The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-26 00:00:00

STORM IN SCOTLAND.

ExtrAct of a. letter. from Bimloot, near La lig-
(Dumfrieshire), dated the 16th August
As your tWo:sisters, who had accompanied
'yon to Carlisle, were yesterday returning to
.Langholm, in an open carriage, a thunder cloud,
orrather water-spout, burst upon In in,bill. The
wood that overhangs the FA appeared in an in-
stant as if growing in a lake ; the road was over.
flowed, eery little brook set died into a torrent,.
and the thunder and lightning became
The, coachman seeing no safety but in escaping
from the tlestiation around hint drove furiously
along.. Ile had lota bridges, over brooks and
ravines which crosses the road, to pass. Tile
'wheels of the carriage were hardly otl the last of
them when it gave way, and the .alitrin which its
..bursting gave the travellers was increased by the
lightnin4 having split, at nearly the Sallie InOnlent,
a large (ink tree within a few yArdsof'thenn I -have
just .Conte back from surveying the scene of deso-
Intim), and can hardly yet understand how they
vseaped. The road for several miles,i*.feniirely
cart ied away ; all the bridges are broken ; and in
the one which burst at the moment the .earriase
pttttsetcl it, the waters have lett a chasm 4etween
40 and rtt) test deep. The effeets of the storm;.
hjelt lasted front a quarter past two o'clock till
within a quarter of four, appear incredible,. In
the narrow spot where it raged, upwards of on'e
'thousand trees have' been torn up by-the rooti ;
and such,was the violence, 'that
,of the stonili thiit
formed the materials of the wall on the, rood side
unit of the bridges, hardly a vestige remaies.'
FURTISEit •PARTICULARS,--.on the I.sth
Caenobie and its neighbourhood were visited by
one of the most severe storms of lightning, thuit7
'lit, hail, Rini rain, ever remembered by the old-
est inhabitant in ,that part of the country. The
ligiitniitg was incessant, anti a house in the lief'.
nity of, Cannobie was strock,with the electric
*which went down the chimney, and.set the hoike
on fire, but it wits fortunately extingnished with-
out tfituelt damage being dune. The !mil ley on the
ground three inches in depth ; fend tile rain finally
descended
,in, such; torrents, that insignificant
brooks; under ordinary eirtuneitances, Were con-
verted into furious torrents, whit ft carried all, be-
fore them. Three bridges were broken down 'be7,
t %wen Cunnobie and Latigholto, which rendered'
it necessary for the Edinburgh Mail on Thursday
slight to seek another and a circuitous' road,
through which it passed with great ditlieulty.---;
The storm confirmed a consider Ale time, end the
liavoa made in all quarters of the' neighbourhood
is It ightful—no estimate aslet can be given of the
tiarmige,
111 l arrived

Prompt, kuntt Licit ~ ~rr.
in the River on Sunday se'nnight with 21 con-
yicts, to be put on board the hulks, preparatory
to transportation. The convicts were, as,nsital,
confined in the hold. When the vessel was a lit-
tle below Gravesend, six of them,' who haul eon-
'Rived to secret; tilts, by means 'i,tt which they got
Yid of their irons, suddenly burst open the hatches,
and rushed upon deck. At this time there were
ooly two of the crew upon deck but being stout
fellows, awl seizing'the first weapons that came
in their way, they kept the' viilaihs at bay until
their comrades came to their ussimunee, whey,
after a short conflict, the desperadoes were eon-
signed to eheir former abodes, where they were
properly,Secored. ..ritere were several passengets
on-hoard the Prompt, who were greatly alitraletly
as the minim:cis threatened to ;nutter theta as
the cretv.

Alr. Justice PARK, in his charge to the Somer-
set Grand Jury, complimented the Magistiates of
the. County on the state of the gaol. Complete
Arcsses of men's and women's apparel were shewn
tO'ilic'Jiitiges, to exhibit the advanced, state of
prOticiency in the manufactures in the gaol,, by
3Viiidt it, appeared that the dresses were woven and
mule by the prisoings. of which the woollens
-were manufactured fro► the raw material anti
the prisoners have received no other instructions
tban from a prisoner, who hod been a weaver by
trade; so that the whole of the prisoners of the
county will be supplied with clothing by the efrotts
of, their industry, with a sating to the couty
a very onside:able expence.

00 .Saturday the 1711.1 install!, 'Mt-justice n
and Mr. Justice HoLaova arrived at Wells, and
opened the commission for the Summer Assize
for this county. OwStinclay'they attended divine
service at the Cathedral, and on the following
morning commenced, the business of their respec-
tive Courcs. Mr. Justice PARK presided in the
Crown Cotirt, and Mr. Justice HoLttoyn•itt Nisi
Prins.

