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officers of the general government all participa- should be assailed by such men, is no rep
lion in the elccti-.-c franchise ; _or to sanction to
them its full, free, and unrestricted exercise, in
an equal degree with other citizens. _ j
be pretended that this Stall.‘ could constitutionally
but the attempt to fasten upon him the ct-
executing a deed for property, by ofj
It will not and for the purpose of procuring the votj
lcctors in his lavor, is not merely char.-it
l of pains and penalties had been withdrawn
thout any intention of submitting another mea-
re of the samccliaracter. To a question from
; . Burdctt, Lord Castlereagh again assured the
rose that there was no intention of substituting
pass a law restraining officers of the U. S. from 0f the Persecution which has been levelled j r.=.iy other prosecution for that which had already
the enjoyment of this privilege; neither has the him, but manifests a greater degree of malignity, I come to an end.
i The doc- '
general government the power to control them in
this particular, or to prescribe the course whicli
they are to pursue, in reference to state elections.
This idea will be clearly ‘illustrated by a single
example. Suppose, that immediately preccdiiig
the last election, the general government had is-
sued an order prohibiting their oflicers from iii-
terfering on that occasion, upon pain of icmoyal ;
or, niercly permittiaig them to give lhtll‘ 5116"!
votes. VVho would have been foremost to de-
nounce them for this ‘ unwarrantable obtrnsion of
extraneous influence, in the local concerns of the
state i’ Such conduct would have merited and
would have met, with the indignation of every
friend ,0 j',1,e,»,y, V’Viih what propriety l.llt.Il, has
the executive demanded the interposition ofthe
national legislature, and insiutiated that. they were
regardless of their duty upon this subject ? Any
interference on the part of the general govern-
ment, either to restrict or instruct their ollicci's,
would be equally iincoiistitiitioiial ant-l unjust.-.
After the most deliberate reflection, the coinniit-
tee are of opinion, that the officers of the general
government are not in a state of disfraiicliiseiiwiit,
but that their rights, as citizens of the respec-
tive states, are i-ieitlier forfeited nor diminished. so
far as relates to the local concerns of each state.
The committee will now review the exculpato-
ry documents transmitted to them ; pi'eittisiiig,
that all the evidence furuislied by the €Xt:CUll\'t:,
has been procured since his accusation was pre-
ferred; thus admitting. that he was not, at that
time, in possession of a single fact, tojustify his
denunciation of the officers ofthe U. S. The
testimony thus oll'ered, is not of a pf-Slll\'C 0'-lllltei
and most of the individuals. who lime (loposetl, or
certified to their statcinents,spcak from presump-
lion and hearsay, not from their own kuowleilgc.
The conduct of the ()ill(.‘.::l‘5 at the Navy Yard,
in Kings county is first complained cl. It is al-
leged that Col.Dccatur,:uitl other olhcci s, brought
up the persons in public cmnluy to. vote; fulfil
that‘ improper attempts were maclc in a VLt!'lt:l.y
of shapes to operate on the electors.’ That Col.
Decatur, and other olliccrs attached to the Navt’
‘.i ard, W::l'C active at the lust +.,'lcCll0ll, is not deni-
ed by them. The subst.-.uce of the charge a-
gainst them, is asucccssfttlly rchutted by the cer-
tificate ol the inspectors of the eh ctinn, who are
geiitlemeii of acknowledged rcsp:-ci.:iliilit_v. They
explicitly declare, that they saw nothing unlaw-
ful or dishonorable in the conduct of Col. l)ec-.i—
tur or of any of the officers of the geiietul go\'crIi-
merit; and that no illegal votes were tal;cu.--
Col. Decatur states in his afiidavit, that from the
nature of his situation. he has no command urol-
ficial influence over the persons employed about
the navy yard, and while he frankly avows his
zealat the last election, and the motives which
actuated him, he disclaims all interference on the
1),-_,;-ml'i;he general government, or of any oiliccr,
dependent, or agent thereof. The certificates of
doctor Hunt and of the llev. Mr. Ireland are con-
clusive, as to that part ofthc subject connected
with their names, and must convince every man
that no undue influence could have operated up-
on gentlemen entertaining that high sense of
honor which is their characteristic. The com-
iniitee can discover no reason for supposingth-at
the geneflll gr)t’t':".llll‘L‘nl. interfered at all, in the
election in iiiiigs county ; nor that any 0rganiz.i-
tion of its ollicers existed. The doctimeiits rc-
ferred to, are marked ‘ Na\'y' Yard,’ from No. l
to 13, inclusive.
