The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-04 00:00:00

THE LATE STORM. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK OFF BOULOGNE OF THE ENGLISH CONVICT SHIP THE AMPHITRITE, AND LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED AND 1•.IGH1 FEM ALE CONVICTS, TWELVE CHILDREN, AND THIRTEEN SEAMEN, IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 31, 1833. BOULOGNE SUR-MER, SEPT. I, 1833. The dreadful event which is announced by the title to this letter has filled the town with dismay, and must lead to a most narrow and rigid investigation. The Amphitrite convict ship sailed for New South Wales from Woolwich, on the 25th August (this day week). Captain Hunter was the commander; Mr. Forester, the surgeon; and there were 108 female ccavicts, 12 children, and a crew of 16 per sons. The Captain was parr owner of the vessel. When arrived off Dungeness, the gale of the 29th began. On Friday morning the Captain hove the ship to, the gale being too he%tiy to sail. The vessel was about three miles to the east :7, "r 1 Boulovie harbour on Saturday at noon, when they made land. The Captain set the topsail and main fore-ail, in hopes of keeping her off shore. Frons thr,e o'clock she was in sight off Boulogne, and certainly the sea was most heavy, and the wind extrem-ly strong; but no pilot-boat went out to an.l no life-boats or other assistance were de spatched. I nbaerved her from three o'clock till about half-past four in the afternoon, when she came round into Boulogne harbour, and struck on the sands. By four o'clock it was known that it was a British ship ; but ‘ome said it was a brig, others said it was a merchant vessel, though all said it was English. It appears from the statements of three men who have been sa.ed out of the crew—all the rest havirg perished—that the captain ordered the anchor to be let go, in hopes of swinging round wi:h the tide. In a few minutes after the vessel had gone aground multitudes rushed to the beach, arid a brave French sal!. r, named 1 3 :erre Heflin, who has al eady received the thanks of the Humane Socie y of London, addressed him-elf to the captain of the port, arid said that be was resolved to go alone, and to reach the vessel, iti order to tell the captain that he had not a moment to lose, but mu-t, as was low water, send all his crew and passengers on share. You will recollect, that up to the time of her running aground no measure was adopted, arid the captain was not warned from shore of her danger. As soon as she had struck, however, a pilot boat, commanded by Francois Heuret, who hat on many occasions shown much courage, was dispatched, and by a little after five came under her bow. The Captain of the vessel refused to avail himself of the a,sistance of Heuret arid his brave companions, and when a portion of the crew proposed going on shore, the Captain prevented them. Two of the men saved, knew the boat was under the bows, but the rest were below making up their bundles. The crew then could have got on shore, and all the unfortu nate women and children. When the French boat had gone, the surgeon sent for Owen, one of the crew, and ordered him to get our the long-boat. This was about halt-past five. The surgeon di•cussed the matter with hi• wife and with the Captain. They were afraid of allowing the prisoners to go on shore. The wife of the surgeon is said to have proposed to leave the convicts there, and to go on shore without them. In consequence of this discussion, no longboat was sent out. Three of the convict women told Owen that they heard the surgeon persuade the Captain not to accept the asaitance of the French boat, on account of the prisoners who were on board. Let us now return to Pierre Heflin. The French pilot boat had been refused by the surgeon and captain—the long boat had not been put out, through a discussion as to saving the convicts—and it was now nearly six o'clock. At that time Henin went to the beach—stripped himself—took a line—swam naked for about three quarters 0f an hour or an hour, and arrived at the vessel at about a little after seven. On touching the right side of the vessel, he hai;ed the crew, and said, " Give me a line to conduct you on land, or you are loot, as the sea is coming in." He spoke English plain enough to be heard. He touched the vessel, and told them to speak to the Captain. They threw (that is, some of the crew, but not the captain or surgeon) two lines, one from the stren and the other from the bow. The one from the stern he could not seize— the one from the bow lie did. He then went to wn:us the shore, but the rope was stopped. This was, it is believed, the act of the surgeon and captain He (Heflin) then swam back, and told them to give him more rope to get on shore. The captain and surgeon would not. They then tried to haul him up, but his strength failed, and he got on shore. - You perceive then, that up to this moment also, the same obstacle existed in the minds of the cap tain and of the surgeon. They did not dare, with • out authority, to land the convicts, and rather than leave them on board, or land them without such authority, they perished with them. But who could have given this authority ? The British Corm!l is, of course, the reply. Did he do so ? No. Why not ? We shall see hereafter. To return to the narrative of events. The female convicts who were battened down under the hatches, on the vessel running aground, broke away the half deck hatch, and, frantic, rushed on the deck. Of course they entreated the captain and surgeon to let them get on shore in the long-boat, but they were not listened to, as the captain and surgeon did not feel authorized to liberate prisoners committed to their car'. About seven o'clock the flood tide began. The crew, seeing that there were no hopes, clung to the igging. The poor 108 women and 12 children re married on deck, uttering the most piteous cries. The vessel was about three quarters of a mile Eng lish from shore, and no more. Owen, one of the three men saved, thinks that the women remained on deck in this state about an hour and a half!!! Owen and four others were on the spars, and thinks they remained there three quarters of an hour; bat seeing no hope of being saved, he took to swim mitts, and ;t. a at,a‘e or lasensibillty to the Lord. Towsey, another of the men saved, was on a pl.ttik with the captain. Towsey asked who he was? He said, "I am the captain," but the next moment he was gone Rice, the third man, floated ashore on a ladder; he was aft when the other men took to the raft. 