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

In reply to questions put by Capt. Evans, he said he had
never had occasion to inflict any heavier punishment On
those breaking the rule, than by stopping their water for
a day. The poor passengers took straw on board to
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 not lost All
by this catastrophe. He replied in the affirmative. The
Coroner then explained that his object in putting .the
question was to remark on the gallant conduct of this
witness, who had jumped into the boat, not to save him-
self, bat to preserve the lives of those who were already
in it.
Captain Evans spoke to the same purpose, and ex-
pressed his-intention of speaking to the Mayor, with a
view of ha;ing Mr. Bragdon's case considered.
The proceedings were again adjourned.
CHARGE AGAINST TWO PILOTS OF ROBBING
THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE
OCEAN MONARCH.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—This morning much excite-
ment was experienced in the police-court, in consequence
of its being reported that two men belonging to the pilot
Queen, of Chester, were in custody on a charge of rob-
bing the sufferers by the Ocean Monarch.
In the course of the morning Themas Beaten and John
Bennion, the two pilots, were brought before Mr. Rushton.
A gentleman, who gave his name as Henry Powell,
and described himself as having been a second cabin
passenger, came forward, but he was so weak from the
effects of his sufferings as to be almost inaudible. The
purport of his statement was that, in the confusion on
board the Ocean Monarch he jumped into the water and
gained a boat. The boat drifted away, and, ultiasatelY...l
he was taken on board the pilot Queen, of Chester.
It
appeared to him that this vessel might have been of ser-
vice in rendering assistance to the people on board the
wreck, hut the crew directed their attention to picking
up the floating rigging-. He and others stripped off their
wet clothes and got into the berths. Subsequently they
ordered the men to put them aboard an Irish vessel,
but previous to :his witness saw a man glide into a boat
into which a trunk belonging to the Ocean Monarch had
been placed. The man Bethel', too, took a silver watch
from him, but this was not, strictly speaking, a
felony, as he (witness) was going off with a blanket' be
longing to the pilot's crew, which Bithell atteropeed to
force from him. Being without under clothing of' any
consequence, he handed the watch to the man. But the
most serious part of the charge was this, namely, that a
respectable young man, one of the passengess by the
Ocean Monarch, was left naked on board the pilot boat.
It was said that he had offered the men a sovereign to
let him get on board the Irish vessel, but by some means
they contrived to retain him. He was reported to have
a large sum of money about him, and from that time to
the present nothing whatever has been heard of him.
The trunk and the watch were recovered by Bates and
Tuck, two active officers of the Liverpool police. The
trunk was found in Bennion's house. It had been broken
open and rifled of its contents. The watch was found at
a pawnbroker's shop at Ilulywell, where it had been
pledged by Bennion's wife. Adam Jones, a seaman be-
longing to the unfortunate Ocean Monarch, identified the
trunk, and stated that several articles of clothing bad
been taken out of it.

John Foulkes, a boy belonging to the Welsh pilot-
boat, made the following statement:—He said Beunion
and he took the trunk to the house of the former on the
Dee bank, and that the young man who was left in their
boat was put on board the Taliesen, bound for Liverpool,
by Bithell and him, and that Bithell received ten sbil-
hngs as a reward.

Here a young man, residing at 11, Paisley-street,
stepped forward, and stated to the magistrate that he
was acquainted with Joseph Searle (the young man who
is the subject of inquiry), and that no tidings had as yet
been heard of him, though great pains had been taken
to discover what had become of him. He 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.

On the ,
28t a
dau h ult. fent TB.s.
J. Hooper, , at Guildford-street. Russell-square, 3111.'
of ghter.
On the 29th ult., at the Grove, Woodford, Mrs. W. Sykes,
of a daughter.
On the ft9th ult., at Grove-place, Brixton, the wife of
Mr. R. E. Simpson, of a son.
On the *.:9th ult., at Lansdowne-villas, Fulham-road, Mrs'
W. Hawksworth, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 31st , William Thornborrow, Esq., of Trinity-
square, Southwark, to Miss Ann Hope, of Brandon-ball,
Norfolk.
On the 29th ult., at St. James's, Norlands, Notting-hill'
Edmund W. Wingrove, Esq., of Calcutta, to Isabella, only
child of George Walker, Esq., of Royal-crescent, Notting-
hill, and the Stock Exchange.
On the 30th ult., at St. James's, Piccadilly, the Rev. G.
G. Harter, M.A., rector of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, to Eliza-
beth Jessy, only child of the Rev. J. Beard, M.A., of Oxford..
terrace, Hyde-park.
On the 30th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, A,
G. Holmes, of Great James-street. Bedford-row, to Julia.,
s'cond daughter of the late J. W. Cundy, Esq., formerly of
the Stock Exchange.

