The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-03 00:00:00

THE SALADIN.

The following is a copy of the official documents re-
lating to the wreck of, and piracy on board, the barque
Saladin, the detailed particulars of which appeared a dAy
or two since :

" Admiralty, July 1, 1844.
" Sir,--I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to transmit to you, for the information
of the Committee for managing the affairs at Lloyd's. the
accompanying copy of a letter and its inclosure from
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, relative to the wreck
of, and piracy on board, the barque Saladin.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) " JOHN BARROW.
" To Wrn. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."
(copy.)
"Pyramus—Halifax, June 13, 1844.
" Sir,--I acquaint you, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that, on the 27th ult.,
I was informed by Mr. M. Tobin, the agent of Lloyd's
at this port, that the barque Saladin, bound to London
from Valparaiso, had been run on shore and wrecked,
near Country Harbour, on this coast, under circum-
stances that gave strong grounds for suspicion that an
act of piracy had been committed, and, in the course of
the day, I was applied to by the Marshal of the Vice-
Admiralty Court to afford him assistance in securing the
property and apprehending the crew.
"I accordingly directed Lieutenant Bulman to receive
the Marshal's deputy, and the agent for Lloyd's, on
board the Fair Rosamond, and proceed to Country Har-
bour for that purpose. I inclose the report of his pro-
ceedings.
" Upon the examination of the prisoners (six in num-
ber) it was quite apparent that there were the strongest
grounds for suspicion, and they have all since confessed
that it was at the instigation of a man- named Fielding,
who was formerly master of a ship, which had been
seized at Valparaiso, and who was a passenger on board.
The master, two mates, and three others of the crew
were murdered. That Fielding and his son, a boy of 15,
were afterwards put to death, in consequence of an
attempt on his part to get rid of two men, who had been
the principal actors in the murder of the master and
others ; and that the ship was run on shore as already
mentioned.
" It it intended to admit two of the six men who were
not at all engaged in the murder of the master and the
crew as witnesses, and bring the other prisoners to trial
here. I have, &c.,
(Signed) " CHARLES ADAM,
" Vice-Admiral and Commander-in •Chicf.
" To Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c., &c., M.P."
(coPY.)
" 11. M. schooner Fair Rosamond, Halifax, June 3.
" Sir, —I have the honour to inform you that, in
obedience to your orders, I sailed from Halifax on the
morning of the-28th ult. Calms and fog obliged me to
anchor off the Thrum Cap buoy on the 29th.- At 1
A.M , a breeze from the northward springing up, I
immediately weighed, and at 8 P.M., reached Cape St.
Mary, where I hove to, and the next morning, anchored
at Harbour Island, it blowing then very hard at
N.W. In the afternoon, the weather moderating,
I dispatched the boat under the orders of Mr.
F. Willis, with the Deputy Marshal of the Vice-Admi-
ralty Court, and the Hon. Mr. Tobin, Lloyd's agent, to
Mr. Archibald, the magistrate in Country Harbour, a
distance of twenty miles, where the specie and crew of
the vessel were. On the following morning they re-
turned, bringing the treasure and six sailors of the Sala-
din. I visited the wreck. She appears to be about 250
tons, and by the bills of lading. found, had a cargo
compoied of 80 tons of copper in bars, 10,000 dollars,
and 13 bars of silver ; the remainder in guano ; the
latter is completely saturated with salt water, and
rendered useless as a manure. Of the treasure all has
been secured with the exception of 707 dollars.
and 461. 7s. 6d. British money. 740 bags of coffee have
been saved, and sent off to Halifax, and the remainder
(165) will, no doubt, be got out of the vessel as soon as
the guano is washed away. Scuttles heve been cut for
the purpose. All the furniture and rigging are also
landed. She is only a stone's throw from the beach. On
Saturday, the Ist instant, when the weather cleared up,
I weighed anchor and sailed for this port, and now beg
,o report my arrival. I have, &c.
(Signed) " A. G. BULM.A.N.
" Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8.,
Commander-in-Chief."

DREADFUL DEATH.—On the forenoon of Sabbath
last, as a coach was proceeding towards the village of
Greenend, a boy about twelve years of age leapt ,up on
the back part, and by the force of the spring he made,
his head got jammed between the hind wheel and the
body of the coach. The coachman was quite uncon-
scious of the accident, and had proceeded about 500
yards from the place when he was called to by some
persons on the road. On the boy being taken down, he
was found to be quite dead. The front of the head was
much cut, and the road was tracked with blood for a
considerable distance.—Glasgow National.
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