Star.
London, England, 1824-12-13 00:00:00

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C.4NA DA.

FRobt THE QIJEBIEC PAPERS.

Me understand at.: the Surveyor General has-just
completed the first diviswn of his Tour of Inspection—
embracing the Otra a Di,t•ict, inclusive of the whole
of the Townships situated North of that Riser. Tl.e
intlefatiga!sle diligence and perseverance displayed in
discharging this artition,.; art of his public duty, entitle,
him to the unqualified praise of every well-wisher to
the r °verity and landed interests of the.country.—
The varied and estensive fund of important illforma.
Linn he has coi:eited, relative to the actual resources of
the numerous settlers—the numerical strength of their
present state of their improvements—attim•
e. in live stock appertainin to each individual or
11-4 I ot lansiiy, state of their dwellings, roads, and
other highly usefti observations connected ss ith the
rogiessive agricufint al improvements of the colony,
will, doubtless.-when completed,afFool the Government
a more faithful picture of its ti-ing energies than has
ever before been given or attempted ; and it is presumed
that the advantages which sue likely to accrue from this
laborious and minute sue trzy,*ill not be confined to the
Townships, but many of the seigniors will reap immenFe
lienefits thereby. Thu pleasing manners and depott-
ment of this Public Officer, and the general utter est he
took in the numerous investigations he had to make,
relative to the c:aims of the settlers, created a sponta-
neous feeling of satisfaction, and he was everywhere
received with mat ked respect and hospitality. A nu-
merous body of horsemen, chief!! freeholders of the
Chute settlement and North River, escorted him in pro-
*cessi,sn to the village of St. Andrew's, where lie de-
livered an api.ropriate speech, and received the con-
gratulations of the multitude assembled.
A circumstance occurred in the course of his tour
smt altogether unworthy of record. In one of the new
Scotch Settlements, a venerable•looking North Briton
presented him with the. identical silver cup which, in
olden time, contained the libations of the renowned
Rob Roy McGregor, and had been preserved as a sort
of heir-1 iom by the descendants of the family of this
far-famed Chieftain ; and although, perhaps, not pos-
sessing all the mystic qualities attributed to the cele-
brated one already so 11 e 1 1 known by the title of the
Blessed Benr of 13radwardine, yet, was probably not less
esteemed as a valuable antique curiosity.

DREADFUL INUNDATIONS.

ST. PETERSBURGH, SOV. 19.

EXTRACT FROM A COMMERCIAL LETTER. -

" The sufferings which for‘some months past have
afflicted many countries, in consequence of extraordi-
nary inundations, have not spared our city; and there
has not been, in the memory of man, any example of such
a flood as we have experienced.. The following are some
of the par ticulars :—This morning, about nine o'clock,
the water in the canals, which are supplied from the
Neva, began to rise rapidly, and continued to do so for
some hours, so that at two o'clock the water was 10
feet deep in the Galeerenhof-street, which is by no means
the lowest part of the city, and thus the whole city was
inundated. The inhabitants of the low houses, 'of which
we base a number, fled with their wives and children
to the top of the roofs ; other families, irresolute in
leaving their houses, unhappily perished in them, the
water rising so rapidly. that it was impossible to save
them. To increase the horrors 6f ibis dreadful scene,

a furious storm raged, which rolled up the sheet iron
with which manyJoofs were covered like paper, tore
open doors and windows, and, united ..with the force of
the current, carried away many of the slight built
houses. At three o'clock the water began to fall rapidly,
and now (nine in the evening) we can again go into the
streets, the water having fallen to the usual high water-
mark. The frightful darkness cf the night, and the,
continuance of the storm, hinder us from learning
the par ticulars of this ten ible visitation. All the store-
houses, magazines of wine, and by far the greatest
quantity of goods, are in cellars' or ground-floors. The
greatest magazine of raw-sugar, &c. is close to the,
Custom-house, which is the lowest part of the city;

and thus millions in value must be washed away or

spoiled. Guard-houses, bridges, planks, a vast quan-
tity of fire wood, timber, household furniture, &c.
cove.ed the surface of the water in the streets, and ter-
rible vee the struggles of numbers of cattle, which,
having been washirsi out of the stables, and unable to
fin.l a footing, perished."
Nov. 20.—Most afflicting is the sight of this dread-
ful devastation, v Mai has t uined many thousand pen-
, he, and even tfee most opulent families : ail the goods
iu the shops are destroyed ; the Lerring-magazines, with
more than 50,000 barrels of herrings, are overthrown;
and even the poles on which the buildings rested ate
swept away. The streets ate coveted with wood, dead
horses, roofs and fragments of houses that have been
washed away, and of stranded' ships. Some of the
neighbouring villages are entirely swept away, and not
a living creature left. To-day no bread is to be had at
the bilkers': in short, the distress is infante, and we
mutt look with ar.siety to the approaching winter.
Commerce is at a stand; nobody thinks of payment—
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everyone looking with grief at the wreck of his former
prosperity ; and who can avoid being deeply affected
at the sight of such terrible distress ?"—iforsterdron
C 3117 ant, Decendwr 7.
Tie following account of the same calamity is from
the Hamburg' Burma Hall List, of Dvc. 2.
11AMBUR011, DECEMBER 2.
The storm of the 18th and 19.11 November, which
raged in Sweden, extended to StAietersburgh, and did
terrible damage, as appeals from the following extract
from a corpmerci;.l letter of the `2oth of November:
‘• Our city yesterday suffered a dreadful inundation,
which has clan; infi:;ite'Liamage, and ruined many fa-
niilies. Early in the mmning the wind was extremely
high, and soon became a pertect hurricane, the fury of
which increased every moment. Unhappily it blew
iniectly from the north-west, against the current of our'
river, which drove the water over the banks, sn that in
tew hours it was three arsketirs deep (about nine feet)
in the sweets, and the inhabitants of the lower stories
saved little or nothing. The storm continued till two
in the afternoon, when the wind veered to the North,
so that the water ceased to rise, and by 10 at night bad
tun off again. The damage which the inhabitant* of all
classes have suffered is incalculable, and to-day we are
able-tratiee the general confusion. Entire vessel, boats,
batgastaragmetits of houses, are lying is tl.e middle 01.
thestratss. in the Custom-house everything is in con-
frisitim 7- Sugars in pat ticular are damaged, which
tlowedslialf.snelted, through the streets, and two-third:
were supposed to be lost. According to other letters.
the lint eiial Salt Magazine was entirely under water,
and- thousands of persons have lost their lint. (Gol)

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‘1604: 4

grant this latter circumstance may rove incorrectl.-.
Of course no business was dime on -:Changetund no
course can be :tilted?! S.
STOCKIIOLM. NOVZNIggit 19.
On the 13th and 14th the barometer was lower than,
ever 'membered here. The next day the sky was
clouded, and the' weather extremely variable; but in
the night of the lath, we had a hurricane of unparal-
leled violence, which tore the ships in the harbour
from their moorings, and *da,hed them against each
other; houses were entirely unroofed; apd travellers
who left this city to-day, have been obliged to be pre',
'ceded by labourers with axes, to clear a way through
the trees that have been blown down and blocked up
the roads.
We base similar accounts of the same hurricane of
the 18th, from Gottenburgh, Viboy in Jutland, &c.