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h, we fulcweDSbull hear ofgreat destruction of property Inn“: of life, in all the Windward Islands. We cannot .wg‘ch'for the trutlrof the aboVe, but we give it as we re- am it from I creditable source in St. Thomas.

. ’ _ S'r. Jouns, P. R., Feb. 15, 1843.

w. yesterday received advices from the Windward. The “gas ofthe earthquake .of the 8th iusi., have been awful idea], The town. of Pouit Pctre, Gundnloupe, is entirely

ed, and ten thousand persons are supposed to have been ' , The loss of property has been immense.

" All the mills and sugar works are more or less injured,

'nd the greater part of the crop will be last. Nevis, Mout-

ifnu, Burbndoec, _&c., are all said to have suffered much,

W to what extent ll not known here yet.-

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(From the Boston Advertiser and Patriot, JlIarch 4.) Engages"; IN rns' VVEST lnni:s.—Sevei'nl letters have . been received .lll this city from St. Thomas, describing an , _ q , “nMugk. which was felt in that lslund on the 8th ult., und ' much more sevorely in some ofthe neighbouring Islands. 11,. principal particulars are embraced in the following mm- from a correspondent ofthe Washington Whig: Wino OFFICE, Washington, A”. C. Feb. 25. Ywday, the schr. Releigh,Cupt. Brooks, arrived at this from St. Marten, West Indies, whence she soiled on the int. By this arrival we have i'eceiverl intelligence of the earthquake, which occurred on the 8th inst., it sliuht 1*.“ of which was felt here, and in many other placesain "M United States. The Iubjoined letter from I). Atwull, brought by Capt. Brooks, gives the particulars, so for as they

Mews-touts?

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. ‘ i. 1, ~ . w ‘N. mounts ..ave yet can received from any other Island, Canada, and be of Vital im ortance » ' .‘ bmh cmlmfies- P to the best inteiests of

v \ , ' A lliut ue believe, not only from What we have heard of meiican ships, but from the experience ofthe owners and

rence, that it is not merely practicable, tsgeous, to sail vessels on 'I‘

_ cm ierance irinc' . therefore, we res I I ml”.

pectliillv request Britiin ship owners '

I h - and masters to give that system a fiiir tri

' ‘ _ . til. ~ ‘ ' .

Phat, a. [he “Sk of loss must be confidemhly dhvninished’ .inthepi-opriotml would be benefited thereby: That to givo the

_ Temperance principles, we request writers to adopt thoAniericau plun of making an abatement of premium to the owners of and shippers bv such vessels, not only us an act of . encouragement to others to follow the example; -

Th“, ,r Temperance principles were adopted in'passem charged any rent for land ruservcd for the Fisheries, Five hun- ger clubs, lb? voyage would be it much lcss formidable oh- "led re“ rmm mg" “'3‘” WM“ That we” “'9 fil'eg“l"g P'ln' 323,3?) eltlngrgtioln: “m, not only the emigmms themsewes ‘ciplel recommended by the Government to he passed into n Law,

ic one let Ill ' ' ‘ " r '

prosperity to a gunk e;[;::‘g2::::;,lxggl‘lllgécglngfifiififi tween Proprietors mid Tcniints would put on end to agitation— th'lt‘l‘igt it is of grcpt imporltiincc to the inoriils of our critv,

it e seamen w in iiiiuuu l ‘s' . ' ‘ fl ' well behichd, insteiid Oi'tll'ml'kzlnlllllll:li:;%[lll|l‘:ebisfllii:l03:: The Hon. Mr. Palmer moved, hy vay oranlendmem, “mt been the case hitherto. ,

'Thnt for these reasons it appears to us to be a duty to . ~

give a prefidrence in the “my ()flmsiness,(others things being C lltESULVED, Pliut the greater portion ofthe settled lands of Illis eqm‘l) m vesseb sailing upon Temperance Principles, and Jo uny are held under lease, at routs pnynble in much only, to Ioolll'gt-i the ndoptioiiol'thcsc principles in the uiniingenient of British merchant ships, by every consideration ofiuterest and humanity.”

