The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-15 00:00:00

The following last :-- WtNDSOR CASTLE, SEPT. B.—His Majesty remains in the same state as for the last few days." " SEPT. 9.--His Majesty's symptoms have not v.:rizcl since yesterda)." " SEPT. 20. - -His Majesty's symptoms remain the same as yesterday." " SEPT. ii.—There is no alteration in his Majesty's syinptonts to day." 44 SEPT. 12.—His Majesty's symptoms remain the same as yesterday." " SEPT. 13.—There is no alteration in his Majesty's state." • " SIFT. 14.—The King continues in the same state." • The state of Sweden continues still wavering, 1 weak, and undecided. One post brings intelligence .of its hostility ; the next of. its pacific disposition ; •so that, on the whole, all that can be said cf that country is, that it is neither one thing nor the other . 1 • thing from choke, but every thinz and any thing from fear and necessity. Undoubtedly we have I nothing to urge against that country or its Govet n ment on the score of its conduct during the period of the season already passed ; though we are, per haps, more indebted for her forbearance in that in stance to the presence of the commanding fleet under, I Sir J. SAVMAREZ , than t o an y g reat p artiality for the s prosperity of 13ritish commerce on the part of the fiwedish Government. There is little intelligenee of any consequence from that country, and that little has no connexion with British interests. • We have Inserted in another part of this day's • Publication copious extracts from the Ameriwn rapers, which, however, are not of 't. later date than those, the contents of which have been previou , ly. submitted to the perusal of the Public. We beg particularly to direct the attention of • our Readers to an article copied from the Baltimore Federal Reintblican, on the subject of the issue of Mr. VosTutt's negotiation, which,ability rarely to be found in the productions of the Ameri • can, unites a solidity of judgment and a strength of reasoning, that leaves little to be added upon the subject to which it refers. • His Majesty's ships Hannibal, Vice-Admiral DururAm, Impftueux, Mars, Tremendous, and Ven eur, arrived in the Downs on Thursda y , from the Baltic. We understand that Sir JAMES SA I'M is also daily expected to make his appearance in the • Downs. HORRIBLE NAR ATIVP. • The following extraordinary -a:count is written from the re• collection of a marine on hoi:rd the Fourdropuit, Admiral De Courcy, when in the Ilr..zils. The narrative is .candid, hut not very clear, many places re quiring explanation, ant! we %sish that the writer !lad been more . circumstantial in some instances, and also that he had commu nicated the relator's name; untiniabed as it appears, it is, how ever the most a‘xful MAtanct. of sufferings Uy famine, that we recollect to have been recorded these many years. In the math of June, 1810, I was a private in the first com pany of art:ll.,!ry in the garrison of St. Helena, and on the 10th of that month, about half an hour before. parade time, lkil‘Kinnon, a gunner of the second company, asked me if I was willing t.) desert, and „go with him on hoard the American ship called the Columbia, Captain Henry Lagar, which was the only ship at ' that 'time in the Roads. After some conversation on the sub . - ject, I Unfortunately agretd to meet him :&out sc.ven o'clock at the playhouse, where, at that time,. I found him, aecompauied by a private of Major Searles 'company, called N-I•Quirin, oqc , ~......::,~..,r1N~' . A I. tif". man called Brighouse, another called Parr, and another called Conway. Parr was a good seaman, and said heOvould take us in a boat to the island of Ascetision, or that he would lie cif he harbour until the Columbia could wei g h anchor and come out. We went about eight o'clock to the Vatot Rock, where we found the boat of the Columbia, with three sailors waiting for us. They took u* on board their vessel, where Parr went into the cabin, and we changed our clothes. After we had been on board abeut half an hour, Brighouse and Conway proposed to cut a whale-boat front out of the harbour, and to •stand out to sea in order to secure ourselves, as we suspected that •the Co houbta would be searched for us. This was concluded on, and acc,srdii.alv boarded the whale-boat, which we found moored by a hale stone; they h;:d on board five oars and a coil of rope. Having taken the iarye stone on beard, we brought the boat alongside the American, it being now eleven o'clock at night. Shortly after we observed several lanterr passing along the line t-w•lrds the sea-pate, and hearing a great