The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-27 00:00:00

PIRATES.

The schooner String Rird, Emery from Belize to New Meer,
with a verge of flour, was captured Wl' Key Cocker, near Belize,
pm the Ist April last, by alter row-boat, commanded by a French-
P.an of the name of Francis-o Parlabon. The crew consisted of ten
men and a Loy. After to:, ing possession of the Spring Bird, the
pirates sent the crew on abate to the eastward of Omose. The
schooner was then manned, and on the :td of April she fell in with
moat captured another etlled the George Angus, John Underwood.
waster, from Trusillo. with • quantity of dry goods, bound to
Gums. Captain Coderwond, and Mr. Stevenson, the supercargo.
were immediately put to deith by the pirates ; a seaman named
Joules Scales was meter* wounded. and the cook jumped over-
board and was drowned. The remainder of the crew escaped by
swimming to the shore, with the eseeption of Joseph Shettler, who
remained on board; his life was spared by his being known to one of
the pirates of the name ofJack Lahore. The cargo of the barge
Angus was taken out and put onboard the Sprinit Bird; the former
vowel was afterwards destroyed: The Spring Bird, in an attempt
to get into the river, gm on the bar, and thz earrent running very
strung. she drifted on the beatb, near a wpm called Black River.
The property on board was landed, and arereted in the hushes ;
hots were pitched. and the pirates remained on the spot about three
weeks. Jack I.abore, accompanied by Joseph Shettler, proceeded
los part of the roast inhabited by Indians, for the purpose of ;OUT.
chasing a cantle to return and take off the whole party. On &reit/-
bag amongst the Indians, Joseph Shettler made known collie chiefs
'the whole proceedings of the pirates. A large canoe was speedily
fitted out and despatched to the place the pirates had been staying
ett. On teaching the piratical establishment, a bargain was made
by the party that the Indiana should conduct them to a stated point;
the Indians, however. on getting the piratical party on board the
(Mae. together with a portion of the cargo, amused them until they
were finally ennelueted to the Indian horde. Joseph tchettltT bad
b!ett previously dearest-lied by the Indian chief to Belize. • ith
evoty information, to the commandant. who, without loss of time.
sent a cutter under Joseph sliettler's direction, in order to capture
the pirate, and bring them to Relic?. The plan succeeded, and the
Dltees were conducted In safety to Belize. where they were Indeed
in the gaol, until the arrival of his Majesty's schooner Union.
Lieutenant Henderson, on beard which vessel they were put, and
atrieed at Pon Royal yesterday noon.
The Union seined at Belize on the 27th of June. with the
Duchess of Olotteester. the Margaret, and the Bristol. and left
there with the Bristol on the following day foe ()lima, where they
resehed on the 39th. The Union again (on the 30th) ;proceeded
ter Blinte, anchored there on the 2d instant, and sailed for Put
Royal on the Oth.
PIRACY AND MVIIDER.
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Narration of the reve of the launch Casson, and more panica-
bole that of the Mulatto Carthagena. alias Cavanero, alio to-
rrid prows the Bar of San Pedro, on the evening of the itth inst.
l'ampeachy, June
"'That on the 18th of May, off the Bar of San Pedro, they foil
in with the piled; boat 'downer belonging to Valafan, owned by
&nice Mains, under command of Juan el l'al..nctano, second in
uomtornd, known hy the name of Ramon with the rut fare, wilt a
compliment of thirty..is men, one gun (an eight pounder). and 40
weaken; and bluntleebosses ; that a counts> titan of Carthagena's
sold Aim that on the Tuesday preceding, in seven fathom* water.
is front of the Bogota) (of Termini's) they took an English ship
tolled the Shannon; that they boarded her and killed the whole IM
timed, and afterwards anehtwed the ship in front of San faire ;
that they cut off the head of the Captain, and stuck it un a pole
on the shore t that the trunks and betiding of the ship were taken
ashore, and that the new 011ie:tin Juan was wearing the white hat
pod trimmers of the C:.ptniti ; and that they also took the boat he-
lot/4ring to the narrato'r's launch."
The piratesofterwardi burned the Shannon, having fat re-
moved her guar, trickle, it& out of her into the piratical vesseL

SURREY ASSIZE COURT. KINGSTON. AUGUST 9.

AD7RDER AND PIRACY.

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Lose Maria de to Stater, 11..11;to tarsal, and Esteem' Alasthtes,
ware placed at the Bar.
The Clerk of the Crown then read the indictment, charging two
of them with having on the 2.lth of Febnutry last, asaanited one
Heavy l.ewir, and discharged a loathed gun, which inflicted one
Ernie' wound on his right btravt, of which he ; and the
Indictment charged the other ptisuner with aiding and abetting in
tae said murder.
The Antrocver•GEttrwat. opened the ease on the part of the
Crown, and related the leading arcuate:lmes of it, but which ap-
reaflli at greater length in the evidence, and which is n follows :
Vtlazrano.—Recullects • felucca commanded by Pepe in Oc-
tober lent. The crew consisted of ten, Including the Captain;
heard from themselves that they bad taken a British ves.id from
Cayrianas, and aaw them wearing clothes made front the sails.
Two of the prisoners were of the crew of the felucca, 1)e lie Santos,
and Cassel, when the took the British vessel. Captain l'epe, of
ton feliacra, said at witness', house, that lie had taken a Ltisli

