Year: 1875

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before the magistrate, and remanded
until you are able to appear against
them.' f


"But / asked; 'What time did Capt.


Wilkes arrive on board the Wild Day
rel? 1t was some time after ten O'Clock
of that am sure.' t-.Fr rfsre


/" Yes he replied Il believe it was
jnst half-past ten when he pulled along
side, for five bells were struck from all
the other ships lying alongside of him


but not from his own, which at the time


he noticed as very singular As he ap-
preached the ship he saw two boats
coming from the direction of her, but
at the time he took no notice of them;
but there is no doubt, he thinks, that
these very boats contained the gang.'


I" But did they succeed in obtaining
any of the treasurer again asked.


!" No; not a cent of it, thanks to
Chubb. They had tried to pick, the
lock; and when they found that they
could not succeed in that, they tried
gunpowder, but with the same result
The two English seamen were found
tied in their hunks, and quite drunk.
They acknowledged that the steward
had given them three bottles of brandy
early in the evening as a present; and
they made good use of it, for they were
half-drunk the next morning. The rest
of the crew were too much afraid of
their own necks to offer any resistance
or give the alarm The Wild Dayrell
sailed a couple of days afterwards, but
with a fresh crew. And SO ended
Charley's account. ~ -'.-,


"About a week after this converse
tion," continued the narrator, al ap-
peared at the police court, and swore to
every one of the gang, eight in number.
They were sent for trial to the High
Court, and were all found guilty of mu-
tiny and conspiracy; and sentenced,
four of them to penal servitude for life,
two for fourteen years, and the remain
ing two for seven years each. Il


Amongst my letters from home l
was not long in noticing one in the
handwriting of my mother; this, singu-
lar though it may appear, | kept until
the last, and toyed and played with it
for minute or two before l opened it.
In that letter, gentlemen, occurs the fol-
lowing passage: What were you do
ing, dear John, on the night of the Sth
of March, at about ten O'Clock, from that
to half-past? will tell you my reason
for asking. l had been very poorly
during the whole of the day; so much
so, that, after cup of tea, about six
O'Clock, retired for the night. fell
asleep very soon, but it was a disturbed
sleep, and awoke two or three times
At about eight O'Clock Jane brought me
a cup of cocoa, and very soon after
wards / again fell asleep, and did not
wake until about half-past ten, when
awoke with fright. dreamed that
had seen you walking along some
strange street, and following you were
three or four Cinnamon. All at once
they rushed towards you, at which you
ran, but they ran faster than you did,
and were rapidly gaining on you, when
you at once made for the river, which
was some hundred yards distant. You
had gone about halfway when you
Slipped and fell down; Immediately the
Cinnamon were upon you, and one
saw with a long knife ready to strike
you; but with that l awoke with a
scream


"Now, gentlemen, wish to draw
your attention to the fact that the Sth
of March, as mentioned in my mothers
letter, was the same day that the Wild
Dayrell affair happened, and also that
the time from ten O'Clock to half-past
was the exact time that we were placed !
in the most imminent peril by the !
smashing in of the door-panel. You !
can call it what You like-a singular
coincidence, or any thing else you
please; but the fact remains that, while
on the very day and hour 1 was placed
in great danger of my life, my mother,
fourteen thousand miles away, in dear
old England, had dream in which
figured conspicuously; and although
the incidents of the dream did not ex-
actly tally with the actual facts of the |
case, yet they were so near the truth,
that think you will bear me out, gen.
tlemen, when state that it was a most |
extraordinary and remarkable dream"
English Magazine.