The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-31 00:00:00

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1854

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LOCAL BILLS.—The following miscellaneous bills, pro- '
moted by the undermentioned public bodies, were passed
by the examiners :—New River Company, and London
Life Association—Liverpool Improvement : To widen and
improve existing streets ; to make a new street from
Dale-street to St. John's-lane ; for purchase and appro-
priation of land for the Free Public Library, Museum, and
Gallery of Arts, and for regulation of piers, wharfs, and
landing-stages. Adjourned to Thursday : Liverpool Sani-
tary Improvement, Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund,
and Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance.
A MEETING OP CARTOWNERS was held at the Claren-
don-rooms on Friday, " for the purpose of considering the
determination of the Council to reduce the rates of
cartage."
THE CHILD OF THE WRECIT.—Mr. J. E. Benny,
steward of the City of Dublin Company's steamer the
Prince, having lost a child a fortnight ago, has under-
taken to adopt the little parentless relic saved so singu-
larly in the wreck of the Tayleur. Mr. Benny resides at
39, Great Nelson-street, in this town ; and, as there are
other claimants for the honour, he has got up a certificate,
signed by 200 of our townsmen, certifying to his respec-
tability and competency for the charge. He is willing,
indeed anxious, that the proceeds of the subscription in
progress should be invested for the personal benefit of the
poor orphan, should it live to come of age. The child is
at present in the temporary custody of the Rev. J. H.
Armstrong, of Dublin.
&Intim:l.—On Thursday, about midnight, some dis-
orderly women and blacks, a number of whom haunt the
neighbourhood, were proceeding from Old Hall-street
down Prussia-street towards St. Paul's-square, when one
of the women was overheard to state that she would not
mind stabbing the first white man she met. Some dis-
turbance took place opposite the door of a man named
Edwards, the keeper of a beerhouse and lodging-house in
Prussia-street ; and, on his going out to remonstrate with
the parties, he was stabbed, it is said, by a coloured man,
who made his escape. Edwards was taken to his own
house, and promptly attended to by Mr. Osborne, surgeon,
St. Paul's-square, who found that he had sustained a deep
punctured wound, apparently, from its extent, made by
some such instrument as the knife which so many foreign
seamen in our port carry in their belts. It had pierced
the thorax, narrowly missing the heart and the left lung.
The poor man lies in great danger.
THE Pamstox STRIKE.—At a meeting of the Masters'
Association on Thursday, it was unanimously resolved :
That this meeting, deeply regretting that although the
applications for work since the 29th of December last have
been more numerous than at any previous period of the
turn-out, still they have not been sufficiently general to
enable the masters to resume work, do at its rising ad-
journ to Thursday, the 23d of February next, with the
understanding that, should it be ascertained in the mean-
time that there is an increased disposition on the part of
the operatives to return to their work, immediate steps
will be taken by the associated masters to open their
mills, and effective measures adopted to proteet the ope-
ratives against any improper interference or molestation.
—The men had a meeting the same day, when it was
resolved, " That we, the people of Preston, are determined
that we will never resume work until our masters uncon-
ditionally comply with our just requests."
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH THB ISLE OF
MAN.—Mr. Charles T. Bright, of this town, and engineer
of the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company,
in reference to the suggestion of Mr. John Johnson, for
the establishment of a line of telegraph between Great
Britain and the Isle of Man, says—" The only obstacle to
such a connexion being made is the certainty of consider-
able loss to the promoters, unless some annual guarantee
of traffic was provided by the inhabitants of the island, as
something towards a return upon the outlay ; which, from
Newton Stewart by Barrow Head to the Point of Ayr,
and thence to Douglas, would amount to nearly £12,000.
There are not two submarine cables to Ireland—one only
being in operation from Portpatrick to Donaghadee, laid
by the Magnetic Telegraph Company, four attempts, at
various times, having failed, including that at Holyhead ;
so that at present there is about £30,000 worth of tele-
graphic lost property lying in the channel.
