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stripped, and chimneys blown 

 down. Some soldiers at the South 

 Military Hospital have been in- 

 jured by the destruction of part of 

 that building. Considerable mis- 

 chief has been also done in the 

 country ; many cabins have been 

 'unroofed, stacks blown down, and 

 a great number of large trees torn 

 up by the roots. Six vessels have 

 been stranded at Cove. 



Dublin. — On Thursday morn- 

 ing a dreadful storm commenced 

 from the westward. The damage 

 throughout the city is very great. 

 Some houses have been blown 

 down, and some unroofed. The 

 ■chimneys of an immense number of 

 houses have been thrown down, 

 and windows broken. Few houses 

 have entirely escaped damage. 



Twenty of the largest trees in 

 the College Park were torn up by 

 the roots. 



It was unsafe the greater part of 

 yesterday to walk the streets, from 

 the falling of slates and brick- 

 work. 



19. Dover.— On Saturday last, and 

 the six preceding days, the wind 

 blew very strong from the S. W, 

 with a heavy sea running into the 

 harbour, which created a consider- 

 able bar, and the last four days 

 prevented any vessel from passing 

 to or coming from France ; in con- 

 sequence of which a large body of 

 passengers were collected ' at the 

 different inns, eagerly waiting an 

 opportunity of proceeding to the 

 continent There were also five 

 mails lying on board the packet, 

 several bags of dispatches, and four 

 messengers, which had been de- 

 tained from day to day by the boi- 

 sterous state of the weather, which 

 on Saturday, if possible, was worse, 

 the wind blowing a tremendous 

 gale, and the sea running moun- 



tains high. However, a small ves- 

 sel called the Dart, made a signal 

 that she would sail, and the crew 

 set about procuring passengers. The 

 Nancy extra packet, with the 

 mails, did the same. The Dart 

 receiv'ed her passengers at a guinea 

 each, and all of them of course un- 

 acquainted with the danger attend- 

 ing their going tosea, congratulated 

 each other that they should reach 

 Calais in three hours, having been 

 assured they should. The vessel 

 now having from twenty-five to 

 thirty males and females on board, 

 besides the crew, some little time 

 after high water cast off her moor- 

 ings and put to sea. At this time 

 there were upwards of six hundred 

 persons collected on the Pier-heads 

 to witness the sailing of the two 

 vessels, and each trembled at the 

 very imminent danger and risk 

 those on board ran in the Dart get- 

 ting out of the harbour, it being 

 thought madness for them to at- 

 tempt it ; but by great good for- 

 tune the vessel got out safe and 

 reached the roads, where she lay 

 beating about, the waves breaking 

 over her at every interval. The 

 packet was about to follow the ex- 

 ample of the Dart, but the agent of 

 his Majesty's packets seeing the 

 danger of her being dashed against 

 the North Pier-head, in which 

 case every soul must have perish- 

 ed, gave the Captain an order 

 not to go to sea, for he would not 

 trust the safety of the mails and 

 the lives of the passengers to a mere 

 matter of chance. The Dart con- 

 tinued in the roads until quitedark, 

 when instead of reaching Calais in 

 three hours as had been positively 

 stated, she was beating about all 

 night, and her cabin, which is 

 small, being crowded with passen- 

 gers, the heat and the extreme 



