The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-11 00:00:00

LOSS OP THE THANES EAST INDIANAN. Mr. Henry Barry, the purser of the ship, arrived late on Sunday night at the India House, with the melan choly inielligeoce of the loss of the Hon. Company's ship, the thames, Capt. Heaviside, bound to Bencoolen and China, with a general cargo of great value. The Thames was nearly a new ship, of 1350 tons hinthen; had been only one voyage before, and the following in teresting particulars were cotuniunicated to us by a friend of that officer's:— The Thames left the Downs at 12 o'clock on Wed nesday last, with a smart breeze front the S. W. and contoured beating to the westward with fine weather, until Saturday at noon, when she weathered Beachy Head, th, wind then blowing a brisk gale. As night approached the gale increased, and the wind still setting the S. W. strong apprehensions were entertained that the ship would be driven upon a lee shore. T. prevent this, every eflint that seamanship could desist was used , and the stronges endeavours were made to keep an ulliug, but all 10 00 purpose; the gale con tinued to increase s and as darkness cattle no, it blew a complete hurricane; so tremendous as almost to exceed any thing the most experienced seamen on hoard had ever before wi nessed. Finding the ship making fast towards that dreadful shore wlttc6 bad so often proved fatal to 111J1ii,ris, an order was given to continence firing signals of dis ress, and at. incessant firing was front that tim e kept, but such was the slate of the elemeins, that all idea of assiseitice from the shore was soon abandoned as hopeless. The state of mind of the ship's company at this period, can be better imagined than described.— The vessel every moment approaching nearer the shore ; the sea twining mountains high,..anil die moon, which afforded a dim light through the dark clouds, serving only to mike their extreme danger the more apparent. — At length about twelve o'cick the ship struck on a rock. very near the Head, hot she floated from thence, and drifted over near to die town of Eastbourne, between the ROUIOI.IIOIISe :11111 the Martellmiower, whete she again struck, and gust quite ashore. This was SOOll atter two o'clock on Smithy morning; and from that until half-past Male the ship continued to beat with tremen dous violence against the shore, atid every iticceding wave was expected to shatter her to pieces. The sante incessant firing was kept up; lights in a short were very speedily skewu truth die shore; and in a Aunt nine the beach was covered with people, all anxious to assist tit time pron. rvalion of the crew, but inifortuilately without the power of doing so at that tittle. Not lung .her the ship struck, her main-mast went by the board, carrying with it four of the crew, and in the comm. of the night the tore and tiszen masts fol lowed, and seven unto of the crew wa‘lied over-board. At day-ogio a scent: preseteed itself which will lint soon be forgotten by thoue %SOO 11.1(1 the misfortune to witness it. Tins hire ship, winch scented when she sailed as though she bid di fiance to wind and ocean:, was nuts, lying on the saw!, t dal!y distita3ted, and sttiking with a s toleite, winch threatened .0 stave her to pieces, and her crew were secs: crowded 'Tots the deck, anxiously to,k ing I.c.v,trds lilt' snore for as,ISIMICC, Jllll expectiita esriy imniivni to he or. rwitelnied by the wales, w !itch were brcas u 1 ninon titellt with titudiluta , thed lute. At this (lune set eial hundred people had collected on the beach, and tile snip was sit near the shits, that •t scented to 11111 x on hoard ..5 thort4ll t.tey could alinusA leap from hi r side to the dry laud At length, the on:y issat which could be Mood lane enough to attempt l 0 haunch in I.IIIS tremendous soil wa, brought to the tom, and a Midshipman (we have not leariied tits name) of the Pre ventive Sißice, and six seamen, its a moment volun teered their SellklCt'S to :OWIIIIII.IO reach the 1111 1 p. Sev.a al successive effints were made to I iiiiich her, but she Was each time swawped, mid tier gallant hale err iv washed however, tiAisnsaveit, they matte . anther annuli!, and succeeded w getting her .11 1111 l st without the breakers, when a sea imik hi r starboard how, and 'ipso her. The (IX St . :111091 reached tie shore; but we lament to stair, the tr.:lllam y g otticer, who so fearlessly had risked his life for die enaiice oi rendering assistance to his fellow 11011 111 tiIsIICSD, Slellllllo Ins 01111aUlliell courage and I 11111 l curtly, and the slint ' s company, as well as those on StlOne, saw into ,truggling with the w tees mail his strength was exinausterl, and hue bunk beneath _ _ (:apt. MAttliy% celebrated apparatits for the preservation of Ines, which At I . : wthottrite is kiln tilidel the cool *nand of Mr 11,1,11:1011, ilie Co l teettor of Customs for the port, was at 1 , •115/11 140(011 11110 action. anti a rope Tulle thrown oh tut 111 the ship and made In, the whole re otalotti4 W the ship', votty.itty, tn./ether wsth M Ijor Mrs. Nl • iiitits, atel iter tem.