Star. — London, England, 1827-10-27 00:00:00

YORK. OCT' IS' EXTRAORDINARY AND MELANCHOLY HUTH 01 Ml. l COEDINGLY, WHO WAS woaints IT TWO DOGS. Early yesterday morning. Mr. James Cordingly, of Little Horton, near Bradford. skinner, was found in his yard nearly dead, in consequence of being worried by two dogs, kept by him for the protection of his premises. His arm was nearly severed from his body, and his throat dreadfully lacerated, with the windpipe partially torn oat. He died soon after be was discovered in the above situation. It is conjectured that he had entered the yard in a state of intoxication late in the night pre viously, after having returned from Leeds, and had been attacked by the dogs, which bad not recognized their master, inebriated as he is then supposed to have been. nr7aret Woe General Sir J. Therell&K and Std, left Cotk on Tuesday for Waterford, ots a tour of The Coloaelcy of the Iltk ii riZen) Regiment of Dragoons, end the Governorship of Guernsey, kale become vacant by the death of General the Karl of PIXISSOWS, K. G. The Ist division of the 24th (Carnevale.) Regiment of Foot has embarked at Cork, for Chatham. The 2d sod last division of the 64th (Second Staffordshire) Regi. tnent of Infantry, has arrived at Coal. from Gibraltar. Thursday the Depot of the 6341 Regiment marched into Dover Castk, where they will be stationed. The 87th Regiment will, in a few months, be ordered on the Iri'b establishment. Letters from the 25th Regiment at Barbadoes, dated the 30th of August, and from the 934 Highlanders, at Antigua, dated the 34 1 of September, left both these corps in excellent health. The Head. quarters of the 9341 are at Andvari, yodel. Colonel M`Gammi. and left wing at St. Kites under Major Connate, lit West ladle Reid. ment ( klaier Boras having gone home on leave.) Antigua was 'Wrest Isy a dreadful hurricane tia the 17th August. The galleries and rook, with all the out•ollicee of the barracks, occupied by be 23d Regiment, were blown down—no lives lost. Review or rue Hourtarmass.—Wednesdly this gallant' national corps was reviewed on Burntsleld Links, Edinburgh, by Major General the Hon. Sir R. W. Otettaatian, Commander of the Forces in North Britain. This brave Regiment has long and deservedly ranked high M the Het of British Chivalry, and the laurels they Dave won are perhaps best attested by the notice and regard which they excite, go white they may. Their name is intimately essociated with Egnamst.op.Zee, Marsden. Egypt, the Peninsula, k ug Waterlbo. Their present state of discipline Is, we believe, equalled by few Regiments la the service, as was strikingly displayed co t he present occasion. The corps rst formed into line, and pawed singly in review befogs the GeneraL They afterwards went through a variety of tuaostivree and evolutions with great accuracy and precision,—in particular their Bring in volley and in line, were admirably executed, and their military appearance. as well as dim aiptine, was particularly striking. After Wpm:dm the equipments std accoutrements of the whole corps Individually, even to the in terior of their knapsacks, the General expressed himself in terms of high commendation of the corps. The day was fine, and a number of spectators were on the ground. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Dut, °Milli S.S.E.—Arrived from London the ifighbury.Coox, for Berbice; and Norfolk, RiblIAN, for Bengal. Poarswoom, Ocv litys-Wind S. E. Lammas, Om. lit...—The Fotager, from Alexandria, arrived cm the toils instant, after having been carried into Egina by the Greeks, and liberated by his Majesty's ship Cambrian. &tract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's sit Gibraltar, dated October 4:—" For these two se three days pait,ifie three Spanish 1114111C011 which lately wised the Lord Rawdoe, gebeir tenders, have taken up their cruising ground in the Bay, gat and bring ing to or boarding the veseeb going out of and laming into the PH." The Hilding, Baseasovon, from Cadiz to London, was carried into Falmouth on Thursday by the Mary, Peaces, from Meath, which fell in with her abandoned and in a sinking state, on Tues. day, about ten leagues from Padatow. Hie Majesty's Mips Tyne, Acorn, and Columbine, are expected at Plymouth with the Coromandel convict ship, on their way to