The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-09-06
MEMORANDA.

REroRT OF BsEK r. c. wYLIE, II. HALTERHANN, MAS
rER-Let the River weser on the 9th Of May anchored in
Dover Bay for the tide on the 10th passed the Landsend the
W Ions, ~ days cut ! ero. Z Sos : lI n 't s5 ! w Son e Ii :
% July, Go days out. From there around Cape Horn 20 SOC
gales from NV and sw, and much han and snow. Crossed
s ;ss aS ost n "a. Iss faf,ed IN ?, lI ao1o w long ,Ps 19h Of August los
One az the sailors died during the passage
REPonr or SCHOONER MAaELLAS CLoUD. CoucH. Mas
TEE--Let Auckland July 2sth, with light Sc wind July
2sEh, n NE gale, anchored in whangaroa Bay for two days /;
GA the Goth. moderated, weighed anchor and proceeded on the
days. Aug in, lar 25e 10 :. long I34e 4o' w spoke whale
ship Mary Frames. Wind sW with showers Of rain from lat
Aug l2th, strOug brezes At noon made Danger Island bear
.nE E4s. distance 10 miles Aug lIth, strong wind from east
wind nom the east up to lat Sc ". variable winds TO lat
Sr-suss Win squalls, wind \ and NE. Aug ~ g4i' ma sHI me
Island Of Hawai- ~ days from land TO land and arrived in
Honolulu Aug 3oSh, IS days from Auckland
RErORr OF STEAMSHIP COsTA RIcA, W. p. LArIDsE,
CoSzASDEH-Lsf San Francisco Aug I'D at5FN. Had
pleasant weather and avorabIe winds the whole voyage. Ar
rived In Honolulu Sept LIST al , ? n. after a passage Of nine
days. JAMES T. TUCKER, Purser.
+ U By the way Of Auckland we learn that the whaleship
Mary Hamilton, Of Melbourne. Capt Norton, was lost on 4
sunken reef between Pits and Napean Island, near Norfolk
Island, May 15h- She had on board So bbls sperm, Q months
made. she could Dot Be- GOT %. and was sold s1 he law 5r "a
George Clover, srmeriy Of Honolulu, was srst officer.
BY telegraph from Wellington, n. T., July 25th, to the Her
AID Of Auckland, We learn the following respecting the ship
Nm TGPscotf, Finn, master, which vessel Iet here on the
sh Of May last fer Enderbury Island
The William Tspseotr, an American ship Of 1900 tons.
bound from Endsrbury Island, for Queenstown, Ireland, with
1000 tons Of guaro, has arrived The vessel is commanded
by Bernard King, chief officer. The captain was in irons, and
had been shot Ia the knee by the mate, who gave himself up,
add demanded Thai the chief officer should take charge Of the
vessel. On The voyage the captain cut down one sailor with
an Axe and another with a cutlass, and committed further
brutahlies on the crew, who then mutnied. The vessel has
twelve feet Of water in the hold, and is believed to be unsea-
worthy.
The captains version Of the affair on the American ship
Nnlam TGpscoft il a. follows: The ship left Enderbury
Island on the 9th June All proceeded quietly until the
uEenty-t1ird day, when OF the Navigator Islands the chief
mate sulked duty, he was therefore ordered 20 his cabin. The
mate denied captains authority, and challenged his power To
keep order, also asked all hands TO be called an, in order TO
was complied with but the mate stopped the captain from eN-
pAining the matter, and complained % the crew Of the ship
being unit TO proceed round the Horn lie used violent Ian
guage, and the crew also became violent, insisting on the YES
sci being run to the nearest port. The captain replied that he
lid not think the circumstances justified the course, but II
necessary he would adopt IT, The crew refused duty. After
some negotiation between she captain and the crew, the latter
rushed AZ the former, knocked him down, and put him in irons.
and BY orders from the second and third officers confined him
10 his CABIN In the evening the captain get his irons of one
hand, and arming himself with the only available weapon IAN
INsl, went on the poop The second mate threatened TO shoot
hun. and was about TO carry the threat out when the captain
struck him with the axe on the cheek. The mate had pre-
bot without eject. The second shot took effect in the cap
tain's len knee. The crew began 10 pelt the Captain with all
sorts of missiles, and FIVE other shots were fired az him By the
mate. The captain was obliged 70 20 below. being severely
hrnisef- Since that he has been kept in his cabin, under close
arrest.