foremaft was fome time before it went, as they could not clear it off the thip's fide; the therefore remained with her head off thore till he went to pieces. A yaw! was hoifted out, which was ftove immediately; they then made a raft, but the feven-inch kawfer, by which it was made faft, breaking, it drove athore with four men on it; three of whom were drowned. When the ship was loft, two Lafcars fwam on fhore with a lead line, and made a hawfer faft to a piece of rock. Many of the failors got ahore by this means, but the quarter-mafer and eight feamen were drowned in the attempt; one was drowned in fwimming athore, and two loft their lives in the thip, immediately after the ftruck. Robert Price, the Captain's boy, about 14 years old (who is arrived in London) in getting afhore, was forced off the hawfer, and his head dashed against a rock by a violent fea; and received fo bad a cut, of which the maik remains, that he was unable to help himself, and must have pezifhed, had not one Francis de Larfo, Dapith feaman, got hold of his hair, and fufpended him, till with other affiftance he was able to fave him. About one A. M. the fhip had parted all her chains, at which time there were near 100 perfons on board; the fhip lying down very much, they got the ladies out at the tarboard quarter gallery, and when the parted, the fide funk down into the fea with them all upon it, and floated into fhallow water; the body of the wreck breaking off the fwell, the failors were enabled to get the Fadies and children on shore. Capt. Talbot, of the navy, and fome others, came afhore on the fore-part of the wreck. Though thus providentially faved from the fury of the watery element, they had ftill a dreary profpećt before them; on thore In a country without a guide to inform them how to proceed, or an ability to defend themfelves against the ferocity of the favage inhabitants, whofe attacks they hourly, dreaded. They however constructed a tent of a new mizen top-fail, for the ladies, &c. on the flattifh part of the rock, where they Fortunately found plenty of freth water. A little to the northward of where the hip Was loft was a creek, into which many things drove on thore, particularly a cafk of wine; plenty of beef and pork, but molly in pieces; a cafk of flour, and fome of their. hoss, which the natives, who had now numeroally affembled, killed; one boar, indeed, gave them fome trouble, for when they approached, he turned up his frout, and grunted in fo hideous a manner, that they were afraid to feize him, but killed him with a lance. While the crew remained by the wreck, the natives did not offer any violence, but ftole what they liked, and rin away, they took nothing indeed but ton, or what other metal they could, not feeming to regard the many bales drove on fhore, farther than flitting them with their lances for diverfion. After paffia three days by the wreck, under continual apprehenfions of the natives, they concerted what steps were most proper to be taken, in order to proceed on their journey to the Cape, to which the Captain affured them they might travel in 16 or 17 days. They accordingly collected provifion for about eight or nine days, which was as much as they could carry; of this, and what cloaths they could pick up, the steward made a distribution. All their arms confified of five or fix cutlaffes; plenty of fire-arms were driven on thore, but rendered ufetefs from a want of gunpowder.-On Wednesday morning (Aug. 7.) this company of forlorn travellers fet out, leaving John Bryan, who was lame and unable to walk, and Joshua Glover, an idiot, with the wreck. The chief mate, being fick, was carried; the 2d mate led the van, the captain in the rear, and the ladies formed the center. As foon as they began their march, the natives threw ones and hove their lances at then; but no great damage was fuftained by thefe attacks. They travelled along the cliffs, never far from the coal, and always in fight of the fea, except in paffing the hollows; they fometimes found paths of the Caffres, and in fome places grafs; and along the shore fome parts were fandy, fome parts rocky. The day after leaving the wreck, they fell ip with a man lighter-coloured than the natives, with ftraight hair; they fuppofed him a Malayman; he came up to them, clapping his hands and calling Engles, Engles he talked Dutch with John Suffman, and told them the Cape was a great way off! and being defired to guide them, he faid he couldnot, as he was