The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APYRIL 11, 1860.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(TMs Day.)

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SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before 11Ir. Kerr.)
HILL V. WOODS. -THE PRINTERS' ACT.-IMPORTANT

JUDGMENT.

This was an action to recover £37 15s. sd. for printing,
and goods supplied to defendant, who carries on a Trade
Protection Society in Ironmonger-lane.
Mr. Barnard, for the plaintiff, said his client carried on
a Trade Protection Society, and had supplied defendant
with copies of various publications, in weekly and fort-
nightly parts. They were subscription lists. In plaintiff's
-claim are also some circulars and what are called certifieate
cards. Defendant had dealt with plaintiff for some time, and
this was a balance of account.
Plaintiff's manager said that plaintiff had supplied sub-
scription lists to defendant for 18 months. They are the
same lists as Mr. Hill used for his own society, only the
head was altered.
His Honour—Oh I the same information under a dif-
ferent title.
Witness—Yes. I believe there is no dispute about the
goods being delivered.
The subscription lists were here handed to his Honour,who
said—l once flourished in one of these things for £ll. An
attorney in Edinburgh got judgment against me by default
in a matter about which I knew nothing. And so it ap-
pears that there is a judgment against the judge of the
Sheriffs' Court for £ll. It was a very flagrant piece of
business—but they do any dirty thing over there.
Plaintiff's manager (cross-examined by Mr. Norman)—
The circular you produce was printed in our house. I
cannot say if the letter you produce was printed by us. I
believe it was. It is signed " Richard M'Sweeny." There
was a dispute between plaintiff and defendant about the
prices. Defendant wanted the price charged lower, and on
the 6th July gave notice that he should discontinue the
lists.

Or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.

Lava
Caliban

Seven ran.
COLUMN STAKES.

Sagitta
Bribery colt

Five ran.
SUBSCRIPTION PLATE.

Gallus
CynricuB
Starke

Seven ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS.
Lady Kingston

His Honour referred to some posters, in which each
party had attacked the other pretty strongly, and upon
reading a letter, said there appeared to be a promise to pay.
Mr. Norman—Your Honour will see. (Producing a
bundle of documents to plaintiff's manager)—What are
these ?
Witness—Subscription lists sent from our office to de-
fendant. The name of the printer appears to none of those
lists, nor has it ever been done during the 18 months. As
to the letter signed " M'Sweeny," I saw one a few days
ago in blank at oxr home. I can't say if it was printed at
our house, but I believe it was. The name of the printer
has not appeared to any of the lists supplied within the
last 18 months.
Mr. Norman (instructed by Messrs. Clarke and Earle)
then said that had plaintiff waited until the• proper time
the money would have been paid, but ho had thought
proper to make a sudden and peremptory demand, and
would be met in his own spirit. After describing that the
parties were wool traders, Mr. Norman said plaintiff cannot
recover as the goods delivered have not been sent out in a
legal form. By the 2d and 3d Vic., cap. 12, any printer
who shall send out any document intended for publication,
or meant for dispersion, which does not bear the printer's
name on some part, shall not be able to recover for such
work ; and further, shall be liable to a penalty of £5 for
every document so sent out. By the 39 Goo. 111., cap. 7,
sec. 27 (repealed by 2 and 3 Vic.), the penalty was £2O. In
the case of Chappell v. Davidson, 25 Lau; Journal, this
point arises—
His Honour—Then, according to that statute, Hill has
incurred a penalty of £5 for every one of these lists. If
there is any illegality he cannot recover.
Mr. Barnard—All the items are not open to such an ob-
jection.

LATEST BETTING.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
Bto 1 agst Yoicks (offered)
Bto 1 nest Confectioner (offered)

TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Wizard (taken)
9to 2 agst Lupulus (taken)
9to 1 agst Brother to Rainbow (taken)
10 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered)
14 to 1 agst Traducer (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
13 to 1 agst Tame Deer (offered)
100 to 7 agst Gaspard (offered)
20 to 1 agst Longrange (offered)
22 to 1 agst Man•at. Arms (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Mouravieff (taken freely)

DERBY.
6to 1 agst Ti mime (taken to £300)
100 to 3 agat Confectioner (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mr. T. Dawson's lot (taken to £500)

(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CRAVEN HANDICAP.

