The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-15 00:00:00

THE MAILS.

(From the Carlisle Patriot.)
The London Day Mail which was due at half-past eight
o'clock on Monday morning did not arrive till two o'clock in
the afternoon, in consequence of the hurricane having upset
-he coach, in which it was conveyed, twice. The second
time that it was thrown over, it was found to be so much in-
jured that it would be impossible to proceed any further with
it. The mail and passengers bad, therefore, to be conveyed to
Shap in two carts, from whence they proceeded to Penrith in
a -couple of chaises. On arriving at Penrith, one of the Pen-
rith and Whitehaven rnail•ccaches, which could be spared
from that road at the time, was procured, in which they ar-
rived in Carlisle. We may also here observe that no injury
was sustained by any of the passengers.
The Portpatrick Mail, which was due at seven o'clock on
Monday morning, did not reach us till about one o'clock in
the afternoon of the said day. The road from Dumfries to
Annan was completely blocked up with fallen trees, through
which the mail had to make the best of its way, sometimes
by cutting, and sometimes by i emoving them out of the way ;
and it was not a little aggravating to the guard and coach-
man, after having got one removed, to see the one next it
come down before them, and thus debar them from proceeding
any farther until it should be removed. We may state with
confidence that there is upwards of one hundred trees blown
down between Annan and Dumfries. When the coach ar-
rived between Sark toll-bar and the Metal Bridge, the guard
had to get down from his seat and lead the horses through
the water, the tide having flowed up above that place ; but
after proceeding some distance, it was found necessary to re-
trace their steps to Gretna, where they had to await the going
back of the tide. While at Gretna they bad a narrow escape
from the falling of a tree. The guard had to get his boots
cut off him when be arrived here.

The Edinburgh mail, which was due at half-past three
o'clock on Monday afternoon, did not arrive till about six in
the evening. In the course of the forenoon, as it was pro-
ceeding on the road from Galashiels to Selkirk, nearly oppo-
site to Abbotsford, the driver, whilst applying the whip to the
horses, he having previously had to hold on by the box, was
blown off the coach by the force of the hurricane, and imme-
diately afterwards the coach, along with the horses, was car-
ried over the fence into the adjoining field, the coach having
rolled over several times. When Mr. M'lntyre, the guard,
perceived the driver blown from his seat, he descended from
the coach with the intention of getting at the horses, and
thereby avoided being overturned with it. It happened fortu-
nately that no passengers were in the coach at the time of the
accident. We are also happy to state that the coachman was
only slightly hurt. There were none of the horses hurt, but
their harness went to pieces, and the coach was partially
broken, so that the mail bags had to be brought on to Car-
lisle in a chaise.

HOW TO ATTACK THE CORN-

LAWS.

(From the Aberdeen Herald.)

We observe, from a Number of the Glasgow Argus, that at
a meeting of the Glasgow A.Ai-Corn-law Association, held on
Tuesday last, the Secretary and another member were de-
puted to attend the great Anti-Corn-law Festival at Man-
chester, on the 23d inst. The Chairman also announced, that
although only a few of the subscription lists had been given in,
no less a sum than 3201. had already been received. This is
going to work in a proper manner. If the merchants and ma-
nufacturers of such places as Manchester, Birmingham, Liver-
pool, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and Paisley, bestir them-
selves actively, the accursed Bread Tax will be repealed be-
fore six months elapse.
The fiends of the good cause at a distance, and especially
our enthusiastic contemporary of the Argus, will be glad to
learn that the canny Aberdonians have at length taken the field.
A circular, of which the following is a copy, was addressed to
all our manufacturers and merchants yesterday :
" A preliminary meeting, for the formation of an Anti-
Corn-law Association in Aberdeen, or to advise what
other measures =Agin thought necessary, with a view to the
change or repeal of: the present laws affecting the importation
of food, will be held in the New Inn, Castle-street, on Mon-
day first, at seven o'clock evening, when your attendance is
particularly requested, and that of any of your friends disposed
to accompany you."
The meeting, we doubt not, will be numerously attended by
men of all parties. We know many staunch Tories among
our merchants and shipowners who are fully alive to the evils
of the Corn-laws, and who will not hesitate to join any class of
their fellow-citizens for the promotion of an object which they
feel to be absolutely necessary for the preservaton of our com-
merce and manufactures. An Association will best answer
the purpose ; and whoever is appointed Secretary should put
himself into immediate communication with the Associations
in Glasgow and Manchester, in order that one uniform plan
of action may be adopted all over the country. Copies of
Colonel Thompson's Corn-law Fallacies, and their Answers,
Mr. Paulton's Lectures, and other publications on the subject,
should be procured and circulated all over the city, and every
other means adopted that is likely !o throw light on the real
operation of the restrictive system.
The manufacturers and merchants of Aberdeen will back
their Glasgow brethren.

ASSAM TEA.—The amazingly high price at which
this new importation is sold has astonished everybody.
There are divers opinions of its merits among those who
have tested it ; but no one seems to think that that which
sold for 20S. a pound and upwards, was any better than
Chinese tea which sells for two and three.