The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

A FATAL VOYAOE.

On the 22nd of April, 1848, the ship Lady Mon-
=rEs, left Southampton Water, bound for
2rtalsW for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Penheloempwiy. The chief mate was named Smith, and
=Me
mew wove five apprentices of the ship's owner,
beg beam smently bound, and meet of them going
en their AM rem.. Their names were Mansbridge,
Ward, Lee, Paul', and Oscroft. Mensbridge was the
Le= apprentice ; his parents keep • small shop at
;QMput outside Southampton, and are very nada,-
worthy people. Millard and Paul arc related to
some of the lest tradesmen is Southampton. Lee's fathee
kept the Temperance Hotel in that town. °wrote mine
from Brighton. The parents and friends of these boys
were given distinctly to understand that the Lady Mon-
tague was to be away from England 18 months only. The
crew of the ship were 38 is number. It was considered
that she went out shorthanded. There was no doctor on
board. Captain Wells when he lelt Southampton was
*Aided with some complaint, of which he died in six
weeks after he was on his voyage, while the
ship was off Trinidad, en the Spanish Main.
The chief mate, Smith, then took charge of the
vessel. The Lady Montague touched at Mauritius.
Soon after this, Capt. Smith became an habitual drunkard,
and ill-treated and neglected the apprentices. After dis-
charging cargo at Aden' the shipp. went to Bombay, and
took in cotton, and proceeded to NVhampos, on the coast of
China, and then traded with rice and sugar betimes
Whatopos, Amoy, Shanghae, and Hong Kong, and con-
tinued trading thus long site; the period had elapsed for
her to return home. The parent* of the apprentices re-
ceived letters from the letter, but never could reply to them,
bemuse the capt tin always refused to tell the boys to what
port he was nest bound. The owners declared that Capt.
Smith was keeping the ship out without their permission,
and they knew nothing of his whereabouts

While trading on the coast of China, the Lady Montages
touched at Cumsingmoon, a small Chinese village between
Hong Kong and Whampoa, where opium is stored, awl
landed. Hero Captain Smith engaged with a Spaniard
named Misr, t 6 take on board 450 Chinese emi-
grants. These emigrants believed they were going to
the gold diggings at California, but they were secretly
destined by the supercargo for Callao; to be employed in
baling guano ships at the Peruvian islands. All these
poor Chinese signed indentures by which their labour was
secured foe four years, by some party or other, for four
dollars a month per man, and three months' pay in advance.
That they bed engaged to go to California was evident, be-
MUM those who spoke Engtieh distinctly stated so on the
voyage; and it was proved also from the horror and af-
fright they manifested when they learnt at Callao for what
they were destined. The crew of the Lady Montagne when
she left Cunhiagruoon consisted of the See apprentice boys
from Southampton, and others chicly Lames and Manilla
men. Four of the Lavers had their wives on board. The
mates were English, and there we • midshipman on board,
a Mr. Brazier, who had keel *the ship ever since she
had been out. The venal bad bees terribly infested with
rats since ahetouched at Aden ; andnetrenble appears tohave
been taken to get rid of them. The Grew and Chinese mull-
grants amour tt d to nearly 500 passans. The emigrants
were thickly stowed away. There was no cargo carried
between decks. As the captain of the Lady Montague re-
ceived CO dollars or 121. a day, far the conveyance of the
emigrants to Callao, and was to realm that sum from the
day the emigrants Came on beard math the venal returned
to Hong Kong, it was his intend to make the voyage as
long as possible. He acy leek a southerly course
on leaving China, and prolemad Southern Australia.
