Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-09-20

Among the passengers ON board the packet
ship George Canning. on her laUe VOYAGE from
New York WIS gentleman vino had resided
| fi,r some wears ut New ORLEANS, IN the capacity
! nf ngent f1t the great lpPlathan OF the London
| Stock Exchange From some actions of this
eentIemln, his fellow passengers conceived that
he wonld he - good subj ct On whom 10 play OF
hoax. They Determined therefore. 10 ger one
on on the first favourable opportunity. sus.
| plcians looking schooner having, one evening.
pas srd close the packet, "A fear was ieigned bs
| some of them that the schooner might he a pl-
rate, aud thai an attack mig hi perhaps be made
by her crew. 10 the course OF the m@h', gu the
GEORGE GINNING Measures were accordingly
TAXI n ~ give the pirates "A warm reception.
should the frenpd attack by actually madc.
Waist The passengers generally were In assist
the erew Of the packet. the gentleman IN ones
ton NRs To remain below IN the CABIN, 10 guard
the ladIrs. FIVE IN number from the mpnstefs al
ipiraes.-Iha cnnspiraiors having prepared the
plot. and several al them having dressed them
selves in sailors clothes, the alarm Of lhe ship
being attacked bv the pirate was raised, the
padies flew to their posts, and the first acI O I
~ hoax commenced, Upon the deck the
do eeptinn was Car ~d ON bv the FIJI /. I pistols
and ciashng of cutlasseS whilst two gentle
men, disguised rs sailors, aud rendered tero-
cinus-lonkng by hushy whiskers aud shaggy
hair, rushed down into cabin. armed with
pistols ADD cutlasSes. There hey found the he.
RI of the haax, who seeing his assallaHls rushed
into the ladies cabin. the fair ones keeping up
he deception bV screaming most lusIily. Here
he was seized by the supposed pirates, who
after pulling him about, and frightening the
poor simplatnn nearly out of his senieS, ran oil.
! loud cheer wa then raised on The deck tn
mark the defeat Of The pirates, the leader Of
! =, Ill, had bpa Ibnt upaI in
attempting to reach the schooner's boat The
second act Of the hoax was played of on the
nrXt day Our hero who had been cnngratu-
! lated Nv all his fellow passengers. on the cour>
age he had Displayed IN defending the fair, was
ushcrpd into the presence OF the ladies', whh.
with the ceremonies usually attendant ON The
besinwaI 1T kighthood 10 The times OF chlyaIry,
made him kneel down before them they then
bestowed on him the homer OF knighthood, pla-
| cirg on his head n crown OF lhsir own manu-
| fncfrra and giving him a medal, made by I'M
| pressing n dollar on a piece of leather, on the
reverse of which was an inscription, Commence
| rative of his heroic aud knlghty conducI on
the nccnsian.of the packet being attacked by
pirates He took the captains place at the
head OF the table, wearing the crown on his
cannt, aud proposed tue subscriptions
TO rewasd the crew for their heroic cOur-
age 10 defending the ship, handing ouI his own
tea Snvrreigns towards the tund he farce
was krptnp from thai day I" the en5 OF the
voyage, TN pour snupieiun believing, all the
tune. that the George Canning had been actu-
ally attacked by pirates. aud thai he,ht ms own
personal courage, had sttyed the ladies FROM
helnc murdered or subjected To even wut Sc
treatment thnn death Tie related the ,tnly
wherever he went ani % crown tue hoax the
Mornius H-rald continued account of the
ship George Cannmg, ON herpassage rom New
YoriS to Liverpool
We sphioin the aerouui given of the above
Occurrence in the Bertli. TO which paper.
do iltess. IT was furnished by SIR john
S -:
i" We give the following eytrqordinarv state
ment, which was obtained from one otthc pas
scngers of the George Gaming, without note or
comment:
The George Canning, Captlm Allyn bound
to Liverpool, from Ncw-York, was boarded nj
sea ON the night oil the 2lst of June, nv pirate.
SIX Kept station on deck, and four entered the
large cabin One fellow presented pistol nj
the bead OF gentleman IA passenger) who pla-
ce himself acemst the door leading 10 tn. ladies
cabin, aud thus prevented them efecting AN en-
trance. The pirates threatened him win imme-
date death II he did not move out of the way
when another OF the party. dressed as a sailor
cam" down, and looking at the gentlemen dcsir.
ell the party holding the pistol not 10 ire us he
/ knew hun. Inc passengers aud crew armed
tlenSeiveo. and hgc1 at the nrltc>---tWn orthrer
, otwhom we're wounded fhry succrc l,d. no.,
ever IN iegarn'ng their boat, having obtained n
small amount oil money from one otthe passell-
gers. TINS must have taken place very near the
English coast. The ladies have subscribed a
sun oil monry IN order 10 present the gentleman.
( by whom they were SO CALAMITY defended. with
, gold medal, which is now manufacturing IN /,
verpool.a
Inc Boston Gazette states that Monsieur m.
hiard, with whom the Duke of Orleans resided