PROPOSED NEW CHURCH AT THE NORTH END.—The
following circular has been issued by the Rev. Rector
Campbell, soliciting aid towards a new church and par-
sonage proposed to be built in the north end of the town :
" Liverpool, January 9, 1854.—Dear sir,—Mr. Leigh has
given me 1,500 yards of land, worth £3,000, for a church
and parsonage house in the north-west extremity of Liver-
pool, near the new docks, where there are now 6,000 or
7,000 working people, and will be 12,000 or 15,000. I wish
to get £5,000: £3,500 for the church, £5OO for a repair
fund, and £l,OOO for the house. I will give £2OO myself,
and beg you to help me. I shall not ask for the money
till I have raised £4,000, which will enable me to begin
building. The appointment is to be in three trustees—
the Bishop, the Rector of Liverpool, and the Rector of
Walton.—Yours very truly, AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL."
ST. MA.TTIIEW'S CHURCH TEA PARTY.—The annual
congregational tea party in connexion with St. Matthew's
Church, Hill-street, Toxteth-park, was held on Tuesday
evening, in the school-room below the church. There
were about 500 persons present. The chair was occupied
by the Rev. Wm. Brewster, the incumbent of the church,
and amongst other ministers present were the Rev. Mr.
Wolseley, the curate, and the Rev. D. T. Barry. The
Rev. Mr. Wolseley said his labours in St. Matthew's dis-
trict had been attended with enlarged success, but he had
observed a very strange fact relative to the circuit. He
found that a large number of protestant men had married
Roman catholic women ; but, on the other hand, he had
found few protestant women marrying Roman catholic
men. It was stated that the schools were in a very

l architect, of this town, has been commis-
2°iled to supply the plans for the church and chapel and
ground of a cemetery for Carlisle.
TER POOR-LkW Bo Aim intend to separate from the
tollneorn, and add to the Warrington Union the following
a,
Stilton, Lower
:—Norton, Moor, Kekewick, Halton, Higher
at nips Lower Walton, Acton-grange, Appleton, and
heI!HALTIt COMMITTEE.—There being only four mem-
Present at the hour of meeting on Thursday, they
"J°llrned without transacting any business.
1/Trol LATE ma. HoLsiss.—We are informed that
p,,,,rlsaac Holmes has withdrawn his opposition to the
th;vw,,g of the will of the late Mr. James Holmes ; and
will was proved at York during the last week.—
"la's Herald.
ofl'a„ I AINTREE CHARITY BALL, under the patronage
ne Countess of Sefton, is announced for Wednesday,
week. This is usually a gay and fashionable gather-
-17,2 and will, doubtless, be as attractive on the next as it
-"` been on past occasions.
POULTRY.—At the Manchester Poultry Show,
vllesdaY Captain Hornby, of Knowsley, took two prizes
SPanish'fosils, one for Do kings, one for game fowls,
e for a cock and hen, and one for geese. Mr. G. W.
Os, of this town, took the prize for black bantams ; and
7;4. Worrall, of Knotty Ash, for ducks.
wilra, LARGEST SHIP EVER BUILT IN LIVERPOOL
been
launched this week. This immense vessel which
al,;ueen some time in course of construction at Messrs.
sp",t.° and Getty's yard, Brunswick dock, is the largest
F;ti, ever built in Liverpool, and has long been a source
°so,7nliration to those interested in ship-building. She is
4ert
wood.a on the North American principle, namely, of
L.'llll Voce", SCHOOL.—The last admission of pupils
ofga. the present session is announced in our columns
the"s,, day. The opportunity offered by the. directors of
oacred, Harmonic Society for the attainment of a
.„"w'edge of vocal music should not be neglected.
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lESTS AND FRISONS.—A public meeting was held
serae Corn-exchange, Manchester, on Monday last week,
ate„ue Purpose of adopting a memorial to Lord Palmer-
ae,Z/rotesting against the proposal to appoint and en-
nomish priests to the government prisons. The
fr,r• Canon Stowell occupied the chair, and, after addresses
w'-'3l various speakers, a memorial to the Home Secretary
Etdopted.
I,ol4trxloar TO HOUSEOWNERS.—On Wednesday the
,„'lee-magistrate was occupied several hours in hearing
it'a determining about sixty informations preferred by
,i);'• Fresh, the inspector of nuisances, against owners of
4 °Derts-, for not cleansing, whitewashing, and purifying
,s7heounig-houses, which were found in a filthy and un-
ion_ lesome condition. Fines varying from £2, and costs
'3 • were inflicted.
