The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-24 00:00:00

THE gIiTIONAL

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(From a New South Wales pppers)
SYDNIT, June 9.—Just as Captain Raine was •
eve of leaving Valparaiso for this part of the world s
more, be was informed of a marvellous affair relating k
an American whaler, that hail been attacked by a whale
at sea in so violent and dreadful a manner as to Occasion
the vessel to founder, and most of the crew to pesisb,
of whose disastrous history we have been favoured with
and shell present the same to our readers. .Captain Raise
receive* information that Mete were three men Ilbs Du-
tie's:Vend, who hg preferred remaining there rather
than venture across WC ocean in a boat, to vralellhe crew
had been compelled to fly from the ship. The boat, to
which these three men belonged, bad been pichad up by
aa American whaler, Amin sixty slays alter the melan-
choly occurrence. Another boat, in which was the cap-
tain and dm remainder of lire crew soon pin tedcomparry,
and *ere use fallen in teith by another whaler of' Arse-.
rice, which vessel wag Abe Ireareitsf the intelligence to
Valparaiso; and the licritible account given by the•rwo
survivors in this boat was truly, deplorable and shudder-
ing. They bail been ninety days at sea before they had
been fallen in with, and had experienced the moriStread-
fist of all human vicissitudes; f the extremity of hum
ger, they had beers reduced to the painful necessity of
killing and devum ing each othei , in order to •mititain a
wretched life that was hourly expected to he terminated.
Eight Rinses prti.lots been drawn, and eight human beings
had been Ate irked, to afford sustenance to those that
remained: and. on the day the ship encountered them,
the captain and the boy had also drawn lots, and it had
been thus determined that the poor boy should die. Bat,
providentially, a ship hove iu sight and took them In, and
they were restored to eiistenee. Doleful in the extreme
as it Is to hear such things, and painful as it is to relate
them, it is nevertheless asserted as a fact by Capt. Heine,
that the fingers and other fragments of their deceased
companions were in the pockets of the captain and boy
when taken on board the whaler. The commander of the
Surrey bee 1111 l Mg opportunely armeainted with those retai-
1, ful iial distressing circumstances, humanely determined
out calling at Dame's Island, and be imstrumental in re-
storing three unfortunate follow-creatures to society, and
very possibly rescue them from a miserable end, particu-
larly as this island was no great distance out of his tract
lions Valparaiso to New Holland. On Thursday, the sth
of April, Captain Raise, considering himself within a
very short distance of DunM's Wand, which is laid Jown
in Noire's Epit to be in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. S. and
long. 124 deg. 37 mill. W. kept a good look-out. As the
vessel neared the lawaoa gun was discharged. and shortly
after dm three p0....r men were seen to issue forth from the
woods. The boats were (presently lowered, Capt. Halite
taking one I' self. Om approaching the shine, it was I
found not only dangetons, out utterly imprecticable. le
land, of which cliental-lance they were informed, in weak '
and tremulous voices, by the almost starved and 'scatty
worn out creatures themselves, who could scarcely, from
the miserable plight they were in, articulate a syllable
One poor fellow summoned up courage to plunge into the
waves, and with great it/tacit-Its reached the boat t lie said
one of the ushers 0.4 could swims,. After warily backing
in the bout as near the rocks as possible, amidst a heavy
bUlf, they succeeded to getting on boards inch bruised
aid lacerated by repeated falls ' • which object was am
sooner effected, than each devoutly egpressed Isis graii.
lode to that`tetaigit Being, w 10) JApd in wousiedially itAtr.
served them limn Sharing 1 Iflocielestraclism to WiWell
Heir unhappy shipmates had Ilek victims. These men
are itow with Captain Rainer declare their Daisies so
tie Thoorsur Chappel, W Harem Siete. mid Seth Weeks land
the following 111 she iseCount they gae of the distressing cir-
eumstssure, a tacit we feel nu hesitation in deck' lug m..y be
'lumbered wits row of those events ttxst ate without purallel
to the history amiss,. They sailed frosts Naracket in she
ernertenti lesip &pies, of Iwo 'Modred and sixty touti,n° li.
Pollard, ina•trr. on iii' lath of Aii_tist„ 1519. on a a awing
voyage; they arrived to the Soule Seas, a here eery were
pretty fortunate, havalg succeeded in procuring 150 barrels
of oil, and welt in she la, nude to. 47 deg. south, and long.
118 west, alien ilie accident happened, %Melt was on the
Lill ut NOVei:sibii. 18. A. On that day they were mumig
a ashes, aid t .e t.Lee boats acre lowered dobtli t the Ma 's
hoot got ,ti 0%.,, toil had retorted to the 0 lip to be reessiied.
--Shortly Ave a ii tulle ot the largest i Imo struck the chip,
mid k 'kid part of the false keel oil, just abreast of tar
masts channels. The animal then remained along-sole. en.
denvoita Mg to clasp the ship o ilia her j:toli, but coed Oat
aCCOIIIOIIOI ii ; she then turned, went sound the stern, and '
came up on the other side, and went away a head &mut a
smatter of a insle, stud then stnlJt uty nil uisig, came at the
shy a all !reuse:Mous velocity, head set. Tile vessel was
going at the rate of five knots, but such was the force a hen
see struck the ship, a such was Ulider the cat-head, Ilia( isle
vessel bad stern was, ut the rate of three sir four knots; the
consequence was, that the sea rushed into the cabin amitosis,
every man on del k was knocked down. and worse than all,
tile uows a. re stove cumpletely in, and its a fen minutes
ilie ves.et filled, and went 011 her beam cads. At this tin
eappyjuisetuse; Inc captsitu and second mute were fast to
is abate each ; uut eat beholding the awful catastrophe 0 it
nail Micro pl.see, immediately cos hum the fidi, rod mule
for the Alp. Its cut tine awls, the masts' Ihe vessel ri,thtedi
the upper deck was then scuttled t and some water and
bread were p. ',rules! for t b two boats, in which they were
compelic.l i's seinai.., us all t ...sights of sewing Ilse ship were
given up, 111 mimesis! tun of rolling in with some &vessel,
they filll4llle4l iiiite drays by site wreck, making stills, &c.
but were comp. Iled at Mimi li to abandon it, and stood away
to the soulltn:Oli, is hopes in getting the variable at Unit stud
et peso swim: tine sic:tiller ; hut the w old constantly from
I lie east and east south en..l, they made much Weaselly, and
.sets prk.Volled 110 II kl'epill VD th: southwards to cause-
queues of which, till the 20uh of Veceinber, (hey outdo the
icalio from w Inch Capitrus Have took their), and which was
iiihos for pude'. Islunst, ut a Isiah place the boats remained
one week ; lost the stand i.11..fai11;.: Hardly any tiouriskinent,
its fact C41111)1011.: 111,11141ag bill clr.li,ly, they resolved on
treatise nig fue the coast, le,t‘eli; bellied them the litres Weil
now on limit il ;lie Surrey, with whose sufferings, and these
of their shipmates, ae :Ire by 1116 4101,11111111111 thvottred
a Its an eceunet t and cm taiuly airy ale poignant is tile
ellirellle.

