The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-21 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY 111(111 TIDE.

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There Iva, an extraordinary higli..tiklein the _
Humber, ow Friday evening last, :in comely:tetteel
of which the lower parts of Milli, on each side.af
.the harbour, including all Idigh-street, frotu South
to North Ind, with the respective crossings to the
interior, the ,Market-place, Siker-street, Bowl.
alley-lane, and Lowgate,_onthe North ; and Wi-
tham, Drypool, and the tiolderness.enast to the
East, were entirely. laid tinder water. Front eight
to eleven o'clock, those parts,were a complete sea. •
Higher up
,to the West, on the_ Humber Rank, a
simar deluge was experienced : tire tide made its'
way over the bank without controul„. and poured
down to the depth of several feet ; in some of the
lower lionses, we unOerstuud, the mande'Pleces -
of the rooms on the ground floor wereeovered.
In several other parts .of the town, the water
was two. feet deep in the ,houses, rind. the cellars .
of coarse entirely filled. •
Oriat losses have been sustained, anti especially
in the large IVarehouses in High-street.

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ARTHOArbIi At ' LISIION...rI:IIe , shack' of an
Earthquake which ,was esperienced at Lisboni
•
shout one in •the morning of the 2d ihst. was' re
peated rather more slightly at seven. The first is
.supposed to have lasted From two and a half to
three urinates, And was. generally and regularly
,felt in the whole city. The oldest- men in Lisbon
say it was the longest shtick that has been felt in
that city within their theniory, and that the vdy
great Eartlitordte nt 1755 was only for about
eight seconds. Several of the 'high honses haie
received severe cracks, but it Is not ascertained
that any other 'd*mage has been done. Nn
—The l'ortugnes'e were so terrified that all the
streets were full of the inhahitants.

The Alicitrevars ()I'M/STRIA were expected to
Visit •dm HoMe Department .this day. All pact
Sibla preparations were Made to receive them'
with Ellie respect.
The Morning Chronicle states untruly, that
frigate has been dispatched to bring Mr. CANNING
to England..
The Icing of PEUSSIk has conferred upon hitt
Excellecol Fiel&Mariltal the Drake of MILLI NO.
TURN the Order-of the lilitek Eagle;
The adventurer who called himself the son of
LOuts XVI. was removed to Rouen on the 2d,
and confined in the Biceire of that city.
The. holm Cfhtitcxu.on's visit to the Pavilion
is said to be connected 'with 'tire Marriage of the
Princess CnAttr.orrn of Wat At.

Letters from [,e►pslo state, that the field rats in
that vicinity have caused much damage. Great
quantities of poisonous substances %sere laid for
them, but the bares having eaten the greater part,
an immense mortality hat ensued amongst these
animals.

Letters_ from Gravesend annOuttee, that the
Hope fishing vessel, Capt. EDWARDS, of 70 tons,
and. ..the Sisters, Captain POLAND, of 50 tuns,
have both been fast on the Dogger 13ank, ►vith
their entire crews ; supposed to have happened
on the first instant.
According to intelligence from Rome, King
eIIAALES IV, is _about to return to his sou Fait-
tirg.tun

Mill BURRELL, in compliance with the earnest
requPst3of Mrs,Dtdtows,lnlii Over, up all thoughts
of Iliac/teat/1.
Krag is env* to pertntm during the Assize
week in exeter.
Mkt the Old Bailey yesterday, ffin. Mite alias
.coaltey Beuu, was convicted of stealing a parcel
containing bank-notes from the Windsor coach.—
Roberts, who WA; indicted with him as an amm-
o* was caned upon for Lis tvognizance, but
dia not oppeart

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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

OF MISS KELLY.

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We regret to say that this young Lady has been
Co► Mined through indisposition, since the atrocious
attack upon her on S►►turday night. We under-
t:.
gaud that some of die shots actually passed through

