The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-18 00:00:00

INUNDATION AT ST. PETERSBURGII

St. PETERSUURGII, Nov. 25.—Besides various
details already published from the Hamborgh
Papers, the Etoile contains the following :
As if every scourge was to be united on this
day,- the. Government establishments at Colpina,
which were out of the reach of the inundation,
were burnt, down.ut the same time.

Large establishments have been formed prompt-
ly in the principal quarters of this city, to afford
the individuals who have lost every thing, shelter,
'fire, provisions, and clothing. Several charitable
societies emulate each other in°zeal. The Em-
peror has already given a million of rubles ; the
Empress Maria 50,000, the 'Grand Dttkes each
50,000, the Commercial Fund of the Colonies
1,000,000, Count Scheretneteff 50,000, M. Me.
ch e eff 30,000.
The losses of the merchants is incalculable,
and chiefly fall on foreigners. It is affirmed that
M. Sliglitz has lost sugar to the value of three
millions, of rubles.
A charitable committee has 'been formed, and
the Privy.Counsellor, Alexis Kourakin, who is
appointed its President,• has .received from his
:Imperial Majesty the following rescript--

" PRINCE ALEXIS BORISHOVITSCH,
" The disaster caused at St. Petershurgh by an inundation
equally sudden and extraordinary, has tilled lily heart with
--sentiments of affliction.
" The decrees of the-Supreme Being arc just and inscrut--
:able. , Profoundly submissive to his will, and pitying the fate
'of those who have suffered the loss and ruin of their property,
the ouvernment - cannot repair all the evils of this disastrous

aaY, but I have imposed it on myself an a sacred duty to afford

:prompt and efficacious succour to those in particular who have
'been .ruinedi and to the indigents they more than all others are
•entltledtto my 'wound protection. I assign _theme gratuitous
distribution of a willtion of rubles from the saving of the ad-
ministration of the Military Colonies.

Mere follow the names of the Members of ,the Committee).
1. The first care of the Comniittee shall be to provide shelter
~and subsistence for those who are deprived of both, and in ice•
4teral‘the relief afforded out of the sum assigned shall be given

only ieltbose Whose complete destitution renders it indis-
pensable.

2. It shall be exactly and faithfully distributed according to
the allotment made.
3. It shall be given promptlyand without obstacles.
" These rules will serve as the basis of the operations of the'
Cominittee. The sentnent,of ccunpassion, of genuine philan:_
thropy, and of duty towards God and to your country will
point out to you and to your 4.olleagues the path you, musk
follow in this great work of charity.
" I remain, &c.
(Signed) " ALEXANDER."

The following-is au .extract of a letter from Sir
DANIEL BAILEY, dated •St—Petersburgli, 13 (25)
Nov. 13,24, to SAMUEL TuoitN:rox, Esq. Gover,
nor of the Russia Company :
" I take the opportunity to aortuaint you, for the information
of the Court of Assistant.s of the Russia Company and others
interested, that a deputation of Merchants waited on the Mini-
ster of Finance and Commerce on Saturday, to•represent to his
Excellency, the necessity of altering, under present circum-
stances, the legal form of the Custom House, to which, it the
usual adherence was insisted upon, it would become impossible
for individuals to take effectual steps for their property, espe.
daily such as from its nature (as sugar for instance) nothing
but the active and prompt exertions of the owners could save
from utter ruin.

" The entire remission of the duties on Bonded Goods, which
were destroyed by the inundation, and a reduction of those par-
tially damaged, were also main objects pressed upon his Excel-
lency's consideration by the deputation.

" And I have the Sa s faction to state, that all the measures
proposed having been represented by his Excellency to the
Emperor, his Majesty, with his accustomed goodness and con.
'aeration, has been most graciously pleased to approve and to
order them to be put into execution.
" Measures have also been adopted, by the active benevo.

lence of his Imperial Majesty, to succour the distresses of the
poor sufferers bereaved by the flood of home, clothes, and food.
Houses of reception have been opened, and, among others, the
Exchange has been appropriated to this charitable but neces-
sary purpose. Magazines of flour and salt are opened, and
no advance in the prices of these necessaries of life is allowed
to take place.
" I am this moment returned from a meeting of the factory ;

12,000 rubles were voted for our distressed countrymen. A sub-
scription is to be raised, and a charity sermon is to be preached
_ _

in aid of the :hove, the distribution of which is confided to the
Committee, consisting of the Treasurer, Mr. Law, Mr. Birch,
Mr. Anderson, and myself. The river is now full of floating
ice, though it has again ceased to freeze, and all communication
with Cronstadt has been stopped since the 10th instant:"