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THE SUN REVIEW. (No (Xiii.) " .Yournrl of a Craize made to t4.e Pacific "Ocerm by Captain I).tvlD Pour.u, in the United States Frigate E.:,Sex, in the Years R. 12, IS:3, and pBl4,containing Foescriptio'ns of the . Cape de Vert! islands, Coastibiglrazil, Patagonia, Chili, aural Peru, and of the Gallapagos Islands. Also, a full Ae <aunt. of the Wwl*irlton Group of Islands; t;se Nfanners, 412ustoras, Dress of the Inhabitants, ecc. &c." Illustrated uh 14 Engravings. In 2 vtils: Evo. pp . 440. rhiladel -1533. • [Continued front our Paper of YecterdaYl " s On their arrival off Ro oahooga Island, the ilhati of the EuOisli, and Jefferson of Captain Porter. a few natives, who came off in a canoe, incited, them to the N hotc- ni ssneing them, by the most expr6;sivegesticolatioas, that the railiehas, or women, were entirely nt their service.' Cap;;' lain .Porter's prornises to his -ship's company, were here amply fulfilled. 'There tvcre no scruples on his part : none, of course, on the 'part of the crew ; he sees no harm in giving countenance, to the moral depravity of ignoraht savages--but' we must here pause, and draw a veil over his proceed' , inns. We cannot pollute our pages with the des eription which Captain Porter - gives of hiatraus= ections with these people. His langnage : and his ideas are so Bros ; and indelicate, so utterly unfit for this hemitpliere, that we'tititst'leithe the undi- - • 'tided enjoyment .of this part of his book :to his own coontrynleti. We are at' a hiss to determine which is must disgusting and offensive--4tiS molt' semis ribaldry, or his impudent avowal of his itti pr•oper conduct. ' If,' says be, 'there was any crime, the offence was ours, nor theirs : they act , . td in compliance with the customs of their au , cestors ; we departed from those principles of vir tue and morality, which are so highly esteemed in civilization.' It was enough, 'le thinks,_ that • each costfiued himself to , one object, and she of the best faintly and rank ;' which, he says, was as much as the most.` zealous Mebiate could re quire—het' more that' enough of r,,Hs profligate, tlsis pernicioos trash. " The Island in this group next visited by the Essex, was Nooaheevah, which in Captain Por ter's book is dignified' by the name of Madison.; the hay is nick-named. Massachusetts, and .a able group of huts built during their stay, Madi sonville. Here, -on their lauding, they met . with one Maury, a midshipman of the United States nasT, and an Englishman named Wilson, the lat ter of whom had lived amone. the Marquesas mare: year., and spoke their language with great fluency. Though of 'a Nation against the very name fi f nMich Captain Porter entertains the most roottei antipathy, he allows Wilson t 6 have been an inoffensive, honest, goothivearten fellow, well disposed to reodet every service in his'Power, and whose only failing was a great attachment to rum.' -Captain Porter .soon,discovered, or pre tends to have discovered, that the people of . a neighbouring valley, at the head- of Comptroller's Ilay, , nantecr the Happabsi Were at ha? with those among.whom he landed ; though it was ad mitted that a friendly intercourse was still kept Bp between the two tribes. Anxious to shrew his prowess amino; a people whose Weanoos were •hartniess when pet in competition with fire-arms, and still more anxious to procure provisions Vvith out paying for them, (for avarice is the ruling passion of this hukstering Captain,) he caused a messaue to he sent over the mountains .4 to tell, the Hanpirhs he bad corm; With a foree sufficiently . strong, to drive them front the Island; and it they 'presumed 'to enter into the valley while he re-. mai hnl th:re,, he 'should scud a body of men to chastise theta.' With the return 'of the messenger came the Happahs theniselees within a half-8.7 mile of . ' the camp, and sent for,anst.ver, that in -conseqeenceof his threat'S)they had conic into the valley' and destroyed - bread-fruit trees, and yet tiny had not been opposed.; that they'believ rd him a :d his people to he cowards, and would 'soon pay them a visit.' flirs threat somewhat provoked' tier hero=-but it