The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-02 00:00:00

HURRICANE AT CALCUTTA.

(From the Bengal Hurkarv.)
Letters from Diamond-harbour state, that tlit
whole country as far as can be discovered, both tp
and down the river, on both banks, is strewed will
corpses of human beings and of the brute race.
The carcasses of two or three tigers have bees
drifted on Diamond-point, besides many deer an!
cattle, and what is more extraordinary, 9uantitios
of large fish. Mr. Campbell, from Mud-point, vvlo
had fortunately reached Diamond-harbour, staters
that of 4,000 people in the vicinity he had quitted,
only 1,000 had escaped drowning, to die of thirst,thirst,unless speedy relief was afforded to them. Water,
however, has been promptly despatched and maY' w°
trust, be in time to avert this dreadful catastrore•
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Mr. Pickering, in charge of the new tripod,
has also reached Diamond-harbour, on the weste!igj
shore, gives a most terrific account of the galeshi;
progress and effects in that quarter. It is '—
enough at Diamond-harbour, he says, but the co.
n
sequences of it in the place he left beggar desenr
tion. The gale commenced at south-east, and on tA,"e
evening of the 20th, increased during the
daylight the flagstaff was blown down and his Mod
shed unroofed; the gale continued all day : the 11°.1.1
came on with awful velocity ; they took shelter It
the tripod. At eleven at night the water rose ny,e,_
the bund ; in half an hour a breach was made ie 7f.
and it gave way, with a fearful rush, to the force n'd
the flood. The wind shifted to east north-east, an
blew with increased fury, and the whole courl
was inundated to set en feet high before one o'nince
in the morning of the 21st. At this time the for
of the waters burst the flooring of the tripods whered
Mr. Pickering and his people had taken shelter, an
they clung to the joists at the sides of the building,
almost up to their necks in water. As the water
still rose, the sircar suggested that they should
be
deavour to get to the top of the building. TihAelf
crept through the windows; but, alas! the lau";t,
for ascending was not there. By some lucky sec'•
dent, however, a rope was left hanging there, whlc-fi
had been used to point the mast, and by this means
they ascended to their wretched place of refuge'
where they passed the night, expecting every al
ment that the tripod would be blown over an
overwhelm them in the roaring waters below. Shen
the gale abated they got down and waded, or rather
.
swam, to the next station, No. 10, whence they got,
to Diamond-harbour in a boat sent for there,%
Captain Cowles, and saw in the way thither not Jes'
than 700 dead bodies ; and all the communications
we have seen are of a similar tenor.
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED ON BOARD THE
AMHERST, HIGH AND DRY ON COWCULLY-5
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MAY 22. - sod

By the mercy of God, we are all hands safe • ,
comparatively comfortable, though regularly strande",
being high and dry on Cowcully-beach, within
half a mile of the Kedgeree light-house. # 0
A little blow us lies the Hon. Company's lb.
Duke of York, blown over from the new anchorag
le
and apparently settling in the sand. About ini
or a mile and a half to the north of us are three
ship, not one of which are in such good plight
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ourselves, and two of them far worse, for they at

almost on their beam ends.
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED SHIKAPORX, SA.-°

