The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

stamp—indeed it amounts to a species of jealousy,
which, if it does not wear " green," certainly car-
ries very " jaundiced eyes." And we are inclined
to believe that a few of the London journals are
labouring Under that species of opthalmia. lioiv-
eVer we shall do our best, as opportunity serves, to
improve their vision—although we confess to its
being a hopeless, thankless, and onerous duty, for
most likely should we— • •
"AT chance go right, they'll purposely go wrong."
Be that as it may, we shall never silently suffer the
character of an influential and honourable class of
the community to writhe under the foul aspersions
and unmerited castigations of our Metropolitan
contemporary without an attempt, however feeble
to remove the one, and repudiate the other.

Tint Emperor of FRANCE has made another great
concession to British commerce, and one which for
its importance far surpasses all those which have
gone before it. The Moniteur publishes a decree
abolishing the restrictions imposed by the rescript
of the Bth of February, 1826, on raw cotton im-
ported into France from Great Britain and the
British possessions in Europe. Under this re-
script, cotton, the produce of Asia, Africa, and
America, shipped from England and from Euro
pean possessions to France, was admitted for re-

exportation only. In France the abolition of this
restrictive law its a boon of the first magnitude,
while to England its advantages are no less con-
siderable.

THE LATE SHIPWRECK IN THE IRISH

CHANNEL.

CORONER'S INQUEST,

Yesterday, Henry Davis, Esq., one of the county coroners,
held an inquest at Ringsend on the body of John Co-_
michael, one of the erew of the Scotch steamer called 'the
Eva, which foundered on the' coast off Dublin Bay on Wed-
nesday morning. It appeared that she had been a paddle
steamer on the Clyde, not more than nine months built,
and had been lately fitted out for a sailing voyage to Mel-
bourne, by unshipping her paddles and making some altera-
tion in her rigging. She was an iron boat, of 82 tons burden
and of great length ; and on leaving the Clyde had her
engine and boiler on board in the usual place. She encoun-
tered very severe weather and heavy seas on Wednesday
morning, and the weight amidships, is supposed by those
who were saved to have occasioned a breaking of the vessel
in the centre, and her consequent sinking. There were then
on board 14 men
.and a boy, including the captain, named
Robert Fisher; and also his wife and the sister-in-law of
the latter, making 17 in all. Of these seven were rescued
alive through the heroic exertions of the captain and crew
of the trawler Emerald Isle, two of whose men braved a
dangerous sea in their small boat at the imminent risk of
their lives ; but one of the seven, John Carmichael, the
engineer of the Eva, died shortly after he was taken on board
the trawler. The remaining six, as had been already men-
tioned, were brought to Ringsend, an.d hospitably treated by
the inhabitants; after which they were brought to the

Sailors' Home, and taken care of t here. The names of the
survivors are—William Alexander Gordon, blacksmith ;
Elisha De Avila (a Portuguese), Alexander Grammont,
Walter Scott, and John M'Kenzie, the steward. The name

