The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NoirtMBER is, alt.

his intention of agitating henceforth for simple Re-
peal. "I seek for Ireland," he says, " the full benefit
of the Repeal of the Union and the restoration of her
domestic Parliament; I will never take less for that
i Parliament than that which it had before the
Union—that is, final legislative and judicial authority
in Ireland. In fine, fellow-countrymen, the pause of
experiment is over ; let us rouse again for the peaceful
contest—a contest not to be suspended until the Par-
liament is again in College-green with all its ancient
authority and jurisdiction. Hurrah, then, for the
Repeal!" Thus, it seems, Federalism is to be " thrown
aside as a tattered garment"—to use Doctor Squint-
em's expression in FOOTE'S farce—and the agitation
for full and unconditional Repeal is to be renewed
with all its pristine vigour. We regret this, for the
agitation is one that can do no earthly good, and
by once again unsettling men's minds in Ireland,
and filling them with hopes that can never be realised,
may be the means of inflicting an immense amount of
mischief on the community. - Far better that, for a
brief season at least, Mr. O'CONNELL should rest
quietly on his oars—as we have recommended on
more than one occasion—and await the announce-
ment of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S remedial measures for
the sister country. If these be partial, inefficient,
and too much leavened with Toryism, then it
will be time enough for him to resume his
agitation, which he will be able to do with more
effect, inasmuch as lie will have a far larger portion
of the people both in Engtand and Ireland with him
than is now likely to be the• case. But to agitate
now is only to embarrass the Premier—or, if not to
embarrass him, at any rate to furnish him with a
plausible pretext for putting off his remedial schemes
to some more tranquil period.

From the commencement of the present century
he master difficulty experienced by the successive
Governments which have exercised office in that in-
terval—has been—how to deal with the Poor-law ?
The necessity which, from time to time, has been
felt to be so indispensable for amending its defective
machinery, or for simplifying the complexity of its
operation, or for controlling the enormous annual
demand for poor-rates in the whole annual rental of
the country—this necessity has been the impelling
motive of so many attempts at improving the Poor-
law, on the part both of WThigs and Tories. They
have encountered more continuous, exhausting, and
thankless labour in putting forth those attempts than
ever in the endeavour to goVern Ireland or conciliate
their opponents to their scheme of foreign policy.
But the attempts themselves have proved but failures
more or less qualified by the advantageous working,
or otherwise, of particular details. There has been,
in all of them, a great defectiveness of system.; a
palpable want of unity in the action of their different
parts; and a discrepancy of principle between the
test to qualify for the relief to be extended under
such Acts, and the test for discriminating between
the claims of the various classes its recipients. From
this censure we can by no means exempt the 4th and
sth WILLIAM IV., c. 76 ; and the fact of these de-
ficiencies of system, and this discrepancy of princi-
ples, is strikingly corroborated by the Bill which
Sir JAMES GRAHAM was reluctantly compelled, at
the close of last session, to propound to the considera-
tion of Parliament, for the virtual further amendment
of the existing "Poor-law Amendment Act," just
cited, in no less essential a particular than the Law of
Settlement. •
That Bill, our readers may remember, was merely
brought in and printed for distribution to Members.
It will be discussed at an early day after the re-
assembling of the two Houses. It purports to be a
"Bill for Consolidating and Amending the Laws re-
lating to Parochial Settlements, and to the removal
of the Poor ;" and has already excited no little alarm
and displeasure among very large and influential
communities of the kingdom, more especially the
resident rate-payers in manufacturing towns and
districts. This is not to be wondered at. The altera-
tions it proposes to establish are described, in a
" Report" now before us, " of the Committee ap-
pointed by the Town Council of Leicester to con-
sider and report" upft the measure —as "of the
most sweeping and startling nature, and, moreover,
of an ex post facto" character. "The Bill (the Com-
mittee add) entirely abolishes all settlements of
every description acquired before the passing of the
Act, unless the parties 'have been removed by orders,
or their settlement has been attained by writing,
under the hands of the majority of the overseers of
the parish ; and it establishes as the only ground of
settlement—first, that of birth; and, if the place of
birth cannot be ascertained, then, :secondly, that of
the settlement of the father, as it would be, if living
after the passing of the Act ; or, if the father be not
settled in any parish in En land, nr if such parish
cannot be ascertained, or it the pauper were not
born in wedlock, then the place of settlement is the
parish in which the mother would—if living after the
passing of the Act—be settled. It will, therefore, be
seen that, at one blow, all existing settlements, with
the exception of that of birth, are swept away ; and
that this change applies not only to the future, but
affects all settlements already acquired by any other
means ;than that of birth, or unappealed against
orders of removal, or written acknowledgments."
Now, to show how serious a question a sweeping
measure of this kind beeomes—in connexion, espe-
cially, with the opinion of so intelligent a body as
that which has produced the Leicester Town Council
Report, that " it may be safely predicted that should
this Bill pass into a law, it will give rise to as much,
and, in the first instance, more litigation, than has
taken place under the law which it is intended to
supersede ;" we may observe that, in its present form,
it must necessarily exercise a most disastrous and
adverse influence on the future prosperity of all
large manufacturing towns. But since we cannot,
by any illustrations of our own, so forcibly develop
the course by which this result would be accom-
plished, as the "Report" has already done, we entreat
attention to the three extracts from that document,
which we give in another column, and which we have
headed respectively, " Consequences of the proposed
alteration of the Law of Settlement," &c.; " Case of the
borough of Leicester under the proposed alte7eation ;"
and " Effect of the five years' residence irresnovability
clause, both on manufacturing towns g'ererally, and
on rural districts." Yet that a strons case exists to
require the reform of the Law of, Settlement, and
with a view to the restraining 'that endless and most
expensive litigation which rakesgood for provincial
o
attorneys at the expens:,f all the rate-payers of
England and Wales, 'we are as firmly convinced as
were the framers of the 4th and sth WILLIAM W. when
bringing forwar
that Act. The amount expended in
law charges alone, connected with the investigationof
settlemee;rs, and the trial ofapp-ells, for the ye:,,r P.
inglady-day, 1834, was almost incredible
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-about one-twentieth of the gross lev-i c,f rate for that
year. The Act of 4 and 5 Wlts,44- • m IV. endea-
voured to remedy this state se' things by contracting
the grounds conferring settlement, but more dis-
tinctly and carefully prescribing the form of proof,
jects thus ai
nature of evidence and right of appeal. But the ob-
'eed at have been notoriously defeated by
the contdin_ decisions of courts of law
their severe
~' g, "
eens"sruction of the provisions—relative to'the wording.'
orders of removal, and the consequent difficulty ex-
perienced (in itself a hardship, usually, of the most
cruel nature on the unfortunate pauper applicant) in
now obtaining such orders. 'And as to the expense,
it appears, from the Leicester " Report," that
" Although the amount expended in law charges has
been diminished since the passing of the Act (as appears
IT the last report of the Cgesisetesioners, in which it is
stated to have been 84,7501. for the year ending Lady-
day, 1843), it must be borne in mind, that this decrease
in the expenditure is not to be attributed entirely to an
improvement of the law, but that it may in part be ac-
counted for by the difficulties experienced in obtaining
orders of removal."

