Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-16 00:00:00

CORRESPON I )ENCE. [IV do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents.] TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. S 1 ,—There are, Many vacant a n d Useless plots of ground in our streets which might be sold'at good prices,, and the proceeds made available for the ptirchase of old premises, to improve the thoroughfares of the town ; for instance, at the corner of Norton-street .and London road a large triangular .waste exhibits a great defect to the regularity of the - district, Which space might be built upon ; as well as the vacant ground oppoiite, at Vie corner of Seymour-street ; and, with the suns realised, the London-read might be widened at the ein-ner of Hothain-street, where it in so much eon- OLD INIIAETTINT, ; Limpool, 16thisiov.,. 1859. St JAMES'S .CHURCTI. TO TILE EDITOR Qr TiIE .I , IOItTIIEIiN DAILY MM. Sia,--Uaving observed that a letier which I recenily received from my icallgregati , .;:l was 'published in your Paper, h avail Myself of the same medium to ackaowledg•_ , the receipt, and shall feel obliged by your inserting the My dear Christian Friends,—From my heart I thank you for yyur affectionate sympathy, expressed in your letter. of a recent date. Deeply moved lam that cir cumstances nquire me to bring the case of fraud, to which yol allude, more prominently 'before the pablic. In a very short time it will be cleat:ly and fully seen haw matters stand, and then my peculiarly painful position will be rightly estimated. I need hardly say, that Were. it not for an unusual press of business, I would call to thank you for your kind ness ; however, the signatures' are too numerous tc, adroit of my doing so for the present.—Believe me, my 'dear Christian friends, to be your faithful and devoted pastor, " ' LEwns FREDERICK TIIOIIA9. To the Congregation of St. Jaines's Church,' Toiteth Park, BOTANICAL GARDENS. TO. TIM 'EDITOR OF TTIE NORTHERN DAILY TIAPES. Sin,—One of the greatest improvements that can be effected, at .a Very trifling Cost, in our Botanical Gar dens; woqld be to:place the present, open iron gate from the side .of the wall to the middle -, )f opposite the centre avenue, - which would. prince a splendid effect from the terrace of the green-honse,. and which latter would then also be seen to great advantage from Waver tree-lane. • Similar arrangements have been introduced in the •Botanical Gardens of Oxford,. Brussels, and else - Ti!cre., 'producing the effect deseribed.-Itour obedient servant, AN; 06 RATEPAYER: -I,,iverpo6l, Nov. IG, 1859. POSTMASTERS AND THEIR POWER. TO THH EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. reverting to the relationship at pre ent existing bet Ween postmasters and their subordinitc3 iii office, we demur to the doctrine that the matter of the relationship,is• a matter for these oidcer3 themselves to - determine, without the cognizance and: opinion of the ' public. Hitherto, the public has taken a deep and lively interest in.questions connected Ni . ;itii . the service department ; and, knowing the exietence of many harsh laws and grievous enactments, it cannot be supposed that these should remain unheeded and unnoticed, even • though it be at the risk of waking into sensation the apathy of officialism. The Post-oiliee'clerk, or goiter, is no mere machine, • unconscious of pleasure,- of pain ; but pa() of a numerous class,of indispensable functionaries, for whom, as for all others, the public are'entitled in'requirihg the strictest impartiality and the utmost candour in the administra tion of justice. Englishinen arc proverbially the lovers of fair play ; andif it can be shown that acts of fair play in the. Post-office are, like Irish guineas, the rarest of novelties, our duty as Englishmen imperatively de mand that it be done. Besides, we feel certain that the enlightened nebleman who now presides over the Post office needs only to be made aware of existing evils, in order to insure a correct end speedy raress. We must not be supposed, however, as objecting to postmasters having power to maintain proper discridine in their respective departments. We complain of the abuse of • power and the iniquity of the existing - system - 0f -go vernment. In dealing with this subject, we shall in - 41 nothing extenuate, nor set aught down in malice." Considering the broken and unseasonable periods of attendance, and the minute and necessarily rapid mani pulation of the public correspondence, it is not surprising that irregularities and errors occasionally occur, giving to postmasters opportunities of exercising their pre rogative of punishing offenders. The most careful and zealous officers are liable to eommit errors; but when the amount of puni.shment for such errors is meted out •by persons who are themselves, in a 'practical sense, ignorant of the, dutic.i., and. who.lack judgment to &IS -0 criminate between what is venal and excusable, and what is really censurable, then the worst possible results naturally follow. When a. debt is 'paid "the Obligation is cancelled; and when an officer. is .punished for an error, there should be an end of the matter.;. not so in _the Pest-office. If the postmaster considers it expedient to visit hina with •a . severer punishment than is in his own power to inflict, it is not difficalt to get up a case, to be brought under the notice of the Postmaster- General. The most generous and sensitive disposition must silentlylisten to hoMilies the most latimiliating; and con scious innocence to insinuations.; the most base and degrading ; for a disdainful look; an awkward perform ance of the expected obeisance, a laConic reply to a , ridiculous - question, or even a provincialism in. the_mode of 'expression,- is a peg strong enough upon which to bang the dreadful charge of insubordination ; and, to support it by collateral evidence the archives of the department are