also 'larmed him ;he landed a great portion of the o,i -'s company ; be employed the natives Or the Valley to drag a six pounder to the too of ;he mountains to oppose tit progress. With this gun -.vas sent the First Lieutenant,, Downes, (tlt_e counter-part of him self, and the ready agont 'Oran his little artifices,') an a party of men. The Lieutenant reported on his return, that on ascending the top of the moun tain lie was knocked down with a huge-, stone which struck him on the belly ; that on recover ing, he ordered the enemy to be pursued, who, however, made a stand at 'a kind of breastwork or fortress—` scoffed at his men, and exposed their posteriors to them, and treated them with the ut most contempt and derision'.' The Americans, upon this, rushed forwards towards the barrier, fired among the crowd, and shot five of them dead; • one, hi particular, fought till the muzzle of the piece WAS presented to his forehead, when the top of his head was entirely blown off.' The scene of massacre and plunder, the destruction of houses, utensils, live stock, and bread-fruit trees that fol owd, Captain Porter says, was r shocking to see.' But lie obtained his end, and got large sup ply of hogs' for nothing. " The bodies of the five men who had been killed in storming the fortress were brought down to the valley, and taken to the public square *where thelriestivals are held. Maury and Wilson Bach both -said, on their arrival, that the natives - were cannibals,though neither hid ever seen tiled) in the act of eating homan:flesh ; and it was also understood from Gattauewa, the Chief, that -they sometimes cat their enemies ; it was fair, there fore to conclude, that the bodies . in the 'great square were destined to be eaten, which Wilson said they would certainly be as soon as they were advanced to a state of putridity.. Captain. Porter: was determined to ascertain this fact with his own eyes, and for this purpose proceeded to the square --several of the yoang warriors were hastening Moue towards the same place, armed with their spears;4t the ends of which were hung plantains, bread-fruit, or cocoa-nats, intended as offerings to their Gods ; the sound of their drums was now heard, and presently the Chatinting of the was soup. " soon discovered five or six hundred of them assentlalefil About the dead bodies, which were ty- in;; on the ground, still attached to tke poles with which, they had been brought trom the scene of action. - The • warriors were all arnica with their spz.ars, an.o several large drums, ornamented with cloth, were placed near their slain, on which some were employed seating, while Tawatta, and another Priest, elevated above the rest, .appeared to preside over the. ceremon ies. Ah said Wil son, they are now making their infernal feast on .the bodies of the dead. At this moment my ap proach was discovered.. They wet - all thrown into the utmost confusion; the dead bodies were in an instant snatched from the place where they lay, aild harried to a distance among the bushes, and shooting and hallooing evinced the utmost. consternation. I now believed the troth of Wil son's declaration, and my blood recoiled with hor ror at the spectacle I was on the point of witness 7 •ing. I directed them in an authoritative manner. to return the bodies to the place whence they'had taken them, and refused to advance a step farther they had done so. With Mach reluetanee they ht:ought them hack ; two of them carefully • covered with brancito of the cocoa-nut tree, • the others were • entirely ,uncovered. iMmediately enitsed all of 'then% tat be exposed to m.y'viciv, and to my great surprise found theMOntinnilated, ex cept by the clubs with which they, bad been dis , pAtcheal.' • O tt inquiring why they had carried them off, lie was, tOldtbac they supposed the sight would be disagreeable to him; and when he expressed his apprehension- that 'they were abontto'eat them, they all asiered him they had ;no such intention, - and' (oily requested that a' couple Of then . ] might 'be suffa-ed.to remain in their hands to offer as a sacrifice to theatattes of their Priest, who had been slant : that lie might' send any one to attend the • ceremony, and