We cannot better conclude than by quoting from
the conclusion of the Committee's "Report," the "Re-
medies suggested " by them. It is a passage well
entitled to the deliberate consideration of the Legis-
lature ; and whatever difficetifimight probably be
encountered in attempting to carry such a scheme
into practical execution, the proposal is entitled to
every degree of attention, from the boldness and sim-
plicity of the substituted recommends for the present
Poor-law and its ancillary Law of Settlement :
" Your Committee have now discharged the duty in-
trusted to them by the Council. They may, however,
be asked what remedy they would propose for the uni
versally acknowledged evils of the present system ? and
but not
e e theo n l
bt this they would reply—that the objections to the Law
° Pahai aa id
Settlements,ex p ens e,' Ys
Coonr et the
of
humanity, ground of com-
plicationa.reso great, as to admit of but one remedy• -
the AbolitiOn of the Settlement Laws altogether,
, and that is,
with all
their cumbrous and expensive 19
machinery, and providing

for the support of the poor out of a general fund, to bo
raised by means of a national tax, to which all property,
whether landed, funded, or 'personal, should be liable to
contribute, and which is consistent with the principle of
the law of Queen Elizabeth, under which every indi-
vidual was liable according to his ability, whether arising
from real or personal estate. This plan would encounter
opposition in the first instance, but it may be supported
by so many considerations of justice and policy, that
little doubt can be entertained that, sooner or later, it
will be adopted by the Legislature, and become the law
of the land.

" If, however, there is no prospect of a speedy abroga-
tion of the Laws of Settlement—if it is still considered
advisable, on account of existing interests, to continue
them for the present—if it is still deemed humane and
considerate towards the poor to break up their homes, to
separate them from their families, and to bandy them
backwards and forwards from parish to parish, and from
county to county, because they have the misfortune to be
poor and dependent—your Committee would confidently
and unhesitatingly express their opinion that it would
be infinitely better to continue the existing Laws of Set-
tlement, and to amend the machinery by which they are
carried out, by lessening the expense now required in
procuring orders of removal and in contesting their va-
lidity, than to adopt a measure so objectionable in its
provisions—so unjust and ruinous to all large manufac-
turing towns and villages—and so calculated to yield a
fruitful harvest of litigation, as the Bill now introduced
by her Majesty's Government."

