Star.
London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

THE LATE GALES IN IRELAND.

PROM THS DUBLIN PAMIRS.
Friday evening last. we experienced one of the
most severe gWes fr,oo W. and S.W. we recollect for
many years, much damage was caused thereby. Se-
veral chimnies w ere blown down, a number of houses
were stripped of slates, or otherwise injured. In the
Phoenix Park lar.,e trees •• ere uprooted or broken by
the violence ra the storm. A small house situated at
Mud Island, Ball) bough bridge, was blown down,
and a boy, about twelve years of age, of the name of
Plunket, was killed by the accident. Some of the
windows of the New Theatre Royal were broken
and an immense number of the windows were da-
maged in Portobello Barracks. Three houses in Ca-
thedral-lane, Kevin street, which were inhabited by
a number of poor families, were threatened with de-
struction, by the falling of the chimnies on the roofs.
The terrified inhabitants took refuge in the Horse Po-
lice Barracks. A man was blown into the canal at
the Broad-stone, but was rescued time enough to
save him from drowning.
ENNIS, !Amman most dreadful storm
we ever recollect visited us last night; it com •
menced about five o'clock, and continued with un-
abated fury until about half-past four this morning,
when it became exhausted and lay down in a perfect
calm. The mail reached town last night about ten,
and was conveyed by the guard from Carnelly, at
which place the coach was obliged to stop, and re-
turn to Newmarket in consequence of the trees being
blown down exactly across the road. A car was im-
mediately procured to convey the passengers to town,
who were forced to come in by Gaurus road and
that with the greatest difficulty, and danger of being
drownPd, as the water rose some feet above its usual
level. From Latoon to near Carnelly in many places,
it was feared the coach would have been swept off
by the flood, as the horses at different times nearly
lost their footing, but from the experience and atten-
tion of the coachman and guard, all difficulties were
overcome, and, we are happyto say, no injury sus-
tained but that of fright mil delay. The guard set
J this morning with the mail, aqd is to meet the
coach at Newmarket, that is, if the floods have fallen.
Listrarce.—A letter, dated December 1, says,
About six o'clock, yesterday evening, a most tremen-
dous gale commenced at W.N.W. and continued with
unabated violence till four o'clock this morning.—
The tide rose to a most alarming height ; the da-
mage in the river must have been considerable, as al-
most every vessel in the harbour suffered in some de-
Free. Several chimnies, particularly in the Old
rown, were blown down, and great damage has been
done to the roofs of houses. A back house, four
stories high, near the old jail, was completely thrown
down by the falling of a chimney, and a woman and
her infant child have been dug out of the ruins on
the ground floor, ciOite dead. Some of the other in-
mates have had their limbs broken, and more severely
injured. There is not a street, lane, or passage in
that part of the city that does not present some effect,
from the storm. The small craft in the Long-dock
present a 'uneatable picture--some stalk, others

without masts, and almost the entire with their sides 1
beaten in. The large stone edgings of the quays are
knocked to pieces. We fear there will be a melan-
choly account from the lower part of the Shannon. A
great number of ships' boats are knocked to piece, and
wrecked. A boat belonging to Somers, of Baycastle,
was swamped at Coonah, and ten persons were
drowned. The owner got safe to shore. A small
sail-boat, with coals for Adare, is also on short ; it is
supposed the crew are lost. Several boatiCsithich
were laden with corn came up the river this Rffirning,
having thrown their cargoes overboard, to save the
lives of the crew. The bodies of eight men and two
women are now lying at Coonah Point. Others are re-
ported in a similar way on the banks of the Shannon.
The roof of the city jail received considerable injury
in the storm last night. The Waterford mail, from
Dublin, did not arrive in this town till six o'clock on
Saturday—three hours late: we suppose this was in
consequence of the most tremendous storm which we
recollect for a long time. Almost every house in
this town has been stripped, more or less, of the slates:
however, we are happy to state, that no material
accident has occurred. Several trees have been blown
down, as also some cablns, and a number of corn and
hay stacks. The potatoes have been much injured
by the rain and floods.

