The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-18 00:00:00

111,11:G4TE, J. 16.

Oct Thursday afte'rtioon last, about four o'clock,
the fishermen of this town observing the sea unu-

'sually rough, with a ,very 'strong- wind from, the
North, and accordingly expelling a very bad night,
began to secure their small craft ;, unfortunately they
were not wrong in their conjedures, for in less than
a quarter of an hour the wind suddenly changed to
the N. N. W. and continued to blow with the moit
dreadful fury till. three o'clock the next morning,—
libotit five o'cloCk in the evening, the tide rose so
Ligh, as to wash over the, pier wall'into the Marine.
Parade, when the poor fist-fent-,n Were seen drag-
ging their boats into the streets of the town ;
this time a man of the name of Po'ind, whose bust
-
'less is to hoist the light at the*Pier-head,. set Off to.
perform his duty, although at the risk of his life.—
On his return, he advised
.one of the privates of the
Denbigh Militia, &jug duty in this town, who , was
on guard,at the Pier-head, to leave his post ; at the
same time informing him of the danger he was in,
which the pOlir fellow positiVely refused'io do, de-
, Oaring " that whatever may be my late, I am:a
soldier, and never will desert my post !" upon which
the otherleft him, and with difficulty got back,--
lie had not left bim long, before the soldier% box,
to which, he had fastened himself, was; by the vio-
lence of the wind and waves, thrown doWn, when:
,with the greatest difficulty he succeededin •lashing
Lipself by his belts to the bodj of ti'e crane, Oppo-
' slie,the stere:4lOuse: He did..nOt remain long in
this situation, before the waves began to break over,
him, and at the same timecarrying away with them
the large stones' whic4 formed., the 'parapet of the
pier wall, as well as the heavy benms and planks of
. .
the store houses, so that lie was in the must irtiniia

rent danger of being dashed to pieCes ; be at length
succeeded in getting on the cross-bar of the crane,
• where he remained suspended by his belts till the
:vett morning, when, about ten o'clock, the gale hay-
ing considerably moderated, he was cut down almost
• lifeless by some fishermen ,in a boat, -who went out

to rescue him : 'he was conveyed to
,',)e Foy public-
house where he has since recovered. The store-
-I,,,,ikkis on the...pier, 'the' harbour. Inister's house,
the three heaps of -cannon-balls, the short cannon,
and-upwards of 25 feet o f thek North side of the
Fier, are. completely washed away, so that scarcely
'any thing is len in that part but the remains of the
bare, walls, except the Jetty Head, beyond the stcre-
--• houses, where the crane was fixed, which is .Iln.-
.damaged. The Kings warehotise, at the bottom of
the pier, was'nearly.filled with 'water, aid several
tasks of spirits, which were deposited in the Cellar;
. were washed out to sea. The cellars of the Foy:
boat public-house, kept by Mr. Stannard, a • very
worthy youngman, were tilled with water, 'in con!
sequence of which seven butts of porter burst,
which blew up the whole of the flooring of the tap-
room, bar, and parlotir,-besidestonsiderably damag-
ing the hotite:. The large fishin.;-boats in the bar-
. 'boor belonging to Massrs.. Palmeri J.. Pound, and
and Saltenbank, as well as the Good intent ,Packeti

were stoye to. piers`.,. Two collier .Brigs and two
'
Yaw.ls were carried over the wall on . the Parade;
-dose under the gfittc.loi,vs of the. hotel kept by. the
1' hit': !Nir.•Mitchener.; the hut are mere.wrecks, and
the Brigs have received considerable damage.
-water overflowed King-sm....et, as high as the FOuni
tain Inn.' You eoili conceive the 'strength
of the waves, when art anchor, which
.was picked up
tit sea; .weighing Upwards of t 6 cwt, lying on. the
Piers Valk, was washed, behind the: King's Ware-
- Itiuse.

