From the W. r. Journal Of Commerce. IN THE EAST-TNnIES
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 A late English paper received at our office, gives details of most destructive hurricane that visited the British Provinces in India, on the 9th and 7th of December. At Madras. it lasted thirty-six hours, during which time the rain fell in torrents and the wind blew with the most tremendous violence. Bars and bolts in an exposed situation offered but a feeble resistance, and most of the mansions on Choultry Plain, were very seriously dam- aged. The ships on the Roads, rode out the first twenty-four hours in safety; but the hurricane increased with violence till the next morning, when. it began to abate. As day broke, attention was anxiously directed to the shipping, as it was feared that if they par ted in the night, they must have come on shore. All the ships had disappeared, and hopes were entertained. for a brief space, that all had succeeded in getting to sea but it was quickly ascertained that three vessels were wrecked at St. ThOme. Five others were afterwards reported to be in the same condition, and some had not been heard of a fortnight after. "The scenes exhibited in the various compounds, gardens, and on the pub lie roads," says fhe Madras Courier, "is in- describable. Wreck and ruin stared the pas sengers in the face at every turn, and the number of trees torn up by the roots, walls