Saturday 16 Jan 1819 (p. 3, col. 6) SCOTCH NEWS-JAN. 15. A numerous and highly respectable meeting of those concerned in the Leather Trade, was held at Mr. Joseph ROXBURGH's, innkeeper, Annan, on the evening of Tuesday the 12th instant. Bailie George DALGLIESH, Convener, in the chair. The Meeting proceeded to elect an Inspector of Raw-hides Skins, &c. agreeably to Act of Parliament, when Mr. Joseph ROXBURGH was unanimously chosen to fill that office for the ensuing year. The meeting afterwards partook of an excellent supper, given by the new Inspector, and spent the evening in a truly convivial and harmonious manner; and before separating, unanimously resolved, that their Annual Meetings should be held on Old New Year's Day in all time coming. Thursday morning, between 12 and 4 o'clock, the town of Annan and neighbourhood, were visited with a violent storm of Thunder and Lightning, accompanied with a very heavy rain; and such was the force of the wind during the progress and continuance of the storm, that a Carrier's cart was upset mid-way between Dumfries and Annan, and two more carts, with their horses, were driven completely off the road into a moss opposite White Croft, while on their way to Annan. Dumfries, Jan. 14.-On Sunday night, after an incessant and heavy rain during the whole day, and accompanied in the evening with a shower of hail, it began to blow one of the most tempestuous hurricanes we ever remember, which continued with unabated fury till the forenoon of Monday, and, we fear, must have occasioned great losses at sea.-About three o'clock on Monday morning the storm reached it [sic] greatest height, and from that time began to abate. In Castle-street, the wind raged with a violence that was quite fearful, and has done some damage. The houses of Mr. DALYELL and Mr. THRESHIE were stripped of their lead, and had several windows broken. The lead from that of Mr. DALYELL (30 cwt.), was borne, by the blast, fairly across the yard behind the house, and fell with a crash, through the roof of the stable, breaking the roof-tree.-A thatched house, in a close leading from the high-street, was totally blown down; and a barn at Noblehill, within a short distance of the town, was also rendered a complete ruin. Few houses have escaped injury in the roofs from the loss of slates, &c.-We hear from all quarters of the country, of trees torn up by the roots, and others rent asunder, or fairly snapped across the trunk, by the resistless violence of the tempest.-During the gale, we are sorry to state, that the fine new brig Thomsons' Pacquet, of this port, while lying upon the Burns' Point, received considerable damage.-The heavy rain having swelled the rivulets which run through the parishes of Kirkbean and Preston Mill, formed a junction unusually large, and emptied itself where the brig was lying, running directly under her centre, and made such a hollow space, that the vessel, resting only on her two ends, yielded in the middle.-The brig Nile, also of this port, broke from her anchors, but, we are happy to add, she sustained no material injury.-The Lord Nelson was also driven from her moorings, and thrown upon the merse, a little above the Quay, but she has since been docked, and will be got off the first tide.-The evening of Monday was moderate. After midnight, it came on another storm of rain and wind, but less violent than the last, which continued until Tuesday midday. The afternoon had every appearance of fine serene weather until near midnight, when the sky lowered, and another storm of rain and wind commenced, gradually increasing until after five o'clock on Wednesday morning, when the storm having arrived at its climax, burst out in repeated vivid flashes of lightning, with long and tremendous peals of thunder, accompanied by most dreadfully heavy hail showers! The rain, hail, and wind ceased soon after, and the weather continued very promising during the day until night, when the storm again reappeared, and continued during the whole of the night and Thursday.