The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

IRELAND.

In Ireland the amount of injury caused by the storm
is considerable. Happily the number of casualties to
persons is small. Indeed it is remarkable that with
chimneys and roofs falling in, houses tumbling to the
ground, and trees torn up, so few personal injuries have
been sustained. The most deplorable calamity happened
at Milltown, about two miles from the city. A large
tree was blown down on the gate-house of a factory ; it
carried down the roof, floor, and walls, burying the in-
mates—six in number—underneath. Three of them were
suffocated, viz.—Mrs. Ryan and her two children ; the
others effected their escape with but trifling injuries. In
Mabbot-street, a man named Talbot was blown down
and severely injured in the head. At the Viceregal
grounds in the Phcenix Park, twelve elm trees were
prostrated. Along the Grand Canal several large trees
were blown down, and for a time stopped the
traffic. The Exhibition building in course of erection
escaped, with comparatively little damage. A few of the
iron arches, which had not been permanently fixed in
their places, were blown down. A great number of
extraordinary escapes are reported, from whole stacks
of chimneys having fallen, carrying away the roofs of
the houses, and in many instances tumbling literally
about the heads of persons in bed without doing them
any harm. Several fine trees are down in the demesne
of Lord Charlemont, at Clontarf—a locality which
suffered a good deal owing to the wind being from the
south-west. The losses in that locality consist in the
demolition of chimney-stalks, walls, glass, and the fall-
ing of trees. In York-street, in this city, the chimneys
of Mr. O'Hara, tavern-keeper, fell into a bed-room in
which were three children, but all escaped. At Kings-
town the storm did considerable damage.. About eight
o'clock yesterday morning the schooner Argyle, of Glas-
gow, 75 tons, dragged her anchor, was driven on the
eastern pier, and after some hours of battering, sank.
Her masts are visible above the water. The crew had
ample time and means to escape. Nearly 100 large
trees are reported to have been blown down in the
neighbourhood of Kingstown. The anemometer, or
wind gauge, on the western pier, erected by the Board
of Works, had registered the gale up to two o'clock on
Saturday morning, when the velocity was at the rate of
47 miles within the hour. The cups for catching the
wind were then blown off, and the further intensity of
the wind remains unknown.

In Dublin, the roof of the house of Mr. Atkinson, of
Usher's-quay, was blown down, and damage to the•
amount of 5001. sustained. Several policejnen were
blown down and hurt seriously. The roof of a house
in Beresford-street was blown down ; a family of six per-
sons were covered with the ruins, from which they were
relieved by the police, and conveyed to Richmond Hos-
pital. All were more or less bruised, but none so seriously
as to endanger their lives. About 120 feet of Mr. Pim's
factory chimney, of Greenmount, was blown down. The
roof of Lady Blaney's house, at Haddington-terrace, re-
ceived considerable injury. In Kingstown, the damage
done by the storm was considerable. The police of the
locality have supplied the following return :

Houses blown down ...
Ditto partly blown down
Chimneys blown down...
Chimneys partly blown down ..
Walls blown down ...
Trees blown down... ...
Hay and corn ricks blown down
Houses partially injured ...
Houses unroofed ...

This report takes no notice of the immense
quantity of window glass broken or of chimney-pots
blown down.

A large amount of damage was likewise done by the
gale to the Phcenix Park. In the Viceregal demesne 15
trees were blown down ; 12 panes of glass were broken
in the Lodge, and a stack of chimneys fell into his
Excellency's dressing-room. Six panes of glass were
broken in the Chief Secretary's lodge, and 17 trees were
felled in the demesne ; and at the Under Secretary's 6
panes of glass were broken, and 4 large trees were levelled
with the ground. A large quantity of lead and slates
were stripped off the roof of the Mountjoy Prison ; and
a stack of chimneys fell at the residence of S. Wilkie,
Esq., at the Phcenix Park, in addition to a great
number of slates and a quantity of lead which was blown
off the roof. In the Olen portion of the park about
30 elm trees were uprooted at distant intervals, and
400 perches of the wooden palisading levelled with the
ground.

