The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-15 00:00:00

PIRACY.

„am__
(t)tin ,the subject of the piracies lately committed
seer e West Indies, the following letter from thed
at tietarY to the Admiralty was on Friday poste
the Bristol Commercial Rooms :

c; sit " Admiralty Office, 10th October, 1822.
Ac1r,),,..
~, Raving laid before my Lords Commissioners of the
fiftb "'u alt Your letter of yesterday's date, inclosing a statement
hi 'Plunder of the ship Edward Protheroe, by pirates, offthe
) 'tad
°I Cuba. I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint
fiat
that
ttiothn
rldias . e attention of the Admiral commanding . .
the West
has been long 'called to the depredations in
quarter . . since
ia,lesrs
.1, and that their Lordships have advices from his
531) b ' °P Carnation, which, as well as his Maj e
t y '
s
ritighb otterel, was, on the 12th August last, in the immediate
Lord h°4l'hood referred to in. the above statement ; and m
Is Lords
th
va, conl, . at the attention thus shewn by. his Majesty's
sure, tail nnissioners to this point, together with
.other men.
Preseiri th e ngs eby heir Lordships, will have the effect of sup-
,, t, " I am, Sir, your most ohedient‘servalit,
" J. W. CHOKER.
let tuel I should be obliged to you if you would inquire, and
1/hieli 4now, under what flag the schooner was, the crew of
plundered the Edward Protheroe.
ehs, Thomas Daniel, Esq.
It "grl of the West India Society, Bristol."
Public' we Presume, in the recollection of thei
dial:111; that the last time the subject of West I 1-
Con-,n7racies was brought before the House of
kkra-„°;ns, Previous to the prorogation, the late
were of Londonderry stated, that negotiations
iidonlending with Spain, with a view to the
(1%,,rt`,4 of such measures as might effectually put
ding sue attrocious marauders who have been so
thajefully allowed to ravage our shipping in
I, y 0 i i
uourtioo-s,‘ Indies, and particularly in the neigh.
A. „
.o of Cuba.
t 1044 „r. of
Paper, after alluding to the negocia-
this stated some time ago to be on foot between
' I'veintrY and Spain, says—
ttlle4e(ise,,clawel.ntha wtheunwdiLs'ihsetdi that the nseogociations have been at.
much so, indeed, that
Neil ,Spanish nisi? ConstitutionalrGsouvernM'ent has permitted us to
which
It 4111
,i eeil in any part of the territory or possessions over le
-(4lof,„''s sovereignty as mly be necessary for the.pro e
,-
, ,P,ltin the fore.'
' el
-r
°4" - -111ii's cir‘ciumstance, it is said, will serse
Ited:',,t i m 0
ul.
loi w
sing article :
• ' Arrived his Majesty's ships
agate 07 ail,' Ser'ingE4ariarri). from Portsmouth ; and sailed
~,, It ~,,•11,ecret service --itli sealed orders.'
thesehlieh'" bt found,' 'we believe that the secret service on
-Luaii
fships have been sent, is no other than the exter-
'Ltetnell" tile Pi at Cape St. Antonio ; and that they
til -e tilli)°W,,ero(l to take ossession of all places which have be-
-4,,,n".3e
firinef,,,,erririTeuan,ttsbottf
sthiroslepv.fr'leeh oters in that quarter. We are
A'Court's) mission to Madrid, and
4'4
44c-o'„'"iP between thent.wo Courts which it indicates, are
wiected with the for concession."
, 1.,
"°*, a :e V.The Retrench, Fiott, arrived in the
I,:tvioilftieeensieorda,
Y from Jamaica,
~the. crew quite
.exhausted,
b 4.. n short allowance tor -a days. She sailed on the
oardeegnst, and on the 111th, in the Gulf of Florida, was
11'nhai.'.11 Plundertweop_iratical schoonrs,withupwsaa.r.(sls, of 70 men,
ati!telyar_denher of
.spice,, provisions,
osteverity boats, the
,141',, aild ,lia us er?: clothes, and
treatedthne;,l°Fellorrleaux and
crew. thing move-
the the 20th, spoke the Amiable
d her of her danger, as one of
c-41Pkat-! v'' in sight, na. warned her
consequence tacked, and kept
I'4
hit? fords three days. The Amiable Julie spoke a ship, and
isallionp °r,llled hat ,• 1 • ls had been taken by pirates,
uitriihr' which
a Were st°'?erl' vessels
two Ameri„n, one Ham-
renc ,
eri 'in- sorne Enwgiish.
SA
..,
Gentleil-I,:t BROOKS, ESQ.—The funeral of this
;,4g coa,-I,an took place this day. Fourteen mourn-
'ltim-f7si containing many of the private and
.po-
t°4leettl,einds of the deceased, went in procession
private tile
, corpse at Hyde Park Corner. Two
`',..,!Posited-a,riages followed. The remains were
ti`eint --,
in the family vault of the departed
-aPtisettn Q-4) hi the Church-yard of St. John the
) oavoy.