Six ran.

RACING FIXT

'RES FOR 1860.
:IL.

AbergaTenny ---
12
Thirsk

A general discussion then took place, and his Honour
thought a circular or prospectus was meant for publication,
and came within the Act. It was useless to keep a circular
within one's desk.
Mr. Barnard thought the cards must be excepted.
Mr. Norman—The cards are meant for dispersion.
His Honour thought the cards Were not open to the ob-
jection.

Chester 1
Doncaster Spring 8
York Spring 10
Salisbury
Bath 15

Ascot -5
Hampton l3
Newton l3
Od iham 19
Beverley 2O

Mr. Barnard—Plaintiff is entitled to recover upon an
account stated and promise to pay.

Mr. Norman—When the consideration is illegal no ac-
count stated can give a good cause of action.
His Honour remarked upon the fierceness with which
this battle was being fought, and said it was very evident
that the parties intended to destroy each other.
Mr. Clarke—Like the Kilkenny cats. (Roars of laugh-
-109 I ter.)

TINS.

Jv
Newmarket J. 3
Carlisle
Worcester 6
Liverpool
Abingdon 12

His Honour then went seriatim through the plaintiff's
claim, and after marking several items, looked carefully
into the Act quoted by Mr. Norman.
After some deliberation, his Honour found as follows :
I will either enter a nonsuit or find for defendant, with leave
to appeal.
Plaintiff would rather the verdict be entered for defendant.
Verdict acccordingly, with costs.
Mr. Norman said there could be no difficulty about the
case.

Brighton
Brighton Club 3
Wolverhampton
Reading 8
Radcliffe 13
Belem

Oxford l6
Plymouth 21
York 22
Lichfield 27
Stockton 2B
Derby
NillElt.

Warwick —..
4
Doncaster 11
Chesterfield l7
Leicester l9

Monmouth 2O
Manchester Autumn 21
Newmarket F.O. 25

BINGULA.R CASE OF MASTER AND SERVANT.---coßoon,N

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

Y. BLAY.

This was an action to recover a sum of money alleged to
have been lent to defendant.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 9.
Ills Royal Highness the Prince Alfred was confirmed on
Thursday, the sth inst , at Windsor Castle, in the Private
Chapel, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in
the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Re}al High-
ness the Prince Consort, and the members of the Royal
Family.

Mr. Best, instructed by Mr. Waghorn, of Mark-lane, for
the plaintiff, said his client was a mill stone manufacturer,
of Mark-lane. Defendant had been in his service as a sub-
contractor, and had received various sums of money on
account of mill-stones entrusted to him, to render fit for
mills. He had thought proper to leave his work unfinished,
and as he was not entitled to anything until the work was
completed, plaintiff now sought to recover the money paid
to defendant.

WHITEHALL, Arum 7.
The Queen has been pleased to order a congC d'elire to
pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter.of
the cathedral church of Rochester to elect a Bishop of that
see, the same being void by the death of Dr. George Mur-
ray, late Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has also been
pleased to recommend Joseph Cotton Wigran3, M.A., Arch-
deacon of Winchester, to be elected by the said dean and
chapter, Bishop of the said see of Rochester.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 7.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles
Alison, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at
Constantinople, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
George. Fagan, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le-
gation to the Argentine Confederation, to be her Majesty's
Charg4 d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republics of
Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Sal-
vador.

Plaintiff was called, and said he paid his sub-contractor
generally something on account, but considered he was not
bound to do so until the work was finished.

Mr. Wood, for the defendant, said the only thing re-
quired to be done should be done at the work, and if defend-
ant had finished his work he would be entitled to £l4. The
money paid was paid on account of work actually done by
defendant, and thus plaintiff was no loser.
Mr. Best said there was a clear breach of contract.
Plaintiff said be did not discharge defendant.
Defendant was called, and said ho was anxious to finish
his work, but could not find room in the yard. Plaintiff's
late foreman prevented defendant from finishing his work.
Defendant was discharged by plaintiff's foreman.
A witness was called by the defendant, and said it was
not usual to leave before finishing the work.
Plaintiff's foreman was called, and said he did not dis-
charge defendant.
His Honour non-suited plaintiff without costs.

CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 5.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

City of Londonderry—William M'Cormick, Esq., in the
room of Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Bart., deceased.
WAR-OFF [CE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 10.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Ensign Arthur Ash-
ton, from the 7th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Bridges, pro-
moted.
6th Dragoons—Ensign William Ward Bennitt, from the
2d Foot, to be Cornet, vice Garnett, promoted Hew
Stevenson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hardy,
promoted.
13th Light Dragoons—John Arthur Carthew, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice James White, who has retired.
let Regiment of Foot—Ernest Alexander Morant, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rooko, promoted.
6th Foot—Thomas Armstrong Gough, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Poulden, who retires.
7th Foot—Captain William Langmead Lewes, from the
93th Foot, to bo Captain, vice Payn, who exchanges.
11th Foot—Alexander Henry Vaughan, Gent., to be En •
sign, without purchase, vice Gilbert, who resigns.
14th Foot—Lieutenant James Franklin, from the 45th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, who exchanges.
20th Foot—Serjeant-Major James Whybrow to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bolger, promoted.
22d Foot—Lieutenant Stephen Winthrop to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Hickman, who retires.
25th Foot—Ensign Samuel Roden Handy, from the 90th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lock,
whose appointment from the 82d Foot has been cancelled;
James Fender, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase.
45th Foot—Lieutenant
tenantFralleis Forbes Atkinson, from the
14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Franklin, who ex-
thanes.
61st Foot----Francis John WakemanPigott Long, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted.
87th Foot—Ensign Anderson J. Ashmore, from the 73d
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Anderson, appointed Paymaster.
98th Foot—Captain Thomas G. D. Payn, from the 7th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Lewes, who exchanges.
Ist West India Regiment—Major A. W. Murray to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase„ vice Brevet-Col.
H. D. O'Halloran, who retires upon full pay, under the
37th clause of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858 ; Bre-
vet Lieutenant-Colonel James Travers from the 3d
West India Regiment, to be Major, without purchase,
vice Murray.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Parr W. Kingamill
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Travers, promoted
in the Ist West India Regiment; Ensign Duncan F.
Murray to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kings-

POLICE INTELL re, El v uE.—( nis Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

TILE Isuurny DODGE,—CharlesElliott and Louisa
Smith, the latter said to be a well-known omnibus thief,
were charged before Mr. Beadon as follows :

Charles Butcher, 137 C, said he noticed the prisoners,
who were accompanied by another female, stop several ladies
on the previous day in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, ap-
parently as if asking to be directed to some place, and he
observed that while Being so they moved the ladies' dresses
about. They then stopped a young woman, who, after
speaking to them, pointed as if directing them, and they
left her. He immediately went up and asked if she had
lost anything, and at first she said she had not, but on
putting her hand into her pocket missed her purse. He
then told the young woman to go to Vine-street, and fol-
lowed them into Berkeley-square, where he seized the man
and told him he was concerned with the woman in stealing
a purse. He immediately struck him a severe blow on the
chest and kicked him on the leg, and the' started off. He
pursued him, and on taking him into custody he said he
(Butcher) had made a grand mistake, "for he was a gen-
tleman."

Elizabeth Thomas, 18, 11ill-street, Berkeley-square, said
the prisoners came up to her and asked the way to Regent-
circus. She directed them, and on being spoken to by the
constable missed her purse containing some silver.

Mr. John Carr, of 117, High Holborn, proved taking th.
female prisoner into custody at the request of the constable.
A coachman, named Spreadbury, of 13, South Bruton-
mews, proved stopping the male prisoner in his flight.
Remanded.

mill.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Wm. H. Urquhart, from the
75th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
County of Cardigan—David Pugh, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant.

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a:comfort --to ler husband and children, and a useful metnerb
of society ',but she was the most degraded of beings. A prison
was the b, Ist pL ace for her.

. -
STATE OF TRADE IN INDIA.

