ARRIVAL OF THE MAGELLAN CLOUD.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1819, 14 December 1875, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE MAGELLAN CLOUD.

ANOTHER TJNFORT!TN>TK WHALIJTG CRUISF,

The AuckKad whiler.Msgallan Clcufl returned to Pk?i. n' 6bt afw * tw-monthh' cruise, during wcich n.i wl la i e has been cv.tured. \r it w.-s known tnat she h* < been fitted f r a nin>-months'cruise, great Surp-ise was mauif-sted this m irninir when she vai 3a-n lying atancner in th" S're-»m, and it was at O Cr» <o jectured thit something untowa d had ocWirre«f. Jt w ,j : b» h»st to give t'apUm Uoxsie'a own accu it of »he Vf-S'el's a-He turei a nc^ leaving this PO't. two months ngo lie .r*d fiom Auckland on the 12th O:t T.-u-.Hed at Htmell, *nd t».k in whaling ge ir aa'l supplies and sale t on n whaHnts cruise on the Id h. • ailed at -unday Is and on the 2sth. having h«d «ome rou^h *eather iv ibe interval. On the 26th ctrriel away tin trns of tb« f«>rey*rd. and-split th-i fye t 'psail duriig a he .vy gile fr>m the south. JJepiiired datiiigfls next A*y At -und y Island went alter a hump-bvk whale. Got a cLance at him, but failed On fov mber 1, ;av the Ame ian wha er James Arco d nu the Varquez ground, in chase nf sp tm wh .les. Followed up the eh .se, a d lowered ai 6 p m, hut met with no success. Remained -n the ground v few days, thea Bt-er->d to the southward, and touched at Niuier on thn 21st Nbvemiw r.o fall* r«:p»tr damages. While lyirg there so engaged, it w« «itscovered that four s»am9n named J hn Cmninehaai, John Barton, He .ry Smith and Thomas G "rmsn had entered into a conspiracy to st al one of thi boa's and desert from the yes.-el, which was prevented by a careful watch being insti nted On finding th-ir plan frustrated, the men. on the 23rd » o»embjr, refusaii duty. They were given one day to refl jut and upon their still refusing, were eiveh into custody, and on the case being heard before the '-"apier justice?, they were sentenced to three months' imprisonment each, as they could give no sufficient reason lor thtir disobedience. At this timr- also the cook of the vessel, who had gone ashore ill for the purpose of poing to the hospital, committed a cowardly assault upon one of the Armed Constabulary of the place, and for this offence and for otherwise misconducting himself rpceiv-d a sentence of eight months hard labour. During these pioe-ediugs one of the tailors desert-'d, a-other was di curbed for sickness, and a otter for mTs^ond ct. This left the vesfe shr«rt handed, in which condition she left Nnpier on the 30tH Soveniber. On the Ist December ca led at MahUfor men, but met with no snecess Called at Txu-ang.l lor the same purpose On tin 11th. Sti 1 unsuccs sful, and not only so, but two more men desert d during the night. The Yes*el was now so v terly deficient of glands that C'P"*in Hoxsie telegraphed to Kussell-for men but w a answt-rpd that none cou d be got there. Acccrdr'n r\y a retuin to • uckiann «"<b adopted, and the ycbsll arrived at S o'clock last night.