An item dated Den Helder the 28th reported that on board of the Dutch bark ship Elise Susanna captain Kuyt the detachment soldiers destined for the Dutch East Indies mutinied. The ship entered on 19 February Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Her captain reported in 24th February that on the evening of the 12th a French soldier warned his commanding officer that he had to fear for a mutiny with the intention to take over the ship at 21.00 o’clock while killing the entire crew. The petty officers and corporals and the French and Dutch soldiers were not involved and supported their commanding officers. The other soldiers were forced to go below decks. The hatches were guarded by armed soldiers and the guns on board, the latter transport the aft ship. During the next week they stayed on deck and after the arrival were 14 men taken prisoners (including a mate and a sailor) with the intention to bring them on land to the fortress Santa Cruz. She was property of H. van Rijckevorsel, Rotterdam.(1)
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1. Huibert van Rijckevorsel (23 October 1813 Rotterdam-19 January 1866 Préfargier) merchant-ship owner, major financer of the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant of which he was president-commissioner Married on 23 October to Elise Susanne Marie Schmidt (1821-1893). Consul for Venezuela in Rotterdam since 1851 and consul general for Costa Rica in the Netherlands since 1854
