The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-14 00:00:00

ate the particulars that have reached tiS of this

calamitous event :

Corr .lAar. 22.

The same terrible calamity which at the end of 1820 afflicted
the city of Zante, has fallen with still greater fury on the un-
fortunate city of Santa Manra. On the 11th of this month, one
of the most violent shocks of an, earthquakeever felt in that island,
plunged the unfortunate inhabitants into the utmostdistress. We
arenot yet acquainted with all the particulars, and the terrible

effects of that disastroui event; but from the authentic reports
which have reached us up to the 21st of this month, we cannot,
without the most profound sorrow, announce to the public se
tremendous a calamity. The whole city presents to the yiew
only a vast scene of desolation and ruins; all the houses
are either entirely overthrown or extremely damaged. All the
churches except one are destroyed, and we say, without exag-
geration, that the city of Santa 3laura is uninhabitable. This
disaster having occurred in the midst of winter, and in ex-
tremely stormy weather, the consequences are, on that
account, still more fatal. The mills and ovens being
all destroyed, and the unhappy people having no shelter from
the inclemency of the season, it is easy to conceive the dif-
ficulty of procuring bread, and the scene of horror which
desolates the town, and the lamentations and cries of despair
of the families who see the streets inundated with wine
and oil, by the destruction of their magazines and all their.
Iprovisions spoiled. Thousands of persons are reduced to beg- •
gory. The number of persons who perished up to the 21st was
24 in the city, besides 13 who had received bodily, injuries.--
Twenty-three others are buried under the ruins of the village of
Zucccalades ; the earthquake happily spent its who:e fury durin 4
the day, so that the inhabitants both in the city and• the.
country did not suffer in their persons, but they would have
suffered had it happened in the night. It is, worthy: of par-
ticular notice that in -some parts of the interior of- the

Island the shock was not at all felt. It sews .that,
whole force was spenton the Nits nearest the sea. The Fors
tress and the Custom House have not suffered much damage-
We know also that the city of
.Prevesa has suffered greatlY,
but we have not yet received the particulars. The earthquake
was also felt here in Corfu, .ort the same day and at nearly
the same hour. ' No sooner had the official notice of this ca-

lamity reached this city than the-. Government, deeply motel
by the distress of those islandeis, hastened to take measures'
to afford them prompt relief. It sent without delay, and, not-
withstanding the Unfavourable weather, his Majesty's frigate
the Naiad, with provisions of all kinds, timber for building'
workmen, and succours of every description which the -unfor'
tunate. situation of the Inhabitants of Santa 3laura requirta'

The Government has displayed on this occasion Abe
greatest activity and energy ; and, thanks to its paternal
cares, the lot of those unhappy people is rendered less,distre'6"
ing. We hope that the inhabitants of this and the other' sister
islands, moved by so fatal an event, and' by the, melancholy al'
tuation of those who have been its victims, will generouAy row
tribute to their.relief.—( Gazette Piednuintesc, _March 3.)

From Trieste information has been received
that a secret -negociation is on foot between %; --
ir
'FREDERICK ADAM, Lord High Comniissioner 0'
the lonian Islands, and the Greek GoVernmelitt
and that Sir FREDERICK has had a long conference
with two Members of that Government, PatrO
is closely blockaded by sea and by land) and its
speedy surrender is expected.
IVe understand that Mr. RoTitscitit:D has seet
his bidding for the Danish Loan to Cc penhaietifi 5
The KING has subscribed two thOusandlootl" f,
out of his privy' purse for the relief of the 'tic
ferers in Hanover. This sum is- exclusive, 0' ~
liberal contribution in money out of his MajestY
Hanoverian revenue, besides large .suPPlies °

corn and wood.
his reported that the Marquisl.2'd-e.-Airo‘ EP?'
if
PIERRE, the French Minister at St:Pe:ember,'
will shortly leave that capital for Constantinoe;
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COPENHAGEN, MARCH .—For some days I'.',lll:here has been a great inclination tb speculation here, especil'
In corn ; large purchases have been made. d
^Jr i; otte