Ilic above memorial, which is now in course ofiiigniiture,t two yours, hove iitrt'ttsluned iliu almost total destruction ot‘uur

in ‘vcssels sailing on British under

justice to them

’ m known at St. Martcn, when the Raleigh sniled: ' ‘81-. Menus, Wednesday, Feb. 8.—-“About 10 o‘clock, p. up, to-day, this island experienced an alarming enrtliquiikc. It lasted from three to four minutes—during which period, abdjnrliged, some time after, this town, Pl’iillipsburgh, Nether- ],iid division, exhibited a distressing scene. The fiends of homes, out on business, were seen hurrying home, a 'itl‘CelV we to keep their balance, owing to tho ugitatcd movements ofthe earth; some of them finding their wives, children, I ' ' es and servants, in the yards, others in the streets; that’remained in their houses, in many cases, clasped "gather, imploring the Omnipotent hiind, ruling all events, . fig, dou and mercy, expecting every moment to be the .. wg'rlyopoieo audjar offuruiturc moving about, the break- (if 53c», added to the creaking ofthe houses, and ' ‘:_ “jg-pufqu Lofan earthquake, filled the boldest heart with . . " ' , : crnntion. Mainy wall houses are much injured. _ .mi‘old wnlls lie at this time in heaps in different I ' ' ofthe town. The snnd or earth, forming the shores ofiunowu,is opened and raised in an extraordiiuiry manner; plainly showing the escape ofconfiued nir.—Muny families Were anxious, and some preparing to leave their dwellings tuseek safety on board ofvessels in port. even after the shock,

:: i fearing the (longer wns not over. i- ; His Honor, the Chief, J. W. Vunkomonds, as soon

as the shock had subsided, ordered all the bouts of the port to be'stiitioned from the upper to the lower part ofthe town, ,. to convey its many persons as was practicublc, on board the 2;.” shipping in case of another shock; and here it is niv ditty to notice the humane and friendly feelings oanpt." I). R. Brooks, ofthe schooner Rnleig‘i, ol \Viisliington, N. C., and if ‘ Cnpt. Dixon, of the sclir. \Vouderer, ot'Liverponl, N. S. who, I? III the height ofour feurs, promptly tendered a welcome on :3. board, to us many inhabitants as their vessels could carry—— ' and as it further proofoftheir friendship and philanthropy, although both vessels had cleared and Were ready for sea, 1, they have put ofl'suiliug until to-niorrow. Such noble con- 31 ' duct cannot but meet the approbation of all civilized com- ‘ ' miinities, and claims the heartfelt thanks ofthe inhabitants here. Immediately after the arrangement of boots men- tioned above, His Honor the Chief ordered Divine Service, which lasted until about one o’clock. At 4, P. M., the Islnnd , wits ngnin ulnrmcd, but the shock was ofshort duration ; and now as I write, luilf—piist nine, P. M., we liiivcjustexperienced n third shock, irliliough the two luttcr were not of a vcrv nlnrmiug cost. I hove just heard verbally from Mnriigul, , A French Division. Some ofthe houses are mnclriiijnred, but no lives lost.

, ' - D. ATTWELL.

