The Enquirer

HURRICANE.

On Saturday the 11th August, there was a
Hurricane, at Port Spain, Island of Trinidad,
symptoms of which appeared early in the morn-
ing. By 12, the wind had increased to a strong
Gale. The storm continued with the addition of
frequent flashes of lightning (but no audible thun-
der) and a slight tremor of the earth, until near-
ly four o'clock: it then began to take off, and by
six fell moderate; but it was not till Monday
morning that any precise account could be made
of the damage in the harbor or in town; and so
far as we have been able to collect the follow-
ing is a sketch of it:

To the eastward of the King's wharf, along
those of Messrs. Pietri, Francheschi and Boissiere, are disposed, higglety pigglety, all the
droggers, launches, gabars, and small craft which
usually lay off that and theorage; and immediately
off the south end a Spanish launch with mules
filled and sunk. To the westward of the wharf
with her bowsprit nearly over the guns of Fort
St. Andrew, lies the American brig Quick Time
--next in succession, is the Bermudas schooner
Emmeline, which arrived on Friday from New-
foundland, with a full cargo of fish, and she is
now discharging alongside; next are two St.
Vincent sloops, the Dapper and the Delight;--
then the American sloop Dispatch, and brig
Romeo, from St. Croix, arrived only
the day before, from Quebec; the brig Iris from
Cork, ship George from Liverpool, brig Pallas
from London, sloop Triumph, his majesty's gun
boat Lemon, and the schooner Venus from N. Caro-
lina, with lumber.

The Bermudas sloop Polly, arrived only the
same morning from Newfoundland with a cargo
of fish, and Mr. Span's sloop the Harriet, both
sunk at their anchors from striking on sunken
hulks.

Mr. Brannian's fine boat had the same fate, &
Mr. Black's boat having parted and drifted a-
shore on Mr. Graham's wharf was there crushed
to atoms, between the wall and a heavy flat
loaded with molasses, which fell on board of her
to windward.

None of the vessels ashore have suffered any
material damage, but it will require ingenuity
and strength to get them off, they have been dri-
ven so high up by the force of the wind and sea,
which rose very considerably during the height
of the gale.

The ships which rode the gale, were his
Majesty's ship Cygnet, ship Britannia, Trafalgar
and Amelia: brigs President Dixon, St. Nicho-
las, Fame, Frances and Nautilus: schooners
Sea Flower and Catherine, with flour and corn
from Virginia; but they all drove during the
height of the gale, and, when it took off, were
trailing the ground. His Majesty's ship Cygnet
had four anchors a-head, and yards and topmasts
struck.

We may expect to hear a tale of calamities
from this storm in the islands northward, to which
ours are comparatively small, though far exceed-
ing what we are able to bear.

During the Gale the schooner Edward, captain
Jordan, bound for Norfolk, was dismasted, and
now lies a hulk 5 miles below this place--cargo,
molasses, was nearly saved.