The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-20 00:00:00

MUTINY IN THis AfEirSY.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
This morning, shortly after ten o'clock, the report of
firearms was heard to proceed from on board the Ame
rican ship J. L. Bogart ; and soon a flag of distress was
hoisted. Captain Conway, who was on shore at the
time, hastened to the American consul's office, and im
mediately pr seeded on board. The consul instantly
communicated with Mr. Gough, the in-door superintcn-
deut of police, and he shortly afterwards despatiched
detective officers Scott and Eaton, with two others of
that department, and they, taking ten other officers,
proceeded on board the ship. Oa approaching the tside,
they perceived a regular battle going on on the deck,
and even the bulwark ef the ship bore traces og the
contest. On going on boatel, the deck round the foreeiastle
presented a horrib;e appearaece, and was covered !with
pools of gore, the men showed shocking proofs of savage
treatmen , and the first mate had his head nearly cloven,
and lay on the deck. One of the craw was in front of
him, also on the floor of the ship, having been wounded
in the thigh by a pi• tol fired at him, as he states, by the
second mate. The officers immediately stayeci the
tumult, and then proceeded to make arrests. The ca fain
and officers charged the crew with mutiny, and the I, tter
accused the officers of brutally ill-treating them. Sikteen
of the crew were placed in custody for mutiryj and
injury to the officers, and the second mate was arrested
for shooting at and wounding James Christie, an able
seaman on board. Christie received the wound in the
upper part of the leg, and the ball lodged in the thigh.
He was taken to the Birkenhead landing-place, whither
the other 15 charged were carried, togsther with the
second mate, and he was thence conveyed td the
Birkenhead office. The bullet yet remains in the wound.
The first mate, whose name is C. 0 Thorber, was carried
to the Northern Hospital, where he now lies. He has
received a bad wound in the head, and a stabbed Wound
in the shoulder. They nro not supposed such as to
place his life in danger, however. The whole of the crew
in custody are more or less injured—some of them very
severely. Officer Scott took front the person of the first
mate a pistol ; and, on being carried to the hospita ,
" brass knuckles" were found in his pocket. We under-
stand that inquiries made on board lead to the conclusion
that the' officers from the moment the ship clearedicom-
menced ill-treating the men, and that this ill•treaiment
reached such an acme on 'yesterday morning that the
men struck work, and refused their ordinary'duty.l The
officers immediately-resorted, to arms, shots were:fired,
and Christie fell wounded. The men then seized What-
evo_r was at hand and attacked the officers, wounding
the fire: mate as we have stated above. Tne ocourrence
bas created much sensation in town. i
One
elleged.e..,Ause of the mutiny, as stated by the
crew, is tkat they BL'iipped for New York, under articles
they were nearly all black or
tocoloured
e ff
men,ect oann d a
learnings
,hata
Mobile they refn,ed to a slave state where
ttbheieng vessel was bound for
go, h
they would all be retained in sis;ver3l
The men who
are in custody are all blacks, and the 0
ip
has certainly
cleared for Mobile.

ANOTIIER OREAT MEETING OP UNEMPLOYE°
IN SMITHFIELD.

Yesterday afternoon, at one o'olock, another great
meeting of the unemployed artificers connected with the
building trade was held in the open space of Smithfield,
for the purpose of considering their general depressed
conviction, and to adopt measures for amelioration. The
attendance was much larger than o: the previous occa
sion, and the proceedings throughout ;;eing conducted
with the greatest decorum!and good order.
Mr.. HUGH PEARCE was unanimously called
to the
chair, and opened the proceedings with a very L'ug
address.
Mr. CHARLES MURRAY moved the following resolu-
lotion Teat this meeting, • consisting chiefly of
operatives unemployed (by causes for which they are
not responsible), demand of the authorities that the
means of existence be extended within our reach by
useful and profitable employment in agriculture and
manufacture ; that until such employment be
afforded, we fall back upon our ancient and indisputable
right to parochial assistance, unacompanied by the in-
sulting, debasing, and infamous conditions at present
persisted in." In support of the motion Mr. Murray
spoke at great length, complaining of the arbitrary. man-
ner in which the working-classes were treated by, their
rulers, and alleged as the cause the absence of political
power amongst their class. It had cost the country some,
millions to civilise Russia and the Kaffirs, and more
recently the Chinese at Canten, and therefore he saw no
reason why the Government should not end one or
two millions to civilise them, or, in other worsp ds, to alter
their condition. (Cheers.)
The motion having been- seconded by Mr. DOWNING,
Mr. KENT wished to say a few words, but in conse-
quence of some remarks that fell from him several per-
sons exolaitned that he wished to disturb.the harmony
of the meeting, and after some slight confusion, Mr.
Kent proceeded, and suggested that those present should
parade the streets in procession, and also that • they
should endeavour to obtain political power based on the
princiVe of the people's charter.
The resolution was carried unanimously, After which,
Mr. M‘Heath, the honorary secretary, read a lengthy
address, calling on the employed not to work any over
time whilst one man was out.
The address was adopted, and a resolution pledging
the meeting to support the National Assiociation of
Unemployed of Great Britain was also carried, after
which the meeting adj ,urned.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH. EASTE RN.

The Bishop Auckland branch of this company's rail-
way was examined last week by the Government In•
speotor, and although a large traffic in coals and coke
has been carried over the line for some time, it was
thought advisable to allow the embankments a short
time longer to consolidate before opening the railway for
passenger traffic. It appears that the bridges and otbar
works have been well constructed and the signals satis-
factorily arranged.