Star. — London, England, 1821-09-28 00:00:00

PIRACIES IN THE WEST INDIES. HAVANNAH, AUGUST B. I annex, for the information of the mercantile coin- =unity, the following extract from the log-book of the schooner Alexander, of Charleston, Silas Rogers Master, bound from St.Aueustine to Havannah July 23, 1821, 70 miles N.N.E. from the Hole in the Wall, at eight o'clock, P.M. discovered a small armed schooner, apparently about 20 tons burden, Within a quarter of a mile of our starboard quarter, which, after reconnoitering a short time, dropped astern of us. Having on the deck 25 soldiers, be sides our own crew, which they doubtless discovered, was probably the only reason which induced them to sheer off: kept all at their quarters until the rising of the moon, in expectation of an attack, but we saw them no more. Since our arrival in Havannah, we have heard of a vessel of that description cruising on the Bahamas, which unships her masts, and has a great many oars, and has been seen by a number of vessels). The schooner Franklin, Foster, in twpnty-two days from Trinidad, was fired into on the Ist of August, off Cape St. Antonio, and brought to by a small piratical schoOner, and the Captain was ordered on board her : as soon as the boat got alongside, the crew were ordered on board, and four of the pirates, armed with muskets, cutlasses, and long knives, jumped into the boat, and came on board the Frank lin. They immediately confined the crew that re mained on board in the forecastle, and commenced plundering. They robbed ten passengers who were on board of about 1,000 dollars, a gold watch, and other articles ; • broke open the Captain's trunks, in search of money; threw overboard all the Captain's clothing, bedding, and his trunks containing his let ters and papers ; robbed him of a spy-glass, pistols, watch, ,tc. and a sum of money belonging to the supercargo,. who remained , at Trinidad; robbed the mate of the greater part of his wearing apparel ; and the vessel of all the live-stock on board, a cask of ' , rater, 'some provisions, lead-line, log-line, marlin ipikes, all the twine on board, cook's axe, and many other articles. Dui ing the time the pirates were on board, the officers and crew were repeatedly threatened with death, if they did not inform them in what part of the vessel the money was secreted; at one time a bow-line was put round the cook's neck, to run him up to the yard arm—at another time his neck was placed on a block, arid an axe raised to cut off his head, if.he did not inform them where the Captain bad secreted his money. Captain Foster was severely beaten with a cutlass, and was stabbed in the back with a knife ; and one of the crew was stabbed in the hand. One of the trunks, containing part of the letters, was picked up after the pirates left the vessel. FROM THE KINGSTON (JAMAICA) GAZETTE, AUG. 11. By the Perseverance we learn that a small priva teer schooner, fitted out at Maracaibo, with small arms, and commanded by a Frenchman, with a crew of about '2B men, is annoying the coasting trade be tween St. ,l 'go de Cuba and the leeward ports of this island, havii:g recently taken three vessels, princi pally loaded with flour, which were ransomed. r nom THE DELAWARE GAZETTE OF AUGUST 24. Extract from the log-book of the brig Frances, Jacob Drummond master, from St. Jago de Cuba to Philadelphia: July 1821.—Cape Antonio heating N. about six miles distant, at four, P.M. saw a small sail stand I r - itig from under the-land. At six, P.M. she was sweep ing towards us, apparently full of men; judging her ' to be a piratical vessel, kept away W.S.W. and made all sail to escape. At dark, the chase gaining fast won us, was . nearly astern, and commenced firing. We continued our course until. the shot fell thick around us. At four, P.M. hove to, when she imme diately hailed, and ordeted our boat on board, which was sent with three men, who were detained on .board, and the boat returned full of armed people, who immediately jumped on deck armed with bluu derhusses, cutlasses, and pistols, took possession of the brig, and drove all hands below, cutting and maiming every one within their reach.. They then proceeded to put the twig about, and stood in for the land ; in doing which, the mate and one man were Called up [tom below to assist in working her, they standing over us with cutlasses, and uttering the most hori id imprecations. Two