, 1877-01-31

SHADES TNQU1LH5.
LONDON, Jan. :U.-Prot, Lunkcntcr took out
new summons to-day against tho sptrltuaElst
Slalc and Simmons, hts assistant, for consp!r-
aey, and also one against elado under tbs Va
gtant act.
SUICIDE.
The Countess Howe yesterday threw herself
from a window Of her mothers residence I'll
Berkeley Squire and died from tho injuries shu
received. Tho Coroncs's jury rendered \ YER
dict that thu act was committed while the lady
was In MI unsouul state Ut mtnd, caused by
grief at the death Of the Earl Howe, her hus.
band.
THE CHEAT STORM.
Lanaoa 1tlt1ruph Jan. ,.
Tho first day OF tho year 1877 will long be
memorable for gale surpasslnE in vlolcnco my
tempest that hns visited our coast siuce the
memorable hurricane OF 1703, III which tic old
Eddystune lighthouse was washed away.
ltlscertanly 1t a singular fact that, II we look
back over the records OF past centuries, NC shall
lind that about once In every hundred years the
wllolo SURFACE Of the world IL swept by E.les aud
was, Is wc have said. ii 13U,, Gu tint ostaaion
the uasnagc .luue iu Louluu nlonu was estimntctl
Ut r. oU,0O sterling. Tlla number Of persons
drowned in the floods OF thr severn aud tho
ships blown from their anchors and ncycr
aftcr head Of, is believed to have amounted to
8,OU0. Twelve menof.war, with 2,U00 meu OH
hoaFsl, VERY lost within sight ot s'sore. in
rooss. Thy Eddystone lighthouse wa, carried
away, and Winstanlcy, It's Ingenious construct:
q, persisted with 1t: The bislop Of HATH und
Wells was killed in his bed by ths fall ot stack
Of Ills palace. All over thu country tho
da1nago done was cnor1nuus, nml I'll
ouu sea level alone 1900 sheep were drowned
tn Single night. Since this great storm various
18th and 18th of January, n violent hurricane
swept up the Channel from Tho Lizard, driving
a'l tbs shipping uctore 1t, Hnd in plymouth thr-
teen lnr1,u vessels Wcrc Wreciscd. On thu 9Th
over Cheshire, statioTdshirc, MID Warwick. In
;, the ! falling go, of houses, aud ! 1' l,un.
shores wcrc strewcu with wrecks. About
twenty ycats nftgrWprIs, un tho :5ill Of Octubcr,
astoEtn-almost equally yolcnt-wrcclca this
Royal Chastcr and did Other haYoc among our
| slipping
Since ihcn we have hail no such tempest as
that which ragged Oh Monday last. Nowhere,
u would scc!n, was thu VIOLENCE VI tho
iIef Ie{o tu 0,q Wind d1eysfsy yn,ot st 'h9 It hoyfr
norl!ig. l5y noon the sea was furious, a,ll Gu
tore long i Threatened to sweep tic w!lolc town
before 1t. Tho b!lsows washed uyes the Admiralty
aount Il 5ainass whis M Ias'i; as Leu @ varua.iy @ ~
estimated at lroui ~, oou to E3o.OU. The rnlf.
wy station w1s also guttct, aud cu::;'inss, cur
slagss, trucks loaded with minerals, a!4l goosla
mass ot ruin. Il, must OF thu streets the
watcr Hooded the baaclllcnts, and rose utmost
TO tllc top Of tho street luors, tl,tls furclug
tue inhabitants .' T. taSs rsfugY in the upper
pct will was waslcI down mil the basement
| Was damaged, whlto lurgr number Ut heusga
are 50 shaken III thcsr foundations tat 1t will bo
absolutely aeccssary to rebuild tllcu,. At llsIgl..
tu'' the yiolcnee Of tho tcnpest was equally -.
we're. Early III the morning the wInl blew with
terrific iufer, md huge brcakers gould bo seen
t!re9 os fur u:'ts out at stu dashing In Lowarl
bccn considerably Injured. aud III tl.e town Itself
| nuny houses llaYe bvcn uslruofru antl win.
dows tlown In. At Hastings, aga.ts, LuYu
stones have been torn up fr0nl t'lr pavement
the pier las becu nearly wrcckcdi the railway
line ls I:cen washed away, and hardly yrsti.o
Is LETT Ut tho pleasant, Erass-roofea scats which
decorated Tic tI.aslile promeuaAu at st. Lcon-
severely. ln tho larbor u largu nunlbcr of
stuatl boats have sunk ut their nsourlnxt,
windows hsSe bccn blown III, and q. }or-
sf H. h. gxsf y of ,s .,Gg4n chn1 as sfn s.
,,ada has been turn up is It. by oil earthquake
a1xi tons Vt brieLwork have oecn earrleu AWAY,
1olying great gu!fs dozen fctt deep. Thu
sa1ne story COMES to u from almost every towu
| un the coast, Southampton has bern Hooded !;
Ut Wurthlng tho scs bus burst III mud ail traffic
!las been Stopped; y Portsmouth pgo.!iv hays
trrn going tu and fro t.! boats; ut Eolkcs.oHa
the llsw pier of the southeastern Railway Com.
paay ls u mass Of wEesk aud ruiz, aud
The railway line, with steepcrs, tues-
a!s md ballast. has been carried oil Wy tte wares.
Evcn London Itself has nut cscapca from thu
almost universal damage CAUSED by tue heavy
rainfall OF tho last few weeks. Lambeth yea.
terday .uorntng was deeply tioodel In .all tic
principal streets. Thu appeal llas aIEeady
been iuude to the public III their behalf. Tho
Thssnes Enlbanknent, restraining the river, a5
u docs within tle narrow limits, adda greatly
to tle danger of high tide, swollen BY u ssrong
Hood, along the whUu course VI tho rhamcd
Valley, auI aggravated by adverse winds.
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