'llze. documents received from the surveyor of
the port of New-York. completely eXU!)ct‘tUc him
from all censure. Thc offence of this gentleman
is, that he attended a meeting of the electors of
mg, county in which he resided, and was appoint-
ed one ofa committee, to prcpai-e iesuluiions for
umir consideratioii, which were afterwards report-
cd aiidadoptcd, as the sense of the meetings-
Ttsese resolutions approbatc the conduct of the
Vice President during the late war, and severely
animadvcrt upon the political course of his Ex-
cellency ; but it does not appear that Gen. Suift
had any further agency in this lyttllfiitcllori than
the other members of the committee. The let-
ter from Gen. Swift states that he did not even
know the political sentiments of his own deputy,
nor of his subordinate ollicers, whom he is accu-
sed of influencing. Many of the individuals at-
tached to the custom house in New-York, who
have subscribed the certificate marked i Custom
House, N. Y.’ are warm adherents of the Cover-
nor, and exerted themselves at the last election,
in his support. It is necessary to remark, that
the individual by whose aliidavit 'tlie conduct of
the custom house officers is impeached, was, at
the time, an in~a[)t:Cl.0l‘ of leather, holding his of-
fice under the - state administration.’ The docu-
ments rt—.ferred to are marked ‘Custom-House,
N. Y.’ from No. 1 to 9, inclusive.
The conduct ofihe two inspectors at Staten Isl-
and, Mcssrs. Van Beuren and Arm-tt, is adverted
to, as connected with the department under the
superiutendence of Gen. Swift. _Those individ-
uals have long been known as active republicans,
at our elections. The certificate oftlic inspectors
of the election at Staten Island, exonei-ates them
from the charge of improper conduct, and fixes
it upon one of their accuscrs, \\ hose outrageous
and scandalous behaviour, caused the inspectors
to feel some apprehe.tisioii for the safety of the
ballot boxes, and the offender would have been
committed to prison, had the proper olhcer been
present. The atlidavits accompanying this re-
port detail a state of facts relative to the certifi-
cates transmitted by his excellency, upon this
part of the case, which must excite much morti-
fication and disgust. Some of them were obtain-
" ed from persons who could neither read nor write,
and who, being intoxicated at the time, were. iii-
duced to assent to what they have since confessed
was false. VVith the standing of the persons
who procured them, Messrs. Garrit Gilbert and
Joshua Secor, the public are already sufficiently
well acquainted. Every material fact contained
in them is disproved ; the characters oftliose who
have certified are impeached, both morally and
politically ; and the whole, in the opinion of the
committee, exhibits an abortive effort to arouse
jealousy, and discontent. without any rational
ground for excitement. That the VicePrcsidciit
I than could well have been imagined.
uments relative to the election on Staten Island;
are headed ‘ Custom House, Staten Island,’ from
No. 1 to 12, inclusive.
[llezizaiizzlcr vzext 7vrek.]
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LATl’.S'l‘ FROM EI\Cl.ANl).
The regular trading ship Aim Maria, Captain
\Vatkinson, arrived at N. York on the 20th inst.
from Liverpool, which place she left on the 28th
of January. Liverpool papers to the 27th, and
London papers to the 28th .lauu-ary are received,
from which we have made the following extracts.
Parliament met on the 23d. when the king dc-
lircrcd a speech in person-—-and the usual addres-
scs were carried. The acclaniations of loyalty
were very loud, though there was some manifest-
aiions of di:.likc evinced. ‘ The Queen! the
Queen 1’ was continually i't:pct\l.ctl \\'llll enthusi-
asm ; and some were audacious enough to hiss l
The following is an extract li om his -.\lajc-st)’:
spccch:
‘ ill]; Lords and Gr-ntlnmvz,
‘I have the satisfzictioii of acquziinting you thtit
I continue to receive from l“orcign Powers the
strongest assurances of their friendly disposition
towards this country. It will be a tuattcr of deep
regret to me, ifthc occurrences which have late-
ly taken place in Italy, should eventually lead to
any interruption of tranquility in that quarter ;
but it will, in such case, be my great object to
secure to my people the continuance of peace.’
