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DE CURAÇAOSCHE COURANT.
Vol. V.] Saturdag den sden5 den July, 1817. [No. 27
UIT HET ENGELSCH.
WREEDHEID JEGENS EEN BRITSCHE ONDERDAAN.
Slechts maar weinige maanden zyn er
verlopen, dat het Britsche gouvernement, in de gedrongen noodzakelykheid zich
bevond," om het recht der Britsche onderdanen te handhaven, door exemplare kastydingen uitteoefenen tegen de algeryn
sche dieven; ingevalle het recht nog levendig in werking mogte zyn om beledigingen elders gepleegd, mede exemplaarlyk te straffen ; zal zulks moeten plaats vinden aan koning Hendrik van Hayte.— Deze zwarte vent had de euvelmoed om een Britsche onderdaan in de gevangenis te sluiten, niet alleen, maar ook, dadely'k te doen pvnigen met het duim schroeven, op eene besehuldiging dat hy' over polit'eke onderwerpen zou geschreven hebben, ingevolge het request door den beleedigde, zynde de heer Davison, aan het par
-1 -merits huis der gemeente, gepresenteerd. Wy vermeenen niet te betwisten het recht eener iudicieele procedure van een negers gouvernement wegens het gevangen ne
, an een blank man, want het gouver■ nt van een zwarte heeft even zoo
goed het recht om behoedmiddelen ter beveiliging aantencinen, dan eenig andere reglering, en volgens de wetten te straffen alle/» die de wellen overtreden; maar, wy
i tuien volstrekt dat eenig gouverne
mefit de magt heeft om een Britsche on
derdaan op Torture te brengen ; en wy
zullen grolelj'ks Ie leur worden gesteld als er geene krachtdadige maatregelen aan
gewend worden, om den Heer Koning
Hendrik te inforarteeren dat hy' voortaan niet zal gepermitteerd worden Engelsché
onderdanen te mishandelen.
Een Jamaica papier van den 16de May,
zegt: dat reeds aldaar een brief met de Packet was omvangen, melding doende door goeden hand :Uat het Gouvernement vastgesteld had, een oorloge fregat te zenden naar kaap Henry (voorheen kaap
Francois) om opheldering en Satisfactie te
ben van Christofphe Nopens de on
nicnschlyke behandeling aan de Heer
isoö,
Christophe isgeweest een gemeene plan
tagies aafvan 'teilandSt.Christophel,daar op zyne eigenly'ke naam verkreegen heeft.
Een narree is ter tafel van het Lager
Huis overgelegd gewordtn, de ofiicieele
waar de der uitvoer van Groot Britanjen zedert het jaar 1792 tot 1816. beiden ingerekend, meldende. Hieruhbij kt dathaar uitvoer aanhoudend elk achtereenvolgende iaar van den oorlog venueeideide, en dat zy in het jaar 1815het verwonderens waardig bedrag van £44,053,455 bereikte.
Wcnderl'tjkr Anecdote.—Extract van
een brief van Benares, May 6, 1816 :—
"Daar gy my' meldvan landaardsche gewoonten en manieren te willen hooren, moet ik u melden van zeker kaerel die onlangs te Calcuta opgehangen is geworden, en voor eene misdaad geleden beeft, waarvan ik geloof nimmer te Europa gehoort is geworden : Hy' was een wonderbaare
zwemmer en duikelaar, en was gewoon
de GHAU'S en plaatsen alwaar de vrouwen in de rivier gewoon waren te baden,
te verkeeren. Hy' maakte zin weg in dpn
afgrond van het water tot dat hy digt by hun geraakte, en dan een hunner by de beenen vattende sleepte hun uit hoofde hunnercieraden onder water; want de dames van dit land baden altoos in hnnne waardigste cieiadeu en paailen. Ter zclf
der t\d werden de nieuwspapieren met vcele gvuwelj'ke verhalen van kaimans die de baders wegvoerden, gevuld, en een
ieder sprak van deeze monsters en vreesde bun, zonder dat ooit een hunner door
iemand gezien weidt. Ten laatsten ont
wikkekW een meisje zich uit zyne greep, rees tot de top van het water en schreeuw
de dat het geen beest maar een m»nsch was! Hy werdt toen gevangen en beken
de dusdanig zeven jaren gehandelt te hebben, van het getalzyner slachtoffers had hy geenrekening gehouden."
Fubleike Inschryving.
Curasao, Islen July, 1817.
INC.EVOLGF, authorisatie van zyne Exuel
lentie den Vice Admiraal A. Kikkert, Gou
verneur Generaal van Curac, >o en ondei horige Eilanden, Commandeur der Militaire Willems Orde, &.C. &r. &c
Zal den Raad Contrnro'leur Generaal der
Finantien, Ridder der Militaire Willems Orde, &e. 4'c. by inschryving aan den meestbiedende verkopen.
