The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-30 00:00:00

EFFECTS OF THE STORM.

Since Tuesday evening the weather has been unusually
boisterous and rainy. During the whole of Wednesday
and yesterday it has been blowing a hurricane. The rain
has fallen in torents, and the temperature has varied in a
remarkable manner. For a short time on Wednesday
morning, after several hours incessant rain, it became very
fine, the sun broke through the clouds, and we experienced
almost the warmth of Spring. This, however, was not
of long duration ; sudden squalls, with occasion 11
showers of hail and rain, occurred until the evening,
relieved oily by a few gleams of sunshine. The
' storm in the afternoon was most violent, and, both on
the river and on land, its effects were severely felt. In
the evening, after a tremendous shower of hail and rain,
thunder and lightning succeeded, and the wind in-
creased to a perfect hurricane. The low lands in the
neighbourhood of London are overflowed. The damage
effected by the wind in all directions has been very
great Accounts, too, have been received from all parts
of England of numerous accidents and destruction of pro-
perty, especially among the shipping along shore. The few
steamers which arrived yesterday encountered most terrible
weather on their passages, and hare suffered greatly. Many
ships have put into Ramsgate and other ports, and yester-
day afternoon the melancholy tidings arrived in town of a
ship haring gone down on the Goodwin Sands with the
loss of all hands. The shipping in the Pool broke adrift
during Wednesday night, and there was an extensive loss
of spars and bowsprits. At daybreak numerous vessels and
steamers which had drifted from their moorings were ob-
served on shore, and others were intermingled in great con-
fusion. The ships in the West India Dock got adrift, and
some hours elapsed before they were again secured in their
respective berths. Several steam ships are now over due,
and until the storm has ceased apprehensions will be enter-
tained for their safety.

About six o'clock on Wednesday evening, during the
severe gale, sever aged paupers belonging to Spitalfields
workhouse were seated round the fire in the infirm ward,
situated at the top of the west wing of the building, when a
stack of chimnies was blown down, and by their weight
having broken through the roof, the whole of the inmates
were buried in the ruins. The master of the establishment
and a number of the other paupers instantly proceeded to
the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers, and succeeded in
getting six of them out alive, but the seventh, whose name
was Thomas Moss, and his age 76, was found to be per-
fectly lifeless. Medical assistance was immediately ren-
dered, and it was found that the whole of the poor persons
had received serious injuries, but it is not thought that they
are of a fatal or dangerous character. The part of the
building blown in was of modern construction, and was
considered perfectly secure. The guardians of White-
chapel Union, in which the workhouse is situated, held a
meeting on the subject, and a lengthened investigation will
take place before the coroner as to the fatal occurrence.
At about a quarter past 4 o'clock yesterday (Thursday)
afternoon, one of the most singular accidents that ever
was recorded in the columns of a newspaper occurred at
No. 2, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn. Just as the gentle-
men were leaving their chambers, a dreadful crash from
the roof downwart's struck terror into all present. It ap-
pears
that a stack, consisting of eight iron chimnies, had
yielded to the pressure of the elements, and fell through
the skylight, taking with it a large portion of a massive
stone staircase, and sinking to a considerable depth into
the foundation of the building. Two persons very narrowly
escayed with their lives. A Mr. Fitzpatrick, in the act
of coming out of Mr. Spence's chambers, w,is violently
struck on the head by a portion of the descending ruin ;
but though his hat was crushed he miraculously escaped
person, 1 idury. Had he beou two stets higher up the
staircase, he must inevitably have been killed. The oth. r
party, a lad, was at the bottom of the stairs at the mo-
ment, but the mass swept past and left him unhurt. The
injury done to the building is very considerable. The
noise occasioned by the fall was heard at a great distance,

STAMP RETURNS.—Thy, Carlisle Patriot com-
plains that its circulation is not accurately stated in the last
return of the number of stamps issued to newspapers.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—We were glad to see
this theatre well filled List evening, for the benefit of Mr.
Archer. The performances were Morton's old comedy of
Speed the Plough, Mrs. C. Gore's popular little drama of
the Maid of Croissey, and Mr. Haynes Bayley's new farce
of Mr. Greenfinch. Speed the Plough has not been played
at the Haymarket for three years, and last night it cam •
out like a revived popular favourite, and was received in a
way to augur well for the experiment which we understand
Mr. Webster intends trying at the commencement of his
next season—namely, of reproducing old and favourite co-
medies of accepted merit with all the pains and appoint-
ments which Macready is bestowing upon Shakspeare. Mr.
Archer could not have catered better for the entertainment
of his friends.

