The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-15 00:00:00

The following

last :--
WtNDSOR CASTLE, SEPT. B.—His Majesty remains in the
same state as for the last few days."
" SEPT. 9.--His Majesty's symptoms have not v.:rizcl since

yesterda)."
" SEPT. 20.--His Majesty's symptoms remain the same as
yesterday."
" SEPT. ii.—There is no alteration in his Majesty's syinptonts
to day."
44 SEPT. 12.—His Majesty's symptoms remain the same as
yesterday."
" SEPT. 13.—There is no alteration in his Majesty's state."
• " SIFT. 14.—The King continues in the same state."

• The state of Sweden continues still wavering, 1
weak, and undecided. One post brings intelligence
.of its hostility ; the next of. its pacific disposition ;
•so that, on the whole, all that can be said cf that
country is, that it is neither one thing nor the other
.1
• thing from choke, but every thinz and any thing
from fear and necessity. Undoubtedly we have I
nothing to urge against that country or its Govet n-
ment on the score of its conduct during the period
of the season already passed ; though we are, per-
haps, more indebted for her forbearance in that in-
stance to the presence of the commanding fleet under, I
Sir J. SAVMAREZ, than to any great partiality for the
s
prosperity of 13ritish commerce on the part of the
fiwedish Government. There is little intelligenee
of any consequence from that country, and that
little has no connexion with British interests.
• We have Inserted in another part of this day's
• Publication copious extracts from the Ameriwn
rapers, which, however, are not of 't. later date than
those, the contents of which have been previou,ly.
submitted to the perusal of the Public. We
beg particularly to direct the attention of • our
Readers to an article copied from the Baltimore
Federal Reintblican, on the subject of the issue of
Mr. VosTutt's negotiation, which,ability
rarely to be found in the productions of the Ameri-
• can, unites a solidity of judgment and a strength of
reasoning, that leaves little to be added upon the
subject to which it refers.
• His Majesty's ships Hannibal, Vice-Admiral
DururAm, Impftueux, Mars, Tremendous, and Ven-
eur, arrived in the Downs on Thursday, from the
Baltic. We understand that Sir JAMES SA I'M
is also daily expected to make his appearance in the
• Downs.

HORRIBLE NAR ATIVP.
• The following extraordinary -a:count is written from the re•
collection of a marine on hoi:rd the Fourdropuit, Admiral De
Courcy, when in the Ilr..zils.
The narrative is .candid, hut not very clear, many places re-
quiring explanation, ant! we %sish that the writer !lad been more
. circumstantial in some instances, and also that he had commu-
nicated the relator's name; untiniabed as it appears, it is, how-
ever the most a‘xful MAtanct. of sufferings Uy famine, that we
recollect to have been recorded these many years.
In the math of June, 1810, I was a private in the first com-
pany of art:ll.,!ry in the garrison of St. Helena, and on the 10th of
that month, about half an hour before. parade time, lkil‘Kinnon,
a gunner of the second company, asked me if I was willing t.)
desert, and „go with him on hoard the American ship called the
Columbia, Captain Henry Lagar, which was the only ship at
' that 'time in the Roads. After some conversation on the sub-
. - ject, I Unfortunately agretd to meet him :&out sc.ven o'clock at
the playhouse, where, at that time,. I found him, aecompauied
by a private of Major Searles 'company, called N-I•Quirin, oqc

