The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

complaint made by a person named Danis Delaney, under
the 49th sec. of the emigration act. Mr. Pemberton
appeared for the complainant, who was induced (as stated)
to bring forward the case, by a man named
Fennelly. Mr. Snowball was for the defendants.
The complainant, who appeared to be about seventeen years
of age, and his sister, who seemed about a year older, held a
small child in her arms, It would appear that these persons
resided in the county of Kilkenny with their mother, and
that their father was in America. He made a contract with
the house of Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, in New York, to
send out his wife and three children, paying their passage.
The house here was duly advised of the affair, and they
wrote to Mrs. Delany, stating the fact, and that they would
give her and her children a passage in the Wehard Robinson,
that sailed on the 12th March. The instructions, however,
given by Messrs. Sabel and Curtis, in their letter of advice,
expressly stated that the parties must be in Liverpool two
clear days before the ship sailed, in order to have everything
arranged. On the night of the lOth, about twelve o'clock,
the complainant and his sister, with the little child, arrived
here, and the next day the boy presented himself at the office
to the cashkeeper . O'Nie'l). The latter asked him if
his mother had come with him ? and he replied she had.
Mr. O'Neill that told them to come next day with their
luggage, &c., to be ready. They called accordingly, but
shew henwathsengoitrlthperemseonttheedr,gh herself,althou her brother at first it was at once ascertained that
per-
sisted she was. The passage was for four persons, but only
three presented themselves, and it wos sus-

petted that there was some trick intended by
the partie. At last the boy confesed that the
girl was not his mother, hut his sister, and that she
wanted to go in place of his mother. The defendants not
having made any contract of this nature, refused to give a
passage, as they would he erwards to the mother
They, however, agreed to give them a pa
girl procured letters from her mother

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pa-ish priest and minister of the plriih where she resided,
certifying the fact of the children being the persons whom
they represented, and, also, that the mother was willing to
let the daughter go in her place. This proposition was
agreed to, but of course it required some days to communi-
cate with Mrs. Delany. In the meantime the Richard
Robinson had sailed. The complainants, when the proper
authority arrived from their mother, were at once offered
passages in two or three other vessels, but it would appear
that they had fallen into the bands of some " emigrant
runner," who had an ill feeling towards Messrs. Sabel and
Cortis, and that person persuaded them not to go in any of
the ships, but to summon the defendants for detention
money, and for refusing them a passage in the Richard
Robinson. In support of the charge, Anne Delany was
examined by Mr. Pemberton, and she proved the faets as
above stated. On cross examination by Mr. Snowball, she
admitted that she was offered a passage, but she would not
take it without getting money also. Mr. Snowball: Did
you go before the government emigration officer and tell
him the case ? Witness : Yes, we did. Mr. Snowball :
He refused to give you redress when he had beard the facts
and investigated the whole case ? Witness : He told us to
go out of that, like a dog, and that there was no redress for
us for what we had done. Mr. Snowball : And then you
fell into the hands of Mr. Fennelly, who wants to make
money out of you ? Witness : Yes. Mr. Pemberton
Was it after that you were offered a ship ? Witness : Yes,
they gave us leave to go in a ship on the 23d of March, but
we refused. The brother of the girl was examined, and he
admitted that he told a lie, in order to pass off hie sister for
his mother. He'also admitted that Mr. O'Neill offered them
a passage, and a out of charity, as they were very poor,
but they were advised by Mr. Fennelly not to take it. In
addressing the bench for the defendants, Mr. Snowball said
Messrs. Sable and Cortis were most respectable, and would
do nothing wrong. Finding that they were deceived in the
first instanee, it became their duty to be very cautious.
They could not send persons like this boy and girl, with the
child, into New York, without entering into a bond, as
children should have adults to take care of them. He then
referred to the letters written to the mother, and the several.
liberal offers made by the defendants, although they were not
bound to make any offer at all. Messrs. Sabel and Cortis
felt for the poor creatures, and in a manner
that reflected oredit on them, offered them not only a
passage (although in reality they were not hound to do so,
as the contract was to carry out Mrs. Delany and her
three children,) but also money. No doubt the com-
plainants would have been very glad to have accepted of
these liberal and charitable offers, had they not fallen
into the hands of designing persons, who thought to make
money out of them, but he trusted the decision of the
bench would teach such persons a lesson for the future.
He called Mr. Owen O'Neill, who fully corroborated his
statement, and' said he offered the complainants
passages either on the 30th of March, or on
the Sth of April, by ships which they had sailing
on these days, and he also offered them a pound, but they
refused. They were then taken before Capt. Schomberg
and Captain Evans, emigration officers, who, on hearing
the case, said they could do nothing, as Messrs.
Sahel and Cortis had offered liberally, still they
refused to go. Mr. Mansfield: Did they give any
reason why they would not go? Mr. O'Neill:
None, except that they wanted money. In reply to Mr.
Pemberton, the witness said, I offered them the money
out of charity, there was nothing peculiar about thorn,
except that they appeared to be poor. Mr. Pemberton
then replied on the part of the complainants, after which
Mr. Mansfield delivered judgement, remarking that the
conduct of Messrs. Sahel and Cortis was open and liberal ;
they had a right to protect themselves, and he must say
that the complainants were v..ry ill-advised in the whole
affair. There was no breach of contract on the part of
Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, and he agreed with Mr. Snow-
ball in that respect. It would have been wrong had they
sent out the complainants, without knowing who they
were, and taking the offers into account, which had been
refused by the complainants. He could not, entertain the
case at all, and, therefore, he must dismiss it. Mr. Snow-
ball : I am now instructed to say, that my clients will give
them a passage in the Washington, that sails on the Bth,
and will out of charitable feeling give them thirty shillings
also. Mr. Mansfield : That is very liberal and kind on
their part.

