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?her crew on hoari, cntll she sunk, an I they perished I TH. Teti
information was given by one of the pirates in the boat, whoni
. my en k fully treognited to be au Enali•hman by the name t I
John Paterson, forme. ly a ship mat, wit,. him on b.rar.l ha MII.
jestya slifp Mosqui•di They further declared, thy the Cap-air:
had said, that lar only wished we had fired on- *hp at 'hem, acid
we should have shared the sam. fairs We further learned front
them, that Several of the same craft were crorzing between thilr
and Elarbadoes, rod that we should probably iall in wilt Ow;
and they cautioned us to heave to immetlia-el they cl!aced And
fired at cs. (Sighed) TAOMAS AMMON.
We, the undersigned, passengers on hoard the ship Alligator.
from Lonshm to Barbadoes and 5,. Vincent, do certify that the
particulars of the annexed narrative, which occurred in the scht.o.
ner privateer on the sth instant, are, to the best of ter Observa-
tions and recollections, stibstantiatly true and Correct ; and we
do further attest that, without the slightest provocation un the
part of any person on board theAlligror, the conduct of the offi-
cer In command, who boarded the ship from the privateer, was
most imsulent, rapacious, and hostile, not only in the acts of
der committed by kins,but in his insolent demeanour throughout
lasomtaris that the impression on our minds is, that the said pri-
watt er and crew cannot belong to any country whatever, recog •
nixing thellags and laws of regulating their proceediees
by the usual measures of belligerents towards neutrals, But th
the said armed vessel is manned with renegadoes, and to be con-
sidered in no other light than that of an tinge allied pirate.
H. P. KAA/It !AMU HODSON,
'AMMONIA dIIALAING.TIPLIAII GATES.
WILLIAM WALLACE, BAR VIIANCE, A. C. Oen.
[A Feral °ever of respertabili•y, who ha. eommandel In the
Independent service. assures us, that in no part of the world ta
greater care taken In the furnish ng of commissions to privateers
than by the Buenos Ayres and Venexuelian riovernments. For
each commission the sum of 54:0:3 dullirs is deposited!, and two
effective securities given. Printed regulations are delivered to
each Captain, and the standing order is, that he shall read the
penalties enacted against piracy ones a week to his crew. Every
precaution is, in fain. observed; and so fearful has Admiral Brien
bteo of abeam, that be lately sent up a list of every armetl wawa
11 bearing :he Veneauenan hag, to the British Commander in Bar-
i Woes. It has even been ordered that tittle commissions shall
be renewed every six months. .The lure of gain has, however.,
been so great, that several vessels front the United States, as well
as Aux Cayes, have procreled to WA with forged pipers, which,
for the flag of any nation It is well known can be made by des.
taTIAM people for 500 dollars; and it appears certain that it mast
have been one of these vessels that pillaged the Alligator. The
Authorities in the Island of Margarita have already condemned
and executed several persons who had commuted unlawful de.
predations on the high seas, and there is not an instance of mercy
having been hewn to any one convicted of the team.'

Four ships of war, to carry ten guns each, are or.
dered to be built ■t Portsmouth and Plymouth.—
They are to be called the CYoNar and Dationr, and
the ECUPSE and EMULOUS.

The Lords of the Admiralty have promoted Lieu.
tenant Jotee COLMAN HICKMAN, of his Majesty's late
ship ALocarres to the rank of Commander ;—and
Messrs. Hoare Jormerox, and JOSIPH Sykes, Master's
Mates of the said ship, to the rank of Lieutenants.
A herring boat, belonging to Cockenzie was lost in
a heavy gale, about eight or ten days ago, off Caith-
ness. There were five persons in her when she went
'down, all of whom were drowned. Four of them
belonged to one family, said to be a father, two sons,
and a grandson, all of the name of Donaldson. Py
this calamity, three widows, eight very young chil-
dren, and two aged widowed mothers, are reduced .
from tolerable orcumstances to extreme indigence.
Tuesday night a fishing boat, belonging to Her.
rington harbour, was upset, and James Berry. and
Joseph Barnes, two elderly men, were unfortunately
drowned. A young man who was in the boat saved
himself by swimming to the shore.
Friday the body of John Atherton, a flatman, was
found drowned in the river Mersey. It is supposed
he was knocked overboard the flat, of which he was
master, by the boom. He has left a widow and four
childitd. Irk a remarkable circumstance, that the
above John Atherton makes the twenty-first of the
same family who has unfortunately lost his life by
drowning.
Wednesday a scaffold gave way from a house hi
George-street, Glasgow, on which were ten men.--.
Eight fell; two died almost immediately ; Ave re.
Main in the Infirmary in a doubtful state ; but the
other was only slightly injured.
Tu-sday, a mechanic, erecting some machinery at
Mr. Fiestisies Bleachfield, Pellokshaws, was killed
by a plash-wheel, by putting on the steam power
while his body was within the action of the machinery.
Saturday se'nnight, a collier, of the time of Smith,
was killed at Kn'ghtswood Colliery, by the cham
breaking at the time he was going down the pit.
A boy, of the name of Huobard, was lately shot,
accidentally, at Minton, by a companion, whilst en-
gaged in scaring birds in a wheat ti:ld.
The following accidents occurred at Weymouth,
on Thursday, on the arrival of the Duke and Duchess
of Groneesren :—A child was thrown down by the
crowd under the wheels of their Royal Highness's
carriage, and instantly killed ; and one of the guns,
in saluting the Royal Personages burst, which so in-
jured the gunner, that Both his arms were obliged to'
be amputated near the shoulder.
Saturday evening last, as Captain;•Mrs. and Miss •
Taxer. of Penryn, were retui 'ling tromPenzanci
a chaise, on descending a bill about half a mile Hon)
the former place, one of the horses beiarne .restive,
and the reins breaking; birth set off at all speed. The
driver jumped from his seat, and escaped unhurt ;•
but on the chaise turning a corner, a poor old woman
vise run over, and the carriage was overturned.—
The head
.of the chaise was broken, and the grass
shivered to pieces.
Tuesday last, as Mr. HORACE MANN, 111 e desk at
Mewl. Marisa; DICANE, aid Co.'s Batiks Reading,
was sailing in a small boat at Hardwick, war Pang.
bourn, in shifting the boom it knocked Lim back-
wards into the water. His companions not laving
power to stop the boat immediately, it nan'a conside.
fable way before they could get. back. It is sur-
mised that he got entangled in the weeds I—and
though he was an excellent swimmer, and they had
throvin him an oar from the boat, he was Unfortu-
nately drowned.
MINDY WORDSWOkTH HAMM*, eldest son of JAW'S
.Hamen, Esq. of Liverpool, had recently been ap-
pointed, by the Admiralty, to the PIONCEI4 and
joined her off. Deal, tit the first time on •Saturday
morning, the 16th ult. In the evening he was an.
pointed to the command of a boat's crew in quest of
smugglers, and the night being extremely dark, and
the wind blowing a hurricane, the teat came to
anchor off the South Foreland, and unfortunately
°versa, and the whole crew, with the exception of
one man, were thus launched into eternity.
ROSS MO MATCH FOR 1000 MILFS, at MILL WALL,
POPLAR.-.--GYNOKLL rested at half past seven on Sun-
day evening, having rowed that day fifty miles. He
rowed later, being allowed • for the time' he rested
during Divine Service ; he commenced his sixth day's
task a quarter before six yesterday morning, aid
had at half-past four perfumed forty-two units.