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man called Brighouse, another called Parr, and another called
Conway. Parr was a good seaman, and said heOvould take us
in a boat to the island of Ascetision, or that he would lie cif he
harbour until the Columbia could weigh anchor and come out.
We went about eight o'clock to the Vatot Rock, where we found
the boat of the Columbia, with three sailors waiting for us.
They took u* on board their vessel, where Parr went into the
cabin, and we changed our clothes. After we had been on
board abeut half an hour, Brighouse and Conway proposed to
cut a whale-boat front out of the harbour, and to •stand out to
sea in order to secure ourselves, as we suspected that •the Co-
houbta would be searched for us. This was concluded on, and
acc,srdii.alv boarded the whale-boat, which we found moored
by a hale stone; they h;:d on board five oars and a coil of rope.
Having taken the iarye stone on beard, we brought the
boat alongside the American, it being now eleven o'clock at
night. Shortly after we observed several lanterr passing along
the line t-w•lrds the sea-pate, and hearing a great noie,
we
supposed we were missed and sought for, M`Quinn, Parr,
Drigaou e, Conway, Nl'lainnon, got on boord the wilale4loat,
taking with 115 '25 rounds of bread, a keg containing aboot 13
saiasee of water, a conloass, and a quadrant, all of Which were
;leen us by the Captain of the Columbia. In our hurry, 1 sup-
pose, the quarry fell overboard, as we could not find it efter-
wards. NN' t,Ten 141 the ship, :lad poiied a-heatl; but the
boat was nt this time 1;:ti full uE wcter, clod we had neglected
to take any thing with us to bail her. In this situeiion we rowed
out to sat, ant lay a considetabie oft' the island, ex.
pectiag'the Jahlericau to pick us up, as the Cemoio !old 'plat
mised to do, in a few hours. We continued in this situation
until twelve o'clock the second day. after leaving the island,
but no ship appealing, Parr advised that we should hoar away
for the island of Ascension, steering N. by W. and then N.N.Va.
using an oar for a mast, and our handkercbiefs tied at the cer-
too; for a sail. The wind blew a gale for two days, but the
weather then became very fine. 'l\4‘Kitilion ke, t a reckoning,
having pen,- ink, and paper, from the Columbia. We conti-
nued our course until the morning of the 13th, when we saw a
number of birds, loft no land appeared. Parr said, he was ante
we had missed the island of Ascension. Finding our substitute
for a sail answer but badly, we took off our shirts, and made'a
Stmll spritsail of their'. We then altered our course to W. by N.
hoping to make Rio ae Janeiro, on the coast of Brazil. Dur-
ing this rime we suffered severely from the want of shelter,
and from the water in the boat, which we could not keep her
choir of with our hots. We were also in great distress for pro-
visions, and were obliged to mint ourselves to about aft ounce
of bread and two sooonfuls of water in twenty-four hews.
• " We were now very much exhausted by hunger and fatigue,
it being the 28th of lime, valour bread, was expended.. We Lad
no other prospect but tbat of a miserable death. TVl‘uirtn took
a piece of leamaoo which lay in the boat, and chewed it, npen
o hich we all followed his exatrple. Having remember( LI to
e read of Oersons in our unhappy situation eating their :hoes,
I cut a pit ce off one of mine, but it was so soked in salt watt r
that I was unable to swallow it. I then tried thlOintier tole, and
eat part of it, hut found no benefit from it. In this miserable
and exhausted state, wishing for death to atoll our miseries, we
continut d until the Ist of July, when Parr caught a dolphin with
a gaff which had been kit in the heat. We got the fish into the
boat with difficulty, and having theta:eel God for his goodn:sts.to
us, we cut up the fish, and baying drank the.blood, and eat part
of the atoll, we hung up the remairder to dry. On this we
subsisted until the 4th, when, finding the whole was consumed.
Parr, Brighouse, Conway, and myself, proposed to st uttle•tae
boat to put an end to our miseries; but M`l:intien and laa'Quinn
would not consent to the proposal. The forint r proposed that
we should put it to the lot which of us should be put to death to
feed the others. To this we agreed, and as Parr le d been, ill
for some days of a spotted fever, we arced to leave him out.—
The numbers being written and put into a lint, which was held
by Parr, we took one each, and having agreed that five should
he the fatal number, it was found to be M'Kinnon's, who
meliately cut himself in three 'places on his foot and arm :'he
commended his soul to the Alinighty, and.soon bled to ‘leatb.•-••
As soon as be was dead, la is house cut a piece of the thigh, of
which we all ate. Vae waOlool it c body frequently in the sea to
preserve it, and continued to feed upon it till the Bth, when it
being my torn to hole out, abeutolay-break I observed thot the
dto (Alone. As s as it became
colour of the water appe?re
clear light, we saw land right i-Feed, on wita'al we steered to-
wards it, and abenit eight o'clock in the morning we were close
to the shore. Finding a very heavy surf, we endeavoured to
keep the boat's head towards it; but being very weak, we were
unable to accomplish our purpose, and soon after the boat upset.
Alter much exertion, Conway, Parr, and myself, got to land,
or rather we were cast cm shore; but poor ail` Quinn and Brig-
house were drowned. We now found ourselves On the coast of
Brazil, at no great distance from Rio de Janeiro; and being
treated-with attention and hive:may we recovered, when Fen-
tercel auto the morales, and was suit on board this ship."

