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London, England, 1824-12-17 00:00:00

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and its immense foundation of blocks of granite was unable to
resist the fury of the waves. A large three masted vessel was
driven against a house which it carried away. The loss in
bank-notes alone is immense; . and what adds to the distress
is the setting in of the frost, and the dearness of provisions
wbicli threatens us : a 10 copec loaf costs already 75 copees.

• The.Scbools and Theatres are closed. In. the churches re-
lations seek each other, but often alas ! in vain. By order of the
Governor, 400 soldiers are employed in burying the dead. It
said, hat the cavalry of the guard have lost many thousand
homes. Many merchants and Public officers have even lost
their books. •
Count Miloradowitsch has sent 'expresses to Rigs, Liebau,
dce. to order provisions of .all kinds to this city ; a convoy has
already been sent from Liebau.
Several prisoners were drowned in the prisons. A pound of
rye bread was sold at first for 40 copecs, and a pound of salt for
45 copes, but an order has been posted up at all the corners of
the streets, not to pay' mere than' the. usual 'and esta-
blished price. Five hundred oxen were drowned in the
slaughter house near the Kalinka bridge, and those that are
left alive are in dvery exhausted s'tatc. Count MiloratloWitsch
rowed about in a boat In the NeWski Prospectine, and saved
lives of many persons. General Buckendorff also distin-
guished himself by his humane exertions. The water was half
4 yard deep in the rooms of the Imperial Palace.
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KONIGIBURG, Dgc. 2.

' Letters from St. Petersburgh state the losses to be much
greater than was at first supposed. In the city alone 5000 per-
sons are said to have perished. Only a small part of Cronstadt
is reported to be standing. The loss in raw sugars is seven
millions of Rubles; 500,000 poods of hemp are partly
wet and partly washed away. His Majesty has ordered a
C4snmittee of Custom-house Officers and Merchants, to ex-
amine into the extent of the damage done to goods deposited
in the magazines of the Customhouse. The whole loss for
St. letersburgh is estimated at 80 millions of silver rubles,
without reckoning the damage done to the buildings. A letter
from Berlin estimates the whole at 150 millions rubles Banco,
of which 35 millions fall on the merchants. The loss on refined
liner is estimated at 10 millions of rubles.

HAMBURGH, DEc. 8.

The letters from St. Petersburgh continue to paint In the
roust afflicting colours the dreadful effects of the late calamity.
The number of persons who have perished is variously esti-
mated, from 4,000 to 9,000 ; the loss of property at one
hundred millions of rubles. Two steam-boats from the
harbour of Cronstadt lay in the middle of the town, not far
froth the theatre. Immense quantities of herrings, a Intl-
'inn in value, are washed away. The magazines of hemp
and oil lying higher did not suffer so much. Vast blocks of
tuallogany lie in the streets, which they are now clearing from
the ruins of the houses that have been overturned. At least one
half of the sugar in the warehouses (13 millions In value) is
Melted. Bread is scarcely to be had. A cargo of sugar, salt, and
aft', if it could be sent hither, would be very profitable. The
eaaks In many cellar.' were staved, and people are pumping
"tine mixed with water out of them. Many streets arc impas-
sable, from the quantity of timber, fuel, household-furniture,
remains of houses, vessels, &c., &c. Letters in the Lubec
Gazette say, that the thermometer, which on the preceding day
Was at zero, or 1 degree above zero, rose on the 18th 5 degrees
41)0Ve zern.—( Hamburgh Paper:, Dec. 10. )

AMSTERDAM, Dim 19.

The Rhine continues to rise. The Journals contain an ex-
tremely long account front Batavia, of a successful expedition
against the King of Tanette, who was dethroned by his own
subjects, and his sister placed on the throne in his stead.

BRUSSELS, nrc. 14.

