The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-12 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

Ti following is an interesting extract of a
'letter from South America :—•
,"If you send any inerclia"ndrialzePtaol:(tillisiels BPlaitY' ce,Nthote'62os;elrnB22men. t
here Will not allow it to besiMported; in fact the recent regula-
tions made by this conntry are, in effect,'dteital prohibition to
fUrniture, ready inade'clothes, and several other things. They
.wish, by their regulations, to encourage their own people; but I
doubt much whether it will have the desired effect, for the na.
tives are very ignorant and lazy, and every way far behind any
other nation. Commerce is very dull indeed here, and the
market overstocked with every thing ; all my goods are not
even landed yet—so far it is well they were net ; for on the ltjtli
of this month, at forty minutes past ten at night, we had a very
violent earthquake, which came on so suddenly, that the fa-
mily with whom Lwas :sitting, could scarcely.get to the door,
when the house„ and walls of two feet thick, began to fall. In
one moment, the place we were sitting. in, chairs and tables,
were covered by heavY. masses of ruins, that would have
crushed twice our. numbers ; We then got into the front
yard, where the ground was rolling like a sea, and the premi-
ses falling in all directions, with such dust that, although we
were all close together, we could scarcely see each other—the
duet almost choaking us.. A large church the next door to us,
with steeple and dome, fell to the ground also, but fortunately
it fell to the front, and not aside ; three persOns of • the house
were much hurt by the walls falling, and one of them, a
woman, was dragged froni under the ruins. 'We then flew
to the mountains, and passed a very anxious night, waiting
for day-light; at length it came, and shewed us a large town
• with forts, including three Churches, ell in ruins, with very
few exceptions. Nearly 500 lives were lost. It was most
horrible at the time of the greatest yiolenee to hear the
din of falling houses and walls, the rumbling underneath
your feet, and also the cracking of the earth : indeed, so great
was the noise, that I did not distingtiali the falling of the
church from any thing else, although the next door,—the cries
of the inhabitants, all, or as many as could get into the streets,
running and
,praying aloud, some half stressed, and some;
as they bad gone to bed, quite in their Ilifelt clothes. Sere.:
ral other towns, not far froin this, arc also injured or destroy-
ed. I consider. myself .very fortunate, havxng only.,escaped
by the merest chance, and am, thank God; in the best health,
neither injured in person or property, while hundreds have lost
much, and as ninny more their all. Ou. village was cow-
pletely buried by ,a neigbouring mounting rolling over it. The
earth -has shook almost every hour up to this moment, but not
like the violent manner it did the first,night ; yet s,:xeral se-
vere
shocks were felt to-day, and I dare say it will continue
some days before it entirely subsides. All the inhabitants are
living in the mountains, and the English are ell embarked, so
that while the shockS continue, the town, or heap of ruins as it
now is, is quite. deserted, and will remain so for a few weeks."

TRICK UPON Ma. ELras?M.Y.M. son DUBLIN.—
•
A few days ago, Mr. ELL ts received 'letter in London, pur-
porting to be from Lord MANNERS, desiring urgently, and in
rather peremptory terms, Mr. Ellis's immediate attendance in
Dublin on important professional business connected With his
office of a Masterin Chancery. Mr. Ellis wrote on the instant to the
Lord Chancellor, prom isingto set out for Dublin on the next day,
and,notwithstandmg theurgencyofthe occasion which had called
him to Parliament, Mr.Ellissetout within afewhourson his return
to town. He arrivedin Dublin on Monday evening, and on wait-
ing on the Lord Chancellor, learned, for the first time, that a
trick had been practised upon him. Lord Manners not having
written to Mr. Ellis, and of course surprised at the receipt of a
letter from him of such a purport; had written to Holyhead, to
apprise Mr. Ellis of the hoax ; this communication was not,
however, received by Mr. Ellis. We shall just add, that Mr.
Ellis is yet in town, and as the object of having drawn him
front the House of Conimonk at the present moment cannot be
mistaken, an investigation little dreamt of by.thepction is pro-
ceeding. We are restrained to-day from saying more.—(Dab.
lin Evening Mail.)

A correspondent writes us—" It may not by
amiss to mention, that as the dung for the Mows must this
year be very short, no opportunity should be lost of burning
ashes—which, when sown at seed time, makes an excellent
manure for wheat. For turnips, and young grasses, they are
still more desirable ; but it is strange to observe how few seem
to avail themselves of their use, particularly so, as they must
be said, almost to come within the denomination of making
something out of nothing. Frinn the hoeing *of a young plan-
tation last suniver, I made as many ashes as sowed. half a
12-acre meadow.".—(Leicester Journal.)