men armed now went down into the cabin, where Captain Drum inond and a passenger were confined, and presenting pistols to their beasts, demanded an immediate de livery of all their money, watches, and apparel on board, on pain of immediate death, and accompa nied the threat with severe strokes of the sabre, and a menace, that in the event of anything being found concealed, a general massacre should take places Under this impression, and well convinced from the desperate appearance of the men, that it would be carried into immediate execution ; added to which, we overheard their intention of running the brig on shore, we deemed it expedient, far the safety of our lives, and the preservation of the vessej and cargo, to deliver up everything demanded, consisting of four trunks and one chest, containing wearing apparel, &c. to the value of 1,600 dollars ; cash in dollars, doubloons, and guineas, value of 800 dollars; four valuable gold an d - silver watches, with chains, seals, &c. value of 500 dollars ; also a writing-desk and its contents, a spy-glass, double-barrelled gin, three pis tols, a sword, all the sea clothing, beds and bedding, cite complete suit of colours, stock of wine, cabin fur niture, and cooking utensils, leaving us nothing but the clothes on our back . This vessel appeared to be a large open boat, black, with two white streaks, two sprit rails, square sail, and jib, the tack of the jib coming down to the stem; the fore-sail much larger than the main -sail, much resembling a large Havannah passage-boat, and full of men, apparently of all nations, but of the most ferocious and diabolical clasr. She was full of goods, doubtless plundered from other vessels, as they ac knowledged having overhauled a vessel the day before. At eleven P.M. after stripping us to the skin in search of more money, left us and made for the land, in a state of considerable intoxication, with a threat of again. returning to massacre every man, and this we considered highly probable. We immediately took possession of the brig again, tacked, and stood off—saw them no more. FROM TUE NERBERTPORT HERALD, AUGUST 24. Captain Colby, from Aux Cayes, informs us that the piratical boats, the principal rendezvous of which is at Cape Tiberoon (at the west end of Hispaniola), •are very troublesome, and harass the foreign com merce they fall in with, as well as annoy the native vessels. A small sloop belonging to Jeremie, bddnd to Aux Cayes, was lately fallen in with by them, and robbed of 300 dollars in cash: but very few vessels of any description escape their vigilance, and whenever they board a vessel they are sure to rob if she has any booty. FROM THE BOARD AT LLOYD'S. SEPTEMBER 27. The Hirondelle, from Havannah to Havre, put into New York on the 27th ult. She was boarded on the 2d, in 1at.29. 10ng.82. by a privateer schooner,which sailed in company with her from Havannah, and was plundered of 2,300 dollars, 30 hogsheads of rum, SO serons of indigo, SO tons of sugar, and all the beef and pork on board, sails, &c. and then put the crew into a leaky boat, but they were fortunate enough to rejoin the ship. POLICE. BOW-STRPET.—In the midst of the examinations of The ordinary " night charges" . at this Office, yesterday morning, an enormous letter, curiously sealed, was delivered to the Mdgistrate by one of the officers. When opened it displayed a gaudy caricature print, representing a Quaker, rampant, astride on a velo cipede, riding triumphantly over a group of prostrate personages, apparently intended to represent the Mi nisters of the Crown, amidst a multitude of exulting Radicals. Underne ath this picture was the follow ing inscription—" The Radical Quaker; or, Broad brim's Journey to Town to overthrow t he Spirit of Despotism;" and beneath this again was a descrip tion of the " Radical Quaker's" adventure before the Lord Mayor, a statement of which appeared in the STAR some few days ago. The Magistrate (G. R. Mtustrocc, Esq.) having perused this singular paper, inquired for the person who brought it; and in the next moment a young man in the garb of a Quaker, with a broad-brimmed, peaceful-looking, drab-co loured beaver on his head, surmounted by a furious tri-coloured cockade, was brought before him. This strangely anomalous personage having placed him self very carefully directly in front of the bench, smiled complacently upon his Worship, and the