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Evening Star, Issue 3464, 30 March 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-MOKROW. , , Hr ads I Botfr Chalmers!. Dunedin ' 1,45 p.m. s#. own. ’,% ; 1 3.6 PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. March 29— Maori, 8,g., 118 tons, Malcolm, from Imarn. J- Mills, agent. Passengers; Messrs Fisher, Wilson, Wright, Knight, and I 0 steerage. t OTIS > Edie, from Oamarn. J* agent. Passengers: Messrs Tucker, Mawhinriy, MTntosh; Franklin, Wylie, Taylor, and 10 steerage. tons; - Fraser, from the Bluff. H. Houghton and Co., agents. Passengers :-Mr and Mrs Toles, Mrs. Harvey, 2 children, and servant, Messrs. Philips, Watson, Mason. Reeves. Marfouht, Neran,'Mezie, Cox, Gaitb Shaw, Ooncoh, Kinnord, Webber Captain EUis and lO Chinese. Taranaki. s.s., 291 tons. Wheeler, from Lyttelton and the North. 'W.'F. .Wheeler, agent. Passengers: Mr arid Mrs Joel, Misses Wilson, MorgapJ Messrs Anderson, Goodworth, Thomson, Newman, Mendelshon,. Levy, :■ Brooks, Downs. Captain Cleverly. ; Southern Cross, barque, 324 tons, Boon, from Hobart Town. Guthrie, apd Lamach, agents. Passengers: Mrs Haskel and' son, Mr and Mrs Besier, Mrs Levien _ and 2 children, Messrs James, Brooks, Currie, and 18 steerage. Euphrosyne, schooner, 75 tons, M‘Lean, from TSmatn. Master, agent. Oomerang. p.s., 152 tons, ‘Hughes, from Timarn. W. and G. Turnbull, agents. Trevelyan, ship, 1041 tons, Loftus, from London, December 2nd. Russell, Ritchie and Co., agents. Passengers; Rev. Mr and Mrs Davis, Miss Davis and Master Davis, and servant, Mr and Mrs Harkness, Rev. Mr Southerland and Master Southerland, Messrs Gardiner, vowell, Downes, Navin, Pyeroft, Austin; 2nd cabin—Mr and Mrs Richards, Miss Nicolls, Messrs Lodge and Jackson. March 30—Fanny, 25 tons, Andrews; {from Waikbuaiti. Annie, 25 tons, Haswell, from Moeraki. SAILED. ’ March 30—Pioneer,, 22 tons, Matheson, for Oamarn.

. , VJi .Albion, ;for fluffy Aprils, , , , for Lyttelton,' Abril 1, , Claud Hamilton, for Northern Ports, April 1. ' City of Dunedin, : for.L6ndbn, Maioh^GL • Comeranß for Timaru, March 31. 1 •'Dtinfillan, for London, early. • Helen Bums,-for Louden, April 15. Eassa, for Newcastle, early; •, < 1 Lady of the Lake, for Molynenx, March 30, Mongol,; for San Francisco, April 7. Margaret Galbraith, for London, April 15. Samson, for Oamaru; March 31. , Serene, for Auckland, early. ~ ' for Northern Ports' March 31. . wangahui, for sluff, April 1; ‘ Warmck,ior London, April 16,.. W., Gin'dall, for Lyttelton, March 31 ji. poyder on boatd the ship Trevelyan was ifaansmpped this morning into the schooner Ark. ; -On account of the inclemency of the weather the discharging and loading of the various ships was postponed this morning. The p.s. Comeranjf arrived at 6.15 p.m. yesxerday from Timaru, and steamed alongside the' jflup Margaret. Galbraith to discharge cargo. The ketch Plying Squirrel, which for seme -has been trading to Shag Point, has been Munroe, .of Lyttelton. Ie S.s. Maori arrived yesterday morning ■ from her special trip -to Timaru, and steamed' alongside .the ship Wild Deer to discharge tw^o. The. three-masted schooner Euphrosyne ar- ■ • T? j yesterday morning from Timaru, and &WW up to Dunedin to discharge cargo, after t ßp into the floating dock for an The a.B. Wanganui returned from her southern trip yesterday morning, and after landing her mails and passengers at the old jetty,, steamed alongside the ship Helen Sums to diseharge cargo, Harhor Company’s p.s. Samson arrived worn Oamarh on Saturday night, and steamed Wongsidc the ship Warwick to discharge cargo.' Mor passengers wore conveyed to Xiunedin by then,s. Gulden Age. The ketch Penny arrived yesterday from j Ji'v to which port she took a cargo of fropi Gatlin s River, but oh account of wAter on the bar, was compelled to discharge outside. Captain "Andrews reports the cutter Grace bar-bound, and cannot get

