Company is thud ter Tuesday ant, when It is ex-
pected that there will be a rather wares explosion amenget
the shareholders, at having their sake, tweed Mk um
them to ma hush investments ire it at a paled
mMN the
peeme-mm et thus kaki expand a
Hank.the Isms on Midi the army is beamed km die