Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-06 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY OLICE COURT -YESTERDAY [Before Mr. PRESTON.] DESERTERS FRGNI DONEGAL. Inspector Grace brought up seven men, who were charged with having deserted Her Majesty's steamer Donegal, now lying in the Sloyne. These are the first desertions from this ship since she came to Liverpool. They were ordered to be taken on board ,the Donegal, his worship considering them as mere stragglers; another man, who had been refused leave of absence, deliberately jumped overboard and swam ashore. He was al so h an d e d over ON POLICE -OFFICERS. - Police-officer 859 charged Bridget Itylands with being engaged in a fight; and James Bradshiiv with attempting -to rescue her from him; and also with - committing an assault. There was much contradictory evidence on both sides, and the prisoners were discharged, —Police-officer 753 charged Henry M'Gavin and Henry Wallace with dis orderly 'conduct. It appeared that Wallace was paying his addresses to a young woman, with the approbation of her father. The mother did not approve of the courtship ; and- on Saturday night, Mr. Wallace went to pay his' "lady love" a visit. As soon as ,he reached the house the mother sent out a young son of hers, who told the officer that his mother was being almost killed by two men. The officer went to the houie, but there was no disturbance there. , He, however, ordered them out, and they obeyed. lie took Wallace into custody. The officer complained also that M‘Gavin attempted to rescue the prisoner, and they were, consequently-, both taken to bridewell. Mr. Pres ton censured the officer, and told him that he had 110 right to take the men into custody. They were dis.- eharge2. Michael Whabron was- charged with committing an assault upon police-officer 237. It would appear that on Saturday night the officer was going through Mersey street ; the prisoner, who was passing at the time, sad denly turned round and flung a large stone at him. If it had hit him it might h ave k noc k e d hi s b rains out. The prisoner was unknown to the police. He was remanded. ASSAULTS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Sunday evening, as two men were passing along the canal banks, they observed a woman who was preparing to throw herself into the canal. When she saw them she made off, and went into a public-house. She was followed, and a police-officer conveyed her to the dispensary. The surgeon reported her sane, and ordered her to be taken to the bridewell. The officer said that she appeared quite bewildered. The woman's name is Alice Milburn, and she resides in M'Guire-street. She was ordered to stand down. POCKET PICKING.—SamueI Johnston was charged with attempting to pick pockets on the south Landing_ stage. .A police-officer said that on Sunday Mr. Povery, connected with the Emigration-office, said that on that evening he saw the prisoner deliberately attempt to pick pockets. On the prisoner was found 19s. 61d., a letter, a tablet, and a memorandum book, the latter containing a list of all the places of amusement in Liverpool, the prices of admission thereto, the whole of the excursion boats, a list of the American steamers, their days of ; galling, and other particulars, which would have proved of great service to him in his vocation. The prisoner 7. - ists in custody a fortnight ago for "sounding " pockets _ Lime-street station. ' On that occasion he was lisCha - rged ; but for the offence now alleged against him le was se/W .. 0 prison for ;bred months, with hard labour. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A respectable and well-dresied young man, named John Leartard;KWas charged with embezzling the sum •of £4 I ls. 7d., the property of Mr: Munroe, a cooper, doing business at 31, Marybone. The prisoner was in- the prosecutor's employment, and he made out the accounts. He collected occasionally, but never without being sent rby , the prosecutor. In this case he was not directed to do so, and he wrote out an account, went to a Mrs. Beattie and received £4 Hs. 7d., which he applied to ,his own use. He was in prosecu tor's employment three years and nine months. lie was remanded for seven days. [Before Messrs. S. HOLME and J. 11. TURNER.] SEAMAN'S WAGES.—Thomas John Rochford, captain of the ship Jalawar, was summoned by a seaman, who had served on board the same ship, for £lO Ss. 4d., as wages alleged to be due. Mr. Carr appeared fin. the plaintiff, and Mr. Forshaw for the defendant. It , ap peared from the evidence of the plaintiff that he shipped in the above vessel on the 12th 9f August, 1857, and sailed in her to Singapore. No complaint was made against lam doilo E , fore their arrival at Singapore ; when there he was -scrubbing the decks with a birch broom, and the cap tain struck him and knocked him down. He then knelt on his breast, and, put one hand on his throat, and attempted to strangle him; at the same time calling out for a knife till he would rip him. While he (the plain tiff) was struggling to get up, the captain's thumb came near his month, and he caught hold of it and bit it, as he did not know but that the captain wanted to kill him. The second mate was called to put him in irons ; but as they., had no irons on board, he was tied with his hands behind his back, and kept so tied till they got into Singapore. After their arrival at that port, he was committed to prison for twelve weeks for assaulting the captain ; and on being set at liberty, he fouo the ship had sailed, but his wages had not been left for him. The marine-master put kim in the hands of the government, and he remained in the Sailors' Home. Mr. Forshaw contended, for the defence, that the plain tiff was not entitled to any wages, as he had so severely injured, the captain, as to make it necessary for the owners of the vessel to pay a surgeon £2l for attendance, on him. He called the captain, who swore that plain tiff gave. him very bad language; and when he ordered him forward, he refused to go. Some of the crew took him forward by force, but he soon afterwards returned, and kept following him round the deck. He put his hand on the plaintiff's shoulder to push him back, when he seized hold of his thumb with his teeth. Defendant then knocked the plaintiff down, and endeavoured to open his jaws to get his thumb out of his mnuth, but he was unsuccessful till he got the assistance of the second , mate, and two of the erew. The sinews of his thumb were bitten through, and the bone shattered ; mortification set in, and the surgeon found it necessary to take the joint out, so rendering the injured member totally useless for ever. The bench after consulting Mr. Preston decided that they had no power to deduct from the seaman's wages the amount of the doctor's bill, incurred by his misconduct, seeing that the man had been already panished for the offence. They had no doabt the man had committed a great offence, but under All the circumstances of the case the considered. him entitled to his wages. - _ MURDER AT SEA..