The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-24 00:00:00

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MeNsins-Illouse.—Two natives or the island of Oi% v-
lice, in the Pacific Ocean. where Captain Cook Inst his
life, were yesterday brought before the Lord Mayor.
They are warriors and the sena of Chiefs of the Saud-
' svich Isles. • Their 1141110 A are Route-oh-Hot, and Tema..
'and they are the first people of those harbmons nations
that ever set foot upon English ground. It hail been
the day before represented to his Lordship that the two
strangers were brought to this country under citcnro-
i stances of an extraordinary nature, and that bring Jr.
soles., and without money or knowledga of the law
gouge, or power of making themselves understood, they
would in all probability perish if some means were not
taken to send them back to their native country. With
1 wine difficulty an interpreter 'vas found. lie is a young
American who had been taken prisoner by the natives
of Owyhee, where he had gone in a schooner called the
Seahorse, to procure sandal wood, with which that
island abounds. The following circumstances came out
I in the course of the examination:--On Sunday last, the
• Clergyman who officiated on board the floating Chapel
on the River Thames, ob d two foreigners in the ap-
parel of seamen, who were very attentive during the
' performance of Divine Service, hut who gave evident
'symptoms of never having seen any thing of the kind
before. The Rev. Gentleman made diligent enquiries,
and found that they were natives of Owyhee, that they
I hail been brought to this country in an American ship,
land had no friend but a Sir. John Tudgay, sail-maker,
and owner of the Ship and Pilot public•house, Wapping
High-street, who had been supporting them about two
months.—Through the medium of an interpreter, it
was stated that the two warriors had been fishing at
some distance from the shore in a canoe, with three
others, and that an Atnericlit schooner, which bad
touched at the island fur some of their valuable pro-
duce, bore down upon, took them all prisoners, and
sailed towards Europe. In the (half of California, a Spa-
nish private* r raptured the schooner, and took the
prise and crew into San Jo•ef, where the Spaniards
murrlered•two of the is arriors' countrymen, and made
slaves of the warriors themselves. The remaining poor
strangers contrived to get possession of a small Spanish
canoe is ith paddles, rowed into the ocean, and was
sever heard of snore. After some titer, during
which they had worked as slaves an American cap-
tain, is ho wanted hands, was accommodated with the
two warriors. He promised to lam I them at Valparaiso,
from whence they could procure a passae home, hut he
did not keep his word. lie >Wird on to England, and its ;
London he left them at the house of the person above- I
mentioned, who has acted with great hunianify. The
interdict of the East India Comp:iffy effectually prevents
any of our ship, from touching at the Sandwieli Isles,
and therefore the only 'hematite the unfortunate !yen
have, is to obtain a passage to some country on the Cows '
tinent, ti !licit trades to China, or to depetsl upon the cha-
rity of this metropolis. The n:sh of the warriors is,to
return home. Thef are extreme:lv geutle, good humoured,
and good natured. Moore-011-Hoo determined to adapt
his appearance to that of those irk) whose society he had ?
fallen. He therefore put on a jacket and trowsers, and
eel off his hair, which hung down to his knees while he
was amongst his rumor: nom. 'f nano did time saute upon
landing. The former is remarkable fur his activity and
strength ; can hit a pint pot at the distance of 50 rtrds,
with the point of his sp-ar, and can 'Melodic bottom of
twenty fathom water. The isterpreisee experience was
put chaaril by great dangers and fall 4 tie is twenty-
two years old, and in Is]; had sailed In the Seahorse i
from Roston, his native place, to Owyhee fur sandal-
wood. On the arrival of the email hp and four others
were sent ashore in the boat, upon Aldo the interpre-
ter's companions jumped overboard, and %stem to the
ship, while several of the savages laid hold of him, and
took bins up the country about twenty miles, on their
shoulder.. As lie was carried along tfie guns were fired
from the ship, but there was no loss of life in copse-
(pence. lie was imptisoned for six months, was at first
treated harshly, but as soon as he became acquainted
with the language, the greats st k:itlness was extended
to him. Upon being set at liberty, be was tattoed by
the Chiefs about the body, sent afloat naked, and if he
had staid loti;:er would have beets tattooed in the face,
the highest ile,,,vee of honour. Ile gist a ;sire, and was
made a warrior, but he feared that if taken in war he
would he devoured by the victor., of which he saw many
examples, and this terror co-operating during his stay,
along with his recollection of his mother and brothers
in America, determined him to escape as soon as pus-
' sible. An opportunity presented itself in the arrival of
an American ship, and lie contr:t.ed to steal on board.
Ile had since wet with wary disappointments and
fatic:ues, and yesterday %%jolted. hiiiisell back again in
lto thee. He is the first F:tiropean who ever resided
aloongst the natives of the island.
The Lotto MAYOR slid the acconnt of the two unfor-
tunate warriors was extremely affecting, expressed his
warm approbation of the conduct of Sir. Tiolgay and
the Clergyman, but at the same time express.: I his ap-
prehension that there was no hind to he applied to the
case of the poor strangers, except that which might
spring from a source which had a thousand streams—
the generous and active sympathy of Englishmen.
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ROTA L lIUNT.-31truilay bus Majesty's stag hounds
were taken to Stoke-coramon, where a remarkably fine
deer was turned ant for the day's diversion. The sports-
men assembled on the occasion were extremely nutur-
rota The deer at starting showed great sport, taking
at full speed through the enclosures., staking towards
Slough, and afterwards for Hatchett, where lie crossed
the Thames, and then took to the right, an I again
crossed the 'fliarnes; and iti consequence of the deer
re-crossing the Thames in inch a short thee, there were
sportsmen on both sides of time river, which had a de-
lightful effect. The deer proceeded up a lane at the
back of Eton College, running with great aiviftns as into
the yard of Mr. Castles, the pork-butcher: hue actnally
proceeded into the house, and at length passed through
the shop into the street, taking to the left towards Eton
and Windsor Bridge, the pork-butcher's dog pursuing
him. "{he deer, pas-ing over the Bridge, proceeded
through Thames street, Windsor, passing the Swan
Inn, ascending the ilundred Steps leading to the King's
Castle, the 1 ark-butcher's dog still pursuing him up
the steps. The deer nearly reached the top step, when
the mai who is employed t 1 sweep the steps happening
to be there, he turtle! the deer down the steps. (In his
reaching the bottom of tke steps, I.e started again uith
great swiftness through Thatnes•street, over ille bridge,
into Eton again, and entered the shop of •Sfr. Levy, the
orange and lemon•ineechant, making his way in differ-
ent parts of the house : he got into the kitchen where
he remained wine time. A great crowd was collected
round the house in conseqtenee. On his leaving the
kitchen, he made his way tack into the gardens. At
this time the young Uentlemen of Eton left Cutlege;
they joined in the chase, with many hundreds of all
descriptions of petsons. This excellent deer, after
having afforded a most charming day's sport, was at
last taken in attempting to leap over the high wall
between Eton College asd the Fifteen-arch Bridge.
It has been noticed, generally, that this slater, when he
has been bunted, makes for the water, titetlettlarlY
when he has been dimly purified. lie' ellowid the
,Thames three times GU Moaday.