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A LLEN, Mayor.—A COM MON COUNCIL I
LA- was holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the
City of Loudon, on Thursday, the 21st day of November,
1867.

Resolved unanimously,—That the sincere thanks of this
Court are eminently due and are hereby presented to the
Right Honourable Sir Thomas Gabriel, Baronet, late Lord
Mayor, for the very able and efficient manner in which he
has discharged the duties of Chief Magistrate of this City
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THE HURRICANE IN THE NEST INDIES.

The following letter is from an officer of the
Douro :

ST. Tilosus, Nov. 5.

Very peaceful awl very beautiful looked the
town of St. Thomas when first sighted at about four
o'clock in the afternoon of the 30th of October from
the deck of the Douro, the steamer from Southamp-
ton on the 17th of that month. Delightful had been
the run during the morning, as with all sails up to
royals set we had steamed by the low rocky beach
of Sombrero, an island without a tree, and inhabited
only by a few miners—then the bold bluffs and the
reefs of Virgin Gorda, and having coasted the chain
of islands which includes St. John's, Tortola, and
Peter Island, at last we let go our anchor in the
outer roads of St. Thomas, at a distance of about
two miles from the town. Still, calm and enjoyable
as had been our progress during the morning of the
30th and the preceding day, signs of some recent at-
mospheric disturbance were not wanting. The
existence of a strong and unexpected current bear-
ing away to the south had been detected, and less
watchful eyes than those of the commander and the
officers of the ship had noticed a loss of brilliancy in
the water, which from the deep Atlantic blue had
changed to a dead black. Some one, too, thought
he made out a wreck under the land not far away ;
but, with the bright sun and the smooth water be -
low, the idea that it could be recent occurred to no
one ; and yet that mast with its one tattered sail
,t remained above water of the ill-fated

First impressions underwent a sad change when
we got sufficiently near to see the harbour strewn
with wrecks, the lighthouse gone, and many houses
roofless. A confused mass, near the middle of the
harbour, built up of crushed hulls, broken spars,
and loose cordage, was formed by the ship, British
Empire, lately out from England with 3,800 tons of
coal for the use of the steamers of the Royal Mail
Company; alongside her was the steamer Colombian,
belonging to the West Indian and Pacific Steam
Navigation Company, in from Liverpool but half an
hour before the awful crash came, with a cargo
valued at more than £200,000, and now showing
nothing but funnel, masts, and rigging above water;
light underneath these two were a French bark and
a brig. Nearer to the shore lay the Spanish war
steamer Nunez de Velasco, and a French mail
steamer. These two alone out of the many vessels
lying in the harbour lived through the hurricane,
having cut away their masts, and trusted for safety
to the strength of their cables, chains, and anchors.
Against the floating dock was the American brigan-
tine Nellie Gay—a pitiable object, every mast and
spar either carriel overboard or lying on her deck.
The floating dock itself, just approaching comple-
tion, would in a few weeks have 'been available for
docking and repairing, but in common with every-
thing else belonging to this ill-fated town, it has
met with accidents, the Nellie Gay and the Colom-
bian having been driven against it. As a conse-
quence of this, one of its pontoons has sustained
some damage, which, though found by the divers to
be of no great consequence, prevents the dock being
made use of for some little time. Had it been pre-
served from injury, its value at the present crisis
would have been immense. - Dotted over harbour
were masts showing a few feet above water, mark-
ing the spots where the various schooners and other
craft bad gone down ; and on the beach all round
lay other vessels, hurled by the force of wind and
wave far upon the land, some positively in the
streets of the town. A further survey showed more,
equally terrible, casualties. Round the island, to
the left of the town, looking from the sea, lay in
one cluster five large steamers, including the Der-
.
went, belonging to the Royal Mail Company,
so crushed together that to distinguish ma sts
and funnels proper to each was impossible. At
a distance of a quarter of a mile lay one
funnel thrown across and resting on the deck
of a large ship, some feet of whose stern
"had been cut away sharp_ and square, showing her
decks in section. But cases like this repeated them-
selves on every hand, and the best idea of the terri-
ble scene of destruction will be obtained by perusing
the following list :
SHIPPING DISASTERS AT ST. THOMAS BY THE
HURRICANE OF THE 29TH OF OCTOBER.

