The barque Manly, John Davies, master, arrived last week in
St. Katherine's Docks, from Buenos Ayres, into which port the Captain bad been forced to put, owing to a mutiny in his crew. The vessel was on a whaling expedition; but being well armed, it is supposed that the Mates and a majority of the crew had resolved, if they could get rid of the Captain, to turn pirates. But Captain Davies appears to ,base been a remarkably resolute man. As soon as he discovered the intentions of the mutineers, be removed a quantity of gunpowder und cartridges into his state-cabin, and determined to blow up the vessel, rather than give her tap. On the night of Sunday the •23:1 of Novetn lair last, it was resolved, that White, the chief Mate, should go Leh w and seize the Captain, mad that on a given signal the second and third Mates should proceed to his assignee:Is f,edore the Captain's bends and feet, mid throw hum overboard. lite Captain holding the niuzzle of one piste! hates /WM of powder and the ether pistol in his right band,
prepared to meet them. White first came down, hut appeared thunder struck when the Captain pointing his pistol towards him, declared lie moved an huh he would blow his brains out, and discharge the other pistol into the powder. White appeared petrified with fear ; and the Cuptain remained in this position several militates with the pistol ready cocked, observing that the slightest pressure on the trigger would send them all into the air. White begged for mercy; and the Captain drove him with the muzzle of the pistol into a statteroom, where he locked him in. The second tnate came down soon after to look after White ; and, on receiving a similar reception, ran up the cempanion, and fell against his brother, who was standing on the hatchway, with the rope destined to tie the Captain hand and foot. The Captain Ii nding the ship was going out of her course, went on the deck with the steward, well armed, and found some of the men ieclitied to relent. Ile ilarerttened to shoot the first man who disobey, /1 ci s N, and re-
stricted the crew to a particular part of the it acing, however, that the crew were still disposed to seize the ship, he Ilion:: lit it best to run her into Buenos Ayres. White, in the inter he, was El' lei: s The Captain, carpenter, and steward (the latter of ohm: I al heen the ( 'aptain's informant throughout the affair), kept watch, we II armed. Burwood, the second mate, made a confession of his gi.iir, v Hell tended to implicate White as the ringleader of the mutiny. ()II the 7th of Deceether, the vessel arrived in the river Plata. end ancheted close to his Majesty's ship North Star, Caidain \Teresa Harcourt, commander. The mutineers are expected to arrive soon, to tske their trial at the Admiralty Sessions.
It is not altogether improbable, from the present state of the Ameri- can and the English corn-markets, that corn may, in the cotirse of the present year, be exported front this country for the supply c:f the United States; a circumstance which, if it should ()emir, would be almost without precedent. The American corn-nitrite' Is are rising, rapidly, whilst ours, us every one knows, are " looking down," as the trade say. Whether the rise on the other side of the A dautia mei the fall on this will be so great as to render exportation from this 4 4,untly prrititable, is et:mat:tin ; though there is already a great deal of bustle amongst the le:lifers of bonded corn, and, if that should he cleared t dr, tliere may then perhaps be some inquiry for Ifritish. The harvest in the United States is expected to be late this year, from the colduess' of :he spring; and, if it should be deficient also, our farmers may pessibly have the °pie:meaty of turniii; the tattles on the A Wel leans. —lies rpeol Times.
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