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Sir Peter Fairbairn, the` Mayor of f"://4-14
grand banquet at the Tovin-hallof that
Friday evening, to the Lord.Lientena.. _
West-Riding, (Mill several York. ire a - S
members of Paliiament,,theii.Lord.-.Mayor of. York,
the Mayors o.f* West,Riding boroughs, the local
magistra4; the-ineinbers 'Of ihe,tVeeds,...r,own-Couw.
cil, and the principal gentry of the town. and neigh-
bourhood. Altogether upwards of 150 guests were
present. Civic feasts of this character are almost
a novelty in Leeds, this being only the second of
the kind ever held, the first being one given by
his worship the present Mayor immediately after
the inauguration of the Town-hall by her Majesty.
the Queen in September, 1858. In some measure'
the banquet on Friday was a commemoration of _
that auspicious event, but the object of the festivity
as stated in the cards of invitation was simply
"to meet-the Lord Lieutenant of...the West Rid-
ing." AMOng the glests were Earl Fitzwilliam,
Mr, R. M. Milnes,TMJ)., Mrl F.7Cresslev, -M.P., •
Mr. J. Greenwood, M.P., Mr-. G. Hadfield, M.P.,
Mr. E. Baines,- AT.P., Mr. Titus Salt, M.P., the
Ven. Archdeacon Musgrave, the Rev.. James Atlay
(the newly-appointed vicar of
_Leeds), the Rev. J.
Bell, the Lord Mayor ,of York, the. Mayors of
Bradford, Halifax,. Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Sheffield, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. J. Gott, Mr. R.
Markland, Mr. I). Lupton, Mr. W. Ferrand, Mr.
J. W. Childers, Mr. 11. S. Thompson, Major Waud, •
&c. The viands and wines, which were supplied
by Mr. Fleischmann, of the Scarborough Hotel,
Leeds, were all of the first character. Mr. Harker
of London, acted,. 'in his usual admirable style as
toastmaster. Lady Fitzwilliarn and Lady Fairbairn
entered the hall during the evening and were
loudly cheered. Among the speakers after the
banquet were, besides Sir:Peter Fairbairn, who, as a
matter orcourse occupied the -chair, Earl Fitzwil-
liam, Mr. R:M:2M-iiiiek Mr. E. Bathes; Mr. Greets-
wood, Mr. CroSsley, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. J.
Gott, Mr. It. Markland, Mr. Childers, Major Waud,
Mr. Kemplay, Mr. Thomson,- &c. The speeches"
were chiefly of a complimentary character, but one
topic was also touched upon by most of the speakers
—the desirableness of Ai closer union between the
town and.the county, 'Or, in other words, between
the manufacturing and agricultural interesta
,Peter Fairbairn declared that he , had that object
in view when he invited the guests to meet him,
and the feeling was warmly reciprocated by all
present.

PKICE 4D. STAmegr), 51•

ground at Chatham, for the purpose of 'inspecting
thin previbusly, to 'their embarkation. The total
-number of men who who will leave the garrison
with the present reinferceMents is 764 of all ranks,
selected from the depots of the 20th;• 35th, '43d
(Light Infantry ),73(1,77th, 81st, and 94th Regiments.
Capt. R. W. Harley, 3d West India Regiment.
arrived at Fort Pitt, Chatham, on Saturday, in
charge of a party of invalid troops belonging to the
41st and 49th Regiments, who landed-at Southam
ton from the Plata, which brought them from the
West Indies. After the men had been inspected
nine'were admitted into hospital. ' - •

Capt.
ers, e inDpulronyfeodr, 'si n 2
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ooff
the Royal
b builders'
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der
strike, in terminating the works left incomplete.in
Sir W. Armstrong's new factory at Woolwich, bare
accomplished their engagements in a most masterly
style. They have set the three huge boilers required
for working the Nastnyth's hammers •and Other
machinery, have laid down the flag flooring of the
engine-houses, completed the pointing of the exte-
rior walls, hug the doors and window frames,
glazed the windows, completed the plumbers' and
smiths' work, Bc., with the proficiency of practised
and skilful artificers. Capt. Durn.ford, Lieu t. Buckle,
and 90 non-commissioned officers and men of the
company, will leave Woolwich to-day (Monday) for

atham. Lieut. Micktem and the remainder of
he company—namely, 40 men, will join head-
quarters in a few days.
Lieut. H. D. Crozier and 150 men of the Royal
Engineers, at Chatham, are to embark for India,
to fill up vacancies.