The Paris papers of Tuesday have been received,
but at a very late hour, owing to the state of the
weather. The Moniteur contains the following tele-
graphic dispatch :

"BAYONNE, Nov. 11.
"The Congress definitively voted its Address on

the Bth.

" The discussion on the project of reform was to
commence on the 9th."

The Presse, in noticing these dispatches, says, that
after the failure of the amendment proposed by M.
IsTuniTz, no doubt remains of the intentions of Con-
gress. The discussion about to take place is a mere
form, and the Government plan may be considered as
adopted.

The Paris papers of Tuesday are exceedingly barren
of interest.

PARIS BOURSE, Nov. 12.
The market fur renter is well supported to-day, and
that of railway shares is rather heavy. The Five per
Cents. are held firmly at 119 E 65c. ; and the Threes at
82E 85c. The market closed as follows:

Three per Cents. for cash, 82f. 85c. ; for account,
821. 85c. Five per Cents. for cash, 1191. 50c. ; for ac-
count, 1191. 65c. Bank of France Shares, 3,130 ; Nea-
politans, 981. 75c. ; Spanish Threes, 36k ; Fives, 32i ;
Paris and Orleans Railroad, I,ooBf. 75c. ; Paris and
Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 775 f.

We have received the Madrid mail of the 6th. The
discussion on the address continued in the Cortes.

A commission was appointed to report on the
project of law, already approved of by the senate,
for giving to the Government the necessary autho-
rity to establish organic laws. The commission is
composed of Messrs. LORENZE, BENAVIDES, ALCALA.
GALIGANO, QUINTO, MORA, and NORCEDAL.
No doubt now remains, that the amended article
relative to the Sovereign's marriage, puts an end
altogether to the hopes of the family of Don CARLOS.
The Madrid Gazette of the 6th contains the con-
tract made with the Bank of FERDINAND, for the ad-
vance of money necessary to pay the Decerals<r
dividends.

Madrid was perfectly quiet on the 601.
Madrid Bourse on the 6th.--;l:nree per Cents
27 5-16 ; Five per Cents. 20.

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POST-OFFICE LONI/ON DIRECTORY, 1845.—This
work has now ree:jned its forty-sixth annual publica-
tion, and lattei:iy it has been brought out on such a
comprehensive, correct, and extensive system, that it
has driven all competitors from the field. The editor,
Mi.. Kelly, in announcing this fact, at the same time
assures the public that they shall not suffer—on the
contrary, profit—by the monopoly; for it is in-
creased as compared with the edition of 1844, by
twenty-eight pages, containing more than 4,000 names,
and these not confined to one list, but carried into the
various classifications, all of which are proportionally
extended. The Postal Directory, which has been
compiled with great care, furnishes complete instruc •
tion as to the dispatch of letters and newspapers to
all parts of the world; and the list of the principal
places in England and Wales has been greatly en-
larged, for the purpose of facilitating the operations
of the money-order office. The following are a few
of the additional improvements in this edition. For
the metropolis, there is a return of real property
assessed to the property and income-tax for the year
ending April 1843, with the population according to
the last census, and the number of acres which this
vast metropolis covers. These amount to 60,000, the
population to 1,950,921,and the real property assessed
to the property-tax, 12,779,1241. The population of
each ward, parish, and inn of court, is given sepa-
rately. There is also a useful notice respecting the obli-
terating stamps used at the Post-office, with a list of
the towns and the respective figures prefixed,
which shows at once the place where the
letter is posted, and thereby remedies a very
common defect—the illegibility of the country
office mark of the town. A third improvem
is .
an
interesting statistical account of the commerce of the
metropolis, as regards the employment of the inha-
bitants, and the different trades carried on in:its vast
extent. There is also ei iist of bankers entitled to
issue notes, with the average amount of the bank
notes of such banker which were in circulation during
she period 'of twelve weeks preceding the 27th of
April last, according to the returns made by such
latilor in pursuance of an Act passed in the
fourth and fifth years of the present reign.
Besides these, there are several other improvements
which contribute materially to the convenience of
consulting a work so multifarious, and which contains
not fewer than 1,980 pages of close, but very distinct,
letter-press. It is accompanied by a map of London,
formed from a recent survey. The other portions of
this Directory we have on former occasions described,
and it is needless to refer to it farther than by saying,
that by taking the additional improvements into
account, the late period to which the returns have
been made, and the excellent arrangement,, it is, per-
haps, the most complete manual of the kind ever
published.

