The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-02 00:00:00

TETE DE FLANDERS, FEB. 26.--Sir : I write to you with
heart full of grief. Wrecks of all kinds -are floating it,
immense sea, which covers the meadows and arab:e land of
Burgerweert, one half of the Dike, which, if the storm b ,
continued an hour longer, would have been totallethanolisht
is covered with. crowds of people ho come to view the see
of ruin. Groups arc stopping before the fraereents of t
-cart which at seven in the morning was conveying to t'
market at Antwerp the two unfortunate sisters whose dead L
dies floated with their arms still holding each other, to t'
ramparts of the fort. Everywhere are unhappy pel-sons cage,
inquiring after their relations who are missing. It is asce
.tained that seven persons have perished.
It is now clearly dethonstrated that the recent disasters c;
casionedby the rupture of the dike of Bught, must be whoi
ascribed to the incapacity of the engineers who were employ
three years ago to close the breach made in 1831 in the dii
of the Polder of Burgerweert, by the Dutch.
FEB. 28.—The Chamber of Representatives hare core
menced the discussion of the Budget cif the Minister of Wat
The debate has continued two days, and seems to be very f. -
from its close: The public takes much interest •in the debate
the galleries being crowded.
ANTWERP, ,FELL. 28.—We were impatient to hear whetln,
the hurricane had had the same disastrous effects in Hollane
as here. We now find that the extraordinary rise of the waters•
has, indeed, caused some damage, which is almost inevitable
on such occasions, but nothing like the misfortune which we
have to deplore. No dike has been broken, or even injured,
though the'tlikes in that country are more exposed than
those of Antwerp. But, then, in Holland, the sums requisite
for such works are allotted, and the erection of them is en-
trusted to experienced and able men ; whereas in Belgium the
public money is expended on wretched trifles, or lost in scan-
dalous embezzlement—the works being confid,al to ignorant
upstarts.—Journal du Commerce d'Anve, s, Feb. 1.
ROME, FEB. 10.—The individuals sentenced to be exiled
to Brazil breve ma led from Civita Vecchia, on board a Neapo-
litan ship ; several, however, before their embarkation, changed
their minds, and rather complete the time of their imprison-
ment than leave the country which is so dear to them. Pro-
bably they reckon on the clemency of the Pope; itt which
they will most likely not be disappointed, as soon as they ma-
nifest sincere repentance. Peter Bonaparte, son of Lucien, who
was sentenced to death by the ordinary tribunals, appealed to the
Sacra Consulta (the Supreme Court), which condemned him
to 16 years rigorous imprisonment. The Pope, however, has
in his clemency, coternuted this punishment into perpetual
banishment from Rome and other Papal dominions. The
young Prince left Rome the night before last, accompanied by
an officer of the gendarmes, to embark at Civita Vecchia, on
board the first ship for England. It is said that persons of
consequence interceded for him, among whom a for eiga di-
plomatic character now residing here is mentioned. Hope;
are entertained that the sanitary cordon on our frontiers to-
wards Naples will be withdrawn towards the end of this month.
But this is not probable, as cases of cholera still occur in
different towns in the kingdom, and our Government-will sot
easily abandon its system of maintaining its cordon tilL the
disorder has entirely disappeared. It would be a great ad-
vantage to us to have the communication with Naples open
again, as trade is standing still, the expense of the cordon
very heavy, and the soldiers employed labourine- under many
disorders in consequence of the continuance of wet weatlr:r.
—Altgemeine Zeitung, Feb. 25.