The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-02 00:00:00

DUTCH RADE L. 'AMERICAN.

,DF.:AL, SEPT. I.—The Dutch Merchants (Whose
industry and perseverance are proverbial) are fpl-
lowing with much avidity the golden opportunity
afforded them, for the revival of their trade, by
the war between. America and this Country. The
Dutch, it is well known, were formerly the carriers
of Europe ; but when their country fell under the
dominion of France, its commerce shared the fate
which that of all Who adhered, by cho,ice Or coin-
pulsron, to our then enemy, was destined to.expe-
Hence ;. s'a,s annihilated. The United
,States of AMerica profited by.this circumstance,
'assumed the place of the Dutch, covered the ocean
with their shipping, and, under,the autsk of their
neutrality,•becatne the suppliers and carriers of
bath hemisphtres; and, had not the rupture have
taken place between her and Great Britain, Hui-
:mud .would have been nimble, notwithstanding;
the favourable change in bet- political circum-
stances, tohave Ousted her potent rival : America
having possession of the carrying trade of almost
the ,whole world, would never haVe resigned it,
and Holland would have had so much up-hill
work to do, that she never could have obtained
it. This is one way in which America will be
puuisl;ed for her fratricidical cow', :t, towards this
country ; for, before. a Peace is concluded, and
a single. merchant vessel of theirs can put to sea,
the Dutch will have obtained their original ascen-
dlnay in that branch of enmmeree before alluded .
Co, and the ,AMericans find then selves with-
out employ for, one-sixth part of the shi,pping
they had at sea previous to the war. The little
trade they din get must be forced, and cOnse-
9uently ntit very I)rolitable, and their merchants
will have ouasion, while they exclaim " Oh !
what R failing off is here !'' to curse to their latest
days the crookedpolicy which urged their country
into an unhappy war, with this.

CORY EXCIIA.NGE, SEPT. 2.—Our arrivals this week have
been numerous. We had a considerahle addition th4s morn-
ittg of Wheat and Oats, both English and Foreno . the priee
Eng{isti Wheat was front as. to 4s. lower than on Monday
and that.of Foreign; from as. to G. per quarter, and seared; ,s,aicahle 'at 'that redliction. Oats have declined is. per (plar-
ter, Tick Beans Is. Other articles doll at the former priOs.
Smyruititan, 2.—This day's Market waS nut well
supplied with the •dilferent kinds of Cattle; Mutton was
cheaper;
Beef and Lamb, were dearer ; Pork and Veal sup-
ported last‘Ptices; and the trade, for the must part, w,:.S big
noliffeient.'l`}iesales the Hav-nt:trket were not lively;
fetebed,last price;' Straw and Chiver obtained better
prices.
A Gentleman has a Gig which may be seen at
DARBYI.S, in Montague Mews, Momagne-
stinar.e, that' vas primed with the Royal Patent
Anii-..-IttritiOn on the REGEN'T's Birch-day (Au-
enst 12, 1812), tram which time•to the April fol.:
lowine it travelled upwards of two thousand miles,
:old then remained in the 'coach-house till the ith
if last mooth,- Since tvhich it has been to
IWgliton and. back ;- ;and in the course of these
wo years only one ar )lication of the Composi,.
ion has been • used,• and nothing else, and ac-
,n-ding to the :ipoearance of the axle-trees, it wikl
;et go a grt?at distance before it :is ileccSaary far
any thing to be applied to them.

cooRT-NtAn\TIAL on Li•FAIT. riPAvv,R,
LATE COMMANDER _Car H. _M. S. MARTIAL.

