The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-23 00:00:00

littriCannUra CrOTO arld Cf.tr,C•, CIISTUTV.
ances in the other ships and by thus lineping all
thu desperate -,eharaCters together, less,. preilen.
sinus ate entertained of mutiny, 0: giber ill conhe"
quences at insubordination elsewhere. Thu pri-
soners themselves have. so Muth yegard for their
own peace, that, where they find a turbulent, and
obnoxious character in their community, they ge-
-1)(134 petit ton. for his removal, and lie s instantly
sent to the. Sampson. Even, on board this vessrl a
very comenehtfible attempt was made to dta w dis-
tinctionsbetween those at. the worst cast and those
who were comparatively less unruly and violem ;
auu for that purpose barriers were erected, the most
unmanageable being confined to the lower decK, and
•the others allowed to keep pos,ession of:the:upper
deck. This distraction, ho were!, IhC: prisoners
themselves,have latterly brokenthrough, and they
now herd promiscuously as one class. • Agatti,wheti
a man by continued good conduct proves his dispo
Sitio!) to.telorm, upon :tpplicatiOn to C,,pl. Hute It
inson, who is the Superintendant of ail the prisoners,
he chews himself at all times ready to send hitn to
a society less cOmaininated by t ice. So that, in fact
every possible expedient that can be do iced
horate the suffeciogs of these Unhappy men has'
been adopted. Unfortunately, however, the per-
verse nature of some 01 them renders :di elf iris. for
their cointort 4titavailing, and those miseries Aehich
the proFisions at the Government and of the Tran-
sport Board are cokutAted to avert, are oite,n expe-
rienced ey the unhappy
~prisoners in a manner and
degee too slu:cl,ting to relate.

the.intha pernicious of all pursuio, gambling,
may be ascsibod this. melancholy effect ;, ancr.hu-
percitis instances are recorded; in which the intor-
and persevering pursuit of that proffgate
practice has led even tti the death of 'the prisoner 11 !
Their clothe., their
.provisions, the 11;.e of their
heads, their teeth, every thing, in shut., %Inch is.
convertible into ati object of trailic h)
of these men; are. risked on Itie cast of a tn.,. In
many instances their pi ovisiona for nlOlllll% in 11. i!•,
vanes have been lust to some more tertuii,de gain!)■
lets, jai ~l so inhuman are they lowaras each °the!,
that alt bough .they see their unfortunate companions
famishing tor want of snsteriattee before their e) es
they will nut conirihote a mot ael to akiy their sut•
ferings ! Many too, although througlithe humanity
of Captain Hutchinson 'ano of tile TratitiPort 13,.ar0,
they have received double their allowance of i.loth-
log and bedding• Within the litutt,t4 'petiocivisave.
been found literally naked durtng he severest frost,,,'
without a bed to he tot or a rag to protect them
tram the inclemency of, the weatiiel, and Una in.
spite of every effort which the. Sopvrintendant codld
make to prevent the evil. •In.titiirr. histances.inen
have died, and on being opened by the sum geons to
ascertain what led to their death, nothing but *Hier
has.been' toonJ in then htoit) c s , and fa,nine has
been pronttunced the greateause. 'The recurrence
of tinch lamentable proofs of hum depravity, at
length, indth:ed Caputo .klutchiiisoo to adopt a oew
cuurbe; and on disc,..vering tutl I.ciolis o,ltu had an-
ttetpated IhC rreeipt of then proviitoiis and lost them
by gambling„, thus to tact con,igning themselves to
pretua,!ute. death, he ordered tt.letn all .on deck,
and putting their food before each and every one of
the wnoie number, he praced a guard over them un-
til they had eaten it; Iht..f4prevetillrig their
I,rom dew iv iti& them of he it,e,tini of ex itit elice,,
which but. tor such au.-eApedietit would certainty
haVe been the case.

Amongst the other prisoners on board the Samp-
sore , 'these are two hundred and trien, ono
were selected from the prisouers at Norman Cross,
about two Years since, as the most hie and
unmanageable' charatters, the cause of ei•otinual
frem-their disoideib. and utituty conduct
the 'obilets of disgust- and horror to all who visited
the prison. Tlie;e own, u` ho, having gainuled away
then doilies, were in a state of nature, were coin-
pleiely clothed tram Dead to tiaut of tidittiog Nor-
Man Cross, and inaltned Linde; an elcOtt to
ham. Before they bad arrived at the end of their
journey, however, the greater part of them ha'
contrived tosell.their shirts, and some their waist-
coats, for which thOy ttintidiAl cnascas, in spite of
the Vigilatve of their guards and their ignorance of
'the English language.; and by.iffe.Cliiistmits fol-
lowing the greater part of them had disposed' 'of all
their clothes and bedding. These, Atno.,gst others,
in the severity of the frosi, were,. as been al-
ready ;tat d, re-ClUttlad- and turnirthOd with Ockit
hammocks; but in four months afterwards: they
were again reduced•to a' similarly destitute bfale,—
For, by stratagems of the most wilydescription, acid
by dying their yellow clothing blue. they contrived
to get thou; out ,of the ship to purchasers who
have Hamar) eluded discoiery.-=,-Sueli have been
this attempts to administer tO the happiness. of
these tuen, and such the upfortnuate inefficacy of
every attempt to insure their comfortable accommo-
dation. ' - - . _ _