The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-03 00:00:00

MALACCA, DEC. 2G, 807.

On the •2 1 st August last, the Brig Admiral tr014,-
bridge was lying at anchor off the island of SablOO
At about five P.M. we were on board, when Capt.
Wallace gave his diredions respeaing the duty; and
we returned_ to the shore about seven in the evening:
at this timethe crew appeared satisfied, and no ap-
prehensions were entertained
„for the safety-of the
vessel. About midnight, we 'were alarmed by our
people stationed at the house for a guard, with in.
fortnation that a gun had been fired on board, and
that the brig was under weigh, standing.ont from
the. roads; we observed her some time, supposing
they were shifting. her :birtb; but findink she. Wft''
drifting fast to the North-east part 91 the•island;
with little wind, we conjectured the vessel +vas cut
off, Montt •at a loss to know by what tucanS.' As
the people on shore were quiet, and no boats seem
moving on the water, we concluded that the. crew'
overpowered the Officers and seized the vessel.'

Mr. Barnes then waited on the.heact D'arod, rand
begged of him to -order out the prows after her,lbut
at that hour it being
,impracticable, he promised to
dispatch them as soon,as they were re dy.
In the niorning Of the 22d, the bri yet in sight
from the-house, the wind' haVing been 'ght-and: un-
favourable for clearing the island, we Vaned o 4 the
Sultan,- and begged he would -send.proys oil' imme-
diately ; anditi order 6 hasten their dispatch, offer-
ed a reward of 5000 £panish dollars'tb those Who,
might retake the-vessel. , .He'consultcd•with sorntt
of the principal people,' and desired us to go to the
- head Daro
Daroo,. who. would give orders rspeCting the
prows. On'seeing him, we were informed, that a
boat had letttothebrig with four men, and Captain
Wallace was so persuaded of the truth of this re-
port, that he armed himself and embarked• ih a
small boat with some Sooloonese and a seacuiinv,
determined to get' on board if possible, un..,lei an
idea that if' the ting-leaderS hadleftLeT, the lasears
would assist hiM 'against any others who might be
concerned in the. mutiny. .
He tac;ared the brig surciently,to hear the people
workibg,. before .he found the report _untrue; and
then received the discharge of six guns andlvtrivels
from the stern, on firing of which, the; natives
jumped into the water excepting one mai), who
stood up and fired two muskets at the brig : he then
returned and reached the town in
,-splety between
four and five o'clock that'afternoon, having left her,
with all sail set; standing to the east Ward. '
In the evening, the Daroo left the town with three
large prows well manned and prrped, accompanied'
by his chosen slaves; it then being calm, and the
advantage of rowing, we had great hopes of his
.coming up with the vessel. -

Between one and two-o'clock in. the morning of
the 3d, we were much surprised with the appearance
of Mr. William Sharpe, the Chief Officer, covered'
with blood, and severely wounded ; he had been
sent away from the brig the preceding evening, with
two seacunnies arid three others, not concerned-in
the mutiny, And frenn them we learned the :folmw-
ing pp#iculars
Mr.', Sharpe stated, that he retired to his cabin
about nine P. -M. on the 2.15 t,. and left Mr. C. B.
Lloyd, the second officer, in charge of the deck froth
8 to twelve, and had not the least apprehenSion of
danger from the crew, knowing of 'no disalfeetion.
That to the best of his knowledge it was between
11 and 12 when he was alarmed by some cries, and
a noise like clashing of swords, on which be ran to
the steerage, and looked- up the hatchway, when.,
one of the people made a stab at him with a boarding
pike; he returned to his cabin for fire-armi, and a
Manilla seacunny and a Malay lascarrushed down
with cutlasses,' on whom he discharged a pistol, and.
wounded the seacunny in the arm. The report of
the pistol deterred others coming down for some
time, till a seapoy, stationed below as a guard, seiz-
ed him round the waist, and called to others for as-
sistance ; in this interval Mr. S. called on Mr.
Lloyd, but received no answer, for, alas, Mr. L.
was no more ! Shortly after many others came
down, and he was overpowered, after defending
himself to the utmost. In the tumult he received
a severe cut on the neck, which, with many other
cuts and stabs, occasioned such a loss of blood as to
render him unable to stand; and the villains then
supposed he was murdered. Finding, however, he
was not dead, they extended their mercy so far as
to bind his hands behind, an' l lashed him to a stand-
ing cot in his cabin. Shortly after he heard a gun
tired, and the noise of bending sails, in which a se-
rang appeared very active, tor his voice was heard
repeatedly cheering the people. Mr. Sharpe knows
nothing more of their proceedings till about eight
o'clock in the 'morning, when he was removed from
the cot, and placed in irons, spiked to- the deck.—
About six in the evening they came to a resolution"
to fiend him onshore in one of the isrig-'s.boats, acrd '
five others, as above described.

The two scacunnies who landed with Mr. Sharpe,
state, that on the night of the 2lst they were sleep,
ing near the capstan, and were awaked by some
cries and a bustling-On deck, on which one of them
ran forward and got on the forestay, supposing the
shore people had boarded the vessel, and he there
saw a Malay lasear cut the cables ; the other sea-
cunny saw the Malay lascars on the quarter-deck
armed with cutlasses; Mr. Lloyd lay on the deck;
he attempted to raise him, and found him bloody ;
this seacunny was ordered forward immediately, and
with the other was placed below, and the hatch put
over them; 'where they were kept till about three
o'clock in the morning, and were then ordered up;
with.a promise that their lives should be spared if
they assisted in working the brig. Mr. Lloyd was
then found dead, and the gunner lying with many
wounds ; on !Cis spewing some signs of life, one of
the lascars killed him with a crow bar. At sun-rise
their bodies were thrown overboard.
On the 23d, 24th, and 25th of the month, num-
bers of prows were going in search of the brig, and
w. expeded they would have brought her in (for
the weather had been uncommonly calm), until the
head Daroo returning, informed us, that he had
neared the brig several times, but whenever it blew