Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-09-09

below excepting such as were absolutely
necessary to manage the vessel: and he
gave the master instructions, upon pain of
death, so to steer, as that, while the vessel
nad an appearance of attempting to flv. he
should In fact permit the Red Rover tn
come up with them and do his worst
Wallace himself then lay down on the
deck, that nothing might be seen which
could intimate any purpose of resistance.
In quarter of an hour De LongueyilIe,s
vessel ran on board that of the Champion
and the Red Rover casting out GRAPHING
IRONS to make sure of his prize, jumped
on the deck in complete armour, followed
by his men, who gave terrible shout. as if
the victory had been already secured
But the armed Scots started up at once
and the rover found himself unexpectedlv
engaged with men accustomed to consider
victory as secure when they were only on
posed as one to two or three. Wallace
himself rushed on the pirate captain. and
dreadful strife began betwixt them with
such fury, that the Others suspsHdeu rri,;.
own battle to look on, and seemed by
common consent to refer the issue of the
strife to the fate of the combat between
the two chiefs. The pirate fought as well
as men could do; but Wallace's strength
was beyond that of ordinary mortals. He
dashed the sword from the rover's hand. and
placed him in such peril, that to avoid be-
ing cut down, he was fam to close with
the Scottish Champion, in hopes of over
powering him in the grapple. In this he
also failed. They fell on the deck, locked
in each others arms, but the Frenchman
fell undermost; and Wallace, fixing his
grasp on his gorget, compressed it SO Close
ly, notwithstanding it was made of the fin
est of steel, that the blood gushed from
his eyes, nose, and mouth, and he was
only able to ask for quarter by signs. His
men threw down their weapons and leg
ged for mercy, when they saw their leader
so severely handled. The victor grained
them all their lives, but took possession
of their vessel and detained them priso-
ners.
When he came in sight of the French
harbour, Wallace alarmed the place by
displaying the rover's colours, as if De
Longueville was coming to pillage the
town. The bells were rung backward ;
horns were blown, and the citizens we've
hurrying to arms, when the scene chang
ed. The Scottish Lion on his shield of
gold was raised above the piratical fhg,
and announced that the Champion of
Scotland was approaching. like the falcon
WITH MS prey IN MS clutch. He landed
with his prisoner, and carried him to the
court of France, where, at WaIlates re-
1quest, the robberies which the piate had
committed were forgiven, and tie king
even conferred the honour of Knighthood
on Sir Thomas De LongueviIle, and offer
ed to take him into his service. But the
rover had contracted such friendship for
his generous victor, that he insisted on
uniting his fortunes with those ofWaIlace,
with whom he returned to Scotland, and
fought by his side in many bloody battle,
: where the prowess of Sir Thomas De
Longueville was remarked as mferiour to
that of none, save of his heroick conquer
our. His fate also was more fortunate
than that of his patron. Being distin-
guished by the beauty as well as strength
of his person, he rendered himself so &C
ceptable to young lady, heIress of the
ancient family of Charters, that she chose
him for husband, bestowing on him with
her hand the domains annexed to it.
Their descendants took the name of
Charters, as connecting themselves with
their maternal ancestors, the ancient pro-
prietors of the property, though the name
of Thomas De LonguevilIe was equally
honoured amongst them and the large
two-handed sword with which he moved
the ranks of war, is still preserved among
the family monuments. Another account
is that the family name of De Longueville
himself was Charters. The estate after
wards passed to family of Blairs, and is
now the property of lord Grey.
INTERESTING TRAIN OF INCIDENTS.
| The following account is given by the
Rev. Leigh Richmond as having been re-
lated by minister, in meeting of the
British and Foreign Bible Society.
A drunkard was one day staggering in
drink on the brink of the sea. His little
son by him, three years of age, being very
hungry, solicited him for something to
eat. The miserable father, being con-
scious of his poverty land of the criminal
cause of it, in kind of rage, occasioned