Polynesian., 1857-08-22
j. JACKSON.
klulu, Avg. q, 1857
he Clipper Ship Kamehameha Nv.

Cbe Clipper Ship KaIneh lmeha Nv.
5E fine vessel arrived here on Monday last, in 1l6
s& m Liverpool. fifteen days cut of ich she was
.IsI eI. She experienced light and contrary winds
~ Horn and when of there, good weather. \
81 s after, she met with two heavy g'e-, each Of
Ill four hours duration When of Madeira,
81 pcri.an clipper ship Eayle Speed, which the
s.. aata ". left at Liverpool, and which
! hree days after her dep ,rture, hove in sight,
zOrtly came up with her. The Eagle Speed
s. ballast, bounl f,r Melbourne, N S. w, and
Il. f.yore with good hreezes since she left port.
zeI ships kept company for seventeen days, during
i oir sailing qualities were vel tested by the two
la lers, each using every exertion to outs1il the
F but on the morning of the 24th Of May,
- Speed was left some considerable distance
ns and was not ag lin seen. The KamehanaehG
s furnished with Cunninghlm's Patent Reefng
-; which have attracted great deal of atten-
81 ong cur old e,-flring friends on shore. We
- following extract from the Liverpool Telegraph
sf ping Gazette respecting them:
Letter from Captain Powell, of the Steamship
"a ssIan,' 1885 tas registe, dated LiyerpoO l7ih
sssE IA, ls57:
~ Slt--As fancy yon viii be anxious hear how
zf bingham Patent T"ps1Ils answered during the late
81 ch mared, have very great pleasure in
BAT they exceeded aIi my expectations, aud that w
W. rresr benefit from them-iu instance when we
- have alot, reduced our opSaIls from
<R q close reel Win the ttesi ease and facility
va bot been fitted II i Impossible say whaT the
81 wo al hIye beeR; severe was ih. gale 1t the
aite- being sn1g cose -reeed, the canvas was bioAn
unit #
N m ali positions, and both myself aud officers con
Hr CInnin-ham's invention rhouid be adopted in
.s<k Crossing the Atlantic.
sc. POWELL. Commanders
9ang, Esq Agent fer Canunghans P,tent Top
aaI IA ,n opsaiI yards of the Circassan are IS
's4 the siugs."
g apain informs US that two men, with this new
ef flnachinery, can do the work of sixteen.
Be Ilao.sh1maha ~. is 164 feet long, and 26
Fiae. Her tonnage is 499, but she has on board
ss Of 500 tons, probably one of the most valuable
asnsht to these Islands, which is being landed in
d. order. She is a pretty modelled ship, but We
81 e opinion her length is too much for her beam.
80 is round and neat. but her cabin accommoda-
Is< small The Captain also informs us that with
ls Bic breeze he can easily set out of her twelve
J 4 hour.
kh lowing is a list of packages she has on board
pkS sundries, s cases French goods, casks white
asks paint, $50 tins Hnseed oil, case muslin
50 bales sundries, l3 cases biscuits, % cases ho-
~ pkgs. cottons, 6 cases sundries, % pkgs
goods, $50 tierces bottled ale, 80 tierces porter,
1
11s ale 100 cases bottled ale, 50clses champagne,
- bottled beer, 143 cases wine, pkge, hose, .
<splens, 80 boxes pipes, $50 bags and 228 tierces
4k tierces blacksmith's coal, $500 boxes soap, 5
fetlead, bdls. crowbars, eask hammers, 8
E casks hardware, 20 boxes tin plates, 200 bdls.
9n, 20 bdls. fencing wire. book safes, 20 tier
1s'F ware, 19 pkgs hardware, 20 wheelbarrows,
Saddlery, 50 crates aud ] cask earthenware-