Bermuda. The Bainton transport, Lieutenant Clemson, came into Ply mouth on Monday front Portsnaputb, on her way to Gibraltar and Naha. Captain j•aac Wou.sc, R.N. Deputy Chairman of the Victual. bug board, arrived at Plymouth so Thursday, on an official visit. The ►eel of the Rodney, • ship of 92 guns, on two docks, has ben laid down at Pembroke on the Alp from which the Clarence was launched. The 18-gun brigs building at Plymouth are ordered to be length ened nine feet us Inches., His Majesty's cutter Swift, Osptalin H. D. Bsursois, and sloop Nary, trader to the Swift, arriuW at Greenock on Sunday, along wkh the smuggling cutter Chance, a Flushing, loaded with 400 casks of spirits, above 2.000 lbs. rell tobjcco, and 50 boxes snuff, which the tender captured in the losimur of Vatersay, island of Barra, on the 11th instant. It is Mepned that this capture will be worth little short of B,ooof. Lieutenant Frederick Bogen is appointed to the Victor. lieutenant C. Morton, late of the Miltatotte, la promoted to rank of Commander. Mt. J. Saundersoo, Supernumerary Alltstaat•Sargeas of the }Stimuli, is appointed Satre Hospital Matt at the Distal Naval Hospital, Plymouth. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ARCHERY. Sanerday, the Royal Company of Archers (King's bod ward) shotu Edinburgh, for the Sc . Andrew's Cross, gim 8r eby G. 8. Mackenzie, Rut. at 200 yards distance, whkh was woo by James Tod, Eng. W.S. At the First Sluing Newmarket Meeting, 1829, Lard G. H. Cavendish's I. by Godolphin, is matched apt Lord Orforts f. by Tapered, Sit. sib. each, for 509 nes. h. ft. Atthe Craven Meeting, 1850, Lord Tavistoek's f. by Partisan, is matched apt kir. Roberts's f. by Endbus, Bst. Sib. each, for 200 ton h. A. SAILING MATCH. Thursday morning, at an early k•ur, notwithstanding the so. favoursble state of ;be weather, a numerous assemblage of the Members of the Thames Yacht Club, and other amateurs of aqua• WI, met at Blackwell, to witness a Sailing Match between the on. der mentioned vessels, from Blackwell to Gravesend and back, foe XS°, viz.— Doss Giovanni J. Davy, Esq. Chelsea 11 taus. Royal Eagle Stokes, fag. ...Rotherbithe.ll do. At a quarter to nine the signal was given, and both vessels were Immediately wader weigh, the Don taking the lead, closely followed ky her antagonist. The Use continued to show the way till aerie. ing at bugsby's Hole, when she fell into a calm, and the Royal Eagle atehiag a See breese astern, passed her. The Eagle con. timed to keep a head of the Don, more or less, the whole way downs but on arriving within about a mile of the distance boat et Gravesend, the Don was so close upon her opponent's stern, that it was expected she would have passed her, sad goes round lest. Th e Lees however, still maintained bar eispeiderity, end went tound the lost about one minute belch the Dee. In coming down the amateurs were delighted—a better numb, the, ddolared, was never witnessed; sad although the Eagle was sever leaded after her passing the DOll at Bagsby's Hole, till the latter was so Otte close "pen her antagonst's stern, that it was expected she must have P 9090 her. The E ag l e arr i ve d a t nacalsail about half-past two, vrinrang the match by one minute and a half. Both vessels were exceeding well managed throughout the contest, and both were st etted by their meas. The ch 1 2 e of 0• rinks collected at toe Port crf Aberdeen for the quarter ended 10th October,exceeds that of the quarter turfed Stir July last, by no less a sum than 8,025/. 10s. Bd. , caustry TO ANIAIALS.....TRO cowfeeders in tbe vicinity of Edinburgh lately purchased, in the Grua• ararket, each a milk cow from the same person. The envoi had a most imposing appearance, the milk run. bag spontaneously frem their udders in the market- Nate; and they were otherwise fine looking cattle. %informant paid 171. 10s. for the one he purchased. Oa the Friday following oth the animls becme assell—snd the one purchaser set off to a require a thel advice of the other on the occasion. They met on ,vyray, when it was discovered that both cows were u mtlarly affected, and in short they died the same haY• It was subsequently ascertained that their deaths had been occasioned by the barbarous practice of not milking the poor animals for a great length of time Prior to exhibiting them for sale, so as their udders alight appear much minified by the abundance of the Both cows had only calved a week before, and had been dr:ven afterwards from the borders of Eng rand to Edinburgh market. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Ocr. 26. OLD COURT. Were Mr. isesesat Anew. Robert Ms" aged 17, was indicted for steeling a clock, value 101. and two silver spoons; front the house of the Rev. G. Greig, in Vincent equate, Westminster, on the 10th August.. The prisoner and another man (convicted last Sessions) were proved to have dropped down the area of the above home, and the articles were missed directly afterwards.—Gaiity. SaraA Welk, was convicted of stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, and other articles, from the house of ; poor yentas, named Diners, who found all the pro perty at a pawnbroker's, which was now given up to her. Defers" Mr. Justice Pans sad Mr. BareirChar.sow. John; Everett, aged 17, was indicted for the man slaughter of Thomas Ross, on the 24th of July, in the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell. Mr. Justice PARK inquired if Mr. Unwin, the Coro ner, was in Sart? and, on being answered in the ne• gative, he, with the assent of Mr. Minnow, ordered him to be fined 101. He begged it to be understood that the precept demanded and required Coroners to be present on these occasions; the Court might feel it its duty to put questions to them touching some citcum piastres in cases in which they bad committed. • James Donee y, a prisoner, was now called and ex amined by the Cover —This unfortunate transaction took place on the 24th of July, Ross, the deceased, and the prisoner, were also in prison with me. We were on the tread-wheel on the day in question. Ross was on the first wheel, whose business it was to count the tallies ; I was the next man to him, and the prisoner at the bar was on the third wheel. Ross was supposed to have callel the tallies wrong by Everett. Ross said he was a liar, he had done no such thing. Everett said, 4 ' You did." Ross, in reply, called him a liar. Everett said, " Can you prove that of me?" Ross add, a Yes, I can.* Everett immediately jumped off the wheel, and Ross struck him on the face. Witness was sure that Ross struck the first blow. Everett then struck Ross on the kft eye with his right hand. Ross and the prisoner then sent and sat on different forms; there was no 'more fighting at that time. In about five or six mi nutes deceased kept rubbing his eye, and consplaining eery much of a pain in his head. He died on the 26th or 27th of the same Inontb. Mr. Webb, surgeon of the Clerkenwell prison, was called upon, on the 25th July, by the prisoner to pre scribe for him. Prisoner told him he had a fall. Wit- ness said he was sure the injury to the eye could not have arisen from a fall,hut from a severe blow. He examined the eye; the prisoner died on the following morning, without having complained any more. Mr. Renter, another surgeon, examined the bead of, the deceased in company with the bit witness, and found about two ounces of coagulated blood on the brain, from the rupture of the artery..—Verdict, Guilty. Mr. Ju.tice PARK immediately passed sentence. From the evidence it clear that the deceased had used an expression most unjustifiable if the prisoner felt himself to be a man undeserving suc h an application, and suffi cient to raise his indignation; besides, the deceased had first struck the prisoner. He (tbe Learned Judge) re gretted the consequences of the affray, and which, no doubt. would ever be a source of lamentation to the pri soner, if he was a good man. The sentence was, that he should be fined one shirting. ALISANDSIL PAID, THII FIGHTING MAN, AND Hlll COMPANIONS. In this case Samuel Beard, Michael Kirkom, and Patrick Elia, are in custody; the two former surren dered in Court this morning; but Reid and Moyer, against whom, with the others, the Grand. Jury have toned a true bill, for the murder of John Kemp Crow, not having surrendered or been taken into custody, the Court ordered a bench warrant to issue instaxter, and the trial to stand over until Tuesday next. ' Mr. Baron Geaaow observed, that the parties might for all be knew be looking on, for the purpose of watch ing the proceedings of the Court as it regarded the