'When the French pilot boat rowed away, after being rejected by the cawain, he (Hive) saw a Iran waving his hat on the beach, and remarked to the captain that a gentleman was a av ing to them to come on shore. The cap rain turned away and matle no answer . A t the mo ment the women all th. a p peared, the ship broke in two. These are the facts of tins awful case. The French Miirine H umane Society immediately placed hundreds of men on the b‘aci;the office or lodging being close to the shor e ,and as soon as the corpses were picked up th ey were brought to the rooms, where 1 assisted many of my couritr endeavouring to restore th em t o li te. Our effort.. in we e fruitless, except in the c ases o f t h e three men,.jrt' Owen, Rice, and Towsey. I never saw so m; fine at:d Ist-swift,' bodies in my lif e . S ams of the women were the most perfectly made; and French and Eogl;sh wept together at such a horrible loss of life in sight of—aye, and even c!ose to the port and town. Body after body has been brought in. More than 60 have been found; they will be buritd to-morrow. But, alas ! alas ! after all our efforts only three lives are saved out of 136 I !! Whose fault was all this ? The Captain has been blamed for his obstinacy—but he is dead. The surgeon has been blamed for his tenacity—but he is lifeless. The Frenc h and English authorities are Warned, for riot having done something to save the vessel trom coming on shore, since from three till five o'clock she was in danger and distress close off the shore. The English Consul is of course blamed; but it is said that he was not informed rib past seven o'clock by a private letter, and that written by myself, that a vessel was in danger. Whose fault was this ? During such weather a that of Saturday, ought not the Consul to have had some one watching for biro off the coast ? or was he not bound to do this? and was it the place of the public authorities of Boulogne to have informed him ? If he had known, or been informed, could he not have sent out by the French pilot-boat advice. or even orders, to the captain to put his crew and passengers on shore, as the loss of the vessel was inevitable ? Would or would not the captain and surgeon have been delighted to have had this authority ? Could the English Consul have sent out other pilot boats ? Could not Henin, who swam out, have taken orders from the Consul to the captain to land his crew and passengers with out the delay of an hour ? Remember that from three to half-past seven the convicts and crew could have been got on shore by lines, boats, and ropes—and that they were yet all lost except three men. Did the Consul offer one thousand or two thousand francs to each boat who would go out ? se are questions which are everywhere put, and that with an anxiety and irritation I cannot deline and will not dwell on. Airdi aileron partenz. We \ •ill do so, but mere ignorance of such an event, in such weal her as we have had from Friday night to the moment at which I am writing, will surely be no apology. If the Captain and surgeon are only to be blamed, let this be known ; if not, let an examination be conducted on the spot. I saw al; —I have examined the three men who survive; all ought to have been saved ; where was the fault that they were not ? We must wait and see. SUNDAY, ONE o'cLocKe—The wind is somewhat abated, though not much. The sea is running mountains high. We have begun a subscription for the three poor fellows who survive—l think we must add, and for the widows and orphans of the rest of the crew who expired. Three hundred and forty-five francs have already been subscribed. A portion of the subscription will he applied towards reward.ng the pilot Heitret and Pierre Henin, who did all they could towards saving the vessel. The übscription will be •uperintended by a committee to he named by the Mayor of the town from the sub scribers. (ANOI lIER ACCOUNT.) " The men who reached the slime were saved by clinging to the spars, and were providentially washed by the force of the filoding tide upon the beach. Mr. Hamilton, the Con-ul of Boulogne, has been unremitting in his cares upon them, although tht lives of two have been pronounced by the medical men to be in the most precarious situation ; of the third there are strong hopes of his eventual recovery Tile scene presented in the port of Boulogne on Stturday morning baffles any description—corpses strewed here and there along the beach, and each advancing wave poured forth from its bosom some fresh victim of the frightful calamity. Sixty bodies had been washed on shore, one presenting the ap palling spectacle of a child, whose mouth was fast locked in the nipple of its young mother's breast. " We nudes st and, ou inquiry, that there were lofty children on board with their parents. It is custo mary, under particular circumstances, to permit the children of such women to accompany them to their destination as preferable to their remaining in this country without protection. It ought to be stater], in justice to the surgeon-superintendent, that he is responsible for the safe custody of all she convicts intrusted to his charge, as wel as for their treat ment throughout the voyage; and, as a premium for the due performance of his duty, he receives a gratuity of one pound for each convict he delivers to the authorities in New South Wales, in addition to his pay. The captain and the crew are under the sole control of the surgeon in all matters not connected with the immediate nautical management of the vessel; anti as an additional inducement to the Captain to take proper precautions to secure the safe custody of the prisoners, he is liable by bond to a heavy penalty (we have heard 1,0001.) for every one who shall e•eape. This may account for the jealousy manifested both by the surgeon and the captain, who perhaps apprehended no im mediate danger in not permitting any person to come on board, or suffering the unfortunate women to avail them-elves of the opportunity of saving their lives, which was offered. These persons, in fact, sacrificed themselves to the strict performance of their duty. It is very unusual for the wives of the surgeons-superintendents to be permitted to ac company their husbands; and such an indulgence is only granted under very peculiar circumstances. We believe this is the first instance in which a convict ship has been lost in her way from this country ever since the establishment of the colony in New South Wales. DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE. BOULOGNE, SEPT. I.