The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-11 00:00:00

THE DINNER.

In the evening, the usual banquet was provided in the
ancient Hall of the City, which was fitted up, if possible,
with a more than ordinary degree of splendour. The cam-
pony was equally numerous with that on former occasions,
many persons being compelled to dine at tables laid out in
the old court and other adjoining rooms. The sight was
one of the most animating and splendid that could possibly
be conceived. At half-past six, the flourish of trumpets an-
nounced the approach of the Lord Mayor, who entered the
Hall and paraded round it, accompanied by the following
guests :—The Lord High Chancellor, Lord Viscount Mel-
bourne, Lord Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Mulgrave,
the Duke of Richmond, the Speaker of the House of
Commons, several of the Foreign Ambassadors, the Master
of the Rolls, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General,
the Recorder, Sir James Scarlett, the Right Honourable
Charlei Tennyson, M.P., Mr. Cutlar Ferguson, M.P.,
Colonel Leith Hay, M.P., the Members for the City, and
several of those for the Metropolitan boroughs, the late
Lord Mayor, &c. &c.
" Non nobis, Domine," having been sung, the LORD
MAYOR gave, as the first toast, 4- Church and King," which
was received at the upper tables with considerable applause,
though with no little astonishment. In the body of the
Hall there was a slight hissing. " God save the King! "
was then sung by the professional gentlemen present, the
company standing.
The Queen" was the next toast, which was very
warmly received ; and this was followed by " The Princess
Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family," which was also
cordially received by the company.
" The Wooden Walls of Old England," three times
three.

The Loan MAYOR then proposed " The Great Captain
of the age, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the
Army," prefacing the toast with some observations, which
were utterly unintelligible to us, and, as we afterwards
found, to persons very much nearer to his Lordship. We
are sorry to say that this was the case throughout the
evening, not one sentiment which fell from his Lordship
being audible in the place assigned to the Reporters. The
toast was very well received.
" The late Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Farebrother."
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER was understood to express
his warmest thanks for the great honour which had been
conferred upon him by the company. He came into office
determined to do his duty, fearless of all consequences, and
he hoped that in retiring from that exalted situation, he
might carry with him the assurance that he had not failed
in the task he had imposed upon himself. All the high
functions of that office he returned to them unimpaired, and
be believed unsullied. He had his own principles, from
which he had not swerved ; but in demanding respect for
them, he would ever be willing to concede the same respect
to the principles of those who might differ in opinion with
him. He retired into private life, thanking them for the
support they had rendered him, and assuring them of his
unabated anxiety for the honour and prosperity of their
city.—(Applause.)
The LORD MAYOR, in a speech, not one word of which
we could hear, but which elicited frequent applause from
those more immediately surrounding him, proposed " The
health of the Lord High Chancellor of England."
On the Toast-master announcing it in his full, round
voice, to the assembled Hall, the applause was loud, con-
tinued, and, as it appeared to us, very general.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said—My Lords, Ladies, and
Gentlemen, I rise to express to you, as well as I can, the
great gratitude which I feel for the very kind reception
which has been given to my name ; and, more particularly,
to offer my especial thanks to your worthy Chief Magis-
trate, for the expressions which he has been pleased to
couple with the toast ; and which, I faintriustsay, are.much
too high for any services I have attempted to render to my
country. Your Chief Magistrate has said that which I am,
indeed, proud to think is quite true, that this is not the
first time I have had the honour of being noticed in this
I lall. I have passed, professionally, a considerable period
of my time under this roof ; and within these walls I have
bad the happiness to form habits of intercourse, of friendly
and confidential intercourse, with many of my fellow-citi-
zens.—(Applause.) I have had the honeur, on occasions
like the present, to meet men of the most distinguished
abilities, of the niost unsullied character, public and pri-
vate ; and of this I can assure you, that it is always
with feelings of warm satisfaction
~ and of honest
pride, that I look forward to the day when I may
again meet you and them in this the ancient Hall of your
great and free city.—(Applause). And believe me, that
those principles which first recommended me to your notice,
and which ultimately gained me your confidence, are the
same which now regulate my conduct—(Loud applause) ;
that which I formerly advocated I now in nowise depart
from. Believe me, I say the principles which were holden
by me when out of power, have been holden by me since
1 have been in power, and that they will be ever acted on
by me now that I am a member of his Majesty's councils.
(Great applause). I may have the misfortune to differ in
my opinions, and in my principles with some of my fellow-
citizens ; but granting to them the same integrity of
motive which I claim for myself—believing that they
hold their opinions honestly and from conviction, and
ceding to them the free exercise of those principles and
opinions, I must beg for myself and my colleagues that
same manly consideration which we in fairness and in
justice yield to others.—(Applause). This is true toleration
—aye, and it is common sense too ; for the interests of
the public are mainly thereby secured and promoted.—
(Applause). Your Chief Magistrate has been pleased to
allude to amendments which I have been instrumental in
in various branches .
proposing branches of our national institutions.
My principle as a Statesman, as a Legislator, as a Judge,
has ever been this—that the better you could make your
laws, the more comfort would there be to the Judge in
their administration, the more safety to the Statesman, and
the more honour to the law-giver.—(Applause.) I will
add only one word—that while abuse exists, it shall not be
countenanced by me, but that with others I will seek out
for a safe and rational remedy—(Applause)—and that while
there is an institution in the country that can be improved.
they who seek its improvement shall ever find in me—a
feeble—that I will not deny, but most certainly a zealous
and an honest supporter.—(Great applause.) 1 thank you
again for the kind reception you have given me—it is only
what I have always experienced ; and I sit down with the
heartiest wishes for the continued and unabated prosperity
of this great metropolis.—(Considerable cheering.)
In a few moments the Loan CHANCELLOR rose again,
and, after a brief eulogium, proposed the health of the Lord
Mayor, which was drunk with three times three, and duly
acknowledged by his Lordship.

" Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers," was the
next toast given from the Chair. It was received both at
the hustings' tables, and in the body of the Hall, with con-
siderable applause.

. Lord MELBOURNE said, that he deeply felt the honour
which had been conferred upon him and his colleagues, all
of whom, he could assure them, felt a strong interest in that
immense and wealthy capital—the emporium of the world—

' hick, when the rest of the country presented a barren and
uncultivated aspect, had shone forth as a cheering example,
at once embellished by art, and dignified by learning. Happy
was he to find the continued good understanding which pre-
vailed between his Majesty's Ministers and the inhabitants
of that great city, a reciprocity which was of the highest
importance to the best interests of the State, and which
he, therefore, devoutly hoped would never be impaired or
done away with.—(Cheers.) And here he would beg to
remind those who heard him, and many who were not pre-
sent, with whom he had formerly held, to him a valuable, in-
tercourse, that the situation he had then the honour to oc-
cupy, took him to other duties than these which formerly ap-
pertained to his office, and hence he could not have that
frequent communication with them which he had been
accustomed to. Were he, however, still to hold his former
situation, there would not now be that absolute necessity
for constant intercourse which at one time existed. They
had their times of difficulty ; but, luckily, they were passed
away, irritations which once fiercely prevailed were now
extinguished ; but between the Home Office and the heads
of the city there had prevailed—in all those crises, which
they should all hope had for ever passed away, such mu-
tual confidence, and such cordial co-operation, that the
public peace had been preserved without difficulty, and
certainly at a much less cost than without such a happy
union of feeling and of action could possibly have been the
case.—(Applause.) He begged most distinctly to say,
that from every lord mayor, and from every sheriff—what-
ever might be the different shades of their politics—he had
ever received the most cordial assistance in the preservation
of the public peace ; and that this good understanding and
cordial co-operation might still continue under his Lord-
ship's jurisdiction, was his fervent hope and his full antici-
pation.—(Applause.)
The LORD MAYOR proposed " The Duke of Richmond
and the House of Peers."

