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London, England, 1819-07-12 00:00:00

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(PROM THZ MAURITIUS GAZETTE, APRIL 10.)
Government House, Port Louis, April e.
Major General DARLING having called for reports
from the Commissaries of the several quarters, with
iew of ascertaining the extent of the damage which
been occasioned by the storm, with which this
island was visited on the night of Sunday the 28th
last month, has learnt with feelings of peculiar
gratitude, that the inhabitants have personally ins.
lined no injury.
Many of them who, comparatively, have suffered
little in their property, will be thankful, as he is,
they have been subjected to no greater loss on
occasion ; and those who unfortunately have
iffcred to a more considerable extent, will do hits
- justice to believe, that he participates mast sen-
ly in their misfortune, and deplores, with semi-
.rents of the truest concern, this event, which has (he
trusts for a moment only) interrupted the encourag-
- prospect which had promised so opportunely to
card their labours by an abundant harvest.
After this expression of the Major General's senti-
ments, the inhabitants will be satisfied that Govern-
ment has not been indifferent to the actual state of

Colony, under the awful calamities with which
has recently been twice visited.
He assures them, that every exertion has been
lade to obtain supplies of wheat, which he doubt*
,t will arrive in time to prevent any serionfoy.que4f
it necessary article. They should also be inform*:
kt the Colony is plentifully supplied with rice, and
,at the Government, with a view of preventing the
Astress which might have Arisen from any scarcity,
has, for some time past, prohibited its exportation;
Id the Government will, with the same vigilance,
iitinue to watch with parental anxiety over the con-
•erns of the Colony, and to minister to its necessities
- every practicable means.
ISLE OF FRANCE. APRIL 3.

We experienced another hurricaneon the night of Sunday last,
which ha almost entirely destroyed the crops of maize, as well
as nther plantations. In the country several buildings have been
blown down. The shipping particularly has suffered much, but
the houses in town have in general escaped any material injury.
The gale principally blew from S.E. to S.W. and exerted its
greatest violence between midnight and three o'clock the next
-uorning. The quantity of rain was considerable. It appears
• the barometer did not descend below 27 and 34. Although

storm was extremely boisterous, it has not occasioned so
much damage as the two last hurricanes, which is attributed to
se gusts of wind being less sudden; the losses, however, are
very considerable. The following is a list of vessels that were
moored in the harbour of Port Louis on the 28th ultimo, with
• damage they sustained in the gale on the night of that day,
in the morning of the 29th :—" The Frances Henrietta,
Aura, and the Juno, Noxseow, were moored to the hulk, un-
dergoing repairs, but by the violence of the wind the mooring
chains were broken, and they were all driven on shore; the
Juno, at Tonneliers, on her beam-ends and full of water, from
which it will be difficult to remove her ; the Frances Henrietta
s still on shore, and making water, which will oblige her to heave
amarn and undergo a thorough repair; the hulk is much da-
maged. The Thetis, Damns, was driven on shore on the north
side of the harbour; she was on the point of sailing for England,
wing just had new !oasis and rigging ; the former lost in the
gale of 25th January last—the ergo has been taken out, and the
ship is now afloat; her bowsprit is sprung. The Grao Crux,
Dam, was driven from her moorings on an anchor, which went
through her bottom ; she Shad just received a thorough repair
from the damages sustained at sea on the 25th of January last,
and had got in great part of her cargo; which is all damaged;
ship will be abandoned. The schooner Jenny, Law, driven
Tonnelier and sunk will be weighed, but with damage. Jose-
phine, LiCO4l, sunk in the channel near Fort Blanc, will also be
weighed. Tke ship Rapide, Kits, is on shore with little dame&
The Shawfleld, STEPHENSON, Condo de Rio Pardo, Ham, and
Myra, Servs, were all driven on shore at the entrance al
Faufaron ; but on the wind, shifting to westward in tin
morning, they were blown off; they have all suffered in gars
and ropes, but not very considerably. The Happy Cowie,
Savaar., lost her fore-mast, &c. The Constance, frioncnoss,
lost her misers-mast, &c. The Odney, Foal:maw • Helen, Do-
xotrvausr ; Henry, Ds zas Cam; Java packet, M'seuure; and
Constance, Duicrliort, moored at the back of the Hospital, were
both driven on shore on each other, but remained afloat; their
damages are trifling, chiefly among the rigging. his Majesty's
ships Liverpool and Magicitnne, moored in Fanfaron, were
both driven on shore, and since got off by taking out their guns
and stores. The remainder of the vessels rode out the gale, but
sustained some trifling damage. The boats of this department
have again suffered severely, and the flag buoy is entirely lost,
wing been driven from its moorings on the reefs at Fort Blanc."

MADAME BLANCHARD.
Further particulars (from the Constitutionnel of
Thursday):—" It is singular that previous to her as-
ension, Madame Blanchard, usually so intrepid,
testified a degree of disquietude resembling fear ; it
seemed as it she foresaw the approaching danger.'
The melancholy event is attributed to two different
auses. In rising out of the gardens the balloon
truck several times against the branches of the trees;
this circumstance might have deranged the fireworks
suspended to the car, and changed the direction of
some of the pieces; thus a Roman candle, for in-
lance, instead of being let off horizontally or ob•
iquely, might have taken a direction towards the
)alloon and set fire to it. On the other hand, it is
mpposed that the unfortunate zronaut, intending to
lescend as soon as possible, had, in consequence, not
closed the valve, that the gas thus escaped, and an
Madame Blanchard setting light to the fire-works
the gas also took fire, and the balloon was, in con-
sequence, almost immediately consumed. From
vhatever cause the lamentable bccurrence arose, it is
:ertain that every precaution had been taken previ.,
ats to the ascension, and that none of those who as.
iisted in the preparations have to reproach themselves
either with incapacity or want of foresight. Madame
Blanchard first fell on the roof of the house, No. 16,
in the Rue 'de Provence, which was partly broken by
the shack. It is understood that she was then alive,
and persons who were in the house say, that they
heard her utter cries of agony and alarm. The car
in which she was was almost immediately precipitated
from the roof of the house to the pavement, and
when the first assistance arrived she had ceased to
breathe. It was her 67th ascension ; she has left no
family."
Another Journal states, that under the circumstances
of her having no known relations the money ,übscribed
by the company at Tivoli, immediately on learning
the melancholy occurrence, is to be appropriated to
the erection of a monument to her memory.
Among Madame Blanchard's papers a will has
been found, in which she appoints as her legatee, the
daughter of one of her friends, aged eight years.
She-had no children, and all her property, amount-
ing trf.50,000 francs, de cilves to the girl already
mentioned, the daughter of the proprietor of the
house in which she lived.
The funeral of Madame BLANCHARD took place
at Paris on Thursday, at four o'clock. Her remains
were interred in the cemetery of Pere La Chaise.--
Sho was of the Protestant religion.