The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-12 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.-HURRICANE.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. J.—rule Spey pa .I:et, Lieutenant
James, arrived from the Leeward Islatids this morning ;
she sailed from St. Thomas's on the Bth of August. This
packet brings distressing accounts of the effects of the hur-
ricanes which were experienced at most of the West India
islands ott the 26th of July and 2d of August.
The following vessels were wrecked at Barhaloes iu tht
first hurricane, and scarcely a vestige to be seen of them :
Barques-...fichwatz, of Liverpool, with 43 hhds. of sugar;
Elizabeth, of Liverpool, with 314 hhds. of sugar.
Brigs—Sarah Trotman, of Liverpool, with 339 hhds. at
sugar ; Corsair, of Liverpool, with 12.5 hhds. of sugar ;
Harmony, of Greenock, with 220 puncheons of molasses ;
Pacific, of Greenock, with 140 hhds. of sugar ; Pitscot t en,
of London, arrived the day before with a general cargo ;
Amulet, of New Brunswick, in ballast ; Elizabeth and Sir
John Moore, of New Brunswick, with timber.
Schooners--Wave, of Demerara; Janet, of Nassau ; Sir
Henry Warde, of Berbice ; Messenger, of Trinidad ; Jane,
of St. John's, New Brunswick ; Dame, of Halifax ; Ame-
lia, of St. Lucia ; Gleaner, of Antigua ; Jeune Camilla,
of Guadeloupe. Sloop—Fortitude. A few of these
were in ballast, but most of them were laden with flour,
timber, &c.
Ship Britannia, of Bristol, was driven on shore, with 7.50
hogsheads of sugar, and had seven feet water in her hold,
but hopes were entertained of her being got off.
Steamers Aloan and Tickler, mail-boats, driven on shore,
but would probably be got off.
At Antigua, August 2—Montrose, of Liverpool, with
300 hhds. of sugar, a total wreck.
At St. Kitt's, August 2—Julius, of London, with 210
hhds. of sugar, a total wreck ; Michael, of London, upper
tier of sugar, and would probably be got off; Eleanor mail-
boat, from the southward, mails lost except a few damaged
bags.
St. Thomas, August 2—Thirty-six vessels wrecked and
sunk in harbour ; several lives lost ; a great number of
houses entirely blown down, and every wharf in t'm is!and
destroyed.
Water Island had all the houses blown down ; cattle pe-
rished ; and M. Couprie, nephew of the proprietor, was
carried a great distance by the wind, and the next morning
he was found smashed to pieces.

Passengers by the Spey—From Barbadoes, Mr. Hardy ;
Grenada, Mr. Jephson ; Demerara, Mr. Newman ; Sr.
Lucia, Mr. Muter; Antigua, 111%.: Trye. On freight ICO
ounces of gold.
The Lyra packet arrived at Barbadoes Silly 29 ; the
steamer Carron arrived at St. Thomas August
The Seagull packet, Lieutenant Parsons, arrived yestei-
day ; sailed from Vera Cruz July 1, Tampico 5, ant Ha-
vannah 8. On freight 320,000 dollars. Eight passengers.
No news. _ . _

Annexed are extracts from the St. Kitt's and St. Tho-
mas newspapers respecting the hurricane :
ST. KITT'S GAZETTE, AUG. s.—Early on Wednesday
morning the wind blew strongly from the north, and indi-
cated the forthcoming storm, and about eight o'clock it
veered round to the north-west, and shortly after to west,
during which time it blew a perfect gale, throwing a tre-
mendous sea into the harbour, and threatening the de-
struction of every vessel in it. The barque Julius, of Lon-
don, droved from her anchorage about eleven o'clock,
and was driven on shore on the rocks to the eastward
of the port, and immediately became a total wreck. The
mail-boat schooner Eleanor, which had arrived at too late an
hour on the preceding night to land the mails, next followed,
having parted, and was also driven among the rocks alongside
of the Julius, and was instantly washed up. A part of the
mail-bags only could be got out of her, and that with great
difficulty, before she broke up, and some were lost in her ;
those that have been recovered arc in such a state as to
render them almost useless. The crews were saved by
climbing over the rocks. About twelve o'clock the barque
Michael, of London,- was driven on shore at the head of
the bay, by the Pond, and imbedded in the sand ; all the
crew succeeded in getting on shore, with the exception of
David Wilson, a seaman, who was drowned. The sloop
Crocodile, of Dominica, came on shore near the Michael ;
and the sloop Gig, of Sandy Point, was driven among the
rocks. The Julius and Eleanor arc complete wrecks. A
survey was held on the Michael, which was to have sailed
for London in a few days, and her cargo was being trans-
shipped to the Robert, which vessel, with the Hescone, of
Quebec, and the Royal Adelaide, of Cork, rode out the
gale.
ST. THOMAS GAZETTE, AUG. s.—lt is almost impossi-
ble to describe the sad havoc occasioned on Wednesday
evening, by the gale in the town, country, and ship-
ping, in the harbour only two or three square-rigged
vessels having been able to keep their ground ; the
others, with a number of smaller craft, having been
driven on shore, sunk, or capsized. A great num-
ber of houses, large and small, have been entirely
blown down and smashed to pieces ; and, with a
few exceptions, every house in the town has been
injured more or less. A great many of those covered with
slates and tiles have been stripped almost entirely, others
partially. Trees of every description have been rooted up,
and every wharf in the island destroyed, The loss must
be great, and much of it has fallen upon those who are the
least able to sustain it. The gale had scarcely begun to
subside when the alarm of fire was given about 11 o'clock
on Wednesday night, and all was again confusion for a
short time. The fire had a very threatening appearance
for some time, but was stopped at no great distance from
where it commenced. The original cause of it is not well
known, as is usual in similar cases, but the consequences
will be severely felt by many individually, the amount of
property destroyed being considerable. Number of vessels
sunk or otherwise destroyed, 36 ; remaining at anchor un-
injured, 6 ; 18 lives lost in harbour.

