The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-10 00:00:00

THE LONI)ON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 11.33 i).

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-sessle-road rose from his seat to go up stairs after
~,eakfast, but thought he would stay a minute ; he di
so, and in that short interval a stack of chimneys
through the roof, and broke the chamber floor, in th.
exact spot which, in one minute more, he would have oc
cupied—probably for the last time. Another stack of chim-
neys, in the Pottery, fell upon a bet which had, on th,
previous night, been occupied by an invalid young lady, whr,
on Sunday had removed a few miles into the country. In th.
country we are sorry to learn consequences more disastrou.
have been experienced. At Nafferton, near Driffield,
water corn-mill, the property of Mr. Thompson, v. as you,
down, and three children and a nursery-maid were killed
and Mrs. Thompson had her thigh broken. The Searbe
rough mail Was delayed on the road an hour and a half,
consequence of the horses being unable to contend against
the wind, which was chiefly from the westward. In th.
Humber many casualties have occurred, besides the loss o'
the two sloops reported in The Sun of yesterday. Between
four and five o'clock in the morning the sloop Nile, of Malton
John Sykes master, laden with wine, rum, sutiar, coff,e, and
other groceries, from hence for Melton, and riding in our
roads, went down, and the master and crew, three in all, no:
having been seen or heard of since, it is feared they are on
board. Another sloop, called XL., John Speight, was seen
from the pier to be riding in a most dangerous condition, near the
lime-kilns, the water continually washing over it ; the helpless
crew were also distinctly Yen making futile efforts for their
own comfort. Several gentlemen offered liberal sums to induce
the commander of first one and then another river steamer
to attempt to rescue the crew. Such was the state of
the river that several declined ; the task was, however,
undertaken and accomplished by Captain Faulkner, in the
Laurel, which, although accustomed to make three or four-
trips daily to Barton and back, did not venture out on any
other occasion than this during the day. It was truly gra-
tifying to see Captain Faulkner with his small vessel bring
the doop and crew in safety to the harbour. Two of the
three pers um on board were, however, reducel to insensi-
bility. One of them, named Goadby, soon recovered, but
Captain Speight remained very unwell at the General Elliot
for some time after. None of the river steamers either arrived
or sailed during the day, with the exception of the mail to New
Holland, which made one trip instead of three. She passed
some hatches and other articles near Hessle, from which it
is supposed a sloop had sunk near that place. She also saw
a keel at New Holland, coal-laden, sunk near the shore, but
nothing was known of the crew. Early in the morning, a
sloop,. named the Gift, of Patrington, Hawksworth master,
went down near Hedon Haven. Hawksworth, his daugl)ter-
in- law, and a man, perished. J. Day, his son-in-law, swam on
shore and was saved. Several bags of cheese, boxes of oranges,
and hogsheads of wine have washed ashore near Marfleet,
u here also three bodies are said to have been found. Two
light keels, from Louth, commanded by William Burns and
A. Normanton, and two billy boys, drove ashore near Marfleet.
During the afternoon the sloop John and Harry, of Patrington,
ljing near the garrison, hoisted a signal, upon which five men
went in a boat on board, pumped her, and remained. Several
craft slipped their chains in the roads, and arrived safely in the
harbour ; amongst them a sloop, William Carmichael, master,
and a billy-boy, J. Watson, master ; Henry Tyas'ivessel, from
Patrington, with corn, also got safe into harbour.
PRIISTON.—The storm of wind, which commenced here
between two and three o'clock on Monday morning, has done
considerable damage to property. The seven, and quarter to-
nine o'clock railway trains were unable to proceed to their des •
tination, it being thought dangerous to attempt to pass over
the Ribble Bridge in its present unfinished state. We are
sorry to have to record loss of life as well as destruction of pro-
perty. One young lady, resident in Charles-street, was
killed by the falling of a stack of chimneys; and rumour states
tl at four other individuals have lost their lives.
PRESTON.—The destruction of property in this town has
been very great, and, we regret to learn, that two persons
lost their lives from the falling of chimneys. One of them
was Miss Lowe, daughter of; the late John Lowe, Esq.
banker.

