Page 24. MAINE COASTAL NEWS December 2017 HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Hancock Gazette - 1827


12 December Sea Monster. In Nicholson’s Ency-


clopedia is a drawing of the basking shark which resembles so nearly the fi gure of the sea monster exhibited here last week, that we have no doubt that is a fi sh of that species. The following is a description from Nichol- son.


“Squalus cinerus, or the basking shark,


in natural history, a genus of fi shes of the Fisa Cartilaginei. Generia character; – mouth under the fore part of the head, with the teeth disposed in rows, and partly movable and partly fi xed; generally fi ve spiracles, at the side of the neck of a semi lunar shape. These animals attain sometimes to the length of thirty feet, and way three or four thousand pounds, are often seen near the Hebrides in small shoals of six or eight, but generally in single pairs. These have nothing of the fi erceness of some other species, and will suff er themselves to be handled without re- sistance. They subsist on seaweeds, and their stomachs have never exhibited indications on being opened, of any other substances. They often sport about the billows with great agility and appearance of delight, and will suff er a boat to approach them so nearly, that the harpooner may pierce them with the instrument in his hand. But it is stated that the wounds thus infl icted often excite at fi rst no symptoms of pain, and that in some cases no appearance of this is indicated, till the combined eff orts of two men have urged the instrument to its fullest depth, when they exhibit extreme agitation and rapidity, traversing the water with the most turbulent movements, and summoning into exercise, for many hours, all the skill and energy of those engaged in this critical pursuit.”


From Rio de Janeiro. – We learn from


Capt. Bassett, of the brig WILLIAM TELL, which arrived on Saturday from Rio de Janeiro, that the Emperor was collecting all his forces, and it was supposed they were destined for Rio Grande. The country was in a most deplorable condition; no money in circulation, except paper and that was at a discount of 40 percent. Markets very dull and coff ee very high. The Brazilian frigate PERLA was, in


consequence of a mutiny on board, lost about 3 October a short distance north of Cape Frio, and all hands were supposed to have perished.


The U. S. ship MACEDONIAN, Capt. Biddle, arrived at Rio on the 29th ber.


of Septem-


telligence, we have been permitted to peruse letters up to the 6th


In addition to the foregoing verbal in- of October, from which


we learn, that the merchants of Buenos Ayres had loaned the government three millions of dollars, and that it was determined to pros- ecute the war against the Emperor with the greatest vigor. The letter speaks of the extreme inertia


of the Brazilian government, from the Em- peror down to the lowest grade of offi cers. Among other instances of the success of the Buenos Aryeans, is mentioned that a fl eet of eight or ten sail of merchant men had sailed from Rio under convoy of some Brazilian men of war; when their days out, they fell in with two Buenos Ayreans privateers, which captured the whole of the merchant men, and the men of war returned to port to give an account of their mission! – N. Y. Gaz.


MARINE LIST Port of Belfast Arrived


December 5th – schooner CAROLINE,


Coombs, Nantucket; sloop ABIGAIL, Gil- man, Nantucket. December 6th


– schooner EDNA, Hew-


es, Eastport; MORNING STAR, Salem. December 8th


Castine to load for West Indies. * * * * *


At Bordeaux, September 26 brig CAR-


OLINE, Tyler of Frankfort for New York uncertain. London, October 12. The SUSAN


MILLER, ---, of Thomaston, was aban- doned at sea 5th


September being in a sinking


state – the crew have arrived in the river from Honduras. New York, December 1 – Arrived


schooner FALCON, Turner 21 days from Castine; BROOKSVILLE, Eaton, Camden. Arrived at Alexandria 29th


