The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-03 00:00:00

GAMBIA.

Tl,e following is an extract of a private letter from the
Gambia, which was received in town yesterday i,,-- • the
Elu MM
BATitsT, RIVER GAMMA, SEPT. 17.---IJUrling
period of fifioen }ears this place has not been visited with
s,tich heavy. and violent rains as we have of late experien eced.
File frcshes have come down the river, the dykes hav
burst, and the town has been completely inundated,
l i so tat
the poorer class; are, and have he,m for two months, vl°g:
kl°l3
in many instances, up to their knees in water, and coo
even on their bedsteads. Added to these unfortunate circura-
moot of July
stances, the yellow fever has been reging since the comm
meat
particularly amongst the whites ; of whom, out of
with su•Th violence that. its ravages have be
45. residents, 17 have died—amon•rst than our Clrl"
in:ssary, Parson, Socretuv, Collector's' wife. Colonial !,,tir-
,,..;eon, his successor, and two officers of the Royal
Corps ; besides four officers of a man-of-war *mid ttventy-
one white sailors ; and at this moment the trumpet 111.
sounding the dead march of a young officer of the Royal
Afriean Corps, who is about to be buried. Amongst th;
mulattos but five have died, but the blacks are going' to
f><
fast ; the average deaths,, as near as can be ricer
rained, arc three daily. Several of our merchants are la
England, others take trips to avoid the pestilence ;as o that
business is at a complete stand still. Provisions
re ex'
Afoot)
m'ilingly scarce, and we have only received within these fey(
dayou
s a few barrels of flaw.; rice, the principal food a
of the,
natives, hardly to be found. Corn dble its value, anY
then little to be obtained. The disease has found its wa
one whole
up the river, and is destroying all before it ;
town has been carried off by it, and another half de-
populated."

A very important point was decided by
Ja mcs
pen, Esq., in the Justice of Peace Court, on ThursdaYe
last. An action was brought before the Justices, under th
Act sth and 6th William IV., cap. 19, by John Wilsey,
one of the crew of the brig Iris of this port, against the,
owner, to compel payment of his wages. The iris hau
the
been on a voyage to Quebec ; and the greater part
crew that went out with her having deserted in the country,
the captain engaged Wilson, who had deserted from the
brig King Henry the Fourth of Glasgow, and five other
seamen, to bring the vessel home. Mr. James Thin,eri;
agent for the owner, pled among other defences, that v!
son being a deserter had forfeited all claim to
voyage. Mr. Hugh Dempster, agent for the seamcl"'
stated in reply, that the Act declaring this forfeiture, vit"
the Act 4th George IV., cap. :25, had been repealed "Yci
the Act sth and 6th William IV., cap: 19, sect. I, an
Mr. Kippen, the presiding Judge, decided accordinglYi—ii
and the seaman having proved his case, was found ent't'e
to his wages and expenses.—Greenock Advertiser.
THE GABERLUNZIE MAN.—A country gentw;
man, while standing lately at the bottom of his own evenhuo:
overlooking some labourers, was accosted by a beggar, sv is
among other things, said.—" Do you think, Sir' it,i is
worth while going any farther ; I haxe travelled far, "1i
wages on 00
blessed day, am very tired, and if there be no use opt' a
would rather not." " Why," said the other, "r bbast
better try ; but beggars are so common in this parish, t be
we can't afford to be liberal to all." " Common, Sir, t„b ;
sure ; and are not the crows common that eat the gr"
and are not the sparrows, and many other birds, conaawn,;
but still they all contrive to live, and sit down in s°l,/11„s
way at the great table which a bountiful Providence has
spread for all. And if sparrows, hedgehogs, and tail'
and mice live, why not the beggar ?" Our friend I°°,"
astonished on hearing this speech, and then said ca
en
and mildly—handing a trifle at the same ti°l6-:
You mistake, friend, I made no complaint on the co
trary, I only meant to tell you that, from the nunaber
people that call, we cannot serve them all sometimes asi-Iwned
would like." " Oa, Sir, 'an your a jewel, and may "70
bless you, from the lowest bottom of an Irishman's
" What! from Ireland, with a Scotch tongue in Ye:a-
head." " To be sure I am, and what's the use of a
denying his country ? But I do love Scotland, and 113
s.-0
there travelled in it now for 30 years. Over yonder therre e's e
many of us that we run in one another's way. le
have room, and, what's bitter still, whatever 'ive ge,t
Hate and clane." " What do you mean by that ?"" ‘1:
Sir, in Ireland, they have good meal for the
and bad meal for the beggars ; and then, Sir, there's tb!
potato-basket, out of which they hand us three, four, °I
half-a-dozen, just as they're inclined. Heavy work that,
and not easy changing. But here it's either money or Mi,s
ney's wort ; pence that will pay a lodging, or meal as gonv
the laird's, that will bring its price."—Dun fries Courier•,_
The Dumfries Courier of yesterday conveys tpe
following account of the weather in that vicinity :--As
Bards the elements a marked change has taken place 510Cte
our last ; and it was exceedingly fortunate that the pail
crop, with very trifling exceptions, was housed or Pitte
before the season assumed a degree of rigour to which wn
have been but little accustomed of late. The weather dial."
of last week was to the full as varied as we ever knew
the same space—wind, rain, frost, and snow. Criffel
sod
Queensberry made most spectators cold tolook at them, f
we have no recollection of having seen the same depth
snow on the Cumberland mountains so early in the seas°n:
The Edinburgh heavy coach was detained on Saturday Ins;
an hour and a half beyond the proper time, in consequener,
of a heavy fall of snow around Dalveen. and even tuned
nearer to the metropolis itself. On Thursday the mind
blew with hurricane violence, and on Friday the stnr;
was still so fierce and the waters troubled that the Mast%
of many vessels were afraid to put to sea. Of the Se°.
steamers in Liverpool only one ventured out—the Sobel
—but the waves were most turbulent, and her passage, sit
together, one of the roughest that ever was mad ,s
steamer bound for Ireland with military on board' Via'
forced to put back to the Mersey ; and considerable at'_f
mage was done by the smashing of boats, and collisioatio
steamers, in the river Thames on Friday last. O need'
same day the Nith was greatly flooded, and on that nr
at
sion our townsman, Mr. Nicholson, while loading w°l3 ft,
the Laghall Side, was surprised to see a buck of the
13ht
low tribe, beautifully antlered and dappled, coming c'g,aa
across the roaring current. Yesterday the 'weather
again wild, %vet, and boisterous ; the Nith continued v. ,t
at n'g"
till dusk, and the wind howled so dismally late
that we begin to fear for the safety of many a shit) sed.e(l
bles,s
It is many years since this country was
w:th a harvest so abundant as that of the present Year f
Hay appears to be the only deficient crop, nor has mulejd
the aftermath or clover fog succeeded, as in the sone tos
it rises in patches, and not being fit for the
obliged to be wintered off. Turnips, which were lla°s_d
failure last year, arc a most excellent crop of all seats'
peillay
potatoes set in cuts or whole are most luxuriant. This,,,trs
be attributed to the frost of last winter ; for Illao,ses,
previous the seed had too early-propagated sl oo's °r
which were obliged to be broken off, and the gerniini
lidlpi,
powers in a great measure destroyed. It is a great
nets to find that, under a Whig Administration, the whole
of the class of agricultu: al labourers are employed et e', a
wages. Their privations last winter were to every master
scythe t
who had feeling one of deep regret. The duty Of 3 r,
to his servant, and the duty of a servant to his rote, ;
ought to be reciprocal, neither taking an undue advattteseas
the master taking no advantage of the times, nor therer jg
vant of a laxity of work. In every situation the lah°n_ his
worthy of his hire, provided lie diligently attendi to
sup'
employment ; nor is there such a difference as may tel., nd
a
posed as regards the happiness of those who pion
sow, and those who reap the profits of their Jabot'
11'0e/raven He; aid. • suPer'
It appears that at Berlin there is an aneuen t
1,1
al°
stition VIA the death of any Member of the Itoya• d the
is preceded by an app tritiou, of what is there called
IVeisse Pow, or White Lady ; and that that this h.%410ce
of evil was lately seen in the old tower of the Royal
previous to the death of the Queen of Holland. Arid
To hear and sec the nonsense that is talKuue that
written about a drain of bullion, one would suPP°s,,,,„iiish
people ate it, and could not live without eating it. -"
and Forciin Review.

