Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-13 00:00:00

PRESENTATION TO AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN
BY THE BOARD OF TRADE.

Yesterday, Captain Hodges, of the American,ship,E. Z.,
was invited to attend at the Sailors' Haws,. by the mem-
bers of the Local Marine Hoard, for the' purpose of
receiving a testimonial presented by the Veardof Trade
for his brave and manly condnct in saving the-master and

crew of the English ship the John Garrow, in lat: 37 N,,
lon. 57 W., on the 6t,t of December last. The following
official letter wilt fully show the .circumstances under
which the presentation was made:

Local Marine Board, Sailors' Home L'verpccl,
31st March, 1867.

Sir,—f am directed by the Local Menne Board of th4s port to
acknowledge the receipt of Sour• letter of the 18 h instatu, and
enclosures, and, In reply, I am directed' t, sta's that they have care-
full, investi;ated the circumstances connected with the rescue of the
crew of the John Garraw, having examined bath Captain Dyer, of
the John Garrow, and Captain Hedges, of the E. Z. The circumstanc.s
are as fo'low •

On he 6th of Desemher last, at one p.m., in lAt 37 N., lon .57 W.,
the E. Z fall in with the John. Garrott', in a-sinking condition, and
bore down lo her, and fin ling that the lifeboat' of the John Garrow
was mush hrger and more seaworthy than that of the E. Z., hove to
end wore about several time, t' the grew: risk the E. Z. an i cam.,
Whilst the lifeboat of the John Garrow triple threll ttliis to end from
the E. Z., un er the superintend.,,nce of .the mate, of the John,
Garrow, the captain being ili at the tim3 This ()coupled them t;11
night.

The whole of the cram,. t igether with Captain Dyer's wife and
chili—in twenty-four in. number—were thus ssved,ani Captain
Hodges kindly gave up his cabin to Mrs. Dyer.
Although the E. Z. was short of provisio tny (Belled it with the-
crew of the John Garrow for twenty-four days, when,they arrived at
Ne v York. No charke has b !en ma; by either the c iptaha or ovra,rs
of the E. Z. for subsistenc of the crew. The charge referrad to on
the back of Messrs. B Jolt and Co.'s let6,r wai fur far men that were
tak n to the hospital, and not On account of any assistance rendered
to the E. Z:

Captain Ifortges is about to proceed irumedliteli to,NO v York, but
will return t) Liverpool short y.—l amrsir, your obsdient servant,
JOHN Tat:I:IIAS TOWSON, Secretary.

The Sceretary, Marine Department, Daard'of Trade.

Shortly after two o'clock Mr. S. R. Graves, the Chair-
man of the Local Marine 'Board, addressing Captain
Hodges,. of the American ship E. Z., said they were called
together to do an act of justice, and also to, convey
to him the opinion of the. British Government (or
through them, by that departnaJnt of the British
Government which watched over the mercantile marine
of that country—the Board of Trade) the opinion
' they entertained of his generous and manly conduct in
rescuing the master and crew of the, ship John Garrow.
It appears, when about the middle of the Atlantic, he fell
in with the Jahn Garr° av, then in a sinking state, and by
his exertiotv, he succeeded in saving the master, his wife,
and the whole of the crew, numbering about twenty-four
persons. The ship was then in a sinking ondition.
This was not done without risking life and property to a
considerable extent. They were all saved and conveyed.
to New York, having received the greatest kindness and
attention. The owners of the ship had refuse:lto receive
any remuneration for the maintenance of these persons,
but the Board of Trade, rather than that they should.
sustain any pecuniary loss, had, through the Local
Marine Board, presented them with .£6O, being about the
amount of loss they had sustained ; and the board had
also instructed him ,(Mr. Graves) to convey to him
(Captain Hodges) the beautiful and magnificent, telescope.
A very handsome telescope, bearing tne following inscrip-
tion was then presented :—" Presented by the British
Government to L. B. Hodges, Commander of the American
ship E Z., for the assistance generouSlY renaered by him
to the master and crew of the British ship John Garrow
on the 6th of December, 1856."

Captain Hodges briefly, bat expressively, acknowledged
the great compliment that had been conferred upon him
by the British Government, and said that he had done no
more than his duty when he saw some of his fellow crea-
tures in the dreadful position in which they were placed.
He then detailed a few of the fearful particulars of this
occurrence, from which it appeared that at the time he
fell in with the English ship, running with short sail, and
immediately bore down to her assistance. He then
offered to take all on board, altheuh he was short
of provisions, and could not get any fro.n the other ship.
The crew and the captain; and his wife were, with diffi—
culty, got on board, the latter and child having been res-
cued from the water by Captain Hodges himself, and kept
on board for 24 days, during which time they were
treateu with tne greatest, i i ullless anti auLeutAvii, uub trlicu
the E. Z. arrived at New Yorkshe had not twenty-four
hours' provisions left.
Mr. Graves having again expressed the pleasure the
Government felt in making such a presentation to such a
deserving man, and • hoping that it might be an incentive-
for others to act in a similar manner, the business of the
meeting was brought to a conclusion.