The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-12-31

| SHrP WILLIAM TAPscorr.--Some unusual proceed
ings on beard this vessel have created much excite
nsns in Wellington. n. z. Two or three months ago
the vessel. guAnO laden, from Endsrbury Island L
Queenstown. arrived at wellington With her captain
Mr.. Finn. in irons. OF course. arrival there he
was released; and he then preferred charge Of as
sanlt with intent to murder against the chief mate
Bernard King. and charge Of revolt against King
and also the second mate Edward Lewis and the
penter George Fulton. On the other hand, the crew
alleged that they had reserted to extreme measures
against the captain because Of his drunkenness and
cruelty and also because Of the alleged unseaWorth
Of the vessel On the captains behalf, the Am
erean consular agent applied to the Governor for an
extradition warrant against the persons named. His
Exeelleney held inquiry, and in his Judgment. he
gave the following summary Of the -" The evil
denee distinctly proves that the 2Srd day Of June
last the seized and imprisoned the captain the
officers not resisting; that certain individuals. Of
whom the carpenter was one. removed the nautical
instruments. arms. and charts from the cabin, and
put the chief mate in command that the
evening, the captain having escaped from eOnfne
ment and taken possession of the poop the two mates
took leading part in attempting overpOwsr him.
buS OuleA llaNo AIilS uPeu anu NuuuuAne uluis
the second mounting the poop to make him go below,
when he was cut down by the captain with axe;
that the captain having kept possession of the poop
for Eve hours returned to his cabin, which brok
into BY the crew, and he thereafter was kept in
irons until the arrival Of the ship at Wellington
the 25th Of July that the mate tried to take the
ship to port in New South Wales, but meeting with
contrary winds, bore up for New Zealand. For the
crew, it attempted to be shown that the conduct
Of the captain had been violent and yranniea that
be in the habit in the evenings of appearing on
deck in liquor, and that the day of the revolt he
was intoxicated early in the day when, having struck
several Of the crew. he placed the chief mate in ar
rest upon slight preteuees that the ship leaky
and that since her cargo taken board at En-
derbury Island, and when she fell in with fresh
breeEes she made water to such an extent that the
crew Overworked at tie pumps, and had reason
able grounds for believing her to be unseaWOrthy-
at least in the prospect of winters passage round
Cape Horn and that the captain refused to enter
tain the request of the that he would put into
port for examination and repairs but on the contrary
that he used reckless and alarming language. The
log kept by the mate records considerable increase
of water in the ships hold on the days Immediately
preceding these occurrences, and on the day and
night Immediately preceding the watch occupied
in pumping for greater part Of their time. The
vey made by direction Of the consular agent showed
that the ship in this harbOr making inches of
water hour; but since leak has been stopped by
diver, that quantity has been reduced, according to
another survey, to an average of Professional
witnesses, however consider that amount of leakage
in connection with certain failures of the structure
indicating unseawOrthiness, and at the period of
the revolt" His Excellency decided to surrender
the accused to the consular authority for conveyance
to the United States Much sympathy is felt for the
prisoners by the public. 1t may be added that Cap
tain Chalis, of Il. NJ. S. Rosario has declared the
ship unfit to proceed on her voyage, and has shown
by her own log that before the mutiny she had
at times made much 10 inches Of water per hour
Captain Finn, however, intends resuming his voyage
as soon rs he can get a to 90 with him.