-'fine trial commenced on-the 20th of Angnst,
tat. bond the Salvador, in Ilamoitze. and oceit-
, pied the attention of•the Court for sir days, Capt.
Lord Cor.vrei.e, President. The chine!s's ,were--
.e That Lieu!: Charles Tovey Leaver, -Untomaroter of the
:ikon) Martial, did, on board, on vArions, days ho,-&-eu the
'flth of July, 1812,,aud the 1244..0f.Mare1i, 1F.:18, cruise Co he
if:flit:fed upon .7olln Ansel], a boviwooging to sati
fveine",.. and punislint-4of, inaAniuult as -to. &lust; his
,i',t3th. in breach of the 23th article Of :ear:
2d, ThAt Lieutenant 'Ft:yes, Leaver did eause saia Anse'd
?•e-punished in a cruel and .eNCUSSIVV 111111011.17,
method reruizonnt to the roles of naval 4116.. ; j-ntI.,SCI to
he punished.while under the surge'on's, nor on the sieh list.
2d, For'having shortly previous to the deatli of said An
sell, and whilst he seas in ciekness, .eansed col' weer to he
thrown over him, and his head ti be scrultbed with. scrub-
hintr-brnches ; end, for bating.caused Lim iu,thAt state to be
'confined in the coins bolt.
"-41 b, For baying repeatedly neee,tted to insert in the
varteriy returns•of punishments, the tnime of the said An-
s.ll, and others upon whom anaislnatat. had been inflicted,
in breach of the regulations.
Crornler, I)oatswaites4tiiate, Stephens, quarter-
. tanster, Dunn, seaman, 'Flint, earpenter's.:mate, .
• and Cairneross, servant, deposed as to the ho-y!s
freqneret punishment, particularly that they saw
Lila several times flogged by circler of prisoner.for
Nes dirty appearance ; that he-was scrubbed with
a Sci•abbiW;• broth, and confined two -days and
aliebt in the cOA,hole, with a bucket tied to hint.
The morning of hiS death, not beta" - Mile
to
walk;
'be-was hauled up 'hy- a rope round his body, and
then serobbed ; after which he died. Ansell was
on the sick list about a forniat before his death.
-Cairnctoss heard the Surgeon "several times 'tell
'prisoner not to pit nish the boy wore, as he would -
-be the death of hint.' The morning the boy died,
therisoner sent,for the Seirgeon; and asked him
if th'e boy was dead? , He replied, "'Yes; Sir,'
von ere the death of him at last:" The Sageon*
sometimes ordered the 'boy to be washed
and cleaned with warm water.;
Helder, gunner's mate, stated; that the boy eras"
pegged twice with the cat-O'nine-tails- a few
weeks after Le joined' the ship, and shortly after-
wards began to get sickly. He was freqaently
punished, and for some tine two or three times
a week ; was in general flogged by the 'boys of
the ship. Witness was one of four of the stoutest
men that flogged him ; the boys kept punishing
him • afterwards: 'The prisoner then ordered a
-cobbing hoard to be made for him, with which he
-was frequently punished. He was scrubbed in
• the head the morning he died, on larboard side
_ of 'the fore-hatchway : he fell down on his • rigitt
side, with his arms folded across, about half-past
eight o'cleiek. The Stirgeon examined hint,- and
he seas quite dead. He was domMitted to the
deep, with the usual,eekinony, about H o'Llock.
NViien the boy was punished,- prisoreer was•some-
' times preSent ; does not recollect whether he was
-• "present when the boy wits„flogged by hiniself and
three other men. - •
Parker, late Clerk of the Martial, twrived the
hand-writing of the prisoner to the quarterly re-
turns Of punishments.
,The 'return did not con- ,
itain a true account oftbe punishments whieli took
place daring-the quarter, front sth of Januery to
April, 1813. Arkyo desired by prisoner to
--ontirthe names of Avons and Exton, private nta,,
rines,. Meredith, Poulons and Connor, landsmen,
and Attsell, boy. - Cannot 'state. the offences:for
which time men were punished, but heard prisoner
,say the boy was punished for dirtiness. Was pre-
sent at the boy's puniSimlent. He was flogged at
-the
gang-way; and received from 2 to 3 dozen.--
-The reason prisoner gave witness for not iaserting
names was, because they were oot mentioned at the
loghbook. The quarterly l'eturns were made by
verbal commtmication from the Lieutenant. The
Master was present, the prisoner having sent for
- 'him, and' desired hitanot to insert the names in the
log-book. A rough book Was kept by pris'oner's
Order, front which quarterly returns were .made.,
The prisoner was present at thepunishments not
inserted. Senile Cane after Witness :joined the. brig,
the boy was, by prisoner's orders, lashed to a bucket',
put down into the coal-hide; anti kept. there fhr
day and night, with only a waistcoat on him and
Lis trowscrs. The next -morning he was taken
, on the fore Castle, where witness heard hint crying-
.out. About half an hour after be' was brought
down below, and laid under the table-7-11e could
not walk down. Went With Norman, the
doctor, to see him, and friund him :allied. They
• es.a.mineid Iris body, and found it from his loins-
downwards much brniS.ed,...and in -a state oflinor-
- tification. 'He, was ptit ptinished for a few days
rn. a week after that ; was then taken on
deck. Some times alter lie was on the doctor's
list, he was then nut into the coal-hble:again,
after which witness'did not see hint punished. On
the llth of March witness was walking on the
quarter-deck with the 'prisoner, and observed the
boy on the top of the ladder cfh the lore-hatch-
way with a tin
en') in his hand. Stay -him put
his heart down. on. the cable, and he fell itrune-
,diately down altogether. 'fold prisoner of it,
_but he made no answer. Witness ellen went be-
low and told the doctor, Who wits either sent for,
'or went on deck.
liempton, boatswain's mate, MIS first ordered
to, punishthehoy tut wetting,; his trowsers, soon
, titter ..witness joined the brig. Don't recollect
how many lashes he had.- Did not panish him
•
at;eun for six or seven weeks,, when- he got very
_dirty, and was then punislitid again for the same
.et•in*several times,. but cannot say by whose or-
. 'del's. AVitness rigain puais'hed• Stonebonce
Pool, by order of Air. Houghton, and' another,
time at sea. After that he was put in the coal--
'wit!. Next. thne witness saw him on leek he was
ordered by prisoner to be
ptft in the head, and
retpaitted there about,three hours, the ship pitch-
.- witness. went to 'Houghton, and asked.. to
-teke hint out, being afraid tie would be washed
oVerhoard, and lie gave orders to untie: hint out.
He Was again washed in the head the
.9tb, of
Did not see Miff scrubh,:d the und=oing
of his death. About an hour of his death', Was
ordered to sew hint, up, ap:l 011'07,0,1e burly over-
•bor.rd. believes the, boy'setii;,l health was occa-
sioaed by ffeque,at and severe punishments.
eireatustauce poirnet'eont. as, highly favoura-
ble to, the prisoner, was, his having twicesoli-
t,;;Aiets4 tke, Adiniraity to cause an investigation into
his conduct, 01.1'eriag its-).giyceiticaseJt up :either to
civil or -martial Jaw ; La iotg .coafweiaent on 'his