other three; but if that was so, he would take care that they should not come in this Session for trial; but their Irecognisance: should be estreated and process should hat* against them. It will be recollected that the de ceased was killed in a fight with Flinn at Old Oak Com mon, and the other parties were their seconds. Martha Harold, aged 18, stood capitally indicted for breaking into the dwelling-house of Thomas Worcester, is the-parish of St. Luke, on the 2d of October, and steeling therein one bonnet, valise ss. and one shawl, of the value of 3s. the goods of Martha Wainwright, spin ster. Verdict—Not Guilty. Charles :ago, aged 25, a sailor, was indicted for burglariously breaking into the dwelling house ofJames Chorley, is the parish of St. George's in the East, tnd stealing therein one waistcoat, value 3s. and one gown, value 21. on the 17th of October, the property of Chorley. Mrs. Chorley kept the house in question. Her husband was at sea. Oa the evening of the 17th, witness locked her door, and went to her sister's to pass the evening— her sister's was close by. When she returned, she still found the door locked; she was then informed that somebody had been in the house ; went round to the yard, and saw the shadow of two men in the bed room up stairs, with a candle. When the men were alarmed, they came sidwn and ran off; as they were making their escape, saw the prisoner throw from him the waistcoat now produced, which she picked up, and which was her husband's. The prisoner was apprehended by the watchman. The gown produced at the watch house to her was her own. Witness afterwards found some matches and a candle in the bedroom, which did not belong to her, but must have been left there by those who had been up stairs. A labouring man saw the prisoner with another man come out at the door. The prisoner had a lighted can dle in his hand at the time, which, when he got to the door, he blew out. Witness immediately ran up to him and took him into custody. The other man got off. The watchman who took the prisoner to the watch house, on his return back to his beat kicked against a gown, which he of course took up. The gown belonged to Mrs. Chorley.—Verdict, Gray. NEW COURT'. Before the Common flasezeme. John Feathera - one, alias Wilson, aged 56, was indicted for stealing a pair of sheets, value 6s. from his lodgings, the property of John Palmer, of Back-bill, Hatton gar glen. MG and Mrs. Palmer stated, that the prisoner took a furnished lqdging inebeir house on Back-hill, Hatton garden, on tire Friday, and from his manner they con ceived him to be a respectable man, therefore they did not call upon bim for a reference. He took possession of the apartments en Friday night, and on the following Monday morning, from some suspicion they entertain. ed, they opened his chamber door, and discovered that the property mentioned in the indictment had been car lied away. The prisoner never returned, and search was made acid' the pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood, and at length the sheets were found pledged. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, read the following atv Less, iata Gamma or rue Joar,—Ham, by tie reesismeadetka of Olatkatas bigi is once, beat ewptoyett by Govffesiest Olkers tams; sod dine • - -eraist belayed, -"new so WNW when .- ammeimilite Intelligence would be lost to t----- ImerrumliZt t ipst maw al de.. Int away I get. 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Henry Smith. * good looking man, aged 96, was indicted, for that he, on the 11th of Se ptember, in the second year of our Lod the King. having untried one Sarah Pocock, did, on the SOth September last, marry Elizabeth Fry, his wife Sarah being then living. Thomas Pocock deposed, that he was present when the prisoner married his sister Sarah, in Brighton Church, and that she was alive on Sunday last. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The marriage took place six years ago, by bans, but they had lived separate for about 12 months. lli.es not know, nor ever heard, that it was by mutual consent. His sister has. two children by the prisoner. William Hi own, the btother-in4aw to Elizabeth Fry,, proved the sorenatiftation of the second martiage. fore the marriage, the prisoner said his real name was 4 George Morris, but he sometimes used the name or Henry Smith. The prisoner borrowed 71. of whiners,' 41. of which he repaid ; he was to receive 551. when he' had finished a job. Two days only intervened between the marriage and the apprehension of the prisoner. Elizabeth Fry, a pretty looking girl, stated, that when she contracted with the prisoner she had no idea that he was a matried mar. By Mr. CLARKSON—WaIIet, understands what is meant by consummating e marriage—that never took place ; but it was not the prisoner's fault. as she pre.l vented it herself. He came one of the nights into her bed room, when she called to her brother and said, " The young man" (meaning the prisoner) " has come into my room." lie then went away. The reason why nothing took place was, because she was to leave her brother, with whom she lived, in a day or two; besides she was in an ill state of health. The prisoner made no defence ; but two witneues gave him a gcoi character foe morality, industry, &c. The Jury, by the direction of the COMMON SZAGRANT, found the prisoner Guilty. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Ocrosza 26. This was an appeal on the part of an sating house keeper, against a conviction for retailing beer without a license. The appellant's son, it appeared, was in the habit of supplying his father's customers with beer as they deutanded it. from a neighbouring public house, frdm the landlord of which he was allowed a halfpenny per pot for the quantity so disposed of; and the ques tioo was, whether or not the beer so supplied by the son to the customers was to be consideree as having been sold in the house. The Cower, after hea►ing Mr. Anotruus for the re spondent, and Mr. Baonator for the appellant, decided that this was a retailing of beer in an unlicensed house, and affirmed the conviction. _ _ _ 31argaret Corrienay was indicted for a fraud on the War-office. It appeared that the defendant had received a pension of 94. a year from the Compassionate Fund, as the orphan daughter of the late Ensign Courtenay, of she 6th Royal Veteran Batts .n, to which she was entitled only so long as she was unmarried. She became the wife of a person named Wright in 1824, notwithstanding which she made the usual affidavit the next pear, stating that she was unmarried, and accordingly received the pension. She was unable, however, to read or write, and in her defence she said that she was wholly unconscious, when she affixed her mark to the affidavit. that she was doing any thing wrong. She thought that she was entitled to receive her pension after marriage, as well as her mother, who, although married, continued in the receipt of her's; and therefore, when her pension was stopped, she petitioned the King to know why it was discontinued. The Jury, after some deliberation, found her Gaily, but recommended her to mercy, on tite ground, that she appeared to bare offended through ignorance. Mr. BOLLARD, who, with Mr. BRODRICX, conducted the prosecution ' stated to the Court that so many de ceptions of this kind, whether intentional or committed through mistake, had been practised on the Horse Guards, that it was very desirous they should be checked. But under the circumstances of the present case, he thought the ends of justice would be met without in flicting a severe punishment upon the defendant. The Court, therefore, only sentenced her to one month's imprisonment. liters is tie awry, frost "Aids I Use Mg% Me resokasses Wag hogs slakes Irmo smisoc, td, I was le .esisseloooe•ndses4 lig risagilj so liekeiliso,, dile I was soak siiter_tis tu tt they arrived. Sakti , ssmisseso Aids :eiMmeoco I atooked, Mow* seer skrommis , Govenisinit, *mold areplostlier dekp take plow, for "myself, rigid this plesoses rods to aim these letters, folly to reties thee the .fhb kali sty lesessissa wrest the taut; of the MARGATE, Ocr. 24. By a census taken, the inhabitants of the Isle of Thanet exceed 20,000, and 12,000 fall to the portion of this place. A very distressing event happened yesterday Morn ing. As Indiaman, outward bound, h.isted a peculiar .signal; an undertaker from Northumberland crescent 'went on board, and received a child. 