..ne accounts from the East of the state of the
markets for manufactured goods are not such as to
inspire confidence in the entire soundness of the
enormous trade at present carried on from this
country. It is alleged by experienced merchants
in London that, according to their latest advices,
cotton manufactures from England cannot be sold
except at a loss of 15 per cent. at Bombay, 10 per
cent. at Calcutta, and 7 or 8 per cent. in China,
and, moreover, that there has been no real profit
on any such goods shipped hence during the last
six months. Looking at the fact that the consign-
ments now going forward are on a scale larger
than has ever previously been known, these asser-
tions must create great disquiet. They admit,
however, of qualification in a very important man-
ner. Although the buyer of Manchester goods for
exportation to India and China may expose himself
to the losses in question, it does not follow that the
Manchester manufacturers who ship on their own
account may not still be operating at a profit,
since a sacrifice of 'from 7 to 15 per cent. may fail
to absorb the entire gain between the current price
of their goods and the cost at which they arc actually
turned out. The speculative shipper, therefore, who
buys the goods at a quotation including the manu-
facturer's profit, is mainly the person whose trans-
actions are to be contemplated with anxiety. Can
it be shown that the condition of the markets is not
such as is alleged, and that goods bought in
Manchester will not only bring back full returns,
after paying freight, commissions, discounts, and
all charges, but will also yield a fair remunerative
surplus? The magnitude of the matter is such
that a more momentous inquiry was never raised
in the commercial world, and if the answer should
be unfavourable we shall be driven to the suspicion,
or rather to the conviction, that the lesson of 1857
has already been discarded'. Happily, if the prices
in India are, as is believed, even now sufficiently
high to cover the prime cost of the manufacture,
the trade will yet prove to have caused no absolute
impoverishment to this country; but tke visions
of unbounded profits which at present dazzle
all who contemplate the monthly totals of our
cotton exports will inevitably be dispelled, and the
crash must fall somewhere. It will be shared,
perhaps, partly by such of the manufacturers as
may have sold their goods to speculative mer-
chants on six months' acceptances, partly on such
banks as may now be congratulating themselves
upon the extraordinary revival in the discount busi-
ness of the coun try, and partly on the general public,
who may as yet see no reason to distrust any of the
new and dashing gentlemen who are rapidly rising
up into the position of great promoters of Eastern
commerce. The temptation created by the competi-
tion for bills by the various banking establishments
under the system of allowing interest on deposits ;
the facilities afforded by the long dates over which
Indian transactions are spread before their actual
results are brought to the test; and, finally, the
advantage which the system of friendly assignments
and windings up under inspection give to every ad-
venturous character who may have the adroitness
to carry on business for two or three years on a
scale that will admit of private appropriations and
marriage settlements, are considerations that may
excuse a suggestion forl vigilance even at a moment
when the whole country is revelling in a sense of
prosperity. The repetition of the fact observable
in 1857, that, with all our wonderful trade, the
tendency of our bullion returns shows that we are
spending rather more than we earn, while the ad-
vance in the rate of discount has no perceptible
effect in checking the demand, coupled with the
circumstance that the nute circulation during the
past twelve months has been freequently 10 per cent.
in excess of its normal amount, are signs of some
exceptional influences, which, at all events, are
worthy of attention.—limes' City Article.

The pris,Dner,said if the magistrate would discharge her
she would apply - to Mr. Seaborne, the relieving officer of
Mile-end Old To wn, to admit her into the workhouse.
Mr. Selfe—Go to Mr. Seaborne. I hope I shall never
see you. non. 'ou are discharged.

THIRD EDITION,

SUN OFFICE, Seven:o'clock,

NEWIttA.RKET RACES-(T1118 .D4l).

Gallus ......
** 1
Mavourneen.
Mainstay colt
£5O PLATE.

CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES (This Day

Mary Stuart )
Annan
Job

Epsom Spring 19
Newmarket F S •23
Y.
Harpenden lB
Epsom 22
Manchester 3O
llungerford 3l

Bibury Club 20
Stockbridge 2l
Winchester 22
Chelmsford 26
Newcastle 26
.Y.
Nottingham 17
Stamford l9
Marlborough
Goodwood 24

OUR NAVY-PAST AND PRESENT.