LINCOLN.— Sunday will be long remembered for its tremen-
dous gale. In every part of the town devastations took place,
but we were more fortunata than our country neighbours, who
had to contend against fire in the midst of the furious storm.
In the course of its progress a frmily that occupied a small to
nement, in the premix( s of Mr. Thorpe, maltster, Newland,
had a very narrow escape. The man named Ellis anticipated
the fall of a chimney, and removed his children a few minutes
before it fell, carrying in the roof and smashing the bedsteads
and floors. Two boats were sunk in Brayford. It is reported
that great loss has occurred in the Trent and Humber.
WORCESTER. —This city and county experienced a frightful
gale of wind in the night of Sunday last. There was a slight
frost in the morning, with a dark cloudy sky ; the thereto•
tnt ter at 8 A. Si., stood at 36., and the barometer at 29 55, the
wind from the south-east. About eleven A.M. a few particles
of snow fell, and from one to two P. M. there was a consider-
able fall of snow ; it then turned to rain, and rained all the
evening. After three P.M. the barometer began to fall
suddenly. By about nine P. M. a brisk gale of
wind commenced from the south-east, the baro-
meter having fallen to 29.5. The wind then gradually
went round to the south, and at midnight it blew a perfect
hurricane, with rain. The roar of the elements was now
tremendous, shaking buildings to their foundations—trees
were prostrated in every direction ; the wind in the course of
a few hours went round westward, and about four a.m., it
veered a point or two to the north of west, and at this time
the hurricane oppeared to be at its greatest height; tiles and
slates flew about, and many chimneys were blown down. At
daylight on Monday morning the barometer stood at 28.85,
and the gale still continued. All the windows exposed to the
rain, particularly those fronting the west, were covered with
crystals of salt, caused by the fine particles of the spray of
the sea being driven by the force of the wind. This never
happens but in extraordinary hurricanes. Dr. Dalton, of
Manchester, first proved this fact, by analysing the substance
found on his windows during a violent gale.
Berrow's Journal contains a long catalogue of the damage
done. Barns have been blown down as well as chimneys,
hut the trees appear to have suffered most at Crow's Nest ;
forty valuable trees were blown down, one of which was com-
pletely uprooted and carried fifteen yards from the spot on
which it grew; several immense pear trees, of at least 200
years' growth, were shivered to pieces. At five o'clock the
storm was most violent, when a wall at Claphill Cottage fell
in upon the bed of a woman and her child, who were for some
time buried under the ruins, but by a most ereiful dispensation
of Providence escaped without the slightest injury, though the
bedstead on which they lay was broken to pieces.
At Croome Park and the adjoining parishes a great deal of
timber has been blown down belonging to the Earl of Coventry;
the buildings have also been greatly injured. Part of the roof
of Pirton Church was torn off.

A gentleman, in riding the distance of six miles, counted no
less than 150, chiefly fruit trees, which had been blown down
the gale.

The coaches were obliged to diverge from their acccstomed
route in consequence of the numerous trees lying across the
read.

HEREFORD.—Here the storm appears to have been equally
violent.

