The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-08 00:00:00

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and her ladyship beard him say, in a hew vor " Aite faithful
Barbara ! and now mine for ever."
Miss Birraingbaut replied ; " Gain but my suother's
and there cap be no further obstacle."
The other two gentlemen, were the Baron de Wallestein-atid Sir
Benjamin Birmingham.
They had all their backs turned to the door, so that her lady.
ship came upon them quite unawares,
" Here she iv, I declare !" said the Baronet; "come to give
her consent just in proper time. Well! any lady, Ms% I tell
you, I'd be shot if that dear gill of ours watent in lore with some
one or other, and now it comes out that she's been 414 good as engag-
ed ever since the election, to this vault Colonel ; clapping Lionel
on the back.
" Not engaged, papa," said Barbara ; changing colour,
" only—"

bh ! not eugaged, only attached, I suppose ?"
" Well ! these tenth:men," continued Sir Benjatuia; " called
on me after you went out, end told me ell about it--a ml now my •
dear—your consent is all we want ?"
" Mamma," said Barbara, with a voice trembling from emo-
tion ; you will not surely refuse to make your child happy?"
and she took her motherie hand " Will you?"
" On my knees I must entreat you, then," eita Lionel ; " my
whole study will be to prove myself worthy of sswh a. treasure:"
" Some one is coming," said the Baron. " Lady 13irtolughatu
will, I am sure, consent to please every body; look at the anxi-
ous
countenances of these two yonag people you cannot re-
fuse them."

Her ladyship paused; she struggled hard betweau the fedingg
of the. touther, tuttl the wishes of the tine lady ; but nista,: at !tit
prevailed : oho took kohl of her daughter'S band, and placing it
wiiltiii Liouo% ahetiaid with a awady•voiee, and to ale of dignity,
" Barbara is your., Colonel Montague ; and may you make her as
happy a* ahe!deaerres to be."

DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE HIGHLAND,' .

