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.....e.:___. . • that ehjecis hid been seem of het erotica pat octane
iiitilVaTE I.ETTEd, it. was no difficult Metes to convihee vast of limn
" tetra's Piautation, Parish of so George, May I, reit that these months 'lt' 'ftlitt the hires mitt' bills.
41 MY DEAR tint--t hasten to give yon some e.iiich the likhts.they carried iiith theta had attreeta
count of a most awful visitation of Peeve° 'e flee at the,
i ciedm7mNefaaceny maesstfligis ofmitili rase dark wnich had been 1
ness, found their way to *lnch took place yesterday in this neighbourhood,
the lights in the house, and remained' at the house
and I believe generally throughout this Idand.
during the cousinuance of the d itknesit
gg Early in the morning, es we imagined from is
darkness, my wife requested Erse to view the sky, " Some lantl.l4ds fleav into the rosatult *WI thil
; windows were open, anti - some fitirssea birds were
.which had a very odd appearance. • Upon looking known Irons: their cries to be bout!} ng about thi
at my watch, we were very thuch surpr'zed to And
it was so late as half-past six o'clock, A. sr. which huldings*
f neither of us could credit, until, on. comparing it 1 " After: this disthal scene had ecintinited some
1 time.,.my. aprirehetiones setae tonsiderably lessened.
with her's, they were found to agree.
by triaging to my rernemtwance the uccouniavisnheg
44 In the northeast, hi which the sun ought to '
younger P iny of the milder' of Vesuvius ; nod the
have been seen, as it had been Op three-quarters of
an hour, a very large and defile cloud of ferruginous : fact mentioned tome by per* 5e1f,...01 a substante sirs
milar in sense degree to what }has fallen beret colour, and at no great height above the surface,
obscured the firmament, but in such a manner, that been gatbesed off the sails ofikahip, at ,t neat dis-
thearees and shrubs in theiarden, and the country •I'ln4.4l°.ope, thatdit
as no cinders had land t.ad mack..tticir appear-
-I"in. 17405 et I began
to the north and east of our house, presented the tame to hope,
ante, the phent'stitetion, whieb was alarming us.
lights and slenlows as they usually do whin the
Might be the effect of some destaitt volcabk ertiption,
moon is sometime* bright and sometimes dark In ..
alternatkart. and cot the forerttniser t.f any mote dreadful visite,.
tion than that altich was exciting at the moment-
" Another cloud, not quite so dense, of I dinky
blue coheir, and Atom the same height, hung over 44 'llia idea- has beeo7s&engtlinned by tha *Aiwa
ling circumstances:
the edges of the whole southern horizon, under uhieh
Ike. H-
About one.o'clock in the morning Mr. How—, •
thf
.sky appeared of a silvery colour, from uhich
and several others .nn the plantatien, heard a very
issued a very shining light, by which objects re the
•nntahward, when our backs were turned to the light, heavy and quick firing,'neither as minute-guns from
a ship in distress, hot in continuance as from ships
russets seen as distinctly, if not more so, as tut--green.
engaged, but in peals at intervalt, frnm•the south.
day; while objects between us and the light were
ward.—The same firing was heard so distinctly in
scarcely perceptible. • a town and its vicinity, but 'in a westerly or north-
" Above these clouds, and in every other fart of westerly direction, that it is said our Governariwho
the sky which watt not occupied by the ferruginous
cloutit, were other clouds of a whitish ey colour,
is also cntOmander of the forces in the leeward island,
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repaired about t leclech to the garrison, which was
which were-carried over the islands with great vast-
kept under terms all the night I from a surmise that
city from the north east, in which direction the wind
Admiral Sir Francis Lafcrey, who had sailed to the
blew the whole day with vbry little variation ;
althou h under them ere was not a leaf stirrin
northwatel the evening before at sun-set with the
or breathg of air moving.
-th
Dragon and a tender only, had fallen in with the
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ge A solemn and unusual stillness pervaded every erenty's fleet of tour sail art the :ins and four frigates,
which, by accounts from Madeira, are reported to
place, now and then- interrupted by the sound of
v
negroes at work with their hoes, which the surround-
ha e passed that island.
ing silence seemed to augment.