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of the sixth could not be ascertained. -
As the largest hypothecator, England must of A respectable jury was sworn, and after they had viewed
necessity be the largest holder and importer of the body, the following were examined:—
cotton. But in dealing with England for this Bute;h John Mwagia eslitezwiear7aomninitr j
thlieveEvina, Isleßoss-rshire,ok.
slClief
commodity France will obtain her supplies had been a paddle steamer on the Clyde, and was fitted out
on much better terms than she has hitherto, more for Melbourne; her paddles-were taken out, but the engines
particularly -with respect to the cottons of Africa wkelartomonthbooarcdiydaendattheonbe oiol,eorlolceLt
ofuallTonfeawdaatera;ftewre
re
itiad Asia. In Asia we are the bona fide`producers ; sailed-
noon; on Wednesday morning the captain came dowyn and
and in the African markets ;we have nearly a per- called the mate, saying "The boat is fast going"—meaning
feet monopoly. To deal with England, therefore,
pumped anti!
d wasd
filling;, saowonwldatewrorukp
noto thelon coarb.inttiloooorn, and
for raw cotton is to buy direct, and at prime cost. P
house then began to fill); the captain called for the life-boat
The justice and the wisdom of the change must, to be got in order • there were fourteen men and a boy on
consequently, be obvious to all.
board, also the wife and sister-in-law of the captain ; I
With re came on deck, and just then a sea struck the vessel, and she
gard to American Cottons we also believe rent a little in the side, and the water poured in ; she began
that French consumers will be very materially to sink ; a flagjavas hoisted on the wizen peak as a signal
benefited by being allowed the option of purchas-
tolien m of
distress,
for us, and
I saw a
and
the ma mate hel dup alight;
g
steamerhaon t ithg:wtarawolff . trawler Ntvas
ing in the English market, as well as in that of captain ordered the life boat to be put out, and immediately
America. America. The range of prices with us being often some of the men jumped into her, when she overset, and an
more in favour of buyers than it is even in America
hoisted out thinke drowned;
the mate and I, and a young man,
only other boat we had, and got into her;
itself. Our largest importations are generally made the second mate jumped in, and she also upset; the second
when the prices of cotton and freights are low, and mate and I got hold of her keel; she tumbled over several
when we get into large stocks, both prices and times; the second mate kept a hold of hegfor half an hour,
and then dropped off; there was a very A% vy sea • I kept
freights in America often rise, without producing my hold of the boat, and was about a
mile from the' sinking
any advance in prices with us. But under the late vessel when she went down ; from the time I got out of
law prohibiting the consumption of cotton imported from
mvetashreele utontfiolurl
_Nvouasrspicked up by the smack's boat, was
h .
into France from this country, the French con- Captain Thomas Dearl examined—l am captain of the
Burners were shut out from a participation in the Prince steamer; we discovered the Eva in distress about nine
the was then on her
o'clockway on Wednesday. morning; . Prince
commercial advantages here shown. That the from Liverpool to Dublin; we instantly bore down for
benefit alluded to will be quickly and highly appre- her • she was about 18 miles west by north of the Bailey
elated in France is quite certain, and the effect it light; just after bearing away I observed the smack pretty
will have on our market will both be immediate close under her lee; in exactly five minutes after we bore
away for her she sank ; she was then about three miles from
and continuous. France is capable of consuming us, and in ten minutes we ran down to the spot; I saw three
quite as much cotton as we can, and that she is persons on a spar, and immediately stopped the engine ;
about to make an effort to supply the wants of her life
ftile we had been running towards the distressed vessel our
boat had been getting ready, also life buoys and cork
people.is very evident ; but we do not apprehend jackets; after stopping the engines we lowered a life boat
any injury to our trade from this source. from its usual place abaft the paddles; the steamer unfor-
The manufacturing wants of France are very
tunately rolled and dashed against the boat, in cense-
quence of which the wooden ends parted from the stern posts;
them,
and they have not been supplied to one- there were three men in the boat at the time ; two of
tenth of their real extent; and, therefore, supply- alarmed by her being stove in, got back into the steamer
ing the raw material required to produce the by the tackle falls, and she broke adrift with the other
remaining nine-tenths, will do our manufacturers
man ; I then had steam put on, to get the steamer's head
round, in order to lower another boat to leeward, for it would
no possible harm. At present she can buy cotton have been dangerous to attempt to lower it from the wind-
