The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER'.

JAN. Q.

J. R. Lavender, Midshipman.
•
John Munro, ditto.
Matthew WalJiar, Boatswain.
Coinpieliteht—= Alen Lost-212 Men.
I Posit•agei; 1 Passenger
Ill'opten W .meu
I Child I Child

80 Total. ..

Souls Lost.

LOSS OP HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROOK:

The following partictilari respecting the rapture of big
Majesty's schooner Rook, Were cdminunicated in a letter
from the Master, who succeeded Lieutenant Lawrence in
the command of the ship: and froth the mouth of the' only
survivor of the iinfortimate crew who has hitherto. teached
England, and who himself was shot through the wrist and
shoulder, besides some wounds with a cutlass
The Rook; bieuteliant James Lawrence; satled front
Ply mouth, under the orders of Admiral Thing, on the
'24th of Rile, 1808, with dispatches for the West Indies.
After a tine pastoge she arrived-at Jamaica, from vs hence,
after haVing waited a fel days to refit, and take in species
she sailed for England August 13th. For two days they
were follotted by a French schooner (which is
.pretty ge=
nerally the case when a ship has any money on board, and
of which intelligence is soon gained at some of the French
Islands), but whom they beat if. On the 18th of August;
at daylight, they fell in with two French schooners, and
immediately cleared for action ; on the largest vessel tom=
ing afongsCde with English tolouris and nit answering
When hailed, but immediately hoisting FrenCh colours,
Lieut. Lawrence shot the French Captain, when a most
desperate action commenced ; after an hour's hard fight-
ing, Lieut. 1.. received his last wound by a musket-ball ;
and the Rook was immediately carried by boarding, the
French officers repeatedly calling to the men to give no
quarter.
,‘ Mr. Stewart, the Master, recived seven most despe-
rate wounds with a cutlass; of whch he afterwards reco-
vered, but, I am sorry to add, is since dead of the yellow
fever. Mr. Donnelly, the Clerk, way also dangerously
wounded in the griffin, but is now recovered. George
Reed, an officer in the Royal Artillery, who hAS served
his country on the Island of Jamaica for VO years, and wlui
was related by marriage to Lieutenant Lawrence, was in
diiced to embark on board the Rook, with a very consi-
derable property, in hopes to revisit his native country,
but was inhumanly killed by the enemy when boarding ;
and so eager were they to get poSsession of a valuable ring
which he happened to have on his finger, that they nearly
cut his hand off to attain it. The swrvivors were stripped
naked, put in their boat, and turned adrift ; but by the
exertions of four who were not wounded, Oey reached
land, and were most hospitably received by the natives.
The Rook was so much damaged that the enemy could not
get her into port, and therefore set fire to her.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

PARTNERSHIPS nissotirED.

Anderson, Watson, J. Swan and G. Swan, topperschiths. P.
Royston, Blackwell, Proctor and Dakin, Sheffield, stove.makers,
Thompson and Dalhy, Great Yarmouth; hat-Makers. IL
Cooper and W. Cooper, Leicester, Pitkatd and W.
Pickard, Moorrieldi, hreethes-tnantilacturers. M Cole
Laing; Cannon-row. Westniklaster. surveyors. Gpootry
Beardmore, Yew eastle-tindee•Ly ne, linen-drapers. Homer awl
Batten ta Newbury, Berkshire, harge-master.. Breyer said
Co. 11Wochester, cotton-merchants. Lloyd and Rnbley, Salford,
Lancashire, common brewers. Whiteside, Peet, and
Liverpool. Shiiiliff, Wilkinson, Mathers and Rvcroft, ntk,
merchatnt4; Olive and \term.. St: Catherinco-treei, To f'l. Pre.;
cinct, shoe-makers. It, Platt and Sna,, MOO, V ksh; re,
cloth:manufacturers. Ithhins and Fo%!erj ievadenh:iik.'ireeti
glassineu: Hawn !sod 4Qiiie j ficitLdAei Lantaels;rej coach;