Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-03 00:00:00

THE BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY.

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of
;he Ellen, of Maryport, abandoned at sea on the 15th ult.,
upon her voyage from Liverpool to Newfoundland, was
resumed at two o'clnck yesterday in the Sheriff's Court,
St. Genrgo-'s Hall, before Mr. Mansfi Ad, assisted by Cap-
tain Harrison. Mr. Tyni,dl appeared for the Board of
Trade ; Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Robinson, for the
Underwriters; and Mr. Ritson for the Captain of the
vessel.
The examination of the mate, Wm. Shurben, was con-
tinued at considerable length. He declared that, in his
opinion, the captain had performed his duty in a seaman-
like manner, and taken the only course open to him under
the circumstances.

Edward God,lart, cook and steward, deposed that, in his
opini an the vessel was not sufficiently manned, in proportion
to her tonnage; he did not think there would have been any
difficulty, if the weather had not become worse, in navigat-
ing the ship to Newfoundland, and he denied that the
weather wee of the violent character described by preceding
witnesses. He stated, that when a second pomp was made
use of, they pumped the vessel dry in an hour and ten mi-
nutes. Will swear that a second pump was not afterwards
used until they abandoned the vessel. One boy con-
stantly at the pump could have kept her free. The crew
asked the captain to put back, which he refused, but sail
if the ship got worse he would leave her at the first vessel
that came io sight. They had no sea heavy enough to
sweep the decks, nor was the weathe so rough as to inter-
fere with the cooking. The ship was in as goad trim as any
Chip need be in when they left her. He did not think
here was any reason for leaving her--On cross-examina-
tion. the wit ne,s stated that he and some of the crew
demanded two months' pay from the c iptain, who refused
to give them more then twelve days. He would have
made the same complaint as at present if the captain had
given him the two months' pay. There was a quantity of
cutlery on board the vessel, which he was very sorry to
lose. Did not make any complaint of ,he captain's conduct
at Havre.

William
Clark, able seaman, one of the crew of the
Eden. was next examined. His evidence was to the same
effect as the preceding. He thought the Ellen was in a
sufficiently secure sate to comp'ete her voyage when aban-
doned, providing she did not get worse.*
Mr. Tyndall and Mr. Aspinall wished to nail orlon the
of the Ellen, Mr. n. r earon, from Newcastle, who
was present in court, but Mr. Fearon objected, as he said
he had not been courteously treated with respect to the
irquiry. Whilst the learned gentlemen were examining
the act of parliament, to ascertain their powers of com-
pulsion, Mr. Fearon quietly left the court.
Mr. Ritson observed that had the investigation been
without ulterior motives in reference to the underwriters,
Mr. Fearon would not have objected.
Mr. 'Mansfield said they (the Bench) had nothing to do
with investigating anybody's motives. They had to inquire
into the conduct of the captain in losing his ship. The
court was under eircamsta.:ces of considerable difficulty, as
they were in a position in which they could nut arrive at
any satisfactory arrangement in their minds. The evidence
of the mate and captain was diemetrically opposed to the
evidence of the two seamen. They therefore felt it to be
their duty to adjourn the case to that day week, and by
that time they would have come to some conclusion whe-
ther they would further ajoarn the case to obtain the
evident., of the witnesses at Baltimore, or whether they
would report on the case as it stood.
The court adjourned at seven o'clock.

THE WEST DERBY BOARD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—l shall he obliged by your inserting my
letter in full, which was read to the guardians of
the W.-st Derby Union on the ist inst., in con-
tradiction to that of Mr. Davis, the master of the
Hospital. which appeared in your last week's
report.—Your obedient servant,

SARAH HOBBS, Mqtron.
West Derby-road Hospital, 2nd July, 1857.

Hospital. West Derby-road.
To the Chairman and Gentlemen of the West Derby Union.
Gentlemen,—ln the report of the Board's proceedings,
on Wednesday last, the following passage appears in a
letter of Mr. Davis, master of the Hospital :—" In the
first place Mr. R-es surcharged me with a quantity
of spirits. Now, I wish you to bear in mind that the
Matron having always retailed out the spirits, any mistake
occurring has not been on my part." This is, undoubtedly,
an attempt to fix the responsibility upon me which I am
unwilling to accept. Mr. Davies took charge of the
stores from his appointment, and I have never entered
the stores since, except when he has been present himself.
As to my having retailed out the spi-its, this has been
done by myself as much to aaist Mr. Davis as otherwise,
and in the following way :—When the medical officer
has ordered wine cr spirits for the patieuV, I have sent to
Mr. Davis for them, and have receive I from him a gallon
or half a gallon of wine, or a quart or half a quart of
spirits, and have distributed to the nurses the quantity
in ounces according to the doctor's orders. Thus
it will be seen it is very easy and simple, knowing
what I have in haw!, and the quantities given out for the
pstier is having been daily reported by the nurses to Mr.
Davis at any time to check, and bow the wine and spirit
account st')od, and I am unwilling to have any reflection
or responsibility thr ism upon me, which should be borne
by the maser.—l am, gentlemen, roar obedient servant,
SARAH Hoßßs, Matron.

STREET MUSIC.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir.,—l have only a moment to say, that if your
" Old Subsciber" will look over The Times for the
last few weeks, he will find the law clearly laid
down by a worthy London magistrate—warn off
the musicians. If they don't go, insilt on the
police apprehending them. You have a RIGHT to
ORDER them OUT OF HEARING— and it any of your
neiu,hbours wish to have music, the law requires
that it must be inside the doors of their own house--
not in the street or in their yard—as the magistrate
(I forgot at the moment which) said to the
musicians, " If any one wishes to have your music
it must be inside his own house, and there you may
blow your heads off if you like." In this case the
magistrate only inflicted a nominal fine, as de-
fendants were foreigners lately arrived.
It only requires some little trouble and deter-
mination to clear the streets of any city of this
irritating
most and intolerable nuisance to—
Liverpool, 2nd July, 1857. A QUIET MAN,