—The Times of Friday gave a brief account of a shocking murder which occurred on board a vessel called the Margaret, which put into Falmouth a few days ago in consequence of ihe tragical occur rence.. From the evidence adduced at the inquest it ap pears that the Margaret sailed from Lisbon for Quebec on Thursday, the 11th of August. Early on the mornin6 - of tho 29nd, whoa the vonscl was a little distance north of the Western Islands, in lat. 40 44 N., long. 24 51 W., the boatswain, who was acting as second mate and . had"the watch,. was alarmed by one of the seamen, named Cumming, rushing. out of the forecastle, screaming and saying Antonio,- one of the crew, and a Brazilian or Portuguese, had attempted to kill him with a knife as he slept ; that a cut on his face had awoke him, that he seized the hand of the murderer, who struck at him with a knife, and that on Cumming springi ng u p an d p ursu i ng him he threatened to shoot him with a revolver. The boatswain hastened to call the captain, Mr. Barker, but found him dead in his berth, his head being nearly severed from his body. The boatswain then proceeded to alarm the mate, but found him locked in the cabin, and the key gone. On the previous:evening, when he retired to rest, the mate had left the door unlocked!, with the key outside. The boatswain then broke open the mate's door, and the two armed themselves with such means as were at hand and roused the crew. Antonio took refuge in the cabin, and on the mate breaking a pane in the skylight twice snapped a revolver at him, and stru c k at him with a knife. He was secured and fastened, and in a sash round his waist were found a knife and a tin box with pistol caps and balls. Antonio confessed that he killed the captain when asleep, and assio'ned no reason except th at the captain gave him too mue work, and that the devil was in him. Be begged the mato not to let him be killed till he had seen a priest. The knives were com mon table carving-knives = one, with which he had killed t'ie captain, was taken from him by Cummings when he attempted to kill him also with it ; a second was found in his sash. The revolver belonged to the captain, and appeared to be out of order. An apprentice had seen Antonio sharpening a carving-knife on the day before. He told th e only w anted crew orelil that he had killed the captain, and quarrel. had - been one from drinkin g , e man more.. There had been no pmts he said, and had taken a bottle of e s cabin, the day before. All the drawers in the capmtain' and the captain's desk, were broke n open. The mate caused the mfortunate captain to be pl ace d i n a shell the ballast,- and made for Falmouth as wnting body of BREACH, OF THE GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION . ACT This was a prosecution heard before Mr. Preston, at the Police-court yesterday, at the instance of Lieutenant Hay, RN., against Michael Duffy, passenger broker, for having abbetted the captain of the American ship Samuel Lock in getting more passengers for that ship than she was legally entitled to carry. Mr. Lushington appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. T. B. Aspinall for the defence. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Lushington that the ship was 911 tons burthen, and on the 11th of August was lying in the Bramley-Moore Dock with passengers bound for New Orleans. 'On that d a y Lieutenant Hay received a letter from Mr. Duffy, the defendant,: asking him to go on board the ship and clear her.- In accordance with that request' Lieutentant Hay went on board, and he found that the vessel was entitled to carry seven teen and a-half statute adults, and was not enti tled to carry any more than eighteen statute adults without .becoming' _.a passenger ship. At the time Lieutenant Hay cleared the vessel she was not a pas senger ship, but had the compliment that she 'was enti tled to tarry. When Lieutenant Hay went on board he saw Mr. Duffy ; and, consequently, he mast have known what took place between the captain and Lieut. -Hay. On the 12th of August, information wag received that other passengers had been placed on board the ship. Lieutenant Hay went down with InspeCtor Povey, the latter of whom went on board the vessel, where he found the defendant, who said they could discharge the extra passengers in the river as the ship was the:being hauled out. The inspector examined thepassengers, and found there were eleven and a half extra passengers from the preceding day, and no more provisions had been shipped than was on board. for the passengers which the ship was entitled legally to carry.. . He then went on shore; and with Lieutenant Hay he watched, and they found that no boat left the ship with passengers. The ship was towed out to sea; but. the tug brought no passengers back. By this , the, captain and owner of the ship were liable to heavy penalties. There had been a great violation of this' act, and he contended that Mr. Duffy, as the' broker„ being privy to it, was liable under the 70th section of the act. Mr. Duffy had issued contract tickets to, the eleven and a half extra passengers, which the inspector had taken from them, two of which were signed by the defendant himself; and one by Mr. Perched,. his agent The two points which, he wished to urge were, that by issuing these tickets the defendant represented that he knew, or bad reason to believe that paesagesin the ship would be lawful passages,: whereas be. knew, and had reason to believe, that they would not be lawful; and, secondly, that the broker represented_ that. he knew, and had reason to believe, that the statutory amount of provisions would be on , board ; whereas he knew, ansi had reason to believe ' that the' stmtnitory amount of provisions would not be on board. ,He submitted that, by issuing the tickets, the person so issuire, being a licensed *leer, there was- a misre presentation, .and a wilful one, and that sueh misrepre sentation was a natural inducement to a passenger to engage Ids passage. That the defendant hathe guilty knowledge, he ,tho . ught, - was _proved by the fact that Mr. Perceval had signed one of the tickets an: the very day the ship was cleared, and that with Ma:,. Duffy's knowledge. He considered that the ticket had been issued contemporaneously with the surveying of the ship by the emigration officer. After some further observa tions, he called the following evidence : Mr. Robert, D. Hay, on being sworn, said he was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and one of the govern ment emigration officers in Liverpool. On the 11th ult. witness went on board the. ship Samuel Lock, as he had received a notice from Duffy requesting him, to come on board and pass her. The Samuel Lock was in the Bramley-Moore Dock, and she was Ha tons. She would be entitled to carry out eighteen adults to clear her from coming wider the Passenger .