WOLVERHA MPTON. —At Wolverhampton and the neighbour-
hood the hurricane commenced about eleven o'clock on &an-
day night, and continued its devastations till daylight the
following morning. The wind was chiefly north-west, but
veered considerably during the night. The collegiate church
ar.d several other buildings have suffered severely, as has also
the timber on the Chillington estate, no 1-ss than four hundred
fine trees having, it is said, been prostrated by the storm.
Tettenhall Green has also again been visited.
LIVERPOOL. —Loss OF THE PACKET SHIP PENNSYLVANIA.
—The Liverpool Courier of yesterday has little in addition to
that intelligence which appeared previously in our Paper re:a-
rive to the supposed loss of the Pent,sylvania packet. We
copy the following paragraph from its columns :
A report was prevalent at an early hour in the evening that
tiro Pennsylvania, New York packet-ship, which also saile-1
on Monday, had gone to pieces. About eight o'clock, how-
ever, the masters of No. 1, and No. 8, pilot-bo ts, who had
been out with the Victoria steam-tug, brought further intelli-
gence of the Pennsjlvania, which proved the fallacy of the
'former report. The Victoria had brought thirty-three pas-
sengers from the New York ship Locks& oo s, which was
aeround on the banks, with a heavy sea making over her.
They left fifty passengers still on board. The Pennsylvania
had run about half-a-mile to the east of the Lockwoods, with
several of the crew in the rigging. Another vessel, with
painted ports, apparently an American, was seen on the north
beak. The steamer Avon (the Dublin mail due on Monday)
was seen going into Beaumai is to repair.
It was rumoured last night (Tuesday) that the roadstead of
the Menai Bridge had been destroyed by the storm, the chains
having been left hanging to the supporters, uninjured. Pas-
sengers were crossing the strait in boats.
The Cambridge, (writes the Courier's Correspondent,) re-
mained at anchor in the river, during Sunday night and Mon-
day morning, biding " the pelting of the pitiless storm ;" and
early in the morning, she bad drifted close to the pier-head,
where she was for many hours, in the most perilous situation,
as witnessed by thousands of spectators, being in imminent
danger of dashing against the pier walls, by which a valuable
cargo to the amount of about 300,0001. sterling would have
gone to the bottom. In such a predicaroent nothing but the
utmost exertions could have saved the ship ; and Captain
Bursley felt proud to acknowledge that such exertions were
wei by his officers and crew as saved the vessel from becom-
ing a total wreck.

SCOTLAND.
(From the Glasgow Chronicle of Monday.)
SNOW STORM AND FLOOD IN THE CLYDE.—Since Thurs-
day last we have had one continued storm of the most tremen-
dous character. During the day on Sunday there was an ap-
parent intermission. The wind subsided for a few hours, but
still the atmosphere boded evil, and by ten at night the ele-
ments were again in frightful commotion. The wind:became
fearful, and as it brought torrents of rain the snow went rapidly
off, falling from the house tops with a noise like thun-
der. It was well that the hurricane took place during the
night, as from the avalanches of snow, and the falling of cans
from the chimney tops, the streets would have been extremely
dangerous during the business part of the day. This (Mon-
day) morning. the snow had nearly disappeared, but the rain
continued, with the barometer at 27 9-10th inches ; a lower
mark than it has indicated for twenty-five years, with one ex-
ception.
This mrrning (Monday) the Molendinar was greatly
flooded. It rose above the Gallovvgate.bridge, and went
down some of the clJses on the south side of the street, to
the alarm and damage of the inmates. At the Spoutmouth,
also, the burn flooded the houses and worked considerable
mischief. The river is very much swollen to-day, indeed more
so than it has been for a considerable time back. At half-
past two it was over the breast wall on the south side of the
river, which is about two feet higher than the front of the
quays on the north side. It is feared that the fresh may rise

