Alexandria Daily Advertiser

From the Belfast Chronicle of May 20

MUTINY:

It has been stated in accounts brought from the Mediterranean that the crew of the American ship Eliza Ann mutinied against the captain. - They first tied his mate to a gun on the quarter deck, and used him most cruelly. They pricked him with the cook's tormentors, beat him over the ribs with staves in the most shocking manner and left him for dead. They also treated the supercargo in the most cruel manner. They then attacked the master whom they struck a dreadful blow. His wife, with an infant in her arms, followed him: he fell back, and she caught him, crying, "You have murdered my husband." The ruffians answered, "We will do for you by and by." The wife gave her husband some liquor to drink, and he somewhat recovered from the stunning blow he received. When he recovered a little more, he sallied forth with pistols and sabre to disarm the villains. The mate and supercargo had by this time recovered sufficiently to aid him in this courageous attempt. They knew they had to contend with cowards at heart, and by stratagem and determined bravery, they succeeded in driving the mutineers forward, after wounding them, except the two ringleaders. The Niger frigate, capt. Hillyar, luckily soon after fell in with the ship off Cadiz, in a gale of wind, boarded her, and then took the ringleaders out. The master was then lying dangerously ill. The Niger then sent an officer and 4 men on board to navigate her to Gibraltar, where the mutineers will be brought to trial. The two ringleaders are Englishmen born; their names are John Cross, alias Daniel Crosswright, and Robert Warrington. The former has since given himself up as a deserter from his majesty's ship Warrior. The ship had a great many dollars on board, with other treasure, of which they intended to plunder her.