Star.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

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CADIZ, Diregmsen to.
It is not only in the North that the fury of the ele-
ments. has been felt. Since the 6:h of this month we
have had a tempest such as has not occurred within
the memory of Man. In the flight of the sth, the rain
fell in torrents; the day of the 6th was not quite so
dark as the night that preceded it. The whole horizon
was loaded with heavy dark clouds; and the rain con-
tinued. At nine in the evening, d rapid tall of the
barometer announced a l►ntricane, and in a few mi•
mites a north-west wind arose so violent, that the win-
dows of the houses were di iven in, the doors wrenched
from their hinges, the chimneys thrown 4.ewn, the
celebrated tower blown down, the tie.ts torn.npby the
roots, and even the nin•t solid substances became the
sport of the elements. Ttr: houses damaged were Innu-
merable, and the losses immense ; hut it is principally
in the Bay that the devastation has taken place, espe.
cially from the mouth of the San Palo to the Troca-
dero. There, the following vessels were violently
driven on shore:—The Buenos Amigos, of the house
of Picardo ; the American Gigue, Tea Paint ; the
Spanish frigate, Astrea; an American schcoaer ; a
Dutch vessel, a schooner, and two brigs, were sunk in
the Bay itself: twelve other vessels were thrown on the
coast; the Spanish brig Loreto, lost its mizen•mast ; a
very few of these vessels will be able to repair
.their
damages; the others are totally lost. It is not yet
known how many pt./pins have perished by this disaster.

The subscription for Gen. Fny's family amounted, nn
Monday, to nearly 568,000 francs, almost to 23,0001.
sterling. Sever.l candidates have °feted themselves
PIT the seat in the Chamber of Deputies vacant by the
General's decease. Among them are. M. Dui in, the
eloquent advocate, wh sn successfully defended the
Constitutionnel, M. Lalitte, the liberal banker, and
General Sebastiani.

CONSTANTINOPLZ, N4ll/. 25.—For the infnrma'ion of
the shipping interests, no vessels passing up or down the
illitrdanelles, should attempt to do so during the night,
nor even during the day ()light they to pass the Castles
without being previously visited there. Ignorance or
neglect of this ceremony has already exposed some
vessels to the danger of being fired at, and bad copse.
quences are to be apprehended if this intimation be not
strictly attended to; Several vessels hive gone ashore
on- sand-banks in that neighbourhood, and it would
therefore be advisable that Captains be provided with
the best charts of that navigation. Piracies become
daily more frequent in the Arches, and.though the Bri-
tish flag has hitherto been peculiarly fortunate in ea.
caping, it ought not to be forgotten that the danger
may increase.
YoungEucern GUILLEMINOT, the only remaining
son of Count GolLLEntirioT, French Ambassador to the
Ottoman Porte, was lately shooting in the environs of
Constantinople, when he let his fowling piece drop,
and it went off and shattered his arm; the surgeon of
the Emb.issy extracted eighty shots, but tetanus ensued ;
it was hoped to remove it by the amputation of the
arm, but the most alarming symptomi returned, and
the unfortunate young man died at the end of twenty-
four days, after the most dreadful sufferings. He bolo
them with the greatest courage, only exclaiming,
‘, Had I but fallen under the fire of the enemy, and ih
the sight of the Prince I" He had distinguished him-
self on several occasions in the last war in Spain.