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report of an oftenr who m37l.r.vr r1:^1.!^71.r.-1"9.1i1n I
motives for getting, rid of a snbc•rdinatel Recestevento
have shown that in one simportant alike t least
the fate of 200 officials reds entirely in tile hands
of one; who has resorted to aneastires, of wVich any of
his friends,,poSsessed of comnion sense 91141,1:nand judg-
ment, must acknowledge to he dcr9gative to the office
and character of a postmaster.
We dordtt not that an iinFartial and, -r4id investiga-
tion would bring to light in JCher effirecic (pally Unfair
and najUstifia.ble enndant, • a perhapa, on the assem-
bling of l'axliament, 111,;1:113 v. -1 be ;,1...en to secure this
cud. licanlyhile, we would respectfully !elicit Lord,'
Elgin to look • into the matter, and jest get a'
return' made ont in his own office of the.
dismissals and c np y nsi,;,l Itions that have'
taken place since the reVisea of the provincial offieers,.
witti a column, stating,whif opno-,unitics were given to
tine actuged to " V 74 t,til tive postmasters'
reports, and to ci u 1 • .1, ;1.4 ren-litions made !
against then ; and as that he will I
see sufficient case ;..nr th.; inquiry we have
hinted at. It nitht nra, e.simm, conducted
by any one' owing it is elevai.ed posii,i..a to his own, or
his Wife's, connexion with the. upholders of the -present
system. It ought. to be conducts iby gentlemen un-
connected with 'the serVice, the wi.aess examined on
oath, and insured rotectitin for telling the *hole truth,
and giving a true deliverance.
Whether grievances heroin set forth will receive
corideration: or nc,t, yet it is certain, that if they be
founded only on a partial enunciation of truth, such will
be readily apparent, on entering the examination, and
ne further troubl,) need be taken;' hilt,- if on the other
hand,after diligent study and investigation,. they be
found
.to be only too surely stern realities, then, to
remove those evils• will add to an already honourable
and successful career, the performance of a just and
magnanimous deed.-Yours, &c.,
Liverpool, Nov..loth, 1859. A. G.

LITERATURE.

THE AMERICAN STRANGER'S GLIDE TO LONDON
AND LIVERPOOL AT TABLE. HOW TO DINE

AND'ORDER A DINNER; AND. WHERE TO AVOID
DINING.. Fourth Edition. London: Longman
end Co ; Liverpool : Webb and Hunt. ISSO.
This is the . production, we. understand, orene
of our "merchant princes;" and very princely
he certainly eppears to be, in his ideas, and in
his habit,3x os respects that which with so many
is a principal business,of ,life—we mean the daily
duty, and the cherished pleasure, of dining. The
entertaining • broc;i are instructs us, in the
words of its 'title --page, - "'How to dine
and Order dinner, and where to avoid dining.",
But 'why, on this; ilecount„-it should be called.
_" The American Strangers • to London.
and .Liverpool at Table," we don't quite under-
stand. We will be bound to say that, there,
are , even a greater number of English
strangers than. American who need such a
guide, both in London and Liverpool. Nor
does it appear to point out anything--whether
about dining or ordering, a dinner, or anything
else, with which the American strangae has
particularly to do. This, however, by the way.
Our tasteful and learned gastronomist holds
with the great lexicographer, Dr. Johnson, "that
cookery is one of the arts that -aggrandise life;
and that the masticational duties are those that
we Ought carefully to attend to." He need not
to have formally told us this -in so many words
as he has done, for every page of his little book
bears testimony to the fact ; nor is it one which
we ourselves would dispute. We Must confess to
our liking A good dinner—in its way; and after
reading very attentively; and having been enter-
tained:very thoroughly, with the book before us,
we will make another confession, and that is,
that its epicurean author has excited in our
breasts a strong desire to see how he 'dines
himself—or rather, to speak plainly, to have the
pleasure of partaking of one of those good dinners
at his own table; with whichive are sure he will
never fail to provide himself and, his guests. It
i 3 utterly impossible that any one could write
-Stith a book as thise and yet be content, at any
time, to sit down to a bad dinner,—nay, we will
not say to a had dinner or to an indifferent one,
but to any dinner whe toyer that was not,, as
Yankees would say, first-rate : just such a dinner,
in fact, as he has himself shown uS the luxury of,
in his most interesting and edifying publication.
London, of course, is par excellence' a place for
good dinners,—at any rate such as
:Eriglislainea
most esteem. There r perhaps, no place in the
world where the English. taste for a g9od dinner
can be so fully gratified as in the .metropolis.
And next to -London comes Liverpool. Our
author attaches high importance to • a well
arranged form of -carte du .diner, by means- of
which " each guest at a glance is able to Select
the dishes and wines he is -most' addicted to ;"
and "as the order of serving is clearly indicated,
any 'inadvertent omission on the part of the
servants May with 'propriety be rectified by the
guest calling for the wine in the, due order of
service." There can be no doubt he is quite right
upon-this point, and it will be satisfactory, there-
fore, to' all " AmericAn strangers,"—and English
ones, too--to learn, that " this form of 'carte', is
to be met with' at all the. best-mounted Liver-
pool dinner, tables, and has been adopted at
the Town-htill banquets, -which cre about the
the best served public dinners gping. The whole
turneout, it is added, is excellent, combining all
the comforts 'of a well appointed private dinner
party, with a not over gorgeous display of civic
.grandeur. These dinners are equal, if not
superior, to the state dinners of the Governor
General of India." • ,And then .he instances, as i
worthy of special notice, the carte of the dinner
offered by the Mayor of Liverpool;Samuel Holme,
Esqr., to Lord Gough and the Mayor of Dublin,
in 1853, adducing it as one giving some idea 'of
" Liverpool at Table," and -,v:iere, it is evident, the
" good:old town" cuts a most respectable figure.
NO unimportant Part of the book is that which
is devoted to some 'brief. instructions, in order to
give %general idea of what is absolutely essential
to go taste and simplicity, without extrava-
gance, furnishing .a dinner-table. These
in staeictiona
lighting, include decoration of the table
g, waiting, soup, fish: 'entrees, enti;
mets, wines, Another part of the
book is devoted to'rfe:
punches, toasts, fetiageTtssat various wine-cubs,
rawionuioid„up with
potage, curries,
whips, '&c. And the' 14,-,010-B.'
we ncannaotbudet
a collection of truisms forwthhilecsh,
of moral proverbs, some of
thinkemost forcibly and euriou.sly contradict the
:'
whole spirit of the book itself
• as, farinstance,
when they tell' us
that—" If time be
above all
things the' most .precious, wa4ti..-Ig time 'must be
the greatest prodigality ;"—that " a fat kitchen
maketh a lean ;"—that " who dainties love
shall beggars prove ;",--and that,
" After feasting cometh sorrow,
The ("lad night bath the weary' morrow."
We may be -mistaken, but really 'these "wise
saws" would seen net only to discourage, bat to
ignore, all the arguments about good living with
which the re*, of the book abounds. However,
it -is a most entertaining and instructive little
volume, and, as such, we heartily recommend its
f-i all -,T7-,) 1. eL
Is by paying for—the lueeery it illustrates.