‘ Gmztlrmerz of [/18 House of Commons,
‘ The measures by which, in the last session of
Parliament. you made provision for the cxpcnces
of my civil government, and lor the honor and
dignity of tlic Crown, deintiiitl my warmest ac-
knowleilgincnts. I have (llI'(:ClC(l that the c:.tini-
zitcs of the cui'rcnt year shall be laid before you ;
and it is a satisfaction to me to have been enabled
to make some reduction in our military establish-
mcuts. You will observe {loin the accounts of
the lllllillt‘. riavcnuc, that iiotwitlistuiidiiig the re-
cclj)ls in ll‘L’ll.1llll have ])t'OVC"l materially ch.-licicnt,
in (10ll5t‘.(jll€|lC€ of the uiifortunate circumst'.inccs
which liavc affected the commercial credit ofthat
part of the United Kingdom, and although our
f-;ii‘cigti trade, during the curly part of this time,
was in a state of depression, the total revenue
lias, nerertliclt-ss, exceeded that of the preceding
year. A considerable part of this iiici‘casc must
be iiisttribc-(l to the new taxes; but in some of
those l)ll.lllCll(‘.S which are the surest imliimtioiis of
l“'l°"“"ll ""C11llll. ll": augineutation has fully t‘cal—i
ized any expectation which could liuvc bccn rea-
sonably forincd of it.
‘ The separate provision which was made for :
the Queen, as Princess of \Valcs, in 1814, termi-
nated with the demise of his late majesty. l
have in the mean time, directed advances, as an-
thorized by luv; and it will, under present cir-
cumstances, be for you to consider what new '.p'--
rangeincnts should be made on this subject.’
Hoosia or C[‘1\IMONS, January 514-.
Sir VV. Lemon presented a petition, praying
It did not follow, however, that
the name of her majesty was to be restored to the
liturgy. Mr. Brougham asked whether the no-
ble lord meant that no inquiry was to be institu-
ted against the Queen, but that all proceedings in
the way of punishment were to be discontinuetl.
Lord Castlereagh would not anticipate the argu-
ment on the subject. Lord John Russell said
ministers had refused to insert the Q-ieen’s name
in the liturgy, because proceedings of a criminal
nature were pending; now they were ic:i'mii‘iatcd,
government was in consistence bound to restore
the Quecn’s name to the lituig_;_v. Lord Castle-
reagh gave no reply. Aldcriuiui ileygate, in
presenting a similar petition from Sudbury, said
he i'egr«:tted the original omission of the Queen's
name from the liturgy, but the placing it there
now was quite ii clifferent question. He blamed
the letter of the Queen to the I‘-'.ing.— It became
the House of Commons to l'(.‘lltCl'. before they
paid respect to such an individual, especially after
the 'allS\\"e'l‘SiSl'te had given to the numerous ad-
dresses offered to her. Mi‘. llume vindicated
her majesty from these general charges, which,
with \\'tlI‘Tl1lll, hc tcrmcd unmanly and un._<;ene-
rous, and justilitd the Qtiecifis letter. Alder-
man lleygaie rcplicd. After sortie further con-
versation the petition was laid on the table, and
ordered to be printed.
The Hon. C. Lambc made a few remarks on
that part of his mujc-sty’s speech which referred
to the afl’..irs of the Kingdom of Naples. Mr.
\V’aric then asked I_.ord Castlereagh if he could
foresee the time at which he would probabl_v be
enabled to give any information to the house on
that most interesting and important subjecl.—-
Lord Cusilcrsagh said that he was rather at a
loss to answcr so wide a (jurslioii, more especially
while the circumstances ucrc still pending which
occasioned it.
Sir R. \Vilson, after alluding to the non~rcccp-
tiou in this country of the Neapolitan unibassador,
tislted lord CilSllL“l‘L".l‘,;‘ll Wl‘I(:lllt.'l' inc non-rccogni-
tion of any Neapolitan minister is accompunicil
with any hostile intentions inwarrls the govern-
ment and constitution of l\'aplcs. Lord Castle-
‘eugh rcplicd‘ C«:i‘taitil_v not.’
