The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-30 00:00:00

In the Country.

G, Scott, sen., hatter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 20, at eleven,
at the Commercial Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Andrew,
cotton spinner, Risingbridge, near Haslingden, Lancashire, Dec. 22,
at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—J. Birks, malt-
ster, Wiekersley, Yorkshire, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Guildhal,
Doncaster—a'. Buckley and R. Kinnan, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at
twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms 'Liverpool--J. Dunne and T.
Smith; merchants, Liverpool, Dee. 20, at one, at the Clarendon
Rooms, Liverpool..
CERTIFICATES—DEc. 20.
J. Howard, innkeeper, Disley, Cheshire—B. Musson, grocer,
Manchester—E. Perkins, victualler, Northampton—C. Tumbrell,
grocer, Brighton.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Flavill and W. Edwards, tailors, Loughborough, Leicester.
shire—R, and W. L. Curtis, butchers, Jewry-street, Aldgate—T.
D, Fear and J. F. Rose, gasfitters, Colt-street, St. Anne's, Lime-
house—F. Mewburn j, Coates, attorneys, Darlinnton, Durham
—B. Richards and G. Bannister, Dudley Port Foundry, Stafford-
shire-._W, Grey, jun., and H. Hutchinson, attorneys-at-law,
Stockton, Durham—E. Latham and J. Dudley, salt proprietors,
Wharton, Cheshire—W, and T. Wilders, tanners, Burton-upon-
Trent—J. Jones and 3. Craig, engineers; Newton in the Willows,
Lancashire—W, H. Mayne and W. Jones, surgeons, Judd-street,
Brunswick-street—J. J. Thomas and T. Waddington, manufac-
turers of stocks, Milk-street, Cheapsitle—T. Grundy and W. Charl-
ton, share brokers, Manchester—S., A., and F. Lawrence, drapers,
Marlborough—J. Piccope and T. and M. Aldred, pawnbrokers,
Stockport—J. Bromley, S. Hamer, A. Pratt, and R. Pearson,
steam-boat proprietors, Goole—A. Myers and J. Marshall, pawn-
brokers, Cheltenham—H. and J. Ashton, licensed victuallers, Wal-
cot-place, Lambeth—S. Howarth and G. P. Goodes, plasterers,
Manchester—H. Pitt, J. Finch, and W. hod, coal masters, Wed-
nesbury Old Crab Tree Colliery, Staffordshire—A. Gall and J. V.
Nunn, chemists, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk—T. 11., J., and
Bewley, manufacturers, Manchester.

' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
ROBERT FALKNER and WILLIAM ALEXANDER CUN-
NINGHAM, wine merchants, Edinburgh, Dec. 1 and 15, at two,
at tho Royal Exchange Coffee House.