Lltaxv&L OUT OF THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP.
The Hurricane, from Port Phillip, in 83 days, brings
news that the Great Britain had arrived in Hobson's
Bay, Melbourne, on the 16th of October.. This, we be-
!,r dray e 65 days from Liverpocill (there being a loss
°ne going to Australia, via Cape of Good Hope,
;741 difference of longitude), and the shortest passage
41:r made to Melbourne, taking into account the greater
„tance from Liverpool than Southampton.
atgcn MARINE STORE DEALERS.—SamueI M'Culloch,
ttreet, was brought up at the
atPolice-cour, on Thurs.
tie, Charged with having in his possession large quan-
-41,..,0f old metal, ropes, &c., for which he could not satis-
"'ay account. When the officers discovered the metal
os ,
ti premises, he offered to give them a sovereign if
.'would deal with him as lightly as possible." The
,17efitrate indicted a penalty of £2 and costs ; the license
-.0 to be revoked.
A,eRAR GE OF NEGLECT AND CRUELTY AGAINST AN
CAPTAIN.—On Tuesday, a third investigation
held before the coroner, respecting the death of a
411 or named Charles Thompson. The deceased was em-
',o,°Yed on board of the ship Ensign, Captain Walker,
Charges
traded between this port and Bonny River. The
the against the captain were, that he had neglected
e deceased, and some others of the crew, on the home-
(lard voyage, withheld from them lime juice and other
ecessary articles of food and medicine. The investiga-
'43 been adjourned till next Monday.
MOTHER.—At the Police-court, on Thursday,
Zest Brown was charged by Joseph Bamber, of the
Derby workhouse, with cruelly ill-using her child
Wednesday afternoon. The prisoner, who had two
b,,egitimate children, had been in the workhouse for the
4-3,,t nine years, and on Wednesday she obtained leave of
absence, and returned in the evening in a state of intox.i-
s7n, and struck her child, about four years of age,
,_,:resal times on the head.—Mr. Mansfield said, if the
Zsault had gone further, he should certainly have sent her
t, gaol for six months ; as it was she must go prison for
gaol
days.
luar.,,kre.l. ACCIDENT.-- On Wednesday an inquest was
r'u:,9n the body of Richard Rhodes, aged 67, a butcher,
Z,"'lng in Upper Mann-street. On Friday deceased was
Th(reeding down Warwick-street, when the large gates of
e Yard belonging to Mr. Major fell upon and crushed
ho'llseverely. He was immediately conveyed to his own
of used, and surgical assistance was promptly procured, but
meat
no avail. The jury returned a verdict of accidental
RA.TING A COUNTY COURT.—The case of the Queen
af%inter was a special case brought before the Court of
Queen's Bench, on Wednesday ; the question being
'Tether the treasurer of the County Court held at Man-
Tester was rateable to the poor-rate in respect of his oc-
''Pation of a building used exclusively for the purposes of
",k;oluity Court. There had been an appeal to the sessions
Manchester, when the Recorder decided in favour of
'te appellant. Lord Campbell said it might have been ex-
P4lient and just that the poor-rate should still be payable
ih,t resPeet of this building, but there was- no enactment to
ad te9ffeeoctn.si Iner the absence of such enactment, the court
cupation, or whether the treasurer had a beneficial oe-
Profit ? /I; ceupied as trustee for others who derived
was not a '8 (Lord Campbell's) opinion was, that there
was de,. beneficial occupation in this case ; that no profit
the ea,,...'",ed; and, consequently, it did not come within
• te of
Elizabeth, so as to be rateable. The other es ex
coug Pressing similar opinions, the decision of the Re-
ur
OTas affirmed.