fol lowing laconic colloquy ensued forthwith: Magistrate—" Did you bring this 'turf ?" Broadbrim—" Thou hast said it." Alag " «hat iS --- oiir 7 i)l;ject in bringing it?" Bruadbrim—" 51erely to let thee know what is going on in the world—and, moreover, being informed that if I came to thy office, I should be taken into custody, I was desirous to as whether that information was true." Magistrate—" Then I certainly shall nut gratify you by or dering you into custody." Bruadbrim—" Thou wilt do as seemeth right in thire eyes. I *sure thee I have no inclination to occupy thy tittle longer than is profitable to us, and therefore I will retire whenever thou shalt signify that my stay is unpleasant to thee." Magistrate—" by do you weer your hat—are you a Quaker!" liroadbrim—" Thou saycst it—but that is not my sale metier for wearing it. To be plain with thee, I wear it because I choose to do so. Cunt thee tell me of any law which compels me to take it off?" Alagistrate—" I'll tell you what friend, I would seriously re commend you to retire from this place as speedily as possible." Droadbrim—" I take thy advice—farewel!" Thus ended this comical conversation, and the ec , centticfr•iend immediately departed in peace. A Mr. I! by was charged with assaulting Mr. J. „Jacobs. It appeared, that in consequence of a dins-' pute between the complainant and a Mr. Welsh, a challenge was sent, and the parties met to adjust the affair in an honourable way, when the defendant at- tended as the friend to Mr. Welsh, and a Mr. W. Smith to Mr. Jacobs. When arrived at the ground, however, one of the parties had forgot his pistols, and the other could not be prevailed on to accommodate his antagonist with the loan of one of Ms, and the patties separated, no doubt, to their mutual joy,•with whole skins. They met again the other night at a certain house in Pall-mall, when, after, a volley of abuse, the defendant thrust his umbrella in com plainant's face, the mat ks of which he bore conspi cuously under his eyes. Mr. Misanum. finding all parties culpable, bound each of them in £lOO to keep the peace. TOWS-HALL, SOUTIIWARICr-CHARGE OF MUR DER.—John Lambert, a porter in a corn-warehouse, was brought up on a charge of killing his father-in kw, James Allingham, a labourer in the same em ploy.—John Harvey, the night constable of St. John's, said, that at about ten o'clock on the previous even ing, while standing near the door of the watch-house, he heard a shriek, apparently from Back-street, Pot ter's-fields ; he ran there directly, and found a man lying on the ground senseless, and the prisoner and his wive near. On inquiring how it happened, the prisoner immediately said he did it, but he only pushed him ;he did not strike him. The witness as sisted in removing the man into a public-house, and then took the prisoner into custody.—The circum stances which led to the unfortunate death of Ailing ham were detailed in evidence by Mr. May, the land lord of the Three Tuns public-house, Back -street, Horslydown, where they had been previously drink ing, and by a fellow-labourer of theirs, who was in the house in company with them ; from whose ac count it appeared, that the deceased was intoxicated and quarrelsome in the public-house; that there bad been some words between him and a man of the name of Shuter, but their differences were made up, and they shook hands. Afterwards the deceased began to quarrel with his son-in-law, the prisoner. No blows, however, were struck, and by the inter ference of the landlord this quarrel was also made up, and the old man and his son sat down and took a friendly pot of beer between them. • The prisoner, it seems, then urged the deceased to go home, which he obstinately refused ; and on the son still pressing him, he struck him more than once. This was all that happened within the house, which they shortly after left together, and in a few minutes the shriek before mentioned was heard in the street. The body was brought into the house, there was a cut on the back of the head ; but the deceased never spoke, and ex pired in a few minutes. A surgeon arrived, but not before Allingham was dead. who declared that the skull was not fractured. The prisoner, who seemed much affected, said he had no animosity against his father-in-law; he had been quarrelling with him in the house, and when they came out beg= to go on again ; he did not intend to push him down, bat merely put his hand to him and said, ,4 lie quiet, you foolish old man," when he fell backwardi. The de ceased, it was stated, had been subject to ffts.. The prisoner was remanded to- await the verdict •of the coroner's Inquest. IRELAND. WEXFORD ASSIZES IRISH iBDITIOS. Michael Donnelly was indicted for drinking a toast 44 Damn the King and Constitution." Mr. J. Malone, a constable, examined by Mr. Curnautx.