Kingston Gazette (Kingston, ON1810), August 24, 1816, p. 2

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corpse up retained his pen- rcs the lust and dialed thes- particulars to his friends- foreign t i i sonitiirriasfavv 2hjrikr destruction qfihe turkish prisoners at jaffa tiv ferfntrttai of the turtmi pris oner jaffii hanwn muc cloufotedj ami treated wrh derision by the admi rers of the lair french covornment pani ularu by lr clark and thewri- te in the edfnta gli rfirtew- the former nf these denies the charge from the follow i g cwrimis reasons navel that as he was at acre in iso where tilt british consul and ever other per son mtsinelmed to ay evcrv thing that nahul afbraapftrte yet none of thorn meiuloned this ad catastrophe and thai ihfjnh he sin- the mutilated re- taaiusof a number f human bodies watlcit frcn the sand by the sea ytrt these were the remains of bo dies whleh had died shortly before of thtnoua these indeed- were strange reasons ii which to eontradld the ac- cuationofsir robert wilson the doetor es not pretend o sa thai he rrftrpn the question toany one in acre if such ail viut ever took place and that wheti tie did so thej iuotic voice d ed it 3iie the retrains of fhe dead ho dies which he siv were not upon the pine where the turkish prisoners were murdered and a moments reflection right liare convinced the docfor thatj in the scorching sands of s ria no an atom of flesh could remain till l8u1 upon the limbs of those bodies which nere murdered in may 170to years and a hall u hur he saw those which fie mentions his denial howerer of hi awful catastrophe afforded the kd- iuburhlleyiewets an opportunity to launch mit in bitter abuse of sir robert wilson for daring to brinlorwardsiich a ehargo against the iyneh leader ale iliey concluded their remarkable arguments which are no worth the transcribing with this pit h remark s they hupposcdit has fci tnur- that no pi i soil with regard to the uuir- i rofthesi prisoner has come forward to say roo vim although under the rircuiustauces i hich rutope was placed at the time tin was in no nwan sijsmfitrs xvi rial troizdcr now doivawa id a per son a frenchman too an eve witness to the whole of the proceedings conns forward and ays rco vini as the edinburgh r viewers were particular ly fond f reviewing kiwh book which tiunted f the acts of the late remarkable freiti h government ihev cannot in jntice to their readers pass over this which contains all fhe proofs v hiich they said was requisite to ostab- ii the fact but net to trust to their doing so permit me for the informati on ot some of your readers to transcribe the passage which relates to thai event from a work lately published at fans on that subject by an ardent admirer of the military talents and career oi bonaparte ttis a picture which har rows up he feelings of he soul and srhich ought to make us doubly thank ful cri we are now freed from the dread ar consequences of that infernal rev olution whichftyc birth to suchcarnagi and crimes- we shall row perhaps b told by the advocates and panrvr- i-t- of the ystem of the kvineror kj bs that such things are paid for in or der to blacken his character tint can anyone for a moment suppose that there is a frenchman s dead to his na tional honour as pur y for the sake of blackening the rhararftr of bonaparte would conn forward a id advance things which nnis ilacken te national char- ttertlirrch allsuccicdingages what troops belonging to any other nation would have obeyed such orders to per petrate sit- crimes man does not be come wicked all at once on step b step he goes and when under the fu ror f that revolution which trampled upon the laws of god and of man the infamous french government in 1 791 pnsicl a decree to give no quarters to ijrifish or hanoverian troops though with the guillotine before their ee not an officer could be found who was dat enough to command it to be done nor a soldier who was savage enough to put it in execution hut a few years in the revolutionary school soon taught thui to despise such compunctious fe 1- ings of nature 15- such villains eu rope was overrun and drenched with mood from such she is now and let us hope forever delivered the publication to which i allude is entitled c memoirs pour servir a rjlistoiredes expeditions en egypt ct n syrie deuxieme edition revuee cnrrjgeo e augmentce dune introduc- tion dune appendice et de faits qui iont pi