—The shipwrecks on this coast have not been confined to this solitary one, awful as it has been in its results. IV, have also, with sorrow, to state that the Anne Amelia, which left Calcutta on the 24th of March last, has become a total wreck on the sands, about six miles to the west of Boulogne. The crew.and the passengers, with the exception of three, have been saved. A letter says—" The Anne Amelia, a vessel belonging to the East India Company, is on shore at Bou logne. Her cargo, consisting of the prodiice of the East, sugar and indigo, estimated at 150,0001., it is feared will prove totally destroyed. One passenger and three sailnis were drowned." CALAIS.--A large Dutch ship, laden with GOO hogsheads of sugar, is lost on the coast near Calais. Port lease, Sept. 1, 1833. " The Ebenezer, Ratford, is become a complete wreck, and almost all the cargo lost, Six puncheons of rum alone were saved." DOVER, SEPT. 2.—We had four arrivals to-day from France, bringing 130 passengers. The ac counts from Calais and Boulogne are of the most disastrous kind; it is reported that upwards of a dozen vessels have been lost between Dunkirk and Boulogne. A Dutch East Indiaman was struck with a tremendous sea, to the eastward of Calais, and went instantly to pieces, and out of a crew of 25 persons 19 were drowned. The Hull Packet, of Newcastle, with coals, was also on shore near Calais. The crew of the George and Elizabeth, of Newcastle, Hicks, master, six in number, landed here to-day, the ship having foundered on the Good win "sands the gale. The Liberty collier, of Dover, has come in much darmiged. ESSEX.—The winds of Friday and Saturday have committed much mischief in this neighbourhood, and generally throughout the country. The injury has been principally sustained by gardeners. One gardener alone in this town has gathered 60 bushels of feller] fruit from his orchard. The wind appears to have visited Writtle Lodge with the violence of a hurticatte, and, front iis destructive effects in the grounds, brings io our recollection the ravages com m tted in Thortidon Park by the hurricane in 1831. The grands are literally strewn with the dismem bered limbs of trees; several are broken eff at the bottom of the trunk, and others much splintered A fine ash lies across the lake, forming a temporary bridge. An elm, twelve feet in circumference, and sixty in length, has been laid prostrate, and which, falling upon a walnut tree only three feet distant, also levelled that to the ground. A plantation of between 80 and 90 walnut trees, at the back of the mansion, has been stripped of more titan half the fruit, and innumerable branches torn off, some of them nearly 30 feet in length. It is calculated that not fewer than a hundred bushels of walnuts are lyin g under the trees, notwithstanding there is now neatly a n average crop remaining upon the branches.ln neatly Tuninatt Mead, adjoining this town, two elms t w o e n r s e o b f lo e w arn d i h. ow A n, t their estate Boreham , on the roots several tons soefv Sir i r J t, o r h u n w r n ry d r o e ,sr d, n ß i. i c ir ro t. s,, ,ate roid nhelmof which d c i a m ne e , n d sio su n c s h ►w a a n s obstruction t h at a carriage-w'ay ►st.ts obliged to be firmed thr o u g h t h e ajob'eri'oing• p.siure. A garden wall, 30 fe e t i n l engt h , ham, was levelled to tile ttfr to Mr. T. Clap- Ea.sed H i erald. KENT.—Our readers may recollect Hop notice of last week we remarked' it at was the opinion of good judges that nothin g b ut ,4 vere hurricanes" could be expected to prevent a good crop. We little thought, while mentioning this improbable contingency, that our next number would contain the derails of a degree of devastation), -arising from that very cause, which hat, not been equalled for upwards of twenty years. Such, how ever, is the melancholy fact. On Friday the tem perature fell very suddenly, and at night a strong gale came from the South-west, and was attended with abundance of rain, sleet, and in some instances snow. After a few hours, it changed to W.N.W., and continued to blow with increased fury. This gale continued, with heavy rain at intervals, in dif ferent parts of the county, till Sunday at noon, when the rain ceased, but the wind continued fresh. The mischief this storm has done to the hops is almost incredible. In Mr. Corrall's hop-ground near Maid stone, where the poles are of the hest description, arid from 16 to 18 feet. high, they have not been com pletely levelled to so great an extent as has been the case in many grounds. They are many of them worse, namely—leaning on each other, so that every motion bruises the hops. The roots of the bines have been, in many instance, drawn from a foot to six inches out of the ground, the straining of which must effectually check the bine from notirisitig the hop, even if the weather should become fine. In East Farleigh, Mr. Pope's grounds, of Fant, have suffered greatly, and one pole in three is down, besides the destruction caused by bruising. In West Farleigh, the poles have not been so generally levelled, but the wind has cut off so many of the collateral branches, that one-third of the crop will be lost. It is calculated that in this neighbourhood it will cost 54 an acre to raise the poles, a very great number of which have broken off into the ground, from their present confused and jumbled positions. At Loose the ground is also strewed with the produce, which has been in some instances cut from the poles as if with a knife. Hardly a good ample will come out of this parish. Messrs. Peales' grounds have suffered severely. So dread ful was the hurricane at this place, that five trees were torn up by the roots, and the fruit trees have been nearly stripped of the best fruit. One farmer in this parish, who had calculated on about 6,000 bushels of beautiful apples, has at least three thousand bushels scatte ed over his orchards. It may, perhaps, be riot out of place to mention here, that instead of rushing to market with these windfalls, where the grower w,ll hardly get enough to pay him for the picking them up and the carriage, he would do much better to pen them up round the root of the trees, perfectly unsheltered; for then the air will ripen the parts that are not bruised, and render them nearly as valuable for making cider as if they had been gathered from the tree. The plums, pears, and damsons, are also terribly scat tered. In Barming, arid the adjoining grounds, the devas . ation has been terrible. Whole patches, containing as many as a dozen hills, have been all levelled together. In many gardens half the poles are on the psalm', and those which are sTanding are more injured than the others. No hurricane ha s done so much mischief in this