The National Register. — London, England, 1816-09-23 00:00:00

7 SEPTEMBER 23-. to throw them into the sea. This mode, however repugnant to our feeling's, would procure to the survivors provisions-for six days, at the rate of three quarts of wine a day. The resolu tion taken, who was to execute it? The habit of seeing death ready to pounce upon ns, despair, the certainty of oar isfalli ble destruction without this fatal expedient, every thiug, in a word, had hardened our hearts, become insensible to every other feeling but that of self-preservation. "Three seamen and a soldier took upon themselves this cruel execution. We averted our eyes, and shed tears of blood over the fate of these unhappy creatures. This sacrifice saved the 15 who remained ; for when the brig Argus fell in with us, we had only one repast of wine left, and this was on tbe fifth- day after the cruel event which I have just described. The victims had not more than 1$ hours to live; and by keep. lug them ou the raft, our subsistence would have been gone two days before our deliverance. " After this catastrophe we threw all the arms into the sea ; they inspired us with a horror that we could not conquer. We had scarcely wherewith to spend five days on the raft; they were tire most painful of all. Our ntinds were soured ; even in the arms of sleep, our imaginations depicted the mangled limbs of our unfortunate comrades, and we invoked death with 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 it by drinking sea-water; but this diminished thirst only for a moment, to render it more acute the next instant.- " Three days passed in anguish inexpressible; we despised life to such a degree that several of us were not afraid to bathe even in slickt of the sharks which surrounded our raft. We were convinced that there remained in our cask only about 12 or 13 , bottles of wise; we began to experience an invincible disgtiss at the flesh-which had fed us hitherto. " On the 1711 N• hr the morning, Captain Dupont, casting his eyes towards the horizon, perceived a ship, and announced it to us by w cry of joy ; we perceived it to be a brig, hit it was at a very great (Inhume ' • we could only distinguish the top of its masts. The sight of this vessel spread amongst us a joy which It would be ditlicult to describe. Fears, however, soon mixed with our tropes ;we began to perceive that oar ra ft , has. ing very little elevation above the water, it was Impossible to distinguish it at such a distance. We did all we could to make ourselves observed • we piled up oar casks, at the top of which - - ........ikerchiefs of different coteurs. Unfortunately, in spireofili these signals, this brig disappeared. From the 'de. IlnunCofjoy wo passed to that of dejectien and grief.- For my part, .I tuned the fate of those whom. Fhledieen . perish at my stile.- 1-then propooedio trace as idesheefol'our adventures s and write all °armee. at the toot of it, and to fix it to the up per part of the mast, is the Lope that it might reach Govern ment and oar families. Twirivours what, the mister gamer of the frigate uttered a loud ay, endlny was depicted in his sage; Lis ann was stretched torrents the sea; he seareely breathed, and ail lin'could say was, We ore saved ! Yowler is the brig coming lowa?* its! It was, ha fact, not more than the third of a league off, Wising all sails spread, and =incurring to pus quite close to us. Tears of joy flowed from our eyes. Every one laid hada( handkerchiefs, or different pieces of linen, in orderto make signals to the brig, which wu'rapidly approach ing. Oar joy was at its height, when we perceived at its mi sen • large white flag; we exclaimed—lt is to Frenchmen, then, that we are to owe oar deliverance ! " The Argus had now come within two mashaideolt of as. The crew upon deck, wavieg their bands anytime', announced to us the pleasure they felt hi Isdneameotiof eo tltdsadatens fate countrymen. la . a.shoettime we all femme onmelha al board the Argus. Figure to loaruelveils miserable almost naked, with • bodies and fates scarified with the beams, ten of whom could scarcely move, the epidi.nnia hag rabbet] from all theirUntbs; our eyes hollow and done, out long beards, gave us still a more hideous aspect. " We found on board the brig some excellent soup, white was iwpreparation for us the moment we were perceived s was mined with good' wine, and thus oar exhausted stronmelt was recruited. The mast generous cares and attestioeserows lavished owns ; our sores were dressed, and even nest lay ow veral orthe sick got up, and were able to walk a few pace& " Ina closing this recital of the unheard-of sufferings Which we endured for 12 do's, I may be allowed to mention the names of those who shared them with. myself. They were Messrs. Dupont, L'Heureax, Lozac, Clairet, officer* of the troops ; Correa!, engineer for Cape Verd ; Griffon du Bellay, Secretary to the Governor ; • Coudin, midshipman of the drat class; gavigny s econd surgeon of the frigate; one serjeana major ;Tonna", master-gunuer ;Lavilette, passenger for Caps Verd ; Coste, seaman ; Thomas, pilot; Francois, inspector of infirmary ;td Jest Charles, soldier. (Signed) SAVIGNIV, Surgeon. " On board the corvette the Echo, Aug. 22,1016." NAPLES. 