The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—We, the undersigned passengers per Imogene, beg
to state that the representations of the steward of the
steam-ship Falcon, contained in your paper of this day, is
anything but true. We have no wish to prolong a public
controversy, or to occupy your valuable space with our
wrongs or our misfortunes, but we must, for truth's sake,
ask you to publish the following facts, which are known
to the wholeot us, and which we are perfectly willing to
attest on oath :—Oue of the Imogene's boats was stove
under the quarter of the Falcon, and was so stove in con-
sequence of the engines of the Falcon being turned a-head,
before the second mate and the four men who were in her
had time to get out of her; and they had to scramble up
the sides of the steamer by ropes thrown by us to the men
in the boat, over the side of the steamer. This was the
second time this boat was alongside, as, on her approach-
ing the first time, the boat had to be cast off to save her
from swamping; and we, each of, us distinctly heard Cap-
tain Williams, of the Imogene, from the quarter-deck of the
steamer, call out to the captain of the steamer, not to drown
his men before his eyes. One of our number, John Randle-
son, applied for some spirits, and was answered that a
shilling a glass must be paid for it before we could get it ;
and his reply was, that if it cost two shillings he must
have it, and seven glasses were obtained for six passen-
gers and the mate, for which John Randleson paid seven
shillings. He paid for it, as he was the only one of the
party who had saved sufficient money to pay for it.
Another of our number, Nicholas Scallion afterwards
went for two pint bottles of ale with John Dumbell, and
for this John Dumbell paid. With regard to the breakfast
the steward refers to, we understood from the mate of the
Imogene, that Captain Williams had ordered some coffee
for us ; aud, on going below, we were each supplied by
the steward with a cup of coffee and one piece of bread
and butter. This was accompanied by a remark from the
steward, that he could give us no more, as they could not
spare it, having but barely enough bread to last them to
Liverpool. For this " breakfast" we understood Captain
Williams had promised to pay ; and besides this " break-
fast," we had nothing but what we were obliged to pay for
as above stated. Further than this, we beg to state that
every word of the letter signed " William Jenkin" in your
paper of Tuesday last, is perfectly correct.

JOHN RANDLESON, Engineer.
NICHOLAS SCALLION, Engineer,
JOHN DUMBELL, Engineer.

Liverpool, Sept. 24, 1856

In addition to the above, we have received the following
from the Captain of the Imogene :

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—l was not a little surprised to see, in your paper
of today, a letter signed by Captain Hynes, of the Falcon,
denying certain statements made in a letter addressed to
you by Mr. Jenkin, one of the passengers in the Imogene. I
will merely notice his denial of the fact of one of my boats
being stove. Now, I positively assert that such was the
case, on the evidence of my second mate and four of the
crew, who were in the boat at the time, and were saved with
great difficulty by a part of my crew and the passengers
who had boarded the steamer previously. My boat was
stove, in consequence of his ordering the engines to turn
a-head, while she was under the steamer's quarter. And
here, let me ask, if this was the way to save my men, which
he boasts of having done ? Captain Hynes says, that Mr.
Jenkin's imagination must have been at work, when he
states that I requested him not to drown my men before
my eyes. I did make use of such an expression ; and I
beg to remind Captain Hynes, that my boats were out,
and my passengers on board the steamer, before his boat
came alongside the Imogene.—l am, &c.,
W. WILLIAMS,
Master of the late ship Imogene.
Liverpool, Sept. 24, 1856.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVE NS)N.)