ransacked, as for kidded treasure — traces of former errors, weight y or iridium; or both, are neverth e l ets ;f orwar d ed, and though previously atoned, with the postmaster's dissertation th ereo n (which for obvious purposes the accused is never Permitt e d a sight 4) to the Postmaster-General, who innocently believing that only the incorrigible, who have defied all mild andb humane measures, are brought before him, pronounces the victim's . doorn—disinisal, or degradation equally injurious..: In the Military service there are courts-martial, and the accused has the opportunity of defending himself, either in perion, er by counsel; be hears:all that dare be advanced against him, and possesses' the right of cross-questioning the witnesses. Even in the Customs, an officer is furnished With the nature of the charges made against him, and the privilege of defending him self readily permitted. Why should not Pest-office officials be placed on a similar footing ? Why should a postmaster alone be invested with the power of blast ing.for ever the prospects and reputation of men, who are not less respectable than himself, and who have faithfully served the public, it may be, the best part of their lives. Painful instances are on record, of innocent persons leaving suffered wrong fully, after a carceul. trial, before a j ust judge and an impartial jury, —the futurerevealing that the evidence was entirely false, or .purely circumstantial. If our lcarnc ind,ses, after a Careful examinatica of evidence, leeq!..l et; may sonntirnes arrive at , i.roncous con- —*l of a s - 73i-.^-m - whorl -7 ~,,, _, evi:le ace at all, gave the private r YJLMlzaafiTylow : oe II! •i - i't' • • • . • ..t'l •-.' , b, 6 , - • - •”.:U-3,71.17_ '•) .-' report of an oftenr who m37l.r.vr r1:^ 1. !^71.r.-1"9.1i1n I motives for getting, rid of a snbc•rdinatel Recestevento have shown that in one simportant alike t least the fate of 200 officials reds entirely in tile hands of one; who has resorted to aneastires, of wVich any of his friends, , poSsessed of comnion sense 91141 , 1:nand judg ment, must acknowledge to he dcr9gative to the office and character of a postmaster. We dordtt not that an iinFartial and , - r4id investiga tion would bring to light in JCher effirec i c (pally Unfair and najUstifia.ble enndant, • a perhapa, on the assem bling of l'axliament, 111 , ;1:113 v. -1 be ;,1...en to secure this cud. licanlyhile, we would respectfully !elicit Lord,' Elgin to look • into the matter, and jest get a' return' made ont in his own office of the. dismissals and c np y nsi,; , l Itions that have' taken place since the reVisea of the provincial offieers,. witti a column, stating,whif opno- , unitics were given to tine actuged to " V 74 t , til tive postmasters' reports, and to ci u 1 • .1 , ;1 . 4 ren-litions made ! against then ; and as that he will I see sufficient case ; .. nr th.; inquiry we have hinted at. It nitht nra, e.simm, conducted by any one' owing it is elevai.ed posii,i..a to his own, or his Wife's, connexion with the. upholders of the -present system. It ought. to be conducts iby gentlemen un connected with 'the serVice, the wi.aess examined on oath, and insured rotectitin for telling the *hole truth, and giving a true deliverance. Whether grievances heroin set forth will receive corideration: or nc,t, yet it is certain, that if they be founded only on a partial enunciation of truth, such will be readily apparent, on entering the examination, and ne further troubl , ) need be taken;' hilt,- if on the other hand,after diligent study and investigation,. they be found .to be only too surely stern realities, then, to remove those evils• will add to an already honourable and successful career, the performance of a just and magnanimous deed.-Yours, &c., Liverpool, Nov..loth, 1859. A. G. LITERATURE. THE AMERICAN STRANGER'S GLIDE TO LONDON AND LIVERPOOL AT TABLE. HOW TO DINE AND'ORDER A DINNER; AND. WHERE TO AVOID DINING.. Fourth Edition. London: Longman end Co ; Liverpool : Webb and Hunt. ISSO. This is the . production, we. understand, orene of our "merchant princes;" and very princely he certainly eppears to be, in his ideas, and in his habit,3x os respects that which with so many is a principal business,of ,life—we mean the daily duty, and the cherished pleasure, of dining. The entertaining • broc;i are instructs us, in the words of its 'title - -page, - "'How to dine and Order dinner, and where to avoid dining.", But 'why, on this; ilecount„ - it should be called. _" The American Strangers • to London . and . Liverpool at Table," we don't quite under stand. We will be bound to say that, there , are , even a greater number of English strangers than. American who need such a guide, both in London and Liverpool. Nor does it appear to point out anything--whether about dining or ordering, a dinner, or anything else, with which the American strangae has particularly to do. This, however, by the way. Our tasteful and learned gastronomist holds with the great lexicographer, Dr. Johnson, "that cookery is one of the arts that -aggrandise life; and that the masticational duties are those that we Ought carefully to attend to." He need not to have formally told us this -in so many words as he has done, for every page of his little book bears testimony to the fact ; nor is it one which we ourselves would dispute. We Must confess to our liking A good dinner—in its way; and after reading very attentively; and having been enter tained:very thoroughly, with the book before us, we will make another confession, and that is, that its epicurean author has excited in our breasts a strong desire to see how he 'dines himself—or rather, to speak plainly, to have the pleasure of partaking of one of those good dinners at his own table; with whichive are sure he will never fail to provide himself and, his guests. It i 3 utterly impossible that any one could write - Stith a book as thise and yet be