The Sun. — London, England, 1802-01-28 00:00:00

IREL AND. DUBLIN, JAN. 23. Wednesday night last the most furious hurricane ever recollected in this city, blew from the North west. It began about twelve o'clock, and raged with increasing fury until eight o'clock on Thurs day morning, attended by repeated bursts of thun der and lightning, and carrying such devastation, as to appal the firmest mind. Numberless chimnies were blown down, and seve ral old houses ; in the Liberty particularly, where the habitations are composed of frail materials, the wretched inmates were frigbted from their beds, to take shelter in the watch-houses and public build ings. There is scarcely an house in the city which has not suffered more or less by injuries to the roof, walls, or chimnies. • Happily thisdestruaion was not attended by the loss of any lives that we have heard of. A young Gentleman, son of JOHN DWYER, Esq. of Merrion-street, had a most providential deli verance ; the. whole stack of chimnies fell in upon the bed in which he lay, but he was preceded by the rafters of the roof, which lay across him, and after being buried for nearly two hours under the rubbish, be was dug out, with a few slight bruises. Another stack of chimnies in Merrion-street fell through the whole. house, and overwhelmed a ser vant sleeping_ in the kitchen, who was extricated without farther injury than a bruised arm. A Gentleman, who was suddenly awaked by the ,storm, ran from his bed to the window to look out, at the instant a whole pile of chinmies fell upon the bed he had just left, and crushed it into the story beneath. We hate heard of many similir preservations, in which the hand of Providence seems to have visibly 'interfered. The house of Thomas Walker, Esq. at Stephen's Green, suffered considerable damage, by the whole stack of chimnies having fallen in. On Thursday morning the streets were strewed with stones, slates, tiles, and broken laths, the fragments of ruined roofs and walls; several trees were torn up by the roots ; and we fear much da mage has been suffered by the shipping in the Chan. nel. In the Bay of Dublin four ships were run aground, but got off yesterday without damage. The point from which the storm came was favour able to our Coast, but must have been very destruc tive upon the Welsh shore. A parapet wall in Merrion•square presents a singular appearance; it is blown back upon the roof of an house, where it lies unbroken and regular as if it bad been placed so by art. The ravages of the storm were not confined to the city ; the environs suffered equally, and we hear many trees were torn up on the road leading to Drogheda. CORX, P.N. 21. A few nights since, a gang of five armed ruffians, with blackened faces, broke into the house of Mr. B. O'Connor, near Newport, county of Tipperary, and plundered it of a large sum of money, and Other valuable property. Last night, and all this day, it has blown a violent gale of wind from the N. W.—The Ad. miral Packenham, from Martinico, is on shore at Passage, but we hope she will he got off without injury ; we have not heard of any more damage done to the shippinrin our harbour. OnWednesday s'enniglrt a large barn and haggart, containing a quantity of corn, threshed and stacked, &c. the property of D. O'Brien, Esq. at Cratloe, county of Limerick, was maliciously set co fire, and the whole was consumed. Reports have been in circulation for some days past, of the discovery of a Gold Mine, somewhere to the westward of Civughtraki/tj, and that some at tempts have been lately made to ascertain its strata, direftion, &c. &c. It is reported to be on the lands of Mackrus, whish estate was the late property of the family of the MOOR Es, but now belongs to a widow lady in Bandon. As the details which have reached us are but imperfea, we shall reserve a further account until we ate more fully possessed of authentic partieulars. MANSION.HOUS E, JAN. 26. FORGED BANE. NOTES. job: jete4 again underwent a long private ex amination before the Lord Mayor, 111 r. Kaye, the Solicitor of the Bank of England, &c. It appeared that he had sold many forged bank notes to two men of the name of Ogden and Simmons, confined on the felons' side of New3ate; forty pounds of which he sold for 251., and some for Ss. a piece. the wife of Simmons was deteCied in putting off one of these forged ors at a shop near Paternoster.row, in buying a ler of stockings. Ogden and Simmons were brought from Newgate by Mr. Kirby and his men, and although they have been long prisoners in that place, they were well Brest.