The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-14 00:00:00

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qt„ . EB. 13.—Came 'in last evening,
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'I. a passage of 24 days, the .schoouer-Eliz.ateth,
WILSON, Master, from .Seville bound to Lonj.
(1'). ladladenwith wool, liquorittr, &c:' -
Art ived
the Ajax, SMITH, from the Downs, for
Rioe Janeiro ; also the Ranger, APPLEBY ; and
)412(14(1, ANDERSON, fiir the Cape of Good Hope;
the Maria, BROWN, from Lynn fur Plymouth.
atne,in this day his Majesty l. shipi Constant,.
Crizeircer, Pilot, Humber, Standard, Africa; Serapis,
4i-cos°, and Leveret- from the Eastward ; also his
OJesty's ships Do'nega‘, floyalOak, Coquette, Ou;en-
'lover, and Paz from off Cherbourg. .

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IqEEINESe, FED. 10.--Sailed his Majesty's Ships
11„cibie and Iris.
I.ela. I 1.7-;Sailed his Majesty's ships Tribune and
414hrtived the Tower Tender with volunteers and
Cesse& men for the fleet; his Majesty s ship
VII„ ryi -Hon. H. DUNCAN, from the Mediterra-
" also, his Majesty's brigs Onyx and Woodlark.

rati of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope,.
' it ce
"'be mber 8
On i•—•
the sth inst. we were still in a state of.
tutil on account of an earthquake which we had
IvCrie- need the night before, at a quarter past ten;
(1,:):11 We had three successive shocks of a tremen-
V nature, accompanied' by a most awful sound
of "le *liktling of a strong wind ; -'the firing
the a thOUS:Ua large guns one after another, or
„roiling of a number of waggons under ground,
I\ri' dragged with rapidity over an uneven surface.
Ihtt could hardly. stand upon our legs. The shock
together &bout three minutes, with an -inter-
stol of hardly two
~econds between each shock.
tliat',, s far we do not hear that it has been felt at a
qek flee from town. There haie been some small
°sioui in a place between the Salt Riverand
Ilivenhosch. I was at a country farm near the Salt
pNer, Where the floor is burst, and the inside ap-
t), r 8 like ground sea-coals. The water. at that. place
thatoot of the well about ten feet, and the smell at
%le tittle was,. as they said, like gunpowder. The
trek to harbour felt the shocks amazingly ; some
tri"irorn their anchors; on board of the Neriede
hie• the sailors were thrown out of their ham-
ttk
8' During all this time there was a serene
NI the stars shone bright, but we observed an un-
trOon number of stars falling. There was nt?L
'air, of air . except near twelve we had some
hi, ~gusts of wind, but from all points of the corn-

ktm,
c.s.'s HEATRE.—.-The oppositionh broke
'43t week at this place was renewed duping., the
tlutiesentation of Sidugero last night. ,A part of the
Ita,ence in the, Pit turned their backs towards' the
disc during the performance, and Manifested much
wriii,l3Prubation, except when .TRAMANZANI sung,
11'41;44 they heard with perfea silence, and requited
yt.,:rgreat applause, -This.party called repeatedly for
ALANI, but another in the Gallery were el:patty-
le;k4tent in favour of the Theatre. The new'Bat-
Ivasillasitled La Dama di Spirit() in kapoli,-
a good as most,things of the kind, and which:
*aBr4ed arnple scope for -DESAYEe ananal„,
'Ver H
y Well received.

bthiTESS.ING CAL ,_l:l77'i; ai LIVERPOOL;

LIVERPooL, SUNDAY AFTErt-wooN.-4 %vrite •.
apprise you of one of the most calamitous events
that has occurred in Ails, town since_ e. memory, of.
man. A Charity Sermon was to be -preached at the
Old Parochial Church this, morning,-when about
ten minutes before', the usual time of beginning the
Service, 'the steeple and six bells, fell the former
carrying the whole roof of the church with it,,and
buried in the' ruins a great part of the congregation
that had already assembled. Happy it was that the
whole had not arrived. It is not yet known how
many peOple have •perished, as the ruins are .not
Irdf removed ; but about forty dead. and mutilated
bodies have already been extricated from them.—
The poor charity children, we fear, ,have suffered
most, as they were seated immediately under the '
• centre of the roof. A scene so afflitting, I • never
beheld ; the'heart-reading cries of the relatives of
the dead, and of 'those unfound, and the dreadful
groans of the,unhappy sufferers, were too much
for. human 'nature to sustain. All the labourers,
and many tradesmen of the town, are digging in
search of of the sufferers ; and I suppose to-morrow,
-we shall, know the extent of our misfortune." •

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Ig•LIVERPOOL, FE s. 1 t .-One of the most an:La-
ing circumstances which has happened here for this
long time, took pl.:ce this morning. About a quar-
ter past ten, when the bells of St. Nichulas (usually
called the Old Church), were ringing fl,r Divine
Service, the spire tell into the body at the Church,
with a most tremendous crash ; by which sad acci-
dent about 15 lives were lost. Whii two or three

exceptions, the sufferers consisted of little children,
who had asswmbled for 11161 catechetical duties, and
I- who were thus prematurely cut off with " no warn-
ing given I. unceremonious fate !" By the very
great exertions of several pre'sent, many were dug
.-out of the ruins, and thus,providentiaLy saved; but
this was only ,effected at the rnost imminent risk,
fur part of the spire "

" }hugs in dnubtful ruin-o`er its base."