The icaffolding un the top of St. Pour, Cathedral
has au far returned as to give a full view of
the lICW ball and cru4s, which liavo a very splendid
, effect.

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R. Est., resift's'. inVietmaisasetiere. who stated. that
ahont.nine4t'cloek enctbie UM of November, asitir:4
passing through the Edelwarearnad, be saw two
hipaready women gibe town, looking is a shop.witadow..,'
Hie had arareeljtjpeased when he agabs'aityrthere running
towards • atagliWacti, the driver of width, was on his
:box, mid invited them to came tip sod take a ride, which
'they did. Tboopan then drove awaydapidly towards the '-
tolliniate. andikeu lie drove still more furiously. In 4
few minutes be (witness) heard shrieks Ind screaming,
and, emeriti& that an accident had happened, he lam
back. and the first person he mat void him the stage had
.overturned. Some little distance on lie saw a crowd,
amongst whom he noticed one of the women that rode
with the driver; she was covered with mud, and appeared
to be fainting, mad he should conceive that she must have
beam seriously injured. Another woman cause np, who
mi.. each disfigured. and laboured Oath., considerable
ilkiladtint A few yteicts on laid the deceased, covered with
.11trb. airibbleeding. Witness asked him if be was hurl,
and lie then complained that his head and body had been
Mach. hurt. Witness and iMne other persons lifted him
up, and carried him to a gentlentaa's haute adjoining. A
surgeon was immediately sent fin, and a gentleman, as
assistant to Mr. Bryan, soon afterwards arrived, and
dressed the dreraseort wounds. Witness, as anon as he
coned, proceeded to the stage coach, and saw •4 Notting
Hill" on it, but before be rosild take the name, the coach-
men mountti'd the box and chore off. He could not see
the exact colour of the coach body. There were lamps
along one side of the roast, aid witness *perfectly sure,
mat if he was &Eying the coach he could have seen the
deceased's char*. .The • coachman's language was very
olfensive, and lie certainly considered his manner of
dotting to he very reprehensible; hut it was nothing
oboe. apealiring generally, than all the coachmen on that
road were in the daily habit of doing.
A Jaryonadliele suggested, that Thomas Stratford, the
person who was supposed to have driven the coach on the
night ul the accident, was in attendance to give evidence;
but