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greatAND WARD POOR RELIEF FUND.—Owing to the
scarcity and high price of the necessaries of life, and
e
Prevailing distress,
a few benevolent individuals in the
1,4: above ward met for the purpose of raising a fund for
alleviation of distress. On that occasion £55 was col-
s, and subsequently increased to £l2O. Notwith-
;'!ndlng the lack of a systematic organisation in the
'f,,sp_ensation of the relief, owing to the immediate necessity
the case, soup, bread, oatmeal, herrings, and coals were
bountifully supplied. During the five days of the com-
raittee's operations, about 15,000 tickets were distributed
-*o the most necessitous poor. A favourable change in the
Weather took place, the labouring classes were enabled to
hume their employment, and the praiseworthy efforts of
e committee were deemed no longer necessary. Great
ties is due to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, of Scotland-road,who
tr,, „I:14 granted not only the use of their boilers and other
-uveniences connected with their dye-works (which were
4,1 71nrably adapted for the purpose, in manufacturing
m.IP and distributing the various articles of food), but
iri° for their untiring exertions to carry out the objects of
: Committee. Mr. John Dumbell took the purveying
)7iyartment, and exerted himself in supplying Mr. Lloyd
itch the articles necessary for relief. A general meeting
111:,116 committee was held on Monday last week, at Mr.
hard Blundell's, Scotland-road, to settle all accounts,
.p.,0-'44 was promptly done, and thanks voted to Mr.
a,,L4_lcillor Woodruff, chairman ,• Mr. Councillor Thomson,
trs nrer ; Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd; and Messrs. Dumbell,
Ivi•„,'ls_ersedge Sefton, Watson, Blundell, Bowers, M`Millan,
16.7r,er, nathgate, Oulton, Crilly, Simpson, Holt, and
(the originator of the project); and the company
ted, highly gratified with the good they had done to
TaufFertng poor of the ward.
,let ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCH2SOLOGICAL SOCIETY
.114 at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Wednes-
Ael,'Yrancis Horner, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Boult, the
tin-sch.,'4l7, announced the receipt of the following dons-
tio:4:—Minutes, in continuation, from the Royal Institu-
„:' of British Architects ; Results of Sanitary Improve-
-1,74t, by Southwood Smith, M.D., from Mr. Picton ;
17ehitectural Notices of Churches recently erected in
4eeerPool, reprinted from the Ecclesiologist, from the
th retary ; and a letter from Mrs. Barber, acknowledging
at! receipt of condolence, adopted at the last meeting.
bin Barry read the second part of his " Notes on Neigh-
ttl'ln.g Churches," confining his observations chiefly to
se, Pointing out of the numerous errors fallen into by the
:esiological commissioner, and commenting upon the
N.eness and injustice of his criticism upon the new
,itch in Liverpool. In the course of the discussion
tlA„en ensued. Mr. Boult remarked that if the new
(~•,`relies of this town were not so fine, in an architectural
of view, as they might be expected to be, it was not
Y'lllch the fault of the architect as it was in consequence
tn,t• desire to supply a supposed want of churches, by
penng as many as possible, at the least possible ex-
r'e ; and, moreover, that the committees who had built
churches were not satisfied that they should be
"ti, t and substantial, but required a building which would
ta;?.et attention. From a want of funds, the attempt to
--"e the building attractive must necessarily fail ; where-
the same amount of money, a church more pure
siOrle of architecture, though not so attractive at first
Might have been built.
b kPRAI AT MANCHESTER.—There was a grand Reform
poilleOlet at Manchester, on Tuesday, at which the leading
foerians of the Manchester school were present. Mr.
r ricer Gibson insisted that reform should not be put off
Sii„,'"ar • It was the very reason why the representation
It (,),T". have a more effective control over the expenditure—
ttlst be largely increased and defended by the ballot.
kr %Do, ke favourably of the peace policy of Lord Aberdeen.
bilt'obden urged that representation should be redistri-
kid in proportion to the increased ratio of population
IS a vr°Perty, and no other principle should be tolerated
Permanent settlemnt of the question. He laid down
t4l'an for the systematic agitation of the ballot, after the
tiettliner of the Anti-Corn Law League, and spoke energe-
that y against going to war with Russia. He declared
are 4,nssia had no antipathy to England—" Englishmen
slisk4°where more popular, nowhere exercise more social
e, than in Russia." England and Russia were the
.llntries that had a rich aristocracy remaining.
