The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

'NDON., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1168.

IMMENSE DESTUCTION OF PROPER 7
AND LOSS OF LIFE. •

The inhabitants of the great metropolis and
suburban districts will not easily forget the ravages
by a storm of wind and rain, which lasted nearly
the whole of Sunday, and up to an advanced hour
this (Monday) morning. Just at this season'of the
year, when the sap is well down in the trees of
the various royal and ornamental parks in London,
they speedily fell a prey to the power of the
blasts of wind, and immense limbs of timber were
blown from trees that had been standing for per-
haps a century. Young saplings were also broken
off at the roots, the ornamental flower beds
in the parks and gentlemen's gardens were
rent asunder, and the gardens were rendered
a foot or two deep in water, caused
by the heavy rain which fell without the least inter-
mission for hours. The streets in the City, not-
withstanding the improved system of drainage, were
occasionally ankle deep in water, the drains being
found impossible to discharge into the main sewers
such a vast accumulation of water.

The damage done along the river and water-side
premises has been gre.tter than has been known for
many years from a similar visitation. In Upper
Ground-street, Blackfriars-road, stand the great
wharf belonging to Messrs. Buxton, the timber
merchants, the whole of this immense space, from
the Thames to the front street, was literally studded
with piles of deals and other sorts of timber, some
towering 50 or 60 feet high. Between 2 and 3 this
morning the inhabitantswere aroused from their slum-
bers by hearing a noise resembling some convulsion
of nature. The affrighted persons, upon looking
out of their bed-room windows, witnessed a scene
that has not occurred before. In the first place, a
stack.of deals, at the least 40 feet high, had been
blown clean down at the edge of the river, and
immense planks from otherstacks were flying about
in the air and dropping tti the ground, making a
noise as each reached the ground like the discharge
of a piece of ordnance. The only person at the
time on the wharf was the night watchman, and he,
by passing round sundry piles of timber, managed to
get away in safety.

About the same time the wind caught the first
floor of the premises of Mr. Meymotly on the cres-
cent, and after driving in the upper part of the win-
dow, demolished the glass in some of the lower
windows. The excitement caused by this occur-
rence had barely subsided, when a fearful noise
was heard in the immediate vicinity, and from in-
quiries subsequently made it seems miraculous that
several persons had not been crushed to death.
Between Upper Ground-street and Stamford-street,
stands the Railway Tavern, the property of Mr.
Hart. Whilst the inmates were fast asleep in bed,
the wind struck a tall chimney at the back of the
house, the whole stack fell upon the roof, and the
bricks and rubbish fell through upon Mr Hart's
bed, but strange to say he received no injury, nor
yet any of the inmates. The back part of the pre-
mises present a perfect wreck.

THE LATE SEVERE GALES.

PORTMADOC, NORTH WALeS, Dee. 5.

The ship Castilian, of London, 106 tons, laden
with timber, from Quebec to Liverpool, came ashore
on the south side of Portmadoc bar last night about
12 o'clock (reports D. Homfray, Esq.) There was a
heavy sea running, and it was blowing hard from
the south west at the time. Directly she was seen
this morning Captain D. Richards got the lifeboat
John Ashbury, of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution, launched, and he gave orders for the tug
to run down to Criorieth to tow her up, as
the wind had shifted more to the southward.
rbere was a great deal of surf alongside,
but with great care they managed to get eighteen
people safely on board the steamer, which landed
them at Portmadoc at noon. Three poor fellows
.were drowned while attempting to get ashore in the
night in their own boat. A sea struck the boat
directly they got in her with such force that the
rope dragged the stern clean out of her, and though
life-buoys were thrown to the men they sank. The
lifeboat behaved admirably. She was very stiff
ander hor 0.,,,50 of clisl.toou bcoiders the crew, and
she has been Loused in as good order as when she
was launched. The son of the owner was among
those saved. This valuable lifeboat was recently
presented to the Lifeboat Society by James
Ishbury, Esq., the owner of the celebrated yacht
Cambria, the boat being names at his.request after
his late father.

CAMPBELTON, N. 8., Dec. 4.
Robert Hicks, Esq., the collector of customs,
reports that during a strong gale from S.S E. and
in very thick weather, yesterday, the steamer Fly-
ing Mist brought intelligence from Carraidale, 13
miles N.E. of Campbelton, that the bark William
Gillies was lying off that shore dragging her
anchors, and likely to go 011 the rocks, that the
crew could not land in the heavy sea then running,
and that they were in danger of losing their lives.
immediately proceeded to
The lifeboat Lord Murray, belonging to the Na-
and arrived there about
onet(li°el 1 spotaol'cLloi ficenkb.ltTl ohn sef t ticitrlueetwit°unogf fifteen men were at once
rescued from the ship, and put aboard the tug,
which then returned with the lifeboat in tow and
landed all hands safely in Canapbelton by four p.m.
London to Ardrossan
l
dangerous position
beaavllleeaessstse.:
owrsaehs. e bwoa
su ndi f rao Inv er y
cn The behaviour of the lifeboat is
reported to have given the greatest satisfaction to
every one.
PENZANCE, Monday Morning.