The calendar remained the names of 50 pri-
soners ; of who ft nine were acquitted, against
nine others Ito bill. were found, and two were
discharged by proeramation : of the rentaining 30
six were sentenced to death, one to transportation
fur seven years, twenty-two to be imprisoned for
various perinods, and one to he removed by Habeas
Corpus, to take his trial in London.
When we arrived, and cast our eyes over• the
talendar, we Were exceedingly pained to see," that
the age of no less than twenty of the -prisoners
did pot exceed 20 years, and some of them were
Charged with most heinUll3 offpces, In the pro-
gress of the trials, however, we were glad to find,
that against four of them no bills Were found, nod
three were acquitted ; lost among I buse sentenced
to death were Charles aged 20; and George
Townsend, aged 18, for burglary and stealing it)
dwelling house"; ; and.. James Gardner, aged 16,
eon% icteil of having abused the person of Keezia
Goold, infant Of SiX, years. Nothing could
be more dis!le,sin.4 to our feelings than the ag-
gravated and afflicting circumstances of this Case
which, of course, are. 'far too disgusting' :o
he before- our readers. The prisoner sen-
tenced to ttanvorkition was.,GevTge .I.lorsvii, aged
nineteen, for having stolen wearing apparel and
other articles, John Pgen-nct, aged twelve, Wit-,
Bunt IP;rge, aged tkirteen, and Daniel Parker, aged
16, 'convicted of having' stolen several bottles of
gin, and other articles, and . Buller, for
stealing 13s. 6d., were sentenced to be imprison-
ed two 'years. Charles I.:dwards„.agetl .20, for
stealing. five ducks,. and James treUer, nged 15,
for stealing a telescope, to be imprisoned three
Months. George. .Stake, aged 18,.!'nd John Thorn,
aged 20, for stealink' new eat grass, to be im-
p) istmed 14 days ; .and John Lambtrt, aged 17,
for stealing two coati, to be imprisoned seven
days : tbe whole to'be kept to hard labour.
'!!'hip heavy catalogne of youthful offenders can.
not fail to excite the, most painful reilecti(mq.

Tire great and increase of crime among per-
sons 01 Cender years is A SillijeCt of grave ahit deep-
consideration, 'rise alarthing extent of this evil.
in the metropolis has been lust; known mud tell,

I)bit very imuleptate remedies it:i've• been lijibertu

applied. It is known that there are si..veral
•sciwols in this ,;rent city where children are re-
gularly taught. the best modes of stealing limn
the personof breaking into dwelling-honses, and,
in short, of':,colnaiittiug kind 4 of depredation.
The most proficient and notorious thielei are Mils-
lers of iltese wicked setnibaries ; and rewarls are
given to such of the schAars as display the g tea. est
adrOittiess. Ike officers of the Police are tte-

(plaint ell Wiih Thew facts,- but they ts,lct, no steps
to repre34. the inisehiefi-! It is their intereAt, i»•
dek ci, not only to ttilow these ,young. persons ttti
enter upon the tow 4» anci connnettCe their dert.6-
tion%, but to xntit.r t hvnt ^ogo Or!) by bten,
. .

frOtratie Wit:MX I 0400(11er, milli (hey eotaNit ttotne
awl are ripe to be placket' from
the tiee. W'e a inerrely howtvtr, that

mcastiyes %sin be adopted very esity,in the next
SesKirin of 'Parliament to amend coif present
elaiective system of Police; rind notliing„ we
think, is more likely to produce ),Ins baifit,
tiwn the .iuyeotiptions ‘i•hichi ore now going.
on with reswct to Vaughan and, assocratcs,—
lii to7youtlatil perpetrators of crime in the
coltutty, it is the duty of all illsagiStilitCs to exer-
cise Hie utmost vigilance hi their respective dis-
tricts, and to cantle offenders to be Inottglit to

jugice as speed ly.aS possible. Thc first trati%-
gression should be, alwaytipunisheil, for mercy
in such eases is Ronal cruelty. If the day
of small .beginnings were not sufferol to. pdss
unnoticed, how many useful lives would be
annually 6,1 Veil to the country ! Mueh, rio
(kohl, nmst depend on education, for, " laws
without manners are but words and wind." It i 3
a remarkable fact, that in the only two countries
(Scothind and Switzerland) where. there have
been notional establishments for theeducation of
the- lower classes, the number of criminals has

been uncommonly small. This, then, is a great
encouragement for all persons to protect, to, the
utmost of their power, the schools which have
been recently instituted in this country upon the
system of Dl'. Bell and Mr. Lapcaster. The gym:
is a dissenter, the other 9 member- of the Church
of England; but AS every well regulated blind
must be impressed with the necessity of cultivat.
ing the understanding of the poor and ignorant,
so we hope that no spirit of intolerance, valonsy,

of uncharitablenesi on either side, will be suffered
to counteract the principal object of both, institu-
tions, namely, to tettell the lower elas,es to dis-
tinguish between OA' and wrong, and to lli
charge the varions Jut ies of boinan life as becomes
good wen and . •
NtiVl PAIL'S envn*,,--There were 43 causes en-
tered less trial, but tione afforded any interest.