The British brig Water Witch, Captain Newby, arrived
off St. Thomas on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock,
but the wind would not admit of her getting into the har-
bour. She came to anchor outside, and rode out the gale
safely ; she left Liverpool on the 12th of June.

MUTINY AT TRINIDAD.—The West India papers ar-
rived yesterday contain the particulars of the mutiny at
Trinidad in June, of which we have before heard :—lt
appears that a number of captured slaves, sheer savages,
had recently been incorporated into the Ist West India
Regiment, and were lying at St. Joseph's. There then
rose upon their officers, seized upon the ammunition, chased
away the persons who in the first instance attempted to sub-
due them, and set fire to their barracks. Ultimately, when
the Militia could be brought to act against them, they were
subdued, with the loss to them of five killed on the spot,
and six wounded. They then fled in parties to the woods
and were pursued. Several of them were found there dead,
four of them having strangled themselves, and others pe-
rished of wounds. Eight were unaccounted for. The
number of the mutineers was 150, and their intention was to
murder their officers. Colonels Bush and Jackson, With
Licut, Gitreppe, distinguished themselves on the occa-
sion. So much were the mutineers strangers that it was
necessary to seek out interpreters from among the former
importations to communicate with them, and they were so
difficult to find that the parley seems to have been unintel-
ligible, and could not be held when it might have saved life.
The Guiana Chronicle treats the affair lightly, but at the
same time condemns very severely, and very justly, the
practice of incorporating such savages with the army, and
entrusting them with arms for the defence of others.

SPAIN.

GENERAL ESPARTERO AND M. MENDIZABAL.
LETTER OF THE COUNT DE LUCHANA (ESPARTERO) TO

THE EDITORS OF THE ESPANOL.

" The charges brought against me by General S.:O4SIC in
the Cortes, on the 18th instant, require an answer from me
even in the interest of the country. With that view I must
first describe the situation of the army under the Mc..ritli- •
zabal Administration. I assumed the command in the
most critical circumstances. Some days- after I was
obliged to fly to the relief of Bilboa. Destitute of re-
sources, notwithstanding my warm remonstrances, I was in
the necessity of sending from Villarcayo a Cabinet courier
to Logrono, to bring money from my own house. The
subsistence of the army was by means provided for, and it
was necessary to use all possible means in order to procure
The soldiers their daily rations, which were seldom com-
plete. In that rigorous season the troops struggled not
only against misery, but also against nakedness. Some re-
giments made that memorable campaign in summer trousers,
and in general they were all exposed to the severity of the
atmosphere. The orEcers themselves were in want of
boots and shoes ; and the hardest heart would have
been touched on beholding the blood which covered
the soldiers' feet when we went over roads which mud
and gravel had rendered impassable. Two hundred
pairs of shoes only arrived from Santander. I demanded
leather to make sandals, but I succeeded not., because the
leather was too rough, and besides we had no convoys.
Constancy got the better of everything—victory crowned
efforts so heroic, but the hospitals were afterwards filled
with sick, and it was with sorrow that one saw those men
whom the enemy's fire had respected tha victims of a com-
plete abandonment, without beds, food, or medicines. How
many have been amputated—not owing to their wounds,
but to their feet having been frozen ! Let the people of
Cartoo Wedales, Portugalete, and Bilboa be questioned—
. let those brave Englishmen who co-operated in the deliver-
' ance of Bilboa—let Deputies Lujan, Arana, and Santa
Cruz be questioned—they will all say what the soldiers
had to suffer before they entered that town, and what dis-
organizatien prevailed in every part of the Administration.
General Seoane himself was a witness of it. Those De-
puties should have undeceived the nation in the sanc-
tuary of the national representation.* They should
have torn off the mask of M. representation.;
when
tui ventured impudently to affirm that the army was