considerably higher yet, as it is not tidal high water till about
seven o'clock. Luckily there was no ice in the river to spe,k
of, or the flood would have been much hi her.
The snow has been very deep in the Uplands. On Satur-
day night, Sunday and Monday mornings, the Southern
Mails were seven hours late. They were brought in by past-
chaises.
DUMFRIts—TERRIFIC HURRICi.NR.—WC extract the follow-
ing particulars from the Dun!fries Courier of yesterday :
Since Friday we bad -every variety of weather—frost, snow,
rain, flood; but these were very bearable alternations com-
pared to the truly awful tempest which followed—a tempest
which, as regards resistless intensity, impending danger, and
appalling magnitude, bore a closer resemblance to an Af, ican
simoon or a West India tornado, than the storms, however
tierce, that sweep at certain seasons the more temperate re.
gion3 of the earth. From all quarters we learn that anything
approaching to the hurricane alluded to, is not remembered in
the south, or, perhaps, any other part of Scotland ; and most
assuredly, we ourselves have no recollection of a night so dis-
'nal, or a morning so disastrous. How far the storm extended
we have no precise information; but if its range was at all
general, as we fear was the case, prodigious must have been
the damage done at sea and land. While we write, the ele
ments have not yet subsided into their usual tranquillity;
The storm commenced at ten o'clock on Sunday night, and
:t that time the wind was, as near as may be, due South. But
shortly after one o'clock on Monday morning it got round to
West, and, however alarming the gales were previously,
they, from that time, blew with tenfold fury. The elements,
in fact, seemed rending—the walls of every house shook
every bed vibrated—slates, cans, chimuies, were perpetually
heard falling—ever, solid lead proved unfaithful to its trust—
panes and casements were wrenched from their holdings...-.
hock succeeded shock, and the noise during the entire night
was more deafening than the battle field—many persons never
went to bed at all, while such as did, enjoyed little if any re.
oose—wailing sounds of indescribable expression per►aded the
air, and repeatedly the ruffian blasts rose and fell—diectae ay
in the distance to return with accumulated anger and fury.
" The night has been unruly ; where we lay
Our chimneys were blown down; and as they say
Lamentirgs heard i' the air ;
__The obscure bird
Clamoured the lire-long night; some say the earth
Was feverous and did shake."

Day-light dawned on a scene of havoc such as was never
witnessed in the town of Dumfries, or any other town within
the wide locality of which it is the centre. On both sides of
the river, the devastation was such, that the Queen of the
South exhibited much of the appearance of a town sacked,
while the stuffings that guarded every casement, reminded such
as been abroad, of barricades hastily hoisted against a common
ent--my. _ _

To particularise every case of havoc would be a work of per.
feet impossibility ; and there is scarcely a family in town who
have not a tale to tell of their own experience of the hurricane.
The tide on Sunday rose to an unusual height long before
the storm began, and from this circumstance, combined with
the extraordinary oscillations of the barometer, we infer that
aerial influences have been at work, with the laws of which we
are but little acquainted. At half-past ten on Sunday morn-
ing., the glass stood at 29 0-10; at the same hour at night, it
was 28 4-10 ; end at a quarter past five on Monday morning,
it stood at 27 2 10. From the appearance of the surface of
the column at that hour, when it was again ascending, it
must have been the tenth of an inch lower at least. On re-
ferring to the Register for Dccembfr last, it will be found that
the lowest point was 28 2-10, which at Liverpool was accounted
v ry remarkable.

In addition to the hundred and odd trees laid prostrate at
Arbigland, a great amount of damage has been sustained in
many other quarters. As yet we only know of three disas-
ters at sea, all of which are reparable at some little expense.
Two trading vessels, the Skylark and Adelaide, were driven
en shore at Conhcath, where they now lie. The Jane, the
property of the Messrs. Turner, while crossing from the Cum-
berland side, with a cargo of coals, was driven across Black-
shaw-bank, and now lies high and dry near Caerlaverock
Castle. Messrs. Walker had three rafts of wood securely
moored at the quay, such, however, was the force of the
wind, and the agitation of the waters, that two of them broke
loose, and have drifted it is believed to the Caerlaverock side.
ha that case little damage will ensue, even should a few stray
planks find their way to the Isle of Man, to he reported sold
and paid for, under some slight drawback, by the Custom-
house officers. The Nith rose to a great height, covered the
lower part of the dock, overleapt its embankments in many
pl ices, and still rolls more majestically along than it has done
ridav for a lengthened period.
The Greenock Advertiser enumerates a list of casualties,
.aone Gf them, however, happily are of a very serious cha-
racter. The following is an interesting incident :—A girl
about ten years old was carried by the violence of the wind
over the steam-boat quay. A young man named Black, car-
renter In the brig Margaret, who witnessed the accident,
leaped into the water, which at the time was in a most agi-
tated state, and at considerable personal risk succeeded in sav-
ing the girl's life.