The Duke of RICHMOND, in acknowledging the toast,
observed that he- had always looked upon the existence of
the House of Lords in the light of an independent branch
of our natural institutions, and as necessary for the uphold-
ing the just privileges and prerogatives of the Crown, and
for the support and protection of the liberties of the people.
—(Hear, hear.) He had always endeavoured to do his
duty to his King and his country, and he should never
dacken in those efforts.—(Applause.) Though retired
now from office, and fulfilling on!y the duties of a country
gentleman, he was ready to come forward when duty
prompted him, and he could honestly declare that he would
be one of the first to step forward in defence of the rights
and privileges of that city, or in support of any.of the che-
rished institutions of his country. There were many others
in the House of Lords equally alive to their rights and in-
terests, for all of whom, as for himself, he begged to return
the warmest thanks.—(Applause.)
The Earl of MULGRAVE proposed the ,health of the
Lady Mayoress, which was received in a very flattering
manner.

The LORD MAYOR proposed—" The health of the
Speaker of the House of Commons."—(Considerable
cheers.)
The SPEAKER said, it was impossible he should not feel
deeply the honour the company conferred on him, and the
flattering manner in which they had received his name ;
and it was equally impossible he should not feel great pride
and gratitude at the terms in which it had pleased their
Chief Officer to speak of him. As far as honesty of wish
and honesty of endeavour to discharge his duties went, he
hoped he had some pretension to what had been said of
him.—(Applause.) Beyond that he dare not take ; but
they might permit him to say, that there could not be a
greater stimulus to a public man, than the recognition of
his services by such a numerous and respectable assembly
as that.—(Applause.)
The following toasts were then proposed from the
Chair The Judges"—" The Attorney-General and the
Bar"—" Sir James Scarlett"—" The Members for the City
of London"—" Lord Palmerston and Peace"—" The Al-
dermen who have passed the Chair"—and " The Sheriffs."

A little before ten the Lord Mayor, and the majority
of those present, retired. Dancing was kept up for some
time, and nothing occurred to throw a cloud on what ap-
peared to have ben to many thousands a very happy and
joyous day.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA TTERSALL' S.

DEIO.IIY.

Although nothing was done there was so much anxiety ma-
nifested in two or three quarters to "get on" about the Pucelle
colt that no one would offer more than 12 to 1 against him, and
this price did not " suit the books." Coriolanus at 13 to 1
had no backers, Curtius being at present the " lion" of Scott's
stable. We have quoted Silenus at 14 to 1, more from guess
than from any thing that was said, as not a sixpence was laid-
cut upon either of the three favourites. Ascot, Curtius, and
Ibrahim were backed at last week's prices, and Darioletta at
two points less, with rather a strong party. A few small sums
were laid out upon Aurelius, Varennes, Knobstick, and Leo-
poldine. Closing odds :-
12 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland s Pucelle colt
13 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanua.
14 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Silenus
15 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot (Angelica colt)
15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Aurelius, Bro. to. Augustus (taken)
20 to l agst Mr. Walker's Curtius (taken)
20 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Darioletta colt (taken)
23 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim (taken)
30 to 1 agst Mr. Grant's Knobstick
33 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt (taken)
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Leopoldine colt (taken)
10 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's two (taken)
500 to 400 on Pucelle agst Ascott (taken)
OAKS.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Mills's Hester (taken 10 to 1)
10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Miss Garforth filly (tak. 12 to 1)

TARPORLEY HUNT RACES. Nov. 6.
The Genteel Stakes.
Lord Molineus na. Moonshine, 6 yrs
Mr. Francis's Sister to Guardian
Lord Grosvenor's Alice Gray • bolted
The Half-bred Stakes. Twice round.
Sir H. Mainwaring's Moonshine, 6 yrs
Mr. Francis's b. g. by Peter Lely Lye 2
Mr. Francis's b. g. by Bay Malton 3
Mr. Armistead na. Sister to Guardian
Sir P. Egerton's Rubini 5
The Farmer's Cup. Heats, twice round.
Mr. Bolshaw's ch. in. by Paul Pry
Mr. Harrison's b. g. by Filho 2