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ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
This steamer arrived at Liverpool on Thursday
morning, but brings no intelligence, though a few
days later, in addition to that brought by the packet-
ship Rochester. The elections in Canada were going
on in favour of the Government. The New York
Herald says :—" It appears that the Conservative
influence—the policy of Sir Charles Metcalfe—pre-
dominates over Radicalism, and powerfully enough'
for the present. If the Radicals in the Lower Pro-
vince keep themselves in order, the Union will move
beautifully and evenly; but if they 'Kick too much,
l them into decency.
the majority will only have to -enip
....
Either way, therefore,
little while." the Canadas are saf-.or a
Accounts from Mexico mention that a French
sailor Ld beer
arrested by the Alcade of the town,
;,ad
and takn to prison. It is not stated why or for
what he was arrested; but when in prison he was
asked if he was a Frenchman, and answer in the
affirmative ; he was immediately 'Ordered to receive
two hundred lashes, attended by music; after Which
he was ordered to liiss the drummer's feet, and, on his
refusal to do so, he was sentenced to receive fifty
lashes more, and other indignities were committed
upon his body too horrible to mention ; after which
he was released, baying become a maniac through his
dreadful sufferings. In consetinehte of this outrage,
the French Consul had refused all intercourse with
the authoritiel, and had forwarded dispatches to his
Government respecting the treatment French citisens
are subjected to in that department of Mexico,
The Great Western arrived at New York on the
26th, making her passage in fourteen days and a half.
There is no alteration in the cotton market, but the
reduced stock on hand enables holders to obtain firmer
prices, and desirable lots of the article were scarce.
The rate of Exchange on London was at 110 to
1104, and on Paris sf. 20c.

_IL LINGDON .ALL.—We are requvsted
that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlboroughstree to state
tbis
day published " Hillingdonßall ; or, t, has
the Cockney
Squire, a Tale of Country Life." by the Author
" Handley Cross," in 3 vols., post Bvo., which can nof
ow
be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just
published the following new novels :-2. Young Love,
by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols.-3. Arthur Arundel, a Tale of
the English Revolution, by the Author of " Bram-
bletye House," 3 vols.-4. Parsons and Widows, by the
Author of " Peter Priggins," 3 vols.-5. The Wilfulness
of Woman, by the Authoress of " The History of a
Flirt," &c., 3 vols.-6. Whitefriars ; or the Days of
Charles IL, an historical romance, Third Edition, 3 vols.
—7. Chatsworth ; or, The Romance of a Week, Edited
by
.the Author of " Tremaine," 3 vols.; and 8. The
Brothers, by the Author of " Oliver Cromwell," " Mar-
raaduke &c., 3 vols.
COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S.—A complete
set of marine charts, published by the marine department
of France, have, by the command of his Majesty Louis
Philippe, been forwarded to Lloyd's, and which, with
those presented to Lloyd's by his Majesty the King of
Prussia, the East India House, &e., will be arranged, in
a room provided for the purpose at the new Royal Ex-
change, open to the inspection of all connected or inte-
rested in the navigation of the seas, and will form the
most complete collection in the world.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LATER FROM THE UNITED
STATES.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The New York packet-ship Rochester, Captain
Britton, arrived here to-day, after a rapid passage of
eighteen days. She brings papers from that city to
the 26th ult., being nine days later than previously
conveyed by the packet-ship England. The Ro-
chester sailed from the Bay of New York on the
26th, and at noon of that day passed the steam-ship
Great Western, !thirty miles E.S.E. of Sandyhook.
This was the 14th day out of this celebrated steamer.
She sailed from Liverpool on the 12th, and would
reach New York on the 26th—the usual period of
her completing her run from Liverpool to New
York. She took out on the voyage 140 passengers.
The steam-ship Acadia arrived out at Boston on
the 20th. She took out the mails on October 4th
for Canada and the United States, and a large number
of passengers.

The news by this arrival is not of great interest.
The most important is that of a sad and destructive
hurricane on Lake Erie, which had passed over the
city of Buffalo with great violence.

