The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-06 00:00:00

THE SHIP PARTRIDGE.

ACCOUNTS FROM CALCUTTA OF THE ABOVE VES.
SEL, SUPPOSED AT MADRAS 10 HAVE BEEN
LOST.

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trawl • CALCUTTA JOURNAL OF FEB. 4
The Supplements of Tlit Mat as Carrier of the 111th, 171 h,
and ltith instant, came In yesterday.. They are filled with
the Examivations of the Witnesses against the Queen, bit
do out include a line beyond the evidveee already published
in our colonise. They
Trader, Swallow, at Point' de Galle, from Loudon the 29th
of August, and Madeira the 18th of September, bound to
Bombay; passenger, Captain Aubrey, of the Madras Army.
The ship Friendship had arrived at Guile front the Nlau-
rains, cod the Saltmaay had passed that port on the
24th of December, from China to Bombay. An express
bad reached the Madras Pest-office 011 the 18th of
Jemmy, from Caoanore, on the opposite coast, an-
siensocing the arrival of the missing ship Partridge at that
place on the 13th, and forwarding to Madras the packets
sent lay her from Calcutta. No particulars were stated as to
the tense of the Partridge making her appearance in this un-
expected quarter, hot it to said she had got epee some shoal
to the northward, is hich%compelled her to go round to Bom-
bay. It will be remembered, that from the extraordinary
voyage made by the Partridge from London out to Calcutta,
her excellent qualities as a fiat sailer, and her superior ar-
commodatious, she was thought to present the most eligible
opportunity that couhl offer, either for letters or paw a-
gm to Great Britain. Toe disappointment time occa-
sioned by her delay, will be very generally felt. The wi-
den!' that have occurred in the detention of packets sent by
the Elb4 X, the Pilot, the Vittoria, and the Partridge, all of
which have hers obliged to be transferred to other ships,
within the last six months, are serious evils to the mercantile
community, and to all classes indeed iti India, to whom the
regularity nut speed of correspondence is necessarily of as
important., pruportiossed to their distance from home, nod to
the long delay that takes place before they can hear from
their friend., in answer to letters from this country under
dn. must favourable circurnstaticrs.

At a late hour yesterday, whets the lad sheet of this Sun.
day Number was snarly ready for the press, • Gentleman
Lauded•in as abater from one of the issuengers on board
the Partridge, addressed to his friend i■ Calcutta. It is
dated Consulate, the 13th of January, and we have permis-
sion to make use of it. The Partridge left the pilot on the
27th of Mc:ember, with the intention of calling at Itimll-
pilaw far a passenger, and the writer, in speaking of their
touching at Nos place, pioreeds as follows:
" Here commenced • series of misfortsoes which the al-
most miraculous interference of Providence alone prevented
proving fatal to us all. (1n our making the high land of
Gauj•m, it was mistaken fur Bimlipat•ss, which place was
not made before late on the evening of the 29th, and there,
with a fine fair wind for Madras, we stood off and on until
the following morning, when befog to leeward of the place,
we bore tip for Madras with • fair wind and fine weather.—
On the 31st, (taring we shonld pass Madras in the night,
mail was shortened, when at a quarter past ten, p.m., wish.
out the ►mallet previous suspicion, the lead not baying breu
once hove, the ship struck. It te utterly impossible to de-
scribe the dismal scene that followed: totstly ignorant of
where we nest, the night ter.ifically dark, the ship crowded
with passengers, and lumbered with baggage; in this de.
plur•tble situation the chip struck nine times successively,
the deck• covered with the women and children, for not one
of whom Hie ■mallesi Lupe of life remained, as we bad not
even the wretched chance which boats might afford (dote
being only a lung boot sod a jolly boat): every article oat
deck win outs thrown overboard, carriages, buggies, horses,
Ise. kr.

" It was a truly awful boar to no all, after suffering the
most miserable &smite), ; but by the determined activity of
Mr. Gear), the ship was got off. What a change from Jr_
minis. to hope! yet it seemed but a momentary respite, for
the man in the chains immediately afterwards sung out
• Quarter leas five!' At the same instant was beard,
s Breakers ahead, breakers a.beam!' I am satisfied every
man then considered himself ow she brink of eternity.—s
Uow anxiously did all listen for the leadsman's call. For-
tuusicly she deepened to half six, when the anchor was
let go. You may imagine what our feelings were until
day dawned. Dreadful, indeed, was the situation it dis-
closed !—land is sight—a tremendous swell ■nd breakers
all around us. Al six a in the Ist of January, the ca-
ble was cut and we aloud out to sea; the wind from N E.
went us increasing during the day; a 1 length it blew a
dreadful gale, which continued on the 2d, during the night
eat which day it blew *the most violent hurricane that the
oldest sailor on boner' bad ever experienced ; the sea was
running mountains high; and too well aware of what severe
damage the ship bad sustained, there weemeddittle prospect
of our ever weathering such a gale. Heaves, only knows
how we did weather it. On the 3d the wind ■ltateil, when
we were to the southward of Madras. We have passed
the time since to the greatest anxiety, as the ship is known
to be severely damaged. %Ye are now on our way to Bombay,
where there is no doubt the Partridge will be condemned."
The letter concludes with ►emarks on the Officers on
board, and the Chief Officer, Mr. Geary,- • Lieutenant in
the Navy, is spoken din the highest terms fur his *entity
iu the Inunteut of danger.- The Partridge is 'impaled to
have struck on the Anpegar Shoal. or London Bank ; as
well may it be said the Patient Shoal, for it is mere suppose- .
lion, though, strange to tell! the ship, by observation ou the
same day (31st December) was in H. 30 north latitude.