The Buckinghamshire Steeple Chace takes place to-morrow.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Sir M. W. Ridley's Hounds, Thursday, at Saltwick—half-p. 10.
The Galewood Hounds, Wednesday, at Whipperton Bridge ; Fri-
day, at Pawson—l 0.
The Lambton Hounds, Thursday, at Braebury Bridge; Satur-
day, at Stotfold-11.
The Duke of Cleveland's Hounds, Wednesday, at Rady Woods ;
Saturday, at Summerhouse-11.
The Alnwick Hounds, Thursday, at the two mile stone, South
Road— 10.

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The Hurworth Hounds, Friday, at Croft Bridge-10.
The Wallsend Harriers, Thursday, at Chirton House-10.
The Haydon Hounds, Wednesday, at Summerrods; Saturday, at
Capons Cleugh-9.
Mr. Cods ington's Hounds, Wednesday, Heywood House Lodge
Gate ; Thursday, at the Beckford Arms, Fonthill; Saturday, at
Grovely New Inn Bottom-10.

The N. F. Hounds, Thursday, at Broxmore Park ; Saturday, at
Downton Common—half-past 10.
The H. IL, Thursday, at the Chequers, Ropley ; Saturday, at
Preston Oakhills-10.

The Vine Hounds, Wednesday, at Hurstbourne Park ; Friday,
at Bramlev—half-past 10.
The M. H., Wednesday, at Morton Lodge; Friday, at Piddle-
town Parish.
Sir John Cope's Hounds, Wednesday, at Wood's Farm, Streatly ;
Friday, at Jack's Booth.--10.
The Craven Hounds, Wednesday, at Brimsdale ; Friday, at Ash-
down Park ; Saturday, at Hunt's Green—at half-past 10.
Mr. Morgan's Hounds, Wednesday, at St. Melons ; Friday, at
Lanvihangel Bridge-11.
The Llanblethian Harriers, Wednesday, at St. Brides; Friday, at
Landon—half-past 10.
The Brecon Hounds, Wednesday, at Cantreff; Friday, at Wainy-
gerfn.
The Monmouthshire Hounds, Thursday, at Lanvapley Church—
quarter before 11.
Lord Harcwood's Hounds, Wednesday, at Ilook Moor ; Friday, at
Wilstrip—half-past 10.
The -York and Ainsty Hounds, Thursday, at Providence Green ;
Saturday, at Hag Bridge-10.
The Ethilethorp Hounds,Wednesday, at Gallop Gap; Friday, at
North Grimston—half-past 10.
The Bedalc Hounds, Wednesday, at Tunstal Village; Friday, at
Pepper Hall ; Saturday, at Newton-le-Willows--half-past 10.
The Hambleton Hounds, Friday, at Boltby Scar-10.
The Sinnington Hounds, Friday, at Maton-9.
The Cleveland Hounds, Thursday, at Kirkleatham—half.past 10.
The Boroughbridge Harriers, Priday, at the sth mile stone on
the Northallerton road—half-past 10.
The Craven Harriers, Wednesday, at Salterforth ; Friday, at
Ot terburn-1 I.

Lord Segrave's Hounds, Wednesday, at Dowdoswell ; Thursday,
at itendeomb ; Saturday, at Broadway.
Mr. Purnell's Harriers Thursday, at Frampton Green ; Satur-
day, at Berkley Heath-11.
The Newent Harriers, Thursday, at Staunton Court ; Saturday,
at the Kennel.

