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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



[Oct. 



of whom but has suffered severely 

 thereby. 



" Scarcely a dwelling or negro- 

 house is left standings the mills 

 and outbuildings either unroofed 

 or razed to the ground ; nearly the 

 whole crop of canes torn up by 

 the roots, and the face of the island, 

 which was luxuriant en the 20th, 

 now bears the appearance of an 

 European winter. 



" The town of Castrees is nearly 

 in ruins, and the vessels, about 

 twelve sail, are on shore, not one 

 of which is expected to be saved. 

 The whole of the buildings of 

 Morne Fortunie and Pigeon Island 

 were blown down, with the 

 exception of the magazine and 

 tanks. 



" His Excellency and family 

 were taken from under the ruins 

 of his residence (the Commandant's 

 quarters) where he remained in the 

 hope that it would have resisted 

 the gale ; but he has unfortunately 

 suffered for his imprudence. 



" I have the honour to be, my 

 Lordj your Lordship's most obe- 

 dient servant, 



" I. R. Bainei, 



" Colonial Secretary. 



" P. S. Since writing the above, 

 I am sorry to acquaint your Lord- 

 ship, that fears are entertained 

 that General Seymour cannot pass 

 forty- eight hours. 



" We understand Major Burdett 

 and family are killed. 



" Accounts have at length 

 reached us from Dominica, whence 

 every vessel was driven to sea by 

 the late hurricane, and they had 

 not returned when the Robert 

 mail-boat, that arrived here on 

 Sunday, left that Island. The in- 

 terior of the country had likewise 

 suffered so materiallv, that unless 



supplied from other settlements, 

 the dread of famine appears to be 

 entertained. 



" Capt. Elliott, of his Majesty's 

 ship Scamander, was making every 

 exertion with his boats, and those 

 of his Majesty's ship Childers, to 

 relieve the vessels on shore in Car- 

 lisle Bay." 



St. Kiti's. — Ships lost. 



" At Barbadoes — Crown Prince, 



Grayhaar ; Express, ; in all 



1 8 sail on shore ; 5 are got since, 

 chiefly American and island ves- 

 sels. 



" At St. Lucie— The Lady Jane 

 Ellice. 



" A French frigate, armed en 

 flute, with troops on board, foun- 

 dered in Fort Royal Bay, Mar- 

 tinique ; every soul perished. 



" The Sprightly (mail-boat), 

 Adams, missing; she sailed from 

 Dominica for Barbadoes on the 

 evening of the '20th. 



" Col. Brown, of the 6th West 

 India regiment, left St. Vincent's 

 about the 18th Oct. for Antigua, 

 and had not arrived on the 12th 

 Nov." 



The Governor of Dominica has 

 issued a proclamation, dated the 

 29th of October, allowing, in con- 

 sequence of the hurricane on the 

 21st, whereby the ground provi- 

 sions and plantations had been 

 totally destroyed, the importation 

 into that island, for six calendar 

 months, in foreign vessels of all 

 nations and descriptions, of flour, 

 bread, biscuit, rice, beans, pease, 

 oats, corn, corn-meal, live stock, 

 horses, mules, horned cattle, root! 

 and fruits of all kinds, boards, 

 plank, scantling, shingles, staves, 

 heading, and hoops. " And I do 

 also authorize and permit the ex- 

 portation, in ves.scl», importing the 



said 