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ICI. rP.17(7.X. OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.
BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY.
'The official inquiry ordered by the Board rirTrade,
rthative to the loss of the Royal Charter, was opened
Yeaterday morning, in the .Crown Court, St.f.George's
hall, before J. S. Mansfield, Esq., stipendiary magistrate:
Ofhthia town, and Capt. Harris, R.N., nautical assessor
to the Board of Trade. Mr. O'Dowd, assisted by Mr.
"Tyndall; appeared "for, the Board of Trade, and Mr.
J. B. instructed by Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson,
Lowteles, and Robinson, for, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and
Company. •
The foils wing letter was 'reeeived-thia morning in
Liverpool by Mr. Suiitb, the reeeiverof wrecks at Beau.-
ev 'ao is attending the inquiry:—
"MOELFRA, Nov. 14.
• " T have to inform you that we pioked up a male body,
sa ;posed to be that of a sailor, with 6s. 2d., and a knife
anel a key in his pecln. There were _no marks to lead'
I to an identification of the body. I have now received a
note from John Price, .Red Wharf, -stating that two '
male bodies had been washed ashore there, one naked
and the other with a Guernsey frock. They have been
taken to Pantraeth.'. I have sent a coastguard to over-
haul the bodies. The marks on the GuernSey frock are.
'L.&A. N. Co.' It is 7reported that the body of a
little boy was picked up on this 'side of Red Wharf.
One of the divers has succeeded in getting a small nug-
get in the rubbish. close to a water-closet; and also a
pie. e. Yesterday they succeeded in raising
137 ingots and C 8 tills of copper.." ,
Mr. O'Dowd, in._ opening the proceedings, said :—I
have the honour t 5 'appear before you in obedience to
the direction of the Board of Trade,- who, in pursuance
of the provisions of the 'Merchants' Shipping Act, .54,
have ordered . an official inquiry, to be made into the
circumstances of the lass of the Royal Charter, .off the
coast of Anglesea, one the 25th of last month. It has
been my painful tack to have acted in a similar capacity,
upon many occasions, -during the' last fotie years ; but
never, in the course °ferny experience, and I venture to
say within the memory of man, has an event occurred
so distressing iii its character, or so lamentable iu the
extent of. its sacrifice and loss, as the event which you
are now about to investigate. The Royal. Charter appears;
by the official copy of the negiSter, Which I now hold in
ray hand, to have been the property of Messrs. Bright,
as the registered owner representing the Liverpool and
Australian Navigation: Company. Her official number
was 1,355, and .her registered tonnage was 2,164.78..
She was built at Sandy Croft, in the eotinty of Flint,
in the year•lBss, as eepears by' a certificate under the
hand of William, Patterson, the builder. She had
three poop decks, and three masts, and her length,
from the inner part of the main stem to the fore part
of the stern post aloft 'was 306, her breadth amidships
was 40 feet, her depth of hold at Mids.:lips was 26-feet,
and was a ship with a standifg, bowsprit" and elliptical
sterneand was clincher built. She had no Meek galleries
and main figure-head.' The franie.,:work and plating
was iron, and she., was a steamer propelled, by a
screw iroppller. Such was the description the
.Royal Charter, as shown by the register. During
this enquiry, I. apprehend that the size, structure, amid
quality of the materials of the vessel 'tail' -form an im-
portant consideration; and therefore, in addition to the
information afforded by the official register of the vessel,
. I will read a description of her steam power, as fur-
nished by the editor of the Rev. Dr. Scoresby's Journal
while on a tour'in the Royal Charter to Australia. He
then proceeded .to 'read an extract from the preface,
dated in the present year, and written by Mr. Archibald.
Smith, FellOw of the University of Cam-bridge, giving
particulars with regard to the steam arfangements of
the 'ship, and some remarks as to her rigging. Mr,
O'Dowd then proceeded as follows :--The Royal
Charter was commanded by Captain Taylor; and