--They were all remanded for further examination. The Solicitors of the Bank have, we understand; at this time not less than forty-five commitments to be tried at different Assizes. Robert Raymond was again brought before his Lordship, charged on suspicion of being concerned with James Parsey, who robbed Mr. Bish's house. Raymond confessed that he was formerly convkled, - and that he was acquainted with - Parsey and Gill, hitt said that he had no conneaion in this robbery. }ie was discharged for want of eliidence. The Magistrates of the County of Somerset have recommended to the Innkeepers, &c. to lower the price charged for posting to one shilling per mile for a chaise and pair, and also to lower the prices charged to travellers for hay, corn, &c. as they cannot see any reason for their present exorbitant demands, and declare their determination to encou rage such only as shall comply with thoir-recom mendation. COUNTRY NEY'S LEEDS, JAN. 25. EAS-LV in the morning of Thursday last, it blew the most dreadful hurricane, accompanied with rain, that was ever remembered in this or any other part of the county; The damage done is very consider able ; chimnies, roofs of houses, and even houses themselves in some parts did not outs - 6nd its fury. At the entrance into the town of Wakefield, a large barn was rased to the ground ; the garden walls, and several of the largest trees at Seacroft House, the residence of Charles Clapham, Fci. the newly-ered ed wind mill upon Yeadon Moor, a dwelling_house nehr Hunslet Turnpike, and two at Beeston, met a similar fate. Within two miles of Halifax, the York and Leeds mail coach was blown over and broken to pieces ; ar Manchester, we hear, a house was blown down, and five persons buried in its ruins. To e - .limerate the different places where damagohas been done, woul'l be as impossible as to compress in our limits an estimate on the subject. LIVERPOOL, JAN'. 25. - On Thursday morning, betW-een one and two o'clock, the most dreadful storm of wind arose from the Westward ever remembered by the oldest inha-, bitant in this town or neighbourhood, and conti nued with equal or increased violence until three o'clock in the afternoon, in which many sloops, some laden, others in • ballast, were sunk at their anchors between the Old Dock quay and the Foet ; boats beaten to pieces on the beach, as %veil as larger craft; the sloop Peggy, of Greenock, Capt. McLean, laden with provisions from Cork, was driven on shore dear the Half-mile House, ;here she went on lie-: beam ends and soon filed with water, the crew (six in number), with a gentleman and six soldiers, passengers and the Pilot, lashed themselves to the mast and rigging, and remained there a consider able time; not fifty yards from the shore, in sight of many spectators, who, in vain, attempted relief, but were unable to afford any, from the violence of the storm and tremendous surge of the sea, and me lancholy to relate, the pilot, passengers, and crew, were all unfortunately drowned, except one, who was washed on shore - nearly exhausted, but was hap pily' recovered. The tide flowed near six feet higher than mentioned in the Tide-table. The de vastation.committed by the storm on the houses in the town is beyond description, scarcely any but re— tains some marks of its unprecedented fury ; fifteen new built small houses in Chissenholme,street, and others in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall-road, were levelled to the ground ; the roof of a gentleman's house in Bold-street was beat in, by the stack of chimneys falling, which broke through the roof and floors down to the tea-room ; another house in Price's -street, suffered the like disaster, in which a woman in the last stage of pregnancy was killed by the ruins whilst in bed with her husband and two children, the latter escaped with some contusions : a gentleman in