Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-04

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the situation against your will, hut instead OF
/ receiving orders 20 that eject from the right
| honorable the lords commissioners OF tic ad
n,iiaity, means ate taken 10 oblise me TO quit
! by attacks urOHmy rights aud personal liberty,
and tor seNotsl daNS l have beCa oppressed
Inundated aud di>i,onured; aSn.mci as an ofli-
Ger cdib be lay All az h,ttaiy act. and rendered
bN Indignation nearly intapable Of cNtVciSipa.
my calling. ! have, thet etore sis. the honor 10
Gcmand iIOm your eXCciieucS- Either he
rcsriuSing of Hcut directions OF the 10th OF this
month, and the privtlege of eXerCsins my iunc-
tious at LOngWOOd, (, 1 have done for near
three yeafs-2G. Or TO accept the resignation
which WiOte as soon as / found that l was
aSSinlilaied 10 the French prisoners and TO
allow nit to proceed TO Euyland--3d Or, il il is
asserted thar Have committed a crime. either
in writing tie enclosed letter 10 count Der
,rand, OF hN haviugGUuc amy thing else which
| am ignoIdut of, aud which yOmS eNceilencv
has not thought proper 10 communicate 10 me,
o. Of not having complied! with verbal and
obscure directions, or of having. in any wise
violated the act OF parliament, demand TO be-
according 70 the provisions OF that act trans
tericd 10 Eugtand. tor trial before competent
court. inther protest against amy longer
detention III the stare ofoprI,s sion in which
aIN, which, by rendering me iucapaLie of fol-
lowing my oitssiOual az Ocatious, nee eSSitaics
MY speedily belrg replaced at Longwood;
and appeal to the justice OF the right hoAura
bic the lords commissioners OF the admiralty
against the Nioiaii.an al the terms under Mliic!,
iaccepted The situation.
have the houorto be. sir, with all possible
respect, Hour cxceilcncy's most obedicnt
humble servant,
Il. OAiEARA, Surgeon, r.. N.
To his gxcssucS Lieut.. Gen.
Sir u0json Lowe, X. Z. v.
&c. &c. Governor.
So Hsicna Dayl.
My DEAR SIR-As it is probable that MY
removal from the sitGJtion which now hold
Will ere long take place, (Which event indeed.
considering the manner in which l have been
'ormeried and al treated for several mouths
past, obviously and evidently with a view To
ohiige me to resign, is now desitable) have
thought 1t essential TO my justification 10 for
ward 10 ycm the above letter, (Which was sent
10 the Governor the day it wriiien) and
the other enclosures of my letters and the re-
pines To ihCtn. iii order that you, from whom
have rGceis ed SO many MATHS OF friendship
aud whose esteem and good opinion prize SD
highly may not be led TO suppose by any art
iui Installations or MISREPRESENTATION arising
rom malice, revenge, dread OF the truths
bting made known III Eng land, or even ofInere
mistake, that any improper or dishOnorabe
conduct on my part, has occasioncd my reno
val from IL situation. to which whether cOnsid-
cred III tie light OF novelty Gehcacy, history
oiiers no parallel. TOyou, one Of my earliest
and sincerest friends, | am bound to render
TINS Indispensable explanation which Obliges
me 10 discontinue the secrecy which hitherto
ln1ve maintained, even with respect 10 nv
own situAt.sn upon tins rock.
Relieve me 10 he, my dear sir, your most sin-
cege and Obliged friend.
- y, . ~.
10 I'm. FeTguSgn, Esq.
LONDON, July l).-The Russian brig Rurick
undcr the command of Lieut. kot2i.ue whose
ARRIVAL at Portsmouth we announced about
three weeks ago, Tad been out on n VOYAGE of
discovery Two years and eleven months. The
crew bad continued remarkably healthy but
tBe vessel was obi. ed into Portsmouth torsu
p'Ies OF provisions. During his voyage, which
at trSt was directed 10 the North, Lieutenant
kotZbue reached very high latitude, but we
are not yet able 10 state IL with accuracy He
tell IN with most singular iceberg, OF great
magnitude, which not only had portion of
us surface covered with earth and mould, and
bearing trees and vegetable productions, bu;
Il portion OF its water-iine covered with shore
formed by the deposit Of earthly matter, wash.
| ed down from the higher paris Of The earth
covered iceberg. On this shore landing was
made, and considerable remains of the mann
moth were found in suCh state of putrefac-
ION as 10 produce mcsiinsuppoTtabie stencil
he Rurick brought away number of the
tusks and other parts Of these immense ami.
niais which were probably preserved in a 10
zen state for many ages till the mass OF ice
which enclosed them, put IN motion by some
latitude
Letters from Madrid of the Both of last
month, assert. that great uncasruess was enter
famed at CadiZ with regard 20 the CONVOY that
WAS expected there from Havana. whence il
had sailed fifty da>S before. 1T is believed
That the principal aim Ut The cogsaIrs in crni>-
ing Oh Inc former port was TO Intercept ihe
convoy me cOrSlirs were 1iipady III .ht and
continued 10 hoard every ship
Nctc ooath iFGies.--A discovery has been
made IN New South Wales, which must maize
rally affect the iHture advancement Of that
colony river of the FIRST magnitude" has
bcen found IN the interior. running through a
most beautiful country. rich in soil time stone.
S!aie ana good timber. means OF cOmmuni- |
cation like this, has long been anxiouslv search.
eNt0r, without success, and many began 10
ff orr TN. 4 IL.
co onizat'0n III New Holland would be coufn-
cd. lis coasts
INUNDATTON IN La VALAES.
FURTHER PARTICULARs.
lie following detail! will complete the &C
CONT HAT has already appeared, of the me
mOIablc inundaliCn caused by the fall Of the
glacier. A tremendous shock, at : o clock on |
tie i6lh of last month, announced the rupture
OF The glacier. The waters rushed ont with
fury, destroyed the BRIDE of Manvnisin. co
Vered the fields in an instant. and spread over
tie valley OF jonHachisaz. flushing on it des-
tioyed " houses, reached Brechoiay, where
II carried oil one nan and shout 80 cottages,
iiieu literally swept away The forest of iyou-
naiie, next destroyed - mass ofTcCk, and with
Il iie public road to fronain, and about 81
cottages more iH its devastating course. The |
fuiicus column now destroy ed the meadows OF
Oranges, with 81 habitat!Dns and bv this time
SWelled t. SJ0 feet, discharged itself through
a narrow straight into the valley Of Barnes !
t.o"rtiet was iie first village dat suffered L. !
stttN nab t3tirHs were swept away. The mex { |
was trampstc. Here two old women were
ovetiaktn hy ihe raging food, and jS houses,
" ith great number OF cattle we're destroyed.
The village of Laypy next lost five houses aud
scycn harns. Tie bridge of BagncS was now
destroyed In an instant, aud though the whole
village was threatened with submerSiou, oeiy
two lives were iCsta only three houses des-
troycd. vt Saint BrdrCier five persons ne.
iished, aud obiy eight houses disappeared,
tbs village was miraCUlOusiy saved By a ini.
ting rock, which drove tie t1rrcnt on jhe'op-
postc side. The cnrfcBt now became more
narrow, aud consequently more overwhelming,