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

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eXteht, and thd tones t)7 repairs of course De
came propm tionately severe.
'.Captain notchittswe'having dispatched a statetiient
of these facts to the Transport Board, a second order-
' was sent down in writing, directing, that in case
any future cutting, the-whole number.of pris:niers
confined .on the deck on which the damage was
done, should be placed on short allowance:moil the
innotort of the account furnished by the shipwright,
for the repairs, should be paid. This order,. as in
the former case, Captam Hutchinson had translated
and distributed on board the different vessels,:
so that all were folly -aware of the penalty they
had to incur by any future act of 'such wanton and
unjustifiable violence, ar.d some who were dist
covered in attempts to perforate the sides of their
ships, actually 'Old the Stipulated forfeit, by being.
placed on two-t hitch of their usual allowance. On
board' the Sampson particularly, an expense of M.
had been paid in-this wn-ry. St bsequent to this, in -
the, early part of this'year, however, another hole,
was cut in the Sampson, and on
.being discovered,
the shipwright of the dock-yard was ordered to
make the necelssary repair. This order completed,
he, as was usual, sent the account of the reonirs,
amouriting to .2ttl. 15s. to the Commanding- Officer,
by 'whom it wits reported to Captain Hutchinson.—
The Steward of Hie Sampson told the prisoners se-
veral times that they would have to make good Ibis
expense and oft the 3lst of May, by direction of tits
superior Officer, 'he gave the prisoners notice, that on
that day two'. hundred, of them, who slept on the
deck where the virulence was committed, would be
placed ontwostlinds.allowance, and avoid so he-
continued for ter, clays, and on the -elevt.tuh day
forty-three would be subjected to a sintilir priVatioir,
by which arrangement the whole sum of 261. los..
would, be defrayed.
To this notice the prisoners replied by (lamer
and threats ; some swearing that they would not
take thc.t allowance at all, ()diets vowing they would
have their full allowance or none, and bottle going
so tat as to threa.en the Stewards We; declaring,
that as_ the order of the Transport Bt•ard had not
been printed, tlicy did not• conceive themselves
bound .to abide by it. This clamour continued for
sotne.iiine„ and notice was sent to Captain Htitch-
inson of the fact. This Gentleman; 4s-it is under-
Was at first. desirous of wroing to the Trans-
port Board an account of the Prisoners' conduct,
with a view to obtain further instructions how to
ad ; but upon consulting with the, Officers of the
vessel, who were of opinion that ill consequencei
'ight arise from. giving way, in that instance, to
the caprices of the plisoners, hi_ directed that the
two thirds allowance might be tendered to them, and,
if they refused, that they might go without any until
their passion should be cooled by their hunger. The
Steward accordingly offered. them their allowance7se-
veral times, but thc.ty refused to accept it in the most
pertinacious manner, and were at length perceived
to be arniing.ttiemselves with kniv.ert, broomsticki,
and such weapons as chance presented to their hands:
A signal
,was immediately made to the other' ships,
and in a very few minutes several Marines arrived
on board to assist in quelling any disturbance Which
Might arise.

Lieutenant. of Marines, ft gentleman named
O'Neil, who had at 'all times been ou the must
frieedly terms with the prisooets, and had taken
.every opportunity to increase their indulgencies,
now went down into the round, accompanied by
ten men, with ioaded muskets, and the male. • The
marines were ordered to recover arms, and the pri-
soners were. told if theyatieutpred any violence,tney
Would be tired on. Lieutenant O'Neil then ail.:
dressed them in,the French language, aid, in the
Inds' conciliatory tetras, begged them Co go below.
With this injunction sorne'did comply, while others
became,extremely violent and outrageous, both in
their language and, demeanour, and one treae.he-
rously adiancing towards the Livutentint, suddenly
drew' a knife from, his bosom, and
.made a stab at
his body. rills .diabofical attempt to murder the
Lieutenant was seasonably and happily prevented
by the'Serjeant, who stripped tie villain's arm in
lilt progress ; die Lieutenant, however,tin endeavour-,
ii)g to evade the ;knife, fell, and a marine, twin
the i:epillsool the mcnnenti instantly presented, and
shot the offender dead. This k.-1 creating. an 'in-
staetimeees impression on the minds of the other
Marines, arid Ii ading them to-imaginer that their
'Officer Wa's bed that
.ihe prisoners were in a
stale tifsleclitred (fielded tnuitiny, they also in-
stantatieoirsly",.iind ithout father conslderation,
riedlited I By this:diseliargi:t 'two men were
kilted, and several wounded ; and after a momen-
tary centusion, the prisoners, finding-they eould.not
act .with impunity; intmcdiately rushed below;
peace wailhen .Oon restored,: and ie the coarse of
the day they took their rations with great humility,
and .without any Murmur.
Captain Hutchinson; who was on board the lms-,
pital ship, instantly proceeded td the Satipson, ind.
althongn he could nut- hell) laMetAreg the fate of
the unfortnnate
.tnen who had fallen r sactlfice to
their oWn:disorderly and' outrageouri condiret,- he
tou.d not justly attribute any blmne to the Officers
on board. Tiro Wounded men, by his directiosh
were then conveyed to the hospital:ship, where
three. of -then) died soon' atter.. A' Coroner's Jury
was soon convened from on shore, and=saCon the
liudies of the three: first Men killed. On investt-
gating folly and deliberately the whole of the tir-
cornstances, they' returned ,a vertlii4 of •Justifial-lc
t)isidde. Another Jury; composed of other mem-
1-;cri, sat itre subsequent day ou the boci;ei.ot' the
men who 'died. air board the hospital thip, and re-
turned a Similar verdict. - • -