I believe he 'was a gentleman of, the highest
ability and respectability, in. his, position,. lier
crew 'consisted of 112 men, and her cargo was of
wool, sheepskin, and gold, and was consigned to Gibbs,
Bright, and Company. But she' had a more pr;e,hous
cargo still—she
,carried 375 passengers, or thereahou,s.-
About the precise numberit is.impossible to speak eon-
redly, for the ship's papers were lost and the passenger
list Which she carried from Melbourne is'lost, and we are
left to" conjecture as to the precise number ; but there is
no doubt that she had very nearly that number. She
left Melbourne bound for Liverpool on the 26th of August
last, and arrived at Kinsale Head' on the 24th October,
and after landing thirteen of her passengers on board the
Petrel pilotshbat at QueenetoWn she 'proceeded on her
voyage, and came abreast of Holyhead about half-past
four o'clock on Tuesday, where she :took in thirteen
riggers from the United Kingdom steam-tug. I believe
these men, had nameans, of getting to Liverpool, and
Captain Taylor very_ humanely took them:on board to
bring them, here. The wind wa.s blowing and
at 7.4.5 she passed the Sherries. .The wind came more
from the north, and increased in fury. At Abut eight
o'clock signals of distreSs:Were made,.. rockets fired; and
blue lights exhibited. This precaution scents to have
been taken during the whole course of the evening. Point
Lynas was sighted at ten o'clock. Tho-evideneie differs
very much as te the distance from' which PointLynas'
was first sighted. One witness says three, another four,
and one says it was sighted even at such a distance as
fifteen miles. At 'this time the wind was greatly
'.increased: At ten o'clock Captain Taylor gave orders
to set the mainsail, the- only sail on the ship being the'
hriaintopeail and the spanker. -: The ship drifted before
the storm or wind. The captain' gave orders to 'lei go;
the port anchor, which was done e and immediately afier
the starboard anchor was let gg? on obtaining soundings.
Every effort was made to take soundings during the
whole coarse of the evening and up almost to the very
time of the occurrence of the wreck. She had 100
fathoms'of chaia to the port anchor, and 70 to the star-
board, • The ship drifted very rapidly, the storm
still increasing, and she ' struck upon the sand.
I need not say that taking into account the large
number of passengers on board, that the utmost cone
fusion and. consternation took place on .her, stranding.
Captain Taylor did all that he could to allay the fears' of
the passengers, telling them to wait patiently for day
and they might yet be all right. The paisengerg 'were
ordered to go down, and he gave olden; for the boats to
be hung on the davits. lie then ordered the masts to
be cut down, which was done. In the evidence of the
quarter-master,-he says that Captain Taylor didevery-
thing he could; he Was constantly on deck,. and was
More than once knoclrod 'dewn by heavy seas. A Man
named Joe Rodgas, when the vessel got on the rocks,
undertook to go on shore with a : hawser, . and suc-
ceeded in doing- so. , By this means some hies were
saved; but, with' the exception of those who were
thus ,saved; a,Cal 'thane Who were washed 'ashore, the
rest of 'the pass:mgers all perished. .It was. about
daylight when this occurrence took place, and Mr.
Smith, of Beaumaris, will give a correct description
of the place where she lay. Now two considerations at
least 'suggest themselves to ordinary minds from the
mode in which thiS ship was wrecked, and the fact of
an iron vessel shivering to atones in this way, woald
surely indicate a deficiency of strength. I have sug-
gested this in a communication thiattwlanhta,d)fwstirtheng .ltihr;
Bright, and he emphatically denies that there is any
ground in supposing the existence of
and he undertakes to favour you with the very best
evidence as to the quality of the machinery, the mi.=
positionof the vessel, and her general seaworthiness—
the evidence of 'Mr. Patterson, the builder of the ship.
As rrtgaril3 Capteia Taylor, it is with extreee.
that I throw out the slighteit impute-heti on his
memory: er thet I wend,. • t
his e Judi eat as a mariner ra) oocwi'm