4,3 A gentleman who dined towards the latter end of August on board the Washington, of 74 guns, in the Bay of Naples, states, that it was the intention of the Ame rican Commodore to remain there with his squadron until the negotiation with the Neapolitan Court was brought to a satisfactory close. He had been joined by the United States frigate. Mr. Pinckney's demand has been referred to the other European Powers ; and the answer of the French Government had reached Naples, but its tenor had not transpired. The Neapolitans continued their defensive preparations, relying more, however, upon the aid of the Anstrians than upon their own etiorts. NAPLES, AVG. 28.—The Marquis Cereello, Minister fee Foreign Affairs, has delivered a note to the Foreign Ministers on the pretensions of the Americans. Article 72 of the Actof Congress, to which the Americans appear to wish to refer,' stipulates only for the Netherlands, and cannot by any analogy be applied to kingdoms in which the legitimate Sovereigns arc restored. The different Ministers has re4rived the cum.! inunieatiusis addressed to them, but none hate replied. Coo riers have bees sent to different Courts. It is even said, thati tie Duke of Serita is gone to Petershargle. Our Governmeat has conducted the ueaociation with all the moderation anal ilignity comp:dilate with the LOSIOIIe of the Crown. The notes of M. Pinckney have, within these few days; becotne woes. fixate. The cession of a port is spoken of, but can the States constituted fry the Art of the Congress be dismembered at the mere will of a single Power? It will be recollected, that Austria was joined in the negociation with respect to Speasia and Alexandria; England, Russia, and France, made well founded represeatations on that subject. The Act of Congress haviaz emanated from the unanimous will of the Sovereigns, commit he modified but by them. Our cause is European ' and the pretension of the United States Millbe opposed by all the bovcreisus. THE NATIONAL /tEGISTiIt. PROP) 'IALS. LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.—ATROCIOUS MURDERS. seasone4 Aires. ;maim& felt throe stuadets.erhh the wilful murder of bee W e i, et Arismaaaktr-Lias, by administering poises tablet sa the Ida they el AFL el whisk he del as the lath; as she with the aveder elm own son, a hey show sight years of age, lee emu looms; and of Am Hewn,, an tal e nt, about 15 loam MaltwthrenAglrojta the "satnirltddijacsavilisd: fortune net to nee on good term with his wife, the pima at the her, by whom be had three ithibbou ,the last of *an was insmineed in the mem inclictmesit. The Moist was in the hthk of aiming d ille =lischildren,whom 11l eke wes emi t r ihit slur- oses g l About mon th laths shearaseised tMs may, she had a very extraoldualy esammaiMi OM th e wile* this fans, who who radii in the home wide Mr. 'aka told Mary-Nowise that she had bed her fortune rood, and that in es osahe of one week, and within six weeks hem the paled on whit she was sperbing, three funerals would p flat be iss& She did net dishy be however, tin Mai: weeks bed implied; for in about a mend= wards she wesiheada's shim sod ktwebeesd as a s sod a half of aresoie, hie the . This hemmed decree the lab o r Awn. so, ganarov imi r e ext vowel hoe ed hal same Mho he Midthat , and also after booms To massy Mat, • propos& bhn as weer psi , and in it she mind the psime, bid; - "aldose* mused his duck. In what reenaor Armand the dtikbes did am as the trial. She was Chalk, hot aPFeama 1111 Iii the awful simmass was posed we ler by ths Judge. The Swap oldie nonnwous awed abet atemdsil Ibis aid *ere yeworlidly mom/ seism des misemeegady Mee the noun' horror fak in th e aim the width is was is sialbs. Mt Moo a genial blest thm. oecupolow deism (whe frames* audits; bY Iblir she had astentwal st memo* deaseftromd Mink M am as dos hal Moly loas hie Mama and the now other oteoe maim At the last Contherlmed Arises, be an action easiest the She riff for an escape, the defense set rep was, t h at the only day on which there bed been ea ”sieky of malting the fegitive was Geld Friday; wed 04-irthe oppeolieusion of the Bailiff, an arrest on such le day was IN ABA • TIN Jews. wield net un dertake ter decide wletnet o gh Wiest of eat; bat threa be had so t air oF the gr sea pee. ceeding,a i lid Addict the Miosetsit. because it appet :that the neglect accented delft liaisemeek* ; VANS, mtidtll'iWas r Civil Mese% any to be at chard, and net to be executing a wartwet.