the skirts of Mr KNIGHT'S coat. 7'homits
arnett,
'the young man• who attempted to perpetrate the
horrid deed of tattider, since his confioemeat in
Tuthill-fields aridevrell, has been very eolnll°'ed`
He huts smoked tobacco, seen his relations mai
n 'yiends,:ad a number of persons bare been 10
'tee him out of curiosity. The last letter he sent
to Miss KELLY was on Friday, andhe made.the
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-attempt on Saturday night.
• Yesterday being the time appointed for his se'
'coed examination by Mr. 'Binats, Bow-West
'Office was extremely crowded. Among the emit-
:pally 'were Lord Montfort!, Mr, CaWthOfnes
-,Soveral females, Mr. Dibdin; and Mr.ltae, tniel
managers of Drury Lane Theatre, Mr. 010114
the proprietor of the Lyceum Theatre, and nearlY
-the whole of the Theatrical Corps of Drury Lane
and Covent Garden. 'Mr, Borneo Coates
fuss
among those whose curiosity had been excised.'""
A few minutes before three o'clock, Bareett °P;
peared at the Bar ; there was great presstire r
'view his person ; however, his features are
not
very prepossessing in his fevotir : it WAS observe
he Avottld make a good representative of the 505..4.°d
Apothecary in the Tragedy of Romeo Oil f,,;
The evidence produced on Saturday;l
we reported on Monday, was again gone LboHig f
In addition to which, Mr. tieorge Rorauer) it
the..Box‘otliCe of Drury-Lane Theatre, Vste
.
that he 'had examined the Theatre after tbe
of the-Farce On.Sattaday night; when the seal_
were up again which wcre up when
_the pis"
was.thscharged, ant foliar' holes in the scrPesi
but whether they were occasioned by shots Pt;
ing through them or not, he could trot seY,
,oaavas would have that ppenrauce soinetiim'
al
t trortgb scenes were painted on it. ilv tow's
shuts had lodged in the stage-door on tne lit
side of the Theatre, being the aide of the )10F,`
on which Miss Kelly And Mr. Knight W
"ere s,cfve
ing at the time the pistol was discharged.
found several shots on the stage and in tile °I.;
chestra ; some of the shots bad eatesed the im'e
part of the ,orchestra. '
Mr. Taylor, a merchant, Of' Thames's
produced ieplan of the pit of the theatre, soe'lic
ing the situation where the prisoner at tu
'pit, which be considered to be on the tenth to
and the situation that he sat before the prisoner!
which teas to; the left, of about the distance Lb set
two or three persons would occupy. At the, °ld
ihiheard the report of the pistol, the wailthrl
la loading passed, and struck his right &Lee
mid the force was so great, that on the foliowil
morning his cheek was black. lie aftericsir
picked up two shots in the orchestra; •
Baker, the constable, who apprehended the pri;
totter; erodUced aturnscrew of 'tepistol which
,found upon him, hi additiOn the'shots and, gur
poveder we stated on Monday. • •
The evidence having been gone through! -14-r,i
Birnie called upon' the prisoner for what he it
to say for himself ; to which he replied, ..iere
not true that the shots had passed throje

scenes.
. Magistrate., That is not material ; but pa 01';':Ati..
~" -Jo
not prove to the contrary. What have Y0017'14
to say tcv firing the pistol ? .., ..
. ,
Prisoner. , I did-not mean any harm. ti
Alaiistrate.. Don't'You think it harm
loaded pistol. to a public The tre, and tliscliare
re,
it there ? .
! . Prisoner: I Only meant to alarm and frighten;
/11agistrute. What do, you mean by onlY;(1
.tri.4llten and alarm, when the pistol was loaded
4iills shots ?
ro this the prisoner made no reply.
. All the witnesses wito-saw the pistol disoll3rgs;
to taseA
ed, spoke twits being in the direction where Al'
,Kelly was standing.
tt.l) reigt
Mr. Sin To, the Chief Clerk, lua'ng.
ovcr'all the evidence that was taken in wr.itill'g:
he proceeded to bind over 11-.. Ward, the Sec; ot.
nary to the Committee lornsanaging the ell'4ir...tt
Drury-Lone Theatre, to prosecute the prisofleis ill
the next sessions, charging him will' OW' ad.
shuviting at, with an intent feloniously to itillaio
murder Frances Maria Kelly. 'llle Witiles6cil4'..
:hound over to give evidence.

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CORN EXCWANGC, FEB. had bf 11:
*arrivals this nunning, yet there was plentyivrq
fiemand, the sales in general being escee
tiall ; so ninth, go oli
, that the little hness daps
tl,

may he considered at Monday's prices.
4.
A tut. ARCH DUN ES OF AUSTRIA !
Illustrious Strangers, we understand, have —!•
highly gratified with their visit' to this couttolc°
and hare repeatedly expressed their astonishi.,l;,'.
at the
.inilastry, resources, 11111g11.111Ccrit
blistments of oar happy • mad Obvious NA°9 n'or
We are convinced that, were they to Orl'esc:
Coorna's HALL with their• presence, to WiitiPicii
the Drawiog of 'the resent ljNEXArtri,tip
LOTTERY, 01) NEXT ..-',2*L.lltbAY, they
press as mach surprize -atid delight as ,the riftise
THOUS &ND GotN KA S !!! IlaVe i111;11'61 aftleflgt:fied
Votaries of FORTIJNE---WilOge long
Favourite, EYTON, continues rapidly clisP°3l.4ll
his ,rernaittin d g Shares. lisng already Co"t‘cp.-
duosB Said by.- hint and drawn the first del toe,
lieutett-more PRIZE!! than BLAtMs to the tioti
hei.has no doubt All the remaining are 't. doy
itiaatisig Capitals may be distributed on Sii,"r.„u,
th next, to (lie who nstiv favoar his trul.Y
slate-Offices, No. 2, Cornitill, and 'No. 16'
ventry-street, with- a speed,' v isit.- ,

DIRTH. Diaho9
Au Satitduy, the 17th Inst. at hiitardship'i Ira
Cuurt, near Exelt.r,LAlly Graves, of a son.

DIED

La.ly of the trukerial Or.ier of the
At Florence, on the i7t It ult. the Countess Cirri
apnto
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of the late Sir John Stuart, Eart. of ,Allit_2.t.l2:
Star re agd tiur"

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