noie, we supposed we were missed and sought for, M`Quinn, Parr, Drigaou e, Conway, Nl'lainnon, got on boord the wilale4loat, taking with 115 '2 5 rounds of bread, a keg containing aboot 13 sa iasee of water, a conloass, and a quadrant, all of Which were ;leen us by the Captain of the Columbia. In our hurry, 1 sup pose, the quarry fell overboard, as we could not find it efter wards. NN' t,Ten 141 the ship, :lad poiied a-heatl; but the boat was nt this time 1;:ti full uE wcter, clod we had neglected to take any thing with us to bail her. In this situeiion we rowed out to sat, ant lay a considetabie oft' the island, ex. pectiag'the Jahlericau to pick us up, as the Cemoio !old 'plat mised to do, in a few hours. We continued in this situation until twelve o'clock the second day. after leaving the island, but no ship appealing, Parr advised that we should hoar away for the island of Ascension, steering N. by W. and then N.N.Va. using an oar for a mast, and our handkercbiefs tied at the cer too; for a sail. The wind blew a gale for two days, but the weather then became very fine. 'l\4‘Kitilion ke, t a reckoning, having pen,- ink, and paper, from the Columbia. We conti nued our course until the morning of the 13th, when we saw a number of birds, loft no land appeared. Parr said, he was ante we had missed the island of Ascension. Finding our substitute for a sail answer but badly, we took off our shirts, and made'a Stmll spritsail of their'. We then altered our course to W. by N. hoping to make Rio ae Janeiro, on the coast of Brazil. Dur ing this rime we suffered severely from the want of shelter, and from the water in the boat, which we could not keep her choir of with our hots. We were also in great distress for pro visions, and were obliged to mint ourselves to about aft ounce of bread and two sooonfuls of water in twenty-four hews. • " We were now very much exhausted by hunger and fatigue, it being the 28th of lime, valour bread, was expended.. We Lad no other prospect but tbat of a miserable death. TVl‘uirtn took a piece of leamaoo which lay in the boat, and chewed it, npen o hich we all followed his exatrple. Having remember( LI to e read of Oersons in our unhappy situation eating their :hoes, I cut a pit ce off one of mine, but it was so soked in salt watt r that I was unable to swallow it. I then tried thlOintier tole, and eat part of it, hut found no benefit from it. In this miserable and exhausted state, wishing for death to atol l our miseries, we continut d until the Ist of July, when Parr caught a dolphin with a gaff which had been kit in the heat. We got the fish into the boat with difficulty, and having theta:eel God for his goodn:sts.to us, we cut up the fish, and baying drank the.blood, and eat part of the atoll, we hung up the remairder to dry. On this we subsisted until the 4th, when, finding the whole was consumed. Parr, Brighouse, Conway, and myself, proposed to st uttle•tae boat to put an end to our miseries; but M`l:intien and laa'Quinn would not consent to the proposal. The forint r proposed that we should put it to the lot which of us should be put to death to feed the others. To this we agreed, and as Parr le d been, ill for some days of a spotted fever, we arced to leave him out. — The numbers being written and put into a lint, which was held by Parr, we took one each, and having agreed that five should he the fatal number, it was found to be M'Kinnon's, who meliately cut himself in three 'places on his foot and arm :'he commended his soul to the Alinighty, and.soon bled to ‘leatb.•-•• As soon as be was dead, la is house cut a piece of the thigh, of which we all ate. Vae waOlool it c body frequently in the sea to preserve it, and continued to feed upon it till the Bth, when it being my torn to hole out, abeutolay-break I observed thot the dto (Alone. As s as it became colour of the water appe?re clear light, we saw land right i-Feed, on wita'al we steered to wards it, and abenit eight o'clock in the morning we were close to the shore. Finding a very heavy surf, we endeavoured to keep the boat's head towards it; but being very weak, we were unable to accomplish our purpose, and soon after the boat upset. Alter much exertion, Conway, Parr, and myself, got to land, or rather we were cast cm shore; but poor ail` Quinn and Brig house were drowned. We now found ourselves On the coast of Brazil, at no great distance from Rio de Janeiro; and being treated-with attention and hive:may we recovered, when Fen tercel auto the morales, and was suit on board this ship." 564 TI JF, NATION THE KING, The following are the Bulletins issued since our