The National Register. — London, England, 1822-01-13 00:00:00

GALES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Gesma. Dec. 27.—About two o'clock on Tuesday snoring (2.5 th) we were visited by a gale of wind from S W , which, I believe, has never been sur passed here : it is impossible to describe its fury, or the sea by which it was accompanied, and its efil.tets will speak stronger than language. Some of them are as fidlows : The Belle, from Liverpool, bound to this place and Leghorn, was driven on shore at San Pier de Riena, a little west of this port, about a mile distant, and gone to pieces. Captain and two men drowned. A Spanish vessel, loaded with pilchards, totally lost near the same place, with two other vessels, one a Genoese. In the part of the quarantine ground, the General Lincoln, American, (cargo, fish sugar, &c.), lost; two men drowned. In the inner port, nut a ship has escaped serious damage ; among the rest the John, Drumming, and the City of Genoa, arc much injured, particu larly the fbrrier. Upwards of :30 feluccas, pinks, &c. have gone from their anchors, and it is said that nearly 50 lives are lost within the port. All the bridges, moles, buttresses, &c. of the port have received immense injury : even Porto Franco has suffered, and a very great loss has been sustained in grain, by the sea washing over the warehouses, and destroying them. (*smmit I.irrEtt, SAM C DATE.) The most tretnendons weather in the memory of man has overwhelmed our port a ith desolation. It commenced on Cluistmas.eve, and raged with great fury nearly 40 hours. Thirty-two vessels, small and large are said to have perished. The Manning, from London, Alert from Bristol, and the Ellen, from Bergen, after suffering considerably, are got into the Arsenal. The accounts from the coast, it is feared, will be very bad. DEC. 29.—We had last night again bad weather and heavy sea, which caused damage to another Swedish vessel, and the loss of bowsprit to the NVel lington. At Villafranca, an American, with fish, has been sunk, and a Sardinian vessel, with brandy, lost. From Marseilles we have not yet had letters, but fear mischief also there, as it appears the storm took that direction. At Leghorn, it appears, they have escaped ; at least letters (rota thence. of the 25th, do not notice any thing particular. LEGHORN, Dec. 22 —Arrived, the White Oak, from New York and Gibraltar ; Diligent, (ruin Boston, (these vessels have taken shelter under the Malora,till the gale which now blows, abates); Susan and Letitia, from Gibraltar. TARRAGONA, Dcc 26. —I have to inform you, that for these three days past we have had the most ter. rible gale of wind ever expaienced here from the south-west, with a most tremendous sea rolling into the port : all the vessels parted or cut from their moorings, and beating one upon another, have every one of them received very considerable damage.— The incessant fatigue I have undergone in getting every possible assistance given to the British vessels, prevents me from giving you any further particulars of the damage done. TRIESTE, Dec. 25.—We had to day a tremen dous gale of wind from S.W. ; half of the town was inundated with sea driven by the wind. Many warehouses have been severely injured ; the gale is, however, now abated, and the water diminishing. NAPLES, Dec. 31.—Since the 18th the wmther has been tremendous, and there is no appearance of clearing up. EJRL lITZWIL LIAM. On Wednesday last this venerable nobleman assem bled his tenants occupying farms under Isis Lordship, at Mihon house, where they had been previously requested to g ve their attendance, by a circular front his Lordship's steward, William Simpson, Esq. The noble Earl rt. ceieed his numerous tenantry in the great hall ; alit r each wag seated, his Lordship informed them that ha had taunt into Isis most serious consideration their situ. atiou as farmers in the present state of the times; by an amicable communication which lie had with some of his worms who had kept a regular account of the out goings and emir nets ol their fa , stud which account his Lordship had investigated, it was clear that a reduc tion of rent was necessary, ha he was quite satisfied ill his own mind, that the reduced price ()I' the produce of the land was now immanently establish,al, since our room to payments in sovereigns gild shilliogs, and he dal not visit to kohl out any sielosiotts that corn would fetch a better price; he was satisfied in Isis own mind that it couhl nut ; it might fluctuate a little according to SC2IIOIIII, hut in nu material degree; and his Lotdalsip of opniioit, that any alteration its the Clais laws could slot posribly base the effect of raising the price the produce of the land—he did not mean to hold out any such hopes—he had therefore tedeced his rents, under an impression that the average of corn in the years 17y2- 94, and 95, was about the standard at which we noglit expect it to keep. His Lordship stated farther, that lie expected each tenant would stop and dims, and Mat they %scold sealed note directed for each its his seat, staling the rent be had lixed upon their respective faint , awl with which he hoped the tenant would he bAltlii.d. ilia COUSUICILd ili.it the conmxinit bet wet-to laud lord anti tenant WAS their ututual and common inttrest, -- THE NATIONAL REGISTER he was aware that the tumults had embarked considerable capitals, which they most necessarily do to enable them to occupy teir farms properly, and it was but fair that they shoold be it:numerated both for their capital and their trouhic. His Lordship next srongly recommended that the labourer should have fair and sullicient waves to enable him to live—to live well, and suppart his Lundy, out going to the parish for relief; to make up a deficiency of the wages which he ought to have; for, in his Lord ship's