Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-04-08
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LONDON, JAN. A.


Lloyd's Yesterday, from Gibraltar:
Gibraltar, Dec. s.
"It is with painful sensations have
10 record one of the most dreadful hur-
ricsnes experienced here within the me-
mory of man. The night Of the OH sci
in with strong winds; towards 8 +. VI.
increased to a perfect gale, with heavy
squalls accompanied with torrents oil
rain, and at midnight it was a perfect
hurricane. To add TO the horrors OF the
scene, the night was dark, and the Bay
being unusually full of vessels, some
broke from their moorlngs, driving on
board the vessels in their track, and car
ryipg all before them. The morning
discovered a scene not to be described
from Landport to near the Spanish Lines,
the beach is covered with wrecks OF eve
~ description: the exact number is not
vet ascertained, but certainly ii cannot be
less than two hundred vessels. In some
places they form complete mass, Sc
ven or eight deep, jamming and crashing
each other. The weather fortunately
not yet settled. Exertions are now ma
king TO save the cargoes, and though the
specific damage is not known, no vessel
has escaped damage.
"The Colombian privateer, Gen.
Soublette, is entirely wrecked. The
captain, surgeon, and thirty-one men es-
capped; the rest, upwards of eighty IN
number, are prisoners in the Spanish
Lines, after having been most inhumane.
ly fired on by the Spanish Guard, who il
is said, killed two or three. A number
OF lives have been lost; about twelve
have already been discovered, but the
number lost is not yet known"
(.Another Letter, same date.
We have to advise you OF one OF the
most violent gales of wind ever felt here,
and which has produced the most calam-
atous results. For these eight days past
we have had rough weather from the
south west to west, but Oh the evening
Of the 9th, the wind shifted to the north
west, and blew perfect hurricane.
There are upwards of one hundred ves-
sells ashore on the neutral ground, many
OF them perfect wrecks. OF some others,
not vestige can be found, nor OF their
crews. Several went down at their an
chors. Many of the poor Spanish emf
grants, recently turned on; OF the garri |
son to favor Ferdinand, have persisted.
There was in the bay the Colombian pri
vateer General Soublette, which was
driven from her anchor, under the Spa
nish guard house, on the neutral ground,
and in the shock go, dismasted and filled
with water, heeling over to the starboard
side; when the crew endeavored to es-
cape, the Spanish troops fred upon them.
The captain and about twenty men made
their escape to our part OF the neutral
ground, and sought protection for his
crew from our government. 1t was re-
fused. The Spaniards, meantime, con-
tinued to fire, finding the crew could not
return, and murdered many in cool
blood. One of the Colombians then
mounted the rigging, with flag of truce,
and was there shot by the custom-house
officers; but Mr.. Turner, the command
ing officer. then on board, was allowed
TO come on shore. The terms could
not be agreed upon, and Turner wished
to go aboard again, but the noble Span
lard told him he was prisoner. AT last
on the interference Of the gentlemen
from our garrison, particularly B. Henry,
ESQ. consul for the United States, pa
per was signed, engaging to save their
lives, and the survivors, abou. eighty,
were landed
"The brig Sarah, from Liverpool, is
ashore"
The following extracts from the Glib
raltar Chronicle, give some further and
authentic particulars Of the hurricane
which lately did so much mischief in
that Bay.
From the Chronicle Of the 8fh.
" 1t is yet, and will be for some days,
impossible to ascertain the exact num-
Der of vessels driven on shore, many of
which are complete wrecks, particularly
anumber Of small craft, which have been
crushed by the larger vessels, and are
entirely gone TO pieces. 1t is feared the
total number exceeds one hundred and
fifty, and had the storm continued with
equal violence, not a vessel would have
escaped.
The crew (about 70 men) Of the CO.
lombian privateer, General Soublette,
with the exception of her commander
and few sailors, surrendered to the
Spanish troops yesterday: the vessel
fhaa
and within half musket shot Of the troops