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with the officers; proceeded by train to Manchester
in the evening, to-inspect other regiments.
On .Tuesday-last,the 9th Lancers, now stationed
at Exeter, were inspected by Major-General- Hut-
chinson,.the newly-appointed Commandant of the
western district. The barracks were visited, ani
after a minute examination Major•Gleneral Hut-
chinson expressed himself much pleased Avail their
condition. To-day (Thursday) the regiment will
be entertained at a public, dinner by-the citizens of.
Exeter. The Mayor will preside, the high Sheriff
e'
actin°. vice-president. There is also to' be a .
short special service .at the cathedral immediately
before the banquet.
On Monday 4 officers and 132 non-commissioned
officers 'and privates, and 107 horses belonging to
the I.3th Dragoons embarked 'on board' the Iberia
steamship, at the Northwall,,Dublin, for Glasgow,
and thence to Edinlinrgh, where'the regiment will
be stationed until further orders. • •

Detachments of the Royal Marine Light Infantry
have left Woolwich during,the, past few days, in
draughts ranging from, 30 to 100 for service in
China. Yesterday a draught of 50 trained recruits,
having been inspected by the Colonel commanding
the division, !departed for Plymouth for similar
service. _ _

In addition to the survey of the marshes between I
Rochester and Gravesend, the authorities at the
`War-office have directed Col. W. Williams, the
commanding Royal Engineer at Chatham;.tO exa-,
mine several other localities in the neighbourhood
of Chatham, -in order that a selection may be made'
of a spot which presents the best. advantages for
being converted into a rifle range for the us.e'of
the troops of the Line, the .Royal Engineers, and,
the Royal Marines belonging to that garrison.
Yesterday both yegiments of Essex Militia were
disembodied after three weeks' trainin g and t.t. eraise.
The Essex Rifles, which. have been assembled at
Colchester, have mustered 23 officers, 27 sergeants,
9 buglers, and 491 privates. The West Essex Re-
giment, which has: been lying at ClielMsford,' is
about 459 strong. -
The half-yearly, inspection of the 14 Ptafford
Militia took place yesterday on Southsea-comm9U;
by Sir James York Searlett, K.C.8., commanding
south-west district. • •

DESPERATE ENOOUIA; TER WITR CO.Y-

VIM ON BOARD VIM

(From the-Oirrland Bombay Standard, Sept. `10.)"'
The story of the. Ararat, now in Bombay harbour,
would have satisfied us when, in our schoolboy day:;
we thought nothing more, inspiring than each
" Tales of the Sea," as narrated the bloody deeds of
pirates; and the righteous retributiou that scmc4
times overtook them.
The Arari..t is a, bark of 290 tons, owned by Raja?
Saleh Mabomed ibee, of Bombs commanded
by Capt: J. M. Correya: On the ;30th.,0f January
last she left Bombay with convicts for Penang and
Singapore. Having landed the men, and disposed
of his cargo, the captain tendered and was accepted
for convicts for Bombay, 12 of. whcm were ready
for deportation from Singapore,. and as many from '
Penang!. 4St as the esscl was ready• to leaV,
Captain Correya was informed that he Might have
a batch of pirates, the Esk having brought them in.
It seems that, shortly ln-fere the Ararat's arrival
at Singapore, complaints had. been made of twp
piratical junks prowling about the 'China Seas, pia
the steamer Hooghly, oilier Majesty's Indian Navy,
Captain Wright, was sent after them. Coming up
with them among the-islands, the steaniWs boats
were sent in chase, but oncoming within. Tange of
the junks' guns, each vessel carrying 10 or 12 6 th
12-pounders,,they were met by such a fire as' com-
pelled them -to return. The Ifooghly's armament
consisting of only two six-pounderM, the captain did
not think himself justified in proceeding further in
the matter, and steamed back 'to Singapore. On
his report;her Majesty's steamer Esk, Captain Sir
R. Maclure, ,was despatched in search, with the
mate of the Hooghly as a guide, and was happily
successful. On the junks catching sight of the
Esk, there being men on board them who were well
up as to her armament, discretion was thought to
be the better part of valour. A boat was lowered,
with some fellows who could speak a little English,
and pulled for the Esk. On coming on board they
showed Sir Robert a Singapore port clearance, in
ballast. But Sir Robert being far too old a salt
to allow any one to be put on his tail, coolly
gave the order to " Go a-head." In a twinkling the
Esk was alongside the junks, the crews were taken
on board, a draught to each junk made from the
Esk, and the gallant vessel, with the junks in tow,
steamed away for Singapore. These were the fel-
lows whom Captain Corrpya was told he might have
in addition to the ordinary convicts: They were
tried on shore, 52 in number, by a special session,
two being acquitted and the remainder sentenced to
transportation to Bombay, some for 15 years, some
for life. On the judge passing sentence they assured
him that if they got an opportunity on the voyage
they would not fail to take advantage of it and
murder every soul on board. They would rather be
hanged at once than transported.
With these 50 pirates on board, 12 ordinary con-
- victs, a guard of 15 European Madras Artillerymen
and eight Sepoys of .the Marina Battalion, the
Ararat left Singapore on the 19th of June, and ar-
rived at Penng in' the evening of -the 24th. 12
convicts were here added to the gang,sma,king 74
in all. _ _