ir.booner from f'ayinanaa • that the crew of the English schooner
rush their escape in her goats. Did not hear of any engageste.nt
between them. It was in the month of January that Pepe was at
bit hottsc. Recollects one Sebastian aiming to his house along
with Pepe. lle, with when, said, that a boat's crew of British
sailors w, re approaching the felucca, that they fired at them, and
killed four semen, and took two prisoners, whom,, they afterwards
killed. Two escaped wounded. lava Santos and Canal formed
part of the crew of the felucca at the time th..se acts were cent-
tr.ated. %Visneat says that he met klartinergoing front Pepe to
the Captain of another teasel, giving hint notice by letter that the
'Bluth farce was appinhing, and that they must not give them
any assistance. but to rokt them. On this they hid themselves.
This witnen heard from 31anince. Recollects a person of the
name of Campos, and that he cane to his house. Ills second
snit was when he was making his escape from the British force.
boss not know what his first visit was for. Recollects the two
prisoners already named, making confessions to him. B. Cassel
said that he bad.citufetts.d in the presence of Captain Orahltm, that
he /red twice et fhe boats of the Icarus t and •Los Pantos also
acknowledged that he had fired at Ono. Witness saw es the'
landing place sundry apparel of the Caymanas schooner, Which
I:sd h. en taken osit of her. Campo* had stated that lie had
escaped front the British • boats, and statod that he was afraid rot
tre se the British.

Juan Campos—Witness while fishing on the coast wait taken by
a piratical crew, consisting of live men in a boat. This was before
too Christmas holiday,. lle was taken on board the felucca.
Captain Per.. Witness was compelled to work. Knows all three
pritorers. Los Santos Ovation board the piratical vessel ; he was a
caulker. Heard him say he had hero engaged in an attack on a
vessel. Los Samos was one of the crew 'ha. want In the busts to
capture the Cayman's' sehooner. They plundered htrpf tackle, dm.
'the sails wi re nit up and divided among the crew. *fitness saw
Cooed with trousers on, inse.c front the sails. Cannot say as to the
other toe. ltfartiner was not on .board, nor does he belong to the
Aucem los e:artina was oa board of her. The crew of the
felucca consisted of twenty-live and twcnty.six men. It not certain
at to the particular time that the attack took place. '!'here was a
rumour that a P.: itish force was cruising against them ; and nine of
them, more courageous than the others, went out in an armed boat
to meet them. Caml and Lea Santos were among the party ;
Martine: wi. not un board the rehires. Witness made his escape
at the tune this party went to meet the British. Witness had pro.
corded three !radon when he beard tiring. Witness was again
ashen by the pirates at a village. and they threatened to murder
lam if he did nut join them. This was at seven o'clock the same
treciog. On the following morning lie met l'amel, who said In
him if he had men hiin'esciiping be wadd hare shot him. Causal
.alatt said. that they halt killed four British gallons, made two pi-
music whom !they likewise killed, anal two had escaped. Los
&mos did not COM! op to the village. The fact of their having
kdlt these perso :a was the common convmation of the village.
Duct not know that Manioc, was intimate wtth the crew of the
Wawa, but Vilagrano's soucl, of which he was on hoard, lay so
shale togrher that they could speak to one another.
31r. Thomas lU•teliell, waster's mate of the Icarus, recullecte
cruising use coast of Cuba in January last. The reason for
taking :llarthea was, that he was remirirg his vessel with the
vlankstaken from the Cayman:is vessel. He psotlectied up rivet
Smola l''i leitruary last. in retnrning with a prise, Lieut.
Layton ti:vv • smaller seek, and said he would examine it in the
gig. Wines" had 31artincx in a boat with bin'. Lieut. lAyton
VMS to r..tom in half an hoer, but diti not do so ; upon which
wittOts followed them, and soon came up to the two wounded men,
wean called to witness to come to their assistance ; they were Tierney
and Haches. Nest day, found the four bodies of the killed men.
Lieutenant Layton was among them.
James Tierney, seaman of the lean'', was in the gig with

Lieut. Layton in February last; two ()Ricers and six men were in
Let. lie read front a wntten paper, that at three o'clock of the
mornir.o of the 24th. lett the schooner (Speedwell), anti at five
entered the river 3lalpiza: at eight saw a schooner in the bite, with
nap!) at ti women on board. After brcaltbst we went up the river
Santa Fe, and observed a sttspicions.lookingulooner, which people
were repairing. ‘Ve landed, took one man (Martinez), smd the
schomer, which we towed down to the barquadier. Lieutenant
Layton, another officer, and six men, again proceeded up the
river, when on turning round a narrow elbow of the river, we saw
a felucca, with two bog guns pointed towntda us. A voice was
heard say, " Sir, shall we fire ?" and instantly two guns were
fired, which killed three men out of eight, and wounded bur. The
officer was shot from a hill on the right side of the river. Witness
was wounded, and he effected Iris escape on shore, and found one
of the men hanging too mangrove tree, on the left aide of the river.
%% hen witness was escaping Lieut. Layton asked hint where he
was piing to? To save myself, as 1 am shot through the arm.
After a long And tedious walk through the bushes, fell in with Mr.
' Mitchell's party. Only two of the right escaped. Mr. Layton
was found murdeted next day. flatchwell and Brown killed. Only
two of the boat's crew survived. Three were shot, and three
missing.
Atter Counsel had been heard for the defence,
The Cutter JI•ST ics summed up, and the Jury brought in a
verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners.