MAY 22.
The gale has made a clean sweep here, end'r
understand, all over the island. Forward water 1°-
the remnant of the people immediately, in roo"
boats, if possible. All is gone; no bunds, no tan
no people. I think about sixty men, as many nw;tro
men, and about twenty children, are left out of
souls, but we cannot say yet correctly. As neat De
I can judge, from the height of the bungalow, the:
were seven feet water over the land. It broke ill
about a quarter before 9 a. m., and did not bel3;e
to decrease until 1 p.m. Men, women, and ratter
are lying dead in all directions ; many drifted of
to Mr. Calder's and Mr. M'Phersons, and Were
found dead there.
Accounts were also received yesterday wool
from Mr. Burt, on the estate lately belonging is
Messrs. Palmer and Co., stating the loss of live
and the devastation there to be equal to the above'
Kedgeree letters were, late in the afternoonvrre
ceived from the pilots of the Lord Anthersitt",,,-
General Gascoyne, and Robert. These letters Olt
that most of the cargo of the Amherst may be save'',
the General Gascoyne entirely bilged; the Role'
may be got off when lightened. All the pilots con
cur in describing the gale as the most terrific they
ever- experienced. One of the letters mentions !II;
other melancholy loss of life. Mr. Morton, Olt,
his wife, at the Kedgeree Light-house, narrow);
escaped from the gale which overtook so 03alcr
natives ; but their child was buried in the ruing e
one of the outhouses, where they had-taken reft,
from the storm. Some of the poor natives had bey,
received on board the Amherst, and provided *v!
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food. One of the wrecked vessels was laden vilri,
rice, which, we should hope, has been freely albs
buted ; but they were perishing for water.
to
ships, however, would, we trust, have been su";10,
supply all who could get to them with a small tiu
tity, until relief reaches them, APO'
The following particulars, relative to the --
are given in last evening's Courier;—,, Mr. Pli-ifig
account of the ship Sultan is, that on the even,
of the 19th she put back front the Gasper; ho 0 r
her last at 10 A.M. of the 21st, at anchor off Ssurvi.
Point, with her top-gallant-masts struck. His
nion is, that she must inevitably have been lost.

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Soldiers, in the Colonies, have been kn°e
purloin ruin by dipping their flannel waistcoats ~ th
tho
liquid, and wringing them out after their return t°
barracks. e °I
By the advices from Hamburg the Pr',.c-pri‘l
gold is 437 per mark, which at the English Mis;,
of Si. 17s. 1001. per oz. for standard gold, gig; sr'
exchange of 13.11, and the exchange from flarobtlfT9Y
London at short being 13.9, it follows that gold is Q
per cent. dearer. at Homburg than in London. per
The premium on gold at Paris is I'9loit
milk, which at the English Mint price of Si. Ins 59.,;'
per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of --*;..beil
and the exchange from Paris on London at shsie,:fert-
-25.42i, it follows that gold is 2-3 per cent. se"
Paris than in London.
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We understand that extensive purchas—her de;
made by the Duchess of Cumberland previous t°.6-4
parture at some of the principal marchandes de 0. see
the West end, to whom it was intimated that theleot,
Highnesses' absence would extend to two years at le tli°
During the late illness of Earl tortescuer the
Liberals were looking about for a candidate to 0 Soti
place of Lord Ebrington in the representation of t",ept oe
them division of Devon, as his Lordship, in the eid blee,
the death of his Noble and revered parent, 0.‘?..f00l
been called to the Upper House. They fixed on V:e
Ilamlyn Williams, Bart., of Clovelley Court.
~i'hbri°6:
servatives named the Hon. George Fortescue, La" id
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ton's brother, who, it is confidently stated, w°o'frolYberj
started on the "Independent" interest, hacked We:,„port..,
the Conservatives. The Hon. Newton Fellowes :i0.10"
to have said on the occasion, " He is my brotliro,"
it is true, but he shall have my warmest opp_o_gicil
BIRTHS. a. 7 ° fllllllll4.
On the 30th ult., at Dulwich-common, the Is.;
Des
Inglis, Esq., of a son.
Donald
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On the '24th ult., at Inistone, the lady of Dona
Esq., of Dunstallnage, of a son.
MARRIED. ItorOY"
At Hackney, George Lermitte, Esq., to Ern°l4
daughter of the late Thomas Lermitte, Esq. , to -
liys
On the 30th ult., at Croydon, Major Usborne,
beth, second daughter of the late William Slennol.,
of
Godstone, Surrey.
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)feed
Esq., of Tottenham-wood House, Middlesex. )Ir. ,er of
ulastrei,nstto.,
Jane, eldest
oetlt,cienslttadma4Dhatenriclofl-I.raThrol_na; 100"
On the Ist inst., at St. Paul's, Covent.gardeo, „tight
Robins, of Tavistock-street, to Sarah Anne, eldest
Mr. Smith, of King.street, Long-acre.
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jaoth DIED. to Pe° er °
Miss Williams, of the General Newspaper-office, odic ch 01,04
fath
On the 11th ult., at Tuam, Ireland, of spasM'.ns, jets
streOent,tßheri26stotbl,
Mann Sim)"
Eliza, widow of the Rev. Anthony Man
eight children eWhi°llllemosf, big
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