Loss or ONE HUNDRED Livss.——The following IS a copy of a slip from the Washington (Arkansas) Telegraph :—

“Iii couscq i'ce nftlic melting ofthe snow in the moun- tuins,Rcd Rivcr hus been so flooded, thnt all its bottoms lic buried benentli the heavy muss of moving water, whose up- penrnnce was so sudden itnd rapid, that it has borne down every vestigc ofl‘iunian industry, cotton bales, cotton presses, corn, cattle, horscs, hogs, &c., in one wide and geiicrnl ruin.

l, During the period ol'linll'a century, there was never known . such an overwhelming flood us that with which we are now q; visited. At Fort Towson, on the 25th iilt., the river rose ‘1 ’ fifteqn feet higher than ever beliii‘e known, spreading over

the whole bottom, destroying the warehouse at the public _ . landing, and sweeping in one common grave ull species of i animation. Jonesborough, Rowland, nnd Berlin, in Texas, ? hitve been wholly inundated, some of the houses wuuhcd away, .snd many of the inhabitants drowned. Some few liegroes escaped from Jonesborough on it roll, and when “being the residence of Col. James H. Johnson, they saw it!!!) with his family on the house top, but could renderthein no. assistance; and soon alter passing they heard it crush and one wild scream, and all was silent again, except the {our of the rushing‘torrciit. r ~ Amid the generul distress, Capt. Crooks, of the steamboat Hunter, proceeded to Mill Creek, and rendered the sufferer: Ovprypogsihle euccour in his power; going from place to place, picking up survivors from the tops ofthe houses and * “rescuing from it watery grnvc, some seventy-five t»; pgrsonc. Some were necessarily left to perish dtiiiibcr, as there was no possible way of , their cries often being heard above the noise ¢Mlilm 'Six families of Indians, fourteen miles this mrJonesborougb, are reported lost, and Col. Milum, of Kentucky, with a lady, his niece, nnd Mr. McKinney, perished. It is thought that over it hundred lives have been 165: between Fulton and Jouesborough—liow mnuy we as yet cannot say with certainty. Owing to the great number ofsettlers on the bottom of Red River, the loss of property and human life must be immense. At the last accounts the river Was still rising.”

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CANADA.

3, (From the Montreal Courier.)

The Memorial ofthe Undersigned Merchants of Montreal, to British Underwriters, Ship~owncrs, utid Ship‘masters, -RESPEC1‘FULLY 'Sncws'rn,

That the people of Canada derive their supplies ofiin- «ported goods chiefly from Great Britain, and export thitl'ier almost all their surplus produce; paying freight and iii- eurlnce both ways; and therefore have a deep interest in the good management of British merchant ships.

That We believe British underwriters, ship-owners and ahip-‘mosters tire desirous of giving every reasonable satis- faction to their colonial customers, and therefore it is our in“? to make known to them such suggestions as occur to t“ 1H respecting the better management of our mutual inter- ' «course. '

' That we believe the common use of intoxicating drinks

on chipboard to be a custom fraught with many pernicious

. fon'sequcuces. First—By forming and fostering hahusol‘

Intemperanco niiiong seamen. Second—By freqllemly "“ ' s, terfering with the proper subordination ofthe crew, and the

., clearuees of judgment and self-comiimnd of the officers. 7‘ ' And third—By causing frequent shipwrecks, thereby wast-

‘ ‘ ing'life and property, and, us a necessary consequence, mn‘

, terinlly increasing the rates of freight and insurance.

.: ‘ That, in the transmission of American produce to Britain, which constitutes a large part of our business, the Atlantic cities of the United States come into competition with us, “(I the great advantages which they enjoy in point of freight and insurance, (advantages partly attributable to the prevalence of Temperance principles in their ships,) nearly counterbalance the dill'erence of'duty in our favour; so that in hold this important trade by a frail tenure. Any men-

thoret‘ore, which will eleVate the character of British

Vessels must improve the intercourse between Britain and

Cunmln trade.

flourishing u people we are.