Ranelagh-street had not quitted his bed many minutes before it was completely covered by the chimneys, which falling, penetrated through the roof; but the most wonderful mark of preserva tion was, that of a gentleman in his bed at Everton, who, by the falling of the chimneys ; was entirely overwhelmed by them, but, as if by the special care of Providence, two of the large coping stones from the chimney top fell in such a manner as to form a kind of arch over his head, and thereby preserved his life; a contusion - and several bruises were the unavoidable consequence, but we are happy to say that he is in a fair way of recovery, though the weight of the rubbish was so great as to break dolvs thebedstocks on which he lay, and to force a pas sage through the floor into the room below ; the houses in Bedford -street, Harrington, Edge-hill, Low-hill, and Everton, and their neighbourhoods, xu have suffered severely in their roofs and many ofzhem being completely uncovered, and the garden walls levelled with the ground ; indeed there is scarcely any part of the town that has escaped its fury : the same, we learn, has been the case in all the neighbouring townships: in Halewood many trees torn up by the roots, and barns thrown down or uncovered; in Simondswood, a new Luilt brick_ house, and many other houses, barns, and shippons, thrown down and completely destroyed ; in Down Holland, we also learn, the like disaster took place, as well as at Crosby ; and the venerable church of Sefton, that has stood upwards of iOOO years, has lost about 5-feet of its spire, with the weather vane, which is blown down on the body of the building. YORK, JAN. 23. Early on Thursday morning, the most tremend_ ous gale of wind came en at this place that has been experienced for a number of years. It con tinued without intermission until a late hour in the evening. The damage it has done to the buildings, &c. in many parts of the City is con siderable. Our letters mention, that its severity has been felt in almost every District of the King_ dom. Our accounts from Hull state, that the ap pearance on the side of the River was most tre mendous. From the extreme violence of the wind, the Humber appeared like a vast field of smoke.— A small sloop belonging to Mr. Joseph Howard, Of that place, unloaded, sunk opposite the garrison, fortunately none of the crew were on board, and the Vessel has been got up with little damage. Ap prehensions were entertained for two Brigs lying at anchor opposite the Garrison, but they rode out the gale in safety. A Brig was driven ashore be tween that place and Paul, but has since been got off. A Sloop was sunk off Bessie, and two out of three of the crew drowned ; the third reached the land with great difficulty. Of the crew of another Sloop in great distress off that place, one perished upon deck by the cold ; another was drowned, and the third was, by great exertion, got on shore and carried into Bessie. A reputed thief was discharged from the Public Office, Bow -street, last Saturday : and, in about half an hour after his discharge, being detected stealing a silver milk-pot, front the house of Mr. Bishop, a Stable-keeper, in Broad-street, St. Giles's, he was secured, retaken to Bow-street, and corn. mitred. 1,1)NOON : Printca by BUCHANAN NI'MILLAN, (of Bow-Street, Covent-Garden) P.: the SuN-Oirica, No. tlz, Strand ; where Advertisements, Grders WE - LAST CB) FROM THE GAZETTE'LIE FRANCE. THE history of the last century presents five' principal epochs which merit observation, and which . serve to discover how these events were brought . about which are to signalize the age in which we live. The first epoch, which comes down to the year 1720, is remarkable for. the disasters which befell Louis XIV. in consequence of the efforts made by the Po,vers of Europe to preserve the poli ticalequilibrium, and to reduce it to that system which it :has preserved down to our times. it was Prince EUGENE who determined the Emperor LEOPOLD to oppose France ; he made him perceive, what in fat came to pass, that the Powers of the West and of the middle of Europe would speedily unite themselves with him. The War soon became general. Holland and England, Italy, Austria, and thesEmpire