The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-05-13 00:00:00

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MUTINY ON BOARD SHIP.

At the 0 otue Polies-court so Saturday, before R.
ff. Eliot Bea. a the shalt), O. B. Eliot Esq., and
Major *oa, Thom.. MoCreate, Gieorg•114•01)"sselli
Jellies Shaw William Trioder, Robert D. Tweed,
Thomas Matthews. Thomas Leigh Haat, and William
Pritchard, sight able seamen of the lapin Neirnaltirs,
were Merged in custody with disobiming tho lowfsi
mama& of their
Mr. R. N. Howard
4:Ppsand for the promoutio
and la opening the Gess said It was the worst case be
bad had to appear in for many a day, and be did not
know that that. was say_exime for the mesa who were
steadier before them. Hers was a vessel which left
Logsdon on the Ist of May well fogad la ennithilig-
Stos was • splendid vessel, or. • voyage to New Zmasild-
The captain end chief offther were most ellchint was.
She was towed down the river by • simmer, sod 11l
seder Dentreasse Ithree days. Weis the vessel ale
on • tack off the Isle of Wight, the order was given
to put the .hip about. These men steadily refused.
and they would have allowed the ship to have gone on
shore sad be lost, if the captain bed not Wombed to
put into the nearest port—Portlmid. Ueda. the AM
of
Parlismout the men were liable to 12 week.' im-
prismomeat. He hoped and trusted the Beech would
give them the full posalty. If any of the men would
like to go back to the vessel the captain would emu
now take them, bemuse he believed some of than bad
been led away.
The following ',Meows wig then taken :
Alexander Lourie stated be was captain of the Iron
Tema Naireshire, LOW tons, bound from London to
Otago. Ne• Zealand. He produced the ship's articles,
showing the crew, and dialog the idgoatures of the
men now before them, and which were tarnished by
the B lard of Trade. It Mated that It were to be the
complement of the crow, but he hal 19 men all told.
He had sight A.B.'s. and the prisoners ;ere the
whole of the eight. He left London on theist of
May. He wee towed down to Dungeness, which be
reechsd on the following day. There be anoharsod,
and remained until Tuesday. the 6th. The ship was
in good condition In every remora The primes! had
had a cocottes wages in advance. On the 7th of May
the ship was off the Isle of Wight. Hs bad a Channel
pilot aboard, and the ship was in his charge. The
weather was moderate, with • heir bream About six
p.m. the vessel wag standing In for the shwa, and the
order was give, to" about ship." These men refused
to put the ship about unless be put into the sweet
port. FinsiLag the men continued to Woes, the vessel
would have rose ashore, and to gee the men to work he
was oblirsi to promise es to do. On the next day,
about noon, he was off Darlstoa Point, and the eight
men cams aft, sad asked Out the ship be pat into
the seared port. He then tried to permed' the malt
So go on the voyage, sad they riddled. The only
excuse they made was that the ship was under-
manned. Hs was obliged to promise them, or the ship
would bate gone on a lei sh ore. U, arrived at Portland
on the 9th, sad there they missed to do work. He
believed some of the men had been misled by others.
Ta• men had expressed no wish to go before • magte
trete. He mukia't go on with his ship. The only
moues they roads was that the ship was wider-
manned, whams. Method of a oompatnerst of 14 heads
they hal 19.—8 y MoOreage When 1b..,,. mane eh
off theist* of Wsghl, and complaimil of the vessel &slog
uniermituried be did not me any threat. tothern. Hs
411 not say "Jesus Qsnst. roe might to be --a well
ashamed of yourselves to nines to go down channel
In on. of the loandiest vessels thee ever sailed." He
said they ought to be ashamed of themselves He
did not say if they wanted men when they were at
sea they would have to make them. He did not say
be would make it -- hot for them.
By McD auell :He did refuse to put into
any of the three ports off dm Ids of Wight.