SUICIDES.--NO less than three suicides by labourers
following close upon each other, are reported by the North-
ampton chronicle, as occurring in that vicinity last week.
Have the utter hopelessness and desperation, which drive
men into a determination so violently opposed to the strongest
and most natural feeling of humanity, any connexion with
want and inadequate wages ?
Gasconading, says a Gzrman Paper, has now fairly
gone across the Pyrennees. It is no longer a French, but
a Spanish characteristic; as may be seen by the bulletins
of all parties,
The reigning Duke of Brunswick. is a great fox-
hunter. He has just taken the field for the season with a
splendid pack of hounds, and in a manner, says the French
paper, tout a fait zinglatse. His new Palace has made
considerable progress. The scaffolding is entirely removed,
and the facade unmasked to great advantage. It is cal-
eulated that this building will cost nearly 300,000/. English.
ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE LETTER.—Another at-
tempt at wanton injury, similar to that which lately occurred
at the Liverpool Post-office, has been recently perpetrated
in this neighbourhood, happily, however, without producing
all the mischief which the cowardly wretch who sent it in-
tended. On Sunday last a respectable widow lady, resid-
ing in Northwich, received by the post a letter, regularly
directed to her ; but, at the same time she received it, she
observed to a young lady present that she did not recognise
the handwriting of the direction. She, however, cut the
paper round the seal, when she observed to her friend that
the letter appeared also as if still further secured by some-
thing resembling .‘ a loop," at the same time handing the
letter across the table for the younger lady to notice. She
took hold of the letter, when an explossion instantly oc-
curred, causing a report
.as loud as the discharge of a gun.
It was discovered that the letter had been charged with
detonating powder, obviously for the purpose of occasion-
ing bodily injury to the party to whom it was addressed.
Both the ladies were slightly injured—the elder in one of
her fingers, and the younger lady on the cheek. Had it not
been for the circumstance of the table being betwcou them
when the letter arrived, and consequentLY the explosion
taking place when the letter was nearly at arm's length
from each of them, it ill eNtretnely probable that one,or both
of thartimigl.4 have last their eye Sight, The letter, which was
found PCkt to have contained any writing in the inside, was
handed over to the Postmaster at Northwich, and a repre-
sentatian of the circumstances was made to the Postmaster-
General,
in order that full inquiries may be instituted. We shall re '
who has sent down for the fragments of the letter,
joice in being enabled to announce that a discovery has been
madeof,the dastardly villaiu.—MgceVeg Cv4rier.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 29.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT).
It has blown a perfect hurricane all night, and still con-
tinues from S.W, to W.N.W. His Majesty's brig Se::pent,
10, Commander Laird Warren, at Spithead, had removed
her sprung bowsprit when this gale commenced ; the conse-
quence is, that her masts having lost their usual support,
have both gone by the board, and the brig is a perfect
wreck. It is impossible to communicate with' her, from
the tempest still raging ; consequently we do not know if
any loss of life has taken place.
An American packet is driven on shore in Stokes Ray,
and must "be lost. A collier brig is on shore at South. Sea,
and must be lost ; another is on shore in Hasler Creek;
which'will be got off.—No lives lost.
Tho western wall of our new Cemetery, Kingston-road,
is entirely blown into the sea, and several old houses in the
town and suburbs have been unroofed. The streets are
covered with bricks and tiles.
The Princess Charlotte, 104 guns, will be commissioned
on the Ist of December iiy Captain Samuel Pym, C.B.'
She is to be fitted for the flag of the new Commander-in-
Chief in the Mediterranean. It is supposed that Captain
Pyrn's.appointment to this splendid ship is only to enable
him to complete his time (a few weeks), to be eligible for
his flag in the expected promotion which is confidently
said will come out early after the Parliament is opened. The
promotion will extend to Captain Richard Thomas, Oct.
`22, 1805, which will remove 80 of the senior captains from
the list, 40 of whom will obtain their flags, and the re-
mainder placed on the retired Rear-Admiral and Captains'
List. The intended promotion will make the following
vacancies, viz.:—Three Colonelcies of Royal Marines—
not to be filled up, and making a saving of 2,070). per annum ;
one Lieut.-Governor of Naval College, Portsmouth—not
to be filled up,.making a saving of 690). per annum ; two
Yachts—not. to be re-commissioned, making a saving of
2,000). per annum ; one Captain of Greenwich Hospital ;
one Rear-Admiral ; three Captains ; four Superintendents
of Dock-yard ; one Captain Superintendent of Ordinary
at Plymouth.
Four, r.m.—The gale is moderating fast.

DOVER, Nor. 29.
• (mom A CORRESPONDENT.)
We were visited about noon to-day with a hurricane from
the South West, which contirwed until about four o'clock
this afternoon, when it abated, and the wind became more
westwardly.
For many years we have not experienced so violent a
gale, and great damage, at sea must be expected, A brig
passed up channel with only her foremast standing, and
several vessels have gone to the Downs with signals for as-
sistance. In the town, the destruction of chimnies, and
consequent damage to houses, have been very considerable ;
and• the chimney pots, tiles, slates, &c., have been flying
about all day, to the annoyance and risk of persons walking

