Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-02 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE INDIAN.

BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY.
This inquiry was resumed on Sattirday, in the Croce.
Cottrt, before Mr. Mansfield,- stipendiary magistrate,
and Captain :Harris, R.N., nautical assessor to the
Board of Trade. Mr. O'Dovd appeared forth° Board
of Tiade, and Mr. F. B. Aspinall-for the oWners, of the
vessel. •

Mr. O'Dowd said ,that John Henderson, the chief

-engineer of the "Indian; had been obliged •to leave- in
one of' the company's vessels, His depositions, how-
ever, regarding the wreck. had been taken by-consent
before the ship sailed,: and lie would hand them in to
•be read as evidence. '
The depositions were accordingly handed to the
clerk, who read . them.- They' were in substance' a
recapitulation of what had been already stated.by the
captain and chief officer-ow Thursday and Friday.
Wm. Henry- Smith,
_second officer of the Indian,. was
examined, but no new fact was elicited, beyond a minute
description of the drifting-of No. boat, which he coin-
mantled, from the ship. HeTicked up from thirteen to
fifteen of the persons who were in No. 1 boat when it
was swamped. Despite every exertion they were carried
with great rapidity to the leeward, and eventually lauded
about thirty miles down the coast at Fisherman's Point,
Beaver Harbour. ' After arriving at Maria Joseph, he
was sworn in a special constable, and -took a person
named Bryce into custody, for having been engaged in
plundering the ship. • Several articles of vahie were
found in his possession. On being taken before the
magistrates; the culprit gave an•exaMple of the free and
easy manner in,which courts of justice are conducted in'
the New World. He continued to smoke his pipe, placed
seat, on a at, and addressed the magistrates familiarly
by their names. He kept•hisseat,and smoked throughout
the whole of the proceedings, which terminated by his
being committed for trial at the .AsSizes. What there-
fore was the surprise of the 'officers of the Indian, when
they found him at largenext • day, liberated, accord-
ing to his own account, on his parole of ho)iour.
Capt:Harris remarked that he had not yet had an oppor-
tunity of enquiring when the lighthouse had been erected
on Whitehead Point. It was not in the Admiialty chart
of 1855, but it was in an edition of Lawrie'S 'chart pith-
lished in February, 1859. That 'by which Captain,
Smith steered the Indian was published 'in FebrUary,
1358. The lighthouse must have, have,' therefore; been
erected -between February 1858, and February 1859.
This light was not known to -be in exigence by any of
the officers of the Indian.
Mr. -Cr D oil' a said that there were two or three other
witnesses, but as he'did not think that they would throw
any new light upon the catastrophe; he conceived it
would. be Unnecessary to call them. • -
Mr..Aspinall called Captain Bnllintyne, of the Anglo-
Saxon, who. furnished some information regarding the
currents off Sable Isltuid, He Corroborated the evidence
of Captain Smith regarding- their varying strength and
great- irregularity..
- -After a long and desultory conversation on the sound,
• inns and Currents in this part of the world,' Mr. Aspinall"
proceeded to-address the court on the eVidence addueed.,
_,After passing some sovere strictureS •on the supineness
the .Admitalty in not -having ,correct charts bf the
great highway of commerce between this country and
'its principal colony, he went over' the points of the evi-
.• dente, maintaining that it 'exhibited perfect com-
petency on the part of the captain and officers of the

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.• • Mr. Mansfield and Captain llarria then retired. On
.their return, Mr. Mansfield said that until they had had
• • some! further conference on the matter they would be un-
able to agree on the report they would submit to the. Board
of Trade. Meantime, it might be some satisfaction- to.
Captain Smith to know that he would not be called upon
• to render up his certificate.
• Captain Smith having thanked the court for the
patience and forbearance manifested toward him, the
inquiry terminated. • ,

PRESENTATION OF REWARDS FOR
SAVING'LIFE SIMWRECK.

A public meeting of an interesting character, was held
on Tuesday, at the Court-house, Lowestoft,.for the pur,
pose of presenting the silver medals of the Royal a-
tional Life-boat -Institution to certain of the.men who
manned the Lowoitoft. life-boat which is in Connection
with that Institution en the occasion. Of;the—wreck of
the steam-ship
•Sliamrock, of Dublin, en 'the 1131 me
Sands,..in the terrible, gale of the Ist of November last,
when fourteen fellaW7creatures Were rescued from the.
jaws of'deat.h. • .
Cbarles Steward4Este, of Blunderston-hall, J.P., and
deputy-R,4tcnant pf the county, was Called to the chair,
'and was ' Supported by AdMiral' Sir Charles Napier,
1C.C.8.,
,M.P. Colonel WingfA, Captain.
Joachim' R,N. ;. Captain Preston, Revs, 11. Jodrell and'
F. W. dublit,,and•many Other gentlemen. : ,
The Chaiiinan, inenening the proceedings, observed :
ThiS meetine• ha , been 1112 do
Special 'for tne yerx.gra4fying. purpose Of. presenting to.
those 'gallant Tegegs now before me, the ereWS .of the
LoWestdift. and PatelleAdlife-beats—the inedaliand votes
of thante:On parchinetit Ifrom.the Royal National Life- •
boit institutiap. Th'e. Chairman then called upon Cap-
tain joactini, R.N., to-, read the letters-which he_had
received frOin the secretary of the Royal National Life-
hoat Institution,' and which accompanied the silver
medals and votes of thanks On parchment for the fel-
' laVing biaVe fellows named therein: Robert Hook,
Francis: Smith, Richard Butcher, Thomas Liffen, Alfred
Mew Butcher, se, James and William Rose, all of the
Lowestoft life-boat, and,Nathaniel Colby, coxwain of the
Pakdeld life-boat. The letters having been read, the
chairman then presented, in the above order, the so-
ciety's silver medal; enclosed in a neat morocco 'ease,
and the vote of thanks on parchment, in an appropriate
rosewood frame, and having done which he addressed
the recipients as follows :—These medals, and votes of
thanks which are on parchment, are presented to you
by the Royal National Life-boat Institution, for your
very meritorious services in rescuing lives from
shipwreck during the.late terrible and disastrous storms
with which we were visited in' the months Of October
,aud November, last. I think I may say that you may
wear these medals with the same proud feeling with
which many others of your distinguished countrymen are
now wearing the 'Victoria Cross. (Loud cheers.) You
certainly have, by year skill in your boats; your perse-
verence, your defiance of danger, and your love of hu-
manity, saved many lives from a watery grave ; and this you
haii.e, done certainly at the imminent risk of your own
lives. It is unnecessary for me to say more, as I have
' on similar occasions had the opportunity of addressing
you, and which I have always done with the same
pleasurable feeling- I would add, however,unworthy. I
may be to, do so, that I would ever have you bear in
mind that an overruling Providence has put it in your
bearts to perform-these good and noble deeds. He has
given you strength and courage. He has watched over
you and mercifully, preserved your lives whilst engaged
in saving the lives of others. •., -
Sir:Charles Napier, M.P., having made a few observa-
.tions, the proceedings, which were of a very interesting
character, closed With a vote of thanks to Capt. Joachim,
:R.N., for his valuable services on all occasions, and to
the chairman 'for his able conduct in the chair.

