Star. — London, England, 1816-09-17 00:00:00

T^ Fr - r . tuE AAAik. Was revived the bringhteforwara of Orate:. This ;tire, a powerful the s.age. Hi s ion'graCeful •usui ghoul was highly I eith•great spirit d Assorr did•all. [rs. GLoyeat, who n years at Covent rely well received, plause in lierstion e . and lively comic co acts, was last • The itchy is ex. re it Very little of suffered to Eag.z... !d couple, for the .house which they )m every place of ntruston, to enjoy. phn Freeman, a wild troublesome ntten. abruptly breakt at home, perfectly Jaintance with - k once at a Lady astonished Courtly rid of this trouble. his addresses to his o polite a manner; n, through the aid , of pretending that lon a long-standing r raiding about 12 is disappointed by John, with all but rly other expedients were given, but lad easy" gentleman himself at the ex. llity of the family lade satisfactory to If a sister of Mt. Mis t was engaged, tins from his host, guest, even by the 'deuce. Upon the the music pretty. representation with ow, 35th Regiments face, in Downing .ieut enant-Governer y Lieutenunt-Gene 'tenant WILSON ens rom Rear• Admiral n - rAlty. He came' .em Genoa. ry were retarned cil Metropolis for the ernoon, part of the h wing of Hopetouit discovered to be on vas *rather alarming, we are ham to acid, ige. rge phi houses situate constituting part of ts, fell down with a was some time suite. reysi• as unsafe, not. , m was occupied by however, at the time re only two women in ie.d by the rocking cf fore it tell ; the other in a tely was extricste I itliont receiving any lelonging to the poor oyel. trs of Divine Service: iiderson, contirel for ascendeJ, froni , !et in height, for the to the women's yard. 1 9 he lost his balana: mself, he was precipi. ;rant yafd, Whi. se hi Is scull was fracture.]: idily injuries, that his loved with all possible care of a physician. MILIM, IN 92 DAYS, ted last night, by sine ruing he set off at live to breakfast at cighti Horses, belonging to ards, was sold at TAT mare that performed in 41 hours frOm . Wevs f July last, as well ,as y went sixteen mile* hour, carrying ten our, in harness, were sold for 1 Igguineas. CuAtumt, of the cid L wager of 20 guineas• bel oging to Captain vy, from the Dragol. mmeroo. a distance or :ing allowed either to only to trot. Several int, were beted on tilt ear of the latter, which non period of forty-t+e' TING-ROOM, Sari% 16. to 1 agst Rasping. to Puwlett. to Ouchesoof Lesser !at Falkirk market coin- Dnsiderable number of re sad, but at eens'a y few,of the lean cattle r cena, lower than last er cattle at market thito Df sheep, few of Which r cent. under last year's ittle and *beep not sold ST. OMER, SEPTEMBRA 9. ifibGrace the Duke of Wit.timoToit having grriVed o r e at a late boar on Sunday nigh% reviewed ear l y - morning the, Rddiiision of the British ess ds or 9,0011 strong. encamped oVi ib e .h t igh ts g t . Omer. tro ops under the Command of biajur-tkneral Dean FAcK (in the absenca4f Sir l izvaw Clast who, we are sorry to say, is indisposed), per different evolutions with the greatest correct sto.sad celerity : they were formed into several 111 rep is s entation cf the battle of Waterloo, se a d e pla ni ted into line with equal precision. The fi appearance of the 4th, 29th. :tad 32d ... jo i s ts, was very conspicuous , and . in short, that Z ite w hole of the troops reflects the highest credit on the i r se veral Commanding. Officers; which his Goo did pot fail to signify to them at the conclusion tithe feview, when he immediately set off for Cambr 4T. D us iss the month the troops have been en cam p e d s i St. Omer the weather has been rather unfavourable. gado se ssaight. the brave 42d Highlanders at fi,ta in Glasgow. They reached the Barracks in two divisions, one having travelled by the old and a l e other by the new road. The barrack wall was tostka it the south-east corner by bogs, who waved thi o looof ts, an d announced the approach of the berms to the in ,bbitants with hearty cheering. Thursday detachments of the above Regiment ! niched rpt Dalbarton and Irvine. or e d n e l ehry the 78th, or Ross-shire Highlanders. koo d ie dfinin Glasgow Barracks, for