paroitre sons te dernier go- vmumm nt uy mod i miot an olli- xr in the commissariat in the lixpcdi- ion to krrpt tttpon the 9uljti in question he thus proceeds cfc determined in writing this work to abstain from pacing judg ment on the actions of a man who will be judged by posterity i have also pledged myself to reveal every circutn- rtanee wliich can enlighten the world with regard to him- it is but justice therefore to recall the motives which were all edged by bonaparte at the time in order tojustif the cruel reso- i lutiou by which he declared the fate of he prisoners taken at jaifa and which was apparent promoted tiicfohow- uig conaiderations tiie arm already weakened b the sieges of klarisch and of jaffa it w was still more so by sickness whom- ravages became every da more fright ful- subsistence once procured witli extreme dilliculy and the difficulty was increased by the hostile feelings of fin inhabitants to feed tho prisoners ifj kept with the army vas not mlj tol multiply our wants but to embarrass dot movements to shui them up on the other haiul in jaffa would not have relieved us from the frr inconve nience that of feeding them but hi addition it would have exposed us t lie possibilit of revolt considering tin- weak garriou we mast have left to se cure them to send them back to e- jyrypt would retpure 3 colt de- tachmeut which would jjnatlj wrakeu the existing f rcr to leave thvm again at liberti oti their parole was iu aphv 1 all engagements to juuid them otcr rhc eeemy and especially to reinforce the garrison of saint loan dacre or jar was not a man to respect the promises made by ids soldier themelves indeed but lilue tenacious f a point of honour of whose general ubligrtion tlvcy were ignorant there remaincd then lut owe expedient i which rcconcihd all dilvicuuis a frightful expvdii at ij is true h- 1 a-ecr- ditiii to iio wlto had recourse to it one which ap- a red unavoidable fc the loth of mivcli i79fl in the af- eeruoon the trkwh prisoners were mord into ih- eile of a va t squan furmed b the troop of ihv division of ijoun a half suppressed rumour of the lot which awaited them induced ne amoiusi ixtnnyothets to mount r horse and to ttecompan this compiui ilent victims t atixf myself if th report were true- tho turk march ing without order shed no tear- and uttered no crie but resigned tie m- clvcs io the fttte of which they were al- rcad conscious some who were wounded and inmble to keep tp wen stabbed on the road with the bayonet others walked through fhe crowd and seemed to advice their companions in his areadful hour some pcvhaps of fh boldest had flattered tiiemselves ttitii the prospect tf beinajde to break throngh the armed body which surroun ded them er hoped that by scattering themselves ov rthetields through which tlwy moved at u ast a few of them might escape the massacre but measurea of precaution had been taken in this res pect and the despairing turk nade no attempt at light having at length reached the sandhills towards the south wet they were halted near a pool of muddy water the eiheer who com- manded the troops then divided the un happy multitude into small parties which noreled off to diltreut point- and there separately fhot 6 horrible 4p ration took up a on time notwithstanding the great force employed to execute it and it i must be acknowledged that the french oldicrs so often vicloiiouiu the held did not perform thv abominable tak rynv imposed upon them without ex treme reluctance ly the pool above mentioned ihere stoodagroup of pris oners amonaf whom were some ancien chiefs of oble and courageous aspret ant orc youth whose fortitude s emed quite overcome at an age so tender it was natural to think himself inno cent and this persuasion led him to a display of weakness which mocked his more manl fellow sufferers he threu himself before the hires feet of the frcncli commander he embraced the knees o that oiiie- r imploriuu him for mercy how am i gtttty lie cried what have 1 done but neither ilia melting tears nor his erics were attend ed io they could not change the fatal and terrible sentence ith the single exception of ilib poor youth all the re maining turks calmly performed their ablutions in the same stagnant water of which i have already spoken then ta king each others hand and placing them according to the moslem form of salutation successively upon their heart and on their lips they gnvc and receiv ed