-The organ and many of the pews are completely
shattered tb.pieces, more that; half of the root is de=
stroyed, and the whole exhibits a complete scene
of ruin. • Had the. accident -happened 'a quarter &f
hour.later, when the congregation were assem-
bled, there is no .calctilaiing to what extent - the
. mischief would have been. The solicitous inquiry,
4Ni anxious looks of parents, who feared some of
then- children ought be found among the dead, • to-
getber with the cries and moans of others in the_
rubbish, presented a scene too awful- for descrip-
tion. The 7th Dragoon Guards, and the Here-
fordshire Militia, were on duty all day."

Another volume of Papers on the subjeft of the
Expedition Co the Scheldt iSspridted;ant contains • a
series of correspondende between the Coannandet in
Chief, the War Office, .and the Army Medical.
Board, from the 23d of 1‘1:.! "to the 25th of Novem-
ber, 1809, relating at....irely to the various arrange-
merits
.tor the health of thoarrny. It commences
'with a statement of. the medical establishment
framed by the Army Medical.goard (consisting of
Sir L. PErys, Physician-General, Mr. KLATE, Sur-
geon-General; and Air.KNicto:, inspector-General)
at the request of the War (Alice. The letters are
128 in number, and contain various tepresentations
of the presitng necessity for supplies 01 dark, of Port
wine., of :bedctiog, and of additional -medical aid at
Walcheren; and also as to the means of .bringing
home and accommodating the sick. There are let-
ters of -considerah:erlengilr 1;041_ Doctor BLANE, and
from Dot:tors BORLAND • and LEMPRIERE, describing
the causes and nature of the malady, the actual state.
of the sick, the mode of treatment, and prospective
arrangements respecting ti e prevention of sickness,
and the arresting its progress, should it recur. We
have: not now. room tor the insertion of these me-
lanclioly documents. It appears by the last state-
mem, acco,ipanying the retorts ot. DJctors Bea-
' LAND, LEMPRIERB, and BLANB, dated the 10th of
October, that there were then in Walcheren, of_
14,093 men, no lewer than. 8477 sick, 'and -only
s)tita tit for duty. On the :4111 of September
preceding, the number of sick amounted to 9,48.

PUB LI c-OrriCE, Bow- STREBT.---Yesterday a
person was brdught up for examination before the
Magistrates, on a charge of forgery. The exami-
nation was private. -The leading particulars of the
caie, we understand to be, that the Prisoner bay
.-
.
-mg been, about lb years since, a ship-builder, at
.thrtinothh, in Devonshire, occasionally did work by
contr.iet for Government. Iti the course'ot this
business, he was employed to repair a ship in his
Majesty's service. She was Dutch built, and the
repairs done by the directien 'of her Commander,
consisted in the addition of lee-boards, for which a
charge was made to Government of above 2001. al-
though not new, and the iron. work was charged 241.
The Prisoner subsequently became a bankrupt, and,
in the examination of his accounts, an item was
tliscevered, it) which he credited the Captain of the
ship for tool. as his share of the profits upon the
job of repairs : and the Prisoner, on piestalting his
bill of, charges to - the Navy Board, produced a
voucher for tr.p payment of the iron work, amount-
ing to 241. with the name of the smith annexed to
timeL receipt, which, upon investigation, proved to
be a forgery,' the iron work done not being in rea-
. lay charged above 51. and
,the smith positively. de-
nying that he had ever furnished any such account
or receipt. The charge, therdore, was for forging
this document, with intent to defraud the Corwin's-
, stoners of his Majesty's Navy.
'The prisoner was remanded fOr further exami-
nation.

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F CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 14.—T0-day the supplies
of Foreign Wheat are considerable, but not much
1 coastwise, fine sarnpleg nearly keep their prkes,
1 other qualitiqs heavy, sale, prime Dautzic about
ill2s. per quarter; fine Barley nearly at last prices;
Malt and Beans at little variation ; White Pease ra-
ther jower; the trade for Oats ihauates hut,little. ;
Flom. at our last quotation.
1 wheat -74 s a S6s a loos Tick Beans (old) 423 a sis
rine ditto - - toes a loss- Oats -- - 205 a 245
_a 265
*Rye -, - 425 a
,47s Poland ditto -28 s a 3os e-Al
ißarley - - -32 s a 468. Potatoe ditto 335 a—s 04
Malt - -' - Its a - B,.as Rape Seed - - 471 a 521
White Pease -68 s a 76s Fine Flour . -83 s a 9os
Giey' ditto - - 4os a 45s Seconds - - . to* a Sss
i Beans (old) . sos a 56s 1