Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-02-25

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lost.
The = .ionbian privateer. Gen. Sou
blette. wa totally wrecked On ths
Spani.a lines. The Csptsia, surgeon
and tniSty-one men. escaped at ths
time; ,wp or three men we're killed
BY ths, spanish guard firing upon
them, I, M the residue. from seventy IA
eighty ,n number. were made pfiso
ners. ~ the 9th, forty-three of these
made tl,ir escape, and arrived at Glib.
raltar. 4 prize to Colombian priva.
teer, a'ared on her voyage from Glib
raltar 3, Carthagena, (Spain.) was
also wrecked on the Och, near Lara
che. .y+ss
The a.counts from st.. Petersburgh
are ONLY To the 18th December. The
new Emperour Constantine had not
then arrived. All the publick func.
tionari> had taken the oath Of allie.
giancc /, him. The reports Of Con.
stanti,r having -abdicated in favour OF
Nicho!,-. are pronounced to be fabri.
cat tion4.
The i.ussian Legation in Paris have
all takya the oath to Constantine.
Tn, t,oncy market IN London, on
the 9th January was heavy. There
were "a nours Of a deficiency Of two
hiIlion. in the revenue. and some fail
ures anpng the merchants. There
has beef some heavy failures in Paris.
January 9th. twelve defaulters declar.
ed, ,.on,' r,r eight and the other for nine
hundre, thousand francs. Marshal
Suchet was reported to have died.
Barce'oaa, Spain. De- 25.-The Vi
client tempest lately experienced in
che Mediterranean, has caused the loss
of NOR. than FIVE hundred vessels on
The coastuf Spain. Some also have
been w,scked on the Balearick ISL
ands. snlf all the vessels; in Palma, the
capital If Majorca, were driven ON
ehOre.
Gi5rr'',ar, Dec. TIT is with pain
fuI f.,slings that we notice the
effects .! the dreadful storm, experien-
ced last night in the bay. After some
days b,aring from the west, the ba-
rometeT ;,nounced the approaching de-
structiel. A little after a P. Nj. the
wind yrvred TO the south.we and
blew VIII the greatest violence during
the be>' ,art of the night, This morn
ing the sight from Of Montague Bate
ry to F.~t st. Philip, was truly appal-
ing. A'ynust one half Of the vessels
which we're in the anchorage were
STRANDED, principally on the Neutral
Ground and in some places, lying in
heaps. crashed together.
Dec 9.--The vessels on shore suf. |
fered severely from the effects ofanofh
Or severe gale last night several
more have been stranded in the course
Of the NIGHT. 1t may with confidence
be asserted. that Of between three and
four hu:'.lred vessels in this port. not
q dozen iave escaped.
Dec, 1.-THE vessels on shore at
Baysidc we're counted yesterday, but
it is very diificult to do It correctly.-l
There are at least one hundred and
ninety. Adding to this number those
Pf Fort ST. Philip.and under the works
bf the garrison. and reckoning those
which we already been got of. the
total uf StNanded vessels square and
lateen 'iyyed) is supposed to have
amcuniei to two hundred and forty
To these are. further to be added, those
that ionudered, the number of which
is not y, / known and il is to be fear
ed will he found to be considerable
The d.a.s bodies picked of the beach
are already very numerous. and it is
feared that there are many more under
the ve.S.ls' bottoms.e
A'Co a'nittee is appointed .for the
purposr 'xraising a subscription to.
wards the relief Of the distressed mar
liners oFa!l nations.