---Went to a dram-shop in Enniscorthy on the morning of the 17th of August last to take a dram ; prisoner came in and got a glass of whiskey, and he drank "Damn the King and all his wdl oishers." Cross-examined by Mr. BENNerr. Admitted that prisoner was in Uquor, but not dead drunk, as he could stand, and walk, and talk, and could lie on the ground "igket holdings did not know at the time, that he is a crazy unfortunate pedlar, who had been a soldier, and wounded in the wars, and who is always deranged when he drinks spirits. Do you believe thit George the Fourth; is the best King Ire land ever had, and that every man in Ireland loves him?—The man drank the toast, and I know my business. 010 you know your business, but upon the oath you have taken before your country do you not believe that there does not exist in all Ireland, from the highest to the lowest, since the King's kind visit and the days of Cead wane Fa& ' one man who was not desperately drunk or mad that would drink such a Met ?-11e did say the words. - - - Do you not know in your heart, that his Majesty would be little obliged to you, for picking up the words of a poor crazy man, by way of proving your loyalty ?—I did my duty. Answer my questions, u you seem to unde! stand them ?-lou may think that is the case, and so may I, and others like you and me, but except such men are punished, there will be audit rebellion. You swore la your examinations, that he damned the Xing and Coristilwiion, now it is the King and his well withers—how is this variance—pray what is the Constitution in your notion of it ?—1 know the Constitution as well as you, Mr.nennett. Then you will have no difficulty in wiling me what It is; tell me, Mr. Constable?-I'he Constitution—the Constitution—why the Constitution is the Prutesioid Religion at it stands--(Load &tighter thrailli the whole Court). Were you ever sent to jail for shooting at any one, for the love of the Constitution as it stands ?—I was sent there, because ano ther man, who was with me, fired at a man, and shot a d.•g ! (Much (attester). But you suffered for keeping bad company ; yob seem to like bad company ?—That has nothing to do with the prisoner. Will you go and support the Protestant Religion as it stands. Mr. BENNETT.—My Lord, without troubling you with any observation on the •ariance, I trust your Lordship is of opinion, from the evidence in this case, that at such a time as this, such a prosecution is too ridiculous, supported by such a witness, for me to go into any serious defence. His Lordship assented, and said the indictment was not sustained by evidence, and if it were, the de fence suggested by the prisoner's Counsel accorded with the feelings of every loyal man, that is of every Irishman, since the gracious visit of his Majesty, and he did not believe any Irishman in his senses, would drink such a toast.—The Jury instantly returned a verdict Not Guilty. PIITLIJPSTOWN ASSIZES, SEPTEMBER 19. HOUSE BURNING AND MURDER. Ahn Buckley, James Acheson, Matthew, Diffij, Michael Daly, and James Cusack, were put to the bar. They were indicted, for arson in the dwelling house of Patrick Murphy, near Cloghan, in the King's County, for the murder of the same Murphy and of his sister, Mary Geraghty, on the same night. These outrages, which took place on the 16th of last April, excited very great public attention, from their atro• city and the dangerous spirit of combination which they displayed. The case for the Crown was chiefly proved by two boys of the ages of twelve and fourteen. Their evi dence was, that between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, on the night of the 16th of last April, the house of their uncle (Thomas Murphy), where they then were, was attacked by at least thirty or forty persons, variously armed ; that three of them set fire to the house and burnt it; that James Cusack, one of the prisoners, shot their uncle, Thomas Murphy ; that the same man shot Mary Geraghty, mother of the