The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-09 00:00:00

IRON SHIP-BUILDING

The loss of the Roslyn is now confirmed, as the fragment
of a boat, with the name painted on the stern, has been
picked up. The Lyonnais, built at Liverpool by Messrs.
Laird. through a collision, has had one of the plates on
her side entirely stripped and nearly the whole of her
crew and passengers have met with an untimely fate.
These constantly recurring accidents only tend to show
that in the build of our iron ships, as at present con-
stituted, there must be some radical fault, and it behoves
not only the Government, but all those who are interested,
to take some decisive steps to remedy this evil, and adopt
such measures as will prevent the dreadful calamities now
following each other in almost constant succession, There
can be no question that iron ships are superior and more
durable than those constructed of wood; but if we are to
retain our supremacy, they must be less faulty than those
at present sent from our yards. It is stated by Mr. John
Clare, jun., of Liverpool, that these vessels can be built
so that they shall be free from leakage, and not liable to
accident. If this can be practically proved, the subject
is of Fueh great importance that it is worthy of a trial.
Not only are the shippers of cargo largely interested, but
all who are concerned in the manufacture of iron should
bestir tl.emselves, to produce such qualities of that metal
as would be found upon trial effectually to answer the
purposes for which it was intended. The general employ-
ment of iron for ship-building would give a great impetus
to the further development of that important staple of
British industry. We possess an abundance of ironstone,
and the necessary fuel at hand, and can mauufacture such
vessels at a cheaper rate than a' y other country in the
world ; and there is no reason why we should not com-
mand the whole trade, if the craft built were of that
superior quality that it would carry with economy and
safety. One step in the right direction would be that the
insurance companies should refuse to underwrite either
cargoes'or rh:ps, unless the latter had been constructed
on some definite plan, and certified by competent officers
of the Board of Trade as seaworthy ; and in every instance
they should be constructed of the best material. There
is great room for improvement, and the attention of all
concerned is directed to the necessity of some radical
change in the present method of iron ship-building.—
Mining Journal.

MORE GAME LAW VICTIMS IN H EBEFORDSHIRE.—
Another batch of game law cases came before the Ross petty
sessions on Friday, when seven magistrates sat on the bench,
made up, on this occasion, of two " Reverends," an officer,
a doctor, a barrister, and a couple of country squires. Wm.
Gillett, a lad ten years old, whose head barely reached the
dock, was charged, with his brother, George Gillett. a young
man of twenty years, with being in pursuit of rabbits, on
the 16th of November, on lands in the occupation of Mr.
Felix Smith, farmer, of Linton. The accused were seen
walking under the hedge, but were not found in the posses-
sion of any game. The boy was discharged with a caution,
and George Gillett committed for two months, with hard
labour, On the same day Joseph Rudge, an old man of 70
winters, was charged with unlawfully catching a hare in a
wire, on land the property of his employer, W. H. Collins,
Esq, of Cubberley Hall. The defendant pleaded guilty to
the charge, but stated that his master had given bim autho-
rity to catch hares or rabbits on his own land, and had pro-
mised to bear him harmless of the consequences, but as no
written authority was produced, the bench took the plea in
its literal sense, and sentenced the aged prisoner to six
weeks imprisonment, with hard labour. At the same sea-
sions a woman named Catherine Cutter, was committed for
setting fire to gorse en Copped hill common, which is a
transportable offence, but the Rhadamantbuses of Rose took
second thoughts on the subject, and, to the surprise of the
court and the criminal, set aside their previous de-
cision in tote, and discharged the woman with a salutary
warning.

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