Star.
London, England, 1829-07-18 00:00:00

HORRIBLE CALAMITY.

The following letter and affidavit, taken from the Arca-
dian Recorder of the 20th ultimo, relate to a very dis-
tressing shipwreck which has recently occurred at the
island of Anticosti, and which we yesterday announced
briefly to our readers :

Ptctou, June If.
" My seas Sea. -I take the liberty of sending you the Inclosed
affidavit for peblication, showing the anelanehnly fate of a number
of human beings, supposed to be sixteen or eighteen in aU. I
brie just returned from the Magdalen Islands, where I saw a
number of articles belonging to the unfortunate sufferers, but not
uue of the ship's papers, or any thing to show distinctly what she
was, or where she was owned. By publishing the annexed marks,
which appear on some of the articles, the parties concerned will be
able to ascertain what vessel she was.

" I cannot close this account without noticing the circumstance
of the occupiers of the post of Anticosti being absent. I have been
informed that this and two ether posts have been kept up for a
number of years during the winter by the Government of Lower
Canada, for the purpose of affording aid in the many cases of ship-
wreck which happen on the island ; and they aho ported up, at a
certain distance along the coast, slgaal.posts, with suitable labels,
directing the reader in what direction the houses were, the dis-
tance, &c. It remains to be shown for what reasons these houses
were abandoned by their keepers, without notice being given
publicly ; and I trust It will point out most forcibly the neeeseity
of having them in future well supplied and attended.
" I am, &c.
"JAMES DAWSON, Lloyd's Agent."
Nessus ON • PANT or Tat PNOPIATT...-.4 tablecloth, A. B. S. ;
a pair of stockings,
made IL M. ; a cotton skirt, J. N. ; a lady's pocket,
A. B. • a trunk nue by M. A. Benham, Sobs, London • a pair
of stockings, J. H. F. ; some silver tea-spoons, J. S. ; two 'Quebec
papers, latest date Sad of October, Gamete ; a shirt, P. Vaughan ;
one ditto, William Nub, No. 9, September 17, INT ; a Anger
ring engraved inside, ' Married J. S. to A. 3.16 th of April, 169 e.
Oo a blank leaf in Blank's American Coaling Pile*, was written,
'J. Sdckney, Esq.' J. S. Campbell, Req. Quebec.' On another
leaf of the same book was written, Ship Granicus, Cook.' On
the African Coast Pilot, and two ether nautical books, appears
Robert Martin, Barnmouth, by Aytoo, sear Berwick, N.B.' Be.
low two lines of poetry, in the Seaman's Daily shsidesst, Adam
Willis.'

•• On a small piece of paper found with some money, was writ-
ten in pencil, ' Sir, you will find 48 sovereigns in a belt is my ham-
mock ; send them borne to Mary Harrington, Barrick-street, Cove,
Ili they are the property of her son.'
" COPY Of AN Arernavir.—To all those whom tt may Concern,
be it known, that Jaques liourgois, Joseph Boudrolt,Joseph Sour-
gois, and James Cheviots, all of the Shallon Victory. of the Magdalen
Islands, have personally appeared before me, P. F. Coibeck, Esq.
one of hi. Majesty's justices of the peace for the district of Gaspe,
and made oath that on Tuesday, the lush of May inst. they landed
on the north side of the island of Anticosti, about six leagues from
the east point, and visited a fur station there, which they had pre-
viously known ; that they found the dorm of the house akut,and tied
inside with a rope ; that on forcing the door, they perceived the
carcases of tour human beings,with the heads, legs, and arms cut off,
and the bowels extracted, hanging by the thighs in the room, and
two others on the floor, cut up in tar same manner ; that they found
a human body in a hammock, who appeared to have died there ;
the body was habited like a sailor, and there were two trunks in
the room with human flesh in them, cut up in small piece, ; there I
was also a pot with human flesh in it ; round the house pieces of
human flesh and bones strewed about ; there was oh appearance of
bread. flour, or animal food in the house. Two brands of fire were
in the fireplace and some ashes; in the house were two axes and
an adze • on the shore was a jolly-boat. but the name was defaced.
From the clothing these appeared to have been both women sad
children of the party. The Frenchmen interred the bodies.
" In testimony whereof they haeelsereunto set their hands and
seals, this 119th day of May, 182%, it blagdalen. Lands.
" JOSEPH BOURGOIS.
•• Witness. "JACOB SOURGOIS.
1. Gamin 'avian. " J A MES MUSSON.
.I. T. Munro.: . " JOSEPH BOU DROIT." _

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