Ongeveer Vyftien Duizend Guldens llol
landsch Courant in Wisselbrieven-, te trekken door Zyne Excellentie voorooemd op en betaalbaar by hel departement van Koophandel en Koloniën in 's (lage, alle op twee maanden na zigt, zynde voor Vures, &c. &'-. ten dienst der Militaire Garhisoen sedert primo January tot ultimo Juny 1817.
De iuleevering der Billetten van inschryving
Zal kunnen geschieden >an hetien af tot uiierlyk Maandag 7d«n July 1817, 's middags i<■ "
12 uuien, a-,ui het Bureau n.n my Raad Con
trarolleur Generaal der Finantien voornoemd
Zullende het antwoord op dezelve, ter zelve
plaatse gegeven worden op d,-n Ssten July 1817.
Dsn Raad Contrarolleur Generaal der Fi
JUntien vuuinouind, NUBOER.
Guragi.), lslen July, 1817.
NAAR AMSTERDAM en ROTTERDAM. Zal in de loop van deze maand van hier ver
trekken het schip
v^-s De EENDRAGT,
Kapt A-A. van der CRAB,
lemand eenige goederen te laden, of iets ten lasten van gemelde bodem te vorderen hebbende, gelieve zich voor den 12 deze te vernoegen by gemelde Kapitein, dewelke insgelyks aan alle zyne debiteuren verzoekt om voordien tyd hunne schuld te voldoen. A.A. van der CRAB.
Fiscaals's Kantoor, 4den July, 1817.
r\E ondergetekende al» daar toe door den -1-' Weledelen Achtbaren Raad behoorlyk gequalihceerd, doet by deze alle Broodbakkers te kennen geven, en ordonneren, dat de Brooden voor deze en volgende week tabakken het gewigt moeten lumden als—
De Fransche Broden 12, en De Ronde Broden 13 oneen,
Op poene als by publicatie is gestatueerd.
Per order van den Raad Fiscaal.
P. HOCHB Eerste Klerk.
Curasao den 23itcn Juny 1817.
DP.
ondergeteeUende brengt hiermede ter
ivcii. . "
lands, dat hy met toestemming van zyne Excellentie, den Gouverneur generaal, onder het opziet der Schoolcommissie eene School, of een instituut voor de jeugd, aan de overzydeder haven heeft opgerifct, en onderwys geeft in de
Höllandsche en Fransche talen, benevens in de aardryks en geschiedkunde,—ook in het
lezen, schryven, rekenen, en in het geen
verder lot eene goede opvoeding behoort. De
ondergeteekendevleit zich de hiertoe noodige bekwaamheden te bezitten, daar hy van zyne jeugd af op het vak van opvoeding < ich toegelegd, en op eenige der voornaamste kostscholen en instituten in Nederland reeds gefun
geerd heeft, ook daartoe behoorlyk is geëxamineerd en bekwaam gekeurd geworden; bevelende hy zich dus allen ouderen en voogden ten beste aan, dewelke hunne kinderen en pupillen in gemeldewetenschappen wetiM'hen ond-i wezen te Uebben. I'- PHOEL.
DE
Vice Admiraal Gouverneur Generaal en Raden van Policie viux.Cu
c.ao en onderhorige Eilanden.
Allen den genen die deze zullen zien
ofte hooren lezen, salut! doen te weten :
Nademaal die aankomst alhier te lande
van arme en behoeftige vreemelingen, die geene wyze van bestaan of midddelen hebhen om zig te onderhouden, geen nut aan dekolonie toebrengt,maar welintegendeel tot lastvan dezelve strekken moet ; zoo is het, dat wy nodig geoordeeld hebben alle Schippers van vaartuigen ten strikstc te verbieden, zoo als zy verboden worden by' deze geene vreemdelingen, die arm en behoeftig zyn, en geene wyze van bestaan of middelen hebben om zig zelven te onderhouden, het zy' met of zonder paspoorten in hunne onderhebbende vaartuigen alhier te lande aan tebrengen; zullende de schip})ois, welke diergelyke perzonen op dit eiand aanbrengen, gehouden zyn dezelve wederom weg te voeren, of de kosleri tot derzelver verzending te betalen, gely'i; ook dezelve zoo lang zy op dit e:!-moeten vertoeven te onderhouden of de kosten daartoe te voldoen, alle welkekosten by wanbetaling en niet voldoening derzelven, door hot Officie Fiscaal by parate executie zullen ingevorderd worden.
Aldus gearresteerd in de Raads verga
dering gehouden op het Gouvernements Huis binnen het Fort Amsterdam op Curacao den lTden Juny' 1817, het vierde jaar zyner Majesteits regering.