of Germanv, firmed a coalition against LEWIS XIV. That Monarch made use of every means to disunite his enemies ; but in spite of his address and courage, he saw himself obliged to yield to their efforts, and to offer, at Gertruydenberg, in 1710, to renounce his claims on spain, to acknowledge the Archduke CHARLES' as Sovereign of that kingdom, and to surrender Strasburg to the Empire. In the mean time, while these Negotia tions were pending, France at length succeeded in detaching England from the coalition and in treating separately with her. The death of josEeu, the successor of LEOrOLD, also produced some happy ' changes during the negotiations at Utrecht. Ap prehensions began to be entertained lest Austria should in her turn seize upon the preponderance which was about to be torn from her rival. Europe began, in part, to repose ; and the Peace of Utrecht and that of Rastadt began to restore her to tran villity. But War still desolated the North of Europe : CHARLES XII. who saw the Powers in that quarter combined against him as those in the South and \Vest had been against France, wanted the policy of the latter kingdom : he only under stood how to fight. His death reestablished the Peace, and left Sweden in a state of debility, from which she has not yet recovered. The second epoch of the eighteenth century, which commences about the year 1720, will always recall the most pleasing recolleaions, on account of the repose then enjoyed during a period of twenty years. The celebrated Quadruple Alliance secured this tranquillity. The Turkish War, and that for the succession to the Throne of Portugal were short •and partial. The third epoch is to he dated from 1740 ; at that time a phenomenon, for ever remarkable, begins to make its appearance in the political world. The system of Europe is changed. A new genius ap pears and raises to the first rank an infant Monarch) , which possessed only two millions and a half of in habitants, and 70,000 troops. Alone, he rends from Austria a part of her dominions ; he secures himself by a Peace ; he gives Laws to his Nation, and makes himself equally feared and admired by the other Powers of Europe. It was then demon strated what Genius. is capable of effeding in op position to strength, what unity of action can atchieve against multiplicity of designs. It was then that France, by an unaccountable derelidion of all her ancient principles, formed an alliance. with Austria her rival, to reduce a Power which it was her interest to support. Russia, Saxony, Sweden, a part of Germany, Poland, and France united themselves against FREDERICK. But that great man, sustained by England alone, which had con stantly remained stedfast to her ancient principles ; favoured by sc - Jse accidental circumstances, such as the death of the EMPEROR of RvssiA . , was :enabled, partly by negotiations, and partly by vic 'tories, to re-conquer his own territories, and also to establish himself in his former conquests. The Peace of 1763 put the seal to FREDERICK'S glory, and began a new order of things with regard to Prussia and to Europe. The political system which signalised the fourth epoch, was, without doubt, the most solid which Eu_ • rope had hitherto enjoyed. Divided betwixt Prussia and Austria, the great Continental Powers consent ed themselves, during a space of z 6 years, with discussing, negotiating,- and sometimes threatening one another, as happened in 1770, when the Suc cession of Bavaria was agitated : but they did not come to an open rupture. Many great events how ever distinguish that long period, so remarkable for long-continued Continental Peace. A part of Poland was shared among the three great Powers which sur round it ; and that partition -was made with such mutual good understanding, as to deter any other , Power from opposing it. France appeared to have a more immediate interest in supporting the Ameri cans : Tire rivalship of England, and the success of this Power during the seven years war, gave her more umbrage 'than the changes which had happened in a part of Europe where she had ceased, for many years, to haveeny influence. FREDERICK, satiated with glory and contented with the prosperity of his subjeds, chose to live