neighbourhood since that between the 31st of August and tile , Ist of September, 1816—a rather remarkable coin cidence of da es. The grounds of Mr. Ellis, who is, perhaps, the largest grower in the kingdom, have suffered in an equal degree. Those of the Rev. Mr. Post have lost one-third of the crop, and Mr. Platte's have also endured a very sever, visitation. At ' - aiding, the grounds situated in the valleys have been damaged more than those in more exposed places : probably in consequence or the wind catching the tops of the poles, instead of partly expending its force beneath the head of the bunt. In Crantirook and the Weald of Kent our correspondent tells, " We were visited on Friday night with the calamity, innocently suggested in last week's Gazette as the only despoiler of our cheering prospects and lively anticipations. Severe hurricanes have continued to the destruction of the beauty of our grounds, and the greatest injury to the produce. The hop gardens are strewed with branches, and in many instances half the poles are levelled. The orchards also have most severely suffered ; in some scarcely any fruit remains on the trees. On the Canterbury road the farmers' hopes have been equally blighted. The same remark ap plies to the Mailings and several other places. Tire general effect of the storm, however, has been so similar, that it is needless to enumerate them. The only grounds that seem to have suffered less than the above are those of Sutton, Headcoin, and Bex ley. The best grounds, however, are expected to lose at least a bag an acre. The Geldings arid Rufflera can never recover it, but the Grapes may still be expected to make some progress. The par tial loss of the crop will not be by any means equal to the injury done to the samples, which must be considerably deteriorated all over the county." We cannot close this account, without expressing a hope that the clergy will take into consideration this awful visitation on the industrious farmer ; and that we shall see, in the remission of a proportion of their tithes, a few specimens of that Caristian charity which, unfortunately for the industrious classes, have recently appeared like angels' visits, " few and far between." Maidstone Gazette, Sept. 3. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 31.—Wind N., blowing a gale all the morning, but moderated after high water. The Thomas, Burrow, from Tortola for Lancaster, was wrecked yei-terday morning below Sunderland, near Lancaster—Captain saved. The Beverley, from St. John's, is on shore near Hoylake. A sloop sunk near Puffin Island to-day. A small vessel ap parently a sloop, was drifting up the Dee this af ternoon, a complete wreck. LYNN, SEPT. 1.-It blew a complete hurricane here all yesterday from N.N.W. to N.N.E. The Suffolk, of Southwold, was driven on a bank in the harbour and upset. The Margaret was totally lost in our roads last night, with the crew. The Anticus sunk in the Channel— crew saved. Several other vessels are reported ashore below, but cannot yet be made out. Five p.m. It still blows very hard from N.N.E. PADSTOW, AVG. 31.—The Ebenezer is on shore at this place dismwed, and wish seven feet water in the hold—crew saved ; a cargo and stores being saved. The Flora ran on shore at Mawgan Porth, having split her mainsail in the gale—the crew was saved. A survey has been held, and prompt measures adopted to preserve the vessel. PETERHEAD, AUG. 29.—The London, from Me mel for Halifax, put in here to-day, with loss of anchor, cable, and •ails, much strained, and very leaky; she cannot proceed. RAMSGATE, SEPT. I.—lt has blown a tremen dous gale from N.N.W. since yes erday morning, and still continues unabated. The Raton, from Sunderland, sunk in Sandwich-bay, and will be lost ; crew saved, and landed here yesterday. The Caroline, from Antwerp for London, is riding, to tally dismasted, off the North Foreland; an anchor and chain have been sent off to her hence. A brig and schooner drove on the Goodwin Sand last n i g ht, and are wrecked ; the crews, it is apprehended, will be drowned, as no boat can possibly get near them. Another schooner, said to be from Stettin, foundered ; crew saved, and landed at Broadstairs. SCARBOROUGH, AUG. 31.—Last night, about eleven &elm k, it came to blow a tremendous gale from N.E., with a heavy sea, and incessant tor rents of ram, which still continue. A fi.hing cable blink ; crew drowned. The Diana, in coming for the harbour, ran aga list the outward pier, and instantly sunk; crew saved. The wreck has since floated on the beach. The Lively's Increase, from Stockton, went ashore on t►re beach, south of the Spa; etew saved by the life-hoar ; vessel expected to become a wreck. The Lark, from Sunderland far Bridlington, is on shore on Filey Sand, in a very dangerous s;tuation; crew tived. There is also a v e s•el on shore under Speeton WELLs, SEPT. I.—We had a very heavy gale from the N.N.E. all yesterday and last night, which still continues. Several vessels are ashore upon the coast. Some foreign woolpacks have been picked up, marked " H. H. and Co., H. arid others " W. B. and Sons, Wakefield ;" and some barrel of herrings, marked " J. Nesbar,Eyemouth, 1833," The Bellow is on shore to the westward; crew saved. A schooner, name at present unknown, is a total wreck, and all hands drowned. The Tyne, of Berwick, is on shore westward, bottom upwards; crew drowned. Two brigs are on shore eastward, one with her foremast gone. A brig is now off here with loss of topmast, and it is feared must come on shore. WHISTABLE, SEPT. 1.-It has blown a tremen dous gale since Fr day from the W.S.W. The Mina has been on shore on the Isle of Sheppey, hut is now afloat, with loss of anchors and cables. The barge Dore, of Rochester, is on shore on Swalescliff. The barge Earl of Liverpool, from London to Feversham, has been assisted in here with loss of anchors and cables. The Mary, of Rothsay, for Cardiff, has lost anchor and cables. Thirteen fishing vessels belonging to this place have been driven on shore. WALTON.—Friday night the sea was territically grand. A sudden " puff" of wind snapped in two the boa sprit of one of the pleasure vessels, in which a small party had started for a sail in the morning, bnt the vessel, which was thrown on her side, im• m e di a t e ! ) , righted, and the accident being observed from the jetty, a boat was put off, in which the party were landed in safery.—Essex Herald. YARMOUTH, AUG. 31.—The Cleveland, from Stockton to London, sprung a leak off Orford, and has been assisted in here : she must discharge.