The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-25 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

The London mail of Saturday had not arrived up till three
o'clock. We have had more of winter during the last ten days
than fur several years past—the frost has been very sharp
(Ther. down to 18. 0.), and the weather in general settled
and fine, till yesterday morning, when a strong breeze set in
from the eastward, attended by a severe snow drift, which con-
tinued without intermission during the day, the wreaths both
in the town and neighbourhood bring of such depth as to
render moving about rather inconvenient ; fortunately, towards
evening it became comparatively calm, and this morning we
,have a gentle thaw, with the wind inclining from the south,
Ther. at 10 a.nit., 38. o.—Greenock Advertiser of Monday.
The thermometer on Saturday morning stood at 22 degrees
below the freezing point, out of doors, a point of depression
which is not often known in this neighbourhood. So exces-
sive was the cold that the butchers were obliged to saw th-
jomts of their meat asunder, as the knife was rendered useless.
N% hilst, however, the inland districts have been covered with
"-"ow, we have scarcely had sufficient to whiten the surface of
the ground. In the metropolis, it is remarked that the ther-
mometer has not been so low as it was on the 20th instant for
a period of eighteen years. On Sunday the thermometer rose
conaderably, and a sleet came down which froze on the ground
as it fell, and in the evening the streets became so slippery,
that it was an experiment of the greatest danger to venture
abroad. —Liverpool Courier (Wednesday).
In consequence of the snow yesterday the London Mail (lid
not reach Glasgow till an hour and a half past its usual time.
In the early part of Saturday the frost was nearly as severe

as on the day preceding, but towards evening there were dis-
tinct indications of a coming change. A thick haze came
over the sky from the north-east, and slight gusts of wind
t occac:7lailY past. Yesterday morning was ushered in
with drifting snow, am: :!‘roughout the day our vrects pro-
m well be imagined. All
rented as dreary an aspoct as co:
was white above and below. The very wa.!s Of the houses
were white, being clogged with the drift. Instedj of the
,roved of church-goers, who on ordinary Sundays render our
city so noiselessly cheerful, we had yesterday only a few indi-
viduals here and there, cautiously following each other's foot-
steps among the snow, and bending their umbrellas against the
blast. To-day there is a thaw, with some drops of rain.
At Paisley, the fall of snow has been on an average from 10
to 12 inches deep, but where it has drifted with the wind the
depth is considerably greater. This morning the streets and
r,-;zds leading to the town are nearly blocked up, and there is
scarcely a cart or carriage of any description to he seen. The
nice o'clock stage ;;-,ri Glasgow did not arrive till nearly
eleven, and even then the hors:._ were so exhausted, that they
had to stop at the east end of the town, ~being unable to get to
the Cross.—Glasgoto Chronicle of Monday.
Keen as the frost is in this quarter, we are aii I,ut utter
strangers to snow, compared to two neighbouring countie,;----
Selkirkshire aud Roxburghshire. Up to the 20th current we
had a continuation of clear, black frost, with the higher hills
slightly capped, and the fields plentifully crisped with cran-
reuch, which the lapse of every night renewed, and the sun as
regularly all but brushed away. But the 21st disclosed a
totally different scene, and now as far as the eye can reach
every object is dazzling white, if we except streams struggling
through ice, hedge-rows partially bared by the blast, and
here and there clumps of funereal-looking pines, which, as
was remarked in this paper many years ago, " form the only
rents in the winding-sheet of nature." In the country
labour is 'all but suspended, and little heard save the din of
curling, from Tweedshaws to Portpatrick in one direction,
and from New Cumnock to "the Scots' Dyke" in another.—
Dumfried Courier.
The severe front which had kept the ground clad with snow
since this day fortnight, gave way in course of Sunday night ;
since which the thaw has proceeded with considerable rapidity.
Showers of sleet and snow fell during the whole of Sunday,
accompanied with a strong east wind. During the last week,
the cold was most intense, especially during the night betwixt
Friday and Saturday, when the thermometer, in Prince's-
street, fell so low as eight degrees, and at the Botanic Gar-
dens it ranged a degree lower, being at seven—a degree of
cold which we believe has not been experienced here for 20
years before.—Edinburgh Advertiser, of Tuesday.
Both north and south the mails are detained behind their
time. There is no snow between Inverness and Perth. In
Caithness there has also been a considerable fall of snow, and
travelling on the coast, or Aberdeen Road, is impeded from
the same cause:—lnverness Courier. _ _ _

