The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-17 00:00:00

PIRACY., Tit SHIP JAM

IZTKACT 01 A MITT= IMO! JAMAICA, PIC. 111
" 1 as glad to inform yet of err arrival here eta
the 18th iestant. We left Madeira em thebleZ:
November, sod the same Say, at three, was
by a pirate skip, of 18 psis, who took peemessiern,
drove all oar crew below, and placed sestinele ever
the stets; rue the ship before the wind seder the
remmaged Gael seerehed Is ship Am
smemey, se they said, sad piano/era ms et • quitehlie
cask of Madero, •.e barrel of porter, see SA
eight dosage of bottled porter, is. dean of PS&
try, spy-glass, sod my best sweet, besides welle
Ing•apparel, and drank three doses and a MN
of port wise, sod sundry ether steres.--Tbe
crew were apparently &Wish ; they leepratly
threatened to pet as all le damth,to present ieforme.
lion, which I telly espoeled they would de, free,
their conduct. The Cemwedor told me he was e
wood Paul Jew, God cased for se gag: messy
be wanted, rod awry he m..ld have. At lest they
swore me not to were to Midair*, or to give soy
Wertheim, of them befetrerser arrival in Sissies,..,
if they caught mo attempting it, I was to upset se
Mercy. Z. 07 left es sheet oiliest night, mad allow-
ed es to make set, they laying In, which we did, Gad
daring that sight spring oar femme. Om the
in the miontieg, at day-light, Palma bore E.S.B. as.
teat eight or ten leagues, observed the same pirate,
with all sail, standing after us : imposter. sto other
than he was coming to pet his former threats Into
esecetion. I endesvoered to get ie shore of him,
bet coming pearly calm, and he pieimg is es, at
eight armed our beats, and took to them, net being
We to defend the ship, as the wily weal of sac.
lag oar lives, rowed fir Palma, bet the beans
urea after springing op frees the westward, enelliod
him to come fast up with es, sow got us seder
his pins, and was obliged to go sloop/6 to wed
sir fate. without hopes of mercy ; hot t. our peat
serpris• met with every kiadoess ; towed ea up
b the ham spin, which we repaid.' sheet few
s'etirch, after restrain els my seztemt sad appellik
sad giving us (reit, be said he would see M. MM
Trades, and kept with es all night, and It. gust
awning sent his boat with orders, to ninellll
tof our way to Jasmine, and be stood 'maim& tae
hie of Teserille. He had pleedaved a British eserrellite
few days before, which pet into Madeira while we
were lbws, aid he said that be had leak fang,
and all !weds bet woe."

Greet Mlliellf were wedeto save the Ilk of
Conieroy by the Prommetirt earl Meads; bat •wing
to his setrogswes eeedeet while le Newt/tit, throat-
ening to rip up the besets of tree of the Wilkey%
etodored ell &pp/iodises isolketeel.

Soow..drops were ezhildtvd for the fret Is. this
whiter, yesterday, to the flower-prdew of Coma-
prden.
COILS MAUI?, Fn. l7.—Oar market nations
sbuadantly 'implied with all grain, for which the de.
mod is very trifling; sod what little Wheat wee
disposed Otitis morning was at ember lower terms thaw
on lfondsy.—Tiso Barley trade is eznedlagly doll,
sad although lower prices were asked by fell la.
per quarter this wen Oblllloll4 IN Meade', WM,
• asks could be stetted.—liessis Peas, sad Outs.
enalso.chesper, tie supply of wed bele' tarp end
Tery few bryero.