&ct. On the passenger list there were seventeen , and, a-half adults, and the provisions on board were suffreient for eighteen adults for seventy days. The vessel was bound to New Orleans. Mr. Duffy was the person who superintended the embarkation of the p-issimgers. On the 12th wit- board, and he and Mr. Povey went down to the Bram ley-Moore Dock. The vessel was then going out to sea, and witness: did , not go on board. He, however, hailed Mr. Duffy, and told him he had better put the late ,passengers on shore, and Duffy replied that he would heave up in the river and do so. The vessel was watched, but they were carried to sea. Mr. Povey, inspector of emigration passengers in Liverpool, ,said that On the 12th he went down to . the Bramley-Moore Dock, accompanied bTLieutena.nt Hay. He got oil board. He had received a list from Lieu tenant Hay, amt he called out the passengers from; that list. He found that there were 112 statute adults more than the 171.. Witnesses spoke to Mr. Duffy,, - who re plied that he had done very ,wrong, and would bring them on shore. They also spoke to the captain. He afterwards. returned on shore, and watched the ship, which went out to sea at once. The boat went near the ship, and they were taken to sea. • • - On cross-examination, Mr. Aspinall drew the wit ness's attention 'to a section in the act, which rendered any, person liable to a fine of £2O for inducing an emi grant to part with his ticket, , and asked Povey if he-was net liable for that penalty. Povey did not think he was ; he only asked them for their tickets, not to induce them to part with them. (Laughter.) Stephen Barnes, master of the steam-stug Hercules, said, he took 'the. Samuel Lock to sea. He brought no passengers back with him. Mr. Percival, a passenger-broker, received instructions from Mr. Duffy to book passengers for the Samuel Lock. The custom is to stop booking on the clearance of the ship, the passenger agent receiving a notice for such purpose, girt onthis occasion no such notice 'was given. Witness received commission for obtaining passengers. He obtained one on the morning on which the vessel I sailed. A variety of documents were put in during the pro ceedings, all bearing more or less on the case. Mr. Lushington submitted that the tickets obtained from the passengers on the 12th were evidence against Mr. Duffy. Mr. Aspinall objected, and the matter was ,not pressed. . Mr. Aspinall then proceeded to address the b enc h on Aebitlf of Mr. Duffy. . He said that he was' charged with having, by means of false representations, induced several passengers to ship on board .the vessel Samuel Locke, whereby he was liable telt fine of not more than £20.0r less than £5. The prosecution put in three tickets, two otivhich were issued on the 6th and Bth ; they are the common, contracts issued at the various passenger offices, and there was not the slightest Evidence to prove that the passeqers had been included to take their tickets fraudulently: -Mr. Aspinallwent on to say that the section under whieh the action was brought pointed out distinctly that the master of the ship was alone liable for the number of passengers. It was also, he said, del" that no tfaLse 'representations were used, . and there was not the slightest 'evidence to show that any one had the least intention to- commit fraud. .But here there was an evident intention,on the part of the prosecution to torture • the section from the evident sense of it. In conclusion, Mr. Aspinall- endeavoured to • show that there was not the slightest evidence to show that any infringement of the act •had been committed, and he called upon his Worship - to dismiss the summons. Mr. Preston said he would reserve his decision. ANOTAI3R EMIGRATION OASE.-Mr. Lushington ap peared to prosecute an information against Mr: Freckle ton, a passenger-broker in this town. The facts in this instance were almost identical with those in the former case, with this difference—although Mr. Freckleton - was on board the vessel when she cleared, he was not on board when she sailed. Mr. Freckleton had nine pas sengers on board when the ship sailed, but all these had engaged their passage. He, however, contended that, under the provisions of the act, Mr. Freckleton was liable to a penalty of £2O in each case, for conspiring with the captain to defraud the passengers. Mr. Lush ington proceeded to call Mr. Duffy, defen'dant in the last case. On beingasked if he gave directions to Mr. Freckle ton to engage passengers for the Samuel Knox, witness objected, and a long legal" discussion took place between counsel and the magistrate. Mr. Aspinall said that if Mr. Duffy gave evidence, he should ask to have the other case re-opened, and tender Mr. Duffy as witness. Mr. Lushington said that that was the most extraor dinary request that had ever been made in a court of justicec . He contended that , this was not a criminal prosecUtion, awl that Duffy could be compelled to giVe his evidence. -Mr. Preston thought the same; but he found that the other view of the question had been practised "in that court. Mr. Duffy persisted in refusing to answer any questions, and Mr. Lushington proceeded to call other witnesses. They merely gave a repetition of the evidence in the former cam Mr. Aspinall, on behalf of the defer could not 5€ how any offence could be alleged against Mr. Freckle ton. He had, it is true, issued, nine tickets for the ship; but these were all issued before the clearance of the ship. Mr. Preston asked the prosecution what they relied upon for a conviction. Mr. Lushington said, taking . aTh the circumstances into consideration, he contended that there was ,an evi dent.conspiracy to evade the provisions of the act. Mr. Preston reserved his decision in this case also, which, he said, he would deliver on Saturday next. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LIVER: POOL TRADESMAN AND A DOCK PORTER. Yesterday the followin g case was heard before. Mr. Preston :—An elderly man,' named Owen Williams, described as a sulphuric acid manufacturer and builder, having his - manufactory in Stone-street, and residing in Church-street, Everton, and Ri c hard M'Louglilan, a dock porter, were placed in the dock, charged with con spiring to defraud Messrs. Cox, Brothers, and Co., brokers in this town, out of 33 cwt. of sulphur, valued at about £l4. Mr. Hour, stated the ease for the:prosecution. ,Messrs. Cox, Brothers, and Co. are general brokers in this town, and they had a vessel named ,the.Prown, laden with sulphur, eensigned'to them. The sulphur was sold by them to Messrs. Lockhart and -fo., and to Messrs. Roberts and Son. From the Messrs, Robe.rts,the; pri soner Williams pinehased 25 tons, and received an order, on the consignees for the delivery of that quantity. Mr. Smith, the warehouseman to Messrs. Cox Brothers, appointed M'Loughlan, the other prisoner, as weight- taker. In that capacity he acted from they bezinningto• the end of the discharge. Up to the Ist September it seems that 3l 4 Lougbian entered the weights direct into , the weight-book from the weighers; On that day Mr. Williams's 25 tom , were discharged. r The dis charge finished on, the 3rd of Septoutber. On that day M‘Loughlan came to the warehouse in a state of intoxication r and Mr.. Smith obtained the weight-book. On looking over the book he found a slip of paper containing a number pf entries of weights, and on examininr , the beet he found a discrepan c y o f some 35 cwt. , On b the following day Mr. Roberts came tot the office of Messrs. Cox, Brothers, and complained that they were nearly 40 tons short. , This caused sus picion, and Smith, the warehouseman, went down to the