content, at any time, to sit down to a bad dinner,—nay, we will not say to a had dinner or to an indifferent one, but to any dinner whe toyer that was not,, as Yankees would say, first-rate : just such a dinner, in fact, as he has himself shown uS the luxury of, in his most interesting and edifying publication. London, of course, is par excellence' a place for good dinners,—at any rate such as : Eriglislainea most esteem. There r perhaps, no place in the world where the English. taste for a g9od dinner can be so fully gratified as in the .metropolis. And next to - London comes Liverpool. Our author attaches high importance to • a well arranged form of - carte du .di ner , by means - o f which " each guest at a glance is able to Select the dishes and wines he is - most' addicted to ;" and "as the order of serving is clearly indicated, any 'inadvertent omission on the part of the servants May with 'propriety be rectified by the guest calling for the wine in the, due order of service." There can be no doubt he is quite right upon - this point, and it will be satisfactory, there fore, to' all " AmericAn strangers,"—and English ones, too--to learn, that " this form of 'carte' , is to be met with' at all the. best-mounted Liver pool dinner , tables, and has been adopted at the Town-htill banquets, - which c re about the the best served public dinners gping. The whole turn e out, it is added, is excellent, combining all the comforts 'of a well appointed private dinner party, with a not over gorgeous display of civic .grandeur. These dinners are equal, if not superior, to the state dinners of the Governor General of India." • , And then .he instances, as i worthy of special notice, the carte of the dinner offered by the Mayor of Liverpool;Samuel Holme, Esqr., to Lord Gough and the Mayor of Dublin, in 1853, adducing it as one giving some idea 'of " Liverpool at Table," and -,v:iere, it is evident, the " good:old town" cuts a most respectable figure. NO unimportant Part of the book is that which is devoted to some 'brief. instructions, in order to give %general idea of what is absolutely essential to go taste and simplicity, without extrava gance, furnishing .a dinner-table. These in staeicti ona lighting, include decoration of the table g, waiting, soup, fish : ' entrees, enti; mets, wines, Another part of the book is devoted to' r f e : punches, toasts, f et i a g e Tt s s a t various wine -cubs, ra w i o n u io id „ up with potage, curries, whips, '&c. And the' 14, - , 0 1 0 -B .' we n cann a otbu de t a collection of truisms forwthhilecsh, of moral proverbs, some of think e most forcibly and euriou.sly contradi c t th e :' whole spirit of the book itself • as, farinstance, when they tell' us that—" If time b e above a ll things the' most .precious, wa4ti.. - Ig time 'must be the greatest prodigality ;"—that " a fat kitchen maketh a lean ;"—that " who dainties love shall beggars prove ;" , --and that, " After feasting cometh sorrow, The ("lad night bath the weary' morrow." We may be -mistaken, but really 'these "wise saws" would seen net only to discourage, bat to ignore, all the arguments about good living with which the re*, of the book abounds. However, it - is a most entertaining and instructive little volume, and, as such, we heartily recommend its f-i all -,T7- , ) 1. eL Is by paying for—the lueeery it illustrates. .1: • 'SA 1 , 8)-.1' LC JI:1 T.:.:1 7 - ! TSP.:CO ';IRT) g 7:?: 0 E.li. y:•--f-ir.,"7, -'" 7 - ' ,- ' -."'' '• - _ ;,.. NORTHERN psi ' • ICI . rP. 1 7(7.X. OF THE ROYAL CHARTER. BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY. 'The official inquiry ordered by the Board rirTrade, rthative to the loss of the Royal Charter, was opened Yeaterday morning, in the .Crown Court, St.f . George's hall, before J. S. Mansfield, Esq., stipendiary magistrate: Ofhthia town, and Capt. Harris, R.N., nautical assessor to the Board of Trade. Mr. O'Dowd, assisted by Mr. "Tyndall; appeared "for, the Board of Trade, and Mr. J. B. instructed by Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson, Lowteles, and Robinson, for, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company. • The foils wing letter was 'reeeived - thia morning in Liverpool by Mr. Suiitb, the reeeiverof wrecks at Beau.- ev 'ao is attending the inquiry:— "MOELFRA, Nov. 14. • " T have to inform you that we pioked up a male body, sa ;posed to be that of a sailor, with 6s. 2d., and a knife anel a key in his pecln. There were _no marks to lead' I to an identification of the body. I have now received a note from John Price, .Red Wharf, -stating that two ' male bodies had been washed ashore there, one naked and the other with a Guernsey frock. They have been taken to Pantraeth.'. I have sent a coastguard to over haul the bodies. The marks on the GuernSey frock are. 'L.&A. N. Co.' It is 7 reported that the body of a little boy was picked up on this 'side of Red Wharf. One of the divers has succeeded in getting a small nug get in the rubbish. close to a water-closet; and also a pie. e. Yesterday they succeeded in raising 137 ingots and C 8 tills of copper.." , Mr. O'Dowd, in . _ opening the proceedings, said :—I have the honour t 5 'appear before you in obedience to the direction of the Board of Trade, - who, in pursuance of the provisions of the 'Merchants' Shipping Act, .54, have ordered . an official inquiry, to be made into the circumstances of the lass of the Royal Charter, .off the coast of Anglesea, one the 25th of last month. It has been my painful tack to have acted in a similar capacity, upon many occasions, - during the' last fotie years ; but never, in the course °f e rny experience, and I venture to say within the memory of man, has an event occurred so distressing iii its character, or so lamentable iu the extent of. its sacrifice and loss, as the event which you are now about to investigate. The Royal . Charter appears; by the official copy of the negiSter, Which I now hold in ray hand, to have been the property of Messrs. Bright, as the registered owner representing the Liverpool and Australian Navigation: Company. Her official number was 1,355, and .her registered tonnage was 2,164 . 