n .. ' ° , „ received news by a private telegram , brigantine Herald, which arrived at ; Lyttelton on Saturday, reports being in com. pany with Mr Street's yacht Winona (from the ■ fr/Bmiks Peninsula till early on The s.B. Taranaki, Captain Wheeler, loft Manukau at 1 p,m, on the 23rd, and arrived at T«anald at 7 aan. on the 24th; left at 9 a.m.. &t Nela °n at 1 a.m. on the 25th; : and arrived at Picton at 10,30 same day - left at 5 a.m, on the 26th, arriving at Wellington at 12.30 p.m., having fl^ OnC | 0 i S:E -. gale he4vy sea in thd afc ® P- m -> and arrived, at a.m. on the 27th : left again 5 p.m. on the 28th, and arrived at 1, p m ; Experienced S.E. winds and sei . S O S !Wemngt o n. We thank her purser, Mr u. d. iSammston, for report and files. Yesterday morning the, barque Southern Cross was signalled at the Heads, and the tug welongproceededdown andtowed her up to ter, apqhorage pffiUarey’s Bay. Captain Boon reports leaving Hobart Town at midnight oh Jihejlflth, and cleared the land at 11 a.m. next {LI ? ad a “? rt heriy wind for forty-

h° u ™, with thick weather; then light r y?™ ble L^ inds > thick weather; till'nuking the West Cape on the 27 th; th en moderate easterly breeze for sixteen hours: came through Foveaux Strhits on the 28th, and passed Bog Island at 6 a.nn on the»29th, with light, variable winds; .. Nugget* afc midnight with a strong ' rr'l** wind,; which continued till making the Heads at 10 a.m. yesterday. We thank Oapt. boon for Hobart Town papers, i-psterday afternoon the signals at the Heads : whotcaa slup to the southward, which proved '■tor f be the-long-expected ship Trevelyan. The tug Geelong .immediately proceeded down and towed her up, under the charge of Pilot Stevens, and anchored in the Quarantine - Astound, the ship having powder on board. Captain Loftus kindly gave us the following report Left Gravesend on the 29th of November, and on account of contrary winds anchored in the Downs; got - tinder way again and took her final departure from the Start on the Bth of December, had light vari- ' aWe'winds, and passed Cape de Verde on the 31st, caught the N.E. trades which were good, kt,"22 N., and crossed the Equator on the 14th of January in long. ,25 W.; the. S.E, * trades were then caught and carried until reaching the Cape on the 17th of February; xrom thence variable winds to Kerguelen, which was passed on the 3rd of March, and the meridian of Tasmania on the 21st, with strong S.E. wind*, which lasted for three days. Variables - were then experienced until'sighting the SouthWest Oapi on the 27 th, with cloudy weather, vhec eksting being run down in 48 S., then-light and variable wind# along the coast, and sighted . the, Heads at 2 p.m. yesterday. She brings sixr teen saloon and six second cabin passengers, all Laving enjoyed’ good health on the voyage. There” was; one death—Alfred Jeanne (cook); • aged 40, from bronchitis, who had feeen suffering for five weeks before his death. Captain Lottos reports speaking a number. ~of vessels, . Among, them, on the 15th of December, the ban ana Hylton Castle, from London to Auck- . land, in bit, 42 N., long. i 5 W.; on the 16th of 'JahuAry, the City of Adekidfc, from Adelaide , to London, seventy-five days out, in lat. 25., , ’ long. 27 W.; and on the' 28th, the ship Peter Denny, from Dunedin to London;' in lat. 31 S., - 25 W., thirty-three days ; same day, Renown, from Melbourne to London; and on the 9th of , February, spoke and boarded: the, British barque Satsuma, frotp Sunderland, bound to ttie O&pe jf Goqd ip Jat. 6 Wj. Some particulars concerning the Satsuma Are to be found in the next column.

MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS. OnFebruary 9, in lat/36 S., long. 5 W., the Trevalyn spoke and boarded the barque Satsuma, of Sunderland, bound to the Cape of .Good Hope, and the following particulars of a meeting onboard were obtained • STATEMENT OF. THE CAPTAIN. January 29, 1874 : lat. 31, long. 24. I, William Leslie, ,master of the barque Satsuma, of Sunderland, on a passage from Cardiff to Table Bay with a full cargo of coals, was, on the morning of the 29th January about 5 o’clock, surprised in my bed while asleep by three men seizing me. One of them, the instant I raised my head, put a rope with a slip-knot over it, trying to strangle me ; another had a hatchet above me; the third had a revolver pointed at me; and the three of them •with murder in their eyes. I, with the strength which despair alone gives, sprang from my bed, closed with and pushed through them on my way to the fore-cabin, where the mate was asleep, dragging the man after me who had the rope round my neck, but did not reach him before my skull was laid open by one or more blows from the hatchet, the blood streaming down my face and blinding me. My head reeled, arid I felt I could sink on the deck. I reached the. mate’s berth, who in an. instant sprang from his bed and saved me once or more