De Gouverneur Generaal en Raden
vornoemtl.
(was getekend) A. KIKKERT.
Ter ordonnantie van dezelve,
(was getekend) W. PRINCE.
Secretaris.
Gepubliceerd binnen het Fort Amster
dam en in Willem Stad den 18den daaropvolgende.
(was getd.) W. PRINCE, Secretaris.
CURACAO.
Vaartuigen in en uitgeklaartzeder onzetuatste
INGEKLAARD—JUNY.
30. golet Fisgig, Ostolaza, Puerto Cabello
Francisca Paula, Levy, Coro
brik Almilo, Smit, Amsterdam
jxr.v.
3. golet Adventure, Sterling, Puerto Cabello
Twee Vrienden, Simon, St. Thomas
iitgi:ki,a*hd—JiKï.
28. gnlet Cleantib, Diedenhoven, Sp. kust
bark Elizabeth, Lade, Samana
30. Toevaling, Frolyk, Aruba
JULY.
1 golet Goede Hoop, Naar, Spaanschekust
hiik Fortuna, Jansen, Amsterdam
3 bark St. Jean, Huref, Martinique
4. Fortuin, Hansen, P uerto Cabello
Zyner majesteits brik Daphne naar Pa
tria vertrokken zynde, is bet zeer te wenschen, dat een 'ander geschikte oorlogsvaartuig, binnen kort, haar vervangen zal, deels om het respect voor de Nederlandsche vlag in de zeeën binnen den omtrek onzer nabuurschap, optehouden ; en ook, ter bescherming van de vaart en handel
dryvende belangen onzerEilanden, tegens het plegen van velerlei ongeregeldheden, door openbare schenders van het recht der volken,' aan wiert, de eer en waardigheid als onafhanglyke natiën, erkentlyk is toekomende. En, wy kunnen niet nala
ten hierby te voegen, dat den overste
Coertzen, ten dien opzichten, kennelyke blyken van braafheid en plicht betrachting, betoond heeft.
Wen zegt, dat zyne majesteits linie schip
de Prins van Oranje, den overbrengervan verscheiden der aanzienlyke ambtsper
zonen beneevens het Ne^erlandsche Garnizoen alhier; is bestemd naar de Oostindiên, vermoedelyk, ook ter geryflyke
transporteering van krygsvolk :—En, dat kapitein Engelbertus Lucas, met een korvet voor dit Eiland, verwacht wordt.
Het Amsterdamsche koopvaardy brik
de Drie Gebroeders capitein J. Hillebrands herwaards bestemd, is door een zware
storm in April 11. (wanneer verscheiden
vaartuigen schipbreuk geleden hebben) op de Zuiderzee verongelukt, doch, de lading deels geborgen zynde, hebben de reedeis van de gesloopt wordende Drie Gebroeders, een ander brigantein gekocht, die op de eigen naam en met dezelfde schipper en equipage, de reize zal vervolgen.
Het volgende berigt is in omloop ge
weest in dit eiland, gedurende het grootste gedeelte van de tegenwoordige week, ontvangen zoo wy geloven van Puerto Cabello, en daar wy eenigly'k van mondelinge berigten hebben, stellen wy dit onze lezers enkel als een los berigt voor.—Eene paketboot, wordt er gezegd, is te La Guayra van Cadix aangekomen, berigten brengende dat eenige bewegingen hebben
plaats gehad in Catalonie en Navarre, ingevolge van den eisch der inwoners dezer plaatzen, de herstelling begeerende van de Cortezende Constutie, zoo als dezelve bestond gedurende de gevangeneming van Koning Ferdinand. Het is te scuroomen,
dat de Constitution alisten in Zuid Amerika niet lang zullen sammelen zich vry' te verklaren.
Er wordt verteld, dat generaal Morillo,
op een berigt te Cumana door een soldaat ontvangen, die zeide zelfeen deserteurvan de Patriotten te zyn, doch die door Morino was afgezonden, om den generaal te bedriegen, hem vertellende van de vermoedelyke staat der Independente armee die alleen omtrent 500 man slecht geëquipeerd bedroeg, zyn volk tot eene dade
ly'k en decisive slag opriep ; Hy mar
scheerde uit die stad aan het hoofd van 2,000 min zyner versche troepen, met het grootste vertrouwen van eene goeden uitslag. De 'Independent*!! veinsden te re
tireeren, terwyl 3000 derzelver zich in hinderlaag leyden. De koniiïgsgézinden
die reekenden de aanvallers te zyn, werden zelven aangevallen en omsingeld,
verscheidenen van hun werden in stukken gehouwen, behalve 500 gevangenen die zy in de handen der Patriotten lieten. De
generaal Morillo, en de tweede na hem in bevel, ontsnapten door de vlucht en kwamen drie dagen daarna in de stad Cumana. Het toneel der actie wordt ge
zegd te hebben plaats gehad te Cumanoco, waar de Patriotten eene voordeelige positie bezetten.
