The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-18 00:00:00

HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.

ANTIGUA, SEPT. 4, 1827.—Since my last we
have been visited with two very Severe gales of
wind, the heaviest which have been known for the
last 50 years. After a fine though windy day, on
the 16th of August, it became cloudy, and set in to
blow very fresh after sun-set, increasing through the
night and in the morning till about half-past seven
o'clock, when it settled into a perfect hurricane, and
a:ilied every thing of a fragile and temporary nature
before it. You will imagine my feelings when I
went out of doors, as the wind abated, which was
about noon; seventeen large and handsome cocoa nut
trees lay prostrate around my house, the verandahs
and all the beautiful foliage which adorned them
carried before the wind, the more permanent build-
ings shaken, the negro houses stripped of all their
covering, and some of them levelled with the
ground; the canes and yams which the day before
exhibited the most luxurious appearance, all laid flat
and stripped of their leaves; all the trees that bad
weathered the storm scathed to the branches, and
all the younger limbs hung in shreds, the whole pre,
senting an aspect infinitely worse than the depth of
winter in England. The negroes looking for places
of shelter, to the means of repairing their roofless
dwellings, the cattle looking wild with consternation,
and that which only a few hours before presented
splendid nature, in all the richness which is peculiar
to 'tropical climes in the rainy seasons, desolate,
dreary, and wretched, with a house leaking at every
joint; for there are few houses indeed, that are proof
against such storms, with 320 negroes, 5,170 head
of cattle, all looking to me for protection.—Corres-
pondent--World. •

The servants of a gentleman residing near Ga-
a
lashiels entertained those of a neighbouring family lately,
and while enjoying themselves in the servants' hall, one of
them treated his fellows with a song, which he executed
in such a dramatic style, that the theatrical mode of ap-
plause, with hands and feet, followed. The house, how-
ever,
was not accustomed to this species of festivity, and
in an instant the floor, all in one piece, descended into the
cellar below, a height of nearly eight feet. Fortunately
no person was hurt, except one young girl, who was upset
in her chair, and met with a slight contusion on the head.
On looking up, and observing all her friends sitting at the
table, and seeing the fire and candle which was on the
mantle-piece burning so far above her, she exclaimed,
‘ I've gotten a sair fa', but L—d preserve us a', what is
the fire and candle doing yonder." It is rather singular,
that not a bottle was overturned, nor a glass upset,
except
one which was broken. Although it is only seven or eight
years since both joists and floor were laid with good fir,
cut from an adjacent wood, yet so quicklyhas the dry rot
operated upon it, that in that short time it has been ren-
dered useless,— Caledonian Mercury.

Mr. THEssIGER said he had next to apply for the
usual licence for these gardens, for the same parties
as were licensed last year, Messrs. Gye and Hughes.
A pause took place in the Court for a short time,
when the Chairman observed, that the proprietors
last year had pledged themselves to adopt certain
regulations with regard to what are usually termed
the dark walks, which he understood had been carried
into effect.

Mr. SCRIVEN observed upon the admission of
certain characters, at a late hour; that ought not to
be done, and he felt it necessary that the Court
should throw out a hint upon that subject.
Mr. THESSIGER said, that the greatest care had
been taken with regard to the regulations at the
Gardens; a number of additional constables had
been placed therein, and he felt great pleasure in
being able to state that those regulations were so
effective, that they had met the approval of many
persons who had formerly petitioned the Court
against the renewal of the licence.

—Mr. SCRIVEN remarked that a case had come be-
fore the Magistrates at Union Hall, of an assault
Committed on a constable by a person returning from
Vauxhall, at the late hour of four o'clock in the
morning; every exertion ought to be made in their
power to keep out characters of a certain descrip-
tion. _ _ _ _ _

Mr.R. JACKSON inquired what the understanding
was last year, with regard to the regulation of the
gardens ?
Mr. THESSIGER said, the understanding was, that
the fire-works should be let off at eleven o'clock,
and that " the dark walks should be made light,"
and he had the pleasure to state that two of them
were no more.

Mr. R. JACKSON made some further remarks on
the change of the amusements. it was true that the
fire-works were let off at the hour of eleven o'clock,
but it . little mattered whether the neighbourhood
was disturbed by the roaring of artillery, the noise of
a bull-bait, or the nuisance of a dog-fight. The Court
had not the power to make regulations ; they could
withhold the licence, and leave the parties the re-
medy of applying to Parliament, if they thought
proper. He would not, on the present occasion, op-
pose the granting of the licence, no aggravated case
of complaint having been made.
Mr. BRiscoE made some remarks. He was an
advocate for the increase of public amusements, but
he could not suffer public amusements to interfere
with public morals.
Mr. TROTTER observed, that the most respectable
citizens of London visited Vauxhall-gardens, and he
thought the Court should not forget the occasion of
the roaring of the cannon that had been alluded to.
It was on the occasion of the representation of one
of the greatest victories that- this country ever
achieved—the battle of Waterloo.
Mr. BRISCOE made some further remarks, and the
licence was renewed.
Mr. TISESSIGER then said, that the proprietors
wanted to observe the regulations of last year, with
the exception of letting off of the fire works, which
they wished to do at half-past eleven o'clock, and to
pledge themselves to have all those parts of the
amusements that occasioned a noise in the neigh-
bourhood, over by twelve o'clock.