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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



rock) and all on board perished, 

 except one gentleman and his ser- 

 vant, passengers. Seventeen more 

 vessels were driven on shore in the 

 bay, several of which were Ame- 

 rican prizes. One of them was a 

 transport ( name unknown ) with 36 

 officers and men, invalids, on boai'd, 

 who, it is feared, were all lost. The 

 Iphigenia, captain Pellew, parted 

 two cables, and was nearly lost in 

 Orange Grove ; and the Barfleur, 

 sir Edward Berry, in crossing the 

 bay, narrowly escaped ; she ar- 

 rived at Gibraltar with between 

 five and six feet water in her hold. 

 The Spartan, captain Brenton, ar- 

 rived in distress, having sprung 

 several of her timbers. 



Motherbank, Jan. 16. — " I left 

 Alicant on the 25th of last month, 

 in the Spanish ship San Josef, in 

 company with 28 vessels, with a 

 moderate breeze from the S.W. 

 On the 29th the wind changed to 

 the eastward, increased to a vio- 

 lent hurricane, and the atmosphere 

 became very thick, which caused 

 the convoy to mistake Gibraltar 

 for the opposite coast, and all, ex- 

 cept one vessel, were wrecked. 

 Myself and servant were the only 

 two survivors out of 42 persons, 

 the passengers and crew of the San 

 Josef. Among those who pe- 

 rished in the vessel were two Bri- 

 tish officers, Mr. Barrett, Miss 

 M'Cormick, and a Catholic priest. 

 I escaped the dismal fate by preci- 

 pitating myself into the sea, out of 

 which I was snatched by the hu- 

 mane exertions of some Genoese 

 boatmen, who carried me, in an 

 almost lifeless state, to a Spanish 

 guard-house." 



Execution of the Luddites at 

 York — Precisely at 1 1 o'clock, the 

 following persons suffered the sen- 



tence of the law, due to their 

 crimes, viz. John Hill, Joseph 

 Crowther, Nathan Hoyle, Jona- 

 than Dean, John Ogden, Thomas 

 Brook, and John Walker. The 

 above persons behaved in the most 

 penitent manner. During the time 

 the ordinary was performing the 

 functions of his duty, the repeated 

 and earnest prayers of the culprits 

 might be heard at a considerable 

 distance, supplicating the Diving 

 Being to receive their souls into 

 everlasting rest. Many of them, 

 after the clergyman had repeated 

 " The Lord have mercy upon you," 

 in a very audible voice articulated 

 " I hope he will." Previous to 

 the drop being let down, a hymn 

 was given out very firmly by John 

 Walker, to his fellow culprits, all 

 of whom heartily joined ii) sing- 

 ing the same. 



The bodies, after hanging tij.1 

 12 o'clock, were then cut down. 



Half past One o'clock — The 

 following prisoners, viz. John 

 Swallow, John Batley, Joseph 

 Fisher, William Hartley, James 

 Haigh, James Hey, and Job Hey, 

 were executed at the time specified 

 above. The whole of them evinced 

 a spirit of contrition which we 

 have seldom witnessed upon a si- 

 milar occasion. The concourse of 

 spectators, as at the former occa- 

 sion, was numerous The bodies 

 were cut down at half past two 

 o'clock, and delivered to their re- 

 spective relations. 



Lisbon, Jan. 18. — His excel- 

 lency the marshal-general the mar- 

 quis of Torres Vedras, (lord Wel- 

 lington) after having passed 

 through triumphal arches erected 

 in the fortress of Elvas, and in 

 all the towns on the road to the 

 left bank of the Tagus, vrhere, for 