'the b
and the Duke of CLA-
41tXc nt tlcheSs of KENT
4Lilal;;tteknded Divine Service at the new Chapel
Pantedat --"el on Sunday.
?:, btirlay the Prince of LElMltNiGleENre,saicdceonnice-
.t4 TIY Captain CONROY,
left
King's Palace at
IkN,,i ''ilelleSS of KENT, at the
for thleigton, for the king's Cottageat Windsor,
4tslY PurPose of being introduced to his MA-
-111, IN
41j41) "'chess of KENT dined with the Duke
Saturday.
Ltltnchess of CLARENCE, at Bushy)
4da,e:s dated the 4th ult. were roeco'eived yes-
-4iii,"°lll 11avannali.
"l'eueo.at,e reached Vera Cliihuezyonmteirtietiond tAhnatguisnt:
tl,rtvd",. the medium of the captain of vessel
44tElP' 11.41 Tarn Tampico, that Guadalupe-Vaicd!torvitlio,
44sise',j1Ite of the !Generals of Iturbide, an
ttli
Ili tOlll- '''
ti'
in separating Mexico from the
fwdr::
l'olt
and of Spain, had hoisted the standard
o,
rn-
toeii'C•,,Proclaimed, a republican form of
govern-
of,, °tiSa '`‘he troops under his command an
1..5 linvt-'1141) the General of Iturbide, are said
s?k4 e
Planet near Puebla, where an engagement
r`'llere are, in which the latter was dikeefseeitiemd:
l'lcirtt e ° further details given
41411 titi. events, nor any other authoroitt'ytfor them
l'att)Weeo account brought by the vessel from
I AI '
*4, 4e,,,,,,
y morning
Ei' getWe' .
En SUICIDE.—On Sundsaieen to throw
bri'c'telf coll;ine and ten o'clock, a wo,
kftepe• Thretne basin of the Regent ms
aenanwla, near BattN-
p the spot, succeeded,
Ipttit:ll4l:eibblbeei°Yntsro' trouble in iwnereetue4n her out. A Ilattonto-
-9 , had 'the woman conveyed
'lttlle • °XI", t} 1e nillarid head public-house, Battle-
smedi..N 41e'ri "„"t' was then to all appearanceen- lifeless.
and . .
th,. itt li!riß"ti'ire,,fsent for, after applying the, uTsiwiaol means
.Nitgve yea; time,
as Mary Hickey,
fiZti • tlilt' ai Wses°tfo she was quite rrenstaomreed. She was
.about ,
naLtel,acae.nd gave
felthe
to:tletilAt'reanity of the persons svhoawraeystlovrie:hdf:
no sort
iglerra,titaunds
herself in
14 41 Way, siNsvas determined to make
the''et o,41:1 Nth L'e had not been married more th(aintaencioanntshe
otof
-141111„1 Years younger than herself.;
said,
ti,„o4/leo,-; commit the desperate act, she arose from
1/411444; 4114130..iigraablbee state in which she and
agheerwhhiueshbasnhtel
r yof about eleven years of titeetti4ed 1,,,1,`°1111er husband, and which child' it 'appeared l-te
Iv4te‘l4ally to greatest the greatest cruelt.
I', she 'vomit suicide thatbeforeSojumped into the
ke-eliief.
shedete_rmined was she
A (4,opi, ed her hands together with a silk hand .
I;l?:lltCettiktaN,:r•---in the early part of last week,
same zu and Lady, who passed for man and
It
ntile4„--' to Camelford, and took up their abodeda
r,',Getu7 the inns at that place. The next day
t''trgvetuau, who had the appearance of .
-°Rtils",,rl,;4ll3 came to the town, and speedily re
Of
4,t4 the Lad
as his wife, the mother 11).1,ttrrielieral childrZ, who had eloped with a
:11464 taan, the father of a large family,r.
NtiNot;...resc.„_.
: 'eu husband used every means of ptee _
i)Nati tal his power to induce the infatua
could
littorettil::rstieattinern home, but in vain ; she
d to quit her paramour, and theto
e;,r fatp-uate man was compelled to leave her.i
a.
a;`4tlts rrhe affair becoming known, the in i .
'roe exPressed so h indignation at this
ftit lis Case -- much his companion
tit tt tee '3 that the officer and
' did tjetsls,rarY to change their quarters, which
4 hursday evening.