DIED.
On the 23d ult., at Hastings, aged 51, Mary, the wife of
Mr. Mansell, auctioneer.
On the 24th ult., Stephen Pitt, Esq., Cricket-MalherbYs
Somerset, and of Kensington.
On the 28th ult., at Vanvres, Paris, John Webb, Esq., of
Raskelf, Yorkshire, and Worlabye, Lincolnshire.
On the 29th ult., at Rayleigh-house, Brixton, the Rev.
W. H. Springet, aged 61.

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Illiddleaex, Friday, September 1, 1840.

the chair, at which the directors' report was'unanin2oll4
adopted.

SLIGO AND SHANNON.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was to had
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 laid
on the table, which stated that at the last half-yearly
meeting, held in February, it had been resolved that
operations in the construction of the line should be post-
poned for twelve months; and that since that meeting
the directors had seen nothing to induce-them to mewl'
mend an alteration of the determination then come to.

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

THE OCEAN MONARCH.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. —lt would be unnecessary?
make any comment on the following letter, received by
Admiral GrenfQll 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 us'
fortunate people you have rescued. I have made from
memory a little drawing representing the fearful acct'
dent of which we were witnesses. Presuming that 11
gives a tolerable idea of that horrible scene, I thought it
might be agreeable to Madame Grentell to make a lot'
tery of it for the benefit of the caterers. 'Tis but
trifle, but you will excuse it in favour of the intention•
Again a thousand remembrances.

"F D'ORLEANS."
This sketch, an exceedingly graphic one, was exhi-
bited in the Exchange-rooms to-day, and in the course
of two hours 400 tickets at ss. apiece were disposed of.
This lottery, an unlimited one, will be closed on Satur-
day next.

The following case of alleged inhumanity
was beard
before Mr. Rushton at the police court to-day:—
John Benison and Thomas Bethel!, two Dee pilots,
were placed in the dock, charged with robbing several
of the passengers of the Ocean Monarch packet-ship,
burnt in the Channel on Thursday last. There was
also strong suspicion of a graver nature. From the.
evidence adduced it appeared that the Pilot Queen et
Chester (on board of which the prisoners were) Picked
up some of the crew and passengers; of the ill-fated yes"
sel. The prisoners demanded a shilling apiece
from all those they picked up. The pri-
soner Benison attempted to pull a blanket from tee
shoulders of a second-cabin passenger named Powell,
who to retain possession of it gave, him up
his watch.
A trunk, which had been found floating, was taken to
Benison's house, Dee-bank, and on the visit of Detective
officers from Liverpool it was found that it bad bees
broken open, and various articles of wearing apparel
taken out. The trunk belonged to a seamen of the
Ocean Monarch. Amongst the passengers taken 00
board the pilot boat was a young moan with a consi-
derable sum of money upon him. Be was kept ell,
board when the others left, and remains unaccounted
for. A boy named Folkes, belonging to the pilot-boat.
stated that he was put on board the Elyl steamer for
Liverpool, but the statement was not looked upon as
satisfactory, and the prisoners have been remanded till
the necessary inquiries can be made.
The contributions now amount to 2,1001.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—The inquest on the bodieg
of five of the persons lost in the Ocean Monarch, was
resumed this morning, the coroner having adjourned it
on Wednesday, owing to the circumstance of Car
tain Murdoch having to attend before the coroner of
Cheshire, who on that day held an inquest on bodies
washed ashore at Hoylake.
Jotham Bradgon, first mate of the Ocean Monarch,
was called up for examination.
The greater portion of his statement was a repetition
of the evidence which we have already published. Se
escaped with twelve others in a boat; another person
was picked up. Eight of these were passengers, and,
the remainder belonged to the crew. He considered
that this boat would have been lost had he not jumped
into her, on account of the great rush made to it. And
he was of opinion no more could have been saved by
her, it requiring all their efforts to keep her clear of
water. They were taken in tow by the Prince 0'
Wales steamer. Afterwards witness returned to the
assistance of the persons on board the wreck. The csP'
tain behaved as collectedly as could be expected under
the circumstances; all his efforts were directed to the
preservation of the ship. Witness was of opinion,. that
had they thought of it in time, the long boat might have
been saved from destruction, but all hands being engaged
in suppressing the fire, the boat was destroyed before the
loss could be prevented. This witness testified to the
noble behaviour of Jerome, and said that after he get on
board not a single life was lost, and that if other seamen
had acted with similar judgment and courage, many more
lives might have been saved. He confirmed the report
that there were spirits aboard. He had sent a cask of
brandy and a keg of whisky on board the day before,
and these were stowed in the store room, the place where
the fire first broke out. It would require a light to get
anything out of the store-room on account of it being
dark.