The most.violent storm that has within living memory been wit-
nessed at this season of the year, visited the Metropolis on Tuesday last. The wind blew with great force early in the morning, but towards the middle of the day became a hurricane. It was quite dangerous to be irr
the streets, owing to the tiles, 01)ing-stones, chimney-pots, and broken glass, that were flying about in of directions. In the Parks and gar-
dens, trees were rooted up, and large branches broken. On the River, boats were upset ; the steam-vessels with great difficulty made their way up the stream ; and in many places above London Bridge, where there is usually a great depth of water, persons walked about on dry land. Several lives were lost cm land and water, and whole columns of the newspapers are filled with lists of the casualties. We select a few of the more remarkable.
About three o'clock in the afternoon, a peter-boat, containing a fisherman and a boy, was blown over in Halfway Reach, between Gravesend and London, and both perished before any other boat could approach them. About six o'clock in the evening, four young gentle- men, belonging to Westminster School, were sailing up the Liver, near Lambeth stairs, in a small boat, when a sudden gust of wind capsized the boat. Three of them swam towards the shore, and were picked up by the watermen, who instantly put off to their assistance : nearly quarter of an hour elapsed before the fourth, Webber, the son of the Dean of Ripon, was taken out of the water by means of drags. All attempts to restore animation proved fruitless.
Two sailors were blown into the West India Dock while proceeding along the quay, but by timely assistance were got out alive.
A large wooden house, which was erected at sonic works near Lon- don Bridge, was blown down, and the planks carried sonic distance.
A great many ships were driven from their moorings in the Pool, and injured.
A poor woman was proceeding along the bank of the Praidington Canal, when the wind suddenly caught her clothes with such force as
to urge her down the shelving bank into the water; where she would have been drowned but for the assistance of Thomas Reynolds, a Man- chester boatman, who came in sight as she was struggling in the water, and got her out.
A woman passing through White Hart Yard, Drury Lane, had her skull fractured by a stone falling from the roof a house.
Two girls, the one aged seventeen, the other twelve, were crushed by the fall of a tree in Hyde Park. They both died.
The trees in the Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn Gardens, have been dismantled of some of their finest branches : in the latter place, three of the largest and best trees which adorned the grounds have been destroyed.
Five large elm trees in Greenwich Park were torn up by the roots, and others broken. Many of the trees present the same appearance as in the middle of winter.
A vast deal of mischief was done at Twickenham, Teddington, and other places in the vicinity : many large trees were blown down, and outhouses entirely unroofed.
On the race-course at Hampton, all was confusion till a few hours previous to the commencement of the races ; nor was it till assistance was afforded the proprietors of the booths and stands by Sir Dudley Hill, that many of the customary erections were completed with strength enough to resist the wind.
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