in peace till the end of his days. His successor reestablished tranquillity in Holland, and iormed an Alliance with that Repub. lie and with England. This Alliance was the means of giving Peace to the Turks, and of setting bounds to the conquests of Austria and Russia on the Ottoman Empire. The genius of Peace seemed more than ever desirous of establishing itself in our hemisphere, when our Revolution came to scatter new seeds of discord among the Powers of Europe. Many causes, no doubt concurred to produce that epoch, the most remarkable of the last century, and one of the greatest events its, the history of the world. Those who were the authors of it, did not, without doubt, foresee its consequences. They alone, who are charged with its termination, will have it in their power to comprehend the details and results of a catastrophe, the consequences of which will long be felt. France at the commencement of the Revolution became isolated horn all the rest of Europe : All her ancient political connexions became for some time annihilated ; and we might predk that the Revolution was approaching to its termi nation in proportion as these connections were re established. As at this moment Fiance maintains relations with all the States of Europe, we may `condole that the et dcg(..n. cd to signali/ e the termination of the Revolution have already taken place ;• it will not be so easy to point ou t those which produced its commencement. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, JAN. 26. Passed by —the Skelton Castle, Jacques, . Travers, San' ders, and Melville Castle, Lamb, from Bombay ; Royalis t ' Hatton, arid-Countess of Sutherland, Egleston, Hanna- 11 #. from Lisbon; Virtuous Grace, Carlton, frorn ginia ; Richard, Forster, from Demerara; - Atlantic, man, and Stranger, Rzcicliili, ftom jamak . a.; Uriana., 1 3 rYi" [ohm and Ann, ' favn Surinam. Sailed—the Alnwick, Prescott, for India;' and juffrovo Catharina, , for Dunkirk. MARRIED. At St. George's, Hanover-sqt:are, Thomas Pearce, t'sci S of Milbank, Westminster, to Miss Murray, of Windsor } l3erks. , Last week, Richard Pinder, F.sq. of o.lkliamptOn, Devorlf to Elizabeth Knight, daughter or Joseph Knight - , of StO'l Gloucestershire. DIED, l' I{ IC I: 0 YESTE and Published by WILLIAM ARMIGER SCRI.CPI (of Ilorse-terry-road Westminster) ; for the Pater, Laws for the Editor, &c (pli.paid), must be addressed. • On Tuesday the Igth inst. at Kensington, in his .74 41 year, John Rapalje, Esq. late of Lung Island, in the Slate of New-York. . , On the 26th inst. at Dulwich-hill, Catriberwol, M 15 .5 Gordon, daughter of Peter Cordon, Esq. of AbergeWi e l North Britain, in her 18th year. . __... ~...... . ,On Sunday, at licr house in Great George-street, wes t ' 'fluster, the Right Hon. L a dy L ucy M eyr i ck , widuw (>lo' late Pierce Aleyrick, of Bodorgan, Esq. daughter of a latel_ and sister of the last, Earl of Londonderry. On Sunday last, at Old Alresf,rd, Hants, in the fifth year. of his age, the Hon. F re d er i c k R o d ney, n i nth sof of the'Wt/ much-regretted Lord Rodney. J'lflCr:"S~ RDAY. Bank Stock tB9 81 India Stock 214 2t3 Navy 5 per Cent. 974 $ kxcheq. Bills s. 6 . prenl , 5 per Cent. 1797, 991 8i 9 Fundable ditto prem. I rish 5 per Cent. 98 ,"d Exchequer Bills p a r a+ 4 per Cent. Con. 8 5 New S. S. Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 68 Ornniurn 3perCent. Con. 68, 1 64 Inver. 3 per Cent. 67 1 ,3 Ditto Scrip Ditto Ann. Bank Long Ann. 2.3 19i 15-16 'lank for Account Ditto Short Ann. India for Account Ditto Scrip . Consols for Account 6S:',l ._ MANCHESTIIR INFIRMARY, DISPENSARY, L ti. NATIC HOSPITAL and ASYLUM, fan. 1 8, iSoz• • Wanted at the Lunatic Hospital and As% lum, A Person, properly qualified to at as KEEPEE7 ar SUPER; NTENDANT. He must be a single Mal not under 23 years of age. Any p erson ti v h o i :a3 112.1 Education, and been in the habit of attending upon a s.ira ri Institution, would be preferred. The Salary will be pror , tiered to the merit and qu a lifi c ati ons o f t h e - parson elected- kg Applications may he addressed to the Secretary U. tPY Manchester Infirmary. