The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-03 00:00:00

THE WEATHER IN THE woRTn.

For some days past the weather bas given shrewd in-
dications of approaching winter, and on Wednesday we
had a considerable fall of snow, after two or three days
of sharp frost. A. thaw commenced yesterday, accom
panied with rain. The fall of snow has been more
heavy in the south and west, in consequence of which
the London mails have been some hours behind their
time for two or three days.—Edinburgh Advertiser of
Saturday.
We have had a severe storm this week. The ac
counts from the country state that the snow has fallen
to a great depth, particularly in the South of England.—
Aberdeen Herald.
Winter seems about to commence in full rigour at
a rather earlier period than usual. From all parts of
the country we hear of the prevalence of frost and snow
during the week, and this district has not been exempted
from the visitation. Sunday was cold and bleak, giving
threatening of the heavy and incessant rain which fell
during the night, and till the afternoon of the following
day. On Monday night a sharp hoar frost set in, and
on the morning of Tuesday, the Cheviots were seen to
be covered with snow. The frost disappeared during
the day, but recommenced on Wednesday evening, ac-
companied with a fall of snow which covered the ground
several inches deep, but disappeared from the lower
grounds on the following day. The quantity of snow
which has fallen in other districts, however, has been so
considerable as to affect the roads. The south mail on
Thursday was two hours behind its time, and the north
mail more than half an hour.—Berwick Advertiser.
The weather, during the past week has been very
severe in this part of the country ; and it appears to
have been equally so in the south, where the rains have
been heavy and long-continued, and thousands of acres
of land are under water. The winds are at the same
time piercingly cold, and to complete the wintry cha-
racter of the season, we had a heavy fall of snow on
Thursday morning, and some others since. We be-
lieve we are perfectly warranted in asserting that, owing
to the long prevalence of unfavourable weather, three
fourths of the wheat lands in the North remain unsown—
and all hope of their undergoing that operation before the
spring seems utterly precluded. The prospect is suffi-
ciently dreary, not to say alarming ; but let us hope
that altered v►ews may succeed the haughty rejection of
reason and argument that has hitherto ruled in the
quarters alluded to ; and that a sounder policy may be
induced by circumstances which so glaringly pourtray
the folly, danger, and wickedness of the existing one—
for the common benefit of all, not a sectional or class
pre-eminence.—Durham Chronicle.

DEATHS BY SUFFOCATION-This morning
a horrible event was discovered on board a vessel now
lying at our quay—the Martha, schooner, of Cockenzie,
William Ovens, master, which arrived here yesterday
morning. During the day the crew had been engaged
in discharging her ballast, and for the purpose of
drying the hold preparatory to her taking in her cargo,
a small fire was kept lighted throughout the day, Last
night the crew, after putting the hatches on, went to bed,
the captain and mate in the cabin, and three seamen
(the remainder of the crew) in the forecastle. This
morning about eight o'clock the mate, seeing none of
the seamen stirring, went to the forecastle to call them,
where he was horrified at discovering two of them,
who occupied the same bed, lying dead, and the third
nearly so. They had been suffocated by the fumes of
the stove. Surgical assistance was instantly procured,
and the man still in life was removed to the dispensary,
where every means for his restoration was applied, and
he is now in a fair way for recovery. Dr. Edgar at-
tempted to bleed the other two, but in vain.—Berwick
Advertiser.