The Courier and Enquirer thus describes this de-
structive visitation

BUFFALO, OCT. 19, 1844.
TERRIBLE AND DESTRUCTIVE GALE AT BUFFALO.—
After several days of rainy disagreeable weather, the
wind at north-east, it commenced blowing pretty fresh
last night about eleven o'clock. At half-past twelve it
suddenly veered round to the south-west, and blew a
perfect hurricane, crowding the water of the lake, which
had been kept above by the previous wind, almost in-
stantaneously upon the city. Those who saw it, repre-
sent it as a perfect avalanche of water ; and such was
its force as to tear up the massive pier on which the
light-house stands, and which has hitherto withstood all
the onsets of wind and water.
The flood on the flats is more destructive than any we
have ever had—the water having risen in one hour over
ten feet, sweeping off houses, barns, store-houses, tan-
neries, the track of the Utica and Buffalo Railroad for a
mile, and drowning men, women, children, horses, cows,
oxen, and hogs.
The loss of human life is already ascertained to exceed
fifty, and as the gale has not subsided, it is feared there
must be a great addition to the list. The steamers St.
Louis, Fulton, and Julia Palmer, left here at seven last
evening, and great uneasiness has been felt for their
safety. The St. Louis has gone down the river this
morning with a broken shaft and otherwise damaged ;
she reports the loss of four passengers during the night.
The Fulton is reported ashore some twelve miles up the
Lake, passengers and crew safe—the Julia Palmer is at
anchor in the bay opposite the city; and as the gale
seems to increase in fury, accompanied with hail and
snow, it is feared she may not weather it. She has up-
wards of four hundred souls on board. Thirteen horses
were thrown overboard from her this forenoon, of which
twelve reached the shore alive.
The steamer Chautauque is ashore at Sanely
one
mile from the city ; the Government steturtser Albert is
also ashore at the foot of Court-street: sio lives lost from
either of these,
The number of houses blown down and unroofed will
exceed one hundred. I's. house on Elk-street, which was
deserted by the rssmily as the water was beard coming
in, was carrics!, up
cisely as
ed its position.
':;ien it started, not a singlechar o article having
to Seneca-street, and stands there pre-
Every store and warehouse on the creek and lower
part of the city has suffered by the water, in loss of ,and
damage to goods.
We dread, and yet are anxious to hear from up the
Lake ; for if the wind came as suddenly there as here,
the destruction must be awful.
We find in the Buffalo papers additional circum-
stances attending this dreadful catastrophe—the most
terrible and destructive that has occurred for man)
years. So far from being exaggerated, we have reason
to fear that the account of our correspondent falls short
of the deplorable reality. The Buffalo Commercial, of
Saturday evening, contains a statement of the extent
of the disaster, so far as it could be ascertained. The
steam-boat Chautauque was ashore ; the Albert was
beached; the G.W. Dole was thrown some 50 feet out of
the water ; the St. Louis broke a shaft when near Dun-
kirk, but made port. Three men and a boy, deck passengers,
were washed overboard and drowned. A great number
of canal boats were driven ashore with several vessels.
Scores of buildings were destroyed, among which were
Roop's white' lead factory, Kingman's three brick
stores, the unfinished brick depot of the Niagara Falls,
R. R. Co., forty or fifty frame cottages on both sides
the canal from Mechanic-street, Wellman's cooperage,
and Van Styke and Co.'s boatyard, Graves and Co.'s
W.
rope
walk,
Mead's new brick dwelling, with some
thirty small dwellings, occupied by persons employed,
Wilkeson's foundry, a hat factory near the canal, two
frame buildings in Jackson-street, Guthrie and Benson's
planing establishment, and soap factory, the new brick
store of F. C. Hatch, the new brick buildings of the
Utica and Buffalo R. R. Co., and the warehouse of
0. Lee ; these are all entirely destroyed, together with
a great number of other buildings which were so utts
and entirely swept away, that they could not b y
fied or recognised.
il,which has. resulted
identi-
Of the awful destruction of life .
the unmanerctal gives the
Pehff-lect of the gale is the de-
fforloimoxtihnigs
account
arable
But the most de'
Tilitin4 life. Hove many lives have been
struction.of
defi-stror
,pct, it Is impossible, as yet, to ascertain. Twenty-
bodies of men, women, and children, have been re-
covered and taken to the Court-house for identification
by relations and friends. The bodies of five children in
one waggon have just passed our office.
Sixteen persons, men, women, and children, are missing
from Wilkeson's foundry. Two servant girls employed
at Huff's Hotel, slept in the basement. The side walk
fell in and filled the room with water before they could
escape. Both were drowned. Their names were Helen
Byman, Irish, and Catherine Redding. The parents of
the latter live in Collins. Thus far the number of dead
ascertained is as follows :
Nine men, ten women, and thirteen children—thirty-
two in all. But a few have as yet been recognised.
Among the number is a man named Smith, who lived in
Elk-street, his wife and two children ; a child of William
Nelson, living in Ohio-street; and James Smith, whose
body was washed up in Seneca-street, and was identified
by his wife. Also, two familes named Smith, fourteen
in all, the heads of whom were employed at Wilkeson's
furnace, one of them a stove-mounter, from Albany, the
other a moulder, from Rochester. Also, a young man
named Floff, moulder, from Jefferson county . Mrs.
Stalcom and three children, recently from Seneca Falls ;
a resided at Will an named Metot, and another named White, who
i•
albte house on the peninsula
rt—with his son and a
..._,‘Teheihmiannk wh on ka empet
vhoe, s
son of the widow ;osier, were all drowned. The boat-
house keeper
and his son about daylight attempted to
swim .Across the creek, but were swept away by the fierce
current.

