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PIRATES IN THE WEST INDIEs.-The
London Times of the l4th of August, has
the following. copied from the Sun


We have Just seen a gentleman who
came as a passenger on board the ST. Vim.
cent. from Trinidad to Bristpl, which YES.
sci, as was stated yesterday, was boarded
on her homeward voyage by schooner,
supposed to be piratical. He says. that du-
ring the whole of the previous day the 81.
VIncen. had been followed by suspicious
brig. When morning came the schooner
was discovered in company with the brig.
They parted, and the schooner bore down
on the St. Vincent. There were only
Two men on the deck Of the schooner, one
at the wheel and another with the telescope
but b.low she was crowded with men. She
hoisted Spanish colors, as did the brig.
which also bore down on the ST. Vincent.
The brig having spoken an American man
OF. war which was in sight, the schooner
left the ST. Vincent, joined the brig, and
they sailed of in company, the brig lead.
ing the way. The schooner was low
Baltimore clipper and had piece of ordi
nance on deck. She gave the latitude
and longitude chalked on board, but she
was at least twenty degrees out Of her
reckoning, so that, in all probability, she
had no chronometer on board.