The Sun.
London, England, 1811-11-12 00:00:00

EFFECTS OF COM ETARY INFLUENCE.

DARTMOUTH, Nov. 7.—Last evening the assem,
blies cornmeneed ai this port, attended by some of
the Most gay and fashionable of the nnerous and
respeaable gentry. resident After they had
commenced dancing; an hour, to the astonish-
ment and Icing; of man) who Were " tripping it
upon the light ; fantastic toe," the candles ceased to
giro their, usual lytt ;' and each ternale countenance
suddenly
,chaugti. i..froin pearly, beriutyand the damask
blush, to a dead and ghastly huel this sudden and
uoexpetted change., without anrinunediately visible
means, with the:diinness of the candlelight, occa-
tioned general suspension hilarity, :and some*
the party to. direct their atteipto,i to the' window
when behold, AO their great terror and amazement
the streets were illuminated with*disrual blue &one,
and the: descent 01 an iinmense shower of tire, ac-
companied with a heavy and loud vapour This
had a very -strange effect :upon, the faces of the
company. At that' moment, some boys passing
by crying out " The comet !" occasioned seveial
ladies to taint ; but the unrernitting attention of the
gentlemen, the .aPlaiistnnee of cold Water, arid the
assurance* that it hod nothing to do with the comet,
and that the strange metamorphosis wits Oct:aloha
by the apparition of a Bengal light, and the; ascent
of some very tinge and powerful rockets, witch were
exhibited on th 6 quay, before the assembly
win-
tlows, purposely for their amusement, by some
Naval Officers, who were enjoying an " evening on
shore," dispelled all' apprehatisiona of the COMO',
'and the Votaries of Terpsichore rejoined their part-
mil, and moved to the enlivening strains of the
catgut, till a late hour, occasionally joking . eaCh
other upon the quizzical appearance of 'the; Cometari
illuminati. •

In our Paper of Saturday we inserted a long ar-
ticle on the proPrietY of abolishing the Inquisition :
a Correspondent observes, respecting it, iii if any
have doubts on this subject;, by referring to the His-
tory of that horrid Tribunal, lately published here,
they will. not only discover much stronger grounds
for its abolition at this tinie, but likewise that it ori-
ginally took its rise in the.,revenge of an intliaidual
for disappointed love.
Don I ANC 13 CO DE MON,TALVO Y Amatir.opr , a
Field Marshtsl in the Spanish service, has putslistwd
at tile Havantialt a plan fora Sub,cription to, sup-
port the war in_ the Peninsula, Hes proposes that
such of the,' inluibitants of South America as are in
EIAY 6TC,..irnstances, shall, bind theinselves to pay for
thi4 purpose each nine dollars ktnotith, lie sup-
poses that there will be found atileast 30(4000. indi-
viduals, by whom' ibis expellee can be easily, and
will be" clieertolly borne. The motley thus raised lie
would Nave-applied to the maintaimng of 300,b0p
hien in atisiti_in Spain,during the Whole of the war
with Fr:incr.:rho planinclude, details for theappoint-
malt of committees" lor colleaing the subserip.
tions, and superintending.-the application of the
finds,

Ihe rams have been, jnees4nnt in Devon and
Cornwall for six weelc,, and have been heavier than
luis been known for several seasons.

The. MAU apprehended at:Plymouth Dek; •9(.14.
pettiva of being a distributor of fia-si:gl Bunk of
England. notes, remains in CUSiOdY
as flu. S )ii(iitor or the Milk may 11)iiii;
proper to, adopt. The ttoteti arc itit-bircrOntly CN
1.311'C1f.1 the word " Pound" has no top to the d
and they are every way interiiir to those 'w
tiler)
_
. were ow:overt:4 on board the pt ison bijipa soiree time
suites • .

