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London, England, 1822-08-01 00:00:00

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bound from Baltimore to New Orleans:
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which at first view
over the bank, two schooners hove in sight, .
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pirates. They tacked and stood from us—tbe one astern hoist.'
n were
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ing a private signal, they
us; they brought us to with a shot, and tired Into difemtbdeyativrteire
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hove to; several grape shot passed over us, and ethers through
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ascorctrianfst,ealratniccdiliedyall,
then in sight. At It,
brought us to anchor in 911 fathoms water, under the island. On ..
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cabin, having
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confined:pirates
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hayed they.
interrogated us as to the cargo and destinatioe is
hayed politely, encouraged us not to feel alarmed.
cabin, after which the whole company were taken
tended us no injury. The Captain was then orderined adsitvinhidteouyatilhne
upon deck, and required to confess if there was any money on
board, and there being none, negative answers were of course]
given. Having proceeded through the examination of the
whole, threatening at the sante time, if they found any money,
our lives should pay the forfeit, they again otdered us with the
crew into the cabin, threw a blanket over the companion way,
and platted a guard over us; the slaves were in the meanwhile
kept in.lbe hold, a guard posted over them. After the lapse d
a quarter of an hour, during which the pirates were making,
preparations to torture us into a confession that we had money
on board, we were again summoned upon deck, beginning wkk
the sailors, then the Captain, Mate, and passengers. The pas-
sengers were called in the following order, viz. Stephen W.
Wikoff, Captain John Campbell, William Inskeep, Cas. A. War-
field, William Campbell. Those who remained behind in the
cabin, from the sound of arms, the agonizing groans and dm
prayers of their fellow-passengers who went before them, and,
from the termination of their wisful sufferings by the report of
pistols, were convinced They were to suffer a cruel death. So
regular and systematic were the arrangements, and se well cal-
culated to inspire terror and to All the breasts of all with the
most dreadful apprehensions, that every man marched upon
the deck, expecting to meet inevitable death. We were all ill
succession ordered upon the deck, and made to run the gauntlet
through fifteen or twenty most ferocious and barbarous mon.
stern disguised in the shape of human beings, from the cabin
to the windlass, being beaten meet cruelly and unanercifelly
with swords and pistols, until death would have been a wel-
some visitor. We were then ordered to sit upon the windlass,
with our backs turned to them, there to be shot; they pre-
sented the pistols to our heads and fired them; it is impos-
sible to describe our feelings, when, after the yeport of the pis-
tols, lye found ourselves still alive. This was the system of ter-
ror they pursued to compel us into a disclosure of our hiddea
riches, as they imagined. We were immediately, as we were suc-
cessively dispatched, ordered into the forecastle, to await their
further vengeance. Language fails to convey an adequate con-
ception of our astonishment and agreeable surprise, when we be-
held our fellow-passengers, who we believed were sacrificed to
Spanish cupidity and sunk into their watery graves, still breathing
the breath of life, but whose countenances still communicated the
cruel apprehension that harassed their minds. In this place we
remained ruminating upon our situation, and anticipating the
most hotrid consequence of Spanish barbarity. (It is worth
while to•mention that when we were brought to the windlass,
we found it bloody, those bell-hounds of war having, in order
to convince us of the murder of our fellow-passengers, killed a
duck, and sprinkled its blood on and about the windlass). The
sailor who had seemed himself being discovered, was barba-
rously beaten; the poor fellow believing that we were all dead,
' in order to obtain some cessation of his tortures, told the pirates
that be knew Mr. Wikoff hid a box of money in the afterhold;
to get at this box they cut the cabin floor away, and broke a few
of the lockers but their search was in vain, for there was no
money : they ;hen recommenced to maltreat the tailor, who per in declaring that be knew there was a box of money on
board: not being able to find it, they beat the sailor most cruelly.
Mr. Wikoff was then ordered on deck; as he was ascending, .a
ruffian stabbed him in the thigh with a stiletto. Being on deck,
he was again barbarously treated, being stabbed in several'
places, and beaten with swords and pistols: in vain he declared
he had no more money; in vain he declared his ignorance of
there being any on board. To cap the climax-of human suffer-
ing, they put a rope around his neck, sand, hoisted him up to
the yard-arm, then dropped him almost lifeless into the chains,
, r then struck -him with swords, calling out for money; but he was
„too far gone to answer; they again hauled, him up to the yard-
arm, and when he was apparently dead they dropped him into
1 . the water, then drew him up and threw him into the long boat,
' which was alotiesitie the brig; when he was able to move, they
drew bin 4 on deckYand beat him into the forecastle. At the sight
' of him bleeding awolesely from several wounds, weakened from
the loss of bloadand almost drowned, we all again were certain
of undergoing the mime cruel treatment. In this horrid state of
suspense werwerts. suffered to remain for hours. Being disap-
pointed in the object of their pursuit, they commenced to plun- •
der the brig of everything that was valuable—the Captain of all
'the brig's- papers, and his desk with all- his private papets and
the passengers of all their valuable papers of every description,
and trunks with all their contents; they robbed us of all our
clothing, Watches, breast-pins, and in fact of everything except
what we had on our backs. About the same time that they
brought the Aurilla to anchor, they brought the brig Hiram, of
Newport, Captain Weeks; and, as near as we could aicertain,
the Captain and his crew suffered.severely. About Ave hours
after they bad captured us, they saw three sail crossing the bank,
they ordered. the Captain to remain until morning 4se further
orders, and if be attempted to violate his orders all hands sbould
be murdered and the brig set on fire, then made sail in chace of
the three vesseb, succeeded in capturing two of them, and then
returned to the anchorage near us. About eight o'clock P.M.
they- came on board of our vessel again, ransacked the brig, and
task away everything they could find, even of the most trifling
consideration.
ti At daylight a large party came on board, and • made ;
thorough search throughout the brig, not the least thing or place
was left unsearched. At this time they left us scarcely anything
op board, a short allowance of provisions, and a few large boxes
of furniture, which they were unable to take away. They
took likewise our coleufs, a new hawser, and the brig was robbed
of everything. It is impossible to conjecture what would have
been our lot bad they not captured so many vessels about the
came time. About ten a. sa. they ordered the Captain to cut his
cable and be off immediately ; the order was no sooner given
than etecuted. A short time after die cable was cut, and as we
were making sail, we saw a boat with a number oseehe pirates
on board approach us; we experienced the molt terrible appre-
hensions or a speedy death. For same minutes *remained in
the agony of suspense, until they boariled'ise.lM4 demanded of
the Captain, in Spauish, his carpenter; hattohnifsboting no car.
pester on board. or attached to the vesel, the captain answered
that there was no catireitter.oa.board: however, r.b#y still per-
sisted that there was One, and that if he was not delivered up
immediately, they Violet nidrder all-of us hutantly. 'Meridians
fell to beating the Calltain.--tben Vie Mate, most .unmercifully.
lln the meantime, ounirpersons said that *mold negro nun, by
the name of.Sintoo, was the carpenter; they fell to beating him,
_drove him into the lteet,_ and took him off. They left us about
half after ten in the morning, all hands employed in repairing i
our rigging, and stowing away what little cargo they could .not
take away; the boxes, barrels, and packages nearly all broken
, open, some of-which were robbed of pqt of their troatents, and
others Uwe to pieces. Aa.to thoquandty robbed.l.- we have not
, been able to aetertaln." , -

