The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION,

moans of the wounded—the passing by of coffins—and the
universal desolation—presents a distresing aspect ; and I
am perfectly unmanned. It would seem that the baud of
Almighty God had fallen upon the South ! Such was the
ruin at the landing, under the hill,' that when the boat
arrived at 4 o'clock this morning, they all on board sup-
posed they bad not reached Natchez. All the New
Yorkers here are safe. The plantations around the city
are uninjured. With praiseworthy alacrity many wealthy
men, such as Colonel Bingham and others, bave repaired
to the city with large gangs of slaves, and are clearing the
streets of trees and timbers. You can judge of the force oI
the storm when I tell you that Parker's Exchange, with
brick walls at least thirty inches thick, is crumhlcd to a
mass.

(From the Cincinnati Chronicle.)
The William French passed Natchez only 10 hours af:er
and at that time the citizens were entirely engaged in
taking out the dead bodies from the ruins. &yen ladies
bad already been taken from the ruins of the steam-boat
Hotel. The lOss on board the flat boats must have been
awful, as it is reasonable to presume that at least two per-
sons we.e on board of each boat, which would make the
number lost in this manner upwards of two hundred The
estimates on the spot by the citizens of Natch7z, varied
frc.rn throe to seven hundred.
It is stated that the family of Mr. H. P. Postiethwaite
wa.; presctved in this singular way :
.•(..Yee of the 'Children became frantic or alarmed and ran
into the cel!ar—the.other members of the family followed,
and just as they bed all reached the cellar the house was
blown off. The family of Mr. Watt, of the firm of Burke,
Watt, and Co., were accidentally led to leave the dinner
table and go out kto the yard, and instantly the room
they had left was blown down.

It is stated that many persons were blown f..cm the
streets into the river.

H nc far the ',ravages of this storm extended we did not
leer Sorne say that it was not felt in its greatest vio-
lence anywhere but in ,tr.d near Natchez, but that is hardly
propatie. At Napoleon, Arkansas, twenty-four hours
after the str.rrii at Natchez, a house was blown down
and a flat boat sunk with five men. A gentleman informs
us that he saw the ravages of a recent tornado above Vieks-
tura. and conjectures it was the same storm. At five
o'clock on the car following there was a violent hail storm
in Louisville, which paised through Fr.inkfort.
The roaring of the great tornado at Natchez was heard
di,tinetly at New (Means. and the course of the wind, and
other circumstances attending the storm, are said to con-
firm the great principle in the theory of Mr. Espy : the
rushing in of the air from all aides to the centre of the
storm, and then passing up in a column. It was also ob-
served ti:at rooms exploded with the expanding atmospheric
air, caused by the ins!autaneeus purification of the air on
the outside.

THE STORM IN THE WEST.
GEORGETOWN, Kr., Max 12, 1940.

Tl;3 weather' is quite cold for May in Kentucky. Last
Friday afternoon we had the most severe storm I ever wit-
ceased; hailstones fell as large as a common sized turn..
bkr .„ one that we measured after it had been in the house
:3 few minutes was seven and a half inches in circumference.
It is feared tlrzt most of the fruit is destroyed The rye
and the wheat have suffered very much.

Tiles W.nr.AT FIELDS.—We are happy to learn from all
pares of tlic .State that the wheat fields never looked so
well and promising in Michigan as they now do. The cold
wet weather has had a most favourable effect upon them.
It i 3 supposed there is ene-fourta more wheat in the
ground this year than last. All Michigan wants to become
the wealthiest State in the Union in proportion to her po-
pulation is a sound currency of specie or its equivalent. so
that labour can receive its fair reward.—Detroit Free
Press.

(From the New Orleans Bee of tha loth inst.)

ARRIVAL OF A STEAM SHIP FROM EUROFF.,—The arrival
of the steam-ship Argyle, from Liverpool, made some
stir in the city yesterday. This is the first vessel of the
kind that has ever come amongst us from the old world.
She is of the smaller class of steam-ships, and is destined,
we believe, to ply as a packet between this port and Vera
Cruz. a trade well suited to her size and equipments.
She is well built, and her canvas is that of a hermaphro-
diw brig. We have been furnished with the following
particllirS of her voyage, which has been somewhat cir-
cultous:--

The ArgyV left Liverpool on the let of March, and
after having elnerienced boisterous weather in the Bay of
Biscay, arrr:ve 1 at C.diz in ten days, where she lay the
same num` er o!. days, expecting passengers, &c. ; but from
the small dimeasiona of the boat they were afraid to em-
bark. Fom that port she proceeded to Madeira, where
she arrived i i four days, and lay there the same time.
From thence she proceeded under canvass, without steam,
anti arrived in Havannah in thirty-four days, without ha-
viog su toned the slightest damage. She left Havannah
on the 7th, and, a short time after she was out, the mid-
dle ring of one of the paddles became unwedged, by which
all the floats (buckets) gut adrift, which were renewed,
but with a similar result. She then got under canvass.
;Intl' the useless. wheel was secured, and then proceeded
with one wheel. She made the Belize on Tuesday night,
and came to an anchor. She got over the bar about nine
o'clock, and arrived in New OrleanS by six o'clock in the
morning, Having come up with one wheel.

