The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-04 00:00:00

SUBSCRIPTION
For the RELIEF of the WIDOW and CHILDREN
of the late

• CAPTAIN HENRY
Of the Ship OFFLE v, Southern Whaler•of London,
Who with the Second Mate, and Boat's Crew, were inhumanly
Massacred 'by the Spaniards, on the Island of St. Maria,
Coast of Chili, on the 24th of February last, under circum-
stances of the most agfi'tavated.barbarity, by which deplorable
event his Widow and Orphan Children are left entirely des-.
titute of the means Of Subsistence.
Trills Melancholy Catastrophe- occurred on a
voyage to the • South Sea ,Fishery,—Captain HALEs
sailed from England ih.the Ship Offiey, about the month of
October 1820, and having doubled. Cape Horn, after a rough
passage, early in 1821 he put into the Island of St. Maria,
which is uninhabited, on the Coast of Chili, to re-fit.—On the
• 24th of February, about 10 A. as., several men were seen on
the beach, and Capt. Hales supposing them to be Spaniards,
who had come over from the Main, went on shore with his
Second Mate, Armoured, and four Seamen, arnied; for the
purpose of procurin;., fresh provisions. The party was seen to
land, and join the Spaniards, who appeared to be very friendly
with them ; they shortly afterwards retired from the bea.ch to-
gether, and it was. supposed that Capt. Hales was in treaty
with•them for provisions, and was gone over to the South BaY
to look at them. Towards sun-set, the Captain not having re-
turnett, the crew because alarmed and. a boat-„Was despatched to
search for them, .svhichreturned, with •information, that on their
approach, several Strange men were seen on the beach, and
from their moVenients. more Were supposed to be • concealed,
and it being near dark;it was deemed most prudent to return
to the ship without venturing to land. •• The' following
.morning no tidings having been received of the piny on
shore,. at days-light the- Chief Mate manned__ and armed two
boats, for ttie,,• purpose. of 7trideavotiring to find. them ; on
coming near the shore, they perceived a man naked.; sitting
on the beach, and on landing, discovered him to be Thomas
111 Sore the Aimourer, covered with blood, and severely wound-
ed; he was perfectly sensible, and informed them, that on their
first landing, the Spaniards appeared to be friendly, giving
theM bread and meat, and induced them to accompany them
some distance from the shore, where'they were suddenly sur-
rounded by 40 or .50 men armed, -.on which the Captain re-
solved to return to his boat, which was refused, except on con-
dition of their delivering up their arms—They were compelled
to comply with these tenns.—The Spaniards then tteacherously
bound them, two and two, and carried them about three miles
into the island, and when dark, brought them back near to the
beach, among some bushes—stripped them—and cruelly stab-
bed them in cold blood, himself' alone surviving, whom they left
for dead, lie having received 23 wounds. in Ins body, and. two
sabre cuts, one on each side of the neck. He was perfectly
sensible, and was immediately taken on board, where the Sur-
geon examined him, and found his wounds mortal. The boat
had no sooner returned, than a number of men were seen cop-
mg towards the beach, and soon afterwards a man presented
himself dressed in the Captain's clothes, waving his hat for a
boat to come on shore; :he was accompanied by three or four,
who appeared to be Officers in green uniforms, with cocked hats,
and sabres ; others -were discovered from the mast head lying
behi•;,l the beach. The leader of the party' appeared so much
like Captain Hales, that the Armourer was questioned whe-
ther he was positive that the Captain was killed, when he assured
them he was, and that the Captain or lender of the Spaniards so
-much resembled Captain Hales, that he' had remarked it when
on shore. The Ofliey immediately weighed anchor, and stood
for Conception, and at 5 P. rr. the Armourer became much
worse, and at 9 the same evening died.—An instance of more
atrocious barbarity perhaps never occurred ; Capt. Hales, the
Second Mate, Armourer, and four men perished, in this most
inhuman transaction ; Capt. Hales has left a Widow and seve-
ral Children totally -destitute of the means of subsistence, to
obtain which, this appeal is made with confidence to the bene-
volence of the Public, convinced that they will humanely con-
tribute to the relief of an unfortunate family, who have been
deprived, by this unforeseen and calamitous event, of their only
support, and who have thus been reduced from respectable and
comfortable circumstances, to the greatest poverty and distress.
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