The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-21 00:00:00

The A'tlantic Cable.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. C. E. Rawlins, jun.,
vice-president, Mr. P. 11. Rathbone, and other
members of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce,
proceeded on board the Great Eastern for the pur-
pose of resenting an address to Capt. Anderson,
which was adopted at the meeting of the council of
the Chamber on the previous day. The address,
which is subscribed to the gentlemen who have taken
a principal share in the operations for laying the
cable of 1866 and the fishing up and completion of
the cable of 1865, was as follows :
" The President and the Council of the Chamber of Com-
merce beg to convey to you, on behalf of the entire mercan-
tile community of Liverpool, their heartfelt congratulations
upon the success of the great undertaking in which you
have been engaged in uniting England and America by the
Atlantic Telegraph Cables. Theydesire to convey their pro-
found admiration of the nautical skill, scientific ingenuity,
and undaunted perseverance, which, in spite of difficulty,
discouragement, and failure, have triumphed over every
obstacle, and brought to a successful conclusion one of the
grandest enterprises of modern times. Liverpool is espe-
cially concerned in your success. Pre-eminently among the
cities of the empire, her wealth and importance are closely
connected with the maintenance and expansion of the trade
with America. She esteems it therefore a happy circumstance
that the community which is the most vitally interested in
your labours should be the first to welcome you on your re-
turn to England, and to express their feelings of admiration,
which your services have so richly earned. It is her fervent
hope that the increased facilities of intercourse which your
exertions have secured may not only multiply the commer-
cial relations between England and America, and so aug-
ment the wealth of both, but, by bringing the nations into
close contact, and removing the causes of prejudice and mis-
understanding, may bindthem together by the enduring ties
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goodwill.
Chamber
of Commerce
"C. E. RAWLINS, Jun., President.
"Liverpool, Sept. 20."

The deputation was accompanied by Mr. S. R.
Graves, M.P., Mr. Wright, Vice-President of the
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Blood,
secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.
The party were received on board the big ship by
Capt. Anderson, besides whom there were on board
Sir Charles Bright, who laid the first Atlantic cable

(1858) ; Mr. Edward Bright, secretary of the Mag-
netic Telegraph Company ; Mr. Henry Clifford, who
chiefly invented and had charge of the machinery for
submerging the cable of 1866 ; and other gentlemen.
The address was presented by Mr. Rawlins,
vicoiriezident of the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce, iii the absence from illness of the Presi-

dent, Mr. Meade King. In the course of his address
Mr. Rawlins, in the name of the mercantile com-
munity of Liverpool, invited Capt. Anderson and
the principal persons who had been associated with
him to a banquet to be given to them in Liverpool,
the Ist of October.

Captain ANDERSON acknowledged the reception
of the address in a few manly words, expressing his
regret at the absence of those to whom he said the
credit of the great success was more especially due,
but who he had no doubt would feel highly gratified
by the honour which Liverpool was conferring upon
them. He said they should not forget what they
owed to a higher Power hi having been favoured
with suitable weather, without which success could
not have been achieved. As it was, their patience
was occasionally greatly tried in raising the old
cable ; and all their hopes, as well as nearly all their
ropes,
were at one time shattered.
Mr.
CLIFFORD having addressed a few words to
the company,
Sir C. BRIGHT delivered an excellent speech, in
which he dwelt in a sanguine strain on the future of
submarine telegraph cables.

—TThe party returned to the shore about half-pas,
4 o'clock.

The Collision off the Suffolk Coast.

COMMITTAL OF THE MATE FOR MAN-
SLAUGHTER.

The coroner's inquisition relative to the death of
the little girl, Ada Bell, whose body was washed
ashore several weeks ago at Sizewell, was resumed
on Wednesday morning at the Works Hall, Leiston.
The Coroner (B. L. Gross, Esq.) observed to the
jury that the inquiry had been adjourned until the
termination of the examination by the Board of Trade
at the Greenwich Police-court before Mr. Trail and
two nautical assessors ; and he (the coroner) further
remarked that he thought the jury ought to be made
acquainted with the chief sections of the Merchant
Shipping Act relating to the management of passen-
ger ships at sea, quoting from the act of 1862, which
laid down rules relating to the conduct of vessels and
the manner in which they should approach one an-
other. If a vessel was riding at anchor, a bright
white light should be suspended from the mast at a
given distance from the deck, and the light to be
globular. If, however, proceeding on her course, in
addition to the white light (which must then be about
40 feet from the deck), two others should be visible
—a red (port) and green (starboard). The 13th article
plainly set forth that if two ships were approaching
one another, meeting end on, so as to involve risk of
collision, the helms of both vessels must be put to
port, so as to avoid one another. The question was
who was in fault? The 28th section of the act
stated that in case of any damage to any person or
property arising from the non-observance
uponofnce th
anye
per-
son or ship, such damage was thrown
son in charge of the ship unless any good reason
could be shown to the contrary.

appeared for the owners of the
Mr. Cooper (Messrs. Clarkson, Son, and Cooper,
solicitor to the General Steam
IDI a° se Ntverlls ; cAoirur oenasr)c e
Navigation Company for the Bruiser ; and Mr. 0. J.
Williams, Lloyd's agent to the General Steam Navi-
gation Company, was also present during the inquiry.
The Coroner sat about five hours, during which
time he took somewhat voluminous evidence of the
captain and some of the crew of the two vessels, hut
it was very contradictory. The crew of the Haswell
maintained that they " ported" her helm upon seeing
the Bruiser approach and did not change. Those
of the Bruiser acknowledged they " starboarded"
her helm, but in consequence of seeing only a dim
light they acted under the impression that she was
a vessel riding at anchor, and did not discover their
mistake till within a few lengths of her, when it was
too late to " port" the helm, so it was put " hard
" a-starboard," that it might ease the blow, and
allow the vessel to run alongside. They maintained
that had the Haswell starboarded the helm no colli-
sion'would have occurred. But in answer to a ques-
tion from the coroner, the captain of the Haswell said
that by starboardiug the helm he should have been
acting in direct opposition to the rules laid down.
The inquiry was adjourned till the following day.
LEISTON, Thursday.
the inquiry was resumed this morning, when the