Three days after leaving Camingsnesen, sea-siekness broke
out amongst the emigrants, end mien afterwards some fatal
malady, by which, before the ship reached the Peruvian
coast, nearly 300 of the emigrants and crew perished. The
voyage to Callao occupied fear months ; and before the Lady
Moo resumed to Hong Kong twelve months had
.la Dew the voyage from China to Peru the Lady
Montague
_isit at Hobart Town, and sighted
New Zwaral. Amen the 276 who died during that
=woe dm doctor (who wee shipped at China), the
ram, Mr. Brazier (the infshlipmem), and John,l'aul,
ea aggretstiee. The captain used to get very drunk; he
hashers seen running shoat the dash with a drawn sword.
He iligged two of the Liam wean for some trilling
slime with the utmost anedly, sad meek ear of the
orreries. bold a male to bit while he did if; the
woman only had a rues mireerg ea diem whoa they were
Legged. The Lasers leaked as essuebingly. The second
mess barn died, sad the dist aisle being at owe time &-
Wiseshe apprenti had Mile the wok of the men ; and
the op.tera wash= brutali used
ty, eceasionally to
kith the bejeinfits ofces
away from the wheel when it was their tura
to be relieved. Several of the apprentice, were
rhea MI dries the voyage, sad at such times
they attended upon each other se well as they could.
The apprise., Lee was invalided, mid left at Hobart Town.
Milord had the fever several dress. Mansbridge also
=teethe Nee, aad was ill Ike • fortnight. Ile had
wig tube daring his Moms, for the doctor was
laid up. Ouse the mph& NM half drunk to klansbrldge
and brought him some medisine, and the boy ones after-
ward, waded up to his knew la water (for it wee during a
heavy gale) to the doctor's room to get more. While he
was ill Scree and ugly•looking rate cane end bit hie toes,
but he shook them off. John Paul, =ether apprentice,
died miserably, throe days after leaving Hobart Town.
Three days before he died he wee ineseelble ; be scarcely
ever spoke during his illness, but moaned be spay. Two
of hie know epprealiess stranded ea Wm. The captain
afterwards sold the pee htreees Meths*, sad Tried away
his watch. ills the wife of a highlprespeetable
yeoman in the New ?asst—visited the Lady Montague as
soon as she arrived hams, le hear whit triage she could of
her sea. Oareft, the
_llefightea yea* ikeered at Callao,
and it is net knows in liestkupplea whet berm of him.
It has her already said that *ham emcee* the Chi-
nese end.Olial seas after they he Camirsesa ; and
which shims. emended to the mew, both Lome and
Matelbh. The *keen smswpt the Mare wee increased
by the earesegge reales thesbVsa, to
he which they
had boss assaremed. It was that retar the d
drug berme he mil rake a peke at it semegr the
Chinese whe well ea the Pemba gamer Meath. Nat
the sickness leasypt the Chime sad Lasears was aggra-
vated by the death sit die therk and, more than all, to the
bad quality et the ow The flak sad water cm board
berme deb sad weer won rhea on
hosed at Hubert Tam bat la iasaishat wraiths. The
Chrome weed not musk tire deed felleirrisatrymen,
whose bees were horribly melltraled by rats ; sod the task
of throwleg the demi bear risteard devolved ea the
Five of Chlaseass. is Ms of
be mil
=,l'l2iped overtim the
e& They eyeekeed le be serer
wham= and divers. One of them did sets the weer by
Gropes sad. ad was sere lily o
s.OeW his bowl under
ter es roma being sesa sad hoa ea lard again.
Whoa ibremusi he was searallomil he recovered
altar same s&ty. Oas wee refirsisi near the ship,
sad a beat wee seat after his, bat he legit diving to pre-
vent bag eswdr and at hist reiggemsei re more. The last
ithehry saw of twotaer was se hawse s
eggs w wimmisr away bum the
, shoat two mike asters, alk i.ing hie land,
Irbil homed a keg way la the Mermen This was ia the
Peens Ores. Terre the Mew showed a et blab.
ardlealles. The baba lisedirg legged a Lmer del
gee lame, who Md., Is the °ldris kageses. the laft-
teelbsweas of the is ; sad Oehler ware dint le kw
tostir, but they at the wiper of the
who want and rake to thsm. Whir this skip eadriZeil
=lle was eat la grammedlan Name Mum=
to brie bum Isegemeed to l'rge, get ble
melee TIM their esemerymoa ef the May Mialegati ; sad,
as it ewes% Mimed Om of the that bad bees
paunched es them. IVllle in eggs the ad.
