The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-06 00:00:00

HURRICANE AT THE MAURITIUS.

Extract of a private letter from an Officer in
the Island, dated Mauritius, March 4, 1829 :
" We have had very bad weather here for some
days past, and have been dreading a hurricane (as
this is the season for those dreadful calamities), but
as yet we have escaped, and are anxiously looking
forward to the end of this month, when it is sup-
posed the season ends; but I am sorry to say we
have received most dreadful accounts from the Isle
of Bourbon (about a day's sail from this Island),
they having had a most violent hurricane ; indeed
the accounts given in the Mauritius Gazelle of this
awful catastrophe are almost beyond belief. Imagine
to yourself a vessel of forty tons on the stocks being
taken off and carried by the sea, rising to a most
fearful height, a distance of upwards of fifty yards
over the Custom-house; it is supposed that twenty
vessels are lost, twelve were driven on shore and
entirely wrecked, with the loss of one hundred and
twenty-six lives. A house of eighty feet in length
has been blown over, and a very fine stone pier or
breakwater has been entirely carried away ; the
damage done in the interior of the Island is not
known, but it is feared it will amount to a great deal.
Of course, as always is the case on these occasions,
the Sugar and Coffee Plantations are all destroyed."

The late rains have made a wonderful improve-
ment in the agricultural prospects in this part of the
country.—Berhs Chronicle.

PARIS, JULY 2.—Accounts from Egypt, received
at Marseilles, say that the war between the Viceroy
and the Weehabites is still carried on with great
activity-. The troops of Mahomet, notwithstanding
their new organization, and their new mode of arm-
ing, are said to have suffered much. The Wecha-
bites are superior, especially in cavalry; they have
now a eorps of regular troops, under the command
of an European captain, who is said to be either a
Swede or a Bohemian.. He has also introduced lin-
provements, especially in the artillery.
The Diario di Roma of the 20th gf June says—
" By an edict, countersigned by his Eminence Car-
dinal Albani, Secretary of State, dated the 15th of
June, ,his Holiness has confirmed
.and renewed the
rigorous ordinances which proscribe secret societies."
The last accounts received from M. de Ferronnays
are :very satisfactory.. His health is considerably
i ved.
(From the Journal du Commerce of Friday.)

PARIS, JULY 2.—We made a mistake when we
announced that the report of the committee on the
Customs would be made this week. We learn that
the committee has not yet concluded its labours.
The scrupulous attention which it pays to the sub-
ject is the cause of the delay. Several sittings were
employed in hearing successively, on the sugar ques-
tion, the planters, the refiners of Paris and Havre,
and the manufacturers of sugar from beet-root, who
have desired to be heard. On the question relative
to silk, the committee has heard the opinions of
growers, the Deputies of Lyons, and the delegates
of the Chamber of Commerce of that city.
It is not possible yet to fix the time when the re-
port may be presented, as some very important ques-
tions and numerous petitions remain to be examined.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JULY 3.—Five per Cents.,
109 f. 109 E 10c. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. sc. sof.
80f. 20c. ; Bank Stock, I,Boof. ; Naples Stock, 85f.
50c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73f. ; Spanish Rentes Per-
petuelle, 48if. ; Haytian Loan, 445 f. Exchange on
London, one month, 25f. 45c. ; three months, 25t. SOc.
--Coors .Authentique.