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/UdrOtiettf tbt Dijbfgbs andDtlivrranee of Captain David Ha*M*DN{ uv from B* account just pukUJhtd by himftlf. (Cokthmetifrom nr in ft.) n BOUT eight in the morning,dtytain was ruminating in jr ,#m a bis-cabrtfOn the fate <Jf this anhappy wretch, Who bad but ii ZA fibree hours live, two oif hit people came haftiiV down •. £ with uncommon ardour in the it looks, and feicing both hit *T hands, fined their eyes upon Mm without faying a fyll ble. TMj captain, who recolleAed that they hftd thrown Campbell's body overboard, notwithstanding their neceflitits, *for Tear of catching his nbdnefs, now apprehended that fearing to oat Plat for the lame reason, they were come to facrifice him ih his stead; he therefore di fen gaged him fmby a sudden effort, and snatching up apiflfol,’ flood upon his defence. Thfc pbdrumd gaeffi% his mistake. made thift to tell him, that their be havioar was merely the effect of furprite and joy, that they had discover ed a lail, and that the fight had so overcome them, they were doable to {jmkS -at Theyfiaid, that the fail appeared to he a large uefTel, that it was to the •leewara, and stood for them in* as fair a direction as could be wished. The rest of the crew came down immediately afterwards, nnd cob firmed the report of a fail, but said that flic fcemod to bear away from them ap ron a contrary courfe.’"’ v'.s** * > r- The account of a veffePa being in fight of signals on whatever coorfe fhO fleered,’ (truck (he dt£td!fi fiftbTdch txeeffive and W he was very near expiring under it. As soon as he could (peak, he dire&- cd his people to make every possible signal of SfUefs; the (hip ltfelf in deed was ofignal of the 90ft (hiking kind, bsySte was people at a dntance might conclude there was nothing alive on board, mad foft&nd away without cikmiigaferar it. * * His orders wec Obeyed wsfixthe utmost alacrity, and as he lay U his cabin, ho had the-ineatpvcffible happiaefs of hearing them jampiog apoh deck, and crying oot 44 (he night us! she nighs us 1 (he is (landing this • 44 way!” a * ‘.a- 4 "’ ‘V’ ■ * The approach of the ship being more and more auuufeft every momeift, their ho^oaitrally encrcWefo but in the midftof this joy, they tfmin hered their amfbrtunate topmast Plat, and regretted that kwcould not tab made sensible of bis approadhiag deliverance. Tkrfr pafiion*. however, wdfeftdl-sharafteriftiak, anal they propofedacanof joy toha takenim auriayriyt* This die captain with groat prudence ftreauoufly opposed, aod at liagth, though with fomc difficulty, coasriucad them that thmr dm- Hveraaotm* great aeafure depended upon the JegfiUrityof that awtep** * 1 ‘ f J Aifibut ahflb mean thenrfrirg— up the criw WMck dbfMhn* made them all very drualmbtfcraihowMaf could and be *ililmsiirafl TiTrfrrih-jmdi ts it Wi-t*-'* stdi mfoi m J** of the vessel for fomfiltfum. with alhafie tamfikt and aettadba of aiM task focbwdafpeaee could act fail do produce, they had wemorti fication to find the gafettwaliy dib 4#ay, (a tkmM or del iiririj adlniiidli aero miles diftaat { they <fid not, bhwOvcr, £wg ~r lrns ilmiffhiuni#iiilmirj rfim fm s few minutes they few ffmdkfltV]pa*out kem tibAifb aafßoanHdb thsnrfb&nwaftffd, adfitfieiMimti iDcdbamdahlomloaaflimhht r pfldhbwtaat they were. ’ * A^Malc ? aidAi 1 ibi riirltfcferilQydttwmat of his cubia, dad to nndtowy warn fcft totting of, wkeaohbwf Ibeaa obfervedSTtSTsdSwa. Wring* JUmelytolled * add • thabamhfiiod’ haijafthfibim power to crawFt© thegsold did and teak of *vmrnrmt> m:M ’ - MirWiillh ddMNflidmiß the poor drunken croatui* on bbard, i fit ~Mripffia In ar — 1 the ship. ia commanded by to wy berftff iu * •Jb**j*wd condition, and fb short of provifiCns. as *0 be obliged tolt^ thud's Eidsfeoaitbe fc^ia The one James Doud who (hot the aegroe, and one Warner a fcw Jf’ £ DiN £ S D 24 Y November ’.5, ~1765. Itasor ivc^ - lat |oodnu ed mad during the vbyaro, no whether he afterwards wwhro not told.i when Captam Harsifbo came on shore be made die proper V* teftadouofitfie fads relataddnthh aatrative upon oath, in oiler toHSfm his insurers. And the whdeirfiAsuthendcaied Oat it Wo4dd ftfflb to doohedfln thithi I VAJ# A Relation of A tMrPortityJy Rppit btyftntjfaff T**rt | 0 arParis: fy . * O* Ptrfott who vats an tye-wiitnrfs of Part thereof. , A WJDOW lady, aged about 61. who lodgedß a two-’pair-bf-flb /V door, in the Rue at U Ferrdnerie, with maid fervanr, was le- feStrtUidifiV every in her devotion* before dedicated- to St. Paul irf a neighbouring church. Some Villains obfervintj herexifWßetftynfy, iylblfrmilh w^knSwulTbeveryricltJTSrnS her wealth: therefore onohfSaem took the opportunity to coftceal himfelf behind die carved work of ike altar 1 and whn bo pe/ftm but thiolddhdy maa intbe churcb in the dufh Os the evenings he contrived to throw dkiber just befone her ■ She took K up, find not pciceiviug any (foe new supposed it came hya mirade, which she was (hi more confirmed in, when, she famst wosfignod Pnd ho jfyoftlt; and purported, “ die fatisftaion b by besaddreftfog her prayers to him M aiiat when so Mkhy nw canoniecd faints engnofied the devottoa df (he world, ‘and robbed the pri mitive faints of greet part of their woaced adorarioPt t And to (hew bis re gard for his denxce, said, hohuould cyme from Heaven Wish the Angel -GaMiel to sup with her, at right s* th# evening.** Irts” fcfece credible to thsafoanr awe cDrid be deceived by so gross a firmed) but to whtt length of cmdhbey will hotfupmfiiden carry the werit mind f die Infatuated lady bclievbd it 111, aofe from her knees in a tmdfbcMt to prepare the efiteftaln* meat finr the heavefaly guest fhereibeAcd. * * When dm sapper was hefpokfe, had the idfoybeosd fetontio the Wfbad vantage, foe thought that hsf owifc plate (tsrhichwas worth’ near tod/lm ■s defiredi therefore fenttorhev neat of Priis)to borrow all him m dbchfioit lbbt fihff vfihat me jed to him if he would lend her was surprised at the meftagci way of fife, fufpefred that she who might^marry^her^^hef Mdftrn plate, unless the maid rbegifl, alarmed fbrhermur- folded her caixici jn^h* -fee, two corS awlj that tarti* (hil.V l W*‘!.* t # >^■ lo