Aberdeen and BtiftoF IT accounts from Halifax of the 24th ultimo, the gib Regimen wet daily expected there front the Wert Indies—a strong detachment of that corps bring lately arrived from England. gy t he PAM/4 MeNAIXIIIT, we learn that, on the iu ultimo, the day on which she sailed, General Jut. arrived at Grenada, to asinine the Governorship ti that bland. mina INTELLIGENCI, ?AMAMI, SIMMER 1b Arrived the Alpha, HARM; bound to St. Makes tad Two Brothers, PICNICS, for Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER ie. Mired the Mary, FLITCRIIit, from St. Domingo ; kit there 13th August. and on the 2&h spoke the Camino. from Jamaica for London, and in lat. 44.47. spoke the Maria, nee, from St: Lucia, and ite Shun, M , Matstita, from Jamaica, both for Lon. Ink and all well. Sailed the Archibald,. BOOMER. is New• York ; Isaac Todd, Pumas. for Madeira and Trinidad; Lord Melville, WITIIRRALL. for Biliant .by; Bridges. Drum, for Oporto; and the Jtilia. Wow, for Lishon.—Wind E.S.E. sok arrived at Peatedsooth, the Kent, Captain leithAita haws, tram &mak Malacca, and Batavia—sailed Wm Ben.. plush , Malacca lush Apri, Batavia 1114 April, and etjblon 15th ldy. The Union, Johanson, was at Malaita. Tierairta 'espied in the Streleats of Sunda. It was re. poi* Wok dot the Union, llwatet, was lost s they en• OIL The Kent pawed Data lest in the Redgbts at beds, having a Dumb Goventet, Adidirld StrrA, nibs pmerisa it lash. DEAL.. unman Is. • Salsa die Wear, Tway, for Madeira and Ja- Inane ; Team Tammy, for Neirfoendland ; tlenint, Giux, for Jamaica; Bedford. BRoACIIDiAte, for barbadoes; and the Minerva, STRACHAN, for St. Thomas's.—Remain the Dutch man of war, and the Canton, East Indiaman.—Wind S.E. GRAVESEND, SEPTEMBER 16. itri 4 m4l dui Maryaii, Armstrong, from Riga; Bridgewater. llobisice; heat I.sgbdra Good.lntent, Ellis, front Rotterdam; Martha, Humble., kWh Cicada; Vine, Price, from Antwerp ; Tatar, Howlett, Mint Jamaica; and the Hope, Grone, from itstordam.—Sailed ,be Britannia, Jacksiitt. and William Henry, Ortinweli. for Ainwetp; the Lenin; M`Kibben, and Miran hue, *Nab, for &flask MELINCEOL r ACCIDENT. • (FURTHER A CCOUN ) titanium, Sevres:au 14.—Yesterday evening, Alan seven o'clock, as a party of fourteen persons 19* returnii.g a.boat through Rochester Bridge, it vas ehrortunately upset, and every soul perished.— ; '11:e petior.i comp this truly distressing scene had been, early in the atternoou, to Woultilistra, a Lute village between this plate and Maidstone, to like tea, and on their return were to have partaken el a little treat in commemoration of the birth day of a Mr. Gilbert, 4.110 then colnpleted his 21st year.— They were accompanied by one of the most skilful red sober watermen on the river, and his apprentice;. but, by some accident or neglect, a piece of timber vas lying across tie sterliugs of one of the arches,- spno which the boat's head rose, and from the vio lence, of the current she filled astern, and instantly disappeared. Tte consternation attending this shock. ing event can best be conceised by an caumekation and description of the sufferers: 14 r.iitibert, su ettiatible yawls man, the son of the late Mr. Cslyerltlree is latch deceased. /at fii:bett,eister of the above, a lovely girl of about eighteen Pan of ay. Mrs. M.% sister of the same, with bei Want may a few maths ell Mr. Makbashand of the above. This young couple were 'L7 41 46414. la a school for yang Ladies here , and had not `ff secs marrisd, making, in all, five t f one family, of which 1.1 surd allictod mother is now the only survivor! Korour,daughter of Mr. Mewscia, attorney of this place. MbMkt besekidaughter o f Mr. Brock. aloe of Rochester. It&ls Harding, the ally daughter of Mr. Harding, ditto. Want child of a Mrs. Alaimo of 6besruess, and the • aviao mak i. I,___ T hree lease Ladies st school with Mrs. Mills. (Names us- TbNnso watennao, sad the apprentice bor. Tbb row Inas Vat kft a wife arid five *ideas to lamest she loss a a mom ""'lLYand elfectunate protector. Nu o f . the bodies were found till the ensuing isg c and it any Wag can add to the misery of 131 :h a mournful event, It must arise from the little assistance which was at hand, or could be used, to 'lssue these victimsof destruction. 