& ser.aitt ',nasSrlisto rs), Were got safe On shore, but Wollitalt saVintr a single thlitte es. c. in the Clothes which they had on their hacks. Tilley w, re all completely %sort out with fatiq s tie atad ahweiy, and Ilse pas,wnioty Mere eon% eyed tioor...lllly as poisi:.le to the marest hoe. The ntli...ets ant; Cr, 5% reillallled near the spot in the itth e brim; Ahie 10 5a5... some pin 01 the cargo, hot it was match band that itte tide, winch was then eld.m g fa,t , ta-oidni at its return completely de. shay the ship. lu Ills State of 111111 gs Mi. Barry kit isthOttrite lur the I Mita House. It was Mitt 10 a miracle that the ship held together so long, and had site 1101 been nearly hew, and of the Strongest constriiction, most 11:15e gOlie to pieces hours 'white the ert•ss , were released. Ila.l that been the Case, every n 1 ,114.1111111 nn hntril now hive p-rislied. FIJIITHP PA RTICOLA ti „,. n ,„ 0.1 shore on the 'lowlier Bank, opposite Nlarelittl'o.ver NJ. 73, at F. voh,larite, allrac.s ittonherles, sp. c•atnr , (lady. Eleven per•mis ate said to lase pet ished b. the fall of Ihr F.ve of their bodies have sine been picked up, and inquests held upon them ; as also mum the corpse of poor Mr Smith, the midshipman, whose body tot s whined on %Vednevilly :two K., sat, to be interred in the family vault. Can prove more strongly the value of the Feventive service to the shipping interest, than their exerouas upon this occasion. Two persons found pilfeting the wreck having hren ap. prelittuled by tht m, were delivered into custody ut the THE NATIONAL REGISTER civil power, by which means a stop was put to any far. ther depredations. It is pretty certain that all the lug gage and cargo will he saved, although some articles of a perishable stature are much injured by the salt water. Hopes are even entertained of bent z able to get the ship off next spring tides, by put ting in a deck above the keelson ; hut the success pith's measure must, of course, he considered as extremely uncertain. 'rite owner, \Jr. Blanchard, with some h;ghly respectable officers of the East India Company's Service, are very actively em ployed in superintending the removal of the cargo.— Nothing can exceed the bustle and contusion that pre vail at Eastbourne in consequence of this deplorable event. The place resembles a fair. On Thursday a loaf of bread could not be obtained at any of the bakers, owing to the great Manx of strangers : and we are assured that one of the public houses was compelled to stop sel ling for want of beer, every drop having been drawn out of the cellar. Voltce. MANSION HOUSE On Thursday, the well-known Samuel Waddington, who has been some time employed its selling publica tions in Collie's shop, applied to the Lord Mayor for a warrant against a 13ow-street officer, under the following singular circumstances : Waddington stated, that he had to complain of a most gross assault and battery rommitied union his per son by a Bow-street officer, ❑ toted John Patton, who entered Mr. Guide's house, iu Fleet -street, fur the pur pose of making an illegal seizure. An extent its aid had been executed in the house, and the sheriff's officers were in possession. The front shop, however, did not belong to Mr.Carlile, but to himself, and he remained unmolested by those who entered by legal authority ; bait a Bow street officer thought proper to walk out of his own district and enter the city, for the purpose of doing violence to one of the inhabitants. This officer, upon gMlig into the shop, proceeded to seize Soille papers which were in an obscure part of the shop, not at all exposed to public observation, nor intended for public or private sale. Waddington expostulated against the injustice of such conduct, and asked him whether he had any warrant or authority to sanction a measure of SO arbitrary a nature. The officer replied he had on warrant, but it Waddington resisted, he would blow his brains out. lit the course of this impetuous proceeding, Waddington received a blow from the officer, who per severed in his intention of seizing the papers, and left tie shop, not however without leaving his address with the tutored person. It was, Waddington olnerved, perhaps fortuuate for tne officer, that he at first supposed los :madam to be a city officer, for he was resolved not to resist the city polite. Under these