. " As nothing has transpired this fotenonn to cowl-
,. Forcibly struck with all these appea'ances, I
tenance either the supposition of an engagement, or
of a ship having been In last night off our coast, it
could not help expressing to Mrs. D. my apprehen-
is very possible, and by no Means improbable, that
sions that this island was about to be' visited with
the noise in question may have proceeded from a
some drsdful commotion; and as our house was on
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. the acclivity of a hill, about sixty feet above the volcanic eruption, which, without any earthquake
having been perceptible in this island, may have pro.
level of the works at which our friends Mr. and Mrs.
doted those phenomena here which l'have attempted
IL resided. I thought 'it adviatble we should join
them, which we did without delay. . to delineate.
er By the time we reached the works it was seven " During last night the weather has been rather
calm than otherwise ; and this morning, the appear-
o'clock ; and as the darkness began to. increase ,cnn- i
since of the country resembles the land in the neigh.
siderably, all the nerve's were recalled from tfie
bourhood of the- titer Nith, near its entrance into the
fields, acted ordered ,tq their, houses. where most of
them :went to, bee ejtiaa h indifference, considering So' lway frih, when it has been overfiqwn hy a high
rtnuj.
the darkness onlyawm early night. . tide.—Many shrubs. and low trees war spreading '
branches have been split by the weight of the sub-
-4 ag At lialfasaskleasplia'cloCk it was so dark,. that
stance which-bas fallen on them, and the sager-canes
candles were brow n.-; At eight • O'clock, it was
are bent down to the ground.
pitch `dark in theniewitir ; or, in iith'er words, set
.`t On removing-the substance from the surface dm
dark, that we 'could. not perceive Our hands when
grass continua as green at least as it was before, I
held Asp before
.oat, faces at two feet distance. No
night at hothe in winter, whets neither the moon nor without anvappearance of being scorched.
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. a star is to be -seen, was ever more sombre. This a The ternsometer this day, when placed in a
the direct
darkness-- tontinteed of the same intenseness, until'
room open to the air, but not exposed to
2.5 Minutes:past twelve o'clock—that is, for the space 1 from 80 to
or reflected rays of the sun, has varied '
of four hours and 25 minutes, at wbidt time we per- / v4l is his =three degreechiglier tuna it wait yes.
80,
ceived very indistinctly the outlines eif large ands terdaY at the same hour of the day.
near objects. : At half-patt twelve o'clock we dis-'
44 Wing now relieved from the darkness and its
tinguished them more cnriectly ; from which period 'concomitant kiln, we are beginning to distress our-
, the light increased until between three and four
delves about the e &cc which the fallen substance is
I o'clock, N. M. hot was very obscure. . likely to produce on the fertility a f the land s to
with as little delay as possible, my I
I- " From the time it which I got up in the morn. ea"`"rain which,
, father-in-law and I have this enorning planted rani-
' ing, until we went to bed at home in the evening, at
oars soeds, useful and ornamental, in this substance 1
eight o'clock, there was a constant fall from the
singly, and also; in it when combined with diffetint 1
clouds of a substance in extremely fine flakes, which
•proportions of the soil s trustin gent the cone and
when .first gathered from our clothes, bad the ap-
, I PROVIDENCP. which has castled us, n safety through
'pearance of the, dust of wood-ashes ; e
when suffered to accumulate, assumed ' yesterday, may be pleased to render
blessing and not a close to the island.
blance of powdered rotten-stone, and - 1
tame quality of cleaning brass. , may wish to ascerta n the component
substance, I will send you by the first rSt
44 In order to ascertain the qoantit.
fallen, Mr. H. last night took up that iy the portion of it I gathered irons
upon a foot square,
foot square, as I hate already no.
when it measured
into im I inclose you a few grains.
somewhat pressed into the measure,
one pound and three quarters. " Your's, ace"
44 This morning another square fr
preface was hard and level, gave, in fi,.
one half of an inch in depth, three pints
up in measure ; and one pound seven ounces and a
half in weight. i
" Against the bottom of windows, doors, and
walls, it was considerably deeper. But assuming
the product of my experiment, as the medium quan-
tity which fell on a foot square throughout the
island; and estimating from out best maps the quan-
tity of land in the island at 106,4.70 acres (a), the
total quantity of this extraneous substance ehich is
now on its surface, independent of that which is upon
the trees, could not be less than 1,739,187,750 gai-
t lons. wine measure, (a), .‘
Or 11,1111,817,312 pounds,
avoirdupois, (c).
