The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-02 00:00:00

AMERICAS I'APEItS.

NEW YORK, Nov. I.—The ship Sea Fox, Capt.
Wye;, sailed from Sandy Hook, on Saturday morn-
ing last, bound to Port-au-Prince, with a fine wind,
and nothing material occurred until eleven o'clock,
when she was struck by a squall and capsized. Mr
Dawson, one of the passengers, states, that the
dead lights not being in, the water gushed with
great violence into the cabin windows, which filled
it instantly ; he immediately seized his sister, Miss
Matilda Dawson, with whom he attempted to get
on deck ; the water through the cabin window
forced them out of the companion way ; the strug-
gle was so great. sand the companions so very small.
that his sister fainted, and could not get up. Capt.
Wycr, who was still in the cabin ut the time she
capsized, reached the deck, but was instantly swept
overboard, and remained in the water near half an
hour, when he provitknitially reached the ship
again. The following are the names of the passen-
ger who were drowned in the cabin:—Lieutenant
E:stersbrook, wife and two children; Mr. C F.
Speyers, of New York ; Mr. J. 0. Walker, of Port-
nu-Prince; Miss Matilda Dawson and servant, of
New York; and the cook and seven seamen were
washed from the deck. The following were saved:
Capt. Wyer, Lewis and George Dawson, W. Rees,
a coloured man, amid font of the crew.
In a Paper of the 27th October, there is a Pro-
clamation from General Jackson, in Pensacola, dated
the 29th September :
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(AssTnac-r.)-1t makes known to the Spanish
officers to withdraw thmiselves. as they ought here-
tofore to have done, from the Floridan, agreeably to
article 7, on or before the 3d of October next ; after
which day, if they or any of them shall be found
within the Floridan, all officers, civil and military,
are required to arrest and secure them, FO that they
may be brought before him, and be to dealt with
according to law. (iipned) ANDREW JACKSON,
Governor of the Fiuticlas.

FROM PERNAMBUCO..--..We have seen a letter from
Pernambuco of the 28d ult. in which it is stated that
the Revolutionists were at one time within three
miles of the town, which they then might easily have
taken, as their approach caused great consternation,
and a large number of inhabitants deserted the place.
Their indiscretion saved the town, of which the
Governor took advantage, and fortified the parts as
sdlable, as it is supposed the contest is now doubt-
ful. Business was dull.

The brig Nymph sailed from Pernambuco on
Sunday, Sept. 23, at three p. m. at which time the
utmost consternation prevailed, and several families,
particularly the female part, of the first distinction,
sought refuge on board the shipping. The major
part of the Portuguese vessels were getting ready for
sea, and several in the outer roads, ready for a start,
watered and provisioned amply. An attack had
been made upon the advanced posts of the Royalists,
near Olinda, The piequets had been driven in, and
some skirmishing had taken place, and some Patriot
prisoners brought into Pertiatubuco, «ho were treated
rather roughly, their hands being pinioned behind
and brought in like hounds, two or three tied toge-
ther ; this occurred on the 21st September. lhe
firing could be distinctly heard, and the smoke seen,
from the bridge of Recife. At the same time the
royal piquet at Aficogados, a village in an opposite
direction, about three miles from Pernambuco, was
fired upon out of the houses, and they state that the
women hove slack lime out of the windows in order
t..) blind the royal troops. But lot the provocation
be what it may, three field pieces wereordered down,
and a murderous cannonading was kept up all the
afternoon upon the houses. It was stated that
neither man, woman, or child, was spared, and in
one instance a poor old man was bayonetted upon a
sick bed. This business was distinctly beard like-
wise in town. The number of the unfortunate
innocent victims that perished in this sanguinary
massacre was stated at between three and four hun.
Bred ; some people doubt any cause but a fracas
between some of the native Americans and part of
the picque,, composed of European troops, wiled
Algarve,.
This insurrection, or rebellion, or what you may
term it, commenced at Guiani, at town about 20
leagues to the north of Pernambuco. It is headed
by Juan Martin, lately returned from Bahia, who is
a brother of the same Martin that was at the he.al
of the last revulutioa, and who was beheaded. He
has been in prison since that period in St. Salvador ;
he is the military leader, and the political trader .s
a Pr.t at i a ued Fratiscisco Paula Sitnon da Silva,
who acani.attied this division, composed of 3,000
troops well equipped. particularly the cavalry, but
r..t at ueheimit in field al tillery but the firms ex
pe,:ted to join them front other quarters will form an
ut ten thousand men at least, us a revolt
had taken p ace to the southward near Cape St.
Augustin, and likewise to the westward, authentic
information of whidi was received.

Thc ostensible cause is, they accuse the present
Governor of arbitrary and despotic acts—they want
him deposed, and want the Colonel of the Algaive.:

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