Star.
London, England, 1823-08-02 00:00:00

PIRACY.

THAMES I'cw.7er.—The Magistrates were occupied a consider-
able
time in investigating the following case of piracy :—Cap.
tato Hill, of the Vittoria, stated that she was lying oilf Cuba on
the 7th of Auge,,t, when she was boarded by live pirates, among '
whom was the prisoner, Alma Smith, who, after robbing hint
of papers, stilt him on board the pirate where he wall told he
should have his throat cut. 1 Its cargo and money were then de-
manded. Witness gave up £l5O in doubloons, saying it
Was the whole; but the Commander demanded more, or
fleath*ht..okl follow, observing he had captured the Industry, '
we had the crew iselmv4 the Captain of which he ordered on
deck to be flogged, on which he surrendered his money. Wit-
rem and his crew remained on board the pirate the whole of the
sight, and about eleven &dock a noise was heard on deck, and a
min was brought below wounded. About seven next morning,
on witness going on deck, he was told the Commander bad been
killed in the night, and thrown overboard. There then ap-
peared no Commander but the prisoner, who gave witness up
Lis papers, and put him, with his crew, on board the Industry,
with Captain Cook. The Vittoria, ship and cargo, were worth
Aftet all had been taken, the pirate schooner, the
Vittoria, and the Industry steered for the liavantrals. The pri-
soner had then the sole command, and committed the most bar-
barous acts in order to extort more money. The long boat of
the Industry was then put out, and the crew ushered into her,
while the pirate Commander said he should set her on fire; how-
ever,
all hands were again put on board, and on arriving at the
I ravannah the prisoner was tried and received sentence of death; t
hut the sentence was afterwards annulied, and he was sent I
home by Sir C. Rowley to be tried in this country. The Ma-
gistrate s.,id he should be guilty of a great dereliction of duty if
he did not commit him, and he was accordingly committed for
trial at the Admiralty Sessions, and a detainer ordered to be
lodged against him for a similar act of piracy towards the In-
dustry, Captain Cook, Who, with his crew, was treated in a si-
milarly cruel manner; but it ought to be mentioned, that when
the barbarian who had the command of the pirate vessel, aml
Was afterwards killed by his crew, ordered Captain Cook into'
tke long boat, he fired a pistol at them, observing, the English
had killed his father and brother, and be longed fur revenge, the
prisoner arrested his arm, and' averted the ruiseldef.

This morning, about five o'clock, a fire broke out
in the Brass Foundry of Mr. HAMBY, situate at the
back of his house, opposite the Pitt's Head, in Gos-
well-street, which totally consumed the whole of the
factory, and destroyed some stabling near the pre-
mises, backwards.

'1 he Constiiutionnel of Wednesday, in a postscript,
dated nine o'clock at night, says—i. There were se-
veral reports on 'Change, and the one most cr,:slited
was, that a telegraphic dispatch was receive'l from
I%dt id, announcing the departure of the Dul.e d'AN-
conxxix for Seville, and it is said that his Royal
Highness was to leave yesterday the above capital
with his whole Staff and body guard. According to
letters from L'Orient, by a passenger who witnessed
the first attack on Corunna, this place was determined
to defend itself to the last extremity. The ships taken
by the Spanish privateers were scut to Vigo, where
General QUIROGA was, to prepare for the defence of
the latter town, and to give his instructions to the
Covet nor. Yesterday, on 'Change, there was a great
talk of a letter written by a person employed in the
blockade of Cadiz, which limed of a negotiation
‘`,411 the Cortes, or with the Spanish Ministry. We
u" not know if there is any foundation in the above
or clay a maluvivre rat the Stock Exchange."

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