MR. BOWRING.

" BOITLOGNE-SUR-MER, FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1822.

" In addition to the particulars communicated in my letter of
Wednesday concerning my friend Mr. Bowring, I now beg
leave to inform you that he has, since his arrival here, gone
under two secret examinations before the Procureur du itoi,
who positively refused to admit of our Consul or any other per-
son being present. The questions related chiefly to some
French verses found amongst the papers of my friend,
When charged with having been the bearer of sealed let-
ters, which, asthe said, is contrary to the Post-office regula-
tions in France, the prisoner replied that he supposed the let-
ters and official dispatch seized were entrusted to him from
its being a fact of public and general notoriety throughout Eu-
rope, that the secret of letters is continually violated in this
country. With respect to the contents of those taken from Mr.
Bowring, he again solemnly declared his total ignorance of all
or any of them, and expressed a wish tha: this his declaration
should be received on oath ; it was, however, merely noted in
the Proees Verbal. That which relates to the practice of open-
ing letters at the French Post-office was inadmissible; as, ac-
cording to M. le Procureur's opinion, it could not operate in
favour of the prisoner. After once more protesting against the
seizure of a diplomatic dispatch from one Ambassador to
another, as a flagrant violation of rights, which have hitherto
been respected by the most barbarous nations, the prisoner in-
sisted upon knowing his crime, and what the act of accusation
contained. All he could obtain on this point was, that he is
suspected of being the bearer of letters to the Revolutionists in
England.' The prison in which my friend is confined, like
that of Calais, does not afford the smallest accommodation ;
and were it not that he is allowed to hire and occupy the
gaoler's room during the day time, he would be forced to mix
with the usual inmates of such receptacles.
" As yet, there is no answer from Paris, nor can any idea be
formed of the determination of this Government. It is said that
the prisoner will be detained on various pretence, until some
more tangible accusation than the one now alleged is framed ;
after which, he will be handed over to the tribunals. Under
these circumstances; and without any hope of future justice,
where the past has been marked with so much violence, I need
not add that my friend looks forward with confidence to the in-
terference of his Majesty's 'Ministers and the expression of pub-
lic opinion, to rescue him from a situation not less injurious to
his personal interests, than it is subversive of equity and justice.
" I am, Sir, your's very respectfully,
" EDWARD BLAQUIERE.

" P.S. When conducted to the scene of examination, my
friend was escorted through the streets on foot, by a guard of
infantry. I had almost forgot to add, that Mr. B. has every
reason to be convinced the verses, which have also been made a
ground of offence, were left on his table by an agent of the
great personage, who caused his movements to be so closely
watched while at Paris. Mr. Hamilton, our Consul at this
place, has acted with the utmost dignity and spirit on the pre-
sent occasion. The Hon. C. H. Hutchinson, Member for
Cork, is amongst those of his countrymen who have visited the
prisoner.

