The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-06 00:00:00

IVEST HUUBIe.4NF.

We have been kindly favoured wish the following ropy of n
kiter hum ■u (Hiker ou board lox 31.1j4 giy's t.isop
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topr, at St. hill's, 12th Nuvrititar, 1817----
" Swett airy last letter to von we Imve lertMlie
great variety of weather, and were mot no the hurri-
cane which took place on the t!lst ul October, mot
as tuauy reports ilNve gone abroad 1. souse Lf
Ilse West loam lsluouls that we art.- lua, 1
die 144 uppostliwity, by thr sailing oda met-
e, out brig, Ake Cherrig, to tell you oil our toeing
'ate 111111 firyll4l, at* are all the ',hips of our mitratil 00000 ;
but the daft/ape has escaped Sil II toio4 miracu-
lous warmer. We were lying at St. Licit quietly
at anchor, only the clay before the hurricane came
sin, and got wider sail for Ilsrlmolcies (as was
our intent ) anout seven in the ttttt rwatig of the
StOth, it bring nor weather. At twelve o'clock the
isight fallow tug the officer of the will eh lidded the
toaster, sod wool, the whoa 11451 r
norilontem, which was very anomie, in this etiosotey
where easterly wtsitla isitvutl all the year throng'.,

1111.1 il.a; the weather apt:papal to be coming on bail;
tire mot Cant:tat were immediately. upon
deck ; we look in all our sails except the fore-
sril, which war reefed ; got the top-gallant-masts
tit deck, and prepared for the worst. At three
in the
t west, with tremendous hedvy rain—at four
still harder ; took iii our fore-sail, and brought her
to, tinder a try-soil double-reeled : at seven yet
harder, when a sea came and washed away one of
our boats from the stern. %%lien ten o'clock came
it blew a perfect hurricane, beyond what any of u 4
hid ever witnessed ; however, the ship lay very
quiet, owl behaved very well, but from the heavi-
ness and quantity of rain, with the immense force
of wind, all our cabins were full of water. At
noon the weather dilated, and at three in the after-
noon it became quite moderate, w lien we set our
sails again. I call the escape of the Antelope ttti-
raculoue because, if we had remained at St.
Lucia one Hight e, tint :to atom of the ship
would ever have been seen ; nothing could have
saved us from Phivivreck. Every ship we left there
was lost. The town, barracks, and buildings of
every kind were blown down, At the village of
Gross-islet only three houses ore left standint not
ol'trhout 150; the Governor (Nlvjar-General Sea..
moor) ; also Major Burdett, his wife
and children %%ere killed, by being hurled in tl e
ruins or their hu•tse blo.eu w upon theta.
%Ve St. Lucia again ►ixteen days after-
wards, and the scene was such as my pen canaet
&set ibr : many of the inhabitants lost their clothes,
and those us ho ire sick are ly mg on the ground
with nu other covering than the sky. exposed to sun
and rain. An Officer in one of the regiment,, see-
ing the approach of the hurricane, put a few
clothes iota a small trunk, and hill it (as lie
thought) in a place of safety ; when the weather
was over, he f I lux trunk had Jwren blown away,
umd the lid of it was found inure than half a mile
WI. The soldiers and others were obliged to lie
down on the ground and hold theinselyea fast by
the grass, or any thing they could get to save them-
selves. This may appear strange, but so it ads—
the power of the wind WAS rXCrbsive.
" The island of St. Lucia has ►utfered the most.
The vessels were driven on shore at Barbailues and
111arti ii i ( pie, but no damage of any consetpwiice to
the houses, or oilier buildings. 'Very fortunately all
our little squadron, viz. Seuinonder, Bruzen, and
Childers, are safe. The Brazen lust her boat, but
nothing re. In short, the fatal 214 of October
will lie felt and reineitibeitil by the St. LUCIROS as
long us they live."

POLICE.