The reinforcements from the camp at Colchester
for service in India will, it is expected, leave the
camp in the course of the current week. The total
strength of the detachment is 12 officers (the chief
of whom is Col. Guy, of the sth Fusileers), and 670
non-commissioned officers and privates. A fives-court
is.now in course of construction at the camp.
A detachment of the Norfolk Artillery, under the
command of Capt. Wodehouse, with Lieut. Beding-
feld, 4 sergeants, 89 rank and file, and 1 trumpeter,
proceeded to Purfleet from Sheerness on the Ist
inst., in her Majesty's steamer Lizard, to relieve a
similar number of the Forfar Artillery.
The Himalaya screw troopship, Commander J.
Seccombe, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday at
noon for Halifax, Quebec, and Bermuda, with the
officers and troops on board as enumerated in The
Sun of Saturday. Lieut. Crowther, of the 63d
Regiment, also embarked on board the Himalaya
on Saturday for a passage to Halifax.
The Royal Antrim Artillery were inspected on
the Ist inst. by Geu. Gascoigne, commanding the
division. He was received by the regiment in line,
under the command of the colonel, Viscount Mas-
sareene. After presenting arms, the regiment broke
into open column of companies, and was most
minutely inspected by the General. At the conclu-
sion the regiment was formed up in quarter-distance
column, and was addressed by the General, who said:
" My Lord Massareene,—l have had great plea-
sure in inspecting your regiment to-day, for in your
ranks J. find very many fine and soldierly men, and
if I have passed any remarks upon a few, it has
been more as a spur to others than as a condemna-
tion of any one. With regard to your conduct since
you came into this camp I can only say that you
came here under circumstonces and with a name
apparently not altogether creditable to you, but the
result of the investigation into the affair to which I
allude has clearly shown that the occurrence was
attributable not to yourselves, but to the conduct
of the civilians with whom you were brought in
contact. While you have been here you have be-
haved yourselves in a most soldierlike and orderly
manner ; you have seen while here something of
what is expected of a regiment, and I trust that
wherever you go—and your stay here will not, I
believe, continue long—you will bear the same
character you have earned for yourselves here."

THE LOSS OF THE ARGO, NEW YORK

AND GALWAY STEAMER.

On Saturday the 'Board of Trade issued the re-
port of Mr. Porter, the magistrate, and Captain
Harris, the nautical assessor, who held the recent
inquiry at Dublin into the loss of the Argo, one
of the New York and Galway line of steamers, on
et wasos n,
a andv voyage
f formerly me
Newrly one
York
the coast of Newfoundland, and the decision of the
Board in the matter. The Argo was upwards of
2,000 h on
fleet of
the General Screw Steam Shipping Company.
She
orkoftothSet. John's,
Newfoundland, and Galway, with 210 passengers
of different classes on board, when she struck on a
rock on the morning of the 28th of June, and be-
came a total loss. After noticing the course and
progress of the ship, Mr. Porter thus reports :
" My deliberate opinion, after maturely considering all
the evidence that has beeli adduced,' is that the master of
the Argo, having made the land of Cape Pine, and conse-
quently aware that he was approaching Cape Race, and
with a knowledge that the currents in that vicinity were
both strong and irregular, was not justified in continuing
his course at full speed during:a dense fog such as the wit-
nesses describe, and as he himself admits. Again, having
passed one iceberg and seen another in Trepassy Bay, as also
others seenlay the ice pilot about Cape Race, the master was the
less justified in running rull speed when the fog came on at
4.15 a.m., and I on it as a most providential circum-
stance that he fell in with the fishing schooner at anchor
when he did. Had not such been the case his ship would
inevitably have been dashed against the eastern shore of
Trepassy Bay, and many lives would in all probability have
been lost, in which case-Captain Halpin might now have to
encounter a more serious charge in a higher court. I am,
therefore, compelled to say that the omission to slow the
engine of his ship during a dense fog was the primary cause
of the disaster; and 1 consequently find that the loss of the
Argo was occasioned by the default of the master. I trans-
mit the master's certificate, and, having thus performed a
painful and strict duty, and having also considered the
accompanying testimonials to the character and professional
ability of Captain Halpin, and being also aware by the evi-
dence that the catastrophe was unattended with the loss of
life, and that Captain Halpin has suffered severely by the
loss of a valuable personal venture, I earnestly entreat
their lordships of the Board of Trade to deal with his case
as leniently as may in their judgment be consistent with
the state of factswbich I haveherein reported and submitted
for their lordships' consideration."
Captain Harris, the nautical assessor, expresses his
concurrence in the report. The Board of Trade
have directed that Captain Halpin's certificate be
suspended for nine months.