Mr. Downing again reports that the barque North
Devon is ashore on the Long Rock, and that seven
been drowned in at-
of ot
tempting
mhretri n crewr
ehaacvhe
tuhnehlaapnpda their own boat. Thei
lifeboat Richard Lewis, which had gone off to the
aid of the crew, was upset after a terrible struggle.
Carbis, the brave coxswain being disabled, and one
man being washed ashore, having happily been
kept afloat by his cork life-belt. Both these men
are still very ill. The lifeboat was fortunately suc-
cessful on the second attempt, and rescued the
eight men, but in doing so one of the lifeboat men
bad his ribs broken. The ship is smashed to atoms.
This will give you an idea of the terrible character
of this great lifoboat work.

The debt on the Stockwell Orphanage has been
cleared off. Mr. Spurgeon announced un Thursday
evening that within the last fortnight £1,500
was duo upcn it ; but that ,during the past week he
had received £5OO from three individuaD, and that on
reaching home on Wednesday evening he had found
awaiting him an envelope, containing two :.£5OO notes
from a friend who, he believes, has sent before, but never
gives his name. All that now remains to be done is to
provide for the maintenance of the children, and this, Mr.
Spurgeon calculates, will take from £5,000 to £6,000 a
year, which must be raised by voluntary subscription.—
South London Press.

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH ELECTION PETITION.--
During the past few days Mr. F. S. Powell, the senior ex-
member (Conservative) of the borough, has been actively
engaged in collecting evidence for a petition against the
return of Messrs. R. R. Torrons and W. Fowler (Liberals),
and it is asserted that the result is that a petition is being
prepared on the ground of treating.
CAM IMPROVEMENT.—The subscription list for
this purpose has already assumed such proportions as to
justify the committee in putting out the contract for
deepening and widening the river from Jesus Sluice to
Baitsbite, for £l,OOO. The Cam Conservators have under-
taken to cleanse the upper part of the river, and the Cam-
bridge Improvement Commissioners are completing
arrangements for diverting the sewage of the town from
the river at a cost of from £7,000 to £B,OOO.
THE NEW PREMIER AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.--
A preliminary meeting of influential electors from the
three towns comprising the Borough of Greenwich, has
bo hold to consider the best means of receiving Mr W. E.
Gladstone on his first visit to the borough previous to his
re-election. After some conversation it was considered

that there was no public building available which would
be sufficiently large to accommodate the audience that
might be expected to attend, and it was therefore resolved
to ask Messrs, John Penn and Sons for the use of their
large factory, which will hold many thousands of persons,
and there is no doubt that this request will be acceded to.
The Conservatives have started a rumour that Mr. Glad-
stone's re-election will be opposed, but his return by an
immense majority over any competitor who might appear
to oppose him is perfectly certain.

I)UNVILLE and Co., Belfast, Pare the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaefortrbuildings, Strand, London W.Q.—[Ad
vertinment.]

COMPLETE LIST OF THE NEW

PARLIAMENT.

* New Members.—f Old Members for ivew uonstituancles.

Constituency.

