The Sun. — 1846-12-18 (London, England)

MURDEROUS PIRATICAL ATTACK ON A LEITH VESSEL, IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. (From-the Leith Herald.) From the declaration of the master, mate, and one of the seamen of the schooner Jane Jones, of Leith, belonging to Robert Innes, Esq., shipbuilder, emitted before her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Constantinople, we learn the following particulars regarding an attack on that vessel by Greek pirates, off the island of Tenedos, on the 11th of October last. The Jane Innes sailed from Cardiff on the 9th of September, with a cargo of iron for Galatz. After passing Gibraltar the vessel en-. countered very severe weather, in which she sustained some damage ; on the 10th of October they came to anchor, between Tenedos and the main, and remained there all the following day. At eight p.m. on the 11 th the watch was duly set, that duty being assigned to Wm. Forbes, an apprentice ; the captain went to bed about half past eight, all the crew, with the exception of the watch, having previously turned in ; about ten o'clock be was awakened by a noise on deck, on which he jumped out of bed, and called to the mate. Immediately after, three men, apparently Greeks, ran down the cabin stairs, each armed with a drawn cutlass, a brace of pistcls, and a dagger. One of the pirates seized the captain- by the throat, and holding the cutlass to his breast, made signs for money. The captain endeavoured to make them understand that he had none, on which he was struck twice on the face, and caused to open his chest and turn out' the contents, from which the pirates took a purse with a few sovereigns and a variety of articles of clothing. Not satisfied with this, one of them held a pistol to the captain's head, and demanded more money, but being satisfied that be had no more, they proceeded to ransack the cabin, and Carried off the chronometer, a watch, telescope, knives, forks`, &c., together, with a large quantity of stores. The pirates then tied the captain and mate with their hands behind their backs, each in his own berth, and after having fastened the cabin doors with a rope, they went on deck. While these proceedings were taking place in the cabin, the hatch was nailed down on the crew in the forecastle. They were awakened about the same time as the captnin by a scream from the watch, and one of the men was going on deck to see what was the matter, when he saw two cutlasses over the hatchway; he was immediately thrust back; and the hatch fastened down. The crew then broke through the bulkhead into the hold, and getting near the cabin, they asked the captain if they should break in there, but were told not to do so as the pirates were all well armed. After remaining on board from an hour to an hour and a half, the pirates departed, and the captain and mate then managed to release each other, and went on deck, when they saw what they con' ceived to be the boat with libeftrates under sail standing in shore. On going forward they found that the apprentice on watch had been murdered, and on examining the body they found two deep wounds on the breast, and an extensive one on the back of the head. They then released the crew, and discovered that the decks had been cleared of every portable article, including sails, old canvas and spunyarn, all the studding-sail-haulyards, tacks, spare lines, compass, binnacle cover, all the ropes off deck, a half cask of beef, and another of pork. They had, in fact, helped themselves to almost everything except the standing rigging. Afraid of another visit from the pirates, the Jane lanes was got under weigh, and dropped down within a quarter of a mile of an American vessel that was lying close in to Tenedos. The vessel arrived at Constantinople without further mishap, except that they were put into quarantine off the Dardanelles on account of their communication with the pirates. We would suggest to the merchants of Leith, that a memorial, founded on the case of the Jane Innes, be drawn up, and forwarded to Lord Palmerston, calling his attention to the piracies so frequent among the Grecian Islands, and the vast amount of British property annually exposed to the depredations of the lawless inhabitants.  DETENTION of the