CANADA NEWS.
(From the Quebec Gazette of May 21.)
The woods to the north of the city are ou fire for a
considerable extent, principally in the direction of Stone-
ham ; the whole of the beautiful amphitheatre of moun-
tains surrounding Lake Beauport is filled with a dense
smoke, and presents a singular appearance as viewed from
the ramparts. The continued drought has rendered the
Lru.shwood and- moss dry and tender, and it is feared
that considerable injury will be done, in the destruction of
timber in a quarter from which the inhabitants of Quebec
derive no inconsiderable portion of the wood for fuel.
FATAL Duar..—The Toronto (U. C.) Transcript of
the 21st instant, reports the fatal issue of a duel which
was recently fought at Montreal, between Lieutenant-
Colonel White, of the 7th Hussars, and Mr. Grant, late
of the 79. h Regiment. The Colonel fell from the fire of
his opponent. The cause of quarrel had reference to the
eGnduet of Colonel White towards a young lady related. to
Mr. Grant.

EMIGRATION.--Comparative statement of arrivals, ton-
nage, and passengers, at the Port of Quebec, to the 23d
alay, inclusive, I,:r the years 1839 and 1840 :
Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers.
1840 250 90,686 2,223
1839 132 40,135 435

More this year... 119 50,551 1,788
Return of the Number of Emigrants arrived at the Port
of Quebec during the week ending the 23d instant :•_.
En2'.and
.T.rel Ind
Scotland ..

2,839
898

Previ,uly repertcd

3,737
To correspond rg period last year 620

Ecrenie in favour of 1840

EXPRESS FROM LIVER POOL .

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, TwELvr. o'CLocx.

We have just at this hour three arrivals from
Nev: Yor-ll—the Columbus, with New York Papers
to the 221, the Sheridan, to the 26:11, and the Ro-
chester, to the 22d. [Our late arrivals by the
British Queen supersede the interest of the papers
which have reached ui via Liverpool.]

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday, a Court was held for Cie deTatch of business
'1 he SHERIFF announced that her Majesty the Queen
must graciously pleased to appoint Monday next, at
wo o'clock, for receiving, the Address of Congratulation
noted hy the Court upon her Majesty's providential escap,
rind that Prince Albert would receive the Address voted to
hire immediately afterwards.—( Cheers.)
_ .

Mt. KING; the Chairman of the City Lands Com-
mittee, requested to be informed by Sir Matthew Wood,
whether there was any truth in the report that he (Sir
i.Matthew Wood) had put a question to Lord Melbourne,
or any other of her Majesty's Ministers, to ascertain
whetller the,
,9ucen and Prince Albert would accept an in-
vitation to dine atthe2Guildhall, upon an occasion which
might be selected for commemorating the event of their
nuptials ?

Sir. MATTHEW WOOD replied, that some gentlemen of
the corporation certainly had called upon him with a requi-
sition, to the effect of inviting her Majesty and Prince Al.
Bert to dine-at the Guildhall with the Corporation, after
she Royal. marriage. He suggested to those who consulted
him the propriety of learning from one of her Majoty's
confidential advisers, whether her Majesty might be pre-
vented, by any circumstance, from accepting the invitation,
before any farther. proceedings were resorted to on the
subject, and his suggestion was at once adopted. He was
induced to advise that course, as ha knew it would be dis-
acireeab e to receive a formal negative, should any objection
bo made.--( Hear, hear.) He received the kindest assur-
ances of the sterns wishes of her 'Majesty and the Prince on
the occasion, amongst the expressions of regret that, under
the circumstances, they would be obliged to decline an in-
vitation. He had, he believed, in his possession the requi-
sition alluded to, and it contained several highly respecta-
ble names.
Mr. ANDERTON declared that the conduct of Sir Mat.
thew Wood was not defensible, and that it most particu-
larly applied in its offensive bearing to the Lord Ma}or
himself.
•• •

The LORD MAYOR—I know nothing at all about the
matter. I was never consulted.

Mr. ANDERTON—No ; Sir Matt Lew Wood thought
proper to act for your Lordship, and for the whole Court.
Your Lordship has, of all persons, the greatest reason to
gomplain.

The LORD MA%oR.---I do not think so at all.
Mr. KING--I shall certainly not let this matter dm.). I
shalt pursue a constitutional course with respect to it.
Sir MATTHEW Woon—With all ray heart. Proceed as
you choose. I shall be ready to answer you.
Some farther conversation took place, and it was unit r-
stood that Mr. Anderton, who considered that Sir Matthew
Wood usurped the authority of the Court upon the occa-
sion, will revive it with a motion on a future day.

The Mayor and Corporation of Southampton
intend giving a grand entertainment, on Saturday next, to the
Directors of the South Western Railway, on the lawn in 'rout
of the Assembly Rooms. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex and the Duchess oe Inverness, with some other distin-
guished characters, are expected to attend. Mr. Benjamin
Elginton, of 2, Duke-street, Southwark, has received orders
to erect one of his spacious marquees for the occasion, de-
corated with the Royal standard and other national flags.
We doubt not, front past experience of his taste in these
affairs, that he will provide his usual pleasant and elagant
accommodation.

'the Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sus com-

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