The va-ltie of all the merchaotiixP 11
from Riga last year amounted to 41 millions 65,700 rublel9,ls,
paper. The houses of MITCHELL and Co, and of Cult die
HAY, and Co, were the greatest exporters, the former to 376
amount of 9,690,557 rubles, the latter to the amount of (17316'
'rubles. i 5
9 -
A Society of Ladies at the head of v11)1° t'
her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE,• made ailicl)
wry of articles, of needle-work, &c. of their own making, sl to
produced the sumof 1,538 rix dollars, which has been give
the Central Committee for the relief of our distressectfelloW-5

jects in Hanover. •
0 iVe f
Mr. Secretary CANNING left the Foreign -•
Downing-street, ou Saturday, for the hist 6.1;6 ,
since his late illnels, for hiS residence at-G lc°
ter Lodge, Brornpton. . -,
The ship Sophia, Capt. RAE, sailed on Sitturcif
day afternoon' for Tampico, with a Mining Associatiollole
about 25 persons (including artificers) on board, who are g 00
out. to commence the .working of the Tlalpuxahua.lllinel'iiP
behalf of that Company recently formed 'in the Iliett°ls4.
These mines have not been worked these eighteen' years :;,-, 0
are situate about 30 leagues north-westward of ,the Cl`tbe
Mexico, .and about. 'ten, days journey from Tarnpico•-:.vir
Sophia has also on, board about 100 tons' of necessarY,',,'",;ol
meats for the commencement of working ,the minesi--L'al'ire"
Wyllie, of the Royal Artilleryi Is also gone passenger, 0`6,00',
with dispatches; for Mr. ;harrier; the British special (iiora
missioner at Mecaao.,--,The Diamond frigate, Captal! „in;
Napier, is hourly expected to return from' Vera Criiz, bril'Aire.
Nr. Harvey, the late' Commissioner to Mexico.—( ./larsP"
Telegraph.) , .;.
.i. - ' •
ii ild '
PORTEKOLTH, MARc...li 49...„,---43is. EXCe.,,eol4rf
the Right lion. 'Sit-CHARLES STUART, G.C.ii.,,Sit art"ctiie,
his seat near Christchurch, whither our Cominander-iniiecc!,
has dispatched his' tender (the Sylph), to convey hisS%,ce,oa'y
on board his' MajeStY's ship TVellesley, 74, Captain t", vr°l
E. HarnOhd,
,C.. 11; - which ship is now perfectly ready ,tpco'',,
need on the voyage to. Lisbon and Rio Janeiro. , 'Lora '' ditle''
Hill, Secretary ,to Sir'
•Charles. Stuart ; Colonel -Frail; Pr'
Coldstream Guards; Major•Gurwood, late 10th Hussarsri, V?
Ridgway; and 31r.. Yarnell, draughtsman, will 'el111)3 ilofv;
morrow manning 'in the Wellesley; and at day-light o,lltiao
-- r
day that ship. will sail, should the wind continue fair."
shire Telegraph.) - . Will
- We have received a letter froM Calcuita,l,lol,
states that the Commander-in-Chief (the Hon. Sir VP
earl'''
Iv
PAGET) ws as very.averse to the East India Compali ori'i
ment of the allowances' to the troops; threatening, if tbe etit.l4
were persisted in; thnt he would give up his apPointWorded
Since the date of the letter,; it unfortunately appears die titg,o
have been. eifcrced, at the moment that the troops We'dtelt'
into actual warfare, and the result has been a dreat,b
and much bloodshed,.--(Hampshire Telegraph.) AtO it'l
I f the country Gentlemen have a mind 011
upcn the • principles they profess, namell/0051;
Ailey keep gaMe merely for the sake of ° ths
meat of themselves and their, friends, nn ;d tlit'it
the poachers are their only real eliernies 5 tili
why not limit the price of game as ,well sto
of corn, and enact that no hare or pheasanb° I;1 0
,
.be sold for more than two shillings or lies
• he
crowns and a partridge for one shilling t eferl if
under a penalty for so doing? thus ` So Pr 1 101'
• oi
ing persons from selling or baying ga-me 0 1
but licenced dealers, will, it is hoped, Or°a lit'l;
poacher out of the market, and-evince.
jot'
rality, on the *part of - the game preservers
cannot afterwards he disputed,