from being killed. Gathering all my strength again I rushed from the mate’s cabin and up the companion, and astoundingly dragged the man, who still kept hold of me, with the rope round my neck on to the poop. When I got' there I could get no assistance; but shortly afterwards was joined by the mate, who was soon overpowered by one of the mutineers, who was a very powerful man. At this time X managed to sever the rope; but from being half strangled, loss of blood, and suffering frorri the effects of the blows from the hatchet, I hardly knew what occurred. All that I can remember is there seemed to be revolvers in all directions, for the shots were whizzing round us, and'one of them aimed a blow at my head with ' a handspike, which partly hit me, knocking me down the, companion. After that I did not know what took place, for some, time, thinking all on my side were shot or drowned. Shortly after the mate came to me, having got clear of them by some means. I was very weak, and sat down in the after cabin, and was guarded from the skylight by one of the mutineers, who had a revolver in his hand. The mate was ordered from'me, they at this time having the full charge of the ship. The cook, one of theta, was sent down to the cabin, and handed up six rifles urider cover of their revolvers. They then looked down the skylight, and asked what boat they should takeand after my telling them, they coolly asked if I was much hurt. On sayirigthat I was, they said they were sorry for it; that if I, being such a powerful man; had kept quirt I should have been all right. They then took the second boat in size, with mast, sail, and six oars; one bag of bread, a,breaker of water, wine, whisky, rum, one cheese, one ham, one log-line, a bag of nails, a compass, a chart from the mate, pipes, tobacco, matches, some small cordage, also clothes belonging to other members of the crew. They were now calling for, the man Dunn, as they wanted to hang him before leaving. When I heard what was wanted, I begged the ringleader (steward) to spare his life. At this time one of them had been down below, and had called for him to

come out, and fired his revolver in the dark several times. He was stowed away under 1 some rope, so he could not find him. They then took the rammer belonging to the large gun, ; at,the same time putting a spike in the gun, also taking a quantity of black paint to disguise the boat, she then being white, with green ; border, and with blue bottom inside. They also cut many of the running ropes, taking saw, chisel, and life-buoy, the ringleader 1 sitting above, looking down the skylight,. with a revolver in his hand, giving his orders in the coolest manner possible. Shortly after, the six. left the ship, it being nearly calm, standing to the west. SEOOND MATE’S REMARL3. At 5 a.m. I was in charge of the deck, and had just finished my coffee, when the steward came behind me and seized me by the shoulders, two others coming to help him. They threw me on the deck, one of them getting on the top of me, and another one of them held a pistol to my forehead, and said if I spoke he would blow my brains out, and the other two lashing my hands and legs. I asked them what they were going to do, and they said if I kept quiet they would not hurt me; if not, they would throw me overboard. They then slung me with a rope, and lowered me down the after hold, and then put the hatch on. I shortly after heard the captain cry for help, and heard a rushing going on aft. Shortly after one of them looked down the hatch to see if I was still lying there. 1 asked him where the captain was, and I was told that he was dead. After the boat had left the ship the mate came and set me free. REMARKS OP DDNN, A.B. At 6 a.m. I was asleep on the deck, and was awoke by Beetram, and told to go on the forecastle. I went to the door, but found it was fast, and was told that something wrong was Kon, and if I interfered it would be worse b. Shortly after, seeing a disturbance on the quarter-deck, and knowing they had revolvers, I hid myself in the hold. After being there some time, I heard voices telling me to come out, but did me no harm. STORM SIGNALS. It is the intention of the Government to make some alterations in the present method of obtaining information of the state of the winds, sea, bars, &c., on the coast of the Colony, and also to establish a central office where the daily reports will be collated and studied with the view of obtaining therefrom data upon which forecasts of the weather can be made and storm warning signals issued. These duties will devolve upon the marine branch of the Customs

Department, and will be under the more immediate management of Commander Edwin, E.N., whose duty it will be to study the daily reports and other matter connected with the subject of forecasting the weather, upon the same principles as are now used by the meteorological committee of the Royal Society of England. Arrangements are being made with the Superintendents of the Provinces, by which means the harbor-masters, from whom it is proposed to receive the weather telegrams; will be enabled to communicate direct with the central office in Wellington, where information as to the height of the barometer, direction and force of the wind, state of the sea or bar, and on all matters connected with the state of the weather which can be afforded by the use of the Beaufort scale (B, blue sky ; C, cloudy; R, rain; S, snow ; &c,, &c.), will be received every morning. In addition to this, whenever any rapid fall of the barometer is observed at any station, notice of the l fact and the rate of fall will be sent to the central office. By these means it is hoped that, if the information as above stated be found sufficient for the purpose, the Government, at the expiration of twelve or eighteen mouths from the time when the system is fairly commenced, will be m position to issue storm warning signals similar to those used in the United Kingdom, of which full information is given in the International Code Signal Book. These storm signals will _ not be considered as giving compulsory notice, but are simply intended to convey the warning that bad weather may be expected from the quarter denoted by the signal made. So far as the cost of working this plan as proposed is concerned, it is expected that it will only entail a very small additional expenditure.—‘lndependent.’