j 44 The fall of this sututintici was least in the morn-
ing and evening, and greatest between nine and
melee o'clock. During this last period, when any
of us went out into the air, we perceived a smell
similar to that which arises from water thrown upon
hot embers•—but with no increase of hear, to the
best of my perception ; on the contrary, according
to my own sensations, it "eras rather colihcr du-
ring the continuance of this phenomenon, than in
common. ,
44 I had unluckily left my thermometer behind
me, and did not*get it until one o'clock,, P. sr. at
which time I hung it in a gallery facing the south,,
and open to the air. when is settled at 771, and c0n..1
tinned at that height uatsi five, o'clock its the afterH
noon, after which'l kern to examine it. . .
n All those who ventured out•with lanthorns du-
ring the darkness, reported they had heard strange
noises and cries in the air, but as they also added,
(A) Aeres. Aeres.
Chriticharch Parish. 14„ii0 St. Tbetikao •:............• a 300
So Philip .. 15,040 St.losepli.. ....•. . 6,030
St. Michael
St. Ch0rge.........., 10.795 SuPresr ........, --..... 091119
*John NOVO St. Lief •••••••,
Soh:eel .»..... oe 7,500
(8) 106,470 Acres in the isinint, Innitipiled bt
feet in one wee is squirt° eatstiesatoo square's.
bp S plats per reset, it equal to 13,913,499,100 pllnts,
I pints in ,a gam, is sepal to 1739.197,450 pis. wine En.,
(C) 4,4"e.22oosgssre fset in she Mend, liiidtdiesi by I ilk
per Inch, 71 et. (Lot, is epsal to 6,411,9 [70;12 lbs. avolreepile.
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Russett of Fallerk, watch-maker
ightiess the PmNet RESSNT, waited
upon his Royal Highness, at Carlton House, when
he had the hougur of delivering a superb gold Chrmia-
meter of his ntakimg, according to his Royal High-
ness's gracious order. His Royal Highness, with his
usual condescension, was pleased to declare his tented:_
faction with this specimen of Mr. Rosen-es wotk..
manship. Mr. Ruasitu, had also the honour of pre.
seining to his Royal Highness a Box made from the
celebrated Wallace's Tree, in the Torwood, Stirling_
shire, elegantly mounted in gold.. The box contained
a quantity of wheat, which was found•in a vault of
the Roman
,wall•or Grabens!' Dyke4sCestle Carry,
where it is supposed to have lain upwards of-164)
years. The lid of the box contained Anvery slogans
inscription, with the above particulars.- Mr. RtissELL
also presented to his Royal Highness a Silver Crook. •
stone Dollar, being a Coin of Quern MARY and her
husband, Lord Ditto:Lev, struck inCrookstone Castle
In die,year.l36.s, and a very ancient watch of curinep
workmanship. Has Royal Highness conversed few°
some time with Mr. Russett with great stifabilitf;
and stewed him a great many 'curious clocks 'and a
watches.
CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, MIX a. •
Yids day the Marker kis hut an nievelsiderable supply of Why*,
and she trade cootintni to maintain Lot loners qsated--‘llllriep,
and Malt at ride rheetftliens--Vine was abets? join, sad lees.
per gnu-ter—White Peas Spin !wrist sale—airy and Masarsir
each sort keep sisals, pries-.Ilse supplies of Oats ere ale. but iii-
teneiderabie, and site late adesside fatly midetsiaise--kisas with.
.variation.
cutters., PRICES vxqza • •
1101. lelfs I.llls. Beans US. 02s.
now kit, 1604.1 ss. Tick 41,h0, /se ans..
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led the resent_ I the danger of y
J possessed the this visitation a b
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ity which rii,4l parts of this subs
hat which ,e, , ~good pportuni;
ed three ,:•. .e surface of a
, and w..*,:: ! 'Aced, and in the
root, where*?
i ve-eighths and 1 • -
.„ Monday, Mr.
as loosely flood to his Royal Hiv
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