Having become acquainted with those painful circumstances, he humanely determined to call at Ducie's island, and be instrumental in restoring three unfortunate fellow-creatures to society, particularly as this island was no great distance out of his tract from Valparaiso to New Holland. On Thursday, the 5th of April, captain Raine, considering himself within a very short distance of Ducie's island, which is laid down in Norie's Epitome to be in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. S., and long. 124 deg. 37 min. W., kept a good look-out. At about 2 p. m. land was perceived, which turned out to be an island in lat. 24 deg. 26 min. As the vessel neared the land, a gun was discharged, and shortly after the three poor men were seen to issue forth from the woods. The boats were presently lowered, captain Raine taking one himself. On approaching the shore, it was found not only dangerous, but utterly impracticable, to land, of which circumstance they were informed, in weak and tremulous voices, by the almost starved and nearly worn-out creatures themselves, who could scarcely, from the miserable plight they were in, articulate a syllable. One poor fellow summoned up courage to plunge into the waves, and with great difficulty reached the boat: he said one of the others only could swim. After warily backing in the boat as near the rocks as possible, amidst a heavy surf, they succeeded in getting on board, much bruised and lacerated by repeated falls; which object was no sooner effected, than each devoutly expressed his gratitude to that benign Being, who had so wonderfully preserved them from sharing in the destruction to which their unhappy shipmates had fallen victims. These men are now with captain Raine, and declare their names to be Thomas Chappel, William Wright, and Seth Weeks; and the following is the account they gave of what had befallen them:-They sailed from Nantucket in the American ship Essex, of two hundred and sixty tons, G. Pollard, master, on the 19th of August, 1819, on a whaling voyage; they arrived in the South Seas, where they were pretty fortunate, having succeeded in procuring 750 barrels of oil, and were in the latitude of 47 deg. south, and long. 118 west, when the accident happened, which was on the 13th of November, 1820. On that day they were among whales, and the three boats were lowered down: the mate's boat was stoved, and had returned to the ship to be repaired. Shortly after, a whale of the largest class struck the ship, and knocked part of the false keel off, just abreast of the main channels. The animal then remained for some time along-side, endeavouring to clasp the ship with her jaws, but could not accomplish it; she then turned, went round the stern, and came up on the other side, and went away a-head about a quarter of a mile, and then suddenly turning, came at the ship with tremendous velocity, head on. The vessel was going at the rate of five knots, but such was the force when she struck the ship, which was under the cat-head, that the vessel had stern-way, at the rate of three or four knots; the consequence was, that the sea rushed into the cabinwindows, every man on deck was knocked down, and worse than RHODES OXFO HOUS 202 ANNUAL REGISTER. all, the bows were stove completely in, and in a very few minutes the vessel filled, and went on her beam-ends. At this unhappy juncture, the captain and second mate were fast to a whale each; but on beholding the awful catastrophe that had taken place, immediately cut from the fish, and made for the ship. By cutting away the masts, the vessel righted; the upper deck was then scuttled, and some water and bread were prepared for the two boats, in which the crew were compelled to remain, thoughts of saving the ship were given up. In expectation of falling in with some vessel, they remained three days by the wreck, &c. but were compelled at length to abandon it, and stood the southward, in hopes of getaway to ting the variable winds and experiencing fine weather; but the wind being constantly from the east and east south-east, they as all [1821. made much