LIMERICK.—The storm has done considerable damage
in Limerick. The tide rose seven feet above the level of
the quays, inundating the habitations along the entire
range, extending to Henry-street, Lower Cecil-street,
Bedford-row, Brunswick-street, and Arthur's-quay. The
tempest raged with violence throughout, and seaweed
and rushes were washed ashore in abundance. The
shipping being well moored and "fended," weathered
the gale gallantly. As far as has been ascertained, only
one life was lost. A young man named Vaughan, a
painter and glazier, while returning home, was lifted
from the ground in Mary-street, cast against a wall, and
his brains dashed out. The Kilrush steamer Garryowen,
arrived this afternoon, brought tidings that the Asia, of
Shields, drifted from her moorings at Tarbert, and is
ashore at the Red Gap, inside Boland's rock. The Eliza,
of Port Maddock, from Sligo to London, with oats, is
ashore at Scattery Island, and a total wreck. An Aus-
trian barque lies at Grass Island, bottom uppermost—
name as yet unknown. A Norwegian and Greek ship
ashore at same place. Thirty sail turf-boats were cast
ashore over the banks of the river at Grass Island and
Corrigaholt—crews saved. The Rose, steamer, from
London, arrived here to-day, after encountering the
violent storms of Friday night and this morning, sustain-
ing no injury, but had a fearful passage. There was a
rumour current to-day which I am enabled to contradict,
namely, that 40 persons were drowned while crossing
the Shannon in a turf-boat. The entire country, for
miles around, is inundated to such an extent as to pre-
vent coaches and passenger cars from travelling.

THE CASE OF MR. KIRWAN.—We are informed that
a reprieve has been received by the keeper of the gaol in
which Mr. Kirwan is confined, and that the capital
sentence will not be carried into effect.

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A BARBAROUS MURDER was committed at Hythe
near Southampton, on Christmas eve. A labouring
man, named Rand, as he was returning from the village
of Hythe to his house on a common close by, was mur-
dered and robbed. It was ascertained that three men
of bad character passed by Rand as he was going home.
Two of them were apprehended. They declared their
innocence, but stated that their companion, a young
man named George Dumper, a notorious poacher, left
them after they passed Rand, and they knew not what
he did, nor what had become of him. A pursuit was
made after Dumper, and he was hunted down by some
country people on Sunday in a wood in the neighbour-
hood. On his apprehension, blood was found on his
smock-frock. Rand's age was about 57. It is believed
that he had not above ss. on him when he was murdered.
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.—In the
week that ended last Saturday the number of deaths re-
gistered in the metropolis was only 871. In the previous
week it was 1,041 ; the present return therefore shows
a decrease of 170. In the ten corresponding weeks of
the years 1842-51 the average number of deaths was
1,138, which, if a correction is made for increase of po-
pulation, gives a mortality of 1,252 for the present time. 10
The mortality was lower last week than in any of the 25
corresponding weeks ; and so far as a conclusion can be .10
drawn from former experience, the present state of the
public health must be considered satisfactory. Fatal cases n
arising from epidemic diseases declined from 211 in the 20
preceding week to 162 in the last ; those from diseases of 12
the respiratory organs fell in the same time from 161 to
130. The corrected average for the former class is 255, that 5
for the latter 254 ; hence it appears that a great diminu- St
tion has recently occurred in the mortality of both,
Last week small-pox was fatal in only three cases. 11
measles in 11, hooping-cough in 23, croup in 5 ; scarla- 2t
tina declined to 50, typhus to 39 ; dianhcealo 12. In-
fluenza carried off 3 children, 3 persons between 15 and
60 years, and one person 80 years old. Last week the
births of 708 boys and 643 girls, in all 1,351 children,
were registered in London. In the seven corresponding —4l
weeks of 1845-51 the average number was 1,255. At 10
the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of 10
the barometer in the week was 29.746 in. The mean 10
temperature of the week was 46.8 deg., which is 7.8
deg. above the average of the same week in ten years.
The mean daily temperature was above the average on 0
every day of the week. It was highest on Monday, 2
when it rose to 51.4 deg., which is 11.8 deg. above the - 5
average, and lowest on Thursday, when it fell to 39.8 5
deg., which is 1.1 deg. above the average. It rose on 10
Friday and Saturday to about 49 deg., or 11 deg. above 10
the average. On Thursday the wind was E.S.E. •in 2
the rest of the week generally in the south-west. frhe E
mean difference between the dew point temperature and 2
air temperature was 6.1 deg.
CENSUS OF IRELAND.—The returns of the Irish cen-
sus of 1851 for the counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan 11
have just been issued. It appears that the area of the
former county is 417,735 acres 6 roods 21 perches, and
its population in 1851 was 116,007, against 156,481.
The number of houses in 1841 was 27,858 • in 1851,
21,330. The area of the latter county is 317,733 acres
1 rood 6 poles, and its population in 1841 was 200,407 ;
din 1851, 141,758. The number of houses in 1841 was I
1 34376 A ;in 1551127,316.

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