__IS II
P LA T E D CORN— ---
E ii. D I ° '-^ ated
with Strong Silver Edges and Handles.—A Set o f Four yeas :
Corner Dishes and Coversj are offered, complete, for Eight
rrGcuoo y-
Corner
a set with richly ornamented Edges, handles, &0., Or 05.1,'
vas. The Handles take off
COXov the set thus forin,ol
)ishes when requited. T. IVORY'S,S working u
mith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lond°""j ficp'
selee
N.B. A variety of Second-hand Watch". may he
price Two Guineas each, Warranted.

BIRTHS. stOnd,
On the ht inst., Mrs. of E
of a son. ~ • rs. Edward Barron,
131000'
On the Ist inst., 11-5. J. Watson, of Southatupton-street,
bury, of a son. ughte'
daughter•
On the :29th ult., the lady of E. 11. Mley, of a da, _ daughter
On the Ist inst., at the Royal Mint, Mrs. Barton, or '
Essex-street,

MiOssntihaer,
a 2.
Matilda
ast,
tLtoivnlel:rziloflOttlhl, uet► to
Be NV°.
On tho Ist inst., at Christ's Church, Mary fifth
the , or
Blyth, of Burnham, Norfolk, to :Mary Anne, fifth cl,atih_teir.
Lain C. illortlock, of Northwich-terrace, St. John 50t"
ja3tlflp:;•:::cier.ancis Samuel Boeq

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AsOsisntatnhtc
Commissary
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-lteißrEaraynctie:,r.Caroline Jane, daug"-e
johtolit
On the 3lst ult., at Brent Cottage, Brentford, Willi3rmiarkseg„i
F)5(1•, many years a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant. oi
On the 31st ult., Miss Harriet Blackshaw A, late ."
Piccadilly.na ViO'
On the 30th nit., :wed three years and a half, Georgia
f gr*
both, daughter of "
Osgood Banbury, j 00.9 Esq' ' Asijobter 0
On the Ist inst., at Stoke Newington, Ann, 00'y °
Barnett, of the Minories a ed 21. a 62, or.
At Hamburgh, on the' lgst 1 Mr. John AndlY, 115 e
. u t.,
merly of London. Sherwoou

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