Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-08-18

acute were endured. When thrrat-
ened that he fhould expire in tor
ments, he faid,, SCI do not fear to die;
nay country will revenge my murder,
and God receive my foul" During
the two hours Of the fri day that he
was itretched on the rack, his left
arm and right leg were broken, and
his nails torn from the toes of both
his feet. He was then placed under
the care of fnrgcon, during five
weeks but before be was perfectly
cured, he was carried to another phi
vate interrogatory, at which, befides
Defmarets, Fouche and Real were
preient.
he miniitcr Of police now inform
ed him, thar, from the muiilared fate
Of his body, he mutt be convinced,
that it was not the intention Of the
French government ever TO reRo1e
him 10 lis country, where he might
relate events which the policy of
France required 10 be buried in obi
vidn; he therefore, had no choice
between 1erviog the emperor Of the
French, and ptriifing in prifon. He
replied that he was re6gned to his
deftiny, and would die as he had
lived, faithful to his king and COM
try.
The man in the fall poGeIon Of
his mental qualities and eorporcal
frcngth, is generally different from
that unfortunate being whole mind
is enervated by iuferings, and Whole
bodyis weaknsd by wants. For five
months, capt Wright had fsen only
gao1ers, fpies, executiosers, fetters,
and racks /; his food had been bread
and his drink water. He who, thus
fi,uated, prelsryes his native dignity,
( and innate fentiments, is more wor-
thy OF monuments or ftatues, than
the legMator or the conqaeror.
Captain Wright was again ffretch-
cd on the rack, and what is called by
fhe French regenerators, the "infer-
nal torments," were inflicted on him.
After he had been pinched with red
hot ircns, brandy and gun powder
( s'5s..s nts,red infn lis. wounds. and
let ieyeral times on ire, until his
feih was nearly barnt to the bones.
In the convulhons, the ccnicqueuces
of thefe fufFerings, he is faid to have
bitten off part Of his tongue but
fill no groans were heard. AS life
remained, ne was again placed under
the care Of furgeon; and fpy, IN
the drels Of Protefant cl rgy11an,
prefented himfelf, as if to pray by
him. This offer he accepted, bar
when this man began TO ak fome in-
iiduous queftions, he Gait on him
look Of contempt and never lpoke to
him again. AT lait, every method 70
obtain information from him proving
Intellectual, a mameluke itransled
him on his bed. thus expired he
70, whole fate has excited much com
PATTON, and Whole character has re-
ceived more admiration, even in
France, than any Of the graf men
who have fallen fghing for the nigh
ty Napoleon. Captain Wright has
DILUTED new rays Of glory on the Brit
ilh name, from his dungeon and from
his tomb.
If any thing coald equal the lar
barity of the deed, il is the barelaced
irnpudence with which the French
government acquainted the world
with his death. We extract the re-
lations from the Star of November 7,
800, as translated from the Gazette
de France: captain Wright, of the
Englith navy, 4 prifoner in the Ten
pie, has put an end to his exiaence
in his pfiion, after having read in the
Moniteur, an account of the deltruc-
ton Of the Aufrian army !"
This atrocious act may, to fome Of
our readers, appear incredible. The
writer, on Whole authority we tate
moff of the particulars, thus explains
the means Of his knowledge Cap
tain Wright was attended by a fur
geon Of the name Of Vaugeard, who
gained his confidence, and vas wcr-
thy Of K. From caufcs eaGly con-
ceived, he fursiyed his patient only
twelve hours during which he wrote