A. little before twevle o'clock that part of ,the
. „Iligh,itreet leading to Nir. Hobart"s !lathing Rooms,'
o the King's Eleatt inn, including 'Garner's library
-and dwelling-housepgave way with a most tremen-
dous crash, and was instanily•washed out.. to ..sea.—
......Theek part of 'the King's liead,.„.lnn,...kept by
Mrs. Cricket, was blown by the force of the
.• waves. The ground under•ttia houses in Hazardous-
row, to the depth of nearly tv.'enty ieet, is washed
'lttvay;'And they"are fit.preseiit supported,by the back

expeded every -moment _to give way,
as the road leading to Westbrook, before these'.
7,libuies, is cornpletely' washed away. Tba sea has
forced its' "passage .(n .consequence of . the banks,
which kept .it from Overflowing the works) up the
Malley, as far as Shotten Dean, being, nearly one
" mile' in length. The following is: a list of the per-
sons whose hotries were washed away, viz. Mr.
Pobart's Bathing-rooms, Mr. Tennent's house, Mr.
Garner's house and library, Mr. Row's shop„, Mrs..
Sayer's Bathing-rooms, Mrs. Wood's Bathing-roonis,
the widow Palmer's" Bathing-rooms, Mr. and. Mrs.
Clack's Subscription-rooms, Hugh's Bathing-rooms,:
rat of the King's-Head, &c. The shock was
so sudden arid unexpeeted that numbers of women
were carried by men cot of. their houses,. or they
must. inevitably have perished. The new road to
Dandelion, which was being made over the brooks,
at a considerable expence, has been nearly destroyed.
The houses of Mr. Osborne and Mr. Hurst, in the
High-street, areexpe&ed to fall every moment, :as
the earth, up to the very threshhold of
,their doors,
is carried away. The cliff's on the 'west side of
Margate lost more ground on that night than they
Lave ever been knOwn.to do in the course of twelve
years. Iu short, the daMage done is unknown, and
- the consternation and misery of the inhabitants beg-
gar all description. 'Ale damage is estimated at
30,0001.

* '• • ODE -**
FOR THE NEW YEAR ISOS. I
SY HENRY JAMEZ rift, E. P. L.

Behold yon lurid Orb that seems
• Devious thro' mother's paths to stray,
.And, While,with`baleful light it gleams,
Appears to trace no certain Way.;
No influence mild with genial force
Waits ort its desultery course ;
But myriads view its .s: reaming hail'
Shed death and horror thro'.the
While even Science piercing sight,
Clear 'from the mists of visionary fears, .
Anxious beholds the erratic StranBer's flight,
Lest mingling with the planetary spheres
It shake the-order 01 the miglity frame,
Destroy-with ponderous shock,or melt with sulphurous flame.

Such is alas! the dread ;hat watts
On savage inroad's wild. career, -
While trembling round, the pcicetul States
Survey its meteor course with fear.
And as the-intinortal mandate guides,
. •
And points the Comet where to stray : '
So through the'battle's crimson tides'
It points ambition's fatal way;
Submissive both tit' Eternal's will perform,
As at his high behest the earthquake and the storm.
But as with ray benign and bland
The radient Ruler -of the Year
Sheds pleitty on the smiling land,
- Where-e'r his ing beams appear,
Now mkes,the roseate bloom of Spring,
Fann'd by young Zephyr's tepid wing,
. Or clothes the wide expanding plain
With Summer's fruit and Autumn's grain ;
Or gthering 'from the watery. shores
Sources of,vegetable stores,
• -Renews seerch'd Earth's exhausted powers
With balmy dews and gentle showers;
So from the patriot Monarch's care, •
Whose breast no dreams of conquest move,•
Founding his gkory on his people's love,
-And proud to boast unbounded empire there,
The copious rills of Peace domestic stream,
Warm gloWs far Virtue's flame, and bright, Religion's beam.

