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Macquarie Harbour. 
was very low; indeed it became so short, that the Com¬ 
mandant found it expedient to despatch the pilot Bow- 
hill to Hobart Town. At Port Davey, however, he 
met the government brig Tamar , bringing supplies, and 
the intelligence of the capture of the Cyprus; a circum¬ 
stance of serious inconvenience, not only to the settlement 
at large, but particularly to the officers, every one of 
whom had some private supplies on board, and several 
were considerable losers. 
It appears that the Cyprus left Hobart Town on the 
28th July, 1829, for Macquarie Harbour, with sup¬ 
plies, thirty-one prisoners, and a guard: they were de¬ 
tained eight days at Recherche Bay. On the 29th she 
drove from her anchors, and was again weather-bound 
till the 16th August. During this period a conspiracy 
had been formed amongst the prisoners, and on the day 
mentioned the officer of the guard (a lieutenant of the 63rd 
regiment), the medical officer, who was proceeding to 
Macquarie Harbour, and the mate of the vessel, having 
left the brig in a boat to fish, whilst the remainder of the 
guard, with the exception of the two sentinels and of the 
passengers, were at tea, the mutineers considered this a 
fit opportunity to carry their projects into effect. 
Five of the principal leaders were on deck at this time 
out of irons, which had been imprudently struck off. 
These men succeeded in diverting the attention of the 
sentinels from their duty, and then, making a sudden 
rush, ’secured them and their arms. They next shut up 
the three hatchways by placing on them hencoops, billets 
of wood, &c. 
The military fired three or four shots through the 
hatchway, but with no other effect than to blow off the 
sleeve of the ringleader’s coat. The acting master in 
attempting to expostulate was severely beaten; one of 
the soldiers also, who had resisted, was so severely 
