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him, woes be caught in Ilia leit ininsa. WWI jie rrdtq
keep the boat clear of tile side with his rinitis the
swell threwler tender the hick part of, the arise, ,aq
thepaddlies in i•Osk..vp .cot -off the half of, the t
Which. was under.
.did net perceive at. first what
had iiippened, but on turning round he found the twn
pasSengers out of the boat. He cried Out " For Gouger
sake, stop !" but the gown vessel did Oat stop until seer
nl minutes after. His beat became, a. wreck in the
water, and he held to it.. The steam vessel bsiat wad{
very promptly loosened to their aid, and the boy who
was in it picked np the witness, and the servant. Wit-
ness heard Captain Pitcher cry out, 0 Here! here 1.
three times. eon rowing towards the spot from iv**
the voice proceeded, for it was too dark to see, they
'heard nothing, he had sunk. •
Mr. Hobler, jun, and Mr. 1. W. Hall, on the part of
the Hull and General Seam Navigation Companies;
cross-examined this witness at very great length; but
he per severed in representing that the accident arose
wholly from the negligence of the, pilot who had .the
command of the steam vessel, in not stopping. The
witness admitted, that some years before the life of tl
passenger had been lost, by a boat Under his c Ira
having been lost, that he is blind of•one aye, that he
is near sighted, and it appeared his hearindis rather dull,
The servant who was in the boat stated, that %shah
the last witness was conduiting the boat tovearsks• the
vessel, the deceased expressed his fears that he wan
going too near; but the waterman said, Oh„no; Ain!
was not, and proceeded. The water was greatly
bled, and witness suddenly, felt himself thrown out ot
the boat into to e water. Witness heaid Smith,, win?
had the -command of tl:e vessel, give an order to ean
her speed, but did not hear hem say that he would
" stop her dead."
A great mass of evidence was taken, which, after a
per severing and close examination of the witnesses on
the part of Mr. Nobler, the solicitor, and Mr. Hall;
the agent of the Company, went to shwa that the witeir
man's account was somewhat exaggerated that there
had been no promise to " stop her dead," and that he
had imprudently approached her; whilst, on the other
hand, it was shewn that the- speed of the vessel wilts
moderated only to a little less than four miles per hour
against the tide, which is equal to seven through the
fluid, the tide being then, according to some of the
witnesses; running at three miles per hour. • A pilot,
who was on board as a passenger, said he should not
have thought it safe to board her at night time,_whilss
she was going at such a rate, and that when the Cap-
tain, had charge of the vessel (at the time of
,the
dent it aas under the charge of Smith, a pilot), at
Orford Ness, he first moderated the speed of the, ves-
sel, and then stopped it entirely, before he took any
passenger on board. His condyct an intelligent witness
,_presented as very cautious and praiseworthy. it *as
practicable to stop a. vessel almost in three seconds;
but it was not, Mr. Hall stated, customary to stop thee
machinery all at once "dead," as the impetus of the
vessel would perhaps occasion the wheels to be broken.
Several other *messes were examined to the sense eireit, after
which, Smith, the pilot, was called into the mom. •
Mr. Stirling told him that he was not bound to iVi-
swer any question, or to say anything that might tend
to criminate himself.
Smith then said, that he went on board the steal*
packet just before she reached Greenwich, at which
place a man came up to hien and said he wanted; to go
ashore. He referred him to the Captain, and press
sently he. came back and called 64 sculler," and or-
dered-the vessel to be eased ;i but before he COtild be
heard in the Machine room the boat was wrecked.—.
The vessel was going at not more than four, knots and
a half an hour, end he should not be afraid to . ap-
proach her when going at that rate in a wheriy. He
went aboard at Bugsby Point, to assist
.the Captaiti,
and he felt confident, that had the waterman known
his business, the accident would not have happened.
Smith was then desired to leave the room, and the
Cot oner addressed.the Jury, saying it was for them to
consider whether there was. any necessity to adjourn
the inquiry ; and after recapitulating the evidence, all
strangers were ordered to withdraw. The Jury, after
immure deliberation, found the following verdiCer.:r
" That the deceased, Captain Pitcher, came by his
death by accident, attended wits negligence on the
part of those persons who had the management of the
York:Airman steam packet, upon which they levy a
deodand 1501."

A Meeting of the-United Parishes of St. Gregory
and St. Mary Magdalen, was announced to take place
ycsterday, for the purpOse of petitioning against the
Rcman Catholic Claims. When there were about fie.
teen persons assembled. the Rector took the Chair, but
Mr. Huncossaa pointed out that the Mating had
not been convened according to the,provisions of the
Act of. 1818, regulating Parochial Meetings, and,: no
petition
.was proposed.,
We understand that a clue hits been found to the
,robbery of the old messenger of I banking-house, who
several months ago was robbed of between 30001. and
50001. in Beet-street. It will be recollected teat the
messenger complained of having been followed and
spoken to by a man of suspicions appearance, in Sr.
Pours Churchyard, and also in Fleet-street, and that
a sort of hustling took place near Shoe-lane, where the
parcel of notes was missed by the messenger imele-
diately afterwards. Not one of the notes ever came to
hand since that time .until last week, when two well.
dressed men- called at a banking.house in the country.
in . the beginning of the week, and asked tor small
notes for a Bank of England note of very large amount.
The house informed them that it would be more con.
venient to let them have drafts upon London hankers
for the sum, and that they might have the money as
they pleased. They were perfectly well satisfied with
this arrangement, and took drafts upon some banking.
houses in the City. Soon after their departing it
occurred to the country firm, upon reflection, that there
was something odd in the conduct of the parties while
applying for the change, and that it was very extraor-
dinary that they should present to them a Bank note
for so serious an amount. They agreed upon the pro.
priety of sending off to London. A messenger was
dispatched. Immediately on his-arrival in town he went
to the banking-houses upon which the diets had been
given in the country to stop payment, butte arrived
too late. The drafts bad bcen paid in Bank of -England
notes. He then ran to the Bank of England. and, we
understand.. that just its he applied to know whether
.the large note, of which he had possession. was a stolen
Dote, the •persons who had received the change were
actually presenting the notes which they had received
at the Louden banking-houses, and were about to re•
cei v e sovereigns for them.

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