(Prom the /evernearr Courier.)
Friday last, the 24th instant, this part ot- the country
'was visited by a storm, at once so tempestuous in changc-.
ter, and disastrous in its effects, that the remembrance of
it will remain for many days to come, with all who-were
witnesses to it. About seven o'clock that morning, the
gale burst out with . fury, accompanied with thick- !sing
snow, and oceasional showers of sleet, in a manner that,
afforded but little hopes for the safety of any living thing.
that. might have been exposed to its fury.' The Martin-
mas market, which was held here that day, yeas the means;
however, of leading many persons froni hoine—and the
town was More crowded than could have been expected
from the state of the weather. During the whole of that
day, and the following night, the storm continued unabated,'
and even in town, it became a matternf peril to pass from
one house or street to. another. As little or no business,
could be done in the streets, many of the people mated
in groups to the shelter afforded by the closes in town, end
others to the public-houses; and it is to be feared, that to,
the necessarily prolonged visits of the people to theses,
places of entertainment, several of the accidents of that
night must he ascribed. The bass of liVes of people ven-
turing home from the town to their places of abode in the
country, is variously estimated ; there iii a certainty, how,
ever, that no.fewer than eleven or twelve perished in the
vicinity of Inverness. A main and se womaii were found
dead next morning near Castle Stewart, and two other
persons died on the road from this town to Naito. A
woman of the name of Grant, although accompanied by to
sister, who Could offer her little help, expired at the Bridge
of Moniack, within alhort distance of her own house.
Two young men who left town for Strathdearat in the
evening, were found in a state of exhaustion by the way-
side, and died shortly after, while under the hands of some
kind friends who were administering to their relief. Two
men (Alexander Fraser, a labourer, and' Peter ('urnerta4
a weaver,) were found deadthe fanner near Cuidrash,
and the latter near Arderdrean, in the hill between Urqu;•
hart'and the Aird ; 'a woman and her son, a boy of fifteen
years of age, were likewise found dead at Duntemple, near
the church of Boleskine, and within 200 yards of theit
own doOr. Thus, there is the certainty of eleven persons
at least having perished that evening. A tailor of the
name of Fraser, from Ournabeg,'in Urquhert, )eft Abrichan
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On Friday for his on !Muse, and has übf'siniti been heard
r. Two' the-ilieiilods on the farm of Barium, maw
Fort Augustus, have likewise been missing since Friday ;
and it is feared that these last must be added to this
melancholy list of deaths. Many ware found on the
roads in an exhausted and powerless condition; hut,
by the kind ministrations of passersby and neigb-
bauts, they have providentially recovered. The ac-
counts from sea, so far as our means of information ex-
tend, are equally disastrous. The John and Alexander, be-
longing: to this port, as well as two. new schooners
built at Spey, and belonging to Banff, have become complete
wrecks, in the very harbour of Thud. Two vessels were
driven on shore ut Spoymouth ; and a vessel was lost off
Stotfleld. The Aultaekiach, of Aberdeen was driven
ashore on the old bar of Findhorn, four miles below Nairn;
we are happy to add, with respect to this vessel that the
crew are safe—that the vessel has nor received any serious
drainage, end that the cargo, which is now landing, will be
preserved. While we are writing, we havti strictly con-
fined ourselves to the positive acounts given to us; but
our fears for the news of to-morrow, both with respect to
loss of lives, and the loss of shipping,,are, by no means
allayed. The delay in the mails, however, we cannot pees
unnoticed. This seems to be rather confined to the dis-
trict from Aberdeen to Caithness. A trifling detention
seems to have taken place at Queensferry, while the storm
was raging here;' but it does not seem to have greatly
affected the progress of the mail in the Southern districts.
The Duke of Gordon stage coach from Aberdeen, which
should have arrived in this town between 11 and It
o'clock on Satiirday night, did not come forward at all.
The depth of the snow was such, at a place called Culple,
two stages on this side of Aberdeen, that it was found
impracticable for this light coach to proceed. The mail
'coach was detained for a considerable time at the saws
place, but by extraordinary exertion was able to push for-
ward,oetoy tillaio
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bridges s the
flatrounds, the lands, roads!: &c, were found to be com-
pletely
away on the toll road beyond Elgin, the mail:citric
on Saturday was obliged to make a circuitous retail, by
the rugged track of Lankwirod, and, in consequence, was
eleven hours later than the stated time of arrival in this
town. The devastation in that part of the country is re-
presented 'as being beyond conception. Monday the same
cause prevented the arrival of the south mail till one
o'clock in the afterrioon, instead of coming in at half past
three i n the morning. Tuesday, however, they came in at
five oclock in the morning, tad' the due course is now
nearly restored. To the north, we are glad to report 'That
the roads are comparatively ins clear state.' No injury,
as far as is known at this hour, lute been•sustained Ors
parliamentary lines throughout the :country. Th.towt
depth of snow, particularly on the Ord
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draw attention to it on some future occasion. Dining
Saturday, the storm somewhat abated ; Sunday it was
comparatively clear, but -still intensely cold and boisterous;
even Monday and Tuesday were days on which no per•
would be siert out; and
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that no one will, as long as the remembrance of this may
lot, roadway, and unnecessarily, expose themselves to the
dullerof travelling at night in a storm.

Mr. Gulley, the fittnutis ci-devput pugilist, now the'
General Scott of Newmarket and Doncaster, was , the highest
bidde for the Ware-Park estate in Hertfordshire, the am of Nh.
liyde. When this celebrated warrior was fighting (Argon. jo
Sir John'Sehright's park, in that county, smut IS years ago, Le
did not, taped so woo to he in a condition 10 SA* ,bit station
among the aristocracy of Ilertfordthire. It, is geld_ that the prior
of the. Ware-Park property, for which he offered about ♦t,,410t1t.,
it *trifle compared with the value of such *notate AA Mr. Gully
hisifront his great weaitli, now in hispower to porcloief......4tor.