ult. schooner


SPARROW, Rich from Hampden, arrived at Charleston, SC 19th


ult.; schooner CYPRUS,


Simpson from Belfast. 25th


from Somerset for Belfast. At Richmond, 26th


Stone from Frankfort. Arrived at Castine 4th


Tilden, St. Eustatia. * * * * * The schooner GARLAND, Welch, of


Camden, (ME) 20 hours from Nantucket, for St. John, N. B. With 400 bbls. Flour, and a quantity of Meat, Rice, Tobacco, Oats, and 50 mules on deck, was wrecked on Friday last, about seven o’clock AM on one of the Sugar loaves, at the mouth of the Kennebec River – crew all saved. About 107 bbls. of Flour and 20 bags of oats were saved – mules all drowned but one. The wreck was driven to sea on Saturday about 12 noon. It is said that the vessel and most of the


cargo could have been saved, if the people on shore had lent their assistance, but instead of doing so, they plundered the fl our which was saved from the wreck. We hope the facts will be thoroughly investigated. – Kennebec Journal


19 December FOREIGN Papers to the 4th


By the ship ROBINHOOD, Liverpool of November have been


received. The dispatches from Admiral Cochrane


announce that the Egyptian fl eet at Navarine had violated the armistice concluded with Ibrahim Pacha, and that he had intercepted it on its way to Patras. Admiral Cochrane complained of the conduct of the Turkish commander when he replied that he was acting under the orders of the Pacha, and aff ected not to know what the proceeding was any violation of the existing armistice. Admiral Codrington fi red at some of the transports to make them show their colors; three or four disregarded the summons when they were immediately boarded, and the remarkable circumstance transpired that they were protected by Austrian papers, and a Turkish fi rman, conjointly. They were, of course suff ered to depart. Lloyd’s agent at Trieste has transmitted


a list of eighty one vessels, which have been plundered by the Greeks. He states that Greek piracy has increased to an alarming degree. The fi ne steam boat IRRESISTIBLE,


built by subscription, for the purpose of aiding the Greeks, and intended to be sent out immediately to Lord Cochrane, was destroyed by fi re at London on the 29th October, while on an experimental trip. She was valued at between 9 and 10,000 pounds sterling.


Naval Action. Mention has been made


of the capture of a rich Spanish packet, bound to Havana, by a Mexican brig of war, both of which have arrived at Key West. It is added, that the cannonade continued


ult. schooner CLEOPATRA, Gray schooner CYGNET, inst. brig VENUS,


26 December


DESTRUCTION OF THE TURKISH AND EGYPTIAN FLEETS


Maxwell; HELEN, Cobb, and Bayard, Rob- inson, arrived at New York the 15th


The ships WILLIAM THOMPSON, inst.; the


two former from Liverpool, and the latter from Havre, having all of them sailed on the 17th


ult. By these arrivals the editors


of the New York Gazette have received of London, Paris, and Havre papers to the 6th and Liverpool to the 17th


November. Their


contents are of a very important and interest- ing character, viz.: – The total destruction in the port of Navarine of the combined Turkish and Egyptian fl eet, by the English, French and Russian Squadrons. The fl eet of the Al- lies entered the port of Navarino, where the Turkish fl eet lay, for the purpose of taking a position with them so as to secure their inaction, while eff orts were to be again made for the securing their object by negotiation. While this was doing the attack was made on the part of the Turks. We give the following extracts: – The battle was fought at anchor, and


was necessarily bloody and destructive. The numerical superiority of the force was immense, but the result has been the destruc- tion of the whole Turkish force. The follow- ing is a synopsis of the forces: – BELOW. For the Turkish frigates were in fact,


sixty-four gun-ships, and there were forty transports moored behind the line of battle. The following is a statement of the fate of the enemy’s fl eet: – One Turkish line of battle ship burned; two driven on shore, wrecks – two burned – fi fteen frigates burnt and sunk; three on shore, wrecks; one on shore, mast standing – fi fteen corvettes burned and sunk; four on shore wrecked – nine brigs burned and sunk; one on shore, masts standing – six fi re ships destroyed, and three transports. Of the sixty-six vessels of war, only eight are left afl oat – the most perfect naval victory ever achieve. As the squadrons of the Allied Powers did not enter Navarino with a hostile inten- tion, but only to renew to the Commanders of the Turkish fl eet propositions which were to the advantage of the Grand Seignor himself, it is not our intention to destroy what ships of the Ottoman Navy may yet remain, now that so signal a vengeance has been taken for the fi rst cannon shot. We send therefore one of the Turkish


captains, Ibrahim Pacha, Moharem Bey, Tahir Pacha, and Capitana Bey, as well as to all the other Turkish Chiefs, that if one single musket or cannon shot be again fi red on a ship or a boat of the Allied Powers, we


