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duties on the cargoes of which 
would amount to 150,000/. 
The civil power of the neigh- 
bourhood is altogether unequal 
to the task of enforcing obedi- 
ence to the laws, and the handful 
of military in the district is in- 
sufficient -to overawe so large a 
body. 
The sailors of Shields paid a 
visit to their fellows at Sunder- 
land on the 9th instant; they pa- 
raded the streets with drums and 
flags, and afterwards assembled 
on the town moor to the amount 
of 4,000. The ship-owners of 
Shields have offered the men 5/. 
wages per London voyage, or 4/. 
per month on foreign voyages, 
and to have their ships well man- 
ned. The Sunderland ship owners 
have ‘offered them 4/. 4s. per 
voyage, and to man their vessels 
agreeably to a scale, according to 
burthen, which offers have been 
rejected : the seamen are deter- 
mined not to give way. Sailors 
wages from the port of London 
are, at-present, 50s. per month. 
--15.—As one of the Berwick 
smacks, captain Davis, was pro- 
ceeding down the river, some dis- 
tance above Woolwich, a lady 
and gentleman who were taking 
leave of some friends going to 
Scotland, seeing a young man 
with a boat at some distance, 
hailed him, and earnestly request- 
ed him to take them ashore at 
Woolwich ; the young man after 
much hesitation complied. The 
boat being made fast to the vessel, 
which was at this time going at a 
great rate, captain Davis first 
stept into it to assist the lady in 
also; they had no sooner stepped 
upon the gunwale of the boat 
than the young man apprehended 
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some danger, and asa precaution 
took hold of a block which hung 
over the side of the smack; he 
had scarcely time to do so when 
the boat was dragged under wa- 
ter, and in a moment was turned 
bottom upwards; the captain and 
lady were precipitated into the 
water;—the lady was gone in- 
stantly—the captain seized the 
boat, which was turned adrift for 
that purpose, but was so weak 
that he could not keep his hold 
till assistance could be afforded, 
and he sunk to rise no more. 
The husband of the lady, who was 
also coming into the boat, stood 
on the deck, and witnessed the 
dreadful catastrophe. 
Some particulars of the tre- 
mendous and disastrous gale of 
wind experienced: at Jamaica on 
the 17th of October:— 
On the day in question it came 
on dark gloomy weather, with 
heavy rain. On the 18th it blew 
from the N. and N. N. E. one of 
the most tremendous gales of 
wind, attended with torrents of 
rain (which lasted three days), 
that had been experienced at the 
island for the last 25 years, in 
consequence of which almost all 
the ships in the neighbourhood 
were driven on shore: many 
went immediately to pieces, and 
none were ever expected to be 
a-float again. Every droger, shal- 
lop, and boat, all down the north 
side, were entirely destroyed. 
The houses were mostly washed 
away; many seamen and white 
people were drowned, with some 
hundreds of negroes. Many es- 
tates with their stocks were de- 
stroyed ; many roads al] cut up; 
in short, such a scene was never 
witnessed. A regular account of 
