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London, England, 1816-01-23 00:00:00

on the return of the former to the United

August last. Captain GAmat.E, the Reader will
collect, was left by Commodore PORTER, waif
men, in charge of two or three vessels and Weil
lic property, when he sailed from Madison Idiot
Valparaiso, previous to his ever•memorabie batik
the Essex. The following letter comprises alll
subsequent occurrences:

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copy OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN DUMB
COMMODORR PORTER.
44 New York, August 30,.911
41 Sia—With regret I have to inform you,
frigate had not got clear of the Marqneses befell
discovered in the natives a hostile disposition
us, who in a few days became so insolent, tlla
found it absolutely necessary, not only for the al
fit), of the ships and property on shore, but fora
personal safety, to land my men, and regain by 41
of arms the many things they had, in the most dui
manner, stolen from the encampment ; and whst
of still greater importance, to prevent, if pull
their putting threats into execution which mightta
been attended witll the most serious consequent:o4
our part, from duty requiring my men to be so sa
separated.
" I, however, had the satisfaction to accomie
my wilt without firing a musket, and from auto
lived in the most perfect :rarity with them, until
7th of May following, when my distressed suusa

placed me in their power.
Before mentioning the lamentable events of
day, aad the two succeeding ones, I shall gin Ia
brief account of a few preceding uccurrence4, w
were sources of great uneasiness to me, The
WAS the death of John Wetter (marine), whw
unfortunately drowned in the surf, on the afterser
of the 28. th February, and the desertion of four ,g
my men. They took the advantage of a datklPP.

kit the bay unobserved by any peorkm, all (ex.
lippdag nne, a prisoner) having the watch on deck.
to gook with them several muskets, a supply of
monnition, and many articles of but little value.—
ly attempt to pursue them was prevented by their
ounying partially the only boat (near the beach)
mat time sea-warthr•
aon the 12th April began to rig the ships Serin*
nouns and Sir Andrew Hammond, which, as I'
minted, employed the men until the Ist of May.
both were then engaged us getting the remain-
a of the property from the Greenwich to the Serin-
Irma, as I began to despair of your rejoining me
that place.
a The work west on well, and the men were obe.
est tp my orders, though I discovered an evident
lair in their countenances, which led me to sup-
w dare was something wrong in agitation, and
or that un* /session had all the muskets, ammuni-
to, and small arms of every description, taken to
a Greenwich, (the ship I lived on board of) from
a ether ships, as a necessary precaution against a
one from my own men.
On the 7th of May, while on board the Seringa-
w duty which required my being present, a
sigma place, in which I was wounded, and the
unotan succeeded in getting the Seringapatam oat
Ibebni...two days after, when making the meek
painnuions to depart for Valparaiso, we were
by the savages, and I have, with the deepest
get, to hiatus you, Sir, Midshipmen William
elm, AD Thomas, Thomas Gibbs, and William
bell, were massacred, and Peter Coddington,
, • dangerously wounded. After bending the
and spanker, we cut our moorings, and fortu-
tely bad a light breeze that carried the ship clear
the bay, with six cartridges remaining out of the
y barrel left us by the mutineers.
a After getting out of the bay, we found our si=
most distressing. In attempting to run the
ep, it broke in two parts, and we were cons-
to tut away from the bows, the only anchor,
lag able to cat it. We mustered, altogether,
persons ; out of which there was one cripplia,
dangerously wounded, one sick, one just reco-
• g from the scurvy, and myself, confined to the
with a high fever, produced by my wound.
a In that state, destitute of charts, and almost of
means of navigating the ship, I reached the
•ch Island, after a passage of seventeen days,
suffering much from fatigue and hardships. I
there unlmtunately captured by the English
• Cherub; remained a prisoner on board of her
to months; during which time, my men were
• red in a most shameful manner. We were then
on shore at Rio de Janeiro, without the possibi.
of getting away until after hearing of the peace.
then, by the advice of the physician who attended
ne, embarked on board a Swedish ship bound to
de Grace, (there being no other means of my
• away at that time) leaving behind acting
• • Clapp and five men, having lost one
after my arrival in that place with the small-pox.
▪ On tie lst instant, lat. 47. Al. long. 13. W. we
is with the American ship Oliver Ellsworth, from
e, booed to this port. I took a passage on
of her, and arrived here two days since, after
upwards of an hundred days at sea. lam at
unable to travel, and shall therefore await
I _our orders, or the orders of the Commandant
the MAN Corps at this place.
" I have the honour to remain, with the highest
and esteem, Sir, your obedient servant,
46 JOHN M. GAMBLE."

A copious supply of German Papers reached us
st night. They do not present us with any articles
lerikeug general interest. The Rhenish Memory
mimes to inveigh against France and Frenchmen,
Oa the usual head of a Private Letter from Paris.
be population of France is rated at twenty five mil-
e;
of this number one million only, the writer
Nide% as having shared in the atrocities of the
evolution, and therefore they ought to be expelled
no the European Continent. The following pro.
led and judicious remarks on the French character
ea fellow :

*That we should hate and detest these (i.e. the

revolutionists) who can blame us ? But the other
!ietty-four millions, who, as well as ourselves, lay
der the oppression of the wicked—the cultivator,
tactful citizen—why should we hate them ?
" I say not that we should love them—that we
form friendship with them; you must not ez-
imPossibilities. Love and friendship are founded
lialatity of pursuits and feelings, and cannot
It where this similarity is wanting. But what

Meyer distinguish the Frenchman from the Ger.
Id is this, that he has no simplicity of character, no
RI Ojai/ice, and that there is nothing in him which
'Pet hint towards the pro fund. A Frenchman is
44 to be found who has an ingenuous uncon-
6321aest of his own merits. In like manner, I have
ial Bone who derived any satisfaction from losing
they unjustly possessed, and in whom the feel.
ofilnice was paramount to gain. There is none
41/h° has any perception of the metaphysical
of things, without even excepting their excel.
PaseaL, in whose writings you find nothing of
:Pith that distinguishes Bnuzio and SPINOSA.
Ifs then, we are neither to love nor hate the
what are we to do ?—let them alone. Had
°al once again Alsace and Lorraine, we should
nothing snore to ask of them.
That the French %da will be able to put down all
ta
among thew, and acquire civil freedom,