The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-11 00:00:00

MASSACRE AT MANILLA.,

[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]
Extract of a Letter tidied in the Content of Altai

gustin, Manilla, Oct. ls, 1820.
" I address you from _this convent 'in -the
deepest state of affliction and distress. The _hor-
rible and afflicting events which have passed in
Manilla since the 9th of the current month, have
thrown me into a state of delirium and stupor,
which almost deprives me of the faculty of com-municating what I would wish to relate. On
the Ist day of this month a tremendous gale of
westerly wind, accompanied by a heavy fall of
rain, occasioned a rise in the waters of the lake
far above its usual level, inundating al/ the loW-
lands of Manilla. On the 2d. the water began
to subside ; and in consequence of the dreadfUl
commotion in the lake, proceeding from the tor-
rents which poured into it from the surrounding
mountains, as well as from the mass of filth which
had,been left on its banks, sent forth an infection
in the air, which has produced an ePidemic dis-
ease to which thou Sands have fallen victims:
native population, either from-Wind, ignorance or
influenced in their opinions by those who do not
wish the foreigners well, imagined that the
Frencit residents had poisoned thelake and river
which runs from it towards Manilla, making this
a pretence to assassinate and - plunder not onhri.
the French, but, all strangers without discri-
minatiOn. The horrible design was carried
into effect on .the oth of the current-month, in
Bonindo,the suburbs of Manilla, commencing first
with*the French, and ultimately with all stran-
gers, without distinction of nation. Tweuty-fivr
gentlemen, captains and supercargoes, of th? fo-
reign ships now in Cavete, including, I deeply
regret to say, my partner', Messrs. Shaffa/itzky
and Duntifelt, fell a sacrifice to the. cruel knife •
of these barbarian's, and on the following, day L
Chinese,,who, as they supposed., were coneetnel.
in the poison, plot. Every thing which.they can -
find in the bons4 of the unfortunate people %clic-7
had fallen victims to the. fury. of these barbarous
wretches. wag either burnt or carried off. The'
loss is estimated at 400,000 dollars, and the.difr;
ferent residenes'of the poor innocentS •w ho

been so cruelly .tnassacred present th-e. moot
dreary aspect of rapine, murder, and devastation/
not to be described, and never, never to De for--
gotien., The Government, though. perhaps. Doc
so early as might be epected, afforded all tho
protection in its power; by conducting those who
had the good fortune to escape into the citaGe. of
Manilla- where they now remain, and I ii"e
been humanely and kindly received into thi
Convent."

A FRIGIITFUL STORM causing diyasters and
losses to an. extent which it is impossible as 54
to calculate, has ravaged during three succesr
sive days ,he eastern and southern coasts 01

INlediterranenn. It began on: Abe. 7t'i QC'
*March, in .the" ever ing, withdredfulhur,rir.
cane., Incessant lightning cleft the firtnamOtt_;
the clap, of thunder shook .the hearty
most dauntleEs earnen ; the rain - /
with such violence that:no one, could, witbt)iltT"
running "the greatest .danger, expose himself. tP
.1• • • - • -

their rage ; the winds, with, ungovernable fogy'
lifted the ?-illows to so prodigious.a. height th"t
the oldest ailor'rieVer remembered such. a 'P '%-
tacle. _Happily for France and Italy, the 1""7
constantly Ws. w from the north and
suorth-q4-..
This direction has been fatal to the,ports Qf
Malta, and Africa. At Messina, notwithstanuolo
the goodness and security of the port, many yes"
sels")ver3 wrecked and the quays damaged, but "f;,
E
wes' lost.. At Malta, tw9 vessels were swallow"'
up in the port.of Marsamuscetto, and a thir(l 14,35
dashed to pieces in that of Marsascirocco. Te
fort of Ricasoli, at the mouth of the great PO"
and consequently more directly expo.ied to tit° ,
Waves, has been almost entirely, des.troyed ; or!''
f •
of the bastions, unable to resist the force (),..
the sea, was demolished, and nine large pie";
of cannon disappeared. The magnificent clo3Y
of this port were all broken, and an enorausid'
rock, detached from the heights which, surroun•
thq entrance of the harbour,
fell with 8,
mentions crash into the sea. The coast of .1 v tre-
"3r..
bary, which lay uncovered to the direct :
rr-
petnosLty,,of the tempest, suffered still 11°re,:f
The roads of Tunis and Bona presented:in aPPlii
lira spectacle. The vessels which lay there, T.,
the number of more than two hundred, haver„3o.,
beet: swallowed up or dashed in pieces.. The
LI
nishw squadron, of which three frigates: for
a part, met with the same fate. More than -Vit
dead bodies have already been cast ashore.
Loa
with great anxiety that accounts are expel' ex.
from the other. countries, which have boo"
posed to this destructive scourge.
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CLAkIA Prsura. has been " £1.0";11.
the natives" of Exeter with her juvenile_ thea'r
r.
cal performances,-w.hich proved highly auv-Itt4.-
peeps
.te herself. and theMartaaer.

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Esq. one of the Beochers'of the HononralAcA‘4'''''`l-179t
`Middle Tmple, a1...,,e(1 69.
TueesdNy, 1!.)e 10th instant, Thomas King, Esq.,of

(Th• Tuesday, tfic 10th instart,
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place, aftei: illness. Walter spencer 5i.:1.111,"Pe.",,f C'
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non- lir.ll, the West Riding oft re of York, o• r,
At ‘V'ithlm`tow, (..1:4 the 9th instant, in!!.imm:ii
the stomach, Jam:, wife of Air. Scurf, of t SWcn.
nt. his honse ;r1 Langh,7l::

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