The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-12 00:00:00

PIRATES TAKEN AND EXECUTED.

The Bristol Gazette of the 10th inst., gives an or-
wont of the captnre of the Edward, Prothero, of that
'port, by a piratical vessel, off Cuba, on the 19th of Aug.
last. The treatment of the Captain, passengers, and
crew, appears to have been very brutal, and the vessel
was ransacked of . article of any value to the cap-
tors, and on their quitting her, she was with great diffi-
culty got into Havannah. The British vessels, the
Eliza, John, and 'Thisbe, had also been dogged on the
lath of the same month, near the same place, and only
escaped a similar fate by keeping dose company.
The masters of these vessels observing the schooner
that bad followed them. was joined on that night by two
others, were apprehensive of a coalition being formed,
to which they would fall a prey. In consequence of this
they thought tit to put into Havana'', and iuldresied a
memorial to the senior officer of his Majesty's ship there
(Sir It. Mends, of the I phigenia) stating the eircum•
stances, and soliciting the protection of part of his force
through the GOO of Florida. This was readily grant-
ed by Sir IL Mends, who immediately sent 30 men on
board the TWA)* for their protection during the night,
and directed the Tyne sloop of war on the following day
to convoy the vessels through the Gulph.
The brig which bad been plundered, having pat into
Havanna after her escape, immediately informed Sir
IL Mends of the circumstances attending her capture.
Upon which that offic.?r sent her oat again with a con-
siderable number of his men, well armed, on board.
This had the desired effect. The pirates immediately
bore down, and a considerable number came on board,
and were made prisoners. The schooner was also taken.
The whole of the depredators were hung directly after
their capture.

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE CASE.
[moat TOE DUBLIN lIORNINO POST.]
On Tuesday evening, Mr. John Casey was arrested,
on a warrant jutted by the Magistrates of the Head Po-
lice Other, for aiding and assisting in procuring the in-
termarriage of Moses H. Pentland and Mary Anne
Aeßarry, she being in her non-age.
eZilr. Casey was ill in bed at the ime the arrest was
obade, and a Peace Officer was left in charge of him un-
til yesterday, when he was admitted to bail.
He will have to stand his trial for the offence at the
ensuing Commis-don.

TEE LATE Ma. BROOKS.—Sir Francis Burdett, who is
now at Bath, has, it is said, intimated his intention of
coming up to London, to show his respect for the late
Mr. Brooks, by following his remains to the grave.—
The funeral, it is understood, will take place on Tuesday
next. _ _

Very recently a drove of 390 Devonshire oxen tra-
vellM.from South ;Bolton, in that county, to every fair
betwixt that place and London ; and stood at Smithfield
market: failing in a purchaser at all these marts, they
proceeded 49 miles beyond town. The proprietor, still
disappointed, again turned their heads towards the me-
tropolis; the cattle stood a second time at Smithfield ;
were st Reading and other fairs on their return; and
on Thurs Jay se'nnight by far the treater part were at
Bristol market ; but still they could not be sold, and
were driven hick to the place whence they came; after
having travelled, in this fruitless way, not less than 409
miles.—(Devises Paper.)
We congratulate the public (says the last Worcester
Journal) on the great reduction of time Poor Rates of
the United Parishes in this city, which the Directors of
the House of Industry, and the excellent management
of the house steward., have very mach contributed to
effect. The precepts are 3fol. 14s. 6J. less per month
new than they were in 1817. It is 26 years since they
were so low.