— SEPT. I. It bete a very heavy gale all last night from the north, and still continues. A large brig is riding in the roads, with her cargo (supposed grain) shifted, and her bowsprit gone. The Hero, of this place, is on shore near the South Ham. MARGATE, SEPT. 2.—The storm with which we have been visited during the last two days, although c.msiderably abated, has not entirely subsided; and the steamer had considerable difficulty in getting out of the harbour this morning. No boat left for Lon don on Saturday or Sunday. The damage to the town and neighbourhood has been considerable ; the jetty has been much injured, and a vast number of small' craft has been destroyed. The storm of wind and rain on Saturday, made terrible havoc among the fruit at Newark. The trees in most of the gardens and orchards were completely stripped of their fruit, and apples lay like acorns s'rewed on the ground. Numbers of trees %, ere split in two, and many torn up by the rows. Several houses were partly unroofed, and several chimnies were blown down. Houses and cellars were deluged with water. One poor fellow who kept a pig in his cellar, found when he got up that the water had got in, and poor piggy was drowned. It rained without intermission for 17 hours. Numbers of windows were broken by slates arid tiles from the houses. A large wall in Albion street was blown down. The damage done is in deed very great.—Stamford DISASTERS ON THE - COAST.—The weather, dur ing the latter part of the week, was extremely bois terous, with Iresvy falls of rain. Several vessels have been wrecked on the adjacent coast by the violence of the gales. On Thursday night, the Thomas Burrows, Dawson, from Tortola, for Lan caster, came to anchor off Sunderland, near that port. D :ring the night, by some accident, she drifted, and, striking on a bank, overset. The crew escaped in the boat; bur Captain Dawson, who was anxious to save the ship's papers, was unfortunately drowned ere he could quit the cabin. On the fol lowing night the wind blew a strong gale from the northward, and the rain fell in torrents. The mer cury in the barometer fell very low. The vessels at anchor in the river rode out the gale with difficulty, one 01 two of them having dragged their anchors. The inward-bound vessels kept out at sea, and ran in with safe.) , on Saturday forenoon, with the exception of the barque Beverley, from Saint John's, New Brunswick, whin, after showing signals of great distress, ran ashore on the Dove Point, to the westward of Lea s we Lighthouse, and near to the entrance of Ches ter river. At low-water the vessel is high and dry. One of the river steamers was driven on shore not far from the spot where the Beverley struck. Part of the wreck of a large sloop or schooner was float ing near Hilbre I land : the vessel is supposed to have been wrecked, during the night, on the banks. Her cargo appeared to have been grain. A sloop was also discovered to Lave been wrecked on Puffin Island, in Beaumaris Bay. In the course of Snow , day a smack sunk near the Voryd, and all hanJs pe rishtd. The gale con . inued on SA' urday night, the Russian ship Richard Brandt, which was at anchor in Bootle Bay, drifted and ran foul of the Princess Victoria, whose bowsprit was carried away. The Richard Brandt brought up in the Sloyne. These are all the disasters we have as yet heard of; we fear, however, that several more must have happened during the gales.—Liverpool Albion. The Lincolnshire coast has been visited with the most violent storm which has occurred for many years. During the whole of Friday night, Saturday, and part of Sunday, the wind blew a perfect hurricane, and nothing could withstand its violence. Boston and its neighbourhood has suffered severely, hut scarcely to the extent that might have been expect ed from the fury of the gale. At Swineshead, the top of a mill belonging to Mr. Jessop has been blown off, and the road called Abbey-lane was so thickly covered with the branches of trees, that the carrier between that place and Boston was unable to proceed until many of them had been cleared. The tide rose to so great a height in Boston, that the houses in Woinigate, and many other streets, were literally flooded, the water rushing in with alarming viulence. The Lincoln steam-packet, which should hove arrived by four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, did not reach Boston until two o'clock on Sunday morning. The loss of life and property on the coast has been very great; three vessels were driven on shore near Skegness, and we hear that us many as fourteen or fifteen bodies have been washed upon that part of the coast alone: ten distressed fellow creatures were saved from impending death by that admirable invention, the life-boat. We hare beard many reports, and the names of several vessels have been mentioned to us as lost, but until these ru mours are confirmed we forbear saying more, from respect to the feelings of those who may have friends or relations at sea. Otte of the vessels driven on shore at Skegness was laden with coals, and another was in ballast. The gardens and the timber trees at and about Spalding have suffered greatly from the violence of the wind on Saturday : several large trees have been laid prostrate, arid scarcely any remain with out having, lost some of their limbs. On Sunday morning a gendemar at Spalding picked up in his garden 14 , so allows and a great num ber of sparrows, that had been killed on Saturday by being dashed against the trees and walls, and in the evening he picked up nearly as many more, killed in the same manner either on Saturday or that day. Horecastle and its neighbourhood has been been visited with one of the most violent storms of wind and rain ever recollected; tiles, trees, arid chimney pots are blown down in every direction, both in the town and on the roads near it. Report says great havoc has been made in Scrivelsby Park, the seat of the Hon. Champion Dymoke. The storm began on Friday at four o'clock in the afternoon, and raged with unabated vifienee through the whole of Sa turday.—Boston Herald. SUIPWRECKS —During the severe gale, on Friday night, a cobble was lost off Scarborough, and three men were drowned. A collier was also wrecked on the Spa Sands. We hear also that another ves.4el Was stated to have loundered, and that the crew, eight in number, were lost. We greatly fear that serious accounts will be received from other parts of the Yorkshire coast.— York Courant. On Friday night, we had a tremendous gale of wind, accompanied by continued and violent showers of rain. In many exposed situation:, the wind blew in several pane, of glass.