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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.

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dred and twenty miles per day.
Their average rate of sailing is
one hundred and twenty miles in
summer, and oxe hundred and
sixty or one hundred and seventy
in winter. The passage from
New York to Liverpool is made,
during the summer, in from
twenty-seven to thirty-three
days. But the yards of the pack-
et ships are squarer than those
of ordinary merehantmen, and
they carry a heavier erew. As
an ‘average, it may be said that
the former sail a knot an hour
faster than the latter, A clipper
will, in summer, make a passage
in a third less time than one of
our merchantmen; but in the
winter there will be little differ-
ence in the sailing of the two
vessels. In general, a clipper
may be said to sail, in light
winds, fifty per eent faster than
@ merchantiman.

Captains George Budd, Joseph
Bacon, Jellison, and Devens were
next examined, and all agreed in
the probability of the Panda
falling in with the Mexican in
Jat. 33, lon. 34-30.

W. #. Peyton. The tonnage
of American and Spanish ves-

sels is different. Ninety-five tons
Spanish, is equal to about one
hundred and twenty American.
Think the Panda and Mexican
would meet, lat. 32, Ién. 37.
Never went further north, in my
voyages, than 32 N, Have gone
through the Bahama Canal in
eight and in nine days. Ordi-
nary passage is eight days.
Don’t know average rate of ves-
sels sailing in the Atlantic. In
good breazes, will run twelve
knots per hour, at other times
five, three, and more or less, ae-
cording to the wind. Average
after passing Bahama, may be
eight or nine knots. Should
think a passage, in 9 sharp built
vessel, from Havana to the point
of southing (lat. 32, lon. 37),
might be made in twenty-+ight
days, Spanish dollars are eur-
rent on the whole coast of Af-
Tica. Money is less valued at
Annabon than other places on
the coast. Not so mueh trade
there as at other places, Don’t
know tonnage of the Pande. It
is difficult to determine the ton-
nage of vessels, by merely seeing
them in the water. Might vary,
in an estimate, fifty tons.

THE WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE.

Baptista Arana. Have been
Mate and captain many years.
Command a brig now lying in
this harbor. Has been four voy-
ages from Cadiz to Lima, one to
Porto Rico, and three to the
eoast of Africa. Have cruised
on the coast of Africa, and am
well acquainted with vessels
trading from Havana to the
coast, Always take specie on
board: generally smnggle it.
Never knew vessel to go without
Apecie on hoard. Specie is not

entered on account of the duties.
Some vessels carry ten, some fif-
teen, some twenty thousand dol-
lara: the amount of specie car-
ried, depends on what part of
the coast the vessel trades to.
Money is valued more on some
parts than others. The usual ar-
ticles of cargo are handkerchiefs
and cottons of various kinds, ete.
Vessels do not generally carry
more than eight thousand dol-
lars, They generally take spare
spars on board; are provided

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