The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONA L REGI%;TER. 1111Sek:I.I.ANIES. TIFRTFORD COLLAGE.—On Thursday last a Deputation of the Court of Directors of the East India Company proceeded to Hertford to investigate the cause of the insubordination which has recently manifested itself at this institution. Alit r an impartial examination into the whole of the circumstances, forty of the young Gentlemen who - appeared most refractory were suspended, of whom the most blameal)le svill probably be ultimately expelled. The whole Were immediately ordered* to quit the - college, and their solicitations to be allowed to remain on account of the want of cash, &c. were made in vain. Car riages, and change of hores on the road, had previously been provided at the expense of the Last India Company, to bring them to London, whence several of them will have to proceed to distant parts of Scotland. The son of a Gentleman in the Direction is said to be one of the most refractory of the Stu dents. A Privy Council was held on Friday, for the purpose of (.:ta mining the twelve men who were found in the French service, in the Isle of FriiIICC, when our farces took possession of that place. These men are said to he Irishmen,. They arc all ath , Ictic young men. Some of them, it is said, held the rank of petty officers in the service of the enemy. One of them is so powerful, that he was able to wrench the handcuffs front his wrists a few dayS ago, when in confinement, on hoard one 'Jour prison-ships. 1 hey were handcuffed in pairs, and were attended by twelve Police officers. These men seemed to be in very good spirits, and not at all affected by their situation. They were sent to Newg,te. Their names are John Smith, Cornelius Parker, John Quigley, Charles . Bird, James Tweedale, William Cundell, George Armstrong, Janus Tibbs, Philip Lathey, Noah Francis, Samuel Macfarlane, and Josiah Tester, ou the charge of being found in hostility against this their native country. NEWLY CONSTRUCTED VESSEL—Saturday se'tmight, a new invented vessel, called the Constellation, of Bristol, arrived above Blackfrh.r's bridge. Her singular construction and ma chinery attracted the notice of a great number of spectators, as she sailed up the river, among whom were several distinguished scientific and naval Gentlemen. The vessel is about 50 feet in length, with only one mast, made of iron, and an upri!:ht wind lass affixed to it ; there are twelve horizontal sails, similar to the shape of window-shutters, which are put in "notion with the least wind, and expand the respective - signs of the zodiac in full figure ; will weigh her anchor, work three pieces of mechanism, two pumps, and, in case of necessity, two sweeps ; her sails at e also eft, nded or shortened in uzi instant : on any occasion the mast, with all its appendages, is as quickly struck : she has nt.i tiler blocks, nor any running rigging, except a fore and aft stay and cable; and her guns, which are of curious mechanism, will keep their own elevation, and the vessel is calculated to sail against wind and tide. R EGIMENY'AL SCHOOLS. (CIRCULAR.) Horse Guards, Nov. 14, 1811. SIR-I have received the Commander in Chief's directions to inform you, that it i. in contemplation of Government to iffard the means of establMiing Regimental Schools, for the Care and Instruction of the Children of Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers. It is his Royal Highness's intention, that these Schools shall he conducted on the plan recommended by the Rev. Dr. Bell, and adopted with great success at the Royal Military Asylum; and you will b,. pleit-:ed immediately to look out for a person calculated to superintend the School of the Regiment NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. 747 LOSS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES PACKET. The packet Prince of Wales, Capt. FROCTON, with mails and pussenge rs from the Bahamas and Great Britain, left Port Royal on the Bth of July, under convoy of Nis Majesty's schooner Bin bara, Lieut. Douglas. In the night of the 16th of the same month, she lost sight of her convoy ; and about half after one O'clock A. M. on Friday following (the 19th), having been driven from her course by a strung current, while going at the. rate of five and six miles per hour, she unfortunately got on tialtp dad Reef, on the south-west side of Heneagua, one of the Bahama isles. The wind abating nothing of its violence, she did pot stop there, but passed over two other reefs ; and, after beating against the rocks fur about half an hour, disengaged her self, and once more floated : meanwhile the sails were taken in, and the anchor let out. There being now little wind, and the night somewhat dark, it was deemed prudent, under all the circumstances, to await the return of day-light. The spectacle which presented itself between the hours of four and five was truly awful and sublime. The moon, which was seen at inter vals through hazy clouds, afforded sufficient light to discover rocks on e very side, and that all