16 months old, who had lost its life by being chocked by a piece of carrot. The body was warm when brought on shore. We need not comment on tire poignant feelings of the agonized mother, when sbe consigned her boy to be buried by strangers; but the Captain's orders were im perative, and there was ao other alternative than the usual resource of throwing the infant into the sea. Another calamity occurred the• same day. A Gen tleman and his wife landed at the York Hotel, being on their way to Ostend, on Sunday. The following morning he war a corpse. The Marine Parade is on the Eastern Cliff, and it is wonderful to see the havock one year has made on that spot. The seats, recently so distant from the edge, almost overhang it. The men on the blockade service say the rain and frost did it. About ten o'clock on Wednesday night, as a barg e heavily laden was making way towards Pickford's Wharf, and had just passed the bridge, in Maiden-lane, a young man named James Brown, who was riding on the towing horse, was, by a sudden jerk of the animal, precipitated into the canal, and in despite of every eater. non used by his companions, the body *as am re. covered for upwards of half an hour. It was isms& diately removed to the Union, a Battle-bridge, aid a surgeon was sent for, but life sits quite satinet. •. LAW INTELIAGPMCE. COURT OF ZINO'S BENCH, Gesserrar, Orr. Before Leal TIMITSILDIX sod a Breda Airy. sARIVILs AGAIMiT Tda ROYAL =CHAIM AilivaAliell This was an action a policy of assurance. The , pleadings were opeoed i r i Mr. Reams, and Mr. CAM?. SILL stated the case. The plaintiff, who was a respec table merchant tf the city of Landon, sought to recover 1,7001. for the total loss of a brig called The Salmon . River, insured from London to Sierra Leone and back. She sailed from Sierra Leone on the Sd of December, 1826, and in the coarse of ber voyage home she met with so much tempestuous weather, that she was corn. pelled to put in at Dover, whence, after repairing, she proceeded up.the river, and came abreast of the King's • dock at Deptford at five o'clock of the sifternoon of Sunday, the 18th of Feb. 1826, where she made fast to, one of the King's ships in the tier. Mr. Lennox was the charterer of the ship, which was freighted with teak umber, which he had contracted with the Navy Board, to deliver on the 21st of December, 1825, at the dock yard at Deptford. When the vessel arrived at Dept ford, Mr. Lennox was making application for an exten sion of the time for delivery, which he afterward. ob tained. 'The Captain applied on tke day after his ar. rival at the dock, but was informed his cargo could not he delivered, because the bills of lading were not ready; and he was also told, that from the state of the river, ; which at that time was very much frozen, it wan impas sible for him to get into the d'ock. The bills of lading. came in a few days, but the river remained is a frozen state until Tuesday, the 27th, on the asoroing of which, day the Captain applied, and was sold be might tales the vessel into dock that day. The Captain went to Loa don to pay off the crew, giving orders to Mr. Brown, the second mate, in whose care he left the vessel, to get a pilot whom he bad engaged, of the name of Powell, to come and superintend the ge ting the vessel in.— Powell had promised to be in madames when called upon, but he was engaged that day, and Brown, not. being able to get him, procured a waterman of the name of Braine, who had been accustomed to get yes. eels into dock. Under his management they proceeded, but the wind blew very strong, 'and a rope from the larboard bow to the tier of ships breaking, the vessel was drawn by another rope, which was fastened to a capstan oil the dock head, and which was pulled, by convicts who did not leave off when they were spoken to, upon the launch way or slip of the dock yard, an/ could not be got off as the water was then falling. As the tide receded, she fell upon her beans ends and bilged, and started her lower futtocks, and it was im possible so remove her until her cargo was discharged, when she became a complete wreck. The Captain of the vessel, Mr. Duke; Tatum, the mate ; Braine, the waterman ; and severe other wit. messes were called in proof of this stn urgent. Mr. Sergeant Bowsaw/IT, for the defendant% eon. tended, that after the arrival of the vessel on the 18th of February at Deptford, a competent crew were not kept in ker. The Captain, by engaging Powell, • to. 