The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

MERCHANT CAPIALNS AND XENIA ?RR-

QUIBI2.K.T.

A cue involving potato of considerable interest to
uphill' in the mercantile marine service was partially in-
vestigated yesterday before Mr. MustSeld, the Liverpool
stipendiary magistrate. The complainant wee Mr. It. A.
Munn, managing owner of the ship Pomona • and the de-
fendant Captain Benson, the master of that UeesL It ap-
peered that Maseru Munn sad Co. had purchased the vessel
some time in the year 1858. while she wee at eta, and that
they had retained Captain Benson se the commander. This
was about August or September. When the vessel was at
Calcutta she received a charter from government to bring
home • number of troops, end is consequence of this it wee
necessary to lay in a considerable quantity of ship'e
stores. These stores wale purchased in Celentta by
the captain, and paid for in the nand way, by
drawing upon his employers at home. When Csptain
Benson retuned to Liverpool the accounts were investigated
by Mr. Munn, who complained of the uorbitaat charges
he stores, and called upon him to render his accounts. This
was done after some delay, and the captain was sated if he
had given a full account of all his disbursements and receipts
oa account of the skip. He replied hs had done so, but when
subsequently pressed by Mr. Munn, he stated that there
were several amounts which he had received, and which he
had not inserted in the scoonnts; these amounts mutating
of commissions end bah for Mores, together with • gratuity
of 640 rupees from the tantrum/ who fitted out the ship tor
troops. In making this statement, however, the
said that he had considered these as his perquisites, a=
not suppressed them from any fraudulent motive. lie also
stated that he was willing that the owners should deduct
from any wages that might be du to him the amount of my
such commissions. There were three other cherges against
the captain one of not accounting for • sum of 301. which he
had received for passage money from the friends of Mr.
Joesph Cstt, and the remaining, of not accounting for ple-
ase money received from two other persons. For the defences
it was contended that it woe quite usual for captains of mor-
dant vessels to receive commissions when settling bills with.
ship store dealers; that the owners interests were not inter-
, hred with thereby, as the fall amount of the bills wan
in the first instance paid, end the 0001111iNiOli
handed over am • separate matter and in the form
of • gratuity to the captain. it was contended that
in the case of Catt, the money that had been received was •
gratuity to the captain for taking are of him, as CA** was is
delicate health, and that the feu that Can's name had been
' entered in the ship's articles, and that he performed duty
ea a clerk, thus entitling himself to wages, showed that the
ovum had value received for his passage. The other eases
; were not sufficiently ripe to be entered into, but the captain
was committed to the sessions upon the cue of Catt, bail
bang allowed, himself in 1001., and •• surety he the WY
susetuth. •

AXOTRIB 6111PWIECH AND LOSS OF ALL OX
BOARD.

During the gale which prevailed on Monday and
Tuesday. • sad and melancholy catastrophe occurred off tha
port of Liverpool, by which a floe bisque was completely
shattered, sad sit on hard, including the pilot, shared the
fats of the unfortunate ship.
Front what can at present be gleaned of this sad ea
eurrestoe, It appears that the weather outside the Mersey as
Monday and Tuesday night was very stormy, the wind ae
the time blowing a perfect gale. During the storm the
Austria. barque Tyrol, Captain Castelli, belonging to Fiume,
• seaport In the Adriatic, and bound from the Bolin& with
wheat, &a, te Liverpool, went ashore no the Little Benbo
Basks, close to the Cheshire Coast. When the was observed
on shore it was about half-past two o'clock on
Monday afternoon, but u the wind at the time
was ouly blowing moderately stiff, it wes believed that
the Tyrol was at each sueosseive wave becoming lees visible.
It was now quite dark, and the last seen of those on bawd
was when they were observed taking shelter in the rigging.
In such a predicament, and with a gloomy fate, which in-
mated each moment so long th the means of remote were de-
layed, night closed, but succour we. not forthcoming. A
few solitary shots and blue lights were fired to point out the
position of the vessel, but even these signals failed to bring
&thitherto*. About 12 o'clock the sea was very wild, batman
hope. were entertained that the crew on board might bold
out until daybreak. Daybreak came, but the paid= which
the vessel had occupied the preceding evening was vacant—
not • vestige of the wreck was visible. The fats of those on
board wan ready told—they had shared that of the verist.
Ths pilot's name was James Graham, and it Is believed be
we. put on board the Tyrol by No. 10 boat, off Point Lynes.
As the vessel was completely smashed up, all hopes of wring
any portion of the cargo are gone.

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OP A BOY.—OR &tarsier
sawing, • lad named Joseph Cameron, said to
he between ten and eleven years of age, and whote
parents live in Barton-lane, &dee, committed suicide
in a deliberate and determined manner. He had been
in the employment of Mr. Boardman, market gardener, up
to Saturday last, but on paying him his wages on that day,
Mr. Boardman intimated that h.ving on further occasion
for his Serfiljel he seed not return to work *rain. The lad
went home to his mother, who wu lying in bed ill, and
tendered her the 4a. he bad received hie wuee, telling
her at the same time that, es he termed it, be had " got the
' bag." The mother reproached him foe being • had led,
and rid that " his father would kill him when he came
home." He would appear on Ude to have left him mother's
bedroom and proceeded instantly to the yard, when he cat a
clothes line which he fattened to the ceiling of the kitchen,
euspended himself by the neck, and kicked the table from
under him. Betides the mother, the only inmate of the
house was =infant two y ern old ; and on the mother calling
for " Joeuth," the infant only answered to the call. The
mother kit the bed to we whet bad become of him, and
found trim hanging. When cut down, hue we. found to be
quite deed. An inquest we. held on she holy, on Moeda/,
at the Duke of IVeiltugton, Eaten. before Mr. Price, depety
dintric, coroner, nod • verdict of "Temporary Inanity" on.
retuned.

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FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday morn-
ing, about seven arloek, a eerieue mordent occurred on the
Glasgow and South-Weeteru Railway, near to Lochwinnoch
works. Paisley, mid which has resulted fatally is one at
least, if not in two cases, Three whereto, employed on
the line were about the boor M quiwtion pro-reeding towards
Lochwinnoeb. Racing • luggage train appro.etting therm
Iran that place, they stepped on to the tab, branch of rails
without payint attention to ► second luorg.ge train which
was coming op behind. The latter dashed among the unfor-
tunate men, killing one on the spot, and so severely wound-
iog and crushing a Nimrod, that be ha. risco been reported am
having died also. The third man made a moat fortunate
craps, all the damage he sustained bets. a torn jacket. We
have put yet ascertained the names of lb. unfortunate mt..
It is supposed that the noise of the train they observed bad
prevented them from heist warned of the approach of the
second one—Sera BritiiA Daily Mail.
TUE STRIKE IN TIM BUILDING TRADEB.—It ap-
pear. from an official return itallld by iha Central Aservietion
of Mater Builders, that the number of men who had re-
mead work under the declaration up to Saturday was
13,320; sad under • shop rule about 3,000.