Hedendaagsche Boekaniers. Brieven
van de West Indien melden dealdaar hcerschende vreeze en verontwaardiging over de plunderingen aan den hanckl gepleegd, en bet bloed dagelyksdoor de burgers van onzydig Amerika in Americaansche gebouw de en uitgeruste vaartuigen, onder het dekzel van de onerkende vlag derrevolutionaire zaïeenspannelingen vau Zuid
Amerika, vergoten. De Gouverneur van verscheidene eilanden hebben, zeggen zy, grote representaties hier over aan de Europische souvereinen gemaakt, en begeren middelen van hun,om deeze roveryen te staken, dewelke anders het etabliseeren eenernieuwe Algiers op de Spaansche Kust, ten gevolge moet hebben. Het wordt door Amerikanen in de eilanden gevreest dat
deeerlyke handel van de V. S. in vergelding der roveryen van deeze beroemde Amerikanen, te gronde zal gebragt worden.
De Havanasche papieren melden me
nigvuldige bloedige rencontres tusschen de Spaansche vaartuigen welke aldaar aankomen, en kapers geheel en al door Amerikanen bemand—Amerikaansche papier.
His Majesty's brig Daphne, captain F.
Coertzen, having departed for Europe, itis to be hoped that another vessel of warwill shortly supply her place, in order to protect the mercantile interests of our islands from the depredations committed by piratical vessels on the property of individuals ; and we cannot allow this opportunity to pass without mentioningthevery able protection afforded by captain Coertzen to our commerce upon alt occasions duringthe period heremained on tills station, and in particular to our commercial intercourse with the. Spanish Mam.
It is said that His Majesty's ship of the
line, Prince of Orange, the ve.-sel which conveyed hither many of tbe civil officers of government, and the troops now forming the garrison of this colony, is destined for the East Indies, to cany troops to some of our possessions in that quarter of the world. It is also added that capt. Engelbertus Lucas is expected here With a sloop of war to remain on tiiis station.
The brig Drie Gebroeders, captain
Hip.ebrcnds, from Amsterdam bound to this island, was unfortunately cast away in tile Zuiderzee, in April last, in a heavy storm, when many other vessels were likewise wrecked. Part of the cargo being
saved, the owners of ihe Drie Gebroeders had purchased another brig, which vessel will bring the property out here.
Thefollowing intelligence lias teen cur
rent in this island during the gre of the present week, received, t from
Puerto Cabello, and as we lia^e 01 ty collected it jrom verbal information, we present the same to cur Headers merely as ar.port :
packet^ it is soul, had arrived at La
Guayra from Cadis, bringing'accounts of some commotion having taken place in Catalonia and JVavarre. in consequence of the inhabitants cf these places desiring the recstcMishmcntof the, Cortes and Constitution such as they existed during theimprisonment ofking Ferdinand in Fiance. It is appre
hended that the Constitutionals in South America will not be long in declaring themselves.
It is saidalso, that GeneralMorillo , upon
being informed at Cumana by a soldier, catling himselfa deserterfrom the Patriots, but who had been dispatched by Marino to deceive the General, that the precarious siois of the Independent army, which amounted only to about 500 men, poorly equipped, calledfor an immediate and decisive blow, marchedfrom that city at the headof 2,000 ofhisjresh mops, with the greatest assurance cf success. The Independents feigned
a retreat, ivhile ?000 ofthem voereplaced in am-bvscude. The Roynliis, who calculated
upon being the assailants, were themselves assailed and surrounded, manyofwhom ictre cut to pieces, besides leaving 500 prisoners in the hands oj the Patriots. Gen. Morillo
and his secondin command escaped byflight, and ctrrived three days after at the city cf Cumana. The scene cf action is said to
have been Cumanucoa, where the'Patriots occupied an advciniogeovs position.
An account has been laid on the table
of the House of Commons, stating the official value of the exports, from Grcrt Britain, from the year 1792 to ISI7, both inclusive. By this it appears that her
exports have increased almost progressively during each successive year ofthe war,
and that in the year 1815, they had reached the surprising amount of 44,053,455k ,
DE CURACAOSCHE COURANT.
Curaqan 4den July 1817.
TE KOOP.
ONTVANGEN
door den ondergetekende
Twee Paren Ste.ke Ameiicaanscbe Wielen
,oorOsse Karren^ VANSTEENBERGH.
Cumgioden 4den July 1817.
