The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-02 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1834

PIRACY.

The following statements are worthy of attention as
showing the formidable extent to which this terrific system
is now carried. The Hamburg correspondent of the Bth
inst. has the following :—" Captain Peterson, who arrived
here yesterday, in the ship Fortuna, from Pernambuco, in-
forms us, that on the afternoon of Sunday, the 10th ult.,
being in 29 degrees north latitude, and 34 degrees west
longitude, he descried a schooner at a distance, which imme-
diately set all sail and bore down upon him. She was friun
80 to 100 tons burden, a fast sailing vessel, and no doubt
seemed to be entertained of her being a pirate. When
night set in the captain changed his course from N.E. to
N.W., and having kept up in this direction through the
night, contrived to escape his presumed enemy. All ships
however are not equally fortunate. Several which ought
long since to have arrived at their destination are missing ;
and when we consider the practice of pirates of latter
years to murder the whole ship's company, in order to des-
troy all evidence against them, and even to burn the ships
after having taken possession of their cargo, we are led to
apprehend the worst. Among others we may name the
English ship Clarence, Captain Harding, bound from St.
Domingo to Cowes, which sailed on the 15th of January
from Cape Hayti, and the Cleopatra, Captain J. Cassan,
from Matanzas to Hamburg. Both are missing, without
the slightest trace of them remaining. They were of solid
construction, and such persons_244tre acquainted with their
fine build, consider it improbable that they should have been
wrecked. We therefore come naturally to the conclusion,
that they have fallen a prey to maritime robbers—that their
crews have been pitilessly murdered, and the ships burnt.
It will be remembered that a few years since upwards of
thirty ships of different nations were missing under the same
mysterious circumstances.— United Service Gazette.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-MOUSE, OCT. I.
Neptunus, Holraw, from Rostock : Sally, Patterson, from
Guernsey ; Cater, Whitnall, from Dunkirk ; Saltram,
Thorne, from Guernsey ; Tavistock, Vought, from Guernsey ;
Princess Victoria, Cann, from Demerara ; Friends Goodwill,
Goodrich, from Villaviciosa ; Vissay, Jelsma, from Worcum ;
Sprightley, Sivingston, from Villa 'Nova ; John Pink, Nixon,
from Jamaica; Greenwood, Wright, from Liverpool; Reso-
lution, Craig, from Oporto ; Tulloch Castle, Rayner, from
Jamaica ; San Jose, Reviteria, from Tarragona; Arnold Von
Winklereid, Bendfaldt, from Lubec ; Batavier, Dunlop, from
Rotterdam ; Lavinia, Cain, from Launceston ; Maria Chris-
tiana, Hanson, from Keil ; United Kingdom, Smith, from
Jamaica ; Christiana Charlotte, Gurch, from Bristol ; London
Packet, Cowan, from Glasgow ; Gratitude, Paton, from Riga;
Wilton Castle, Bacon, from Jamaica ; Earl of Liverpool,
Lomax, from Ostend.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADINIII, OCT. I.

Dart, Amston, for -; Gernan, Arnold, for Hamburg ;
Sir William Curtis, Pay, for Calais ; Mardings, Burgan, for
Jamaica ; Earl Clancarty, Williams, for Rotterdam ; Brilliant,
Yabsley, for Lisbon ; Brightman, Nicholls, for Jamaica ;
Werschiel, Lanny, for Stettin; Thames, Arnold, for Mauri-
tius; Wellesley, Bassett, for Jamaica ; John Pirie, Jorden,
for Trinidad ; Peter the Great, Fox, for Constantinople ;
London Merchant, Mown, for Rotterdam.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGOES, OCT. 1.
Friends, Tonkin for Lisbon ; Python, Brumenyer, for Ant-
werp; Edina, Reid, for Bahia; Brocklebank, Stranack, for
Antwerp; Peter the Great, Fox, for Odessa; Philadelphia,
Morgan, for New York ; Mans, Blake, for Hamburg.

CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, OCT. 1.
Industrie, Hayes, for Cherbourg ; Alchina, Ibser, for the
Baltic ; Abatiam, Paaseh, for Denmark.