attempts to extricate the ves sels froiu this dangerous situation were rendered abortive. On board au awful silence prevailed, every one dreading lest the next moment should sacrifice us to the fury of the element. The Captain, cool and collected, assembled the crew, and ex horted them to persevere in their duty and endeavours, and we were safe. Signal-guns of distress were fired ; and to complete thii awful eerie, the pumps were at work, throwing out more than two feet water per hour from an increasing leak. The long and anxiously wished-for day at length dawned, but .to Al,,rd nu chance of escape at least for the packet. There being • no - alternative, measures were instantaneously planned, and as speedily adopted, fur the conveyance of every thing practicable to the shore, although Inlet rzain whether an inhabitant was to be found on the island. Amidst the gloom that hung over us, a sailor JOT: descried a house and a flag-staff at some distar.ce. A boat was lowered down, and the mails and passengers con veyed in it to the shore. The specie next occupied the attezo ion of all on board, almost all of which, if not all, was saved ; not r 4) the passengers' luggage, and very little of the pr,:vi4iens, of wiach there was saved not as much :is would serve for a week's subsistence. Providentially not. a life was lost. The leak in creased ; and, before the day closed, notwithstanding every ex ertion was made, the water rose to seven feet iii the hold. It was considered no longer safe to approach her. PeCceiving her, however, the next morning, with the stern fixed upon a rock, • and bilged, a last effort was made with the boats to bring away what remained, but in vain ; no more could done. Tents were formed of the few sails that were preserved on the shore as a temporary shelter. -The only person resident on the island had it little in his power to be of service to us : his exertions' were therefore feeble, and of little or no avail. tinding that we were on a side of the island where there appeared nothing hut reefs and rocks, and where no vessels ever approached btu such as met with a similar fate, and that vessels passed on the west side only, which was accessible, we removed thither to a posi tion (thehouse and flag-staff mentioned), where we were likely to be Nlrvn, and where we should have to embark. The exer tions of the Officers and crew of the packet, assisted by the pas- • sen g ers, were very great, in transporting the specie in boats, about six miles, to the place of emlyirkation. We were forta- • na:e enough, soon after hoisting the signal of distress, to be perceiv, d by the sch..ouer Paravon, KNowt.Es, of Loll Island, then passing, which anchored off the spot where we then were ; and in the course of the day the Spanish schooner La Perla, . PLI/31t0 BLANCO CASSIR zoo, Master, from Carthagena,bound person calculated to superintend tne zentioi or Ul5 .11,.eptileui. I ~,,,,.. ,•• ass.: ...R....N. ..• •-•.- - - i -- - s under your command. l' Es KO BLANCO CAS SIR eno, I\l aster, from Carthagena, hound Ile object of these institutions is to implant in the children's for Cadiz, put in for a supply of water. These two vessels af- minds early habits of morality, obedience, and industry, and to forded accommodation for the whole: Captain Pitoc - roa, the give them that portion of learning which may qualify them for Surgeon, passengers, together with the mails and specie. and Non-commissioned O ffi cers. With this view, the Commander some few of the crew, embarked on board 4 4 a Perla, and the in Chief desires you will be very careful in the selection of the rest in the Paragon, and set sail on the 23d for Crooked Island, person you propose for the superintendance of the School, which where we arrived, the former about live o'clock 1 1 , M. on the should he done without delay. The person so selected, will be 14th, the latter this day, the 9.6 th. placed on the strength of the regiment a, a Serjeant, in addition _.—...m....-- to the present establishment. ROYAL CLEMENCY. I s'.lll hereafter have the honour of cohmiunicating with you furth ron this subject. I have the honour to be., Sir, Tryce Okey, who was sentenced by a Court,Martlal to suffer Your very obedient humble Servant, Officer Commanding the Regt. • ....--- reath, for striking Captain Collier, of his Majesty's ship Cyane, was removed from the Gladiator to the Royal William, to sufrer -....m=1M•111.11111111.0.0•••••...• the penalty of the law. He was attended in his religious devo- A Provincial Journal has the following extraor. Lions by the Rev. Nit% Davies, who spent the whole of the even- dinary paragraph :—gg A fish, tuithfinthers growing ing with him, and returned to him tarly in the morning. At from its back, was lately caught near Maryport, nine o'clock lie administered the sacrament to him, which Okey received with becoming feeling and serionsnoei ; Nit, ptior to and s is now at Mr. MATII‘W 13souourises Museum, 03 , , 11 ., bat , _ , -,.. ... , I.• t 11 ~ t li e .. ~_ .:. 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