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- . PIRATICAL SF4ThS OFB4lißeffir. iIECITALS OF TUE DEPLORAIILE SITUATION, ORM TREATMENT, AND IfoRRID SVFEERINGS OP THE WHITE SLAVES IN AFRICA: (Partitylare furni6lied to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, by M. Mel. Vehrie, Knight of Sr. John of Jiruialem, and of the Royal Military Order of ht. Louis, of hi% captivity at Tunis) " In an excursion which I made.in the Mediterra nean in 1793, on board a corvette under the Maltese fl.sg, equipped as a cruizer' against the Barbary States, I was taken, together with my fellow voyagers, and arson thrown with them like a bale of goods into the hold of a xebec, heaped upon one another, wounded or not wounded, in a most cruel manner. Mouldy b:Nciiit and livid water constituted our sustenance Vs- five days. Extreme sufferings do not always tut Initiate in death. The wounds which I received in the actii.n before and dining the b4arding were not dressed till alter the lapse of six days. We landed at length at the Goletta, an imposing fortress near Tunis. I WAS not able to walk—they tossed sue upon a mule, and, by way of quickening its pace, they be labouted me wiiis their sticks and whips. • " On entering Tunis, half naked, and all over blond, the infuriated mob hissed and hooted, and in suited me ; inflicted upon me blows with sticks and lashes with whips, kicked and cuffed me, spat in my face, uttered horrid imprecations and threats, and ;assailed me with stones :—such was my reception . in that barbarous town, which I momentarily expected would be my untimely Tots dog of a Chris tian—you shall sufler—you shall be put to death !' I exclaimed my tormentors, as they continued to beat and outrage me. " At length, in the midst of a horde of those Bar. barians, one took me by the arm, another by the ear, , and twirling me round and round, asked •• 4 How much will you give for the beast ?' 'They then drag ged me through Tunis, to convey me to Bards, the residarce of die Bey, in whose service I was'entered as a slave. 44 Having one day repeated to one of my compa nions in m;sery, an expression made use of by the Bey— , That.the ground that be trod upon contained mines.of gold and silver ; but that he took especial care nor to mention the circumstance, in order that ' he sulght not excite the jealousy anercupidity of the E u ropea ns , who would soon drive him from his do. mains;' he came to a knowledge of the disclosure, and me to h. put in irons. It is - the horrid and insatiabl- thirst for gold which instigates those Barbarians to die perpetration of so many atrocities. For my deliver.nce, in the capacity of a Knight of Malta, they required one hundred slaves, or 100,000 LatICS. " Ere long I should Infallibly have fallen a victim to the horrws of and a cruel captivity, it Mr. De. votze, the French Consul, and Mr. Magri, the Eng lish Consul, had not come to my succour. I feel happy in having it in my power to proclaim to the world their generous and humane conduct, and pub licly to declare my gratitude, t:y publishing their namts, and blessing their memory. a l It is in that barbarous 'country, that dreadful abode of the extreme of liftman misery, where one sees, as collected in a focus, all the horrid that can torture the body and shock and appal the soul. " I Lave seep poor Sicilians receive 200 blows with a bamboo opta the soles of the feet, then corn. peas.' by heavy lashes of a whip to continue on loot tneii painful drudgery; and it.trequel•tly happen% that those wretel,es, quite worn out with hunger and fatigue, would give half their scanty pittance of bad bread obtain a remission of stripes: 14 I have seen respectable inhabitants of the islands of tit. Peter and Sardinia, torn front that flames and from' their country—men, women, chiliren, old men, and Infants at the . breast—all, all indisctiminatcly, dragged into slavery, and sold with less compunction than the obdurate captors would have disposed of so =any of the vilest of brute crueler— • •" I saw, filially, tWo Nephews of the Dey pnt in chains by his order?. These unfortunate young men, confined in a dismal ani loathsome prison for several years, partly in con'sequence of the horrid treatment they endured—aad partly in consequence of un wholesome food and infectious air, had lust the hu- man figure and appearance—l fancy they are still resent to my sight—their eyes were ferocious, their euiuur livid, their beards reached to their waist, their arras