The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

CITY BETTING—Tuis DAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 15 agst John Davis (offered, 7 to 1 taken)
Bto 1 agst Skeffingto'n (offered, 9to 1 taken)
100 to 8 agst Hartley (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bever (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
10 to 1 agst Mcestissima filly (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lampoon (taken)
30 to 1 agst Arkansas (taken)
50 to 1 agst Master Richard (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
7to 2 agst Liddington (taken)
100 to 12 agst Chattanooga (offered)
1000 to 60 agst Breadalbane (taken)
100 to 6 agst Broomielaw (offered)
20 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken)
Very little betting.

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The Loss of the Teniora (s.s.).

OFFICIAL REPORT.

To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade.

Council Chamber, Leith, March 22, 1865.
My Lords,--We, the undersigned, two of her Majesty's
jusstices of the peace for the county of Edinburgh, have
held an official inquiry into the circumstances attending
the loss of the screw steamship Temora, which occurred on
the Carr Rocks, off the coast of Fifeshire, on the evening
of the 22d Feb. In this investigation we have been assisted
by Captains Harris and Agnew, R.N., as nautical assessors,
and have now the honour to report :—That the steamship
Temora was built in Glasgow in the year 1855, and was
registered at Leith of the burthen of 669 tone gross, and
448 tons net, and of the combined power of 120 horse.
She was owned by the London and Edinburgh Ship-
ping Company, and was commanded on this present
voyage by Mr. Alexander Brown, who holds a certifi-
cate of service dated in 1855. She had a crew of 22
hands all told, and was laden with jute consigned to Dun-
dee. The Temora sailed from London on 19th Feb. last
and having encountered thick weather, the vessel was an-
chored in Sole Bay, which place she left on the afternoon
of the 21st, at 1 50 p.m. St. Abb's Head bore west at the
distance of one mile. From this position a course was steered
N. IW. for the Isle of May. This island was sighted at
3 50 p.m. the same afternoon, beating W. at the computed
distance of three miles. The same course was taken till 415,
when the mainland of Fifeness was seen broad on the port
bow. The course was then altered half a point more to the
north, and in a quarter of an hour the ship struck, and the
following day was abandoned as a total wreck. No lives
were lost. The circumstances attending the loss of this ship
tre comprised in a very short distance, and in a very small
space of time, and seem to us to have arisen from the fol-
lowing causes—viz., a dangerous course, bad look out, and
neglect of the lead. From the evidence it would appear
that, after the main land of Fifeness was made, some con-
sultation was held by the master and mates as to their
computed distance from the shore, which was assumed to
be from one to three miles, but no soundings were taken to
verify their position. The course was altered only half a
point although the Whole North Sea was open, and in a
few minutes the vessel struck on the North Carr Rocks,
certainly within a quarter of a mile of the beacon, which
was not seen till after the accident. For these causes we
are compelled to hold the master in default for the loss of
this ship, and we have, therefore, with the concurrence of
our Assessors, suspended Mr. Brown's certificate of service
for the space of six calendar months from this date. In
passing this lenient sentence we have taken into considera-
tion the long service and mature age of Mr. Brown.—We
have, &c.,

CHAS. litainEy, J.P.
JAMES WATT, J.P.
We concur in this report,
Hy. HARRIS' Nautical Assessors.
F. A. AGNEW,