Lord C-a.silcre..~gli gave notice that so much of
his llT.ljCSl)‘:b speccli as related to a provision for
the Queep. would. on \‘\'ednesil;-.y next be refer-
red to a cumiiiittee of the whole house. Mi‘.
\'v'etli<:i‘ell :i-.oved ‘ That there be laid before the
house. copies of all collccts, from the time of
Jzimcs I. to the present period, in which the name
of the Queen c-.'msort had from time to time been
iusertetl.’—---Agreed to.
I.1vi-';iirooi., Jan. ‘)7.
A letter was received here yesterday from a
member of l’arliamc.nt, who assures his corres-
pondent that notvvitlistantliiig the unfavorable ap-
pearance of the first divi.-,ion, the ministry are
most perfectly assui'ccl of more thaii 100 majority
on every subject i'claiing to the Queen, and of an
overwhelming majority on ex cry other.
It is now \l_ntlcl‘S‘O0(l that l’Illl‘il;:‘.'(:l‘S tcndcred
their msigiiations ll"i‘.l‘il(.‘(ll2t'L'i_l' after the failure of
the t'estoratioii ofthe Quecn’s name to the litu:--_
gy. A petition was also laid upon the table. pray-
ing inquiry into the tI0l‘lS]7ll".1Cy aguiiist the Queen.
Many other like petitions were prcselilctl. . C2!
Mr. VVesteru sand the country had been insult ‘
ed by false and per-jurcrl -»_-vidcncc, and by a cast:
of gross conspiracy, and he wished to know if the
noble lord (Castlcrttagli) int:-ndcd any inquiry.-— .
llis Lordship said he would not be dragged by
high sounding phrases into .1 prcmiture discus-
sion ofa subject to be debated. lie should there-
fore decline to answer the (jtlt.‘SllI.)ll. Considering
the dis-inclination of tlic utl‘.c:' side formally to
enter into the subject while the proceeding was
pending in the lords, it was .si:igultii~ that they
were now so anxious to meet the question. Cen.
Ferguson had moved last session for papers on
this subject, but had been told by Lord Castle-
reagh that the time was not come. He wished
to know if the noble lord would now produce
those papers. Lord Castlereagh replied that if
the time was now come, the honorable gentleman
might move for the papers. Mr. Bennett re-
peated the charge of conspiracy, and Lord Castle-
reagh said it was for those who made the charge
to lllttlitl out their case.
The Marquis of Tivistock asked if ministers
intended to propose any remedy for the distrcsses
of the country. Lord Castleicugli cxprcsst.-Ll his
sympathy with the sufferings of the people, but
he \'as not aware that ministers were in posses-
sion ol any measure which would be likely to af-
ford relicf. Numerous petitions were laid on
the table, calling for inquiry into the conspiracy
aguiiist the dheen, for the restoration ofher name
to the liturgy, and for the impeaclimcnt ofmiiiis-
tcrs.
in these times the utmost attention to petitions
from the country,complaiuing ofthose who claim-
ed to be the exclusively loyal and constitutional.
Nineteen twentieths oftlic people were now oppo-
sed to the measures of ministers. l-lc prayed to
God that the iudill'crence of the noble lord and
his colleagues might not lead to the most. disas-
trous conscquences. Lord Castlereagh declared
that he had expressed no sentiments tllslcsl)-‘_‘Clflll
to the people of England.
Q},-'.l\‘Ir. Bennett laid a. similar petition on the la-
ble. He took this opportunity of denying
that any thing had been proved against her nia-
jcsty. Mr. Tciuiisuti, in laying on the table a
similar petition, remarked that he had understood
last night from the noble lord, that the only prop-
osition ministers would bring forward regarding
the Queen, related to the provision for her resi-
dence, (hear, hear, fi om lord Castlereagh.) Mr.
I-lume laid upon the table many petitions from
Scotland to the same effect. Sir Francis Burdctt
said that until to-night he had not distinctly un-
derstood that ministers had given up all further
prosecution against the Queen ; if so, it would
give the country great satisfaction and tranquility.
