The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-29 00:00:00

SEVERE WEAT HER.

AYR, 'DEC. 22.—Friday last we had a tremen-
do;ts storm, accompanied by a very high tide,
and a flood in the river, by which a great many
douses were i`aundated, and ume.h.dantage done ;
besides.tbe dikes on each side of the entrance in-
to the harbour being much injured. Most for- .
tunately the vessels •in the harbour kept firm to
their moorings, and are all safe. Considerable
anxiety was excited by a brig and galliot passing
at the tirite the storm was at its-height ; the me-
lancholy tate of the former Will be seen in thesac-
counts front Troon ; the latter was, driven on
Black Rock, and went to pieces next day, before
any person could venture to her assiStance,--all
bands lost. The Grace of Irvine was driven on
shore at Dunure harbour, but the crew. were
saved, and the vessel is expected to be got off.
Very considerable damage was done to the vessels
-and harbourS (If Irvine and Saltcoats.
TaooN.—On the morning of Friday se'nnigbt,
the wind blew from the south-wrest a sharp breeze ;
towards grid-day the gale increased, and the tide
rose very rapidly. Although it was not high wa-
ter till about three o'clock, yet, by half-past 12,
it was about three feet higher than our high spring
ides ; aboilt:two o'clock the wind shifted round
to the north-west, and the storm became violent,
which acted strongly upon our parapet-Wall, or
breAk-water, and Made it give way in several
places. Except a small part of the Railway bank,
which was broken down, little more-injury of any
consequeoce was (lone to the xvorks.
the Adventure of Irvine, being, laid up on the
beach for repair, by the highness of the tide, was
drove ofh from her holdings, and carried round to
a different part of the beach, without much da-
Inage. The Duke of Port laud's small cutter, being
laid up, was also drove up alongside of the Railway
bank, opposite the old holtses of Troon, without
receiving any material damage. A small smack,
the Alice of Itothsay, .was also drove trout the
beach., and broken to pieces. The. sloop Scotia,
'of Saltcoats, came into the bay about one o'clock,
and being; unable .to make, into- the harbour,
siipped her cable and ran oil shore, Without re-
ceiving any damage. The Eliza brig, of Derry,
arrived in the bay about ten o'clock, and being
unable to make the harbour, canto() an anchor ;
she, rode out the storm very Well-through the day,
Only having drove some distance ; but through
the night she struck the ground, and after ctit-
ting cables, she upset, and drowned Several passen-
izers in the cabin. No assistance could be Riven
?them tin ough the night, but early next morning
several boats went hob-Lbe harbour tor their assist-
ance, and found that twelve were missing. The
survivors were brought on shore, some of them
very weak. Among the passengefs drowned on
hoard are a corporal of the 72d regiment and his
wife. Tire hotly of the corporal was found on.
deck-; bthiro papers, nor any thing about him
for information ; lie is about 26.. years of dge,
5 feet 9 inches high, fair complexion, high brow,
and pockpittcd. The wife and two children of
a weAver at Saltcoats, Who were over paying a
visit to some friends in Ireland, are drowned.—
The two children were found washed on shore
the next morning ; the body of the mother is still
mi-s4ng. The bodies of the persons found dead
are the above corporal, Hugh Calaghan, belonging
to Glasgow, and two children. Those still missing
are two women, one sailor, one private soldier,
and four men, steerage. passengers. Saved—the.
Coptain, Mate, eight seamen, and four passen-
gers.—R. Kerr, herd to Mr. Carson, in *IT,
parish of Straiton, went out ft oat his master's
house on Monday, the sth lust. with a view, as
was thought, to look to the hill. He did not
come home that evening, nor on Tuesday or Wed-
nesday. .Carson went in,search of him, and found
bins lying dead at the foot of a very high crag,
which it was, supposed he had fallen over, and
was killed ; • and what was remarkable, his- dog
never lest hint,, but was lying by hint, ,and it is
supposed he would have staid with hint till he died
himself. It was by his means his, master's body
was sooner found, he being seen first:
DUBLIN. DEC;. 19.---We have heafd of several
opi our coast. A. schooner. was driven
on shore between Idowth and `Rush, and every
person-on board perished. Two fishing when ies
from,Beldbyle, it is said, have shared the, Same
fate. A sloop, called the Wicklow, belonging to
that town, buten a ith mahogany... iron, tea, and
sugar, bound from Dublin to Wicklow, was driven-
on shore, near I-lowth, and the principal part of
the cargo destroyed.
BELPAST.—We have had a 'tremendous- gale
from the N. W. and considerable damage was
done to many of the houses in town ; it was even
dangerous to walk the streets,' front the quanti-
ties of chimney tops and slates that tvere falling
in every direction. The extensive building in
Brown's, square, intended for the charitable edu-
cation of poor children, was thrown down in the

lnirricane.
SHF.FFIELD, DEC. 24.—The late tempestuous
weather has been productive of damage to several
buildings in this town, although, in no instance'
that we have heard of, has it, we are happy to.
say, been attended with the loss of life.—The
I\lethodistChapel in Norfolk-street had aconsider-
able quantity of lead blown from the roof, and rolled
up, by the resistless power of the elements, with as
much precision and regularity as though it had
been effected by. human ingenuity. The Na-
tional School, we are informed, also sustained
some cborrigv, but not, we believe, to any mate,
rial extent. Some unfinished houses, we under-
stand, have been essentially injured by the en-
trance of the boisterous element through the. win-
dows, which had not been glazed, and the eon,
seculeut removal of the-entire roof, and a part of
the walliag attached. g.t similar circumstance, we
learn, occurred' at Chesterfield, and what ah.tiot
taggers credibility, were it not-well authenticat-
ed; a corn-rick, with its entire brandry, the pro-
perty of Messrs, Smith; at Little Branntou, was
yemoved- to a distance of four yards, without
inivoyenience.
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Yestchlay, about one o'clock, a respectable
o'er Loudon Bridge, sat down
ou one of the seats, \.;-!len he suddenly dropped
de:wn and expired. The body !t7as removed to'St.
•Tiv..nas's Hospital, where it lies to be owned.

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