Crown, then lying in the Wapping Dock, and asked the captain to let him : check_ the weights from the vessel's books The captain 'consented, and it. was discovered that the entries on the slip and in the ship's books were found? to tally. Smith told his , employers, and Williams and'- At'Loughlan were given into custody, it hav,ing been found that Mr. Williams was. in the hut withAPLon,ghlan when. the latter was making- the entries ; and from seve ral otther suspicious events, it was thOught that the 'two were' in collusion. The case will be discovered more cleariy' in the subjoined evidence : John Smith, Tiarehouseman to Messrs.' Cox trothers i said he had been instructed to discharge the:vessel lying in the Wapping 'Dock, and he appointed Richard Ai'Loughla.n as weight-taker. On the 3rd of Septemberhe (M‘Loughlan) came to Smith and gave him the weight • book. In this book he found a piece of paper, and. it contained the weights; ,which were different from, those in the book. He had been subsequently informed that Mr. Roberts was short of 39 cwt.. Smith then went to the captain; and compared' the weight-books. They were different ; and he infornied Messrs. Cdx Brothers, and they gave the prisoners into custody. John Cavanagh said that he had been put as wei,gher, and he weighed them correetlY. MiLoughlari had paid for a gallon of ale for the witness and several others., Mr. Williams and M‘Loughlan went together to the public-house, and they took their weight-books with them. , James Swift gave seine-similar eiidence. Alexander Miller, the apprentice on board the Crown, said b took the weig l ts. on' behalf of the ship. , He, prodated*the book. M'Loughlan took the weights in his bookat first, but on the. Ist of September he took the weights on a slip of paper. (The piece found in M‘Loughlan's book was. here produced, and identified as the slip on which M'Lougblan had taken the weights.) 'M'Loughlan read a list of the weights, for the purpose of checking Miller's. book, and M‘Loughlan said they were right. _ Anthony Stewart, who keeps a public-house at the corny' of flood-Arcot, said the two prisoners came to Ma houie, went into• the parlour, and there he saw them copying something into a book' from a slip ; „ Detective Eaton arrested WLoughlan inPreiton,street, He told him that he charged him with conspiring with Owen Williams to defraud: MeSsrs, Cox. Broth ers ;, an d r he showed him the of paper, and . asked him if it was in his. handwriting, and . he ,answered it* was: He then asked him if the. entries in the, book-were correct. He said they were. He al so stated that he and Williams had been. in Stewart's public-house . ; but denied that they had done any writing while thero . , Detective Laycock said he, had: apprehended Mr. Williams, and that, after cautioning him, Williams said he knew nothing about the matter. , • Mr. Roberts stated that a piece of paper had been left at his office, containing an entryof 420 owt. 2 qrs. I.D lbs., but that it was found, on being re-weighed, that tkere was some two tons less than that quantity. Mr. BLUCK addressed- the—bench- on behalf of the prisoner Williams. Here was a man, he said, engaged in large naercantile:transactions 'Liverpool` for the past fourteen years, a man who never_ had a stain on his character, who had prospered and become rich, bein g a large l olise-owner, and an extensive manufacturer of sulphuric acid. How then could he; for the paltrysism of about £l4, conspire with a common dockporter, and blast his 'character and ruin his family. He contended that the charge against his client was, trumped'up..by detec tive officers Eaton and Laycock, who had received some admissions from M'Loughlan. Mr. PRESTON said he thought that the matter had better be decided by a jury, and he committed them to the sessions. Mr. BLucx.. Mr. HuLL.- greater culprit Some legal arguments passed between the two gth gentle men ; and Mr. Preston •at len- decided to take two sureties in £5OO each, and his own recognizance fox £l,OOO —Will your worship take bail ? —I decidedly object to it ; Williams is the THE POTATO DlSEASE.—Complaints of the rapid spread of the potato disease continue to be received from the county of Cork. Froni other southern comi ties the disease is alluded to, but it does not, appear to be of amore yirulent character nor' more general than the last or' preceding few years. In the north the potato is a healthy and abundant crop ; in the metropolitan districts there are few complaints.. Civic BANQUET AT LEEDS.—Sir Peter Fairbairn, the . Mayor of Leeds, 'gave a grand banquet at the Town hall of that borough, on Friday evening last, to the Lord. Lieutenant of the West Riding (Earl Fitzwilliam), several Yorkshire' members of Parliament, the Lord Mayor of York, the Mayors of the West Riding boroughs, the local magistrates, the members of the Leeds Town Council, and the principal gentry of the town and neighbourhood. Altogether upwards of 150 guests were present. Civic feasts of this character are almost a novelty in Leeds, this being only -the second of the kind ever held, the first being one given by his worship the present Mayor, immediately after the inau guration of the Town-hall by her Majesty the Q ueen, i n September, 1858. In some measure the banquet on Friday was a 'Commemoration of that' auspicibus eVent, but the object' of the festivity as 'stated' in the cards of invi tation was simply " to meet the LOrd Lieutenant of the West Riding" Among the guests were Earl Fit zw illia m, Mr. R. M. Miln - es ' M.P., Mr. F. CrosSley, M.P ., M r. J. tnheewilOrappointed Mayor d Greenwood, M.P., Mr: G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. E. B a i nes, M.P., Mr. Titus Salt, M.P., the Yen. Archdeacon Mils tsl y Bell, (the vicarg i•av of e , the e e ß d e s; 'janies Rev. A of York, the Mayors of Bradford, Halifax, W a k e fi e ld . Pontefract, and Sheffield, Mr. W. Beckett, M r; J, the Gott, Mr. R. •Markland, Mr. D. Lupton, M. w . Ferrand, Mr. J. W. Childers, Mr. H. S. Thompson, Major Waud, .&c. The, viands and wine s , w hi ch were supplied by Mr. Fleischmann, .of the Scarborough Hotel, Leed,s, were all of the first character. Mr.. Harker, of London; acted, in his usual admirable style, as toast master. Lady Fitzwilliam and Lady Fairbairn entered the hall during the evening, , and were loudly cheered. Among the speakers after the banquet were, besides Sir Peter Fairbairn, who, as a matter of course, occupied the chair, Earl Fitzwilliam, Mr, R. M. Milnes, Mr. E. Baines, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. F. Crossley, Mr.. W. - Beckett, Mr. J. Witt, Mr. R. Markland, Mr. Childers; Major Wand, Mr. Kemplay, Mr. Thompson, &c. The speeches were chiefly of a complimentary character ; but one topic was also touched upon by most of the speakers —.namely, the desirableness of a closer union between the town and the country, or, in other words, between the manufacturing and agricultural interest s . Si r Peter Fairbai rn d ec l are d that he 'had that object in view-when he invited the guests to meet him, and the feeling was warmly reciprocated by all present. TIMES. WATER. COMMITTRR . . The weekly. meeting of the Water Committee was held yesterday afternoon ; Mr. Hodson, chairman of the committee,, presiding. There were , also, present Messrs . . Vernon, Crellin, Jeffery, Farnworth, Stitt, Rae, 'Wagstaff, Bennett, and Woodruff. Mr. Duncan, the . engineer, reported as follows : The rainfall for the week ending. the 3rd instant was 3.75 inches. For the month of August 5.95 inches, making for the eight months 'of the present year, 29.58 inches. For same period, 1858, Showing an increase of The quantities of water - in the reservoirs at same period last year wet.e . -871,037,133,ga110n5. Present year, , Increase 615,743,457 „ The depths of, water iu the several reservoirs under their respective overflows were on the morning of Satur day, the 3rd instant,' its ander : " ' 3rd Sept. 27th' Aug. ' Rise. - Fall. Roddleswortn ..... 