Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-10-09
No. %

secure to each government the transmission of its own
messages by its own agents And provided further,
That it shall be in the power of Congress, after ten
years. to terminate said contract upon giving years
notice to the parties to such contract.
The Act of Parliament Received Royal Assent July 81,
1851
Section 56-An messages and signals sent or for
Warded for transmission and delivery for her Majesty
or on her Maestys service shall have priority all
other messages whatsoever and it shall be imperative
on the company, their officers and servants to trans
NIT and deliver such messages and signals accordingly
and to suspend the transmission of all or any other
messages until the said messages and signals shall first
have been transmitted Provided always That the
company may, in consideration of guarantee or sub
sdy granted secured by the government of the Uni
ted States, equal in rate that granted by
or on behalf of Her Maestys government, grant and
extend to the government of the United States the like
priority for intelligence and for their SERVICE over
all other messages and signals whatsoever except those
for her Majesty on her Majesys servce and after
they shall have done, and shall have notified their
having done to the Lords Commissioners of her Ma
jestys Treasury the messages and signals the SER
vice of the government of the United States shall
thenceforward be entitled to, and shall have, during
the continuance in force of any such guarantee sub
sidy the like priority messages and signals for her
Majesty her MaeStys service, over those of all
other persons whatsoever, and thenceforward MESA
ges and signals for her Majesty, on her Majestys
service and those the service of the government of
the United States shall, between themselves, have
no right Of priority, but be transmitted and delivered
respectively in the order of time in which they may
be respectively rendered for transmission and deliv-
| cry.
Section 62-At all times from and after the period
of twenty years from the opening of the said lines
of teegraphc communication for the transmission of
messages, whenever one of her Majesty's principal
Secretaries of State for the time being shall be of Opn
ion that circumstances render it expedent in
her Majestys government the control of the operations
of the company it shall be lawful for such Secretary Of
State by warrant undf his hand, to possession
to be taken Of all the teegraphs and eegraphic ap
paratus Of the various stations of the company, their
licenses assigns for the space of week from the
date of such warrant, for the purpose of preventing
any communications being made signals given,
such shall be directed and authorized by any such
Secretary Of State, and also by further successive
rants cause possession of the said telegraphs and
telegraphc apparatus be retained from week week.
long any such Secretary of State shall deem such
possession exPedent for the public service Provided
always, That for every week during which possession
shall be so retained, the company, their licensees
assigns shall receive from and be paid by the Lords
| Commissioners of her Majestys treasury, the same
amount of profits the company would have made in
case they had continued the working of the said tee
graphs, such profits to be computed upon average
of the weekly profits of the company for three months
Immediately preceding the issuing of the first of the
| sadwarrants
1t will be seen from the foregoing acts that nei-
| ther government possesses any privilege which
the other government does not equ lily possess.
The sixty-second section of the act of incorpora-
| ton only commences to take effect in twenty-five
years after the opening of the lines, and when the
gratuity to be paid by our government ceases.
| Then, and not till then, the British govern
ment exercise any exclusive control over the tele-
graph, under any contingency whatever.
CHARGE OF BURNING SHIP AT SEA.-TRc accused
brought 10 This city for trial. Last Saturday af-
| :, II Il a ID
of New Bedford arrived in this city, bringing with
him Conrad Emmel, third mate, Alonzo WOrden,
fourth mate, Augustus Harmon and George E.
Austin, seamen, all of the whaling ship" COrtes,
of New Bedford who are charged with setting
fire to the ship on the 2d of March last, off the is
| land of Madagascar. These accused persons, to-
gether with E. F. Lakeman, captain of the {" Cor
! tes,' arrived at New Bedford on Tuesday last, in
the whaling ship s' Herald" Capt. Slocum. An
drew Cornell and Albert d. Sisson, two of the
crew of the 90 COrtes," were also brought home in
the 60 Herald " as witnesses in the case. The ac
cused were committed to Jail to await examination
A correspondent of the TraUeller says:
"The charge is that of setting fire off the island
| of Madagascar, March ID, to a ship containing
| thirty-two persons, who were Obliged to take to
the boats leaving their vessel to entire destruction
but were picked up by the whaling barque Brew
ster and taken to Port Louis. At first it was sup
posed that the fire was accidental, but after de-
yeopmentS have led to the suspicion strengthened
by the confessions of some of the crew, that the
vessel was desgnedly set fire by some of the Of
| fcers and crew. who have had trouble with the
captain and desired get clear Of the ship, FROM
which there no opportunity OF deserving
Their plan, 1t is supposed, was, alter setting the
ship on fire, to leave of the boats, but their
latter design was in some way prevented. Had
they succeeded those left behind would, probably,
have perished with the vessel. The statement of
the captain is that the fire discovered break
ing out at about midnight, by the third mate
Every attempt to check the spread of the flames
proved futile Before taking to the boats they
had but poor chance to provide for their dan
gerous VOYAGE, but fortunately they were and
rescued after being but few hours upon the
ocean. Two of the persons engaged IN the attempt
are to be used as government witnesses. One OF
the crew makes Il statement that when the h1rri-
bic crime was committed. the two leaders, who
had descended to the hold To set tow and Oakum
and other cOmbustibes on fire, had very mar
row escape the dense smoke which Immediately
arose causing a suffocating feeling, and if there
had not been a rope hanging down they would
have miseraby Ierished. II Boston Journal Aug
ust 5h.
. The awful death OF Madame Paesikoff, one
of the most charming amongst all that beVy of
charming Russian ladies who sometimes gladdened
the winters of Paris has created terrible shock
in the circles she embellished. The unhappy lady
left Paris but short time ago on a summer tour
to Germany. While stepping from the door OF the
opera house, at Berlin, to gain her carriage, she
let fall one of her bracelets close to the pavement
Stooping to pick it up, she noticed at the time
IaDrb;n1Iv - that one of the horses belOnoino TO