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violent in Weſtmoreland, St. Ann’s, and St. ⟨Mary's,⟩ the canes have received conſiderable damage, ⟨and⟩ the plantain walks, together with the ripening ⟨corn,⟩ have been totally destroyed; the other ⟨pariſhes,⟩ particularly thoſe to windward, have ſuffered in much leſs degree.
The ſtorm of Wedneſday the 1ſt of Auguſt ⟨has⟩ done much damage to our ſhipping; it has ⟨drove⟩ aſhore two ſhips, the Chriſtina and Juno, a ⟨ſmall⟩ veſſel of Niel’s, and a brig belonging to Capt. ⟨Alex.⟩ Hamilton, is totally loſt, and himfelf and ma(illegible text) drowned; M’Kay’s wharf is carried away: Drs Pin(illegible text)ney and Ruecaſtle, Meſſrs. Blake and Ingles’s ⟨mess⟩ houſes and ſtores are thrown down; all the ⟨proviſion⟩ and fine crops of corn are deſtroyed; the ⟨canes⟩ are all laid flat, and there is hardly an eſtate (illegible text) Weſtmoreland but has ſuffered in buildings. ⟨The⟩ Ulyſſes. which came here from Kingſton w(illegible text) 20,000!. a part of the parliamentary grant to ⟨the⟩ ſufferers by the ſtorm in October laſt, has ⟨been⟩ drove to ſea, together with a brig out of ⟨Bluefield,⟩ and, through the whole pariſh of St. Eliſabeth, ⟨the⟩ proviſions in general are deſtroyed, and the ⟨canes⟩ greatly damaged.
The accounts from Hanover are equally ⟨unfavourable⟩.
St. Mary’s, St. Ann’s, and Trelawny, have ⟨all⟩ ſuffered very conſiderabley in their proviſions ⟨and⟩ canes.
On Sunday laſt the ſhip Ulyſſes,———, ⟨Thomaas⟩ Eſq(illegible text) commander, went into Lucea harbour ⟨under⟩ jury maſts, with the loſs of her bowſpring being ⟨all⟩ the damage we underſtand ſhe has ſuſtained.
Letters received from St. Elizabeth ⟨mentioned⟩ that the ſcarcity of proviſions for the ⟨negroes⟩ is ſo great, in conſequence of the laſt ſtorm, ⟨that⟩
