The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

IL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

..re Mr. Baron Bramwell and Kr. Justice Sine.)
i AsE OF MURDER AND PIRACY.
lusug havoc been appointed for the trial of the
• •ouera charged with the murder of the captain and
r persons on board the Flowery Land merchant
zrestret interest appeared to be excited, and the
„ , • r.ed at as early hour.
.aers, J•ho Lyons, 22; Francisco Blanco, 23 ;
Ileantio Dormant", 25 ; Basitio de los
Carlos, 20 ; Marcaa Walter, 23;
2 ; Lola: alias Joseph Chances sham
252 ; all sailors, were charged with the wilful
,eorge smith, upon the high ems.
was explained to the prisoners through the

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. • .0 taterpreter, and they all pleaded sot guilty.
tor. General, Mr. Webby, Mr. Gifford, and
•,1 . appeered on behalf of the Crown. The ;rt.
defended by Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr.
‘l, Best, arid Mr. Kemp, instructed by Mr. Beard
t i the Spanish, Turkish, and Greek Consuls.
: • • ioets elected to be tried by an English jury. sod
• • when be was asked whether he was guilty of
t..,r not. replied. "They made me stab him."
• t.relimioary proceedings occupied • good deal of
:.t scts nearly 11 o'clock before the trial corn-
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- :I:itor•Generel, in opening the owe for the proem.

.. . ~, narrative of the circumstances under which
t ,
~ vs. preferred against the prisoners. The prin.
• ••11 b - fresh in the recollection of the public as
h 1. ~...appeared recently in the Bow-street police report.
t '., : i.e re:cembered that the prisoners formed part of
. sr, w of a vessel called the Flowery Land, which naiad
, . ih, port of London on the 28th July on • voyage to
~.;..1.. cirryiog a cargo of wines and other goods.
I .2.; ~rsous appear to have been on board the vessel,
..• ....: of the captain, John Smith, the first and second
: , -1 . cook and steward, and a boy called the lamp-
: : : . there was also a passenger, George Smith, brother
: • ~iptain, and the rest, in number fourteen,
...men, being composed of different nation',
...:.; two Greeks, three Spaniards, one German, a
•- '., n. and some English. Most of them understood
. ... :-, ,onie extent, and some spoke it quite welt The
n. t apparel, after getting to sea, from time to time
.cal smie slight signs of insubordination, and some
• ._t punishment and correction was mammy, the
:. Living to use the rope's end to some of
ores. an-I on one occasion punishment of
... ,!er severity WAS indicted on the prisoner Carlos,
-,- ~.!1 not attend to his duty, and was strapped to the
:. . . OA the captain interposed and caused him to be
i....,:. The man said he was ill, and the captain ordered
. : 'ice. and sent him back to hie berth. Nothing
/ . .:, I,werer, to leave transpired to came any suspicion
~. .-.. ,r4aniiieJ mutiny was afloat—much less each a
- • .. :. -1 hero perpetrated. On the night of the 9th or
...t• ~:,f mate was on deck, in command of the watch,
~, . . , :-, t.co sod other otlvre were below, and about 3
f, , ... .ttsrls was mule on the first mate, by the crew,
1: .. i-inaes, and he was killed. Recalled for help, hat
f.,. ......,1,:, to make any communication with the captain. •
v.. of t ...s crew were down below, and the captain left his
!-' . 1. ~.ng probably been disturbed by the noise above,
a . . r-ached the cabin where he was attacked, and was
t '. or ... de from a number of daggers. His brother, hear-
!, c ~e, left his berth, and was proceeding up the con.-
_ , :,elder. when he was seised and thrown into the sea.
- , .... put round the neck of the captain's body to haul
.:. ~:-. 1 throw him overboari, when the second mate
',i.j, mil asked permission to sew the body up in
. ~ nal perform as well as possible the last office to the
~.. .1 a:4, however, was denied, and he received a
sc::h knocked him down. The captain, the first
• .n i the captain's brother having been killed, the
... searched, and all the property, including
. a Inch was in the captain's desk, was brought
.c - -i s ~ion. The second mate, who had locked himself
:,h:o, was made to come out, at first declining, fear-
. ::• life might be taken, but on receiving an as.
-.- tort he would not be hurt, he released himself, and
r - :..opelled to divide the property. The prisoner,
1....: r. it appeared, wanted the spoil to be divided
i. ....:-.. eight of the crew, but Lyons mid that
, .., dd be divided among seventeen. The second
L., and those of the crew who took no part is the affray,
r. 1'i.,.1 to have any portion of it, but the sealed mate was
..i that he must divide it amongst the uneaten, which
:.mpelled him to do, and he locked his portion up in
~ of the captain's drawers. The ship's carpenter
.. d,lmed to take any, as well as some others of
crew, but they were told that they must have
, and they took it. The mooed mats was nom-
r::e.l to navigate the ship, he being the only one on board
ip,;.de of doing an, and on the 2nd October in the day time
tey ..,:hted land. The second mate, thee, as on several
her ckca.,ions, was threatened with violence, for bringing
tent so near land in the daylight ; but he was spared at the
iteression of Lyons. The carpenter wee thee ordered to
tepee the vessel for szuttling, and then was compelled by
leans of threats to bore four holes in the fore, and four
I the after parts of the repel, after which the beats
vr • taken to. The cook and the boy were left on board
O. d'.owed to go down with the vassal, and the steward
Ipftred about that time to have met with his death. The
Nee afterwards landed at Monte Video, where a story was
IA that the chip had foundered soma 500 miles out at
a. and that the captain and scene ol the crew
.1 ;one off in one of the beats and bad not been seen or
rod of since. The second mate and one of the crew, a
frenchman, then managed to make their escape to a settle-
et.t. where they found some one who spoke English, and
Ire information of what had occurred, and the result was
i a the eight prisoners and two other men were appro.
spiel and taken before the Naval Court, and after.
•r is Drou;ht to England. The two others, who were
11.%,....d Frank Howe], or Paul, and Joe Williams, were
la b ..0-1. there being no evidence to show that they were
I n, way connected with the crime.
W‘tiam Tatter, the second mate. was then called as a
/ittes, and he gave a narrative of what occurred on board
It Teasel, ant spoke to the whole of the prisoners having
then a share in the murder of the captain and the other
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The letters of allotment of the London, Italian,
and Adriatic Steam Company were distributed
on Monday.
Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
dock, and other shares, as given in the Stoat
Exchange list of last evening :
Insuranoe.—Alliance British and Foreign, I 5 to f ;
Argus We. 30 to j ; Commercial Union, 94 to f ; Cuuaty,
84 to 31 ; Fagle 6! to f ; London, 471 ; Loodou and Pro-
vincial Menne, if ex div. •, Marine, 94; Minerva, 6f ; North
British and Mercantile (Limited), 901 I j • Ocean Marine,
30f to f ; Phceoix. 150 ; Thames and 'Mersey Marino
(Limited), 61 j I ; Universal Marine (Limited), Saila.
Gaslight and Coke.—Bahia (Limited), 19f ; ditto Tea
per Cent. Preference (Limited), 21 ; Brighton and Hove,
; European, New, 54 to j ; Imperial Contioestal, 871, ;
Milts and Mediterranean (Limited). if ; Weetmiester
Chartered, BS4 to f, ex April div. ; Western, 17 to 16f.
Docks.—East stud West India, 140 ; London, 75 3 4j;
St. Katharioe, 72, ex div. ; Victoria, 1014 to I.
Waterworks.—Cbelsee, 261, ex dlv. ; Southwark sal
Vauxhall, 1:11 to 4 ex div.
Caeata.—GrendJunction, 75, ex div. ; Regent's (or Lon-
don), 254,