were withered, their nails indurated.and formed I,ke Aua ctaws of feline animals ;—in short, they were steminply no longer of the human spccies. • * • * * One day I was ordered to throw them 'tf:eir portion of black bread. ' 1 had scarcely time to withdraw—they darted at me, howling and roaring more fi.deoualy than will beasts. The sy,lit ha-rowed up my soul and dialed my blood in my veins." From this narrative same idea may be formed of the treatment which the captive foreigners are doom ed to suffer in Africa. N. B. Tile revolutions which have taken place • since thtperiod of M. the Chevalier Debriu's capti vi:y, have put othir Bcys (some of whom were hu mane and enliAlitened Statesmen) successively at the bead of that Regency ; but have produced no change • is the system of the Government, whose policy is to be incessantly at war with one or several European States in turn, and to derive a revenue from the ran som of captive slaves. The Countess of LOUDON and Motga was expected to leave India in October last, on her return to England. It appears, on the authority of letters of the first respectability, from Spain, that 'FERDINAND VII. as a dutiful scut, lately applied to his father, CHARLES IV. fnr.permissicn to marry, and that the father mew• t.irily refused his consent. The question to be asked is, Whether the son applied as Priti;e of dirtoriat or as King of Sitain ? FATAL DUEL.—it is stated in letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated in September, that in consequence of a dispute in the private trading ship Rirrosa, on her passage from Madeira, a duel took place on the arrival of the vessel at the Cape, between Captain HAWKLY, id the Itcyal Navy, and Major, CLAsfN, of the East India Company's service, in which the latter lost his life. Captain ili wicit y i s brother to the Gentleman of that name who corn : wands the liarrosa, dui was going out as a passenger to one of t fi e India Pre:Wei:tics. OLD zunzr. Jack Amity, John Winter, and George Culler, dri ver of the hackney coach Nu. SS% who (in company with Jack the Baker, convicted last Sessions) broke into the warehouse of — Messrs:Winchester and Son, in Villiers-street, Strand, in November last, and took from them a large quantity of paper, were tried for the offence on Tuesday, when all three were fully convicted. Wednesday evening, IF Creed was indicted for as saulting W. Comm on the highway, and taking from his person a watch, faur Bank notes for £1 each, and a quantity of silver. The prosecutor, who is a seaman lately &charged from the St. Domingo, of 74 guns, deposed, that in the evening of the 4th instant, he went to the house' of a Mrs. Bryant, in Milford-lane, Shad well, where he had some tea. In return he requested her to pro cure a gallon of ale, .for the payment of which he gave her a £5 note, and the patties sat drinking until eleven o'clock. The prosecutor 'being then de sirous to go home, G. Bryant accompanied him into Ratcliffe-highway, and proposed to him to have some refreshment. They accordingly retired into the Bunch of Grapes public house, .Clarence-lane, where they met the prisoner Creed, and one Moreland. Bryant called for a pot of beer, which.helianded to the prisoner. The latter then presented it to the prosecutor, saying, $$ Shipinate, I think I know you ; what ship do you belong to?" Prosecutor replied, that at present he belonged to no ship, but that lie hid lately been dis charged from the Domingo, of 74. guns. Prisoner then said, 44 That vessel I know well, for my cousin is en board, and his name is Jack Gibton." Prose- 1 eutor replied, that he had a messmate on board of the name of Gibton, but it was Will and not Jack. The poor fellow, however, he added, upon their voyage home, having one night heOn ordered aloft to reef top sails, fell overboard and was lost. The prisoner expressed much distress at the account, and said that it the prosecutor would take the trouble to call upon the aunt of the deceased, he would be well received, and he would accompany him. It being now nearly twelve o'clock the landlord requested them to depart. They had nos proccesled far before they got into a dark lane, when they threw the prosecutor down, and Bryant and Morelan d hel d him by the arms and legs, while the prisoner rifled his pockets of the property enumerated in the indictment. After having taken the property, they left him in a state of exhaustion, and effected their escape. J. Battle deposed, that about three weeks