The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-24 00:00:00

THE ICE ON THE RHINE.

(Extract from Letters.)
16
EARoacum, FEB. .
These are very critical moments,N
aidthe uneasiness of the
people is manifest. Between six and eleven o'clock the water
has risen several feet. At eleven o'clock the ice broke with a
tremendous crash, and piled itself in such a manner on the
Schaardyke as, I believe, has never been recollected be-
fore. The ice is above a man's height on the dyke,
so that even the foot passengers are prevented passing
along. Notwithstanding this immense pressure, the
dyke has kept in good condition, though the water was rising
in all quarters: expresses were tlespatched to the various sta-
tions,—and the tidings from lleteren (between Wageningen
and Arnheim) were as follow consequence of the stop-
pages of ice, the water streamed since three o'clock this morn-
ing over the dyke ; we anticipate every moment one or more
ruptures; such spots as appear weak have been supported by
piles, baskets of earth, and other means to withstand any shocks;
and they appear to be giving way. We have no prospects of
escape except by the removal of the ice.
R ,
FLETE
EN, Eli. 17.--The water is running over the dyke,
and we are doing our best to save ourselves, and there are
seven dangerous points to look after, but the ice is not so con-
siderable, and the water is falling.
LIENDEN, FEB. 17.—Evening, Nine o'Clock. The water
ran this afternoon at different places, more than one foot deep,
over the dyke, since which it has fallen rapidly. Accordingly,,_
we begin to entertain hopes that all will go off well.
The danger is passed at the Lek, but the Waal is stil re-
ported to be in a bad state, both these rivers are branches,:
the Rhine. The rivers are known to our travellers. the for-
mer passing Arnheim, the latter Gorcum and Nymwegen.
A TRAVELLER.

SHIFPIA G IN TELLIG.ENCL.

(LLOYD'S.)

LONDON, FEB. 23.—Wind this day at noon E., fine.
DEAL, FEB. 22.-- Wind N. N. W., lhrht.—Arrived the
Tamend, Varnum, from New Orleans ; fiiitain's Queen, St.
Michael's; Elizabeth, France, Marseilles; James Cooke, Fol-
lins, Limerick; Hibernia, Quin, Waterford; Ariel, Limerick.
NEweoRT, FEB. 2l.—The Maidstone, Clark, hence to Lon-
don,lhas been got off the Strand, and towed in here full of water.
DovElt, FEB. 22. --Arrived the Hope, James, from Lime-
rick ; and Rapid, Miiler, NVaterford.
PORTLAND ROADS, FEB. 22.—Arrived off the General
Dine, Pearce, from Valencia.

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SWANAGE, FEB. 21.—Arrived the Johan Julus, from St.
Thomas ; and 1-lepFens, Zwarting, Surinam.
CORK, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Copeland, Sims;from Cal-
cutta; Nelson packet, 111edhurst, Newfoundland; Whitby,
Wellbank, Lombock.

PETERHEAD, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Erie, from Leghorn.
FOLKSTONE, FEB. 21.—A smack, apparently French, wa-
terl gged, and rigging hanging alongside, was passed yester-
day off z-t. Catharine's Poin‘by the Francis Yates, arrived in
the Downs.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 22.—Wind S., light.—Arrived the Rus-
seq, from Natchez; Alexander Edmond, Strong, St. John's,
New Brunswick. Sailed the Margaret, Tomkins, for Sydney,
New South Wales ; Palmyra, Croat, Demerara ; James Hunt,
Stewart, Antigua; Lord Maidstone, Taylor, New Orleans;
Ntmpartril, Harding, St. Michael's; Syrett, Foster, Leghorn;
Lady Scott, Forbes, St. Marks; Hannah Grayson, 1 enrice,
Malta. The Baboo upset uhis morning in the Canning
Graving Dock. The wreck of a ship, apparently split in
two, with stern gone and cargo all out, was fallen in with
yesterday morning, about lii miles westward of the Sherries,,
by the Birmingham (steamer), arrived at Dubl n, and
boarded her, and found two men dead in the rigging, and
took from her a t,•unk containing watches, &c. 111em.—The
above is supposed to be the Governor -Fenner.
11111.FoRD, FEB. 21.—Sailed the John Bentley, Dishon, for
Savannah ; Gen. Wiltshire, Wilson, Liverpool; Alexander,
Deans, Swansea; Ariel, Borough, London.
PWLIIELI, FEB. 20th.—The Sheldrake, Forster, Dublin to
Newcastle, put in here last night to stop a leak which has been
stopped, and she is ready to proceed.
_KIRKCUDBRIGHT, FEB. Isth.—The Hectorine, Sproat, from
Dundalk to Glassondock, which went on shore in entering this
pace on the 13th instant, has floated off and remains wind-
bound. The Sirius, Coulton, of this port ran on the sand na
Weston Bay on the 13th instant and sunk; crew saved.
BELFAST, FEB. 20.—The Prince of Waterloo, Wall, off this
port, half laden with coals, struck on the Bar during a ole on
the lath, but was got off this morning without much damage.
TEIGNAIOUTH, FEE. 20.—The sloop Mary Anne, from
Shoreham to Runcorn, which was run on shore on the Horse
Shoe, has been got got off and brought into the harbour to
repair.