afraid of being killed if he went into the Chriftian country: they of fered him any money if he would condu&t them; he faid he did not want money, bus copper: they faid they would load him with copper; but he would not go. He advifed them to keep along the coaft, for that inland they would meet the Bofchemen Hottentots, who would kill them all. This man was with the natives, who did not appear to be the fame kind of people as thofe where the fhip was loft, because they were taller and not fo black, and had their cheeks painted red, with feathers in their heads like off rich feathers. The Malayman turned out to be a rogue, as he fhewed the natives where their pockets were, which they made very free with; the Captain having a tuck-ftick in his hand, one of them fnatched it from him, but returned it at the perfuafion of the Malayman, foon after this a party of the natives, with whom was the Malayman, came and cut off the buttons of fome who wore metal ones. About three or four days after leaving the wreck, the Captain going up a very high hill, took a lance from one of the natives, who endeavoured by figns and intreaty, as his words were fuppofed, to get it back, but to no purpose: There was no village then in fight, but he went away to a village and called his countrymen, who came out in great numbers with their lances and targets. The Captain put the ladies, and thofe who were unable to do any thing, upon a rifing ground with the baggage, and then attacked the natives, and drove them out of the village. The weapons used by the natives were targets made of hides to cover themfelves, fo that when our people threw ftones at them, they could never hurt them; they had reddifh flicks, feemingly dyed, with a wooden knob at the end, and lances; but not chofing to lole the iron of their lances, they drew out the lance-ftaffs and tharpened the end, and threw thefe ftaffs at our people: With one of these they truck Mr. Newman's ear; he was tunned and fell down, en which the natives made a great shout. One of the natives having fallen down in running away, he was overtaken by the boatswain and others, and bruifed terribly; but the Captain told them not to kill any. Afterwards the natives brought fweet potatoes, to excharge for the lance-staffs and Hicks they had thrown at our people. They then fat down peaceably round, and the Captain had fome toys which he gave them, and they went away; after flopping about two hours, our people proceeded, the natives not molefting them. Having proceeded, after beating the natives, about three or four miles farther, in the evening, the Malay came up with them; he laughed at the skirmish that had happened, and being afked which was the right road, faid, that which he was going. He had been at the wreck, where he had loaded himfelf with iron, and had on a long gown of the Captain's. After the Malay left them, they marched on and met other natives, from whom they got fome fweet potatoes for buttons; at night they took up their lodgings under a bank, with a running ftream of fresh water in the hollow beneath. Next day they came to a village where the Malayman's houfe was; he brought his child to them, and asked for copper. After leaving the Malayman's village, they came to a creek, which they paffed at low water, it was then about noon; they went on till evening, when they found water by the fide of a hill: There the Caffres came down and furrounded them, wanting to take buttons and futh like from them, and wanting to fearch the ladies, but were beaten off. The Lafcars went off in a body, and the natives followed and robbed them. In the morning the ladies waded over the river, bread-high, being fupported by the failors, who carried over the children; this was the first river fince they left the fhip; it was fall, and after they got up the hill on the osher fide, they saw it almost dry by the ebbing of the tide; this was about a week after leaving the wreck. After croting the river, fome of the people fet out traggling, leaving the Captain and ladies behind. The Captain was not fick, but out of heart when they parted, and their provifion was not then expended; thofe who are arrived in London know nothing after this of the Capt. or ladies; they parted from them about ten days after the ship was loft. The natives never offered to carry away any of the ladies; nor offered them any of thofe injuries fo induftriously circulated. Exclufive of the Lafcars party, and those whe went with him, fifty