The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS

NEW BRF.NTFORD, MONDAY EVENlNG.—Througilout
the day, the town of Brentford has been thronged by per.
sons from the neighbouring towns and villages, and even
from the Metropolis, anxious to *isit tbo scene of the late
awful inundation. The Infant Scholl-rooms in the Butts
have been prepared for the reception of the distressed
boatmen, whose boats are damaged or sunk, and 90 men,
women, and children, were refreshed with a plentiful supply
of coffee and bread and butter,. This morning, at 8 o'clock
they ell had a breakfast of coffee and bread end butter, and
at dinner the number was increased to 68.

y. The following nine boats are supposed to have been sunk
and broken up by the stream, as no trace of them has yet
been discovered—viz , the Safety, laden with coals
and peas, and the Diligent, wi.h a similar freight, both
the property of Mr. Bissell, of Tipton, near Birmingham ;
the Julia and the Kingfisher, both freighted with hoop
iron, the property of Mr. Josiah Smith, of Bloxvrich,
Staffordshire : the Tipton Lass, and the Adelaide,
freighted with coals, the property of Messrs. Brad-
ley and Co., of Tipton ; the Oak, and the London
Trader, the first freighted with 70 quarters of
wheat, and the latter with 241 ditto, both belonging to
Messrs. John Bradley and Co., of Stourhridge ; and the
Ashley Company, which was empty, and was the property
of that company. In addition to the above, the following
are known to be seriously injured, if not, as well as their
freights, rendered unfit tor further use--viz., the Union and
the John, belorging to Mr. Shipton, of Wolverhampton ;
the Amiable, belonging to Walter. Williams, of West Brom-
wich ; the Liberty, the Prosperous, and an iron boat, not
named, with a freight of slate and quarries (two of which
boats are sunk), the freight the property of Mr. Dale, of
Brentford, and the boats hired by. John Daffern, of Nunea-
ton, Warwickshire; the Sarah and the John Price, belong- '
ing to Messrs. Price and Sons, of`Brierley-hill ; the Henry,
belonging to Michael Hall, f Gospel Oak, Tipton ; and
several others whose names have not yet been ascertained,
with barges and lighters, to the number of at least twenty.
During the day a great number of persons have been
busily engaged in clearing out some of the barges lying
off the shore, in which they have to some extent suc-
ceeded ; also in fishing up large numbers of sacks of wheat,
&c., which had been washed out of the craft, but from its
sodden and swollen state, by which many of the sacks
have been burst, it is feared will not be of much value.
In addition to the wharfs and premises of Messrs. Bourne,
Curtis, Sims, arid others, whose premises were stored with
wheat and other grain, &c., most of which have been
flooded and damaged, there are nearly fifty small cottages
situated in the yards and alleys leading from the high road
to the water, to are inhabited by the poorer classes, who
have suffered considerably by the. inundation, as have also
the residences of several other inhabitants. The damage
done at Mr. Norris's tan-yard is estimated at nearly 1,0001.
With regard to the origin of the calamity, it is evident
from an inspection of the locks and banks of the canal that
they have not givers way, as was at first supposed.
Tho escape of the 2 t men, women, and children, from
off the passage boats, as they passed the wall of the Duke
of Northumberland's grounds, was almost miraculous.
The first that got over was a hoy, named John Jones, who
instantly fastened a rope to a tree, by which means the
others got over. As they did so, they .felt the wall tot-
tering under thern,..agd.Jvhile the last.litiy was on it it was
overthrown by the water, he providentially falling within
the grounds. Immediately on being discovered by his
Grace's gardener, they received both shelter and succour,
for which they still express their heartfelt gratitude.
During the day considerable excitement has been occa-
sioned in the town by the fact that Mr. Charles Morris, a
market gardener at Old Brentford, had been missing since
the even•ng of Saturday, and in the course of the afternoon
all doubt on the subject was removed by the discovery of
the body near his own residence in a stream communicat-
ing with the Brent, and which, until yesterday, was much
swollen. The body was removed to his residence, where

it awaits an inquest.
No time has yet been fixed for the inquest on Spruce,
as it is probable there may still be other bodies m the water.
At Hanwcll, an island laid out for a garden, and be-

longing to Mr. Shrivenham, has been entirely washed
away by the water. The palings on the side of the
grounds belonging to the County Lunatic Asylum have
been thrown down, and thirty-two sheep are supposed to
have been carried away by the stream from Twyford
Abbey, as two of them have been found drowned. They
ate the property of the Rev. J. Emmerton, of Hanwell.
At Hayes there is a deal of water, even across the high-
road, and at Uxbridge the mill and residence of Mr. Ste-
vens are considerably under water.
On the Bucks side of Uxbridge the high-road is flooded
in many parts.