On Saturday last Nlr. M. Ae TArLoa's Act clime
into operotion, which provides uneasy remedy to alt
persons annoyed by those clouds of smoke which is.
sue from steam-esigioes und other chimneys. By
this Act all persons indicting smoking chimneys are
to be indemnified at the expense of the portico caus.
•Ing the nuisance.
This morning the prisoners who stand committed
on charges of felony will be removed from the seve-
ral gelds in the city or London and county of Nlid.
dlesex to NewAate, preparatory to their irking their
trials at Justice Mill in the Old Bailey, which
corbmence on Wedimality next.
The Sessions of the Peace for the county of
Middlesex will commence at the Sessions House on
Clerkenverll-green, on Monday next, when the
trials of tratersers sill be proceeded on.

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CASK OR ?HE BRITISH TNSSELS
DETAINED AT VALPARAISO.
Ship &tweed Whet, at Va!psalms, May T.
By the Anna I .sect yon • ropy of the representation I
made to Sir 7110IIISS Hardy, who 'Mood here shoat two
months ago, and most opprjetosiely for sts, relative to one
treatment, Ise. since' our &tenting', pressoldwf from Shot
representation you would be able to conceive la what a osto.
agreeable situation we tare been 'placed by those people I
who are anxious to be considered by all the world as cham-
pions of the cause of liberty acid isdepeodenee. The per-
sons I complain of as beiag most particularly oppressive, I
are Lord Cochrane and his priae-agesit here, who have been
guilty or the most unfair practices to obtain a condemnation
of the property whirl, we are charged with. lam sorry to
hare to my, that Captain Searle, of his Majesty's ship Hy-
perion, who was near us for • whole day, while they were
changing my crew formic of the patriot or insurgent scion'
dron, could uot, or did not, think it his duty to interest
himself for iis. However, I must confess that I was pre.
vented by Lord Cochrane from making my situation known
to Captain Searle; and of this prohibition I have to remark,
that it made me dosibt hie Lordship's tight even to detain
Us. I was not permitted to show my colours whilst in com-
pany with the Br Stich frigate. Captain Searle, I learnt if-
ferwards, was told of our detention, but he sailed for Egg.
land without having any communication with us.
Captain Shirretf, of his Majesty's ship Andromache, was
the next British officer I applied to, by letters, which we
were obliged to get sent to him by stealth, to beg his Wier-
ference in our behalf, merely to have my crew sent to me
again, midi° be sent to some port for adjudication; which
latter request, I believe, he did lot t himself for. But
my poor crew, although most of them signed a letter which
they addressed to him, to beg he woold litterste them from
serving in the Chili squadron against their will, ha took no
notice of, es the men have not been liberated, and are Sow
kept forcibly to
When we arrived at this port we found Captain Spencer,
of his Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, who was realty both
inclined and always ready to serve our cause; but I do nut.
know how it was,all seemed to favour the ides that our cargoes
were good prises upon the principle of our own Admiralty
statutes, which they say condemn neutrals for carrying ur
covering the property of • Power belligerent to the Power
detaining; but 1 am happy to have it to say, that Sir Thomas
Hardy takes the question is a different light; and, feeling.
as much for the maritime commerce of his country as fur
her other interests, dues not forget that British ship-owners
have been suffering in the extreme fur some years fur waist
of employment for their property, mid, in my opinion, he
feels it his duty, in the high offiebtl situation which lit fill.,
as guardian of the honour and interest of his country's
Bag, to uphold, as far as lie can, consistently with reason.
British 'Lips in carrying fur the world, provided it is, as it
is at present with us, in the name of a British house of com-
merce; and that unlear the Government of this country can
bring forward better prerufa than they have yet dune, that it
is Spani.li property, lie will not Rarer it to he condemned;
fur be very spiritedly says, that if be dries suffer Lord Crick.
rane to detain, stud the Government of this country to erns-
demo, It will be a precedent for their detaining hereefter any
British 'Lip "Well may come into those seas, be she firm
whatever pint she may. He has been gone about three
weeks from this pint, to bare • conference vr,tli Lord Cods.
rane; and it is said he also goes on • mission to Lima,
whereby hopes are entertained that that port will bropeoed
to British ships mid goods: under such sircurnstauces, his
Lordship will be obliged to raise his blockade.