other perfons left the Captain, with whom there remained fortyfix, including officers, paffengers, ladies, children, &c. The day they parted from the Captain and Tadles, they came up again with the Lafcars in a little wood. The day after (Aug 16.) they came to a river's mouth where three of the party chofe to halt, in order to fwim acrofs. The Lafcare alfo parted from them again: the main body went up three days along the banks, which were very hilly and fleep; and then croffed where its depth was about up to their middle. The French Colonel (D'Elpinette) was left before they croffed the river, being quite fpent with fatigue; and two days after they had croffed (Aug. 19.), Cant. Talbot was alfo unable to proceed: His cockfwain wanted to stay with him, but Capt. Talbot would not let him; there were no natives then with them, but they faw fome huts foon after. About eight or ten days after leaving the Captain, it was thought they were fill too many to get provisions, and they parted again; the party which fet out firft, confifted of 23 perfons, among whom was Robert Price and Barney Larey, who are arrived in London. The fift party continued on the fea coat, the natives fill about them, but dropping off 1le by little. The natives minded nothing but metal; one of the Caffres took a watch, and broke it with a fone, picked the pieces out and fluck them in his hair. They met a young black Portugueze, in a houfe by a falt-water river with the fea: he had two Ciffre women near him; he had no cows, but gave them fome fith, which he cooked for them, together, with what thell filh they had picked up, and fome white roots, like potatoes. The other party, 22 in number, went inland, and were three days out of fight of the fea; they faw no inhabitants, but many wild beafts. Being diflrefied for provifions, they returned to the coaft, where they fed on fhell fith, and fared pretty well when they came up with a dead whale, of which they faw three or four. In about three weeks or a month after paiting with the Captain and dies, they came into a fandy country; by this time they were fep rated inte fmall parties. The parties in which T. T. Lewis (now in London) was, confifted of 11 perfons. At the end of 49 days from 1:aving the thip, according to the carpenter's account, Capt. Talbot's fervant Ifaac, who had been his cockfwain, and Patrick Barn, joined them; but foon after the carpenter, Thomas Page, died, and was buried in the fand. Afterwards Lewis came to another river, where he joined feveral; here he eat a piece of whale, which made him fick. From ihence he went back feven days by himself, and staid with the Caffres three months, in which time Feançon and Paro came to the fame village. When they had been about three weeks with the Caffres, William Hubberley, Mr. Shaw's fervant, came there; he told them all his companions were dead. About 16 or 18 days after Hubberley came, Feançou and Paro left the village; after a month's abfence Feançon returned, and told him that Paro was dead. Feançon was nine days in the defert, without water but his own urine, and then Paro died, The Dutch had by this time come to the knowledge of the wreck, and had fent Daniel King from the Dutch Farms through the country, and on the 15th Jan. 1783, ten or cleven days after fetting out from the village, he met at Sondage River the waggons going towards the wreck, with Jeremiah Evans and Francifco De Larfo with them; they got within 5 days journey of the wreck, but came back, their horfes being tired. They had feen no tokens of the ladies or Captain, except that they faw in a Caffre houfe a great coat which they thought was the Captain's; in their journey they faw feveral dead bodies. De Larfo came from the Cape in the fame fhip with Robert Price (viz. Laurwig, Capt. Stainbeck) and is gone to Denmark; in the fame thip came alfo Wm Hubberly, the 2d mate's fervant, and Francifco Feançon, who had remained with the Caffies, and were brought from thence by the Hottentots, at the fame time with Lewis; thefe are alfo gone to Denmark. Arrived in London:-Rob. Price, Barney Larey, J. Warmington, and Tho. Lewis. Gone to Copenhagen: William Hubber ley, J. Hynes, Fra. Fearçon, and De Larfo. Left at the Cape.