Smashing Things.

From the time of their arrest the sailors seemed to have made their tem-page 239porary prisons a sort of Donnybrook. Such irons and handcuffs as there were were all in use, and some of the men were lashed to bolts in the transoms of the lazarette. The carpenter was called in more than once to repair the damage. Some of the irons were even broken, and eventually the carpenter was ordered to make a set of stocks, in which the men were placed. But even this did not restrain the mutineers, who forced the stocks open, and eventually smashed the apparatus.

Much to the relief of everyone on board, the ship at length, on July 13, 1864, reached Auckland. In response to a signal armed police went off to the ship, and the sixteen sailors were bandled off to Mount Eden. They were all brought up at the Police Court and charged with mutiny. The captain, in his evidence, estimated that the mutiny caused a fortnight's delay, and then he had to pay £20 to passengers to do the seamen's work. After hearing the case the Bench discharged six of the men. Three of the leaders were sentencd to sixteen weeks' imprisonment each, and the rest of the prisoners were sentenced to twelve weeks' imprisonment each.

The saloon passengers on this eventful trip were Lady Wiseman, Mr. Edridge (purveying officer), Mrs. Edridge and three children, Mr. Lightband, Mr. Olliver, Ensign O'Brien of the 43rd Regiment, Ensign Greigson of the 40th Regiment, Ensign Churchward of the 14th Regiment, Paymastor Ryder of the 40th Regiment, Mr. and Mrs. Ireland, Mr. Evitt, Mr. Wivall, and a party of natives. In the second class and steerage there were 122 passengers.