The British steamers Rhone and Wye, a total
[oss; nearly all hands drowned.
The British steamer Conway, ashore.

The British steamer Derwent, ashore ; much
damaged.

The British steamers Tyne and Solent, partially
dismasted.

The British steamer Columbian, sunk in the
harbour.

The British steamer Robert Todd, ashore ; much
damaged.
The British tugboat Itchen and the British ship
British Empire, sunk in the harbour.
The British barks Agnes Lamb and Howard,
dismasted ; much damaged.
The British brigs Her Majesty, Onesiphorus, R.
Scoles, Wild Pigeon, Princess Alice, and Hope,
ashore ; complete wrecks.

The British schooners Proctor, Elizabeth, Nor-
man, Ocean Queen, and the sloop Nimble, sunk in
the harbour.

The British schooner Waterwitch, ashore, com-
plete wreck.l
The Danish barks Ludwig Holm and Nordskov
and the brig Valkyrien, complete wrecks.
The Danish schooners Maggie, West-end Packet,
Nanette, and Dos Hermanos, sunk in the harbour.
The Danish schooner Petrel and tugs Pigmy and
Urchin, ashore, may be got off.

The Danish tug Lilliputian, disappeared ; sup-
posed sunk.

The Danish tug Vice-Governor Berg, ashore and
dismasted ; can be got off.

The Danish steamer Dredger and the American
ship Sarah Neuman, ashore.

The American ship Charles Sprague, disappeared
sulposed sunk.

The American bark Aberdeen ; and the Ameri-
can brigantine Mecosta, ashore ; dismasted.
The American brigantine Nelly Gray, dismasted
alongside floating dock.
The American schooner Clinton, capsized.

The French steamer Caravelle, dismasted and loss
of funnel.

French tug (?), sunk.
The French barks Bernice and Brune, ashore ;
wrecked.

The French bark Veloz, sunk.
The French bark Gazelle, ashore ; dismasted.
The French bark Emma, sunk.
The French bark Gral de Lourmel and brigantine
Jacmel, wrecks.
The French sloop Sylph, sunk.
The Norwegian ship Veloz, ashore ; dismasted.
The German brig Bertha, sunk.
The German brigs Helios and Edward, ashore.
The Bremen brig Johanne and the Prussian brig
Treffer, sunk.
The Dutch brigantine Maria Anna, ashore and
dismasted.

The Dutch brigantine Antje and the schooner
Juliet, dismaited and damaged.
The Dutch schooner Amalia, sunk.
The Spanish :war steamer Vasco Nunez, dis-
masted and damaged.

The Spanish steamers Pelayo and Camaguay,
ashore and badly damaged.

The Spanish schooners Union, Rapido, Formali-
dad, Tres llermanos, Alta Gracia, Alfonso, Otilia,
and Manuela sunk.

The Spanish schooner Veloz dismasted and
damaged.
The Venezuela schooners Panchita, Joven, I'an-
chito, Oriental, and Concepcion, sunk.
All the lighters ashore or sunk, and a number of
Wand sloops and ballast boats are totally lost.

