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London, England, 1826-09-06 00:00:00

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that he was forced to relinquish his prey with some less,
though not a mawwas wounded on boyd thel'homsons.
A i 1344 E 48._,—Sat rday last, his•Majestrs ship Sybille,
'Capsain'Peßtssik ho jailed hence some time ago for the
purpose of prote dim our commerce with Alezandria
from the swArros of pirates which have of 'late so
alarmingly infested these seas, returned to this island,'
after having dislodged a nest of the most atrocious of
t.lit.m on the southern coast of the Wand of Candia,
where his information induced him to believe they were
concea!ed.
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Upon arriving eff that Island, Captain Pechell recon-
mtred it with the greatest diligence; and persisting in
the idea that they must have a lurking place in the
neighbourhood, he on the following day ran c!ose in
shore, in the hope of finding some i,%dication of the
pirates. It was not long before he descried two mystics
In chase of him. In their thirst for plunder, it appears
they had not adverted to the description of vessel they
'were pursuing ; but upon finding cut their mistake, one
'elf them bore up and ran to leeward, and the largest
sin:leered herself behind a point which turned out to be
an island, under Cape Matala. Here was discovered a
'complete nest of these robbers ; and so well were they
prepared for defence, that upwards of 200 armed meu
wee seen behind a stone breast-work, ready to repel
any attack. _ _ _

the S) bile appeared, a boat cattle out with the
master of a Gieek schooner having regular papers, who
informed CN.taio Pechell Oat there were tour mystics
laying the r, whose crews subsisted entirely by plunger ;
and the pirates themselscs confirmed this asset tion when
a message was sent in, desiring that they would give
themselves up. " As we knox," they replied, " that
nur vessels wili be burnt, we will rather die in defending
t; em than starve, as we must do, without them." This
.left Captain Pechell no alternative; and he immediately
took measures for putting his ship in the most menacing
position, but frcim the narrowness of the place, Le could
bring his higss to bsaraieeplbn two of the mystics.—
On' perceiving Uns ‘atitirmination, one of them endea
vowed to escape, but she was stopped by the S)bille's
barge, ccintmanded by Lieutenant Gordon, who dashing
lomat d, boat ded and cat ried her in the most determined
•manner, though not without great esposute to the mus-
ketry on shore, himself being wounded in three places,
and not an officer or man escaping whole.
Two of the mystics were sunk, and the other two
disabled ; and the destruction of the people on shore,
from the guns of the Sybille, must have been very con-
siderable, as the island was strewed with their bodies
and muskets.

• This severe but necessary service was not accom-
plished without a lamentable loss on our side. Mr.
James Al4xwell Korn, midshipman, and 12 men, were
killed in the boats: Lieutenant Gordon, Lieutenant
Topper (since dead), Mr. Edarsonstone, Mr. Lees, mid-
shipmen, and '29 men (five since dead), wounded. The
.Sybille being in quarantine, her wounded have been
landed in the Luaret.

The settlement of this colony of miscreants is an islet
siti:ated at the entrance of the Atchipelago, and mid-way
between Malta and Alexandria, and has doubtless been
one of those hidden haunts from which the commerce
of this island has for a long time most seriously suffered :
and *bile all will deeply deplore the loss of human life
on the occasion, the promptitude and perseverance of
Captain Pechell in ferreting them out cannot but create
general satisfacti-lr. A long course of success, and a
secure and almost inaccessible retreat had encouraged
in them a hardy boldriesr, which became desperation
when closely pressed by the tenacious bravery of British
seamen : a col:diet with such enemies may be perilous,
but they will find that it will never bb of doubtful issue.
The outrage which induced Captain Pechell to sus-
pect the ex srence of these pirates, was committed on
the brig Sole, of Malta, and the Sardinian brig Fen°•
meno, which ACIC sailing in company, when they were
met with by the pirates and obliged to anchor under
the land of Candia. They used the most delibei ate tor-
ture upian the crews to extort from them their money,
which by perseverance in their cruelty they obtained;
and then iqeiiing every bale of goods and taking away
the most valuable, they warned them to make their
escape lest they should he again visited by other plun-
derers, who, they did not itate to confess, harboured
in those parts.
Profiting by this advice, the Sole cut her cable and
made for Malta; but meeting with contrary winds, and
the matter and mate being totally disabled, from the
barbarous treatment they had undergone, she was
ishligei to run for Alexandria, whither the Fenomeno
soon followed her : and'the Sybille being then at Alex-
andria, Captain Pechell lost no time in pursuing the
clew thus afforded him to search out the perpetrators.