—We Father regret that the principal "Notion was thew get rid we t he Gately stab an im . portant questim shoold net he left he usserlaiety. Tbersday Lard Oessareirawsnspioted his Sit year, when his Loodship emir bee the lid pessoodna of h eserlea, Oa die Geeslin the lamb not ady Lordship i % inaelithe pre. perry, but also of doe West email miler the will Ohio ip end father were seiptseesiyoursolnied et the hell at anallilall o &Bak. - _ - _ Frederick Webb, Esq. Ibe *gown* et liot prenglit air, big' directed his benevolent atone* tertilridterests of the dis tressed in the neighbourhood** elide% Where the sisery.that• exists is stated by him to Ousted alfriliefiVimrkttherte Seta: Orrancas.—+Ttre chereh finekr-wee - a few" days since broketVopetCeild sliier the• consesealon-table- Cloth, severer Bibles, Pityer-beeks, Are. A* kw days- since, as a nen was in the aet of robbing an orchard in the vicinity of in Kat, be fell from a tree, and broke his neck. it=s Acctovms.--Mosiday uR. Dan, who lived at Acton, in Middlesex, was la a seighbunr's brewkouse talking to bin, he fell Into a tab wort; be was taken to the George Tavern, where he died immediately. He has lett a wife sad several children. Ose of those melees** aceidesis. which So frequently oc cur. resulting from excursions upon the water, took place, on Friday se'unight, at Rochester. Mrs. Gilbert, who resides at Chatham, was, on the morning of the day en which the accident alluded to happened, blessed with a son, and two daughters, one of whom was married to asgentleman of the name of Mills; and, to add to the happiness of the mother, there was addition to her family of a beautiful little grand-daughter, about four years and a half old. The son (an only son), on the nionsing of the 13th, hailed the day which completed his 21st year ; a day on which the whole family had revolved to rejoice. Alas ! bow fleeting our earthly joys abort of duration oar earthly pleasures !—To celebrate this event, the whole family, except the mother, was invited, with a number of neighbouring friends; and a selection of pupils from Mrs. Mills's, and Mira Gilhert's school, in number, altogether (with the waterman), sixteen, to participate in the pleasures of the day. by an ex cursion up the river Medway, as far as Hailing. Alrs.Gilbert entreated that a land excursion might be substituted, as more s mile; and at the time most reluctantly parted with her children. "The party set sail for their destination, and nothing occurred. . - to lessen the pleasure of their excursion, until the evening, on their return, about seven o'clock, on passing through the middle arch of Rochester Bridge. They had gone through the arch in theirlway up the river, but in the interval of their absence, some workmen who were repairing it, had laid a plank across to stop craft of all descriptions passing through ; on their re turn in the evening, no light having been lefr any precast. lion used by the workmen, the boat foundered upon it, and, melancholy to relate, every seal perished ! whole of the party were dissenters, of the independent persuasion; and in their passage down the river were singing a hymn of the most melodious style, which attracted the attention of some person who was then on the bridge; but before he mild obtain a view of the boat, a heart rending shriek announced the dreadful ca tastrophe; the alarm was instantly given, anti ninny boats with' great promptitude put off to the bridge, but not a son' warto be seen.—A faithful dog, which had accompanied - the party, and was tied to the host, was the only life spared ; and, when released, swam on shore, to rum to his lone home. The names of the unfortunate sufferers are as follows : .4r. and Mrs. Mills; their little girl, four years and a halt old ; Miss Gilbert; Miss Brock. daughter of Mr. Brock, linen-draper; Miss Shirley, daughter of Mr. 11. Shirley, leather-cutter; Miss daughter of a professional gentleman. The above were all of Chathatit.—M iss Gauge, of Sittingborne ; Mi,s Miggett. of Sieerness ; two young ladies of the name of Millar. from London; and Miss Mathews. daughter of Mr. Joseph .Mathear., of the Ware farm, at Good Easter, Essex. The greatest part of this tale of wbe is discloked; there are, however, further distresses to- relate, the poor waternian has t. left a wri and seven children to depl ore his absence. So late as Saturday evening, eight of the bodies only had been disco vered, but the tittisoqt exertions were continued to revnver the others. The young ladies were between the ages of 12 and lu; and no one of the sufferers exceeded 30, except the wa terman. . A Coroner's Inquest sat on Monday, to investigate the cause of the deaths of the above party drowned at Roehe,ter-bridge. They returned, late in the evening, the following verdict:— Accidently 4frostod a earaelreed fir the Negligence VIA; Br ldge frer -416f. ea DUTCH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE RATTLE. TN, HAGUE, SECT. la !AORDINARV. Lieutenant Arrival of the naval service, this morn. ing arrived from the [lay of Algiers, which he left on the Ist of September, at the office of the marine de partment. with dispatches from Vice-admiral Cape Hen, of the following contents 5T4.4 