The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-08 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF TAB STEAMER LONDON.

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Yesterday, shortly after the sitting of the court, John
Munro, one of the throe surviving passengers, was examimed.
He detailed the events which took plus after the ship's
departure from Plymouth as previously narrated by the
ether whew,. He said that while be was working at
the pumps cm the sighs prior to the disaster attention was
ailed to the 'beamed venni elf the crew from the pumr,
and it was ueertaimed that 21 mailers were ill, or reported
as such by the healowele. Wore the Loudon Idt Craves.
out he Boded that she ley very deep in the water, and as
she proceeded on her voyage be observed an utter stolen
et buoyamov, ea well es the stability necessary la rough
neither. which he kad observed la other ships.
I. reply to Mr. Teel% the witness said be had been
brought up to the ma, but bad abandoned it as a profes-
sion m 1857. He had hew comened with the Chime and
IBMs trade.
David Conn Main,_ soother passenger of the London,
was meal produced. He as that when be got on board.
ai Orauseed he wee impressed with the ship's incapacity
fee a Melbourne voyage. rho 'twins desks wen never dry
all soy period after the departure from (leavened. The
hatchways we not such as any passenger ship should have,
as they could not be battened down, to prevent the ingress
d water, without shutting out air from the paseeneers,
sad peruse requiring Is get on desk would be subjected to
• great deal of itmeaveeismes, inasmuch as they should
mewl an their hands and kayos over a lot of freight to gala
• panne to the after-cabin, and from thou* to the poop
ea to the deck. Oa Wedeseday morning witness loess the
'hip would never remelt land, and, ea be hilt exhausted, he
west to change his clothes sad toga to sleep, as be thought
M wee better to p down when asleep Una in any other
maser. (Laughter.)
Mr. Trill remarked that it must have been next to as
imposaidallity to have thought of sleep at such a tote?
Witness—Well, all I know is, that I never had sub a
eionfortable sleep in all my life. (Laughter.) The witness,
to ondinnatioa, domed, that many of the sailors wire
bulgur; and did sot understand the orders baud
there.
Mr. O'Dowd. address* the court, said he bud that
the inquiry had lasted nine days, and that no fewer than
30 witnesshad been examined under the various beads
tato which the proesedinp had been divided. After an
bareedgatica of sub length, and the examination of se
many witnesses, it might appear unreasonable on his
port to ask the court for a further adjournment; but
netwithstendiag all the exertions in his power to com-
piles the evidence that day, he still found that there were
• seamy material points of the inquiry respecting which IS
eras absolutely mesentery to adduce some supplementary
toelintony. Me should endeavour to have that evidence to
aseordanos with what bed fallen from the court. and eoefieed
to the strict issues which they were to inquire ion and
adjudicate epos. Some of the witoessee resided at a distant
jof the kingdom, and he would ask the court to ad-
ure the peocestiage to Mucky next, whoa everything
would have boss gate into to satisfy the public, who had
iooked NOS everything that had been said in that court
with • wary deep interest.
111 r. Trull said the court would of nurse undo to the
teduroment, sod give every opportunity for an attire eta-
olcm of the melancholy circumstances of the wreak. He
thought it would he desirable to have the captain of the
vessel which passed the Loedeo in the afternoon of Wed-
nesday, so that they might ascertain the course of the ship
at the thee.
Mr. O'Dowd said be bed ascertained that the vowel
which had wed the London before the disaster, as stated
by one of the witnesses (the midshipman), was the brigan.
Um Courier, from Newport, South Wales. to Plymouth.
The captain's name was Pekoe, sod the ship arrived at
Plymouth on the Tied January, to discharge cargo, and if
the captain wee in the country, he would have him pro-
duced for examination.
The court then adjourned to Monday next, at 12 o'clock.

WRECK or AX &MLLES SCHOONZR NEAR BON-
Loom BouLoosa, Pin. 7.—(Br Tm.sas/ra.) The
sekooner Zatmar, of Plymouth. was wreaked war bore this
among. All bonds lost. Master's imam supposed to he
Jones. tram a will washed ashore and a tromeo's shoo._