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, . . Or PRIVATE CONTRACT, THE . LEASE of a LARGE HOUSE, foo l' • Stories high, situate No. 3,, SOUTHAMPT-A, STREET ; known by the PORCUPINE and AN'IA JACOBIN PRINTING-OFFICE. Particulars wil l given.m due time. Apply at Mr. Kernmish's, No. J 7, King-street, Borough_.,' • LIBRARY of BOOKS, Fossils, Lava, curious G Urn found in the City .of Pompia, Plate, Wearing parel, Fire Arms, small collection of original Drawings, fcc. N. B. Every Box sold in Great Britain is sealer. „giv e a stamp, on which, by favour of the Commissoners, ed, at the SW - hp-office, ". T. Taylor, No. 9, N e ‘ c r , street," to imitate which is Felony, md all vt hers a.' terfeit. rot TO .BP: SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mes s rs. "GIBBONS and BOWLEY, At Macklin's Great Room, No. 39, Fleet-str!et, oppo s St. Dunstan's Church, This Day, Jan. i 502 ,3 • TO-morrow, at Eleven o'clock, by .order of the Aa nistratrix ; -A Few- • LOTS of GENTEEL HOUSEr I:7 1 FURNITURE, soo 01,111,:ei of Alode . rn P tate, L I I 1. Prints, a Gold Watch, s ire Arms, a Marquee, & c . of HENRY HUM PHRE YS, Esq deceased : Comprising a valuable Library of Books, containing ' ~, ( couver's Voyages, with fine Plate s ; Q uarto Encyclop4,), in 37 p ar ts : A nc i ent an d M o d ern H i story, 6o vols. Ar'ljle, Register ; a va l ua bl e M anuscr i pt, embellished NVi: 4l l - f i-i merous Drawings, a collection of Paintings, undoubted ginals by Gurchenio, Hemskirk, Tenniers, Zucharelii, te . bens, &c. Loose Prints, and beautiful Drawings ; a F graph ; a Camera Obscura, large collection of Music ;ell . . sorrily bound, in Italian peras and Sonatas, an orgal',,' i o' Piano Forte, a Harpsichord, Wearing Appar e l,. ,/ Dagger with Gold Sheath, a Gold Dumb Repeater, licot, Horizontal cap'd and jewelled, numerons curios , collected in a Voyage roundthe World. • I.7he Furniture comprises two Secretaires and Dookc;tv , two elegant sets of Chairs, a Lady's dressing Table, a penter's Chest of Tools, and Kitchen Requisites. • , , L its To be viewed Wednesday to time Sale, NY hen Cata' o °6 ,,e may be had at the Rooms, and of .lessrs. Gibbons and P w ley, No. 2, Buck lersbury, Cheapside. • To THOMAS TAYLOR, Esq: No. 9; New Bridge-Street, Lood6 t . Dear Sir, I FEEL it a Duty incumbe n t u p o n me, to idol° re. you of the very great and 'extraordinary Cure 1 hio':,ef ceivcd froth yoUr invaluable Medicine, LEAKE' s PAT' , ' , PILLS. . • Aboitt two years ago- I was attacked with a VEN E,g EAe Pi SO RDE R, Which 1 treated rather slightly for some 0 . 3 5 but the Disease at length spr e adi ng a ll over my body, I or obliged to 'apply to the most eminent of the 4 ,li . ;“.:ultyl vi ,fiL their assistance atrorded only temporary reiref I 0 1 ; 4 ' through various Courses Of Salivatidn, and from being 5 ,i•;« of a corpulent habit, was reduced to a mere skeleton. ~i tt • Ulcers that spread all over my Limb s rendered me a When Objed, So that my Friends de s p a i re d o f my rec‘'``,o• When brought to this situation, I considered death a 3 table, but a relation of mine - cominenting upon the to' Cases in svhielt your Pills had succeeclid, 1 wai try a Box of /heat, 'which i thoug,tit rather relieved n ,, :' , , 0 0t by persevering. r two or three months, and tbllo‘, thretaions, I experienced the most uhaccunntable from pain - , the sores gradually subsiding ; I aM now, t, ot ot, God, pertedlY•recovered, and walking out d a ily : not, but one more box,. which I think cautious to take , establish my heal in its original state. 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Also .(:I‘l, by his Appointment, tor . the conven- cr. those living at a d:stance, at the rertmer's, No. 35 , ,'?„i'or'„ ban's-street, Pall let t II • the 'foyshop, No. 103, `/ street ; Mr. DisboroirdVs, No. 7, I : i s h_ s troct-rn S:CCI . S, 13001.7L011::r, No. i, Union-row, Little To' ve , r ,„ -, IC", 'Mr. Baxter's Sonili-bri4c, Edinbur,4ll; Mr. Cati`lls l , l l ; Dublin; Mr. Billa - 4;e's, 'Liverpool ; Mr. Atkinson'',, Olson's , 0 1 r cheater ; and one Person in every considerable o‘ A lt Great Britain and Ireland, in Boxes of only - as. 9' i. ..0 5 sealed up with full and plain di re cti ons , whereby pal either sex may cure themselves with case, speed,Sec re- ' safety. „ - uP air