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 violent in Wetmoreland, St. Ann’s, and St. the canes have received coniderable damage, the plantain walks, together with the ripening  have been totally destroyed; the other  particularly thoe to windward, have uffered in much les degree.

Montego Bay

The torm of Wedneday the 1t of Augut done much damage to our hipping; it has  ahore two hips, the Chritina and Juno, a  veel of Niel’s, and a brig belonging to Capt. Hamilton, is totally lot, and himfelf and ma drowned; M’Kay’s wharf is carried away: Drs Pinney and Ruecatle, Mers. Blake and Ingles’s houes and tores are thrown down; all the  and fine crops of corn are detroyed; the  are all laid flat, and there is hardly an etate  Wetmoreland but has uffered in buildings. Ulyes. which came here from Kington w 20,000!. a part of the parliamentary grant to ufferers by the torm in October lat, has  drove to ea, together with a brig out of  and, through the whole parih of St. Eliabeth,  proviions in general are detroyed, and the  greatly damaged.

The accounts from Hanover are equally.

St. Mary’s, St. Ann’s, and Trelawny, have uffered very coniderabley in their proviions  canes.

On Sunday lat the hip Ulyes,, Eq commander, went into Lucea harbour  jury mats, with the los of her bowpring being  the damage we undertand he has utained.

Letters received from St. Elizabeth that the carcity of proviions for the  is o great, in conequence of the lat torm,