The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-21
MEMORANDA.

Capt Esvetc- Of the bark Yankee, reports: Sailed in COM
pay with the ship Hurricane, fo- Hongscng, and bark Onward.
for Japan The ship Ocean Express, to sail in a few days, or
y1nday, the 5th-vsinng for men We left the pilot at s A. VI.
Of the sd-had light winds all the passage.
Cape Keyte, of the schooner RamehameAa ~, reports.
Was four days On the passage tc French Frigate Shoals, with
moderate easteriy breezes, but at times very light. Sighted Bird
and Nccker Islands Hove to SIX hours, waiting for daylight,
and At q A. NJ saw the Shoals bearing g by W., ! miles, and
Island Proper 3. by W. IL miles distant Stood through the
entrance, hauied TO the wind, and beat up 20 the desired iset
came TO an anchor at 4 P. Mound the party on the islet all
wen, showing signs OF having been very industrious during our
absence. On the following morning, proceeded to load the
schooner W raising the sunken anchors. &c, and taking them
On board remained tEo days, and started deeply laden on the
morning Of he ID, wind east, .nd current setting strong to the
S-W- ns the trades in "a n and along that and the adjacent
parallels had very light andbaning winds from Sc to g; re-
gained the trades In 26 ~ and 1865 W. stood southwark, and
made east end n MoIokai at daylight on the 18th, bearing S. %
miles Have not seen = sail during the entire passage, except a
fore and-af schooner between Molokai and Maui. The trade
winds have been very unsteady. and veering IN squalls from
ESE. wfth = heavy swell Weather throughout tolerably fair.
On sighting Nerker Island, which we passed at night, I found
the position given on the chart to be 20 miles from the truth
the iatitade as given by Scrie is y g. but is laid down on his
charts in &c 81 his longitude, Is laid down alike both in his
Episome and on his chart Is erroneous-7 miles. Being a fine
night, I determined, by trustworthy siderial observations, the
following position : lat q 35 ", and longitude 164 &c W. +;
this. 1 believe, nearly corresponds with the positions given by
Capt. Brooks, Of the Gambia 1 suspected on my last trip
something was wrong, because I had the ships place as bearing
n, "a nHes from the island. but could not see it-so this time L
sr-efef more sourhward, and found the above result
u Bark Humphrey EeLson, arrived on the 10Th inst. re-
ports Lei Liverpool May :, anil during the greater part Of
the passage had light winds and pleasant weather. May 81.
Lat % deg - min N, long IS deg Il min, spoke British bark
Abbotts, Reading q days out from Liverpool % Valparaiso;
May a. LAT Is deg 20 min \, long Is deg o. min, spoke British
bark yir.go. Is days out FIN Cardiff TO Nontevideo; May so, lat
8 deg 90 min n ,Jong "a deg 50, spoke ship City of Tangien, ~
days OUT from Calcutta to London Experienced strong gales
and heavy sea in The neighborbood Of the Falkland Islands.
Was about a month in getting round from the Falkland Islands
into good weather on the Pacific side. PASSED. the Cape in Lat
81 deg - min on the 22d July. On the 18th uly, in lat IS deg
10 min {, long So deg 50 min W, spoke British ship Minnehaha.
fnDm Sunderland TO C&dsra, IS days out Crossed the line in
~ Pseiae on the 9Th ult, in lat 10 deg 20 min. and sighted
q ehigh lands Of Maui4 O'Clock on the afternoon Of Sunday, the
1s<A inst