Cape Council of Policy
687
1682-02-06
Minute details
- Entry number
- 687
- Date
- 1682-02-06
- Year
- 1682
English translation
Around noon.
Having been demonstrated to us by the Commander of the Council of Justice, as indicated by Mr. Daniel Heijnsius,64 on the ship Asia, which was still at sea, during the voyage here, it was made known to us how many irregularities had been committed by skipper Cornelis Meppel65, thus assuming sole authority and superiority, without the aforementioned Heijnsius not only wanting to be involved in this in any way, but also in no way acting as his superior, regardless of the strict order of the Ede. The Lords Directors in the fatherland, given to them for this purpose, nevertheless clearly dictates; which having been rejected by the aforementioned Meppel in the presence of the entire ship's council, without wishing to differ from it with reasons, he ended up showing all scorn and disrespect during the voyage in taking the position in the prayer and the sermon, having the soldiers and sailors locked up and unlocked on his own authority, to separate the third watch66 on the aforementioned bottom, who did not spare him the aforementioned. to do all kinds of insults to Heijnsius,67 to harass him in every way, furthermore not only refusing him the weekly notes from the bottler, concerning consumption, but also to take a view of it himself, as if persuading the skipper to keep such alone, without wanting to know him in any way about it, likewise withholding the notes of consumption from the bookkeeper, and prescribing to him each time with his own hand what should be written off weekly, from which his bad habits become sufficiently apparent, as this has notoriously come to be found in the information gathered thereon in principle, which was pointed out by this Council, to prevent all fraud and other irregularities that would be to the detriment of the General Compe., which could result from the aforementioned E. Heijnsius, has been provided by us with such authority as we have deemed essential for the extermination of such men, and in addition, the aforementioned skipper is seriously ordered to refrain from such conduct in the future and to recognize the aforementioned Council of Justice as its supreme head, without including such matters of that nature as have been expressed above outside his communication, leaving the further accountability of that delegated to the High Government of India, as time is insufficient here to be able to make a proper inquiry there, in confidence that the aforementioned. skipper would henceforth have to carry more fairly, whereupon that bottom yesterday already obtained his dispatch with delivery of the letters to the Honorable Governor General and the Honorable Lords Councillors of India and the wind up to that date had not wanted to serve for his departure, So this morning E. Heijnsius comes ashore to report that the aforementioned. skipper from Meppel, after all, came to appoint him again in such an impertinent manner as before, arrogating all authority de novo, without being willing to behave in any way to our given order or to obey Heijnsius in any way that was entirely fair or to accommodate him, as well as in making some unnecessary advances as soon as he had received his dispatch, without informing E. Heijnsius in any way or communicating the same. As well as when E. Heijnsius simply ordered the cabin keepers, to remedy the hitherto disorderly household, to hold their meals outside the cabin from now on, so that he could conduct his business more peacefully, to which the aforementioned skipper opposed him. and directly objected,68 which was also confirmed by some of the ship's officers, who were hastily examined after the opportunity, whereby it becomes sufficiently clear that the resentful nature of that man tends to make the order of this government illusory and to oppose it, without any rationality being willing to join him, and that the next person is a disruptor of the public peace, which nevertheless must be observed with such urgency on a ship and maintained in every way, from which nothing but even more serious disasters can be expected, yes even the ruin of such a precious ship. And noted the service of the General Compe. cannot tolerate that in order to obtain the proper information and to bring the skipper to justice, the bottom was delayed here longer, as the Company was too concerned about its speedy passage. Therefore, after careful deliberation, it was resolved, in the interest of the Company, and the aforementioned skipper69 Cornelis van Meppel was discharged of his quality. to suspend the voyage from here to Batavia, without interfering in any way with the ship's management, and to sail outside of command, so that he would be qualified to be present when he went into the hold, so that it could not later be claimed that, because he had signed for the loading, he had acted fraudulently. Furthermore, the chief pilot Jacob Barentsz Sombeeck, a capable and level-headed man, was appointed as skipper, and in turn the second-in-command was appointed as chief pilot, and to resume the position of first-in-command, the bottle-keeper's mate Anthonij Thomassen van Enckhuijsen was also called in, who in that same Quality has been in danger for many years, which will now avert all further disasters, and we have reason to be reassured in this regard.