interests of the cemmentnity demend that the ellanct of
.Captain Taylor should irvestigated ; ant mutilated
and buried though he now lire in . his watery grave,
apprehend that it is the day and the proince of this
• court to scrutinise his acts, as far, as any night can be
thrown upon them, with tire same stern and hard truth
and justness, with the same anxiety far the public
interest, that it would .do_ if
.Captain Taylor,possesso4f.
with life, were here in court, seeking to protect Chat
commission which atithOrises him to pursue his
profession. Upon these points I will obtrude no
opinions of my own. The, whole circumstance of
the 'Case will be judged of by a tribunal
which, I am satisfied, will do strict justice. In the.
able magistrate who presides, and Capt. Harris, who '
formerly occupied one of the highest departments 'of the
mercantile service, I .tine sure his memoiy will find
equitable . and just judges. With these observations
I will call a few witnesses.
Mr. Aspinall then rose, and said he represented
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, & Co. ; but he was quite sure
that it was undesirable that they should appear, when
the matter was in the hands of Mr. O'Dowd, who had
shoWn a sincere desire to treat it with all fairness, so as

to do justice; and ascertain the filets; '
David Strongman, examined saidL--I was quarter-
master on board the 'Royal Charter for. the last two
voyages. We sailed from Melbourne, I think, ou the
26th of August last. --We had a good voyage until we
came to the Irish Coast, and we landed some passengers
at Queenstown by the Petrel pilot-boat, but I, do not
know the number of people. The passhge up the Chan-
nel as far as Holyhead was very fine—where we arrived
at half-past five on Tuesday.. The wind Was from the
southward and eastward. We sighted Holyhead about
five miles Off about noon: It was my watch belOw be-
fore we reached Holyhead,
,arid the crew were divided
into two watches. I went to the wheel at four o'clock,
the wind- being the same way. I staid at the
wheel to six ao'clock, and then went below. to
supper. I wee on deck several times after
that. It become,dark shortly after six. I did hot see
any rockets let off then. It was about three-quarters of
an hour ,from the time I went below till Leame on
deck, and I saw Point Lynes light. It would then be
about twenty minutes or a quarter to seven o'clock. I
Went below and remained there to eight o'clock. We
passed Point Lynas. I should • say we were about six
or seven miles off when I saw the light, which wax then
broad on the starboard bow. The .next watch was at
eight o'clock,,. when I relieved Quartermaster John
Hodson. At that time the- wind 14J.:S bsarin -two
points north-by-east:- It was then blowing very hard.
After we left Holyhead it began to freshen and con-
tinned to increase. ..When 1 was on deck after eight
o'clock I saw Captain Taylor there,- and- he told the
Men at the wheel to starboard' his helni, which brought
her up in the wind. That ,was after:nine o'clock,
and'the maxi answered that the helm was' hard a star-
board. I was on the
,poopekeeping a lohk-oht: I did
not hear the eaptaih.giving any further oadera then.
Captain Taylor was on the port side.of the poop, 'The
captain -told me, to :get' the lead lite np at aboat
quarter to ten o'clock ; it Was the hand lead. • Th;—first
sounding was 18 fathoms. 1 I generelly hove the lead to
windward, but on this oceasion it. was, hove ou the .lee
, side. It was a quarter of an before I got souad-
ings, and then struck the 'ground at 18 fathoms. It
was an eleven pound lead. When I to..)k the first-cast
I,f the lead , we had nothing on her hot- the spanker, and
that was set 'when I came on deck. 'cannot say,
"whether the 'inaintokiaStetayeail Was act hefoile I
took the first east of the lead or not. The se'reWi
i_was.going.all the time. We were steering east-south-
east at the time.• I did not hear the captain give any
e.onrse, but I saw the coal ass as I was passitig for the.
lead, and the ship's he-ad was heading RS.E.. I heard
from the eaartermaster, Owen Williams, that that was
the course given. He was saved. After several casts,
during which: I did' not .get ,soundings,.: /the next I
got. was 16 fathoniS. We were in the habit of .striking
the bell. . She was drifting so 'fastthat-sheadrifted over
the line. I threw it out'to leeviard as far as I was able.
Captain Taylor was on deck, and when I got the first
sounding he gave orders to set the maintopsail, which
wag done. -The spanker was still set? After I got. the
seeond cast of the lead, Captain Taylor gave orders'
to Cock-bill the anchors, - mid have the chains all
clear for running. We' tried to stay the vessel
about half-past ten, after the Main topsail was set. The
captain gave orders to square away the cross jack-yard.
The L-ire-yard waSasquare. After 'we' found that the
ship would not stay, I was at the lead, and I heard the
eartaita and the chief adeer-talking about wearing her,
but I cannot say whether they. did attempt to wear her,
and I afterwards-saw the.spanker was• brailed up. The
third time I got bottom was fifteen fathorhs and a half.
'The ship was broright up then by the- port anchorathe