K^PITKIN
JAN BARTELS voerende het
koopvardy schip Carolina, zal zonder uit
stel van hier naar Amsterdam vertrekken den
21sie* dezer .naand; alle de geene die aange
me de schip of kapitein eenige vordering heb
ben of aan dezelven verschuldiglzyn worden
verzoet opgave en betaaling te doen uiterlyk
voor den Uden dezer maand tenComploirc van
den ondergeteekend.
O-k word hieiby bekent gemaak dat er een
brief zak met gemelde schip zil opgemaak
warden ter Secretary dezes EiUod. worden j J, H. SCHIELING.
Curasao, 20sten Juny, 1817.
EF.N ieder wordt gewaarschouwd geen cre
diet ie geven aan de Ëquipagie van het
brik schip de Sud Hamburg,zullende niets betaald worden door F. E. BEENS,
Kapitein van bovenge
melde brik.
CuraQao, den 6den Juny 1817.
DE ondergetekende, Procureur en Be Edege
Pranslateur in vreemde Talen, zyn Kan
toor van de Breede Straat naar het Fort Am sterdam verplaatst hebbende, adverteerd zyn vrienden en hetpubliek dat hy aldaar hunne betelen» als naar gewoonte, in beiden vakken zal afwasten. _"»« 6 M. RICARDO.
Curacoa, June 17, 1817.
rfflE public are cautioned not to trust any of
-*" the Crew of the American schr. Fr end
ship, of Philadelphia, as no debts oftheir contracting will be piiJ by
EDWARD SHAIN.
LOSS OF THE HARPOONER.
The following affecting narrative of the
melancholy disaster, has been sent by one ofthe survivors:— " On the 26th October, detachments of
the 4th Royal Veteran Battalion and their famalics, with a few belonging to other corps in Canada, in all 333, embarked on board the ship Harpooner, Joseph Bryant master, and sailed from Quebec on the afternoon of the 27th, bound to Deptford ; in charge of capt. Prime. On the passage
to the Gulph 'of St. Lawrence, moderate Weather and favourable winds prevailed ; but on arriving in the Gulph the weather proved boisterous, and the wind contrary ; not a sight cf land, not' an observation cf the sun^ could be depended upon for
several days. On Sunday evening, No
vember 10, a few minutes after 9 o'clock, the second Mate, on watch, called out '"the ship's aground," at which time she lightly struck on the outermost rock of
St. Shotts in the Island of Newfoundland. She beat over, and proceeded a short distance, when she struck again and filled ; encircled amongrocks, and the wind blowing strong, the night dark, and a very
heavy sea, she soon fell over on her larboard beam-ends ; and, to heighten the terror and alarm, it was perceived a lighted candle had communicated fire to some spirits, in tbe master's cabin, which in the confusion, was with difficulty extinguished. The ship still driving over the rocks, her
masts were cut away, by which some men were carried overboard. The vessel drifted over ni;ar the high rocks toward tiie main. In this situation everyone becameterrified ; the suddeness of the sea rushing in, carried fiway the births and stauncheons between decks, when men, women and children were drowned, and many were killed by the force with which they were driven
against the baggage, casks, and staves,
which floated below. All that possibly
could, got upon deck, but, from the crowd and confusion that prevailed, the orders of the officers and master to the soldiers and
seamen were unavailing—death staring
everyone in the face—the ship _ striking
on the rocks as though she would iristantly upset! The screeching and pressing of
the people to the starboard side was so violent, that several were much hurt.
About eleven o'clock, the boats on the
deck were washed overboard by a heavy sea; but even from the commencement of the disaster, the hopes of any individual being saved were but very slight, and,
from this circumstance, combined with it appearing that the bottom of the ship was separating from the upper deck, while the surf beat over her most violently, it was considered as impossible. From this time
until four o'clock the next morning, all on the wreck were anxiously praying for the
light of day to break upon them ; the boat from the slern was lowered down, when the first mate and four seamen, at the
lisk of their lives pushed offto the shore; they with difficulty affected a landing upon the main land, behind a high rock, nearest to where the stern of the vessel had been driven. rlhey were soon out of sight, and
it was feared they were lost, but it was so ordained by Providence, these deserving men, in scrambling up the rocks, made
their appearance ! they hailed us from the top, and reported their situation, saying to return was impossible, as the boat was
staved : the lug line was thrown from the wreck, with a hope that they might lay . hold of it, but darkness, and the Uvmenduous surf that heat, rendered it impracticable. During this awful time ofsuspense
it occurred to"the master, the possibility of sending a line to them by a dog; the
animal was brought aft, and thrown into
the sea with a line tied round his middle, and with it he swam towards the rock upon which the mate and seamen were standing.