Nawcarn.r, Dee. 4.—Early on Saturday morning,
Newcastle and its neighbourhood were visited by a tre-
mendous gale from the westward. A blast at once so
powerful and continuing so long, has not been known
here for many years. GI eater part of two new houses
in New Bridge-street, were blown down. A stack of
chimnies tell on the roof of a house in Johnson's-charef
on the New-road, and by the force of their fall re-
moved a beam from its situation,which struck a poor
woman, upwards of 80, named Brown, on the head,
and killed her. Her grandson, a boy about nine years
old, who was in the same bed, escaped unhurt. Such
was the force of the gale in the neighbourhoood of
All Saints Church, that small pebbles were blown
through some of the panes in the windows exactly as
if they had been shot. In the garden of Hugh liar-
rison, Esq. on the Leazes, several yards of wall, with
rails on the top, were blown over. The Methodist
Chapel at Kenton, now used as a school,had the roof
blown off, and two of the windows blown in. In Gates-
head, part of the front of a house came into the street
with great violence. A.stack of chimnies fell and
broke through the roof of Mrs. Ludlow's house, in the
Back-lane, and lodged in the garret,which fortunately
was boarded, or the Misses Ludlow, who slept in the
room beneath, would probably have been killed. A '
window in Mr. Price's glass-manufactory, fronting
the river,was blown in. and forced to the further end
of the room. Between tour and five in the morning,
John Dobson, servant to Mr. A. Freeman,oftheWind.
mill-hills, fell from the mill-wand, about thirty feet
high, on a granary two stories high, and from thence,
to the ground. lie was taken up apparently dead, but
medical aid being immediately procured, there are
great hopes entertained of his recovery. By the fury
of the wind many mills in the neighbourhood broke
away from their banks, and several wands, sails, ate.
have been destroyed, or more or less damaged. The
top and two of the wands of 13.3d0n mill were blown
off. A new mill at Northallerton was blown down.

Tuesday night last, during the heavy storm, the
house of Mr. PZLLRW, of Kennington-green, was
broken into, and robbed of property to a considerable
amount. It appeared that the robbers had entered
by a window at the back of the house into the kitchen,
from whence they went to the parlour, which they
cleared of a sideboard of plate. They also broke open
a secretaire, and took out of it a quaintity of sove-
reigns and silver. They afterwards, with a key
which had been kept in the secretaire, opened an iron
chest which lay below stairs, and contained old pa-
pers and parchments, which they turned out in search
of things of more value to them. They must have
been much at their ease while in the house, as they
also broke open the wine-cellar, and drank freely.
The Members of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire
Hunt met at Linlithgow on the 22d ultimo, when
there were present the following :
The Bight Hon. Lord Abercremby, the Hon. C. Elphlnstone
Fleming, the Hon. George Ralph Abercromby, Sir Thomas
Livingston, of Westquarter, Bart. Sir James Dalyell, of Binns,
Ban. Thomas Graham Stirling, F.sq. of Airth ; Colonel Andrew
Mon, of Wailhouse ; Major Norman Shairp, younger, of Hous-
ton ; Major C. L. Bruce, of Kinnaird ; Colonel L. li. Ferrier,
of Belhide; Alex. Macleod. Esq. of Muiravonside ; D. M. Bin-
ning, Esq. of Saftlaw ; James Johnston, EN. of Stratton ;
F. Simpson, of Plean ; and M. Bruce, Esq. jun. of Stenhouse.
The produce of the whale fishery, at the ports of
Hull and Grimsby, for 1820, was 8228 tuns ; for
1821, only 5794 tuns; diminution this year,- 2434
tuns. Ditto at Aberdeen. 1820, 1360 tuns; 1821,
1580 tuns; increase 220 tuns.
By advices from Batavia, of the 24th of August,
we learn the sequel of the Expedition against Palem-
bang. After the attack on the principal fortress,
which took place on the 24th of June, the Dutch
troops landed and took possession of the other forts,
the palace, and the city, without further resistance.
All warlike operations then ceased, and the SULTAN,
who accompanied this Expedition, was quietly seated
on the throne of his brother. The deposed Prince
was conveyed "a prisoner to Batavia, and, it was
thought, would be sent to Banda.
The report of a bad harvest in England, appears
to have excited great expectations among the specu-
lators of New York. Some idea of the disappoint-
ment which has ensued, may be formed from the
following extract from a New York Paper :
" Flour! Flour! Flour!—The speculators, and all
the 4 wounded pigeons,' were yesterday in a great
flutter, at a Liverpool ship, just telegraphed. More
white hats, white coats, and white faces, were visible
on the battery. than Mr. D. Clew, of the flag-staff,
remembers to have seen since Cornwallis was taken.
Every spy-glass was in requisition, and it is said that
a dealer, who was in for it to the tune of 10,000
barrels, borrowed our friend Mr. Latimer's teles-
cope,- in order to have a better peep at the Eu-
phrates, when, lo and behold ! Captain Reed tele-
graphed that flour in England had fallen to its old
price, and crops were better than expected. The
knowing ones, who had sold out, went off to dinner
with a pleasant shake ofthe head, and drank three
glasses extra; while those whose enterprise outstript
their prudence, and who would not 4 look before they
leaped,' walked home with long faces, and soliloquised
on.the eccentricities of commerce. Mr. Lang could
have told them how it would tun out, but they
scouted his anticipations." •