in the markets of the world with the exception of ward side ; this occupied us about a quarter of an hour ;
England, and if she had been really able to com
as this other boat was being lowered a sea struck her and
carried her stern away, and also took one of the stern
pete to any prejudicial extent with this country, rings, to which one of the tackle falls was attached,
we should have felt it many years ago. The preandsliewas t the
lost; two men who had been lowered with
sent change will, therefore, tend simply to impart
._her got backeanother large steamer
boat, ibdent
yenthed fotacklreasai
;vwn e could ldh
have
, J,svredship's
greater activity to our cotton trade at home, which( .4ompany, in five minutes, or a gig, but the men savingto
will lead, ir(its turn, to more comprehensive op the smack had been so smart with their boat in the mean
time that all who could be saved were rescued , the steamer',
rations abrf 4. , , —,,,. to NinaTrarci of Ulu w teuk, farm Toe smack to leeward;
In rndi ‘-otton the French will probably do ;and there was a very bad sea running; the steamer rolled
so much that I could not go too near for fear of destroying the
the largest atide ; and the fact of admitting diet. 11,)eople who were floating; we remained there from about a
direct from the British possessions at home is an ,ii iparter past nine until ten minutes past eleven • after we
act, which ought not, in common justice to both ' saw that the smack had done everything, we picked up our
countries, to have been so long delayed. Coming bbolat,
awith the man in it, which had gone adrift, and then
as it does, however, even at this late period of time, A Juwraoyr.: How was it that •
the smack's boat lived in the
we are bound to hail it as another pledge of sea?
NAPOLEON'S good faith towards England Such Witness: Our boats would have lived very well if we
acts carry with them the prestige of still ,better
could have got them clear of the steamer, but it is very difficult to get them clear when a heavy sea is
is running, and
and greater things. France is no longer to be tied the difficulty partly arises from the overhanging side of the
down by the laws of a long protracted military steamer; ais nmg.we cannot keep a boat alongside when a heavy
usurpation. The monarch who hopes to hold his A Juror : Did any of your men refuse to go in the boats ?
sceptre, must let in the light of sound civil Witness : None of them refused to go, but they came out
government ; and must employ his time in of
oho Dunne the boats whene in iam master exthaemirown lveswermeaesndr of the trawler
angered
releasing industry from the galling yoke With which Emerald Isle ; we left Dublin to fish on Tuesday morning ;
the legislation of military ambition invariably we were three men and a boy on board; about seven o'clock
surrounds the social system, of the state. In yesterday morning we saw the wreck ; her flag was flying at
her 'man peak whits signified distress, or it might indicate
P erpetuating the military usurpation.of sovereign that she wanted a pilot; we hauled up our nets and made
power in France, NAPOLEON'S abilities,,were barely towards her, we were about forty fathoms from her as near
questioned. But great doubts were entertained as I can guess when she went down; she appeared to break
in two amidships and sank bodily, her head and stern dis-
by many of his most ardent admirers, as to his appearing last; it was then about half-past nine o'clock, and
capacity and aptitude for civil governthent. France we had been two hours going up to her; there was a heavy sea
had long needed repose from kingly perfidy and running; we hove to amidst several people who were in the water
and got our little boat out; William Carroll and Peter Collins,
political contention, when Louis NAPOLEON_ as- both of Ringsend, were the men who got into it ; they saved
sumed the direction of her destinies. And that all they could, while I and my son, a boy, made sail on the
k and saved one • the boat picked' u
repose he has not only given to her .up to the sin" , P five;
two men go down; I saw two women on a raft, but they
present hour, but we find him, -day by day, wiping appeared to be dead ; I sailed by the steamer and called to
away from the statute-book of France, those blind the captain who was standing on the paddle-box, to lower
acts of reprisals which were conceived 'in a wild the boat that was hanging from the starboard tackles
but he did not seem to hear me '
; the steamer had
spirit of military domination, and which rendered come up when we were lowering our boat ; I saw
social progress and political tranquillity perfectly a boat in the water before speaking to the steamer; the boat
incompatible.
. I desired the captain to lower was suspended from the star-
, . . board tackle, and if it had been lowered I think more lives
To discover the real source of the great disturb- would have been saved ; the steamer's life boats were not
ing causes in society, is a work, of no mean ebarac- lowered at all ; they "caned to be alarmed on the deck of

