The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

Charge of Murder and Piracy on the High
Sea,

BOW-STREET—(THis 1)AY).

This morning the ten seamen, charged with the al eve
serious offence, were -again placed at the bar before Mr.
Henry.
The names of the prisoners are John Lyons, a Malay.
Barcelia la Santo, Moreto Durano, and Francisco Blanco,
Manilla men, Frank Power, a Spaniard, Marco Varto, a
native of the lonian Islands, Marciliano, a Greek, Miguel
Lopez, also Joseph Chance, Malays, George Carlos, and
John Williams. Lyons is said to be the ringleader in the
crimes with which they are charged.
Mr. Welsby, from the I reasury, prosecuted the prisoners
for the murder of six persons, for piracy. and also for the
wilful destruction of the ship Flowery Land.
Mr. Beard, instructed by the Spanish Consul, appeared
for seven of them. The other three were undefended.
The evidence of the boy James Early (examined on
Saturday last) who gave information to the authorities at
Monte Video having been read over,
Mr. Welsby said in the first instance he would call
Mr. Strugnell, who said—l am a clerk in the registry of
seamen. I produce from that office a copy of the register
of the ship Flowery Land. It is received at our office from
the Custom-house by direction of the Board of Trade. The
Flowery Land is a British vessel, and is owned solely by
William Wemyss Ker.
A certified copy of the ship's articles was then put in and
contained the names of all the seamen on beard the un-
fortunate vessel, amongst which were those of all the pri •
goners.

overboard. The reason of the new search was that the
watch had been stolen out of the desk. Chance asked
me if I knew anything about the watch or the ship's
papers. I said, " No." I was afraid to speak
the truth. The nokt day we made land about
4 a.m., about 160 miles from Monte Video, near the mouth
of the River Plate. The mon then refused to speak to me.
They put the ship about, stood off the land all day, and
about dark were about 36 miles from land. Lyons came up
and asked me why I did not tell them they were so close to
the land, but I replied I did not know myself how close I
was, In the evening I was in the cabin, and about 8 o'clock
in the evening, I was ordered upon deck. I went and found
the men clewing up the sails, and getting ready to put
the boats over the side. I asked Lyons what they
were going to do with the ship, but he refused to reply.
Two boats were got out. I stood on the poop looking on.
I asked Marceliano what they were going to do with the
ship, and Blanco said they were going to scuttle her. About
10 of the same night I got into one of the boats, the steward,
Early, the cook, and Marco Varto were in it. Tho other
moil were about the other boat which was made fast to the
stern. The boat I was in was pulled away from the ship
about 100 yards. When we got that distance some ozo
on board the ship called out to us to corns
back. The cook and Frank Powell did not care
about doing so, when Marco Varto struck Powell
with the oar to make him do so. The boat was pulled back,
and when we got alongside Lyons called me, the steward,
and all in the boat on deck. I went, but I did not see
Early. Before 1 got upon deck a handspike was thrown
at the boat, but it went overboard, but, in so doing, struck
the steward. The steward refused to leave the boat. I
heard Lyons tell him that if he did not do so they would
make him. I don't know whether anybody else was in the
boat. I saw Durano and Lyons throw bottles at the
steward. Chance and Blanco, each of whom had a knife,
when I got on deck walked me round. The next I heard
of the steward was his cries for help. He was in the w. ter.
He called to Lyons for help. Lyons, with an oath, said he
wouldn't help him. Lyons said the steward had deceived
him once or twice, but he should not do so again. I never
saw the steward again, so I believe he was drowned. I was
ordered into the other boat by Blanco and Lyons. I don't
know what was then being done with the cargo. I went
into the boat and stopped there about an hour and a half.
There were several things passed into the boat, but I don't
know by whom. Some of the men were on board the ship,
others were in the boats. Lyons, Blanco, Chance, and
Durano were the last to leave the ship. They had just
time to get into the boat before the vessel went down. The
two boats steered for land, the larger one towing the
smaller one. We landed on the 3d October, about 4 p.m.,
on the beach of the River Plate. When we landed I missed
the cook and the lamp-trimmer, and I understood from
Lyons that they had been left on board, and had gone down
with the ship,
Mr. Henry—Give his own words.
Witness—He said the cook and the " casak". (lamptrim-
mer)—had gone down with the ship.
Witness continued—When I got on shore I saw some of
the cargo, the captain's chronometer, compass, and other
instruments there. A number of country people came down
to the beach and spoke to me in Spanish. Chance told me
to say the steip was from Peru to Bordeaux, laden with
guano. That she had foundered 600 miles from land, and
that they had lost the captain and the other seamen dur-
ing a gale of wind. There was no one amongst them
that spoke English. I stopped that night at a farm house
belonging to a man named Corrie. He drove me next day
to a village called Rocha. I heard some of the prisoners,
Chance in particular, telling the police the same story that
I had been desired to say. I learned that there was a man
some miles from there who could speak English, and me
and the Frenchman stole away in a cart. We went 21
miles and then met a man who spoke English, Emmanuel
Ramas, a storekeeper, to whom I told the story. Some-
thing was done. I gave evidence before the Alcade at
Rocha. The prisoners in the meantime had been captured.
I afterwards repeated my evidence before the Naval Court
at Monte Video.

Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—The crew in all, when
the ship left London, numered 19. I did not hear of any
misconduct previous to the beating of Carlos. I did not
observe that either the men went in fear of Carlos after
that. Lyons was the spokesman, because he was the only
one who could speak English properly. I can't say who
was the leader in the matter. They all seem alike.
Mr, Henry asked if they wished to put any questions to
the witnesses, because if they did, now was the proper time
to do so.

None of the prisoners making any reply,
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The court adjourned for a short time.

On the magistrate again taking his seat on the bench,
the depositions were translated and read over to the pri-
soners.

(We shall continue the case in our late edition.]

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

THE FRAUDULENT TRADE MARYS ACT.—Mr. Brad-
laugh, from the office of Mr. R. Leverson, St. Helen's-
place, City, applied tc Mr. Tyrwhitt for summonses under
the above act, just come into operation, against two auc-
tioneers for exposing for sale pianofortes bearing names
which had been forged, and for refusing to give information
from whom they were obtained. For exposing the piano-
fortes for sale the auctioneer was liable (under the 4th sec-
tion) to a fine of £5, and if with a guilty knowledge (under
the 12th section) it was a misdemeanour, and punishable by
fine or imprisonment; and the refusing to give information
respecting the articles rendered the auctioneer liable to a
fine of £5, under the 6th section. Mr. Bradlaugh stated
that one of the auctioneers told him that he ought to go
against others as well as him, as there were plenty of others
doing the same thing—namely, selling pianofortes with
forged makers' names upon them.
Mr. Tyrwhitt granted the summonses.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's
market were very moderate, Both for red and white
qualities, the demand ruled inactive, yet no probable change
took place in prices, compared with Monday.
There was but a moderate supply of foreign wheat on the
stands. Millers operated, however, to a limited extent in
all descriptions, yet there were no sellers at lower prices.

Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm, at full currencies.

Good and fine malting barley sold steadily, at extreme
rates. Other descriptions, however, met a slow sale, on
former terms.

Malt ruled steady at full prices.

The supply of oats was tolerably large. Good and fine
corn moved off steadily at late currencies, but heated par-
cels were a dull inquiry.
Beans and peas were in fair average request, and the
quotations ruled firm.

The trade for flour was firm, and prices were well sup-
ported.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Floni.
English...... 380 1 550 B3O — 1 580
Irish . — — 1310 --
Foreign.... 7,440 2,330 16,370 2510 ska
3200 hes

TEE LATE PRIZE-FIGHT.

(From the Z%cw York licralcl.)