.Ifri,7,4°len allowed that the proceedings of the Czar, as
Atia-,,21-' Turkey, were unjust, aggressive, and insolent,
cola"aa loudly cheered for the sentence ; but then he
*'ereilded that our policy should be one of non-in ter._
; or, if we must interfere, why not begin on behbehalftale Y, where you have a high-spirited people groaning
411.4 foreign interference. But the question ought to be
no one of interest to ourselves—and that interest was
Abe",,ar• We had reason to be most thankful to Lord
pri:ren for the course he had taken, and whose guiding
1'44'94 had been to prevent an European war. But war
bslielinroinent sheerybody felt it so, though he would not
10.,ve it till read the bulletin of the first battle.
tlah: who now cried for war would be the first to ex-
ts a
oTteiagainst, when it came and taxes increased. He
se tlaga.bast laying the burden on posterity. They must
tooei„,,e Income-tax to twenty per cent., if necessary. In
prayed on, quoting the words of a Scotch divine, he
a gi'o7tlonost fervently that we might not have war to put
ting the great improvement in the social system now
Scatter thou the people that delight in war."
noz,i'Lln,Pglot f.ollowed, arguing at length in favour of a
Lervention policy. He proposed to lower the frau-
Iquzianto include every frugal, industrious, and aspiring

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orderly, efficient, and, with the exception of a trifling debt.,
in a prosperous condition. The scripture reader was now
labouring diligently in St. Matthew's district, and with
the happiest success, and there had been established lately
a system of cottage lectures ; at the last one, though held
in a poor but cleanly cellar,
nub- less than thirty persons
had attended. An exhibition of dissolving views added
much to the pleasure of the evening's proceedings.
GALE ow Tnnwsnew.—From 9 a.m. till noon, there
were frequent gusts of wind, producing pressure of about
20 pounds on the square foot. At a quarter before 11 a.m.
the pressure was 431bs on the square foot; this being the
greatest pressure recorded since the erection of the ane-
mometer in 1851. The squall which produced this was .
accompanied with hail, and (lid not last more than two or
three minutes. The atmosphere during the night appears
to have been highly charged with electricity, a large
amount of ozone having been detected at the Liverpool
Observatory by observations with Dr. Schonbein's azono-
meter. The barometer was rising fast during the heaviest
part of the gale, which produced a heavy swell in the river
for two or three hours in the forenoon, and the ships riding
at anchor had considerable difficulty in keeping their
ground. About ten o'clock the new American ship Red
Jacket, which arrived here from Boston on Wednesday,
was driven from her anchorage off Seacombe, and drifted
against the small landing-stage. She was then carried by
the force of the storm in the direction of the Prince's
Pier, and were it not for the timely assistance of three
steam tugs, which took her in tow, she would have struck
against the pier-head, and the results, probably, would
have been disastrous. The Red Jacket was afterwards
safely moored in the stream. During the forenoon, John
Baines, an apprentice employed in the shipbuilding yard
of Mr. Major, at the south end of the town, was blown
from a scaffolding into the adjoining yard of Mr. Cato,
and sustained some fractured ribs and other injuries. He
was removed to the Southern Hospital. In the evening
the wind abated.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair.—The warehouse sub-
committee submitted a memorial from Mr. W. H. Shake-
speare, No. 1, Albert warehouse-keeper, requesting the
consideration of the committee, having been incapacitated
from duty by the loss of his sight. After some conversa-
tion, it was resolved that the committee, denying the right
on the part of any other of their servants to a superannua-
tion allowance, refer the memorial to the sub-committee.
—Mr. Robinson said it might be a satisfaction to the com-
mittee to know that the warehouses were all full, and the
sub-committee had lately been compelled to refuse the
reception of additional goods.—Mr. Tobin inquired when
the new warehouses at the Stanley Dock would be ready.
—The Surveyor was afraid they would not be ready before
next midsummer.—The Chairman inquired if they could
not get on with those at the south end.—The Surveyor
replied that they were doing so.—The Chairman suggested
that the Harbour Masters' Sub-committee should consider
whether it would not be advisable to stop the works at the
quay on the south side, so as to get on with the stack of
warehouses at the south side.—A letter was read from the
Chamber of Commerce, calling attention to the improper
and filthy condition of the dock quays, on which fine goods
for export were placed, and to the serious infury which
was likely to result to the port from the cause. A notice
to shipowners, which was advertised in the newspapers,
was quoted, intimating that, in consequence of the ex-
tremely dirty state of the Liverpool dock quays, the Vision
would load in the Birkenhead docks ; and the letter con-
eluded by expressing the regret of the Chamber of Com-
merce that a plan to remedy this evil, which they had
recommended some time ago, had never been carried out.
