Piracy.
The Times, 1824-06-26T00:00:00

:1F-ons the elae.-Ga-etle of ita1 By thezre dwbch&4ied.on.Wednesday, we learny thi.aneV giratical establishment was forning iniside of the Isle of Pines, un. er the command of a notorious pirate of the name of Pepe, a Corsi. can; and weregrettoadd, thatta boat frorr. the Icarus sloop of war, beinig despatched to take possession of one of these piratical vessels, was captured, and iAeutenant;Lvtonj a midshipman and four sea. men killed, and two seamen wosunded. On a party afterwards land. ing from the lear7ns, the bodies of the abovd inidividuals were found lying on the growid, with their arms pinioned behind them, and shot through thle body5 from which it 4s presunted they had been killed after having beenl mnade prisoners. This nest of pirates is, ere this, completelyannihilated. The carus had taken one pira. tical vessels which she burnt: but the crew with the e'tception of one man, escaped. The foHowingrforce Was left at the Isle of Pines to deitroy 'this piratical establishment:-.ussar frigate, Captain Harris; IcaruR, Captain Graham; schooners, Spceddeell, Liejte- naIt Geary; Lion, Lienttenant Hopson * and Union, Lieut. Hen. derson. The Hussar haddespatched 100 men in boats, and boatahad alsoproceedwj t.omt heothervressels, forthe purpose ofransackirig .he cout to destroy their vessels and establishments. The man taken by the lkarns, on being promised that his life would be spired, undertook to condurt them to the piratitcd establis1lsintfs; so we may soon expect tohear acoiiits of their having been destroyed. This fellow Pepe ha taken sevcral turtling vessels, which they were fitting out as piratieal cruisers. They were thus only nreparing means to.exe- cute their robberies and murders; and it is extremely fortunate that so large a naval force was in the neighbourhood, which will crush it in the bud, We have not heard that these persons had committed any depreaations; indeed, their vessels were not in a state to put to sea _ URTTIIEU AND AUTHENTIC PARTICUtLAR&. Tue Icarus, with the Vpeedw'ell schooner, on her way from Havannab, in examining the Isle of Pines for pirates on the 24th ult., received information of a recently formed piratical establish- .ment in a river at the east end of that isle, called Saista Fe. The .Speedu,elU schooner was anchored off the river, an-I two boats under the command of Lieutenant Laytoa of the rcarns, and two midshipmen, were sent to explore it. in the southern arm of which, near some huts, a pirate schooner, a row boat, and a small csnee, Were founds and one pirate taken; One boat was left with the prize (which was subsequently burnt), whilst Lieutenant Layton, accom- Vanied by iMtr. Strode, midslhipman, of the Speedweel, went to recon- noitre the north.western branch of the river. At a narrow turning near where some stakes had been driven to prevent boats ap- proaching, the Lieutenaut discoveTed a piratical felucca, which in- stantly fired into him, as did also some persons concealed ji the bushes, and in this merciless and itrocious manner Lieutenant Lay- ton, tUr. Strode, and four men, fell a sacrifice; the two remainingof the boat's crew, although badly wounded, escaping by crossing the river, and concealing themselves in the mangrove bushes. The whole of the river was examined the following morning by the boats of the Icaros and Speedwnell, without discovering the pirate felucca, which it is supposed escaped durikg the night. The Hussar, Captain Ihrris, which was in the neighbourhood of the Isle of Pines, tormcefethe Lioit andVUnlos schooners on their way rouhd from Havannah, in search of pirates, reeeiving Intelli- ,ence of this infamous proeeeding, and beingjoined by the schooners, instantly sent away upwaids of 100 men in his boats, and judicid oudy placed the Iearnts sloop and the schooners Speedwell, Liont, and Union, In such a manner as most effectually to ensure the ex- amination of the coast, and to destToy any piratical establishment which may have been forming in the neighbourhood. The force afloat in boats and schooners in this little expedition being from 300 to 400 men, there is little doubt that their exertions will be crowned with the most faviarable result' ,RIONTEGO BAY, JAMIAICA, MAY 8. We mentioned in our last week's publication that the inhabitants of Cuba had evinced a very hostile disposition towards the English traders on that coast; we have since then received a moTe particular account of the robbery and intehded murder of MIr. Ralph Dolphy, an inhabitant of this town, by some of the inhabitants of Mlanci- nella. AIr. Dolphiy states that he was taken out three several times to be sht, when his life was preserred iby a young Catalonian Spa. niard, with whom hewas intimate, placing himself alwavs between the musket and his body, and whbo at length ransomed his life for 500 dollars; the parties are well known, and can be indentified at MIanciella. and the suanistrates at tha; place are aware of it, but advised Dolphy to be off as soon as possible. Since the receipt of the foregoing, the schooner Ringston packet, Fortune, with the sloops Ten Sist'ere and Pinghbey, under aher convoy, have arrived here from Cabs. Captain Fortune states, that on Wednesdav week he fell in with his Majesty's schooners Unio7 and Lfon; Lieute- nant Henderson, the commander of the Union, informed him rhat a most inhuman and cold-blooded murder had been per- petrated on board the sloop Endcavonr, from this port. The]End3Esna r sailed from hence some time since to fish for turtle among the keys, and was fallen in with by a felucca- rigged vessel, who sent their boat on board. It aDpeared that a dog on board the Endeavor attempted to bite the first of the pirates who came on the deck, and that the fellow immediately killed the dog; James Whittaker, the Captain of the Endeavour, remonstrat- ed with him for having killed his dog; the other said, I wiU serve you the same, and instantly stabbrd himn three times in the breast, and threw him overboard; Whittaker beginning to swim, he levell- ed his musket, and .shot him in the shoulder: finding that he still continued to swim, he got in the boat, and pulled after him, hauled his head upon the gunwhale of the boat, andcut his throat, when he immediately sunk. He then returned on board the Endeavour, and with the other pirates killed all the crew except David Smith, who isimped overboard and succeeded in getting on shore. The persons who have been killed are James Whittaker, Daniel Gillet, Samuel Hurleck, and a Curaqoa negro named John: the former are three persons of colour, natives of this place, all inoffensive and industri- ous men, Jaames Nlrhittaker in particular- he wvs a married man, and has left his wife and 4 children, we fear, without means of Sup- port. The statement of Mr. Dolphy, togethier with the affidavit of Captain Fortumne, wiiU be forwarded to the Admiral by the earliest Opportunity. PIR;cr.