The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-01-09 00:00:00

ASTREA

The perils which this frigat- enconntered, and the
imminent dextruelion which for nine Vets threatened
11l twerwhelm'her, and which, in fall, awaited her
during the remainder of het voyage, can bet be im-
pettedly understood from any thing that the public
prints have yet related upon this soiled. The Inter
that we have suloined, describes with affefling
minuteness, the incidents of this dangerous, and al-
most fatal voyage.
assineua, DEC- I, 1806. •
After a tremendous peas. ge. no description of
which can give any adequate idea of its horrors,
the Aires frigate arrived here, I may say, almost a
total wreck. We had little to complain ot, coon.
during the season of the year, and the dreary region
we were approaching ; from the time we left the
English coast, till Friday last, when we mask the
Naze of Norway, which is the southern part of that
country. We had the shore upon the larboard
hand, a good breeze of wind, and Were going at the
rate of ten knots. when on a sudden, without the"
smallest indication whatever, that such an evil was
impending', one of she most terrible gsles of wind
broke upon us, that the oldest seaman on board ever
witnessed. The roar of its sudden burst is yet in my
If
ears. Tremendous as the tempest was, the admirable
discipline of the ship, and the alertness of ow men,
were able to meet It with every exertion that, un-
der such a dflicalty, it was possible to make ; hut
the weight of the storm and its rapidity had sib-aided
out rigging considerably; and it was only such a
crew as we bad, that, under Providence, was able to
work our safety. For cs time wreappreherided that
o.• fate was inevitable, and that. the attired was
destined to leer, her ribs con the afioals of Norway ;
hut we were reserved fOr new and still mire alarm-
ing dangersuboughuhtnk God, ultimately for safety.
We disengaged the iresiel from the shore with infinite
lifficulty, and, pursuing our course, we had to en-
counter the risk of touching upon the Skews, which
are off the palm of Jutland, and which are objeds of
terror'to the best pilots even in the finest weather.
With, the best preparations that precaution and sea-
manship could take; every man looking out that
was possible ; sounding continually ; and the mas-
ter sad pilot as vigilant as ossr offfcer and men were
strenuous and adive, we escaped the Skaws, and got
into the Cattegat. Here our confidence was some-
what restored, and the piercing cold, and the furious
}ode that was blowing, were scarcely inconveniences,
when we refleded upon what we had escaped. In
this disposition, our spirits felt relieved, though there
ass not any material abatement of our caution ; our
pilot did not seem to give us much cause for appre-
hension, and we were pursuing our course briskly,
when. to our dismay, the frigate struck I We found
on, selves upon a reef of rocks, pethaps those called
the New Dangers, about three miles from the island
of Anholt. and about nine miles, as well as I •
can guess, from any other shore. It will requ're
some aid from the fancy if whoever has witnessed
a scene of this sort, to imagine our condition. We
immediately hoisted signals, and filed guns of dts- •
tres—hut in Not a rani from the shore put
off to assist us in any way Several vessels passed
us, %different sperms of tour distress, and insen-
sible- to every indication we mado to them of oar
dreadful situations their crews were as callous as
the reef of rocks. All this time no effort was
spared on hoard the ,astree, that coolness attsi s.t.i-
tranship could devise. misers and main mass
were cat away, the guns were thrown over-
board, as sell as the stores and provisions, to
a eonsid Table degree. Still the vessel la'aouied
hard, and the waver was rushing through her bottom,
is a degree that left no man the hope of be-
ing saved; before it gained considerably. a great
gnaw ity set the ballast was thrown over. At this
awful moment, it was only a British man of war
that could exhibit so noble a display of cool and sober
heir:lima. The condusd of every man in the ship was
line beyond all praise. Although impending death
ha.l levelled Os all to a sentiment of equality, and
thing; i every mall expected momentary engniphts
ment, still not a voice was board but the command
of the officer from one end of the ship to the other—
not a face betrayed fear —not an instance efaurbu-
lent despair; every man was displaying, in this son
or passive courage, as much nereisin as if he were
grappled with an enemy. The mirak.ulaus efforts
made by the crew, with all the pumps, kept tile
water from gaining wholly upon us ; and while we
were in the midst of all this exertion, to our asto-
nishment, and to our horror in some resp.cts, the
ship floated I Judge of our situation, lightened even
to the loss of some of our ballast, with only the fore-
mast standing, and the vessel so damaged in the
hint 'm, as that it required all the pumps to prevent
the water gaining to a fatal increase upon U. !
Those terrific difficulties, however, only shewed the
resources of skill and courage. In an incredibly short
time. jury, main, and mizen masts were rigged,
though only a few could be spared from the pumps;
and, as the w.nd was fair, We took a farewell of the
teef that had been nearly so fatal t i us ; end at
length eahausted, almost to death, we arrived here
this day.
Durin_g the dreadful seen, we had experienced,
bred ilutchinson and his suite were not inadive
assistants. New as the danger was, they were as
composed under it as any person on board, though
the expedition of safety was abandoned by all. 11
British seamen wanted the force of example, they
would have it very amply, in toe amazing coolness
and collefledoess of Lord Ilutchnison, during the
whole of our danger, in which the force of his
Lordship's mind afforded some valuable suggestians
His Lordsnip, I am sorry to say, has riot escaped
the effeas of his cantinas and privations for nearly
three days; he is gone on shore somewhat indis-
posed.
You will expe& me to say something about the
King of Prussia; there is nothing known of him
here. The French have perplex.-d the news of this
place with such a mixture of lies and rumours, that
we know as holed minute events that happen, as
you do at home. Whenever any thing of moment
occurs, you shall have a line, it the French do not
stop the mails. Husum, I understand, is an un-
sale channel of conveyance, but I must try it.

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WheathArnstead, in that snowy. The famsrs, of
coon.. have been obliged to kill them.

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