witness their burial, assaying hint that they tYould bury them as deep as be pleased. Captain Porter seems to tniuk therefore 'that both Wilson and be must have misunderstood them, they said they son e tinieseat their enemies, and that they Mew-Lt . -ho more than to sacrifice, or keep theid as trophies; - ?,.10 that' the turd to eat may lry.re many meanings besides ; a s niabt6e, -to 2.50 sianifies 'to be to be,Sick, wounded, or any why ittjared :‘ , front any :desire to eat the bodies', they' lini:zifested such a orror to totteirtirem; --- ttrr •-• Captain Porter was obit, ed-to orficr otte ; of. tits. fteo?ie,o Nt• the lash ings .iy which. - xbe - bodies attae,h.ed to the , pules and moment they : .dropped . into the grave the nativesonade all haste tocoverthetu up. (4"4 be continued.] • • SPOR LING IN'EELLIGE,NCE. - STATEMENT of the ODDS oa. the. DERBY and OAKS STAKES, 1816.--Dfic. 13. DERBY. S to 1 apt. e. by Waltoil. Out of Penny Trumpet.' 10 to t apt.' Firernaiter,'hi other to I to i agst. John of Paris Oat,: Dick Goodison). tot agst. Weathercock, hr OrriNe. Taken —l4 to I agst. Orontes, brother to Zadora. OAKS. 6 to 1 apt.. sister to Raphael.. 1 : to 1 agst. sister to Crispin. 10 to 1 agst. any other. 30 to I agst. naming - the winner of Derby and oaks. it ftacit.—Sir Joshua a;;st. Filo da Puta-5 to 4 on Sir Joshua. Sir HUNIPI4t;.Y DAVY, in compteting his re searches on the subject of the fire daily in cold mines, has, ascertained that fine metallic wire gauze, or the finest ;3etallic wire sieves, entirely stop explosions. They suffer light and air to pass through them, but present an unsurmountable hairier to fl'atne or explosion. Ile , .is able, in con sequence of this discovery, to make all common lamps or lanterns safe for the miners, by: cover ing'their air apertures with metallic gauze, which, 'when of the proper degree of fineness, is a per •feet flame sieve, or a sieve for separating flame• from air. Sir THWIAS LAWRENCE has executed an admi rable pOrtrait of Signior CANOYA, the Roman sculptor, who lately visited this country. In - addition to the many flattering distinctions which Signior fiANovii. received, it, is stated that he Was honoured by the Ptm7cti. REGENT with a - Present of a magnificent gold . snuff-b9x,.;et with uncommonty anti vatnable.diamonds. • - A few days since G. P.'JEIIVOISF, Esq. one of the Representatives in Parliament for Salisbury, ass , embled his tenants, and lowered their rents 20 per cent. nu account. of the depressed state of agriculture, and at the s:tme time gave them an oPtion of quitting their farms if they chose ; but the proposal was not accepted, as his tenants,were perfectly satisfied with the liberal allowance made to therm Remarkable instance of Canine. Meternal Fond ness, and of Restored Animation.—The following interesting. circumstances.. occurred a few days since at 3 Gentleman's seat in the neighbourhood of Helstone :—A spaniel bitch having brought forth a pup; the latter was ordered to be drown- . . 61, and was taken away for that purpose by the gardenei, who, having secured the bitch in the stable,. conveyed the pup. to the extremity of a very extensive garden, and drowned it in a water ing-pot, to the bottom of - which it at length sunk, motionless. .About.an hour - afterwards, the bitch got out of the .stable, and after a long quest,, .found her young one and carried it back. 'A ser vant having been sent, severk&hours.subsegnent ly, to remove it, to his great astonishment found it perfectly restored ; the cares and warmth of the poor bitch having effected a► complete rescusci , tation. , BARBAROUS MURDER.—On Saturday morning, 'about seven o'clock, as Robert Parsons, a con& tlential servant of Mr. Medford, manufacturer, of Glassonbury, was on his road to Wells'in - a cart, he was overtaken .by James Rawles; aged 23, a' workman. belonging to the . .same . concern, whe, after riding.a short distance, knocked down and cut the throat of his companion, and having rifled his pockets, threw the body into a ditch. The murderer went to the factory as usual ; but his companions observing something unusual in, his manner, and particularly noticing that he ha?l 00 his best clothes, suspicion was excited, and after searching his house,. where his . blood-sprinkled dress was found,. the villain confessed the fOul deed, and has been since committed to Ilchester gaol. The father of the culprit was so affected on hearing of the horrid Iransactita t that - pired ;on the follonius louday, AI.)IIIIALTY SESSIONS. . • . A :Commission for the trial of offences commit-' ted on the high seas, within the jurisdictiOn of the Admiralty Courts, was -yesterday dpened at the Old Bailey, before the Right lion.