The National Register. — London, England, 1813-01-10 00:00:00

.TAN. 10 HUMANITY TO AN ORPHAN. TTTE,NATION TO THE EDIFOR. SlR—The following interesting case is earnestly recom mended to the attention of the Governors of Christ's Hos pital:— The late Lieut. St mmovs was stationed at the signal-post at Harwich. His wife dying after a long and lingering ill ness was soon followed by her husband, whose death was considered as the immediate consequence of the lops of his wife, the anxiety of mind he had long suiTered, and the mi serable state of his finances. The latter event had no sooner taken place, than Mr. S Elt En, pet fit mer of Harwich, though not in any way connected with either of the deceased, im mediately took charge of the unfortunate child, now 4 years of age, and has ever since cherished him as his own. That which adds highly to the merit of Mr. SEALER upon this occasion is, that the knowledge of this intereting little his tory, did not reach the Committee of the Naval Charitable Society through any measures taken by him for the pur puce, but solely from the mere accident of Capt. REN A ICK potting- into Harwich with a convoy, where hearing the cir enn,tance he most humanely and instantly made it known to the Society. . _ The Committee, in consequence of Capt. IL's representa tion, directed a letter of thanks to be written to Mr. S EAGER, adding a remittance of ten guineas, and an assurance that the child should be taken off his hands so soon as any charity cou ld b e f oun d f a r hi s reception. Now as the child7 - en of Lieutenant 7, in the Navy arc eligible to the school of Christ's fospital at the at;e of seven years, it is humbly recommend ed to the Governors of that noble charity, to take the abOve rate into con ideration, in the years 1815 and ISI6, when the said child will (if alive) be eligible to nomination. I~iAUTICUS. .AL REGISTER. X 1.4. 25 content either with our Captain or Officers, me feel obliged to them for their lenity during the present slim thandad state of the vessi I . and hope it will please the Commander in Chief, or the Lords of the Admiralty, to prosecute the author of so scandalous aad malici ms a report, tending so great y to our prejudice, and that of .the set-- We remain, honoured Sir, Your most obedient humble servants, , (Signed by the whole Ship's Company). Tu George Trullope, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ship Griffin. vice. TO 'THE EDITOR. Si it-it was with the strongest sensations of surprize and indignation, I read the account of the unfounded and mali cious relic a which ,has found its way into the daily papers of the 29th ultimo, stating the mutiny of the crew, and the the carrying of the CI ition into the port ofiloulogne. That such a rumour is not only happily untrue, but without the slightest grounds for its fabrication, is completely vouched by an Officer of that stoop now addiessing you, and by the inclosed letter. ; which presents to the Legislative Authority the feelings of the crew so stigmatised, on the " condition of the ship, and its iffiernal regulation." They humbly pre sumed, that their satisliction with the conduct of their Offi cers, including that of the hapless Lieut. CArlaui, whose manes are now disturbed by the unhallowed hand of criti cism, was fully evinced by their petition to the l'itiNcv. RE c; ENT : shey will, however, feel much obliged by assuring their fellow countrymen, through the medium of your paper, that they still remain as before, ready, Officers and-men, to support, to the last drop of their blood, the honour of a be loved KING, and an exalted country. I am, Sir, Bre. AN OFFIOEIt rOARD THE 61111:FON. His Majesty's ship Griffon, 1). al, January, itiN. COPY OF A LETTER FROM tv OF 111 E GRLFFON, TO TIlf:IR Mondty morning, C. Bruce, respired for 14 daps, and who WP$ COMM 4N Pl• n. convicted at the Artini-ally Sessions, for the wiltul Murder of ). Ric M e i t rAy's ship Griffm, Dor2ene , s, Jan. 6, 1813. Dean, Ole boat boy, at NV ItOrd Haven, sAiffered•the Jaw at Execution• CI n,—A rep•at of a m st dis•igre"We imbue having lr..en circubted Dock. He continued a E.Mv seconds iu pra)er, and met his fate with. greAtly to our disadvantage, in recut-sett ing us as having talon his becoming