The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-08 00:00:00

HIGH BAILIFF OF SOUTHWARK.

Several Members of the Corporation held -a
meciing at the Guildhall -Coffee-house, upon the subject of
supporting the election of a fit anti proper person to serve the
office of High-Bailiff of the Town and Borough of Southwark,
vacant by the resignation of John Prinsep, Esq. It wax moved,
and seconded,. that Mr. Holmes, the present principal clerk of
the Court of Bequests, Was a person well qualified to discharge
the duties of the office, and entitled, from his long experience
in the
_particular branch of knowledge requisite in a candidate,
as well as from his long services in the Corporation, to the si-
tuation. After
.°llle obaervatlons upon the propriety of sup-
porting the election of this gentleman, ..a motion to that effect
was unanimously a_greed,to.
The other candidates are Boyce.Combe, Esq., and Alderman
Anslie, but it has been said thatbefore an Alderman can stand
forward as a candidate, he must throw aside his gown. Air.
Holmes, upon the former election ..for the same office, at the
death of Sir Watkyn Lewis, was a candidate, but his chance
was trifling compared with the claim of Mr. Prinsep, who had
been an East India merchant of the highest respectability, an
Alderman of the city of London, and a man greatly beloved by
his fellow.citizens.

. It is reported that Mr. Prinsep's.son-in-law, a gentleman of
largefortune, upon seeing that the Court of Common Council
had taken a decided part against the High-Bailiff, imme-
diately advised his father-in-law to throw up the situation.alto-
-gether without ceremony; and it is also said that Mr. Prinsep
will undergo no inconvenience whatever in consequence of his
resignation.

MF,THODISTS.--We understand that all .the
local preachers in the Methodist Society, at Beverley, resigned
their office, as preachers and members of that society, a few
days ago, on tiles-round of one of,their body having, as they
conceived,' been unjustly treated by the Conference Preachers,
for publishing Observations on the System of Methodism--awork in, which he advocates the plan of establishing a house of
representatives, whose consent
must be obtained before any.law
of preachers can be binding on the people, in imitation of our
excellent Constitution ; and lie idso favours a gradual return
of Alethodkni to its primitive simplieity, in becoining auxiliary
to the .Establitilied Church, as 'Mr. Wesley always intended it
should be. It IA ,understood that they.intend to invite over
mile of the travelling preachers in the Church Methodist 86:
ciety of Ireland to assist them. Thereare already shout 13,000
Church Methodists in Ireland, whose plan of proceedings has
obtained, we are informed, the sanction of the Bishops of Wa-
terford anti Cork. We understand, from good authority, that
several persons of consequence in this country arc friendly to
their proceedings.—( York Herald.)

HAMBURGIT, Noy. 23.

(FLLOM OUR. CORRESPONDENT.)

This city has been one scene of Mourning in
consequence of a German vessel, commanded by Capt. BAnt,
having been wrecked off Heligoland last Sunday, in a frightful
storm ; and with passeng_ers bound to this place from London.
Several were natives of Hairiburgh, and merchants of high re- i
spectability. There were :three ladies, one of whom was greatly
advanced in life that perished, and two of them sisters, natives
of Riga. A tremendous sea carried away her most s,and washed
severalsailors overboard early In the morning, and in the after-
noon she was dashed in pieces. One person has been miracu-
lously saved, who was a journeyman baker, and had gone to
London in search of emplojment. -He was on part of the
wreck about 36 hours, and when it was washed ashore he was
taken up in a state of insensibility. He was brought here and
now lies a shocking spectacle, in one of the Hospitals. What
adds to this calamity is, that the brother of the Captain, who
was passenger, was on his way to Hamburgh to solemnize his
marriage with a young woman of Stockholm, who came from
that place to meet him. The Captain has left four children.—
A subscription is set on toot for them, and several thousand ,
marks have been raised by the benevolent Hamhurghers. .The
young woman has intimated in the Prints here the death of her
friend, and mentioned that they had been engaged in marriage;
and the partners have in a similar manner advertised the loss of
the Gentlemen who were Members of the Mercantile Establish-
ment to which they belonged. Such a torrent of rain has
not been known in this city since the year 1791, and the
most serious apprehensions were entertained. Many
.of the
streets in the old town were under nine feet of water, in con-
sequence of which families who are so numerous in shops below
ground were obliged to quit them to save their lives. The
damage done is great, and boats have been sailing along the
most public streets.
The accounts from all parts of the country are most distress-
ing, and in many all communication is cut off. At Rhensberg,
beyond Slcswig, where I was last week, the country resembles
a vast sea ; one hundred miles of land are under water, which
has covered the public roads. I was obliged to take My car-
riage through fields to get forward, and to ford the water in
many parts. In that country I was told such a terrible deluge
had never been known in the memory of the oldest per-
son. I saw carts with boats going along the roads to
several places, for the accommodation of those whose houses
are under water. The rain still continues in Hamburgh,
and accounts from the coast are disastrous. In thelate gale a
Norwegian vessel and a Dutch one went down. The English
packets were kept back. One weathered here after experienc-
ing much damage. I have just met here an English family
from London, who had been strongly solicited to embark in the
German vessel which I have mentioned, was lost. This
they declined, on the idea that an English vessel was
more safe, and they arrived in one from the Thames in
eight days, and to this cause do they owe their safety.
It is said, that if Captain RAIN had had long boats at-
tached to his ship they might have been the means of saving
the passengers ; while others are disposed to think, that in such
a sea it was impossible to save tile vessel, especially when she
had early lost so many of her hands. Ido not know any event
which has occasioned here a greater sensation and mourning
than the loss of so many souls. None of the bodies have been
found. The vessel was loaded with merchandize. The ther-
mometer of Fahreinheit is at 40 and 45. London Papers of the
9th only arrived. The posts from Hanover and other parts in
the direction of the Rhine arrive a day later than usual. All
accounts represent the overflow of the:Rhine, which is perfectly
impassable in many parts. The steam-boat from this to Har-
burg is given up for the winter, and persons conveyed to and
fro in common boats. Next summer it is said that a steam.
boat will be established between Lubec and Petersburgh,
which will be an object, if practicable, of high importance.

Last week, the venerable Count Sit at MELmAx, Minister
of Denmark, gave a splendid dinner at his palace, Copen-
hagen, to the-French Ambassador, who had arrived there on
his way to Stockholm. All the Foreign Ministers were pre..
sent. 11.1 essrs. RAE,. LsoN,
BROWN, and other English
Gentlemen, were invited.
The venerable Prince of HESSE, one of the most accom-
plished Princes in Europe of the old school, now upwards of
80 years of age,. resides at the Palace of Sleswig, Denmark.
His Highness is in good health, with a strong memory. ' He is
son of a sister of GEORGE the 2d of En land, and his daughter
is the present Queen of Denmark. His knowledge of Egyptian
antiquities and hieroglyphics is said to be most remarkable.