The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-19 00:00:00

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C. F. Mm, S. 'felling with -- 37rLqd (Ot
in custody) were indicted for the ' (-'5Pt
Keith, of the Adventure; dfithe high seas:
H. Maddis, apprentice to Capt. Keith,depostof
that the vessel was from Londonahind sailed as
Bontlf Sea whaler. The crew toiisisted of fifilr.
teen. In the middle of. April betwixt eight 111
the evening and four in the ;homing, Palm. -MO
was Second Mate, was on the Watch. -Witnesj
was ou the opposite side of the cabin, and ah 3",
that beingwarm,..a skylight; which communicated
with the deck, was left open, and G. Roe, a boY
who was steering the vessel, called through thd
skylight to the Captain that somethi..!, impraoer
was transacting upon deck. The Captain it
-stantly went on deck in his shirt, and returned
below; immediately calling up tire Mate, ob-
serving, hastily, " Turn out, turn out ' Smith!
the Mate, went on deck immediately after , amid
witness, who Was still below in the-cabin, shortly
after heard hint call out " 0 Lord, 0 Lord '•''
Witness got upon deck; where the crew had asseni=
bled, excepting two black men and a boy. Shortll,
after, witness, observed. Capt. Keith hi the main
chains, and Palm was canting him over the ship's
side. The Captain did not seem to struggle., no'
did Palm say any thin .at time time. In a moment
or two afterwards, witness heard Smith's voice
from the water, calling out " boat,- boat !'' No
efforts were made to save-the Mate, and the yes-
sel might have been at that time fifty leagues
front the land. The Captain and First Mato.
having been thus disposed of, all hands were
called below., axeepting the boy at the helm ; and
Palm,who was then commander of the vessel, achni-
' nistered an oath upon the Bible to each of them--
that they hoped never to see the light of Hearth)
it they ever divulged the secret by which the two
persons. came by their death. ThatWo black lima
were not called on to take the oath. Palm's shirt
was bloody, and he put oa one of the Captain's,
and threw h's own overboard. He afterwards sent
witness to the Captain's desk, and he uiuk a
51. note from thence, and gave it to Palm, anti lie
burnt the Captain's and ship's papers.. Witness
heard Palm say, he had knocked the Captain oirthe
head, he having first struck hun. The vessel was
very leaky, and she was afterwards scuttled ; when
the crew took to the boats, and gained land, after
, having been four days and nights at sea. 'T'hey
landed on an island inhabited by blacks; and Paint
and Wright got on board the Dart, for Live:pool,
and the boys were taken up by a Portuguese
schooner. When witness arrived in Liverpool, the
prisoners were confined by sickness; in the hos-
pital there, where the boy first saw them. It Nvas
agreed to say that the Captain was dragged over-
board, whilst towing a whale, and that Smith,
the mate, died or a consumption. Witness first•
told this story ; hut he subsequently confessed to
his mother the real factss as sworn to by him itt,
evidence. .

Mrs:Keith, the widow of the deceased, linevir
both the prisoners, and had seen them since they
landed, but they' gave her no information respect-
iug her husband.

'The next evidence was the voluntary confess ori-
of Telling, before the Police Magistrates. lt
stated that a boy, George, being at the helm, dur-
ing Palm's watch, the Captain came upon int
his shirt, and asked Palm; the second mate, I.vhat
was going forward. Palm struck him with a Lain=
finer, when the Captain said, "You have dune for'
me." Informant heard the first mate call out foi:
assistance when in the water. Ail the crew were
sworn, with the exception of the blacks. GlaSsew
of rum were (landed to each of them, and they,
were shot by two Swedes• with pistols, w4ica tic
act of drinking.
On'the prisoners being called on for thei.r (I,e
fence, Pella stated, that he knew nothing that was
going on in the schooner when the -Captain came
to him upon deck ; and a Seaman, named Peter,
told him the crew were about to k:11 the Captain
and Chief Mate, and also him, Palm. "rlic Captain
called up the Ali,te, and Aiwa seized Patin round the
waist, and some one of the crew strack.theCaptais
at the same time with a hammer, which the Cap-
tain afterwards got hold of and struck- Palm. Tne
Captain called out, and came to die spOt,
and assisted Palm in throwing him overboard,,--
[Here Telling looked at P,alin with. an• of
sternness, and desired hint to speak the trathiarily].
—Palm contiuued, that upon going upon-the
quarter-deck lie heard tht Chiet mate,,who hs(l,
been thrown overboard, singing out. Dawson and
.Peter, two Swedes,
.shot the two black men .witis
pistols. He was called on to command the vessel..
Telling said, he had nothing .to do with the
murders, nor (lid ite assist.in heaving the Captaia
overboard.

Baron TnomrsoN, in summing- up the evidence,
observed, with respect to ening, that if the jury
should be of 6pinion the crew were in a state o
mutiny, Telling' would be equally guilty us the
man who committed the murder. Ile had taken
the oath of secrecy with the. ethers, and had made
no -disclosure. The question With respect to
Telling was, whether a mutiny existed on board
the vessel ; and if,so, was lie one of those who
joined in the mutiny? With respect to the boy,
Maddis, he .had given his evidence very distinctly,
and he was corroborated by both the prisoners.
The boy admitted having taken the oath for his
own satety; but the moment he saw his friends,
he divulged the whole adair.
Thc.Jury retired for. souse time, and returned a
verdict, finding both the prisoners Guilty—Death.
The Judge then passed sentence of death, and
ordered them for execution on Monday 'next.