The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-17 00:00:00

DRJ.4DFUL HuItRICANZ.

A Madras Paper, received by the Malabar, gives a
circumstantial account of the dreadful effects ot
hurricane experienced at Madras and its vicinity,
in the month of December last, which we cannot
better describe than in the language of the writer on
the spot

" We have to discharge a most painful duty. tri
detailing the circumstances which have attended the
Most violent'storm ever experienced in the Carnatic,
place that at Pondicherry in the year 1762.
" On Wednesday last the surf was observed to
rise unusually high, and the clouds gathering thick
and black ni the northward,. with an increasing
wind, excited apprehensions that a storm was at
hand. During the evening some rain lea in occa-
sional showers, but in the night, and during the
whole of Thursday,. it rated incessantly i the wind
from the north-west gradually increased into a' gale,
which, by one o'clock on Friday morning, had ac-
quired a violence that threatened every thing with
destruction, and in this direction, exciting dismay
and spreading desolation, .did the wind blow until
About tour o'elock in the morning.

" About this hour the wind lt!tisened., and, alter-
ing( its course, gradtully came round to the mw--
ward. During this time there was an awful suspence,
for the experienced itr this climate anticipated a re-
newal of the work of mischief, ft 0111 the sudden
abatement of the storm, and from the shifting of the
'wind. When it had completely veered round to
the southward, it suddenly burst into a hurricane,
the like of which was never beture remembered at
Diladras.,
"The canal forced its banks, and overflowed the
Country as tar as the Government Bridge on one
side, and beyond the Powder Mills on the other,
where:the water was three feet deep.—Boats were
carried away, and several were found
,at the bury-
inggroundeend one near the Government gardens.
• " The see rose mach beyond its usual height,
bringing some of the Massoolah boats within a few
yards of the'Custom-house, and destroying others,' to
the number, we understand, of about 40. The
surf reached Messrs. E-Ltrrington's, on the beach,
and by its vidlence 'eipeted tour. feet of the founda•
tion of the House : Luckily this was not half its
depth. .On one side of the adjoiuing Wilding, the
Naval Office is much datna‘ed. The Company's
• rice godowns near the CuStotu-house were forced
open, and touch of their ,eontents washed' aweiy.
Ilie,sea rose close to the ditch of the fort, and the
surf dashed with Violeoce over the ramparts. The
connterscarp at the N. E. angle gave way, and' the
water poured into the ditch at every rising of .the
sari. The Sea has not yet receded, but that may
possibly be owing to the spring tide.. We aincercly
hope that it will in a short time return to its former
limits, orievery building on the sea thee mu4t be in
danger. The bastion' at Ihe northern.exuemity of
the Black-town wall gave way, and two guns are
dismounted into the see.
" It is impossible to give an accurate .or adequate
description of the misehiel this storm' has occasion-
► ed : far lest I:an we describe the feelings Ot 4416-
' dni3-\vlio witnessed this work of destruction. Trees
are every where turn up by the routs ; the houses
of the European inhabitants haVe univetsally suffered
considerable damage; many were unroufed, and
some partially blown down.: Tim mud-houses of the
natives are in most places swept away, and with
them many also of their wretened innabitants. It
is apprehended many thousands have perished. Dead
bodies of Men, women, and children, were tUuttd
lying in every' direelion when the storm. abated ; as
the sun rose higher so the wind, and rain, which had
all along accompanied it itr torrents, gradually abated,
and before noon returned to the northward, and by
Friday evening blew again steadily, and without vio-
lence, from the north-east,, where it now continues.
During the hurricane. there was no thunder and
lightning; although some W,LIS CKperiCtlCed on F:iday
night.

'4- In relating the account of,thp greadamage sus-
tained, we must not omit to mention the efieCts of
this tornado at his Majesty's Naval. Hospital. Seve-
ral of the Wank Were partiatly, unrooted, and in
some places ihe.roof feil.in,.io'the imminent danger
of the sick beneath ; forninatelY, however, by the
aelivity of the Officers 'mid then attached to the hos-
pital, the sick were 'removed in time to save them,
and we are therefore happy to say no lives were lost.
The wall surrounding the hospital' has fallen in va-
rious parts, leaving breaches of 20 feet wide. The
trees -arc. tarn up by the roots, and the place exhi-
bits one continued scene Of devastation, The ex-
tensive wall of Dent's garden is injured materially,
and in some parts levelled with the ground.
" Black Town, St. Thome, and the Mount seem
all to. have suffered alike ; at the 'latter place the tiarastart- is blown dovtin. in the roads, carts upset, mid
cattle dead, were-every Where lying; all the sentry-
boxes were blown down ; as were the steps going
up.to the signal staff of the fort : and the large box
in Which the colours are deposited, was thrown on
the parade. 'As no market could be held, many
European and Native, were without food
nearly time whole of Friday.
" A Pariah vessel,: lying in the roads, was strand
ed, and the Brig Cyrus, which. put to sea on the ap-
pearance Of the storm, returned .to the roadson Sun-
day morning with the loss of her masts, and half
full of water. Some idea may be formed of the
strength of the current,' and force-of the surf.; from
the circumstance of a large portion of the ribs of a
ship, supposed to be the Fairlie, Capt. ELLIOTT,
which was iburnt ill the roads in 1790, being thrown
oilier° close to Mr. Parry'S godoWns.
" To enter into a regular detail of all the mis-
chief occasioned, would mech exceed our limits,
or our descriptive powers. We cannot, how-
ever, but lament that, among :other consequences
Of the storm, Dr. Anderson's beatitiful garden has
been destroyed.. This we consider 6 great loss in a;
naiienal point of view ; to the individual it must be
distressing indeed: to see the labour of years thus,
dr-
stru in -a ilitigle.night..
."Of.the misery in which thematives are involved
we can give no adequate idea ; unless, indeed, the
following circumstance which hos reached us of the
horrid resOlution censequent on despair, in an
victual, be considered as a proof of the general sense
in which they view calamities. A native womao,
he .storm, raised a ode of wood in a Create.