Leas or THE Hare WID-
HINIDAY.—A letter was received here to-day from Captain
John Mew, of the ship Innis!'llea, of this port, au-
muscle( the foundering of the Loaders ship Urns. Captain
Stephens, cad the fortunate tome of the crew by the
THE EARL or Local! FINED FOR ILLEGALLY Ns-
-Norm SHElCP.—Yeetardsy, at the Books Petty Sessions,
held at Slough, William Bolton, shepherd to the Earl of
Layne, of Laletasm, was charged with illegally removing
300 sheep on the 19th of January. The actual defendant
was the noble earl himself, who appeared in court, and,
• • g guilty to the charge, stated in defines that by his
el:lions 410 sheep which be bad brought from Ireland
were conveyed by the North Western line to Watford, ae
that was sewer to Lolelsam than Logsdon. Having eerier-
tained that he could move the sheep through Hertford-
shire, he thought that everything would be correct. Un- ,
fortunately the shepherd, onsteed of taking a certain road,
took what the noble earl galled the " lower rood," and the
sheep were not only led " !astray," but fall teathe clutches
of a Bucks poliee-eonstable, who impounded them
for a breach of the Bucks Quarter Sessional order,
he eoseequenoe of their having entered the latter county.
The Earl of Liman objected to the jorisdietien of the
magistrates—first, under the order is council of the Tint
November, because proper notice had not been given to the
clerk of the council ; 'ungodly, to that of the 16th Dee., in
which the word " sheep " was sot inserted, aid which the
noble earl urged only applied to animals of the bovine
tribe ; and lastly, to that of the Eird of January, because
his sheep were impounded on the 19th, several days before
the last order came into effect. Captain Ferrer said he
should act according to the terms of the quarter sessional
order, and fined the defendant 51., with 16e. oasts, Mr.
Long, the magistrates' clerk, remarking that the full
realty would have amounted to 6,0001., an observation
which the earl seemed to receive with very great relish.
The earl at once pm Dottie of appeal.
THE RIGHT TO PROPERTY POUND IS A RAILWAY
Clam/num—A case in which the quertien was whether a
passenger is 'stifled to retain, as against the company,
propeet7 which he finds in a railway carriage, came oe
for detains on Tuesday, before Sir J. 11 °dicey Wihnot, at
the Marylebone County Court. The action was brought
by the Great Waders and Metropolitan Railway Com-
panies against • Mr. Joel Emanuel, who bad found a pone
eontainiag marry on his journey from King's-cross to Not-
ting-hill, the company. sought to recover the same. Os
the part of the plaintiffs it was contended that they ware
to be considered se bailees of the puce*, it having belooged
to a passeeger, whom, with his logesge. they were carry-
ing for hire, aid had bass cosaornctively delivered to their
etre; and thatit was found on their property. On both grounds
they were entitled to Its coaled) and possession, but the
defendant wrongfully withheld it from them. On thepartof
the defradaet it was contended that the company had no
right whatever to the article in question, either as
bailees or from it heels% been found in one of their car-
riers', and that he, as the tinder, had a right to bold it
spinet every one but the lawful owner. Amalie, point was
takes by the defendant upon the 000strucitios of the Oar-
riers Acts, 11 Geo. TV., and 1 Will. IV., by the provieicon
of which carriers were not liable for the low of pro ctl
therein specified above the value of 101., modem
upon by the bailor, but independently of the statute not
being available to avert the right of carriers es bailees to
recover the peeessalen of property to any amount eatruted
to their cam, and of which they bed been unlawfully de-
prived. Having stated the facts of the seas, and referred
to authorities bearing upon it, the learned judge said, the
"nee wag, whether a purse teemed shoat the person of a
• traveller wag such luggage aooompanyieg him as his
journey as would reader she company bailees by a storelpse
tire delivery, and if so. give them the right to recover it
eat of the poomedon of a third party bans( found it is ass
el their corneas. Ho was of opinion that them wee a
wide distinction between articles kept by the traveller =-
elusively shoat hie own prose, and never intended to be
• risproiled is the eanopeny's earrierso, or retreated in MI
..•• merle their oar% am far wappla a gold welsh or a metal
!nenhaing mousy. He held that the railway rompeny
Iliad is so vise be ecessidered as Wises by a emehreethre
- &Homy of the wee. Clearly. by all the satiable.
• time fader bed, 4rerefece, the right of property the
thing found wand everyone but the law men!
Mr. Beansel had a right to the puree although fouled gps
the floor of a 'anise" belonging to the railway ,
.` foe it was never seder thole protection before is was INC
. Judgment mass therefore be for the delesdeet, sad at the
mme time he would mentirm, h referenoe to the Conlon
Act mimed by the debarked. tbat the puree when banded
to the rupelaur el the mutt I. be exatuined as to ha ems-
tents, endow= to be theta exactly en It was fond, is.
amortaised 1e eesSslo am piney. His Honour
lu
that ea sot elteuW be pawed making the providosoird
Wawa, Carrisp Act as regards the finding of vabtahle
Arta the tenriages or Epee the rearliee of rattan)
reem applisable to all railway eampamile tiesepleat
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