The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-17 00:00:00

TERRIFIC STORAL

On Sunday, the 30th ult., a shower of hail, ac-
companied with terrific peals of thunder and vivid
flashes of lightning, was witnessed about Auchintoul
and Foggieloan, in the parish of Priarnoch ; more
destructive in its nature than any thing of the kind
remembered by the " oldest inhabitant" in that dis-
trict. The morning and early part of the day were
calm and sultry, and the clouds lowering, and shift-
ing with great rapidity, till about three o'clock, p.m.,
when the southern part of the hemisphere assumed
a dark and threatening aspect, and about four o'clock
a slight rain commenced. A little after, a most
vivid flash of lightning, of the forked kind, was seen,
and was almost instantly followed by a peal of
thunder, which, for loudness and terrific grandeur,
has had no parallel in that part of the country for
many years. To the thunder instantly succeeded a
shower of hail, or rather ice, attended with a loud
noise resembling that of a distant cataract. The hail,
or ice, had the form of a double cone, very solid to-
wards the apex, and were of the greatest diameter,
the size most unusual in this, or it is believed in any
other country, the generality, measuring from four to
4 inches, and some of the largest above five inches
in circumference. Such was their elasticity and ve-
locity of descent, that they rebounded several feet
from the ground where they fell. This shower did
not last above 10 or 15 minutes, yet the ground
was covered in many places 15 inches deep ; and,
notwithstanding the warmth of the day, the hail re-
mained upwards of 30 hours undissolved, retaining
also the original shape. The extent of the damage
occasioned to the district where the storm fell out
has not as yet been properly ascertained. At
Auchintoul House alone there have been upwards
of 2,000 square feet of glass broken to atoms in the
extensive hot-houses, and many of the windows in
the front and sides of the mansion-house were
shattered from the rebounding of the hail ; and Mr.
Morrison's beautiful garden also has been greatly
injured. Alexander Chalmers, Esq., of Cluny, lust
the handsome cupola of his new house, besides a
range of glass in his green-houses. Many birds
were killed in their nests, and the destruction of
young trees in the neighbouring plantations is most
extensive. At the very time the above destruction
was going on, a tornado or whirlwind passed through
the same district, and was'attended by a like rush-
ing noise as that which accompanied the storm.
This tornado was first observed near the mill of
Auchintoul, proceeding in a westerly direction, col-
lecting and gathering up the pools of water, and
straw, hay, &c. as it passed along; and at a place
called Whitemuir it nearly unroofed the whole tene-
ment of offices; the thatch was torn from the roofs,
and carried to an immense height in the air, assum-
ing, as it ascended, a regular spiral form ; and was
distinctly seen whirling in the air at Banff and
Portsoy, a distance of fifteen miles from the spot;
and the generality of the mass, among which was a
peat stack, was ultimately deposited about the Braes
of Crombie and Ardmellie, a distance of several
miles. The fall of the peat stack was distinctly
seen by a lady from her carriage, and, from its very
extraordinary appearance, seemed at first like a
numerous flock of crows at one. of their extra gam-
bols. Many extravagant accounts of this very re-
markable storm are abroad.--Aberdcen Journal.

A correspondent appeals through us to the
public, on behalf of those poor men who have come from
the northern counties, in the hope of finding employment
in the hay-fields. During the last fortnight, he says, he
has witnessed hundreds of them in and about the village
of Highgate, in groups, depressed in spirits, and evidently
suffering from the want of common support of our nature.
They' do not beg, but are respectful, while their famished
countenances speak to the heart. A report has been
spread, that two of those poor creatures were found yes-
terday morning in a dying state under a bay-rick, near
Finchley.—Surely some mode might be found to afford
them relief for a few days. A trifle would do. Whatever
is done should be done quickly.—Morning Paper.

KILKENNY.—Butter 66s to 765. per cwt. ; Wheat 28s. to 31s.
per barrel ; Flour 18s. to 365. per bag; Oats Os. to Ils. per bar-
rel; Barley 10s. to 125..; Beef 43. to 5%4. per lb. ; Mutton 33.
to 4cl. ; Potatoes sd. per stone; Coals Is. 21. per cwt. ; Bacon,
Pigs 245. to 265. per cwt.

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