abundantly supplied with everything. Let the Cortes
demand communication of my correspondence, from the Irno-
tnent when I assumed the command to the period when I
left the Basque provinces in pursuit of the Pretender. IA t
the answers be at the same time communicated, and ht
impartiality judge. I fear nothing. Thus ivill be con-
victed of imposture he that ventured to affirm that the ser-
vice of the army was secured ; thus fomenting the military
rebellions which have recently followed each other, an l
brought on the assassination of General Escalera and other
superior officers. Thus will he avenged Generals whose
dishonour has been sought, as well as the army which is
shedding its blood for liberty and the Throne of Isabella
the Second.

" I am accused by General Sewn(' of the greatest
crime that a soldier can be guilty of, for he pretends that
I came to Segovia with my corps d'armee against the direct
orders of the Government. I assure the Cortes, the Queen,
the nation, and the whole world, that not only the Govern-
ment had not given me such order, but, seeing the capital
threatened by the entry of the rebels into Segovia, they
deemed my resolution a felicitous inspiration:, and repeatedly
sent orders to accelerate my march as the enemy might
make an attack from one moment to another. That General
Seoane wrote to me is true ; but I know not whether he
had been authorised to do it by the Government. He
also came out to meet me, and drew an wed picture of
the danger and scandal that my entry into Madrid might
produce. The perfidy and venom which that part of Ge-
neral Scoane's speech contains will find a wholesome anti-
dote in a rational account-of that which passed.
" In consequence of the Royal command I received to
arrive by forced marches at Madrid, which was menaced, a
brigade of my co tps-d'-armee marched in one day eleven
leagues and a half, to reach Guadalajara'. Next day I
took the road to Madrid, the only one leading directly to
the enemy. Everybody knows the distance. I advanced
with an escort, leaving the necessary orders respectinc, the
cantonments which the troops were to occupy at about
three leagues from the capital. Gen. Seoane met me a
league and a half from Madrid and imparted his fears. I
assured him that order would not be disturbed, adding that,
if his fears were founded, it would be more dangerous still
to remove the troops to a distance. The enemy, informed
of my arrival, withdrew towards Segovia. Next day the
troops entered their cantonments on the opposite side, in
order to continue their march. My confidence in them in-
duced me to make them march off before their Majesties.
None can tell better than the heroic people of Madrid
whether the fear of General Scoane and of the Govern-
ment had the slightest foundation.
" The enemy having again concentrated at Segovia, he
was to be driven from that down into the Alcazar, in which
Goi•ernment told me was fortifying himself. The troops
were ord';'.red to march before the artillery I had demanded
was ready. I was obliged to proceed through Aravaca
without having received the guns as I should h ave wished,
and all I could do was to recommend the chief of the staff
to hasten the preparations.' With these facts before them
I leave all impartial men to pronounce whether General
Seoanc, who styled himself Espartero's friend, should have
levelled against him insinuations as perfidious as false. It
is seen that all my efforts have tended to leaving her
Majesty in the free exercise of her prerogatives ; that I
have meddled in no manner with the formation of the
Ministry, and that I have taken no initiation in it, as
insinuated by M. Seoane. Such a fault deserved not
that officers be decimated, that their regimentals be torn
off their backs, and that they be dragged through the
streets of Madrid with a chain about their necks. It cer-
tainly behoves not M. Seoane to give me lessons of
energy. By my firmness I have maintained, and, perhaps,
improved, the discipline of the army, a discipline admired
by our countrymen and foreigners in presence of misery and
sacrifices which Spanish soldiers alone can endure. Would
General Seoane have had nineteen or twenty officers shot,
for such is the meaning of the word, " to decimate," that
he uses ? Would he have given the rebels the strange ex-
hibition of the other officers carried about Madrid with
chains about their necks ? He has said so ; but General
Espartero was incapable of depriving the country of a large
number of distinguished officers, brave and covered with
glory. A transient error, without serious consequences,
deserved not so exemplary a chastisement, inspired by an
anger which had examined without facts or consequences.
I have done my utmost to prevent a conflict. I had re-
fused to form part of the preceding Cabinet. I should
have betrayed my oaths and conviction in joining the Cabi-
net to the detriment of the army, for I. would not have de-
manded the necessary supplies. if I ultimately gave way
it waa to avoid greater calamities ; but after the organiza-
tion of the Cabinet I resigned, in order to apply myself
wholly to the war. I shall now openly proclaim principles
to which I have ever been faithful. It is my duty, the duty
also of all Spaniards united by the noblest common inte-
rest to give our lives for the country, presenting our breasts
to danger, in order bravely and energetically to repel our
cruel opponents. We have a flag dear to our hearts ; we
have sworn to be faithful to it. Isabella and the Consti-
tution.' Let that be ou: motto. Proclaimed with enthu-
siasm and loyalty, that motto must render us Invincible and
crush our enemies.