Rost. Stn,—Lord Exmouth, during his short stay at Gibraltar, having increased his force with some gun. boats, and made all his arrangement., on the 14th of August the united squadrons put to sea, consisting of the vessels as per margin (1). On the 10th, off Caps de Gate, the Prometheus corvette joined the fleet. Capt. Dashwuod reported, that he had succeeded initetting the family of the British Consul at Algiers on board by stratagem; but that their flight being too soon discovered, the Consul, to.. gether with two boats' crews of the Prometheus, had been arrested by the Dey, who, having already re ceived a report of this second expedition, had mad. all preparations for an obstinate opposition, and summon.. ing the inhabitants of the interior, had already Einem. bled more than 50,000 men, both Moors and Arabs, under the walls of Algiers, In consequence of a calm, and afterwards by strong easterly winds, wit were not before the Bay of Algiers until the 27th of August in the morning. Lord Ex.. mouth immediately sent,• by a flag of truce, a written proposal to the Dey, containing in substance, that the late atrocities at Bona having broken all former con. nesiotl4, be demanded, in the name of the Prince BAN gent— I. The immediate deliver* up of all Christian slaves without ramose. I. The restitution of all the mane,~ which had already bora re ceived for the Sardinian and Neapolitan captives. 3. A 'Memo declaration from the Dey. that he bound himself, like Mom of Tripoli and Tunis, to respect the rights of humanity, and is future wars to treat all primaers according to the mow of Earopeaa 4- Peace with his Majesty the King of the Netherlands on she like terms m with the Prince Regent. Ott all ‘thelie articles htsSoedshitiexpectidialarwer job (Woe; or hestilitid mutt imihediately cotbmence. Hier Lordships •orr who* 'waited in the sadening, vlti 'fend hie should that day be obliged to rest satisfied with coming to anchor, and confine himself for the night to an attack by bomb-vessels, gun and rocket-boats. Scarcely bad I returned on board my vessel when the sea.breeze sprung up, and the loot hors into the bay with press of sail; the four bomb-vessels immediately took their station before the town, sad every thing was prepared for the attack. Shortly after. wards, his Lordship communicated to me, by print. signal, " I shall attack immediately, if the wind does not fail." Upon this I immediately made signal to form line of battle in the order agreed upon, in the supposi. Lion that all the officers must have been well acquainted with the position of the forts and batteries that fell to our share, before the attack was to begin ; but as it ap. pears that the signal was not well understood, I re. volved to change the line, and to lead it myself in the Melampus. At half pelt one o'clock the whole fleet bore up in successioti,th• Melampus closing in with the rea r most ship of the English line ; and at fifteen minutes past two o'clock, we saw Lord Exmouth with the Queen Char. lotte before the wind, with sails standing, come to an. chor with three anchors from the stern, with her broad side in the wished.for position, within pistol-shot of the batteries, just before the opening of the Mote. This daring and unexpected maw:evere of this vessel (a three.decker)appears to haveso confounded the enemy, that a second ship of the lint had already well nigh taken her position before thebatieries opened their fire, which, how violent soever, was Ally plied to. Having told Captain deff re in that I wished, as speedily ale possible, with the Melampus, and the other frigates in succession; to take our position on the larboard side of Lord Exmouth, and to draw upon our squadron all the fire of the southern batteries, the e &Maio brought his frigate in a masterly manner under the cross-fire of more thaw iOO guns, the bowsprit quite fret of the Glasgow, with an anchor from the head and stern, in the r. quired position, so as to open our larboard guns at the same minute. Capt. Ziervugel, who was fu!ly acquainted with the above plan, and with the batteries, brought his fri. gate, the Diana, nearly at the same moment, within a fathom's length of the place e here I had wished it, for our directed position. The Dageraad, Capt. Polders, also immediately opened her batteries in the best direr. tion. The Captains Van der Straten and Van der Hart, by the thick smoke, and not being so fully acquainted with the localities, were not so fortunate in the first moments; but worked with the greatest coolness, anti under the heaviest tire, so as to give their batteries good direction. The Eendragt, Capt.-lieut.Warden_ berg, which I had placed in reserve, in oozier to be able to bring assistance, remained under the fire of the bet. teties close by. Our ships had not fired for more than half an hone, when lord I month acquainted me,thet lie was eery asuch satisfied with the direction of the fire of our positron on the iesiiltlgketieri'! s ) becilie theteSiTili