captain having 'told the chief officer to let it go. Captain
Taylor gave orders .to let go- the starboard anchor about
a quarter of an hour after the port anchor was let go.
I could see that she looked a little'at her anchor when it'
bit; but I did not go forward myself. I was told to
get Up the deep sea lead, to sop if the shipdriftpd. I
took off the hand load and put on the deep sea lead on the
hand lead line. I was told to take the hand lead line,,
which *as only 21 fathoms long. The deep Sea line was
in What we called the wheel-house or screw-house.' I my-
' self held the line, and found the ship drag. her anchor, and
the starboard . anchor was then let go. - The port chain
parted-Omit half past one or two o'clock; I heard that the
`chain parted near the haws-pipe. After the parting'Of
the port chain orders were given to get tip the stream
anchor. We had. a' sheet anchor on board; it was
placed up and down . the square of the fore-
hatchway. It was got up, 'bd. we had no 'time
to bend on the cable before the" staxbOard
chain parted and the Slip canted right round. It took no
the -hest, part of an hour to get the stream anchor on
aleek.from the time the port chain parted, and before we
got it,np the starboard chain went too. She then canted
round, and her head was to the westward when she
'struck. The. screw was worked up to the time -she
struck. It was soon after- steppe& and before they cut
away- the mast, she sat pretty upright, and the sea was
Making a clean breach over her from the starboard side.
The bulwarks and the skylights that were on the poop
were stove in. We were obliged to hold on, and she
formed a complete breakwater. to ;the sea. Soon
after she struck we began to: • clear away the boats.
I saw ' Captain Taylor but did not hear him
speak to the passengers. When the order was given
to -Clear away -the' beats,- I saw the captain gO Idown
with as axe to -cut away the masts, and in about a
quarter of
.an hour afterwards the mainmast, was cut
away, and fell over the port side. I could not say that
the mainmast falling overboard' fouled the screw. The
vessel was striking heavily on the sand; but after the
mainmast went overboard it cased her a little. I saw
Captain. Taylor knocked down- by a sea, .and lie was
rolling about the -deck, and I picked him up twice..
Captain Taylor told me to heave the lead and see what
water was between us mid the shore. I found three and
a half fathoms aft and about two forward, as near as I
could say. ;The foremast was cut away abOut half an
hoar: before daylight, and soon after the order was
given to stand by the boats, but to allow them to
remain on by -the davits. was not aware that any
boats' crews were told off. I saw the passengers
waitin' anxiously for daylight. I found Joe Rogers
and Edward 'Wilson, two of the ceew, in the forecastle,
feud they said to me, "We may as well try to get
,:.,here c.nt as last;" and Rogei's went out on the jib-
be and then got. on the jibbooni and then with
a llcaving line in •into the v,nt-or. "He
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was made fast to one end the line and it was palled
on shore. A boatswain's 'hair was made, .by which
seize of us were enabled to pass along the hawser to
the share. I could net say how many got ashore by
moans of the hawser.
To Mr. Aspinall—l have been a long time at sea,
111. d I don't think that I ever saw such a storm as raged
tfli.at night ;and I hope I never shall see the like again.
' The Court then adjourned for half an hour. •
The,Court having again assembled after the adjourn-
inent,
Mr. O'Dowd said he wished to produce two or three
of the saloon passengers who were examined before the
Coroner, and whOse evidence was in reference to the
conduct of Captain Taylor, and to the time that the
ship was upon the rocks before she broke up. He felt
that he was called upon to say that he did not impute '
any misconduct, in reference to his sobriety, to Captain
Taylor ; on the contrary, from all that he had heard,
and all ha had read_ iu the depositions of the witnesses,
there was not the shadow of a ground for any imputa-
tion of the:kind.' He should, therefore,- call'only those
witnesses to say at what time the vessel struck the rock
before'she went to pieces.
Mr. Wm. 11. Morse, a magistrate, residing in New
• Scutli Wales, said the ship ,first struck the sands. about
two 'o'clock; and that' about -half-past exee or four
o'clock she struck heavily on the rocks. During the
time she was striking he went on deck ; and about kalf-
past four he went up for the last time, and remained
until she broke up, which. was about two hours after she
first.struck on- the rocks. lie saved' himself by swim-
.
ng
Aspinall.—Captain Taylor was, throughout
the voyage, perfectly seamanlike, gentlemanly,. and
most attentive and assiduous in the discharge of his
duties. : lle was held in the same 'estimation by the
whole of the saloon passengers,, who—presented him with
a purse ,and some silver plate, as a memorial of his
kindness and attention to -them. The. vessel parted
about half-past seven, and he got ashore, by swimming,
about eight o'clock.
To Mr. Mansfield— Could not say whether any
remonstrance was made to 'Capt. Taylor by the saloon
passengers. - - • -