• Sir - W. SCOTT and the Lion. Mr. Justice HEATII. The . Grand Jury 'found' true Bills upon all the, indict, ments preferred to them. HIGH .TREASON. Jahn Swayne, alias ,Swinny , was then put to the bar, and tried for piratically, hostilely, and fe loniously adhering to tbe,King's enemies, and for entering and serving on board the American fri gate Essex, at a time when open and public . war - existed between our Sovereign Lord the King and the United States of America. The King's Advneate, Dr„ ROBINSON, briefly. - stated•the: general outlines . of the case, which he apprehended. would be fully and minutely "proved • by the Witnesses ithb Were to be called tits the pro secution, .and - which would-incontestibly . fix upon the prisoner the crime laid in the indictment. _Captain Stayers was then called, and examined by Alr...Tervis. -.The Witness deposed; that he was master of the South Sea whaler, called,the Se ringapatant, and that he sailed from England in March, 1813. The prisoner sailed with in the 'Capacity of an apprentice ;, he believed him to be a Scotchman, - he was ways so reputed, and . often declared it himself in his hearing. On the 13th July he was captured. by the American ship Kisex; off the Galepagos islands, and the prisoner was then on board the Seringapatain. The witness was first taken on board the Essex and put in irons, as were also his two sons and a mate. The prisoner was afterwards brought and pit in irons, hut they were soon knocked off. He was himself confined in the steerage under the half-deck; and could there see the floor of Captain: Porter's cabin. The Essex was under weigh when he' saw the prisoner• with others go into the Captain's cabin. .He Then said to them, that if they entered he would prosecute theta whenever he returned to England,. as they had no cause to be traitors to their own country,,, there bring" a cartel abQnt to sad, ,by which they might get back to England. He heard the pri- . soner afterwards . say, that he did not know one place in America, when another person_ desired him to tell Captain Porter that lie belonged to Fell's Point. The ' prisoner then entered, and shortly returned with money in his hands, when the tvitness told him he was a bad fellow. — The witness was sent forwaid. sonic .cla after -wards, under the care - of a seatry, and observ ed the prist.nctr grinding a cutlass, when be said to him that he hoped he did not intend Os use that against his owncountrymen. The prisonerre plied, that the Scotch and English had not yet settled it, and as he was a Scotchman, he had as good a right to fight for the Americans as for the English. The Witness then called hitt' a traitor, , and threatened to prosecnte hint 'if. ever he. came within his reach. Hesubsequently saw him doing, on all occasions, the ship's duty ; he knew that he was appointed to the main-top, and had heard hint repeatedly answer to' his name when called over on the muster-roll. Witness was put on board the Georgiasta, to be sent to America ; but na Ec,dlAltrett an his passage, and arrived in England. He was at Plymouth in December last, :when the Essex was there as prize to the Phoebe, Captain .Hillyer. Hr Went on board and desired the prisoner to be, brought to him in the cabin ; and, after looking athim, asked it he knew burn ; to which the pristine! replied, yes; and the witness then added, ..that. he was come -tti be as good as his word. Cross-examined by Mr.. ALLEY.-- , ,Witness was treated cruelly by the Americans, but did not know that the crew were treated it► the same !MM.. Her. They were not keptin.irons, and were dis , perseti on board the different prizes of the Essex. • Edward Lawson was a :mate on hoard,the Sir Edward Hamilton, which was captured by .I.he - !Essex o the 14th of September, 1613. lie saw the prisoner (.1 . 