opinion, nothing tended more to lessen the 13- hourer in his own esteem as a man, than being obliged 1 to apply for parochial relief; it spoiled him as a labourer, by destroying the proper pride which a man felt in sup porting himself by his own honest exertions. We understand, from undoubted authority, that the reduction which has taken place is from 35 to 45 per cent., including 15 per cei.t. which his Lordship took off in 1815. At the hospitable mansion an excellent dinner was provided for the tenants on this interesting occasion, and upwards of eighty sat down to table. - - - AFFECTING PARTICULARS OF TIIF. LOSS OF THE JULIANA EAST-INDIAMAN. -asesse-- The following account cf this melancholy event has been transmitted to tis by one of the survivors : The Juliana, Capt. Oglevie, reached the Downs on her voyage from Calcutta, on Friday the 21st December, and alter having put Mrs. Oglevie on shore at Deal, and re ceived a pilot, proceeded fur the river, but was tett:et', by stress of weather, to anchor in Margate Roads, from whence she w as driven, with the loss of two anchors and rubles, on the morning of Snottily, the 23 , 1, and Isom want of skill in the pilot, grounded on a sand hank, called the Kentish litiock, between two mid nave u'elock in lie afternoon of the same day. As the sea was raging with great violence, the octill-mast was immediately cut away, iu order to lighten and ease the ship; and a boat with two men in her was lowered down, but the boat had scarcely touched the water wheat it was dashed to pieces, and bosh the men were killed. At this time there were on board about forty souls, in cluding the captain and his Mother, both beutenan , s in the navy, Alr. Graham, the surgeon, a maid servant, and a female child, passengers front Cali:stmt. As there W 4,1110 hope of moving the ship, the lung-heat was provided with provisions, water, and it compass, will, a view of quitting the vessel; but the wind having gone 1111WIlwith the ebbing of the tide, and the carpenter having reported favourably of the state of the ship, it was determined to put off their departure till the following day, in the hope that, in the mean time, some vessel would put elf to their assistance, and that they should be thereby enabled to save a part of the cargo. Frain this fatal resolution arose all the misery that en sued, for had they qui , ted the ship at this mosnent, an object that might liitee been edectea without difficulty, the sea upon the batik, at ebb tide, being continuatively smooth, there is no manner of doubt that they all would have made the shore in safety ; but, ulas! the opportunity was loot, and never again reunited. lit the evening, the violence of the wind increasing, the tide rose with frightful impetuosity, and the very nisi %%aye that broke over die ship shattered the long-boat to pieces, and cat tied away all the bulwarks. The limn were now obliged to take shells r oa the boa/split, or the high est part of the quarter-deck, to avoid being washed over board, where they remained till the tide retiring gave them an opportunity to seek, between decks, 4 short cessation of suffering, and to recruit their wearied bodies with refreshment, or such repose as was pus:able. The captain alone could by uo persuasion be induced to quit the deck, where he cositiuned during the whole of this drealdul night. Though an accomplished 5C4111411 and fertile its rituvaices, he Bloat have seen that escape became every moment more doubtful ; anti with what an guish must he have reflected on the wife lie had so lately parted with, on his doating mother, and oilier dear rela tives whom he was never more to 66,01 , 1. During the night, pieces of mosses and rope dipped in tar were honied at the mast head, iu hope that some pass ing ship might see and come to their tenet; a raft was also constructed, and morning was looked for with the moat heart rending anxiety. %Vitt& the mottling catne the tide, nothiug •bated its violence--one wave swept front the deck the surgeon and young female, and at the same instant dashed the maid • ant agents' the rudder, and literally shatter , d her head to pieces !—The fate of Mr. Graham, a must 410101110 man, was singularly affecting. lie had been ill during the greater pant of the voyage, and had a presentiment, which he often expressed, teat be should never see London again; tier could lie bc laughed or reasoned out of his upiniou. When the slip made the Dowlll., Capt. Oglevie endeavoured must kitely to persuade him to go on shore at Deal, but could not pi even ; and thus a valuaole matt was lost, span whom e mother and two sisters, new iesideut in Ireland, eutii ely depended fur support. limuediately after Mr. Graham had been swept over board, Mr. Edward Oglevie having ascended the ;nisei' top, the mast gave way, and lie was precipitated among the pieces of wreck with which the ship was surrounded, and killed. The body was recovered and placed on the drek at the feet of his unhappy brother, whose agony at this moment the writer, who witnessed the scene, cermet nits mpt to describe. Many persons were now lying dead about the deck having beau either struck by spars, or killed by excessive fatigue, and uo succour appealing at eleven u'elock on Almiday morning, the captain told the crew that all fur ther exertion on board was useless, sad they had better endeavour to save themselves by quitting the, wteckl aa speedily as possible. Accordingly, about twenty got upon the raft, which scarcely left the vessel when it was overturned by the fury of the waves, and no more than six men regained their station, the rest being all drowned. The captain and Iwo UIIICIS were 011 board, when the sea hating forced an opening In the bottom of the ship, site instantly filled, and her decks blew op. The hull fell to pieces, and in a few moments the whole was 005 isi- V111:411 r . With 'peat difficulty the raft, with the six survivors, cleated the masses of the wreck with which it was Wt.. 11111 l This was accomplished about three o'clock on Monday afICIUOUII. him the course oh the 'nett% tour of the six The two who remained were pieseed up by a l! , littir, boat Ull Totaday, when weruay tatiausted by suf. lc _asillikaltrairAtarmin When the raft drifted from the wreck, Captain Oglevie was at en clinging to the quarter cutlery, but met have perished in a few moments. Why he did not endeavour to save himself On the raft can be low only matter of opi nion; butt the greatest prolvabitily is, that the high sense la hick led him often to deciate, that in such situations the captain should ever lit the Last Oil board, must have ia (Weed him to remain until escitpe became impossible.