It impossible to describe the sensations
which were excited at seeing this faithful dog struggling withthe waves,and,reaching the summit of the rock, dashed back again by the surf into the sea, until, at length, by his exertions,he arrived with the line; one endofwhich being on board, a stronger rope was hauledandfastened to therock, and by this rope the seamen were enabled to drag on shore, from tho wreck a number of souls. At about six o'clock in the morning ofthe lltb, the first'person was landed by this means, and, afterwards, by an improvement in rigging the rope and placing each individual in slings, they were witn greater facility extricated from the wreck; but during the passage thither, it was with the utmost difficulty that the unfortunate sufferers could maintain their bold, as the sea beat over them ; some were dragged to the shore in a state of insensibi! tr :— Lieutenant Wilson was lost, being unable to hold on the rope with his hands ; be was twice struckby the sea,fell backwards, out of the slings, and after swimming for a considerable time amongst the floating
wreck, when be was struck on the head, and perished. Many who threw then se'ves overboard, trusting to their safety by swimming, were lost : they were dashed to pieces by the surf on the rocks, or by the floating of the wreck.
"About halfVine o'clock, on the after
noon of th°- 11th, about thirty persons
were saved by the rope, several of whom were hurt and maimed. At this period
the sea beat incessantly over the wreck, and it being evident the deck was separating, the only means of saving the distressed sufferers failed ; for the rope, by constant working, and by swinging across the sharp rock, was cut in two : From that hour, there bring no means of replacing the rope, the spectacle became more than ever terrific ; the sea beating over the wreck with greater violence, washed numbersoverboard;theirheartrending criesand lamentations were such as cannot be expressed—families,fathers, mothersand children clinging together ! The wreck breaking up, the stern from midships and fore
castle, precipitated all on it into one common destruction. Under these melancho
ly circumstances, two hundred 'and six
souls perished, and the survivors have to lament the loss ofdearrelativesand friends.
"The officers and men of the Royal
Veteran Battalion, who were returning
home after along and arduous service iv Canada, and other remote climates have
now lost their all—the savings of many years, what they had looked upon with a pleasing hope of making themselves and their families comfortable with, or retiring from the service ofthe king and their country. I?y this unfortunate event the orphan
daughter of Surgeon Armstrong lost her father, mother/biother and two sisters; and the wife and surviving daughter of Lt. Wilson are left wholly destitute. The disaster was so sudden and unlocked for, that
not an article ofbaggage was saved ; not
even money, ofwhich some had considerable sums t>ie produce oftheir effects sold
in Quebec, which were paid for in guineas,
on account of bills of exchange being attended with a los< of seven and ahelfper
cent, for immediately after the ship struck
she bilged and filled, drowning some who, from motives of humanity, attempted to
secure articles of dress for the distressed females, who were hurried on deck in an undressed state.
" The rock which the survivors were
hauled unon was about 100 feet above the water, surrounded at the flowing of the tide, it being high water soon after the latter of them was saved, it was found impossible for these distressed objects to be got over to the muiu land until tbe next morning: on the top of this rock
they were obliged to remain during the «hole night without shelter, food, or nourishment, exposed to wind and rain, and many without shoes; the only comfort that presented itself was a fire, which was niatle from pieces of the wreek that had been washed ashore.
At day light on the morning ofthe 12th
at low water, their removal tv .he opposite iand was effected, some being let down by
:t rope, others slipping down a laddt r o
die bottom. After they crossed over ihey
direitad their course 10a fisherman's shed, distant about a mile and a hull from ihe wreck, where they remained un.il the
next day ; the proprietor of this miserable shed not having the means of supj relief to so considerable a number as took refuge, a party went overland toTrepassy about 14 miles distant, through a m
country, not inhatited by aiiy human creature, and the foot path through a morass. This party arrived as Trepassy, amireported the event to Messrs. Jackson, Burke, Sims, and the Kcv. Mr. Brown, who immediately took measuresfor alleviating the distressed, by dispatching men of their employ with provissions and spirits, to assist in bringing all those forwards to Trepassy who could walk. Necessity j.tompted
many to undertake this journey barefooted, the hardships and privations which they were enduring were so excessively great. On the 12lh, in the evening, the major pari oftbe survivors(assisted by the inhabitants,
during the journey carried the weak
and feeble upon their backs,) arrived at Trepassy, where they were billeted by I r
dcr of the Magistrate, proportionally upon' each house.
" Theie still remained at St. Shotts, the
wife of a sergeant ofthe Veteran Battalion who was delivered on the top ofthe reck
shortly after she, was saved ; the child ai,d herself are doing well. A private whose
leg was broken, and a woman severely bruised by the wreck, were also necessarily left there.
