The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

MUTINY ON THE HIM SEAS.

At Bow-street Police-court, yesterday, six sea-
men, named James Life, Thomas Garr, Thomas Dickson.
Charles Tapper, and Joseph Hollis, alma Matthews, were
brought Wore the chief magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, in '
custody of Superintendent Evans, of the Themes Police, who
had brought Olsen from Portsmouth on a warrant charging
them thas "on or about the Ist of _kunst last they did
unlawfully, piratically, and feloniously endeavour to make
a revolt on board the British ship Seethed, on the high seas,
and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England,
seer the coast of BengaL"
Mr. Pollard, from the office of the Solicitor to the Tree,
Bury, conducted the case for the prosecution.
The primmer* were all young men, and had nothing
remarkable in their appearance. They looked like ordinary
Zoglish sailors.
Mr. Pollard—Sir Thomas, I appear here for the Treasury,
to prosecute these six men, who are charged with en act of
piracy on the high seas. It appears that the English ship
Scotland sailed from this country to Calcutta, where
she arrived some time in May. The captain then discharged
the crew, and these six men were, with others, shipped in
their steed for the return voyage. She left Calcutta on the
21st of July, or thereabouts, with a valuable cargo, and was
tugged by the Atlas steamer down the river and past the
Sandheads. At that point the captain gave the order to let
go the hawsers of thetas by which the Scotland was held in
tow, and unfortunately for the captain the hawser broke his
leg, and be was laid up on a stretcher for eight days.
Whilst he was thus bodily unable to act in the com-
mand of the chip, thew men—se owe. ion bc. wuivh
he will depose—used threatening language to him
about some grievance as to the water and pro-
visions, all which he said should be attended to. The
men, however, insisted on going back to Calcutta. The
captain, apprehensive of a mutiny, signalled to another
ship for assistance, upon which, before the flags were well
flown, the men rushed aft, hauled down the signals, and
took • nof the ship. They altered her course, and
sailed towards the Bay of Bengal. While on this coarse
the ship became disabled and in some danger of running
upon a lee shore, upon which the crew, seeing the danger
they themselves were in, consented to give up the com-
mand of the ship to the captain, but insisted on his destroy-
ing the official logbook, or a portion of it. They were, of
course, aware that all the misconduct of which they had
been guilty would be entered in that book, and on ar-
riving in England would be evidence against them. The
captain was compelled to submit to these conditions, which,
therefore, was done, not by his own consent, but by coca-
pulaion. Someleavesof the book were torn upend thrown into
the sea. The voyage was then continued as far as the island
of Ascension, where the captain sent an intimation to Com-
modore Wilmot, the result of which was that the commodore
instituted a court of inquiry on board the ship Scotland.
The decision then come to by the officers who sat upon the
court of inquiry was that the prisoners should be taken out
of the ship and sent home on board one of her Msjesty's
ships. They were accordingly sent on in the ship Industry.
The captain remained till the arrival of the mail steamer,
in which he returned to England. The rest of the crew
were sent home in the Scotland, which is now on its way,
and I believe is now mailing on the south coast of Ireland.
S4e may be expected to arrive here in about ten days or a
fortnight. All I propose at present is to examine the
captain as to what he knows of what took place, and then
to ask you to remand the prisoners, for the attendance of
the witnesses now on beard the ship Scotland.
The evidence of the captain was then taken.

Is answer to Sir Thomls Henry,
Lien said they did cot wish to sak any questions at
present, nor to may anything till the mate should arrive.
He believed that all the questions which they had put to
the witnesses at the naval court had been sent home.

Sir Thane Henry—Yes. They have all been ant home,
but I cannot make them evidence at present. Yon ma
depend upon it that every person on board that vessel will
be examined here. Now Liffin, are you speaking for all or
for yourself only ?
Liffin—For myself only.
The others declined to ay anything, or put any question
at present.

Litho here said he set the apt►in's leg.
The Captain said Liffin wee one of those who assisted.
Liffin said the men bad kept a log ag►inst the captain,
which was now on bcard. _

They were thin remanded.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY.

Never did we have to note a more dreary and inactive
opening of the racing 161111011 than that which, in a racing
point of view, ushered in the year 1866. Scarcely two
dozen members were present at one time during the after-
noon at " The Gate," and the following scanty list of quo-
tations comprised all the business done.
DERBY.
1500 to 200 agat Duke of Bowdon, Rustic
2500 to 100 Illarquis of Hastings' Blue iihand
2000 to 86 Lord Ezeter's Haight of the Crescent, at first
IOP/tole ,t)