The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-28 00:00:00

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Si MI ACRE 0/ Tiff NOTED AND Pant Or THE iP W (Iv
Tut: !mai. urrixv, OF LocthlN. AT lam ISLAND tot
CT MART.A. rm.: cots r Or l'!:11.1.
to Saturday, February tl. at 111 A. M. situ'
several men, sit or right, on the Island of St. al
Capt. Hales supposing t.ssibe isien to it.tre t: oval
(non plte atain fur the porptve of tratieug, as they
usually did, went on snore wish a Wag., crew, arawss
entla•-ali •nit for 6• porpoise of prornring
refre.hutenta fur the 0-e of hi• ship. tilt their 'ending.
three men, 'opposed to he Spani.irls, ran away Iwlliti..
the bearls, and wir boats crew after then. Snailay. 15,
Ssinalssa n—lwat not on board left assignor,
for tile a tfett: of the etnt.ati: Red cress'. At S 11.30
P. M. sent the third mate on shore to hawk the en-
taiss's boat, and bring her off. Seventh do. the third
1111.4,r returned, in!orthiuj, us there were 01,114•1'41 twit on
the beach, and, fr their ements, supposed there
were more behind the heath, and, being dusk, he had
judged it most proper not to attempt landing. 'floe
chief mate immediately armed the boat, and sent her oil,
witli.orilers to lay as near as possible abreast of the
Captain's boat, but not on any account to land. At
day-light perceived the boat was missing; the night
being dark, it was supposes) they heal carries) her up
hebiod the heath.-5 A. M. boat returned un board at It h. '
Wm.—armed two haats, the one headed by the chief
mate. the other by the third mate, and went on shore.—
On coming near the beach they perceived a mass
naked, sitting on the beach : ou rousing up to hint
they discovered him to be Thoma- Moore, arsomirer, eta
vend with blood. He teas perfectly sensible, and I*.
formed them that, on their first landing, the. Spani sr&
appeared very friendly, giving them bread anal uientt
alit: wards they persuaded them to deliver up their arms,
bound them two and two, and carries' them about three
miles into the island ; after that they brought them hack
nearer to the bead' a 1111 l ngst some bushes, and as soon
as it was dark, they stripped them, and put them all to
death, excepting bun. whom they left for dead, hAcinir
received twenty-three spear wounds in his boa:, and
two sabre cuts, one on each side of the nerk. lie was
iminediately brought on board, when I examined him.
and found that his longs had been pierced upwards
through the diaphragm, on each site ; he tots' in he
counted twenty-five men just prior to their being lour-
I Irred. Soon atter the boats reword, a great number
of men, supposed to be about fifty, were seen rooting to-
wards the beach; soon afterwards a 'kiln presented him-
self, 'tressed in the Captain's clothes, and wave') his hat
for a boat tocoate on shore; he iris accompanied by
three or four, who appeared to be °diners in green uni-
form, with cocked hats, and satires ; the rest we could
discover lying behind the beach. The (eau on the
-beech appear's' sits mach like Captain Hales. that I ques-
tioned the arsuonrer whether be was positive the Cap-
tain was trifles ; he assnreal one he was, anti said tile
L'aptaift or hinter of the Spaniards very much resembles'
Captain Haloes' to outward appearance; that he had
rem irked it when on shore. We immediately weighed
anchor, and stood for Coneerion. At sp. m., the ar-
flw4trrr 10110 won. ;. Ills Attu, ilopartosl this 1it..."
Gigues!) H. EBORALL, Sirg.on of t* e Wiry