1 1 ;liitiri-tieek among the, ship's . company, and heard that he belonged to the main-_ ,top. He always mustered with the rest of the crew. • - John Hamilton dePosed, thathe was an assist ant clerk in tine Phoebe frigate. He,was on board when the Essex was taken, after a contest of two hours, off Valparaiso, in Peru, on the 28th of March, 1814. The prisoner came_ on board the 'l'horbe abotit a week afterwards.; He heard a con versation between the Lieutenant and the prisoner, Who said ha was a Scotchman, and that, he ran assay from the ESsex„, Cross-exaMined. —The prisoner was not on board the Essex during the engagement and was 'not', therefore, assisting in the battle. The Essex had a cruising tender, called the. Little Essex. — The prisoner told ale officer of the Phoebe, that he had taken, the ,first opportunity: of running away. 'rite prisoner being then called on • for his de fence, declared, that it bad never.been his inten tint' CO tight against his own country, but to take the'first opportunity of getting away, which in tention he had executed. Captain Hillyer,.of the Phoebe, begged to state to the Court some observations with • respect to this case ; and having been sworn, proceeded to say, that amongst the many instwous arts em 'ployed to inveigle British seamen from their alle giance,--when Mr. Justice HEATH apprised hint, that this was not evidence which the Court could receive. Being then examined for the defence by Mr. ALLEY, Captain Hillyer stated, that the ge neral conduct of the prisoner since he had been on board the Phcebe had been good, but that his belief was, from many circumstances which had come to his' knowledge, that' he was a person of very weak intellect. Justice HEATH summed up the evidence, observing, that in this case it was'such as to ex.: elude all doubt of the prisoner's guilt. The Jury, after a few minutes consideration, returned a ver dict of Guilty, but recommended'the prisoner to mere) , on the ground of the good character given bitn by Capt. Hillyer. . The prisoner being then asked whether he had any thing to say, why he should not die according to law, and remaining silent, Sir WM. SCOTT pronounced judgment of death upon him. He klad !ma r couvictcd of the foul crilue of acting with the enemies of his conntry, and of carrying destruction to the lives and properties of his fel' low-subjects. This was a crime which the of every ration visited with exemplary punish' ment. If it was lawful to destroy an enemy, ic must be more. so to destroy those who voltintarilf became enemies to the State to w hich:they owed age giance,and from which they received protectiOnghl present case was marked with many circumstances a a gravation. The prisonerhad sinned, - deliberate l p a g ainst repeated 'admonition, and had accompa`, nied his guilt with expressions, indicating that be entertained against his own .country the deepest malignity, and feelings of unsatisfied revenge! The merciful recommendation of the Jury sisould meet With all due attention ; but these were cir' cumstauces which, rendered it absolutely fleece sary for him to employ the short time which inigt 4 remain to him in this world, in preparation -fa his entrance on another. The prisoner is a fine young man, about twenty years of age, and heard the sentence with firm a ness and decency. MURDER. , •• Archibald Campbell %c as indicted for starving a tia Murdering John Thomas Raine, on the high sess , and on board the ship called the Samuel Ctimmiak The only witnesses for the prosecution were Fad" ward Charrington and William Pearce Probr , two .mariners, who came home with the prisoner in the Samuel Cumminq, of which lie was m aster. The . deceased;John Thomas Raine, was in a yeti sickly state of health, and was on board for til purpose of working his passage to Efigland from Jamaica. The general evidence of these witnesses, as it consisted of very disgusting particulars rcle tive to the prisoner's conduct on the one baud, and. the death of Raine on the other, all of 'talc' was contradicted or falsified by the witnesses for the defence, we decline detailing. In a written defence the prisoner stateifi that this prosecution originated in the conspiracyOf.