 Shortly after the "Sarandi" left to survey the islands Mestivier was murdered, leaving the settlement in uproar.Pinedo returned and had put down the mutiny with the assistance of the British schooner "Rapid" when on 3 January HMS "Clio" appeared off Port Louis and delivered the message that the UK intended to re-assert sovereignty over the islands.Brisbane returned to Buenos Aires in the "Sarandi" where he resigned as pilot.