touched with a due sense of the sparing mercy of their Maker, retain the deep impression of His goodness upon their minds though the danger be past. To venture abroad was to rush into instant death, and to stay within afforded no other prospect than that of being buried under the ruins of a falling habitation. Some in their distraction did the former, and met death in the streets; others, the latter, and in their own houses received their final doom." One hundred and twenty-three persons were killed by the falling of dwellings; amongst these were the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Dr. Richard Kidder) and his lady, by the fall of part of the episcopal palace of Wells; and Lady Penelope Nicholas, sister to the Bishop of London, at Horsley, in Sussex. Those who perished in the waters, in the floods of the Severn and the Thames, on the coast of Holland, and in ships blown away and never heard of afterwards, are computed to have amounted to eight thousand. 4. All ranks and degrees were affected by this amazing tempest, for every family that had anything to lose, lost something: land, houses, churches, corn, trees, rivers, all were disturbed or damaged by its fury; small buildings were for the most part wholly swept away, "as chaff before the wind." Above eight hundred dwelling-houses were laid in ruins. Few of those that resisted escaped from being unroofed, which is clear from the prodigious increase in the price of tiles; these rose from twenty-one shillings to six pounds the thousand. 5. About two thousand stacks of chimneys were blown down in and about London. When the day broke, the houses were mostly stripped, and appeared like so many skeletons. The consternation was so great that trade and business were suspended, for the first occupation of the mind was so to repair the houses that families might be preserved from the inclemency of the weather in the rigorous season. The streets were covered with brickbats, broken tiles, signs, and bulks. 6. The lead which covered one hundred churches, and many public buildings, was rolled up and hurled in quantities to distances almost incredible; spires and turrets were thrown down. Innumerable stacks of corn and hay were blown away, or so torn and scattered as to receive great damage. 7. Multitudes of cattle were lost. In one level in Gloucestershire, on the banks of the Severn, fifteen thousand sheep were drowned. Innumerable trees were torn up by the roots; one writer says, that he himself numbered seventeen thousand in part of the county of Kent alone, and that, tired with counting, he left off reckoning. 8. The damage in the city of London only was computed at nearly two millions sterling. At Bristol it was about two hundred thousand pounds. Alogether it was supposed that the loss was greater than that produced by the great fire of London, 1666, which was estimated at four millions. 9. The greater part of the navy was at sea, and if the storm had not been at its height at full flood, and in a spring tide, the loss might have been nearly fatal to the nation. It was so considerable, that fifteen or sixteen men-of-war were cast away, and more than two thousand seamen perished. Few merchantmen were lost, for most of those that were driven to sea were safe. Rear-admiral Beaumont, with a squadron then lying in the Downs, perished with his own and several other ships on the Goodwin Sands. 10 The ships lost by the storm were estimated at three hundred. In the river Thames only four ships remained between London Bridge and Limehouse, the rest being driven below, and lying there miserably beating against one another. Five hundred wherries, three hundred shipboats, and one hundred lighters and barges were entirely lost, and a much greater number received considerable damage. The wind blew from the western seas, which preventing many ships from putting to sea, and driving others into harbour, occasioned great numbers to escape destruction. 11. The Eddystone Lighthouse, near Plymouth, was precipitated into the surrounding ocean, and with it Mr. Winstanley, the ingenious architect by whom it was contrived, and the people who were with him.-"Having been frequently told that the edifice was too slight to withstand the fury of the winds and waves, he was accustomed to reply contemptuously, that he only wished to be in it when a storm should happen. Unfortunately his desire was gratified. Signals of distress were made, but (7) in so tremendous a sea no vessel could live, or would venture to put off for their relief."-Hone's Everyday Book. sustained, endured or suffered. appalled, depressed with fear. meteors, luminous bodies. freighted, loaded or burdened. extremity, termination or end. afforded, gave. habitation, dwelling. affected, deeply moved. prodigious, vast or very great. consternation, amazement. preserved, kept. inclemency, severe cold. rigorous, severe. hurled, thrown violently. precipitated, cast down. ingenious, skilful in invention. contemptuously, with disdain. gratified, fulfilled. What was the date of the great storm? What added to the horror of the storm on the night of the 26th of November? How did a writer at the time describe the storm? What important persons were killed by the falling of buildings? How many persons are supposed to have perished in the storm? In what manner did persons of all ranks suffer? Describe the appearance in London the morning after. Compare the loss arising from this storm with that produced from the great fire of London. Where was the greater part of the so few merchantmen lost? Who navy at this time? Why were perished on the Goodwin Sands? What lighthouse was precipitated into the surrounding ocean? Who was in it at the time? THE ENGLISH BOY. 1. Look from the ancient mountains down, Thy country's fields around thee gleam 2. Ages have roll'd since foeman's march 3. Gaze proudly on, my English boy, 4. There, in the shadow of old Time, Which pour'd forth to the fields of yore 5. How bravely and how solemnly 6. And round their walls the good swords hang, Whose faith knows no alloy, And shields of knighthood, pure from stain; Gaze on, my English boy. 7. Gaze where the hamlet's ivied church Or where the minster lifts the cross |