We some time ago brifly noticed the death of George Frederick
Augustus, King of the 31usquito Indiana. We hare recently ac-
quired the pan iculsrs of his Illajrity's decease, which we this day
veer to the notice of our readers:—
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It appears, tteurge Frederick Augustin retired, as was his cus-
tom always in the afternoon. its a state of glorious intoxication, to
his Ito al couch, and to site arm. of his most gracious Queen,
who, taking advantage of his unresisting condition, with the as-
sistance of two Nobles of the Court, strangled his Majesty in his
first slap, and afterwards deposited the lioysl corpse in a piece of
water contiguous to the palace. Suspicion c.f the foul act having
fallen on her Majesty, the sages of the kingthon assembled, for the
purpose of investigating the circumstances relative to the traiterous
assassination. After four lengthy deliberations, a conclusion, cri-
minating the Queen and her two associates, took place, and they
were sentenced to be hinged, which ignominious award was speedily
carried into At the foot of the gallows the guilty Queen att.
knoteledgetl the justice of the sentence, attl cenfeseell having
been instigated to the deed by a foreign resident at Cape {irides
a Dina. _ . .

_
It appear the tlimne of the kingdom is elective, and that the
superintentlant at Honduras has a political lidiucnce in the elec-
tion. There are at present two candidates for the vacant throne—
thc brother and the cousin of the inunlered King; and the voice of
the Superintendabt, through the agency of as Envoy, will decide
the election.

PARTICULARS OF TIDE I.IISS OF THE SHIP ECLIPSE,
CA PT. HEARN.

By letters received from a passenger, who sailed from hence in
the Eclipse. we learn that the veseel was wrecked on tie morning
of the l.t June, on the rocks of Cape Corrientes. six days after
quitting her port in this island. A sudden squall, which set in
towards the land, whilst off the so nth-west point of the island of
Cabs, assisted by the strung anti variable currents, usual at this
entrance into the gulf-stresw, drove the vessel with violence on the
Cape, at about three o'clock in the morning. The continuance of
the storm, aid the incapability of the crew during the darkness of
this early hour. to ascertain their means of escape from the wreck,
or to disavtr the ne•ure of the shore, obliged them to re-
main in this perilous state until day dawn, before any effectual
efforts could be made to save themselves. In tho attempt five men
unfortunately perished. In an hour after quitting the wreck this
vessel sunk. Not a single article was saved, even of clothing or of
food. The sufferers remained twelve days on the beach without
bread or water, and destitute of any shelter hot what was supplied
by the trees on the coast. In this famished and destitute condi-
tion they were discovered by a .Spaniard, who conducted them to
a habitation at Rome distance, and after renewing their strength,
helped them to procure conveyance to the Ilevannalt, where, after
the lapse of thirty days from the morning of the wreck (in which
time they endured indescribable sufferings), tiny arrived safe, the
Captain obtaining for himself anal his passengers a conveyance
home in his Majesty's brig Cainelion, Captain Lambert. The
greater pan of the cargo is asi.l w have been uninsured.

POUCH.

31ANSION-1101'Sr,.

flatunl.sy J:ohaio Penni:,ll, ayoung man of resp-etable appear.
ante. who Wlll. examined a few clays since on a charge of forging a
check un Messrs. lViiiisnie and Co., the baukers, fur 2001. under-
went another rumination. Mr. Curwood attended as his Counsel.

On the former examination it was stated. that the prisoner was a
conlithrittwl clerk in the employ of Mr. %Fithian', a tea-broker, in
Jewry-street ; that Mr. Williams rcceived a letter from a cones-
pendent, stating that he hal remitted @fill(. on his account. to
M caste. IPilliams, which would he paid on his presenting a check
!iv the amount ; that the prisoner vas the only person who saw
that later; and that a check for the amount (the body of which
currearontled with the handwriting of the prisoner) was presented
the notroing the letter was received, and the money paid ; and on
Mr. Williams presenting his chick, he was informed the money
had been already paid.
The Solicitor l'or the prosecution said he had not yet obtained
any additional evidence againsethe prisoner, and he was renisndtal
till Friday, to give the prosecutor time to make further inquiries.

Tlinnras Walton, and Ma -t/ his wife, were charged by Mary
Burton with robbing her of three aorereigua and l sa. It &prated
that the prosecotnn went into a tistblie.house in firm-street, where
the pea:amen picked a quarrel with her, and aftcrwariln hustled and
retail-liter 01 the abot c sum. They were both ren:anded.