The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

THE E 01 EIANCE OF A SAILOR'S LIFE.

At the last fatty sessions held at Rhyl, North Wales,
three weather •beaten sailors, who gave their names as Sul-
livan Fagan a native of the isle of St. Helena), George
Grecenwood (;of Philadelphia, descended from a Lascar),
and Robert Marti n (a negro, born in Jamaica), were brought
up in custody, ch. arged with being in the illegal possession
of a ferry• boat, at id with unlawfully damaging the same.
The prisoners wet c apprehended on the sea coast, near
Gronant, on the in orning of the 4th inst., and were after-
wards br ought to Lthyl and placed in the custody of Mr.
Gregory, to whom the prisoner Greenwood made the fol-
lowing ~omautic statement. He said :—" lam a native of
Vhiladc Iphia, and I and my comrades here shipped on board
the An lel ican brig Consignment on Friday evening, the
Ist: ins t. , bound from Liverpool to Mobile, North America.
Ou r crew consisted of about 3 0 hands, and we arrived off
the Onneshead on the 3d inst., having in the meantime
been tos.ied about in a very heavy sea, the head winds
blow, big terrifically off the shore. During the time we were
on be. a rQI the captain treated us rather harshly, and being
diesati s tied with the seaworthiness of the ship, and, in
fact, fe ling that we could never make the voyage in such
a vessel, we determined to desert her, and accordingly in
the dead of night on Sunday last, while at anchor off the
Welsh col
tst, about two miles from Beaumaris, we con-
structed a; raft, consisting of two 18ft. planks and a spar,
which we tied together and hove overboard, taking along
with us t; 1,7 o smaller pieces of wood to use as oars. There
was a hem 'ygale blowing from the shore at this time, and
the sea run frightfully high. We resolved, however, to
risk the chal ice of being cast ashore on our little craft, or
being swami. ed, to making the voyage to America in such
a ship. We remained on the sea tossing about on this
raft the wholt i of that night, being unable to make for
the land, as the wind was off the coast, and the
breakers were ca ntinually surging over us, and we suf-
fered severely d 'mu the wind and sea during the
rs we were on the raft. The follow-
isnevgemn
the
well,
‘d changed, and we were drifted ashore
at the mouth of the Voryd, on the Denbigh coast. We
walked a short distan,
ce and discovered a boat, which we
unloosed from her fasts
pings, and attempted to cross over
to this place: (Rhyl), bn.
t the waves still running high, we
were carried over the b a r out to sea; and after knocking
about on the breakers i 'o.r some time, we were washed on
the beach near Gronant, where we were apprehended by
the Coastguardsmen." 1 "he officer Gregory, doubting the
truth of this remarkable ,story, telegraphed, previous to
the examination of the priso nors, to the police authorities at
Beaumaris, requesting them to make inquiries as to the
ship, and as to whether they k new of any charge against
the prisoners ; and in due tour se he received a reply to the
effect that such a ship had bee 12 at anchor off Beaumaris,
but that she had then left, and' was 15 miles out to sea.
The Liverpool police were also communicated with, an
they stated that three coloured men had been shipped on
board the brig. The prisoners, on being finally examined,
at once admitted that they had taken and damaged the
boat, as charged, but pleaded in entenuatioh the foregoing
singular facts.

The Magistratec, considering th at there might be some
truth in what Greenwood had said, although they much
doubted the probability of the story, ordered the defendants
to pay V. each, being the amount of damages and costs, or
a month's imprisoment.

The prisoners stated that they had no money with them,
but that they could obtain the amount immediately in
Liverpool; and upon their agreeing to pay the expenses
of an officer to Liverpool, the Magistrates ordered him
to proceed to that place with one of the prisoners, the
other two to remain in cu,s tody in the meantime.—Liver-
'pool Mercury.

COUNTRY ,VARKETS.

NEWARK-FEB. 13.

A tolerable attendance to-day, ond the show of wheat was
middling. Buyers purchased steadily, at extreme rates.
The trade in barley was fair, and h.lte rates were realised.
Oats a fair sale at late prices. Beano assumed a healthier
aspect, at rather more money. Peas quiet.
White wheat, new, 40s to 74s Barley, grinding.. 31s to 35s
Red do. sos to 66s Oats, old, .. 32s to 36s
Old white 4os to 74s New do 25s to 30s
Red do. 50s to 66s I Beans. Ms to 58s
Barley, malting.... 37s to 44s I Beans, new 38s to 44s
Pea5,....40s to 50s.