Thus resolved and arrested, date above.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Having been demonstrated to us by the Commander of the Council of Justice, as indicated by Mr. Daniel Heijnsius,64 on the ship Asia, which was still at sea, during the voyage here, it was made known to us how many irregularities had been committed by skipper Cornelis Meppel65, thus assuming sole authority and superiority, without the aforementioned Heijnsius not only wanting to be involved in this in any way, but also in no way acting as his superior, regardless of the strict order of the Ede. The Lords Directors in the fatherland, given to them for this purpose, nevertheless clearly dictates; which having been rejected by the aforementioned Meppel in the presence of the entire ship's council, without wishing to differ from it with reasons, he ended up showing all scorn and disrespect during the voyage in taking the position in the prayer and the sermon, having the soldiers and sailors locked up and unlocked on his own authority, to separate the third watch66 on the aforementioned bottom, who did not spare him the aforementioned. to do all kinds of insults to Heijnsius,67 to harass him in every way, furthermore not only refusing him the weekly notes from the bottler, concerning consumption, but also to take a view of it himself, as if persuading the skipper to keep such alone, without wanting to know him in any way about it, likewise withholding the notes of consumption from the bookkeeper, and prescribing to him each time with his own hand what should be written off weekly, from which his bad habits become sufficiently apparent, as this has notoriously come to be found in the information gathered thereon in principle, which was pointed out by this Council, to prevent all fraud and other irregularities that would be to the detriment of the General Compe., which could result from the aforementioned E. Heijnsius, has been provided by us with such authority as we have deemed essential for the extermination of such men, and in addition, the aforementioned skipper is seriously ordered to refrain from such conduct in the future and to recognize the aforementioned Council of Justice as its supreme head, without including such matters of that nature as have been expressed above outside his communication, leaving the further accountability of that delegated to the High Government of India, as time is insufficient here to be able to make a proper inquiry there, in confidence that the aforementioned. skipper would henceforth have to carry more fairly, whereupon that bottom yesterday already obtained his dispatch with delivery of the letters to the Honorable Governor General and the Honorable Lords Councillors of India and the wind up to that date had not wanted to serve for his departure, So this morning E. Heijnsius comes ashore to report that the aforementioned. skipper from Meppel, after all, came to appoint him again in such an impertinent manner as before, arrogating all authority de novo, without being willing to behave in any way to our given order or to obey Heijnsius in any way that was entirely fair or to accommodate him, as well as in making some unnecessary advances as soon as he had received his dispatch, without informing E. Heijnsius in any way or communicating the same. As well as when E. Heijnsius simply ordered the cabin keepers, to remedy the hitherto disorderly household, to hold their meals outside the cabin from now on, so that he could conduct his business more peacefully, to which the aforementioned skipper opposed him. and directly objected,68 which was also confirmed by some of the ship's officers, who were hastily examined after the opportunity, whereby it becomes sufficiently clear that the resentful nature of that man tends to make the order of this government illusory and to oppose it, without any rationality being willing to join him, and that the next person is a disruptor of the public peace, which nevertheless must be observed with such urgency on a ship and maintained in every way, from which nothing but even more serious disasters can be expected, yes even the ruin of such a precious ship. And noted the service of the General Compe. cannot tolerate that in order to obtain the proper information and to bring the skipper to justice, the bottom was delayed here longer, as the Company was too concerned about its speedy passage. Therefore, after careful deliberation, it was resolved, in the interest of the Company, and the aforementioned skipper69 Cornelis van Meppel was discharged of his quality. to suspend the voyage from here to Batavia, without interfering in any way with the ship's management, and to sail outside of command, so that he would be qualified to be present when he went into the hold, so that it could not later be claimed that, because he had signed for the loading, he had acted fraudulently. Furthermore, the chief pilot Jacob Barentsz Sombeeck, a capable and level-headed man, was appointed as skipper, and in turn the second-in-command was appointed as chief pilot, and to resume the position of first-in-command, the bottle-keeper's mate Anthonij Thomassen van Enckhuijsen was also called in, who in that same Quality has been in danger for many years, which will now avert all further disasters, and we have reason to be reassured in this regard.
Thus resolved and arrested, date above.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
tegens de middagh.
