The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-18 00:00:00

AWFUL HURRICANE.

On Saturday afternoon and evening several indi-
cations of an approaching storm were visible. There
was at four P.M. a great flux and reflux of the tide,
which rose and fell as much as two feet perpendicu-
lar. At nine there blew strong gales from S.E. to
South. The night was excessively dark, and the ele-
ments were much :agitated, the flashes of lightning
being frequent. The hurricane commence'
at about
45 minutes past one on Sunday morning,j an
at its greatest height about three. The velocity' of
the wind was calculated to be from 90 to 100 miles'
per hour. From two to four o'clock the roaring of
the tempest, the firing of signal gum, and the pierc-
ing cries of distress from the vessels; struck tenor
into the stoutest hearts. The storm has not made.
any impression whatever on the finished part of the
Breakwater. Considering the violence of the hur-
ricane, the darkness of the night, and the number of
vessels wrecked, it must be allowed that the loss of
human. life on this occasion was less than might
have been expected. The navigator of the Neapc,-
Nan polacre, the crew of the Mulgrave trawlet,and
that of the Selina, West India trader, are all that
we can as yet ascertain to have been lost. The
gale of 1821, though not so violent, was much more
fatal in its consequences at this port.

We are shocked to hear that the wreck of the
fishing smack, "Lord 11IuIgrave, which went on shore
at Wembury, has been made a prey by some heart-
less, savage wretches, and literally ripped up and
carried away piecemeal. This matter is undergoing
investigation, and we trust -the offenders will be
brought to justice. While on this subject, we can-
not refrain from expressing the disgust with which
we saw nearly a hundred brutes—we cannot call
them rnen, intoxicated on Sunday morning, at Mount
Batten, in consequence of drinking the rum washed
as
the John and Robert transport. On
the approach of
the military, these rtitlians took.
abtotreen,,
from
flight, or we might have had the satisfaction of seeing
some of them brought to justice. It is not perhaps suf-
ficiently known, that plundering a wreck, is by the
52d Geo. W., chap. 87, and the Ist and 2d of Geo.
IV., chap. 75, made felony, and _subjeetAcra: heavy
punishment.
-The- destruction of property on shore, has ako
been very great. In Plymouth, Devonport, Stone-
house, Stoke, and all the villages round, many
chimnies have been blown down,.and a vast number
of houses have been stripped of the slating—many
in fact unroofed.
Two hundred trees were blown down in Mount
Edgcumbe. On the estate of J. Harris, Esq., at
Radford, 14 elm trees of immense size were blown
down; most of them literally torn up by the,roots.
On .the barton of Hooe, eleven trees of different de-
scriptions, were • blown down. At Tothill, about
forty trees were blown down. In short every tree
and every house exposed to the tempest has suffered
more or less.

DARTMOUTH, JAISI. 144,-Llt blew a dreadful gale of
wind from the South to, S.W. on Saturday night
and Sunday morning, but all the shipping in this
harbour rode it out as usual in safety.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 15.—0 n Saturday night and
Sunday morning it blew a tremendous hurricane from
S.S.W. to W.S.W., but moderated towards morn'
ing.—Plymouth Jorp•nal.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-JAN. 17

The betting to-day was not by any means so heavy as
on Monday ; it was, however, more general, touching upon
all three Stakes. The only alterations were in the St.
Leger, and those too trivial to require particular notice.—
The odds closed as follow :

DERBY.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant (no takers)
21 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Mai iner (taken)
23 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt (taken)
40 to 1 agst Mona
50 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Barnardo
2200 to 2000 on Mona agst Barnardo (taken)
900 to 20et agst Mr. Thornhill's Lot (taken)
• ,c J..
.ii:n:,;.*AKs.

11 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Trampoline
20 to 1 agst Mr. Molony's Zoe (taken)
S to 1 agst Rosanne and Sarah
S to 1 agst Lisette and Sarah •
ST. tagGEIL.
12 to I ag st Colonet King's Bess), Bedlam
13 to 1 aget Mr. W. Scott's Velocipede (taken)
IS to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Coulon—MLLs Cranfreld
20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Colonel
15 to 1 agst Sir T. Mostyn's Ultimatum (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mr. .Thornhilrs,Merehant
15 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Eimueline
40 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Delphine
40 to I agst Mr. Petre'S Stapleton
2000 to 20 agst Shoveller (taken)
6000 to 90 agst Ballad Singer (taken)

IMPORTATION O} SUGAR.

An Account of the Quantity of Sugar Imported from th
British Colonies in the West Indies, during the last
Two Years.

'Whence
Imported. 1826. 1827-
Hhds. Tres. Brls. ilhda. Tres. 8r1,..
Jamaica 70,548 5,443 621 55,731 4130 574
Antigua
45
2,732:855
261 1941
128 .1
Trinidad 5,129
797 281 7
St.
- 5,129 81 1111 6,702 212 1150
Dominica 2,979 129 1181 2,836 138 73
,Ks' 1816
Demerara 11,199 82 411 21,680 129 227
Montserrat 1,121 168 n 1,325 59
St. Vincent's 13,748 264 611 13,037 298 33
Grenada 9,834 1,160 1785' 9,060 859 76
Barbadoes
St. Lucia 5,181 819 564 4,934 695 922
Nevis
Tobago 7,291 656 104 4,254 321 12
Berbice
Total from the
British Pos- .
sessions in the
West Indies 155,783 10,665 3465 138,362 i 897 3713
Stock in the W
India Dock
Co.'s Ware-
houses at the
end of each
year