rriiV of an idteresting Letter Ir9tri an ottieer of id goies.
t)'s Ship Tartan's, fa:L Friend in Dor.k, thud
Od. 'lBll.
rr On' the inurping of *the 2drlr Lilt. we'left Hall-
fait to cruise off 'the American.coast; under the or-
this of the ~olus, Lord JAM r'S TOWNS KND, attd 3C-
comptil(.4 by the 4frica, 64; and Secrfea, 38
haviog rine weather, with every prospect of inakiug
a successfral cruise : and no ships were ever in a
better state ef.enuipment to encounter the storm's
and clingers Of the perilous ocean.
" On the morning of the 30th of September,
when pret.y near our croisirig ground off New York,
in lat. 40., 50. North, long. 65. West, 'a heavy gale
of wind came on at S. E. and blew with tremendous'
. fary. The fli`obis, our' Commodore, taking s the
advice of old friend and companion (the never-
failing barometer), made all snug ; you may be as-
-awed that we followed the example, though every
sail in the slip had been braced long before our
top-gall:l4ns mats had got oh deck, our jib-boom
and prilsaiFyaid taken itr, and eve!), thine removed
out of the tops.
"r
The hurricane continued four 'hours, with a
mountainous sea, during wtriCh the ,quicksilver 101 l
gradually in the barometer until scarcely -a particle
of it was to I),' seen above the wood : but the sce-
nery of the sky impOssible to describe,: --No' ho-
rizon appeared, bOt only a something resembling an
inm3He wall, within ten yards.of the ship----at this
moment we lost sight of our Coinnto tore, who bad
only a short titne before wore on the other tack : We
were in the as of following his motions, when being •
before the wind, and just coming to, we were laid
on our beam ends; our mizen and main-fop-masts
were blown aWay4, although there was not any sad
on them, and, without any pason's hearing the
clash; an insvuit five feet water rushed Into the
hold, through' the put is of the main deck • (all 'the
hatshways were battened down), arid the water '
, • had reached the coaMings of the qoarter-deck; when •
orders were given to throw overboard the larbirard
quarter-deck
,guns and 'the sheet;-anchor, or we must
inevitably h.a.V-5. foundered. • '
,
Iwthis, state we remitted nearly half an hour,
expeting every moment IQ be our last, as the still-
ness
of the. ship. convinced us that she was settling
down. 'We were about to cut away our masts,
when fortanately feeling the ship sally to. windward,
from that mearent we. entertained some hopes.—
Miring all this 'time the pumps. were at work,;yet
we gained but little, for it was the rudder-coat which
had burst in; and occasioned the water to rise in up-
on us, and this it still Continued to do without our
beleg able. to prevent h.', The bulk-read of the coal-
hole having been. washed down by the quantity of
water the coals, were carried into the •well;
and three pumpa rendered useless. In the midst
of thisdistress, a faithhal,servant stationed at the ba-
rometer to watch 4change, called up through the
skylight (the frame of which had been washed over-
board) ' with
.great joy, that., the quicksilver had
Osman. inch, and 4011 .continued .to rise ! This in-
spired,all hearts with fresh spirit, but no men-could
behave better; or do wore than our crew did. After
we had relieved the ship from a great quantity of
water, we found the mainmast tottering, and every
instant expeoted that and 'the bowsprit; to ,go ; but
our greatest care was the preservation of the lower
masts, to save the ship from foondering :itter
the gale for want of something to bring her to.—
All oar booms and boats were washed overheard,
but we succeeded, during the 'height Of' the , storm
in lowering the main-yard on deck, by which
means we saved the tnainsnrast from failing, as the
rigging had sputtered through its seiiings, and no-
thing else could have preserved it. ' The gale had
by this time considerably abated, and about six
o'clock in the evening it cleared, off, ,though 'still
• blowing hard. We again saw the "Eolus about a
toils ,and a half from us, and with respect to her
masts she had suffered more than the Terfartr.-: I
would, • if possible,. give you a description of the
noise occasioned by. the hurricane. but I am tine-
dual to the task : if you can can conceive, however,
all the savage animals of the brute creation assem-
bled to affright mankind by their rearing, you -will
have some t,lint idea of the deafening v.iriety_of
sounds in the tempest we experienced The day
liefore yesterday all hour ships met ingeaws, off the
harbour,, and, under , jmy-masts, all .went its toge-
ther, complete wrecks."