cur 1111 l ssaiices, ha called upon me cuter magistrate for protect on, and had no doubt of receiving it. _ _ . . . . . The Lord M tyor asked hint whether the officer had seized the papers upon the ground that they had no rioter's name allixid to thew; and whether NVad dington had about f any copies of those papers ? Waddington replied, that the officer had given no ex planation of his conduct, and deLlared that he bdieved the papers in be most itioliensive. He added, that tore papers hail beets kept ler a shelf, for tne purpose of lwitig used 1 1 1 1 1Killotie the gas of the shop. As for the suspicion 'oat he would poloish any thing witl hav ing the printer's name :Axed to it, there Was 110111111 g to Apia , bend. He had hit site t ther clay been applied to, to sell an Account' of NIT. Hunt's confinement in Prison, bin he had roused to do so, fr his knowledge of tile illegality of the Jet, And wolfish( should twiner him to violate the law. He had 110 Cllll 0, the papers, 110 f did lie know what they reixed Us. I hr Lord May.rr stated to W.fil,l.,:i!wolhat he would mak.- the sseeeNs.lry soltorylllol ttse c i.r, and that justice I la lit done to hm. His L misu i (11 , 41144(mM of the lira 'lee of rnipluvii Bow-street ntheers so do busi ness m tile coy, when the city nliieer. were very active, and had the advaistaLte of knowing so litany tourers of accurate mit ttttt atom. War:.Motion raid that he had wituesses present who would orsmy as to the 111 treatment he had received in the shop. Tile Idlrd Mayor said he should attend to the wit nesses on the proper (lee .iSI , III, 41111 " •- r , l that a 10111- Mons should he served upon the linw-street officer iu attend to answer the Waddington expressed s.irprise at hearnig, *ha' a sum mons way. to he do course through which he WAS 10 tweet Justice. all said the l.iw required that a warrant sh""I`l IK 1 11111110!Iltely issued to take the accused into eusio.iy. Ile was iirnoteding In 'hew ili illoollllg but a warraot woul 1 aiiswer his ouritose. N llttl tie WAS SU - tleall• e . rcked , advised 11.11 ut presoille 13 dictste to he Chief Nl.antraie. lie then seethed w , th ~,,, se o Inch his Lord:on / I tlioU6lll. 11r.,per to take, anti left the Justice room. Oil F Ulay. POOOO, the Bow street olli•er, appeared to olls,%er 110. ellArge of W11.1,11111i.1011, fOr an assauli. He was AlWllolvli by Mr. Liuurphrrys, :lie sol.alior. sated. that on he Sin Ins,aut I'.i.;tue came into his stirs!), N.). 55, Fleel•sirett, and coming behind the coun•er. took up some "cute paper. and col I tred him, saymu he was Ms prisoiter. Waddingtoie skid bun by what Pinion snowed a peace odic. stall, " addmition, " any one might hate lOC SIX 1 0:11Ct ; he showed no oilier aLsilioilly, hill thieateneil to blow ni, 'mons i wade any re mittance." 10,.e. riled w star, Mal 111 spite of Port.tit's code:avows to no ,1 toi .1 di-regard of his threat of 'Moonily& him, he disengaged OliliSrlf Guns Two city ofll,7ers came into the sit u p soon after. and ;old Watidliigt,ll that ell, " which (said the Itatlical), had I known 'Miser, should has e treated him accordin..: l l: and Lord (to it. Lord Mayor), I appeal to e-or Lord in defence of the in;ivileg.• of .he city of London, as w.II as of the outraged laws of the couoiry." In reply to a qtwation from Mr. Humphreys, Wad dington said the papers which Parton took up before he collared him were printed papers, but that he had only used them as waste paper, never having sold any. Parton, being called on to answer the charge, said he saw printed papers in the window which had not the printer's name, the same as others he had received at the shop front Waddington when snaking a purchase there on the 10th of January. He here produced one of the papers, which was headed, " An Address to all the Pub lic except the Rubbers;" and proceeded to say, that con sidering himself justified by law in seizing the papers, and bringing Waddington before a mastisivrie to answer for exposing them, he went into the shop for that pur pose. lie admitted that he collared 'Waddington. but denied that he threatened to blow his brains out; hut that Waddington said the friends of liberty, who were outside the holm-, meaning a mob who had collected. would not allow him to be taken, he (Porton) said, if any one were to interfere, he would blow his brains out. lie stated that he had not at the time any fire-arms about him. The facts being stated on both sides, Mr. Humphreys produced the act of the 39th of George the fiord, by which it is enacted, that if any person shill sell, or in ahy m inner expose to public view, any printed paper, on which the name of the printer shall not be printed, it shall be lawful for any of his Majesty's subjects