lee-way, and were prevented from keeping to the southward; in consequence of which, on the 20th of December, they made the island from which captain Raine took them, and which was supposed to be Ducie's Island, at which place the boats remained island affording hardly any nouone week; but the rishment, in fact exhibiting nothing but sterility, they resolved leaving behind them the three to endeavour to reach the coast, men who were rescued by captain Raine. the 86 departments, of which the FRANCE. The population of kingdom of France, according to the treaties of 1814 and 1815, now consists, amounted, in the duals. In the year 1819, there year 1820, to 30,407,907 individeaths; making an were 990,023 births, and 786,338 births amounting to 203,685. excess of RAIN. The following is an account of the quantities of rain which have fallen in each month, in the years 1820 and 1821, as observed in the parish of St. Thomas's, near Exeter : January February March April May June 1820. July 1.05 July 2.98 August 2.17 August 2.38 September October 2.42 September 5.68 October 3.10 3.36 November 1.62 November 5.44 December 2.49 December 8.56 26 inches 57-100ths. 41 inches 58-100ths. APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1821. Bedfordshire Berkshire. John Thomas Brooks, of Flitwick, Esq. Buckinghamshire ..Charles Scott Murray, of Hambleden-house, esq. Cheshire Cumberland. Cornwall Derbyshire Devonshire Dorsetshire Glocestershire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent... ...Thomas Wilson, of Llandican, esq. .John Marshal, of Hallstead, esq. ..John White, of Up. Cerne, esq. ...Robert Westley Hall, the younger, of Great Illford, esq. ..William Miller, of Ozleworth, esq. ...... John Biddulph, of Ledbury, esq. Joseph Timperon, of New Barnes, esq. Sir John Shelley Sydney, of Penshurst-castle, bart. Leicestershire George Moore, of Appleby, esq. .... Lincolnshire Rutlandshire ...... Oxfordshire..... Charles Peers, of Chiselhampton, esq. Shropshire Southampton ......Thomas Deane Shute, of Burton-house, esq. Carmarthenshire.... Walter Rice Howell Powell, of Maesgyn, esq. Breconshire.. ..... NORTH WALES. Merionethshire......John Mytton, of Plas y Dinas, esq. .James Webster, of Derry, esq. Montgomeryshire ..Valentine Vickers, of Criggion, esq. BIRTHS. JANUARY. 2. THE MARCHIONESS of BLAND FORD, a daughter. 6. At Harrington-house, the duchess of Leinster, a son. 15. In Brook-street, Curzon, a son and heir. viscountess At Hatton-house, Middlesex, the wife of captain Langslow (Bengal Establishment), of a daughter, her fifth child. The eldest was born in Africa, the second in Asia, the third in North America. At Upton-house, Old Alresford, the lady of the hon. colonel Onslow, a son. 21. At Ember-court, Surrey, the lady of sir Charles Sullivan, bart. a daughter. 26. At Bishop's-court, Devon, lady Graves, a son. 29. At Knockdrin (Westmeath), lady Levinge, a son. 31. At Westport-house, Ireland, marchioness of Sligo, a son. At Holme-wood, Hunts, lady Elizabeth Wells, a daughter. Lately. At South-town, Dartmouth, the wife of W. Newman, jun esq. three daughters. Lady John Campbell, a son, heir presumptive to the house of Argyll. FEBRUARY. 1. At her father's, lieut.-gen. sir John Macleod, in St. James's-park, lady Gardiner, a daughter. 2. In Highbury-place, Mrs. John Morgan, a son. 3. At Westover-house, Isle of Wight, the lady of sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, bart. M. P. a daughter. The wife of G. B. Robinson, esq. of Burton-cresent, a daughter. 5. The lady of hon. Thomas Stapleton, eldest son of lord Le Despencer, a son and heir. 15. At Albury-park, lady Harriet Drummond, a son. 16. At 55, Welbeck-street, lady Lillie, a son. 20. In Crawford-street, the wife of Alexander M'Innes, esq. of the second regiment of life-guards, a daughter. 21. In Berkeley-square, lady Harriet Paget, a daughter. 28. The lady of sir Compton Domville, bart. M. P. a son. 5. Lady Theodosia Spring Rice, a son. 6. At Harrow, the lady of the rev. Dr. Butler, a daughter. In Charles-street, Berkeley-square, lady Jane Neville, a daughter. 