—Brighton Guardian. THE EFFECTS OF THE STOR3I.—IL Is a rather re markable proof of the viol, nee of the late storm ; that s e veral sea fowls were observed, on Sunday last, hovering about Foss islands, in the suburbs of this city, some of which were shot.—York Courant. His MAJESTY, wno has been accused of a want of regard to his family, lately prt-sented the female members with a moat munificent mark of his paternal affection, 5,001, each,..—.horning Paper. FRENCH PAFERS. PARIS, SErr. p.m..—The London mail had not arrived at the time of our going to press. The delay js doohtless to Ir. attributed to the stormy state of the weather yesterday. M. Nicholas Krechlin, an attache to the French ambas sador at Vienna, arrived at, Paris on Saturday night with dispatches from the Count de St. Aulaire, which must have been of importance, as immediately the Duke de Broglie had read them, he sent for the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, and the Russian ambassador, and remained a long time in conference with them. The Marqois de Blaisel arrived also in the course of the day from Baden, charged, it is said, with a mission re lating to the events in Switzetland and Germany. M. de 111edem, Chief Secretary of the Russian em bassy, left Paris yesterday for Germany to meet the Em peror Nicholas. The Memorial Bordelais of the 30th ult., contains the fdlowing 46 We have received the following important intelligence from Spain. The Court of Madrid ie in an extract/ (hoary state of agitation. The Queen has received positive in formations that M. Zea keeps up a s , cret corres7ondence with Don Cat lo,whom the northern powers wish to continue in Portugal, in order that he may he near at hand should King Ferdinand expire. Indignant at these dark machi natio, a, the Queen has urged his Majesty to dismiss M. Zea, and replace him by the Duke- of San Fernando, and, also to enter into alliance with England and France. But the King, weak and timid, cannot come to any resolu•ion, but maintains his temporizing system, keeping his Minister in order that he may not offend the Holy Alliance. It is, 'however, hoped, that on the arrival of the Infanta Char lotta from St. Sebastian, he may be induced to come to some determination. The Spanish priests are spreading a report throughout the country, that the Emperor of Russia has engaged his daughter to the eldest son of Don Carlos, and promised to unite Portugal to Spain, and bring it under the sceptre of Charles V. Unfortunately the ignorant and credulous population of Spain are not sufficiently aware of the intrigues of the Apasrolics. The Helvetie of Porentruy, has the following of the 27th ult., from Basle :—" The decision of the Diet which enjoins the total separation of this Canton, is about to be c srried into effect. A new era is commencing for us. The new State of Basle confined to the town and the three vil'ages on the right bank of the Rhine, has lost all its political importance. It has sunk to the lowest rank among the Cantons, and to palliate its weakness, has not the recollections of former greatness. This decline is owing to unexampled obstinacy. Basle has to attribute its fall to the blind ambition of the aristocrats, and the servile obedience of the burghers. This proud city by its unjust preten•ions, and its efforts to enforce them, rushed into ruin rather than make a few sacrifices to justice and moderation." The following statement of the military forces of Switzer. land, extracted from a letter of the 28th ult., at Zurich, will be found interditing at the present moment. The federal contingents amount to 66,332 men ; but as almost every canton furnishes more than the number required, we may reckon them at 72,000, the oldest of whom, except the officers and non ciimmissioned officers, is not much more than thirty years of age. To this number are to be added the Swiss troops serving in foreign countries, who are to return to their own country in case of war. Swit zerland, besides the Federal c litingents, possesses cantonal reserves, which though not fixed as to number, may amount to 120,000 men, under twenty-five years of age, most of whom have served in the contin gents, and are, as in the army, equipped and orga nised. After them come the men who have served their time in the service, and whose number is unknown ; but the greater part from the age of 45 to 60 would be found ready to fight for their families and th-ir property. Tous Swi'zerl ind possesses in federal contingents 12,000, in troops serving in foreign countries who are to return in case of need, 10,000: and in cantonal reserves 120,000, forming a total in 202,000 men, to which roust be added the men above 45 years of age, whose number is unknown. Switzerland has no cavalry except carabineers, who are excellent marksmen. The Government, it is true, has no money to maintain an army, but national troops, fighting in their own country, can exist without pay better than any oth-rs. From the well known policy of Europe; it is evident, however, that one great power wi I always find its advantage in furnishing the means necessary for the defence of the country. Extract of a letter of the 22d from Bologna ;—" A report is current, that in consequence of an order from Rome, the Swiss troops in the legations and on the con fines of Naples will he removed, and their places supplied toy a corps of Austrians. It is said that an express has already been sent off to Lombardy for that purpose. Same disturbances occurred at Lugo on the 18th, when several persons were wounded Among the letter was M. Bresi. an advocate. One Cenrurine was killed. The Papal soldiers were sent to the spot, with orders to fire ; but it was rein irked th it they fired in the air, being unwilling to act against the people." The filiowing, dated Frankfort - , Aug. 25, is from the Augsburg Gazette of the 29th :—" Most of the Envoys, who were scattered in different watering-place., have returned here w ithin the list few days, notwithstanding the departure of Count Munch Bel , inghausen, President of the Duet. It is natural to suppose that the chief object of the late interview of the two greatest monarchs of Germany, and of the deliberations of the distinguished statesmen who are still in Bohemia, was to agree upon the direction to be given in these critical times to the action of the Diet ; hence the ohj -ct of the journey of the P esident of this assembly probably is to confer with those statesmen in order to secure to the result of their deliberations a prompt and efficient execution. It appears from the negoci 'thins now in progress here between Al. Taber, an envoy from the Swiss Confederation, and the German Diet, relative to the removal of the Poles, that these refugees are Likely to be sent down the Rhine, and conveyed, at their own choice, either to England or America. The expenses from Basle to Rotterdam, it is said, are to be defrayed by the Con federation, and the rest by Fr tnee." Tue same paper quotes the 5 per Cent. Metalliques at ♦ienna on the 24th ult , 941; ditto 4 per Cents. 