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Monthly Chronicle.
' La Pique was exceeding '} ' shattered iu her ri gging , and the Jason hJs not one ' mast or yard but what is much damaged ; nor a ' shroud or rope \ fwhat is cut , with all the sails torn to pieces . If our ship could have remain . ] in her first position , or our companion could have occupied the situation _; wished , the business must have been sooner finished , without so much iniu- _ being done aloft . "¦ ' 'It is but justice to observe that effort was made on beard the
every Mer . maid , during our long chace to approach the enemy , and I feel much indebt ed to Captain Newman for heaving this ship off , as that was the only possible means to save her . So soon as we we were afloat , the squadron under Captain Stopford was seen in the Offing , and being called in b y ' signal , was of infinite service . '
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED ON BOARD THE JASON . Lieutenant Robotier killed , i Corporal of Marines killed , 5 Seamen killed ; Captain Stirling wounded , Messrs . Bedford and Luscombe wounded 9 Seamen wounded . —Total killed , 73 ; wounded , 12 . . " ' ON BOARD LA PIQUE . James Collins , sailraaker , killed ; Mr . Robinson , boatswain , wounded ; Thomas Andrews , Boatswain ' s Mate , wounded ; Benjamin Lockwood , Seaman , wounded ; William Richards , Seaman , missing ; Benjamin Mastoid , Robert Sallass , and Joseph Fursman , marines , wounded .
DISCOVERY OF THE IRISH REBEL CHIEFS . - The following is an account of the discovery of the Rebel Chiefs : < Saltee Island , the retreat of the late Mr . Bagna ! Harvey , lies at about t _ rc » miles distance off Waterford , and was the property of Mr . ' Gros . au , who with his wife and chikUiad accompanied Mr . Harvey in his flight . " ' The island , which is only inhabited b y an old man aud his ° wife , who were dependent on Mr . Groganis an extremely romantic spotabounding with
, , rocks and caves _ , but produces nothing of consequence , ' and is seldom " visited except in the fishing and shooting seasons . Sometimes indeed smuggler ! put in there to conceal their run goods , for which no situation can be better calcuhted , _ as without some information to lead to the depot , all search would be hi vain , which indeed proved to be the f : \ 8 i in respect to Mr . Harvey aud his companions ; for they were suspected of having secreted themselves there , notwithstanding the story of the boatman " who d
, orerrn' he had landed tliem at St . David ' s in Wales ; yet a part of the Irish yco . manry , who went m pursuit of them , returned without being able to discover their retreat , after exploring various caverns and holes , where , perhans , the human form had never entered before .
/ batished , However , that ne must be there , they went a second time , t aWnj with mem some of-the regular troops ; and finding the old man pe .-sk in denying any .-ciiowledge . of Mr . Harvey ' s being there , they proceeded to coercive means , y . d aftir giving him about 100 lashes , he confessed the frith , and conducted tnem to the spot , a cavern in the most remote part of the island , the mouth or which was stopped up with stones , and which , on bciaj removed , only presented a dark subterraneous passage ; oil penetratin-- - iv ! i ' " . !> they were ed to a large formed b '
; space or room , ynature , in a rockt where they room . ivn . Harvey , Mr . Grogan , and his wife and child , sitting- bv i llgntea lamp , and who had taken with them sufficient ptovi . ion for \ . menffl and every necessary that could afford comfort ill ' so secluded a retre- ^ ' Among-their baggage was found two thousand guineas , the properly 0 : Mr . Harvey . They submitted without the smallest decree of oDuo--itio : il but . the scene that took i > iace"be _ i . een Mr .. Grogan anil his wife was ifulj affecting .
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Monthly Chronicle.
' La Pique was exceeding '} ' shattered iu her ri gging , and the Jason hJs not one ' mast or yard but what is much damaged ; nor a ' shroud or rope \ fwhat is cut , with all the sails torn to pieces . If our ship could have remain . ] in her first position , or our companion could have occupied the situation _; wished , the business must have been sooner finished , without so much iniu- _ being done aloft . "¦ ' 'It is but justice to observe that effort was made on beard the
every Mer . maid , during our long chace to approach the enemy , and I feel much indebt ed to Captain Newman for heaving this ship off , as that was the only possible means to save her . So soon as we we were afloat , the squadron under Captain Stopford was seen in the Offing , and being called in b y ' signal , was of infinite service . '
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED ON BOARD THE JASON . Lieutenant Robotier killed , i Corporal of Marines killed , 5 Seamen killed ; Captain Stirling wounded , Messrs . Bedford and Luscombe wounded 9 Seamen wounded . —Total killed , 73 ; wounded , 12 . . " ' ON BOARD LA PIQUE . James Collins , sailraaker , killed ; Mr . Robinson , boatswain , wounded ; Thomas Andrews , Boatswain ' s Mate , wounded ; Benjamin Lockwood , Seaman , wounded ; William Richards , Seaman , missing ; Benjamin Mastoid , Robert Sallass , and Joseph Fursman , marines , wounded .
DISCOVERY OF THE IRISH REBEL CHIEFS . - The following is an account of the discovery of the Rebel Chiefs : < Saltee Island , the retreat of the late Mr . Bagna ! Harvey , lies at about t _ rc » miles distance off Waterford , and was the property of Mr . ' Gros . au , who with his wife and chikUiad accompanied Mr . Harvey in his flight . " ' The island , which is only inhabited b y an old man aud his ° wife , who were dependent on Mr . Groganis an extremely romantic spotabounding with
, , rocks and caves _ , but produces nothing of consequence , ' and is seldom " visited except in the fishing and shooting seasons . Sometimes indeed smuggler ! put in there to conceal their run goods , for which no situation can be better calcuhted , _ as without some information to lead to the depot , all search would be hi vain , which indeed proved to be the f : \ 8 i in respect to Mr . Harvey aud his companions ; for they were suspected of having secreted themselves there , notwithstanding the story of the boatman " who d
, orerrn' he had landed tliem at St . David ' s in Wales ; yet a part of the Irish yco . manry , who went m pursuit of them , returned without being able to discover their retreat , after exploring various caverns and holes , where , perhans , the human form had never entered before .
/ batished , However , that ne must be there , they went a second time , t aWnj with mem some of-the regular troops ; and finding the old man pe .-sk in denying any .-ciiowledge . of Mr . Harvey ' s being there , they proceeded to coercive means , y . d aftir giving him about 100 lashes , he confessed the frith , and conducted tnem to the spot , a cavern in the most remote part of the island , the mouth or which was stopped up with stones , and which , on bciaj removed , only presented a dark subterraneous passage ; oil penetratin-- - iv ! i ' " . !> they were ed to a large formed b '
; space or room , ynature , in a rockt where they room . ivn . Harvey , Mr . Grogan , and his wife and child , sitting- bv i llgntea lamp , and who had taken with them sufficient ptovi . ion for \ . menffl and every necessary that could afford comfort ill ' so secluded a retre- ^ ' Among-their baggage was found two thousand guineas , the properly 0 : Mr . Harvey . They submitted without the smallest decree of oDuo--itio : il but . the scene that took i > iace"be _ i . een Mr .. Grogan anil his wife was ifulj affecting .