The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-24 00:00:00

CHATHAM.

Therevision for this borough was held on Thursday be-
fore T. J. Phillips, Esq , the R4:.ri,ing Barrister, at the
Sun Hotel.

Mr. George Ackworth attended for the Conservatives,
and Mr. Stephenson for the Liberals. It was arranged
between the barrister and the two solicitors to get
through the list in about four hours, and to close the
court at a quarter after three, P.m., and anyone appearing
after that hour, their cases should not be heard. But such a
decision was considered unfair, as a great many claim-
ants were working in the dockyard, and it was impos
Bible for them to get out by that time; consequently
such an arrangement had the effect of preventing se-
veral persons establishing their right to vote, because
they came after the hour allowed by the Court.
The Rev. Edward Pitman was objected to by the Li-
berals, as holding a permissive occupation of a house
in the dockyard. The Reverend Gentleman is the chap-
lain, and was appointed to the house by the Admiralty.
The Government pays all rates and taxes; he could
not for any time leave the dockyard without obtaining
leave of absence from the captain superintendent of the
yard, or the Admiralty, and the house was allowed him
for his services as preacher.
The REVISING BARRISTER allowed the objection to be
good.
This decision decided all the other officers of the yard
wi'o bad been objected to, amounting to about ten ob-
jections.
The result of the revisions of the lists, leaves a balance
in favour of the Liberals of 45 votes.

HURRICANE at NEWFOUNDLAND.
The following account of the severe hurricane with
which the island of Newfoundland has been recently
visited is printed from a letter received by the Bishop of
Newfoundland, immediately after his Lordship's arrival
in England:—
" Rectory, St. John's, St. Matthew's. day, 1846.
" My dear Lord Bishop,—You know how fine a day it
was when you set sail from this, but we sincerely hope
that you do not know what a fearful day the next was.
I can find no words which would convey to you an
adequate idea of the fearful storm of wind and rain
with which we were visited on Saturday. The
morning, from about six o'clock, was gloomy, with
fog, wet, and a stiff breeze from the south-east. The
wind increased from that quarter until, about noon, it
became E.N.E., and blew with greater and greater vio
lence, until it raged with all the fury of a hurricane,
backing by degrees into the north and NNW., the rain
pouring down more and more as the gale increased. It
was at its height about five and six o'clock, p.m., and
began to moderato shortly after nightfall. There has
been great destruction of li!C and property here, and
everywhere else along the coast, whmce we have yet re-
ceived accounts. In St. John's, several buildings in
course of erection have been either wholly or partially
thrown down ; among them, the greater part of Mr,
Archibald's new brick house, and the unfinished
Naiives' Hall.' This fell without warning, and she un-
happy people who had fo• n 1 a shelter in it since the
fire were buried beneath the ruins. One child was taken
out dead—a sister, a grown-up young woman, I saw ex •
pire shortly after she was extricated, and, in the course
of yesterday, their mother and' a second young female
died from the injuries they had received. Several of l 3
were hurt, but not dangerously. One family, of eight
persons, belonging to the church, escaped with only a
few slight bruises, and I am happy to say were all pi e.
-•ent in the schoolroom yesterday morning, and re.
turned thanks for their merciful preeervation.
" The most astonishing effect of the wind I have wit-
nessed, and which, perhaps, will give you the best notion of
its violence, was the bodily moving of St.Thomas's Church,
between 2 and 3 inches from north to south, and that se
equably, that there is scarcely any difference in the dis-
lance it has been pushed' along the whole length, in-
cluding the tower, from east to west. The church does not
appear to have received any 'twist,' and so is uniejure.f.
Some of the largest stones in the foundation-wall on
the south side have been broken in pieces, and
I believe it is intended to take th-it wall down, and re •
build it under the sill of the dirndl in its new position.
It being thought by some that the weight of the congre-
gation might injure the building, and the seats on the
moth side !Ting very wet from the beating in of the rain,
there was no service on Sunday ; and in the s fterneon
Ile. Blackman preached for me in the school-room. Mr.
fuckwell did so in the morning, and said the prayers in
the evening, as he could not get out of town, most of the
bridges having been carried away, and the roads being
otherwise impassable from the immense floods and
freshets. The light-house on Cape Spear was swayed
backwards and forwards during the gale, being lifted, as
the gusts came, an inch or two from its foundations, but
It received no serious injury, except from the falling of
one of the chimneys, which broke in the roof. Of trees
torn up by the roots, and of fences laid prostrate, it were
long to tell. The brick houses at the head of the har-
bour, which were in course of restoration after the fire,
also received considerable injury. In the harbour much
damage has been done among the shipping and craft;
and it is feared that the loss of both property and life
along the coast has been great.
" At Quidi Vidi several stages and flakes were thrown
down by the wind, and the immense rush of water from
the lake; and the oil and fish in and on them .were lost.
Numbers of boats broke adrift, and were carried out to
tea. I regret to say that the chief, if not only, sufferers
were among our Church people. Similar calamities were
experienced in the other out-harbours. In the small
settlement of Logy Bay eighteen boats were lost; great
damage was done at Torbay to craft and fishing-rooms;
and at Ponah Cove only one boat and one flake escaped.
In short, one history suits all places over which the storm
passed—Portugal Cove, Petty Harbour, South Shore, &c.
" At Petty Harbour one man was killed and two others
dangerously wounded by the fall of a flake. In. the Bay
of Balls two young men were killed, and their father, an
aged man, so hurt that his life is despaired of, by the
falling of the roof of their house or store. In Fleet's
Mission a young woman was severely injured by a flake
coming down upon her.
" Poor Coyle had a most merciful and narrow escape.
He was off the Narrows in the height of the gale, but
could not attempt to enter, and, as his only resource, had
to run his vessel ashore in Freshwater Bay. Providen