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inquiries rose on every aide as to the fate of the
Phone; also of the Convoy, the Wye, the Tyne,
and the Solent, steamers of the Royal Mail Com-
pany, employed in carrying on the branch services
to the islands, the Spanish mail, &c., and, although
information had already reached the town of the
total loss of the Wye, it was not possible to hope
that as yet we had beard the worst. The Rhone,
appointed to tarry the homeward mail of the 30th,
had, it appeared, gone to Peter Island, about
20 miles away, in consequence of fever having
made its appearance at St. Thomas, leaving the
branch steamers to join her there and effect the
transfer of passengers, mails, and cargo. Strong
fears for her safety were felt, and the Conway was
believed to have run on shore at Tortola. About
8 o'clock the same evening news came. The Tyne,
sadly_ crippled, her foremast and its rigging lying
on the deck, steamed into the harbour; the Rhone
lost,
,and with her 150 poor souls hurried into eter-
nity; the Wye lying in splinters on Buck Island,
out of her ship's company of nearly 60 but six sur-
vivors. Such were the horrors of which the Tyne
brought word. Eager were the questions asked of
the_seitnen rescued from the Rhone, who sadly
paced the deck, walking like men in a.dream, so
awful had been the shock of what they had gone
through. Their fate was short. During the lull
which occurred at all places over which the hurricane
passed, at about one o'clock the Rhone put out, she
had safely passed through a rocky channel leading
to the open sea, but more point to round and she
was safe, when in a moment from the S.E.—whereas
tirevtartztrit trati-blown from the N.W.—the cyclone
came down upon her with even more dreadful energy
than ever. Twice she struck, and boati and spars
and sheep-pens flew across the deck, then she parted
amidships, the stern portion swung round, and, the
waves rushing in between her decks, ripped them
up as though with an explosion of gunpowder. At
the time the hurricane commenced the Conway lay
alongside the Rhone, engaged in transferring pas-
sengers. Seven or eight had passed over, and one
was heard to say to his wife, ' Thank Got, we're
safe here.' The larg: ship now lies a wreck upon
the shore. The smaller one, there is reason to hope,
will to-morrow drop anchor in St. Thomas's har-
bour, not a life having been lost in her !

Of the scenes of desolation and destruction which
met the eye on landing it would be impossible to
give more than a very faint idea. The wharfs which
used to line the shore were gone, and every street
blo_led up with broken rafters, zinc roofs, bricks,
boughs of cocoanut p dins, household furniture, and
debris of every conceivable kind. Houses even were
to be seen standing erect which had been lifted from
their foundations many yards distant and dropped
down into some of the lanes running seaward out of
the main street. A dining room, forming the upper
story of a wing of the house belonging to Mr. J. B.
Cameron, superintendent of the Royal Mail Packet
Company at St. Thomas, had been in a similar man-
ner whisked through the air and carried into a
neighbouring garden ; singular to say, on effecting
an entrance, the lamps and decanters in the room
were found to be unbroken. In one Line were to
be seen, among tons of broken woad, an anchor,
several cartwheels, a pianoforte, and slabs of marble,
which when the storm was at its height had been
seen whirling round in the air like sheets of paper.
Windows, though protected by bolts and hurri-
cane bars—stout pieca of wood several inches
square—had been dashed in, and not a wall but
showed marks of the hail of stone) and bricks
which had battered it. A bombarded town could
never have presented a worse picture of ruin and
desolation. Plantations of whitened sticks cover-
ing the hills alone indicated that trees had at one
time grown there, and of the palms which had
graced Cocoanut-square and the approach to the
Lutheran Church but few torn fronds still clung
to their native stems. At various points along
the beach crowds of people were collected, and
from each was carried away with dreadful regu-
larity strings of rough coffins containing the dead
which the sea gave up. By four o'clock ou the
afternoon of the 30th 292 bodies had.obeenjwyed
on shore and buried, and the systematic way in
which the people worked under the guidanca of the
police was a sad proof of the practice they had had
by that time at this mournful occupation.
" At St. Thomas, the hurricane appears to have
commenced at ten minutes past 12, and to have
lasted with one break—at one o'clock, lasting 13
minutes—till half-past three. The barometric in-
dications of its coming were feeble until it had
absolutely broken ; then the downward progress of
the mercury could be distinctly seen. One or more
shocks of earthquake were experienced, and in a
moment the awful conflict had begun. So dense
was the body of rain and spray which rushed
through the streets that objects 20 yards away were
rendered invisible by it, and persons seeking their
homes and families held on to lamp-posts, door
handles, or whatever promised temporary security,
uncertain which way to turn in the darkness. At
one o'clock the storm blowing from the north-west
ceased, and the 13 minutes' lull took place. Again
it broke forth with yet more dreadful energy from
the opposite quarter, and tore away many vessels
which up to then had ridden securely. The harbour
master, and an officer of the Nunez de Velasco,
vied with each other in their heroic efforts to save
life. Sad to say, the former perished ; the latter
only escaped in an almost miraculous manner, for
his boat being capsized he himself was thrown upon
the beach, and there lay till the day following
before being found."

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Evening.