-Jeremiah Evans, and fome of the Lafcars. The following perfons were left with Capt. Coxon, of whom no accounts are received: -Mr. Logie, chief mate; Mr. Beale, third ditto; Mr. Harris, fifth ditto; Mr. Haye, purfer; Mr. Nixon, furgeon; Robert Rea, boatfwain; John Hunter, gunner; William Mixon, quarter-meter; George M'Daniel, carpenter's first mate; James Mauleverer, ditto, fecond ditto; John Edkins, caulker; William Stevens, butcher; Frank Mafoon, Dom. Kircanio, Jof. Andree, Matthew Bell, Roque Pandolpho, John Stevens, John Pope, feamen; Jof. Thomfon, chief mate's fervant; James Vandefteen, boatswain's ditto; John Hill, gunner's ditto; Ant. da Cruzaj Paffengers left with Capt. Coxon:-Col. Black fervants:-George Sims, Reynel, Dow, Betty, Sally, Mary, Hoakim, M. Plaideaux de Lifle, J. Rouffeau. The following perfons died on their way to the Cape:-William Thomfon, midfhipman; Thomas Page, carpenter; Heury Lillburne, fhip's fteward; Mafter Law; Thomas Simmonds, quarter-mafter; Robert Auld, cooper; William Couch, Captain's fteward; Lau. Jonefque, boatswain's yeoman; All. Schultz, Thomas Parker, Patrick Burne, R. Fitzgerald, and John Blain, feamen; Mr. Williams, Mr. Taylor, and John Suffman, paffengers. Left in different parts, exclufive of those who remained with the Captain :James Thomfon, quarter mafler; George Reed, armourer; Mr. Shaw, fecond mate; Mr. Trotter, fourth ditto; George Creighton, caulker's mate; Laurence M'Ewen, Edw. Monck, John Squires, Ifaac Blair, Wm. Fruel, Charles Berry, James Simpson, Ja cob Angel, John Howes, and John Brown, feamen; William Ellis, Edw. Crocker, and James Stockdale, difcharged foldiers. An ACT respecting the regulation of Trade with Great Britain, made by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, June 1, 1783. WHEREAS, Gince the treaty of peace between Great Britain and United States, it is improper to prevent sub- jects of Great Britain from holding property in veffels belonging to, and owned by, citizens of this State, and veffels ought to be entered and cleared from or to any part of the British dominions: Be it enacted, by the General Affembly of Maryland, that hereafter, in granting regifters, fuch past thereof as prevents the fubjects of G› cat Britain from bolding shares or interefts in vessels (one third whereof belongs to citizens of this State) fball in future be omitted, and every regifter hereafter granted fhall be couched fo as only to prevent fubjects of any flate at enmity or war with this State, or the United States, or any of them, from having property in any veffel declared by law to belong to this State, and entitled to privileges as fuch; and the oath required of the matter of every veffel, on entry, fhall alfo be amended in the Tame manner. And it is hereby declared to be lawful for any naval officer to enter or clear any veffel from or to any part of the British dominions, in the fame manner as to any other kingdom or flate in amity with this fate. FOREIGN FOREIGN ADVICES. Conflantinople, June 25. The report is renewed, with additional HE report is renewed, with additional joning with the Crimea (of which the is mittrefs) Beffarabia, Budz:ack, and Cuban, which bas re-excited the general clamour for war among the people; and has divided the Seraglio into two parties. It is faid the Mufti lately drank a dish of chocolate in which fome hurtful preparation had been infufed, and died very foon after. Warsaw, July 2. Accounts are received here of the plague breaking out at Cherfon, at Oczakow, and in the country adjacent; that in the Crimea this diffemper raged with great violence; and it having begun to manifeft itself on the frontiers of this kingdom, orders bave been fent to the Polish troops to form a cordon, to prevent its further progrefs. Gaz. By later accounts the plague has ceafed at Conftantinople and at Smyrna. Peterburgh, Aug. 1. The Empress has published a manifefto, figned by her own hand, of which the following is the fubftance: "That, during the last war, the bleffings of conqueft and fuccefs put it into her Majefty's power, without the leaft injustice, to have kept poffeffion of Crimea after having conquered it; but from the best and most difinterested motives fhe was determined, if poffible, to procure independence, peace, and tranquillity to Crimea; but that her Majefty, from the various difcontents and troubles which had arifen in that Peninfula from the conclufion of peace to this time, had found all her hopes of the re-eftablith'ment of harmony entirely at an end, and therefore had refolved to take poffeffion of Crimea, the Cuban, and the inland of Taman; but at the fame time that her Majefly 'announced to thofe people their charge of Government, the moft folemnly