The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-27 00:00:00

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PLYMOUTH, JUICE 25.—Arrived the Acteon. ant
Talbot :.mops of *2..,r from Portsmouth ; the liar-
, FI3SHLEY, from Cowes Betsy, 'ELLIs,
from Liveipool ; Hawire, OLIVER, SujieLent,
PEARS , and the Dispatch, HUXTABLE,from Wales;
and the 'Ethiara, MADDocx. s, from Portsmouth.; '

PORTSMOUTH, JuNT26.--r-Saited. bis Majesty
ship Missletoe, with a convoy for Guernsey.
Arrived his Majesty's ships Tremendous, Poic-
tiers; and Coquette, with a convoy from the Downs•

His }Majesty's ship Goshawk got under weigh
this morning for Spain, Portugal, Ex. but brojight
up again in consequence of a shift of wind fro
N. E. to W. N. W.

The t'antour, with the homeward bound from
the West Indies, still remains at Spithead.

DEAL, JUNE 26.—Sailed this morning,
.at dAy:.
light, the whole (gale otitward-bound merchant'
'men, transports, coasters, .and colliers, under
-convoy of his Majesty's ships Oberon, Rapidi
Phipps, and ~.pecialat'or.

THREE O'CLocx—His Majesty's ship "Pao,
74, and several coasters, arc coming back for the
Downs: Sotne of the ships are parted,. and gone
to leeward.
• l'tv-E o'Ci.ock.—The.outwar&bound still con-
iirme to conic back,;and it.ls supposed the, whale
must bear -up again, as it blows bard from W. S. W'
and a heavy sea running. His Majesty's ships ill

the Roads appear to ride it out very well:
HALF-PAST Ftvr.—No „alteration 'in the wina.
Ships in the Roads have two anchors a-head.

CHATHAM,, JUNE 2.6.—Sailed, down to Long
Reach to take in her powder and guns; hiS
jcsty's ship Ardent, Capt. BELL.

The Gloire is ordered to he paid off at this port-
..

SHEERNESS,- JUNE 26.7-Sailed his Majesty's
ship Tenedos for' Yortsinouth ; she is fitted for
foreign service..
he Transit is Ordered to be paid off at this port,
and fitted to lay at'Bilields 'as an impress tender;

THE LATI., VOLCANIC EXPLOSIO.

ITS EFFECTS AS EXPEEIENCED AT ./3 ARBAD S•

EXTRACr OF A LETTEa FROM BARBADOES, MAY 2.