In future it would not be said that the slightest
aspersion remained on her Character. He hoped
tlierefore, that there would be no further discus-
sion herc, and that the king would at once restore
the Queen’s name to the liturgy. Lord Castle-
reagh beggcd it might not be understood that
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Mr. Lambton called upon the house to. pay.
the bill of Pains and l’cnal'.ics; but were prevail-
ed on to retain them. Should the arrangement
which they iiican to propose for the Queen, not
meet the support of a (lt:r;l(lc(l majority ofthe
‘House of Commons, it is said thcy,arc determined
' to remain no longer.
ll.-nus, Jan. 16.
The Courts of Turin, lloinc, Florence, Mode-
na, and Lucca, are ill‘-llctl by the Sovereigns to
send I’lciiipoteii:iai'ics to the Congress at Lay-
bach.
The King of Naples has inritml Prince l7.ull'o.
his anibassacloi‘ at Austria bclnrc the rcvolt.-‘.ion,
to set out for Laybacli. This Prince is denoun-
ccd by the revolutionary party.
\Vc arcnssurecl that the :~}ovt-reigns will them-
selves march at the head of their troops, in case
it will be necessary to employ force for the rc-cs-
tablishment of legitimate authority at Naples.
lt is rumored that in case of a war between
Austria and Naples. France will form an army of
observation of 40,000 men on this side of the
Alps.
./‘Va/zlrs, Dec. 28.—Thc Ptll‘li€ifn€lll, after some
discussion, has determined that the at my shall be
formed into three active divisions, and a corps of
reserve, to act as circumstances shall requii‘c.—-
Arms are preparing at Milo, Corfu, and Spain.
LONDON, Feb. 22.
It is decided that a hotly of 30,000 Austrians
shall take possession of the lflapal States, with the
consent. of his lloliocss, in order to give effect to
the negociations at Laybach.
-Letters from Constantinople state that All Pa-
cha had succeeded in 11 sally against the bcsiegers,
in which he committed a terrible slaughter. and
took from them a tower and fortification upon a
bri<lge,wliich interrupted his communication with
.lanuina. The i'esisiaiicc of this man is wonder-
ful, and it can be uttritiutccl only to his personal
qualifications, and his Ul:l)0llll(lC(l munificence.—
His troops l'C;{Lll'tl lillll as a kind of Deity, and be-
ing coiistantly aniinaicil by his presence, never
relax in their duty. The Stllltln scciiis to have
enough upon his hands CVCI y where. The Mon-
tcncgrtiis have declared weir, and he has been
coinpcllcd to despatcli scvcu rcgiincnts of artille-
ry against them.
’ Rccentlettcrs from (,‘..'.nibi-.1 contain the disa-
greeable iuiclligciicc of some sanguinary success-
es obtained by the llloors over tlic Frencli on the
Uppcr Senegal. It is no small aggravation of
the riiislortunc,tliat it involved the loss of a French
vessel, carrying supplies to the amount of 3000!.
l‘; the British expedition to the interior of Africa
undcr Major Crcy, now at Gal-am, where these
supplies were awaitcil as a frcsli outfit.
A singular discovery has been made at Quer-
furt. A tooth was dug out of the earth at a con-
siderable depth, which has the following dimen-
sious:—-—Lcn‘gtli 6 inches; diameter 4 inches;
tliickiicss'l0inclics; weight 6 pounds. It is sup-
posed to liavdliccii the tooth of a mammoth.
The Courier contains the details of a boister-
Otis meeting at Oxford. A meeting of freehold-
ers-was called to vote an address to the King.-----
The Radicals, however, sciit handbills about, cul-
ministers had cliangcd tlieirdctcrmination. The
ling an earl)" meeting ofthcir forces. According-
! .
lly, the brick-layers, laborers, cartmen, Scc. assem.
bled in their frocks, aprons, Scc. and surrounded
the building by an immense crowd. VVhen the
hour of the regular meeting arrived, the freehold-
crs came, but such was the crowd that but few
ofthern could get in, and most of them returned.
The Radicals were under the command of Lord
I Holland, and a Radical address was voted. One
man, a shoe-maker, with live children, was crush.
ed to death by the crowd.