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Another great contest between England and the United
States has been determined against us, to the disgust of the
" fancy " portion of our community, and the intense amaze-
ment of the American eagle. King and Heenan met on the
10th inst., and after a fight of 35 minutes the latter admitted
a defeat and gave up the battle. Twenty-five rounds were
fought. Heenan endeavouring to avail himself of his talents
as a wrestler, which are very great, and thus to win by the
exhaustion of his opponent. Doubtless this was partly
dictated by a desire to save his hands, which were likely
not so good as they had been represented to be. He gave
the only knock down blow of the fight, and fought gamely
to the end. So ends the last, thus far, of our contest with
England. About 1776 we had our first, and won, though
it was a hard fight. It was ended by a Catherine wheeler
at York-town. Early in the present century, 1812, we
fought again; but oa this occasion the result was only a
draw, as the British lion—or the British bull, whichever it
is—or a British beast made up of the contrary qualities of
bull and lion, with the stupid bovine stubborness and the
feline treachery—was satisfied to close that struggle
when it was not more than half fought out. In another
contest of lesser magnitude than these we fought by
champions. England was represented by the immortal
Tom Cribb, and the United States sent one of its institut-
tions—the nigger, and a good representative specimen of
the race, too, named Molyneux. Now, although it has
been said that the nigger won't fight, Molyneux—a good
specimen of the American nigger—came within an
ace, a black ace, of giving Tom Cribb—a magnificent
specimen of the English white man—a severe drub-
bing ; but England cut the ropes, and won. Tom,
however, was afterwards taken in hand by the famous
Captain Barclay, and in the next fight Cribb vanquished
Molyneux, and we were down in turn. Both these contests
took place on British soil. Then we had several contests
of another character on yachts, reapers, &c., in all t,f which
we were the victors. The America took the World's cup off
Cowes, and the English yachts were nowhere. Next we
fought by Champions again—Heenan for us, and Sayers for
his country and the stakes. England was beaten that time,
but she would not admit it, because, as she said, her cham-
pion was only a little fellow after all. But she took away
her champion's belt, though she would not give it to the
man who had convinced her that her champion was un-
worthy to wear it. After that a Wall-street broker sent his
I yacht to England, and brought on another contest, in which
we were beaten. Again we were beaten through one of our
steam fire engines, and finally we have been beaten in this
last immense mill between King and Heenan. Here are
only four results against us in all these struggles, and that
is a state of the quarrel in which we might gracefully leave
it, but we have not yet heard of any American who is so
recreant as to propose that. Beyond all question, we take,
as a people, too deep an interest in this struggle to leave
it yet, especially as the result is against us. Yesterday
so absorbed were all classes in the expectation of this news
that no other subject had any interest. Juvenal said
that the interruption of the Roman races caused more sor-
row in Rome than the loss of the battle of Carman. Here we
had the same public condition repeated, and by comparison
with this fight there was no civil war for a day, and even no
nigger. Immediately upon the receipt of the President's
late message, in which the country expected a plan for the
settlement of the difficulties of the South, we published an
extra, and the people absolutely would not buy it. But our
extra with the account of this fight sold by thousands.
One million dollars also were bet upon the fight in this
city, and at least three millions altogether in England, this
country, and Canada. Are we in this any worse than the
world at large ? No; all vigorous, healthy, and free races,
from the Jews down, have loved a fight. Moses was a
hard hitter, inasmuch as, by a single blow of his fist, he
knocked down one of those tough customers, the Egyp•
tians—that we can make nothing of—out of time and
into eternity. His descendants ornament the P.R. to
the present day. Ulysses fought the giant Irus for a
kid's fries, and was declared the winner on the first round,
haying completely demolished :the giant's snuffbox and
potato trap by a single hot one from the auctioneer. His
countrymen had already made her sport a national one, and
Greece deified muscle in Hercules. In the days :when
Venice was free the prize-fight was one of her national in-
stitutions, even more decidedly than it is in England at the
present time; but now there are no prize-fights in that en-
slaved and peaceful city. No institutions that nourished in
Egypt, Greece, and Italy, and that is alive yet, can easily
die. So there will be more fights. But after this we must
have a better representative than Heenan. No disparage-
ment is meant to his courage in this; but he certainly lacks
the proper organisation for a fighter. He has bone, muscle,
and all that ; but yet he is too delicate in another sense. He
is, as the breeders would say, too " fine." His nervous
system is not the right one, and in this particular he is in
decided contrast with all the men who have been his oppo-
nents, and we may doubtless trace his many failures to
this source.

MR. HOLMAN HUNT is painting a picture repre-
senting the scene on London-bridge on the night of
the illumination in honour of the arrival of the Princess of
Wales. The work, which is not large, and will be exhi-
bited with other pictures of the artist, contains a host of
motley incidents, e.g., a sweep carrying his brushes on his
shoulder, a volunteer protecting his sweetheart from contact
with the brushes, a man complaining to a policeman of the
loss of his watch, the official receiving the communication
without surprise. The thief of the watch has jumped
over the parapet of the bridge, and passed along the
cornice beyond it, in hopes of escape, but has been
noticed by a detective, who seizes the confederate of
the thief, to whom the rascal thinks himself handing the
watch, while he really deposits it in the detective's open
hand. There are old women and men, women with babies,
boys, girls, cabinet:, soldiers, one or two foreigners, and other
elements of such a crowd. Along the sides of the bridge
range the flaming CelaSOrS and trii.;ods, the tall lamps and
taller banners that flap slowly in the night bre.?ze,
and are surmounted by the Elephant of Denmark and ,:be
Raven. With these are displayed emblematic groups of
statues; and all retire into the mist of the distance that is
deepened with rust, raised by the countless crowd, and the
smoke of innumerable lamps. Over all is the high, cleaL
blue sky of night, with the decrescent moon shining on t
surface of the river.
=LONDON STREETS—At the instance of Professor
Donaldson, who has been studying the street architecture
of new Paris, a comrnitt3e of eminent architects has been
named to draft a petition to the Government, praying the
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