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"The Saladin", 1844. 'Loss of the Saladin - suspected piracy...The...vessel, 243 tons, commanded by Captain Mackenzie, bound from Valparaiso to London, was lost on the 21st of last May, near Ireland harbour, Nova Scotia...Since then, circumstances have transpired which lead to a very strong impression that a horrible act of piracy and murder was committed previous to her destruction, which has engaged the attention of the naval and civil authorities of Halifax...From the particulars furnished by Lloyd's agent, it appears that this vessel was bound from Valparaiso to London with a cargo of 70 tons of copper, guano, and 8,500 dollars in specie, and some bars of silver'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.