On Friday, the navigation of the Clyde, from the dense fog,
was nearly stopped. Few of the steamers have ventured to
leave the Broomielaw, and as few arrived. At one part of
the day the river about Dumbarton Castle was studded with
steamers aground.

CANADA.

THE LUMBER TROOP.

Last evening there was a pretty good muster of Troopers, and a
large number of visitors at the Troop Hall, Bolt-court, Fleet-street,
and after some preliminary business had been disposed of, the Colonel
announced the resumption of the adjourned debate on the Canada ques.
tion, that had been introduced by Lieutenant Carpenter on the preced-
ing Wednesday.
Comrade WELLS thought that the troop could not consistently pro..
coed with the discussion of a revolution that had been drawn up pre-
•lously to the full exposition of the Ministerial course of policy having
been brought before Parliament, as was the case with this one. It was
true, he said, that Lord John Russell had previously made a general
statement of what the Government thought of doing ; but who, he
asked, could found any proceedings upon a si.eech of such a man as the
Home Secretary ?
A desultory discussion ensued, after which, with the consent of the
mover, the resolution was put and negatived.
Comrade HAINES then rose, and in a long, eloquent, and powerful
speech, proposed the following resolution :
" That this meeting is most anxious that her Majesty's Government
should pursue a course more consistent with sound policy and the
claims of justice towards the province of Lower Canada, than the one
embraced in the Bill now on the table of the House of Commons."

,The Speaker not only took an able review of the Government of the
two Canadas during the last quarter of a century, and of the discontent
and excitement which had resulted therefrom, but exhibited, in a very
striking light, the intimate cohnexion that subsisted between the suc-
cess of the Canadians in realising their just demands, and the progress of
Constitutional Reform in England. The suspension of the Canadian
Constitution was, he maintained, a proceeding against which every
British subject should protest, as a blow levelled at the very foundation
of civil and political liberty all over the world.
Past officer Wittiasts next addressed the troop , and the discussion
was further adjourned until Wednesday next, upon the motion of Quar-
termaster Swaine.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LO
GAZETTE.

COLONIAL-OFFICE, DOWNING-STREET, J.
Dispatches have been received from Lieutenant-Gene
Colborne, K. C. B. Commander of the Forces in Canada.
1:3(1 15th December 1837, of which the following are.
copies
Extra-t from 4 Dispatch from Lieutenant-General Sir John
borne, K. C. g. to Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset,
dated Montreal, December 13, 1837.
" 1 have the htmour to acquaint you, that, on the return of Co-
lonel Gore from St. Hyaciothe with part of the force wider his;
command, I detached Lieutena:llt,!Colonel Hughes, of the 'llth re-
giment, with ten companies, to attat:j< the rebels which had entered
St. Armand, from Swanton, in the tit:"ited States ; the brave and
loyal volunteers of Missisqui, however, had, previously to the march
of that officer from St. John's, dispersed the Ca:2ndians of which he
was in pursuit. They were commanded by Bouchetie and Gaynor'.
" I proceed this day, with all my disposable force, towards St,
Eustach', in expectation of speedily putting down the revolt in flu;
Grand Brule, in the county of the fwo Mountains."
Head-quarters, St. Benoit, Grand
Brule, December 15, 1837.
MY Loin,—ln transmitting to you a copy of a dispatch to th
General Commanding-in-Chief, I beg to inform your Lordship,.
;.!2at lentertain no doubt that the revolt in Lower Canada is cum'
T;leteij,?.t an end. The whole of the habitans, who were in arms,
in the coui:ty of the Lake of the Two Mountains, the most dip;
turbed part of iLo district, since the commencement of the revolt,';
are returning to thei: homes, and bringing in their arms to my
Head-quarters.—l have hon,:.sur, to be, &c.
J. COLBORNE, Lieut.-Gen.
The Right Hon. Lord Glenelg, H. M. Secre-
tary of State, Colonial Department. •
(Copy.)
Head-quarters, Saint Benoit,
Grand Br;:'.