since, he purchased of the prisoner, whom he lie had known for some time, a watch, which he afterwards learned by advertisement, had been stolen from the prose cutor, of which he gave information to Partridge, an Officer. G. Partridge deposed, that he took the prisoner into custody. The witness asked him how he came by the watch ? when he replied," Tf that is what you want to know, I can swear I won it at skittles twelve months since." IVitness tatniesjiately gave informa tion to the prosecutor, when his person and the watch were fully identified. The Jury, after a few moments deliberation, found him Guilty—lleath. The bill of indictment against the servant girl, committed to prison a short time ago, upon a charge of wilfully setting fire to her master's hone. in Crown s;reet. Finubury-aiturey LAs been tissowu Lem by die Grand Jury. NEWCASTLE SESSIONS, JANUARY 10. ItEFRACTEMY SEAMEN. • Jam Dale and Rc&ert Grant were indicted for pre venting the sailing of the ship Joseph. Mr. HULDOCK informed the Jury, that these men were indicted on an Act passed in the 33d Geo. 111. for preventing the obstruction or navigation of any ship, keel, &c. which enacts. se That if, after the 21st of June, 1793, any seamen, keelmen, or others, shall obstruct the sailing or navigating of any ship or vessel, such men should, on conviction, be impri soned twelve months, and not less than six." This case arose out of the disgraceful scenes which for so long a time inevailed in this and the adjoining county. On the 2.1 of October last, the ship Joseph was ready fur sea, but was, forcibly boarded and pre vented from sailing by the prisoners, in company with a great many more.—(The Learned Counsel here gave a detail of the proceedings, which will appear in the evidence.) Wm. Coppin stated, that the ship Joseph lielonged to himself and his brother Edmund, who went mas ter of her ; that on the 2.1 of October last, she was lying a little above the Custom-house Quay, North Shields, laden with coals for London ; that she had all the necessary documents on board, and had cleared at the Ctrtorn-house ; they had seven apprentices of their own, and two belonging to the tip Rodney. The men he had engaged durst not coat on board for the seamen. Witness sent his brother for a paot, and at low water .the ship was unmoored and her stern ropes taken in; he went on board with three masters of ships, and Mr. Elliott, a Writ Indian Captain, who promised him four young men to take to London. At this time the boats with seamen were plying on the river, and one of them, with Dale in it, came alongside, when the following conversation took place : Dale—Where are you going with the ship ? Coppin—You have no business with that. Dale--You have a good birth, and had better not leave it. lam determined she shall not go to lea. Coppin-1 have no hands on board (meaning sea men.) and will go. [At this time the boats were nu merous round the vessel, and the seamen very cla morous.] Dale—We are coming to board the ship. Coppin—l will mark the first man who comes on board. Dale—We can play at that elute as well as you; that is the worst word you have said this day. A musket was given to Mr. Coppin, who pointed it at the sailors ; at this , time the boats were pressing round the ship, and Grant, from another boat,called to Mr. Coppiu, and asked him if be had any loaded fire-arms on board ? on being ant voted in the nega tive, he instantly came on beard, when Mr. C. took hold of him by the jacket; on which the deck in a inGmet.t was covcred with men, who rescued Grant from him. Some of .them cried out, “ throw the musket," and others, 41 throw him overboard." Mr. Coppin then west to Grant ; and asked his name, which he told Mm. At this timrsome of the people were ill•treating one of his boys, who was " singing out ;t' and they forced him away in a boat. The pilot left her when th sailors got on bard. They let go the cable*, and prevented the vessel from going to sea ; the wind was fair, and the Nymph got to sea the same tide. Witness is very certain the Joseph might have got to sea also, had she not been pre vetted by the seamen. Cron-examined .6y Mr. Coo KSON. Said he was part oviner, - and not put in master. Q. Is it not cheaper for vessels to go to sea without than with hands.? • • (Mr. BULLOCK objected to this mode of cross examination.) Witness said, the ship had been eight days in the harbour, .five of which she was loaden • she cart ied 213 tons, .and had twelve hands, •viz. sven appren tices, four hands, and the master.