Star.
London, England, 1804-12-06 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

BASSETTIIIII (ST. KITT's), OCT. 4...... The damage
done by the late hurricane in the interior of this
'Eland has greatly exceeded the elli,nate made of it
at the time. The torrents from the mountainv tuept
away almoli every mill in the Colony, and occationed
other lodes to the amount of at kali loo,occl. it is
angular that although many houfes were 'Wept away,
and, In many trails wrecked, only two lives were
101 l I the one a main belonging to his biajeay's (hip
HIFPOPIE/Its, and the other a negro.
ST. JOHN'S, ( A lITICIU/I), OCTORIII 3.—His
Ma-
jay 'S DO; Sraariv, of 4.4 guns, which was seportcd
to have been on Ihore in Deep Bay, during the late
hurricane, is in perfat fislity. The OSPLIv [loop of
war is now heaving down at Ealt Harbour.
, Great damage iv. been done to (rune ellatev in the
country. particulat ly in the mountains where t .e rain
poilred in irrefillible tort cuts.
ST. ‘ruscallletl/2 SleT• 29.---It is poatively true that
General Easour. Governor of Guadah upe, lately
executed fever al Mallets of American rails for car-
rying pruvifions to the Black Government at St. Do-
mingo. In confequenee of this proceeding the Black
Emperor has puhhthcd a proclamations to which ha
declares his refolution to make reprifals, and order-
ing his cruisers. to hang the mailers of all vaffels of
whatever defctiption hound to Guadaloupe, at the
yard arm, without trial, and without any "them proof
than may be farnifhed by the exhibition of their vei
fell papers.

The following account, • hich helps to confirm the
old eflabblbed belief of the cunning of the 1. le, is given
by a Gentleman who was an eye-wrtnefs of it.—" At
a fox hunt its Galloway, a yes y (smug fox happened
to be flatted. The hounds were remarkably fleet,
and gained fail on hint. He perceiving this, wade
fur a high wall at no great dillance, Aid tpsiogiog
over is. crept clofe in at tl.e bottom. No i'soner were
the hounds over, than he fprung over to the other
fide again. They followed him. By doing this re-
peatedly, he quite exhaulled the dogs, while, on ac-
count of his Rrength, it made little impreffian on him ;
he then walked away with the utmoti deliberation."
Tuefeiay fe'nnight, the Reverend Ricaiatillaw-
oast, of Darwin, near Blackburn, Lancalaire, with
a party of friends, returning from a neighbouring
village, at a late bnur,in the evening, had occafion to
crisis a brook fuddenly fivollen by the rains. They
were rst harfeback ; Mrs. Bownsw prnceeding fore-
mo:l,her bora was,by the force of the current, thrown
of his feet, and die Lady was carried down the
Bream, and perifhed. Mr: ROMS, leaping from
his hnrfe, 'Rade a vain attempt to Cave ber ; and was
hinsfelf, not without great difficulty. dragged out
alive. The body of the unfortunate Lady was not

fount! till the neat morning.
Frans —Thrce barns, in the polfefflon of Ur. Bing-
ham. near the Nlatfhes, in Etna. containing corn, the
produce of 96 acres, scene fa on fire, en the 13t1 ult.
by fame peg foe ne petfons unknown. and nearly the
whole confirmed.
An alarm of fire prevail:,l on Saturday at the
King's Arms pubtie bottle, in St. Marline court, oc-
cafimed by a chimney taking fire. On the arrival
of the firemen, it was di (covered moat tw.) bricks were
ilifplaced, and the fire bad communicated through
the aperture tothe laths of the cieling of the attic nor y.
By which difrovety it was prevented from fpreading.
There has been a fire at St. John's, Newfonndlx),J,
among the woods, which continued to burn three
weeks. It approached fo neat the anchorage or the
Isis, that the was obliged to get under "nigh three
times, to avoid it. circa,
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BANKRCP rs IN IRELAND.
Patrlck Crowe, of Galway, grocer, to forrendu Dee. 8, to, and
Janua S.
Geo. ry
Smitten, of Dublin, fce•lfmta, to (mender at the Re7al
Fulmar., l /re. to, t t, and January t:s.

BIRTHS.
At Cyril. Mrs. IPeard. ..f a fot• and heir.
At Allteaton, the lotly of j. Copley rfq. of a dav:,-ht-r.
At ernorn. the Lady of R. Scully, lib} of Wan, county Tip-
perary, of a Ina and heir.
At (ort. the Lady of Hampton Allte,Ffq. of Bantry, of a fon.
At Malta. oft the aul Feptumbcr I. It, the Lady of LiCinCMISIt
Colonel Robert Rte(., ni the 20th rreinsent, of a