The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-21 00:00:00

! THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGPI.—For the last few weeks the weather
has been very unsettled in this neighbourhood ; and,
latterly, scarcely a day has passed over without rain.
On Saturday matters seemed to have reached a crisis,
as the rain fell heavier than at any former period, and
at night the wind rose to a hurricane. Many chimney-
cans were thrown down in various parts of the city,
though no personal injury was sustained by any one.
The wind abated in the morning, but the rain conti-
nued with little intermission all Sunday. The Water
of Leith was greatly swollen, and swept down in its
course a good deal of corn on its banks. We have heard
of persons being engaged on Sunday morning removing
the sheaves while up to the middle in water. The arch
of the bridge at Cannonmills was completely filled up
with the current. The fall of rain must have been
great on both sides of the Pentland range, as the Al-
mond and the Avon also rose to an unusual height, and
destroyed a considerable breadth of crop on their banks.
The North and South Esk exhibited the same ap-
pearance with the other streams in the district. We
have not heard of any particular damage having been
done in their course ; but various articles were swept
into the sea at Musselburgh.
The Frith on Sunday morning presented
.a storm)
aspect. The sea was one sheet of turgid foam, the
surge running unusually high ; and part of a cargo of
timber which had been discharged at Granton the pre-
vious day, was drifted from the rafts, and some of it
carried up as high as Cramond Island. Men and horses
were busy on Monday and Tuesday in collecting the
loose timber along the coast. Several vessels in the
Roadstead were forced to take shelter in St. Margaret's
Hope ; and we regret to hear that the Leven packet, a
vessel belonging to the Kirkland Company, and trading
between Leith and Leven, was driven ashore at the
entrance to Leven Harbour, where she now lies a wreck.
No lives were, however, lost.
The storm has not been confined to this quarter
alone. In Peebles-shire great damage has been
sustained. Several bridges of considerable inagni-
nit tide over the Leithan were carried off, and the new
road up the Leithen Water is for the present in many
places impassable. The Know Bridge over the Quair,
a little above Traquair House, on the Peebles road,
has been removed from its socket ; and the Kirk
Bridge, and the one over the Quair at Orchard Mains,
on the road leading to Glen, are so much injured,
that little more than a mere wreck is left to point
out the original site. Several fields of corn and pota-
toes have been much destroyed, and a considerable
portion of a new fleet dyke, lately erected on the
estate of Pirn, which seemed to be executed with
much judgment, and assumed every appearance of
durability, was swept down the current. The
hunting seat of Lieutenant-Colonel Rose, on the
estate of the Earl of Traquair, was so completely
inundated by a small mountain rill, that it
was with much difficulty that the inmates of
the house made their escape from a watery grave ; and,
alter the flood had subsided, several trouts of consider-
able size were found by the servants of the house in the
Colonel's parlour. Both the factory caulds at Gala-
shiels have been carried away, as also the gable wail
of a one-story house in almost the very centre of the
town ; and the suspension bridge over the Gala, erected
by the late Mr. Lees, was also carried away. The
New Bridge over the Cadden Foot, on the road from
Selkirk to Peebles, is so much damaged, that passengers
are compelled to go by the circuitous rout of Cloven-
ford. When the day dawned on Sunday, the scene was
at once terrible and grand ; for even thus early the
Tweed had overleaped its legitimate boundaries, rolling
majestically from bank to brae, and receiving at every
little distance fresh accessions of troubled waters. The
flood has had no equal, in this part of the country,
since 1807, when devastations of a similar nature oc•
curred both at Innerleithen and at Galashiels.

The road, about a mile above Innerleithen, was ren-
dered impassable ; and several corn and potato fields
were completely flooded. The other streams to the
south were equally flooded. The Yarrow rose consider-
ably, and swept away a bridge in the neighbourhood of
Bowhill.

The river Tweed, especially near Berwick, has also
done considerable damage. We learn by a private let-
ter from that town, that the new bridge which was
building across the river at Norham has been com-
pletely swept away, together with a great quantity of
corn on the banks of the river. Ms> flood has also
done so much injury to the fishing grounds, that it is
the opinion of the old fishermen there that the salmon
fishing is over for the season, though the legal close time
does not commence for a month to come. This is the
More to be regretted, as the fishing this year has been
the least productive that has occurred for many years.
The Dumfries Courier states, that " the Nith was
seen raginc, from bank to brae ;" and that the rain was
followed, between three and four o'clock on Sunday af-
ternoon, by one of the severest thunder storms experi-
enced in this quarter during the whole season.
GLASGOW.—Saturday was one of the worst days for
autumn that it is possible to conceive, rain fell without
intermission from morning till evening, and became still
heavier during night. Sabbath morning the river was
largely swollen, and the rain continued to fall in heavy
showers till mid-day. During the afternoon the weather
occasionally brightened, and a succession of high wiads,
with sunshine, repaired in some measure the damage which
must have been done to the growing and cut grain. The
evening closed with a smart breeze, and Monday morning
the reapers were enabled to resume operations. The
morning was sunny and the day fair throughout ; but was
succeeded by a night as showery as before. On Sun-
day, the Clyde came down with a volume of flood such
as has not been seen these eight months ; large masses
of debris floated on the surface, with not a few limbs of
trees, evidencing that the storm must have spread over
a wide district of country. Workmen were busily en-
gaged during the afternoon in removing barrels of dry
goods, and bales of cotton, from the sheds of the Liver-
pool and Glasgow Steam Companies ; and many of the
vessels were only prevented being canted from the bed
of the Clyde upn the quay, by the interposition of
long and stout poles between the ship's sides and the
dock.