—Three of the ap prentices were upwards of 20, the others 14, 15, 16, and a parish apprentice 12 years of ape ; these he thought sufficient to man her. The Captains who were on board only intended going out of the har bour, but he would have gone to London with her. On the boats first coming near, the anchor was not up, but the sails were loose, and the stern ropes were coiled below. Dale was in the first boat, and came within twenty yards of the ship ; he did not know Dale before, and there were seven or eight men along with him in the boar; at this time there was nothing riotous among them. On being asked why he wisLed to go to sea at that time ? he said, the temptation was great at the other end. He would have given the wages, but ( Mr. litteeocK objected to this.) — Grant came op in about a quarter of an hour ; talked little to witness. if I told him I would mark him." Grant was the first man on ho.ird ;he said, Here goes," and he immediately leapt on board. Some of them said, they would lose their lives sooner than she should go to sea ; but be could not swear whether Dale was on board or not. On re-examination, he said he only pointed the gun to frighten them from coming on board ; it was not loaded. They were perfectly ready fur sea, and in his belief would have gone ; the pilot was on board, and willing to take charge of the vessel. They were heaving the anchor, and the ship had moved towards it when the sailors had boarded them. Edmund Coppin, the brother of the last witness, and Master of the ship )pseph, confirmed the trsti many of W. Coppin, and in addition "stated, that Dale, when he came near the boat said, gi D—n my eyes, sooner than she shall go to sea, I'll lose my right hand ; and after I have lost that, I can do more with my left than any long tog b—r among you on shore."—Witness endeavoured to keep them off by threats ; but, on three cheers Ining given from the South-side of the river, and which was returned by all the men in the boats around the ship, they in stantly boarded her and rook possession of the wind lass, and bore a little of the cable away. When they left the ship, the tide was too far gone for the vessel to proceed to sea. Saw Dale among the seamen who were on board. Captains Scott and Richardson, who were both on board the Joseph, proved the forcible detentioa of the vessel, and that both the defendants were on board. Mr. CootcsoN, for defendants, contended, that there was no proof of a riot before the vessel was bearded, and he would call one witness to prove that Dale never was no hoard the:irisrph. _ . .I , ihn Derrick, a scullerman, stated, that he had known Dale many years; and on the day in ques tion he saw him in a boat with three men coming from the Sand-end, and remain about twelve yards from the Joseph, at the time the deck of that vessel was covered with men. Dale never left the boat, but rowed over to the South-side of the river. On his cross-examination, he said he saw nobody with Dal!—saw a great many men on board the ship —heard Dale say, , 4 Mr. Coppin was no gentleman, to take up fire-arms to men who did not even carry a switch." Oa being asked what prevented the J. seph from going to sea, iie replied, 44 I take it, it was the mea on b0.a;.1." Several persons were called to Dale's character, who spoke. will of him—one of them had sailed with him when in capacity of a man belore the mast. Mr. Hum.ecx briefly replied, that 'tor the prose cution die facts were irresistible, and the Jury could not, consistently with their oaths, return any other verdict than guilty. The REcottriEtt summed up the evidence to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Guilty, when the Prisoners were sentenced to be confined and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction 12 months. The refractory seamen at Durham were admitted to bail, and their trials were postponed. The Counte de LABARDE, the Secretary for the So ciety of Elementary Instruction, established at Paris on the Bell and Lancaster plan, has lately delivered a Report full of sensible observations and interesting facts. I:_e dwelt with much earnestness on the efforts of the London Society, and mentioned, with particu lar satisfaction, the vote.of thanks which had been transmitted by thelkleeting, over which the Duke of KENT presided in November last. He quoted with praise the passage of the Duke of KENT'S speech, in which his Royal Highness expressed a