He omaidered It dang-rous ant expensive. They
refused to work the ship in the first place. Hs told
him he would take him a great deal farther than he
bargained for.—By Trial.,: Hothouldiet say by whose
orders he was called off the look-out on Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock,—By Tweed : Ho did not
know why the map was taken off the look-out. It did
not show the ship wee Insufficieotly manned. He did
not threaten them by saying be would woks it warm for
them.—By Mathews When they came aft he said
the ship was in danger of trine ashore. They refused
to cestinne duty.
Thomas Thompson stated he wait • Chums! Island
pilot. He was In charge of the Nairnshire. She was
• smart ship, and well found In every way. Hs was
In theme of her when off the Wight. He gave the
order "About ship." The eight prisoners came all
and asked the captain what he warn going to do. They
said the shipsrasundeeroanaed.ond they couldn't work
the ship. Witham urged the coptaln to get the men to
work, ea he saw they were getting inshore, and the
.hip was in jeopardy. They had worked the ship
beautifully up to this She was as handy • ship
am he had ever seen. They worked the ship upon
tba °stasis's promise to put into port. When they
got to Durham Head they again refused to work,
and ha brought the ship into Portland He did not
know why they refused to work.
By Mot/rests: He had not been aloft to see the
state of the ship's rigging. If he had bees me of the
eight men he would not have enniderel the ship
undermanned. and would have roes to sea Is her.
Peter Callaghan. chief claim, meted he had hem to
sea for 14 years. This vessel was well found In every
respect. They were 19 hands all told. That was five ,
hails more them the Board of Trade required. Bach
of the sight prisoners positively refused to go say
further than the named port. When off Portland
the men were again asked, sad refused. He would
not have gone to see in her if she hal boon under-
maimed. He had Dever sees men have better times
than the men aboard this ship.
By MaCreate : I nailed you off the lookout on
Wednesday night became you failed to report two
ship. that were in sight.
Mr. Howard said the captain would go into the
small room and see mob otos, and ask him 11 be would
go book to the ship.
Mr. Richard Cox, of Portland, on their retain to
Court, said every man refused to go beak to ths ship
point blank.
The primers worst/ion asked if they had anything
to say.
Hone said this was • very serious ease. They wets
going to the south'isrd in the d•oth of winter. If they
oouldn't work the ship laths Zaglish Channel in the
summer, how would they get on in winter when they
would bare to wet all the gales sad Nulls? It was
all very well for the captain to say they bad 19 hands.
but only eight wore available t woe* the ship.
MoDorusell said out of the 19 hand. four were boys
who had never bees to sea, sthept one, who had been
coos Thee there was the minister, the cook, the
steward, and the salimaker, who were an me at all
In working ths vowel.
McCrea' said be had bees to sea for 30 years, and
be easidered this ship was usdormanned. Tb.y
were usable to manage the ship in • squall in the
Manuel, and how were they going to get on in the
galas in the tiontleard
Matthews said lithe oaretala would have got a few
more heads they would all have remained on board.
The Clisairman mad they bad very carefully eon.
adored this case. They were charged with wilfully
disobeying • mortal& lawful command of Alexander
Imuris the gawkr of the Alp Nairnshire, and with
unlawfully toontlaidng to disobey the said ooramaado,
They bad ant the slightest doubt In their minds the
ems wag proved. This was • good ship, well (mad
In every respect, with • full complement of nien—in
feat, mom than the full complement required by the
Articles. As far as the evidence west they had been
well treated in every way, sari they took their own
opportunity for refusing to obey the captain's nom-
mends, thus en tangerine e ship's safety and the
lives of those on board. Theyth had lea • little dont).
as to whether they should give darn the full ratty.
Indith ey had decided t iseutenoe thorn t sigh weeks'
imprbonmat each with herd labour.
Matthews enquired if they would have their clothes
seat on shore for theca to have when they mine out
of prism '?
The Chairman said their clothes would be sent to
the Custom Hoses