Door den Hr. Commandeur ter vergaderingh gedemonstreert sijnde hoe dat ons door den Hr. Daniel Heijnsius,64 gedesigneert Raadt van Justitie op het nogh ter rheede leggende schip Asia bescheijden, was bekent gemaeckt hoe op de reijse na herwaarts door den schipper Cornelis Meppel65 veel ongeregeltheeden waaren gepleecht, sigh de aucthoriteijt en opperhooffdigheijt alleenigh aanmatigende, sonder den voorn. Heijnsius in eeniger manier niet alleen daerin te willen kennen, maer oock selffs in geenderhande manieren voor sijn opperhooft onaengesien de gedructe ordre van de Ede. Heeren Bewinthebberen in ‘t vaderlandt haer tot dien eijnde mede gegeven, sulcx te doen, nochtans claerlijck dicteert; dewelcke door de voorne. van Meppel t’ eenemael in presentie van den geheelen scheepsraadt sijnde verworpen, sonder sigh met reedenen daeraen te willen differeeren, tot dien eijnde hem geduerende de reijs alle cleijnachtingh off disrespect aendoende in ‘t neemen van de prêseantie in het gebedt en de predicatie, de soldaaten en matroosen op eijgen aucthoriteijt in de boeijen te doen sluijten en ontsluijten, den derdewaeck66 op voorne. bodem bescheijden, die hem niet ontsagh den voorne. Heijnsius alle affronten aan te doen,67 in alle manieren te mainctineeren, hem wijders niet alleen weijgerende de weeckelijckxe brieffies van den bottelier, nopende de consumptie, maer oock selffs om daer visie van te neemen, als sustineerende hem schipper sulcx alleen te conserneeren, sonder hem in eenigen deele daer ontrent te willen kennen, insgelijckx den boeckhouder de brieffies van de consumptie onthoudende, en hem t’elckens met sijn eijgen handt voorschrijvende wat weeckelijcx zoude hebben aff te schrijven, waer uijt sijn quade gangen genoeghsaem komen te blijcken, gelijck sulcx bij de daer op genomen informatien ten principalen notoir is komen te consteeren, waer op door deesen Raade, tot voorcominge van alle fraude en verdere ongeregeltheden die tot nadeel van de Generaale Compe. daer uijt soude cunnen resulteeren, den voorne. E. Heijnsius door ons is voorsien van soodanigen aucthoriteijt als wij tot uijtroeijinge van soodanige mesusen hoogh nodigh hebben g’oordeelt, en daer nevens den voornoemden schipper ernstigh gelast hem van soodanigen maniere van doen voortaen te onthouden en den voornoemden Raadt van Justitie voor sijn opperhooft te erkennen, sonder soodanige saacken van die natuer als hier vooren sijn g’expresseert buijten sijn communicatie bij der handt te neemen, laatende de nader verantwoordingh van dien gedefereert aen de hooge Regeeringh van India, als de tijt hier te kort schietende om daer op de behoorlijcke enqueste te konnen doen, in vertrouwen dat den voorne. schipper sigh voortaen reckelijcker soude komen te dragen, waerop dien bodem gisteren reets sijn depeche met overleveringh van de brieven aen den Ede.Hr. Gouverneur Generael en E.E. Heeren Raaden van India hebbende erlanght en de wint tot dato tot sijn vertreck niet hebbende willen dienen, Soo komt van de morgen den. E.Heijnsius aan landt rapporteeren dat den voorne. schipper van Meppel hem wederom immers soo inpertinent als voor heen quam aan te stellen, sigh de novo alle aucthoriteijt aanmatigende, sonder hem aan onse gegevene ordre in eeniger maniere te willen gedragen off hem Heijnsius in gantsch billijcke saecke eenighsints te gehoorsamen off in ‘t gemoet te komen,gelijck in het doen van eenige onnodige eerschooten soo haest hij sijn depeche hadde erlanght, sonder den E.Heijnsius in eeniger maniere daerin te kennen off ‘t selve te communiceeren. Als mede wanneer den E.Heijnsius simpelijck de caijuijtwachters gelaste, tot redres van de tot nogh toe onordentelijcke huijshoudingh, haer maaltijt voortaen buijten de caijuijt te houden, op dat hij sijn affaires des te gerustelijcker zoude konnen doen, waer tegens de voorn. schipper hem oppose. en directelijck heeft aengekant,68 ‘t welck oock bij eenige der scheepsofficianten in der ijl na tijts geleegentheijt daer over g’examineert, wert geconfirmeert, waer