, scow
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into coutody. 'The pitionui4Sidsnlited Al bad raceisedtha- •
q, and_prodaterd s bete ffellk ;ha .vier., authorising bee so
so, he having been long separated from his wife, and go
ving " made him costrfortaiste." She also produced sewn
attire, in Which she was. ischittlissod 1s his dear wife. We,
Thwaites insisted that she was alone entitled to the money, what,
seer the prisoner might have shot for her husband. Tbe Lorin
Maras agreed that slieltraci a. better claim than any one else,
but. discharged the prisoner, as not having committed arty legal
'tepee.
ifilottonatc..—The nutmeat- d stage coaches plying in se,
Paul's Church-y=4 has been abated considerably; but several
,more coaches hate bmi talkedto the Green Yard, where de
.eviners have paid the penalty mid eupanses, without proceeding
On a conviction. A Fulham coach, however, was seized on :Um:
y night, and Messrs. Wallace, the Pesters, nor having re,
it, Mr.. Holland appeared 'yesterday to move for a cos:
Mr. G. Wallace was very urgent to postpone the cite,
is he was not
„prepared with the necessary evitkiice for the de.
fence. It appearing, however, by a note addresied by 'Alesbrs.
Wallace to Mr. Holland, the 3olictter, that they had given di.
sections. to their own Solicitor to take the necessary steps for the
protection of their drivers, if any of them should be proresdtd
against, the Magistrate said they had no cause whatever to cons.
plain of being taken by surprize. The defendants were conviett4
in the full penalty of 40s.
Bow-Seater.—Gribert Cillon was brought up by Avis, one of
the officers, who stated that the prisoner came to him at the cor-
ner of Bow-street, and acknowledged that he had committed a
forgery en the Falkirk Bank, to the amount of p6B, about three
yeara -since. Avis asked hill to make the confession in wtinnh
when he said he would sign it if any one would write it: thi,
did accordingly. This atatement Ise connrmetiliefure the 31a-
gistrate ' • and on being asked his motive for confessing, he said he
had had no peace of mind since the commission of the cr:t,e, and
was willing to submit to the punishment he merited. Bring aikea
why he did not go by the steam packet to confess the crane
the spot? he urged his want of money for the purpose. lie was
detained. •