Rssoucu, for Wllitl lands “l'F‘lrb “'8 Tennnts’ improvements, liiive produced discontent

l" “‘9 Pimple and retarded the im ' f C l ' TI 1 - '. _ . . , v . . prm cmcnt o the u ony. int iinstcis (ifsome olthe finest vessels. that Vlstt the St. LllW- 'f‘ll‘a l’Qntsmere limited to One Shilling, cmroncy,-per Acre,i\nd

'l‘hat PI'OI’JIIBIOI'SCWIIO have demanded high Rents , or have let such lands for a short term of years, to

but highly advmh millions thnn sixpcnce, currcuCy, per acre, tovlfe vulued according A 1 ml _e quill“ ofthe land, and local advantages—and that rent to m t be tiiken i ‘

roduce, at a fixed rate, the committee are ofopiuion ll"? lennlitry would mnkc grout cxortiuns to keep the rent paid up,

tennnl an interest in the soil, which he is entitled to by his im- provements, the lens; should extend to 999 years, or otherwise the proprietor should pay the tenant liir his improvements, or sell the fee simple to the tenant, at n price not exceeding twenty

’ but as ,1" yuars' purchase: 'I‘ht'it to give encouragement to the Tennntry,

they .Bllflulll be released from their nrrcnrs of rent, and not be

it is the opinion ofihis Committee, that such an arrangement be-

ihe people would be more contented, and the Colony more pros pernus.

in llllI‘CI of the amendment which luid been proposed by Mr. Cooper, the following be adopted:—

absenisc Proprietors; and tliiil the onnunl illm‘llnl thereof, drnwu lioni the Island, must, ofnecctsily, operate us it serious drnwbnck on its prosperity: That the general cmhurrnssniculs and cum- meijcuil distress which linve citistiid in Grant Britiiin for the last

has, it will be seen, been adopted by our most influential trade with the. Mother Countrv, which consisted cbicfiv in the importing mid exporting merchants, and must carry grout WSW” “Shipping “"d lumber “WI rm”) WM?“ 30”"‘7‘9 ‘1 Poll-1°" “.elgh, Wm, it, as a requflst ,0 British underwriters, sl,,,,_(‘,wu_ ol our supplies ofspui:ie has been derived: These circumstances, crs und ship-masters, especially such as are cugnged in the “film” “’“l' .‘l'0 mum." "f ""l """""‘"‘l“‘"‘ """k‘?" 1“" "griml' The memorial is to be sent, we nre'inforined, “m” l”"'l“"e "' 1"” “WE-,Ehlm'rlng P'"'V|"“U»“e "rl’ll'g "W" filml' to the Chambers ofConiinercc of London, Liverpool, and ,I C I . - - - ~ Glasgow; and we trust “'6 Boards "turmde OFnglwc, To_ no ii any, .is to render the payment of their rents in cash a mum, Halifax, St. John’s, N. B., Mirumiclu, St. John‘s, N- F.,niid the other couuncrcial cities in the British Colonies, will udopt and forward similar i'iiemorinls.

[The Memorial is signed by [he l)|‘eSide“tnnd other office. rnssed by it large nocniniilaiion ofairrenrs ofrcnt, miiicriullv in- ],eurers ofthe Momma] Board (,mede, mu} 75 of me mos cre'osed by the expenses of Bonds and Judgments cuul'cssiid lo respectable mercantile houses in that city]

“The pressure ofthe times,” still continues without any We believe that Cnnada never saw such an amount ofpecuninry distress us exists at present, and there :ippcarsiiot u glimmering ofbetter times.

lnr musics existing there, have so far nffccted ilic Agi'iculturists of

uinnsure of cxtrmiin dill'ii‘lilty, itnd iiluiust inipussiliiliiv: 'I'hiit owingtn the forcgning circumstances, nud from cilfcr cnii~es which have iinlinppily existed in this Colony, but to which it is unncc‘cs'aniy further to nilvcrt, ilie 'I‘cunntry linvc bci-umc cinb:ir~

socure tho same—the cxistcuce ofwhich mu<t uecessnrilv upciiitc no ii serious check to futiircimpruvemcnt, nnd is iilike injurious to the interest oflniuillord and Tcuiini: 'I‘liiit from the positive de- clnrniiuns of tho Imporiul Government. liiilicrto cxpr. seed in Dcspnlclics laid before the: Legislature uftliis Colony, und parli-