Mr. Viper's Hounds, Friday, at Hampton Coppice—half-past 10
The Whitefield Harriers, Friday, at Forty Green, Chacely.
The Whitecross Harriers, Thursday, at Marsh Slad Saturdoy,
at Culverton—half-past 10.
Mr. Phillips's Hounds, Wednesday, at Thame Park; Thursdah
at Clapper Bridge ; Saturday, at Fawley Court--10.
Sir W. Carew's Hounds, Wednesday, at Whiteway ; Saturday,
at New Inn-11.
The Bishopsteignton Hounds, Wednesday, at Lindridge Wood ;
Saturday, at Lindridge Lodge.
The Wigton Harriers, Wednesday, at Oulton ; Friday, at Meals-
gate.
The Chesterfield Harriers, Friday, at Norbriggs-10.
Mr. Greenhill's Hounds, Thursday, at Shapwick; Saturday. at
Brent Knowl—half-past 10.
The Charborough Hounds, Tuesday, at the Keeper's House,
Cauford-10.

A regular line of diligences has been established
between Breda and Antwerp, with the permission of both
Governments, after an interruption in the communication
between Holland and Belgium of three cr four years.—
Beigiax Journal.

DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE IN THE WEST

INDIES.

(From the Dominica Observer, Sept. 24.)

We return our humble acknowledgments to Almighty
God for his inestimable goodness, in having this day allowed
us to resume our labours, to record a partial statement of
the baleful effects of the storm of Saturday night ; we say
partial, for to pourtray to the distant reader a correct pic-
ture of the dismal scene which Dominica presents, is a task
which bids defiance to the ability of our pen, and paralyses
the power of description. We scarcely turn our eye to any
part of the town, but the mass of ruins that covers each
street bespeaks the appalling misery of Dominica, which
has never been equalled since the fatal hurricane of 1813.

The unsettled state of the atmosphere for some days pre-
ceding Saturday, and which greatly increased on the even-
ing of that day, led us to anticipate rather unpleasant wea-
ther, to which we are not unaccustomed at this season of
the year, but it was impossible for human foresight to di-
vine the impending danger which so immediatelythreatened
us, or to predict the distressing tale of woe which we are
now called upon to tell. From about six o'clock in the
evening the rain commenced to pour down in heavy showers,
accompanied at intervals with smart gusts of wind, shifting
occasionally from the North to the South, until near
eleven, when the rain gradually subsided, but the wind
continued to increase to an alarming degree, and must have
done some damage during this time. At about midnight,
a dead calm ensued, and the weather appeared to be so
far abated as to encourage sanguine expectations that we
were once more safe ; but alas ! it was but a visionary
dream ! the too often excited anger of the Most High—the
invoked displeasure of the most indulgent of Fathers could
not be thus easily appeased! The storm had ceased only
to receive fresh vigour ; in about a quarter of an hour after
the wind raged in every direction, and ere the clock had
struck the hour of one the work of devastation was com-
pleted ! The lofty cocoa-nut and other trees, the strongest
of which the country could boast, unable any longer to bend
under the huge force of the mighty winds, " tossed to and
E.() like the withe,' snapped in two, or sprung from the
earth with terrific noise—the smaller houses in the town,
no longer capable to withstand the raging blast were soon
measured on the ground, every building on the garrison has
either been crushed to ruins, cr has suffered considerably.
The spacious hospital, lately built on an improved plan, has
been partly unroofed, and the Barrack-master's and Adju-
tant's offices have been entirely destroyed, and it was with
great difficulty that the troops escaped without loss of life.
The other side of the Government House was blown down,
and the other parts of the building partially damaged—the
office of the Auxiliary Commissioners of Compensation ad-
joining those premises has been materially injured, and a
great many of their original documents destroyed. The new
Corninissariat building—the Custom-house—the Court-
house—Market-house—the gaol and the Protestant church,
and almost every other building in town, have suffered con-
siderable injury from the effects of the hurricane. The mer-
cantile houses of Messrs. Thomas Laing and Co., Messrs.
James Garraway and Co., and T. W. Doyle, Esq., on ac-
count of their proximity to the sea, have also experienced
most heavy losses.
We devote but a short space to the mention of the dead.
The next point to which we turn our mind is the distressing
situation of our now entirely ruined planters. As far asthe
miseries of the town are confined, the eye might find some
object of diversity to attract its gaze for a while ; but so
soon as we leave the limits of Roseau, one expansive field
of waste opens to the view. The beautiful foliage which but
a week past so gracefully bedecked our mountain tops, is
now no more to be seen fanning with its gentle leaves the
passing stranger, but in its stead, the withered shrubs are
left as the emblem of despair. Although we have not yet
received the whole of our accounts from the distant parts
of the country, yet such as we have received are most ap-
palling ; and as far as they reach we can vouch for their an-.
thenticity, for we have spared neither means nor pains to
ascertain their correctness from the proprietors and others
in charge of these properties—if we can now call them so.
The following account of the damage sustained on the
estates mentioned, has been kindly banded to us.