ABINGDON
ANDOVER
AYLESBURY

Mr Lindsay
Mr Fortescue
Mr N Rothschild
Mr Smith
* Mr Mellor
* Mr Davies
Hon G C Morgan
Mr T Cave
* Captain Williams
Mr Whitmore
Mr Samuelson
Mr Tite
* Mr Dalrymple
Mr Whitbread
* Mr J Howard
* Lord Bury
* Mr J Stapleton
Sir 11. Edwards
* Captain Kennard
* Sir 11 Glass
Mr John Laird
Mr John Bright
Mr Dixon
Mr P H Muntz
Mr W II Hornby
Mr J redden
Hon F L Gower
Licut-Colonel Gray
* Mr J Hick
Mr Malcolm
* Mr 'l' Collins
Mr W E Forster
* Mr Ripley
Mr A W Kinglake
Mr Vaaiderbyl
Mr James White
Professor Fawcett
Mr II Berkeley
* Mr S Morey
Sir Harry Verney
* Mr R Shaw
Mr Philips
Mr Hardcastle •
Mr Greene
Mr F C II Russell
Colonel Gilpin
Mr T A Mitchell
Hon W 0 Stanley
Mr Howel Gwyn
Eight Hon B Disraeli
Mr Du Pre
* Mr Lambert
Mr Benyon
Colonel Loyd Lindsay
* Mr John Walter
Hon C Howard
Mr W N Hodgson
Captain Lowther
Hon P Wyndham
Colonel Torrens
Mr Fowler
Lord George Manners
Lord Royston
• Right Hon H Brand
Mr Butler Johnstone
Captain Brinckman
Colonel Stuart
Mr E Potter
' Sir Wilfrid Lawson
Colonel Stepney
' Mr Sartoris
' Mr John Jones
Mr W B Ilugiaes
' Captain Parry
Mr G C Legh
Hen W Egerton
Mr Otway
Mr H B Samuelson
Earl Grosvenor
Mr Raikes
Lord H G Lennox
Mr Goldney
Hon A Bathurst
Mr R Assheton
Mr Eaton
Mr Staveley Hill
Lord E Fitzmaurice
Right Hon S Walpole
Mr Beresford Hope
Sir Thomas Lloyd
Mr Richards
Mr C W Dilke
Sir Henry Hoare
Mr E Haviland-Burke
Mr J Fletcher
Mr Rebow
Dr Brewer
Sir D Gooch
* Hon F Cadogan
I* Sir John Trelawny
* Mr B Willyams
Mr St Aubyn
* Mr P Vivian
* Mr E C Egerton
* Mr W Legh
Mr Tollemache
Sir Philip Egerton
* Mr Williams
Sir Watkin Wynue
* Mr Morgan
Mr 111 Chambers
* Mr Lewis
* lie Backhouse
Mr H T Bass
* Mr Plimsoll
Sir T Batesou
* Serjeant Simon
Major Dickson
* Mr Teasel, Q.O.
I Sir John Pakington
Mr Henderson
" Mr Davison
Sir H Williamson
* Mr Elliott
Mr Pease
* Mr Beaumont
Colonel Sturt ...
Mr H B Sheridan
* Sir T Gresley
* Mr R Smith
* Hon H Strutt
* Hon Captain Egerton
Lord G Cavendish
* Mr. Arkwright
t Sir Massey Lopes
Mr Kekewich
Mr T D Acland
Sir Stafford Northcote ,
Sir L Palk
t Lord Courtenay
Hon Mr Portman..,
Mr Floyer
Mr Sturt
Col Bourne
Mr Coleridge
* Mr Bowring
* Mr W Baker
* Mr A Johnstone
Lord Eustace Cecil
Mr S Ibbetson
* Mr Round
* Colonel Brine
Lord Barrington
Mr M'C Torrens
Alderman Lusk
t Mr T. Hughes
Sir John Hamner
* Mr Fowler
* Mr Eastwiek
Lord It Grosvenor
Colonel Talbot
Mr H Vivian
Right Hon Sir W Hutt
Mr Price
Mr Monk
* Sir C Wingfield
t Captain Towline
Mr Alderman Salomons
lit lion W E Gladstone
Mr Ouslow
* Captain Cholmeley
* Hon F Tollemache
Sir M Beach.
Mr Holford
Colonel Kingacote
" Mr Marling
RightjHon W.C.,wper
Lord Ii Scott
Hon H Cowper
Mr A Smith
* Mr H Brand
* Mr C Reed
* Mr Holms
Mr Stansfeld
Colonel Akroyd
* Mr T Brassey
* Mr F North
* MrYoung
Mr R Dimsdale
Mr Clive
" Mr Wyllie
Mr Biddulph
Mr Bailey
* Sir H Croft
Mr James Clay
Mr Norwood
Baron N de Rothschild
Mr W B Beach
Mr Sclater-Booth
Major Jervis
Mr T Baring
" Mr Jackson
* Colonel Edwardes
Mr Hurst 1 double
* Major Aldridge f return
Lord R Montagu
Mr E Fellowes
Mr E A Leatham
Mr H E Adair
* Mr West. Q.O
Sir J Simeon
* Mr Mills
Mr Talbot
Lord Holmesdale
Mr Hart Dyke
Mr L Pemberton
Hi Hon G Miller
Lord Stanley
'* Hos It Bourke
* Mr Lea
* Mr lilingworth
* Mr Whitwell
* Alderman J Lawrence
* Mr W M'Arthur
' Mr Baines
** Alderman Carter
* Mr 'Wheelhouse
Mr Taylor
Mr Harris
Lord J Manners
* Mr Frewen
Lord Curzon
* Mr Pell
* Mr Cross
Mr C Turner
Hon A F Egerton
* Mr S Henry
Mr Arkwright
Colonel Clive
Mr Goachen
Mr Crawford
Mr Lawrence
* Mr Bell
t lit lion Robert Lowe
Lord G u Lennox
Mr Henry Lopes
Mr C Seely
* Mr H Palmer
Sir J Cholmeley
* Mr R Winn
* Mr Amcoats
* Mr H Chaplin
Mr Welby
* Mr Tumor
Sir Arthur Buller
Lord Pelham
Colonel Dyott
Mr Graves
* Lord Sandon
* Mr Rathbone
Colonel Wilson-Patten
,t Hon F Stanley
* Mr Holt
,* Mr Starkie
Mr C W Wynn
'4' Mr Rental!
* Mr Wetherhed
Mr Mitford
* Mr C Brocklehurst
* Mr Chadwick
Mr Lee
Mr Whatman
* Mr Powell
Mr Bailey
Mr Jacob Bright .
* Birley
Mr H Lewis
Mr T Chambers
* Mr Richard
1* Mr Fothergill
'* Sir J Ramsden
Hon C Fitzwilliam
Lord E Bruce
* Mr D Williams
Mr Bolckow
lion C H Tracy
Sir G Grey
Mr C Morgan
Colonel Somerset
Viscount Enfield
Lord G Hamilton
Mr E Howes
Mr C S Read
Mr G Hodgkinson
" Mr E Denison
Mr lleadlam
Mr Cowen
Mr Allen
Mr Buckley
' Mr Hutton
Lord Henley
Mr C (I,lpin
Sir W Rumen
* Sir II Stracey
Sir R Clifton
1' Mr Wright
' Mr Martin
f Sir E Lac•in
* Hon F alpole
Sir W liagge
lion T De Grey
Mr Ward Hunt
Mr S Stopford
* Major Cartwright
Sir Itainald Knightley
Right Hon Denison
* Mr F C Smith
Mr Barrow
Mr Iliklyard
* Earl Percy
* Mr Ridley
Mr Beaumont
11,Th H Liddell
Rt Hon G Hardy
t Rt Hon J Mowbray
Mr Henley
Colonel. North
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BEVERLEY

