The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-28 00:00:00

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 183

Sir R. VYVYAN put some questions last
night to Lord PALMERSTON in the House of
Commons regarding our foreign policy. He
wished to know if it were true that an arrange-
ment had been made between our Government
and those of France and Belgium, by which
French officers were permitted to enter the Bel-
gian service ; and also, whether his MAJESTY'S
Government had any hopes that tranquillity
would be speedily restored in Greece. Lord
PALMERSTON, in reply to the first question,
considered it improper for this country to inter-
fere in the choice of officers for the army of
another State. With regard to Greece, the
Noble Lord deplcred the present condition of
that country, but hoped it would not be of long
duration, as arrangements were now making for
a final settlement of the matters of dispute.

A long—and in some respects an angry—dis-
cussion took place respecting the case of Mr.
and Mrs. DEACLE, which has been so repeatedly
before the public, and for an investigation of
which numerous petitions have been presented to
the House of Commons. It arose upon the
presentation of a petition from Winchester, and
was followed by the motion of Colonel EVANS
for a committee of inquiry upon the subject.
We are unwilling at all times to quarrel with the
verdict of a jury, but looking to the evidence as
it appeared on the trial, we could not avoid
joining in the general astonishment that so small
an amount of damages was given as a compensa-
tion for most cruel conduct on the part of the
defendants. The case of these much injured indi-
viduals, Mr. and Mrs. DEACLE, have excited a
great feeling in their favour in the public mind,
which could best be allayed by an enquiry before
a Committee of the House of Commons. To
that inquiry the Messrs. BARlNG—certainly
much to their honour,—were willing to sub-
mit their conduct, and we are sorry for the sake
of public justice, which has been violated in the
• persons of Mr. and Mrs. DEACLE, that his
Majesty's Ministers opposed themselves to it.
The House divided, when there appeared, for
the appointment of a Committee, 31 ; against it,
78 ; the motion was consequently lost by a ma-
jority of 47, and the unfortunate and much
injured complainants must only now look for a
recompence in the consolation that they possess
the sympathy of the public.

We have some additional particulars of di
dreadful hurricane at Barbadoes on the 11th o
August last, fully confirmatory of the devasta,
tion noticed in the last advices. These accounts
are by way of Antigua. At Bridgetown, it is
stated, not a single house remains uninjured, and
in the plantations every negro hut, mill, and
• store-house, without exception, has been swept
away. Although these accounts bear date six
days after the catastrophe, yet the actual loss of
life had not been ascertained. It was supposed
about fifty of the soldiers had been killed in the
barracks and one wounded. The fate of the
Deputy Lieutenant Commissary FLENNER, was
most melancholy, himself, his wife, four children,
a niece, and two servants were buried under the
ruins of their dwelling, and only the wife and two
of the children rescued alive. The joint proprietor
of the Barbadoes Mercuri/ was drowned. The