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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.

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up, Capt. Gibert hailed the Eng-
lish captain and ordered him to
come on board, The latter said
his boat leaked so badly, would
not be able to keep her afloat.
Capt. Gibert again told the Eng-
lish captain to come on board
quickly. The English then
inunched their boat, and the cap-
tain, beatswain and two men
eame on board the schooner. The
corvette was robbed of five goats,
one cheese, several cases of pre-
serves, cordials, ete, and two
half coils of rigging. No other
piracy was committed after the
robbery of the Mexionn. Capt.
Gibert often expressed a wish to
sink a Spanish vessel lying at
Petty Sestes. Made prepara-
tions, but did not do it, because
the sea ran so high. Never re-
ceived any money in England
from Captain Trotter; the Span-
ish consul at Plymouth tried to
make me confess that T had been
bribed.

Did not get a good deal of
rum at Fernando Po; had no
money to get it; never confessed
that I was drank at the time I
made ay deposition, and the
acount who saya I] wag is a
Hart Prisoners at Fernando Po
confessed that they had robbed
an English corvette as well as the
Mexican, and that they took away
from her several monkey jackets,
shirta and the cabin curtains. The
money boxes and bags taken from
the Mexican contained about #
thousand dollars each, and were
made of something like velvet.

‘When the money was taken
out of the boxes it was put into
bags made of dark eoarse linen,
these bags rotted, and others
were made to receive the money;
the boxes were thrown overboard
when emptied; do not know what

sort of wood the boxes were made
of; the captain took the money
up and shook it round in bags,
to eee if there was any yellow
money among it; did not go close
to the boxes, but thonght I saw
something black like iron round
the edge of each; they were
counting the money all the ti
Iwas in the foretop; it was
all spread ont on tha companion
way.

George H. Quentin, Am an
officer in the Royal Navy of
Great Britain; hold the rank of
Master's Assistant (i. &, midzhip~
man), Came to the United
States in the Savage, an English
ten-gun brig. All the prisoners
now present came with me. Ar-
rived at Salem on the 22d Ang-
ust. Was previously in the Cur-
Jew, eommanded by Henry Dun-
das Trotter; left the Cape of
Good Hope in January, 1832, for
the Coast of Africa. Arrived at
Prinee’s Island about March,
While there received information
in May, 1833, of the robbery of
the brig Mexican, by a vessel an-
swering the deseription of #
schooner then lying in the river
Nazareth. Snailed immediately
for the latter placa, and arrived
there 4th June, Three boat
containing in all forty men ans
commanded by Capt Trotter,
went up the river, Just after
daylight got sight of her st an-
chor; pulled in ehore to avoid be+
ing seen; when we came within
a mile of her, hoisted the British
colors. Soon as they saw ns th
took to their boats end m:
for the shore, excepting one man,
and he soon after left in a canoe,
Capt, Trotter chased them ‘with
his own boat only, but could not
come up with them, and there-
fore returned to the schooner,

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