EntNnunon.----"About noon yesterday it had become corn-
oaratively calm, and the snow in exposed situations had long
before that time completely dissppeared. Between Sunday
❑ight and yesterday morning the mercury in the barometer
again underwent a remarkable depression, such as we had
lately occasion to notice, baring fallen in the instrument to
t,n•!. tenth of an inch below 28 Last night we had a return of
smart frost.—Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday.

IRELAND. '
(From the Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday.)
Dublin and, we apprehend, the greater part of the country,
his been visited by the greatest storm within the memory of
an) man now living. In every direction round this city the
oldest trees have been uprooted. The Phoenix Park, for in-
stance, exhibits a scene of devastation like what we read of
storms in the American forests, and hundreds of those beau'i-
ful elms planted by the great Lord Chesterfield, and which
have stood for near a century, are now prostrated. Houses
have been blown down, and Evesrie fear, too, many—have
been. lost. Such particulars aslteizuld glean from our Con-
temporaries, and as we derived from our letters, will be found
collected in the following detail.
The hurricane, as far a 3 our 'accounts from the country
enables us to judge, raged with equal vehemence North and
South. A letter from Timrle.i„ which we subjoin, gives a
terrible picture of the damage tLtiteto`that town a❑d iti vicinity,
principally by the dc.struction of the haggard& Fi•om Belfast
ate have received a similar account. In the West the conse-
quences have been frightful. A great fire has occurred in
Moate, in the county of Westmeath; eighty-seven houses have
been burnt down in Loughrea ; there was also a ruinous fire
in Ballinasloe. Limerick has suffered severely

ETROPOLITAN LITERARY AND

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.

This Institution, which is held at Salvador House, Bishops-
:a•e, was opened on Thursday, the 3d instant, with a Con-
c:.rsuzione. The excellent suite of rooms appropriated to the
urposes of the Institution were thrown open at seven o'clock,
when refreshments were served to the company, who after-
erds visited the exhibition in the Reading and News-rooms.
We observed some very splendid paintings, the principal of
a hich was the original portrait of the Queen, by Chalon ; it
was painted by the express command of her Majesty, and is
the property of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
arid was graciously lent for the purpose of exhibiting on this
°evasion. There was also a fine painting of Grace D truing
a-.d her father proceeding to the wreck of the Forfarshre
the portrait of a distinguished Member of the Royal Humane
Society ; some admirable studies from nature, by J. H.
Nixon, Esq., and some fine old paintings. Among the Geo-
logical specimens we noticed a beautiful section of " Ammo•
nites Parkinsonii," some beautiful specimens of fossil fish,
f, cm the Purbeck and Mountain Limestones; a fine fossil tooth
" Elephas Primogenlus," also one of the 'Mastodon from
!"s; rah America. There were also some splendid anatomical
pr laratioes. We particularly noticed a very fine skeleton
of the Cod's head, which was exquisitely mounted, a splendid
skeleton of the boa constrictor; also a remarkably well•stuffed
specimen of the boa attacking its prey—a fawn. At eight
o'clock the Company adjourned to the Theatre, where the
President, Thomas Bell, Esq , F. R. S. F. L. S., &c. &c., de-
-I.vcred a most appropriate address. He particularly descanted
on the importance of the youth of the metropolis attending
such an Institution, which would prevent Athem seeking amuse-
ment at places of a frivolous, if not hurtful nature; he also
urged the attention of his auditory to the library, which he
was anxious should not be a mere circulating library, but one
containing works that had been carefully selected ; and he
hoped that many who then heard hi▪ m would come forward
and augment the library by donations, observing that he had
iiimself set the example. We understood that the Learned Pre-
sident presented his Monograph of the Testudinata, containing
very splendid coloured figures of the tortoise family ; also his
work on Br itish quadrupeds. The address was morr.enthusi-
astically received. After the address the Company again
visited the reading and news-rooms, where, in addition to the
before-mentioned attractions, three very powerful micro-
scopes were exhibited; also some very splendid,conchological
specimens,
We cannot but rejoice at the addition of this institution to
the number of those
very valuable establishments. It is situ-
ated in a locality where such an insti▪
tution was much needed,
anti as it possesses reading and news rooms, which are open
from eight in the morning until eleven at night, we have no
doubt it will be found of great utility to the inhabitants of the
city, especially as tl:e news_ room is well supplied with the
Morning and Evening Papers, and the reading room with the
Quarterly, Monthly, and Weekly Periodicals, and various
Pamphlets. The syllabus of the lectures for the current half-
scar, is issued. Among them we notice some of great inte-
rest. A library of circulation and reference is attached to the
institution, which appears to have been carefully selected, and
contains copies of mast of our standard works. We under-
stand that classes for the study of languages, music, drawing,
&c., are in the progress of formation. We sincerely hope
ti.e institution will meet with the encouragement it deserves
knowledge th ne
among mankin d.
at it will be eminently successful in diffusing useful

