The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-17 00:00:00

CANNABALISNI.

(m oat THE ROSTOX DAILY ADVEitTist:n.)
.
in the brig Sultana, which arrived at this port
,
yeeterday, f rum London, came passenger, Mr. JostAqi PRICE,
of Wilmington, Dc-laware, who was one of the crew of the
brig General Gates, of libston, and was taken prisoner by the.
natives of New Zealand. The General Gates sailed limn Vos..
ton In 1821, on a sealing voyage, and on the 10th of August
following, 'Price was landed, with five others, on the Coast of
New Zealand, to cateh.seals. After remaining there six weeks,
vtilliaernclhbeedfortehetthneirto
king Looking
having pmcured 3,563 skins, they were taken by a party of
roasted fish. ,
na-
tives of New Zealand, at 10 or 11 o'clock at night. The
natives set fire to their huts', burnt their. skins, and destroyed
their provisions, not knowing the use of them. They then
was tied to
tied theirofhasnadvsagesbe,h
I:QintirceeheciltneetrrY.:lnlof London, was ordered to be killed. II
Glass Bayitista,,ioantidoutinisitingedceun,olefialientsoitro)eattshaanndya
foundnhauyn..d.wrehdearenttlhfelyftylnil
They were then.*
iwhontl til
carriedeni' a
As soon as they arrived, one of their number, and
John
a tree and struck on the head by two savages, armed
the
. with clubs.
Ills head was cut off and buried, and the!rest of
roasted in a kind of oven under-ground, and
.0. r body they
e ed to the sur.
vivors to eat ; and having nothing else, they were forced by
hunger to partake of it. They tied the •
natning five to a tree,
m with 50 en to guard them. The next
was killed and roasted; the day after,' Iv day, James Webster
Wm. Rawson, of New
London, and the day sifter, W. Smith, of New York, shared
the same fate. The next what they could learn fro
day, from
the Chief, James West,
of
.dew York,
m
York, was to die; hut the
night previous, a heavy st uall
1 rose from. the east, With thunder
and rain, which so frightened the natives, that they all ran
away to the west, with a
hideous noise, leaving the men tied
under the tree. They succeeded in untying themselves, escaped
to the share, found their
boat, in which they put to sea without
provisions. They Were not thirty yards fro the shore when
they saw 700
savages coming in search of them. They had
been three days in the boat, when .
they were picked up by the
I' b ri• *.
t, Alargary, Captain White, of Sidney, N South
rat weh place they were landed on the 10th November.

FRENCH PAPERS.

( From the Doik of Wednaday)
PARIS, SETT. 13.
CHAMBER OF THE KING.

FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE KING'S ILLNESS.
" Seven o'clock in the evening.

" The fever, which had subsided for a few
hours in the morning, returned with increased
violen,ce towards three in the afternoon. Greater
depression and proitration •of 'vital force is ob.
servo bhp.

(Signed) " PORTAL, " DUPUYTHEN,
" ALIBERT, " THEVENOT.
" DISTEL,
" The First Gentleman of the'Xinfea Chamber,

" Count de DAM AS."
SIXTH BULLETIN OF THE KING'S ILLNESS.

" Nine o'clock in the evening.

"'Tic fever is more violent. Much agitation,
hr at, and thirst, are experienced. The King.
preserves his understanding, and experlancos
some pain hi the legs."

(Signed as before.)
SEVENTH BULLETIN OF nu: KING'S ILLNESS.
" Sept. 14, eight o'clock in the morning.
41 The King has been during the night in a state
of great depression (uffoissement) ; the fever is still
very strong ; the debility goes on increasing."

(Signed as before.)
ETOHTLI BULLETIN OF THE KING'S ILLNESS.
"Two o'clock in the afternoon.

" His Majesty had a stronger fainting fit at
one o'clock ; the breathing is become more
painful and interrupted.; the pulse Ls extremely
weak and intermittent.

" The prayerslor-the Dying, and the Recom-
mendation of the Soul, have been recited in the
chamber of the King, in the presence of his fa.
.roily. his Majesty heind them with perfect

consciousness."

(Sig►red ai before.)

At two o'clock the King was plunged in so
profound a lethargy that the most intense anxiety
was spread throughout the 'Palace and the crowd
►►ssembled in the Place du Carousel ; but at half-
past three o'clock the King recovered from this
-lethargy, and was perfectly sensible.