_ The Government Clllfli'ly in the lute Desputcli rnccivcd from tho Right Honorable is, of course, blunted for all this eiiiburmssmeut, which the Lord Slilnlcy, dilled I4lll July, 1842, relating to the tenure of people have brought on themselves by living beyond their land in this Colony, and in answer in the Address ot'ilic lute This is an absurd enough, 1,," no less so is ix for me Home qusscmbly to Her Majesty and tho Impcrinl I’airlinmcnl, Government papers to be putting forth such glowing stnte- " “PW-1"“,‘l'a' H“ M‘Ueill’s G“‘""‘"'"£f'} “"3 dL‘L'll'w‘l ""y fl”- mems as they do, about the happiness and prosper“), ofthe thcr interference between Liindlord iind Ioniiiit (sec chpntcli) : country. Why, there is not one business mnu in ten through- out tlic length and breadth ofCunudn, who is not, or might not be made, a bankrupt any tiny ; and yet we are told how The distress ofthe country, it is trite, is owing to causes in it great measure beyond tllO stnie ofthe Teuantrv, of remitting such portion ofthe :irrcnrs of control ofthe Government; but it is mockery on the port of rent mi llie siiuuiion'oud conduri ofiudividunls min wnri'unt, and the pampered officials ofthut Government, to tell the people nfncccpling. for the future. lbrir rems in llic marketable prmluc- oh“; the cmnm-y is prospei-ing, when every body is trying to lions ofthe soil: Ri:s.oi.viin, 'l‘iii:ni-:i:oxi~:, That the existence of sell his neighbour’s property by the bands of the Slierifl'or T’V‘l" “"v‘i‘me'i‘lll’. rallllllll' “'“"’”.”' “"5 H"“““"”‘e“r”"§lly ",PP‘ji'l Biiilifl', in order to prevent his own from being sold in the mglnim‘d ’"lm‘mg‘l'e P”“"”fi'l '"le’rflm'cm’fflm'M"l""‘l ““n' some way. Ifthc covering over the walls of every public house with notices of sale by execution be any iudicntiou of public prosperity, Cnnndn is indeed a flourishing country.— Woodstock (Canada) Herald.

—'I‘horcfurc, that the House qusseinbly can no longer extend to tho Tennniry of the Colony iinv liupo of relieving them, by cnnctinent, from the. obligations nfthcir lciuues ; but, iiovcrtliclcss, this Committee II deeply impressed wi‘li n sciise ofthe necessity that now devolves on the Prnprielurfifln the present cmbiiri'nsscd

vcrument, ns Morlinturs between ilii- Proprietors and their Tcn- unity in this Island, with a View of inducing the former to remit such portion ofthe nrreurs ofrcnt now due on will encouriigc the 'I'cmtlils in their cll'urts to dist-hinge the lcgiil dcuiiinds ul‘tlio Landlords, and to urge on them the necessity ofnrlopiing such

‘¥_ arrnngcniciits us will enable the Teunutry in pay their tents for

To 11 E" cm on i a 139 t can.

the future, in the Mnrkctnble productions ofthc soil-nu arrange- ment that, we fully believe, would be equally advantageous and

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 18113.

On Tuesday morning lust, the Halifax and Colonial Mulls- l'm- the past week were received at the Post Ofiice_ The celleucy the Lieutenant Governor be also solicited to unite his papers furnish an account ofa drciidful Earthquake in the West Indies, which occurred on the 8th tilt., the particulars pl which will be found in another column.

The Courier nrrived at on early hour this morning, bring- ~— iug the English Murch mail, brought to Halifax by" the ‘ I Royul Mail Steamship Columbia, in fourteen days from tlie‘lslnnil of meetings liiivmg been ltuld for the purpose ol'nd-

r Charles Metcnlfe at Sir Augustus D‘Estc.

