New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-21
MARINE AFFAIRS.

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The BELGIAN MAIL S1EAMERs-SorrHAMP1oS
JAN 1.-The Belgian mail steamship Belgique, Capt.
Tack, arrived of Southampton last night from Ant
werp, on her way TO New York This steamer being
the precursor of line Of steamships to run between
Belgium and the United States, calling at South
ampton, the Mayor and Corporation Of Southampton
invited the captain and officers TO dejeuner at the
Audit House yesterday; but as the Beigique was de-
ayed on the passage by slight arrangement of the
boiler, she did not arrive until some time after the
hour fixed for the entertainments the banquet accord
ngly took place and went off without The attendance
Of any one connected either with the ship the
pany to which the Begigue belongs. The Belgque
was to have taken her departure to-day for New York
but owing to the disanangement Of the machinery
and the necessity Of taking in GOALS she has csme into
the tidal BASIN The Belgque had the misfortune to
nun on shore off Handle In making the Southampton
River but it il believed has sustained damage.
When entering the docks this afternoon, the ship
greeted with royal salute from the Platform Battery
She Is fine-looking iron screw steamship OF about
1900 tuns register, bark rugged, and constructed by
NJ Won Vlissingen Of Amsterdam. The sccOmmOda-
tons for first and second class passengers of the
usual description. One feature of the line is the pro-
vision made for the conveyance il each ship Of 400 or
500 Storage passengers i'll open berth arranged SINH
lar to the emigrant ships In these berths large
number of the Belgian, Dutch, French, Swiss and
other emigrant passengers will doubtless be earned
The Begique will take but few passengers and small
quantity Of freight from this port, and the precise time
cf her departure for NewYork is at present uncertain.
The United States mail steamship Washington, hav.
ing been recauked and coppered, has come out OF the
craving dock and is coaiDg and taking in cargo. She
Is to leave for New-York on the 9th inst.
The NICARAGUA FILLIBusTERs.-The United States
propeller Arctic, which OF the vessels engaged
in guarding the steamer Northern Light while under
arrest, has been kept at the NavyYard ever since
with steam up, and armed and equipped in readiness
TO stop any similar expedition that may attempt to
leave this port.
The SIEAN FRIGATE NIAGARA.-George Steers has
removed the staging from the sides of the steam.
igate Niagara preparatory to her launch The work.
men still engaged upon the ways at the stern of the
ship She will have to slide upward of 400 feet to reach
the water.
Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY-osE COOLIES KILLED
ON AN AMERICAN SHIP.-Letters from Manila by the
America to the 9Th inst give an account OF dread
full occurrence on board the American ship Waverey,
conveying coolies from China to Peru. The captain
having died, the ship put into Manila, when some
disturbance took place board, and the Chinese, to
the number Of $50, driven below and the matches
closed On their being opened again, PSI men were
found dead Some were killed by sufocation, and
some by boiling water poured down upon them through
the matches by Capt. French. The following letseT
addressed to Ellwood Walter, esq., Secretary of the
Board of Underwrte of this city relates the facts in
the case
"MAsrLLA, Nov. 9, 1855.
"ELLwooD WALTER, ESQ, Sec, &c, New-York;
"DEAR SIR: We inclose herewith papers OF yester-
davis date in which is account OF tragcal occur
renee on board the American snip Waverley, which
vessel took coolies on board at Swatow for Calao and
pu in here 25th ut. for an officer Capt W Gilman
having died few days before. There are many con-
Acn9 accounts as to the amount of sickness on board
and a notice published in The ORclGi Gazette here,
which we ncose asserts that the captain stated TO the
health officer in the first place that Capt Welman 'led
from dysenery, and many of the coolies from the same
dist ace. =,
awe are informed however, that but two of the
coolies died between Swallow and this place, and that
Capt. Wellmans complaint was not dySentery so that
there seems to have been not the slightest necessity for
ordering the ship into quarantine and as the first officer
of tie PtGnix quite willing to ship IN her with the
consent of Capt HOMER her master, it Is most unor.
tunate Il n the Waverey was not allowed 10 proceed
at q ca TN her voyage.
"Af,r ur, ceeGirg 10 the anchorage ordered distant
5, ut seven eight miles from them, ana niue or
two from Cavite preparations were being made to
take IL. body If Capt w. on shore, when the rising
of tie cooli. occurred Ii would appear by evidences
sI &c collected that there but few troublesome
Ct alaers among them and that thoee were the leaders,
tie riotng being queled almost immediately, AFTER
few shots from the crew which killed and wounded two
or three coolies only the rest retreating below The
patches were put o. and chains or other heavy things
paced on them and will remain in this state until the
agents are heard from. The chatereS OF the vessel
Frerc h upen so nhuman an act, which threatened 10
result in greet loss of life. In fact upon removing the
matches il was thought that number was suffocated,
and upward of forty bodies taken out, when the
coolies were again ordered below, and the bodies
thr,wn overheard. Eventually, as We hear, 1t was
found that 900 lad pershed-a part, as examination
las proved from the effect of boiling water poured
down the matches and the remainder from suffocation
"There can be little question that measures taken
were unnecessarily harsh, and that the rising was
ouelled almost Immediately, with very trihng loss OF
lie among the coolies and that no consultation was
held by the ofce and in consequence, the latter are
now imprisoned here, aud judicial investigation Is IN
process
In addition to the above We extract the following
from The China Mail Of Nov. Is;
"The Waverley, an American ship of 80 tuns, re-
Gently sailed from Annoy with 442 coolies for Havana
or Calao The captain having died shortly after her
departure, the first mate IN command oil TIE vessel
took her to Manila for the purpose Of procuring
another officer TO take his place. On anchoring at
Cayte would appear the mate had alarmed the cap
tain of the port about the sanitary condition OF the
ship which prevented free intercourse with her and
as beside the captain, one OF the coolies had ded the
ureiudces of the Chinese were offended al the mode
IN which the burial was about 10 be conducted or al
some other UNEXPLAINED treatment of the dead bodies
Bu, the only explanation accorded 10 them was the
mates lifting a revolver and shooting down one or
more Of their number, the rest being driven without
fisslty below and made secure under matches, with
ont any precaution apparently any thought about
ventilation. The mate thereafter attended the cap
sin's funeral and spent the day on shore and wa
not until after midnight that the agents OF the snip
who NAV till then have been unaware how the matter
stood took alarm and insisted that the MAZE should
then ASCERTAIN the state OF his human reight aud So
a, o oiclock next morning, twelve hous after the
matches had been put on. they were removed 10 as
discover that PSI of the coolies were feless copses
As more were missing, leaving only lio OF whoin sew
eral are not likely to surNtve me uats snu and