At every production of the navy estimates we
are reminded that " steam is in its infancy," and
the fact is impressed upon us by a very disagreeable
process. We are compelled to provide enormous
sums for the nurture and sustenance of our steam
force without ever arriving at the happy period of
economy and relief. In fact, to judge from the last
ten years' experience, the expense will be perpe-
tual—that is to say, we shall never find a steam
marine as cheap as the old sailing navy. It is not
merely that the work of construction or conversion
is constantly going on. That process would come
to an end in course of time, though it has been truly
a tedious one; but the truth is, that even when the
British navy has attained the standard of expansion
delineated by Sir John Pakington a short time ago,
it will cost a far greater sum for its maintenance
than would have been needed in years gone by.
The elements of cost, indeed, appear in every direc-
tion. What with the increased size of our vessels
and the value of the machinery which they contain,
the original charge of a ship is often more than
doubled. A 50-gun frigate of the modern build
costs four times as much as a vessel of that rate in
last, though
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edfconsumptionwena engines
eso f t
the
dilapidationines; a n d
of the whole fabric under the new system of
propulsion. We have touched upon this topic
once or twice before, but the subject
is so
important that we commend it afresh to publis
consideration, especially as a recent event will
place it in rather a striking light.
Last week five stout steamships of the Channel
squadron anchored at Spithead on their return from
Lisbon. They had encountered boisterous weather,
no doubt, but we certainly were not prepared for
the report that they had all suffered such damage
as to require considerable repairs before they could
again proceed to sea. From the description given.
of their condition it appears evident that they suf-
fered not merely as ships, but as steamships. Had
they been sailing vessels of the old character they
might have been longer on the voyage and less
efficient men of-war, but they would probably not
have received such injury as to send them into
dock. Nelson used to talk triumphantly of the
manner in which his ships could buffet the gales of
the Mediterranean without carrying away a spar;
but Nelson's vessels had no steam-pipes to be car-
ried away, no funnel-casings to be torn, and no
condensers to be cracked. We suspect, too, that
they would have rolled far less heavily and with
slighter strain, while the current outlay upon each
would have been much less considerable.
We expressly call attention to this example
because it illustrates the chief point of our present
difficulties. When the great dockyard mystery
was investigated last year, it came out that the
principal expenditure in our national establishments
was upon repairs. The construction of new ships
was quite a secondary concern, and was, in fact,
provided for out of the surplus or margin left by
the charges of renewing and refitting. That was
the way the money went, and these formidable
charges are enormously increased by a system of
\v
propulsion illa
is not only costly in itself, but
which shakes the ships to pieces besides. Indeed,
we seem to be getting from worse to worse, for the
vibration of the screw is said to be more destruc-
tive than that of the paddle. We are therefore
incessantly at work in repairing damages, and a
few days at sea in heavy weather is enough to send
back our stoutest vessels with fresh demands upon
the resources of our yards.
Let the reader just consider how terribly these
accumulated conditions must tell upon the current
charge of the Navy. A ship in these days costs
much more to build, much more to keep going,
and lasts, probably, not half as long after all. Un-
luckily, we hardly know the worst in this latter
respect, for our steam marine is still too young to
have shown its average of casualties; but it is only
tco evident that such wear and tear as we have
described must soon terminate a vessel's career.
This is an answer to those who institute numerical
comparisons between our naval force at the pre-
sent day and that of 1815. The money spent
on the Mersey steam frigate would have built
three old-fashioned 74's. The cost of such a
fleet as we possessed at the close of the Revolu-
tionary Wars would, if raised to the modern
standard of charge, be almost beyond computation.
We possess, in reality, a fleet which is infinitely
stronger than the fleets of former days, though
its power, as regards ships of the line, is concen-
trated in a much smaller number of vessels. The
finest squadron ever taken to sea by Coiling-
wood or Jervis would have been blown out of the
water by the five ships which are so damaged in a
voyage from Lisbon.