° turbulent and . refraetory crew, because he had at tempted to make them do their duty. His 0 15 e was that of every captain of a merchantman wb c) sliould.be , placed in simil;ir difficult eircuaistanc es : Ile should .call three witnesses, all of who nt 140 been passenaers on board the Samuel Cumming► and willingly entrust his fate to their testimotlY . Mr. Christie depOsed, that be was a erf and came home in the Samuel Cumming. Fe °111 : the first moment he Sawthe dece-ased, he thouglLt' he could not long survive. lie had heard Cap talw. Campbell give a general order to the steward tt!' give what as left at the cabin table to The crew Was short of its complement; and Of ship very leaky. it was difficult to get the (le l to work, and bislcmale servant was once obliged to assist at the pump. The Captain himself work at it as bard as any of the' crew. The deceas e ' once 4Acd him for medicine, which he adininiv; tered 'to him, when he applied tor half a dozen 04 wine. Thi steward, who was present,. then NI the witness that Haire was deranged. a Mrs. Christie confirmed thy evidence oftl-e last r witricss, ,and. had ,always considered the .pri.Soo as a very humane man. • • ' to ' Monkhouse, another passenger, deposet- • ss' •the mutinotis:behaviour of the crew, and "Pdretho ed his belief, that from that circumstance ,s ti leaky condition of the ship, nothing bu t e tine exertions of Captain Campbell had Sect v. their safe arrival iss Eglitnti. . Mr. Justice HEATU n as.ited the Jury if it was phi cessary for him to recapitulate the evidence,v b _, ° l replied in 'the negative, and instantly acquit toe prisoner. ci " 'Gentlemen who having lived rather gay, are about entering into conjugal felicity, are ill ; formed, that Doctor Cool qtr, and three Surgel of thirty, years experience in *trictures , F ist°l .; Debilities, and' Scrofulous have, Diseases, he e't, t bushed aMedical Board at Charlotte-honse,'o"74 .charlotte-street, opposite the "Rev. • R6u 1137 114 Hill's Chapel, Blaekfriars'-road ; by wh° lls • Public are cured without salivation or co nfisea l l o The Board claims the 'attention of thos e 2l l , o :l have attempted the - cure, -- or'who have ' illiterate men, whose improper treatment• ruined thousands. Eruptions on the head , and bOdy, sore thrbat, mouth, and no se, oe _ in the ears, - swellings' 'in the neck, dimness 4, sight ; strictures, pains in the head and limbs, T'io qtently mistaken for rheumatisini Ireaknero -the knees, nodes on the shin bones, swelte",: et , vies, &c. are symptoms which appear yea rs and too often embitters the iitatrimonial stale'di Messrs. CO9PER and Co. are consulted daily,ltlY.ci4 ranks of people, every morning till nine.deiir and froth twelve till eight precisely ; 0- 01; ..$ advice gratis on Tuesday, Thursday, mornings, till twelve o'clods. A door corner, and private rooms for females. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst. at Burtou-creseent, Brun.swi • the Lady of A. W. 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Sir Poole, 13art, , uf the Hooke. - . iv sor i On Tuesday, at Henry 'Mortlake, Jahn Hugh Smyth, Eicl. 0 . 11 , 4,, to of Sir Hugh Smyth, Bart. of Aslitou-Court,'Sonier sets,"" Miss Ann•Provis. 11 • 10 1.° Yesterday, at `St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. oa 'w c ., 0 .11 , Roberts, of Mitcham, in Surrey, to Elizabeth,eldest ter of the late George SmithSt!zhead, Ift .. _l• ,, _____, DIED. of On Wednesday last, at his house at Sea Lodge, C" uptY " I Cork, Abraham Morris Baldwin, . ( Navy. o ). Recto' On Sunday last, the Rev. Robert Hunter, I). Esq.l.leutenant u the Rol' Okefurd Fitzpaine, Dorset. lo b/ The same day, at Albany Barracks, the Li d y of GaPt• 65th Regiment. A few dais since, • Lieutenant W. J. Shannon, R• N. d On the 13th November last, st Mesencorome, departrui o i t of Gers, in France, *3o3eph Dedien, dav-laboueer, as-1.54i ' years. Hecate but little besides vegetables; as id P his, faculties to the last. . oo LONDON: Printed by J. B. 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