" Immediately aftertheir arrival at Tre
passy, measures were adopted for the comfort and refreshment ofthe detachments; boats were provided for their removal to" St. Johns. This being effected, his Excellency Admiral Pickmore, the Governor, Major King, commandingthe troops, the merchants, and gentlemen of St. John's most promptly and generously came
forward in the most handsome manner to' therelief ofthe surviving sufferers. After
remaining ten days at St. John's refitting the distressed with clothing and necessaries his Excellency the Admiral chartered the Mercury, of Poole, to bring them to Portsmouth. On this melancholy circumstance
it is but justice to mention, that Mr. Joseph Brant, master, Mr. Atkinson, mate, and the seamen ofthe Harpooner deservegreat credit for their unceasing exertions : to their labour those that came on shore by tbe rope in a great measure owe their
safety."—[London Times.
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EMBASSY TO CHINA.
Advices transmitted by an American
vessel arrived at Rotterdam from Macao,
put the fact of these advices being correct, of the dismissal of our Embassy, beyond the possibility of doubt, by giving a pretty copious abstract of the Edict addressed
upon the occasion to the Viceroy of Can
ton. This documentis dated the 15th day
of the 9th moon (the sth September last), of the 21st year ofthe Emperor Kia King. It apprizes the Viceroy that the Ambassador from the British Court had arrived at the port of Tien Sing, where himself and his suite were invited to a banquet by the Governor of the port.—There they did not observe the usual ceremonies, nor did they seem grateful for the attention and hospitality with which they were received. At Thorn Cheu they promised to observe the ceremonies of bending the knee, and the inclinations of the head to the earth. From thence they passed to V Juan,
(a. summer palace of the Emperor's).
The Emneror ascended the throne to
receive them; but they excused themselves from seeing the Emperor, on the plea of indisposition. In consequence ofthis event, the Emperor immediately ordered the return of the Embassy to their country. He co isiderel, however, that the Ambasdor was to blame for being wanting in
respect to him, after his King had sent him so lonz a distance, and over such extensive seas to convey to the Emperor his letter, and to offer* him his gifts, by which he certainly evinced an intention that this Ambassador should revere the Emperor, and treat him with respect. He thought,
therefor", that the presents ought not to he rejected altogether, otherwise the Emperor would also be deviating from the fundamental principle of shewing kindness to petty kingdoms. On this consideration
the Emperor was pleased to select the
least and most trival of the gifts, which
consisted of four maps, two pictures, and
ninety-five prints—These were received to do the British King a favour andkind
ness. In return, the Emperor gave to the
King one Pai {I), and Izcou Chu (2), four large purses, and eight small ones. They
were intended to shew the King of Eng
land his sense of the fundamental rule
" Hou lao Po lai" (2). The Ambassa
dorswere very contented and thankful, and also shewed tbe appearance of repentence and fear. They had since proceeded to
Thorn Cheu. 'The Edict then directs the Viceroy of Canton to give them a
Banquet on their arrival there, and to say to them :—
" You had little fortune. You arrived
at Com. Mew (4), and could not look in his celestial face. Our great Emperor
has compassion on your King, who has
evinced his candour in admiring our good government. Wherefore, the Emperor
has agreed to receive the smallest gifts of your ""King, and has rewarded him with
(1) Pai is a precious stone, of a white
colour, in length about a yard and a half, in which there is a flower in the shape of a human heart. It isoften given by Man
darins to the Emperor, and vice versa, on any prosperous event.
(2) Izcou Chu is a circular ornament,
formed of 108 precious stones ; which is put on the breasts of the Mandarins when they appear before the Emperor.
(3) Meaning "receive little and give
much," a doctrine of Confucius, always observed by his Imperial Majesty !! (i) A gate ofthe hall in front of which
the Emperor sits.
precious things of much value. 'You ought
to be thankful for his celestial goodness; and return with all has'.e to your country,
as your King wishes, and venerate the iutentious of your benefactor. The articles
not received shall be embarked with all security and care, without injury or loss." If, after this warning, the Ambassador beg of you the favour of accepting the presents not received, only say, "We have the express -decree of the Emperor, and are not bold enough again to offend his sense of hearing, and with these words reject
their supplication—Reverse this."