'solar pLot, manifested that he thought a pilot was ne cessary. It was too shorts time before high water when Braine began his attempt: in the beginning of it the vessel got aground, her head was turned in shore, see she was not lifted off until a quarter of an hour t:efdre high tide. The Captain on board the Discovery then called to them to put out a good rope; the:answer from the vessel was, that they had not a good rope on board. Instead of being taken out to the middle of the river, the vessel was so near the shore that she was necessarily drawn across the slips of the dock, and the persons on board, instead of conducting themselves in an orderly manner, were squabbling, fighting, and knocking each other.down. In the midst of it the Captain came back from London, and went to the capstan, where the con victs were polling. He saw what was doing, and be did not order them to desist. On his arrival tee co n. victs were under bit command, they were to obey his order, and they would doubtless have been glad of re. laxation ; bOt receiving from the Captain no directions to stop, they thought it their duty to go on, and their' act was the act of the Captain. The accident was owing to unskilfulness, want of proper ropes, and disorderly conduct. If this was proved, the plaintiff's case was totally destroyed. In addition to this, after the vessel was heaved upon the slips, there was a want of proper care to prevent a total loss. William Stone examined by the ATTOUNIT GeltritAL • —Witness was master shipwright of the dockyard. The brig was first mooted on the outside of the lower part of the upper tier of ships. Vessels freighted fer the dock are occasionally discharged there. Witness ob served the steps they took after the vessel came on the lower side of the Discovery and took the groond. They ought to have moved her before th-y did. Their whole proceedings seemed unaccountable. Witness woold have brought the vessel at an earlier part of the tide below the entrance of the deck, and then the flowing tide would naturally have carried her in. She was brought down instead of up the stream. As they had a ripe from the vessel to the shore witness desired them to bring another rope to fasten to the capstan to assist them, so that they might heave on shore as well as on board. Witneas told them unless they exerted them selves, the vessel would be aground. He saw the cap. rain, but had no particular communication with him till the vessel got on the slips. He then advised the captain to apply for lightesmen to assist in floating her the next tide. Brfote that, however, she took damage. The captain ought to have heeled her inwards, as at low water her inclination would not then have been so great as it was, and the damage might, to a great ex tent, have been avoided. Cross-examined by Mr. F. POLLOCK —Cargdes of wak were generally discharged within the docks; bet the last vessel was pardy discharged to th. river. Captain Xirkhans, of the Discovery.—The men we* shifting the vessel round between twelve and onse o'clock; the tide was then two hours flood. They run a rope out to the starboard quarter of the Discovery.— Witness told them to heave out another rope, and they did so to the jetty head, near the mouth of the basin. In heaving this rope tight, it broke. Not having an off rope, and the helm not being properly attended:to, sbe steered in shore, and grounded on a mooring anchor at the bead of the Discovery. Witness was satisfied that no pilot or seaman whatever bad the command of her. Wit ness said, " Why don't you get a good rope off to the tier , and warp her down between the two ropes ?" The answer was, ," there was not a good rope on board." Witness then went on shore, and observed them. A rope had been taken to the'eapstan. The convicts pulled the 'rope, and she grounded on the slips. A rope had broken before. Witness said, " you ate on the slip," bdt no notice was taken. Mr. Douglas them to get oat a rope to the tier of ships, her astern. They did so, but the rope - Witness saw two of the men ses board _ _ fighting. In his juaiginept the cent. of the want of a rope to keep bar in the Win not being properly attended to. I • A 1 I as then calted to . ships, and beans e soon broke.— quarrelling, and the accident was mom. and the If a person of •