8 2 - ~_l9. '6l ll 41 Rake . " 2. 0 Anglezark lf 0 , ' l7 .oi 3Ol Rivington.- 1 .1 Prescot 1 10-1 .., I 7 - 0 3 The quattities of water didwa off during the week ending the 3rd instant; and left' in store, were as tabu lated below 3rd i Sept. 7th Aug. Increase. Roddlesworth ... 68,49089 38,498,205 ... 30,303884 Rake 51,013,536 .. 5-,463,519 ... 45,550,077 Anglezark 381,476,302 ... 278,809,775 ... 102,666,527 Rivington r . 905,792,803 . . . 912950,630 ... 52,841,973 4466,780,5:90 1,235,418;129 • 231,364461 1,235;418,12, 2M,361,461 231,361,461 It appeared from the engineer's weekly return that the quantity of: water receivedfrom Rivington during the week ending the 3rd)September, was 64,101,764 gallons; the quantity pumped from the' wells was 27,406,760; rusting a total_of 91;508,524, The quantity of water in. store was 16,381,180; and'in. watering the streets;. 2,500,000 gallons hacYltieen The CHAIRMAN said that the. Committee had pur— chased a quantity of property; in the Old Church-yard., for the sum of, £2,8V0: The committee had long re quired an office in a suitable locality- for dock pur poses; and as this property wits about to be offered for sale by the Finanee Corrimittee of the corporation, this committee empowered' Mr. Ctellin and Mr, Wag staff to attend the sale. The bids were' very slow, and after the sale was over itwas sold to the committee for £2O over the reserved priee put upon it. Mr: JapFpay,wished to kirow,if the committee bid at the safe. •Mr.. CRELLIN said they did not. Mr JEFFERY then,saia; as there had been no bidding for the property on • the part of this committee, he thought it irregular,. and a departure from a sound principle, that the property- should have came into the hands Of the committee, by any private arrangement with theYinance,Qommittee. The Cmitnii - Arr explained - that the proceedings in :connexion with the purchase' of the property were quite- straiglitfotlyard. Mr. Crellin. and Mr. Wagstaff ware, fatly' emiiewered to offer £2O there than the re serveltidiiitnd;.on that .offtr being madefor it the pui.. chase , Was effected. Mr. JEFFERY said he liadleard that there had betm some understanding.• bersreen this 4 committee and the Finante Committee wit .respeet to, the purchase. Mr. CRELLIN must say that no , private arrangement whatever; had been made • respect - Mg it. After the pro perty had been put up, Mr. Wagstaff and himself went and made an offer of V2O beyond! the reserve bid, and it was,then sold to them. Mr. JEFFERY inquired whether the Finance 03131. mittee knew that the Water Committee wished to pur— chase the, property. • : Mr. CRELIAN said it was of no consequence whether they did or not: He (Mr. C...)‘; had told a member of the Finance Commltee that if they did not serU the property' the Water Comintree• would take it from them. - Mr.:J,EFESItY had - been led to _believe that there• WM an understanding between the• Finance Committee. and the Water Committee, that the latter might have the property by :giving £2O above. the reserve bid. • • - Mr. CIi.LLIN.7 - -Nothing of the kind. BENicrri — objected to, the purchaSe altog•ether. He considered" that. £2,80!9_• was a far higher sum than the coMmittee•were authorised to give for an.ioffice for the pUrPoses.regnired; :. :Mr! FAktbzworcrn objected to the confirmation of the purchase, on the ground that no resolution respecting it had been entered on tll books. After. stane farther.discussion upon the matter, Mr: CRELLIN remarked, that; if the . committee did not feet displiscd to confirm the purchase; Mr, Wagstaff and himself.. would take the responsibility of 'it upon themselves, as they had no wish to place the committee in a;,dilemma. Mr, VERNON moved that the purehnse be confirmed. JEFFERI moved, as an amendment, that the con firmation, of the purchase stand over until after the next council meeting. On the aniqndment:being put to- the meeting, it was lost hy l a majority a 6 to 4, and the purchase was therefore confirmed. Thire was no, further public business, and_ the reporters withdrew. HOUSEKEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay Ip. Bd, for at any other establishment. d GiltiRDIN ON Distaisis.stENT.=-A pamphlet by M. Emile .de Girardin, entitled "Le Desarmement Europeen," has just appeared. • It is, not a violent work, such as 'might be eipected from the once fiery joornalist, 'but 'a' composition suited to a member of the Peace Con- Oess: M. de Girardin preaches, peace and, universal concord, and proposes three or four means of disarming. FirSt; a kind, of insurance company against war ; then a suppression of all conscription ; and, lastly, theSuppres=, sion of national armies, to prepare for the' realisation' of the vfords of Napoleon 1., which the, author has made the epigraph of his pamphlet—" As long as there is fighting in Europe, it will be a civil war. With peace, I should' have - brought all sovereigns to have only a bodyguard." After drawing a pidUre_of the phYsical horrors of the war, the writer touches on the economical disorders ''caused. by European conflicts. " A European disarinament, -he says; would be the triumph of 'the econOmie idea; and-henceforth, without that itlea, there cannbt be any state policy; The pamphlet concludes with wenty-five quotations from 'the authors, philoso phers, moralists, and hi s t or i ans , anc i ent and modern, 'who have written against war t --"swhe have made war on.war," says M. de Girardin. I „ CdNSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS.—A return pub lished with the - parliamentary papers of Saturday shows the' date of appointment, the salary, and the previous service of all her Majesty's consuls general, consuls, and consular.agents abroad: The highest salary paid to - a consnl general appears, to be £2,000 a year, paid at Lima and Santiago to - tlie l lion. - 8: Jerningham, and Mr. Wm. Taylour Thomson ; £l,OOO is paid to Colonel S. L. Ai. Simmons at Warsaw, £l,BOO each to the consuls of Japan and Egypt, Mr. Alcock and ,Mr. Colquhoun, £1,7p0 to Mr. F. D. Orme, in his capacity as consul general of Caracas, and another.. £1,500 to the same gentleman as consul, general of. Boliva. At Boliva there appears to be another consul general, Mr. W. G. Lett som, in receipt of £1,600.. Mr. John Green received £l,OOO as consul general . at, Bucharest; and Mr. 11. A. Charchill the same slim at Jasgay, 'The consuls and consular_agents are very namerous. Only seven consols appear to have passed , any examination—those at Mo zambique, Kertch, Buffalo, Resht, Calais, Bilbao, and Prevesa. THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.