'rho de-rearn which ancounced the distress 'of these dear females closed a few boats to paddle about hi the dark for a.thort tim e , after.which every e ff ort /*lied till the t i d i e w ent dawn ; and bat for the persevestince of , Rawson, wh o , di stracte d f or the l oss o f a be "ed daughter, persevered all night with a single fis?• in a solitary boat with a Janteta at her bead,, 4 c t he a no further a ss i s tatitte Would have been .ten- Only four of the boding was brash' asbore — "rug thtetning.. • ' stitPYTREckOF MEDIAE I CH. FitkV4rlt. Twin the toeing ja Debate.) i °Ur Paper 1 the 11th we gave an account of he etal 'shipwreck of this vessel, almost within sight of j alai glance), on the African,coast, which took place. en 'the fld.July. This frigate was carrying nut the French-Governor of Senegal, and, besides its complement of seamen,had a number of officers and soldiers on board. The following are some details respecting this lamentable as well as inexplicable affair, written by one or the actors and sufferers in this scene of unpat alleles! horror. It w4ll be proper to mention. that the recital commences at the mo ment when, the Medtise having been wrecked, it be came necessary to divide the crew among the beats of the frigate, and a raft which was hastily construct ed of its masts and yards. [The writer, we suppose, leaves it to the Captain and other Marine Officers, if alive, to eeplain how the shipwreck took place.] " On the sth of July, 1816, the embarkation of the crew and of the soldiers in the boats and ratt took place without order and in the gkeatest confusion.; — there ought to have been 60 real seamen on the raft, and scarcely ten were put upon it. One hoindred and forty-seven persons were oonfided to this frail machine. The precipitation with Which it was built prevented it from being fitted up wittirailings, because, proba bly, those who caused it to be constructed had no intention of committing thedtselves to it, The raft was about 60 . feet long ; it solidly put together, it would have been able to bear 200 men ; but we had soon cruel proofs of its weakness. It was without sails or masts; there were placed upon it a number of quart measures of flour, five barrels of wine, and two casks of water; but not a single biscuit. " Scarcely had 50 men set foot on the raft, when it sunk at least two feet. To facilitate the embarka tion of other soldiers on the raft, we were compelled to throw into the sea all the quarts of flanr ; the wine and water • were alone preserved; and the etitbark a. tion was continued until we found ourselves 147 in number. The raft had sunk at least three feet, and so closely were we huddled together that it was im possible to native a single step. Fore and aft we had the water up to our middle. At the mome.it we left the frigate, about 201bs. of biscuit were thrown to us, whieh fell into the sea, whence it was recovered with difficulty, and reduced almost to a paste; we prized it, however, in this state. " It had been settled that all the boats of the fri. gate were to tow us, and the officers who command ed them had sworn that they would never abandon us. lam far from accusing these Gentlemen of a breach of honour; a fatal chain of circumstances doubtless compelled them to renounce the generous plan which they had fs;rmed to save us or die with us. These circutn.tan ces merit an investigation. " The boat in which was the Governor threw to us the first towing rope. Shouts of rive it Rol we-c a thousand times repeated by the people on the raft, and a small white flag was hoisted or. tl:e extretnity of a musket barrel. The Commandant app°.irted te the raft was a Midshipman of the first class, of the name of Coudin. 