9 Oa IT A IN, may thy harpy coast,
Th6'lond oppression rage around,
To the applauding nations beatt..
One' shore with peace, with mercy crown'd :
Still May thy li,ispitable seat
. • To stiffering Greatness yield a safe retreat ; -
, For when the Sacred fiat of the skies
First caus'd thy sea-encircled Realm to rise,
It bade it an eternal column stand,
Sacred to want and woe from every clime and land.
•
• Find. oly rup. VIII. S!roplie 2.

WINDSOR Tim\ Tatcal,s.—A most eimom and
laughable' eireumqaticti occur red at the Windsor
Theatre on Siiturday evening : it seams great appre-
hensiiin had been. entertailled . that INCLEDOni and
DOWTON would occasion a disappointmrAt • bitrilar
to that which kid been recently eskiienced by the
absence of a favourite Aareii, and those ksa‘liei and
'Gentlemen who went to the Theatre would not p,:y
their money Until they•were agsured the two per-
formers who wore eXpetied were in the house, and
Many even then' doubting the fad, the Belloian
was sent round to make the folldwlng prbelaina-

tiou
„" This, is to give, notice to all whom it may con-
-cern, that' owing to -some -recent disappointments
at the Windsor Theatre, doubts having arisen re-
speaing the performance of Mesirs. INcLuciost and
Dow.row ; notice is hereby, given, that those Gen-
tlemeu are arrived, and thatthey will most 'certain-
ly perfOrm this evening The parts expressed in the
hand billsof the clay.. 'Go save the Kiug."
The Salcette Frigate, Captain liAitntivott,. left.
Madrition the 22c1 of September. If we make al-
lowances -for the various stoppages on her passage,
,at the Cape of Good ,Hope; and other places, it ap-
peals that she has performed an Ent India voyage
"in three inonths. It has been whispered at the India
:House, that she was dispatched with intelligence not
of the most pleasing nature. It intimates that some
th X iety is entertained concerning the proceedings in
Per,sia. The report is again revived, that a French
,force ic..in that country, organizing the. Persians.
The Salcette-fell in with a French Frigate, with two
country-built Ships, her pizes, in the Indian Seas,
and gave chace to them. From the superiority of
her sailing, we suppose she must have been. able to
come up with one of-them, had she continued the
'clitice; but it is probable:she desisted from pursuing
them to any
.great distiince, from her instrditions to
make the bilst.of her way to Engiand with her dis-
patches. Sir Joittt CiAnnoca: was to return home
by'thd'October Fleet,; PLrala was AO hitie the ..
management of affairs hi his absence, aiid'until a
successor, appointed. by Government, should reach
India. It is supposed that Sir GEORti BARLoW
will 'be appointed., 'General Flawri-r and Lord
MiNro had arrived at Madras; t!ie forrn-eitO succeed
Lord LA in Chief.
By the same conveyance we learn the totiowing
intelligenee:— „.,
The WiinthaM, STEWA Tr, and Loyal George
CR MULE, an ived at Madras....
il'orcester, and Uniti4Wingdom, arrived at Ma-.
dras the sloth of,September. • • . .
Cartion and Devonshire, at' Bombay, the of
September. ' ,
Surrey and Lady Castlereagh, at Madras.
Duke of Montrose parted the IV4cester 15th Sep-
tetnber, lat. 8.61. N. long, 82: s 4. E. for, Bengal..
.4(fi-ed
,parted the WinTeSter 2ati August, for Ben
cooler, hit. 37. 17. S. long. 61i. in. E.
• Castle mid' Lord Haaikesbuty,- spoke with
July 10, lat. 19. long. 6. W. . . •
Ceylon, Walpole, Surrey,:Coutts, Taunton Castle,
Hope, Inodford, and. Earl of Camden, off' Ceylon,
September 3. ,
One of the Savannah Papers mentions, that* Bill
had been introduced into the Lower House of the
Legislature of that State, and had made somepro-
gress, to prohibit the reading any British Statuse or
authority, after the year 1808: Tne same Body
had passed a Bill for preventing swearing, and ‘‘
occupied in others to, prevent lying and tirtvAeti.
Hesse