—ORF readers hear much of the Grand D u k e C ons t an tine, but, perhaps, see little of him, and may have very ideal notions of his appearance, picturing him something as truly Imperial 'as the late Czar, or even the present Emperor. But the Grand •Duke Constantine is quite unlike the members of the Imperial family of . Russia.. -Ho is much more Italian-looking than Muscovite. He is short, and the cheek-bones are high and prominent, but the lower part of the face • falls suddenly away to a point, the general character and appearance 'of his countenance being more like the Duke d'Aumale, than any of his own family. Hi s Imerial Highness, too, has none of that f ree , grac i ous, and unpretending thinner, so void of any a pp earance o f condescension, which was so peculiarly the characteristic of the Emperor Nicholas when among strangers, but has a short, decisive, and even abrupt mann er w ith hint But perhaps the smart of the Crimean war has not quite rubbed off., - .le . speaks English pe r f ec tly, and seems anxious to make himself well act:minted with everything worth knowing in this, Tou;nal MARKETS COMMITTEE. The fortnightly meeting of the Markets' Corny/idea was held yesterday ; Mr. Johnson in the chair. The other members of the committee present were—Messrs. Ridley, Haydock, Woodruff, and Shimmin. THE WHOLESALE. MARKET.-IMPORTANT PROPOSAL OF TEIE COMMITTEE The - minutes of the proceedings of the committee having been read, Mr. WOODRUFF said, that before the. proceedings were signed; he wished to call attention to a subject of very considerable importance. It Was Well known that for some time past .great inconvenience had. -been,ex, periencedi in , consequence of the want of .accOinmeda tioru for. the sale of wholesale protium:lit the Markets. The neighbourhood of St. John's Market, Great Charlotte= street and . Quee&equare, had been so much over=crowded as to have.become dangerous:tolife, wellas .a seriouit inconvenience to farmers and others. . He thought the time had now arrived when something - must at - once be done for the public demanded. greater facilities fOr the wholesale traffic', and the farmers required, at the. - hands, of the committ ee , a l arger space than had hitherto been allotted them. The committee believed that the plans now submitted could, to a considerabl'exterrt, be carried out, at what they believed to be a, moderate' price.. The farmers would be satisfied' with the adoption of these plans, and he had no dOnliethat the 'pnblic would also approve of them. Il e sugges t e d that, iitherepert whiCh had been read were published in the - newspapers, it would setisfy 'the public that • a great' iinprorrement was_nor about to, be carried out, Mr. RIDLEY was also of opinion that i(the plain; now proposedlcould be carried Out, it' would' bera . very great advantap to the public at large. . The follbwing Is the report alluded to : It' appeared, from theproceeding'S that at a special meetlno of the committee; held on Friday last, it was resolved to suEtnit a report eirthe subject of a wholesale market ft, the next council. The report, which is ar lengthy dbctimmt,. states that the time has arrived wicen 'it ,is necessary tir provide a rr offcient remedy for the . evils complidied ef; both as regards- the obstruetion to ffie thorouglifire,sand the better accommodation for produce: r It thenvays.:---- " Your committee have considered 'the sev6rat site which have- -Been selected for 'a Wholesale- market of the d'eseription required, and' they are of opinion that the convenience of tile public, and . of the producers- ' and' the interests ' 'the - corporation, would be best:. consulted by enlarging:the spuee'now' occupied for this purpose in the immediate neighlirttr hood of St. Jelin'h Market "They therefore reconnytend that application bumade to parliament, in the next session, fcr - a bill to enable the corporation-to acquire the pitpertjr: between Qtreen square and Williamson-square ; and to devote that property to the-purposes of a wholesale market forlqu duce brought- hylarrners, and Market gardeners, and in tended for human food. The whole area available , 'for the purpose, including a proportion of the two squares, and after 'allowing for the improvement of the surround-' ing street,, would be about 9,000 square yards, being- an increase over the present accommoclatiOn, including Gieat Charlotte-street, of nearly 7,000 squm-e yards. " Your committee' have' received from the surveyor estimates of the cost of purchasing the' property, and forming 'the. market; market, Which amount • to £41,000,' exclusive pf street improvements, and as there is :now a surplus revenue from all .the marketS of about £8,900, there is ample security for the money fo-he borrovied, without taking into account the increased ievenue which would immediately accrue from the faCilities whiff h would be obtained for-proper collection of/the tolls. " Your .Committee also recommend that this °ppm , i tunity should lie waged of to repeal or amend the pre sent Markets' Act, passed in 1819, and to- insert in the new bill all s - ach provisions as may be necessary for the efficient regulation and management of air the marketsl.' A plan from , the surveyor, aecompaniact'bj , a report; was also prodneed: with the report of the committee.- We extract the. follbwing items from the surveycet ieport 43 By the plan now - submitted, it is proposed to row - re A the biiildlugs.lyiiig between Queen-square -and Damson-Scputre on theone hand; and - bounded by Mtn , : ray-street, and Rae-street upon the east, and Marble street and - Hood-street on the west, with the exception , of the premiSCS upon the north-west side of Roe-street,- tbedestruction of which may be avoided; using die area thiis obtained`for-the wholesale market;. and clearing the adjacent street-now used for market purposes, to the ob. struction. and, annoyance of the putlie, now so much 'Complained of wion. market days. "In conneetiOn with this seheme,i, it is 'proposed' to widen Murray-street, at present inconveniently - nar row, altlieugh one of the principal thoroughfares lead. ing the southward and westward, to the markets; the -Assize, Courts, and to the London and Nerth-- western.Railiitiy„ making this street sixteen yards wide: It is-; also. proposed to widen- Marble-Street- and the; northern, section of Hood-street, and also 'to make. that part of, Hoed,street, between Marble-street aibi , Roe-- street, sixteen. "'arch Wide. - • Thisitreet, when Widened to its; .junction with :Whiteehapel, will: form. a convenient access,between the north-eastern portion of the borough and the. intended new' public offices, and proposed- new est-office, the streets surrounding the s ite s . ; o f whi c h, buildings are now in progress.' The general business transacted was entirely.devoii of interest. Old cruet frames, tea and coffee services, forls, spoons, and jewellery, re-electroplated and gilt, all in the best manner-, at J. Bilsborrow's, 66, Isling - tpn. Liverpool. &la EXCITEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—In consequence of the. great excitement which prevails amongst all classes. as regards- the ease of Dr. Smethurst, and: also the very numerous appllnations made by parties to Mri. William Al'sop to have a representa tion of Dr. Smethurst,in his Exhibition of Waxwork Figures, Sculpture Galleries, Bm., at the Teutonic-hall, Lime-street, Liverpool, Mr. A., ie. accordance to the requests, has,, at a very great expense and a vast amount of trouble, succeeded in obtaining a correet and truly% faithful, likeness, modelled in wax, from sketches and a careful drawing, taken during his trial, expressly for Mr. Allsop. • 'The model has been executed by that truly renowned and talented artist,.Mr. D. Brucciani, of London. Notice.