A letter from St. Helena. dated Nov. 25, says,
‘ Bonaparte retains his rude health, but appears
to feel at length the policy of being rational ; he
now rides a few hours every day. The station is
a paradise to what it was six months since ; the
squadron cannot be better fed at St. Helena than
now, and at about one third less expense to gov-
crnment.
l-IVF.IlI’-’70l’., Jan. 22.
.zVizrrativc oft/ic loss of Me .9/21'/2 Barrett, and z/.~¢
sirflcrings of Ike crew.
On the 19th ult. the ship Barrett, of 350 tons,
Capt. Farragut‘, sailed from St. John, New--B;-un,;_
wick, (timber l:iadc(‘:.) for l.ivcrpool. VVhilc
proceeding on her voyage, on Tuesday the 2d
_J.ui. in lat. 4-3, long. .‘$4..\V. at 8 P. M. it came
on to blow a filelttlflll gale from the irestward. At
2 o’clock on lvcdnesday morning, it bcing the
niaster’s \: atcli on (lock, it blew a complete hurri-
cane, accoiiipaiiicd with rain and riri.'l flashes of
lightning: the ship tlirougli the violence of the
wiiid, and driven from her course by the sea,
‘ broached to,’ and lay down on her beam ends.
They were obliged to cut away the topsail sheets,
but every exertion to bring her to or before the
wind, proved ineffectual, and she continued in ms;
trough of the sea, the water pouring down thc-_
companion, so that every moment they expected
she would upset. 'i"l~.e two pumps were continu.
ally at work, but without effect, the water still
gaining upon them by the cabin. In this state
they coiitinued until daylight, ivlien, in order to
get her before the wind, the mi‘/;zcn and main.
masts were cut away. By this time the water
had reached the 1.'if'.l_'.l‘pCC1l{, so that they gave up
pumping us lie-iug altngctlicr useless. Relieving;
tackles were put to the tiller, 4 men to each tackle
and 2 to the whccl, to steer her as much as pos-
sible before the wind. 'l’l~.c S:".l now burst over
the vessel v«itl‘. grit-at f4n'c":', Izl:-tl carried away all
the rails of the poop but a i”-:w to ',-rhicli rope.-.
were hislicd; 2ll.‘Ll to those ilii.-y Cltm_p_’ to s'.ti'c
tlicmselvcza from l~tiiig; wzislicd i~."ci'lir-;=."rl; oven
the tzifzail \t=.i.s wr.':i‘.cl‘.«-.'l up and uz-.>:ln.-d spray.-—
Iii this (Z(JllI.llilUll tucy coi:tii:ueil. tl7"ll the caliiii
becanic half lull of ‘miter, 2n~.d tlic *.=':a niulziiig a
clear jiaisszigc (;~(.'t' the deck. that \\'l_"(’ (‘l)llf.fL?(i 1;)
go upon the. in-"up. the only part of in." ‘.'t35i?\(7l not
continually ll'i‘.'.lCl‘ r. 1-.t«.-1‘. About ll'Iltl-=Tl':’-_‘,‘ ,
lain procured fx'u)l)‘.i‘.lllllll1tl'l£2(;i¥.Cl'll} tho ::._.‘oiu A.
small bag of l)l‘L‘L‘,(l, 2-. of rum. 2: jar of g_{i1,», ;i.;._,'
a half firkin of butter, lllll illfiltt witl‘. ll:<_' L.-;.~(.--.4-
ion of the gin, vscrc v.:.:,.l*.r:.'l ";\1'l“_l'l)(Ii.ll(l by the Si,'£‘..
The gal: now blew ‘.‘.‘lill iiici'eascd VlOl-';‘l:L"C, am]
the sea runhiiig i‘ni.untaiiis high, lllttiiii‘ :3. Cl‘coa'
passage over the inuiii deck; lirol-:0 'tl'zi't’JL.",:)li 121:;
stern and through the bends. The dccl»; ti.‘.=bcr.
consisting of iarg-.3 logs, was ivaslicil ziway ; the
ring-bolts being torn from the decks, and the
stauclicous broken (l0‘.\'l‘l. The \'Cssi:l wotslrl un-
do‘-.ib‘.cdly have goiir: to pieces had 2-.llC I‘-rd ‘us-t=n
kept as ea.-sy as possililc by stccriz:;;; l)'. l-.~:..; :l_-,;
wind. All this day (\\'c-'iiiesil;iy) :hi>_v ilittl twili-
ing to eat. and '-i-crc in crusiinual ap;,=ro':icnsio;v of
being waslied away. On the l.(}ll(1\Vll)'l{‘ «Eu; the
gale began toaliatea little, so that, tlsiicglt Urciicli-
cd every niomentby tho 1'.'C‘¢l,llit'_V h.=.il s-zmic shil-
tcr from the cold Ulltltl‘ the poop. ',vl.crc tl.ey pi}-
ed up cables, wet sails and slaves. E’: laws: 1; them-
sclvcs out of watci‘. a d on which they lay down.
