The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-27 00:00:00

troop* have invariably returned with numbers
I° diminished, as to preclude all doubt of
their having sustained 'heavy losses. Hopes are
ci
ier,'"led that the Chieftain on the eastern side'
or t"e island, 'nay join the Dutch, in which
c
-0,4).;° the insurgents will be easily subdued. But
fliis leader, who is the most warlike of the
l‘thie tribes, and highly popular, should, on the
stilitroy take part with tile- insurgents iris
ru.Pposed that the Dutch Would retain no ter-
"t9, but such as could he immediately protect-
*d froth Batavia. The captain of the • Pactolus
mile(' without waiting for a full. cargo,---
Jg. apprehensive of a general tlinbargo, for
u'e purpose. of taking the crews. to defend
t,!?mlac.. The entire population, from sixteen
,i",i'ty-five, --had been called out, and put
11'er arms for actual service. The British mer,
ow"_
c (5, and resiiients, have been permitted by the
overnor to enrol themselves in a distinct corps,
'od-ibone Officers from their own body. Arms
had' been delivered to them. The Americans
and-
other foreigners, were enrolled in common
"ill) the Dutch:-

Wa have received the Nova -Scotia Gazette to
the (2
3d of November, and take from it the sub-
Joined extract " The insubordination which exists amongst the sailors in the
hithertomerchants' service at this
‘port, has increased to an
Tebxtern,..t
00 unknown.b A flagrant instanceof riot occurred on ut_ e
tatisoYmlaestltt,
he was
the ship Chapman, Captain Millbank,
at e
anchor art 4!8. Proceeding to sea, when after weighing
itt this Lof the crew twelve in number, who had shipped
signing port,theirat-
7:?;11 wages,.and received large advances. before
would riot allOsta"tlel'-‘' refused to assist in making sail, and
.
the consequence tsv'e ."11
our port) was in dispoSed part to obey their officersto,
ship (one of the largest that comesun-
der Anhigny danger of drifting on the rocks
mei: repaired on Mr. Patton who had loaded the vbe. -t
without effect. Tord, anti endeavoured- to restore order, u
were furious .ie. mutineers, for so we must call them,.v,te
store of two with liquor, and having each man a private
be
seen, that or three gallons of rum, it was easy
at reducing so long as this stimulus remained, any attempt
ri tang the refractory sailors to Obedience would
.be
_ilig.y.tory. Mr. Patton accordingly applied to the chief police
:11:gttarate, Thomas rachereau, Esq. on whose represeint.atiivoii
"thol
etrY guard, Was afibrded from the garrison to aid u.c
an., !Y. pins reinforced, Mr. Patton returned on boardjir
arrived Perilous situation
just in time to rescue the ships officers from
throwt ie
theus situation as the refractory party were about to
boatswain overboard. The appearance of the military
"however altered the case, and they were secured and conducted
i,X,°l, behaving themselves in-the most outrageous mtaikueiber
in
th_ 'NC
_through the town. Yesterday they
'wer-te-osistion of
to
die police office and after a thorough invetst:,,,s
ship T'af,e committed to prison for. twenty- The
"el
I Confined
the has to );sty for their maintenance w confined
on ls. Cd ter man rr diem—a heavy tax tor punish-
'till- a Set of misCre.ain'ts, who" are urged on to acts of mutiny, en-
e
ho" • g toe lives ,•,Al proper .ty of otheis b the keepers of
of D. mond bar
r,spectable houses in the neighbourhood ,
and along shore in that direction, whose existence ge-
hca"Y complained of as an intolerable nuisance. That the
r""ls mad by the holy fraternity of sailors' boarding-house
Pere are not small is evident as at the close of the
tivil,ation in each year these indu,trious citizens generally con-
tt'n:lie to purchase one or two additional tenements, which being
1,/ra.,in.underlet to dependant tenants as respectible as the land.-
witlszibui :ir to create a neighbourhood which in Mil:air.), risay vie
bsbl le most notorious sinks of vice in the world. -tlis very pro-
....se that the marauding parties who have lately Infested the
I,?Uze and .`st.l•oy-rot!tis are connected in this quarter, the in-
i,tants of which require the particular attention of the police
gie city ; that the mesures pursued on board the Chapman
j,4*, not considered harsh or uncalled for, is evident from her
re-manird in the course of yesterday, when she pro-
•--''Led on her voyage."—(Nova Scotia Gazette, Nor. 2Lt.)
" will be seen that this extract refers to a
ttlbject of no small importance to the cons-'
navy of this country, but which has
tc'st unaccountably hitherto escaped the attests-
:. n of the Legislature and the Government—
mean the methods of enforcing discipline
cu•tah°ard our merchant vessels. The refractory.
lltuct -of the men in this instance was not
sae
Qs to make the interference of a magistrate
tsee,s,
found dry to quell the disturbance, but it was
requisite .to seek the assistance of the mi- •
earY before the offenders could be secured.
v,,,111;$ "0( only was the master put to the incon-
-o;*ence of the loss of his men, but the ship-
(llllers were obliged to pay is. 6d. per man per
s' Y 1 for the Support of these fellows in prison,
sa thata loss is occasioned by the delay in the
of the vessel, and a further loss by the
expenditure nscessary to support the offenders
until Drought •
to trial.
• it may be said, that the Master should have
Put the refractory men under arrest, and punished
thema, as they deserved in the course of the voy-
t;ses these measures being practicable where the
~..latioeers are few, and the rest of the crew
rell disposed. In the present instance, how-
ever, the reverse was the case, and the M 5-
ter and his Ofliicers found themselves perfectly
powerless in the midst of their misguided
sailors.,, But even in cases where these means can
be resorted to, the master lays himself open to
to lawsuit on his arrival in England, and
to Which, many 'long-shore, at times, are ready
se incite the men as soon as the vessel is
II en Proceeding up the river. In these trials,
e. it remembered, there is every thing to be
gained, and nothing to lose, for if the plain-
tiff 4 obtains a verdict, he and his attorney
• proper
the damages, while the costs are the own
ver°Per booty of the lawyer. If, however, a
verdict should pass for the defendant, the Waintiff
mere
nothing, and his ctmining man of law is
t/etrelY out of pocket the very small suns necessary
`cations
"ring the cause to trial; and in the mutiplicity of
large
they bring, the profit on the whole is too
t"rge to make the loss a matter of any considera-
:°o•Under these circumstances, wl3 wish to see some
protection given to the master in the exercise of
that authority, which is entrusted to him not only
for the preservation of the property of his owners
and their freighters, but even for the safety of the
ples:les of those who sail with them. If the princi-
'h of the Constitution oppose the yielding to
arn additional authority, or authority to the same
extent as Captains of his Majesty's ships exercise
the
their crews, at least he should be saved fromi
tile; claws of these 'long-shore attornics and
rise
agents, and protected by limitation ant
' t.lcce certificate of the Judge to deprive the plain-
t-4' °f costs, or to compel him to give security
othe Payment of them, in case a verdict should
pass,„ against them. To such a measure as this,
_objection can be made that we are aware
(11 and indeed it appears . nothing more
tol'tn justice to give him this advantage
• -ver his crew, efery one of whom may
be considered in the light of witnesses
• €l,ll behalf of the plaintiff, and as regard
ug every exercise of his authority as too
igid and too severe, however necessary itd
Ott have been, and however heinous an
ggravated the crime for which he punished the
soan.