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Tbe heart of a Tar; If my notion is right,
I. serene in the storm, unarpali'd in the fight ; •
ay •
• . !Tie a rink which no danger has power to moue,
Yet disvolves in a moment with pity or love. .
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It's
compass is hOr.o:lr, and glory WS dlr.
With courage 'tis glowing,
With friendship o'erflowing,
Such a heart is the heart of a true !Jutish Tar.
The heart of ♦ Tar's ever true to hi., lass,
In the drear watch of night as the sloWhours pus
_ 'Her image. be sees, at she bade him adieu—
Life a monitor, saying—be constant and tree. '
It's corhpass, &c.
The heart of a Tar's ne'er corroded by care—
Both his purse and his grog with a messmate he'll share ;
And should he misfortune e'er have so withstand,
Why his messntates have hearts, and they'll lend hint a hand!
It's compass, &c.
The heart of a Tar, when the world is a wreck,
A gent will be found without ever a speck;
When death from about it the earth shall remove,
'Twill shine in thedi'dem of virtue above!
It's compass, &c. CA PT. CLEWLINE.

HURRICANE AT SANTA CRUZ.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
To Gilbert Stuart Bruce, Fsq. late his Majesty's Consul General
at the Canary Islands, 38, Trinity-square, London.
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFFE, Nousiaxa 12.
DFA R SIR—You will already have been furnished by
your house at Orotava, with an ample detail of the awful
calamity. which has befallen this Island, in consequence
of the tremendous hurricane we experienced on the 7th
and Bth inst. Buildings, vineyards, orchards, and other
valuable property to a large amount, have been utterly
destroyed ; whole villages have been swept into the sea
by the irresistible violence of the flood gushing down
the mountains ; to which I am sorry to add that many,
many lives have been lost, and that thousands of our
fellow creatures, naked, without shelter, and hall starv-
ing; are roving about the ruins of the miserable habita-
tions they once called their own—an affecting sight
indeed, which claims the whole sympathy of every
beast open to the feelings of humanity, and cannot but
excite the wish to allay the distress of those poor *in-
fot innate sufferers. But such is the poverty prevailing
here throughout, that no effectual relief can be ex-
pected—especially not in the present instance, where
the suffering is almost general.
Under these circumstances, I address myself to you,
who, frOm a long residence amongst the natives, and
.from your connexions with them, must naturally feel
inclined to befriend then) in the days of calamity. Let
'me request you, in the most urgent manner, to make an
appe,tl in favour of the sufferers, to the generosity of the
Brrish public, ever ready to alleviate the distresses of
their suffering brethren, whatever nation or colour they
may belong to. lam perfectly aware, that the present
situation of the manufacturing districts at home, must
already have claimed the beneficence of the public to a
considerable degree, but may it be considered, that the
'misery prevailing here at this moment is beyond de—
scriptiou. The smallest donation will be a relief, 'and
those (het have no money to bestow, let them send old
clothes is protect the women and children agaiust the
inclemency of the season. I sincerely hope you will
use your hest endeavours in having a subscription
opened, and in case you should deem it necessary to
give publicity to this letter, you have full authority to
do so. I remain, with the greatest respect, dear Sir, your
most obedient and faithful humble servant,
FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR,
His Majesty's Consul for the Canary Islands:
TO G. STUART BRUCE, ESQ. LONDON. .
(Copy) PORT OSOTATA, TRKERI7,I4 Nov. 15.
DEAR SIR—It is our painful duty to inform you of
our having been visited by a tremendous hurricane,
which commenced on the morning of the Bth, and con-
tinued with little inter mission until the afternoon
of the 10th instant, when it subsided, after hay
ing, in this short space of time, effected changes which
defy all description. The principal points where the
clouds discharged themselves, were in this valley (Oro-
, nom), Laguna, and the vicinity of Candelaria, and also
in the island of Canary, but partieul'arly in this part
• of the island. Hundreds of habitations !rase been swept
. *war, and hundreds of unfortunate beings have pe-
rished. To add to the misery at this place, a large
French ship, La Belle Gabrielle, which, it appears, had
lost her reckoning, came on the rocks off the centre of
this town. Out of '2l persons, only three of the crew
era; ed. She was from Bordeaux, laden chiefly with
wine, and bound to the Isle .of Fiance. At Santa
Cruz, the American brig Potomac, and Spanish
' brigs (American traders) Alonta and San Juan de
Ulioa, were driven on shore, but the crews, except-
ing three men belonging to the American, were saved.
At Valle de Guerra, a Catalan ship, laden with' wine,
°kind brandy, shared the same late. Of the wrecks
little or nothing has been saved. We have just learnt
that nine vessels have been lost at Canary. Our boat,
which we had just dispatched with 30 pipes of wine fot
Santa Cruz, fortunately regained this port at the corn-
niencement of the storm, and lost oothiug. Nut an
est.rte in this valley but has suffered considerably;
many have been rendered u eless—of others not a trace
remains. This town (Port Orotava) has suffered tom-
par atively little, although threatened with little short
of tctal destruction on the one side from the Barrancas
(ravines, or mountain torrent courses) that pass through
the Dabess ; and on the other from the Barranco of
Martianez. What were ravines or gullies, are in many
places filled up, and new ones are formed. Prodigious
torrents combined at the Cabezas, and forced their pas-
sage over Nieves Sitio, sweeping everything into the
sea. Had they kept their first course, the whole suburb
of the Cabezas, and the Plaza del Charco, down to the
sea, must inevitably have gone. The bed of the ravine
at Martianez, at the road to Mr. Cologan's country
house, has been raised many feet above the level of this
town, which- is consequently in the most imminent
',danger. Had the storm continued a fewhours longer,
the a hole of tl.e quarter called the Hoya would have
been lost, as the Barrancas had already begun to di'-
• charge a powerful body of water into the Calle de la
Hoy a, which emptied itself at our cellars. Y,,u may
imagine cur anxiety, expecting from one hour to another
that the whole of cur premises there would be swept
away will upward. of six hundred pipes of wine we had
nn them. Vs eir7us: conclude this melancholy account
fir 'he piesent, by staring that they continue in the
go-atest danger, :h.-&d any heavy rain; tall whilst the,
Barranco reni,i::s in its present state. We have, these
tore, removed tile wines to our principal wine stores.i