" BOULOGNE, OCT. 11, THREE O'CLOCK, P.M.
" It now becomes my duty to inform you, that having
called to see my friend about an hour ago, I was refused ad.
mittance by the keeper of the prison, who told me the prisoner
was placed au secret, by order of the Authorities. I need
hardly tell you that this implies an interdiction of all commu-
nication, written or verbal, so that a British subject is thus
consigned to a species of solitary confinement, without any
other charges than those alluded to in my letter of this morning.
" Where such proceedings can be resorted to, it would be
impossible to say how much farther violence may be carried ; I
therefore trust and hope no effort w'll be left untried to enforce
a recognition of the most simple rights of humanity towards
Englishmen, whatever the fate of others may be in France.
I am, &c. " E. BLAQUIERE."
" P.S. Four o'clock.—l have just seen Mr. Hamilton, our
Consul, who says he has also applied to 3CC the prisoner, but
was refused admittance. By this it would appear the order for
exclusion is general."
The following is an extract of a letter from another quarter :—..
" BOULOGNE, OCT. 11.
" Mr. John Bowring was arrested at Calais, par depeche tele-
graphique, on Saturday last (sth instant), on suspicion of having
charged himself with letters and dispatches for the Revolutionists
in England. The papers found amongst his baggage were sealed,
and have been sent to Paris for examination. He arrived here
yesterday, under an escort of Bens-d'armes, and is now confined
In the gaol of this town. He was bearer of dispatches from the
Ambassador of Portugal in Paris, to the Ambassador of that
country residing in London. Ile has undergone several inter-
rogations befofe the King's Advocate here, and I under-
stand he has protested against the legality of his detention
in the strongest terms. His case is before the British Am-
bassador at Paris, and a great deal will depend on his repre-
sentations to the French Government. I have done every
thing in my power with the authorities to soften his situaton
which was requisite, and particularly in such a horrid prison
as that of Boulogue. Mr. Bowring desired that 1 might
be present when he was interrogated, which was refused.—
I shall now go and pay a visit to the prisoner before I close my
letter. Perhaps I may be able to communicate something new
to you.
" OCT. 12, TWO O'CLOCK, P.M.
" Upon my asking admittance to the prisoner, I received for
answer, that he was au secret, and consequently I could not see
him. I shall immediately apply to the Procureur du Roi, to
know whether it is by his orders that I have been refused."

TIIE THEATRE.—The performance at Covent
Garden Theatre, last night, was the Opera of
Rob Roy, with some variation in the assortment
of the characters. As Mr. MACREADY has not
yet returned, Rob Roy was assigned to Mr.
YATES, who, whatever his merits may be, is cer-
tainly not entirely qualified for heroic parts, and
Rob Roy may he considered as belonging to that
description. Mr. YATES, however, made a tole-
rable stand in it, and in some passages was effective.
If the public suffer, in one respect, by the loss of
favourite Performers, they gain in some degree
by another, since an opening is afforded for a dis-
play of other talents. Such is the case with
FARREN'S Baillie Jarvie, on the secession of
LISTON. FARREN brought the character forward
with original whim, and rendered it very divert-
ing. Miss TREE is so interesting an actress, and
so charming a singer, that, with all due respect
to her fair predecessor, it was impossible that she
should not appear highly interesting in the part
of Diana Vernon. The Opera was well attended.
Extract of a private letter from Aberdeen, dated October 5.
" Mr. KEAN being at Edinburgh, was engaged by Mr. Ryder,
it is said at 501. per night, for six nights, the last to be his
benefit, and to get one half of the receipts. Other reports
say he was to get half every night—the prices being raised
on his account ro ss. 3s. and 25., instead of 3s. 2s. and Is.
the first night the receipts were about 351.; second nearly
401. ; on the third night he was to play King Lear ; so
few appeared that Mr. K. refused to play_; the manager, there-
fore, sent out tickets to the New Inn, Dempster's Hotel, the
Booksellers shops, &c., with free admissions to those who
pleased to accept of them, and by eight o'clock there was a
tolerable appearance in consequence of the quantity of orders
issued. Friday was but poorly attended, and the last night,
his benefit, there was scarcely 501. in the house. I went on
purpose to see him three times ; I think him more chastened,
as he does not rant so much as when he appeared here before.
I am afraid he is much mortified at his reception here, and I
think he will not make his appearance in this city again."
The Ipswich bankers are showing great in-
dustry for the recovery of their notes. They
had circulated placards throughout Paris, on the
10th instant, offering a reward of 120,000 francs
(5,0001.) for the discovery of the persons con-
, cerued in the robbery. •