46 If all the etforts of the boats had constantly act ed upon us, favoured as we were by the sea breeze, we should have reached land in less than three day', for the frigate was not a ticked more !ba s t 12 or 13 leagues from the shore : such were the calculations of the Officers, which turned out to be correct, be cause on the very day of departure, the boats get sight of land before sun-set. The first Lieutenant of the frigate, seeing that his efforts became useless, after having towed us alone for a few moments, cut ' the cable attached to the raft, and left us to our fats. Several persons declared to me, that after this opera ' don they heard the barbarous cry of ' Let us' aban : don them r I had this fact from several persons. " indeed, we were not convinced tieet we were entirely abandoned until the beats were almost out of-sight. Our consternation was then extreme: all the horrors of famine and thirst were then depicted to our imaginations ; and we had also to struggle with a treacherous element, which already covered one ii ill of our bodies.. An the soldiers and sailors gave themselves up to despair. and it was with great diffi culty that we succeeded in calming them. it We had embarked without having taken arty nourishment ; hunger began to make ,Iself imperi. ously felt; a little biscuit, steeped in a little wine, formed our first repast, and it was the best we made tithing our abode on the ratt. Some order was esta blished for the distribution of our wretched pittance; by the first day, which passed is tolerable tranquil lity, the biscuit was exhausted. In the n i g ht, our hearts and our prayers, by a sentiment natural to the unfortunate, turned towards Heaves': we invoked it with fervour; and derived from our prayers the ad vantage of hoping foradeliverauce. " We still cherished the idea, that the division of boats would hasten to return to our assistance; night however came without fulfilling our hopes—the wind freshened, there was a considerable swell of the sea : what a frightful night ! 64 During this night a great number of our passen gers, who had not a seaman's foot, tumbled over one another. In fine, after ten hours of the most cruel sufferings, day arrived. What a spectacle presented itself to our view I.Ten or twelve unfortunate crea tures having their lower extremities entangled in - the interstices lett between the planks of the raft. had 'been unable to disengage themselves, and bad lost their lives. Several others had been carried off the raft by the violence of the us ; 'so that by morning we were already twenty fewer in numbe r . 0 We deplored the loss of our unfortunate com. pinions; but we did not at the moment anticipate the scene that was to take place neat night. The hope of seeing the boats again in the course of the day supported out courage; but when it was disap pointed, depression followed, and from that moment a sedkious spirit manifested itself by cries of fury. " Night Came an; the sky was covered with thick 'clouds; the sea was still more terrible than on the preceding night; and the men being unable to hold fast to tae rafti. either fore or aft, crowded towards thb centre, the Most 'ad part. Almost all these puished who were unable to reach the centre. The crowding of the people was such, that some were piled by the weight of -their comrades, who were failing coo thein every Moistest. soldiers and gibes, giving themselves 111 foe lost' Mr 6 **kings IlAld they if their season. In OW Rate they eattind . their delirium . so far it to display the intention of inerdering their chiefs end destroying the raft, by cutting the ropet which uni ted its different parts. One of them adianced, armed with a hatchet, to erecute this desiOtt,i• he had al ready beoliti to tut the ligiments, which Was the Sig nal of revolt. The officers. Ca me forward to restrain these madmen : that one who. was armed with 4 hat. cher, with which he dared to threaten them, *as,' kilted with the stroke of a sabre. 4 4 Many of the o ffi cers and some passengers joined us for the preservation of the raft. 