TUZSDAT EU:RIM

Consols, which closed yesterday at 90
for money and Thursday's settlement, opened this
morning at 891 to 90, and, after touching late in
the afternoon 901 " buyers," closed at 901 to 1.
For the March account the last price was 901 ter
The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 891, 90, 89j,
90*, 1 ; ditto for account, 891, 90, I ; Three per
Cents. Iteduc.d, 891, 904 ; New Three per
Cents., 891, 90, 891, 901, I ; Annuities, 1885,
141 ; Bank Stock, 237, 235 ; India Stock, 215 ;
ditto Five per Cent. Stock, 104, 1, 1031,
ditto Four per Cent., 991 ; ditto Four per Cent.
Debentures, 1866, 981 ; ditto Bonds, Si., 2s. die. ;
Five-and-a-Half per Cent. "enlaced" rupee paper,
109, 1.
The India Five per Cent. stock has sustained
a further decline. The rupee paper remains dull.
Exchequer Bills were unaltered, at 105. to 4.. die.
There were a,gain repeated variations in the foreign
stock market. Much heaviness prevailed in the
morning, and prices experienced a general decline.
Towards the close there was a general recovery,
and the final tone was comparatively steady.
Bank shares have again shown a drooping ten-
dency. A reduction has taken place in Agra, Bank
of Egypt, Bank of British Columbia, London
Chartered Bank of Australia, Mercantile and Ex-
change, Midland, and Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi.
Bombay Gas, Australian Mortgage, Commercial
Union Assurance, Universal Marine Insurance,
Joint Stock Discount, and London District Tele-
graph sharm, were all flatter. There is still a good
demand for EgTptian Trading shares, which closed
at 21 to 21 prem.
International Financial shares, after repeated
variations, closed at ti; to 7 prem., being scarcely as
good as yesterday. General Credit were dull
at 28 to 21 prem.; and London Financial, at 10 to
101 prem.
The shares of the Land Securities Company were
last quoted 1 to 1 i prem.; Mauritius Land Credit,
to 1 prem. Anglo-Italian Bank, Ito prem. ;
Mercantile Credit, 4 to 5 prem. ; Australian and
Eastern Navigation, 41 to 1 prem., being again
higher ; Contract Corporation, 21 to 3 prem. ;
Financial Corporation, 11 to 21 prem.: Little-
hampton Steam, 54 to 6 prem. ; London Mercantile
Discount, 2 to 3 prem.; West India and Pacifis
Steam, Ito 11 prem.; and London, Italiau, and
Adriatic Steam, 1 to 01 dis.