The National Register. — London, England, 1815-05-07 00:00:00

1 , 0 MAY 7. THE The following account of the fate of the last of these men, and of the island on which the survivor of them was found, is from the pen of the gallant and sensible Sir Tho mas Staines, the captain of the ship that lately touched at the island. Sir Thomas writes from Valpavaiso : n 0o my passage from the Marquesses Islands to this port in the mo rning of the 17th of September, I fell in with an island where none is laid down either on the Admiralty c: other charts, accord. ing to the several chronometers of Briton and lagus ; I therefore hove to until day light, and then closed, to ascertain whether it was inhabited, which I soon discovered it to be, and to my very great astoni.hment found that every individual on the island (40 in num ber) spoke exceeding good English. They prove to be the descend acts of the deluded crew of the Bounty, which front Otaheite pro ceeded to the above mentioned island, where the ship was burnt. Christian appeared to have been the leader and sole cause of the Mutiny in that ship. A venerable old man, named John Adams is the only surviving Englidtman of those who last quitted Otaheite in her, and whose exemplary conduct and f a therly care of th e w h o l e of the little colony could not but command admiration. The pious manner in which all those born on the island have been reared—the correct sense of religion which has been instilled into their young minds by this old man, has given him the pre-eminence over the whole of them, to whom they look up as the father of the whole, and one family " A son of Christian's was the first horn on the bibmd, now about 25 years of age, named Thursday October Christian ; the eldest Christian fell a sacrifice to the jealousy of an Otaheitian man, within three or four years after their arrival on the island. They were accompanied thither by six Otaheitian men and twelve women ; the former were all swept away by desperate contention , ' between them and the Englishmen, and five of the latter have died at different periods, leaving only one man and seven women of the original set. tiers. ‘ 1 The island must undoubtedly be that called Pitcairn's, although erroneously laid down in the charts. We had the meridian aim close to it, whioh gave us 23 deg. 1 min. S. for its latitude ; and longitude, per chronometers of Briton and lagus, 140 deg. 25 min. W. It is abundant in yams, plaintaisis, hogs, goats, and fowls, but affords no shelter for a ship or vessel of any deseriptioon ; neither could a sbip water without great difficulty. I cannot refrain, however, from offering my opinion, that it is well worthy the attention of our laudable religious societies, particularly that for propagating the Christian religion. the whole of the inhabitants speaking the Otaheitian tongue, as well as the English.— During the whole of the time they have been on. the island, only one ship has ever cim municated with them, which took place about six years since Wan American ship, called the Topa;, of Boston, Matthew Folger, master. The island is eminpletely iron bound, with rocky shores, and landing in boats at all times difficult, although safe to approach within a short distance in a ship." " Manley Dixon, Esq. Vice• Admiral of the Blue, &c. &c." TILE NATION, ' MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY. FASHIONS FOR MAY. WaLuse DRESS.--Hitt dress, made in cambric muslin, with deep full &num= richly worked on French cambric; a deep falling frill round the neck, to correspond. Pelisse, open, with falling col lar, composed of green .sarsnet, lined throng)tont with sarsnet of straw colour; the bottom of the sleeve trimmed with a double frill the same; a double border of corresponding coloured trimming Lauf on the cuff and round the pelisse. Bonnet of straw-coloured cdeed and trimmed with green satin ribbon, and ornamented eidier with a clus►er of flowers or a small plume of feathers. San dais of greet' kid ; gloves to correspond. Parasol of straw coloured silk. EVEN/NG DRESS.--Pink satin frock, reply ornamented ronnd tine lanttn i n with a deep border of garnet sewer, headed With a fes toon of flowers ; the body and sleeves trill:me(' with double rolls of •. , oitc satin ; a small border of flowers let in oil the shoulder; a full Piatting or blond lace round the neek. Gloves! white kid ; shoes to 1711rITS 1)010. The hair crossed, with full curls on the forehead and In The neck. :%lonNING OREM—Plain India mull alnvlin,with double flounce., 3 tumunted vvith pink or cluing prisnrhoe ribband i the. boak AL REGISTER. 