The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-01 00:00:00

the chair,. at which the directors' report was unammoust
adopted.

SLIGO AND SHANNON.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was to hay
taken place at the offices, Old Broad-street, yesterday
but a sufficient number of shareholders did not attend to
form a quorum. A short report of the directors was lad
on the table, which stated that at the last half-yearly.
meeting, held in February, it had been resolved that an
operations in the construction of the line should be po.st-
poned for twelve months; and that since that meeting
the directors had seen nothing to induce'them to reconv•
mend an alteration of the determination then coma to-

EXETER AND CREDITON.
The half•yearly meeting of this company was to have
been held yesterday at the London Tavern, but only
three shareholders having attended no business WO
transacted.

THE OCEAN MONARCH.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—It would be unnecessary to
make any comment on the following letter, received by
Admiral Grenfell from the Prince de Joinville:— •
"Claremont, Aug. 28.
"Admiral,—Excuse me for so frequently troubling
you, but I seek by every means to be useful to the we
fortunate people you have rescued. I have made fro
memory a little drawing representing the fearful ant
dent of which we were witnesses. Presuming that
gives :.:tilerable idea of that horrible scene, I thought J.
might be agreeable to Madame Grenfell to make.° I( 4-
tery of it for the benefit of the sufferers. 'Tie but ti
trifle, but you will excuse it in favour of the intentil 1116•
Again a thousand remembrances.

"F. D'ORLEANS--
".
This sketch, an exceedingly graphic one, was ex.hi
bited in the Exchange-rooms to-day, and in
.the court r
of two hours 400 tickets at ss. apiece wore dispose"
This lottery, an unlimited one, will be closed on SatW
day next.
The following case of alleged inhumanity was het' rd
before Mr. Rushton at the police court to-day:--
John Benison and. Thomas Bethel!, two Dee *Pil°
were placed in the dock, charged with robbing srp t.„
of the passengers of the Ocean Monarch 06100 liar;
burnt in the Channel on Thursday limit. There 'Vim
also strong suspicion of a graver nature.' From .
evidence adduced it appeared that the Pilot CP.°, ti;11
ii
Chester (on board of which the prisoners were) pi 0--
up some of the crew and passengers of the ill-fated !es-
sal. sel. The prisoners demanded a shilling se. ihr.;"--
from all those they picked up, The ;I
soner Benison attempted to pull a blanket front;
shoulders of a second-cabin passenger named Foar
who to retain possession of it gave him up his "nit ch.
A trunk, which had been found floating, was takes ,
Benison's house, Dee-bank, and on the visit of Detect. 'ir
officers from Liverpool it was found that it had I! eeti
broken open, and various articles of wearing an 1"-ha
taken out. The trunk belonged to a seamen or
„--,
°CORR Monarch. Amongst the passengers takell
board the pilot boat was a young man with a ea 'n—nr;
derable sum of money upon him, lie was kePt
board when the others left, and remains 'lnwood 06e,
for. A boy named Folkes, belonging to the 'Pilot,: be:';
stated.lhat he was put on board the Rhyl steam a r
Liverpool, bat the statement was not looked u*
satisfactory, and the prisoners have been remant Wu the necessary inquiries can be made.
The contributions now amount to 2,1001.

ADJOURNED INQUEST. -
LIVERPOOL, THIIRSDAY.—The inquest on the b Odle'
of five of the persons lost in the Ocean Monarch, ...fit
resumed this morning, the coroner having adjoui rg
on Wednesday, owing to the circumstance of 74
rain Murdoch having to attend before the enroll ar.
Cheshire, who on that day held an inquest on, bra
washed ashore at Hoylake.
Jotham Bradgon, first mate of the Ocean 11101 1—
arch,
was called up for examination.
The greater portion of his statement was a re/ p3l4i°:
of the evidence which we have already publishe
escaped with twelve others in a boat; another ' Pert 4
vf.cs picked up. Eight of these were passeng --d
the remainder belonged to the crew. He col telue „j""
that this boat would have been lost had he not jgrilrnd
into her, on account of the great rush made to i t.
_l`
he was of opinion no more could have been E 10"u1 -07
her, it requiring all their efforts to keep her clear
of
water. They were taken in tow by the Pliiice
Wales steamer. Afterwards witness returned J;co the
assistance of the persons on board the wreck. Th e et:
Lain behaved as collectedly as could be expeettol
the circumstances; all his efforts were directed t „is
preservation of the ship. Witness was of opinion ~r 0
had they thought of it in time, the long boat might O'llea
been saved from destruction, but all hands being e Argbe
in suppressing the fire, the boat was destroyed be.fo re4e
loss could be prevented. This witness testified—
no
noble behaviour of Jerome, and said that after he bet
hoard not a single life was lost, and that if other nee'Pore
had acted with similar judgment and courage, mart xi
lives might have been saved. He confirmed the rePeof
that there were spirits aboard. He had sent a 11
brandy and a keg of whisky on board the day t 'e?"
and these were stowed in the store room, the place. wits
the fire first broke out. It would require a light. W
anything out of the store-room on account of it. bed
dark.

In reply to questions put by Capt. Evans, he said. be lta
never had occasion to inflict any heavier punishn!lit „,
those breaking the rule, than by stopping their Iv $
it) and ter., far
a day. The poor passengers took straw on b
sleep on. These straw beds were not confined to one
deck ; the beds were on tiers, one above another_
The CORONER asked this witness if he had no's 104)111.
by this catastrophe. He replied in the affirmative •
Coroner then explained that his object in putti ag
question was to remark on the gallant conduct of this
witness, who had jumped into the boat, not to sav e
self, but to preserve the lives of those who were a IreWl
in it.