fortitude. • • Majesty's ship G•rition from our Officers, and carried her into Boa- nntside 04 flit-. A rundel t vage coach, On Tries.lay evening 4ast, Rs a young woman was tA'velling on she dropped as'eet) on t iouf-• • ' the wheels iniss:d ove r We, the petty ollicem seamen, and marine'', of the e l ! loon, most insi from it, when Ane of anti thillapo •lv killed ,her On the spot. butubl. , beg leave to represent, that tar from having usiy chase of tilt- 4 , . • •. . •-• • • • NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. An account lons beer. • received tit the East India ships, Ear Howe and Apollo, arrived at the Isle of F:ance on the Bth of Septem ber. The Marchione:s of Fly sepurated from thew on the Pith of Au. gist. in about lat. 34. S. long. 14 IV. in blowing weather.--Tits Chapman and Carrington had arrived at Bombay. Letters from St. Jahn, New Brunswick, on the 6th inst. mention the melancholy loss of his ALljestv's brig Plumper, Lieut. Bray, at four o'clock in the morning of the sth lust. on a ledge of cocks near Dipper harbour. Of those on board, 4'2 unfortunately perished; and among them, all the passengers, and nil the Officers, excepting a Mr. flail.— A• 1 ,0114 the passengers were, Dr. and Mrs. Wright, Mr. Cunningham. and Mr. Crawford, Commissary Department, and a vet y tine youn t ; lad, son of the latter Gentleman. Arrived in Gourack Bay, Greenock, on Saturday se'unight, the ship' Hawker, Phillips, one of the Honduras homeward-bound 82ut, which called from thence on the I'4th September, under his Majesty's sloop Frolic, but dispersed on the 18th October in the action between the convoy ship and the United States :.loop Wasp. About the middle of November the Hawker made Torry, since which she was baffled by contrary winds, and driven as far north as lat. 39. The crew, from ex treme exertion, and the scarcity of provisions,•consequent on this long. oratracted voyage, were driven to d.•speralion, and the creater part of :he crew nitinied. A plot was laid to poiso:i the Captain, in order to ;et possession of the vessel, which lin:ve al abortive. A plan was th en' Lild to assassinate him, hut was happily discovered by the revolt of one. of their number.—From the deplorable cunsiiticat to which they were reduced, fifteen of the crew died; the remainder c.iiiiists of the Cap tain, Mate, Steward, tl.ree men aid tour boys; all of whorzare more or less in an exhansted condition ; some of them, in Frticular, having bac!' latterly iicable to assist working the ship. Tne Hawker lit,s been in the who out lit! days, without inaliing any port until her ar rival at Greenock. Alt rropn, D; c 37.—We are sOrrv - to have the painful duly of relating a most ni?!aucholy shipwreck, which has taken place in consequence of the extinction of the Light on the Smalls. Ott the 17th instant, the brig l'ortittide, of London, John Owen, Master, saib.ul from thence with a vult1:11)11! carf, o, for liverp,:o l . eiJit in the morring of the she sailed front and about two the following wonting struck, in a hard gale, urn th..! smallm, amidst total dailine , i. Finding the ves , el sinking the long-boat was ttot. out, into which the ALister and nine ofthe crew %vent six otli;:rs took to the jolly-boat, and juq al the vessel sunk, •iti , TtTilei in getting clear of her. L'ufuttunately the vessel fell over be :ore the lung-boat could get at a stancient , and by the screams and cries of those on ly•ard her, which were heard by the others in the dm !r., there ii no doubt bul they all perished. The men who were in the jolly-boat sn,Tet-ded in getting from the vessel before she souk, and idler h !tea till 11 in the forenoon, tkey we.We.c picked up hip tlau Diliget.ce C o stom-hunse meter some of them nearly lud:edi a , they Ws re awoke in their beds when the ship struck. lit the alietnuon 11;:,.v were landed at Milford, were a sub. ! script ion was set on foot for their relief. Names of thoce who perished,—. John Owen. mahtcr ; Humphrey nth'e hbit Situ: ii Hugh 11'1Ni:us, S/10111kni J0ue...4 154 vies, Hichard Thomas, Lewis J o nes, Michael M'Can, and a seamen invalid, winig to Livvrpool. Names of t!tsse picked up by the Diligence.—Samuel I ovclo7, hard Hese, Williams, Owen Pritchard, Michael Hughes, and Pioinks Taylor. 1