30 '1 drawn very full as last month, according to the French now'e ; front ;old sleeves plaited Alvan. Frills and trimmings ;a e cAnim.rti of Valenciennes late. Pink kid shoes and c10d...:. The Poniona-grcen sarsnet pelisse, trimmed with rich India bordrr, is still worn ; but is ving place, with the advance of the reasons, to dresses of a lighter texture. A bonnet to correspond, with an elegant plume of Ica tilers. The height of the crown of the bonnet is diminished since our last. • FULL DRESS of Morella ganze worn over primrose satin, trim med milli a handsome Brussels lace; it -4p full font, ant trimmed with Brussels l ace . Pt art beads are melt W n in full dresses, and, contrasted with the Morelli gauze, hale a very beauti ful appearance. The width of the dress across the •houltters is by no means diminished. An ettigaist Turki.ll turban ornamented with pearls; or am elegant wreath of blush roses round the knot of the hair, which is fixed high upon the (Town of the head. Necklace and ear-rings of foreign pebble. Scart of rich embroidered blond lace. White kid shoes and gloves. • • MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. • The spring-sowing of corn, pulse, and sredi, may be deemed finished, with the exception of barley, upon lands %%Imre the saper abundance of turnips re►nained so late as to retard tli necessary cul ture for barley sowing. Generally, the Lent corn-seed season has hull successful, notwithstanding some impediment in most coeu►tics from the rains of last month. In the North, an almost opposite. state of the weather has rendered the present one of the earliest anti hest of seasons. Putatoe planting proceeds with diligence. All the crops upon the Kround have the most luxuriant and promising appearance. The pastures are so forward, that both be.:st:► and sheep have bctn some time abroad and hay and straw are in great plenty. The wheats are very forward and bulky in the grass, and, cobs( quentry, will require the most favourable and genial season to bring them to perfection of seed. BOXING AT COOMBE. WOOD. A meeting of amateurs .took place yesterday on this spot, where many a hero has bled, to witness the boxing match betwixt Croxey, the sailor, (as we formerly understood, but who, in point of fact, is not one of that hardy race of Britons), and the elder Lancaster, known in the ring in some combatS, but. particularly with Oliver, by whom he was easily vanquished. A 24-feet ring was former, in which the combatants set-to at one o'clock.—Seconds, Oliver and Pain ter for Lancaster, and Joe .IVard and Paddington Jones for Croxey, who was backed at six and seven to four. We shall not attempt to give the mends of a combat which causal much disappointment to the ring, nod which is described in a kw lines. Croxey rumbled his antagonist in the first five routois of tl.e combat, and had the best of it. I...incaster possessed most sc i ence, which he displayed in planting first hits, but Croxey got in and did some Execution. Ile, 'however, glaringly 'exhibited the ti hitelocla iu the Bth round, nt.d disappointed the whole ring. lie soon alter began to sing out for quarter, and repeatedly gave in to l i, seconds, but ?I A a drop of blood was spilt during the combat ; Joe Ward tired of en couraging him to the combat, stopped his mouth with a handkerchief to prevent the opposing , parties from hearing " I give Croxey at length, alter rolling about for twenty-four minutes, got up when time was called, and politely informed the opposite seconds, he woulj- be d—d if Ike would fight any more. The battle was for a scbscripti,m purls. After this disappointment t 11) the amateurs, all was giorm in the ring, until two candidates for fighting fame turned-to for a purse of six guineas, and made as gallant a fight as ever was recorded. The names of these men are Phiit. Street and T. Roe. They possess a moderate share of science, and were nearly equal weight. Street was meiely a boy, who stood over his antagonist, but though his lens; it gave him the hest q' fighting, Roe was the best 1,4 tiOite , , and he won it after a most courageous battle winch lazt:d • forty Lnin4te6. 'I