T 9 Mr. o'lDowd—Did not know that Capt.. Withers
advised Capt. Taylor to turn back.
To Mr. Aspinall Was aware that Capt.. Taylor
consdltea 'Capt. Withers, and acted -upon his • advice.
-At midnight capt... Taylor came down into the saloon,
and told the ladies there was no particular danger, for
la had been forward And saw that there was
.no strain
Jn the cables, and that there was sufficient steam power
to prevent it.' The screw was going all the time-Anita
after' the vessel struck. • The whole of the officers
throughout the voyage did their duty as manfully as
the captain.
Mr. Thomas Grundy, also a saloon passenger, said
he,,,concg.rred 'entirely, in the evidence of .Mr. Morse,
ire was washed on shore, and had a swimming belt on
at the time he left the ship,— •

Mr. iL,C. Taylor; another saloon passenger, said he
had 'heard.. Captain Withers say the "ship Would not
answei
.Her rudder, and that her masts were. in the
-Wrong place. Captain Adams also made the same
observation. He concurred entirely in the reniarks
made by the two precedingWitneSses in reference to the
conduct of Captain- Taylor and his officers.
To Captain Harris-7ft ifaiblo wing very hard all day
on Tuesday, and the ship' did not appear to be going
more than two miles an hour. Several gentlemen said
the-ship could- never get round Holyhead if the wind
continued. When the ship parted, it was when one
terrific roller that struck her just where she broke in
•two ; in fact it seemed to come rolling up, and go
" bafig" through her.

Mr. Aaspinall said Mr... Morse and Mr. Grundy
differed from this witness as to the state of the wind on
TucidaY.
Mr. Morse, on being_recalled, said the breeze was
insignificant, on, Tuesday until nearly off Holyhead,
when it began fresh.
• Strongman was recalled, and in answer to Captain
Harris, said it was about four o'clock on Tuesday
morning when he saw the Tuscaa4 light.
At a-quarter past five o'clock, the Court adjourned
until this day, (Wednesday) at one o'clock.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURV---YESTERDAY.

. • (Before; AJEIN). •
In the absence of Mr. Mansfield, who is now engaged°
in investigating the fatality connected with the
Royal Charter, the above-named' venerable magistrate
presided in this court. The cases for drunkenness
having been disposed of, the following were heard
RAW:MY POPE-STREUT. John and Margaret Mc-
Donough, who keep a cellar at the house of Edward
13billips, in the Street referred to, were brought up
from gaol, and charged with a murderous . and brutal
assult on Phillips and It appeared that the
mate prisoner struck both complainants on the head
with a hammer; arid, that afterwards .Margaret
McDonough, the female. prisoner, used her earnest
endeavours to add insult to injury, in biting them with
her teeth. From the evidence of Edward Phillips:-:On
.the evening of the 7th inst., he wiJut down to the cellar in
question to fill the teakettle; 'and tlic result was,after going
.down and before returning, he got a " regular hammer-
ing.” The parties in the cellar kept an oyster-stall;
and had he known that the.pfisoners were of a vicious
chaTacter, he would not have let the premises to them.
Ms (the witness's) wife was Still in a Very precarious
position. The surgeon of the Northern Dii)ensary,
who attended Mrs. Phillips, stated that she"was in 'a very
dangerous state, and must'have suffered intensely from
a lacerated wound in the head. :The magistrate said
the present case was one which presented a very heinous
appearance ; arid, inasmuch as the Wife of the com-
plainant was unable to attend to give her evidence, he
would remand' it for a week.
DOG-FIGHTING.—Arthur Clarke was brought up on
the charge of dog-fighting, on last Sunday afternoon,
at Bevingtou Bush. The priioner was also charged by
Tho Mas Pilkington with stealing a dog to carry out • the
inhuman act, The prisoner, was, however,. discharged.
STEALING COPPER. John Connelly and' Patrick
Yew* were charged with stealirig a quantity of copper
from Mr. Thomas Doran, who resides in Blundell-Street.
The foreman of the works having prOdubed a piece of
copper, identified it :as .being a fae simile of that. stolen.
A gentlemen belonging to the firm spoke in favour of
the prisoners, and requested that the bench would deal
leniently towards them. Connelly was committed for
trial, arid Young discharged.
REPOSITORY ron STOLEN GOODS.—Elizabeth Joyce
was brought up by Detective-Redman, on the ground
that she had encouraged her bOys to*hawk stolen goods
an yesterday, in Albion-street. The case had.proceeded
at some length in its investigation when Rednian asked
a remand. The remand was accordingly granted for
seven,days.-

