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... THE WEST INDIES.* As a general rule, we are inclined to smile at those who write books about countries wherein their sojourn has been limited to a few months, or even weeks. What can a man know, we are apt to ask, about a land with which his acquaintance ...
... CYCLONE IN THE WEST INDIES GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. [reuter's telegrams.j Despatches from Havana report that during a cyclone which passed over the Island of Cuba, last Tuesday, the Spanish gun-boat Lealded foundered oft Battabano. Nine men including the ...
... that their services will be dispensed with from Saturday next. The Admiralty have decided to strengthen the fleet on the West Indies station by replacing obsolete gunboats, as vacancies occur, with vessels of a new type. The gunboat Bullfrog having completed ...
... said he looked for v . ; ?? a prosperous future in the West Indies *. - ?? Chambers expressed his gratification at ri_. ^ remarks which had been made that _._J enco ' :r; ?? ence to the West Indies. He £ ?? them for the past GO years, a.,d d ___•*• -h ...
... Greenock at daylight yesterday morning for Portsmouth. Vice.-Adm. A. ML. Lyons, commander-in-chief on the North America and West Indies station, in the Bellerophon, flagship, left Halifax for Quebec yesterday morning. Her Majesty's battle-ships Triumph, Capt ...
... THE CYCLONE IN THE WEST INDIES. [BXUTEB'S telegram.] In consequence of the continued interruption of telegraphic communication with the interior of Cuba, the extent of the damage done by the recent cyclone is stiU unknown. It is ?? that over 150 persons ...
... sails from Callao on the 24th inst. for Honolulu. Yice-A ...
... existed, now take it in turns, one to remain in the West Indies and one to proceed to the West Coast of Africa, the climate of which, for Euro- peans, is quite as unhealthy as that of tha West Indies ; and it will be in the memory of most of our readers ...
... the 26th inst. for Bermuda and Halifax with supernui neraiies and stores for the British fleet on the North America and West Indies station. Instructions have been issued for the Audacious, flagship on the China station, to return to England to be paid ...
... Liverpool). It is stated here that King Ja Ja has been offered the choice of two places of exile, one of which is in the West Indies. Her Majesty's ship Icarus has arrived with a number of the troops employed in the expedition to the Yonnie country. The ...
... NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. ♦ Vice- Adm. A. Lyons, commander-in-chief on the North America and West Indies Station, telegraphed from Trini- dad yesterday to the Admiralty that he leaves on the 23d inst. for Grenada and Jamaica. Her Majesty's gunboat ...
... frigate Valorous has arrived in the Medway with new crews for both vessels. The training squadron will proceed shortly to the West Indies for a cruise of several months' duration. ...