LONDON.
After four days' stormy and rainy weather, we were yes-
terday visited with a most tremendous hurricane, which,
during the time it lasted, was more severe than any gale of
the kind which has' happened during the last fifty years,
Our table is literally piled with communications deta;',ing
its disastrous consequences in every part of the metropolis ;
and for many days yet to come we shall doubtless receive
similar accounts from the provinces. The damage which
must have been done at sea will be incalculable. The wind
blew a complete hurricane, accompanied by },envy falls of
rain, from three or four in the morning unfit two in the af-
ternoon, when its fury somewhat abated. So furiously (lid
it blow, that it was absolutely dangerous to walk the streets.
There is not a house in the metropolis which has not suf-
fered more or less from the storm, and the streets were
strewed with the fragments of broken tiles, slates, and
chimney-pots, and roofs which had been forced down. To
give a tithe of the accidents of this description, or the num-
ber of persons injured, would be impossible. Even whilst
we are writing, communications come pouring in upon us
from all quarters, detailing the accidents which have hap-
pened—some of them, we regret to say, already fatal, and
many more likely to prove so.
During the night the gale broke loose, several tiers of
colliers and other vessels in the river, which, coming in
contact with each other, knocked away bowsprits and bul-
warks, and brought down masts and yards. On board
many ships the men were seriously wounded and bruised,
but the confusion which reigned during the night was
trifling compared with the state of the Thames at noon,
when the hurricane was at its height and the rain fell heavily.
I:liminess in the pool was almost at a stand-still ; the barges
and boats were adrift in ail directions, numbers of thm
bottom upwards, and their valuable cargoes lost. Several
coal-barges were capsised, and we hear that two lightermen
who are missing have perished. While the tide was ebbing,
the steamers coming up could hardly . make way against
the strong wind and current ; and one of the towing vessels
going towards the Upper Pool was obliged to cast anchor
and bring up in Limehouse-reach, the wind and tide fo'c
once proving more powerful than steam. • The feat boats
which ventured out, returned to the shore half filled with
water, and their managers in an exhausted state, white very
few of the regular ferrymen dared to cross the strw.im with
passengers. The watermen arc great losers by the hurri-
cane, which has sunk and broken more than 200 boats
above and below London-bridge.
About cloven o'clock, a curious circumstance was ob-
served on the causeway at Wapping-New-stairs. A water-
man named John Adams had placed his boat on the beach,
bottom upwards, when a sudden gust of wind lifted it up,
carried it over two other wherries, and it fell, without re-
ceiving the least injury, about 80 yards from the spot where
it was originally laid.
The violence of the gale has undermined the embank-
ments on various parts of the river, and on the rising of
the tide a great quantity of land • was laid under water.
On the bridges, which were, from their elevated situa-
tion, necessarily exposed to all the fury of the storm, num-
berless accidents have taken place.
In the parks and squares several fine trees have been
torn up by the roots, but we have not heard that they did
any damage in their fall, as the passengers in their vicinage
were naturally but few.

We shall detail below a few particulars, as they reached
us, of the damage done lioth to property and to persons in
all parts of Londoe and the surrounding districts. The
storm, howevtir, was not confined to the metropolis, as the
following letter from our Brighton correspondent will show.
We regret exceedingly to learn that the chain pier has suf-
fered great damage
BRIGHTON, Nov. 29.—Our:towntvas visited this morning
with one of the strongest gales experienced for many years,
and which, we regret to state, has been productive of the
most disastrous consequences. The wind, which, through-
out. the night, has been very high, increased towards
morning to a perfect hurricane from the south-east. At
this time it was with the greatest difficulty persons could
make their way along the
cliff, and this was become
a matter of very. great danger, from the continued fall-
ing of tiles, cluniney-pots, &c. The surf from the
sea, which was coming up, resembled a heavy fall of
snow, and was carried by the wind to a great distance.
Along the whole line of cliff a scene of devastation was
presented seldom witnessed ; not one house but had suf-
fered more or less from the storm ; in several instances the
roofing was carried completely off; in others large stacl
of chimneys were borne down 'by the influence of thP, wiri;
windows were blown in, shutters carried away,
witilst sheets
of lead were stripped up and earried along by the wind as
though they had been sio much tissue paper, The streets
leading from tho sea were rendered impassable, being com-
pletely LlOcked up in places by plies of brick, mortar, &c.
The greatest part of the shops in the town were shut up,
and business completely suspended. The greatest cala-
mity, perhaps, occasioned by this storm remains to be