'Chu Coroner declined calling him, lest he might be cri-
mistalitsd, and could not legally be examined.
Richard Saunders, of the Edgwaresroad, wheelwright,
was alarmed by a noise in the street,end on going oat saw
a horse melt by, di egging the fragments of a ehaisetat its
heels. 'lke deceased was then lying against the railings,
its answer to witness's inquiries, he said lie was very tench
hurt, and that he feared his leg was ',token. He said lie
was buckling the belly-band of Ids horse at the time. and
that he called out to tfie coachman to take care. but lie
paid no heed to the caution, but ran him down. The stage
was one of the Bayswater coaches, end the man who drove
it was not the regular driver; the women called him by
the flashy oiTom, and witness is sure lie should know him
again. There was light enough for him to see, and room
to pass Mr. Slade without touching either him or his gig.
Mr. Appleton (a Juror.)—The toad is 11 yards wide,
and six carriages coi;ld easily pass abreast; oil this oeca•
sion Mr. Slade's chaise and the stage were the only vehirles
on the road.
Charles Reeves, a watchmen. saw two women on the
box; theit named are Sarah Dixon and Carty. He
had no doubt ant he could find them immediately.
Coroner,—Well, then, my chaise is down below...take
that, and bring the ladies here at once.
A summons was then granted against thenii and the
watchman departed to serve it.
The se title.* Semiders reexamined.--He had been down
stairs to see the persons now in wailing, and the man
pointed out to lists. by the name of 'llsomas Stretford is
the same whom he saw with the coach on the night of the
accident.
There being no more witnesses at this period of the
inquiry, the Jur) and Mr. Davis, one of the assignees au.
der Kiisner's bail kt epic), held a lung consultation sespect.
dug the owners of the coach, from which their *dais
appeared both perplexed and unsatisfactory.
At the request oh the Jury, 'kilos. Stratford ass called,
and twine infermed by rite Coroner of the simatiutt
which lie stood, was asked if lie had any objection to be
swum? its replied in the negative. fie then stated that
lie a ))))) mimes drove the coach from Nutting Hill; he did
hot know who the owner of that coach a as, lint the mime
neon it is Samuel Kronur, 01
Coroner...-1 am raihe r alt) w ask tug you any tot that
questions, nor sired as an) inure notes% you like.
Stratford.-1 have nothing inure I 0 say, his, 0111) I Was
not the cause of the accident.
rune r.— Who was Sliest?
Ansa er.—Why, 1 don't know, it was miserably desk
and foggy.
Ho then proceeded So state that he gave the two %tome
a ride, Ina the 111,W Willi weir with loin were passeilgets,
Howe% et, he subsequeutly ad nutted that those peril-111i
also rude for swilling, he having given them lilt" fiwa
Ilse 1141.1„ and hi. glues wards declared that the %mime
acre inissenget I too, and very frequently rode aith him,
although is. the firm iestauee he seas nieleistoud to say t..
the omit wy He was afti 'words asked who employed
and pawl I l T.) the twitter he answered Mr. 11,11111,r;
and with regaid to the latter lie decered 11141 he never
received any wages at all.
Mr. Jonathan Wood, lasi.flord of the Stile and (Enter.
iii the Edgware-riutil, stated, that ue the reciting in wive.
Thillilaa I
Slaiterlis and another ClOlllllOl4ll, whore
Halite ho he 11411,4111 to be Calvert, called at his holism and
had something to drink; they were both
fors Haveurlh,wbu keeps Yorkshire el: toga. proved.
that un the night of the neeitleet Suet lot el called it his
house; he then tiros e Butting Hill coach, and
lie appeared otter.
It 5011 unifbiliseed that the watelunen 614 "Pa
sent for the. women :Jail 41 rived with wig tit thew. Sl'a
was accurdingly and sworn. WI Ilaw,
she said, ails Cal Ulifie. Julia...nu; her testdo"er W4s
in Lisson gieeo ; stn the evenieg where Mr. Simla W4l
killed she was walking *Mug !ha Folawile•coeitt,
and
it the Star and Gaiter public boom w the 114)aw.aler
eokteli, which Thoiliar. Si,,.ti oni dt eve t
she gut by %WOW t
twill:: asked by the driver—in fact, (wallow she wanted to
go. to Ilayawater as a pasatreger. Ott going thrteigh tile
Stratfertl got iloati to tin awireltilog to the
coach, givihg her Ow taias, mid on hi. grusag up j 1414

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lain Raine was tie the Ir GcsebtrobvPsrey-stieet. Retlalmiee place, to reseals
mil of the world once their loseity he• tite,elrentiniameits which led to the
lows atteir relating to asehiecholy death of thpitbovotgentleassek ..
a attacked by a whale . The first williess etnlrssined was a gentleman ranted T.