The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-04-28

and the adjacent c-rn.r, hv which more
than 5000 houses have been dcstroye d. hap
pencd ON the Goth of March, at Z inmates
past 4ociock the explosion was ST Violent
that 1t buried in its runs more than s or
10000 persons.
Erfrdct of a letter recsived her sckr. In
defendence from La Gztayra.
A few days prior to our arrival. this
town was almost destroyed by an Earth
quake TX commenced about 4 o'clock Z. NJ.
Oh Thsrsday the Goth Marc its duration
was about 4 minutes, and it's effects hori.i-
oiy destructive since my arrival. there
have been few shocks, but no material da-
mage done. Such is the alarm of the Inha-
bitants that the town is entirely deserted.
and they are now living without the Walls.
beneath little tents and huts, which are e.
rected merely to shelter them, from the rain
and heat of the sun.
It's not within the compass Of my abili-
~ to describe to you the misery of these
people fear and despair, grief and ruin,
have completely overwhelmed them. Pa
rents have escaped, with the loss of their
children children with the loss of their
parents, and very few without the loss of
their, property. Already five hundred per-
sons have been found, and the probability
is, that greater number still remain buri-
ed beneath the ruins. The Destruction at
Caracas is much greater; $500 bodies
have been thrown upon the funeral pile, and
burned already, and it is supposed, that
from to 10000 souls are lost.---Out of 40
Churches in that place two converts only
remain standing. Such is the iamentab,e
situation of these two places, that it will be
a long time, before they can be renstated.-
NO business OF any nature is doing. All the
m PIC haslA d.. n
PICTURE OF ENGLAND.
ETtraet Of letter ftom a gentlemen in
England, to his. friend in Boston. dared
Manchester, 18th March, 1912.
III politics, Lam by no means in HUI
NOR to say much-I will however give Won
few particulars, relative to the prince re-
gent. He has entirely disappointed his
friends, without. gaining the good will of his
enemies, by selling himself to the man he
twelve months since declared unfit for a
minister of his majesty's government. The
starving manufacturers, have looked up to
him as the saviour of the country, and have
patiently waited until he should be clothed
with full power, confidently expecting, when
that period should arrive, an immediate al
deviation OF their distresses. But contrary
to the most sanguine expectations, their
hopes are bliyhted, and no alternatives are
now LETT but Starvation or precarious sub
sistence on plunder. The discontents are
MADE known by general murmur Riots
have already commenced at Nottingham.
Stockport, Huddersfield, Leeds and other
places. and it is daily expected they will be-
come general throughout the manufacturing.
towns. Anonymous letters have been sent
to several OF the principal men in this town.
threatening them with destruction, unless
their wages are raised. Piacards, signed
LUDD, name they have adopted, are stuck
up at the corners Of the streets, offering a
reward for the heads of those men, who have
discharged their men, although no longer
able to employ them.-They have gone SO
tar IN Huddersfield as to offer one hundred
gU'Aeas for the head Of the PRINCE RE-
CENT An additional military force has
Deem stationed III many of the most turbulent
places.
Ii government do not grant some relief,
rear the consequence in lManchester A
repeal OF the orders in council would have
the desired effect, but / see no prospect of
that at present. Mr.. Percival's reply to
enc aRst Ct theS r viii on
with change of minister's. Mr.. +. infoif'im-
ed those gentlemen, that if their govern
ment qvas convinced :" that the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES zvere revokcd, the orders in
council 7vouid not be reSanded, they being
no longer considered as Z condition fo,. the
removal Of the orders, 5c.'' Patriot. 1
| BsroN, April Is. 4
| Account of the loss Of tie ship Silver Gray,
or New Bedford, captain Potter, on the
| 10th February. -
When standing in 70, Cadiz Bay, and in
sight OF Cadiz, she was pursued by 2 French
privateers from Rota, When they came
along side, they hailed the ship and asked
II they wanted pilot-the captain answer
ed he did, they told hin to huff, on which he
move them rope, and % his great surprise,
when they came along side, twenty or more
men made their appearance from under a
cover, proceeded on board, armed with pis-
tois, and ordered the captain and ali hands
below. 1t was their Intention to proceed to
ot. Lucar, but the wind heading them off,
and also being pursued by an English gun
brig, they were obliged to run her ashore on
the beach at Rota; this took place about
O'Clock in the afternoon They cut all her
masts away Immediately, and the next even
ing the English boats from Cadiz went over
and burnt the ship. The English got about
100 barrels, the French about 500; the re-
malnder, about 1900 barrels, were burnt
and stove. Captain Potter arrived in Ca
diz about the 25th February with all his
men.