264] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
deavour to find water, who, after the 
moft diligent fearch, in which he 
was unfuccefsful, returned on board. 
We had been able to hoilt out of the 
hold but one batt, four gaug catks, 
and five {mall cafks, before the water 
flowed over, which, with eight cafks 
of porter, was all the liquor we 
could get at, except {pirits. In 
confultation it was unanimoufly a- 
greed to embark the people in the 
boats, with what water and provi- 
fions they could carry, and proceed 
to the ifland. ; 
Accordingly on Tuefday at four 
~ o'clock P:M. we embarked in our 
boats, leaving behind what porter 
and provifions we were unable to 
carry; having previoufly thrown 
overboard 13 chefts of, treafure, 
{piked up the quarter-deck guns, 
and thrown overboard what powder 
and ammunition remained after fup- 
plying the boats, 
The order in which we embarked 
was as follows: 
Number 
‘of Hands. 
The captain and chief mate 
in the cutter, in all S 
The fecond and fourth ditto, 
_in the long-boat - 
The third and fifth ditto, 
14 
59 
in the pinnace 
The fixth and gunner in the 
yawl 
- ene | 
In the jolly-boat - 3 
The boatiwain and four more 
in the gigg - - 5 
Tn all’ 194 
The long-boat very narrowly 
efcaped being loft, having ftruck 
on the reef of the ifland; and with 
all our exertions we found it im- 
pofiible to get her without it before 
dark. Accordingly brought her to 
anchor, and the {mall boats returned 
and lay under the lee of the thip‘for 
the, night. In the morning (Wed- 
nelday 26th Auguft 1789), took 
our final departure, and itood along 
fhore, having all the people.em->- — 
barked, except .George Scott; fea-. 
man, who was drowned ih the gun- 
room. 
The boats kept very well toge- 
ther, till Friday morning, when it 
was difcovered that the boatfvain, 
with four hands, were miffing. At- 
one P.M. difcovered two fhips at | 
anchor, near the Banca fhore, and at. 
half paft four P.M. got on board 
the Nonfuch, capt. Canning, and e | 
the General Elliot, capt. Lloyd, 
‘Englith country fhips, who received - 
us with all imaginable kindnefs ;. as 
foon as the people were a little re- 
frefhed, the cutter was fent in fearch “| 
of the gigg, but returned without | 
fuccefs at three o’clocl: in the morn-. 
ing. 
Trial at the Old Bailey of Renwick 
Williams, ¢ammonly called The 
Montter. ‘ 
ENWICK WILLIAMS was 
indicted upon the ftatute of 
ift George I. for aflaulting Mifs 
Ann Porter on the king’s highway, 
and felonioufly and malicioufly in- 
tending to cut and deftroy her 
cloaths. 
‘T'here was another count for cut- 
ting and tearing her clothes. 
Mr. Pigott, leading counfel for 
the profecution, {tated the cafe with 
grea! precilion. hls 
Miis Ann Porter, the profecu- 
trix, was the firft witnefs.. She faid, 
that on the 18th of January laft the 
left the ball-room at St. Jamtes’s, at 
a quarter paft eleven o’clock at 
night, and went towards her fa- 
ther’s houfe, accompanied ‘by her 
iftegs, 
