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most !aily; that he certainly dia not pretend to lace
a vessel of het ctn.'s; but (hit he would take a disund
secure station well to' wind ard of Mona, to watt and.
See the fact of the Exchange being alone or not. That
dosing five weeks •he 'heat beets taking English and
Spanish ve.setS of all de,t;rip inns, to, the number of
thirty-one ; that our's mnde the thirty-second. He
added; that he did not feel quit..! -at-his ease, as a
4tratige t.ad square rigg,ed.had just. been descried
froth his to i4t-ht,a.l, N.vheref.re he had himself conic
to hasten the dismantling pt the brig, so as then to
diatrly sink her. I told sime that was
his determna, ion, I should, for tnysell ask the fa-
vour of being lauded on Mona, which was.so vely
near that it would cost him no time. He observed
that it was a desert island, where I must perish ;
and, besi 'es,' that his doing: that, might hereafter
be attended w:in set ions conseqUeoee4 to hint-;
self. I declared that, fo'r my own part, preferred
taking my chance of luting off the island to the he,
ing received on hoard• his schtioner, and that, to
what regarded him, he should iMmediaiely be fur-.
niched with a. certificate, of its being done at my
own earnest request. .13etore he could make any
answer the schowirr hailed, and informed her Com-
mander that the strange sail
.I.vaa fast approaching,
loomed large, and like a vessel -,of. war: <Upon this
he suddenly quitted .me• without slying one word,:
stew into a boat,' and went inraigni on , hoard his
ves?.l. In five minut,s he called, to his officer In
' the brig, to repair;.4hrectly with all his men, on
board of vim ; WhiCh .1 hey (14 in such haste as to
leave several things behind. them, intended to hate
been taken .awaf,. Iminediately the schooner was'
under sad, ordering_the Caffee. Planor to wan her
return there at, the -anchorage. In less tan half
rtn
hour she had rounded Oa:north- west corner of the •
Island, and.,by her trip-sails, which.appearedover a
long low point, she was observed stretching up close
to the wind, until higher had hid her float Our
view. Meanwhile the- strange -sail had come
near enough to be, by us, clearly seen that.
she was. not a vessel -of'_ war ! Captain Jenkins,
however, putting his trust. in her, size-and 'appear-
ance for piotectiog him from any fatal consequence
of his disregard to tins pirate's last order, only
waited till she had got abreast of.hitn, and not
snore than tribe to leeward, when he cat his ca-
ble', and ran- do to her,.She. proved to be the
ship Carmarthen, Videl, master, from St.
Domingo city, e. ith mahogany, bound to. London,
having. only a di,zeu men to as • many guns, and,
therethre, how.:tver huge, unfortunately incapable
of arroldmg any real. protection. 'ln our offing
from Moita we could see the schooner north of
the,' island, far to Windward. For a 'time she ap-
vered to be fluttering about' with something of in-
decision. At length, with seeming ea.ition, she be.
gan,to ctig,. down slowiy towards us; Then our situ.r7
t ion became cpitical i I kneW the Frenchman possess-•
ed a fine telescqc-; and it. was evkt lit that 'if ire
once ventured to feel the Carmarthen (~s he appear-
rd to ilo) our fate in the btig would be, to
be all put to the sword. At' this crisis, tl;ts provi-
diA4tial tipi)earatice of another ship checked the
schoo:.cr, which back6.l her .0p4,411,. We sots) ma-
naged to speak with t his oilier most welcome strattger.
She proved to be t. le ship Minerva, - Goodge,
master, also from Si'. Domingo city, with maim-.
galty, bound to London. • Atthough,
to tact, but very indifferently maimed and .attned,
she presented a warlike appearance, with consider.
able size. This seasonable set.und junction at
length detertnin d the schooner, wit:, hauled her
wind again, to keep it ; so that below suu-set We
had run her hull down.

" Some of the ruffians said their commander's name
was Jean Angereau, a native of Naotes. Your Ex.
cellency will beSt judge of the expediency or utility
of any representation to. the GrivernMent of Hayti
respettiog the depredations and murders committed
by tlioe Buceaniers 3 the greater part of them being
clearlit; from thence, c•nd as their iessel (American
built)... which they the Marengo, could not
well keep those seas without being recruited with
the rieceslary supplies Itl one or other of the many
creeks or minor harbour& of that kingdom."

SURREY SESSIONS!.

THURSDAY, OCT. 17,

Mr. co/e, a Gentleman in respea'able'circum•
staeces, was indicted, fOr having violently assaulted
a Lady in- North-street, Lambeth. It appeared in
evidence, that'severakvotnen, among whom was the
prosecutrix, met in North-street, about a month
ago, and when they passed the door of. the defend-
ant, the proaecutlix observed, " how beautiful I
looked when
.was married, and had my white
gnwn on." The defendant imakdiately ran out,
and struck her in the face,
Mr, NOLAN, for the defendant, admitted' that his
client was hot just:Aitird in striking :I wottran, but ob
served, that it was done after the greatest provoca-
,
von,- ,in the female's, having made several remarks
.which were itvended for n.ft.l6tions upon his wife,
and finding his feelings- Mot as a man of honour
must feel, he was led to act unguardedly 'as he did.
The Jury found him guilty, and the Beech sen-
tenced him to pay a heir of 01. which, he illSLAntly
did, and was discharged. •
Mrs. Smilh,and her son, a boy about 17 years of
age, were indt6ted for having violently assaulted
John Bateman, and Elizabeth Holloway, on the
will of June last. -

It appeared from the evidence that Bateman was
servant to a' Messenger Of Bankrupts, and a com,
mission having been issued against George Smith,
the husband of the tiro, and father of the second
prisoner, he proceeded, inconipany of a person or
the name of Burn, to take possession of the bank,'
ropes property ; but tho prisoners`having got hold
of Bateman, they struck him 'several blow-s, and.
a:so beat Mrs. Holloway, who was the house•keeper,
and intimate friend of the petitioning creditor.
'Mr. BARRON, for the delendahts,, stated,. that
the COMllll9sion of bankruptcy had been superseded
betoie Batetnatt went. into possesSion conseloeutly
thu- defendants had airght to turn hun oi.tt of the
It;juse.

I'llC CHAiIIVJANi -hQWeVer, 'stated, that the de-
feodants had nti right to assault them.
The Jory found the prisourrs guilty of the two
assault:;, and the Coutt sentenced each prisoner to
pay a fine of halt,a-crown forceful! °dunce.