bij dan genoeghsaem komen te blijcken dat de wrevelmoedigen aart van die man daer heen tendeert om de ordre van deese regeeringh illusoir te maecken en hem daer tegens aen te kanten, sonder na eenige redelijckheijt hem te willen voegen, en dien volgende een turbateur van de gemeene rust is, die nochtans op een schip soo nootsaeckelijck dient betracht en in alle maniere te werden onderhouden waer uijt niet anders als noch swaerder onheijlen staen te verwachten, ja zelffs de ruine van zoo een costelijcken bodem. En gemerckt den dienst van de generale Compe. niet can lijden dat om daerop de behoorlijcke informatie te neemen en hem schipper daer over te recht te stellen, dien bodem alhier langer wert opgehouden, als d’ Compe. aen desselffs spoedige overkomst te veel gelegen sijnde, Soo is naer genomen rijpe deliberatie ten meesten dienst van de Compe. geresolveert en verstaan den voornoemden schipper69 Cornelis van Meppel van sijn qualiteijt geduerende de reijse van hier tot Batavia te suspendeeren, sonder hem in eeniger maniere met de scheepsregeeringh te bemoeijen, en buijten commando over te vaaren, eenelijck dat hij sal wesen gequalificeert wanneer in ‘t ruijm wert gegaen daer present te moogen sijn, op dat naderhandt niet zoude konnen voorgeven vermits hij voor de inladingh heeft geteeckent, daer ontrent fraudeleus gehandelt te wesen, sijnde wijders den opperstuerman Jacob Barentsz Sombeeck, een bequaem en nuchter man, aengestelt als schipper, en weder den onderstuerman in des laesten plaets als opperstuerman laten optreeden mitsgaders om de plaats van onderstuerman wederom te bekleeden, daer toe gevordert den botteliersmaet Anthonij Thomassen van Enckhuijsen, die in die selfde qualiteijt lange jaaren heeft gevaaren, waer door nu alle verdere onheijlen sullen sijn geweert en wij reeden hebben om ons daer ontrent gerust te connen stellen.
Aldus geresolveert en g’arresteert, datum ut supra.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Door den Hr. Commandeur ter vergaderingh gedemonstreert sijnde hoe dat ons door den Hr. Daniel Heijnsius,64 gedesigneert Raadt van Justitie op het nogh ter rheede leggende schip Asia bescheijden, was bekent gemaeckt hoe op de reijse na herwaarts door den schipper Cornelis Meppel65 veel ongeregeltheeden waaren gepleecht, sigh de aucthoriteijt en opperhooffdigheijt alleenigh aanmatigende, sonder den voorn. Heijnsius in eeniger manier niet alleen daerin te willen kennen, maer oock selffs in geenderhande manieren voor sijn opperhooft onaengesien de gedructe ordre van de Ede. Heeren Bewinthebberen in ‘t vaderlandt haer tot dien eijnde mede gegeven, sulcx te doen, nochtans claerlijck dicteert; dewelcke door de voorne. van Meppel t’ eenemael in presentie van den geheelen scheepsraadt sijnde verworpen, sonder sigh met reedenen daeraen te willen differeeren, tot dien eijnde hem geduerende de reijs alle cleijnachtingh off disrespect aendoende in ‘t neemen van de prêseantie in het gebedt en de predicatie, de soldaaten en matroosen op eijgen aucthoriteijt in de boeijen te doen sluijten en ontsluijten, den derdewaeck66 op voorne. bodem bescheijden, die hem niet ontsagh den voorne. Heijnsius alle affronten aan te doen,67 in alle manieren te mainctineeren, hem wijders niet alleen weijgerende de weeckelijckxe brieffies van den bottelier, nopende de consumptie, maer oock selffs om daer visie van te neemen, als sustineerende hem schipper sulcx alleen te conserneeren, sonder hem in eenigen deele daer ontrent te willen kennen, insgelijckx den boeckhouder de brieffies van de consumptie onthoudende, en hem t’elckens met sijn eijgen handt voorschrijvende wat weeckelijcx zoude hebben aff te schrijven, waer uijt sijn quade gangen genoeghsaem komen te blijcken, gelijck sulcx bij de daer op genomen informatien ten principalen notoir is komen te consteeren, waer op door deesen Raade, tot voorcominge van alle fraude en verdere ongeregeltheden die tot nadeel van de Generaale Compe. daer uijt soude cunnen resulteeren, den voorne. E. Heijnsius door