The ft-oiit part of the poop was eiiiiicly beaten
out by the sen. Tlicy lllcll thought a fi; : would
serve to t‘cI.lVt: them. ljsttt had no in-::ans of strik-
ing a light, or of _I}l‘0t'.lll'lllg‘ any CCl‘lll.":l.~;lii.‘lt: Sui)-
stancc amidst the l0t‘l‘t.‘li’.s that Slll‘l‘nt.lllLl'<’(l them.
Most of the crew, so on-.~xpt:cted this the disaster,
had neither hats n.or stockings, and their clotlies
were constantly soaked vith salt \l".l'.-‘.'!'.. * 'l'licrc
wazs now nothing left on l)oarc‘.,’ S'rl_V5 tin; nmm,
‘ that could be of any relief to ias; ncitficr im-at,
drink, or clothing, except a bzirr;-l cl ;‘i'_‘ll§ Clllll
beef, which were so salt that tliougli St,/.l.~i‘_‘ lilSl("(l a
mouthful. others pru(lci'itly (lcsisttd. The slllj)
from being \v.i:crliig:i1(:d was very uiii'ii;;ra;.;i able;
during the (lay they steered by (‘oiiip:is'-, ;.:.r.l at
night by Sllll'S1.lS well as they could gizcsn ir.\~-.1;-.-,1,
the cast‘. V‘-.’lieti the sen lie-Came. high, thc-:_- 13¢.
ing a contiiiiiruice of galcs, tlnt:_v uc-re ’_ll'l‘u'Cll to
the poop, where they held on the i‘opc-5..
day also they had nothing to cat. in this dre:ir.'~-
ful condition they remaiut-(l for some (lays. l’;irt
ofa cask of wzitcr was got aft, but it was at first
two thirds salt, and latterly no freshcr lliztll the
wave that washed over them. It was, liov.'cvcr,
generally drank except by 2 or 3 of the men, and
u as eagerly resorted to by those in particuhir who
afterwards died, who asked for it as last as it:
could be handed to them. After a week of pri-
vation another man dicd, and on the next day a
fourth. The captain liad a dog on l)i'.‘dl'(l, which
being a favorite he was unwilling to l<ill until the
last extrei'i'.ity. After being 9 days without nour-
ishment or water, save a few drops caught on the
poop when it rained, and which owiiig to the spray
was little fresher than the sea itself, it was repre-
sented to the captain that they must all pcrishl
unless the dog was killed for subsistence. To
this he at length agreed, and the animal being
bled to death, tlic mute served out every part
luiililully and economically, by dividing the blood
with a table spoon; three table spoonfuls to each
man, and the liver. heart and kidneys were tlitldecl
into 15 shares cach, and distributed for that day’.~;
subsistence. About this time the capain. who
had tliroughout suppressed the expression of his
sufferiiigs lest he slioold intimidate his men, bc.
caine deranged; rushed upon deck; bid(}od ble:-s
his wife and children, spoke of mutiny in the ship,
and used other incoherent language. He was
prevailecl upon to go to his cot, where, after 24.
hours of insanity and 5llffc'l'lng, he cxpircd. The
whole of the survivors now became so weal; [I]',,[
only the n‘l3tc: and 3 others could stand; lliesc
stecrocl ihc vcsssol as \\'L'll as they could louarrls
the (:.t:~;t, the \‘vt:.*&l(.l'l}’ gales still prevailing. As
they conjcctozcil they had sailed, since water-
logged, about 500 miles, they were in hopes of
seeing the l..iul of lrc~laiid, or they would have
given up every rxcriioii of preservation; but on
the afici'iiooii of the ttth day, it became more
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