promifes them both during her reign, and that of her fucceffors, to treat them in every refpect equal to her own fubjects, to leave them the free exercife of their religion, to protect and to defend them, and in fhort to make not the leaft difference between them and her Ruffian fubjects; hoping that, after having restored peace and fecurity among them, they will by their future conduct merit the further continuance of her Imperial favour." Prince D'Afkow is returned from C imea with the fubmiffion of the Tartars of Crimea, the Cuban, and the Ile of Taman, to the Ruian domination; and great rejoicings took place among thofe people on that ac count. Vienna, Aug. 2. The troops affembled at Minckendorff have commenced their maRœuvres; their number amounts to 36,000 men. According to the fate of the Imperial GENT. MAG, Sept. 1783. ΙΟ army now on foot, the German, Hungarian, and Croat infantry form a tody of 205,550. cavalry the cavalry, confifting of 234 fquadrons, form 48,613; the artillery 8,958; and the tfolks or marines employed on the Danube, the fappers, the pontoniers, and miners, 12.740; which make the total of the army amount to 275,861 men; in this calculation the grenadiers, engineers, chaffeurs, arquebufiers, and general officers, are not included. Hague, Aug. 21. By authentic accounts we find that the Emprefs of Ruffia has pofitively excufed herself from accepting the mediation of the Court of France, under pretence that things are gone too far; thus a war between the two Imperial Courts and the Ottoman Porte feems certain. Algiers, June 25. We daily expect here the hoftile vifit of which the Spaniards divulged their intention (fee p. 705) foon enough for our putting ourfelves in a state of defence. All the Chriftian flaves, negroes, jews, &c. are employed on the fortifications. Twenty thousand tents are prepared for the ufe of the inhabitants, in cafe the Spaniards fhould deftroy the city. All the Corfair veffels have been funk, with the defign of obftructing the entrance of the port. Confidable rewards have been promifed for thofe who fignalize themfelves against the enemy. One thoufand fequins are to be given to him who fhall take the first fhip of the enemy, 800 for the fecond, and for the other prizes a premium of 500 ducats. Madrid, Aug. 8. Accounts are received from Don Barcelo, that, after arriving within eight miles of Algiers, his fleet has been difperfed by a violent eaft wind; but that, uniting again, he had the good fortune to arrive in the Bay of Algiers on the 29th of last month, and began the bombardment of that place on the 21ft inftant, which was warmly returned by the fortrefs; on the 2d he bombarded it again, when 22 row gilleys set off from the Mole in order to endeavour to break the Spanish line, but were foon repulfed. On that day 375 bombs were thrown into the place, which fet fire to it in two places; the third attack took place next morning at half pan fix o'clock, and lafted till a quarter after feven. The Captain who brought the dif patches reports, that, of the three firft bombs which were fired, two fell in the middle of the city; that the firing was fo brifk, and fo well kept up, that he conftantly faw eight or nine bombs in the air at a time; he believes that this attack was more fuccefsful than the two preceding; but he could not fee its effects, on account of the fimoak illuing from the Algerine batteries, the fire from which was more violent than the evening before. Letters of a later date from Gibralter ad-. vife, that part of the Spanish fleet was returned to Cadiz from Algiers, after bom barding barding that city for feveral days, and laying a confiderable part of it in afhes: the Dey, during the bombardment, obliged the Chriftian flaves to work on the breaches hade by the artillery and bombs, amidf fhowers of thot, and in fight of the Spanish fleet, which nevertheless continued the attack without remiffion, frequently fetting fire to the city in five or fix places at once: the Spaniards, however, did not think proper to land, and only once made a difpofition for that purpofe, when the countenance kept up by the Moorish troops obliged the boats to return to the thipping. The lofs of the Moors is fuppofed to have been confiderable, as they expofed themfelves in whole troops to the thot of the fleet, and gave feveral inftances of the most daring valour, but, fortunately for the Spaniards, their ignorance in working the great guns rendered their moft formidable