after t

man's coach-house; and, getting underneath it with
her child, had the desperate resokitioo, to so tire to
it; ar..ti thus burin herself Ind infant to death.

44 Of the distance the storm reached we are at
prestlir unable to state. We liave _heard that it
tt%tredy reached to the northward' further than Pull-
cat ; to the southward it had not been felt at Pondi-
cherry, as the Amarican Brig Brutia 'anch9red in
the roads early on Sunday morning dined from
llience, and had not encOuutered any gale in drew
passage.

4' In a western direainn, wo.,itre informed, it his
reached as far as ConjeVernm,N4liere its ravages have
been much felt."

tIXTRACT OF A LETTER villm OPORTO, MAY 4.

,
" Of the contribution levied by Gen. JuNoT, flow
DUKE DE Alia ANTE, amounting to 46,000,000 of
old crown'', the first, payment, one:third, has been
enforced, and the greattr part paid in. The few
British subjeds (aboltt, 12 or 14) who remained here
were at .first itnprisoned, but were enlarged after :a
few weeks contine.ment. there- are no -Vrench
troops here eace:t the Commander in Chief and his
Gas) di, coosisting of about 410,/turse but there are
AK* 800$) Span!,lt troops under the command of
trench Gee. QUISSALL. These, troops are very .
quiet, and the inhabitants being peaceful, no distur.
bance has occutrtd.

" There t 4 no circulation of Portuguese money.
but some of Spaiii,n cloliart and French coin. Paper
money is at 518. per cent. loss. With respell to pro-
visions, catmo.t complain bread and oilier Iteces•
caries are at a moderate rate.

•‘ The Portuguese aie so thunderstruck at the ex-
ttatyklinary events which have happened, that they
know not what to do. The general wish is lei peace.
They are much attached
.to the English, althOngh
they bi:%gin now tai exclaim against rhea, front a sup•
pocnionlhat the En,2,liA Ministry will not .make
peace. A great number of persons have gone trona
hence to.the Brazils.

" it is expeeted that NAPOLEON Will proceed from
33yinpe to MAtid; and twin thence to. .Lisbon;
The Princes Palace, at.Quitot, has been directed to
be prepared fur his reception, by Gcneritt•JuNOT.
There is a report here, that most of the public offices
filki by Frew h but as yet nothing has been
done, with the exception of the Principal Magistrate,
who arrived here a few days ago. The contributions
have bi.vn so arranged, that even the, Frencn houses
established in Pottugat pay an equal proportion.
,fluke D'AIS R NT es has • permitted Vessels
to load with wine and fruits, for Neutral Ports,
and numbers iircy now taking advantage of this in-
dulgence." .‘