8. At Teignmouth, the lady of sir Edwin Francis Stanhope, bart. a son. 20. At Norwich, the lady of captain Campbell, of the 9th lancers, a son. 21. In Burton-crescent, the lady of sir James C. Anderson, bart. a daughter. 27. The lady of major-general Birch Reynardson, a daughter. 28. The lady of capt. Chalmer, R. A. BIRTHS. 8. At Hastings, the lady of lieut.col. Parker, R. H. artillery, a son. Lately, the lady of capt. Potter, R.N. a daughter. At Elliot-place, near Gosport, the lady of captain C.G. Blake. R.N. a daughter. 10. At his house in New-street, Spring-gardens, the lady of J. H. Tremayne, esq. M. P. a daughter. 13. At her house, in Devonshirestreet, Portland-place, lady Frederica Stanhope, a son and heir. In Sloane street, the lady of captain W. G. B. Protheroe, a son. At Truro, the lady of lieut.-col. John Austin (late of 58th regt.), brigadier-gen. in the service of his majesty the king of Portugal, a son. 14. In Portland-place, the lady of Peter Free, esq. a son. At Twickenham, the lady of capt. Wilbraham, R.N. a daughter. 15. At her house, in Bryanstonesquare, lady Catherine Fellowes, a daughter. In Dover-street, the lady of W. M. Pitt, esq. M. P. a daughter, and a son on the morning of the 17th. 20. In Spring-gardens, the right hon.lady Elizabeth Smyth, adaughter. JUNE. 4. At Farley-hill, lady Lucy Stephenson, a son. 5. At Maize-hill, Greenwich, the lady of capt. Macbearn, royal artillery, a son. 7. At Brandon, Suffolk, the wife of the Rev. Algernon Peyton, a daughter. 9. In Harley-street, the wife of Thomas Somers Cocks, esq. a son. 8. At Brompton-crescent, the lady of lieut.-col. Hook, 16th regt. a son. 9. The lady of John Poynder, esq. a son. Lately, at the house of her father, W. Williams, esq. M. P. for Wey. mouth, the lady of capt. H. Loraine Baker, R. N. a son. At Inveresk-house, near Edinburgh, the seat of lady Seaforth, the hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, of Seaforth, a son. At Kilkenny, the lady of lieut.-col. Wade, 12th Royal Highlanders, a son. The Infanta Donna Carlotta, consort of his royal highness the Infant Don Francisco y Pablo, brother of the king of Spain, a princess, named Isabella. At Florence, Mrs. Edward Seymour, a daughter. 21. Lady Dunbar, of Booth, a son. 22. At Hambledon-house, the lady of Chas. Scott Murray, esq. a daughter. 25. In Langham-place, the lady of sir James Langham, bart. a son. 28. At Putney, the lady of John Paterson, esq. capt. of hon. East India company's ship Repulse, a son. 29. At King's Weston, the lady of Wm. Dickinson, esq. M.P. a son. 30. At the Cottage, Southgate, the lady of S. A. Curtis, esq. a daughter. At Catton, Derbyshire, the lady of the hon. and rev. R. Carleton, a daughter. JULY. 2. In Great Marlborough-street, the lady of J. E. Conant, esq. a daughter. 3. At Denne-park, the lady of Edward Bligh, esq. a daughter. 6. The lady of col. Gwynne, of Glan. bran-park, Caermarthenshire, a son. 7. În Albemarle-street, the countess of Lusi, a daughter. In Gloucester-place, the lady of John Forbes Mitchell, esq. a son. 8. At St. Leonard's, Essex, the lady of capt. Korhight, Coldstream-guards, a son. 10. The lady of And. Spottiswoode, esq. of Bedford-square, a daughter. 14. At Sindlesham-lodge, Berks, the lady of T. R. Harman, esq. a son. At Cambridge, the lady of captain Purches, R. N. a son. 15. The hon. Mrs. Newnham Collingwood, a daughter. 17. At Cheltenham, the lady of J. Fielden, esq. Witton-house, Lancashire, a daughter. 19. In Lower Grosvenor-street, the right hon. lady Catherine Whyte Melville, a son. The lady of Paulet St. John Mildmay, esq. M. P. a son. 23. In Gloucester-place, Portmansquare, the lady of Wm. Thompson, esq. M. P. a son. Lately, the lady of Thos. Nichols, esq. Burton, Dorset, a son and heir. Lately, at Edinburgh, the lady of G. Macpherson Grant, esq.M.P.a daughter. 24. At Ensham-hall, Oxfordshire, the lady of John Ruston, esq. a son. 25. At Allerton-park, lady Stourton, a daughter. 26. At Brynker, Caernarvonshire, the lady of Jos. Huddart, esq. high sheriff of that county, a son. 29. In Seymour-place, Park-lane, the lady of the hon. Berkeley Octavius |