In the second police-court there were no cases of the
slightest importance came before 'the bench. The ma-
gistrates presiding in this court were Messrs. W.
Preston and C. Turner.

RECTO a',IITT OF THE EIIiNBITRGII
The el cetiOrt by the students-of n rector for the University
took 'olaca on Saturday, betwcni eleven and one o'clock.
The tlowingis the result of tL' poll :—For Mr. Glad-
gitODP, 613,; for Lord Neaves, 527. Majority for Mr.
(4);‘,'-.:..11,, 116.
A _KJ ),:zog Saar By s REPORTEIL—WI) L.
'Ping
:(I.lyor of the city of Rai:flue, was -al
a me?,,,, by J Morsh llni
"tot, on
On
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.BAR t I t Rat

NOVEMBER 16, 18 9.

THE VOLUNTEER iiIFTY, -_‘.`0177.7"7-777' IN

. _
LIVERPOOL.
•
Yesterday afternoon, a very large ,ineeling. of Scotcly
men resident in Liverpool; favourable to the formation
of a rifle corps to be called* the " Bleck'Watch." was
held in the Common-hall, Ilackin's-hey; Mr. Councillor
Robertson occupied .the chair...
The CHAIIIMAN said he felt very hanpy that the op
portunity had been afforded him of taldng the chair 3t
a Meeting- of his 'countrVinen. Scotch con had ecver
been behind-hand in lovalty'or in offering. their service'
to defend their ,queen and country. • Ile had no.
Considering the very large attendance tha,tealy• that
they Would' be able to forma corps of riflemea. that
would be -a credit to their native country and of service
to the nation.: . •
Mr. J. Buis DOWIE, the secretary pro tern.. said he
had had a very short time to do his business in id die
. .
results Were necessarily imperrect ; bet he _ ,tte
that the- Mayor, 'T.' D. Anders:la; FlAge,
countenance to. this movement. He had reeei : eters
from Mr. T. M. Mackay, w'm was unable to „e .ii thie
meeting that day; and from Mr. Robert Ranee. gr.
Dalgleish; George MaCkenzie, and BrYee All el. svb9
were willing to put doWn their ntme,d as r 11seribers•
Ile had been asked by oue gentlemnis whether tais
to_ be a strictly Scotch corps, to which he h
reply that not only Seetchmen, but the-sons of Sao chyle!'
:and Scotch Women woad.be enrolled, as well as all g
tlemen who had a liSelyiiiiterlt in Scotland; and furtbir
he wished it to he known that it:was intended that this
corps should act in unison ,with the various corps aheady
established in Liverpool. .
Mr. 314Cuermeir 'moved the first: resolution, .whi6l
was to the 'effect that a rifle corps be established by the
meeting for the-additional-defence, of the town. Er°
the very large.nanster that day, he prophesied that eree
long not only a company, but a Scottish brigade Went 3
be for Med in Liverpool; and that, as a whole, the
movement would bc 'embraced not- only by hundrea''
but by thousands of the Citizens otthis great tolva•
(Applause.) , . .
Mr. M'Doer.ten seconded the: motion, which WO
carried unanimously: • •
DALGemsn. said 'he knew that -the feclina• °f
patriotism was so strong in the Seachmen of Livereel
that they woald, use every effort to :vindicate the
national character, as warriors who . Were at all tini°s
ready and able to defend their homes and their faluilies'
from'the'eominon enemy,-.(Loud cheers.) He moved
l
that the corps he called the' Liverpool Scotch Riffes•
that it include those who from, birth, relaponship,
had Scottish national feelings and sympathies.
Mr. STODDART seconded the motion; Whi'ch
agreed to;' e • _ e •
On the motion of Mr. GLASFORti, seconded b 7 gr.
WEBSTER, the secretary' was empowered- to take doo
immediately the na-::es and:addresses of those who were
willing to join the eeirps, separating them into honorary'
and effectiNe memlnes.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, it was agreed that
the following gentienien. should form 'a comexittee—
viz., the Chairman, and ilesirs. Willi m Dalgleish,
Stoddart, George Mackenzie, Glasford, Thomas 1,1.'0..5'1'
S. Greenshields, Colin M.Donaid, and J., M. Doric'
with power to. add to their number. •
n i
Mr. DowsE Miweci, Mr. iraiii3ETT seconded- and itETT
was agreed, that the eoininittee should be instruct ol t•cle
report early next week,, as to the least possible 0:
upon which the ectrps.could b 6 satisfactorily carried 01"
and to,draw up the necessary rules for its governance.st
SoMe fo'rmal reioltitions were agreed to, and alli°vejego
them one declaring that, after that meeting, no Pebv, a
should .be admitced,into the corps unless propoedoivs,
member, end seconded by two members of the ecee,
and approved by the chairman or commanding o'.o
in accordance with the suggestion made by the
Office. hail