DUmFaIES, :Nov. s.—On Satuidly last the river
Nub, trom the excocive.raths,tha: kit during the
preceding night, 'rose to a reater height Wan has
becn.. remeMber.ed. for a longlieriod of Years, and,
we ate sorry to say, has done coniiderable damage.
AU the lower part of the town next the river was
inundated, and in some of the houses the water
was upwards of five feet-deep.. The holm lands
have suffewd greatly,, being torn up in Many plat.L-;
by the force of the water. The embankments at
Grihton, Pateside; Nunholin, and other, plaeQS,
have been ninch injured, great'part of theM having
beep titerally swept away ; and, the' new bridge at
thauticti, .about! two aides front this town, was so
damaged, that carriages could not. pa.s over it. A
good deal of new Olt tivnber, artd ;,;re quantities
'of turnips, that hail been swept tr6m the holm
lands, were seen floating down the river during the
day; and in some places, where the stack yards
'were on this low ground.; whole ricks were re-
moyed :and carried away, till they 04.-:re stopped by
the'ttees. It is a 'fortunate circUnistance.that the
happened iti daylight, otherwise the loss in
the timber-yards along the liver here would, in all
probafillity, have been' immense. From [be! heavy
falls of rain last Melt, the river :thi3 Morning is
greatly upon the rise.

The torrents from the high burl: , of have
-
:w do many pl nearly imp is,lible.; On Tnes;.
day, a untih, with hifi cart mcl horso, W• 21.0 Wlihed
away between Plyropton Ana Plymouth, and totallx,
lost.
Foot RACE..--A match tcok place On'tlie Tot-.
tericip Atori,d yefiterday, mortung, for ten,zoipoi;
lietwgen two gentlemen, named Ilenries'and"Wes
n
to, wiltctl wits won by the Litter ,y :oiiiic.,v-et,
becvmcis, 'The whole
nnoutes, '

- -A-WM ig ‘,./ t-Virrurtircw-nr-C-3-c4rr,r- ~,virry ••,, , .. ... • _
known tad; but so ektfaorditlary a eircinnstaenc of
his kind is.reeordtki-4in an. AiltiitttitiClkkOrk, entiftily
aluable on account of- its interest-and entertain-
me; that we eabnot forbear to. quote it for the
, gra timfication of otir leaders.--" The..Yrince Alone
-i!
;Kell, who is almost 70 years old, said that one of hi*
..3.
legitimate wives was li.ig of her. 6 is; child; of whic6
29 wets dead, atutof .1 hereutaining 3 , tweliT wtfre .':„.•
at Besouki with his &deo brother, , who reek•citargl
of their edueation."—" Sketch" Civil aod INjiii-
tary, of the Island of Java," page 57g•
T. BIM; hi ordeuthat hii best•friends (tilt:Public) , ,
ropy. not be disappointed in procuring Tickets 9r
Shares ; which; at 'present, begin to be.scarce, yot
terdaysent Cittular Leiters to nil• his Agents in the i
country, degiring titenfto . return immeiately.tii
o bill •
Offices ttttoutn (4', Corohiii, or 9, Charing-cr-o) •
what Tickets'.ot Shares..they. might have.Uasold, so
..
that he tifay have them in 'tiny! to meet tbedeno(3
in London before Tuesday next, on the day the•
whole of this PopuLa Littic. Lottery wiel be all'
, Ora wn.

On Friday last; in Grafton-street, the Hon. Vit;coinitco
Hincgbrook, of a Soo and Heir,.
On Saturday last, the Lady of Walter Civic, EA' °(
DednaDedham,E I.)aoi,ssex, of a
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On the 6th inst. at Coventry, Mr. noissonnado, 0 'lli's
On the Bth inst. at St. Peter's Easigate,
Carpenter. of that City. . • '
pow. •
Ack .ti s 4 ers,:- .I.sq. Ot Moreton.Hal I, in me County of ' nits
to harrier, youngest daughter of henry
Hutton, si,
Close of Lincoln.
I iincelth C'c'll'
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DIED.
, ii Mon,
On the th inst. at 'the Reaory`Tionse; at. 1•10-gitici4iti
Byron, last iurviving brother of
the County of• Durham, aged 87, the Hon. and KO. -id iii,..
run, and father of Captain Byron, +,t the lloyil tiol.; of
The same '
day, at Exeter, David Hamilton, PSCI,..
Christ Church College, Oxford, in the 31st yearoihOh"r
On WcthtmlaY 1";, at SOling the seat of 01°1°144 r
W itiia,o the 1210.L°
Sir I. W. Smith, Bart. Miss S i I aged"s
init
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4 • buildotsi
On Yriday last, at his lodgings in Southampton.% , fir..
in the 3sth year of his age, G. 14. Paul, IA • lici
Phit'ca.a..
ristet at Law, and Fellow of. St. retfr's Coo.
bridge. . .
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