first appf•ellension ; att,S the Ligh 'testimonies Vi
ins cliarneter by officers of the navy.
The medical and surgical journal -of,"-t-be Mar-
tial, from the '2oth of August, 2,, to ille'26th
of February, 1813, wa: put in, in wliich.no ton-
tion %vas made Of_Ansell. There was no signa-
ture to it, Rio: any other journal or report from
the Surgkon, who was now dead.
Parker. again called.---The complete book of
the nirtipl, fr:un Sept. 181.2, to Sept. 1813, be-
ing pro,lneed. \Vas the hand writing of the
ness. The entry icspe,ctlng the decea4d was,
that be died 11th of Burch, 1813: - •

_ • _
Dr. Beattie went on 'board the Martial the 18,-h
of March, 1813, to inspect the state of the crew,
when -mention was inadv of a peison having died
by dysentery, but a particulars stated. Never
-heard of the (lentil- of Austell till lately- Received
if° official report from the:sur;,-,eon.•
master of the Martial,- ackno,,v-
hedged having told the niater's-mate of the
vadot,.that prisoner had. not made wfuSs about
some money, due front sonic of the-ship's company,
this difference would not have taken place.
Onlthe (ith` d(gy:the Court ag;ii met and-after
deliberating, for five botti-s, the following sentence
• evkl§prononneed :
Tlint.the Ist,-2d, and 4th charges, -wire not proved, but
that the ,third was in,part , proved; in consequente_ wl:ereof
'the priAoner was scnteat,ed to be disini'ssed from his Majesty's
: but on account of the great length of time elapsed
before the production of ,the charges, and other ci!.com-
stanCes-, the-Conti eiiriarstlY reenunnentl:id his case to the fa-
vourable consideration, of the Aduiiralty."-