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wood and Midshipman Wilkes Henry, on the 12th instant, 

 ■who were treacherously murdered by the natives of Malolo, 

 one of the Fejee Islands, the officers of the United States 

 ships " Vincennes " and " Peacock M will wear the usual 

 badge of mourning for thirty days, as a testimony of regard 

 for the memory of their departed brother officers, who have 

 been suddenly cut off from their sphere of usefulness in the 

 expedition, while arduously engaged in the performance of 

 their public duty. 



(Signed) " William L. Hudson, 



" Commanding U. S. Ship ' Peacock.' 

 " Fejee Islands." 



On the 2d of August, the whale-ship "Triton," fifteen 

 months from the United States, arrived ; as also the schooner 

 " Tyvity," with three thousand yams. The latter likewise 

 brought as passengers, the second-mate and cooper of the 

 American whale-ship " Shylock," which was lost on a reef* 

 off Turtle Island, a few weeks since. It appears from their 

 account that the loss of this fine ship is to be atti'ibuted to the 

 negligence of the man who had the " look-out " forward at 

 the time the accident occurred. They charge him of going to 

 sleep, and not knowing the danger the ship was in until she 

 had struck. 



The captain and the first-mate have proceeded to Hobart 

 Town in an English brig. The second-mate has shipped on 

 board the " Triton," and is said to have behaved in the most 

 shameful manner, refusing to assist the surviving sufferers, 



* The position of this reef was afterwards determined by the brig "Porpoise." Tt 

 lies in latitude 19° 48' 00" south, and longitude 178° 35' 00" west. The reef is six-and- 

 a-half miles long, and has an illiptical form. Turtle Island is about nine miles in cir- 

 cumference, and has a few inhabitants, whose manners and customs are similar to 

 those of the Tonga people. 