IN RE WILLIAM LAWPORD.—The bankrupt, seed-crusher,
and oil manufacturer, of Liverpool, came up this clay on his
last examination. Mr. Dodge appeared for the assignees,
and Mr. Evans for the bankrupt. Mr. Dodge said that the
balance sheet commenced from the Ist of January, 1852,
and ended on the 9th August last. From the Ist January,
1852, to the end of 1854, the bankrupt was in partnership
with Mr. Hesketh, after which he entered into partnership
with Mr. Lace. That partnership terminated on the 29th
September, 1855, and then the bankrupt continued the
business on his account, up to the time of the filing of the
petition. Under these circumstances he ( kir. Dodge)
thought that they should have three balance sheets—one
showing the bankrupt's position on the termination of his
partnership with Mr. Hesketh ; the second, his position on
the separation between himself and Mr. Lace ; and the
third, his actual position on the filing of the petition. Mr.
Evans replied, that there was no disposition on the part of
the bankrupt or his friends to withhold any information,
but it was an unheard-of thing to ask for three balance
sheets, merely because the bankrupt had been in partner-
ship with various parties. As to his partnership with Mr.
Hesketh, it could not be considered such, Mr. Hesketh
having been at the time a minor ; and as to the second
balance sheet called for, it could only be a matter of guess-
work. Mr. Lace left on certain terms, and no stock having
been taken at the time, and the bankrupt having continued
to trade with the assets of the fi,m, it would be almost
impossible to make out that balance sheet. After some
further discussion, Mr. Evans consented to furnish the last
balance sheet he could, showing the position of the bank-
rupt on the termination of his partnership with Mr. Lace,
and the last examination was adjourned to the 17th
October, to awaits its preparation.

HUSBAND, WIFE, AND CHILD, DROWNED

One of the most distressing accidents which it has been
our duty for a long period to record took place on the river
Avon, Bradford, Wilts, about six or seven miles from this
city, on S iturclay last. The catastrophe, it appears, occurred
in the following way :—lt seems that a very respectable
tradesman, Mr. Tanner (who carries on the business of an
ironmonger in the town of Bradford), possessed considerable
mechanical genius, and within the past few months had
devoted much time in constructing an engine by which to
propel a small boat (a rowing one.) Having accomplished
his desire in this respect, he has frequently of late used his
4, steamer" as a pleasure boat on the river Avon. On
Saturday last he unfortunately took Mrs, Tauner (his wife)
and only daughter, about three years of age, out with him
on an excursion to Staverton, a village about one mile from
the town of Bradford. They steamed up there safely, but
on their return, near the " Wood," about three quarters of
a mile from their home, the accident occurred. It was
stated at first that the boiler had burst, but it appears that
by some means or other Mrs. Tauner fell overboard, and
her husband, in his endeavours to rescue her from drown-
ing, sprung to the side of the boat, which being very
" crank" naturally, rendered more so by means of the
engine, capsized, burying himself and his helpless little
daughter under water. No one was present to witness the
deplorable calamity, except a shepherd's boy, too young and
feeble to render any assistance; consequently, after a short
struggle, the father, mother, and child, sank to rise no
more. A shooting party were not far from the spot where
the disaster occurred, and were attracted thither by the
agonised cries for help of the deceased, but ere they could
reach the boat, the unfortunate family had met their un-
timely grave. The accident took place about six o'clock in
the evening—Mr. Tanner about two hours before being
in his shop serving customers. A search was at once made
for the bodies, which were found, brought to their house,
and laid in shells. On the person of Mr. Tanner were
found a gold watch and some gold, &c. Besides the little
girl who thus met her death, Mr. Tauner had one boy, an
infant about four months' old. This catastrophe has
thrown a gloom over the town, as both Mr. Tauner and his
wife were considered most amiable persons, and Mrs.
Tauner's father had but a few hours left her house, where
he had been on a visit. Mr. Tanner was not more than
thirty years' of age, and it is worthy of remark that his
friends had frequently urged him to learn the art of swim-
ming before he commenced his excursions ; and, had
he done so, this calamity might not have happened.

FRIGHTFUL CHOLERA RAVAGES AT ST,

VINCENT

The Sultan, with the Brazil mails, has arrived
at Southampton. She brings accounts of the
cholera raging fiercely in St Vincent. The
medical men had fallen victims, and the inhabitants
were left without assistance. The dead bodies
were left unburied in the streets. The disease was
rapidly disappearing at Lisbon.