As far as I, can relate, 1 will give you a trtl
account of a most awful event, as witncssel
and experienced by myself. I was lying in -be
about six, o'clock in the morning, when I 011'
served my chamber more dark than usual",
Some time after I arose .and opened 'one oi
my WihdOws, ,when I observed to the North a. .
.dark-thick cloud, similar to the usual indication of
a great deal of rain (which would have been
very..acceptable), but at, the same time I. per-
ceived a most remarkable bright cloud to Of
southward, so much so as to: reflect a light
on the houses. We had 'had What we col'
ceived. to be several rolling claps of thunder
during the.. night, .and the last was at a quarter
past seven, when an' instantaneous total darkness
ensued, and from that time till one o'clock
never saw so dreadful a phenomenon. I never
beheld so dark a night in the gloomy moil
.of November : in short, every thing appeare
like Chaos, and the lamps, handed about the
streets in hundreds, were scarcely sufficient th°
give light to the persons who held them, mu° f
less to any one else. To• paint the hoiror °,,
the scene is utterly impossible. During 'the ti';
of the darkness we were assailed by inimensu.'
falls of calcareous matter "(as. I think) to 511,C,
.
a degree that it was dangerous to go out of th- •
house ; indeed it was impracticable to do so wit' ,
out.a hood or umbrella, and these were only terd"
porary screens, for by the time you had proceole4
one yard, you were completely covered by 'tula
stuff. At ten o'clock the Rev. Mr. Garnet Ila t
the church bells rung, and gave prayers
such a scene of horror, dismay, terror, ane
consternation, cannot be imagined by °°,,f
who did not see it. Thousands of people s‘
all descriptions flocking to Church, without raad
Or distinction,-mistress and servant kneeling, °s3o_.
praying by the side of each other,. all feari,&
tome dreadful catastrophe would hurry them °`:r
of the world before they could make tbejer
peace, and firmly believing they should nev j
sec the light again. 1 must confess to yo°
gave myself up, for-
_the lava was gatherl",4,
very 'fast on us, and no prospect but of star'vili;
or perishing under it. At first. What fell 1r3.30,
very black *substancevery coarse, but it gra,. of
ally became aS fine as Scotch snuff, and in a le,:,
hours the'streets and tlie. tops of the.houses
many inches thick in. this Matter. About
past one o'clock, a small glimmering of Vi:c.
began to appear, and by halfspast two P').°,o
we could make out people in the streets. it tf of
gradually got lighter, so that we could see volinn' tat
this matter floating' in the air, but so thick kis
to obscure the sun, nor have we yet seen the sof
'clearly. :About half past Six last night we sia.
like
.rays of Are in the southern quarter ag.-'l.ok.
11'irom ail these circumstances I am led to th4ol,
there must have been an explosion of some . •
calm very near us. To-day we have been 1)1.'3
in endeavouring to remove the lava, but I 111 t
fear, Without we have a'heavy fall of water t°,'Aoly.
us, we shall be very long about-it, and Goa °
knows how it will end: The whole Island is 30
one complete sheet of lava ; the canes -are, ha
weighed down with it,- and the t 3'
horses must die for want if we are ll°
mediately relieved. 'We cannot see twentyl_oo,
before us for the immense volumes of this star' for
tinually falling from off the tops of the houses nt
so Soon as it is dry, it is exactly like flour. ,J
-t
inclined to think now the thunder I thougi'vta,
heard in the night was the explosion of some,. to
I herewith have sent you some 01
dust-, which I hope you will receive safe."
Poor cattle a

IMPERIAL PAR.LIAMrNT.

ROUSE OP LORDS, FRIDAY.

- The Irish. Revenue Causes, the Militia Adju,
tants and Subalters, the Irish Glass Duties
DraWhack, and the ScOts, Excise Bills, severally.
Passed through Committees
.olthe whole House,
and were reported :without amendment.
The Blackfriars Bridge Bill, and the Irish
Grand Juries' Bill, were severally read a third
time, and passed.
The Riot Act Bill, the Unlawful Oaths, the
Irish Customs; the New Loan, and the Bahama
Trade Bills, were brought up-from the Commons
by Mr. Lushington, and other Members, end se-
erally read ,a first time.

The General Inclosare Amending Bill; was
brought up by Mr. Kenrick, and also read a first
time.

CURATES BILL.

The House resolved into a Committee on
this Bill, and Lord WalsingUam having taken
the Chair,

The Earl of HAnnowey• observed, that. the Bill
before their Lordships was most completely mis-
understood by numbers, as well in its principle
s in its provisions. It was also greatly misre-
presented. He had received a variety of letters
tom respectable incumbents, who stated that
they would be entirely ruined by the Bill ; which.
circumstances evinced what he had alleged. -When
he considered, therefore, the late period of the
Session, as well as' these great misapprehensions,
he should not press it at present, but wished that
the Bill may go forth as amended, so that it would
he known and seen by the country, in the shape
in which it was intended to propose it for a law.
This was what he thought just and proper, not
Only in a reference to his own character, but,
what was of more consequence to him, the
character of that most respectable person, whose
Onworthy representative he was. on the occasion.
lie wished it might be seen by those were to be
ztiost affected, that the measure which he had the
honoUr to introduce, was not liable to those ob-
jections Which' had been made against , it. What
he now proposed was, that the Chairman be di-
rected to leave the Chair, report progress, and
leave to sit again. A Committee may sit again
on it either on Wednesday or Thursday; beyond
that he did not wish to press it this Session ; but
,early in the next Session, if Heaven pleased to
Leave him life and strength enough to go Ihrough
with it, he would again bring the measure under
lull discussion, the necessity for which was felt
for many years .past.
After a few observations from the Archbishop
°-f Canterbury, • the Bishop of London, and the
Lord Chancellor, the Chairman left the Chair, and
the House resuming, the Committee were ordered
to sit again on 'Wednesday next.
Adjourned till to-morrow.