younger boy, and also drove a bayonet into her eye ; that another person, not the prisoner, attempted to cut her tongue out; that she died the next morn ing ; that their grandmother died in a few days, from terror and grief; she saw the transaction from out side the house, where she escaped. The younger boy identified all the prisoners as being at the murder— the elder, all but Daly. James Murphy, brother of the deceased, swore, that he was going to Dublin late in March preceding the murder; that at a place not far from his brother's house, where he was going to meet the boat, he saw Cusack and Duffy, and six or seven more men, la bouring in a field; that they spoke to him, and de sired him to warn his brother away, as he was an in former, and must leave the country, or suffer death ; that he told them he must then go to Dublin, and hoped they wouldnot disturb his brother until his re turn, that he might see if his brother really was an informer; that on his return, he found his brother was wounded, and in great pain, though quite in his senses; that his brother told him to keep his mother till he died, that he might bury them together, so as to make one cost of it; that he said Buckley, Cusack, and Duffy, were at his execution; that he had no hope of recovering; this was the third night after the murder; his brother died in ten days after the 16th. Colonel Lestrange, a Magistrate of the County, confirmed the evidence of the last witness, as to the dying declaration of Murphy. The prisoners set up, except Acheson, each a se parate alibi. Daly's alibi was proved by a respect able witness, but the other three seemed to have very little effect, being very improbable and ill supported. Acheson produced evidence of character of a very respectable nature. A strong attempt was made to invalidate the testimony of the two boys, witnesses for the Crown, by proving that two persons against whom they swore, but who are not in custody, were at Tullamore on the night of the murder. This col lateral alibi tended to implicate the persons not in custody, and was very unsatisfactory. His Lordship charged at great length. He told the Jury that the prisoners should haie all the ad vantage of the success of the collateral alibi if it should succeed, but should not be at all accountable for its falsehood if it should fail. His Lordship's charge was a luminous review of the very numerous matters given in evidence, accompanied with obser . 'rations, which, at the same time, gave the prisoners the fullest benefit of everything favourable to them t in the evidence, and'exhorted the Jury to a firm dis charge of their awful duty. and prnnounced The Jury retired for four. hours, 'a Bucverdict only. of Guilty 'again st Cusack, D uffy, al Jcley ILTECTMENT.—•.LESSEB BEASLEY v. BOARIWAv. This was an ejectment on the title by the L and. lord, on the allegation that all the lives in th e l ea had dropped. The case w as o f rat h er an intereiti! nature, and excited some stances were shortly as followinterest. Th e circutg. Some years ago i lease was made fcr two lim e ' the lands of Jonestown ; and J o h n Boardman, (01 those, having died, the landlord alleged t h at Boardman, the remaining life, was also dead, g rou rr d on a supposition, that a cor pse found i n a tunnel,/ the Royal Canal, near the bridge o f D own, 1819, was the body of said Joseph Bo ar d taan. : l Ti after a most patient investigation In the Leatrun Judge, which occupied several hours, %n a tural : tion of several witnesses, it was fully prov-d, to the satisfaction of the Court and Jury, that th e ta m Joseph Boardmanaeft Dublin for Liverpool, i ete , 4 ing to proceed to America; and that the bi l4 found was not that of the said J ose ph B oardniza. Counsel for the plaintiff, in the most liberal may ner declared the vieight of evidence, on the p an , ' the defendant, was so strong, that it w nary the Court should be further detai sented that the Jury should return a v , defendant. ■ The Circuit Court of Damfries was , 19th instant. Nishent, a painter, from pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing irrt house of Mr. John Gillespie—be was transportation for seven year-. Halifax, Nova Scotia, pleaded not guilt of stealing a watch ; six witnesses were . the Jury found him Guilty. lie was twelve months imprisonment ; on heat behaved in a most daring and outrage swearing he had not got justice, al.d exci might as well have hanged me at once of whispering to one another against rm you speak out like men." AIURDER.