Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

MUTINY ON BOARD AN

AUSTRIAN SHIP AT

GLOUCESTER.
Much excitement has been occasioned at Gloucester
during the past week in consequence of the crew of as
Austrian barque, the Maria Francesca, having mutinied
against the captain, Signor Facchinetti. The crew of
the Maria,, which had been lying in the docks some
days, consisted of fourteen Austrian sailors, and a man
named Antonia Marinovitch, a Montenezrin. Marino-
vitch, to whom the outbreak is entirely to be attributed,
it appears, in the course of last week left his work and
went ashore without permission, and on his return to the
ship the captain remonstrated with him. This remon-

strance ho received with considerable anger, and, follow-
in.. the captain into the cabin, he drew a knife and
tht;eatened-to stab him. The captain, for his personal
protection, picked up a gun, and threatened Marinovitelt
that he would blow his brains out if he advanced towards
him any further. This latter threat had the effect of
quieting Marinovitch for a time. The captain, however,
felt it his duty to go ashore and represent the matter to
Mr. John Jones, the Austrian Vice-Consul, which he did,
and subsequently returned to the ship in company with
Mr. Jones and two' of the dock policemen, in order to
have Marinovitch arrested. Five or six of the crew,
armed with kniveq, threatened to stab them if they
proceeded to carry out their purpose. The crew were
now so violent that prudence suggested to the officers
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were leaning in a defiant and excited attitude ; but.,
notwithstanding the menacing attitude of the crew, the
captain resolutely ascended the side of the ship, having a
loaded pistol in his possession and threatened to shoot
any man who interfered with him. Having arrived nn

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deck, Marinovitch ran to the forecastle, into which he
jumped, cutting away the ladder with a hatchet. Hs
knife
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teeth, s sat himselfwore that in a corner,
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of Mariuoviteh was such as to deter any one from
venturing into the hold, he appearing determined to rush
at the first Who should dare to do so. An attempt was
made to drag the mutineer out by boat hooks, but this
failed; and after some time he voluntarily surrendered
himself, on being told that the captain would pay him off
and discharge him. Marinovitch was, however, removed
to the Bridewell, and locked up by the police, three
others of the crew being also subsequently apprehended_
On Friday morning they were taken before the city
Marinovitchmagistrates, and was ordered to be kept in
custody till the vessel sailed from Cardiff ; the others
were discharged on promising to do their duty. The
vessel would have left Gloucester on Tuesday, but the
crew disobeyed the captain's orders, and refused to go
with her, expressing a determination to stay where they
were a few days longer.

REV. MR. SPURGEON IN GLASGOW.—It is now defi-
nitively arranged that this popular preacher's visit to
Glasgow will take piaci, in the third week of February.
that amount
oa tn
u the hien
money rate
—Eastern aunties Herald.
Etym. AND SEI,BY RAILWAY.—The Directors or the
North-Eastern Railway have proposed to cmrlete the
purchase of the Hull and Selby Railway, its
orks and
property. The Company give ale shareholders the option
of accepting four per cent. stock in exchange for their
Ls h 1412 lin
8 of ns
theor everylr ull
and£ 5 0 Selby
Company,share, or