The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-12 00:00:00

DREADFUL HURRICANE.

By ibe arrival of his Majesty's ship Magirionne.in.'
telligence Ass been received of another dreadful hai-
riest', et the Isle of Ffsnee, ohicb took place on the
4fith of March last. The following a►e the details of
cslenllty, the third of the same kind that this
pi.rstoft Island has suffered within the short space of
13 months :

" !SLR Pr FRANC,' APRIL 3.—We esperieneed
another berricene on the night of Sends' last, which
has almost entirely destroyed the crops of maize, as
well as other plantations. In the country several
buildings have heath blown down. The shipping par.
Ocularly has suffered much, bet the keens is tows
here in general escaped any material briery. The
gale principally blew from S. E. to S. W. end In-
vited its greatest violence between midnight sad
three o'clock the neat morning. The quantity of
rain was considerable. It appears that the barometer
did not descend below 27 and 31. Although the
storm was estrannely boisterous, it has not occasioned
sa mach damage's the two last hurricanes, which is
attributed to the oats of wind being less sudden; the
losses, however, are very considerable. The fol.
lowing is a list of vessels that were moored in the har.
boar of Port Louis on the 28th alt., with the damage
they searained in the gale of wind on the night of that
day, lied In the morning of the 29th :—The Frances
Hee.letle, Allyn. end the Juno, Nolbrow, were
moored to the balk, undergoing repairs, bet by the
violence of the wind the mooring chain" were broken,
and they were all driven on share ; the Jean, at Ton.
Belief's, on her beern.ende and fell of water, from which
it will be difficult to remember ; the Frances Henrietta
is still on ahore,and making water, which will oblige her
to heave down and endergn a th .roach repair ; the hulk
is much damag►d. The Theti , Brown, was driven on
shore on the north side of the harbour; she was on
the point of sailing for England, having jest bad
new masts and rigging; the former lost in the gale
of 25th January last. The cargo bas been tikes
out, and the ship is now afloat ; her bowsprit is
sprung. The Ciao Cris, Davis, was driven from
her moorings en an anchor, which went through he►
bottom; she had just received a thorough repair from
the damages sustained at sea on the 25th of January
lest, and had lot in great part of her cargo, which
Is all damaged; the ship will be abandoned. The
schooner Jenny, Land, driven on Tunneller and
sunk, will be weighed, but with considerable de.
stage. Josephine, Lecoq, sunk in the channel near
Fart Blanc, will also he weighed. The ship Rapid*,
Keen. is on shore with little damage. The Shear.
fi-Id. Stephenson, Condo de Rio Pardo, Beyts, and
Styr.. Seven, were ell driven on short at thd ea.
tram et tt a Fanfaron ; hat on the wind shifting to
westward in the morning, they were blown I If;
the! lot:. :a Mined In spars sad roper, but me
very considerably. The Happy Couple, Savage, lost
her foremost, Arc. The Constance, blonchose, lost
her mizen.mest, Are. The Odory, Fowl.; He.
len, Dorourray ; Henry, De la Croix; Java recce:,
Margaret; and Constance, Dunthon, moored at the
back of the Hospital, were driven on shore ma
each other, bat remained afloat ; their damages are
trifling, chiefly among the rigging. Ills Majesty's
s►ips Liverpool and Megicirone, moored in Fan-
fares, were both driven on shore, and since got off
by taking out their guns and st -rev. The remainder
of the vessels rode oil the gale, ►ut sustained seem
trifling damage. The boats of Ibis department have
spite 'offered severely, and the flag-bony is Wifely
lost, having bees driven from its moorings on the
reefs at Fort Blanc."

We copy the following paragraph from the Sun
Newspaper of last Tomday :
II faun MIRCONLY.—" This Provincial Journal,
attic\ is notorious for its jacobinical principles, refer-
ring to an imposition which bad been practised on the
Sun, in an magstraled statement of what had passed
at a !we bleet.ng our Leeds, has the impudence to
assert tbat the Sun did not' tete the Gist opportunity
to remove the alarm which it bad contributed to cre-
ate.' We refer to our column+ of last week fora re-
futation of this falsehood, as we staled that we had
been imposed alum, norshould we at all be surprised
If that imposition bad been practised upon us by some
ally of the Leeds Mercury. the contents of wh;eh we
only know from an mime in the Morning Chronic*
of this day, which we are surprised to me disgracing
Itself by the Insertion of any thing taken front the
Jacobluiral Paper in goostion —Bo we rely on the
Leeds Intelligences. and Leeds nth:pendent to do es
justice In ma. Iron, wimp, it •hsurd to accuse us
of having created alarm, since all the real facts of the
Dimling mum Mee been k:snwn at Mel place.'"

This is • fine specimen of the impudence of a hire.
ling: first the writer pet. forth a scandalous fabrics.
Linn—then he suffe•• it to remain for neatly a fort-
night oneentredieted, though be was assured several
days hefi re, that be bad published a mischievous
falsehood—then he makes in his apsilogy, a pitiful pry-
tee' ah.•at having been imposed open by Mae trai-
tor, and, in conclosion, he calls the paper jvcobini-
cal which has espnaed the imposition that he and the
other T y scribes attempted to foist upon the
Public. the Editor of the in ••ya, he should not
he winked if the impasition bad been prat.
tiled upon him by some ally of the Leeds llercrry ;
but the Public will be of opinion, from t general
character of his newspaper, that the liopositiln was
pravised. either by himictif, or Ly some worthy of the
same siamp, who would he gladlu alarm the country
into another surrender of their liberties ; and if he
Mill only send os the tette., which he says contained
the information, we will bestow aume pains io tracing
it to its venal author, which, we will engage, is some
Treason) alarmist, either is the Suss office, or oat of
it. It is an old trick. which that stupid paper has for
years been in the habit of practising. Ile has called
out the wolf, till every body terns a deaf to his whin.
log laments tions.— Leeds Mercury.)
In consegessce of the refusal of the Mayor to com-
ply with the RI goisitiou of the Reformers, they base,
by an advertisement in our publication of this day.
etpoieted • Meeting to he bottle, is Mooday, tie
b inst. The plant of Meeting it writ mentioned ;
but we •aderstand that it is intended to apply for the
w•e of the Mined Cloth.hall.yaid en this occasion.—
ads Memseg )
We MI happy to state that apples promise so line
a reap is the wove.* commies, that cider continuos
to fall, sad eery pipes aid hogsheads rise is price.