The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-12 00:00:00

THE MAURITIUS.

The following communication from the Mau•
ritius relates to the disastrous hurricane of the
23d of February and the 13th of April last :-
1 PORT LOUIS, APRIL 3,1824.—0 n the 23d
of February last, this unfortunate Island expe•
rienced the ravages of a tremendous hurricaus,
which has done incalculable damage and spread
devastation over the whole Colony. The Royal
College, a building of a hundred and twenty-four
by forty-seven, is a ruin. The walls have given
way, and the Colossal Charpente, being support-
ed by the centre, is hanging together in a most
miraculous manner. It must be taken to piece*
and rebuilt. The expence is estimated at up-
wards of twenty-five thousand dollars. The
Champ de Lort, where the whirlwind made its
greatest ravages, presented a scene of desolation
—almost every house was unroofed, or mere se-.
riously injured. That of Colonel Leitch fell int
crushing a fine Negro, while the other inmates
narrowly escaped with their lives. The house of
Madame Coulton moved upwards of six feet from
its foundation, and the poor Lady had scarcely
obtained shelter in her neighbour, Durocher't
new house, when its roof was carried off. The'
magnificent house of Madame Le Breton, let%
Mr. Sounder's, was considerably damaged,and the'
beautiful stables, coach-house, &c. of Mr. Draper?
at Moka, were wholly destroyed. I , regret to.
add, that Professor Bertin was killed at the Royal
College, while fifteen students happily effected
their escape under the horrors of the emergency•
The shipping in the harbour suffered severely,'
and the expence of repairing such of them as
have been consigned to that most useful esta-
blishment, Messrs. Saunders and IVieke's, is esti.
mated at 80,000 dollars at least. But the most
melancholy part of the whole is the loss of hit
Majesty's ship Delight, Capt. Hay, which 'ell
signalled off Petite Riviere on the morning of
the hurricane, and which has not since been heard
of. The Delight had some time previously pro•
ceeded to Providence Island, her Commander
having received information that a Bourbon shaft
trader had been wrecked there, and that the
blacks composing her cargo were still on the
island. This information proved to be correct,'
and the Delight had the blacks on board, to the
number of 110, with the intention of bringing
them hither for adjudication, and had actually,
reached almost the harbour's mouth, wheQ
she Was taken by the hurricane. Sin"
then no accounts have been received of the
Delight, but a good deal of the wreck of a vessel
has been picked up on the coast, which has been-
distinctly recognized as part of the missing vessel?
and there seems to be put too much reason to
fear that all have perished.
Pour Louts, APRIL U.—Since writing the
above we have had another hurricane of two days
duration. Never was there such weather known
as we have experienced for the last six weeks;
It has ruined continually for fifteen days. All
the bridges in the island have been swept away ;
and the barracks, at Mahebourg, nearly destroy..
ed. The maize and manioc corps are completely
rotten. At Grand River the water passed three
feet over the highest railing, or garde for,. Not
a house, I believe, in the Island, but was drench•
ed with water, and the expence of restoring the
comumications in the country districts must be
very considerable. The inhabitants are assail-
ing the Government with the details of the ex►
tensive losses they have sustained. The horror/
of the season have been increased by the deaths
of a number of most respectable persons. The
Porcureur-General, Mr. Itudelle, is amongst
our losses. De has been succeeded in hi!
office by Mons. Mallac, per interim. The ap-
pointment leaves a vacancy in the Court of Appeal'

At a Sessions of Oyer and Terminer held her°
on the Ist of April, a Mr. Clarkson, the Mester
of the brig Nancy, has been convicted of a mur'
der on the high seas. Judgment of Death hat
been pronounced against the prisoner, subject to
his Majesty's confirmation, and a respite per U'
tering. Mad. Delort, one of the most beautifo!
and accomplished of our Creole Ladies, has 'lei
stroyed herself, having taken four ounces
opium in the most premiditated manner And a
terwards called her husband to tell him of tlt'f:
deed. The cause of this distressing act of self'
destruction has not been ascertained.

AIETEOROLOGICA L JOURNAL.
BY R. BANKS.
PIIILO4OPHICAI. INSTRUMENT MAKRII.

Ti117:1?.
. .
:4; _ :,
9 cii 0. ?" ,;. F., P
•• . tf 3 :,.':- .`
.i. ;, 4":".
0 0 0 . : lnches 17,"'"1:6:•,'----.:744i::
I
August 1 60 69 52 29.90 .15 Italn
ov..
1i
2 61 70 58 30.11 yni i
itA
3 64 69 58 .08 .13 114 in
00,.
4 62 68 58 29.72 .06 Fair
3 63 69 58 '144
.01 1).). pa.
6 62 64 54 .78
7 'B2 *6B 58 .97 . ..0°324
Cloud? 1D ( r'
fllji.
8 60 63 160 .97
.0

of Itnio L

ivy taller•+
K. 13.

tt the above

ht do;

COAL MARKET, Aug. 11.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
711 Newcastle . 64
lb Sunderland. -

Vriet.
303 &I to 39S r:
30s Ott !Lilt;

MARRIED. , Robot
On Tuesday, the 10th inst., at Chislehurat, Ren"l,-;re to
Francis Jenner, Esq., of NVenvoe Castle, Glarnorgana"l'D.,
Elizabeth Lascelles, eldest daughter of Herbert Jenner, I"'
of Chisleburst.
nat
Yesterday, at Clapham church, Mr. Field, of CIAO' °*
place, Clapham-road, to Mks 11 wits, cf Clapharn.commt23:--

„, It's
On the 7th inst., at Woolwich, Alm Davison, wid°-
late Mr. Henry Davison, formerly of that pikes, nethis At He
nry on the 27th of July, the Hon. Miss
Hamilton.
houio
At Paris, on the 22d ult.. at the English Content,
Iga•
Riddell, youngest daughter of Ralph Riddell, kosq” park, Northumberland.
On the 25th ult., at Leyden, Air. Professor KelnPer' 15t614-
ber of the Second Chamber of the States General. h junct
At the University of Dorpat, in Russia, on the 14t .
_hoot
Professor He ell one of the most distinguished Orental sc
of the age.

'fintei

and Published for the PnoPxtEToits.---at the tiPig.
OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CAIIbTAI