The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-06 00:00:00

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IfErdLIER DE LA PISYROIJSE.

/ye o.'o in our paper of yesterday the disco.
very, or some documents *buck were supposed to
rtkte to the last voyage, or melancholy catastrophe
of this celibraled and unfortuoate circumnavigator,
at y,„ themeo's Laud, in Nuw Holland. The fol.
partictilais of this extraordinary event have
to colnionscated to us through a channel, which
indoce 03 (0 place the fullest reliance in their ac.

GOY
offi,or of the name of EDWARDS, belonging
to nth regiment of light dragoons, which has
tosg on service in India, was proceeding to
beep
vow S.eith %Vales in the Venui, for the benefit of
When the vessel was off Van Diemen's
Lod, Lieutenant EDIV.tBDS and some others land.
di fur tbe purpose of amusing themselves, and see.
ilitflo of the country. After walking about
forsome time, some of the company perceived en
iocription cut in the bark of a tree, the characters
of vi hich were nearly obliterates' or filled op. The
however, was legibl4 which, by a singular'
coincidence, proved to have been inscribed exactly
that very day seventeen years. As the whole of
she in,eriptiou, from the circumstances we have
alto', could got he decyphered, the company re.
turned ou board, giving up all idea of further research.
The estraordinery discovery having made a deeper
irpression on Mr. EIIWA SDI than it did on his
febe.passengers, he determined to make another
incept to ducypher the inscription ; for which
rd r
rnose he went on shore the next morning, ant..
compseied by some persona to whom lie imparted
portion of his seal and curiosity. Their first
procselliag was to clear away the bark from the
e, by which means they found that the itnpresion
se the body of the tree was so strong as to be
Wile. They ascertained (rem it that something of
gtaequence was buried at the root of the tree.
Mr. EDNVA SIDS immediately set to work with an
iron instrument they had brought on shore, and
after digging for a short time, it came en contact
with a glass bottle, and broke it, but fortunately
the contents were not injured. Upon examination
they were found to consist of font. letters ; two of
which were addressed to persons at that time filling
situations in the Government of France, and the
other two to Ladies. A raper also accompanied
the letters, ithich were carefully sealed, rcquesting
whetter should find them to forward them to their
respective addresses. Mr. EDWARDS, under these
eircessemees, as well as. in observance of the
wohusts which should animate an Officer and
s Galilean, did not feel himself warranted
it amain the mysterious papers, but carried
thesis the state they were found to. the Governor
eoirc Seoul Wake, at winos disposal he was
ialjDui to place the.. The Govertwr, however,
souiderieg Lieutenant Rowans:so best entitled to
the merit of the disaevery, submitted to him the
propriety of transtaitsing them himself to the British
Government. This englesdon wee adopted, and
EmpAltrut forwarded the letters, uttopemed,ll
with an account of the meaner in which they Wesel
diseerreresio by the Dromedary storeship, to his
father in London; whop in conformity with bit
songs request, intsotied to prate then this morning into
the hands of the fieersistp at fiats for the Colonial
lisputineat.
That the Wen gentaisnotaeinformation relating
to the fate of that very M. and muchelamonted
mariner Pseeocax inmost probable ; for the latest
blelligsnce obtained of Ms was not far removed
free the date of the iosceiption, when he was con:
timing his researches in thous. quarter.
As the delicasy which Lieutenant EDWARDS
praeteed with respect to these interesting let.
len, we have reason to presume, will also be ob.
served by the Earl of LIVERPOOL, and that they
will be transmitted by his Lordship to France
is the precise state he received them, It is pos.
tibia that we may be condemned to the mord&
cation of being kept in ignorance of their con-
tests. BONAPARTZ is so much out Di' humour with
England, so implacable and unaccommodating,
that we should not be surprized at his with.holding
from us the gratification of learning what has be.
tome of a man, whose talents we as much respect-
ed, and whose supposed melancholy fate we as
much deplored, as the country which had the ho.
Hour of giving him birth. We think we have a
right, on this occasion at least, to a reciprocity of
;owl offices from the Government of France.

Ablue ribband has lapsed by the death of the Earl
Of DARTMOUTH, which, with all other great State
llosours that fall, must rest in abeyance till the So-
vereign's recovery.
Mr. Bunn, of the lloe, is down upon a visit
LIMN WHIT/AEA% at his beadtiful seat in Bed.
(*skim

DEAR Swrirr, advised the people of Ireland to
into every article imported into that country from
England, uccpt coals. BONAPARTE'S Decree, or- •
'Wang the burning of British manufactures, has
Miner precedent nor emption.
With sincere regret we have to announce the death
st sa excellent Patriot and most amiable than, Re.
test Feeousow, Esq. of !Wk. He died at his'
hued Rsith, In Fifeshire, on Wednesday lasts
ihMst ult. at half put nine o'clock in the evening.
Oa the Monday preceding he was apparently in the
l'inYntentof perfect health ; but on that day hesuf.
fired a paralytic 'stroke, which at first was not
doming, but it terminated hie valuable life on the
!coed day. Mr. Fajtousom was one of the most,
"anguished of that steady and inflexible baud of
Whig in Scotland who, frees the commenetment of
tC In-judged system of politics which plunged us
'tit() the revolutionary war, have espoused the opi.
'ins, ani —a•
m tutained the principles of Mr. Fox.
114 second son, the gallant Major-General Fano u-
sav, was with him in his last moments. His loss
lilt b.:. universally lamented in his native land,
* aura: his virtues and hospitalities were known. •
when the Cow, which was lately bought by an
Vie 'tura' amateur, for four hundred guineas,
vas seat home by the purchaser to his bailiff, the
Ilan was so surprised that he dial not know what to
till her to eat. Oa the return of the owner, he
band her without food ; which the bailiff very
",447 appligiusi fur by saying, ho thought such
, I
meld have bee° affronted with grass 1."