—Friday sennight, at the sizes, T. Dutton, of Worthenbury, wat the sc ilful murder of Smann.th Jenkins, The chief witness was Mary ,bile, w' she went to the house of the decease.] August last; that the prisoner and the quarrelling, because some fowls that b..!4 prisoner trespassed upon the deceascd'- the deceased and the prisoner lived roof, but in separate houses; that she soner saying to the deceased—" hold her noise, he would kill her and too;" that they continued to quarrel .• pressions were made about half an he deceased went out to drive the prisoner' her garden ; about two minutes after, prisoner standing by the garden wicket, with flail stick, as thick as her wrist, in his hand ; the decemi was then throwing clods of earth into the gardeo drive away the fowls ; she saw the prisoner g a t through the, wicket into the field, and strike deceased several times about the head and shoulder with the stick, until Edward Bate hallooed to him desist • she saw the deceased bleeding f r om th e h t i Mr. Salad ine and Mr. Phillips, surgeons, from Malps, stated, that they thought the deceased laboured ode a concussion of the brain.. The prisoner declined to call any witnesses, nor did he offer anything defence. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the es dente to.the Jury, and they returned a verdict d Guilty. On Monday this unfortunate man waste cuted: he addressed the spectators (suppose) ton about 10,000) in the following words Y. people, all take warning by me ; it was passion brought me here." A ccttage situated on the Langley road, just to tween the Calm turnpike-gate, occupied by a daf labouring man, named Weeks, was broken open a Tuesday last, while the family were at work in is fields, and plundered of five silver spoons, and :eyed articles of wearing apparel. On the same day a co. cage at Barming Was entered, and nearl of value stolen therefrom. A cottage between Tonbridge and cupied by a poor day-labouring man, was entered on Wednesday se'nnight, the family being all out at work, stripped of every article of wearing the bed curtains, 10s. in silver, and a • BIRTH. At Glasslough !louse, county of Monaghan, Charles Powell ] Leslie, gq. M. P. of a sea and F ,11R - IfED. Tuesday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, James of Woburn-place, to Emily, youngest daughter Dr. Berkeley, of . Writtle, Essex. Saturday, at Dublin, Thomas St. George, Law, to Wilhelmitta Woleeley, daughter of tl Wolseley, of Wolseley bridge, in the county Aug. 50, at Parsonstown, Michael Charles . the 5d Buffs, to Julia, daughter of the late John . Cloogowna,.county of Tipperary. Sept. 17, at Aberdeen, William Knight, LL.D. Pater If Natural Philosophy in. the Institution of Belfast, to Jais, daughter of the Rev. Glennie , Professor of Komi f phy and Logic in the Marischal College, and cue of tic Ow tars of 'Aberdeen. __-••••••••••••••• DIED. Sept. 19, at Somerville House, sty of %Mk NA 44 Mary Anne, wife of Sir Marcus Somerville, But Sept. 2, at Shrewenny, on his return from klairent. die he went for the recovery of his health, Richard George Salk liaq. a Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, aged 20 ru5,..,,„" Sept. 10, at Old Me'drum, in the 70th year of Mt. sof George Cooper 9 Parochial School-master of Meldralk k 01 long period of 41 years. August 7, at Lisbon, Lady Maria J. Madonna, Min a Lieutenant-General Alexander Macdoonell, of Loellerrl..___: Sept. 18, at Harty, in the 66th year of his age. H• "u°1 1 : of that place, formerly Lielftenant-Colonel of the Comm litia, and for many years a Magistrate of that county. Wednesday se'nnight, Thomas Knight, second sea of the Thomas Blyth, of Knowle Lodge, Warwickshire. ad Same day, aged 26, of a consumption, Mary, the duo Mr. Jan Munn, of Rolvenden. amaday, at the house of her brother, Viscount Rodiampton, the Doti. Emily Anne Agar. t. 24, at Ryde, William Luard Wollaston. 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'less she tria nd her husbad after these et. hour, when de Rees fowls film er, she saw tie 1 • trly every a ' Shipbourne, an, named Nei, , in the day tilt, and completely apparel, beak A silver watch. than, the Lay if rod heir. James Feskap titer of the bulb e, Eq. balms the late &OM r of Calms ries licest4l4r John Burks, ati