Star.
London, England, 1821-04-21 00:00:00

even cat the poor horses and animals abut the hou;e

to pieces.
A simultaneous attack now commenced in many
places on the houses where foreigners were known to
reside. The following are the names of the unfor-
tunate men that first suffered death:— A. Shaffalitzky,
T. Dunzfeldt, M. Estroup, M. Arnaud, Mr. Martin,
and Justin, a French lad, servant of M. Estroup, and
Joseph his cook. The head of Shaffalitzky was
severed from his body, thrown from the window, and
kicked about the streets ! The other bodies were also
thrown from the windows, dragged about by the
mob, who jumped orb, pierced, and mangled than
until they hardly retained evidence of their ever
having been human. The plunder of this house was
immense. as was also that of the house of M.Pasquet;*
20,000 dollars- in - specie, besides a large quantity of
indigo and nankins,which were thrown into the river.
I resided in the quarter of St. Miguel (about two
miles from the city), at the house of the Russian
Consul, P. Dobell, Esq. His family were luckily
with him at Macao, his nephew, Mr. Bennett, of Phi-
ladelphia, excepted. The house was attacked about
one P.M. by the mob from the Escaita. Several of
the peace officts of St. Miguel (say three or four)
came to the dot?, and advised Mr. Bennett to open
it, saying they would protect us. The door was
opened, and the mob rushed in with the officers, who
succeeded fir some time in keeping out the villains
from the room we were in; but, notwithstanding their
exertions, many of them entered from time to time,
and at last I was driven at the point of their knives
out of the window ; from thence I had immediately
to swim the river, amid a shower of stones and clubs.
I landed on the opposite side, at the gate of a large
distillery belonging to an Armenian who had settled
here. The gate was shut, and I succeeded in climb-
ing a wall of fifteen feet ; but no sooner had I sbewn
myself on the top, than I was attacked by the people
of the distillery; was knocked off the wall by clubs,
feU into the yard, and was made prisoner.
. *Previously to the mob entering the house, Mr.
Bennett and myself had determined to swim the river
for the purpose of asking advice of the Armenian,
and had stripped ourselves all but a flannel shirt;
and in this situation was I when a prisoner, having
had no time to dress myself as Mr. Bennett had done
before he opened the dour. My arms were lashed
behind me so fast, that the circulation of the blood
being nearly stopped, my hands swelled, and the
pain became excessive : in this manner was I led, or
rather dragged, through the streets (the populace
beating me, and throwing mud and filth en my head
at every moment) to the house of the Head Peace
Officer of the village, where I found Mr. Bennett,
whom they had taken from the house soon after I was
driven from it. They now put both our feet in the
stocks, in company with an Indian arrested for rob-
bery. The villains at this time began to consult re-
specting the manner in which they should • kill us:
they settled the point, and were about to put it in
operation, when the presence of mind of Mr. Ben-
nett saved us. 44 lam a Catholic and a Christian,"
he exclaimed; 44 kill.me without a Padre to confess
me, and the whole of you will die before morning."
Superstition induced them to believe that what Ben-
nett had told them- would take place, and they left
us at rest a few moments longer. During the whole
time (or rather till dark) the mob remained sh6uting
and demanding us of the master of the house, making
many attempts to burst in; and it is truly astonish-
ing they did not succeed, as the place was a mere
hut of bamboo. About five P. m. we were suddenly
alarmed by the sounds of heavy blows, cries for
mercy, and the shout of " Kill them, kill them." In
a moment after Monsieur d'Arbell was brought in,
cut and mangled in a dreadful manner, covered with
blood, his skull fractured, and one of his eyes al-
most beaten from the socket. He was placed beside
us, as was a poor lascar belonging to the Merope,
who was also terribly bruised.
At six P. M. they took Mr. Bennett from the stocks
under pretence of obliging him to cure a sick woman;
but, in fact, they were carrying him to the house of
a person who had just died (one to whom Mr. Bennett
had given medicine, and, as they said, poisoned), to
sacrifice him upon the dead body ; but a Serjeant of.
the regular troops saved his life by proposing to the
mob to carry him to the house of a sick person, who
lay at the point of death, to make him cure her. This
they did, telling him that the moment the woman
died they would bury their knives in his bosom.—
Luckily, the woman got better; and, night coming
on, the mgb agreed to murder those of us they left
on the stocks, and return to their houses. Bennett's
presence of mind again saved us—" Touch one of my
companions," said he, " and this woman shall be a
corpse." They even begged of him to let them kill
us; but he repeated hi. threats and saved us. To-
wards midnight, a family who had formerly washed
for me, came to see me, and kindly gave me sou e
clothes, and a cup of warm chocolate, which greatly
relieved me, as I had been lying nearly eleven hours
with only a wet shirt on, pinioned, and in the stocks,
under an open window, with a shower of rain beating
on me. About one o'clock I was taken from the
stocks, and allowed to lie down on a mat in a better
apartment. I supposed Bennett was 'killed, and ex-
pected every moment to share his fate.
At eight A.M. on the 10th, Bennett was brought
back, to my great joy, the serjeant having remained
with him : this man swore to save us or die with ns.
At nine.A.ar. we were put into canoes, and carried
down the river to the corregidor's house, and put
under a strong guard to protect us. 1 now felt safe:
the mob at this time had assembled in the streets, to
murder us as we carfie along; but were disappointed,
for we came by water, and not, as they expected, by
the road. There new appeared to be considerable
difficulty as it regarded the disposal of us. No cor-
regidor was to be found. The person who held that
office had got frightened, and run off, leaving every
thing in confusion. At this time there were four
companies of regular infantry, one of flying artil-
lery, with two pieces of cannon, -and a squadron of
cavalry, drawn up in front of the house. A square
was formed of infantry ; we were placed in the centre,
when they started with us for the city. The mob at
this crisis filled the streets to the number of 10,000
or 15,000 men. The soldiers had no orders from the
Governor to fire in case they attempted to seize us,
and we were again carried back to the house ; after.
.which a square was again formed that conducted us
to the prison of the corregidor (about twenty yards
distance only), where we were locked up till a favour-
able chance to convey us into the city should offer.