The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-15 00:00:00

PIRACY.

The following is an extract of a letter dated

avannah, September 25 :

" We have been most shamefully used by the pirates along
the coast here. We were brought-to on the day previous to

our arrival, the 20th, by an armed schooner, who robbed us
of every article of clothing, and every thing else of value.
I have not even a shirt. On the 17th, while beating through
the Gulf, we spoke the brig Hannah, of Philadelphia :
the supercargo came on board, and gave us a melancholy

statement of the manner in which. they had been taken and
plundered. He said, that about a fortnight previous they were
taken-and carried into one of the keys inside of the Colorados,
where they were kept nine days, and a cargo of turtle-shell and
coffee taken from them to the amount of 17,000 dollars. They
tied him, the Captain, and two passengers,, to the rigging, and
made a tire round them for the purpose of suffocating them.--
After hearing such a lamentable story, what must have been
our expectations on the eve of being in their hands. We sup-
plied them (the Hannah) with provisions, as they had been seat
to sea, with 24 prisoners that had been formerly taken, without
any provisions.. We parted company that day, and determin-
ed keeping on the Florida shore, but it was not long before

the wind shifted, and -enabled us to, lie nearer to this port.
About six o'clock on the morning we were plundered -we ob-
served a ship a-head of its, and a bark not far from us.—
About eight o'clock we observed a schooner making sail from
the land to windward of us, Point Mariel bearing about 20
miles east from us. She made sail after the ship, and about
'two o'clock brought her to, after firing three guns. 'I hey alter..
ed the course of the ship, and sent her in the direction they
came from : the pirate then made for us, and the first saluta-
tion we received was a large shot over our heads, and presently
after—from what cause I do not know, unless it was for our
not being expeditious enough in bringing to—we received a
shower of bullets, by which one of the men lost part of his
ear. We were presently after boarded by an English gig, with
a dozen or fourteen men, who without ceremony began.to use
their cutlasses with which they were provided. Seeing. them

So ferocious, and being pressed by one or two, I went over-
board, and was lucky enough to swim to the pirate. Captain
Jones, seeing me leave the vessel, got into their boat with one
of our men, and got on board about the same time as I did.—
We were kept prisoners in the hold of the pirate, along with
the Captain of the French ship previously captured, until the
rascals on board the brig had robbed the cabin of every
thing which they could. find of value We : were at last
allowed to proceed ; but, on getting to the brig again, as if they
had not bean well satisfied, the people belonging to the pirate
commenced a second time, and Captain Jones received another
beating, and a slight wound on the back of his head. I saved
my beating in a great measure by going overboard. As
they got no money except what the mate and men had
they said they were sure that the 'passenger must have
money.: and perhaps had. I been on board they would have
insisted by using their ,weapons. The
inpoor steward unfor-
tunately underwent a dreadful beating. my stead ; at last
they left us, and went in pursuit of their former prize, which
vessel was loaded with wines and goods for this place, from
Bourdeaux. I have seen the captain, who has escaped with
whole bones. They had tie2l him for the purpose of ending his
existence, and must have done so had it not been for the entrea-
ties of two Spaniards, passengers with him ; they have light-
ened his ship considerably. Hardly a vessel escapes, either com-
ing the way we did, or 'through the old Bahama Channel. We
have seen several fellow-sufferers here, and—you will, hardly
believe it—at the time Of our capture and release, we observed,
two vessels hull down astern of us. These two vessels arrived
here at the same time as we did, who proved to be two Spanish
men of war, one armed with 20 guns and 110 men, the other
guns and 45 men. The Captains of both have been on board,
and say that they saw us taken and released. You may guess
what they ought to have done."

THE THEATRES.

Ditua4•LANE...'—The manner in which the chief

characters in the Cornedy of Wild Oats are dis-
tributed,.and are so ably supported, particularly
the part of Rover, the animating principle of the
piece, "'enders it very attractive, though it has
been so-often represented. -Rover is one of-Mr.
ELLISTON'S most successful efforts, and he last
night was as lively and entertaining as ever.
COVENT-GARDEN.--We may heartily congra-
tulate the Proprietors of this Theatre, and
the Public, on the acquisition of an accom-
plished young Actress, in Miss F. H. KELLY,
who made her first appearance last night, in
the character of Juliet. This , young Lady,
we understand,* has performed on the Dublin
stage with great success, and her merit will
be confirmed by the universal admiration of a'
London audience. It is highly creditable to the
dramatic taste of Ireland that, except GARRICK,
it has supplied the London stage With some of
the very best actors by which it has been adorned,
and the high estimation .which Miss F. 11. KELLY
has obtained in that country may be considered
as a proof that its dramatic judgment exists hi all
its former vigour. We could not do justice Co
this young Lady unless we were to follow her
with critical accuracy through the whole of her
performance for which purpose we- have hog suffi-
cient space. We must therefore content Ourselves
with a brief outline of her pretensicins to public
favour. Her figure is of the middle size, well.
formed, but a little inclined to the embonpoint.
Her features are regular, and capable of varied
expression. Her voice is pleasing and powerful.
Her action is natural, easy and graceful, obviously
directed by her feelings, and governed by the
habits resulting from genteel intercourse. Her
judgment was manifested in a full conception of
the character, and the detail of her performance
was evidently marked by an attentive study of it,
in all its bearings and relations. The general
result was of the most impressive and interesting
ature. • To the credit of the audience they ap-

peared fully to estimate her excellence, and they
marked their sense of it by abundant and reite-
rated applause through the whole of her perform-
ance. We, must repeat our conviction that
the London Theatre has gained in this charm-
ing actress a prop and an ornament. It is
with great pleasure we add that she received all
possible support from the Romeo of Mr. C.
KEMBLE. We have often witnessed Ills excel-
lence in the part, but we never before saw him
appear in it with equal advantage. In fact, we
may venture to say, from all that dramatic
history records of the Romeo of Mr. GARRICK
and the Juliet of Mrs. CIBBER, that the two
characters have never since been represented
with more sterling merit. Mr. JONES displayed
due sprightliness and humour in Mercutio.—
The good sense of Mr. CHAPMAN gave unusual
importance to the Friar, and Mrs. DAVENPORT
was a very correct and diverting representative
of the Nurse. Miss F. H. KELLY, we under-
stand, is related to a very respectable family in
Ireland, the head of which is a Military Officer.
The play was brought forward with all requisite
splendour in scenery and costume; and such was
the impression of the Romeo and Juliet that the
audience universally called for a repetition of the
play on this evening, but another drama was
announced, and, by way of compensation, it was
stated that Romeo and Juliet would be repre-
sented again to-morrow and Monday.