(Signed)
" Siguenza, Aug. '29, 1837."

"Count DE LUCHANA

M. MENDIZABAL'S REPLY TO GENERAL ESPARTERO.

The ex-Minister, after expressing his astonishment at
General Espartero having found no opportunity of making any
observation in the course of various Cabinet Councils which
lasted four hours, and of a conference of three hours with
him (Mendizabal), says, " His Excellency talks of the pri-
vations of the army ; but it is surprising that, on the Mad, id
Gazette publishing detailed statements of the supplies of all
sorts sent to the army, he should not have caused them to
be contradicted. It is astonishing that, on his recent pas.
sage through Madrid, he should have declared that he
wanted not 1,000 uniforms already packed up ; he demanded
but 10,000 pair of trowsers, 10,000 pair of shoes, 50 uni-
, forms, 1,500 shirts, and 50,000 reals. That application was
made in the presence of the Deputies, General Scone and
• Don P. Infante, and the articles were forthwith supplied to
him. All Madrid has been enabled to judge of the condi-
tion of his troops, notwithstanding their forced marches, and
therefore it is not the point most insisted upon.
" 'The Royal Horse Guards had received a fourth of its
pay in May, when it arrived at Terrejon ; with those
500,000 reds the officers were satisfied until the 22d of the
same month. The services of the troops were secured to
the end of July.
If the situation
.of the country, the embarrassments
caused by SQ desolatin4 a civil war, and the difficulties of all
sorts that surround the Government, be considered, one
must avow that the arrears were not considerable.

Though military questions must not be hastily dis-
cussed I must say that, informed as he was every hour of
General Mendez Vigo's position, of tha reinforcements
reaching him, of the state of the capital, his Excellency
might have preferred marching by Buitraip to taking the
Royal road to Madrid, the only direct one, says his Ex-
vellency, to act against the rebels occupying Segovia.
They would infallibly have been routed, or they would
hive dispersed. Tile enormous booty raised by them in
the rich and unfortunate province of Segovia would have
fallen into the hands of our brave soldiers. No house
would have been plundered—many interests now ruined
would have been to a great degree protected—and the
Car!ist Junta would not now be quietly establis,hed in Cas•
t;l,-, dragging young men from their homes to increase the
Pretender's army.
" In such case also the division, covered with laurels, after
having rendered such important services, would have been
enabled to march to the plaia of Herrera, and prevent the
reverse sustained by General liuercns' corps. Time was
required to do all this. General Mendez Vigo would have
been left to pursue the rebus. All denotes that the Pre-
tender would have reee:ved the severe blow which his Ex-
cellenespromised the Goverornent to inflict. If nothing of
this hail happened the Count he Luchana furnishes data
which explain in what quarter the blame must rest. The
army and an impartial public will judge.
" His Excellency imputes to me, indirectly or vaguely,
other unfortunate occurrences which have befallen the
array, and which lam the first to deplore. I repel his im-
putation with the whole strength of my sou; and with the
calmness I derive from my conscience and my hcirt, 'anx-
ious only to behold the triumph of the national cause.
" As a good Spaniard, an honourable citizen, a devoted
patrot,• I deplore the evils arising from such explanations,
but in those three respects I was bound to defend my
wounded honour. I declare, also, that I repel all allega-
tion of party spirit and personal animosity in my differences
with Count de Luchan:t. When his Excellency shall be
free from his eminent occupations, and no longer invested
with his high
.office, be shall ever find me ready to giro him
such explanations as he may deem himself entitled to. For
the present I have said enough to enable the nation to form
an opinion upon so momentous a quecion.
" JUAN ALVAREZ Y MENDIZABAL.
" Madrid, Sept. 1, 1837.

At a meeting of the Incorporation of Fleshers of
Etlinburzb, held on Wednesday, it was unanimously re-
soived, 'on the motion of Deacon Wilson, seconded by Mr,
Fountain, to subscribe ten guineas from the funds of the
Incorporation towards the testimonial about to be Instotfed
on Sir James Gibson Craig.
Mushrooms are exceedingly plentiful in some parts
of the country this year. On Thursday week, eleven
hundred weight were sent by the boats from the neighbour.
hood of Nerthwich and Nantwich to Manchester, to be
:here co everted into ketchup,, On the previous Tuesday
s),; hundred weight were sent from the same places.
'
-Tito Town Council o
ef Liv,!rpol 114 s appointed a
onemigrating inquire into the frauds and impositions now
o from that port, to r: port
aid to suggest such measures%Ats they may deem advisable
for the prevention of such practices in future,"