The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-07 00:00:00

DAMAGED.

Andromede frigate, 60, Admiral La Place—on shore,
topmasts gone.
Blonde corvette, 24—masts gone, ashore on her beam
ends.

Tonnire steamer, 10 guns—masts and funnel gone.
SPANISH.

Brig Habanero, Admiral Ribera's flag on board—
slighly damaged.
Brig Constitution, 12—sunk.
Brig Laborde—wrecked.
Brig Nervion—damaged.
Brig\Patriota--damaged.
Polka schooner—sunk.
Criolli schooner—sunk.
Infanta schooner—ashore.
Montezuma steamer—ashore, foremast and bowspr]
gone, bows stove in.
Guadaloupe steamer—ashore.
Bazan steamer—ashore.
Satchie steamer—ashore.
Two passage steamers—wrecked.
Brig Trueno (quarantine)—lost.

TOTAL.
63 merchantmen, not including English.
14 Spanish men-of-war.
3 French ditto.
LIST OF BRITISH VESSELS LOST OR DAMAGED.
Edward Hayes, 213 tons, Danton, brig—sunk.
Novel, 189 tons, Laine, brig—sunk.
Susan, 162 tons, Manson—dismasted.
Prompt, 210 tons, Dunlop, brig—damaged.
Wilson, 245 tons, Campbell, brig—damaged.
Magdalene, 132 tons, Jost, schooner—bowsprit gone,
and much damaged.
Agnes Jane, 250 tons, Richardson, barque—ashore,
dismasted, much damaged.
William Murray, 146 tons, brig—dismasted.
Minstrel, 348 tons, Fuller—much damaged.
Nov. 2, nine, A.M., lat. 47 deg. 31 min., long. 15 deg.
37 min., passed the brig Britannia, of Picton, water-
logged and abandoned.

(EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER.)
Havannah, Oct. 12, Eight o'clock,
At the commencement of the hurricane there were
about 26 merchant ships in port; also 44 brigs and 13
Schooners. Of the ships swe know are lost, 3 sare, 5
much damaged (being dismasted, &c.), and of 13 we
know nothing. Of the brigs 12 are lost, 16 much
damaged, and of 16 we know nothing. Of the schooners
2 are lost, 2 much damaged, and of 9 we know nothing.
I hand with this a list of vessels in port on the night of
the gale, which please compare with your other notes.
With respect to deaths, some persons we know have
been buried beneath the ruins of houses that have-fallen.
Up to twelve o'clock to-day 11 had been buried in Ha-
vannah—i. e., in the cemetery. In Regla 11 ersons were
buried beneath the ruins of a house, but I do not believe
that more than 100 persons have perished in the city,
perhaps a less number.

Thirteen coasting schooners are sunk, and many much
injured (i. e.) on this side of the bay.
Of the trading steamers, 2 are sunk, and I a wreck.
Of 5 Spanish brigs of war, 1 sunk, 1 went ashore, 3
somewhat injured. Schooners, 4-2 sunk, 2 ashore.
Steamers, 4—all on shore.
The state of the French frigate. corvette, and steamer
you know; the tint ashore, the second lost, and the
fourth almost a wreck.

The following report has been addressed by the Com-
mander of the Thames to the Directors of the Royal
West India Mail Steam-ship Company :
" Royal Mail Steam-packet Thames, Southampton,
Nov. 4,7 h. 30m. P.M.
" Sir,—l have the happiness of reporting to you, for
the information of the Court of Directors, the safe arrival
of this ship, after experiencing, on the 11th ult., in the
harbour of .Havannah, the most tremendous hurricane
ever known there, attended with a loss of shipping
almost incredible in that beautifully land-locked basin.
It had blown fresh all the previous day, and, at sunset,
not liking the appearance of the weather, I had struck
the main and mizen topmasts, and forcyard. At mid-
night the second anchor was let go, and otherwise all
was ready to proceed to sea at daylight, it being ar-
ranged that the mail-boat was to leave the ship at four
o'clock for the mails ; but at that time the storm came
on from N.E., and continued with a force beyond con-
ception until 10h. 30m. A.M. It then lulled, veered
round to N., then W. and W.S.W., and blew most vio-
lently until four o'clock, r.sr., afterwards gradually mo-
derating, leaving such a scene of devastation as, thank
God ! seldom falls to the lot of• any one to behold :
the French Frigate Andromede, of 60 guns, 'tear-Ad-
miral La Place, ashore, and topmasts gone by the cap ;
the corvette Blonde on shore on her beam ends, totally
dismasted ; the steamer Tonnire at her anchors, but
dismasted and funnel gone ; several of the Spanish men-
of war not to be seen, the harbour covered with all sorts
of merchandise and upset vessels ; and along the wharfs,
instead of ships' hulls, not more than their lower masts
to be seen above water.

