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Show THE. PRIZE OF THE VENEZUELEANS. An Kng-llth Bark lleaed Without Any Kr-aaa Kr-aaa Divan. New Yokk, Feb. 2. The steamer "Andes," Captain Evans, from Trinidad Trini-dad January 26th, arrived yesterday, bearing as passengers the captain and crew of ten men of the British bark "Lydia Preschau." siezed by the Venezuelan Vene-zuelan government October 18th. The captain reports that, being sick and unconscious, un-conscious, he was taken ashore in a small fishing vessel to the Hospital at Trinidad and tbat while the bark was beating around in charge of the mate, she became short of water and put into Margarita island and before anchoring an-choring sent a boat ashore asking for water. About fifty soldiers rowed out in small boats, eight of whom were sent aboard the bark. They look the mate and second mate ashore and kept them there, leaving no one on board who could take the vessel to ws. They supplied sup-plied the bark with food and treated the men generally well, hut stripped the vessel's sails and took the captain's clothes, watch and jewelry. On November Dth the captain char- tered . the steamer "Muriel" to go to Margaritn island and look the bark up, but when they reached the island the authorities refused to give the vessel up, offering no cause whatever. On the 10th all the sailors were sent to La-guayra, La-guayra, to the British consul. On the 'I'M the captain again visited the vessel with orders from the governor of Trinidad Trin-idad to the Venezuela consul there, but he still refused to give up the vessel. ' (lot), the English governor, then ordered or-dered the captain to . proceed to New York, as it would take at least a mouth to settle the matter. The hark was hound from Wilmington to Trinidad with yellow pine lumber. |