The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-21 00:00:00

PIRACY.

Captain Briggs, of the schooner Abigail, sailed from Xiba •
rn, Cuba, on the 20th day of August. heat morning, of
Key Homain, saw a schooner which wive chase. When with-
in about a league, we prepared for action. all hands (12 wen
and 6 boys) being reedy to Wend the vessel to the last mo-
ment. At sun .set the chase tied 3gain, when we took iu sail,
and every lllall was at itimred at his post. Stir came up on our
weather quarter, wirm pistol shot, bided up her foresail,
and tired three guns and musketry, %%Jamul hailing as. bbit
apparel fu:l of men. %Ve comment od a tiring niam Ler, and
is smut an hour shot away her lure yard and lure gall. Site
then ceased firing mid haled in Spanish, which we answered
by telling of our character, and demanding to know his ; they
made no reply. We commenced firing agsia—alic tired another
gun and stood of. Captain Smith, who was cni board, rectii d
a musket ball through his arm. At day lighs neat day sit
made sail, and found our fore and fore topsail braces shot away
22 shot and hulled no, [ma, tb.ee went below the deck—much
other damage was dune—three shot lodged in the wizen mast,
atilt' the fore topmast, is unlit fur further service. Tne
mainsail Lad F chid boles through it. We must Love killed
a good many of the crew, as we were so near as to hear their
cries.

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Captain Todd, of Philadelphia, arrived Xibara about the
22d ultimo from Guatiaja, wad stated that several piratical
•essels were fitting out there, under a man stained Mama, who
swore I engeunce against the Amcricasa, and most partictilarly
against Lieutenant Stockton, of the .1 llidaior, who harm sue
of his weasel's. Information was received at Xibara that Ito
pirate Febien had been taken and carried into St. Doinio,.o,
thence sent to St. Jago de Cuba. The pirate Lain te was sun
on the coast, about 6 leagues to windward of Xibara, in a
schooner of 13 tons and 25 men.

DREADFUL BANDITTI.—OR Tuesday morning
last, during the examinution of 11. Pocock. alias Towusend,
before Sir George Farrant, at Marlborough-street Police, toe
°Ricer Clements, who with Jr(lieys were so actively engaged
in tracing out the companions and assistants of Pocock, as-
certained among other evidence, that at this inoinent there are
existiug a banditti or gang of miscreants, who extend their
operations to all pails of London, and the thrones, AO pick
out t ariuus gentlemen whom they follow, not only home. bat
watch afterwards their residences, and then pounciog noon
them, make their infamous charges. and threatebing en expose.
demand money to keep the fancied secret; no doubt from the
duplicates of valu,ble gold wate:iet and other property found
upon Pocock, they have been rather successful in this felonious
practice. The public should understand, that, although if a
man should not give money to the accused, be is equally guilty.
as the law wisely makes it a trimly, by the act of putting
another in fear to extort money. There is also another Act of
Parliament, w hick, by its clauses, even protects those wretches
who practice such panicles. offences fr tin extortion ; one of
the clauses observes to this ellkct:—'• &mold a man be guilty
of such a charge, end known, and to be semi in the guilty act,
then ought the witness to cone termini, and bring hint or they
to Justice;' but if that evidence or et idences receive money.
or threaten to extort money, to sulirmis such charge, tlon
they become guilty of expltal felony, tool are liable to punish-
ment of death. . -

tlvonuettunt.t.—A most alarming occurrence
took place MI Monday last, at the house of Mr. Hensler. •
smith, in Peartree-rourt, Clerkenwell.—A dog of Mr. Ws,
was seized with fry sopliohia, bit Iwo of Mr. Heaslees chil-
dren, one aged ten, and the other ei,;lit years. The eldest owls
hit in the left eye, and the oungtst io the cheek. The did-
t:ren were taken to Bartholomew's Hospital, where a caustic
was applied to, the wound on the eye of ilto eldest, mod the
flesh cut oil from the ound of the youngest. The dog was
killed, and the dog was opened sod camphors' by the surgeons,
who have ascertained the animal to be mad. Isothist4 can ea-
ceed the I: utole of the trued). hey have the eldest at home,
and the youngest 1.41:11116 in the lamella'.
The marriage ut a couple was forbid immediately
after the pablieatiun of the bars, and during the scraice, at the
holy Trinity chtush, Hull, on Sunday last