78.. She was built at Sandy Croft, in the eotinty of Flint, in the year•lBss, as eepears by' a certificate under the hand of William, Patterson, the builder. She had three poop decks, and three masts, and her length, from the inner part of the main stem to the fore part of the stern post aloft 'was 306, her breadth amidships was 40 feet, her depth of hold at Mids . :lips was 26 - feet, and was a ship with a standifg, bowsprit" and elliptical sterneand was clincher built. She had no Meek galleries and main figure-head.' The franie. , :work and plating was iron, and she., was a steamer propelled , by a screw iroppller. Such was the description the . Royal Charter, as shown by the register. During this enquiry, I. apprehend that the size, structure, amid quality of the materials of the vessel 'tail' - form an im portant consideration; and therefore, in addition to the information afforded by the official register of the vessel, . I will read a description of her steam power, as fur nished by the editor of the Rev. Dr. Scoresby's Journal while on a tour'in the Royal Charter to Australia. He then proceeded .to 'read an extract from the preface, dated in the present year, and written by Mr. Archibald . Smith, FellOw of the University of Cam - bridge, giving particulars with regard to the steam arfangements of the 'ship, and some remarks as to her rigging. Mr, O'Dowd then proceeded as follows :--The Royal Charter was commanded by Captain Taylor; and I believe he 'was a gentleman of, the highest ability and respectability, in. his, position,. lier crew 'consisted of 112 men, and her cargo was of wool, sheepskin, and gold, and was consigned to Gibbs, Bright, and Company. But she' had a more pr;e,hous cargo still—she ,carried 375 passengers, or thereahou,s.- About the precise numberit is.impossible to speak eon redly, for the ship's papers were lost and the passenger list Which she carried from Melbourne is'lost, and we are left to" conjecture as to the precise number ; but there is no doubt that she had very nearly that number. She left Melbourne bound for Liverpool on the 26th of August last, and arrived at Kinsale Head' on the 24th October, and after landing thirteen of her passengers on board the Petrel pilot s hbat at QueenetoWn she 'proceeded on her voyage, and came abreast of Holyhead about half-past four o'clock on Tuesday, where she :took in thirteen riggers from the United Kingdom steam-tug. I believe these men, had nameans , of getting to Liverpool, and Captain Taylor very_ humanely took them:on board to bring them, here. The wind wa.s blowing and at 7.4.5 she passed the Sherries. .The wind came more from the north, and increased in fury. At Abut eight o'clock signals of distreSs:Were made,.. rockets fired; and blue lights exhibited. This precaution scents to have been taken during the whole course of the evening. Point Lynas was sighted at ten o'clock. Tho - evideneie differs very much as te the distance from' which PointLynas' was first sighted. One witness says three, another four, and one says it was sighted even at such a distance as fifteen miles. At 'this time the wind was greatly '.increased: At ten o'clock Captain Taylor gave orders to set the mainsail, the - only sail on the ship being the' hriaintopeail and the spanker. -: The ship drifted before the storm or wind. The captain' gave orders to 'lei go; the port anchor, which was done e and immediately afier the starboard anchor was let gg? on obtaining soundings. Every effort was made to take soundings during the whole coarse of the evening and up almost to the very time of the occurrence of the wreck. She had 100 fathoms'of chaia to the port anchor, and 70 to the star board, • The ship drifted very rapidly, the storm still increasing, and she ' struck upon the sand. I need not say that taking into account the large number of passengers on board, that the utmost con e fusion and. consternation took place on .her, stranding. Captain Taylor did all that he could to allay the fears' of the passengers, telling them to wait patiently for day and they might yet be all right. The paisengerg 'were ordered to go down, and he gave olden; for the boats to be hung on the davits. lie then ordered the masts to be cut down, which was done. In the evidence of the quarter-master, - he says that Captain Taylor didevery thing he could; he Was constantly on deck,. and was More than once knoclrod 'dewn by heavy seas. A Man named Joe Rodgas, when the vessel got on the rocks, undertook to go on shore with a : hawser, . and suc ceeded in doing- so. , By this means some hies were saved; but, with' the exception of those who were thus ,saved; a,Cal 'thane Who were washed 'ashore, the rest of 'the pass:mgers all perished. .It was. about daylight when this occurrence took place, and Mr. Smith, of Beaumaris, will give a correct description of the place where she lay. Now two considerations at least 'suggest themselves to ordinary minds from the mode in which thiS ship was wrecked, and the fact of an iron vessel shivering to atones in this way, woald surely indicate a deficiency of strength. I have sug gested this in a communication thi a tt w l an h t a , d )f w st i r th eng .l t i h r; Bright, and he emphatically denies that there is any ground in supposing the existence of and he undertakes to favour you with the very best evidence as to the quality of the machinery, the mi.