tially he hit the beach at the head of it, and though with
considerable difficulty and risk, all on board, with the
exception of one poor lad, the son and chief support of
his widowed mother, and a member of the Church, saved
their lives by means of a rope thrown to them from the
shore. This lad lost his self-possession, and, as soon as
the vessel touched the ground, leaped off the jibboom
and was killed. The cabin passengers were Mr. Col-
bourne and the two Misses Peytono, of Twillingate.
The conduct of these young ladies was most heroic. A
brig, belonging to Howells, commanded by a Churchman,
was driven into and lost at Ponah Cove. One of her
crew, an Englishman, perished. Mr. Hoyles and his
wife, who, as your Lordship knows, were to have come
by Coylo, returned thanks on Sunday fur a providential
escape from shipwreck.
" Tuesday, Sept. 22.—Sad news has reached us to-day
from Renews. The boat has brought the bodies of four
drowned men, who perished in endeavouring to escape
from their "Jack "in that harbour. They belonged to
Port-de-Grave. Many other boats from that place were
in Renews during the gale; four, with their crews on
board, were driven out to sea; and, it is feared, were
lost, a 3 nothing has since been heard or seen of them.
" As the storm was so heavy here, you will believe
that we thought much of "The Hawk,' and I must
confess my faith in Him who preserveth His servants by
sea as well as by land was not strong enough to keep
me free from all anxiety on account of your Lordship
and your companions. Several vessels, which have
come in since the gale, encountered fearful weather ;
but, from the inquiries we have made from their
masters, we are led to hope that the flight of the
Saxer ales' had been progressive enough to have car-
ried her, if not beyond the reach of the storm, yet so
near the edge of its circle, that, comparatively, it fell
lightly upon her. These vessels were most of them
e!ose in upon the land ; the one that was farthest off
was only about thirty miles distant, tv.d we calcr.
late you had got much further before the gale came on.
God grant it ULTho steam which Me im thits