The extraordinary heavy gale of wind from the east
and south-east which set in on Sunday morning, and con-
tinued, with a tremendous swell, the whole of Monday, has
compelled the whole of the shipping in our bay and Port-
land road to take shelter for the present in Chesil Cove,
which is thus become quite a maritime depot. ; the craft
riding there in perfect security as long as the wind con-
tinues in the same quarter.—Skerborne Journal.
THE COTTAGE FIRE, A DISCOVERY.--A plan
of warming a house, from the back of a kitchen-grate, has
been adopted by Sir Charles Menteath. A cast-iron back,
an inch thick, is fixed to the grate, and another plate of
sheet-iron, placed at a distance of one or two inches from
the cast-iron back, shows a species of stove, which serves
to warm the under-ground story of a house ; and, by means
of a circulation of air passing between the two iron plates,
a current of warm air, by means of a pipe from the hot
chamber between the iron plates, is carried to the next floor
above. The air is heated to 190 degrees, by this simple
and economical method. The wall is hollowed out to the
passage or room behind the kitchen-grate. The placing a
thin plate of sheet-iron behind the fire of a cottage-A.i.rktt.,
adds much to the comfort of the inhabitant. All c:,ttages
should consist of two rooms, with a wall in which the grate
of the cottager is placed ; so that the back of his grate
warms the room behind, and tiries his clothes.
ARREST VNI>E4 THE IMPRISONMENT FOR
DEDT ACT.--From the case of " Bateman v. Dunn," re-
cently argued in the Court of Common Pleas, it appears
that in an affidavit of debt under the new Act, for the pur-
pose of obtaining a Judge's order to hold a defendant to
bail, the plaintiff must not only swear as to his belief that
the debtor is about to quit England unless forthwith appre-
hended, but must also set forth the facts on which that be-
lief is founded. in order that they may be submitted to the
consideration of the Judge, who will exercise his discretion
accordingly.

r 7TA.RKETS

'CR C(HL\ .I,IARKEiS DURINP THE WEFKI

Hariey. I Oat,

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Per Quarter. Is.tos. I s. s. 5. to s. IS.to s
Blandford - .: 66 72 .29 32 '.:3 25 137 42
grigg f6 74 24 2f3 24 39 t 42 44
Cambridge., - 7.5 ' - 34 - 25 : - 40
Chard --.. .64 78 128 34 .20 22 t 42 44
,iiintingdon
f.,,,,,, i..wok .SS 7,4 - It 2.1 30 34
: ~,. i, rt ..______._ ,-,13 ii.s4 26 12 20 ' i 35 42
T. V , .lf) 67 *2,2 2.1 :ti :1 :12
~,•tri .. 62 73 -,4 al 19 .! 11 41 43
"1 ', ',:,..am - -1: i` • 28
t,-;:.-'..,.nigh ... :ilt 7 2 :15 11 :22 •21) 38 4.4
pi t In./WI; ~.........,........ 5s 7,1 30 34 20 23 _
Polit eii act- .......„ - 67 - 43 - 27 - 43
ileaforil --..-.. 65 70 '36 :38 22 28 41 43
t loiiinghariti ~.......- 63 74 '24 SO 'lB tNi 32 44
Wislfrech . 63 72 t - - - 20 30 32
DEVIZES PORN NI A TIK E l' -Nov. ',9.
Per Sack. s d. .. d Per Quarter. A. sl. g. d•
Firbt Wheat 4l 0 to 43 0 Barley.. 32 0 to 28 0
Second ......
l'hird
Beans (per sack)... 17 0 s„ p
1734 Sacks of Wheat seldl 4. ~ it lour (per bag) 5B 0 60 ~,
t the average of A ''''' •'i Bread (per ga11.)... 0 7 - "
LEEDS CORN MARKET. Nov. 27,
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffhlk, 601 b.
- York. arid Lincoln. 60Ib.
Barley, Norfolk and Sullblk
- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -Is. to 373. g
- Grinding
Beans
Oats, Potatoe
-Healing, For, 1 Id. toll ~4d Eng. 12,13.01.0
t10343..p. epre ostio::de-
Shelling
ittpreseed, English, 30/. to 321 ,•'.arpign. 30. tr.:121. Per las-
LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-Nov. 27.
WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. l2s. 01 to 123. erti
-- Red 11 6 I 1 9
- Scotch, Welch, and Manx
- Irish, White lO 9 3
-- Red
Foreign
OATS, English, Welsh, anti Scotch, per 451 b 3 6 31:
- Irish
- Foreign o o 0 °
BAXLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 41 0 44 0
- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs.
- Feeding 4 5 o 1
9 6
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 48 0
- Irish, &c
- Foreign
52
PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 0 '
- Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 66 0 es 0
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Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2.401bs 34 0 37 0
INitials CORE, pc r 4401 b. A.. 3B 0 42 8
RYE, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending N0v.26.
Wheat. Oats. Barley Fleur. Oatmeal.
Qrs. Ors. Ors. Foreign, aria. Irish, &c. Scks. Load'
972 2,1)4 i 991 1,775 1 4,123 I 5,202

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