All' this outlay, in short, is forced upon us by a
single condition of the first necessity. The great
object in a ship of war is, as the Secretary of the
American Navy defined it, to place a gun in pre-
sence of an adversary, and withdraw it, in the
shortest possible space of time. There is the prin-
ciple which governs the whole system. For the
sake of this object we fabricate machinery, consume
fuel, and shape the hulls of our vessels on the newest
and most approved models. A ship which can
steam 15 knots an hour will infallibly be more than
a match for one that can steam only 12; in fact,
the slower vessel would lie utterly at the mercy of
its more quickly-moving adversary. Even here,
however, the prospect is somewhat uncertain, for no
vessel can always rely on her steam power. The
most roomy and commodious specimens will only
carry fuel enough for 10 or 12 days' consumption,
so that on a long cruise, or in a protracted blockade,
ships must again resort to their sails, reserving
their steam for critical periods. And what, under
such circumstances, would be the p:ight of our
modern vessels, with their heavy armaments and
ponderous machinery ? Would they be able to brave
storm after storm like the lighter and more buoyant
craft of 50 years since ?
The inquiries thus suggested are, perhaps, not
veryembarkedagreeable.
uponlt isa
unpleasantsystem twobe
reflecthis that
costly
have
in the extreme, which will probably never get
much cheaper, and which yet, in some respects, may
prove less convenient than that which it super-
seded. But there is Ito help for it. A sailing ves-
sel could not keep the sca against a steamer for
half an hour, and it must always be recollected that
what is a burden upon us is a burden upon other
Powers also. In the end it comes to this— that
war, including the preparations against it, will be
a more costly business than formerly, and perhaps,
therefore, will work out its own cure. When the
Secretary of the Admiralty told the house the other
day that a naval captain of his acquaintance was
perfectly astounded at the cost of his ship for a
single year, he gave the key to the annual charges
of the Navy. There was the unit of cost. A ship
is incredibly expensive, and yet is always getting
out of repair. Something, we firmly believe, is to
be saved by better principles of management; but
we shall never altogether escape the large expen-
diture and inevitable waste which steam power in-
volves.--Times.

TRAYDING OF THE SHIPS WAGOOLA .44Y1)
WOODCOTE IN THE CHANNAL.

The Board of Trade have issued the official re-
ports of Mr. Train, the Greenwich Police•court
magistrate, who, assisted by Captain Harris, the
naaugtiatisctarlaes'sessor, held the late inquiries into the
circumstances attending the stranding of the ship
wrogoola, for China, and Woodcote, for Adelaide,
during the snow-storm on the night of the 11th of
last month, Lear Folkeston:, and the decision of the
department.

In the case of the Wagoola, which was
Jardine, Capt.
com-
manded by and left London on the
Bth ult., the report stn,tesie that when the master
found the soundings drop suddenly in the course
of four or five minutes from 14 to 10 fathoms,
there being such a thick snow storm at the time
that they could not see the length of the ship, it
was clearly his duty to have put the ship about
immediately ; instead of doing so he held on till
after he had another cast at seven fathoms, and.
even then it does not appear that he ordered the
helm to be put down till the ship
taking,rra
ia thoughtthe ground a
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othutFhorSeainadndH; Head Light being
The report
diate cause of the damage to the ship.
m alsoistaakdevnerftosrt othtehesoSu
Captain Russel, of Lloyd's, with reference to the
conduct of the Coastguard, and the d •
esirableness of
pilots in charge of ships continuing on board beyond
the Downs or Dungeness. was
evidence actually
of

In consequence of the above finding the Board
of Trade have:suspended Captain Jardine's certifi-
cate for six months, and have communicated with
the commanding officer of the Coastguard.
In the matter of the Airoodcote, which was also
from London, and went on shore off New Romney.
later at night, Mr. Traill states that he was in-
clined to think that the board would be disposed
to look upon the case as deserving a more lenient
consideration than the ordinary case of entire
neglect of the lead. It appeared that the lead was
o;sgoht s
pe to a
khsav of
frequently used during the night, though neither
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the vigilance of Captain Fleming during the night
of the accident.
The B; and of Trade have returned C .plain
Fleming's certificate, cautioning him to exercise
renter vigilance in the use of the lead.