STEAM FROM THE CLYDE TO NEW YORK._
Glasgow is not to be behind Bristol or Liverpool, in hay-
in; a line of steamers across the Atlantic.—Glasgow
Chronicle.
The new farce in rehearsal at Drury.lane is under-
stood to be from the pen of Mr. Charles Dance, author of
Bloc Beard. It is to be entitled Now or Never.
The Marquis of Salisbury's new banquetting room,
which has been just completed,
at Salisbury House, Ar-
lington-street, is one of the nob!est apartments for enter-
taining company in London. The embellishments which
have been so long in progress at Hatfield are also completed.

DISTURBANCES AT LA ROCHELLE.

The high price of bread throughout France has given rise to
s-me serious disturbances at La Rochelle, for the outbreak of
which the attempted embarcation of a quantity of corn for ex-
portation by some of the merchants of the town appears to
have furnished the immediate pretext. The following par-
ticulars on this subject we gather from the Ministerial
evening Journal of Saturday, and from a letter of the
31 instant from La Rochelle. It seems that on the
31st ultimo a considerable assemblage of porters and
workmen formed around a number of waggons laden with
the corn itcstined for exportation. The movement shortly
assumed so serious a character, that the municipal autho-
rities felt the necessity of intervening, and adopting the
,eniciliatory measure of obtaining an increase of salary for
the porters. The calm thus produced, however, was but mo-
nientary, and the next day the mcb were still more exaspe-
r..ted than before by the arrival of several waggons laden
corn and flour, which were on the point of being con-
veyed on beard a foreign vessel in the harbour. Groups col-
lected round the waggons with a view to prevent the embar-
c ton of the corn; and, as the civil and military authorities
were compelled to interfere more actively than en the previous
day, two or three persons wire slightly wounded. The Mu-
nicipal Council then assembled, and to prevent further disas-
ters suspended the embarcation of the corn, with the consent
of the merchants themselves, who were charged with the ope-
retion. This prudent decision again restored a temporary
gree of tranquillity ; but the next day (the 2d) the dis-
turbance broke out more violently than ever. About 200
National Guards were posted at the Mayory to preserve order,
and the Porte Royale was closed, but was soon forced
open by at least 1,200 peasants from the commune of Dom-
piers, who marched to the Mayory in a compact body, and
demanded the immediate suspension of the embarcation of
t!.e core, and a reduction in the price of bread. The Deputy
Mayor (M. Goa), who was on the spot, in vain endeavoured
to arrest or repulse the malcontents, who, after overcoming
aid ill-treating the National Gu proceeded to the hotel of
the Prefecture to repeat their demands. From the Prefecture
(v here they were reinforcied by a number of the working men
of the town), they marched successively to the houses of the
M yor, the Deputy Mayor, and other respectable inhabitants,
in all of which they committed various excesses and acts of
violence and depredation, especially in that of the Deputy
Xl,yor, breaking his furniture iu pieces, and plundering his
wife's diamonds. To one home, belonging to a merchant en-
gaged in the corn trade, they attempted to set fire. By this
time the armed force, which had been summoned by the
nmeicipal authorities, arrived at the scene of riot, and
aft,•r another ineffectual attempt at conciliation on the part
of the Deputy-Mayor, the troops were ordered to fire. The
rioters upon this assailed the troops with stones, but in the
end dispeised, the peasantry battering down Porte Royale as
they quitted the town. One woman was killed, and several
meo were wounded on both sides, though the mob suffered less
severely than the military, who considerately fired as high as
possible. A battalion of the garrison of Rochefort, some
gendarmery, and other troops from the nearest military points,
robin into La Rochelle on the 3d, and during the whole
of the day the drawbridges remained raised. These precau-
tions appear to have restored order, as the Government on
S turday received a telegraphic despatch from Bordeaux, an-
nouncing- that all was again tranquil, and that the authorities
acre b eked by sufficient force to repel any fresh attempts a
disturbance.