At Prince Rupert's, the garrison has suffered severely.
At Grand Ance the greater part of the houses are levelled
to the ground, and there is good reason to believe that se-
veral lives have been lost. At Sugar Loaf estate the
great house (one of the most substantial buildings in the
colony) is flat to the ground ; nearly all the negro houses
and buildings the same ; the river has done serious injury,
and the negro grounds all destroyed, and, worst of all, four
lives lost. At Layan Valley, there is one scene of desola-
tion throughout. Hillsborough House is totally demo-
lished, with the works and nearly the whole of the negros'
houses ; five people killed, and some others seriously in-
jured ; the sick are all carried to the chapel at Layou.
Clarke Hall, and York Valley, have been seriously da-
maged.
WALL. HOUSE.—Negro house and grounds nearly all
destroyed and washed away.
The buildings on the Union, Aberdeen, Champigny, and
Charmont estates, are nearly all destroyed.
GENEVA.—We believe only five, out of nearly 360 negro
Douses, are standing ; the works and other'buildings are en-
tirely ruined. At Souffriere there is scarcely one building
left in a sound state. At Belvidera nearly all the stock
killed and the buildings destroyed.
BEDMINSTER.—Works completely unroofed. Still
House partly down. Great House and Sick House down
to the ground, and only six negro houses standing, which
require thatching.
PROVIDENCE.—The silk-house and overseer's house,
horse-stable, and ofithouses, completely unroofed, farine-
house down, and only five negro houses left standing. Ma-
gas house unroofed, and some of the pillars thrown down,
the canal spouting down, mill house roof shifted, boiling house
roof partly untiled, curing house roof fallen in, and the whole
of the. canes level with the ground.
EMSALL.—The building all blown nown. St. Aromant,
not a house standing.
GOODWILL.—Part of the negro houses blown down, and
' the cane pieces washed away.
RESOURCE.—All the buildings, except the great house,
demolished.
EDEN.—Some of the stock killed, and some of the build-
ings severely damaged.
CIIECK HALL.--Buildings blown down, and nearly the
whole of the canes washed away.
Fortnaws.—Buildings injured, and a great quantity of
the canes washed away.
I%IACOUCHERIE.—The boiling-house roof stripped from
the rafters, and the front wall much shaken, the curing-
house roof blown down entirely with all the passage parti-
tions, the still-loft roof partially stripped--the other build-
ings seriously damaged.
ROSALIE.—AII the buildings destroyed, and the canes
completely ruined.
TADEDDy.—Buildings and sugar works much injured.
CASTLE BRUCE.—The dwelling-house has suffered mate-
rially ; almost every thing in it blown away. The roof and
sides are standing ; the two out-rooms have not suffered
much, but all the other buildings on the hill are completely
down to the ground. All the negro houses, except three,
are completely down. The chapel down ; overseer's house
and kitchen completely destroyed. Hospital slightly in-
jured ; curing-house and still-house down—walls and all
nearly to the ground, in some parts. Boiling-house partly
unroofed ; mill-house slightly injured ; both magass-houses
down ; stable and the whale range of buildings down—
walls and all quite to the ground, in some parts ; all the
pens down.
The LONDONDERRY and MELVILLE HALL ESTATES
are, with a few exceptions, completely ruined.
The following vessels, which were lying in the harbour
at the time of the gale, have been unfortunately lost :
Sloop Antelope ; crew saved, except Captain Pitman.
Sloop Dolphin ; the Captain and one sailor lost.
Sloop Catherine, of Barbados ; the Captain, Mr. Law-
less, and three boys, saved. Captain Lethridge, and five
of the crew, lost.
Sloop President Musson, of St. Lucia ; Captain and crew
saved.