RMOUTH, FEB. 22.—The Trent, Delande, of Sunderland,
has been aisisted in here with boats, stove, &c., having been
in contact with the Sea Bird of Shields last night.
WEXFORD, FEB. 19.—A1l hopes of the safety of the Aurora
have ceased, her boat having been driven on shore in Dundram
Bay.

R.EDCA R, FEB. 20.—The Percival, Foster, of Hartlepool, ran
on the reeks near this place, but was assisted off and taken into
Hartlepool.

The St. Ives, Quick, to Geneva, was stranded on the 9th,
instant crew saved.
The Stafette, Schildwach, was wrecked on the 11th instant
going into St. Übes ; crew and part of materials saved.
The Planet, Wrangles, from Corunna to Oporto, was aban-
doned near Vile de Conde on the 11th instant; crew and ma-
terials saved.

THE IRISH IN 1840, BY N. P. W1LL15...._." But
what shall I say of the human habitations in this (so called)
most thriving and best conditioned quarter of Ireland ? If
I kaa not seen every second face at a hovel door with a
smile on it, and heard laughing and begging in the same
breath every where, I should think here were human beings
abandoned by their Maker. Many of the dwellings I saw
upon the read-side looked to me Ile the abodes of extin-
guished hope—forgotten instincts, grovelling, despairing,
nay, almost idiotic wretchedness. I did not know there
were such sights in the world. I did not know that men
and womrn upright, and made in God's image, could
live in styes like swine; with swine, sitti:rg, I3iag down,
cooking and eating in such filth, as all grate animali,
Lae the one unclean,' revolt and avoid. The ex-
traordinary pit f it, too, i; that is seems almost alto-
gether the result of choice. I scarce saw one hovel, the
I loud Iluer of vhiet, was nut excavate l several iiiehes
' bel'ito the gr,ued 'level without ; and as these is no sill or
raised threshold, there is no bar, I will not say to the
weer, but to tl e liquid fi.th that oozes to its lower reser-
viithir. A few miles from Drogheda I pointed out
' to my compar ions a woman sitting in a hone; at work,
with the muddy water up to her alleles, and an enormous
hog scratching himself against her knee. These die-
gusting animals were everywhere walkirg in and out of
the hovels at pleasure, jostling aside the half naked
children, or wallowir g in the wash, outside or in; tI e
best conditioned and most privileged inmates, indeed, of
every habitation ; all this, of course, is matter of choice ;
and so is the effal-heap situated in-almost every instance
directly before the door, and draining its put id mass into
the hollow under the peasant's table." In another 'lce,
he says--" God's image so blasted, so defiled, so sunk
below the beasts that perish,' I would net have bereved
was to he found in the semi world with hope."
DUBLIN —The
The Rev. Joseph Rayner Stephens was lihe- THE LATE FAlLtitiE
Dublin papers state that the Nblitrics or Alderman Perrin,
rale.] on Monday, the Ist of February, from Chester
Casty. This lit eration took • a lier than the i.irtieltl•irs pf whose Bight have already been alluded
place eight days e
he term of his sentence fo, ar' variously estimated at from 100,0001. to 50,000/.,
tfic latter, it is supposed, being nearertct the mark,

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