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London, England, 1810-09-28 00:00:00

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dIFFI.D.IFIT OP JEFFERT THE 1.1
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BOSTON, SUFFOLK.
United States of Am _erica, Conamnpwesikh
of Massachusetts:
On this 24th day of July, bi the year of Our Lord ISlO,betore
me, WILLIM4 &reversion, &el. a guitice of tie Peace Mr the
Countj of Sofolli, by legal.authority appointed.and &Warn, and
dwelling in Boston aforesaid, personally sppeanid.liebert ingerY,
and made oath, that the Affidavit hereunto annexed csnitains the
Wilds, And nothingbut the truth.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my band, and
affixed my Sal of Ofsce, the day and year above-
Written. (Signed)
(L. S.) WILLIAM STkViii lON, Just. OtaCe.

(COPY.)
At Wenham, Cote* of Essex, State of Massachusetts, in
the Urked Stites of America, June 97, 11310.
Personany appeared ROZIRT Jets e KT, blacksmith, who being
interrogated and examined, declares as follows, viz.
That he is 21 y?ars of age; was born at Polparo, In the eosin
of Cornwall, Great Bt italn : That, in the summer of 1807,. be
*hipped himself at Polparo aforesaid, on board the privateer
schooner Lard Nelson, of Plymouth, coMmanded
--That (he schooner, about eight slays afterwards, put into Fal.
mouth, where he itas impressed by an officer belonging to, ao4
carried on board his Britannic Majesty's brig Recruit, of 18 guns;
commanded by Lake, and appointed Armourer's Matek,
and soon afterwards sailed In the Recruit, for the West Indleic
where she cruized about three months. The brig's water runniut
short, the crew were alloivanced) and thisderlarant, being veep
thirssy, and unable toobtain a sufficiency to quench his shiest, we
Saturday evening went to die beer cask, and skew of about
quarts of beer into a bucket, drank about three-fourths 01 it, ad ..1
left the remainder in the bucket; one of the crew was present
when this took place, and iuformed Captain Lake of it, who nett;
day asked this declarant, it it was be who tapped the beer ? Tik
which he replied in the affirmative; and Captain Lake ordero4
the Serjeant of Marines to put him on the Black List.-•-That bs
continued to do his duty as usual, and sorbing else particular 084 j
currcd until the Sunday following; Captain Lake called bim aft,
and said to him (Sombrero Island being then In sight)—" Jeffery,
do you see that Island ; de you know that I ant going to land you
on it e' To which he replied in the negative. Shortly afterwards,"
Captain Lake ordered the boat to be lowered down; the Second
Lieutenant, a Midshipman, and (our men, to laid him on Som-
brero Island.—That this declarant wished to have his clothes
with him ; but Capt. Lake denied him them or any thing else, ex-
cept what he then had upon him; and when the boat landed him,
the racks cut his feet, upon which the Lieutenant begged one of
the men in the boat to spare hint a pair of shoes which he did,
and gave him a knife ; the 1. ieutettant and the Midshipman each
gave him a handkerchief, and left him on the Island of Sombrero
aforesaid, the Lleateuant having previously recommended him to
keep a look out fur vessels pasting —That Sombrero is a deso-
late island, without any inhabitant thereon, or sustenance of
any kind to support life, and he remained on it nine days with-
out any food, save about a dozen of kmpets that he picked off the
rocks) his drink was sometimes salt water, at other thesis rain-
water, which he found in crevices of the rocks after a fall of rain.
—That be saw several vessels pass, and attempted to hall them,
but without effect, for they were too distant to bear or see him,
untilete schooner Adams, of Marblehead, lila Dmitis Master,
came to his assistance, took him off, and laaded'hito at Mirble:
'head, in the county of Elites aforesaid.

RiMIIRT (his k mark) JETWU?.
The above Decimation and Eiamistation tabus by and 'in pre-
sence of 1. ItALUSZT.

LATE MARQITIS t7ORNWALLIT.

Ghazheepore, December 21,1809.
FridaY..the 22d imtant, the ceremony of laying the
-fotindation-stone of the Mausoleum to be erected over
the spot containing the remains of the late Most Ho-
nourable Marquis Corm WALLIS, Governor-General in
Council, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. took place
at Ghazeepore. The firing of 66 minute guns, cor.
responding with the number of years attained by his
Lordship, corninericid at sun-rise ; during which the
detachment'of troops.tlmt had arrived in cantonments'
the preceding day from llenares, under the command
of Major Ltsuz, marched in ordinary time from their
ground of encampment; and dressed by the guns,
at about a quarter before the close of the firing of the
minute guns, at which period, the whole of the
troops advanced towards the excavation, and there
grounded their arms ; the European and native Offi-
cers, with the men, repaired to the spot, where• Majo-
r MACDONALD, attended by his Staff, 'stood to
perform the ceremony. At the south-west end oldie`
foundation, an oblong stone, of considerable weight,
was, suspended by a cable and windlass, over its
proper bed ; the cement was then laid by the work-
men, and adjusted by the Major-General, who was
presented with a silver trowel by the architect for
that purpose. The stone was then lowered to its
bed, and the plan of the building, with the plum,
level, and square, successively presented to the,
Major-General, by Major C. Mouler, of Ingineets
with which, having tried flue stone, and found its po-
sition to be correct, he laid it in its position, bygidefg
several, strokes with a mallet. • The following hi-
scriptionongraved on a copper-plate, was then in-
sertedby Major-General MACDONALD, in a cavity that ,
kact been cut in ihe stone for its reception:
TRIS MAUSOLEUM
Is erecie4 in pursuance of a Resolution passed at a Genecat
• ' Meeting of the Inhabitants of Calcutta,
Held on the 26th of October. 1808,
To the following effect.
That in addition to the General Moaning,
Which has been adopted as a public token of the concern felt.
By this Settlement on the Death of

' • I4,IARQUIS 'CORNWALLIS,
A Mauto'cum be erected,
With the permission of Government, •
Over the place of his Interment at Gbaireporo.
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A Memorial of esteem and reverence
For his virtues, and of gra•itude
Fur his eminent services.
The First Stone was laid

By
Major• General John Macdonald,
Commanding Officer in this Provinces
By Prder of
I.knt.-General George Heiirett,
Conunander-In.Chief,
And•
Under instroegoop , •
Frosu
The Right Hon. Gilbert, Lord Rartio,
Governor-Georral in Council.
On the 2sui clay of Dee.
ISCO.

klajor Charles Mouat, of Engineers,. Aishiteet

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t. During a heavy. storm of thunder and Vghtninted'
Saturday morning, two sheep, the property ot•Mr:
Itandull,.of Gussage, were killed ; the shepherd Ad'
his dog,were also' knocked'down, but did' not receive`
any material injury.

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