Sir Charles Metcull'c went out, he ‘ l I l (J _ d ith the confidence of the Whole em iirc. motion on the subject a question nriscs— s it t to ‘omei nouce - ’ V l l)\' Sir Isaac Newton, ilnllcy and others, which appeari-d iii 16150? Talia“ 1011- LardSIl-10941.ligg5,7M? doz. - 8d.to 10d.

they had met to honour. snid, to Cnnada w His accession to office would be a blessiug to the colony over whose destinies he was elected to rule. Mrs. \Vood, the celebrated vocnlilt, has become a convert to Catholicism, has left her husband, und entered a convent. NEWS FROM SIR J. Ross—Intelligence line just been re- ceived by Lieutenant M‘Murdough, ofthe 'l‘error, from Capt. S" J' R"sst Who hug» it al’l’ellrsi Ilene”med “'9 Al'mfc‘lc the Comet, and rendered visible by i'iefizii-tiou. The theory, how- ever, is doubtful, if, :is he trlls us, " some Comets have had tails him ulongits west boundary, and has proceeded to _ the oxu-nding 80 millions ol'iniles;" and other astronomers have as- ; scrtcd that: these luminous nppcornnccs have extended from 45 to be appointed Governor‘ofthc 90 degrees over the visiblc hemisphere. It is to be hoped that

Circle to 71 40. He has surveyed the count discover by some along the eastern line.

Sir Francis Bond Head is to Cape ofGood Hope. I I _ P

Three reginmms are about to be withdrawn from Canada, extensivc field of ubsrrvalmu now open to iislionomcrs. Lvery and to return to England.

Sir James Graham has been supaenucd to appear as a Wit- ness on the Chartist trinlii.

Lord Seuloni belle" known."s, b”. 30'3'10011h‘lmallms h‘ee“ an altitude offrum 60 to 70 ilcgrccs. Ifwu add to this the dis- Lord High Commissioner of t to union slum s. lance, of the Comet below the horizon, ilic whole length is but

DEATH OF LORD ABERCROMBY-—‘\Ve INN“ l0 announce little short of the greatest above mentioned. In the absence of SPE Clo/9 L G E NE Rfl L ME E TIJV G, S the demise ofthis amiable and venerable nobleman, which other usironomical knowledge lliun .whnt is obtained by cuspnl to be held at the Court Home, on Thursday, the 30”, {m

N. 8., on VVeduesduy afternoon. reading,’ iiiid such menus ofcouiputntion us common observation v.

He was the eldest son of can furnish, the followmg has suggested some idea ofthe immense menu in ,he Steam Navigmi‘m Incmpomlinn Act, now W 1"

length to which this luminous tippenrnnce is extruded: llthc me cousidemfion ofthe Legillnlure ohms ,shmd’ Comet be now linlftlie Sun 5 diameter distant from that luminary, in

the direction ofthe plnnct Jupiter, and its tail rench,as it nppcnrs to do, nearly to that planet, whose distance from the bun is 490

took place at Airthey Cnstle, His lordship was in his 74th year. the celebrated General Sir Ralph Abercromby.

THE tNA'l‘IONAL Exresnrrune.——lt was stated by Sir ise of Commons, that the annual esti- d ordnance would be £850,000

Robert Peel in the Hot mates for the army, navy an below those of last year, owing treaty with the United States, an men in the French army. The Marquis ofllouglns an the Princess Marin of Baden, . The Marquis is a son ofthe Duke of Huinilto ii.

d the reduction of' 100,000 at Mattheim on the 20th ult.

AND.—-TIIO Sealers in New- c terms as formerly;

EXCITEMENT in Ncwronnoi. foundlaiid refuse to put to sen on the sum and as the merchantl refuse to compl

it is feared that there will be no seal fishery this year.

On Monday evening lust, resolved itself'into Committee consideration of the State of t being present.