The meeting adjourned, after a vote of thanks
been pa.ssed to the chairman.
At the close of the me eting several subscriptions wer:
handed in, and many gentlemen enrolled themselves

members of the corps.'

VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS•

ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
A meeting of the Volunteer Artillery Corps. now
course of formation, - was held in the Police-statil
Rose-hill, for the purpose of eleeing gentlemen to
a.number of the appointments in tut'force.tair. Walter'
ofodeat ,n
obwe
tpiirteici
ee,esdincgiii
who has t.,..ken-such a deep interest in, and exerted 1110
so
self in a a, lit praiseworthy manner, to place, the 04
to
the
igitral.d:
tlemen fir toe approval of the meeting, sail tliatrei. 11,
gave him plc isure to meet with them when they n'c
it
small band, t'ley might imagine how 'seat a pleflcsur
cir
extension. iosnt'aorPlrii°mPe''t
o, the
. They had intrusted to him tho officering: a
Corps, and with the assistance of the committee, `7 had
been able to dO'something towards it. He did not th`l4lo.lt
would be expedient to appoint all the officers ut re- i;
and though their numbers would authorise them ,o,
appoint 'ton captains., only six would be proposecil'i.r.
night. E would only be necessar for him • to 011ie
y if toi
George Mll (be y— c eers)—who ilia host in I,ilnse"a to
iwho,. he was happy to inform them, had agreebip
accept any appointment they might confer. nP°11,,,,e,1;
Mr. Melly has been. puttint,c; 'his ,shonider' to the -t
moo
to-day he has been to the Vayor, and it iS'athis St.
that his worship has granted the corps thnuseir:°#/jout
Peorge's-hall,' for next Tuesday evening;. I";beru
further preface, he' Would proceed to read over to -opt
the names of the gentlemen who had agreed
,
Captaincies in the corps, subject to their approval' "ff•
C. S. Robinson, of Moseley--hill, •Aigbarth;rov,
George Melly, Mr. Barton Rigley, llr. henry
Mr. Alfred Bower, and .Mr. Samuel Ilayweea
—The appointment of each was carried by acel°loo at
A member of the 'corps propoSed fiat the nb,
Mr. Walter should be added, to the list, wilic
received with tremendous cheering.
110- •
Ao%,
Mr. Walter, however, at present declined the
~. co le
not lie said from any 'insensibility to their kinurt,tible
proposing hiin, but because he felt it to be iueltlie'
With his duties to his family and his business.
pats
proposed the following gentlemen, as
Mr. Peter Bourne' Drink sates and Mr. Eust'lcebe tat
late lieutenant in her Majesty' 3rd BA's, t 9 Cale
lieutenants; Mr. GArge Holt, jun., Mr. Clorleliote'"
ROtheram, and Mr. C. Birch Bean to be second
ants. These were also carried by acclamation. of tt
Mr. WALTER then intimated that the busiac.7, rakedl,
meeting was concluded, loud cries were; his ',
for Captain Melly, who promptly rest'
and having Mounted tb the top of a stair ls
room, thanked the corps in his own mune and tJ nar )°,
of his brother officers, fOr the unanimous.t h th'
,
which they had elected them; and' thouga as bo
exception of two, viz., Mr. Turu:,.r, 10° %,bo
through the Crimean campaign,_and Mr. Greg, .0.00/
lieutenant in the 3rd Buffs, they were entirelis
of everything military ; yet, by having grea'c beec°!„
at their command, he hoped they would soenlie On"
leaders in fact as well as in name ; and vihell11 er
rt, "
cameßid
in to Fo
march the corps out to the North i.oir
infime of peace as a holiday 'spectacle for tuwoia
be
and children, or in time of war, he hoped they
; , to
"
able to command them as such a corps desery
commanded.
acting.
This terminated the business of the in
, ou
of to..- a
TnE GREAT EAPTERN.—During the eta 1,00 r„0019
tel Holyhead, the water for culinary_ 13„.;'_':!'i
more than one occasion to be procured
./1„."7-rolyht.-`
owinr to the sc.'ucity of that article . --
-4.lutagng 6tel..