The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-28 00:00:00

DUBLIN, JAN. 23.

Wednesday night last the most furious hurricane
ever recollected in this city, blew from the North-
west. It began about twelve o'clock, and raged
with increasing fury until eight o'clock on Thurs-
day morning, attended by repeated bursts of thun-
der and lightning, and carrying such devastation, as
to appal the firmest mind.
Numberless chimnies were blown down, and seve-
ral old houses ; in the Liberty particularly, where
the habitations are composed of frail materials,
the wretched inmates were frigbted from their beds,
to take shelter in the watch-houses and public build-
ings. There is scarcely an house in the city which
has not suffered more or less by injuries to the roof,
walls, or chimnies. •
Happily thisdestruaion was not attended by the
loss of any lives that we have heard of.
A young Gentleman, son of JOHN DWYER, Esq.
of Merrion-street, had a most providential deli-
verance ; the. whole stack of chimnies fell in upon
the bed in which he lay, but he was preceded by
the rafters of the roof, which lay across him, and
after being buried for nearly two hours under the
rubbish, be was dug out, with a few slight bruises.
Another stack of chimnies in Merrion-street fell
through the whole. house, and overwhelmed a ser-
vant sleeping_ in the kitchen, who was extricated
without farther injury than a bruised arm.
A Gentleman, who was suddenly awaked by the
,storm, ran from his bed to the window to look out,
at the instant a whole pile of chinmies fell upon the
bed he had just left, and crushed it into the story
beneath.
We hate heard of many similir preservations, in
which the hand of Providence seems to have visibly
'interfered.

The house of Thomas Walker, Esq. at Stephen's
Green, suffered considerable damage, by the whole
stack of chimnies having fallen in.
On Thursday morning the streets were strewed
with stones, slates, tiles, and broken laths, the
fragments of ruined roofs and walls; several trees
were torn up by the roots ; and we fear much da-
mage has been suffered by the shipping in the Chan.
nel. In the Bay of Dublin four ships were run
aground, but got off yesterday without damage.
The point from which the storm came was favour-
able to our Coast, but must have been very destruc-
tive upon the Welsh shore.
A parapet wall in Merrion•square presents a
singular appearance; it is blown back upon the roof
of an house, where it lies unbroken and regular as
if it bad been placed so by art.
The ravages of the storm were not confined to
the city ; the environs suffered equally, and we
hear many trees were torn up on the road leading to
Drogheda.

CORX, P.N. 21.
A few nights since, a gang of five armed ruffians,
with blackened faces, broke into the house of Mr.
B. O'Connor, near Newport, county of Tipperary,
and plundered it of a large sum of money, and Other
valuable property.
Last night, and all this day, it has blown a
violent gale of wind from the N. W.—The Ad.
miral Packenham, from Martinico, is on shore at
Passage, but we hope she will he got off without
injury ; we have not heard of any more damage
done to the shippinrin our harbour.
OnWednesday s'enniglrt a large barn and haggart,
containing a quantity of corn, threshed and stacked,
&c. the property of D. O'Brien, Esq. at
Cratloe, county of Limerick, was maliciously set
co fire, and the whole was consumed.
Reports have been in circulation for some days
past, of the discovery of a Gold Mine, somewhere
to the westward of Civughtraki/tj, and that some at-
tempts have been lately made to ascertain its strata,
direftion, &c. &c. It is reported to be on the lands
of Mackrus, whish estate was the late property of
the family of the MOOR Es, but now belongs to a
widow lady in Bandon. As the details which have
reached us are but imperfea, we shall reserve a
further account until we ate more fully possessed of
authentic partieulars.

MANSION.HOUS E, JAN. 26.

FORGED BANE. NOTES.

job: jete4 again underwent a long private ex-
amination before the Lord Mayor, 111 r. Kaye, the
Solicitor of the Bank of England, &c. It appeared
that he had sold many forged bank notes to two men
of the name of Ogden and Simmons, confined on the
felons' side of New3ate; forty pounds of which he
sold for 251., and some for Ss. a piece. the wife of
Simmons was deteCied in putting off one of these
forged ors at a shop near Paternoster.row, in
buying a ler of stockings. Ogden and Simmons
were brought from Newgate by Mr. Kirby and his
men, and although they have been long prisoners in
that place, they were well Brest.--They were all
remanded for further examination.

The Solicitors of the Bank have, we understand;
at this time not less than forty-five commitments to
be tried at different Assizes.

Robert Raymond was again brought before his
Lordship, charged on suspicion of being concerned
with James Parsey, who robbed Mr. Bish's house.
Raymond confessed that he was formerly convkled,
-and that he was acquainted with-Parsey and Gill,
hitt said that he had no conneaion in this robbery.
}ie was discharged for want of eliidence.

The Magistrates of the County of Somerset have
recommended to the Innkeepers, &c. to lower the
price charged for posting to one shilling per mile for
a chaise and pair, and also to lower the prices
charged to travellers for hay, corn, &c. as they
cannot see any reason for their present exorbitant
demands, and declare their determination to encou-
rage such only as shall comply with thoir-recom-
mendation.