The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-12 00:00:00

ACCOUNT OF THE BLACK PLAGtrE FROM THE YEARS
i 346 TO 1348 INCLUSIVE; ."
Clouds- of black vapours, passing, 'during a'
space of three years, oyer an extensive range- of
teuntries, were both .to France a'nd Ge.rmany. Ihe
forerunners of much mischief do the point of eiisa-
ingi and the omens of that desolation which wa*
soon to spread itself ever their inhabitants. Re-*
peated earthquakes, the stench of deadly vapours,. •
preceded, and according' to many writers, occasioned
tile: plague ; but the'roore common opinion, is, that
it was brought into Europe by trading yessels. This
drea,dful scourge of the human race prevailed the
whOle surface of the terestrial gloee, and deprived its
cities and. its countries ofa' full laird of their people.
There was no exemption either for man, or, beast
the largest towns were converted into great recept-e
• acles of the dead, the yet warm corpse was often
.committed to the grave'bi:fore life was entirely- ex
quiet ; and prompted by despair, the.eye was often
lifted up 10 Heaven in the sad expedetion of behold-.
lug new presages of increasing ,misery and cievasta-.
firer.. Throughout almost all Asia, thefieldslae de-
sertectand uncultivated, .so that they who ,ha-cites-
caped,the pestilence, fella prey to tatnine. Ttt '
contagion was universal ; but conning ourselves tn.
Europe, in London alone five hundred thousand vic-
tims were the conseqence of its viruleffee ; • io
rence, sixty thousand; in Lubeck, ninety thousand;
in Basel, more than sixty thousand. The ineeibers
of the •Great Senate, originally six hundred alit] fits},
were reduced to three hundred and eighty! the .1).00
Andrew Dandalo, deeply grieved to behold his na-:- •
rive country thus depopulated, invited..by tile offer
of the most enticing privilege's, a inuititu.,e. of f,
cars to replace his lost subjects.
" To turn the mind of the yeung -from the ago',
nizing consideration of frequeet death, 'by the lit ely
pale eerationeof leaati and enietlamillents; the ma', s
efstrates of Berne 'sent them, accthripa. niai. with len-
. inerous bands. of music, to the bennitul valley 01
Siminon. Come. (said, th..y) let Ll!. t.dt t;onstalts
ourselves in vain sort oN ant unavailing penitence,'
rather in festivity and mirth I, ius rejoice to base e,".
raped this murderous di temper.'
" Boccace informs us that the greater part of the,
cities of Italy only resounded with te4elitiig and ce
rousal, while the pe(;ple were only be.ft on the en-
joyment of pleasure, and the satisfaction of their
wanton paSsions : fear and terror were prohibited,
for gaiety of manners and disposition ea. esteemed, -
the best method of averting tife present ev
excluding a few solitary exceptions, dread and "Pero-
lieusion every vf here reigned : every view e ~ft: bee'l/
limited by the grave ; :and all conceived tie urselvOi
as if at every moment' standing before the awful tre',
blinat of God : nothing was heard but latueliiiieon;'
and a single traveller was -held in the light of an
Atitithist. Eery mind, impressed by the gen'3l
gloom of this horrid tragedy, was seized with !ell'
gious terror; and it was"the universal idea that sot
unparalleled destrudion was paving the way to 'll4
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final judgment ; superstitious prejudices, .which A
_senseless translation of the Scriptures helped to cote":
firm. The warriors, only anxious for persoiial safety;
forgot to defend their countries. Agriculture way
entirely neglected.; while trembling suspense at
approachest the last day invariably increased; 04_
all sides the groans of desperation and hOpeless r 1
pentance struck the ear ; crowds of men and wouner`
were constantly seen torturing ehemselve.s wittelib°
cruel lashesot penitential discipline; it short it appeal:-
ed as though the omnipotent trumpet had
already
blown its all-awakening blast. But even now, Lilo'''
existed beings whose pride this catastrophehed I.!°`
abated, whose zeal to extend their possessions in
e
world threatened with everlasting ruinwas notyet di:
minished ; and, not satisfied with the rravages of tle~
plague) the poor-Jews were persecuted with slaw-117
nary rage and perseverance: the hostilities of.naiure
n great
;being ascribed to that forlorn ee,
numbers et
them- were butqt by the furious mob, throughout
Fiance, Italy, and Germany. Nor dicteEgYpt Pre:
sent a less distressing aspect ; indeed there was no
spot upon the globe so completely wretched. The
e
plague and famine kept pace with each other. *llll
perrurbated Egyptians labeled that evil spirits. 133'
-risen from the tombs among the Jujus of their ail:
client cities, to empeisen the .malignant air ; the calls
of hunger impelled them to teed on putrid Cal caset
nothing was so loathsome but starvation flew to ib'
_ succour : mothers even fed upon their own childreoi.
. Treated like slaves by. a foreign enemy, who lv".
lately occupied their country, the Egyptians
longer'possessed any thing of value ; even the re
cords,of the deeds of their ancestors Weie lost. Ne:
L VertheleSS, it was in the midst of this heavy presseir
of calamity, in the exterminating hour of desoi„iioo,
. that man augmented the .meaus of destruction tlf
the invention of guns and-gurispowder."

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CRAV&SIND, JULT-10.
Arriyed—the MatquiS of Exeier, 'Nash, sfro'm Calcutt3 ;
Alexander, from Curacoa ; lane and Mary,. —, ;NI
(..oadaloupe ; binning, from Buenos Ayres ; and th
Margaret, Hill, from St. Thomas's.

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1, On the 9th inst. at Sir fames Earle'.,, in lianover.squ• ref
i the Lady of Percival Hare Earle, Esq. of a Daughter.

On Monday evening, the z3d of Odober.,,_ at Madras, 0,1
Hon. I ohn Ldmond hi hot, third son of Lorci. hlintd.,
Private Secretary to theGovernor-General. to Miss Antei'.4
Cas,samaijor, third daughter of lames Cassamaijof
F,sq. a Member of Council of the Presidency of hitt 6L'
George. •

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On 1 uesday the 3d inst...- in. Stratford-place, the- Lady. 01
john Kingstdo, Esq. M. P. ,
On. the sth inst. in .Chapel-street, aged 33 years, Mrs.t%
Blake, widow of the late Jplatius .Charles Blake, P,sei•
A rdfry, and motherpf the present. Lord %V al IsCourt. '
On Saturday, aged ss, Joseph Wilkinson, •Esq.- of Biala'
hope, and recently at llawksworth, near Leeds. .
Ott Sunday last, at Hatton, in the 3%th year of her an
Mrs. Sarah Anne Wynne, the only remaining dangler
the Rev. Dr. Parr. ..
On Tuesday • last, at ISnaresbrook, aged 65, Mr. Ckarle''
Bunyon, of Towet•-stieet, London, 13ran.4y.inerehant.'
On Thursday the 13th ult. at Colooney, in Ireland, 1%/1('
o.. Yeoman, late Mas•er of a trgoli of equestrianiumblclsl
who a-short tini‘:-ago elt4ibited in Sligo, and native et EcPW
burgh.• • , ,
On the 25th ult. at Edinburgh,in his-78115 year, Mr. 1,31
vid Head Writer. . --
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• On the 2 tscult. at West Grinstead, aged 6z years, Mr,
Thomas Sayers, of that place, yeoman. lie was a- rernitur"
ably corpulent ma • ; hts &coffin was six feet six inches 1014:1
two feet six inches in depth, and two feet eight inches acro
the shoulders. The weight of the corpse, including cottioi'
was calculated at halt a ton. .