—The figure of Dr. Smethurst will not be placed in the elaamber of criminals, The figure will be ready for inspectionthis evening (Tuesday,) for certain. Open from Ten o'clock. a,m. to Ten p.m. Admission 6d, AMUSEMENTS IN LivmrooL.---Open from ten in the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. All the kings and queens, from and. in cluding William the Conqueror down to Queen Victoria ; also princes and princesses, dukes,.. duchess( lords, eminent : §tat,os,lnen, warriors, poets, diy-iaes also all the most noted personages of the past and present ages, &c. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing upwards of 3,00 G statues, selected from all parts of th e world, varying 'from five , to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic. cosmoramic, and stereo scopic views, of intense interest. Allsop!s musical pro menade. The above attractions are now combined, forming one large establishment, in the immense and magnificent building known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the C - ounty Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public at 6d. each ; children under ten years of age, 3d. each. Mr. Allsop*s exhibition has been. pronDunced by the press of Liverpool, Landon, and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly magnificent, and largest establishment in the world—a fact that cannot possibly be contradicted. Be sure to observe the name, "Allsop," at the entrance. Sole proprietor, Mr. 'Win. Allsop, J. Gorsuch, Hair-Putter and Perfumer, No. 7, Parker-street,, begs Most respectfully to thank his, friends and the public for the liberal patronage be stowed upon him during the fourteen, years he has been in business in Liverpool, and, furthermore Solicits a continuance of their favour, which it shall ever be his study to deserve. He takes the present opportunity to announce that the late partnership ex isting between himself and James Wynes is dissolved and for the future the business will be carried on, at. No. 7, Parker-street, under J. Gorsuch's sole superintendence. Boarding Schools attended by the month. Private families waited on as ,usual at their residences. , An experienced assistant will be sent round once a month to the following places :--Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby Huyton 4.3ainhill, Runcorn, St. Helen's, Seacombe, Egre mont, New Brighton, Birkenhead Park, Clough ton, Oxton, and Rock Ferry. J. G. may be consulted personally in all cases of disease in the hair. He calls especial attention to the stimulative properties of his " Circassian Balm," (where the hair is falling off,) of which, and the Milk of Almonds, he is the sole in, venter; and no other is genuine unless made by ()- Gorsuch. s 2 .—Exchange Hair-cutting and Sham" Castle -street, August 5, nP 1 1 8 7 59 1 . k . n ( olv h le :n a cling 3- re the inclosed card, permit me to inform you that the partnership hitherto sub= silting between myself and Mr. Gorsuch has terminated by mutual consent. I s h a ll f or the future carry on the rooms situate as aboye, where I trust I m ay b e f avours - ith 'fr— N's' CIRCULAR, ou. datronage. thing shall be wanting on my part to deserve your c )tfidenee.—l have the honour t o be, sir, your obedient servant, James Wvnes, SEPTEMBER . 6, 1850 THE GREAT EASTERN. The great ship, which has for so tong "a period heet i one of the great si g ht s o f .the ti,ter,which haibecif the jibe of many an old salt, and the subject of soma/ grave predictions respe c ti ng h er utt er failure, will lealle* her moorings about the middle of next week to seek_ d . deeper water and a more suitable field for.the display Al her powers. The gloomy' piedictioi* which ever sine the first plate was riveted have not ce as e d t o fella* ate' noble ship , still cling to it, apd those who hav e no faith in progress, or are envious of great successes; venture, to tell the world that the G r e a t }astern willnever get clear of the intricate navig,atioil of the river, that she will be• grounded on some shoal,_ sYriag with soine tide; or lie across , the river, to► the 'obstrue" . tion of all Vessels coming up or goin g downk To W u ' an extent have these - silly notions been prevalent, that it is stated -the underwtiters will tiot nisurn' the -shiP until she *fairly out at. sea. The difficulty of ptneee" . „; ing down the-Thanteeli, Nie are confident; very" gre." . „„,l'i exaggerated. We . liklieve • there are but 'three' Pew'', in the whole length of the river, from the ; spot.r. which the vessel lies, at which anYthing did" culties present themselves to the colossal ship an' , witt , the `most ordinary care they may be passed-Wit'. perfect safety: The - fitst poret, after leaving jt_ er „ moorings at Deptford, will be at Blackwell. the river takes a- very sharp bend, at the en t r ance 'ti!' the Oeieks. A short distance fu r the r d ow n th e river "i 4; what ib called -" Barking - Shelf," a shallow- ex t e ndini: nearly across 'the river, -ant. leaving but a very snu l l' channel-of sufficient - depth.- -AV .r.rith there is what ", called "'trial binds," _ which* consist of a sandbank running - across the' river ;-trat this . May be passed wit h facility hyvtlie exercise of:due:precaution, Indeed the re ' _are numbers- of timbei-lacten ships which draw g reater depth of water than ;the Gtbat'EaStern which PI" u P the river continuully to the Cbmtnerciat Docks :without making any. , :stoppiage upon these • wonderful sandbank'. The mode in which the 'Great -, }esteem' will be taken .down the river is. one ,whish , : has- been carefully arranged- fortproviding against casualties• which hate been scOiberally imagined.. -than will hstwo powerrn" steam-tugs at the bows ,of the and, two at .the Stern, which will take the great ship priionerj as it vie_ n r. e ' between them:- - The paddle-engints of tie ship wr also ,be gentiy worked, and at afgiVen . sites!, to be arranged by eolenreci flags, or'otherwise, the power of !the tugs will bh , • applied starboardlorilarlyeard fate Or aft, as may be-, required. In case ofthotithirtaling t he how of the ship as she Fs ruining dilwn; the. action °f 'the attendant itettmer can be reiiulited as- May be re quired, and the great:saip can be marsaged'wßheertahl t i and almost mechanicaf precision. On arriving a t the ffore, the ship will talio.lll a quantitr. of COR4-antlfr° ll ' ttienre steam, to Portland,. near