Length from the fore part of the stem under the bowsprit to the aft side of the head of the stern-post 223 Main breadth to outside of plank 32 20 296 Tons. 227.54 .feet.. 36 2 200 E. S. Names, residence, and description of the owners, and number of sixty-fourth shares held by each owner: William Wallace, of 26 Austin Friars, city of London, banker... 40 16 John Pinel, of 5 Newman's Court, aforesaid, master mariner. I hereby certify that the foregoing copy of the register of the ship Sea King, of London, together with the annexed copies of transactions (two in number on two sheets) are true and correct transcripts of the original copies of the register and transactions placed on record in this office. (Signed) H. MAYO, 48, 547 Transactions subsequent to registry, for transmission to chief registrar of shipping. Official number of ship. Empowering Peter Suther Corbett to sell the ship at any port out of the United Kingdom for not less than £45,000 within six months from date of certificate. The several persons whose names are hereto subscribed, and whose descriptions are contained below, and of whom eighteen are engaged as sailors, hereby agree to serve on board the said ship, in the several capacities expressed against their respective names, on a voyage from London to Bombay, (calling at any ports or places on the passage that may be required,) and, or any other ports or places in India and China, and or Japan, and or Pacific, Atlantic, or Indian Oceans, trading to and from as legal freights may offer, until her return to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom, (or Čontinent of Europe, if required,) voyage not to exceed two years. And the said crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest, and sober manner, and be at all times diligent in their respective duties, and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said master, or of any person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their superior officers, in everything relating to the said ship and the stores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats, or on shore; in consideration of which services, to be duly performed, the said master hereby agrees to pay to the said crew, as wages, the sums against their names respectively expressed, and to supply them with provisions according to the annexed scale: And it is hereby agreed that any embezzlement or willful or negligent destruction of any part of the ship's cargo or stores shall be made good to the owner out of the wages of the person guilty of the same; and if any person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves incompetent to perform, his wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency; and it is also agreed that the regulations, as authorized by the board of trade, which in the paper annexed hereto are numbered 2, are adopted by the parties hereto, and shall be considered as embodied in this agreement; and it is also agreed, that if any member of the crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the master or officer in charge of the ship in a quiet and orderly manner, who shall thereupon take such steps as the case may require; and it is also agreed that no spirits are allowed. When the ship is not under steam, the firemen are to assist working ship, as may be required by the master; the seamen and firemen are to assist each other in the general duties of the ship, (when required.) In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed their names hereto on the days against their respective signatures mentioned. Dated the 5th day of October, 1864. FOREIGN OFFICE, January 27, 1865. GENTLEMEN: I am directed by Earl Russell to state to you that his lordship has been informed that the Shenandoah, a full- Inquiry made as to rigged ship of 1,100 tons and 250 horse-power, now stated sale of Sea King to belong to the government of the so-called Confederate States, was formerly in the possession of your firm, at which time she bore the name of the Sea King; and I am directed to inquire whether you have any objection to inform his lordship of the circumstances under which you sold the vessel, and particularly whether she was sold to an agent of the so-called confederate government. I am, &c., E. HAMMOND. No. 15. Messrs. Robertson & Co. to Mr. Hammond. 5 NEWMAN'S COURT, CORNHILL, London, January 28, 1865. (Received January 28.) SIR: We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of yesterday, and to inform you that the Sea King was sold by us to a British subject, a Mr. Wright, of Liverpool, through the agency of Messrs. Curry, Kellock & Co., of Liverpool, brokers, in the usual way, and that the bill of sale, &c., passed through Her Majesty's customs in due order. After the sale of the vessel we had nothing whatever to do with her, and she remained in dock for some weeks, and was entered out for Bombay, which port we were informed was to be her destination. We are not aware, nor have we any knowledge, that any confederate agent had anything to do with the ship during her stay in this country. The Sea King was only 150 horse-power, and not, as stated in your letter, 250. We have, &c., ROBERTSON & CO. No. 16. Earl Russell to Mr. Adams. FOREIGN OFFICE, February 1, 1865. SIR: With reference to the case of the Shenandoah, I have the honor to inform you that, having ascertained the names of the brokers by whom that vessel had been sold, I caused them to be asked whether they had any objection to state the circumstances under which she was sold, and particularly whether she was sold to an agent of the so-called confederate States. I have been informed by the brokers, in reply, that the Shenandoah, then the Sea King, was sold by them to a British subject at Liverpool in the usual way, and that the bill of sale, &c., passed through Her Majesty's customs in due order. The brokers further state that after the sale of the vessel they had nothing whatever to do with her, and that she remained in dock for some weeks, being entered out for Bombay. The brokers add that they are not aware, nor have they any knowl edge, that any confederate agent had anything to do with the ship during her stay in this country. I am, &c., RUSSELL. [498] *No. 17. Mr. Burnley to Earl Russell. WASHINGTON, January 20, 1865. (Received February 3.) MY LORD: I have the honor to inclose a copy of a note which has HILL Encar -sterday h sch been addressed to me by Mr. Seward, relative to the pro- Representation from United States Government as to seamen of Florida about to be sent to I have communicated a copy of this note to the lieutenant join the Shenandoah. governor of Bermuda. I have, &c., J. HUME BURNLEY. [Inclosure in No. 17.] Mr. Seward to Mr. Burnley. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 14, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to state, for the information of the proper authorities of Her Majesty's government, that a reliable representation has been made to this department to the effect that the men of the late piratical steamer Florida, who went to Europe after the seizure of that vessel, have been ordered to rendezvous at Calais immediately, to join the pirate Shenandoah, lately called Sea King; that the Shenandoah will be found in the neighborhood of Bermuda; that the men will go to that place and be put on board by a blockade-runner; that the Shenandoah has only 43 men on board, of whom not more than 10 are sailors. I have, &c., No. 18. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Mr. Hammond to Mr. Waddington. FOREIGN OFFICE, February 6, 1865. SIR: I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir George Grey, a copy of a dispatch from Mr. Burnley,' inclosing a copy of a note addressed to him by Mr. Seward, respecting the movements of the Shenandoah, late Sea King, and the steps taken to provide that vessel with a crew. I am, &c., No. 19. E. HAMMOND. The secretary to the admiralty to Mr. Hammond. ADMIRALTY, March 17, 1865. (Received March 20.) SIR: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of Earl Russell, copy of a letter dated the 26th January last, from Commander King, the naval agent on board the contract steamer Bombay, respecting the Confederate States vessel of war Shenandoah, at anchor in Hobson's Bay, Melbourne. I am, &c., 1 No. 17. C. PAGET. |