—The Chairman stated that Mr. Beesley, the owner of the
Vision, had attended before the sub-committee on the pre-
vious day, and stated that he had inserted the advertise-
ment on account of the filthy state of the quays. The
harbour-master and the head sweeper were fully examined,
and the Harbour-masters' Committee were considering
what they should recommend to that committee, in order
to remedy the evil complained of. They had not come to
any conclusion on the matter, but they would be prepared
with a report next week.—After some conversation the
subject dropped, the letter being referred to the Harbour-
masters' Committee.—A letter was read from Mr. Bushell,
chairman of a public meeting held some time ago for the
purpose of considering Mr. Grantham's proposed high-level
railway for the docks. The letter called the attention of
the committee to the resolutions passed at the meeting,
and urged on them the necessity of adopting some such
plan, in order to provide for the traffic along the docks,
which was now so much on the increase. After some con-
versation, the subject was referred to the sub-committee.
WEST DERKY GEIBDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the
weekly meeting of this body, Mr. Harrison presided. The
governor's report showed that the number of paupers in
the house was 726, being twelve more than last week, and
an increase of ten over the corresponding week of last
year. A letter was read from Mr. Fitzpatrick, medical
officer of West Derby, expressing his surprise that a notice
of motion had been given for the appointment of a vacci-
nator for West Derby village, inasmuch as he had held
the situation for five years, during which period no com-
plaint of neglect had been preferred against him. He was
called before the board. The objection was, it appeared,
that he resided about a mile and a quarter out of the Til-
lage. He promised to attend for two days in the week, and
was continued in the appointment.—Mr. Cleaver read a
letter from Mr. Samuel Cottrell, contractor for the supply
of bread to outdoor paupers in West Derby district, re-
specting a statement made at the last board meeting, that
he had overcharged for the bread supplied to the poor. He
denied that such had been the case; and stated that he
bad charged no more than 2d. per lb.—Mr. Kirkus ex-
onerated Mr. Cottrell, and the matter dropped‘—Mr. Heyes
remarked upon the injustice to contracting parties of
opening contracts and applications for situations after the
day named in the advertisement ; and moved that, in fu-
ture, no contract or application be attended to after the
day advertised. The proposition was seconded by Mr.
Shaw, and carried. The board then adjourned.—The guar-
dians met on Wednesday to transact business, for the first
time, in the new board-room, which has been erected con-
tiguous to the workhouse.

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and I was very apprehensive we would not get clear of the
Irish coast ; we were standing on, the larboard tack from,
nine o'clock on Friday evening until we struck on Satur-
day ; the wind, when we struck, was S.S.W., but not
blowing very hard ; it was reported on Friday evening
that we passed some land or light;: from the time that I
looked at my watch on Saturday morning, until we struck
we were sailing ; I never heard or .sew any soundings be-
ing taken during the voyage.
To a Juror.—l don't think the captain knew what land
it was we struck on ; when we landed he asked for dry
matches, from which I inferred that he thought we were
on an island; if the anchor had nat given way, in my
opinion the ship would have gone ta leeward of the island
and all hands would have been saved; from the time that
the cry of " Land ahead " was made, until we struck, the
captain did everything to wear the ship, but she would not
work, through the stiff ropes, and the inefficient crew ; I
cannot say whether the land was seen first by a look-out
man ; I could not say who had the watch at the time ;
when I had the conversation with the second-mate that I
alluded to, there were several mem present ; the ship
obeyed her helm well and steered like a duck ; I lost my
wife and daughter ; when we left Liverpool it was blowing
very light, which afterwards increased, and we left the
steam-tug behind.