— He was a man of extraordinary talent, and was early distinguished by the imam' !al Nelson—he was signal officer un board the Victory, di the battle of Trafalgar, and had subsequently seen much set vice as first lieutenant of a large frigate. Many can hear ti stimony to his excel lence as an officer, and the ant row of an ustcu..icc circle of fiienils speaks the estimation iu which lie is as held by all who knew hint iii domestic life. It will be recollected that some months ago an action was brueght against Mr. Henry Hunt, who is now a prisoner in llchester, for penalties to the amount of 2001. in c onsequence of his having sold roasted grain under the title of breakfast-powder; these penalties were su2d and recovered by the Excise, in consequence of one of those revenue laws which are never known till they are felt, hav ing made it penal to sell any thing which might be deemed, or might be used as a substitute for coffee. It was clearly proved, that in selling this article no imposition was practised ; the powder had not been sold as ceffea, nor had it been called by any such name ; the whole body of the crime was, that the powder might be used as coffee, if any one chose to do so, in the same manner as any one might use water instead of wine, or read a speech of Lord Lon donderry's, instead of Demosthenes. The existence of a law by which such an offence was created ex cited much astonishment ut the time, and Sir R. Nilson called attention to the subject in the Hmise of Commons. It was then reported in all the papers, and universally understood, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated that it was not the inten tion of Government to levy the penalties. We re member that we received it as a grateful symptom of some shame at the existence of a law rarely parilel led even in the statutes to which financial rapacity has given birth. We see, however, that Mr. Hunt, in the £5 h number of his Memoirs, says that the Sheriff of Somerset has given him notice that he has a writ to levy this penalty, by the sale of his (Mr. Hunt's) property in that county! The building in Paris, called during the Revolu tionary Government, " the Pantheon," and emL ployed as a cemetery for the remains of eminent, men, was sometime back reconverted to its origina purpose of a church, dedicated to St. Genevieve, the Patroness of Paris. Among some hundreds of great names, whose ashes have been deposited in the vaults of this building, were those of Rosseau and Voltaire. The ministers have signalized their en trance into office by destroying the monuments and casting out the ashes of these two unbelievers. and re-entering there with great pomp—comprising a train of Princes and Princesses, Bishops, Priests. and Lawyers—the remains, or what they call the remains, of the Virgin Saint. The Newcastle Theatre having been fresh paint ed, was opened on Wednesday se'unight. The most remarkable feature of the evening was an attempt to call the manager to account, by a party in the gallery, for not re-engaging Mr. Holland, who has been the favourite comic actor tor the last three years. Mr. De Camp resisted this dictation with spirit, at the smite time explaining that Mr. IL had discharged himself, though it appeared he had written letters to form a cabal in his favour.— He declared that while he held the management, he would engage such performers only as he thought proper, and in this declaration he was supporta, by the majority of the audience, who did not approve of the assumed management of the gallery party. Four beautiful ostriches, standing when erect live feat in height, of a dark colour, were brought to town on Saturday morning from Portmnouth in a double caravan, having been sent as a present from the East Indies to his Majesty: they are to be conveyed to Brighton. A subs:l.4)6 , in has been opened at Bath for the relief of the p.tr of that city, who have suffered from the late thud. This example is worthy of imitation in this metropolis, for the relief of tha poor in the lower part of Westminster and Chelsea. SHIPWRECK.—The melancholy account arrived at Lewes on Monday, of the loss of the Lark. a trading vessel from Newhaven to button, on the Caliomby Sand, Cain. Burrows, mister, who was lost with all his crew. Site was laden with pods. principally for Lewes, except a quantity of corn for Messrs. Cats and Cooper, of the Tipe.inill ; and we are extremely sorry to hear that the latter is the only part insured. ‘Ve have, however, just seen a letter whlult states that some hopes are en tertained of saving a small oast or her cargo. It appears that th ea stain was found the next morn trig, lashed to the lining, in his pocket were nine soverrix;u..a watch, anti some letters, which were the only means Anatol of discovering to %%hat plac..,*the vessel helonge:l. Captain Barrows has left a wifz and Lice children to lam In their irreparable loss. No man, ;notably, was more res . pt•Cl.::1, ..411d mow coutaiimaatiou is expressed.—Brighion . -‘ I r 1 a % f 1 .!. ~~' ~~~ 1 , I 1 `-_