The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-18 00:00:00

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The follor.in; account I% tri ) The Madrai Go-
liment Gazak P.riramitittarr,-of-MT. 12 :

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DREADFUL HURRICANE.
" The state of the Atari at-Madras, on Wednes-
day morning fast,, gave early indication of an sp-
. pi-oat-hit% storm ; ditring the day the c;ood,i began
h:ii.gatiter• to the Northward, extremely thick and
h..14.04,.atu.L. towards the eveittng—a tew• showers of
rani _tell. Daring the night and the whole 01
I:ltuAtaty „the rain incfeased; and. the wind; which
• was northerly, freshened. ,k bout; eiFyen, o'clock at
night, it blew a complete' gale u 1 wind; gradually'
inereaAllig-fri ihe Notch-west until one o'clock'
when one of the nio4t tr&nendous gales ever re-,
membered at Madras '-set -in, -atit:Nbletas with 111
teasing violence until, aboot live oclock on Frrlar
morning, carrying before it hint:, tic,.s, and ttailflY
•
every thing that opposed its current itidtNs
and doors of the roust substant4l both tiou::cs V
thrt:4i) violence t t he. prennies, oriu strop"'
posite
4` l'he canal, about hour, forced 1:5
• The sea had previously r ,en .far befoul; the usiNd
1)"1"; luckily, boy; ever,, it was not the Wing ,
• tides. The surf beat v% nth armizaig violence m'er
the ramparts oh the forts, cent rv-boxe, were thrown
down in all dirretions, and the boats from
reached to the ecige of the Mount-r0:14... several ;',r.e
now lying near the burying-groiind, and oue
toot 4 the Govern-them Bridge.. •
" About five the-gale ahttett;:and the wind shilte'd
to the southward, Men:asap, gradually until aboot
half past -six., when one of the rnost treineodoot;
hurricanes, since the' year 1762, at Ponktiebetty,
cotnmenced—those trees • and native houses
bad been sheltered or withstood the north-west
gale, now in their turn gave way, and the eye tvas
wearied bgbolding the awful grandeur of the dein'
lating.scene which es ery where surioundedit FrAlr
17 the vestige -ur-a nee or hrub was standing, but
lay promiscuonsly ntmtled on the earth—the wrl4
blowing with that dt..aditil force which gave die::
mind the idea of thuvdei--,-raindescending in tor"
rents, and every - person 'momentarily
the house which sheltered hint giving ivIlY
elements ; 'abnot ten on Friday -morning the w:n"
(began to decrease, and (hiring the last night tllerd
was much thunder and lightning, accompanied with
;Leavy rain, and this morning the wind appears stea-
drin the south-east.'
". ft would he impossible at this time tr, cuter into.
any thing like a detail of the mischief that, bast:ll;ra
place : most of the houses of the European itihalal"
• ants are-partially ;injured, not a, tree we believe:it
the neighbourhood of Madras- has erscaped, thos'q
torep„up by the roots or split in the middle, as fruit'
lightning, • Carts are.lying upset tn: Oiredinn'
and the Cattle, and in some instance=s their' drivers,
are dead near the spot. A lifig and a rPorialt Vo",
sel, lying in the roads, were driven on: shore an,
strande6!--many villages•and the banks of ytulzs alld‘
rivers are completely swept away; 'and it is feared
most of their inhabitants are lost. The houses
its
the Black Town; St. Tliorn.e, and the neighbouring
villages, are, completely or partially unrooldd;,-Ih.o
mud-houses oft he .natl Yes are'le,vc•l with the gronq
There was not any thundet or lig!itning dung
tlia
storm. •
" At the Motint, the flag-staff i= blown
and Most of the hot e 3 bias been scrips of the"
tiles and otherwise dmaged. ,Many:,thousami lives
have been lost in this dreadful hurricane, t.~itt eye
have not beard of any Luropean having suifera
except the crew of thetrig stranded."

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The present season promises to he the grolest
for fruit ever remembered in this Kingdom. Z".
the fruit trees did not blossom till the .
nearly aver, no trusts or nipping blastsiolio:ed t(7
destroy the:lr in the bad.. This is certainly but.3
secondary Obje...ct in .our vegtatiOn; but :we may 10`e: •
wiie anticipate a plentiful burnmer and an abundant
harVeit.