The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-25 00:00:00

DEC. 25.

S A Fr:ltD.—The oldest person living cannot remember snore tem-
pe.tuou, and longer continued gales than we experienced on Friday
aenesight. Innumerable chinmies have been blown down, roofs of
houses and ricks of hay removed; and on the north road trees have
beeen forced down, which have interrupted the progress of coaches, &c.

MANCIIEITFII, Dttc. ?Q.—Last week was most uncomfortable in
this oeighbourhood. The torrents of rain on Sunday and Monday made
the river swell to a great height, and cut off cciumunication, by the
common route, from Broughton, Strangeways, &c. The rain was fa-
uvist ince•sant the remainder of the week ; and on Friday, the mist
hurricane like gale of wind experienced here since the year 1802, made
the slate sly from the house-tops, and the pots were hurled from the
tops of the chinniies, while the beautiful steeple of St. Mary's clturc't
" rucked hn.ribly sublime, bending in obedi.lice to the blast," to the
admiration of thou/ands of gazers, (+lige(' to be reminded every mi-
nute that its motion prow( d the accuracy of its peipendicular. A pert
of the 'tone-w •rk over ilia east gate of Clic-ethane& college was hI wit
down. It fell almost momentarily before the boys were about to be
dismissed from their roo:ning's studies in the Grammar School. Several
mewly erected houses were unro •fed by the wind, which found a way
into them by the ',rimed windows. The hit-house of Mr. Bridgeford,
nurseryman. at eileetwood, was destrr yrd by it ; and but for his •rompt
care, his g'een house would have shared the same fate. The private
gardens in that nsiglihourhod, rented by the ink-bite:its of the town,
were made eomm-ii by the fury of the blast, and several small cottages
suffered severely. At Kersal-inner, severed of the stands were brown
down Mrs. Bonrdm in, an elderly person, widow of the landlord of
the Hire and 11 'ands publieeliouse, adjoining the race-course, was
killed by the f. it of one of them. Along trees were broken or blown
down in the neigldiourheod, as well as many chimnies, amongst which
is shit of the plumbers' of Messrs. Winder and Baden. on Huntsbank.
Their losa•is con.iderab!e, from the destruction of a quantity of glass,
%.hich had been placed immediately on the' spot on wl,icli the chimney
fell.

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Pa rsTnNr. .—LPst week the river Ribble came out to on alarming ie-
teut, covering” the whole of the low groutids,'and rendering the
to Liverpool impassable ; it is upwards of twenty years since it was so
lug.h. Two melt on horseback attemptioe to reach the other side from
the Liverpool, road, after g gained the bri.lge, were lost, The
men sc-corned au l coll•d for as-isninee, but no lido could be given
them. Our of the horses would h.ve e.caped, but the other dragged
it into the current, and all disappeared. The bodies have not been
found. One of the men was a .itative of CarliNle, and servant to.hir.
Di, :in:lnn, of. Preston ; the other unknown. This nu.rning the river
has fhlleit considerably ; but still wily tho,e in carts end on horsebuck
can retich the bridge. •

YVrtKSttrßr.—Fri'bav se's:night a most extrnordinan hurricane took
place in the East ridiog of Yorkshire, particularly in the \Voids.
The oldest per-7on now living there does not reinember any thing similar
to it. It' otos, about ten o'clock in the morning, and continued
with increasing violence, till about six io the afternoon. Nut a village
or farm house over the w hole Wald country but carries marks of its
devastation. Whole. houses limited —stacks of corn blown down to
the ground—and a large newly built barn was overthrown': fortunately
a man who was threshing corn in it had time to run out before it fell.
Colonel Tho:inon's once beatinful place, called Falconers-hall, had a
number of chimnies. and other parts of the buildings., entirely blown
dr‘wn ; and as the hr.use, &c. is now iii a deserted state, from no one
living there, it may be expected slowly to become a ruin. in Major
Tophans's plantations at Wold-cutiatfe, a number•of large trees were
broken short ulf in the middle, and curried to a great distance. The
cottages in almost every village were unroofed, and the beds of
the unfortunate inhabitants left exposed to the elements. A large ves-
sel lying off the pier at Scarborough was snap by the violence of the
tempest, but, fortunately, no lives were lest.
LEEns.—Friday sennight, during a violent storm of wind with
rain, at Leeds, the stearu7engine chimney, attached to the manufac-
tory of Whitehead and Pearson,
.on• Bradford-moor, was blown down.
and. fulling upon the building, the roof was forced in with a terrible
crush, and a number of the workpeople very seriously injured. At the
house of John Blayds, Esti Park•kne. a stack of chimnies at the left
wing of the building was blown down, and the...rubbish 'precipitated
through the roof into an apartment that had just been quitted by one
of the family. The hurricane has also done considerable damage to
the new mansion of Mr. Goodman, and several other tin&ished
buildings.

