The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

The Loss of the Cave•

The following admirably humourous sketch Ice
take from the Owl:

An inquiry into the loss of this vessel was held
on Monday last by an Owl and two nautical asses-
sors. The case excited much interest from the fact
that the vessel was engaged in the first attempt
made to settle the new colony of Adullam, which
has been lately founded near Botany Bay.
Robert Lowe deposed that he was chief officer
of the Cave. Had helped to build the vessel ;
in fact had laid the keel himself two or three years
ago, though she was only launched last year. She
was a splendid-looking craft, made an enormous
number of knots an hour, and could turn in her
own length. She was intended to carry a large
number of emigrants, but passengers did not come
forward as readily as had been expected, and many
who had taken their passage refused to go at the last
moment. She left port, however, and had been at
sea ever since, up to the day she foundered. Obser-
vations were taken in the usual manner, but they
were not satisfactory, in consequence of the clouded
state of the horizon, and they relied chiefly on the
Tory log and dead reckoning. The vessel encoun-
tered adverse trade- winds and currents, and on seve-
ral occasions was run into and seriously damaged by
the craft called "Demonstrations." Thought that the
cause of her foundering. When he noticed that sho
was settling down took a boat, but could not induce
anybody to go with him. Was tossed about a good
deal, but soon fell in with " The Tory" hulk, which
offered to take him on board, but he declined, think-
ing her very unsafe, and was finally towed into port
by " The Liberal."
Captain GROSVENOR said he had done his best to
save the vessel. He had intended all along to sail
in company with, or at any rate in the track of,
" The Liberal," but she outsailed him, and so he
bore up and ran free. Attributed the accident to
the presence of dry rot, a great deal of which was
talked at his dinners. Thought his crew were badly
composed. Lowe could not even take a bearing and
was unreliable, while Laing did more harm than
good. Considered that he now belonged to " The
Liberal."

FRANCIS ELCHO said he was second mate. At-
tributed the loss of the ship to bad seamanship. The
crew were a shady lot—mostly Jumpers, and some
of them did not know a gentleman from a handspike.
The vessel went to pieces very suddenly, and lie
found himself struggling in the water, but saved
himself on a plank thrown to him by some miner

fellows from " The Liberal."
S. LAING said he was the ship's cooper, and had
hoped to be made super-cargo. The captain had
refused him a character, and he was not sorry the
ship did go down. Had since got remunerative
employment on a railway, but would go to sea agaill
under Captain Gladstone if he could get made a
petty officer.
A. CLINTON had heard it said that the ship would
neither wear nor stay, and though he did not wear
them himself, believed they were good for the figure'
and therefore for the figure-head. Supposed that the
catastrophe had arisen from want of knowing Ovi

to raise the wind.
F. DOULTON was one of the crew. Knew notbil
about the object of the voyage, and could not tel
why he sailed in the vessel, except that Mr. West(i
ininster had cashed his advance-note ; but lie had
been allowed to mess with the officers, and was quit:
contented. Had got good employment, and me°
to give up seafaring altogether.
The Court, after a short deliberation, came to thel
conclusion that the loss of the ship was occasioned
by faults in her construction ; but reprimanuer
Captain Grosvenor and the chief mate, Lowe, fo
leaving port at all in so unseaworthy a vessel.

Sir Roderick Murchison having been furnished
by Lord Stanley with the despatches of Dr. Seward, the
e
British political resident at Zanzibar, as well as with
mer
detailed letters of Dr. Kirk, says he can now scarcely elieg
to the hope that Dr. Livingstone is still alive. By the latest
intelligence from Zanzibar, dated the 7th of January, '4"°
learn that Drs. Seward and Kirk had sailed in her Ma]
ship Wasp for Quiloa to make inquiries and obtain all
further evidence.
ARTISTIC FURNITURE. Foram ost amongst the erilecibe6..
of furniture that have been prepared for the fast
co apnrcni,ed
ing Paris Exhibition, we must name those now mpleiirt,
by Messrs. Jackson and Graham, who, bent on reaietiL of
ing the position they have long held in these tourneYscur
skill, have evidently applied themselves to the work, ie.
termined to come off victors. They send nine pi"e"cith,
all, and these include an upright case of ebony inlaid for
ivory, for works of art (part of the fittings of a roer little
Mr. A. Morrison, of Foothill House), a charminglY,„o.
etagere (the capitals capitally carved), and a table
ly
boyna wood inlaid with other woods and forming .a p.:O
piece of colour. In the ornamentation of the uprin" „els
the handwriting of Mr. Owen Jones is obvious. 6-hie
at the bottom, below the glass doors, are li.led in with
to
conventional foliage, in ivory, around the initials of i 6
owner A. M. entwined. The ea Jo d'opera, however, liar
cabinet in three divisions laterally, in the style of IT the
works of the sixteenth century. This, like some ivory,
other furniture mentioned, is of ebony inlaid with The
and includes a few plaques of jaspar and lapis lazuli. as
ornamentation is of the most elaborate kind, draWll;rith
well the gtiffius and human heads as the foliage, of
great spirit, expression, and beauty. The excellooef
the inlaying, of the engraving on the ivory, and .°
the
tool
carving, is remarkable. Such metal work as ther
is admirable ; and we are much disposed to conetdd'tbst
cabinet as a whole the finest modern work of its kin
of the
has been executed in England. The entire credit
design and drawing is given by the manufacturers. te„tA-
Lormier, who has been long connected with their he
blishment. The worth of the cabinet is understood wor.
£2,000, and it is satisfactory to know that it fouad
,chaser belura it was finished.