wish that the Mutual efforts of Frenchmen and Englishmen, in the 'cause of moral education, might be the prelude.to feelings of concord and good understanding between the. two countries, and prevent for ever the return of war, so pernicious to both. ,He justly observed, that these words were worthy of the non of an estimable King, and fit for the adoption of the subjects of an enlightened Government. It - appears, from his Re port, that, besides the Duchess De Duras, the Duke of Ragusa, and the Count Semonville have established Lancasterian Schools on theierespective estates. The ' Report then proceeded to calculate the expense which attended a school of 500 boys, educated on this plan. It would not amount to more than 4 fr. each (3s. 4d.) per annum ; and if the school consisted of one thou sand boys, this would diminish the expense to 2 fr. ( Is. $l.) M. Laborde stated, that at present the education of a boy cost generally, in France, from 18 to SO fr. annually, which sum was in fact doubled by the imperfect mode of teaching, and the time that‘was lost. He stated, that there were in Paris sixty thou sand children, whose parents were unable to procure them education. Of these, ten thousand were edu cated In 120 free schools, at the expense of the Hos pitals of Paris, and cost annually 180,000 fr. or 18 Ir. per head. NATURAL HISTORt The inhabitants of Ed:nbnrgh h ave at . t . among them a singular curiosity, a nno " l4 Alligator. We und erstan d t h at the rgg from it was hatched was brought by a sailor hob America to I.iverpool, and t h at the pencil; exhibits it, procured it when it was could be easily held in a person' s f und. N how to treat it, he kept it without food i nt months, during which pericd it most have some nourishment from the w ater with vkir's, supplied. As soon as it was advertised i n 44 it attracted considerable attelition, a n d, others, it was visited by an eminent naturally suggested a different,, aiid, as it appe ars , a cesstul mode of treating it. Since this pc,. growth has been rapid, and every day man diZerence in its size. It is thonglit that it sib to the size of twenty feet, and still reartia feeds upon herrings, oysters, or gener a !l y kind of flesh, and is kept ei t he r i n t h e water, ‘t sort of box, with a glass LOU, near the fire, agrees well with it. It is rematkah:ell 4, 4 5 and it through the night it wants water, it its couch ald make its way to the itceveip,,, it will moan, and if by this means Ole keeye; „ awakened, it will strike him with its tail 11.4 tends to its wads. in like mi , :nn , :r, tv!o n roll from the fire goiug out, it rn ;:s way i p n u o tt r ' d n e ;l 'r d;roct:re bid cl re d ke o e u p n er b 's es be id d e , h a im nd , at present is above three feet, and it is d o ily larger. MAK..11.0. TnZsday tennight, at 114 - ,:ty.14 bonne Clittrelt,C i pmi, Baker, 14.4. to Car , d•ne, eldest daugh , er of day K n . Prebendary of Darbem, a. :d Cait4.l of In Dublin, StevenAn Seaver, E.q. his 't•,csty The Ei Netherlands C. nsul in that city, to Cie . ..mac, foray ; of William Atto. re l.a•t. January 04bl:ft, the Rev. P. Ciao! rd, of KA counry frangft•rd, to Anna Margaret, only danhare of Smytlle Etty. of Fr. Orrick-. , rest, Duirts.. DIEU. August 20, at Aurttnealvtd s in the EJ5t 11431%,C Syke., 9th Regiment ut Native Infantry , Wednesday, Mn. Dring, rata ul the Rev, ham lk4 Rcckgrove. Jan azry 12, in the 49 b year of his ace, Nicho'as tirsh i Captain on the half-pay of his Nlajebtel tits' .eg.ntur. January 4, at Dunmanway, the Rot. In. zi4do. N g , with his family until eleven u'elock, w aypeenity 021 and was suddenly taken ill a.ter gou.g . Cu Led, .tp.l i s minutes. ...... Jan. 4, at his house at iheepsear, near I.evds, Sir D./ Moltneux, Bart. By his decease one of the obits to Barouetage is extinct. Dee. 28, atter a few days illness, Captain H. Ridw•tltn Sunday, at Canterbury, Mrs. Gregory, o' the ite Gregory, Master of East Bridge Hos.