The Ararat left Penang in the evening of the
25th, a junk leaving at the same time, and doing
her best to keep up with the ship. Captain Cor-
reyar not liking the appearance of things, dodged
his satellite, and finally lost sight of the craft on
the evening of the 27th. A few hours later the
Ararat was some 60 miles from Penang. The 28th
broke gloomily, Very dark, and sharp gusts of
wind. At 245 the captain ordered the mate to set
top-gallant-sails if the weather should clear, and lay
down again on the poop. His rest was of short, du-
ration. Ten minutes later he was aroused by a
noise, such an one as wakens a man broadly in an
instant. The noise, a crash as of something, giving
way, followed by a shout, startled the mate also as
Ike was standing by the bresk of the pool); There
Was no doubt as to the cause—the convicts had bro-
ken loose. Quick as thought, the captain leaped to
the deck and brought his arms—a revolver and two
pistOls—from the. cabin. The mate as instantly
aroused the guard, at the same time hailing the
sentry forward, but received no reply. He remained
by the night7gflard muskets until the guard turned
.out, before which the captain's revolver spoke from
the poop. The captain' on reaching the deck could
just discern that the convicts were making their
way aft.. They had advanced as far as the stern of
the long-boat when he fired into them. Still they
came on, a tumultuous rush, yelling like fiends, and
heaving before them blocks, hand-spikes, holystones,
firewood, curry-stuff grinders—anything, in 'fact,
they could lay hands on. Captain Correya was
severely struck by some of these missiles, as were
also several of the guard, who had by this, time
joined the Captain (the crew, Lascars and Spaniards,
being altogether without arms, having made their
way into the rigging) on the. poop. The gal-
lant party had no thought, however, of acting
on the defensive, but jumping to the quarterdeck
commenced a hand-to-hand fight with the scoun-
drels. Both the captain and guard fired into them
as fast as they could load, using alSo their Cutlasses
and bayonets to -keep them at bay. They had
desperate men to deal with. No sooner was a mu-,
ket fired-than a rush was made upon it before it,
could be reloaded, but in no instance did they suc-
ceed in wrenching it from the grip that held it for
life or death. One bayonet was their only. spoil.
During the whole -time they, kept up a flower of
the missiles described above, and it is only wan-
derful that more mischief. was not done by them.
Inch by inch, however, the captain and his party
gained ground, advancing purposely with caution,
lest from behind the water casks a rush might be
made upon them, and their arms--atheir salvation
—be seized. And here we have to record an in-
stance of courage as rare as heroic. Some 10
minutes or so after the outbreak, amid an uprar as
if of hell let loose, arising from men who were
thirsting for blood, the captain's wife took her part
in the fray, by loading and continuing to reload
her` husband's pistols, and passing them up from
the cuddy skylight. As each hatch was gained it
was seized by the guard and fastened down. After
an hour's bard fighting the convicts were driven on
to the topgallant forecastle, where they were charged
with the bayonet and several run through or driven
over the bows. Two or three were seen to lay hold
of the foretopgallant studding-sail, which was lying
on the forecastle, and j amp overboard with it. They
were shot from the poop and quarterdeck,' as. well
as the darkness permitted their being made out.
The deck now being clear, lights were brought
Many attemp ts had been made to get lights during the
fight, but as soon' as one appeared it was: knocked
over by the convicts, and the whole work was done
in almost .solid darkness. ' The sights which.the
lights -revealed were of the horridest. Here a than
with a gashed face, there • o.upthep cut almost in
two, there another riddled with the bayonet, there
one—yes, yet living, with four bullets through
him. The aspect of the place was that of a Haugh