MY LORD,

Pursuant to your Excellency's order, I have read your
letter of the 6th instant to the ship's company, respecting your
communication with His Excellency the Protector, concerning
arrears of pay, prize-money, &c.

I am sorry to inform your Excellency that they still persist in
their demands, _and are determined not to proceed to sea_.

I. ESMOND, _Captain_.

On the 19th, the foreign seamen of the flag-ship itself mutinied in a
body, on which my flag-captain, Crosbie, wrote me the following
letter:--

MY LORD,

It is with the utmost regret I have to inform your Lordship
that being ready for sea early this morning, the foreigners
refused heaving up the anchor in consequence of arrears of pay and
prize-money, and to my great surprise many of the natives also
came aft.

I endeavoured by persuasive means to induce them to return
quietly and willingly to their duty, which had no effect. Knowing
well, had I commenced hostile measures to enforce those orders the
consequence might be serious, I refrained therefrom, being aware of
your Lordship's wish to conduct everything as peaceably as possible.