=wee put MINS ea the hind of St. llw the
af thole beekkarl some Masai 1•11441111/91111111
sat of their leis la is Wis. £ll UM raised a spirit of
=edand retry sessera them; but they were seen
. They mewed to -be ressmeiled to anything, In
'Maio have t
dereted ship.
When the Lady Meer ipso Messed to Hoeg Kong,
whisk was twelve meedlie air she MR Cemoragmoon,
Carer girth
bywas mressekal bya Orbit Tr Shaw, seat
from llegtriml
_the seams. AIM On* was
be A6O Was Niue lembsa of memeys=dos
ras
rasoa e
at VI the..,
WlLMadras tett lihrseger sod
=Leda hell& bar^ to the Cape of Good Hopi as bee
UM to The mew sever tared eat a bad ran
awl a aid did ast_raglookk Ms ddy at the Ore
and at lb. with 'Nibble eSee se that the raw
wee —as sheet ..hewer. Akre Imre the beteg
ii
ugh, awe reekkiesilises a dip, but
Lt..' ease" and the row, bleeding II _ and
Millard, ealltriod great privatase. At length the Lady
il=
the seethed Cove of Crab, after an areas* of
mace lbw yeses, and re sew pear afterwards was
limbed 4 bit sideseadase.

The above mess. k as insospunind Melones% token
tram the lips ef Wain Orals liseried Itt sof the
anhetuesto wend= hem whose thlbse Me/aegis that it
essiessosis with whoa the boy scshmed Se hits, is di
Ina tad eineesite, when le Ant wised in this essatry,
sod die he m
whet he ststed to the aide tube
Insist is vet&
liselbssples Is asks his dsposides ssew sad it is
be.. sat by what pees Mir& Yid his sods, a tidied
lionthemples eradownse she tesit pat Merest its his
seghow, sod even satespesisi bin sine dislesse ia the
ladyllistesse whets obs dot hit destbresees Weie.
sever talks obese hie sedisdnips mope Idea
lisapsess iseenteminira Try ash Woe, is
thirst=ais ins of thoWegsra. Tin ems, 'the ts
of the oppreatioe boys oallseed darhis tsar yeses .pia pea
ems asssithe. They used to alai to esside with eats sr.
All they holy was that their ohlidris wars thews& of
miss away, sed medals ham a tera
whose the owssellabletterriloshiese Anima Ind ism -
mined aa set of piracy, sod sf whose nevisionte ea
whereahoste they knew no Ems teas dr piessie dhow
sharla4tha
salvos. A few weeks ago law Issed • honk
at heir shop dace, sad, bake • swell window
tram as base esses. saw • yeditstneding
estside. "Ah, int sae rdm *hod i ender shawl,
bee the shos, add Is hesd4 e I sweet piss .fit..
I suppose, fin ere des't knew whet saes era may want.
la a mina sheavessis she enehosed bee lossalesst too.
The sad dory of **Lady Illentesne b promo with re-
deed=. Here ars its youths, immi with- the aside pas-
sion ter the see, talon from Ism hews sad espessi for
moo to intsisrable hisieh sod gallio4 velem. Two
ink ea li r . =other ilhashisself on an inhospitable Wilt
rather Asa =nte it, sad the ether two would have deserted
Is the seas duos if it hid bass ble. Bat there are
n/--toss noes puked don this, for they as,. deeply
diet des sethad charsobw. Ur, sew sad be. we hear.
of sem kt trspely in the Chimes saw. Obtuse
pausnme Wiens* einehdes the Lelia MIN of