Star.
London, England, 1827-01-03 00:00:00

.4,,,.i • REMINISCENCES.
54Lis c: • --.ws—
ttiVgatelle! there are times when Memory wakes,
.1 t And noes the page of other days;
4illfben like the dawn each feature breaks,
AnJ every scene, and every joy displays, • • •
,tivo• •Is an ica pristine well remember'd rays! n'2404
•
When every wen-known sped reminds '
The Wart of !lopes that once were bright,-
And every Tree, nay, every Shrub combines
• • Tu shew the contrast sow bow opposite!
Ms sweet to gaze upon the open lawn,
And think of boyish sport and game, -
To say 'twas here rye gambord many a morn,
And on that tree I deeply cut my name !
To think on hopes so ardent then,
Too early found, too swiftly blighted ; • . ;. •
Hopes that ne'er can rise again :
Vows forgot, affection slighted— , •
And changeless truth all unrequited! ; •
Dear are the tutors of sot Toe', ./ 3! . • .

The chosen friend of riper years ; : '
Dear t►e reittesab'rance of their truth ; ' - •
And sacred are the frequent tears
That Moab* minis o'er memory k reveres! W.H.F.

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THE ARMY.
• Detachments belonging to the 4th, 55th, 704, and 76th Regi-
games st Infantry, received orders to march this morning. from
• Vrimigiestrr, for Portsmouth. A Detachment belonging to the
. lith Regiment of Light Dragoons, Is ordered to march tWa niers-
log, from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot. at Malkatoes:
Monday, the last detachment of the 17th Lancers. left Rector,
and was replaced by a detachment of the Emiddlles, whisk
snatched into that city the same inorsite. 11tt.4 •
fhpalay, the Edgar transport, with tb est
C.fir and 115th Regiments, sailed from IPeopesuip.har Lau.
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:lIREADFUL HURRICANE AT SANTA CRUZ.
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. the following is an extract from a Letter which
...inched town yesterday morning, dated Santa Cruz,
Tenetiffe, the 22d of November, 1826, giving an ac-
count of a dreadful hurricane with which that bland
was visited on the 7th of that month:
o The noise produced Sy the raging sea and wind
awoke me very early in the morning of the 7th inst.
and upon going to the top of the house as customary, I
perceived it was blowing a violent gale from the S.E.
mad consequently that the vessels in the bay were in
great danger, as it is only sheltered by mountains from
the north and west: it increased progressively all day,
accompanied by rain ; three vessels were wrecked, but
only two lives were lost, and at night it blew tremen-
dously until about one o'clock, when the wind changed
to• the north, and the hurricane commenced. The
noise caused by the wind and rain, which fell in tor-
rents, wits really awful: the water in the street rushed
lite a river to the sea, and we were occupied all night
in /baling the water from the house, which is large, but
not a single room escaped. The following day and
night it continued, but with decreasing violence, and
oss the moaning of the 9th it abated, and I was able to
go out.- I found that the change of wind bad enabled
the remaining vessels to ,get under weigh, and they
were put of sight. The damage done to the town con-
. listed in a few small houses having been blown down,
,all injured :more or less, gardens destroyed, the pave-
ment in she streets in part torn up, and 'bestowed withl
. stones, tiles, &c. the bridge washed away, sod also
(which appears iocredible)two 24 pounders driven from:
one of the castles into the sea: the water had rushed
through the post•office a yard in depth, carrying away
some letters, and destroying others, but fortunately;
no lives had been lost. As the town is sheltered from
.the northerly wind, it was naturally imagined that the
other parts of the island had suffered most, and the
greatest anxiety prevailed. Atlength accounts arrived
from different parts, ail proving that our fears had beet
justly entertained, and that we had been comparatively
well off. You can well imagine that water rushing
from lofty mountains, increasing in its contra, must
necessarily carry away every thing opposed to it, and
thit, consequently, the destruction it causes most be
great—this has been experienced here. Such was the'
.force of the water that came from the mountains, that
. the stones, trees, animals, Etc. which were brought by'
it, have caused the sea at. Port Orotava to retire SOO
yards, so that you can now walk on land to where there
were previously five fathoms of water. In its progress
it carried away a battery and the guard, with the ex-
teption of a corporal and one soldier, and only two old
diso.ounted guns remain to denote where it once stood.
The beautiful Valley of Orotava has suffered, perhaps,
more than any other part, and the loss of lives and pro-
perty is at present incalculable: above 100 dead muti-
. Wed bodies have already been found there, but these
most be few in comparison to the number-buried in
the rubbish : in one district alone, 112 houses have
been carried away, with also the cultivated land near
them: some estates have been entirely, and others
partly, destroyed ; small villages swept away, with
their inhabitants, vineyards destroyed, cattle lost, and,
in 6ne, all the numerous disasters which a catastrophe'
of this kind can occasion. On that side of the island
where Port Orotava stands, two vessels were lost, one
near that town, a French vessel, and only four seamen
miraculously escaped; the rest, consisting of the cap-
tain, mate, 10 seamen, and three merchants, passengers,
perished : the other was a Spanish vessel, bound to
.Havannah, Irons which, 1 believe, only three men were
taved. From parts of wreck seen near the coast, it is
presumed much damage must have been done at sea.
In Candclaria, the convent, containing the Virgin so
much celebrated for her „miraculous appearance here at
the time, or shortly after, the Conquest, and which was
so greatly venerated by all the mbabitants of these
islands, was washed away; and also a castle, in which
a soldier and his family had sought refuge. but perished.
Not only has this island suffered from the hurricane,
but also some of the others ; and it is known that great
damage has been done in Canary, where nine vessels
were lost, with past of their crews."

Lest week the dwelling house of Lieutenant .Tames•
Wood, R. N. Stebon•place, near the London Ho,pital,
was busglariously ente•ed, and property to a conaider•
'Able amount stolen, consisting of a large quantity ,of
plate and jewellery, wearing apparel, a gold and silver
watch, and a purse containing upwards of 1:15. No
trace has as yet been discovered of the thieves.

A Gentlenian at Bow-street, yesttrd ,y, charged a
man with picking his pocket; he could not, however,
bring it home to him, though he swore that he felt a
curiae sensation in she tail of hi; coat." The thief did
not 'swear at all, but on leaving the dock evinced Ali a
sensation littiolneans unaccountable. • •