batteries of little efficacy. A letter from Madrid, by the way of France, has the following article: This court has received fome difagreeable news from South America, but the particulars are not publicly known; a fleet of thips is ordered to be got ready immediately, and Don Lewis Cordova is to have the command of it, and to take with him a number of transports, fufficient to carry two regiments of foldiers, which makes people conjecture that another infurrection is broke out in those parts." A letter from Laufanne, dated July 23, fays, "The harveft was very promifing, but a furious hurricane, attended with bail, has, within thefe few days, deftroyed all our hopes, especially in the district of 15 villages, among which are St. Saphorin, Coffonais, Chavrenais, le Creuz, Bavoy, Pentaras, and the town of Yverdum. The ftorms are continual in these parts. At Geneva the lightning had killed 15 perfons in a church" Legborn, Aug. 5 On the 30th ult. we had a violent form, when the lightning fell on one of the Ruffian men of war at anchor in this road, which, fhattered the main-maft, damaged all the others, and penetrated to the hold, broke one of the pumps, killed one man, and wounded three, one of whom is in the greatest danger, having had both his thighs broken. Ratisbon, Aug. 14. The Elector has forbidden the ringing of bells throughout all Bavaria during the ftorms. This prohibition is occafioned, on conftant experience, that lightning falls most frequently on thofe churches where this fanatick cuftom prevails. The prefent year efpecially hath demonftrat ed it in a very particular manner. Cracow in Poland, July 27. On the fixth inftant the form of thunder and lightning was the most awful ever known in this coun try. Some people counted 200 claps of thunder with almost inceffant flashes of lightning, by which 12 houfes were fet on fire, and feveral churches, with the Staroft's palace, much damaged. Next day fome pople were found dead in the street.." Franckfort, June 20. Last year the number of marriages in all the Pruffian dominions amounted to 43,743; births 205,407, of which ro5,822 were boys, and 29,585 girler the number of deaths was 171,101, of which 85,825 were males, and 85,276 females. The military were not included in this ac count. Copenhagen, Aug. 5. The late Princeft Charlotte Amelia has left by her will 100,000 rixdollars for the relief of poor young women; the firft clafs to confist of the diftreffed daughters of nobles, or officers in the Danish fervice; these to receive, from the age of five to ten, 50rixdollars annually; 100 to the age of 15; 150 till 20; and af terwards, if not married, zoo rixdollars for life. There are four other claffes, with annuities proportionably smaller. According to letters from Amfterdam, the college of admiralty at that place had concerted measures with the other four admiralties of the United Provinces, for keeping up the following force as a naval peace esta blishment. In the East-Indies.-One fhip of 50 guns, and 500 men; one ditto of 50 guns, 350 men; two ditto of 24 guns, 180 men; two ditto of 14 guns, go men. On the coast of Africa.-One ship of 40 guns, and 320 men; three of 16 guns, 110 men; exclufive of twelve gun-boats, to be employed up the feveral navigable rivers in that part of the globe, for the purposes of trade in the inland parts of the country, on the gold and tooth coafts. In the Mediterranean.-One fhip of 44 guns, and 350 men; two ditto of 28 guns, 21c men; two ditto of +4 guns, 210 men. In the West-Indies.-One ship of 56 guns, and 430 men; one of 44 guns, 340 men; three of 24 guns, 165 men; three of 16 guns, 100 men. For home fervice, at the Texel.-Three guardships, of 60 guns each, and 500 men one ditto of 50 guns, 400 men. At Helvoetluys. One guardship of 46 guns, and 300 men; one ditto of 28 guns, 180 men. At Fluthing. One guardship of 40 guns, and 240 men. At Rotterdam.-One guardship of 60 guns, and 460 men; oue ditto of 44 guns, 280 men. The admiralty of Amfterdam is to be charged with three-eighths of the expence of the whole, and the other four admiralties to furnish the rest. Extract of a letter from Rochford, Aug. 16. "The feet failed for Newfoundland cenfifts of La Fine, of 50, L'Envieufe 32, La Diane 28, Le Dane 20, and Le Cerf Volant and La Lievrette floops; they are under the command of M. de Corneillac, who has a ditinguishing flag. "The object of this little fquadron, is to protect the fishery, and allo to take poffeffion of |