86 : Bank Actions, 1,221. Galignani's Messenger, Sept. 2. Pants, SECT. I.—We find the following article in the Messager:— . 1 Our express that left Bayonne on the 2Sth brings the following news •"fwo extraordinary couriers on their way from Madrid to Paris arrived here last night, and left despatches for the Spanish Consul in this town ; since then several reports very favourable to Don Pedro have been i❑ cir. culation. If we can believe them, it would seem that after a pretty serious skirmish between the troops of Bourmont and Count Villa Flor, and which is stated to have been wholly to the advantage of Don Pedro, the Duke of Cad *vial, with the greater part of his troops, made his submission to Don Pedro, and that Don Miguel, in consequence of this unpleasant event, retreated to Campo Mayoa, the last town in Portugal towards the Spanish fron tier, and not far from Bad ijoz. It should even seem that these couriers have brought the intelligence of the entrance of Don Migud with his staff into Spain. Nothing at all is said of Bourtnont."—Le National, Sept. 2. The Tribune was stopped on Saturday in the Post office, and seized at the printing office in consequence of an article relating to the King's journey. The Quotidienne of yesterday was seized at the Post offi •e, and at the office of the journal, for repeating the article for which the Tribune was seized on Saturday.— Galignani's Messenger. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARts, Siwr. Five per Cents., 104 f. 8 c. 95c. Three per Cents., 76f. 25e. Rente de Naples, 91f. 4t c. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 17 Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 414 i. Roya. Spanish Loan, tsl. Rente I'erpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 66 66 , 74 67 EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f. 45c. '1 hree months, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 25f. 35c. —Coors ulltentique. HAMBURG PAPERS. BERLIN, AUG. ',W.—HisMajesty arrived at Potsdam yest,rdiy afternoon. Among tl.e persons who will coin pose the suite of his Majesty the Emperor el Russia (who will himself travel under the name of General Adlerlpig), Prince Wolkouski, General B e nkendorf, and Count Orloff are mentioned. Some persons affirm that his Majesty, accompanied by them, has already passed through Ko nigsberg. Mr. Cloning, British Consul-General in Homburg, has arrived here. HAMBURG, AuG. 28.---Count Ne , selrode is expected in the steam-lioat front St. Petersburgh at Lubtrk, whither the Russian lUinis'er here has gone to receive him. FRA NE FORT, AUG. 24.—1 t is positively affirmed that the P.ussi in troops stationed in the vi c i n i ty are to cone for the winter seas .n into the city. Should this really happen it is said that our citizen u s ie t m v "thcrhuern of ill be wh l.y exempt chb il e u lo 3 n a g e i r n in g g to the former Dominican from the occupy the, convene. STOCKHOLM, AUG. is affitrned that Mare the departure of C iunt Wetterstedt it was resolved in the Council to recognise Donna Maria da Gloria as Queen of Portugal de facto (her right haviog been long since ac knowledged), immediately it shall have been done by the English and French Governments. The State Gazette gives from Umea t he rev/ f t his choly intelligence that in the night of the 7 %. 11 :ra month a severe frost had destroyed the crops °' the northern provinces, which were uncommon l y in g this year. rFi l RIGA, AtIG. N.—Between Wi'mar and Po a by If crops of barley, buck-wheat, and peas have su er" nights' frosts so long as a fortnight ago. t r; e t c STETTIN, AUG. 26.—(From a letter.) --...0 400. the Emperor o f R uss i a , travelling under the l'hota General Von Adlerberg, will arrive here to day, t ° " meeting with his Majesty the King and the Cr ,, w ° t l at Schwedt, &mot seven (35) miles from this ta sr will stop till the 29th. Nothing has transpired 01;0 the object of this meeting, and it is not Ye t bP whether the Emperor will return to St. Peterl hurg oio sea or land. Som e accoun t s sa y that Prince M elt 01 0 will be at the Conference, but this r,quires confi rs' Sr. PETERSSURGH, A UG . 21. His Majesty th e peror has issued the following ordinance By" By the Ordinance e d r i a n c a e nc o e f Nicholas o G f o t d h , e w l e sth( 30014 I s! th) Ai'ril decree ordered a levy of recruits in dime Gov'ret, which were neare-t to the cantonments oft the / that were most in need of being rein orced, _.14 sure we adopted with pleasure, in oiler to defer 1 7, el'it as possible the necessity of a general levy of recraiti'iol! whole empire, though, on account of the deficieriF our armies and fle ts, which hate not been fi lled 1 :00 1 their proper compliment by a general levy sitir e iv t ;hog l i 11430, such levy has now become unavoidable. ' to be neverthess, in our incessant care of the welfare of loved and faithful subjects, endeavoured to make it rj e ao ble to confine the levy of recruits to those the inhabitants of which, by the goodness of the A° lo ,o derive from the very productive harvest of this yea r its more early to comply with this demand, and °n e ap' other in those Governments in which t he , Itlf, have been bad or less productive to defer the of recruits to another time, that the inhabit:sat', Jr those Governments may find in the peaceable ° of titans of agriculture and business an order,!indetaiti the losses of the present year. Accordingly, the ss 1. A levy of four recruits from every 1,00 0 al e eS' the whole empire. The following Government e Ase cepted :—Astrachan, Woronesk. Ekatherinoslaw , t r , e bo rs' Saratoff, the Slobude of the Ukraine, Tanrida o clo' Bessarabia, Georgia, the country of the Dan,„ CAl'- rst is and the Caucasus. 2. In all the above, except "` e ‘ ,,,tly i and Georgia, the recruits that they should furnis h ',flog levy are to be considered as a debt in arrear. 3 ' ~ ou t Governments which furnished recruits according re d SI Manifesto of 15th (27th) April are to be coasidiaerr, 00 having already performed their part, and to be el ie lO of this occasion. 