The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

HURRICANE AT CADIZ.

[FATIIACT OF A LETTER.]
" CADIZ, DEC. 9.—On the morning of the 7th 1
iaet., the Bay of Cadiz exhibited a scene of the greatest disaster
which has occurred here since 1810. On the 4th and sth the
weather, was cloudy, with occasional falls of rain, accompanied
with thunder and lightning ; and on the night of the 6th, at
10 p.m., the wind rose to almost a hurricane, during which
gale several vessels in the bay went on shore on the opposite
coast, in different directions. The Tea Plant, of New York,
a vary fine ship, which had but a few days before anchored in
the bay, from Havannah, with a valuable cargo of sugars,
broke from her cain moorings, and went on shore nearly at the
mouth of the river San Pedro, which runs into the bay of
Cadiz, between the Trocadaro and Puerto Santa Maria. At
five this evening she was still fast, with a heavy cargo in, and a
high sea running; no lighters could approach her for the pur-
pose of unloading.
" At the same time, and nearly in the same situation, an
American brig went on shore ; but as she was in ballast, and
the gale setting in at high water, she is so far beyond the
breakers, that it is to be hoped she will be got off without much
damage. Several Spanish Manilla vessels went on shore above
Puntales, and one American brig run nearly into a salt-pit,
close to the Isla.
" A circumstance more unfortunate than any occurred to
the American schooner Rehoboth, belonging to Mr. Hormo-
aeK, of New York, laden with cocoa, from Caraccas.
" On the morning of the gale she had moved up towards
PUntales, there being better anchorage and smoother water in
that situation, and as the schooner was short outlier first voyage,
the Captain, an old experienced sailor of 38 years standing,
fhresccing the storm approach, made the best point in the bar-
-hour he possible could; but with all human precaution, it was
his fate to see his vessel become a total wreck.
" At half-past ten at night, heavy rain and lightning, a squal
ieame, when all hands were on deck, which sent the schooner
in an instant on her beam ends, and in less than five minutes
more she was keel uppermost.
During this disaster the men regained her bottom, but the
.captain being a little more unfortunate than the rest, was
thrown with considerable violence into the sea, but he, too,
escaped the perils of the deep, by getting hold of a cable, which
caught him in the flood, by which he was enabled to regain the
vessel, after a most painful exertion of an hour in the water.—
The captain and crew were in this situation from half-past
eleven o'clock till two in the morning, not knowing but every
moment would be their last, with eyes fixed upon the heaveny
.• and prayers offered to him
" Whose hand the lightning forms,
" Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms.".

" The Almighty seemed, on this occasion, to have armed one
. of his creatures with sufficient courage to rescue the unfortunate
crew of this vessel from inevitable destruction.
" M. Bezeres, master of the French merchant brig Con
stance, not lying far from the scene of disaster, who was anx-
iously walking the (leek about one in the morning, at which
period the wind was somewhat abated, but a heavy sea rolling,
perceived at a distance the wreck of the schooner, and the crew
upon her keel: the brave Bezeres lost not a moment in calling his
men forward, to induce them to volunteer their services to rescue
their fellow-creatures from untimely end ; the men, as brave
• as himself, instantly complied, the boat was lowered, the Captain
. of the La Constance entered with four of his men, fearless of
death, and in defiance of the storms, succeeded in reaching the
wreck of the schooner at two in the morning, to the agreeable sur-
. prise of the unfortunate men, who were now taken into the boat,
.and arrived safe at La Constance,where they were furnished with
dry clothes, and entertained in a most liberal manner during
that night, and the next day ; and yesterday they were landed
•at Pontales, the weather.being less tempestuous. It is not yet
.known the extent of destruction, as all the vessels are still on
shore, and no appearance of fine weather. One of the French
frigates dragged, though she was moored with four anchors
and cables ; but, very fortunately, as yet no accident has oc-
curred to any English vessel in the bay, though several are
.full of wine for London, detailed from sailing by contrary
winds.
" It was expected here this morning that the shipping in
Gibraltar suffered considerable damage during the gale of the
4;ch.”

The following is an extract from the Nefound-
land Gazette of the 29th of November, received
yesterday morning :—" The British Board of
Surveyors have reported that there are above
12,000 islands iu Lake Huron."