ter, and to strike an effectual blowat their existence
requires great penetration and coolness, and in the
Free Trade measures adopted by France both the
Emperor and his government, appear to have dis-
covered the main causes of those fearful convul-
sions which have taken place in that country
within the last century. And if NAPOLEON would
now turn his attention to the oppressive duty on
linens which enter so largely -into the manufac-
tures of, and give such general remunerative
emploYment in, France, he would bestow still
greater advantages on the two countries..
The duty now _ paid on linens imported into
French ports is in many instances fifty,per cent.,
which fails to check the importation, while it adds
an excessive amount to the cost of those French

the steamer; I was on the weather side of the steamer ;
there were, persons floating in the water a-head of her ; after
five men had been picked up we ran under the stern of the
steamer and saw a sunken boat attached to leer; we looked
about.to see_if we could save any more ; we saw another man
on a sunken boat and saved him; he was the steward; the
deceased was barely alive when he was got on board ; it
was then about eleven o'clock : we made for the land and
arrived at Ringsend about half-past four the same after-
noon ;. the man clinging to the boat was a long way to
windward of us, and we had to work to windward in order
to reach him ;We were about an hour and a-half picking
up the others.
William Carroll examined : I did not see the steamer
lower any boat; when the smack hove to I threw a sound-
ing line to two men who were on a spar ; they caught it
but the line broke i the smack's boat was then got oat, and
Collins and I got into it; the two men on the spar were the
first we picked ; men we saved were to leeward of
the steamer ; I did not see the steamer rolling ; I was sur-
prised to see her so steady.

productions it which linens are largely employed.
On this important subject of commercial reform
in
,France much yet remains to be. studied, and
we feel assured that the head that has done
so much,, will continue the good work until the
French are placed in a commercial position which
shall render their exquisite skill and industry of
solid practical advantage to mankinl. generally.

The screw-steamer Collaroy, bound to Australia, was
towed into Beaumaris bay yesterday morning, in a disabled
condition.

Mr. William, TomlinsOu examined : I am a surgeon ; I
live at 181 Great Brunswick-street; I saw the deceased man
yesterday evening on beard the smack; he then appeared to
have been dead about two hours.
Collins, the other man who went in the smack's boat, was
then called forward.
The coronet said it appeared that the survivors had been
taken out of the water through the very meritorious conduct of
the men in the fishing smack, who had behaved in a most
creditable manner; and the only question remaining for the
jury to examine was, whether the steamer had rendered all
the assistance in her power.
Collins said, when we got into the.smack's boat I observed
the steamer lying dead stall; and I neither saw her people
heave a rope to persons that were in the water close under
them nor lower a boat at all.
Coroner : Is it your opinion that they did not make all
the exertions that they might have done ?
Witness lam confident that they did not.
Mr. George Brandon examined : The evidence of this
gentleman went to show that the captain 'and crew of the
Prince had done all they were capable of doing to rescue
the drowning crew.
The jury were then left to themselves, and after delibera-
ting for about a quarter of an hour, found the folloaiug
verdict :—" We find that John Carmichael came by his
death through the ship Eva, of which he was engineer,
foundering in the channel on the night of the 28th inst. ;
and the jury cannot separate without bringing under the
notice of the public and the authorities, the gallant and
humane conduct of John Dunne, 'William Carroll, Peter
Collins, and Edward Dunne, the crew of the trawler
Emerald Isle, who, by their great exertions, and at the very
great risk of their own lives, succeeded in saving six persons
from the sunken vessel. "

RAILWAY ACClDMT.—Yesterday, the train leaving Lon-
don at seven o'clock in the morning, was delayed at one of
the stations on the line, for upwards of an hour and a half,
in consequence of some slight accident.
Dn. Bownnvo.—We believe it is now settled that'Dr.
Bowring is appointed gdvernor of Hong Kong, and chief
superintendent of British trade in China.

Tae WKECit ON CARLINGFORD Ban.—On Tuesday the
wreck of the schooner Bohemian Girl, Hine, master, from
Smyrna, stranded on our bar during the night of the 19th
instant, was got off, and brought up to Warrenpoint.
' THE WEATHER.—OHANNEL TRANSIT.—III consequence or
the storms which hare prevailed during the Week, the com-
munication with Ireland has been very much interrupted.
Yesterday morning, and from an early hour on the previous
night, the wind was felt in Liverpool, a thaw was the result,
but as the day advanced the wind fell, and the frost again
succeeded) and still continues very hard. But the high winds
give manifest evidence of having entirely subsided.

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