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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



Indians in canoes, come for the 

 express purpose of unloading her, 

 but who, from the warm reception 

 they met with the day before, did 

 not seem forward in boarding. 



The wounded man showed him- 

 self over the railing, made signs 

 that he was alone and wanted their 

 assistance ; on which some em- 

 barked, who finding what he said 

 was true, spake to their people, 

 who were not any longer slow in 

 getting on board, so that in a few 

 seconds the deck was considerably 

 thronged, and they proceeded to 

 undo the hatches v/ithout further 

 ceremony. No sooner were they 

 completely engaged in this, than 

 the only survivor of the crew de- 

 scended into the cabin, and set fire 

 to the magazine, containing nearly 

 nine thousand pounds of gun- 

 powder, which, in an instant, blew 

 the vessel and every one on board 

 to atoms. 



The nation acknowledge their 

 having lost nearly one hundred 

 warriors, besides a vast number of 

 wounded, by the explosion, who 

 were in canoes round their ship. 



The four men who set off in the 

 long-boat were, two or three days 

 after, driven ashore in a gale and 

 massacred by the natives. 



30. The following are copies of 

 the letters from the emperor of 

 Russia to lord Cathcart and sir C. 

 Stewart, which accompanied the 

 insignia of the honours conferred 

 on them by his imperial majesty, 

 and which reflect lustre, not less 

 on the sovereign who confen-ed 

 them, than on the conduct of these 

 ministers, who, v/iih the permis- 

 sion of the Prince Regent, have re- 

 ceived them : — 



" Lieut.-gen. Stewart ; — I have 

 witnessed, in common with the 



whole army, the indefatigable zeal 

 which you have displayed through- 

 out the campaign, during the 

 course of which, always present in 

 the field of honour, you have, in 

 the most exposed situations, been 

 remarked for your coolness and for 

 your conspicuous valour. 



" It is my duty to do honour to 

 such brilliant qualities ; and I con- 

 sider that I give you a proof of 

 the estimation in which I hold 

 them, when I send you the insignia 

 of the Order of St. George of the 

 ^th class. 



" You know that this distinc- 

 tion belongs alone to military 

 merit. It will recall to your recol- 

 lection the memorable day of Culm, 

 where you bled in the cause ; and 

 all the brave men who there fought 

 will rejoice to see you the bearer 

 of a decoration which is to record 

 that you were at once the partaker 

 of their danger and of their glory. 

 " Accept, with these especial 

 testimonies of my esteem, the as- 

 surance of my regard. 



(Signed) " Alexander." 

 " ToplHz, 15 (27) Sept. 1813. 



«' Mr. Ambassador, viscount 

 Cathcart ; — In sending you the in- 

 signia of the Order of St. Andrew 

 and those of St. George of the 4th 

 class, I discharge a debt which I 

 have ever felt a pleasure in ac- 

 knowledging. Having you always 

 at my side in the field of honour ; 

 seeing you always animated with 

 the most ardent zeal for the cause 

 which we support; I have daily 

 wished to render justice to the 

 elevated and pure sentiments of 

 the negotiator; to the coolness and 

 brilliant valour of the general ; and, 

 I conceive, that I cannot give you 

 a more distinguished proof of my 

 esteem and consideration, than by 