• PRESENTATION •TO SIR ARCHIBALD ALISO:v.—On
.Thursday afternoon the Sheriff-Principal of Lanarkshire
was, on. the occasion of the expiry of the twenty-fifth
year of his legal connection with Glasgow, presented by
the Faculty of Procurators with his bust in marble.
Amongst -those' present at the presentation were Lord
Ardnaillan' Sir. James` • Campbell, -Lieutenant-Colonel
Alison, the.: Lord-Provost' Millei; Walter Buchanan,
Af.P., Robert Dalglish, A. B. Shand; Advocate-
Deprite, Sheriff Bell, Sheriff M'Farlan, Sheriff Stratliern,
Sheriff .Logie, Lady Al icon; Mrs. Colonel Alison, Mrs.
Black, Mrs. Stafford. The Dean of the Faculty of Pro-.
.Curators presided.

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL TO
AUSTRALASIA.

Conspicuous a Liverpool has long been Tor the high
quality of, her shipping it is not surprising that she has
taken the lead in the carrying passenger trade, not of
this country alone, but of the world. Indeed emigra-
tion has long "formed a very important branch of our
maritime commerce, and although it has'not been quite
so extensive during the year which has just closed as it
has been in some previous years it has been still of a
sufficiently extensive nature to justify, indeed to require,
specific notice.' • The total emigration from" Liverpool, -as
. we learn fi:oni the records -of the Government Emigra-
tion Office, .during the past year. employed 248 ships,
'with an aggregate tonnage of 383,085 tons, carying
2,185 cabin, and 6.5,946 steerage passengers ; that. of
1858 oecupidd 260 ships, with an .aggregate tonnage of
376,351 tons, carrying 2,185 cabin, and 68,281 steerage
passengers, exclusive of those who travelled .by the
American mairsteamers, which in the. aggregate would
considerably-extend the numbers, but of which no
Government. returns are made public. The subjoined
table contains. a 'synopsis of , the migration ft:ado of
tiierpoel for the year 1859

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io: of „ , ~., Cabin Steerage Total
pestiaatir . ,hip,. ~e,,..uons. Pass'grF eass'grs Pas grs
. :
East Indies . ..;„ 3 4,417 1,544 •1,544
Cala,' States '1 163 281,963 1,561 47,137 48.698
Ctn-da - 3 2,259 544 644
Au-,tt.dia . , 64 . 84,785 613 ,14,411 14,924
New Zealand -6 6,704 104 1,317 1,421
Cape of G. Hop, 4 , 2,800 7 993 1,000
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Total 243 382,685 .2,183 .65.946 68,131
Last Year.). 260 376,351 2,185. 68,281 70,466
AOlll the preeectiiig table it will be seen that, as here-

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• _nom the protecting table it Will be seen that, us here-
tofore, by far the greater portion of oar emigration
traffic is with the :United States ; it will alai, however,
be obseKved that our passenger intercourse with Aus-
tralasia ranks next in importance, and as it is chiefly
to this latter branch of the trade which we at present
mean to direct attention, we shall coutert ourselves
with remarking that it still presents a ;cemmanding
aspect in the passenger traffic of -the kingdom: Tooneother point we may. also be permitted to .refer in con-
gratulatory terms. We allude to the opening up of a
direct and continuous aue of clipper ships to New Zea-
land. This branch of our colonial emigration had, from
some cause or other, become extremely irregular, if, in-
deed, it might not be said to have become,extinct. In
rune of last year, however, Messrs. 11. T. Wilson and
Chambers despatched their fine White Star dipper
Tornado for Auckland, intimating also that, in future,
they would despatch one of their clippers monthly_ to
the same port. This they have done, and have sent out
six ships,. carrying, as will be seen, from the preceding
table, 1,42.1 passengers.
The Australasian passenger traffic is so important as to
demand a more minutely detailed account than that tohe
got in the preceding table, aid we therefore subjoin the
followiug tabular review, commencing with the,iships
sent: out. by Government, carrying free or as,iisted pas-
sengers. ,