THE ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM 90MPAN2.—The pro-
spectus of this undertaking has been issued. It is to have
a capital of £250,000 (subject to increase to £1,000,000),
in 410 shares, on which the deposit is fixed at lOs per
share. The object of this company is the establishment
of steam navigation upon the rivers of India, commencing
with the Indus, the Ganges, and the Godavery. The
steamers to be employed are to be of very light
draught of water, and each steamer is to tow trains
of flat barges. It is contended that the comparative
cheapness of water conveyance opens a wide field for
the company's operations, and that the extensive
establishment of the system cannot fail to stimulate produc-
tion in every quarter. As regards the probable remunerative
results reference is made to the large dividend declared by
the Ganges Steam Company, the vessels of which run
between Calcutta and Allahabad, and to the latest results of
a navigation company running vessels on the Godavery.
Amongst the provisional committee are a number of gentle-
men practically acquainted with India, including Colonel A.
Cotton, Lieut.-Colonel Grimes, &-c. The managing director
is Mr. John Bourne.

DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
The pretty and picturesque town of Mold was, on yes-
terday, the scene of considerable interest, consequent on the
Annual Agricultural Show, for the above-named counties,
taking place there. The society was open to the Hundred
of Ediernion, and adjacent parts of the county of Merioneth.
The early morning was excessively wet, and it was feared
the day would continue so, but, fortunately, it cleared up
about nine, and with the exception of showers, not very
heavy, now and, then, the remainder of the day was
tolerable enough. The town was crowded at an early
hour by the gentry and farmers of the surrounding districts,
who seemed to take a very warm interest, not only in the
society generally, but in the day's proceedings especially.
The show was held in a field close to the railway at the
entrance (from fleet side) to the town, and a better spot could
not have been chosen for the occasion. The field forms a
sort of amphitheatre, and was calculated to show the
stock, &c., off, not only to the best advantage, but gave
every one an opportunity of witnessing the exhibition
without interruption. The upper portion of the field was
warded off with sheep pens far that useful animal; the
centre to black cattle ; below that on the flat agricultural
implements were laid out, and further on the horses were
exhibited. At the north-west portion of the field stands
for fowl were erected, and so the whole space was laid out
to the best advantage, and looked quite attractive. The
quantity of stock on view was considerable, particularly in
sheep and cattle, and the best judges stated, that the
quality of the animals was much above any average of late
years, and might challenge any locality in England to the
same extent, to produce anything better. We did
expect to heve met with some fine specimens of
" Welsh mutton"--alive, and were much pleased at
seeing some of the finest specimens of sheep that could be
looked on, and such as would have done great credit to
portions of the country that put forward higher pretensions
to perfection in this respect. The rams mid not be surpassed
either in size or shape, and the ewes were equally remark-
able. In the swine department the show was large, and
the animals, certainly, put one, for the moment, out of the
notion that it was pigs we looked upon. There were
some litters of young ones remarkably handsome, and
which (belted the admiration of the best judges. In the
cattle section, we may remark, that much attention seemed
to have been paid to the stock, and although the general
notion about Welsh cattle may not be very high, yet, we
can say, that the exhibition of yesterday was highly credit-
able to all concerned, and that the stock of animals shown
at Mold, so far as its extent went (and that was considerable),
could challenge competition with any society of a like
description in Eagland. The show of horses was a fair
average one, both in numbers and quality. Welsh horses
are, however, not of the class we see in other districts of
the kingdom, bat, so far as could be judged, the animals on
show were well aeapted to the country and agricultural
purposes. There were some excellent colts and fillies, with
brood mares, but " sires" were not on show. We must now
