The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-07 00:00:00

HAIL STORM.

While accounts of the slate of the crops and ol
vegetation gen:rally have recently been so favourable,
we regret we have this week to record the effects ol

lightning and letilstorms of unprecedented severity, ex-
perienced by the inhabitants of Outwell. Upwell, Em
neth. Watton, and Warple. On the afternoon of Friday
the 28th ult , between hve and six o'clock, the state of
the weather threatened a thunder-storm, which, about
natl.-past five o'clock, broke over the district of the
country embracing the above-named places: the storm
was indeed of . unusual violence, accompanied with
tail, or rather 'falling ice, which has proved most
destructive to the crops in this district, and also to ,
other property. At Outwell the electric fluid did con-
sideratle damage to the house of Mr. Booth, the female
servant receivingtmuch injury. Glass in all directions
has been demoln,ned, including a conservatory at Beaupt4
Hall, the residence of the Rev. W. G. Townley. The
storm proceeding on to Emneth, raged over th,t village
with terrific violence, evidences of its destructive power
extending for atn•ut a mile, much of the wheat is cut
down, and the fruit trees are actually cut to pieces; in
the st.uth of the church the windows are entirely de
str,yed, the residences of Mr. Stimson and Mr. T. Bird
having not a single pane of glass left entire: the cot
tages of the humbler resident,. in the village have also
suffered. Large pieces of ice were picked up, of un-
usual weight and size. The storm passing onward to
Watton and Wurple, left Wisbech, subject only to
heavy rains, accompanied with much thunder and light-
ning. A ship, which has s•tbsequently come into port,
encountered the storm as it passed from the land, and
its severity may be imagined from the circumstance of
its being impossible for the men to Ic-ep the oeck with-
out shelter from the cutting ice and hail which fell.
Throughout the district sue jetted to this awful visita-
tion we fear much injury has been sustained. Goslings
and live stock of that d..-scripticin have been killed iu
numbers, and the trees present an appearance as if they
head wantonly been destroy ed with musketry. We re-
gret t.. udd th:tt a man was lt,iled by the electric fluid at
Guy birn.— Cant/midge Chronicle.

DEATH OF THE 110 N. CAPTAIN AUGUSTUS VII.-
Kirl a .d Loni.tess of Jersey received .10-
,ellie,ence yesterday from Rome, announcing the demise
of their second s!,ti, the Hon. Captain Augustus Villiers,
at Rome, at the close of last month, aner a long
'the deceased was in his thirty. eighth )ear, sad served
for s me sears in the Horse Guards BI te, ;mei
marrie , 1831, the lion. Miss Nlercer E•phinstone,
youngest daughter of the late celebrated Admiral Lord

Keith.
The mackerel fishing has set in, in real earnest, at
all quarters 0., the west coast. Last week the take was
se, and myriads were sent to the various markets.
irhalneefish were hrge and fa', and, upon the whole, the
finest that have been seen in the market for several years.
Our fishmongers seem to have made extensive arrange-
ments for supply ing our markets with this fine fish, it we
inikte by The quantity exposed for sale last week, esi.,e-
ciaity on Saturday, when they were sold at 3d. per lb.
The mackerel fishing has rather taken off durtng the last
few days, but the fish continue good, and as large as last
week. As this fish is the precursor of the herring, it is
anticipated that that fishery i* just at hand. We learn
that Mwssrs. Gallocher and Kelly, the tacksmen of th
fish mai ket, have alr. ady made arrangements N. twin;
jog to this market the first fruits of the herring trade.—
Greenock Advertiser.