'rho debate on the llndget In the Second Chamber corn.
tneneed yesterday ; they an; very animated, and will be con.
tinned to-day,

A usTERDAM, DEC. 14.—London 39. O. ; 2 months, 39. 5,
HAst Iman, DEC. 10.—London, 36. 3.; 2 Us., 36.
ST. rETEusuunom, Nov. 26.---London, 9i.
lieryst°, DEC. 6.—London, three months, 6. 12g.
111:nLIN, Dec. 7.—London, three months, 6-18 k.

trißtraet from a Letter written by a Lady In the Grand Duchy
of Baden to a Lady of Rank in England, dated Furstenan,
Nov. 23, 1824.1
" The lust weeks have brought great calamity over this
Fountry and the neighbourhood. Dreadful events of nature,
Inundations which may be truly called a second Deluge, have
hused wretchedness and misery amongst thousands, especially
Wurtemberg and Baden. In Eberbach the waters rose to
lath a height, that people stepped into the boats from the third
story of the houses. Down the Neckar houses and barns came
floating in great numbers. Even the dead were not spared ;
the coffins were torn out of the graves by the raging floods, and
9'o ornaments of the tombs, black crosses with skulls painted
!In then), were left hanging on the tops of the trees. Indeed
tt would be impossible for the most lively imagination to depict
IP true colours the horrors of the scene. We ourselves had a
Itteatiful inundation from our little river Mumling. It seems
pore than probable that it was not so much the incessant and
envy rain as the eruption of the waters from subterraneous
,
j1"414111s that has produced this tremendous inundation. Man-
It was in the greatest danger. The dikes which protect the
Palace tvere preserved only by the most extraordinary exertions
of the people, whom the Grand Duchess encouraged by her
Presence and by her benefactions. A most lamentable state of
Poverty !Ltd misery is the consequence of these events."

We have earnestly appealed to the humanity
of our countrymen in behalf of the sufferers by
inundations in Germany, who, as they are dis-
tnnt, are not likely to operate as forcibly upon
British Benevolence as those who are near at
14ind• We refer our Readers to a letter in our
of this day, which displays, in th© most
striking manner, the misery that prevails in the
neighbourhood of the writer, a Lady of the most
t"pectable character in the Duchy of Baden. This
tlountry has fortunately not been visited by similar
c4ltanities,and that consideration will, doubt less,i f
hssible,increase the feelings of humanity towards
tII4 fellow creatures who have so severely suf.
vr,,d
• We think it necessary, therefore, para.
~ularlY to advert to the German sufferers, for
e`n reason we have stated, not doubting that
the
unfortunate Refugees from Italy and Spain,
tu.

whose wretchedness the inhabitants of this
4rettt and affluent capital are eyewitnesses, and
Ililit or course, sympathize with all the liberality
the British Character.

the
state of Ireland, no doubt, strongly excites
attention of Government, and, we are per-
, aded, that all possible means will be adopted
o render that country tranquil and happy. The
e`.4.11101.10 ASSOCIATION, of course, is not beheld
kith indifference by Ministers, and measures will

doubtless be adopted to prevent it from rising
into a degree of importance likely td hazard the
tranquillity of the country at large. We do not
pretend to penetrate into the arcana of Govern-
ment with as much success as some of our com-
petitors, tram whose confideut tone Ke might
rather conclude, that Government benefitted by
their private suggestions even more than they
by the it ormation of Governmeut. A very re-
spectable Morning Paper says, this day " we
may safely affirm, that the Marquis WELLESLEY
accepted the Government of that Country (Ire-
land), with the understanding, that it would be
the prelude to Catholic Emancipation." We
confess that we are by no means disposed to be-
lieve that the Noble Lord exacted such
a pledge, and the general rumour that the
Noble Lord is about to resign the Vice-
royalty may be considered as some indica-
tion that he either despairs of accomplishing that
object, or that it never was proposed as the con-
dition of his accepting it. AV, however, we do not
pretend to know the real intentions of Govern-
ment on, this interesting subject, we shall content
ourselves with the conviction thar all practicable
measures will be carried into effect that may b
most productive of advantage to so important a
branch of the British Empire.