Hu tr.—Thursday se'imight, in the forenoon, • tier of vessels were
in imminent danger of suffering damage from a large ship which was
moored on the off-side of the harbour, heeling upon them, by which •
kis lint the quay was for a considerable time, as the tide ebbed, •uP

pended between a Scotch smack and a mooring -post, which at lust
broke, and the brig instantly fell iato the water, forcing ocerboird a
stoup-master that was ascending a ladder to get from the hug tu,the
quay; fortunately he had the presence of mind to thiew himself be.
tween two of the piles of the quay, and thus was saved from baleen
death, which must have ensued bad he been caught between the vessel
and the piles.
NEWCASTIE, DEC. to.—The late littrricane, which commenced in
this neighbourhood on Friday merniug, has bten generally felt through-
tout the whole country. In the south, the storm commenced on the
11th instant, and the shipping on the south-west coast has suffered most
dreadfully from its effects. The gale from that time has moved gra-
dually northwards, and has left sufficient evidence of its violeioce, in
all thee places within its vortex. It is impossible to enumerate the da-
mage that has been done in this toen and neighbourhood. Several
houses have been totally destroyed; others unroofed and otherwise muck
damaged (the occupiers in some Mowers narrowly escaping with their
lives)—a large portion of the-parapet wall which surrounds the roof of
All Saints fell with a dreadful crash into Silver street, and a window of
the same church was totally blown oat. Much damage has also been
done to the windOws of St. Nicholas church, and a window of fienuver.
square chapel is also destroyed—a great part hf Jarrow,cliurch is MP
rooted—several trees have been tore up he the roots, stacks blows
down, keels and boats stinic on the river, &c. In short, the deetrue-
tion has been so snidely spread, that the consequences will belong and
severely felt by amity. A garden wall on the back of Villiets-street,
Itishopweerinottiti, was Woven down by Ili6 gale. and Mr. Cameron,-
master mason, lensing at that moment., was killed on the spot. At
Durbarn end in the vicinity, touch darnuge was done. A stack of
ciiitionies in Lord liarringtan's house.in the College were blown down;
which forced in the roof, mid did a deal of ',spry ih.several 4f the'
rooms;
..aeutticr stack of chilieties.lull from the houte Of Eir..Grey into
the Celltoge ; aid in Gilesgate, several houses had•ihe greater part of
the tiles and slates blown off. Many corn and bay stacks in the vici.
eity were evertureed. The burricene was also severely felt at North
Shields, where few helms have escaped damage Irons its ',triages. A
house in ClitirCh street was completely unroofed, as was a new one in
Bedford-street, and another at the head of the town. Numerous china-
nies were tilaeli down ; one near the Bull-tina tell with such force as to
pass through the roof and ffoori of au adjoining house. Towards even-
ing, the scene became truly awful ; most of the shops were sled, bricks
and tiles fell in every direction, and the narrowness of the streets greatly
added to the danger of passengers; but we do net bear that any person
was seriously hurt. The river exhibited a scene still more terrttic, and
the ships and keels were in the most imminent danger i severel of the
bitter were driven ashore, and some sunk, as was a wherry laden with
meta:lndio? near Whltehill Point ; and. merry of the keel. which
reached Shields, had their coals to throw overboard to keep them iron
sinking. Two boats drifted out to sea. and 'timbers sunk and were
damaged. One Joan tell from a 'keel near the New Way, and was
drowned in view of several persons, who could render him nu assist-
ance.

GLASGOW, DFC. 17.—Early yesterday morning a violent gale began
to blow from the south-west, accompanied with rein, whirh continued
during the greater part of the day. At the Brooluielaweverai yea./
.els were driven out of the river, upon the quay. Sterol:lg rwo, they
have been all since got off. The Montreal, from Jamaica, "is on short:,
with loss of anchors and cable,.

GnErmine, Dec. 16.--The siind-last night greatly increased, and
ha 3 continued to blow with unremitting violence. kit the morkisig there
stie a considerable deal of thunder andlighining. accompanied by re-
cessive lulls of rain. Shortly after inictsdav the quays over/flowed, and
the tide continuing to rise, the cellars 'adjacent to the breast of the
different harboUrs 'hive been inundated, and we are traly concerned
to add, immense quantities of West India and other produce destroyed
much property has likewise been swept away, or materially injursd utt
the quays.

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Those of the outward-honed West India fleet viditte at ucchor at the
tail of the Bank, have drifted considerably ; SO Me have parted their
cable!. The Hercules, which, along with second merchantman, had.
anchored in Gottrock Bay, bliipt•ti or ported her cable. this forenoon.
and thrtunately arrived sate in the Eost Harbour, t.buutiltree o'clock,
with no other appnrent injury than the loss 411 her howvrprii.
Nutwith-
standing the hazardous attempt of making the Ipirbour in !inch a hurri-
cane, by the able manuer in which it woo performed, the only damage
which she occasioned going its was that of running down a herring
sloop iit the entrance.

Dt,max, Dr.c. 17.—Qn Thursday morning a dreadful storm. win-.
mence4 born the westward. The damage throughout die city is tery
grain. Suing houses have been blowss:clown tad MU. unroofed. Do