These are in brief the particulars of this disaster, so
far as we have been able to gather them this morning.
The loss of property it is impossible to estimate, but it
far exceeds any occasioned by any previous gale, and
must amount to many thousands of dollars. Great
numbers of families have lost everything. From the
south side of Seneca-street, down to the harbour, and
sweeping round below the Terrace to the northern
bounds of the city, the whole extent is strewed with the
wreck of this fearful gale, iiev.sbs are submerged and
blown down, cro
dsetter are strewed in small fleets a
quarter ut: 'Mile or more from the harbour and canals,
i
tires are covered with broken fragments of dwell-
;.-
.ags, lumber, barrels, wood, staves, &c. Never did any
disaster that has effected our city appeal more power-
fully to the sympathies of the humane and benevolent.
There must be hundreds who are destitute of every-
thing, and no time should be lost in ministering to their
distresses,

A part a th§ bl'iok dwelling on South Division-street
11004111 to J. B. Dubois, blew down and crushed the
adjoining wood cottage, belonging to M, W, Dayton.
The escape of Mr► Daytuti Mid rattily was providential.
Alarmed by the severity of the gale, he and all his family
arose, and had just left their beds when the chimneys
and part of the walls of the adjoining building fell and
crushed the rooms and beds they had just left.
P.S.—Three, P.M.—The storm is still threatening.—
The new brig Uncle Sam, Captain Vail, is just in with a
full cargo, Her baits and spars are much torn and broken.
In passing the schooner Lyons, she carried away the fore-
mast of that vessel, and committed other injuries. The
schooners Marion and Robert Wood Aiscl made the har-
bour in safety, Other's are known to be on the lake and
are hourly expected.
Two hands were lost from the canal boat Suavity, at
the Itobk,

„. .
Thefuneral of Mr. Stoiliker
wife and three children—Rill take place to-morrow
morning, at nine o'clock, from the building known as the
Marine Hospital, 's family—four persons,
The steam-boat Fulton, we hear, has gone ashore, a
total wreck, at Sturgeon Point ; three men lost.
The news from Canada is important only as giving
the result of the elections itt) to this departure, which
thus givo a tetlith of 8 Conservatives, 5 Radicals, and
doubtful. We subjoin a list of the places for which
they have been eleto.d i-,,-.
The foltotvihg Is a list of Members returned to serve
In the present Parliament i—Lnikrtr ctinitcla---Vercheres,
Cbambly, Itotivill*, blinsttf; ititmitslia; i.--Jity of Quehet;
Champlain, Sherbrooke • ,Three Rivers, James X.,ealie, L.
Lecoste, T. Franc ere, Sherbrooke;
De Wig, Dr. Rousseau,
T. Ot•Aylt,111; J. Cliliasi, I...eulttet, taw:tte, litlt, E`k!
Ward Grieve. Upper Canada—Brocicviile, Russel, Bing •
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the Np.revteiowuasrta.rriVal ; if there is
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arStitaesteist asptapneadrsPrtoetbtYe
in favour of the democratic side.
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Earl Spencer, Mr. and Lady Finch Hatton, Sir
Henry Dryden, and Mr. StPffilli O'Brien, took their
departure last night.
Sir James Graham is expected to-morrow, and
several other visitors, ainong ithoin may be tnentioned
the Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West, Lord
and Lady Lilford, Lord and Lady Hood, Viscount
Milton, and Mr. FitEwilliam.
The rain, which at this time (three oscltich) is still
falling, has thrown a temporary gloom over the town
and neighbouthood,
There will be tt grand pyrotechnic display in the
tront of the iiiantion this L, Vehibg, tinder the direction
of Southby, and the illumination will be omen thot
brilliant than last night.
The inhabitants of Stamford will dine together at
the George Hotel, this evening, the Mayor being in
the chair, in honour of the ausFicious occasion.
The following address from the Corporation of
Stamford to her Majesty will be presented to-morrow
before dinner :
" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" We, the mayor, aldermen, burgesses, clergy, and
other ministers, and the inhabitants at large of your
Majesty's ancient and loyal borough of Stamford,
most humbly and respectfully solicit permission to
approach your Majesty.
" We feel that we cannot adequately express the
deep sense which we entertain of your Majesty's con-
, deseension in honouring Stamford with your pre-
sence, and we desire most gratefully to acknowledge
the distinguished privilege accorded to us of thus con-
veying to your Majesty the assurance a our devoted
attachment to your Majesty's sacred person, family,
crown, and dignity.
" That your Majesty's life may be long preserved
for the happiness of your faithful subjects, that your
reign may be distinguished by the continued glory
and increasing prosperity of this great country, and
that a gracious Providence may visit your Majesty
and your Royal Consort with every personal and
domestic blessing, is our most sincere and earnest
prayer.
" Given under the common seal of the said
borough the 12th day of November, in the
eighth year of your Majesty's reign."
Another address will be presented to the Prince
Consort.