an eternal adieu saw a vener able old man whose air and manner be spoke his superior rank i saw him cool ly order a hole to be dug for him in the shifting sand large enough to admit of his being buried in it alive doubtless because he disdained to die by any hands but those of his countrymen he stretched himself ou his back in tld 1 j friendly nnd melancholy grave anahle i companions addreing their hvhititc pravers to cod quickly covered h l in stamping with their feet on the i ivth hieh served fiim for a winding aet to abridge the period of his sutferiiwq k this spectacle which make- tie heart th b with agony and whnii 1 feebly attempt to describe took p during the massacre of the other groups spread amongst the sand hiils f at least remained of all the prisoners those only who were stationed by he water our soldiers had consumed thcirammunitiort it became necear thenfore to put to death the remin der with the bayonet and naked swmd j rnu no longer bear this inhuman bight buijlrd from it pale and fainting some offhe officers iiiformitl inc the same night hat these hapless creatures yieldioi to that irresistablc impulse of onruatire which compels us to shrink fromdi tfh even hopeless of escaping it juitpcd one upon tho others shoulder fvetting in a limb the blow ahm d at their heirt which would at out have ended qlfir miseries there was binec we nusl speak out a frightful pyramid driping with bbod form m1 of the dead and dy ing so that it was uecosarv to draj a- vay the mnrdered corpses to fmisli the butchery of these who were yet ntve and who undercover cf that ghntlc rampart had not yet been abba ichis picture o far as it goe is exict and faithful the remembrance ol it till makes that hand to tremble to tvhich it has not given the power of re presenting hall it- horrors 1 with regard to tho charge of ni- iumsg the sick soihices mous nnot v i ci i witnessed all the horror htsprcd by that fata nsohuion which ordimiy forehihl would uudoebtedlv have i-n- lr i suinruvcms it belongs howvr j the randour and inmost with mheh have hitlicrt brouirf fonvard wlntj iverl miw to declare that i hue no iurtin r i vitlent proofs of th- poiouiig uftlie wounded french than th inerous convrations w id h ikilmill the armv en thai subji ct bill it ww credit is to be iven to that p jbucv dten the mau of those tardy tr which great men vainly hnto to i it is a fact too w ii etabiihed i n some ot the wounded on mount ar- mel and a large proportion of the i k in the hospital of jatlb ituimiio v rircmmcim ciun tuthkm not by the aothor wv lieut col sir it wilon lare thi fact with other detail in hi work on the british expedition to kgypt hie make the number of prisoner amount to 3boq but i think the number was not so con siderable bonaparte w ivn first cii ii complained bitterly of thi book which was read with great eager- i less in ruiilaiul if wa one of the principal grievance- which our govcrn- nent expressed against great britain kote bv the auihtr wiu sou whom 1 have already quoted makes the number of the poisoned sick amount to sko j the above mr editor requires no rommtnt i have only to add that he and hills where lie describes this horrid nuissacrc to have taken piaee prceiselythn spot where a gentleman with whom i happened to be in com pany loycar ago decrilvd to me as the spot where some months after the bloody catastrophe be saw the bones of the slain i ftnc odskii v fji- glasoc 7th be 181 from franco the ichr- surrfaj captain johnson arrived here lat eve ning in 3s days fcom bordeaux the paris papers furbished b tins ar rival are to the 22d and bordeaux to the 28th of june thej are ejticllj occupied with he particulars- of the marriage of the dukr herri and the splendid celebration of that event the nuptial ceremony was porfonvd oil the 17th of june- nd on the i 8th was devoted to the commemoration of the anniversary of tin battle of atcv- loo iy th arrival wtc arn thatcom- mercial buiius at bordeuux and throughout france wasextremely ilull thi indeed pp3r to lu tie fact in every pail of te commercial world a large fleet of lisihiiuj vessels were preparing to sail for minviou under convoy of a number of ships of war it issaidthai nearly rot seamen mould accompany he expedition marscills jane 1 3 on the 27th slay ascension dayo and insurrec tion broke out at uouine in africa all the foreigners envf ployed in the co ra fishery were nuvsarrcd as they were coming from