On Thursday, the 28th ult. a very severe engage-
ment took place between L'Aimablarigate, and the
batteries raised fur the detenee. of Cuxhaven. It
OPPems, that the Frigate stood closer into Cuxhaven
than usual, to reeennoitre„ when the batteries open-
upee foe*, And wounded some of the crew.. The
Clroulaistiei %Lord G. Sru.m.) being indignant at
the circemstauce, brought his ship to anchor in front
of the batteries,, with the determination of 'silencing
thew, which he accomplished. In . the attempt,
however, most of the shot fell in the town, de.stroy-
ed a number of houses, and killed and wounded seve-
ral of the inhabitants. We regret to slate, that his
Majesty's Ship.did nut escape withoot injury : a
Lietateeant rind.four seamen were killed, and fourteen
womded.. It was the intention of the Frigate to re-
turn again a,;ti renew the bombardment.
On the 22d of February Lit, died suddenly, at.
Crooked Islifbd, Bahamas, .males Da LANCRY,
litg. 'Collector of His Majesty's CustoMs; for Med
by nature with habits of patient assiduity, and gifted
with Skill to apply ithi powers, Crooked Island will
long regret the loss of the, willing friend, industrious
neighbour. and benevolent' man.
-11oxit4G. —The vanquished Gregson arrived at
Highgate on Saturday, at which place he has taken
Up a temporary abode. He was visited by a vast
number of Noblemen and Gentlemen amateurs of
the fist, several of whom made the falleo hero some
handsome presents, the example
.having been set by
the Marquis ot Gregson received a beating
much more Severe than that administered to him at
Newmarket, and his face yesterday exlaited hide-
ous marks ot his. adversary's. death-like-hits. He
speke in terms of enthusiastic. praise of his conque-
ror's perfeetion in hesitig ; 'and said, that he never
during the battle recovered the tremendyus right-
handed hit in the left jaw, in the first round, which
pthduced an effusion of blood, loosened his teeth,
blackened his eye, and disordered his head in every
part. The report that Gregson was negleaed at
Market-street, atter the battle, is untrue. Several
Gentle:nen called upon him, ,and left presents,
among whom was Capt. 13—, Gulley's backer,
who gave him tit e guineas. considerable sum
‘1,45 also subscribed in the ring, which he imme-
diately received!, Gregson ti.i9 C 14410 of a
day or two, be matched against Crib. . The rillowing
are Other'ivatches about to be made :.7-43etu Beleher
and I-14ton ; Yonng .Belcher aid Cropley ; and
Dutch Sam and Nichols, the latter of whom beat
Crib two years ago at Black water. The Game
Chicken will !wain exhibit, in a short time, with
any, hist-rate professor.
Tue POPE:3 Nuncio arrived in town on Friday.
It has been ironically ;17ggested that he wishes to be
present' at'the debates upon the Catholic QuestiOn.
The faa,' however, we under Stand, is, that this
Nuneio (the Archbishop of Nigrat),„ is nearly
related to the Prince Regent of PORTUGAL. The
venerable Prelate, who is upwards of years of
age, sailed. from Liibon in a Portuguese Ship, bound
to the Azore Islamic, with the intention of proceed-
ing,. as soon as possible, to' the Brazils; but the
Vessel having been much damaged by heavy seas
and contrary winds, the Nuncio, with other passen-
gers, and the Owner of the Ship, thought it ad-
viseable, for the safety of their lives, to return to
Portugal j fortunately, however, the Mediator met
00.1 at some distance from Lisbon, when Captain
131,-kmax,, with every humane assistance and pato
attention,, welcomed them on board, and carried
t\e
hetttl iotei
to Plymouth,
lust.
t where the Mediator arrived on
v
extensive cotton works near Keighli, York.
wete last week destroyed by acGicicetre.

ROMA Aq,f.DEAt:Y,

No. 1 rs. Poittait of the., Hots. Lady thwa.
aavts, K. A.

Ti LA

Much as• we have admired the produ.:1:00
Artist, we flounder the presvnt work 143
Portrait he has ever product'. It manifest, 11.1,1
principle andlhe grandeur of the art, so 1.. r a, it
can be %hewn in the province of Portrai,,
Oa. T 1 he ii4ene,.s is exad. There a maw. e.:;
tlie general aspeot of the Pi&ure aoit it ti
flattery to say, t at it need riot fear a cornp:ti,c
with.. Some uf the most celebrated Vvori US ta4'
same nature that the art has ever proluci:.4l.

No. 134. j. Farrington, LAWA rmer,
We have here another fine Portrait by Nlr. L,t-y;•
of • a Gentleman whose talents have
been admired by-the public, and whose private wo,
has been equally esteemed by all
'But though this is deeklcdly the belt.portrin 41‘.
'FARRINGTON that has yt:t appeared, we havi:
doubt that in another swill the itot ist tulip linpro,*
m
the similitude. though he old littrdi ''ad4 t(tt ins
:**exrellenee ot the Picture. We e9nivot 'id k thii
Portrait without regrettink that the 010iiitir 111%441
so seldom exert his.potveri tar thi, a lva...kt-Ae of t .
Imtitution, of which he i* poi. re,: t 41)10 a
lYti ineer 4
but as be has done so much tor the Art thri,i4l
life, we mast admit that he has a
,right to rep s* •
under the shade tat his well-earned .aut els.

No. r 6. The Unpaid Rill; or, 014 (let tist temovititt his 'ams.
PrviligAlit).-1..14. W. Tva N 40..

Mr. Tu WIER pOSsOSseS so rectei2, abiiity in the a
to which that ability is prorv;,;iy diltutctt, mat ..,4
are hurry to gee him waste 'Ai po,yers in such w.,
as the present. The inn .leitt wnich Ives the i'l4:l
lure name, forms a veryconsideraule pot of it,
and the Artist seetnikdiaveransactect hiS
in order to bring ev!':ry article torwartt tiat-"7111:144,Loi
ble him to itii tnechanicA dexterity. Wt.•eat.lifit
help suspecting that the high reputation .vhich
!SUS has acciaired in this re..pcct, itrittertl
TURNER .to co Mend with him for the adinirat:,,,fik
which such dexterity generally exi:lies i l lii
are wholly deVOid of that taste to whiCli ilont! ats
Artist ought to !tick, for the most tiesn-ahlt. ap-
plahse. Air. TURI4iER diip!aved a situilar tnnula•
lion hest year; in his Biticksmities Shop, which justi-
fies our surmise on the present uccasion---we exhort
him to .employ. hillatellti in a higher direction, and
111.2 n lie will be sure of obtaining the praise true to
original genius and distinguished ability,

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