An elderly man and his wife, of very decent appearance, ap-
plied M the Magistrates to assist them in recoverirz their lost
daughter. The man wore a coachman's livery coat, and aid
his name was John White, and that he resided at lion
non. The following is the substance of the singular 'tory they
told :—ln the latter end of the year !SIB they placed Lea only
daughter in the service of Mr. P. J. a Gentleman of colour,
who had large possessions in the West Indies, but t that
time residing near Bulstrode, in Buckinghamshire. Their
daughter was then only fourteen years of age, and she was osten-
sibly engaged th wait upon the daughter of this Mr. P. J.
but they had since been informed that he had seduced her, azd
that she had given birth to a child before she was fife, n.—
About this time Mr. P. J. removed to London, and afterwa:.'.#
went abroad; and though they used every exertion to
taro an interview.with their daughter they could not-succeed.—
A short time ago they learned that Mr. P. J. had returned :a
England, and was engaged in a sugar house in Mincing-lane.
" But when I applied to know what was become of my child,"
said the poor old woman, "he laughed me to scorn." It: CT!.
sequence, they said, they had travelled all over London in
of her, but they could only Icarn—that after her master had s -
duced her, he took lodgings fcr her at the west end of UN town,
where she lived some time as his kept mistress—that at lei:;ts
he deserted her, leaving her almost pennyless, and that in tne
latter end of last year she was tried at the Old Bailey, under
name of Davis, for stealing a shawl—acquitted, and taken .1
from Newgatt. by two ladies in a coach nobody knew whi:!:ta
They wished the Magistrate to call Mr. P. J. before him, :rd
force him to say what was become of the poor girl.
His Worship told them he had no power to do th:s. At-
cording to their own account, they had placed their ciaajger
in the family of this person as a servant, and it w.s pos-
sible that he might have dischcrged her for rthconilticr,
for they had no proof whatever beyond mere repot, ruy of
the allegations they had made against him. It was very
he said, that their daughter did not return to them wixd six
was deserted.

To this the mother replied, that she was probably ashonel
return; and, after some further conference, the Magistrxe
missed them with a recommendation to make further inquiry
respecting her at Newgate.
MARLBOROUGH•STREIT..-,The driver of the luck ney conk, No.
253, summoned a Mr. Smith for his back fare. Ile luidrives
Mr. Smith from the Marsh-gate to Vauxhall, when he refused
to pay him Is. 6d. for his return. The Magistrate drciJeti that
it, and the-expenses, amounting to Its. must be pail, with which
Mr. S. complied. At the moment of the decision, it rziacti very
hard, and Jarvis said he did not wish to be hard on :he gent:e
ms, who, he dared to say, had acted frets mistake, and thm.
fore he would cheerfully drive him home without any pay. Tie
Magistrate complimented him on his liberality.
Lamarrn-sraittv.,—Six fellows were charged with brralr;
open a trunk in the bed-room of Mr. Crawley, the sign of
Grapes, in White's-yard, Roaernary-lane. Mr. C. being in!ewmel
by a neighhour that some ill-looking fellows were lurking .Co.va:
his house, went into the hack yard, when he saw a fellow t‘i'n
a light at his bed-room window, who, on Mr. Crawler giving
alarm, jumped therefrom into the yard, and on his atteinF:i..;
to secure him, five or six ethers came up, heat 3lr. C. severely,
and rescued the villain. Information, however, being given s:
this Office, thelnisoners were in about half an hour secure:,
when Mr..C. swore ..tu one of them as the person who jumped
from the window, and the rest as being the rescuers. They wem
remanded.

Tuesday se'nnight, at the Ennis Assizes, licry
Canny, late Assistant Deputy Post-Master ot t!,e
town of Ennis, was tried for having embezzled let-
ters and property belonging to several persons,
passing through his hands. He was found a?dig,
but on account of his youth, and his being deprived
of his parents at an age when he most required their
care, the Jury recommended him to inei cy, which re-
quest the Judge humanely said should be attended to.

"If the Bishop of Clog-her had been 'lunged, he
would not have been the Orst Irish Bishop whosutfereti
hanging, or the second who deserved it,. Athelton Was
hanged in the reign of Cha: le; 1.. He.. Was `•t
Cork, if we.forget not."—Vide BiO:rophia Eri:aurika
—Article Atherton.

BIRTH. •_.• •
July 29, it Lewes, the Lady of the Resi. f 3. Proctor,of a datightti.

MARRIED. .
July 25, ?dr.W. Hearn, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields to !digs Jane, only surviving daughter of the Rev.Thonho
Slack, of the Vicarage House, Little Leighs, Essex.

DIED.
May 23, aged C 6, at Spanish Town, Jamaica, Eligabeths I"(
of Captain Custance, of the 50th Foot.

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