The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-05 00:00:00

[PRICE SD.

'MUTINY AND IkiIIRDEII ON THE HIGH. SuAs.
ship St. Louis, Captain Haley, left Vera
Cruz on the
evening of tip 21st ult. for Aew Orleans, with a crew of
right men bifere the mast, tWonf them being Spaniards
by birth—one named Antonio, Sibelieh, the other John.
Martinez. Both of-thein came to Captain Haley on the
evening of the 28th ult., and stated that the crew in-
tended to throw them overboard and drown them, and
asked permission to allow them to sleep aft, for they
feared very much that the crew would carry their threats
into execution, which privilege the captain readily
granted them. Antonio Sibelich took a seat alongside
the mainmast, and a passenger named James Chapel! and
Captain Haley Iying down on the poop-deck on mat-
tresses to sleep, it being the mate's watch on deck at the
time. At about eleven o'clock at night on the 28th ult.,
and 100 miles to the westward of the S.W. Pass Mr.
Chapell had fallen asleep about ten minutes, and
'Cap-
tain Raley was partly in a dose, when he heard
Antonio Sibelich juoip uP, and saw him stab Mr. Cha-
pell with a large carving-knife under the ribs on the
right side, to the depth of seven inches, at the same time
malting a lunge at Captain Haley, stabbing him in the
rigleshoulder, {penetrating -to the bone, tho force of
which turned the point of the knife. Ha made an at-
tempt at the mate without injuring him, the point of his
weapon being out :of order. Mr. Chapell exclaimed at
the time he received the wound, "My God, what have
I done that they should murder me?" and ran below.
Captain Haley followed him to the cabin, when Captain
Haley fainted away from the loss of blood. Mr. Chapel!
breathed his last about twenty minutes after receiving
the wound. Captain Haley states -that when he was
about sailing from Vera Cruz, a steitinr, boat came off to
him and delivered a package of money to Mr. Chapel!,
which the men saw, and supposed it to be doubloons,
which was the cause of their committing the murder—
the whole amount being only four hundred dollars, in
Mexican money. They were immediately secured and
put in irons, and given in charge to the United States
Marshal yesterday, on their arrival in the city. Captain
Haley states that the balance of the crew were not im-
plicated with the mutineers.--New Orleans Commercial
Times4Sept. 4.
DUTCH CATTLE AND PuovisioNs.—The following
arrivals of cattle and provisions took place at this me-
tropolis from the Dutch ports on Monday. The steamer
Giraffe, from Rotterdam, brought 800 baskets of Ham-
burgh grapes, 33 calves, 52 packages of yeast, 200 of
cheese, &c.; the City of London, from Rotterdam, 46
casks of butter, 37 bags of beans, some packages of
poultry, 259 bags of potatoes, 194 bags of seed, Soo bags
of oats, 218,bags and,loo qrs. of wheat ; the Rairna,
from Rotterdam, 56 oxen, and 328 eheep;thelon,
from Harlingen, 2,092 casks of butter, 1,500,6
ofcheese,
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6 horses, 1 ox, 113 cows, 37 calves, and ,osheep, 786
qrs, heat, and 21 of beans ; the Adonis,
tro m of oats,Rotterdam, 2lof
a 4,650 cheese, 20 casks of butter,
150 bags of seeds, 447 baskets of Ilamburgti grapes, 24
bags of walnuts, 20 of hazel nuts, 83 oxen and calves, 14
pigs, 2 calves, 257 sheep, 576 bags of barley, some
packages of flower roots, and other articles, all the pro-
duce of Holland.
THE WEATHER IN THE MIDLA NJD:DISTRICTS.•-7
131niemtorram, WXDNESDAY.—WC cannot conceive more
thoroughly dismal or gloomy weather than we have had
hero the last eight days. It. has rained almost inces-
santly day and night, and the short dark 'days before
Christmas have already set in. This, coupled with short
trade and no trade (the gun trade excepted), gives the
toy-shop of the world a dull appearance.
Yesterday Ur. Bedford held an inquest at the
Westminster Hospital, on the body of Michael Grey,
aged six. The deceased's parents reside in Gardener's-
lane, Westminster; and on Sunday evening last, about
five o'clock, deceased was playing on some coal barges
lying in the river off Millbank, when in stepping from
one barge to another he fell between them into the
water, and sunk immediately. An alarm was given, and
in about five minutes the body was found by a water-
man, who took it, to the nearest public-house, where the
uaual means Were used to restore animation, but in-
effectually, life being extinct. In consequence of num-
bers of childrenlttorting on a Sunday to the spot where
the accident happened, the coroner said he would write
to the police to put a stop to the dangerous practice.
Verdict—" Accidental Death."