GAMBLING IN PARIS.-The owner of the
billiard-room and cafe in the Faubourg Montmartre, where
clandestine gambling was carried on, and the visit of the
police to whose establishment we mentioned a short time
since, was tried the day before yesterday by the Tribunal
of Correctional Police for the offence, together with
his garcon or assistant. The former was sentenced to
2001. fine and two months' imprisonment, the latter to
200 f. fin• ; and the confiscation of all the furniture, money,
&c. was confirmed. The appearance of the parties (some
in respectable stations of life) found there in the act of
gambling, and who were bad up before the Court, was
ludicrous in the extreme.

THIS WILBERFORCE STEAM PACKET.- 1
This vessel, which had on account, of stress of weather put
into Brest, arrived at Falmouth on Friday last, having
left Lisbon the 30th ult., Vigo the Ist, and Brest the 14th
inst. The Lisbon letter of the above date of course con-
tains nothing new on the political state of Portugal, but
we extract from it the following account of an incident in
the outward voyage of the Wilberforce :—" The Wilber-
force steam-packet, with the mail of the 12th from Eng-
land, did not arrive here until the 26th instant, in com-
pany with the Tagus, bringing the mail of the 19th, in
consequence of her having, while in On endeavour, off
Cape Finisterre, to render assistance to a dismasted
French brig, in a heavy gale of wind, with a high running
sea, in which, however, she could not succeed, broken her
feeding rod, and after much difficulty got into Vigo. Dur-
ing her stay in that port, a maliciously disposed person,
reported as belongiug to the vessel, during the night
turned off the sea cocks, which was discovered in time to
prevent her sinking at her moorings ; fortunately no part
of the cargo was damaged. The vessel, instead of pro-
ceeding on to Cadiz and Gibraltar, .passed over her Lieu-
tenants and mails to the Tagus, and leaves this morning
for England in quality of a merchant vessel, no regular
mail being made up for her. The Franch brig, it is sup-
posed, notwithstanding her distressed state, would be
enabled to make some port on the north coast of Spain.

SPOTS ON Til E SUN.—For sorne time past the
spots on the sun's disc have been numerous, and occa-
sionally very large. At present there arc two or three of
considerable size, besides some clusters of small ones.
About a week ago one disappeared at the west limb, which
had been observed during two revolutions of the sun on its
axis ; but its size had considerably diminished between its
first and second appearance. When first observed it was
of an oval form, and its longest diameter about 27,000
miles ; but on its second appearance was reduced to 14,000,
and bad become nearly circular. Two of those at present
visible are about the size of the even. They may be dis-
tinctly seen with an ordinary telescope and dark glass.
W lIITTLESEY MER.E.—An absurd, but very
mischievous rumour gained considerable circulation in
Cambridge and its neighbourhood on Tuesday last, that
upwards of one hundred lives had been lost tho preceding
day, or Sunday, en Whittlesey Mere. The rumour stated
that there ware several thousand persons on the ice, and
that two of them fighting, a great number crowded round,
and the ice broke from the pressure. On snaking imme-
diate inquiry into the matter, we found that no person in
Cambridge connected with \Vhittlesey had received a lino
on the subject, although several persona web alarmed for
the fate of friends and relatives; and we further ascer-
tained, from our correspondents in the heighbourhrod of
the Mere, that no accident whatever had occurred. There
are two parties very much to blame in the affair,—the in-
dividual who amused himself
.with the practical but very
cruel joke of originating such a report, and the local news-
paper which gave it circulation.—Cambridge Independent
Press.

CRETINISNI.—A charitable establishment is
about to be formed in the Canton of Berne for the extinc-
tion of cretinism. M. Girard has calculated that there
are 8,000 of these unfortunate creatures in the cantons of
Switzerland. The projected establishment will be kept by
the Sistera of Charity at Obendberg, at a height of more
than 3,500 feet above the level of the sea. This elevation
appears to be reeessary, as a condition for the treatment
of cretinism.—Athe,„„in.