Mr. Michael Ready, of Scariff, county Clare, gentleman :
I was onboard the vessel when the accident occurred ; I
was on board from the 16th ; on Friday morning, at four
o'clock, I was below, and a friend of mine, a Mr. Holland,
came down to me and said that there was the greatest
confusion on deck, and that, if any accident occurred, I
would have a better chance on deck than I would have
below, and I accordingly went on deck, and saw the
greatest confusion ; I saw one of the sails torn, and the
rest flapping about, without any one taking care of them;
there were very few sailors on deck ; there were two sailors
hauling on a rope near the mainmast ' • I went to assist
them, as I saw they were not able todothe work ; Captain
Noble came on deck and asked one of the men what they
were doing : one of the men answered him, and the cap-
tain appeared satisfied. The captain went away for a
few yards, and the man he was speaking to complained
that there were two men sleeping in the cradle. The cap-
tain said if he caught them asleep " they would recollect
the time." I then said to the captain that the passengers
on board felt greatly disappointed in the crew, and the
more so from having a confidence in him, from his charac-
ter, that he would not go to sea with such hands : he
said, " I knew no more of what they were than you did;
they engaged themselves in Liverpool as good and efficient
men, and I had no opportunity of knowing what they
were until now, and I now find they are not, and even as
they are the fellows have gone down and hidden them-
selves in the passengers' berths." I said, " the opinion
on board was that there were only twenty-five men to
work the ship." he said there were sixty-five, including
stewards. I remained on deck at that time for about
an hour ; I do not know anything about nautical mat-
ters, but I observed the crew several times attempting to
reef or take in sails ; I spoke to some sailor pas-
sengers, who said such bungling they never witnessed,
and that with proper hands the work they took
two hours to do would be done in ten minutes.
From the Friday morning I formed the opinion that
the crew were] insufficient, and I likewise formed
the question that no person would be justified in thinking
his life safe ; when I went on deck on Friday morning I
only saw two men, but there might have been others on
deck ; I saw some foreign sailors on board ; I did not hear
a cry of " Land ahead; I went on deck about three-quar-
ters of an hour before she struck; the wind had abated
considerably ; there was heavy hazy weather at the time,
but when I came on deck I saw the land plain ahead ; it
was about a mile or a mile and a-half from us ; that was
three-quarters of an hour before she struck ; I heard, the
night before she struck, that we had passed some lights,
and one man told me he knew the lights, and that they
were the Isle of Man lights ; while I was on deck for that
three-quarters of an hour the captain was doing everything
he could to wear the ship ; it was not blowing hard at the
time, it was a nice breeze ; I heard the anchors dropped ;
I was on the rigging when she struck; she dropped in
slowly to the rocks, and not with any great crash; the cap-
tain said, if the people would only keep quiet, that he
would be able to construct something that would be ;the
means of saving them, but in the confusion, every one tried
to save himself, and the captain's order were not carried out.
Robert Holland, of Galway, gentleman : I was a pas-
senger ; I first went on board on Tuesday ; she sailed on
Thursday, about one o'clock ; the pilot left us about seven
o'clock in the evening, between Holyhead and Skerries
Lighthouse ; after that it commenced to blow very hard,
about half a gale of wind from the south ; I know some-
thing of nautical affairs ; I have had two yachts ; I did not
go to bed that night, in consequence of seeing the ship
was not properly handled; I saw some of the sails clewed
up and others flapping ; the mizen topsail and the main-
topsail were torn ; I assisted myself in endeavouring to
furl and clew up those sails, as I saw the men were not
capable of doing it, and thinking my services sadly
wanting; I don't think there was enough of hands aboard
to manage the ship in the way she was at the time, it
might do very well if there was a steady breeze ; I mixed
amongst the crew myself continaally ; there was a number
of them foreigners ; I spoke to several of them frequently
myself, and they could not understand me, or I them ;
even after they came ashore 1 heard them trying to get
something to eat, but they could not make themselves
understood ; I was' a first-cabin passenger. On the night
of Thursday, or about two o'clock on Friday morning,
my apprehensions were so excited from the manner in
which I saw the ship handled, and the rapid pace we
were going through the water, and the great confusion
that was on deck, I went into the second cabin and called
some of my friends, as I dreaded we might go on the
Irish coast, which I thought was to leeward, I said to these
that I thought there was no danger, and urged them to
come up ; some of them said they would be no use on
deck ; at this time I saw the captain on the quarterdeck ;
I considered •we were in great danger at the ,time ; the
ropes were new, and the blocks were too small for them to
run through, at least the ropes would not run freely
through them; at one time I saw a sailor having to go
aloft to grease some of the ropes in order to lift the main
topsail ; I observed that difficulty on Thursday night, and
I heard the sailors cursing the niggers for the condition
they had sent them to sea in ; from my observations, I
pon't think the crew were efficient,- but I am certain that
if she was properly manned, the accident would not have
occurred ; some of the foreigners were not strong-looking
men, others were ; I never went to bed at all until shortly
before we struck, when I lay dowd in my clothes ; about
twelve o'clock on Saturday an elderly gentleman, named
Pierce came down to me, and said he understood there was
land a head ; I immediately went on deck, and when I saw
the land I knew nothing could save her ; it was now blow-
ing hard at the time, I considered we were too long on
that tack, and I said if we kept much longer we must be
near land ; when I came; on deck the anchor was let go ;
it gave her a little check, but did not do any good ; the.
