The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-29 00:00:00

HURRICANES.

Front 6,2 Bermudian, of Sept. 26, received at Mr.Gilpin's
reading-room,;ye learn that a tremendous hurricane occurred
at Barbadoes o 9
the 3d ultimo. The pier, a massive struc-
ture,. which cost :10,900/., sustained material injury, as did
also the substantial oto:es of Arnot and Co. The theatre
was shaken, and the eat gable shattered. The ancient
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stone gaol was much shatters d, and 73 out of 83 prisoners
Pie hurricane . a brig from
made their escape. During
Newfoundland, a Charleston schConer, brig Hebe,
from
Lonndon, four sloops, and six mail-hots, disappeered ; two
of the latter were known to be strand.'d, and the others
were unheard of two days afterwards. In ,Bridgetown the
streets were rendered almost impassable by the falling of
small houses, outbuildings, trees, and fences. some in-
stances the houses were left entire, and thrown into the
middle of the streets. Great damage was done to ti:e bar-
raAs and public buildings at the garrison at- St. Ai,n's.
The i:'-ont gallery' of the royal artillery barracks was blowndown,
down, anus the roof' of the guard-house carried away. Thw
massive gallery of the stone barracks, occupied by the 25th
regiment, was tort, off and dashed to pieces. The roof of
the•officers' barracks, weighing from four to five-and-twenty
tons, was taken off booy, and capsized on the top of the
adjoining building, tearing. up some of the solid brick pillars
on which it rested. Every loin in the garrison was blown
down and ruined. The coloniA barriteks at Gun-hill arc
entirely destroyed. It was ascertainbsi that the sloop
Humming Bird was lost, with her master, Captain Fair-
bairn, and part of her crew. The hull of a steamer was
descried to leeward from Highgate. One life was lost on
shore, and several wharfingers were driven to sea in A n open
boat.

NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 21.—We subjoin the
following extract from a letter received by a mercantile
friend in this City from Ifetamorus, giving an account of
a'dreadfid hurricane which occurred there on the night of
the 18th instant :—" The daulage in the town itself was
severe enough ; more than 300 houses have suffered se-
verely ; many tell down entirely ; an;ong others the barracks,
causing the death of several soldiers. Others remain in a
tottering condition, and must be taken doN:n. Numbers of
fences and roofs were blown away and scaitered all over
the. town. The, violence• of the storm was tremendous
noth:ng could resist it. Fruit and other trees, it, the yards
and unti.;,r shelter of the houses, were twisted, torn out of
the ground, and carried away. Assistance could nowhere
be rendered, as its greatest violence was during the ni;;ht,
accompanied by heavy gusts of rain, which inundated our
streets and adjoining ?loins; it was one of the most dismal
ones imaginable. The p',..,,tture of distress which presented
itself on the morning of the 19th instant was appalling in-
deed. The river rose to a rear.rul height, and worse conse-
quences were anticipated, wilco,- lortunately, the wind soon
abated, and we were spared fuithe.r anxiety. Only four
lives were lost, and, comparatively-✓ speaking, but a low
goods were damaged ; and we are happy to state to you
that our warehouses escaped without surfcfing in the least,
nor any of the large quantity of the. goods v.:wed in them.
More dreadful, however, was the destruction of both lives
and property in the Brassos de San Jago and in the Bro
del Rio. In the former the sea rose six feet over houses in
the place, and, except only one, which it left in a tottering
condition, were either literally blown to pieces, or removed
to a great distance from their original location ; the barracks
and custom-house stores among the rest. The schooner
Abispa was driven a distance from the bay, and is now
high and dry near the sand hills. The Sophia, after losing
her, masts, was driven ashore, and is now high and dry on
the side where formerly stood the custom-Louse stores.
Near to her is the sbbooner Occana. Cargoes of both ves-
sels will be saved, althonglethat of the ()maim, mostly in-
sured in Hamburg, will protobly be damaged. The vessel
will, we are
.afraid, never be got out again. Numbers of
lives were lost ; and the re.nainder of the population took
refuge on the sand hills, burying themselves in the sand.
Many lost their lives in attempting to reach thorn ; and
every soul would have perished if the storm had lasted two
hours longer. In the Boca del Ris the schooner Spartieul
was driven to sea without a person ou board ; the Captain
and crew swam ashore. The Tollfare, of New York, was
driven on shore, but will be got off again. The Matamoros
and- Henry:escaped without any serious injury. Many lives
Are also lost he' e, houses blown away, &c. Nearly all the
boats of the pilots, &e.;were driven to sea or lost. At Bo-
(maim and the Bunila four men were drowned, and the
large ferry-boat swept away ;so that we are now without
any means of getting goods to town from below ; but ar-
rangements are making to res Ore every thing as soon as
practicable. There remains no hose standing either in the
Bunita or the Bocachica."

IMPORTANT FROM AFRICA.--(FrOM the New
York Commercial Adrertiscr.)--lt appears from the follow-
ing extracts that one of the principal colonies est,thlished
in Afilea has been attacked by the natives, the people
murdered, and the colony itself broken up. According to
the account, it was a peaceful colony, established "on the
principle which forbids every thing like military prepara-
tion." The consequence of this " peaceful" arrangement
has been the murder of 24 citizens. It is truly astonish-
ing that any individuals of sufficient influence to establish
a colony should have the folly to suppose for a moment
that settlers among barbarians could be safe without being
prepared to resist aggression. But such has been the fact,
and the deluded erni2rants have learned by sad experience
that a constant preparation for war 13 the most effectual
mode of securing- peace.

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