BRIGHTON AND seOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—We
learn fromcorresp dent that there is a strange move-
ment in progress in, the direction' of this railway, the
object of which is to reduce the number of directors to
nine. We confess we are at a loss to understand how
such a movement can fairly originate with the directors.
What right have the directors, who owe their position
to opinions of "the shareholders, to interfere in any way
with their decision? The shareholders have el,cied a
certain number of directors to represfAit them and attend
to their interests. By vthat power do the directors at-
tempt to reduce that number at d impose upon a smaller
responsibility so important, and wh:ch had been
delegated to a larger body ? A ballot is to take place
to morrow, at the Bridge-house Hotel, to effect this
object. We skeerely trust that the shareholders will
receive timely notice of this movement, and, by sup-
porting the whole of th-e present directors, defeat a com-
bination that would deprive them of some of the most
intelligent and trustworthy members of the board.—
Chronicle.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 3.—M. M. Le Vasseur,
Envoy Extraordinary - and Minister Plenipotentiary
froth the French Republic to Mexico, took his depar-
ture yesterday in the Royal Mail skewer Great Wes-
tern tor Vera Cruz. The Groat Wtstern bad eighty
passengers and 45,0004 in specie on freight, besides
the usual British and foreign West Icdia and Meiicnia
mails.

Tun WINSTER MURDER.—The wretched woman,
Lydia Bateman, who destroyed her child and attempted
her own life on Sunday week, is. dead.--.herby Mercurp

" CAPE TOWN, JULY 2G. - 7*-1
Intelligence reached town on Saturday,
press from filoern Fontein, that certain of the epN•
grant boers beyond the Orange River, understhlarl rrr.54,1211
command of Andreas Pretorius, are again in a state
of insurrection, and endeavouring to form a combina-
tion with the native chiefs 'against British authority
generally, and more especially with the view' Of
crushing the rising settlement of Natal. These facts
are no longer matter of conjecture, as depending on
rumour or indirect evidence. In a letter addresseg
to Sir Andries Stoekenstrom by Pietorius himself,
they are avowed and distinctly set forth. The resi-
dent magistrate at Wenburg has only sav€d himself
by a hasty flight, leaving some of his family and his
clerk in the hands of the insurgents ; and the Briiiih
resident at Blom Fontein, klajor 'Warden, narrowly.
escaped being taken prisoner and carried to the rebel
camp by a party of armed boers, who waylaid him
when engaged in the duties of his office."
- " CAPE TOWN, JULY 29.
" His Excellency Sir Harry Smith leaves Cape
Town this morning for the north-eastern frontier, to
put hiinself at the head of the force rapidly concen-
trating on Colesberg and Blom Fontein. The latest
intelligence fr6in Bloeni Fontein is to the 16th init.
Major Warden was strengthening his position with
all the means •at. his command, xpecting-to, be at-
tacked by a large force under Pretorius in a abort
time from that date. He has been joined by a cone
siderable number of English deserters, who bad from
time to time taken refuge among the boers ; but n6t
being prepared for the crime of 'open rebellion, Orfor- e-
seeing its consequences, they have availed them-
selves of a free pardon offered by his Excel-
lency, and presented their persons and services,
not much to be relied on, both to Major Wardep
and to Mr. O'ReillY, in the Caledon district.
From these men, and by other means, it is., ascer-
tained that.Pretorius had then, under his immediate „.
command, at Wenburg, about 500 men, and that he,
with Jacobs and other active commandants, by fa/se-
hood, threats, and violence, were daily adding to their
numbers, and might be able, .On_the whole, to bring
into the field about 1,200 combatants. There is' no
native•power in that quatter that can for a moment
resist such n force as this., If assailed, they mustais-
- perie-and or submit, for the time, to swell:: the
ranks of the insuzgents. The whole country Wyo. d
the Orange River Must, therefore, by this time, be
a state of disorder and misery. The force wit
Which Major Warden will have to hold such a fort as
he can construct in haste, till relieved, is very small;
probably not more than 100 and 150 men of all
sorts. With these he has taken such precautionary
measures as will very much astonish the boers they. attempt an assault; and he may confidently,
defy a regular siege for thirty days, within which`,.
time he will certainly be relieved, unless some un-
foreseen occurrence obstructs Sir Harry Smith's ar-
rangements."
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"Since the above information was received, ac-
counts hive come by express from Bloem Fontein of
an attempt, op the part of a body, of the insurgent
boers to take the, British resident, Major Warden,
prisoner. The mail from Bloem,Fontein and.Coles-
berg, due yesterday, has not reached town; we .havxt
consequently received no direct information from
those parts, but we are informed that a few days ago.
Major Warden and Mr. Rex were out surveying,
when-the former was accosted by three armed boc,rs,
"ho told. If. P- tad ordered them to
). They showed him
to . this effect. .IN-C 1
ieize -Major Warden,
,returned with a re-
hers, all armed, who
)on the same errand.
Ararden had also re.
c,,utited Riflemen, and
any violence.
Information of this affair has been dispatclved -by expresS to his Excellency, and a detaclunctit of the
C.M.R. are to pioteed to Craduck imtiediatelv their way to Colesberg.
" We also learn from the Eastern Province Herald,
that after. Mr. Biddillph had left Wenbury, 50 armed
boers arrived at that village—quietly walked into the
court4ions'6, passed some resolutions—and defied
Britialiiinttulaitenee ; as also that a large meeting had
been-held at, Sand River on the 20th of June (the
date of Pretorius's communication to Sir A. Stocken-
strom), kewhich Pretorius and Jan Kock, who are
said to be reconciled, decided to sweep the• country
of all*itish authority,'"
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