Weymouth... About thet Bthi it is expecteclihat she will leave-.Pbrtiatif4, on Who -called her tltal trip, which' will last . ; for two ,e -three days. Reittummg- from the trial trip c ,the ship will' go to Holyhead, where she remain unto su e t sailS4Cor PortlancV in the State of This. P_ . ,°. r forms-the Atlantic termiir us o f th e Gr an d : T run k ii"" - way of Canada, ar_til is- connected with the whole ne t t i Nrork of railways,-; both in the lTnited • States an . Canadh. There is a direct railway:. from it m the. great bridge over the Si. Lawrence, at Montrealii to Best= and to Nei: York, The harbbur cr UPertlaa . , being in the, Atlaatic; is open to ships • all 3' the .. d round, and when th e . "Victoria-bridge - is come e te acrois the St. Lawrence, _it will form. the great of &large portion of the-commerce of (fanadwanci of t he north-western Statesi-which is at present conveyed, the-Erie Canal and railways on the' one handi ava the St. Lawrence on the other. It was by the. '"Asliburton capitulation"' that the State of 'Maine ,cedeer to the United States. Its geographical_ pgei t ' ° . - ,man4ed it out as peculiarly belonging-to British tel: • tory ;; But the importance of securinan exeellhef lanti& seaport for Canada and 'Britisla'asTorth Auner l l did_ not appear, in the4ays when the boundary clize s l o was. agitated, to be a.matter of so mach importauee ue this: country as preserving amicable relations with t " government of the adibinmg States.—Observer: outlet IN-CALL or Lonn.ffartru.—A Wdshingtott et : t spoudent of the New -York .Tribune revives tho , of Lord Napier's re-call, and states-- authoritativ e e . 1' that;'—" The whole operation was. suhstantially formed by President - Buchanan, aid BY no other perM Dir (Mo Russell, ne ph ew , of ordi ,Thhn attached tothe Britiih Legation here,• was going u a e to likrope. . This isthe same "Mr. Ruesell Who. has sine ,represented th e B r iti s h_ government at Rome:. %V ile o t be' was about leaving Washington,. Mt.. Buchanan se a for him, and desirorlhim to say t o , Lord Maltnesb u ' h , that- Lord Napier was p ersona ll y v e ry d i sagreea ble 'the government 'here; and - that h e Czdr.. Ruchav 4l / 1 • would be pleased tensee some other person in, his Pl r * ce i The President said that it was a delicate ma tt er , , au ° i which he did not a wish to send', ' c leO a tcll,,, ° London,- hilt that:. he , would rely on. Mr... Russell f . transmit his request- to the British. Fo re ig n Mini st n i Its soon as Lord Malniesbuty Nees, infermed of the of the President. lie instantly re-eallect the obnoxi°' Minister." - - • MURDER IN rDELAND. —ita . brutal minder has 13e/1 0 . perpetrated at Attterooin. A correspondent writio& from that town, says . rutal murder - was pe r P r r e trated here last evening. The victims was a farm 0 - named Daniel tiynch, whodived about five miles f r° o f this town, where he. rented a farm on .the preP rt jhe Mr. R. J. Uyfly of Ry.eaeur ow ! t. Yesterday me , left home fertile purpeses of transacting sonic busto j e lio , in Macroom, 'and it is rumoured that parties in . 0 ,, neighbourhood were aware th a t Money was due to 111 4 ., and that heexpectedto receive payment. Net returningt:ii. the hour expected some uneasiness was felt as to safety, bat about ten o'clock - the sound cf his 11° 1,c. and car approachi ng his residence'-dispelled t o . fears entertained by his family. The horse, and f 'stopped on coming,- up to his door ; but the f e elinZ o o , his relatives may be imagined when, on approachiori4 _car, they discovered that Lynch, though seated Ig s i ik was quite dead, his s k u ll being fractured in five. or id places, and his face so ma n g led that hi s f ea t u res c o me scarcely be, recognised. A portion of .his elotheZ oc i. absent, those that re ma i ne d being saturated Ni - 4 111) ',. 0 e The, body was still warm, and apparently the. ° ll- f itS must have been com m itt e d w ithi n ; h a lf an hour d. discovery. discovery. ~ The alarm was of course instantly sP' tr f through the district; and the police scoured the 00 , „re in every! direction, The doilies of the decease d L i s - e found in a ditch on the roadside r between, Lis own and Macroom. THE Loss, OF TILE ARGO, NEW 'YORE AND GA l ', the STEAMER.--On Saturday,the Board of .Trade issaca ta i p report of M r . P or t er , th e mag i strate, an d CO ot • Harris, the nautical assessor , w h o - held 'the re inquiry-at Dublin into the loss of. .the Argo, one ° , f t of New York and G a l way li ne o f steamers, on the c9"-the, Newfoundland, and the decision of the board rn s yss matter. ~The Argo was upw ar d s o f 2,000 tons, a n- ~3 0 formerly one of the fl ee t o f the General Screw '7,; e o Shipping Company. She - was on a vOyage frog' w ith York to St. John's, Nevr - founilland, and GalwaY , le 210 passengers of different classes on beard, wil a ne• struck on a rock on the morning a the 28th or an d became a tot a l l oss . After- noticing the cou rse ,iy progress of th e s hi p , M r. Po r t er t h us r eports at t he deliberate opinion, after maturely considering ept of evidence that has : been add uce d, i s th a t ; the Mo`` a ed the Argo, having made - the' land of Cape riP e 'ope consequently aware that he - was approaching t hat Race, and with a knowledge that the currents In not vicinity were both strong and irregular, n o irig Justified in continuing his course at full spec; p biro a dense fog such as the wit nesses d escr ib e , and as L i- d sea self admits. Again, h av i ng p asse d-one iceberg an he ice another in Trepassy Bay, as also others seen by .` t i,fie3 pilot about Cape Race, the master was the less PI 4 ,0 in running. full speed when the fog came on 3 re cor a.m. ; and I look on it as a most provident e , l_ che r stance that he fell in with the fishing schooner at.,l'aijip when he did. Had not • such been the case, h ' s s tern would inevitably have bee n d as h e d aga i ns t the e% a tl shore of Trepssy Bay, an d- many li ves wonid e :ptain probability have b een l ost, i n which ease ad t to dn s say c t ao h n a ds t een ue e efn o o t m gl Halpin might now have to encounter a - mer e 'OO l charge in a higher court. I am, therefore, of ter ship occasioned by the 'default of the master. I trans nk a acCO -- master'? eerti6cate, and; having thus performed pa' rirt and strict duty, and'having also considered the, ,5i(09 ,1 y i w ssi fi a s n c :ih t t e h o p a s t r l i o t m h w a ' n r the e s a s uensenfgoitnfhetehOeltd:.igls-30.8:vvteir,1 es; palming testimonials to the character and pro!'`,„ tho ability of Captain Halpin, and being also aware the suffer ed personal ro do loss fee life, and the ca th ta a s t tro c p a l r ie t : a w in as nuaniaptitnendheads noire, i severely by the loss of a valw.ble earnestly entreat their lordships of the Bolti(1, to deal with his ease as leniently ment as may in be consistent with the state of fats whie herein reported and submitted for their lordships' ses,or, sidAratinn . rr , ”•Aq. the n autical. d of expressed, his concurrence in the report. The ,15 04 ` - ig, concurrence Trade have directed that Captain Halpin's certificate suspended for nine months.