mi i kuglish consul was assassinated all the bouses of the franks were jpillagnl and des troyed about 60 wound i persons were saved on board vessels and have arrived at caglton it is from them we have received the details of this horrid bujebcry iwftubiber kil led is above soomtie account is au thentic h has been given a the ollice ofhralth under oath bj persons ftriftr- ed atasiiari it is known that this insurrection is caused b the diconti ut occasioned by the treaties concluded between lord kxtnouth and algiers picdmohl jane 27 letters from sm rni mention thnt troubles have again broken out in that city borttlatix june 27 mr latellier has just received a patent for trans portation on the loire by steam boat the first boat will leave nant on the first october and will be abb in 30 days to deliver at orleans ami paris 1000 tons of merchandize t1ik dlkb of krnt t sihoakjbr ail at the anniversa ry meeting of this grand british in stitution fhe foreign bible society which was held on the ljth ult at the louder tavern his royal highness the uuke of kent upon a vote of thanks bing cavriod moved by the american minister delivered the following af- feeting speech w inch may be cousulcr- ed his fare well address and we iiaie no doubt will be r with sympa thising r grct by all who estimated the worth of tiii- distinguished perstnage 4 tjo attendance tnday surpasses my most sanguine epti4 1 iiave ai former me tings looked for- wrid to prt vide at the uevl returns not ho now 1 am about to leave e beloved countr i ernajjs vears ira elapse heian meet you again let in hear while i am abroad that this cause prosper- fend 1 please myself that when the ptrposes of mj absence are a i ompiishtd when 1 return 1 u ill place oiic thousand guineas at the dispoaj and uta i this institution if 1 have iiol dmc it before it is be cause 1 had it no in ru power i am desirous thai this last act this pledji of my info te it should bguponrecofil i feel j rati d that this motion cam 1huii the mliiislr of tin- united sjnt have lived tewg in thr mighh urhood of the ltd sat and it wasevtru srrnf to ns- mm the two countries hhosiulbe at vinuci- the lanuascj and fht iru i the nwv and theii iruid p j ii viowble 1 re- turn us ihnnkstathu assembly ve- grar ennicv ol ph avje an- peared to v thr mbl wleo hatprtol the report o this invtitu- non which regards hayti was read inhih hristophe rv pk peneti t d willi lite bene lit know i ge and of tie dilfii ion tt thoscr invites among his people all thoo who cou- tiibute to their improvement in a 1 r laniation in th iaettc of fjnv f h says j invite profesoi of all sci- i icies no dtfi rnc f religion shall be deemed an exclusion merit and ability alone slmllbe cftderrd with- oui regard to the nation which gave birih or fhe creed which may b- pre- iviired bs after sg vi arsoi n volu- tio- and is ears possession of hard eariii d independence weare notsav the jaeie thf same people or- m rly as bretes we bowed under the li h 018 ciuel and ignorant nut as men we wtre chad our fatnliie- ivitreloo all cruiirr1 but we burst our chains andaain erect we look upwards to wards heaven as men as social b 7he officer his wife and btygm afs the following interfiling anecdote ij taken from a visit to flanders and will give fomc ideas of the kind of fceucs thnt were parting during o memorable battle of waterloo 41 i had the good fortune fays h telligi nt writer to travel from bruf e8 to pans with a young inlh officer and bis wife an antwerp lady f only irctecn of great beauty and mntchlefs in- nocence and nafrvtfl the hulbind 3 in battle of qiiatre brafs as well as that of waterloo and to him i owe much of my minutes and moft interelting informa tion wast living in the cantonments of ni his wife with him the unex pected advance of the french called liim off at a moments notice to qnatie brafcj but he left his wie his fervent one hotfe and the family baggage which waspackd p3cked upon a largt afs retreat at the time was not anticipated but being fud- dmly ordered on the saturday he coo trived to ct a mefiage to his wife to mate the befl of her way attended by the fcrvant and baggage to biutes the fcrvont a foreigner had availed himklf 4f the opportunity to take leavcof both and make ofi with ihehorle lefving theyouog lady tfhutfi with the baggage afs with the lirmnefs becoming the wife of a britift officer be bclcily coa- menced on fout her retreat of twenty