The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-20 00:00:00

SERIOUS REVOLT AP SEA.

(From the New York Daily Express, March 13.)
An examination took plaCe yesterday in the U.S.
court room, before Judge Betts, of the crew (24 in num-
ber) of the ship Shakspeare, Captain Collins, upon a
charge.of mutiny, during het late voyage from Liver-
pool to this city.
From the testimony of Captain Collins it appeared
that abOut the 2901 February last, about 8 o'clock a.m.
•
a portion of the crew comprising the starboard watch
came- aft, and complained to him of the bad quality
of the bread served out for the use of the men. Capt.
Collins replied to them that the bread etmiplained .of
being at the bottoM of the locker,, all cause of complaint
would be removed, at tWelve o'clock, when the new
locker would. be broaclied, from which the bread would
be -served,.and that it was all important that there should
be no waste of bread; with that explanation- the 'men
went away, and Captain Collins thought'no more Of the
matter. At. twelve o'clock, 'upon the laibeard watch
being called tO duty, all hands refused to come up. It
blowing pretty fresh at the time, and a heavy sea run-
ning, Captain C. found it necessary to takO:in sail, and
was compelled to sand the two Cooks, the, two stewards,
and the mates aloft to fur I the fore Sail, who was assisted
in that duty. by the Captain, the man at the wheel, and
a green hand, who had stowed himself away on board
when the vessel left Liverpool. After the ship had been
laid to under close reefed'topsails, Captain CollinSWent
to.the steerage and personally ordered all hands on deck,
threatening that, in case of their refusal, he would fire
upon them. Not being obeyed, Captain Collins. dis-
charged the contents. of three pistols into the steerage;
the first being discharged with a blank cartridge, and
the two others with balls. Upon the discharvie of the
third pistol the men came on deck, but still manifested a
desire to continue their insubordinate conduct, where-
upon three of the ringleaders were tied to the rigging
and flogged, when they promised to return to their duty.
'Some of the Others wereplaced below in irons, and kept
upon, b?ead and water until they, consented to perform
their duty.

The accused brought forward John Welsh, the sea-
man who was at the wheel at the time of the revolt, who
testified that the bread criven to the men to eat, was
mouldy and wet, and unfit for use. Upon a cross.ex-
arnination, he admitted that the people's• breakfast on
the morning of the revolt, consisted of a quart of pota-
toes to each man, a quart of Coffee, a small allowance of
boiled beef, and some sweetbread dealt out with that of
an inferior quality. •
Judge Betts observed to the prisoners that their con-
duct was altogether unjustifiable, inasmuch as it would
have been in their poWer, provided improper provisions
had been served Out, to have souglit redress in a court of
justice upon their arrival in port. This was a case of a
most flagrant nature, as it appeared from the statements
made that the.weather,was so rough at the time the crew
refused to come on deck, that the want of their services
endangered not only the safety of the ship, but the lives
of every one on board of het.
The prisoners were required to give bail in the sum
of 200 dollars each for their appearance at Court to an-
swer the charge, and in default of which they were com-
mitted to prison.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, APRIL 16.
• • s. 'd. s. d. A; (1. A. d.
Old Ilay
Nrw Hay . 0 0 0 0- Cattle Potatoes 1 61• '7
(7lorer Hay 0 8 0 101 --- Turnips 3O 00 -0 per ton
Straw,'Wheat.. 0 6i 0 7 --- f Carrots 'l5 0 0 0 -
Straw, Oat 0 6 0 61- "Manglewurile 31 0.24 0 -
Straw. Barley o' 41 0 5 - Manure • 8.0 10 0 -