„,itat, and itecw: drew's and St. Mary Brcdman's, in that city. IMPORTANT ADN'I., N 0.13, Bouvetle-street, Fleet•strect, N 1,1.1, I,V HEN Men of Education and PrOieSSlOnjii use persevering endeavours to disccver the mesa certain method of treating a few prev.liling Vi;ta;e., deo fit result of their experience is the best proof of stiperktit Fitters' )cars have we devo:ed cur practice to the ai treatment of Three Disorders, and the viniplete succru Ei:g oar plan, gives us additional ardour to opprsea. much vi hie the ravages of those complaints which are the must it? of all the infirmities to which the human ecoi,omv is apai After an a uthori , ed introduction into every branctiofki Science, we determined on commtacing practice, to roe dividuais from the izn:rance of uneducated men, or theta Satwerotts preciviraticy of a general pravitloner. a twee c3:lolr4ers, to the cure or Which we bare dime __ P i 11 attention, comprise every species of Venereal Perlin'!" of recent or lung duration ; idly, all kinds of Debiktral ciet.cy, whether arising um the secret habits of setisol.kra the indulgencies of mature age, terminating in impasses sometimes in consumption ; and lastly, that derstigemsta system in women, - wtdet is railed Barrenness ur many casts originating in a similsr error. Ntmerout diseases are the result uf icnorance or Wei treatment of a simple Gonorthtts, and it not untrtperill pens that the seeds of life ate poisoned, from the of an unguarded moment. By a superior method, sock plaints are easily cured; and even where others have irkt trust that we may oiler antkectual restoration. The Diseases of the Urethra, as frequently consentiti or arising from the above complaints, have nut r.chil attention; by an infallible ao:d imp roved Ilan, we arri bled to remove ohs:Mate Glee:s an d Strar.. , , ',Ark cent or of lung duration, without resertiag to cliental dangerous use of the caustic boogie. filmy in-tool o adUored of very inveterate cases, of st-rerzi yv.rs ow.ist having yielded to our method in a few day •:. vet thrall been attempted by other practitioners withau: act. To be consulted daily by Patients of either sex, withis delicacy, and atterition.—Letters from tlie couniry,cass the particulars of t.e case, age, and manner of livt...g.itA a remittance, duly attended to, and advice ace Me iced warded to any part of the itlwrion:. Gjt 4 S and Co. 1140111,0 s of the Rep' C,ollege el Swirl A CHALLENGE. MESSRS. CURRIE and Co. Surgeons, I bis Majesty's Service, challenge the se:lote prove a single instance where their medicine and t2ethod have failed cif the d-siretl efit:rt. The pracice of masyl this psructi!ar branch of their profession, t.as out given one unsuccessful ense. They continue to direct their studio to trerm, cure of Venereal ( .7otuplaints, anJ that tleraninwia of di teat which is t,.e coaseptei,ce. of the reroicic?: and ,1 effects of a hab.t long and most uuhapp:ly p of both stars. In the mie it wid bc to l:e Ikea& tiource barrentics; the u:htr have its rav:ge, fetidly dot . - to them by a distressing state of tit !Wiry, %%A:C:1, 11 tar: meshed, terminates in impotence. 'There ::rc its tent Ultimate (Areas, while - consumption, loss: el wiistr.'.ar Pat various nervous complaints, usu..lly of this solitary vice. Of persons languidong adder Cle di: incident to such a habit, their treatment ',MIA., and Ws proved unsucccsstul in the course of &long, laburio.s, Anl extended practice. In thq most obstinate and complicated cases of waered don, such as °lnstructions in the urethra, d aogy eicroce hard tumours, callous ulcer,, ertiptiop.s, seminal weakceit, as also Strictures, whether recent or of lung durance, which have baffled the skill of other Practitinners, their present improved plan of trea:etent effectna . lt and nently cured, without the patient suffering the eirsucati and alarming Hemorrhage which frequently foliates ths than of the lunar caustic. In the course ut the.:r !IMO* in tills metropolis, numerous cases of S URIC 11111Ei and are daily under their care, the total eradication of w fected by a safe, certain, and twilit:out mode of cit e toasty ether yet adop . ed. The weakness, nlvotiats, Ery, prriceedsog from this comr!aint are sp-eddy rem wa, the Patient restored to wood and si . orisus heakb. the debility has for years existed, A proper persevere:`‘ ll 4o restoritive remedies is indisper., , aNy req'sasitv, '" re I bering sparks of life, and to reaninvite the con , !i:utioa. Patients in the Ctuntry are requested to state the P ll 7, of their case, age, and getv;ral habit cf Svi ig, C. encloN . ,' mittance for advice and Metli!in es, whce sate ler or sent to any part of the Itingsixr. To ensure that secrecy which Is sn eternal tatting, tie pottage of letters may be aides: to the acci at mudicants.—nth lune, IMO 9-107, Hanoi! " 1 - 11Gti Vi A LEM TO-LVIURit U W t.O NOON lIKW Nlorn:tig minvtr S tt mo o n . _ 1 minuted 4 LONDON: Primed t.y LEVEL i(ZNT, Pickett Pitai guLtilted there, and et the titer oEtes TemPie 1111'