= positionof the vessel, and her general seaworthiness— the evidence of 'Mr. Patterson, the builder of the ship. As rrtgaril3 Capteia Taylor, it is with extreee. that I throw out the slighteit impute - heti on his memory: er thet I wend,. • t his e Judi eat as a mariner ra) oocwi'm interests of the cemmentnity demend that the ellanct of .Captain Taylor should irvestigated ; ant mutilated and buried though he now lire in . his watery grave, apprehend that it is the day and the proince of this • court to scrutinise his acts, as far, as any night can be thrown upon them, with tire same stern and hard truth and justness, with the same anxiety far the public interest, that it would .do_ if . Captain Taylor,possesso4 f . with life, were here in court, seeking to protect Chat commission which atithOrises him to pursue his profession. Upon these points I will obtrude no opinions of my own. The, whole circumstance of the 'Case will be judged of by a tribunal which, I am satisfied, will do strict justice. In the . able magistrate who presides, and Capt. Harris, who ' formerly occupied one of the highest departments 'of the mercantile service, I .tine sure his memoiy will find equitable . and just judges. With these observations I will call a few witnesses. Mr. Aspinall then rose, and said he represented Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, & Co. ; but he was quite sure that it was undesirable that they should appear, when the matter was in the hands of Mr. O'Dowd, who had shoWn a sincere desire to treat it with all fairness, so as to do justice; and ascertain the filets; ' David Strongman, examined saidL--I was quarter master on board the 'Royal Charter for. the last two voyages. We sailed from Melbourne, I think, ou the 26th of August last. --We had a good voyage until we came to the Irish Coast, and we landed some passengers at Queenstown by the Petrel pilot-boat, but I, do not know the number of people. The passhge up the Chan nel as far as Holyhead was very fine—where we arrived at half-past five on Tuesday.. The wind Was from the southward and eastward. We sighted Holyhead about five miles Off about noon: It was my watch belOw be fore we reached Holyhead, ,arid the crew were divided into two watches. I went to the wheel at four o'clock, the wind - being the same way. I staid at the wheel to six ao'clock, and then went below. to supper. I wee on deck several times after that. It become,dark shortly after six. I did hot see any rockets let off then. It was about three-quarters of an hour ,from the time I went below till Leame on deck, and I saw Point Lynes light. It would then be about twenty minutes or a quarter to seven o'clock. I Went below and remained there to eight o'clock. We passed Point Lynas. I should • say we were about six or seven miles off when I saw the light, which wax then broad on the starboard bow. The .next watch was at eight o'clock,,. when I relieved Quartermaster John Hodson. At that time the- wind 14J.:S bsarin - two points north-by-east:- It was then blowing very hard. After we left Holyhead it began to freshen and con tinned to increase. ..When 1 was on deck after eight o'clock I saw Captain Taylor there,- and- he told the Men at the wheel to starboard' his helni, which brought her up in the wind. That ,was after:nine o'clock, and'the maxi answered that the helm was' hard a star board. I was on the ,poop e keeping a lohk-oht: I did not hear the eaptaih.giving any further oadera then. Captain Taylor was on the port side.of the poop, 'The captain -told me, to :get' the lead lite np at aboat quarter to ten o'clock ; it Was the hand lead. • Th;—first sounding was 18 fathoms. 1 I generelly hove the lead to windward, but on this oceasion it. was, hove ou the .lee , side. It was a quarter of an before I got souad ings, and then struck the 'ground at 18 fathoms. It was an eleven pound lead. When I to..)k the first-cast I, f the lead , we had nothing on her hot- the spanker, and that was set 'when I came on deck. 'cannot say, "whether the 'inaintokiaStetayeail Was act hefoile I took the first east of the lead or not. The se'reW i i _was.going.all the time. We were steering east-south east at the time.• I did not hear the captain give any e . onrse, but I saw the coal ass as I was passitig for the . lead, and the ship's he-ad was heading RS.E.. I heard from the eaartermaster, Owen Williams, that that was the course given. He was saved. After several casts, during which: I did' not .get ,soundings,.: /the next I got . was 16 fathoniS. We were in the habit of .striking the bell. . She was drifting so 'fastthat-sheadrifted over the line. I threw it out'to leeviard as far as I was able. Captain Taylor was on deck, and when I got the first sounding he gave orders to set the maintopsail, which wag done. -The spanker was still set? After I got. the seeond cast of the lead, Captain Taylor gave orders' to Cock-bill the anchors, - mid have the chains all clear for running. We' tried to stay the vessel about half-past ten, after the Main topsail was set. The captain gave orders to square away the cross jack-yard. The L - ire-yard waSasquare. After 'we' found that the ship would not stay, I was at the lead, and I heard the eartaita and the chief adeer-talking about wearing her, but I cannot say whether they. did attempt to wear her, and I afterwards-saw the.spanker was• brailed up. The third time I got bottom was fifteen fathorhs and a half. 