BOSIBAL—It is perfectly well known, that a
few weeks since Sir CHAIMES STu.au•r, Bert. was
offered the Presidency of Bombay, and which he
was disposed to accept, but on terms that it
ultimately appeared could not be acceded to by
the Government! It must, however, be a great
gratification to the Public to bear that Mr.
PIIINSTONE is to continue at Bombay, where we
hope he will remain in the enjoyment of health,
many years ; for, if a high and correct sense of
public duty, with a generous and humane feeling
towards those who are immediately under his
Government, accompanied by the exercise of a
munificent hospitality in the maintenance of his
official situation and functions, are the requisite
qualifications of in Indian Governor, they form
the distinguished features of Mr. ELPIIINSTONE'S
life and character, and, than whom, no individual
in British India was, ever more universally
esteemed And beloved !

Lieut.—ln the Court of King's Bench, this
morning, an action was brought against the Pro-
prietors of the Boston Gazette, for a libel pub•
lished in that Paper on the 27th April lust,
against the renowed Orator Hunt, when the Jury
returned a verdict for tha plaintitf—Damages 3001.

A Cabinet. Council was summoned to be held
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office ; but it
was postponed, and uotices sent to all the Minh.-

tens.

Yesterday morning Mr. %ILt tAxs and Mr.
F'smssssuir Kiug's Measougurs, left town for

Farb.

Yesterday the Duchess oifli Ex? had a nume7
roueParty to Dinner at iler" apartMents at the
King's Palace, Kensington, to celebrate the
Birth-day of Prince Ltopor.n.
Yesterday morning, at ten o'Cloel.k, the Ea,
of LIVERPOOL left his residence at Whitehall for
• Windsor. The Noble ' Earl , proceeded to the
Royal Lodge, and had an audience,of the KING
for some time. His Lordship returned to town
in his carriage and four, where the. Noble Earl
arrived shortly before five o'clock.
, Yesterday morning Mrs. and Miss CANNING
left Gloucester Lodge for Paris.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excuznumt arrived
at his residence in Downing-street, yesterday,
from Beckenham.
. Lord STRANGPORD, lately our Ambassador'at
Constantinople, arrived at Dover on Wednes-
day, from Calais. .
We are sorry to state that Ludy CAROLINE
LAMB has been very dungerously ill at Brocket
Hall. Her Ladyship, we understand, is now
gradually recovering.
THE CLERGY.—We are informed, on unques•
tionable authority, that the Lord Bishop of Chester . has laid
down the following rule. respecting the ordination of candidates
for the Ministry in the Diocese of Chester, viz. :—Not to ordain
a non-graduate to any curacy which a graduate can be found
to take : nor any non-graduate at all, who has not attended the
institution founded at St. Bees by the late Bishop.—( Liverpool
Advertiser.)
The Hon. HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL, of Fer-
nacres, has presented a donation of 51. to the
Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham,
Northumberland, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Overwhelming as have been the storms and
inundations in all parts of Europe in the course
the present year, it would seem, from accounts
from the East, that the overflowing of the Nile
—that great source of fertility in Egypt—had
fallen considerably short of its usual diffusiveness.
A Letter from Lyons states the losses which that
city has sustained by the lute inundations at
several millions of francs ;—a million of francs is
equivalent to 40,0001.!
CANTERBURY AND SANDWICH.--Nearly 80,0001.
is subscribed on account of the Stour Navigation
and Sandwich Harbour Company ; and every
thing is in a state of forwardness for bringing the
Bill early into Parliament, in conformity with the
Standing Orders of the House.—J. 1). PARSER,
Esq. is the Chairman of the Committee.
A meeting took place on Wednesday morning,
at the back of the powder magazine, Hyde Park,
between Ensign G—s and H. 0. 8....................813,
Esq. Mr. B. fired first, and slightly wounded
Ensign G. on the shoulder—upon which the
latter fired his pistol in the air. The seconds
then interfered as a matter of course, and a mu-
tual reconciliation having been effected, the par-
ties left the ground, apparently ou amicable
terms. . The challenge arose from some disre-
spectful language used by Mr. 8., concerning a
young Lady to whom Ensign G. had been paying
his addresses.