" LA RGCTIELLE, JAN. 4.—Tranquillity has been restored
lirre, and although martial law has not ben proclaimed, yet
we rem :in in a state of blockade. The bridges are raised,
,ind no person is allowed to enter unless such as arc well
kn')..vn in the town. The authoritie3 arc the more particular
in that respect, as all the inhabitants of the surrounding
country are on foot. About 1,200 men have taken a position
at the mouth of the river of Marans, to stop the vessels laden
with corn, and all along the road they changed the Mayors and
commanders of the National Guard.

Fears are entertained for Marans, and this morning, at
ten o'clock, half a battalion, with two pieces of artillery, and
thirty Gendarmes, have been marched thither in all haste.
Th, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the force is furnished
with the strictest orders, but we hope he will not be under
the necessity of executing them."

CAPTURE OF ST. JUAN D'ULLOA

(From the Illoniteur Parisien )
We have received news from Mexico of the highest impor-
tance. The fort of San Juan d'Ulloa is taken ; the French
n,.vy has signalized itself by a brilliant feat of arms,' and the
policy of the loth April received a solemn sanction. This
news arrives very opportunely as a reply to the hostile insi-
nuations in the project of the address—insinuations which
have been commented on in the most malevo'ent manner by
the Journals of the coalition. It is needless for us to add any
comment to the official despatches which we publish below ;
they spak sufficiently strong of themselves, and we hasten to
lay them before our readers :

TO HIS EXCELLENCY COUNT MOLE, PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL.

" New York, 16th December.
" Monsieur le Comte,—With an unspeakable feeling of
sitisfactien and just national pride, I hasten to announce to
your Excellency the glorioui news that we have received, a
tow rninufes before the departure of the packet boat, of the
taking of Vera Cruz by the French squadron, after a bombard-
ment of only three hours. His Royal Highness the Prince de
Joilv;lle took a most honourable share in the attack, and is in
good health.

At t.vo o'clock on the 27th November the attack took
Mace. Three of our frigates, a corvette (that of the Prince),
arid two bomb vessels, anchored r,t, the distance of cannon-
shot from the famous Castle of Ulloa, against which they
directed a well-sustained fire of shells and heavy artillery, and
:it the expiration of four hours completely silence I the fire of
100 guns from the enemy's citadel, demolishing all the works
of the place, and the famous redoubt Della Caballero, and
killing and wounding 600 of the Mexican garrison. Towards
six o'clock in the evening the Mexican Commandant capitu-
lated, and the fort was immediately occupied by the French
forces. The Mexican army in the neighbourhood of Vera
Cruz was 5.000 strong, but the Mexican officers considered this
force insufficient to protect the town, which was commanded by
he artillery of the fort. Admiral Baudin, who covered him-
self with glory on this occasion, has permitted 1,000 Mexican
s tldiers to remain in the town for the purpose of preserving
order. The capitulation is said to specify that till of tits e
settled the French are to keep noz-ession of the fort, and the
.tlextean civil authorities, as before, to exercise full authority
in the town ; that only 1,000 men shall remain in it, and that
the rest of the Republican army shall retire into the interior.
The French Admiral has addressed circulars to all ;he Con-
sols, announcing that the port will in future be open to ves-
rels of every nation. The express sent by Admiral Baudin
t oar Minister at Washington arrived in sixty hours from
Ve a Cruz at New Oilcans, set off again immediately, and
oroliably arrived on the 14th, the day before yesterday, at the
,eat of the Federal Government. I am not aware whether
M. de Pentois will have had time to write this important in-
telligence to your Excellency, as I have received nothing
from him. G.A protects France ! What is regarded as impos-
possible for all is not even difficult for her arms. The effect
,tf tliii success will be immense on public opinion in the New
World, and it has occasioned the utmost joy among our coun-
trymen. Annexed are extracts from the jou .nals announcing
:his happy event.

