17
sailed from Hongkong come 3 or 4 mouth's bound for Foochow and thence for Lydney. The Crew were shipped at Hongkong.
ago
The Captain's scame Jain unable to ascertain, the first and becond mate were named respectively Boyt and Haines.
With the exception of the Chinese Boy, Book and Carpenter, and of Peter Robinson,
a Creole claiming British Nationality
the rest
7
the Crew were
Javanese
M
liamere.
When 10 mm 15 days out from Hongthong
the Captain and his two muates
appear
to
have been murdered by the Crew, who cubsequently make for Palawan in the Tafel, off which Island they scuttled
her in deep water, and took to their boats,
and eventually reached Binkoka, where
them seven of
were arrested by the Sheriff
-three excaping in a native boat.
After the scuttling of the vapel the Carpenter, Cook and Boy - all Chinese_
appear also to have been murdered by the Rew.
As the
Men
HongKong, and as
were
shipped at
I can obtain no
particulars of the repel here, not
even the name
7
her Captain - I have
decided to send the seven men to
Houghtons in charge of some
Labuan
Tree, win Singapore, to be deace with by four Recellency
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