My Lord—l marched with the disposable force under my pm.-
rnand from Montreal, on the 13th, and entered Saint Eustache on
the next day ; this village had been occupied for ten days, by abont
twelve hundred rebels, commanded by Chenien and Girod, two of
the most active of their leaders.
On the appearance of the Queen's troops, the greater part of the
rebels dispersed, but others remained, and fired from the church
and adjacent houses, which were taken without much loss.
I continued my march to Saint Benoit, Grand Brule, this morn-
ing ; a section of the country in which more outrages had been
committed than in any other part of the country, since the com-
mencement of the revolt.
It appears that the r'bel army dispersed yesterday, and this morn-
ing the peasantry, which have been assembled, are bringing in their
arms to Head-quarters ; and, I have reason to believe that, in every
part of the country the habitans have returned to their houses, and
that the revolt has been completely nut down. Our loss has been
inconsiderable ; the details of the ma:ch I shall take an early op-
portunity of communicating to you.
I have the honour to be, &V.•
J. COLBORNE,. Lieut. Gen.
Major-General the Right Hon. Lord Fitzroy Somel:let,
&c. &c.

HOUSELESS POOR ASYLUM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—l take this opportunity of returning you thanks for the prompt
attention you paid to my letter, which you inserted in your valu-
able journal of the llth inst., to the Committee of the Houseless Poor,
id Play House.yard. I am happy to hear the Committee have since
held meet;;::_zs at their office, 75, Old Broad-street, and have in some
degree responele:.! to my suggestion. Being informed some part of the
Committee attend thC _Asylum every evening to makesuch arrangements
for the poor as in their jue'jment will be an improvement, and more be-
neficial to their interest, and re;;:ve in some measure the burden from the
atish of St. Luke which is occas,,:med by this Asy:um—it is much
to be hoped (ultimately) an infirmary the sick poor will form part
of the establishment--then it will be one :if the most useful charities
in this great metropolis, and exceeded by none cn2 the score of humanity;
as it will alleviate the sufferings of the most dist:essed of the human
race, when many of them are on the brink of eterni:.Y, borne down by
hunger, co!d,jand disease, which no one can sufficiently 4;,'escribe, unless
they have witnessed the scene of misery and wretchedness. 31 has been
said that the Committee have not funds sufficient to carry out :be bene-
fits of this charity to the full extent, to add an infirmary, &c.; 11'80 it
is much to be lamented. However, I was happy to see in yesterdaiS
paper a report (published by order of the Committee):of the subscriptions
and donations received, and will continue to be received by their Presi-
dent, the Lord Mayor, and the London bankers, &c. God grant that all
persons who are blessed with the good things of this world will open
their benevolent hearts, and lend a helping hand to this benevolent in-
stitution. There is a cheering hope that those ladies and gentlemen
whose accounts stand well at their bankers will have the kindness to
transfer from their own account to that of the Houseless Poor with a
liberal hand. It may be seen in the Committee's report in yesterday's
papers, that 900 poor distressed individuals were relieved the nine first
nights the asylum was opened, from the 9th to the 18th inst., and some
of them almost in a state of nudity. If only the benevolent heart can
draw this picture of misery to its own breast in this inclement season,
I fear not but the result will be a liberal subscription or donation, ac-
cording to their abilities, so as to establish an asylum for the sick poor,
which will be a very desirable acquisition to the establishment, and also
add lustre to British humanity. If any person for a moment doubt
the usefulness of this asylum, I beg they will favour it with a visit any
evening after five o'clock, and their doubts will very soon be set at rest.
A GUARDIAN of the POOR
Of the Parish of St. Luke, MiJellesex.
27, Banner-street, Jan. 20, 1838.

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