The Arkansas advocate., 1836-05-06
From the Metropolitan. SNARLEYY0W; OR, THE DOG PEND.
CHAPTER III.

1 CONTINUED.
 CHAPTER III.
 retrospect and short description Of new character
 But we must leave poor Smallbones to lament his hard fate Tn the fore peak of the
 vessel, and Mr. Vanslyperlxen and his dog to walk the quarter deck, while we make our readers little better acquainted with the times in which the scenes passed which we are now describing, as we'll as with the history of Mr. NanslyperlSen.
 The date in our first chapter, that of the l year 1896, will, if they refer back to histo- ry, show them that William of Nassau had been few years on the English throne, aud that peace had just been Concluded between
 England with its allies and France. The king occasionally passed his time in Hol- land, among his Dutch countrymen, and the English and Dutch fleets, which blit a few years before, were engaging with such an l obstinacy of courage, had lately sailed to- gether, and turned their guns against the French. William, like all those continent al princes who have been called to the En- glish throne, showed much favor to his own eountrvmen, and England was overrun with l Dutch fayorites. Dutch eoarters. and peers of Dutch extraction. He would not even part with his Dutch guards, and was at is- sue with the Commons of England on that very account. But the war was now over; l and most of the English and Dutch iavy lay dlsmantled in port, few small vessels only being i'll commission 10 intercept the l smuggling from France that was carrying on, much to the detriment of English man. ufacture, of certain articles then denonlna- ted alamodes and lutestfings The ciitter we have described was on thls service, and was named the Yungfrau, although built in England, and forming part of the English naty.
 - It may readily, be supposed that Dutch interest, during this period, was OH the as- cendant. Such was the case; and the Dutch officers and seamen who could not be employed in their own marine were ar- pihted in the English vessels. to the prejl- dice of our own countrymen. Mr. Vansly- pefken was of Dutch extraction, but born
 in England long before the Prince of Orange had ever dfeamt of being called to the En- glish throne. He was a near relation of King Williams own nurse, and evei in these days tiat would cause powerful inter- est. Previous to the revolution he had been laid on the shelf for cowardice in one Of the engagements between the Dutch and the English, he being then lieutenant on board of two decker ship, and of long standing id the service; but before he had been appointed 10 this vessel he had served invariably in small craft, and his want of courage had never been discovered. The interest tsed for him on the accession of the Dutch king #as sufficient for his again ob- taining the coihmand of small vessel. Ih those days the service was very different from what 1t IS now. The commanders of vessels were also the pursers, and could save great deal of money by defraudng the crew: and further, the discipline of the 1 service was such as would astonish the mo- dern philanthfopist; there was no appeal for sdbordinates, and tyranny aud oppression, even amounting to the destruction of life, | were practised with impunity. Smollet has given his readers some idea of the siate of I the service some years after the time of which we are now writings when ii was infi- nitely worse, fof the system of the Dutch, notorious for their cruelty, had been graft ed upon that of the English; the conse- quence was, combination of all that was revolting to humanity was practised without any notice being taken of il by the superior powers, provided that the commanders of vessels did their duty when called upon, and showed the necessary talent and cou- rage.
 Lieutenant Vanslyperken's character may be summed up in the three vices of ayarice; cowardice and cruelty. A miser in the ex- tfeme, he had saved up much money by his having had the command of vessel for so many years, during which he had defrauded and pifared both from the men and the go- vernment. Friends and relations he had none on this side of the water, and, when on shore, he Had lived in state of abject mi sery, although he had the means of com foftable support. He was now fifiy-iye years of age. Since he had been appoint ed to the fungfraus he had been employed in carrying despatches to the States Gene ral from King William, and had, during his repeated visits to the Hague, made ac- quaintanee with the widow Yandersloosfr, who kept Lust Haus, place of resort for sailors where they drank and danced. l Discovering that the comfortably fat land 1 lady was also very comfortably rich, Mf. l Nanslyperken had made advaiices with lhe l hope of obtaining her hand and handling her money. The widow had, however, DO i idea of accepting the offer, but was too I wise to give him decided refusal, as she kuew 1t would be attended with his pre- venting the crew of the cutter from fre- | H1.. i