The National Register.
London, England, 1811-09-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

and deserve the highest applause that can be bestowed upon
them.
(Signed) " GEORGE THOMPSON."

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.

The Adamant, Hedley, of Newcastle, sailed on the 26th of
July, 1810, from Oban, with 80 i assengers, for Prince Edward's '
Island, where she arrived after a favourable passage of 49 days,
and landed them safely. She took in a cargo of timber, and left
the Island on the 13th of October, the wind being W. N. W.
turning to windward into the gut of Canso, where she cast an-
chor. On the 15th, weighed at SA. M. wind variable, and got
to the mouth of the gut that night, when it came on to blow
very hard from the N. E. with very foggy weather. On the
19th, the storm increasing, the vessel unfortunately upset, and
remained about twenty minutes with her masts in the water,
when she righted as far as the lee-edge of the deck, her larboat d
gunwale remaining constantly under. The boats and other
things on deck were swept away; the sea, being very high, had
a fret passage down the hatchways, and washed the provisions
orit of the cabin windows. - The crew, 13 in number, were all
lashed, and had nothing to subsist: on but a little raw beef (of
which they were each allowed two ounces per day) and a mall
eplaatity of rum. The water-casks being all stove by the vio-
lent motion of the vess, I, they were obliged to drink their own
urine. By he 23d, four of the crew had miserably perished,
and were thrown into the sea. On the 2 Ith, they came within
sight of land, which proved to be Sable Island, on the outer bar
oc which, on the north-side, the vessel struck about two P. M.
that day ; she lost her rudder, but did not go to pieces. Here
they remained two days longer. On the 25th four more of the
crew died. The people of the Island appeared with a boat on
the 26:11, which had been brought overland in a cart fur their
re:ief. They were conveyed to a house two miles from the
share, and received very proper treatment. .M ilk was the fir-t
thing given to them, and in a week they recovered their strength.
—The four dead bodies left in the ship were brought ashore the
next day, and were decently interred in one grave, and an in-
scription placed thereon. Those who died were, John Tosh,
William Snaitb, John Cutter, James Cowens, James Burrell,
William Carmichael, D. Bell, Daniel Smith. The last tour were
buried ashore. Three of the survivors, viz. John Short, Thomas
Chicken, and James Spence, arrived at Shields last week in the
Free Briton. hey left the island the 23dnf June, after having
lived there more than seven months. The other two Mr. Tho-
mas Ridley, the owner, and the Captain, put to sea from the
island, in an open boat, a considerable time before them, and
brine taken up by some ship at sea, gct home some time since.
Sable Island was settled by the Governor of Halifax about ten or
eleven years ago ; but there were not more than eight persons
living on it when the crew left it.

On the 6:h inst. one of his Majesty's cutters came upon a
French Smuggling lugger, loaded with brandy, in the bay of
Luce, on the east coat of Galloway. The Kt: g's ship imme-
diatily rim the lugger on board, when a desperate engagement
took place, in which eight of his Majesty's crew were killed and
wounded, and above twenty of the s ang b.-fore they were
subdued. The lugger was iorought into 'Luce harbour.
The China fleet passed Falmouth on the 16th instant, under
convoy of the grampus man of war, viz.—Surat Castle, David
Scott, Bombay, Royal George, Cirencester, Alnwick Castle,
and Canton.

The Insolent gun-brig, and the Union, of 98 guns, were
launched on Monday at Plymouth. The tter moved majesti-
cally into the sea, and was the finest launch seen for many
years. There were about one hundred thousand spectators,
three or four hundred boats on the water, some having bands
of music, playing God save the King, Rule Britannia, &c.
and the ships in Hamoaze firiLg a gun on the occaJion.
Sunday se'imight, Rogers, a Welch seaman, descended in a
diving-bell, fb recover the cargo of a lighter, laden with iron,
which some time since sunk at Passage, Cork. The bell had
11 cwt. of metal fastened round its circumference: A sloop
was placed over the wreck, from the bowsprit of which the
diver descended three times before he ascertained the precise
situation of the wreck; and in the third atterrpt he was lowered
into the bald of the vessel, from which he brougut up a bar of
Von in his hand. He expects in a few days to bring up the
Whole of the cargo, which amounted to about 30 tons of iron.
This novel experiment attracted a great assemblage, including
an Admiral and several Captains of the navy. The diver and
his bell were at work again on the 12th inst. On each visit he
succeeded in bringing up some more of the iron:
Twelve of the men found .in arms on the surrender of the
Isle of France, are to be removed from the guardship at Ports-
mouth, and brought to London, for the purpose of being exa-
mined
.before the Privy Council.

PRICE OF STOCKS. • - « -
S per Cent. Consols 61n3
5 per Cent. Navy Annuities 95 41 95
Imperial S per. Cent. Ann. , 6211
India Bonds 16i. 17 pm.
Exchequer Bills, 3d. is. dis. par.
Ditto, 31c1 3s. 4s. pm.
Omnium par.
Consvls for October

TIDE TABLE. •
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE ON

MOkNINO.

M. H.
0 after 4
30 4
6 5
50 5
44 6
46 7
57 8

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AFTKIINOONt

M. H.
12 after •1'
47 4
25 5
15 6
13 7
19 8
35 9

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER-22, ISII.

'nil% K!NG.

The Bulletins of the past week inform us, that
there has been no ch Inge in the symptoms of his
MAJESTY'S disorder.

The following communication from Windsor my.
copy from an Evening Paper of Friday.
Windsor, Sept. 30, kalr past seven.
His Majesty's conversation during the whole of
the day, has heen,%with scarcely any exception,
calm and rational. His rising, refreshment, ex-
ercises, and devotions, have neen strictly conform.
able to his established system. Prayers were twice
read to his MAJEsorv, and, if we
,may judge from
Dr. WlLLts's attendants constantly promenading
Windsor and the Parks, and from the principal
persons employed in the Royal presence continuing
to be his MAJES•I'Y'S select and favourite domestics,
further satisfactory conclusions may be drawn,