The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

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four o'clock, and the wind was then abou
blowing a steady breeze ; but during the night i
squalls, which then obscired the lights, though it was
not hazy weather. I was at the time under three
reefed top-sails. At eight o'clock ti
W.S.W4 and 1 lay there till I lost
through drifting off the land. Saw
the time, one of which I thou
as they in general ha
The CHAIRMAN--

Skerries bore
of the lights,

several lights during
ht was that of a pilot-boat,

plaints enquired into. and the witnesses be examined in
each separately, in order to avoid contusion.
The CHAIRMAN said that the only object of the Pilots'
Committee in bringing forward the investigation was to
benefit the port of Liverpool. Certain statements had
appeared in one of the public papers, reflecting on the
efficiency of the pilot service, and some dissatisfaction
seemed to exist in the minds of the American captains, ,oyages.
which it was highly necessary to clear up. For that pur- Mr. WILLIAMS, Captain of tn..
pose it had been thought'that no other course would be that he had sent a pilot on board tht
so effective as the one now adopted. as he saw the vessel.
The statement of Captain Goodmanson was then read, Mr. KENDALL.—T,
and that gentleman stated that the report was perfectly Captain De Councv
accurate in every particular, except that he had not said ber. I drifted far away te ...._
that he lost twenty-fonr hours before he docked. tie had , pilot.
lost a tide only. Mr. Witttams.—lt appears 'that, being on .
The CRAIRMAN inquired why Captain Goodmanson ' tern station, he sagged off-shore too far to be seen.
hid not preferred his charge at the Pilot-office, rather Mr. I'ARRY (No. 6), said that at 8 o'clock, as he had
than at the office of one of the newspapers of the town. previously shown, he had gone on board the Jacob A.
Captain GOODMANSON had been told by other cap- Westervelt. At 6 o'clock he had boarded the steam-ship
tains of vessels, and by some of the merchants of Liver- Margaret, from which be ran off to the Westervelt.
pool, that the best way in which he could make the com- Mr. WILLIAMS (No. 3).—Wo often look in the morn-
plaint that had been brought by himself and others, was ing for vessels that have drifted out far to the north and
through the public press, as if brought before that com- the eastward, which have got out of plot-ground, and
mittee no notice would be taken of it. which it has been impossible to see if the night was not
The CHAIRMAN.—TiIiS is not the case. Any com- clear.
plaint made here is at once investigated ; and I hope it ' Mr. KENDALL thought it strange that Captain TY
will go forth smong the shipmasters and commanders, Courcy should have missed a pilot three time uut_
that every attention will be given to their Teßesentaiions voyages, and yet have made no complaint at that off
at this office. There would have been Suil,clent cause to complain

ire you not aware that they some-
-light in hazy weather ?

-mow up a Oast

Captain Di CouncY.—No ; was 'not attar(
I have been compelled to lay-to all night twi,
once in the summer ;—in fact, three times out'

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