564 TI JF, NATION
THE KING,
The following are the Bulletins issued since our

THE

MISCELLANIES.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent left York House at
twelve o'clock on Monday last, accompanied by ,the Duke of
Cumberland, and Colonels Blomfield and Upton, to proceed on
a shooting party at Sudborne Hall, the seat of the Marquis of
Hertford, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. The Royal Party changed
horses at the Black Boy, Chelmsford, about three o'clo.•k. On
their arrival at Colchester, a guard of honour, composed of the
4sd Light Infaltcy, attended by a band of music, marched from
the Barracks, and were stationed near the Three Cups inn, and
presented arn.e upon the approach of the Prince Regent's car-
riage, the band playing " God save the King." At Ipswich, the
inhabitants being apprised of the route of the Royal Party, a
great concourse assembled to welcome their arrival ; the popu-
lace attempted to take the horses for the carriage, nor would
;hey desist, until his Royal Higfrhess addressed them, and kindly
entrea►ed they would permit him to proceed without delay.—
The Prince Regent has arrived in town; and yesterday his Royal
highness, with the Duke of Cumberland, le. t town for Windsor.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. arrived cn Friday i❑
his bed barouchc, at Windsor, and from the luggage attached to
the carriage it is expected his Royal Highness will remain at the
Castle some days.

The honorary badge of the House of York-...the White Rose—
has been restored to the Ist West York Militia, by his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent.
The appointment of Col. M'Mahon, to the Office of Paymas-
ter o'. Widows' Pensions, will occasion some discussion in the
Howe of Commons, the place being one of those of which their
Committee had recommended the abolition.

On Monday evening, in consequence of the circulatiln of
some hand-bills, a meeting of the friends of Mr. Jones Burdett
'took place at the Cottage of Content, in Lock's-fields. The
meeting seemed to have ben rather it:-digested; but Mr. Kem-
rnish, after the company had waited for• some time, was pre-
vailed upon to take the chair. It was tier. resolved, " that
Jones Bqrdett is a proper person to represent-the Borough of
outhwark, and that a Committee be formed tor the purpose
of considering of the best means to secure him his election at thy
next dissolution of Parliament." 'Thera were above 200 persons

present. ; • •
We are sorry to have to state thattis Majesty's brig Manly
Was lately captured off the Naze of Norway, by three Danish
gud•brigs. The Chanticleer, which arrived at Sheerness, an
Friday, was in company at the time, and had five men wound-
ed, and received considerable damage in the action which took
place with the enemy., The Manly and. Flamer sailed from the
11ore, on the 17th ult. with 3O sail of merchantmen, and the
Chanticleer from the Humber, on the 3d, with three sail.
No information ka* reached us relative to the tate of the
convoy.
A French licensB has been received by a merchant in the City,
which omits the clause requiring the export of French co•mmo-
ditiea to a value equal to the cargo imported, and allowing be-
sides the introduction of tons of coffee into the French do-
minions, du payment of the duties imposed by the Tarif of the
sth of August, tBio. This latter indulgence is not aliowcd in
any preceding licenses received. A second license of a similar
nature has also reached town.

When the Commander of the French gitardship in Rochfort
Roads boarded the Semiramis, on the 24th ult. in his gig, Capt.
Richardson, in very good French, desired him to conic on deck ;
which he did, and soon found his mistake. His i.,tonislunent
may be more easily Conceived than described; lie shrugged up
• his shoulder;, and said, east une grande nwprise. Capt. R. then
desired him to walk down into his cabin, and take sonic refreoi-
mein, and, when lie had succeeded in carrying his plan into exe-
cution, he would come down and talk with him.
Several Spanish vessels on the coast of Africa have been con-
demned at 'Sierra Leone, for having taken on board in England
part of their outward cargo for the Slave Trade.
Considerable alai m was excited on Tuesday last in the neigh-
bourhood of St. James's-square, in con-equence of the sudden
departure from their dens of two royal hunting tigers. which
were litely sent over to this country as a present to the Duke of
• Norfolk, and were deposited in the stables belonging to his
Grace. It appeared that they had broken ;he door of the den,
and made their escape into the hay I.ift over the st:ibles; but be-
ing soon discovered, a domestic of the Duke's was dispatched to
the menagerie, at Exeter 'Change, to hire two of the quaeru,- d
keepers to attend, and, if possible, t o secure the animals, which
was at length effected, Iftvr two ays incess,int labour. •
A powder-mill was blown up on Hounslow -heath, on Satur-
day se :might, whereby two worksom tut(oituaktely lost ll*
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