The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-18 00:00:00

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MURDEROUS PIRATICAL A• !!c
TACK ON A LEITH VESSEL, IN T
MEDITERRANEAN.
(From the Leith Herald.)
From the declaration of the master, mate, and one
the seamen of the schooner Jane Innes, of Leith, Le--;----11
longing t 3 Robert Innes, Esq., shipbuilder, emitted be- (IN
fore her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Constantinople, we
learn the following particulars regarding an attack on
that vessel by Greek pirates, off the island of Tenedos,
on the 11th of October last. The Jane Innes sailed
from Cardiff on the 9th of September, with a cargo of
iron for Galatz. After passing Gibraltar the vessel en-
countered very severe weather, in which she sustained
some damage ; on the 10th of October they came to
anchor, between Tenedos and the main, and remained
there all the following day. At eight p.m. on the 11th
the watch was duly set, that duty being assigned to .Wm.
Forbes, an apprentice •, the captain went to bed about
half past eight, all the crew, with the exception of
the watch, having previously turned in ; about ten
o'clock he was awakened by a noise on deck, on
which he jumped out of bed, and called to the mate.
Immediately after, three men, apparently Greeks, ran
down the cabin stairs, each armed with a drawn cutlass,
a brace of pistols, and a dagger. One of the pirates
seized the captain by the throat, and holding the cutlass
to his breast, made signs for money. The captain en-
deavoured to make them understand.that he had none,
on which he was-struck twice on the face, and caused to
open his chest and turn out the content; from which
the pirates took a purse with a few sovereigns and a
variety of articles of clothing. Not satisfied evith this,
one of them held a pistol to the captain's head, and de-
manded more money, but being satisfied that he had no
more, they proceeded to ransack the cabin, and carried
off the chronometer, a watch, telescope, knives, forks,
&c., together with a large quantity of stores. The
pirates then tied the captain and mate with their hands
behind their backs, each in his own berth, and after
having fastened the cabin doors with a rope, they went on
deck. While these proceedings were taking place in the
cabin, the hatch was nailed down on the crew in the
forecastle. They were awakened about the same time as
the captain by a scream from the watch, and one of the
men was going on deck to see what was the matter, when
he saw two cutlasses over the hatchway; he was imme-
diately thrust back, and the hatch fastened down. The
crew then broke through the bulkhead into the hold, and
getting near the cabin, they asked the captain if ,they
should break in there, but were told not to do so as the
pirates were all well armed. After remaining on board
from an hour to an hour and a half, the pirates departed,
and the captain and mate then managed to release each
other, and went on deck, when they saw what they con-
ceived to be the boa with the pirates under sail standing
in shore. On going forward they found that the apprentice
on watch had been murdered;and on examining the body
they found two deep wounds on the breast, and an exten-
sive one on the back of the head. They then released the
crew, and discovered that the decks had been cleared of
every portable article, including sails, old canvis and spun-
yarn, all the studding-sail-haulyards, tacks, spare lines,
compass, binnacle cover, all the ropes off deck, a half
cask of beef, and another of pork. They had, in fact,
helped themselves to almost everything except the
standing rigging. Afraid of another visit from the
pirates, the Jane Innes was got under weigh, and
dropped down within a quarter of a mile of an Ameri-
can vessel that was lying close in to Tenedos. The
vessel arrived at Constantinople without further mis-
hap, except that they were put into quarantine off the
Dardanelles on account of their communication with
the pirates.

We would suggest to the merchants of Leith, that a
memorial, founded on the case of the Jane- Imes, be
drawn up, and forwarded to Lord Palmerston, calling
his attention to the piracies so frequent among the
Grecian Islands, and the vast amount of British property
annually exposed to the depredations of the lawless in..
habitants.

DETENTION of the EDINBURGH

MAIL-GREAT SNOW STORM.

In the absence of authentic information, much specu-
lation exists as to the fate of the two Saturday mails
from London, one of which v. as dne at nine o'clock on
Sunday morning, and the other at eight o'clock on the
evening of the same day, but neither of which up to a
late hour last night had arrived. The two previous
mails from London were detained several hours beyond
their usual time in consequence of a heavy fall of snow
on the road between Newcastle and Berwick. On
Sunday the snow had increased to such a depth that
the mail from Newcastle that day did not arrive in
Edinburgh till yesterday morning, having occupied
eighteen hours in coming from that town to Ber-
wick, instead of the usual space of eight hours; notwith-
standing it had the aid of two additional horses. No
certain information has been received to account for the
detention of the mails from the south of Newcastle. It
is reported, however, that a mail train was blocked up
in snow on the line about forty or fifty miles to the north
of York, and that it was so thoroughly embedded that
the power of several additional engines sent to render
assistance had been unable to extlicate it. Of course,
if this be the state of matters that line will be rendered
completely impassable, and all the subsequent mails may
be accumulated at nearly the same place. Whatever be
the cause, this is the longest detention of the London
mail that has taken place for a great many years. We
observe from our Glasgow contemporaries of yesterday,
that their communication from the south had not sus-
tained any interruption, so it seems evident that the
storm has been confined to the east coast. The Inver-
ness mails, due on Saturday and Sunday, were both
behind their usual time from a similar cause, the latter
by seven hours, and the one which was due yesterday
morning had not arrived at twelve o'clock last night.
We learn that the snow storm prevails generally in
several of the north-eastern counties, and that at
Montrose and Brechin on Saturday the snow was nearly
six feet deep. This severe snow storm appears to have
passed over us, for there has been no snow in the Lo-
thians since the thin coating which fell about ten days
ago. A frost of great keenness has prevailed here since
Thursday, and continues with unabated severity. The
lochs and ponds are all frozen, and curlers and skaters
are enjoying their healthy exercise under most favour-
able circumstances. We may add, that on Saturday
night a great number of falling stars were observed. and
that vivid flashes of lightning illuminated the sky for a
considerable time.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY

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