The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

GRA FiAllf S SHOAL.

The 2falta Times contains the following account
of Graham's Shoal, as recently surveyed:—
"H.M.S. the Argus, Capt. Ingram, has returned to
Malta, after effecting a careful survey of the sup-
posed site of Graham's Shoal, which has long been a
source of much anxiety to commerce. The Argus
left Malta for this operation on the 29th ult., steer-
ing for Girgenti for the purpose of rating her
chronometers, and arrived there on the 31st. She
started thence in a direct line for Graham's Shoal,
as laid down in the Admiralty charts, and reached
the supposed site in the evening. The first sound-
ings gave 99 fathoms with a muddy bottom. She
then proceeded as slowly as possible under steam,
sounding at intervals of from ten minutes to half
an hour, altering her course as the soundings in-
creasedd or decreased. The weather was hazyst and
no
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hour.coast visible.
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six
xhe t
she
on a N.N.W. course all night,m thedirleosppoffingma
rather, unexpectedly abi?uts
her in this direction
strong current having driven
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depth found so far straight
owing to her frequent
wasstoppages.f64rGr
afathoms.uito i a ,_
and
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course was then steered o
off that placespautteai
sghfotuan.dm
day,b.
yet
heethvee
vessel advancing
astronomical She
o bt hs
obser-
vation. gwaiinti
vafathoms.rartiined. Soundings were continued at short in-
tervals
enstoopnosnseibxlte pace. The least depth of
steered
adNti rtoeheebt
bottom
nit the
was shoalfou n
da
2s2tliolfwlathoms, was found at 9 p.m
to sights obtained occurred.*
37 deg. 4m. N., longitude 12 deg. 48;
m. andE .
,t hhigs:
ankin. loatnituthdoe
tween Merita Patch and Terrible-
3d, the weather being threatening, she bore up for
Girgenti and remained there till 5 a.m.An the 6th,
when, the weather having moderated, she returned
ertee sounded,exact
fathomsindicating
to the shoal. At 11.30 a.m. the marks on shore
position of the shoal, 100
and no bottom found. The
soundings
were continued, with depths ranging
from 9-6 to 150 fathoms, till the ft a ernoon of the
7th, when the Argus put into Sciacca to make in-
quiries of the fishermen there. On the same even-
ing she again proceeded to the scene of operations
and continued sounding till the 9th, the depths
varying from 30 to 150 fathoms. As the weatl'ier
was getting rough the Argus then bore up for
Malta, and arrived there on the 10th. The Gir-
genti fishermen consider that there is a depth of
20 fathoms on the shoal, whilst the Sciacca fisher-
men say 40 fathoms ; the latter also stated that the
shoal consisted of cinders and scorim, which had
been gradually dispersing and had presented no
danger to shipping for three years past. The
bottom, as found by Capt. Ingram's soundings,
consists of sand, shells, and cinders scattered among
coral beds."

STEALING A GOOSE.—A boy named Chappal, 14
goose, her pro-
years of age, in the service of a woman named Gravel, a
perty. id h 0,..,, that I tookm ythmeogtohoesre,,s
poulterer,ro e ea t
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cloooaosnuntmoeetrahltpi
nyh,leastirn.i
chargeeid bby thes t e
aT rilibnu ng alao f C o na I
but it was because my mistress did not give me enough to
eat." "Is it true that you did not allow him sufficient
food
e‘o‘oHmeaan"l wraruoyrasinht
During
gadd
tthhee
gsamee as
"
I had, sir." " The same as you! yes," said the boy, " but
yemueusips, tsfiorr; havocilost
ste e
time
if you live on almost nothing, I cannot do so ; and I was
starving:, „ And was it. to ekatdtlp, goose that you stole, iris
surprise and 'aught
"No ; for Imatieghitt alblebdef.ore she came b ,
ig that Mine.
absenceP,4whereryayour i:
nI ol
tiit.d,e
ondy oa
ufihgre eeerataniirldet i h,
urn,c:moeora:d,
to pay for the goose,
__ you
I had beenackl'
allowed her son enough to eat, offered
pother, haduo half-
starved
As
wl
lde 1 or ns
fvceolirafrea:
raveiThhoacibonyo'at
and prayed that the boy
had previously been accused of tit discharged but, as h
to prison fora mouth' eft the Tl. , 0
1 rlyUnal sent him