ons is voorsien van soodanigen aucthoriteijt als wij tot uijtroeijinge van soodanige mesusen hoogh nodigh hebben g’oordeelt, en daer nevens den voornoemden schipper ernstigh gelast hem van soodanigen maniere van doen voortaen te onthouden en den voornoemden Raadt van Justitie voor sijn opperhooft te erkennen, sonder soodanige saacken van die natuer als hier vooren sijn g’expresseert buijten sijn communicatie bij der handt te neemen, laatende de nader verantwoordingh van dien gedefereert aen de hooge Regeeringh van India, als de tijt hier te kort schietende om daer op de behoorlijcke enqueste te konnen doen, in vertrouwen dat den voorne. schipper sigh voortaen reckelijcker soude komen te dragen, waerop dien bodem gisteren reets sijn depeche met overleveringh van de brieven aen den Ede.Hr. Gouverneur Generael en E.E. Heeren Raaden van India hebbende erlanght en de wint tot dato tot sijn vertreck niet hebbende willen dienen, Soo komt van de morgen den. E.Heijnsius aan landt rapporteeren dat den voorne. schipper van Meppel hem wederom immers soo inpertinent als voor heen quam aan te stellen, sigh de novo alle aucthoriteijt aanmatigende, sonder hem aan onse gegevene ordre in eeniger maniere te willen gedragen off hem Heijnsius in gantsch billijcke saecke eenighsints te gehoorsamen off in ‘t gemoet te komen,gelijck in het doen van eenige onnodige eerschooten soo haest hij sijn depeche hadde erlanght, sonder den E.Heijnsius in eeniger maniere daerin te kennen off ‘t selve te communiceeren. Als mede wanneer den E.Heijnsius simpelijck de caijuijtwachters gelaste, tot redres van de tot nogh toe onordentelijcke huijshoudingh, haer maaltijt voortaen buijten de caijuijt te houden, op dat hij sijn affaires des te gerustelijcker zoude konnen doen, waer tegens de voorn. schipper hem oppose. en directelijck heeft aengekant,68 ‘t welck oock bij eenige der scheepsofficianten in der ijl na tijts geleegentheijt daer over g’examineert, wert geconfirmeert, waer bij dan genoeghsaem komen te blijcken dat de wrevelmoedigen aart van die man daer heen tendeert om de ordre van deese regeeringh illusoir te maecken en hem daer tegens aen te kanten, sonder na eenige redelijckheijt hem te willen voegen, en dien volgende een turbateur van de gemeene rust is, die nochtans op een schip soo nootsaeckelijck dient betracht en in alle maniere te werden onderhouden waer uijt niet anders als noch swaerder onheijlen staen te verwachten, ja zelffs de ruine van zoo een costelijcken bodem. En gemerckt den dienst van de generale Compe. niet can lijden dat om daerop de behoorlijcke informatie te neemen en hem schipper daer over te recht te stellen, dien bodem alhier langer wert opgehouden, als d’ Compe. aen desselffs spoedige overkomst te veel gelegen sijnde, Soo is naer genomen rijpe deliberatie ten meesten dienst van de Compe. geresolveert en verstaan den voornoemden schipper69 Cornelis van Meppel van sijn qualiteijt geduerende de reijse van hier tot Batavia te suspendeeren, sonder hem in eeniger maniere met de scheepsregeeringh te bemoeijen, en buijten commando over te vaaren, eenelijck dat hij sal wesen gequalificeert wanneer in ‘t ruijm wert gegaen daer present te moogen sijn, op dat naderhandt niet zoude konnen voorgeven vermits hij voor de inladingh heeft geteeckent, daer ontrent fraudeleus gehandelt te wesen, sijnde wijders den opperstuerman Jacob Barentsz Sombeeck, een bequaem en nuchter man, aengestelt als schipper, en weder den onderstuerman in des laesten plaets als opperstuerman laten optreeden mitsgaders om de plaats van onderstuerman wederom te bekleeden, daer toe gevordert den botteliersmaet Anthonij Thomassen van Enckhuijsen, die in die selfde qualiteijt lange jaaren heeft gevaaren, waer door nu alle verdere onheijlen sullen sijn geweert en wij reeden hebben om ons daer ontrent gerust te connen stellen.
Aldus geresolveert en g’arresteert, datum ut supra.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en Secrts.
[Signed:] Ms. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.