The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-09 00:00:00

MUTINY AT SEA,.

A. mutiny of a most serious.character broke out in the
month of November last on .board the„barque Manly,
Captain' John
,Davies, master, while at sea, and which
was put down in a most extraordinary manner. , Thc
vessel sailed from London on a whaling expedition.to
the South Seas
_in August last, with a crew of:twenty-
fivkmene, but in Consequence 9f the, mutiny was•obligett
to lint into Buenos Ayres, from whence.she arrived last
week in the St. Katherine's Dock. The following- par-
ticulars- have been gleaned from the journals of the ship,
and from copies of the.' depositions taken before the Bri-
tish consul at Buenos A:.,yeS, with a' sight. of ,which we
has* been favouied appears that some dissatisfac-
tion evinced itself. among _the„cretv in the 'beginning of
NOvember, when preparations. were about to be made
forkilling whales. On the night of the 19tli, sotne. of the
hands came aft, and dOtantted,alarger.allOwance ofgrog.,
The captain gave them an ,extra
„glass, as the night.was
stormy. ~The next day he informed them that he could
not,give a regular double allowance of spirits
.nntil they
commenced taking, seals, but they should flaws an extra,
glass on stormy nights,
,when reefing' topsails.., XllO,.
men appeared satisfied; but the next day they, refused.:
to have the allOwanee of spirits, which 'was served, out.
The steward informed the captain of this, and anti fated
that a design existed on the. part of the officers and wen
to take the command of the ship; 'and Quer:-
hoard; • Bi?iri6; bouts White;, tire, chief officer,
curie into, the,eahin,, ind. Said; the dissatisfaction among
the men was increasing, and he did:not knot'v•what to do
with them. • Thomas Goodfellow, the carpenter; hOW:
ever, informed the captain :that Whitt; 'was
,the, chief
cause 'of the e,ceiternent.:, At ten o'clock, P.M., on the
21st,, the stetvard th'e captain something was
wrongforward„ and that the crew were only waiting the
first favourable opportunity to, seize the ship. On tike
22,1 the- spit its were again refused by the.crew. Cap-
tain. Davies 'then Prepared
,for„the worst, and secretly
removed six barrels of. g9llP.94ffi. each weighing 100
pounds. and 1500:,rounds,A,cartridges, into the state
room. them loaded two pistol's. At eight o'cleck,
p.m., White, who it appears had been in consultation
with the crew, entered the cabin. The steward having
heard words' to the effect that " they. would make,a fine
shift,,of the Manly;" had before reported,these words.to
the captain, who, on White appearing, told him to look
at his pistols, and, pointing to the gunpowder, told him
if any attempt was made to take the ship he would blow
up every soul on board. White advised him 11. qt t9_be
rash, and said he would stand by him. On Suaday,,the
23d, White .told the crew the captain would blow up the
ship next day if he did.not, find land, and they had bet-
ter secure him at once. At midnight William Burwood
came or deck, and was heard to say that they, had better
seize, the captain when he came on'deck at eight o'clock.
At fOur o'clock, a.m., Burwood appeared with a drawn
dirk in his hand, and told the man at the helm'he meant
to run the captain through if he made any'resistance.
It was then resolved that White should go below and
seize the captain, and that on a given signal ,the second
and third mates should proceed to his assistance, se-
cure. the captain's hands and feet, and throw him over-
board. The captain having full inforMation of 'what
was going on from the steward, determined rather than,
the ship should he taken, to perish. with an on board.
After recommending, his soul .to God he locked up the
companion, and observed the three mates, one of whom
had a rope in his hand ready to secure, him.
tain then holding the muzzle of one pistol into abarrel
of power and: the other pistql in his right hand,,prepared
to meet them. White first came down, but, appeared
thundetstruck when .the captain pointing his pistol to- ,
wards him, declared if he moved an inchhe would MOW
his brains out;
.and discharge
..the other pistol lato the
powder. White apPeared petried tyi tit,
.fear,
~atid the
captain, renia:iiied in this position several minutes with
the pistol ready cocked, _observing that the slightest
pressure on the trigger would' send theM all into the
air. 'White 'begged for iner9r, acid the captain 'drove
him With. the muzzle -Of the, pistol into :the, ,state room,
where he,tooked him The, second mate came down
soon .after. to. look after. _White, ,and, on receiving a I
similar reception, ran up the companion, and fellagainst
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his I.)o'tlier; who. was. standiUrt On the ,liataiway, the;
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