Cyprus mutiny Cyprus mutiny The "Cyprus" mutiny took place in 1829 off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Convicts seized the brig and sailed her to Canton, China, where they scuttled her and claimed to be castaways from another vessel. On the way, "Cyprus" visited Japan during the height of the period of severe Japanese restrictions on the entry of foreigners, the first Australian ship to do so. The mutineers were eventually captured. Two of them, George James Davis and William Watts, were hanged at Execution Dock, London on 16 December 1830, the last men hanged for
George Lawrence Davis George Lawrence Davis George Lawrence Davis (1830-1894) was commended to Madrid (Spain) from Leominster (Herefordshire) in 1863 to preach the gospel. After some years traveling through Spain with a Bible Carriage, dubbed "the armored vehicle" after an escape from being shot at, he moved to Gràcia (Barcelona), where he established free schools for children and adults, and where he published magazines containing different educational and religious topics, such as "La Aurora de la Gracia". He also founded a hospital that would be the embryo of the current “Hospital Evangèlic” in Barcelona. Looking for healthcare he came to Caldes de Montbui,