'The ship was broright up then by the - port anchor a the captain having 'told the chief officer to let it go. Captain Taylor gave orders .to let go- the starboard anchor about a quarter of an hour after the port anchor was let go. I could see that she looked a little'at her anchor when it' bit; but I did not go forward myself. I was told to get Up the deep sea lead, to sop if the shipdriftpd. I took off the hand load and put on the deep sea lead on the hand lead line. I was told to take the hand lead line,, which *as only 21 fathoms long. The deep Sea line was in What we called the wheel-house or screw-house.' I my ' self held the line, and found the ship drag. her anchor, and the starboard . anchor was then let go. - The port chain parted - Omit half past one or two o'clock; I heard that the `chain parted near the haws-pipe. After the parting'Of the port chain orders were given to get tip the stream anchor. We had . a' sheet anchor on board; it was placed up and down . the square of the fore hatchway. It was got up, 'bd . we had no 'ti me to bend on the cable before the" staxbOard chain parted and the Slip canted right round. It took no the -hest, part of an hour to get the stream anchor on aleek.from the time the port chain parted, and before we got it,np the starboard chain went too. She then canted round, and her head was to the westward when she 'struck. The. screw was worked up to the time - she struck. It was soon after- steppe& and before they cut away- the mast, she sat pretty upright, and the sea was Making a clean breach over her from the starboard side. The bulwarks and the skylights that were on the poop were stove in. We were obliged to hold on, and she formed a complete breakwater. to ; the sea. Soon after she struck we began to: • clear away the boats. I saw ' Captain Taylor but did not hear him speak to the passengers. When the order was given to - Clear away - the' beats, - I saw the captain gO Idown with as axe to -cut away the masts, and in about a quarter of .an hour afterwards the mainmast, was cut away, and fell over the port side. I could not say that the mainmast falling overboard' fouled the screw. The vessel was striking heavily on the sand; but after the mainmast went overboard it cased her a little. I saw Captain. Taylor knocked down- by a sea, .and lie was rolling about the - deck, and I picked him up twice.. Captain Taylor told me to heave the lead and see what water was between us mid the shore. I found three and a half fathoms aft and about two forward, as near as I could say. ;The foremast was cut away abOut half an hoar: before daylight, and soon after the order was given to stand by the boats, but to allow them to remain on by - the davits. was not aware that any boats' crews were told off. I saw the passengers waitin' anxiously for daylight. I found Joe Rogers and Edward 'Wilson, two of the ceew, in the forecastle, feud they said to me, "We may as well try to get ,:.,here c.nt as last;" and Rogei's went out on the jib be and then g ot. on the jibbooni and then with a llcaving line in •into the v,nt-or. "He r (14: , .11 go :!t +lL'lc 700 io:: orf.; no txt.cirmofil l'?1, 1 1r - i — rdr rilt:er I "1" LY TI .CA TT e7AL:! LLI. 1:1_ .IMES. l' 17 i • I ol Lo mi. Ind/ - • . was made fast to one end the line and it was palled on shore. A boatswain's 'hair was made, .by which seize of us were enabled to pass along the hawser to the share. I could net say how many got ashore by moans of the hawser. To Mr. Aspinall—l have been a long time at sea, 111. d I don't think that I ever saw such a storm as raged tfli.at night ;and I hope I never shall see the like again. ' The Court then adjourned for half an hour. • The,Court having again assembled after the adjourn inent, Mr. O'Dowd said he wished to produce two or three of the saloon passengers who were examined before the Coroner, and whOse evidence was in reference to the conduct of Captain Taylor, and to the time that the ship was upon the rocks before she broke up. He felt that he was called upon to say that he did not impute ' any misconduct, in reference to his sobriety, to Captain Taylor ; on the contrary, from all that he had heard, and all ha had read_ iu the depositions of the witnesses, there was not the shadow of a ground for any imputa tion of the:kind.' He should, therefore,- call'only those witnesses to say at what time the vessel struck the rock before'she went to pieces. Mr. Wm. 11. Morse, a magistrate, residing in New • Scutli Wales, said the ship ,first struck the sands. about two 'o'clock; and that' about - half-past exee or four o'clock she struck heavily on the rocks. During the time she was striking he went on deck ; and about kalf past four he went up for the last time, and remained until she broke up, which. was about two hours after she first.struck on- the rocks. lie saved' himself by swim . ng Aspinall.—Captain Taylor was, throughout the voyage, perfectly seamanlike, gentlemanly,. and most attentive and assiduous in the discharge of his duties. : lle was held in the same 'estimation by the whole of the saloon passengers,, who — presented him with a purse ,and some silver plate, as a memorial of his kindness and attention to -them. The. vessel parted about half-past seven, and he got ashore, by swimming, about eight o'clock. To Mr. Mansfield— Could not say whether any remonstrance was made to 'Capt. Taylor by the saloon passengers. - - • - T 9 Mr. o'lDowd—Did not know that Capt.. Withers advised Capt. Taylor to turn back. To Mr. Aspinall Was aware that Capt.. Taylor consdltea 'Capt. Withers, and acted - upon his • advice. -At midnight capt... Taylor came down into the saloon, and told the ladies there was no particular danger, for la had been forward And saw that there was .no strain Jn the cables, and that there was sufficient steam power to prevent it.' The screw was going all the time - Anita after' the vessel struck. • The whole of the officers throughout the voyage did their duty as manfully as the captain. Mr. Thomas Grundy, also a saloon passenger, said he,,,concg.rred 'entirely, in the evidence of .Mr. Morse, ire was washed on shore, and had a swimming belt on at the time he left the ship,— • Mr. iL , C. Taylor; another saloon passenger, said he had 'heard.. Captain Withers say the "ship Would not answei .Her rudder, and that her masts were. in the - Wrong place. Captain Adams also made the same observation. He concurred entirely in the reniarks made by the two precedingWitneSses in reference to the conduct of Captain - Taylor and his officers. To Captain Harris- 7 ft ifaiblo wing very hard all day on Tuesday, and the ship' did not appear to be going more than two miles an hour. Several gentlemen said the-ship could- never get round Holyhead if the wind continued. When the ship parted, it was when one terrific roller that struck her just where she broke in •two ; in fact it seemed to come rolling up, and go " bafig" through her. Mr. Aaspinall said Mr... Morse and Mr. Grundy differed from this witness as to the state of the wind on TucidaY. Mr. Morse, on being_recalled, said the breeze was insignificant, on, Tuesday until nearly off Holyhead, when it began fresh. • Strongman was recalled, and in answer to Captain Harris, said it was about four o'clock on Tuesday morning when he saw the Tuscaa 4 light. At a - quarter past five o'clock, the Court adjourned until this day, (Wednesday) at one o'clock. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURV---YESTERDAY. . • (Before; AJEIN). • In the absence of Mr. Mansfield, who is now engaged ° in investigating the fatality connected with the Royal Charter, the above-named' venerable magistrate presided in this court. The cases for drunkenness having been disposed of, the following were heard RAW:MY POPE-STREUT. John and Margaret Mc- Donough, who keep a cellar at the house of Edward 1 3 billips, in the Street referred to, were brought up from gaol, and charged with a murderous . and brutal assult on Phillips and It appeared that the mate prisoner struck both complainants on the head with a hammer; arid, that afterwards .Margaret McDonough, the female . prisoner, used her earnest endeavours to add insult to injury, in biting them with her teeth. From the evidence of Edward Phillips:-:On .the evening of the 7th inst., he wiJut down to the cellar in question to fill the teakettle; 'and tlic result was,after going .down and before returning, he got a " regular hammer ing.” The parties in the cellar kept an oyster-stall; and had he known that the.pfisoners were of a vicious chaTacter, he would not have let the premises to them. Ms (the witness's) wife was Still in a Very precarious position. The surgeon of the Northern Dii)ensary, who attended Mrs. Phillips, stated that she"was in 'a very dangerous state, and must'have suffered intensely from a lacerated wound in the head. :The magistrate said the present case was one which presented a very heinous appearance ; arid, inasmuch as the Wife of the com plainant was unable to attend to give her evidence, he would remand' it for a week. DOG-FIGHTING.—Arthur Clarke was brought up on the charge of dog-fighting, on last Sunday afternoon, at Bevingtou Bush. The priioner was also charged by Tho Mas Pilkington with stealing a dog to carry out • the inhuman act, The prisoner, was, however,. discharged. STEALING COPPER. John Connelly and' Patrick Yew* were charged with stealirig a quantity of copper from Mr. Thomas Doran, who resides in Blundell-Street. The foreman of the works having prOdubed a piece of copper, identified it :as .being a fae simile of that. stolen. A gentlemen belonging to the firm spoke in favour of the prisoners, and requested that the bench would deal leniently towards them. Connelly was committed for trial, arid Young discharged. REPOSITORY ron STOLEN GOODS.—Elizabeth Joyce was brought up by Detective - Redman, on the ground that she had encouraged her bOys to*hawk stolen goods an yesterday, in Albion-street. The case had . proceeded at some length in its investigation when Rednian asked a remand. The remand was accordingly granted for seven,days.- In the second police-court there were no cases of the slightest importance came before 'the bench. The ma gistrates presiding in this court were Messrs. W. Preston and C. Turner. RECTO a' , IITT OF THE EIIiNBITRGII The el cetiOrt by the students -of n rector for the University took 'olaca on Saturday, betwcni eleven and one o'clock. The tlowingis the result of tL' poll :—For Mr. Glad gitODP, 613,; for Lord Neaves, 527. Majority for Mr. (4);‘,'-.:..11 ,, 116. A _KJ ),:zog Saar By s REPORTEIL—WI) L. 'Ping :(I.lyor of the city of Rai:flue, was - al a me?, ,, , by J Morsh llni " tot, on O n t,- - • .BAR t I t Rat NOVEMBER 16, 18 9. THE VOLUNTEER iiIFTY, - _‘.`017 7 .7"7 - 7 77 ' IN . _ LIVERPOOL. • Yesterday afternoon, a very large ,ineeling . of Scotcly men resident in Liverpool; favourable to the formation of a rifle corps to be called* the " Bleck'Watch." was held in the Common-hall, Ilackin's-hey; Mr. Councillor Robertson occupied .the chair... The CHAIIIMAN said he felt very hanpy that the o p portunity had been afforded him of taldng the chair 3t a Meeting- of his 'countrVinen. Scotch con had ec ver been behind-hand in lovalty'or in offering. their service' to defend their ,queen and country. • Ile had no . Considering the very large attendance tha,tealy• that they Would' be able to forma corps of riflemea. that would be - a credit to their native country and of service to the nation.: . • Mr. J. Buis DOWIE, the secretary pro tern.. said he had had a very short time to do his business in id die . . results Were necessarily imperrect ; bet he _ , t te that the- Mayor, 'T.' D. Anders:la; FlAg e , countenance to. this movement. He had reeei : eters from Mr. T. M. Mackay, w'm was unable to „e .ii thie meeting that day; and from Mr. Robert Ranee. gr . Dalgleish; George MaCkenzie, and BrYee All el. svb9 were willing to put doWn their ntme,d as r 11seribers• Ile had been asked by oue gentlemnis whether tais to_ be a strictly Scotch corps, to which he h reply that not only Seetchmen, but the - sons of Sao chyle!' :and Scotch Women woad . be enrolled, as well as all g tlemen who had a liSelyiiiiterlt in Scotland; and furtbir he wished it to he known that it:was intended that thi s corps should act in unison ,with the various corps a heady established in Liverpool. . Mr. 314Cuermeir 'moved the first : resolution, .whi 6l was to the 'effect that a rifle corps be established by t he meeting for the-additional-defence, of the town. Er ° the very large.nanster that day, he prophesied that eree long not only a company, but a Scottish brigade Wen t 3 be for Med in Liverpool; and that, as a whole, the movement would bc 'embraced not - only by hundrea'' but by thousands of the Citizens otthis great tolva• (Applause.) , . . Mr. M'Doer.ten seconded the: motion, which WO carried unanimously: • • DALGemsn. said 'he knew that -the feclina• ° f patriotism was so strong in the Seachmen of Livere e l that they woald, use every effort to :vindicate the national character, as warriors who . Were at all tini° s ready and able to defend their homes and their fa l uilie s ' from'the'eominon enemy,-.