The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-29 00:00:00

Dividends on the above payable in London.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols 921
Ditto August Account 92g

TREMENDOUS THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODS

IN SOUTH WALES.-LOSS OF LIFE.

The most melancholy accounts have this week been
received of the devastation caused by a thunderstorm,
or, it may be more properly said, a series of thunder-
storms, by which Carmartheushire, and other parts of
South Wales and Monmouthshire, have been visited.
The weather at Carmarthen on Monday was intensely
hot and sultry, and about six o'clock in the evening
it became almost unbearable. Immediately after that hour
a tremendous thunderstorm broke o%er the town ; the
lightning flashed with alarming rapidity and vividness,
the thunder rolled and crashed in a manner which the
oldest inhabitant had no previous recollection of, and the
rain descended in torrents. The storm raged during the
whole of the ❑ight, doing great damage to the hay and
other crops. It was hoped the next day that it had ex-
hausted its fury, and that the worst had passed ; hut about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, the air began to assume that
sulphurous, dense, and fiery character, which are de-
scribed as preceding the hurricanes of tropical climates.
. .

At five o'clock another awful thunderstorm came on,
and the rain began to descend as if—to use a familiar
phrase—heaven and earth were coming together. The
terrible storm raged with fury all night, and the next
morning it was ascertained that it had produced the
most appalling results ; the rivers and brooks over•
flowed their banks, and laid the valleys under water
to the tops of the hedges, cattle and sheep were
drowned, the wheat and other crops laid, hundreds
of tons of hay, indeed the produce of a very
extended acreage destroyed beyond all redemption,
and great damage done in every direction, to house
property and to furniture. The South Wales Railway,
below the town, suffered great damage, two bridges
having been swept away, and the traffic stopped. The
traffic over the ordinary turnpike roads was likewise
seriously interfered with, owing to the extent to which
they were flooded, and of course all kinds of agricultural
operations were at once put a stop to. Nor were these the
most serious results of the terrible visitation. Several
lives were lost. A Mr. Evans, of Clogyfran, was found
drowned in the flood, an old man and woman were
washed out of their beds and drowned at Mrydin, and it
is believed that others have been sacrificed.
Oh the roads to Lampeter, Cardigan, and Brecon,
bridges have either been destroyed or much damaged,
while the crops have everywhere been injured or wasted.
The accounts from Usk, Llangibby, and their neigh-
bourhood, state that the river had overflowed its banks,
carrying destruction with it. Horses, cattle, sheep,
piers, and articles of household furniture, were on
Wednesday to be seen floating down it, while within
three miles of Usk, at least 500 tons of hay, besides other
produce, have been destroyed. Above Usk, on the road
to Brecon, it is feared, from the debris that have come
down with the flood, that the dam .ge roust have been
immense. At Cardiff the river is much flooded, and,
from objects which are seen in the water, it is feared
that serious consequences have transpired in that neigh.
b ourho od.

THE EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF EL HAMEE PASHA.—ln-
structions have been received by the officers of Customs
from the Lords of the Treasury that all due respect
should be paid to El Hamee Pasha, eldest son of the
obtain
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iPasha of Egypt, who is expected to arrive in England
this day.—Civil Service Gazette.
STRIKE AMONG SHIPWRIGHTS —A few days since the
shipwrights at Brixham, in Devonshire, struck for
wages. They have lately been in the receipt of 3s. 4d.
per day, and an allowance of beer. Their present de-
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are now being built and repaired in that port,