The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-17

Especial to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch |
New YORK, Nov 16-Lord Arthur
Somerset, mentioned in London dispatches
as one of the aristocrats concerned in the
Cavendish Square club scandal, which has
caused so much comment in the British
metropolis, is well known to New Workers.
and especially to the sheriff of Brooklyn.
He is son of the Duke of Beaufort and a
prominent turf man and made his appear
ance here three years ago in command of a
curiously rugged vessel called Tyburnian
The story of her cruise was as remarkable
as her appearance. Her complement Of
passengers consisted of dozen or more
young London club men, many of them
bearing distinguished names, together with
as many lively young women from the
French metropolis. The cargo consisted
of choice wines, liquors and cigars, and
when the wind fell at sea it had been the
custom for all hands to pipe to grog
The Tyburnian first attracted the atten-
ton of civilization when she was passed on
the Atlantic by large steamer whose Off
GERS were astonished to see the vessel with
all sails set blown hither and thither in a
light breeze while a fight seemed to be in
progress on board and d long gun on the
bow was fired off at nothing. The Tybur-
MAN appeared in this port with Lord
Arthur Somerset in scarlet and a white
tennis blouse pacing the poop deck. Old
sailors around the docks thought the Fly
ing Dutchman at last had been captured.
On deck the vessel looked like pirate
craft with her shining breech-loading
rifed cannon and other warlike imple-
ments. Aloft she was rugged like vessels
Of the olden time having three masts
square rugged, with multiplicity of small
sails and thread bare, weather beaten ropes
and spars. There were square window
panes along the sides of the ship with
flower pots and white curtains, and she
bulged out fore and aft, but had the lines
of a yacht under water. Down below the
Tyburnian was furnished like an apart
ment house with costly mirrors and Turk
ish rugs and highly finished woodwork,
and the saloon where the motley passen-
gers held high revel was gorgeously fitted
up with blue satin lounges and pieces of
sculpture.
Lord Arthur Somerset had no more than
arrived here with his companions than
trouble began. Creditors began to bear
down upon the aristocratic commander.
He had bought champagne in Portugal, and
skipped out without paying. New debts
were>contracted at every port and the bills
all happened somehow to get into the hands
OF New I DIRK collectors. The sheriff of
Brooklyn was about to sieze the vessel
when she fall into the hands of creditors in
this city. The Tyburnian had started out
from London having been formerly an
armed consort for the East Indian mer-
chantmen in the piratical days to look slow
and sail fast and Lord Somerset picking
her up at bargain, had organized a
grand iunketing expedition around the
world which he invited some of his club
friends to join at 81 200 each. Touching at
MADEIRA, Lord Arthur got intoa row with
the custom house authorities in the course
of which blows were struck and much
blood shed and the crew retired to the ship
and got under way but We're given couple
of parting shots from the forts. Then the
Tyburnian turned up at the New Orleans
exposition and fight ensued among the
male and female passengers, some of
whom left her there. She then sailed
from this city with the result noted above.
Lord Arthur Somerset and his friends
started from here to Yosemite valley
Creditors took $4,000 worth of wines and
cigars out of the ship and she was taken in
hand by Williams street shipping firm
who sent her to Australia with q cargo.