The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1849.

THE MUTINY AND MMELIA.URDERB ON BOARD
TILE A

It will be fliftellabered that 'Me menthn rigs we
gays the detail! Of a mutiny and horrible massacre which
took place es SW lid of October last year, on Ward the
Auras of MOO* sibifti la the Pacific.
The vessel woe galas hoe Melee le Chia% with shoat
d 0,0004. In gold, whoa else Spool& seems mataisreted le
Wen the saleable ewe. They samosa' la
sad slaying the mask In the saddle of the ulght,ll2eWaftes!
wuds they killed the sae, said a Mr. Cooke, an English
pameager, as they eueseeskely ease up on the desk. The
captain (Mr. WNally)was also murdered, being duped by
the promise of being Wowed to leave in the ship's boar, and
take Mrs. Cooke sad km servant with him. The crew con-
Thus▪ of two E llama 17 foreigners of all nations.
ab%.
e the three WWI succeeded in coercing, one
by one, into sat end having seized and distributed
the geld, they neat tree with the wine. Afterwards a
Dutch seams seated Saldt conspired with some of the crew
to retake the ship, and in the deed of the night the three
mutineers were surprised in their sleep and killed, and the
vessel was oared ally to Monoliths, one of the Pacific
Islands.
After the mutineers had been got rid of, the money which
had been distributed among the crew was all brought aft,
and deposited in the cabin, a meritorious instance of good
faith and honesty among so many men of different countries
Through the judicious arrangements of Mr. Miller, her
Majesty's Consul General for :he Paci6e Islands, residing at
Honolulu, specie, amouning to 287,684 dollars, was safely
landed, and taken charge of by him; a list was likewise
taken of the effects of those who hed been murdered; and,
in fact, every thing in the vessel was ufely secured. Among
the papers found on board the Amelia were three bills
of ladle:, with correspondirg letters of advice and in-
structions from Jecker, Tome, and Co., of Mazatlan ;
one for 150,000 dollars, consigned to Mean. Turner
and Co , of Hong Kong, but for account and risk of Messrs.
Finley, Hodgson, sad Co., of London ; another for 120,00 u
dollars to Messrs. Turner and Co., of Hong Kong, in pay-
ment for a cargo previously ordered for shipmen.. in the
Amelia on her arrival in China. The third bill of lading was
for 1,879 dollars, in favour of Mr. J. A. Doreen, of Macao ;
16,304 dollars were landed, for which no bills of lading or
other document could be found. We have now the gratiti-
' cation t state that Jan Suit, of Rotterdam, whose cmduct
on this occasion is above all praise, has hem presented with
' 1,1001. by several of the insurance companies; and also with
a valuable sextant, by Ashdown, of Finch-lane, with the fol-
lowing inscription :
"Presented to Mr. Jan Stall, of Rotterdam, by the Cor-
poration of the Royal Exchange, the Corporation of the Lon-
don, the ;Indemnity Mutual Marine, the Marine, and the
Alliance, Marine Insurance companies of London, in testi-
mony of their high estimation of Mr. Smit's services, and
their especial appreciation of the fidelity and courage dis-
played by him in rescuing the schooner Amelia, of Glasgow,
and her valuable cargo, out of the hands of mutineers, dur
ing her voyage from Marsden to China, in the year 1848.
London, Aug. 1, 1849."
It is to be hoped that some reward will also be given to
the two English apprewiecs Garcon and Macdonald, who
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aided Smit not soli
Wl' her into port.

the recovery of die ship ►at la Work