In addition to this edict, which was
made public, it was supposed that the
viceroy had received secret instructions that the vessels belonging to the embassy should be strictly watched, wherever they might put into, on their return from the
Yellow Sea. The effects of this jealousy
were first manifested towards the general Hewitt, which arrived some time before the Alceste and Lyra. Upon her arrival
at Second Bar she was surrounded by junks and war-boats, and it was intimated to Captain Campbell that, until further orders, he was to have no intercoursewith the shore. Notwithstanding this injunction, Captain Campbell contrived to proceed
incognito to Canton, to consult Mr. Met* calf, who lost no time in writing to the
Oppo of the customs, as well as to the viceroy of Canton. Instead of a direct
reply in writing, conformably to the regulation agreed to after the late dispute with the Authorities at Canton, a verbal answer was returned through the linguist in the service of the English. The gentlemen
of the Factory remonstrated against this proceeding, but the Viceroy refused to have any communication with them, and referred them to the merchants ; thus
reverting to the same system which led to the late misunderstanding. The Fac
tory, baffled in every effort to procure an explanation, directed Captain Campbell to proceed to Whampore, in defiance of any opposition on the part of the war-boats. He was instructed, however, not to fire
with shot, unless it became absolutely necessary. The Mandarins, upon learning
the determination of Captain Campbell to force bis way, suffered him to proceed to Whampore without any interruption. In
revenge, however, for this insult to their
authority, they prevailed on the Merchants to refuse a cargo tothe vessel. In the hope of obtaining one for her, and upon the refusal of the officers of Government to hold any communication with the British, a deputation of Commanders marched
into the city, anil presented a petition to the Viceroy, at his palace. The petition
wasreceived;butnext daythe Compradorc, and two linguists in the service of the British, were seized and conveyed to the city, on a charge of having shewn the English their way to the palace. They were
dreadfully tortured for this offence, and chastised with the bomboo, until they were at the point of death. The Compradore
was still detained in prison ; but as he was a person in great trust in the Fractory, having in charge the receipts ofthe Treasury, every exertion was making at the date ofthe late accounts toobtain hisrelase. This treatment of the Compradore and linguits must place the Factory in a very embarrassing situation, as itwill deterany of the natives from, in future, entering into their service.
The Viceroy continued to repel all
attempts to renew a direct intercourse
with tbe British ; but he at length condescended to intimate, through the merchants, that he would permit the General Hewitt to load, if Captain Campbell would wait urtil the arrival of Lord Amherst, and
consent to carry back therejected presents. It appears that prior to tha attack upon the Alceste by the forts in the Bogue, of which we have already given the parti
culars, Captain Maxwell hud sustained an attack at.the intermediate slation of ChunPee. Thé forts there fired over the war
boats upon the Alceste, but the compliment was returned with such effect that thsy were speedily reduced to silence.
The subsequent affair with the forts ja the Bogue lasted forty minutes. It was
rumoured at Canton that the Chinese
ministers had been dismissed with great disgrace. The reason assigned by some
was their not having sooner apprised the
Emperor of the reluctance expressed by Lord Amherst to conform to the cere
monies practised by foreigners at the
Chinese court. By others it was attribu
ted to their not having informed him of the result of the Napaulese war until the arrival of Lord Amherst, one great object of whose misrion was supposed to be the removal of any aland that might have
prevailed at the Court of Pekin from the extension of our conquests to the borders of teintories formerly tributary to the Chinese, and to the sovereignty of which they still lay claim.
Curious anecdote.—Extract of a letter
from Benares,May 6, 1816 :—"Sinceyou tell me that you wish to hear about native customs and manners, I must mention a fellow who has been lately hung at Cal
cutta, and suffered for an offence which I think never was heard of in Europe :—He was an admirable swimmer and diver, and Used to frequent the GHAU'S and places where the women came to bathe in the river. He would make his way along un
der the surface of the water, till he got
among them and then seizing one of
them by the leas, would drag her under the water for the sake of her ornaments; for the women of this country always
lit:ihe in their valuable gems and pearls. Meanwhile the newspapers teemed with horrible accounts of alligators carrying
away bathers ;—and these monsters were talked of and feared by every one, and seen by no one. At last, one day, a girl
disengaged herself from his grasp, rose to the top of the water, and screamed out that it was no beast, but a man ! He was
then caught, and confessed that he had carried on the trade for seven years. Of
the number of his victims he had kept no reckoning."
Modern Buccaneers.—Letters from tbe
West-Indies express the alarm and indignation which prevail there at the depredations committed on commerce, and the blood daily shed, by the citizens of neutral America in American built and equipped vessels, under tbe cover of the unacknowledged flag of revolutionary associations in Spanish America. Tbe Governors of
several islands, they say, have made strong representations to tbe European sovereigns on the subject, and haverequired ofthem measures to suppress these depredations, which, otherwise must result in the establishment of a new Algiers on the Spanish Maine. It is feared by Americans in the
islands, that the honest commerce of the U. S. will be spoliated in retaliation for the depredations of these reputed Americans.
The Havana papers mention frequent
bloody rencounters between the Spanish
vessels which arrive and privateers manned wholly by Americans.—American paper.
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By WILLIAM LI'F.
Drukktr van Zyne Majesteit den Koning de*
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