There will be a grand ball to-morrow evening, to
which all the principal nobility and gentry of the
county are invited.

The Court, as at present arranged, will leave for
Windsor Castle on Friday morning.

SUNDERLAND, Nov. 12.—ror some years past
here has not been so many ships in this port at one
ime as during the last week. Not fewer than 700 vessels
were lying between the Lambton Staiths and the Low
Quay, so that the channel of the river could scarcely be
kept clear. Of this number from 250 to 300 sail were
laden, but could not proceed to sea in consequence of the
heavy storm which prevailed. On Friday last the har-
bourmaster gave public notice that all light vessels then
below the bridge were to be removed to the upper part
of the harbour, from Hetton Staitbs upwards, until the
loaded ships proceeded to sea. The storm abated suffi-
ciently to enable ships to go to sea on Saturday, when a
few proceed out, and on Sunday evening, Monday, and
to-day, all the laden vessels have proceedd, so that the
harbour, though the scene of great bustle, is not now in-
conveniently crowded with shipping.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF AN ATTEMPTED ROB-
DERV AT THE ST. KATHERINE DOCKS.—During the
whole of Monday night several persons were seen by the
police to be hovering about Nightingale-lane, between
the walls of the London and St. Katherine Docks, and
as their appearance and manceuvres were of a very sus-
picious looking character, a sharp look out was kept
upon them, but nothing was discovered as to their inten-
tions at the time. On Tuesday afternoon it was found
that the roof of the cigar floor, in the tobacco ware-
house at the St. Katharine Docks, was leaking, and that
a large quantity of water was pouring into the place,
and it being known that the same always took place
when the gutter in the roof became stopped up during a
heavy rain, no time was lost by the Dock Company's
servants in obtaining the assistance of workmen for the
purpose of examining the same. On proceeding to the
roof, the cause of the stoppage was discovered to be in
consequence of eleven or twelve large bladders being
placed in the gutter, and by their side several ropes and
other apparatus for assisting the robbers in letting the
same down the wall into the street. On the bladders
being removed to the dock-house, they were found to
contain brandy considerably above proof, and had evi-
dently been pilfered and intended to be removed on the
following night, if the curious discovery had not provi-
dentially taken place. We understand it has been since
found that the spirit was plundered from a ship re-
cently arrived in the Docks from Charente, and that a
hole had been bored in the forecastle of the vessel for the
purpose.
UNHEALTHINESS OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS
THROUGH THE EFFLUVIA or PONDS.—Wednesday a vestry
meeting of the parish of St. Pancras was held, for the
purpose of considering the application on the part of a
body of the inhabitants of Highgate, to be permitted to
divert the roadway, alter the drainage, and make such
other improvements in the Highgate ponds as would be
conducive to the better health and comfort of the neigh-
bourhood. Mr. Bird, the parish surveyor, in submitting
plans of the proposed alterations, said, a committee of
gentlemen had been formed for this purpose, and, ex-
cepting a sum of 651., which the directors and guardians
had already agreed to give towards so beneficial an ob-
ject, it would be carried into effect without expense to
the parish. The water contained in the pond was the
only water the inhabitants could command in cases of
fire. They were also very deficient there of water for
household purposes, and when the drainage was diverted
from its present course, the purity of the water would
be much greater. A vestryman said that great effluvium
arose from the ponds in their present state, and no doubt
seriously affected the health of the inhabitants. The
project would confer a great benefit on the district.
Mr. Morris thought that malaria was very prevalent in
the neighbourhood. The vestry, as conservators of the
health as well as the funds of the parish, were bound
to acquiesce in that which was likely to be a remedy
for the evil. The consent of the vestry was given to
the plan.
BEDFORD.—TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WHITE.—On
Tuesday, November 12, a public tea meeting was held at
the Castle Rooms, Bedford, at which about 200 influen-
tial Dissenters of the town and neighbourhood were
present, for the purpose of presenting to Mr. William
White a splendid silver tea service, as a testimonial of
regard fur the able and successful manner in which he
had defended their civil and religious rights at the board
of trustees of the Bedford Charity, and in a series of
letters which he had written in a tract entitled " The
Bedford Charity not Sectarian," in reply to one written
by the Rev. Edward Swann, a clergyman of the Church
of England, who endeavoured to prove that "Dissenters
had no right to be masters in the Bedford schools."
The Rev. J. Jukes presided. He made a few prelimi-
nary remarks, and stated the object of the meeting.
Isaac Eiger, Esq., presented the plate, and delivered an
appropriate address. The meeting was afterwards ad-
addressed by the Rev. W. Alliott, Messrs. Mackenzie, T.
Kilpin, W. W. Kilpin, Barker, and Blower, of Bedford,
By Foster, Esq., of Biggleswade, and C. J. Metcalfe,
jun., Esq., Roxton-house. The plate bore the following
inscription :—" This Tea Service was presented to Mr.
William White by the friends of Civil and Religious
Liberty at Bedford and in its vicinity, for the successful "
defence of their interests in a series of Letters, entitled