Line


English 3 French 3 Russian 4


___


Allies 10 Turks 3


– brig PHEBE, Coffi n,


incessant for 45 minutes, when the packet was carried by boarding, with the loss of 16 killed, and 25 wounded.


Pier at Steel’s Ledge in the harbor of Belfast, Maine. – The act of May 20th


, 1826,


provided for the erection of this pier, and the work has been nearly completed during the past summer. It now only remains to make a slight addition to the pier, for the purpose of shielding it more eff ectually from the weather; but this cannot be done until the ensuing spring, and for this purpose the balance of the appropriation on hand will be amply suffi cient. [Engineers Report.


shall immediately destroy all the remaining vessels as well as the Forts of Navarino; and that we shall consider such a new act of hostility as a formal declaration of the Porte against the three Allied Powers, and of which the Grand Seignor and his Pachas must suff er the terrible consequences. But if the Turkish Chiefs, acknowledg-


ing the aggression they have committed by commencing the fi ring, abstain from any act of hostility, we shall resume those terms of good understanding which they have them- selves interrupted. In this case they will have the white fl ag hoisted on all the forts before the end of this day. We demand a categorical answer, without evasion, before Sunset. Signed by the English, French and Rus-


sian admirals.


From the Gazette de France, November 10 Navarino, September 27. – The follow-


ing is the letter which the admirals of the two European squadrons wrote on the 22nd to Ibrahim Pacha upon entering the port to open negotiations: “Navarino Roads, September 22. –


As your Highness appears to have some doubts respecting the agreement concluded between the three Confederate Powers, I must declare to you that, after Admiral Codrington had communicated to me the letter which he had the honor to write to your Highness, while I was detained by a calm at some distance from this place, we have thought it advisable to send you a duplicate in the French language, signed by us both. We have the honor to inform you High-


ness, that in consequence of a treaty, signed at London, between England, France and Russia, the Allied Powers have agreed to unite their forces to prevent the conveyance of troops, arms or ammunition, to any part whatever of the Greek Continent and the Islands. This measure has been resolved upon


as well for the interest of the Sultan himself, as for that of all the nations trading in the Archipelago; and the Contracting Powers have had the humane foresight to send a considerable force to render useless all opposition from the Ottoman commanders, whose resistance would lead, not only to their own destruction, but to consequences fatal to the interests of the Sultan. It would be extremely painful for us, as


well as your sovereigns, whose chief object is to prevent the eff usions of blood, to be obliged on this occasion to employ force. We therefore, urgently invite you to oppose a resolution, the execution of which would be impossible to hinder; for it is our duty not to let you doubt that, though our desire is to terminate this cruel war, we have received orders that we must proceed to extremities rather than give up the object for which our Sovereigns have united. In consequence, if, on this occasion,


a single cannon shot should be fi red at our fl ags, it would lead to the ruin of the Ottoman fl ag.


The undersigned have the honor to assure his Highness of their respect. (Signed) E. CODRINGTON, Vice-Ad-


miral, and Commander in Chief of the Naval Force of Great Britain in the Mediterranean. N. DE RIGNY, Rear-Admiral,


Commander in Chief of the Squadron of his


THE SYNOPISIS OF THE FORCES Frigate Corvette


4 2 4


___ 10 19


0 0 0


___ 0


26


___ 6


18


Sloops, &c. Total 4 2 0


11 7 8


___ 26 66


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