An American schooner laden with lumber was driven on
shore at Sand Bay, without any person on board ; it is sup-
posed that all hands must have perished before she reached
the shore.

To detail more minutely the effects of the hurricane is
almost too tedious to go through ; but, from the above
statement, the reader may conceive an idea of the situation
to which this island is reduced. Every hope is now cen-
tered in the Legislature, who, we are confident, will not
fail to exert every endeavour to afford us what relief they
can ; as some of the measures necessary to attain that end,
we should wish that the Executive could concur in the
propriety of declaring the port free, and, if possible, that
the Customhouse duties should be lessened for the present,
not losing sight at the same time of that burdensome im-
post—the tonnage duty.
The following proclamation has been issued by the Go-
vet nor of the colony, in consequence of this awful calamity :

" PROCLAMATION.
" Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God to visit this island
with a most awful and disastrous hurricane, whereby the
houses and buildings, plantations and estates, the provision
grounds, and almost every species of property of all classes of
his Majesty's subjects, have, in many cases, been totally de-
stroyed, and in all materially and ruinously injured ; and in
order to avert, as much as possible, the evils of famine and de-
spair, and to enable the inhabitants to erect anew and repair
their houses, buildings, and works, I do hereby, by virtue of
the power in me vested, and by and with the advice of his
Majesty's Council, permit and authorise the importation into
this island, in the vessels of all nations, duty and tonnage free,
of the following articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture
of any foreign country whatever—that is to say, flour, shingles
of all descriptions, staves of all descriptions, pitch, white and
yellow pine lumber, lumber of all other descriptions, wood
hoops, beg, pork, and all species of salted, dried, and pickled

fish ; such importation to be permitted for the period of six
months from the date hereof.—By his Excellency's command,
(Signed) " HOWARD LLOYD,
" Lieut.-Governor's Secretary.
" Duly proclaimed in the town of Roseau, this 27th day of
September, 1834.

" HENRY NISBET, Pro, Mar. Gem"

(From the Barbadoes Mercury of Sept. SO.)
A meeting of the inhabitants, agreeably to public notice,
was this day held at the Town-hall, at half-past eleven
o'clock. The Hon. It. Hamden in the Chair , when, after,
some prefatory remarks by G. N. Taylor, Esq., one of the
Representatives for this parish, seconded by E. -B. Holy,
Esq., and cordially assented to by our other Representa-
tive, R. B. Clarke, Esq., several resolutions were proposed
and adopted, expressive of the deep and sincere regret fe:t
for the truly distressing state of the suffering people of
Dominica, and also that subscriptions be opened for their
rcli.l—at the head of which we are proud to find a liberal
and munificent donation from our much-esteemed and
highly-respected Governor, Sir Lionel Smith, of 1561. ss.
currency, and other subscriptions, we are happy to say, were
going on upon the most benevolent scale. Our country..
men, and the community in general, we are all well aware,
stand not in need of example in the race of praiseworthy
acts ; but we are certain that our worthy Governor will, if
possible, lend an additional stimulus to all. To the above
subscription, we have also to add the handsome sum of
7501. currency, voted by the House of Assembly and the
Hon. Board of Council, highly to the credit of both branches
of the Legislature.