The Sun. — 1829-07-23 (London, England)

PIRACY AND MURDER.  The following narrative of the plunder and mur der of the crew of the Phan Fredericka, a Dutch brig of 200 tons, belonging to Haarlem, was detailed by a gentleman just arrived from the Floridas in the Lovely Nancy, now in the Thames : " The Fredericka sailed from Jamaica on the 12th of April last, in charge of Mr. Stein, the mate ; Captain Fredericka, the master and owner, having died at Kingston. There were seven men and two passengers, and the vessel was under orders for Holland, but had to call at the Havannah for a large freight. The brig kept her course through the Leeward Passage until the evening of the 20th, when a schooner hove in sight, and kept hovering about the brig the whole of that night.— They were then not two days' sail from the Isle of Cuba, and the schooner appeared to have come from either the Colorados or St. Antonio, to the southward of the Havannah. On the morning of the 21st, at day-light, the schooner was about two miles to leeward, and Mr. Stein, suspecting her to be a pirate, made all sale from her. However, the schooner was too fast, and about twelve o'clock came within half a mile, and hoisting Buenos Ayrean colours, fired a gun. The brig was quite unarmed, and hoved to. The schooner then hailed in English, but not a soul on board understood the language, and the only answer given was hoisting Dutch colours; a boat was then sent from the schooner full of men, and before one o'clock the brig was in possession of the pirate, whose savage acts of barbarity now are to be recorded. The pirates, to the number of thirty, ransacked every part. of the vessel, and took every thing of value they could lay their hands upon. The Dutch sailors, in their own language, remonstrated, but were laughed at by the ruffians, who proceeded deliberately to compel the wretched men to what is termed " walk the plank," This was on the afternoon of the same day they seized the brig. One poor plan, upon being laid hold on by two of the pirates to pinion,blindfold, and fasten a shot to his feet, made a desperate resistance, in which he fixed his grasp upon the throat of one of the ruffians, and they both tnmWed over the side and were drowned, Senor Baptista, of the firm of Ramone, Balcussus, and Baptista, of Havannah, re, monstrated with a short man, who spoke the Spanish language, but from circumstanees Which have since t transpired, was believed to be sto Irishman, and who appeared to be the commander, and endeavoured to, influence him to prevent the Dutchmen being mur' dered. The ruffian only answered by firing a pistol at his head; but next moment, as if by a retributive Justice, fell dead upon the deck, the other passsenger haviflg plunged a knife suddenly into his back. Five of the Dutchmen, observing the fate of Mr. Stein and two others, ran below, and arming therrnselves with knives, made a determined resistance, but were ovet powered by the pirates, all of whom were welt armed, Before six o'clock in the evening, the whole of the crew of the brig -were thrown into the sea, and one of the passengers, a planter, belonging to Savannah, was stretched, mortally wounded, on the deck. The only remaining one was Senoy .oap.