Immediately the telegraph wires reported the
arrival of the Douro at Plymouth the Royal Mail
Company's flag was hoisted as a signal at the com-
pany's offices in Canute-road, one or two of the
principal hotels, and at other places, so that the
intelligence of her arrival was soon made known all
over the town. Anxious groups of people speedily
gathered around all the company's premises, the
electric telegraph office, and the several newspaper
establishments, waiting with avidity the receipt of
any news that might be sent up from Plymouth.
During the afternoon the following list was posted
outside the Royal Mail offices of those reported
to be saved from the steamers Rhone and
Wye :

:Saved from the Rhone.—.E. Sherwood, boat-
swain ; George Holdeman, captain of hold ; Charles
Moody, boatswain's mate ; John Eaton, A.B.
Samuel M'Cane, A.B. ; George Wallace, A.B. ;
Frederick Hansford, A.B. ; John Palmer, A.B ;
Charles Dimmick, A.B. ; John Bailey, ship boy ;
John Askell, ship boy ; John Minus, ship boy. ;
henry Buckle, fireman ; David Rees, fireman : John
Jones, coal trimmer ; Thomas Ingram, coal
trimmer ; Frederick Pearce, engineers' servant ;
Francis Brewer, yeoman ; Charles Berry, store-
keeper ; Robert Barter, ordinary seaman ; Auguste
Gaurion, assistant fore-bedroom steward ; Joh n
Bryan, saloon boy.
Saved from the Wye.—Charles Hodgson, chief
officer Edward Hill, Win. Jules, John Mackin,
and John Holland.
Copies of the lists were prepared and exhibited in
' various other places, and in every instance they
were scanned over by hundreds of anxious eyes to
ascertain whether the name of a husband, a son, a
brother, or a friend was enrolled among those who
had happily escaped with their lives. The dejected
countenances unmistakably proclaimed that the
large majority looked in vain. The excitement of
the past fortnight seems now wrought up to its
highest point, and the further details are looked for
with an increasing interest.
The Mayor has now fixed the public meeting at
the Guildhall, postponed from to-day, for Monday
next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to organise ar-
rangements for subscriptions for the relief of the
widows and fatherless children of those who have
perished. A communication has been received by
Mr. J.• P. Hoare, a gentleman residing in the neigh-

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bourhood, from Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, tendering
the services of the " Wandering Minstrels" at a
concert in aid of the fund. The offer has been ac
cepted, and the Mayor (Mr. Stebbing) has granted
the use of the Hartley Hall for the purpose, and at a
meeting of the Town Council held yesterday, the
patronage of the Mayor and corporation was re-
quested, and of course given. The Ist Hants Vo-
lunteer Engineers, have announced a grand amateur
performance at their head-quarters on Friday, filo
6th of December, for the same benevolent object,
and various other arrangements are in progress in
different quarters to assist in raising a fund, the de-
mands upon which will be necessarily heavy.

THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE.

The subject of the dissensions in the London Rifle
Volunteer Brigade was again brought before the
meeting of the Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the
City of London, held at the Guildhall, on Wednes-
day last, under the presidency of Alderman Wilson,
Colonel of the Royal London Militia. The meet-
ing was numerously attended.
Mr. Henley Grose Smith, the clerk to the com-
missioners, read a communication from the Secre-
tary of State for War, enclosing a letter from Lieut.-
Col. Warde, the commanding officer of the brigade,
relative to the promotion of Major Sir William
Anderson Rose to be the Second Lieutenant-Colo-
nel in the brigade. In his letter Lieut.-Col. Warde
expressed the strong feeling which prevailed in
the brigade against the appointment of Major
Rose to the vacant lient.-colonelcy, and reiterated
the statement that if the appointment made by the
Court of Lieutenancy were confirmed he should
resign his position, feeling confident that the pro-
motion "of Major Rose would result in the com-
plete breaking up of the corps. The Secretary of
State for War, under these circumstances, asked
the Commissioners of Lieutenancy to appoint a
committee of inquiry to investigate the whole of the
case.

A letter was also read from Major Rose.epon
the subject of the appointment, intimating his
readiness to resign it if the court desired that he
should do so.

The subject gave rise to some discussion, and ulti-
mately the correspondence was referred to the
standing committee for consideration and report.
Some other business was disposed of, an I the
court adjourned.

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