Star.
London, England, 1824-07-01 00:00:00

DREADFUL HURRICANE AT TIIE MAURITIUS,

The following extract of a letter from Fort Louis,
Mauritius, dated 28th February, 1821, was this mom n-
ing posted at Lloyd't
" On the 23.1 inst. this island was assailed by a hur-
ricane, equalling that of 1818 in its fury and the ra-
vages it has caused. The greater part of the vessels is:
the port are thrown upon each other on shore—several
liter ally heaved out of the water and cast upon the
quay ;• hardly a ship, boat, or lighter, has escaped
without damage, many to a great extent. The Albion,
Best, just come in from Nevrfoundland, has lost hey masts.
The Danish ship Governor Bell, from Batavia, taking
lin sugar for Copenhagen, must probably be broken up
here, and perhaps some of the French vessels also. The
wind veered in time to save the George the Fourth and
Batosta : the latter has suffered no injury—the former
has escaped with loss of part of her copper and bowsprit.
" Captain Presscott tells me he has nothing da-
maged on board, and can have his bowsprit put in and
other repairs done without unloading, so that he hopes'
to be able to get away in 18 or 20 days.
"As to the interior, all the plantations are devas-
tated ; sugar-houses, mills, canes, and crops of every
description destroyed; all the coffee and clove trees
swept away ; so that the Colony can produce no more
of either for years to come. In the town and vicinity,
houses were upset and many persons killed. It is feared
they have had something sirnil ir at Bourbon."

This fo:enoon we received Nog. 2to 5, inclusive, of
the Telegrafo Greco, a Weekly Journal in the Italian
language, published at Missolonglii. The latest date is
that of the 17th of April ; and although these Journals
do not contain any intelligence as to the situation or
prospect of affairs in Greece, yet they will be read with
interest, on account of the information they contain re-
lative to the exertions of oar distinguished countryman
in this most sacred of causes.

It will be recollected that some friends of Lord BY-
RON had been taken by the Turks, and released by
JUSSUF Pacria, when his Lordship, anxious to express
Iris gratitude, got the Greek Government to release four
Turkish prisoners,who were sent with a letter of thanks
to JUSSUF PACIIA, not for having released a vessel,
which, bearing a neutral flag, and long under English
protection, he had no right to detain, but for having
treated his friends with courtesy. To this letter the ,
haughty Pacha did not deign to return any answer.
These Papers contradict some reports which had
been circula:ed to the prejudice of the memory of Sir
THOMAS MAITLAND ; and they also state what the
literary world will regret to hear, that for the nine
months Lord BYRON resided in Greece, he had not
written a line of poetry. Tire following are extracts:
FROM TIIE TELEGRAFO ORECO, NO. 2-27T11 MARCH.
The bark which was sent to Castello di Merea with
four Turks, as a compliment to Jussuf Pacha, from the
Hon. Lord Byron, has returned to Missolonghi, bring-
ing merely a receipt from the Pacha. We wonder that
the proud Jussuf did not condescend to reply to the
polite and humane letter NNhich his Lordship sent with
this present ; this can be ascribed only to the incorrigi-
ble barbarism and ignorance of the disciples of Maho-
met ; but the Greeks, who arc friends of their country
and of humanity, and foreigners who desire the real
welfare of Greece, will not fail, when an opportunity
offers, to follow the generous example of the Noble
Lord.—The following is Lord Byron's letter to Jus-
suf Pacha:

" TO MS 11/011/Cll5 JUSSUF TAMA, covinNow OF THE fItOVDTES