(Loud cheers.) He move d l that the corps he called the' Liverpool Scotch Riffes• that it include those who from, birth, relaponship, had Scottish national feelings and sympathies. Mr. STODDART seconded the motion; Whi'ch agreed to;' e • _ e • On the motion of Mr. GLASFORti, seconded b 7 g r. WEBSTER, the secretary' was empowered- to take do o immediately the na - ::es and:addresses of those who wer e willing to join the eeirps, separating them into honorary' and effectiNe memlnes. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, it was agreed that the following gentienien . should form 'a comexittee— viz., the Chairman, and ilesirs. Willi m Dalgleish, Stoddart, George Mackenzie, Glasford, Thomas 1,1 .' 0 .. 5 ' 1 ' S. Greenshields, Colin M.Donaid, and J., M. Doric' with power to. add to their number. • n i Mr. DowsE Miweci, Mr. i raiii3ETT seconded- and itETT was agreed, that the eoininittee should be instruct ol t • cl e report early next week,, as to the least possible 0: upon which the ectrps.could b 6 satisfactorily carried 01" and to,draw up the necessary rules for its governance.st SoMe fo'rmal reioltitions were agreed to, and alli °v eje g o them one declaring that, after that meeting, no P e bv , a should .be admitced,into the corps unless propoe d o i v s, member, end seconded by two members of the e ce e, and approved by the chairman or commanding o '.o in accordance with the suggestion made by the Office. hail The meeting adjourned, after a vote of thanks been pa.ssed to the chairman. At the close of the me eting several subscriptions wer: handed in, and many gentlemen enrolled themselves members of the corps.' VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS• ELECTION OF OFFICERS. A meeting of the Volunteer Artillery Corps. now course of formation, - was held in the Police-statil Rose-hill, for the purpose of eleeing gentlemen to a.number of the appointments in tut'force.tair. Walte r ' o fo d e a t , n o b w e t p ii r t e i c i e e , e s din c g iii who has t.,..ken - such a deep interest in, and exerted 1110 so self in a a , lit praiseworthy manner, to place, the 0 4 to the i g i t ra l . d : tlemen fir toe approval of the meeting, sail tliat re i. 1 1, gave him plc isure to meet with them when they n ' c it small band, t'ley might imagine how 'seat a pl efl c su r cir extension. iosnt'aorPlrii°mPe''t o, the . They had intrusted to him tho officeri n g: a Corps, and with the assistance of the committee , `7 had been able to dO'something tow ar d s it. He did no t th ` l 4 l o . l t would be expedie n t t o appoint all the officers u t re- i; and though their numbers would authorise them , o , appoint 't on captains., only six would be proposecil'i.r. night. E would only be necessar for him • to 0 11ie y if t oi George Mll (be y— c eers)—who ilia host in I,ilns e " a to iwho,. he was happy to inform them, had agreebip accept any appointment they might confer. nP °11 ,,,, e ,1; Mr. Melly has been. puttin t ,c; 'his ,shonider' to the -t m oo to-day he has been to the Vayor, and it iS'athi s St. that his worship has granted the corps thnuse ir: ° #/jo ut Peorge's-hall,' for next Tuesday evenin g ;. I "; be ru further preface, he' Would proceed to read over to -opt the names of the gentlemen who had a greed , Captaincies in the corps, subject to their approva l ' "ff• C. S. Robinson, of Moseley--hill, •Aigbarth;rov, George Melly, Mr. Barton Rigley, llr. henry Mr. Alfred Bower, and .Mr. Samuel Ilayweea —The appointment of each was carried by acel° l oo at A member of the 'corps propoSed fiat the nb, Mr. Walter should be added, to the list, wi lic received with tremendous cheering. 11 0- • A o% , Mr. Walter, however, at present declined the ~. c o l e not lie said from any 'insensibility to their kinurt,tible proposing hiin, but because he felt it to be iueltlie' With his duties to his family and his business. pats proposed the following gentlemen, as Mr. Peter Bourne' Drink sates and Mr. Eust'lcebe tat late lieutenant in her Majesty' 3rd BA's , t 9 Cal e lieutenants; Mr. GArge Holt, jun., Mr. Clorl e l i ote'" ROtheram, and Mr. C. Birch Bean to be sec ond ants. These were also carried by acclamatio n. o f tt Mr. WALTER then intimated that the busiac.7, ra ked l, meeting was concluded, loud cries were; his ', for Captain Melly, who promptly rest' and having Mounted tb the top of a stair ls room, thanked the corps in his own mune and tJ nar )°, of his brother officers , fOr the unanimous. t h th' , which they had elect ed them ; and' thouga as bo exception of two, viz., Mr. Turu: , .r, 10° %,bo through the Crimean campaign,_and Mr. Greg , . 0 .00/ lieutenant in the 3rd Buffs, they were entire l i s o f everything military ; yet, by having grea' c beec ° !„ at their command, he hoped they would soen lie On" leaders in fact as w e ll as i n name ; and vihell 11 er rt, " cameßid in to F o march the corps out to the North i.oir infime of peac e as a h o lid a y ' s pectacle for tuwoia be and children, or in time of war, he hoped they ; , to " able to c omman d th em as such a corp s d esery commanded. ac ting. This terminated the business of the in , ou of to ..- a TnE GREAT EAPTERN.—During the eta 1 , 0 0 r„ 0 019 tel Holyhead, the water for culinary_ 1 3 „.;'_':!' i more than one occasion to be procured ./ 1 „ . "7- ro lyht.-` owinr to the sc.'ucity of that article . -- -4.lutagng 6tel..