'rite revolted drew their s titres, and those who had . none armed themselves with knives. We put ourselves in a pos ture of defence, and the combat commenced. One of the rebels raised his weapon against air officer ; he fell that moment pierced with wounds. This firm ness appeared for a momeni to intimidate the muti neers; but they closed in with one another,. and re. tired aft to execute their plan. One of theM .feign ing to repose himself, had begun to cut the ropes with a knife, when, being informed of it by a domestic, we darted upon him: a soldier, wishing to defend him, threatened ad officer with his knife, and aiming a blow at him, struck only his coat, The officer, turning about, floored his adversary. aril threw him into the sea as well as his comrade. " The battle soon became general the mast broke, and, (idling upon Captain Dupont, Who remained senseless, nearly broke his thigh. He was seized by the soldiers, who threw him into the sea. We per ceived this, and wore in time to sake him s we placed hire on a barrel, whence he was torn by the muti. neers, who wished to dig his eyes out with a knife. Roused by suchlemeity, we charged them with fury. dashed through the lines which the soldiers had form ed, sabre in hand, and many et them paid with their lives for their m idnoss. The passengers seconded us. After a second charge. the fury of the rebels was subdued, and gave -place to the most marked cowardice. The greater part threw themselves ow their knees and aimed pardon. which was granted. " We thought order testored, and returned to our past in the centre of the raft. Ii was nearly mid night; we kept our arms. After an hour et appa rent tranquillity. the soldiers rose anew: they were quite mad; but as they stilt enjayed their physical ' strength, and were besides armed, it became neces sary again to act on the defensive.. 4( They attacked us: we charged them in turn, and soon the raft was strewed with their carcases.— Those of mu adversaties who had no arms endea voured to tear us with their teeth: many of us were cruelly bitten; I was so myself in the legs and ou the shoulder. * There were not more than twelve or tif tesn of us to resist ail those us etches. but • our union formed our stren h -oh. 4 4 Day at List broke on this scene of horror. A ereat number of these madmen had thrown them selves into the sea. In the twining, we found that sixty-five men had perished in the maht, a foorth of whom drowned themselves in despair. We had lost only two of our party, and not a sinrle officer. 44 A new misfortune was discloses to us at day. break. • The rebels, during the tumult, had thrown :oto the sea two barrels of wine; aod the only two casks of water which were upon the raft. There re mained snly one cask of wines we were still sixty seven men in all t it become necessary to put our 'selves on half rations. This was a now subject of murmur at the moment of distrihut ion. Matters came to such a pitch, that it was necessary to resort to an extreme measure to support our wretched existence. I. shudder with horror while I retrace that which we put in practice: I feel my pen drop from my hand : a mortal coldness freezes all my limbs, and my lair stands on end. Great Goo! dare - we still raise to i ward via our hands dyed with the blood of our fellow. men? Your clemency is infinite, and your paternal goodness has already granted to oar repentance the harden of a crime which was never voluntary, but that ni the most awful necessity ! 4 4 Tnose whom death had spared in the disastrous night which I have just described threw themselves ravenously on the dead bodies, with which the raft was covered, cut them up in slices, which some even that instant devoured. A great number of us at first refused to - touch the horrible food ; but at last, yield hie; to a want still more pressing than that of huma nity., we saw in this frightful repast only deplorable. means of prolonging existence; and I proposed, I acknowledge it, to dry these bleeding limos, in order to render them a little more supportable to the taste. Some, however, had still courage enough to abstain from it, and to them a larger quantity of wine was granted. 6 4 The ((Mowing day passed without relief, Night came, and we took some m oments of repose interrupted by the most cruel dreams, In fine ; the 4th sun since our departure from the ship rose to shine upon our yroe, and to shew us ten or twelve of our companions stretched lifeless on the raft i we committed their, bodies to the deep, reserving only one, destined to feed us. 4 4 In the evening. about four eclock, a happy event brought us some consolation. A . shoal of flying fish got under our raft ; mid as there was an infinity of open spaces between the plinks, the fish got en tangled there in numbers. We pounced. upon them, and made a considerable capture, taking *lnuit 300. Our first movement was to thank Goo for this un loolted.for benefit. .By means of some dried gun powder, a flint and steel, some tinder and rags, with the fragments of a cask, we prociired some fire, on which we broiled the fish, and ate them with avidity, but we'still joiond to this some of that sacrilegious flesh which roasting rendered endurable, and_which the °Scent and Myself touched for the first time.