4. The levy is to commence on t i 9ol of November this year, and to be ended by th e January next year at the latest." An Ukase to the Senate orders some details. ,fertr j By a rescript of the 12th the Emperor ha' ec : ko stri e° the Order of the Ist class on Baron Von Sturatert Internuncio at Constantinople. r•til BORSEN HALLE, AUG. 30, HALF'. EAST I:" 0 Immediately after the arrival of the last steamer " .° 1 tile" a demand began to skew itself for wheat. Severeo -, °overarch, were purchased for exportation ; and, as our OW r fo sumers were thereby drawn into the market , p e , taints of fine quality remained unsold. • oes For rye, barley, and oats the demand COntta., poet! limited. Peas are less brisk than last week- l ' a ye be r continues in demand, and several large purchases b e oe i made in the country. 06' From the 7th to the 23d inst. 42 cargoes of ° r ot P 6 : i , the Sound ; 9 were bound for Great Britain, 17 3 pt land, 3 for B. lgium, 12 for Swed e n, Norway' e° mark, and of one the destination was not know e 'olls .- t 01 55 Wheat, Anhalt, white red BB to 00 ------ Marks 75 to Mecklenburg Holstein Lower Elbe to 6 ,1 Rye. Upland si,T3 £0 1 3 Holstein Petersburgh and Riga 4O t o 0 Barley, Mecklenburgh y to 5 5 Lower Elbe go to Oats, Mecklenburg -- Lower Elbe l4B t° 11 4, 0 R a p esee d . A to Linseed FUNDS.-7 he market continues depressed t°-cht) tol • ~,e f3; to the state of the foreign money market s; the close, there was a little more firnatileat sian Inscriptions in certificates were demanded Discounts 3 per cent. f zr o 0 7 0 q Discount 274 per Cent. money. Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent ... ................. 1 , 0 1 1 .... Anglo-Russian ...................... . ...... Russia.) inscription, 5 per cent. . IS2o ...... 9:47 Ditto, ditto, 1831 ..................... . ....................... 9 ` Ditto, ditto, 1832 Polish Bonds Prussian Bonds, MP Austrian Bank Shares Ditto Metalliques Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cer:ts. ........................................ 511 Ditto 4 per Cent Dutch 2! z per Cents. ........ Ditto 5 per Cents. ........................................ —Hamburg Reporter. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, .AUG. 3a-13 1o; two months, 13 40 BREMEN, AUG. Ti.—TWO months, 02 STOCKHOLM, AUG 23.—Ninety days, 13 7. VIENNA. Aria. 21.—Two months, 9 51. BERLIN, AUG. 27.—Three months, 6 `2s! , ii• —Hamburg Papers, Aug. 30. • 5' - - GERMAN AND BRUSSELS IDSAPEI/ 4111. i 71 11 BRUSSELS, Aua. 30.—Th • Liege burn° b e d Isbe that the Dutch and Belgian Plenipoten s ' e rr an arrangement relative to the comrnunieab rterrl.os fortress o Msestricht with Holland through c'erelyit4, We believe this is not corr e ct. The Diltell,,ijori r ap the Convention of the 21 st M a y, c l a imed n" t but the Belgian C omm is s i oners , by view" ° t he i r fr ii Convention, d eman d e d th at t h e navigation o ` ll Co f O 4" should be regulated in concert. The D d'c o o e re oti ji sinners havi ng no i ns t ruct i ons on this bean, the 0" to regulate the military communications, and $ ° c oif tions were broken off —lndependent. np eo The Queen of the Belgians is going to 40 0 A near the Chapel on the Ist of next m onth ; O nt o ° girls will receive instruction gratis. fheY a e ' le ol e. i 4eri; French, and Flemish, reading, writing, th i e g obr° 4 oi', arithmetic, knitting, plain needlework an'. eo' rod Prizes wi'l he given every month to those w' 1° themselves by their progress. The Queer' , " 3 0 13 :0 1 4 t that the Flemish language is much in use ,aoh," l ,o le ,)i has required that the study of that langu a g e neglected. This will di•tinguish this fine ;io from all others, in which instruction is gi ve e l Ft' alone. Deo pr e' BELGIAN FUNDS, AUG. 30.—Actual , ‘ , 3l; cent. 50.—Rothschild's Loan, 5 per cent. , ',P 5 ' ,„ $ the City, 1832, 4 per cent., 91 ; Ditto, r t ,. cent., 934.--Brussels Papers, Aug. 31. pr e 0 1 0 FRANCFORT, AUG. 28.—The Manhei ° , t b to ti t he long article on the events at Basle, coatrto hc o . iJ of to • ments of the Journals respecting the stel'eeetl4 cv been taken by that city to obt a i n the P r° o re' German Confederatiod, and of the Prin s b ee° ,0 1 pose it. b o ,10_ 4 ( The Editor of the Augsbury Gazetlf 001" of quested to insert the fo'lowing notice that attempts are making to revive th e s o se re e f", e o voluntary and speedy renunciation of th e `fore our Duchy, we find ourselves under the ti‘ declaring that w e w ill never , nor on any e e t n b eti'' 4 , to such an act, and our subj-cts a rea i o glY' l e s ;, e God and man to c on d uct th emse l ve s aceo r ' 15 , „ricille Par i s , A u g f :oo o ;,,e A ,r, Signed, CHARLES, S overe i gn , Doke.% tre t- oo ttr",O' TorLITz, AUG. 15.—At the intetel e `; te ia 1, King of Prussi a an d th e E m p e ror of . 1 " Ai rst° " o dif which lasted two hours, there were et tl i f fore is Prussians present, none of the Princ e ' ere,' matic characters now here %sere there. , c h a r s' ke rlf" We have here the following diplomatic s,,honolloiirO, Austria—Prince Metternich ; voy to the Court of Wertemburg - „ e ' l s Walliec, Envoy at Dresden ; Princes 1 4. 7"„in0 qv. 0(' and Felix Schwarg e nberg, the former Pr o fe e ;ei t o sador to St. Petersburg, the latter EnswY S'3toco Prussians—M. Ancillon, Alitaister ' bo a; at 001 0 Jourdan, Envoy at Dresden ; Count I:3'°° 0 Off'!" the Legation at London. oador .. „ ;0 0 1; Russians—M. de Tattesebeff, An't".• Ce Al. de Schroder, Envoy at Dresde n ; Pi nkl ev ! r : A betskoi, Aide-de-Camp to the Einperntr , f Fo reS .1 0' ousky and de Geleae, of the departinen ° Co l f t he fii e# at St. Petersburg. English—Lord Alinto, ArnbassaDe 5t mia j a , , t ik e r pir e e , : Prussia. 0' B r ison , e P French—Marshal Maison ; , Char,,,er nipotentiary at Berlin; Count '„ishe ° r (e V: O at Dresden. (Alm , st all these ot ig',4 ,l we know, have already left Topli.z.) the n' o4 l P er or °ll VIENNA. Auo. 25.—We re ee ve ,i n goi -V 1,, e The netvs from Prague, whither ' nor) , i 4 , be 0 0 , jo c o , ire gun, to pay their compliirients.otn; tbe , ti v it t ; eo l l , Empress. We do not kuow how I g her` hid: 4 o' l3 e roubles b re ec m o a m i n es at m l:r e agt e ie riti b ea u l t , it is not e o x f P E ec t l ro ile, , 0 1 middle of November. The state ar i e na te ean °°' f e' ia ie manner in which they may term' „ w ed in ter o to the neighhouring powers. A . " ~.t ioe J E . the questions , All . that 15 in Swiiz 4.lraenTliire° stoat °t 00010,`:,( t t r tat li to L , I,44ltttlatt s, ,e . It i , d ot yt},ic Nei 9 th 1,, of it,t, ty 21 t, p 4 l ~... .1 . ~SS~ e ~~ ev ery the e. t i 41 1 3, 10 NI elide(