The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

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THE OVER,LADING OF SE.I.-GOING
VESSELS.

Yesterday an official inquiry, which had extended
over two previous days, and, held by direction of the
Board of Trade, was concluded at the Greenwich
Police-court, before Mr. Patteson, the magistrate,
and Captains Harris and Baker, nautical asses-
sors, into -the circumstances attending .63 loss of
the Volunteer steamer in the Illy of Biscay,
while on a voyage from London to Trieste, under
the command of Captain Job. Mr. Day, barrister,
i attended for the owners (Mcsrs. Courtney. and
I Co., of Sunderland) and the master. The evi-
dence taken was very voluminous, it appearing
that the Volunteer left Cardiff on the 22d Sip-
tember, encountered a fearful gale on the 24th,
when her engines broke down, and she was aban-
doned on the night of the 26th, during the con-
tinuance of the gale, the loss being mainly attri-
butable to her being very much overladen. The
court having retired to consider its judgment, on
its return Mr. Boustred, the chief clerk, read the
same, and which stated that on the Volunteer
leaving London she had a cargo of 511 tons, or
within a fraction of her registered tonnage, con-
sisting chiefly of iron and tin. At Cardiff a
further cargo of 241 tons were shipped, together
with 25 or 30 tons of 'coal, making in all 808. tons,
being an excessof 264 tons, or one-half more than
her registered tonnage, and 117 in excess of her
grows tonnage. Toe judgment of the court con-
cluded as follows :—There is no doubt she was
very deeply laden, more especially as so large a por-
tion of her cargo was dead weight. It is possible
that, had: her engines not broken down, she might
have reached her destination in safety ; but, on
the other hand, had she been less heavily laden
she would have made better weather of it.
With regard to the responsibility of the master
in reference to the disaster, the Court takes
into consideration that it was Mr. Job's first
voyage in the Volunteer ; that he may have
known little or nothing of the capacity or
capabilities of the ship ; and that he proba-
bly relied upon the knowledge of his mate, who
held a master's certificate of competency, and
who had been several years in the vessel.
Upon these grounds only the Court feels disposed
to exonerate Mr. Job. While making every allow-
ance for the relative position of master and owner,
the court hOlds that it is the duty of the master to
protest against his ship being improperly laden,
as in the event of accident arising from such a
cause, he alone is responsible for the lives under
his charge. Under all these circumstances
the Court does not think that Capt. Job abandoned
the Volunteer prematurely, but it would have been
more satisfied had he ascertained the quantity of
water in the ship before he left her." The certifi-
cate of Captain Job was then returned to him by
the 'Court. It may be stated that the whole
of the Volunteer's crew—twenty in all—were
saved by the schooner The Sisters, the captain of
which offered to stand by during the night ; but
the gale increasing, and the lights placed on board
the ill-fated vessel having either been blown out by
the wind or extinguished on the vessel sinking, the
captain of the schooner, for the safety of his own
vessel and of the lives of those he had on board,
proceeded to the nearest port.

NAKIG AND MILI7.4RY INTELLIGENCE.

The hulks lent by the British Government to the
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company
for the conveyance of the French Atlantic Cable
from Greenwich to Sheerness, there to be deposited
on board the Great Eastern, are the Iris and the
Amethyst, two of the old sailing 26's.

An order has been received from the lAwas of the
Admiralty for the removal of the engine 3 of the
Lizard, 1, 340 tons, 150 horse power (tender to the
Formidable, 26, flagship at Sheerness). The ves.sel
will be afterwards removed to Chatham for further
survey. It is anticipated that the whole of her bot-
tom plates will have to be removed, as they are
worn very thin.

Advices received from the Pacific squadron by
the Chatham correspondent announce the arrival at
Valparaiso, on the 6th ult., of her Majesty's screw
sloop Reindeer, 7, 200 horse power, Commander E.
Nares, after a lengthened cruise among the islands
in the Pacific. The Reindeer left Honolulu on
the Ist of June, and arrived at Christmas Islands
on the 11th of the same month, sailing on the
next day for Maiden Island, which was reached
on the 19th. The island is being worked
by an Australian company for its guano, of
which there is an immense supply. About 40
persons were found located on the island, the
arrival of one of her Majesty's vessels being hailed
with great delight, upwards of two months having
elapsed since they had seen a sail. On the following
day the Reindeer left for Starback Island, which
had also been worked for its guano, but, owing to
the difficulty of embarking it, and the bad anchor-
age for ships, the trade had been given up, and the
island abandoned. All the buildings on shore were
found to be in ruins, a proclamation being disco-
vered of the island having been taken possession of
by the captain of her Majesty's ship Falcon, 17,
100 horse power, Commander 1.1. L. Perceval, and
also the notice of a visit from her Majesty's ship
Mutine, 17, 200 horse power, Commander 11. M.
Alexander. On leaving, a notification of the Rein-
deer's arrival was placed with the other docu-
ments. The Reindeer afterwards sailed for the
islands marked Gozewen and Bauman on the
charts, she passed over the assigned posi-
tions of each without seeing either of them.
Caroline Island was reached on the 9th of July,
the officers lauding, when the island was taken pos-
session of by Commander Nares in the name of the
Queen and the Union Jack hoisted. Her Majesty's
ship Topaze, 31, GOO horse power, flagship of Com-
modore R. A. Powell, C.B. ; Malacca, 13, 200
horse power, Captain R. B. Oldfield ; and Mutine,
17, 200 horse power, Commander 11. M. Alexander,
were at Coquimbo. The Nassau, 5, 150 horse
power, Captain R. C. Mayne, C. 8., surveying
vessel in the Straits of Magellan, arrived at Valpa-
raiso on the 7th ult.

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