— The night was fine.- and would • have been esteemed by us fortunate. bad it not been sigaalised by a new mitimicre. Some Spaniards. Italians, and Negroes, wlsa had remained neutral is the first revolt,. - or had come over to our side, formed a plot to throw us 41 jut* the sea. It was necessary to resume our arms ; the diffieulty was to ascertain the guilty; they were pointed out to us by some faithful Ramo. The first signal of combat was given by a Spaniard,. who, placid behind the mast; embraced it closely; made the sign of the cross, and invoked the name of Goa, brandishing at the. MOO time a long etulass. The seamen seized and threw him into the sea : the muti neers ran to avenge. their comrade; they Were re pulsed, mad order was restored. 4 f Day broke upon us for the sixth titres at the hoar of repast I counted our people ; we .were only' ;we bad lost kif of out faithful amen. The Wei .'" • i6i•• • ti,•' go in .e Most ep e e I _a_ water bad Miters off the epidirmii of oar Tower entree mities 4 we were coveted either with 'contUsliaht or wounds, which, irritated by the telt water fotced front ifs Itrirreile cries; io that only about of US were able to keep on our legs, and Walk ibotit.—r Nearly all our wine end store of 6th Were eihansted we had wine lilt for only frier days, and only about twelve fish. remaining. In font. dhyl, We 'aid, we shall have evostimed the whole, add death will . evitable. Seven days have now pitied since We were abandoned. W: calculated that; if the boats were not swamped on the coast, the* would require at least dime of fottr da;es to reach St.. Louis t it would then require some time to dispatch **muds' Which again would require tome time to fi nd ut.. ' We re. solved to hold out al long as possible. In the Courts of the day two soldiers crept tithitid the only cask of wine left they pierced it, and were drinking wiih a pipe . . We had all sedtri that the man who shotild resort to such means shotild be punished with death. This law was executed on the moment, artd the two culprits wete thrown into the Sea. Thiti there re: tnained only 28 of us. Oat of this number 1.5 alone appeared able to exist for some days longer ; all the others, Covered with large wwln3s, had wholly lost their reason. Howeier, they had a share in our ra tions, and Might, before their death, consume forty bottles of wine ; those 40 bottles of Wise were to Ili of inestiMable value. We held a 65'110 sto put the sick on halfrations was to (telly their death by a few 'Moments ; to leave them without provisions was to put them toss slow death. After a long deliberation; we resolved to throw them into the sea. This mode; however repugnant to onr feelings; would procure to the survivors provisions for sit; days, at the rate of three quarts of wine * day; The resolution taken, who was to execute it ? The habit of seeing death ready to pounce upon us, despair, the eel tainty'of our infallible destruction witluiiit this fatal exped*nt, every thing, in a word, had hardened our hearts, so as to become. insensible to every other feeling but that of telf-preservatien. Three seamen and a soldier took upon them selves this cruel execution. Vv'e averted our eyes, and shed tears of blood over the fate of these unhappy creatures. This sacrifice saved the fifteen who re. • matned ; for when the brig Argus fell in with us, we had only one repast of wine left, and this was on the firth day after the Gruel event whith I have just de scribed. The victims bad not more than 48 hours n, live; and by keeping them on the raft, our sub. sistence would have been gone two days before our deliverance. After this catastrophe we threw all the aims into the sea : they inspired us with a hoiror that we could not conquer. We had scarcely wherewith to spend five days on the raft ; they were the most painful of all. Our minds were touted ; even in the arias of sleep, onr imaginations depleted the mangled limbs of our unfortunate comrades, and we invoked death wick loud cries: A burning thirst, redoubled by the rays of a .fiery sun, consumed us: it was such that our parched lips sucked with avidity the urine, which we endeavoured to cool in small tin vessels.