to take such person before a justice of the peace to answer for the said offence. The Lord Mayor. on Inokin2 at the act, told Wa.l - it appeared to him that the officer was justified in what he had done. Waddington appeared by no means satisfied with his Lordship's decision, and was reliving to argue the matter, when the I.,rd Mayor repeated that the com plaint. was dismissed. Waddington reluctantly retired from the bar, where he stood, consoling himself, how ever, for the disappointment he had experienced. by the consideration that he hail exposed to public view the outrage that had been committed on him. CORONER'd INaIUEST —TuestlE, morning, at eleven o'clock, an i ig4i.iiion was taken at the Prince Regent, Sevmonr.place, Marylebone, berme Thomas Stirling, Esq. Cormier, on the body of Mr. Harris, nephew, it is said, of an opulent gentleman, by whose death he would have come into ignsession of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. The investigation lasted some hours, and excited the utmost interest. The first Williela examined was James Dodd, a watchman, of Seymour. place, who stated that on the Friday nreceding, at 3110.4 nine o'clock, having heard that a man had dreadfully ill-used his wife in a house in Quern-street, he with oilier watchmen gained ailmiss'ai into the house, in the passage lie Maud the &ceased's wile lying; ihe bottom part of her lice was shatter 41, and she was bleeding profusely at the mouth. lie went into the hark paritmr, and found the deceased lying on his back nit the floor ; a nirgeon was sent tt,r, nn examining the a ; tart mein, he foam' near the window a pistol, which Bail lately been discharged; atwitter pistol was laying neat the right hand tat the deceased, and also appeared to hat e been recently discharged —Mr. John North, of Soy. ~,,, ir-place, surgeon, stated he went to the house of Collinson, in Quern-street, on the Friday preced ing at half-past nine o'clock ; he 101,11)(1 a kin ale severely led on the right side of the lower part of the face; he also observed the deceased lying on his back on the parlour fluor; he appeared to h :ve received very cons'. derable injury. On examining hint, he discovered that a ball had passed complett ly through his head, entering 'he lempqr,l how., and passing tint of the back of his skull, :111(1 passed through the brain; the %%mind it is extensive, and Of that nature tit it the witness entild not render hum ally daec:ing his attention in the female, he Mum! her jaw fr loured ; he repla , 7ed tile Iracnir 11 pieces Of the j I‘v w tictu had been hrokite by a pistol ball, and had extracted a tooth f lter jaw. hoe Was then put in bed, and notwithstanding her situ ation (being seven mart is advanced its a sta.e of meg. n they), there was every probability that she would do well, though her lac.• would he sadly disfigured. 'late wititeas mete handed in two kilos to the coroner, wal let' by the deceased, stating, that in spite of his wd:e's infidelity, he had frequently tittered to take her th.ck, and b e irvilleiled, and fipret i:it• past, wittelt site net et wou ld consent to.—Si-veral 01111:1 iciness S were called, and t he whole of it riidence went to prose that the decrasi Ws lived alone lie the Mitsui ; and title Might they itearil the deceased comic iu and quarrel with her. Use vottirss said. they had been separated Il ~,,,,, ins; . Site fretweilkly was otssert c.nupatiy with aii.liner 111411, a atmer. The joty wiew,d tilt body, and, slier cia.r4e from the ettroia:r. rMnruej 11114: IlAttOritt# " ill deerawd committed the act of violence upon his woe gill .nwlf welds to a state of letup tray derange ment." riDINTKIASISIS —Yong, JAL 31.—Wrieht. the (view ate.i ISe.uul erodes mail, ;141.iiituer..dorat t i er .4 tflalll4 V% 4/IClr. ow &moon ttttt g to bi. to wail. 1140 miles in three days, 111 the tollowing manner. fir lirrr 11. i). 40 miles in y boors; anti in 'he seco:ol and unrd IL), 50 wilts ill ' 1 Ile eround on o hien h. is in walk I* tt th a mile still hack again , on the south road, c to nit , cite 1 where he hits w ascend :11111 descend a if ry steep bill. He bnsatt uis isiinert.ikioy ye-4'lday u. mit at V 0 tui es vast nine. and arluc.u.lyd at ten • before hetiig 11. d an hour of:hilt ;he time ie. towel. He res ell Is:s ta.k this r11:14 al 2n .111:14,11 p.isi seven, alail completed the bit miles by Y I iiistsidt • nielote serest this et enithz, being the gisen iiiii e. tie will rec vier hie toetett.tking morrow tniorti!mA; and, lions the in:11114:1 111 wli•Cli lads vroceedeil there is holt. d..ubl bill iIIC rest..l will b lit nur.ble to Itheiself. We totierstopti, that its shout fourteco days, h.: commences to walk 400,1 tunes iu i3Ouu hotirs at SiteCGAsl.