THE RECTOR OF ST. GEORGE'S, 131.00MSBLIRY.—The
rectory of St. George's, Bloomsbury, rendered vacant
by the elevation to the episcopate of Dr. Villiers, has
been conferred by the Lord Chancellor upon the Rev.
'Ernißus Bayley, vicar of Woburn.

AGRICULTURAL STATISTIC3.—Lord Stal►ley of Alderley's
bill for making provisions for the collection of agricultural
statistics has been printed. There are 14 sections in the
b 11, and two schedules. Yearly returns of land and live
stock are to be made, and abstracts of the same are to be
made and published. It is proposed that collectors and
receivers of returns should be appointed. Penalties to be
enforced for not making returns.

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNWITIP.—S. D; nixrai and a.
Dixon. Leeds, dyers. J. Haldane and 3. White, Wake-
field, Yorkshire, malsters. J. Baker and T. Burtt, York,
woollen drapers. James Birnes, W. Barnes, jun., C.
Barnes, John Barnes, G. Barnes, and J. Ivison, Newton
Heath, near Manchester, leather ace dressers. J. Edwards.
and W. Singleton, Wow-Mouse Mill, near Huddersfield, and
Iludder-fiell, woollen manufacturers. H. Guttman and
Guttmanu, Sheffield, jewellers. F. M'Kinnell and G.
Smith, Liverpool and Huyton Quarry, manufacturers, of
airproof fabrics. S. Thomas and T. Joseph, Aberdare,
Cardiff, and Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, and London,
Liverpool, and Southampton, coal merchants. W. Hynde,
and H. Lawson, Liverpool, commission merchants. F,
Dixon and T. J. Booth, Sutton, Lancashire, glass battle
manufacturers. J. W. Saosom and J. D ivenport, Shef-
field, silver platers. W. Anderson and L. Allen, Manches-
ter, fringe manufacturers. W. Pollitt and J. Eastwood,
Blackburn, Lancashire, manufacturers of the patent churn,
for churning milk. J. B. S. Sturdy and W. Pickop, Black,
burn, Lancashire, attorneys. J. Rawlinson and J. Shaw,
Broughton, Lancashire, cement makers. R. Rambla and
B. C. Bennett, Leeds, galvanised iron merchants. J.
Law and N. Gould, Manchester, attorneys. J. W. Sraith,
and E. Smith, Leeds and Bradford, tailors. 3. Haigh and
G. Haigh, Halifax, merchants. J. Dearden and G. Dear-
den, Barnsley, Yorkshire, ironfounders. J. T. Simnett and
A. Prince, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton waste dealers. Fr,
Gibson, sen., T, Gibson, jun., and W. T. Gibson, Liver,
pool, silk mercers, so far as regards, W. T. Gibson. J.,

West and Abrdaret Blackwell,- Sheffield andclrestgate:
coachmakera.

REMARKABLE INCIDENT AT SRAc---ATTIOng the startling
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C flora Havre to New York, from destruction,barlaiignhStnciontgt, and the unusual phenomena attending it will be read with
interest :---The ship's position was let. 37.30 N., long.
70.40., W. Temperature of water, 69 deg., air, 28 deg.
Fahrenheit. The weather dark and lowering, with sharp
lightning, and barometer falling fast ; ship under double
reefed topsails, foresail, and jib. At 2 a.m. commenced
blowing hard, with heavy rain and sleet. At 2.30
a m., while shortening sail, an immense ball of fire
struck the main-royal mast-head, and then fell on
the main hatch, where it exploded with tremendous,
force, filling the deck with fire and sparks, with continued
explosions of the particles like detonating powder or tor-
pedoes. Owing to the ice, sleet, and snow, with which the
decks, bulwarks, rigging and sails were covered, the fire,
was soon extinguished. About ten minutes afterwards a
second ball struck near the same place, but was driven, by
the force of the wind just clear of the ship's side to leeward,
when it exploded with a loud report, and great commotion.
There were several men furling the jib at the time, and the
concussion was so great that it lifted them nearly clear of
the boom. Theh
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alation from the Gulf, which congealed as soon as
it rose, and was driven furiously over the ship, excluding
the very light of day. One of the crew was knocked down,
and stunned for a time, but was not seriously injured. The
mate was blinded by it, and probably will never recover the
sight of both eyes. Had it not been for the ice sleet and
rain, which deluged the ship, there can be no doubt but that
she would have been on fire from the truck to the water.
The fore-top-sail was blown out of the bolt rope, and the
royal mast-head seared as it were with a red hot iron, being
all the damage the ship received, which, to say the least,
was very providential.