BEWDLEY

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BLACKBURN .

I3ODMIN
BOLTON

BOSTON

BRADFORD

BRIDGWATER ..

BRIGHTON

BRISTOL

BUCEINGRAM
BURNLEY
BURY
BURY ST. EDMUNDS

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CARDIFF ...
CARLISLE .

CARMARTHEN
CARMARTHENSHIRE

CARNARVON
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CIRENCESTER
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COVENTRY ...

CALEB
CAMBRIDGE UNIVEBJ3

CARDIGAN
CA.RDIGANSIIIRE
CHELSEA

CHRISTCHURCH
COCKERNOUTH
COLCHESTER

CRICKLADE

CORNWALL, EAST ...

CORNWALL, WEST ,

.embers.

CHESHIRE, EAST

CHESIIIE,E, WEST

DENBIGH
DENBIGHSHIRE

DEVONPORT .

DARLINGTON
DERBY

DEVIZES
DEwsBUILY
DOVER

DRoirwien
DURHAM...

DURHAM, NORTH ...

DURHAM, SOUTH .

DORCHESTER
DUDLEY
DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH

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DERBYSHIRE, NORTH ..

DEVON, SOUTH

DEVON, NORTII

DEVON, EAST

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ESSEX, WEST

ESSEX, NORTH-EAST ..

EYE
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FROME

FLINT
FALMOUTu

FLINTSHIRE
GLAMORGANSHIRE

GATESHEAD .
GLOUCESTER.

GRAVESEND
GREAT GRIMSBY
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GUILDFORD
GRANTHAM

GLOUCESTER, EAST

GLOUCESTER, WEST .

HANTS, SOUTH

HERTFORDSIIIRK ....

HACKNEY

HALIFAX

HASTINGS

HELSTON
HERTFORD
HEREFORD

HEREFOILDSIIIRE

HULL

HYTITE
HANTS, NORTH

HARWICH
HUNTINGDON
HARTLEPOOL
HAVERFORDW M ST

HORSHAM

HUNTIMGDONSrIIRE ..

HIIDDER4FIELD
IPSWICH

ISLE OF WIGHT
KENT, WEST

KENT, MID

KENT, EAST

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KENDAL
LAMBETH

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LANCASHIRE, S.W. .„ ,

LANCASHIRE, S.E

LEO3IINSTER
LUDLOW
LONDON CITY

LONDON ITNIVRDSITY
LYMINGTON
LAUNCESTON
LINCOLN

LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH

LINCOLN, MID

LINCOLN, SOUTH

LISKEARD
LEWES
LICHFIELD
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LANCASHIRE, NORTH

LANCASHIRE, N.E.

MONTGOMERYSHIRE
MALDON
MARLOW
MIT/HURST
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