A great quantity of rain fell in the neighbourhood
of Anstruther, on Saturday and Sunday last. Between
nine o'clock on Saturday morning and the same hour on
Monday, no less than two inches and three-eighths of
water fell, as ascertained by an accurate rain guage.

PERSlA.—Accounts have been received from
Tabriz up to the 19th of July. They mention that the
town had been in a violent popular commotion, occasioned
by a dispute between a Russian, Armenian, and a Moha-
medan, and at one time tbere were strong reasons to fear a
general massacre of the Russians and Armenians. The
Armenian, under the Russian protection, has been pu.
nished by his Consul, and some of the leaders among the
Persians by the local authorities. Orders had been
received from Teheran to punish more of the Persians,
and some were seized for that purpose, but were
rescued by the mob, who threatened to kill all the
Christians if the affair was carried further. It was thought,
should the Russian Envoy demand any further punishment
to be inflicted on the offenders, that many of the Armenians
would fail victims to the fury of the populace. Disturb.
ances bad also taken place at Etzinghian ; some deserters
from the militia attacked the authorities and burnt the
IMekemeh and some shops, and drove the Governor from
the town. The Colonel of the town endeavoured to restore
tranquillity, which was done after some fighting. A regi-
ment h ad been sent to protect the caravans from Erzeroum,
which had been collecting in that city for six weeks, and
which had departed under escort to the frontiers.
SMYRNA, AUGUST 25.—The news from Bey-
rout mentions that Ibrahim has removed his head-quarte,s
from Marasch to Aleppo. The Syrians are already reaping
the fruits of the victory of Nczib. On the 14th were
executed at Damascus such of the notable inhabitants as
had shown adhesion to the Turks on learning their approach.
The Wealthy Ali Aga, Emir of Baalbeck, with other chiefs,
was decapitated. Similar executions were preparing at
Aleppo, where Ibrahim had established a court-martial.
Soliman Pacha has also ordered several executions at
Aintab. liafiz Pacha has refused the offers of 'braille.,
and is at Slvas.

Colonel \-vyndham has just issued a fresh ad-
dress to the electors of West Sussex, which is a curiosity
in its way. The fox-bunting Colonel tells the electors,
that " as during this season gentlemen are generally so
much occupied with field sports as to be seldom found at
home," he shall postpone, for the present, the completion
of his canvass.

A correspondent states " The goods of the Rev.
Mr. CarMe, dissenting minister, at Romford, having been
seized for the Church-rate of the parish of Hornchurch, in
consequence of his refusal to pay the same, they were about
to be sold on Wednesday, in Romford market, when the
auctioneer, on learning the facts of the case, declined to
officiate."

BARKING CHURCH-RATE.---The following is
the result of a poll which took place at Barking on the sth
inst.:—For the rate 264; against it 68; majority for the
Church 196.

The apple crop has been a failure in Devonshire
this season. That fruit has not been so scarce and dear
for years in this county. Fruit generally is extremely bad.
—Plymouth Journal.
On Saturday last, a red-legged partridge was
shot by a gentle►ran of Exeter, at Wbitstone. It was a
fine bird, and its plumage exactly similar to the French
partridge.—Plymouth Journal.
A duel with sticks took place the other day at
Cazeaux, in the Gera, the result of which was the death
of one of the combatants, and the arrest of the other and
the two seconds.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday morning, at
nine o'clock, a Coroner's inquest was held at the sign of the
Robinson Crusoe, Earl-street, Edgeware•road, before Mr.
Wakley, on the body of Mrs. Ann Carebolt, a lady residing
at No. 20, in Earl-street, who was found dead in her bed,
on Thursday morning. The Jury returned a verdict—
Died by the visitation of God.

_ .
GIGANTIC UMBRELLA.—An umbrella of the
extraordinary dimensions of sixty-four feet in circumference,gaily fringed', and standing twelve feet high, was exhibiteo
in our Exchange on Monday last. It was male by 111 r.
Howe, of this city, for one of the African Kings, and is
to he sent out by the first ship. It is said that this
monster umbrella is for the purpose of screening. the King
from the sun, when in consultation with his Ministers !
Bath Chronicle.