Part 24 (1/2)
It is requested that these papers be returned in order that they may be sent to the Foreign Office.--I am, etc.
(Signed) ROBERT HALL.
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
Admiral Cochrane to the Admiralty.
_Repulse_ AT CALLAO, _28th February 1875_.
SIR,--I have the honour to forward for the information of their Lords.h.i.+ps a copy of correspondence which I have received from Commodore Goodenough, commanding the Australian Station.
2. The correspondence has reference to the very irregular conduct of a master of a trading brig lately wrecked. The master is believed to be an American.
3. Commodore Goodenough requested that the doc.u.ments containing evidence tending to substantiate the charges against the said master should be forwarded to the American admiral commanding the North Pacific Station. The islands where the occurrences referred to took place are not included in the Pacific Station.--I am, etc.
(Signed) A. A. COCHRANE.
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
H.M.S. _Repulse_, CALLAO, _28th February 1875_.
SIR,--I have the honour to forward for your perusal copies of correspondence I have received from Commodore Goodenough in command of H.M. s.h.i.+ps on the Australian Station, relative to the highly irregular proceedings of a master of a vessel trading among the South Sea Islands. He is believed to be an American citizen.
I should be much gratified if circ.u.mstances enable you to cause inquiry into the subject of the charges enumerated.--I have, etc.
(Signed) A. A. COCHRANE.
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
Circular.
DOWNING STREET, _13th May 1875_.
SIR,--I have the honour to transmit to you copies of a correspondence with the Board of Admiralty respecting the proceedings in the South Seas of W. H. Hayston, a United States'
subject, and master of the late American brig _Leonora_. In connection with the lawless conduct of Hayston, as reported in the papers now transmitted, I beg to refer you to my predecessor's Circular Despatch of 22nd December 1875, relating to the proceedings in the case of the _Atlantic_, and I desire to express my entire concurrence in the hope expressed by Lord Kimberley, that no opportunity may be lost of bringing the man to trial.--I have, etc.
CARNARVON.
To the Officer administering the Government of Queensland.
Proceedings of H.M.S. _Rosario_ in the South Sea Islands.
Criminal acts of Mr. W. H. Hayston, master of the brig _Leonora_.
H.M.S. _Pearl_, _16th November 1874_.
SIR,--I have the honour to enclose for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a Report and various papers furnished to me by Commander Dupont of H.M.S. _Rosario_, concerning a Mr. William H. Hayston, master of the late American brig _Leonora_.
2. This Mr. Hayston has long been known among the Pacific Islands as a collector of produce, and has the reputation of defrauding natives and lifting produce collected by other traders. He has been spoken of in correspondence between this and the Chinese Station as ”the notorious Captain Hayston,” but hitherto no evidence on which he could be convicted of any piratical act has been brought before me.