The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

SEV PRI? STORM.

On Sunday there was a heavy gale in the me-
tropolis, accompanied at intervals with rain, and
some severe showers occurred during the night.
Yesterday morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, the
rain fell heavily, and the temperature was rather
that of January than May. There were snow
and hail during the storm. Much injury has been
done to the fruit trees. The river was so rough as
to resemble the sea, and the steamboats reached
their destinations with some difficulty. At Lam-
beth, Battersea, and other places on the Surrey side
of the river, several houses were partially inun
dated. Some houses were unroofed, and staks of-
chimneys were blown down. Many of the trees in
the parks have been injured.
Throughout Yorkshire a violent storm of wind,
accompanied in some districts with rain, sleet, and
snow, prevailed on Sunday night. The wind, which
was from the north-west, was, indeed, strong and
squally on Saturday night and early on Sunday
morning, but it subsided during the day, to be re-
newed, however, with greater vigour in the course
of Sunday night. Much snow, as well as some sleet
and rain, fell between 4 and 7 o'clock on Monday
morning, during which the storm seemed to be at
its greatest height. The power of the sun soon
melted the snow and sleet ; but, according to the
reports of persons who had come through the
northern parts of the county, many portions of the
ground were sprinkled over with snow at nearly
midday yesterday. Never, perhaps, was such a
storm witnessed at Whitsuntide before. The da-
mage to vegetation, especially to fruit—plums,
cherries, apples, pears, &c,—is quite incalculable.
Many trees have been torn up by the roots, and
branches and leaves have_ been swept off others to
an almost unprecedented extent. The thermome-
ter, in the shade, ranged from 49 deg. to 62 deg.
on Saturday, from 42 deg. to 56 deg, on Sunday,
and on Sunday night it fell as low as 32 deg., or
even a little lower. The wind was high and squally
yesterday up to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when this
paragraph was written. The storm, as may beex-
pected, sadly checked many pleasure excursions
which had been planned to be taken at the Whit-
Monday holiday.
A very violent gale of wind, with a heavy fall of
sleet and snow, broke on the Northumberland coast
yesterday (Monday) morning about daybreak, and
the wind continued to blow in strong gusts until
about 9, when it moderated. The weather is ex-
tremely cold and wintry like, and to a large extent
the open air Whitsuntide festivities are suspended.
The sea is breaking rough and, turbulent on the bar
of the Tyne. Two vessels, the Fleur de Marie and
the Dublin Lass, were driven on to the Herd Sand
by the violence of the gale yesterday morning; the
Dublin Lass was got off with the assistance of
several powerful steamers. The other vessel re-
mained.

On Monday morning, at 6 o'clock, a beautiful
day. was in prospect for the many excursionists and
resident holiday parties at Scarborough. Suddenly
the sky became overcast, rain began to fall, and
with singular and alarming suddenness a fearful
tempest raged over the whole district. BetweEn
eight and nine o'clock the passage of the streets