n and officers, retreated to the mutineers,
whom they joined with three cheers, as the child was lifted over the
barricade of hammocks, and received into his father's arms.

"We must now submit to their terms, sir," said the first lieutenant.

"Any terms, any terms," answered the terrified captain: "tell them so,
for God's sake, or they will fire. Adams, go forward and tell them we
submit."

This order was, however, unnecessary; for the mutineers, aware of the
impossibility of any further resistance, had thrown down the barricade
of hammocks, and, with Peters at their head, were coming aft.

"You consent, gentlemen, to consider yourselves under an arrest?"
inquired Peters of the first lieutenant and officers, without paying any
attention to the captain.

"We do, we do," cried Captain A---. "I hope you will not stain your
hands with blood. Mr Peters, I meant the child no harm."

"If you had murdered him, Captain A---, you could not have injured him
so much as you have injured his father," retorted Peters; "but fear not
for your life, sir: that is safe; and you will meet all the respect and
attention to your wants that circumstances will permit. We war not with
individuals."

It was a proud moment for Peters to see this man cringing before him,
and receiving with thanks the promise of his life from one whom he had
so cruelly treated. There was a glorious revenge in it, the full force
of which could only be felt by the granting, not the receiving party:
for it could only be appreciated by one who possessed those fine and
honourable feelings, of which Captain A--- was wholly destitute.

If the reader will consult the various records of the times which we are
now describing, he will find that every respect was personally paid to
the officers, although they were deprived of their arms. Some of the
most obnoxious were sent on shore, and the intemperate conduct of others
produced effects for which they had only to thank themselves; but, on
the whole, the remark made by Peters was strictly correct: "They warred
not with individuals,"--they demanded justice from an ungrateful
country.

It is true that the demands in this mutiny were not so reasonable as in
the preceding; but where is the _man_ who can confine himself to the
exact balance of justice when his own feelings are unwittingly thrown
into the scale?

As I before stated, it is not my intention to follow up the details of
this national disgrace, but merel