— We sought also to allay is by drinking sea -water; but this diminished thirst only for a moment, to :an der it more acute the next instant. Three days passed , in anguish inexpressible : we detpised life to such degree that several of us were not afraid to bathe even in sight of Cie sharks which surrounded our raft. We were cceivinced that there remained in our cask only about 12 or 13 b soles of wine; we began to ex perience an invincible dik:ust at the flesh which had fed us hitherto. " 071 the 17th, in tie morning, Captain Dupont, casting his eyes towards the horizon, perceived a ship, and annwinced it to us by a cry of joy ;. we perceived it to be a brig, but it-was at a very great distance : we could only distinguish the top of its masts. . The sight of this vessel spread amongst us a joy which it would be difficult to describe. Fears, however, soon Mixed with our hopes; we began to perceive that our rift, having very little elevation above the-water, it was impossible to distinguish it at such a distance: Vie did all we cisuld to make ourselves observed ; u e piled up out casks, at the top cf which we fixed nattnerchiefs of diff.aetn colon s. Unfortunately, in spite of all these signals, the brig disappeared. Front the delirium of joy we passed to that 4:1 dejec tion and grief. For my part, I envied the fate of those whom I had seers perish at my sides I then proposed to trice an .abstract of our adventoret, fp write all our lanes at the foot of it, and to fix it on the upper part of the mast, in the hope that it might reach Government and our lamilies. !, Two hours after, the master gunner of the M., gate uttered a loud cry ; joy was depicted in his visage: his arms were s:retched towards the sea : he scarcely breathed, and all he could say was—' We are saved! yonder is the brig corning towards us is It was, in tact, net more than the third of a league off, having all sails spread, and Manatuvring to pass quite close to us. Tears of joy flowed from our eyes, Every one laid hold of handkerchiefs or different pieces of linen in order to make signals to. the brig, *rick; was -tepidly approaching. Our joy was at its - . height when we perceived at its mizen a large fltg: we exclaimed -- ' It is to Frenchmen, then, that we are to owe our deliverance l'--e'l'ite Argil; had now come within two musket shots of us. The crew, upon deck, waving their hands and hats, announced to us the pleasure they felt in bringing relief to their unfortunate countrymen, In a Ace . ; time we all found ourselves on board the Argils.— Figure to youiselves fiftegen miserable creatures, most naked, with bodies and faces scarified with the sun'a beams, ten of whom could scarcely move, tit,' epidermis being rubbed from all their limbs; oat* eyes hollow and fierce; our long beards gave u; still a more hideous asp et. The rnottgenerous care and attentions were lavished on us on board the brig ; cur sores were dressed, and even next day several of the sick got up, and were able to walk a few paces. “ In closing this recital of the nnheard.Ot olds. iegs which we endured for twelve days, I may be allowed to mention the names of those who shared them with myself. They were Messrs. Dupont.' I;Heureux, Loan, Claire:, officers of the troops ; ,Cassind, engineer for Cape Verd ; Griffon du ilellay, seetetary of the Governor ; Coudin , midshipman of *le first class; Savigni, second surgeon of the f r i, one sergeant major; Toone'', master gunner t ` lordette, passenger for Cape Verdi Caste, seaman; insPe Z t S o AC of itot i t inarY , Sur4epp an4 , Tho jetno sis chn a b s ier p rale ilz tb t rl ; con F d ra ieetter n . coi the Echo, An. U,