live miles leading the afs by ihebiiule and caifuly prefervfng the baggage no violence was dared b any one to foav oocciit a pilgiim but no one would ven ture to aililt her she was foou n tfo retreating columns of the bntifh arey and much retarded and endangered pj the artillery her fatigue was great h rained in water fpouts and the thunder and lightning were dreadful ie the ex trci e she continued to sdvance and got on the great road fitm charlena tt uniflels at waterloo when the army on the sunday evening were taking p their line for tbi awful conflict in w cxtcnfive a field and among 80000 men t w in vain fg feck her hufband he knew that th- fight of her thce would only diftrefs biro flie kept flowly advan cing to etuflvhi all the saturday nightj the road ehoaked with all forts of con veyances waggons horfes multitucrt of raiivc fuguiveson the road and flying into the great wood and many of the rrtontlh walirinc ihrw uafnfol wav dropping every hep and breathing their lafl every few rods lay a crops or a limb paitfculatly many perfons were anally killed by others if by chance they hood in ihe way nf tbeif endeavors to fave thernfelves addto the honorkthc rain continued un abated the thunder and lightning qill raged as if the heavens were torn in pieces full twelve miles further in the night tbifl j young woman rrarched up to herkneci in mud her boots worm entirely cit lb that file was barefooted but ftili unhurt he led her afs and although j thoulands loft their baggage and fomc jthnr lives flie calmly entered brnflell on the morning in fafety felf afs bag and baggage without the luf of aa article in a few hours after her airivsl commenced the cannons roar of the tremendous sunday expofed to which iiijjsl alicwcwr bmw b jj wwy expoed to which thanks b thoc 0 flod nf llinvnt i e 1 w her hufland t0 be jhntians va i- chirf bo it 7 alcr a da an1 ightfent iam mirsto show in our lives haf blacu j re b find riclf njuallv withwlitrs air fhe wmk h hla s arms he unhurt and die omnipotrliw and tlr of thr thc worfeon the monday the ci ri i tmcer told me the tale limfelf with tears is 111 kind regard of the rather of all lmmx ajrf 2 the follmving atiecdote froffi a genwau paper the vnor bew bist f pniwia against prance he ivellknowi imnjor von schill im taken wiifl his free corps foiir hflconih mionv fine horses hicfa verei destined for the emperor napo leon when he teltcr ktitnv it he directed a letter to be sen to the major offering hi m 1000 dollars compensation for each liorse the letter was mibs-ri- bed to the robbeichiefj schiii schill repiicd to htm bv another letter as follows 1 sir brother 1 feel the more gratification in having taken your four horses as 1 understand from your letter that vou set a high value upon them i can not return them to you for the 1000 dollars a piece but if you will restore to their places the four horses which you stole from braiuleiiburgli gate at berlin then the four horses which i have taken arc quite at your service i in his eyes with a flight infli accent he called her his dear little woman and faid he became more valuable t him every day i never faw a more rlcgait gentlemanlike young man and a flared i y his pretty belgian fecmed alrroft io adore him it gave additional value to the anecdote that i had it froia the aftorsinhc fcene dcfciibed wheal remarked that it was quite in the fpirit of elizabeth of sibeiiu theladv extiai- med ah ma mere m dit la merre chop my mother made the fame remark 77v kfsr this noble river is it j it a fubjeft to which the attention ofgcogw jhers 15 particularly dircftcd the im- menfe rhifm that txihs in all the mapi o aixtca has bcn to a certain degree tilled up by the labors of mungo pirk but much remain to be yet accomplifoed to obtain further information of countries many which are only imperfectly known and their relative pofi lions not clearly defined no part of the world kem to be fo little undcrflood as the interior of africa hypothefis after hypothecs anted and all though fuppofed correc differing materially wth each olheu to the many that have already appered thc following may be added the orrcct- nefs of which can only be developed by time a gentleman who has redded at dif ferent intervals a confiderablc time at the fettlement of lagos and- other llatioiison the african coaft in the bight of bcnia dates tlt thc xinoufla trader

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