" I have the honour, &c.
"L. DE LA FOREST.

(Signed)
" New Orleans, Dec. 5 "
( ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.)
(From the Journal des Debats.)
New ORLEANS, DEC. 7.—The weather was exceedingly
favourable for the attack, the sea being quite calm, and the
steamers being able, with the greatest facility, to tow the ships
into their proper places. The Herniinie, Captain Bazoche,
was not present in the action, her crew had suffered so severely
from the yellow fever that she had been obliged to go to Ha-
vare.ah to recruit their health. The Iphigenie, which had
also lost many of her men, was obliged to take the crew of the
Laurier on board, and luckily arrived just in time for her com-
mander, Captain Parceval, to take his share in the action.
This brave officer, having had cause to complain of seme
ecent ca►umnies, v.ept with rage at Havannah at thinking
that he should not arrive at Vera Cruz in time. Admiral
Baudin rewarded his zeal by a special order of the day, and
placed him at the head of the attacking division. The sailors
could not restrain their joy when they knew they were going
to attack, and exclaimed that they would revenge their
shii;mares who had been carried off by the yellow fever.
The girrison of the fort made no opposition to the vessels
taking up :heir places, although they remained by the side of
their guns with lighted matches. The Admiral had reserved
the greater part of his squadron for the second day's attack,
expecting an obstinate resistance ; and in the division of the
reserve had included the Creole, commanded by the Prince
de Juinville. When, however, the signal for the attack
had been given, the Prince made such urgent entreaties
to the Admiral, who had been quite inexorable on this
point, that he allowed him to take a part in the action.
The Creole could not be taken inside the reefs for want of
room, and she therefore cruised round the fort as a tirail-
leur. The Prince had some time before been despatched to
Havaenah by Admiral Baudin, with the delicate mission of
asking the Governor, Admiral Tope, for the plans of St. Juan
d'Ulloa. The Governor refused the young Prince, who, when
he left Havannah to rejoin the squadron, exclaimed, " It is all
very well ; I will bring him back the plans of St. Juan d'Ulloa
my self, drawn on the spot." The ardour of the sailors in
serving their guns was so great, that although the Admiral
male the signal for stopping the attack three times, in order
to verify the pointing of the guns, the men paid no attention
to the orders, but kept up the fire without any intermission.
The Iphigenie fired 3,400 shot from 30 guns, in four hours ;
and received 160 shots in her hull; she had only eight men
hors de combat. A shot struck the quarter-deck of the Ne
reide, within a few inches of Admiral Baudin, while he was
talking to some of his officers. The Creole dismounted one
of the batteries of the fort, and a shot went into the Prince's
cabin, shattering to pieces all his plate, &c. The Prince
laughed at the incident, and took off his hat to salute the
Mexicans. The Creole was the only vessel that sustained
the fire of the batteries of the town, the fort intervening be-
tween it and the frigates. The delay granted by the Ad-
miral to the envoys who came to demand a truce was till
teelve at night, at which time they returned; but, as the
turns could not be agreed upon, Lieutenant Doret was sent
ashore with them to General Rincon, in order to declare
that if the capitulation for the town and the fort was not
s'gn. d by eight o'clock in the morning the assault would
immediately take place. At five minutes to eight the sig-
rit are not having been given, Lieutenant Doret took up his
hat to go, and General Rincon signed the capitulation im-
mediately. By the articles-of this document he engaged to
give up the fort that day at two o'clock, with all its materiel