" At 7 A.M. the Thames drifted about half a cable's
length, when her Majesty's late ship Romney, in sheer-
ing to a tremendous squall, stove our pinnace, but
shortly afterwards, fortunately for us, that ship drove a
good cable's length, leaving us the weathermost ship in
the harbour, and to this may be attributed our safety,
for we were then enabled to veer, and by keeping an
equal strain on both cables held our own. The baro-
meter at the height of the gale went down to 27.70, it
was then absolutely impossible to stand upon the deck.
With the exception of the pinnace, the only loss sus-
tained is that of the mail boat, which, although moored
close under the stern with a stout hawser, in addition to
her painter, broke adrift; had she been at the quarter,
the Romney would have smashed her.
" The Tay left for Vera Crus at 4 o'clock P.M. the
previous day, and must have been at least 120 miles to
the westward before the heaviest strength of the gale;
and from the circumstance of a Bremen brig having ar-
rived on the 12th from the westward without experienc-
ing the gale so violently, I do not think the slighest fear
may be entertained for her safety. The Lee sailed for
Honduras on the Bth.

I delayed sailing from Havannah until the morning
of the 13th. at the urgent request of her Majesty's Cot:-
sul-General, and with the pertectconcurrence (in writing)
Ihe Admiralty agent, to enable the merchants to add
to their litir)pean correspondence. In this I feel satis-
fied that the Court of Directors will lxsar me cut, the
more so as we left Hermit.la at the proper time.
" I herewith enclose a list of casualties to the shipping,
and also the Ilavannah newspaper of the 12th.
"I trust I shall be excused in stating how much I had
reason to be pleased with the exertions of every officer
and man on board during the most anxious day of my
life ; there was much heavy and wet work in ranging
every fathom of cable, and getting the third anchor
ready for letting got in all this every one most cheer-
fully lent a willing hand.—l am, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, " PHIL. IIAST, Captain.

" Captain Chappell, R.N."

MISS BURDETT COUTTS' NEW CM:MC U.—Some
months since it was announced in the public journals
that Miss A. Burdett Coutts had handed to the Lard
Bishop of London a blank cheque upon the firm of
Coutts and Co., at the same time authorising the Right
Rev. Prelate to fill it up with such amount as he might
consider necessary for the erection and endowment of a
church, the purchase of a site, the building of schools,
and parsonage house, in a densely populated portion of
Westminster, which city her father, Sir Francis Burdett,
represented so many years in Parliament. Estimates for
• the building were made, and calculations entered into for
the necessary endowment, when it was found that a sum
little less than 30,0001. would be required, respect being
had to the most ample gratuitous accommodation for the
poor. The announcement of this sum drew down upon
the Bishop severe animadversions from those who were
ignorant of the basis on which the estimates had bean
made, the consequence of which was, that the Bishop
felt some delicacy in proceeding with the matter, and
until a few days since, the subject remained in abeyance.
The munificent donor, however, determined not to be
thwarted in her pious purposes, has been in personal
communication with a celebrated architect, and, with the
Bishop's consent, the new church, &c„ will be forthwith
commenced, the designs having been approved of, and an
eligible site obtained. The church will be erected in
Rochester-row, and arrangements will be made, in virtue
of which Miss Burdett Coutts will have the first nomi-
nation to the incumbency, the patronage ever afterwards
being vested in the Lord Bishop of the diocese.
NEW SCALE Or SALARY TO TUE GENERAL POAT-
MEN.—The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury having
forwarded to the Postmaster-General their approval of
the proposed scale of salary for thegener;.etelsporsdtay in
postmen, the
following extract is from a notice posted
the
hleetrteAriacarriers'Majesty's office ofthedvee been p
department:—" eniteta—s:d
to authorise
The
Lordsof
Treasury ha
the following as the future scale of wages for the General
Post letter carriers:—Sixty men (seniors), at 30s. per.
week: one hundred and teu, at 255. ditto; one hundred
and thirty, at 235. ditto For all losses of emoluments
arising from the adoption of the several recent alterations
in the duty, compensation is to be given to the men; also
for losses arising from the gratuities arising from the
abolition of bells, &a, but such compensation is to be
reduced as the parties now claiming it rise t ) the higher
amount of salaries now provided fer in the -.cab,. As it
reglrd, the aratuitie, at t ”iri,tinn.s, the aw-orities will
make arrangements for their being placed upon a proper
and definite footing, but it is ordered that for the pres,'nt
they arc to remain as they are." According to the new
scale, the cost of the general delivery force will amount
to 19,5041. annuall:,-, the force being 300 men. Tire cost
f 271 men . t.ll, 41. ,:m lin.k,(l. '0 13,6231 1 ”.r
. Fre,tll Th. 4 (!(,:z;H;r,;l,t• •.

113 k die ,thiziy to the country' by the
iew regulatiou is 5,983/. 19s.