' The Bedford Charity not Sectarian.' November, 1844."
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A NEWLY-MAR-
RIED MAN.—Lad week Joseph Ames, who has been
for some time a book-keeper at the Bull, Aldgate, was
joined in wedlock, in Whitechapl Church, by a young
woman, several years his junior. On leaving the church,
Ames, addressing his bride, said, " You want to go to
the west end of the town, don't you ? But mind and be
back in an hour, and then perhaps we may go out toge-
ther." The bride promised to comply with his request,
and was about to part with him for an hour, when her
husband, as if recollecting him self, said, " Here, take
care of this, you may want it, and it may be of some
service to you ;' and at the same time handed her a bag
containing 120 sovereigns, and also the marriage certifi-
cate, observing that the latter might be of use to her
also. Mrs. Ames proceeded to the west: end of the town,
and returned within the specified time to a public-house
which her husband had taken, and in which they were to
commence business on the following day, when, to her
great surprise, she discovered that her husband had not
been there. Sho remained for some time in the greatest
poi„ bl e anxiety for his arrival, when a messenger
brought „,lr a note, written evidently in much haste by
her husband, ioforming her that there was 130 L in the
bank, which she could have, together with some more
money in his trunks, and stating that she might 'have
all, as well as his clothes, and that, in all probability,
she would never see him more. It seems that he has

kept his word, for, up to Wednesday, no trace of him
had been:discovered.
FATAL ACCIDENT.--TWO LIVES LOST.-MAR-
GATE, Nov. 12.—Late last night two brothers, Henry
and John Payne, left the pier for the purpose of fishing
for herrings. Not having come home at the proper
time, and not being in sight, considerable anxiety v is
felt by their friends, which was at last increased by an-
other boat coming in with eighteen out of twenty nets
belonging to the missing boat (the Henry). Immediately
several galleys and other boats put off to sweep the part
of the fishing-ground they supposed the parties had
taken, when they very shortly found the unfortunate
men's boat, which, on beink,brought on shore, proved to
have gone over while sailing, she having her sails set.
No doubt is entertained as to the fate of the two poor
fellows. They were as fine young men as any in the
place. Henry has left a widow but no family.
DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT ArinnEws.—This un-
fortunate gentleman who, it will be remembered, inflicted
a wound in his throat on Thursday last, expired yes-
terday morning, at his residence at Hampstead. The
Learned Sergeant. who was in his 73d year, was the
senior sergeant-at-law, and held his appointment by vir-
tue of a patent granted in the reign of George 111. The
Learned Gentleman, it is stated, had lately been exceed-
ingly melancholy, more particularly since the appoint-
ment of Mr. Sergeant Adams to the newly-created As-
sistant-Judgeship. He had frequently adverted to that
subject, and appeared, it is stated, to think that he him-
self had some prior claims to the appointment.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—There are now only
110 persons in Whitecross-street Prison, about the same
number in the Queen's Prison, and only 25 in Horse-
monger-lane Gaol, making the number of persons con-
fined for debt in the metropolitan prisons about 250.
Some time ago, nearly 400 were confined in Whitecross-
street Prison. It is understood that the country prisons
are in a somewhat similar position.