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London, England, 1821-04-17 00:00:00

MANILLA. 1.1.irt12A13.1TV.-(FiTILTIIER P.A7LTICVLATIg.)

(TR. NSLATION.)
St. Denis, under sail, Dec. 24, 1020.
TO Tyr GOVERNOR OF TO F. ISLE or BOURBON.
MR. GOVNR is probable that you are
not aware of the melancholy event which took
plaCe -at Manilla on the 10th of October ult.
I consider it therefore as my. duty to make you
acquainted with the particulars which have just
come to my knowledge. On the 2d of October
a very high wind arose in the south-east quarter
that lasted 24 hours during which .so great a
'quantity of rain fell as to occasion the overflow-
ing of the ;ivers. The advantageous situation
of the ships in the roads of Carite Secured then*
against danger. The Bth of fhe same month we
' heard that the cholera mbrblus had spread to an
alarming extent at Manilla, and as a preventar
tive against the contagion; we forbade our crew
from landing. On the 10th the Governor of
Carite sent guards to prevent the boats from ap-
proaching.' On the Ilth, receiving intelligence
that the natives, suspecting the Europeans of
having poisoned the waters of the river Passig,
and of having thus occasioned the disease with
which many were infected, entered the houses
and assassinated great numbers. We put our
ships in a state for defence. AnQtlicer of the
Government of Carite informed os of the mea-
sures taken by the Government fer our safe com-
munication with the land. My SecOnd Lieute-
nant, whom I •had Sent some days .before to
Manilla, arrived with the disastrous: tidings
of the melancholy events that happened' on the
10th, and of the IoSS which was suffered
on that terrible day. He could only, however,
give us a general account of the state of things,
having been obliged to escape from the ferocious
barbarities of the Mani/kis'. . Mes,srs. Foulon,
Dtipeyrait, and Gadefrai the:elder, had been
massacred, as wallas Monsieur Dibard, Captain
of the Cultivator. of Nantei a Monsieur Stoup,
Captain of the Alexander, of Bourdeaux, toge-
ther with his Lieutenant and three of the crew
Monsieur Guillot, Supercargo of the E eantine.,
of Bourdeaux, and four strangera;j,wo of whorl
had settled in the country.--Many more had
been dangerously wounded; and had miraculously.
escaped by the attention of their country Men ;
among whom are Monsieur Gatxtherin.woanded
in four place, with a dagger, and the younger
Gadefrai, now. both recovered. All Frenchmen
and other foreigners were: obliged- t& conceal
themselves, and afterwards to. -escape into the
citadel, to be secure from the Indians, who pur-
sued them every where with the greatest fury-
All the houses of strangers were plundere:ir
and every thing else destroyed. On the follow.,
ing day their fury was directed towards the Chi-
nese, who, rendered cautious by the butchery 01
the preceding evening, sheltered themselves frog=
their barbarous assairants, but,. however,
hundred of them fell victims to the enraged Ala'
nillois, and the greater part of-their-houses
were
pillaged. The Governor did not render any 'as".
sistance to our unfortunate countrymen durinc
the carnage, and only lent them aid when they
were partly in safety. In this conduct there ar
pears to be something more than negligence.
cholera morbus has made a. lamentable progre
throukh Manilla and the environs._ Upwards Of
5000 persons have become victims to this po--
lence. The buildings have been Much injured'
We have lost four men. At our departure' the
malady 'had considerably abated. All our crew
are healthy, although much fatigued from the
length of the voyage, having been out of France
fifteen months. We stand in great need of pr();
visions, particularly wine and water, not haviPar
been able to procure the formeiat
Allow me to hope, Mr. Governor, that you Will
(keeping in view such cautions -as yoU deem Ile;
cessary) permit us to obtain the objects' vihicl2l
required from Mr. Despianches, and you Wl'
confer on us an essential favoni,.as we hope 0.,
reach France in the winter.
I have the honour to be,. &c. Sac.
WATIV3,:,
Captftin of the vessel LE NANTEs, bound for Bourdeg'
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