The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-08 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS.

On Wednesday afternoon the coroner and jury
reassembled at Brierley-hill, in order that the latter
might sign the inquisition. There were also present
in the room Mr. Fenton, the chairman of the com-
pany ; Mr. Pakington, Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Lewis,
directors ; with Mr. Sherrill', general manager ;
Mr. Adcock, secretary ; and Mr. Wilson, engineer
of the company.
Mr. Fenton (the chairman of the company) so
soon as the jury had assembled said—l beg, Mr.
Coroner—

Mr. Fenton was interrupted by a juryman, who
said that he should not sign if in doing so he was
approving the strictures appended to the verdict.
He dissented from the whole of the resolution
passed by a majority of the jury. This juryman
was understood to speak for four others.
The Coroner, who had told the juryman that the
strictures had nothing to do with the verdict, said
that Mr. Fenton must be quite aware that he had
taken 'no notice on his depositions of any resolu-
tions of the jury—that they had nothing to do with
the case. The jury had thought proper to append
the strictures they had, and they were at liberty
to do so if they pleased.
Mr. Ford, a juryman, here said—l am not a
party to those strictures. I will sign the verdict,
but I have nothing to do with the strictures against
the company. (Hear, hear.)
Mr.' Fenton again tried to get a hearing. He
said that he did not object to the verdict, but he
must object to the strictures. He objected because
James Wheeler, who had assumed to act as fore-
man, had hostile feelings against the company, in
consequence—

The Coroner—That is a libel. I should recom-
mend you to withdraw that, or it might perhaps
lead to unpleasant proceedings hereafter.
Mr. Fenton—There is no foreman, is there ?
The Coroner—Mr. Wheeler was the foreman to
all intents and purposes. He stands on my precept
as the foreman ; and he would have been, but
Josephus Bayley, a minister, came up to me and
wished to be on the jury. I told him that a cler-
gyman was exempt, but he said he had a particular
desire to be on the jury, and he was in consequence
placed foreman, but Mr. Wheeler's name was upon
my precept as foreman.
Mr. Fenton—We are advised that, there being
no foreman of the jury—
The Coroner—You can move to quash my pro-
ceedings;if you like.
Mr. Fenton—lt is only courtesy to you to say
this now.
The Coroner—Mr. Wheeler remains as foreman
on my precept.
The jurymen then placed their signatures to the
official verdict. After which,
Mr. Fenton said he had to object, in justice to
his colleagues, in justice to the officers of the line,
and in justice to the public, who are interested in
the question, to the observations and strictures ap-
pended to the verdict by a portion of the jury. He
said a portion of the jury, because he was glad to
hear that five of the jury disavow their participa-
tion in the objectionable remarks. He (Mr. Fen-
ton) objected to them not only because they were
not in accordance with the evidence, but totally
inconsistent with it. Mr. Fenton then proceeded
to deal specifically with the strictures of the jury,
to each of which he gave a strong denial. On the
part of the company he bad to object to the man-
ner in which the jury was summoned, to the con-
stitution of the jury, and to the conduct of some of
its members.

Mr. Wheeler—l never assumed the office of fore-
man of the jury. I deny it in toto. Mr. Fenton
also stated that I had feelings hostile to the com-
pany. I deny that.
Mr. Sherriff—Can you say that you have had no
contention with the company ?
Mr. Wheeler—l have had two lawsuits with
them. (Sensation.)
Mr. Sherriff—There is no doubt that you have
been in contention with the company, and yet you
have been • acting as foreman. He has not yet
answered the question that he is foreman. Did you
not say that you could get half the jury ?
Mr. Wilson—Dare you say that you did not send
a policeman into your tap-room to get the jury ?
You dare not. •
Mr. Wheeler—l wanted to get off the jury, and
if he had • come the next morning I should have
been out of town.

Mr. ShmTiffl:When you were acting_ as fore-
man on this jury you used to say, " Yes or no
—an answer, yes or no." Now, let us have an
answer, " Yes or no."

Mr. Wilson—Yes or no : Did you not send a
policeman into your tap-room to get the jury P You
dare not say it. (Mr. Wilson went to the back of
.the room where a policeman was sitting, and re-
turning, said)—The policeman says it was so, and
you dare not deny it.
Mr. Wheeler—Why, Mr. Wilson, how excited
you are. You told me just now that I was a good-
looking fellow, and I really think you are.
Mr. Wilson—The policeman said that you did,
and you dare not deny it.
The Coroner—l have been coroner twenty years,
and I never witnessed such as this before.
The proceedings here terminated.

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PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM

SHIP WRECK.

Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life-
boat institution was held at its house, John-street,
Adelphi, Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., in the chair.
Mr. Lewis, the secretary-, having read the minutes
of the previous meeting, a reward of 141. was voted
to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at
Arklow, for their laudable services in putting off in
the boat, and rescuing 11 men from the bark liar-
rkt and Francis, of Liverpool, which, during a
heavy gale of wind, was wrecked on Arklow-bank
on the 2d ult. After much difficulty a communi-
cation was effected with the ship, and the 11 men
were hove singly in a lifebuoy through the heavy
surf on board the lifeboat. Four of the ship's crew
had previously taken to two of their boats. No
sooner was one of them lowered than it capsized by
the violence of the sea. Two of the men, however,
succeeded in retaining their hold on: the bottom of
the boat. From this perilous position they were
rescued by a smack's crew, who also took on board
the other two men. The smack's men, who had not
dared to venture near the sandbank, were voted
Si. 10s. by the institution for their laudable and
timely services. -The thanks of the institution were
also voted to the Rev. 0. L. Williams, and Si. 10s.
to the crew of the Barmouth lifeboat for putting off
in her and rescuing the crew of two men of the flat
Isabel, of Liverpool, which during a gale of wind
was wrecked on Barmouth-bar on the 18th ult. A
reward of Si. 10s. was likewise voted to a smack's
crew for putting off from the shore and rescuing
five out of six persons from a sailing boat which, at
some distance off Scarborough, was observed to be
unmanageable. A reward was also voted to a
coastuardman named Lisk for his laudable con-'
duct in wading into the surf, at the risk of his life,
to the rescue of a man who had fallen from a pier
into the sea on the coast of Donegal. As soon as
the man was put in the boat he was placed on his
face ; a copious discharge of water then took place,
and he gradually revived. Another moment in the
water might have proved fatal to the poor
fellow. The old plan of treating persons ap-
parently drowned was to place them on their
backs. The National Lifeboat Institution has re-
cently issued a new code of instructions for the
treatment of the apparently drowned which is as
simple as it is natural, and which can be used by
anyone instantaneously and on the spot. The
Wick lifeboat, which like the Arklow and Bar-
mouth lifeboats, is on Mr. Peake's plan, was said
to have performed valuable service during the past
month in saving two ships' crews. The Institu-.
tion decided to build new lifeboats for Dungarvon,
Tramore, and Exmouth. Lady Rolle had munifi-
cently. offered 250/. towards the cost of the latter
establishment. Payments amounting to 6991. 17s.
6d. were made at this and the previous meeting for
various lifeboats, boathouses, and carriages. It was
stated that the Institution had 12 lifeboats now
building by the Messrs. Forrest, several of which
were expected to be very soon on their stations.
Captain Robertson, R.N., Surveyor-General of the
Board of Trade, stated that he had recently visited
the lifeboats of the Institution on the east coast of
England and on the Irish coast, and that he was
satisfied with what he had seen of the lifeboat
stations. The proceedings then closed.

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