turn to a class of animated nature, though last, not least in
our estimation, and that is poultry. Every one likes
poultry—it would be as great an insult to a lady, to ask her
if she hated poultry, as to ask her if she hated music. The
show of yesterday was not as extensive as what we
have seen at Lucas's and other places, but it was
at least much more useful, auda good deal more ornamental ;
and its a gratifying fact to state, that only three of these
horrid unmeaning and useless birds, the " Cochin Chinas,"
raised their doleful cry throughout the day. In place of
these there were beautiful fowls, and, so far as plumage
went, the hues of the evening could not boast of more colours ;
and we believe that, along with this, the birds are really
useful, and lay large eggs, which ought to be the end and
aim of all such domestic creatures—the end and aim at all
events of the owners—for a fresh egg for breakfast is better
than a chop or beefsteak any day, and this truth seems well-
known to the Welsh housewives, whose beautiful poultry
adorned the show yesterday. In the agricultural imple-
ments there was a variety—a large variety—on show, and
although in this respect invention seemed for some time to
be at a stand, yet the field yesterday presented improved
implements, particularly these by Mr. R. E. Lewis, of
Ruthin; Proctor and Ryland, of Saltney, Manchester ; J.
Windsor, of Oswestry, and other makers ; and these manu-
facturers met with deserved applause. The band of the
Royal Flintshire Militia performed in the grounds during
the day. The Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, Sir W. W.
Wynne, Mr. C. Gorst, and many other gentlemen were
present ; and Mr. John Price, the able secretary of the
society, was most attentive to every one. The grounds
were thronged throughout the day. We understand the
society has given a great deal of its inflaence and example
in the extensive districts to which it attaches. The charac-
ter of the entire show gave much satisfaction, and may, as
already observed, be taken as reflecting credit on the
exhibitors. The following programme will show generally
the sort of animals entered for competition :
CATTLE : For the best short horned bull, above 2 and under
5 years old, being an approved stock-getter, £4 ; second best
ditto, £l. For the best short horned bull, above 1 and under
2 years old, £2 ; Second best ditto, £l. For the best bull of
any hardy breed, adapted to the Upland Districts, &c., as in
premium 9, ; second best ditto, £l. For the best short
horned cow, in calf or milk, £2 ; second best ditto, £l. For
the best short horned heifer, above 2 years old, in calf or milk,
£2 ; second best ditto, £l. For the best short horned
heifer, above 1 and under 2 years old, £2 ; second best ditto,
£l. For the best cow or heifer of any hardy breed, adapted
to the Upland Districts, &c., as in premium 17, ; second
best ditto, £l. To the exhibitor of the greatest number anti
best description of cattle, as extra stock, the same not having
competed in any other classes, £6 ; second best ditto, £3.
HORSES : For the best brood mare and foal for the general
purposes of agriculture, £3. For the best pair of horses for
agricultural purposes, £2. For the best 2 year old cart gelding
or filly, £2.
SHEEP : For the best pen of 3 south down ewes, which
have reared lambs this season, £2. For the best pen of 3 long
woollen ewes, as above, £2. For the best pen of 3 Shropshire
down ewes, as above, £2. For the best pen of 3 Cheviot
ewes, as above, £2. For the best pen of 3 mountain ewes,
as above, £2. For the best south down ram, of any age, £2.
For the beet long woolled ram, of any age, £2. For the best
Shropshire down ram, of any age, £2. For the best Cheviot
ram, of any age, £2. For the best mountain ram, of any age,
£2

Picis : For the best boar of the large breed, not more than
4 years old, to be kept within the limits of the society for
8 months after the show, £2. For the best boar of the small
breed, &c., as in premium 38. £2. For the best sow (in pig
or milk) of the large breed, £2. For the best sow (in pig or
milk) of the small breed, £2.
POULTRY : For the best Dorkin cock and two hens, £1 ;
second best ditto, 10s. For the best Spanish ditto, £1 ;
second best ditto, 10s. For the best game ditto, £1 ;
second best ditto, 10s. For the best Cochin China ditto, L 1;
second best ditto, 10s. For the best Turkey cock and two
hens, £1 ; second best ditto, 10s. For the best gander and
two geese, £1 ; second best ditto, 10s.