Captain Evans spoke to the same purpose, and di
I.
1- 0
pressed his:intention of speaking to the Mayon
view of having Mr. Bragdon's case considered.
•
The proceedings were again adjourned.

CHARGE AGAINST TWO PILOTS OF Roiroas
THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF n,
OCEAN MONARCH.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—This morning much exes'
ment was experienced in the police-court, in cons.equend-„,&
of its being reported that two men belonging to the
Queen, of Chester, were in custody on a charge of sobs bing the sufferers by the Ocean Monarch.
In the course of the morning Thema* Bathell an d .11411
Bension, the two pilots, were brought before Mr. It ushtel:
A gentleman, who gave his name as Henry .1?0°,7;„.,
and described himself as having been a second ea
passenger, came forward, but he was 50 weak fr°132,17n,e
appeared
pf effects
paier
wnerpc
e:taosdrsrtetorhatdefoat
:bkfht
pooei
aesnhchrteis
rendering
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statement
mstrngbi
board the
Ictiathstnhs
ewedytherea
spoeisiftslbjtietltdhmt
mhaaQpealt sntyed inont inaudible.
toh ethcee
nfwsa tiler
of ser
vice in
,rd the
wreck, but the crew directed their attention to p irking
up the floating rigging. He and others stripped IA r "e;
laaneovfedoC:bulhebmieetil:
wet clothes and got into the berths. Subsequent;l;Y they
ordered the men to put them aboard an Irish. .vesi.;
but previous to this witness saw a man glide into ,5 teat
into which a trunk belonging to the Ocean Monard 4
been placed. The man Bethel!, too, took a silver weeb
.
from him, but this was not, strictly speakC
felony, as he (witness)was going off with a blank et be'
longing to the pilot's crew, which Bithell attempted tO
force from him. Being without under clothing ae2,
consequenee, ho handed the watch to the man. 11 et the
most serious part of the charge was this, namely, that e
respectable young man, one of the passengesa k the
,
Ocean Monarch, was left naked on board the pill c, boo*
It was said that, he had offered the men a &Mine igil It)
let him get on board the Irish vessel, but by some I mead
they contrived to retain him. He was reported to bare
a large sum of money about him, and from'thit ti use to
the present nothing whatever has been beerd Of; /31°I.
The trunk and the watch were. recovered by-Bet4il.snd
Tuck, two active officers of the Liverpool police. The
truck was found in Beunion's house. It hid been 11 token
open and rifled of its contents. The watch was
f°ll3
"I
at
a pawnbroker's shop at Holywell, where it had bees
pledged by Bennion's wife. Adam Jones, a seamenbed.
longing to the unfortunate Ocean Monarch, identifle d_thfl ,
trunk, and stated that several articles of alothintir he°
been taken out of it.
John Foulkes, a bov belonging to the Welsh pilot"
boat, made the following statement:—He said gm anion •
and he took the trunk to the house of the former d n the
Dee bank, and that the young man who was left iga their
boat was put on board the Taliesen, bound for LivetrPoo„4.
residingt othaet 11,
magistrate P paisley-oatieett b:
stepped ,
by Bithell and him, and that Bithell received ten .soil'
as a reward.
Here
forward, aorud, andngman
statedwas acquainted with Joseph Searle (the young mail elle,
is the subject of inquiry), and that no tidings had as Yr'
been heard of him, though great pains had been taken
to discover what had become of him, lie confirmed the
surmises relative to his having a large sum of money on
his person.
The head constable then applied for a remand, and the
two prisoners were accordingly remanded.

Br rows.
On the 28th ult., at Guildford-street, Russell-square, MS.
J. Hooper, of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., at the Grove, Woodford, Mrs. W. ys kap
of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., at Grove-place, Brixton, the • NWe of
Mr. R. E. Simpson, of a son.
On the 29th ult., at Lansdowne-villas, Fulham-road, Pars.
W. Hawksworth, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 31st ult , William Thornborrow, Esq., of 'Trinitari-
square, Southwark, to Miss Ann Hope, of Brandon-11
Norfolk.
On the 29th ult., at St. James's, Norlands, Notting-W&
Edmund W. Wingrove, Esq., of Calcutta, to Isabella, only
child of George Walker, Esq., of Royal-crescent, Notting-
hill, and the Stock Exchange. ptv G.
On the 30th ult., at St. James's, Piccadilly, th•
G. Harter, M.A., rector of Cranfield, Bedforsishire, L'"1:
beth Jessy, only child of the Rev. J. Beard, Mat., of OXfor
terrace, Hyde-park.
On the 30th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-Ws"re 'A,
us.
G. Holmes, of Great James-street, Bedford-row, to JF,
second daughter of the late J. W. Candy, Esq.:formed, of
the Stock Exchange.

DEW.
wife of
On the 23d ult., at Hastings, aged 51, Mary, the
Mr. Mansell, auctioneer.
On the 24th ult., Stephen Pitt, Esq., Cricket-MalherbY,
Somerset, and of Kensington.
On the 28th ult., at Vanvres, Paris, John Webb, En., of
Ratkelf, Yorkshire, and Worlabye, Lincolnshire. 8e,.0n the 29th ult., at Rayleigh-house, Brixton, the `"
W. IL Springet. aged 61.

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Middlesex, Friday, September 1, 1848.