N essel would neither wear or stay at the time, I heard
the captain making the remark to cut away the mizenmast ;
I think if it was cut away a great many more would have
been saved ; there was a small screw-steamer put on
board in Liverpool; she was not iron ; the funnel was
taken out of her ; it was close to the compasses ; I did not
hear or see any soundings taken ; when I came on deck
the weather was hazy, but I could see half-a-mile.
Robert Davison, of Kent, was the next witness : I am a
seaman ; I was a passenger on board the Tayleur ; I have
been twenty-six years at sea. I went on board on Wed-
nesday afternoon, and she sailed on Thursday; she was in
great confusion, like all other new ships; when I went on
board the riggers had not done with her at the time ;
there was all new running rigging ; the ropes had been
stretched in cold weather; had they been stretched in
warm weather they would do better ; I sometimes helped
to pull some of the ropes, and it was with a great deal of
trouble ; they run very hard. The pilot left us about half-
past seven o'clock* Thursday evening; we were then in
the neighbourhood of a light, which I think was Holy-
head. There was a single reef in the topsails at the time;
the wind was pretty fresh ; I think the vessel fell off to
the westward ; she was on the larboard tack ; I came on
deck about ten o'clock that night, it was then blowing
very heavy ' • on Friday morning, about seven o'clock, we
were under double-reefed topsails, the breeze blowing very
fresh ; I remained on deck all day, off and on ; I saw the
crew reef the mizen ; the vessel was not at that
time sufficiently manned; but, in my opinion, when the
men would get accustomed to each other they would work
her comfortably ; I mixed through the crew between that
period and the time she struck ; there were a great many,
I think twelve or fourteen foreigners among them ; I
think about eight of these foreigners understood English,
and the rest did not, and had to be interpreted to by the
others ; I know that better now from hearing them at the
Sailors' Home; in moments of danger it is of the greatest
importance that men should' know the orders given to
them. In my opinion the ship was fit for sea if the
people were used to the gear, and everything in its proper
place; I think everything that was out of place was re-
moved as quickly as possible ; that was done on Friday ;
the crew were occupied in. settling the reef tackles and
other things on Friday that should have been done before
we left Liverpool ; the night before Friday was squally,
and might have put things out of their place ; I did not
hear or see soundings taken ; the captain endeavoured to
get an observation of the sun about noon on Friday ; the
weather was fine for about an' hour and a half; the ship
was on the same tack from nine o'clock on Friday night
until she struck ; during the whole of Friday night she
was not going more than lf knot an hour ; the vessel used
to answer her helm very well when on a wind I saw the
steamer that was on board ; she was lashed from the
break of the poop to the mainmast, on the starboard side ;
it was about eight feet from the steamer to the first or
" tell-tale" compass, and thirty-three feet to the second or
binnacle compass; the fan of the steamer was close to the
break of the poop ; I looked on Saturday, in the two hours
before she struck, four times at the binnacle compass: the
wind was about south, her head being W.S.W.; Ido not
know the lie of the channel well ; but, if the ship had
made her course with that steering, she would have fetched
clear of everything ; or, if we struck, it would be some-
where about Ballycotton ; with an efficient crew the three
topsails ought to be comfortably reefed in-an houi and a
half, one after another ; if the crew were all British
seamen they might have reefed in a better manner;
I saw on Friday the men reefing the mizen topsail,
and it was not done as British sailors ought to do
it, they were so long over it, and went so lubberly
about it, the canvas being new and the gear stiff: we
first saw land about twenty minutes to eleven o'clock
on Saturday ; it was then about one mile and a-half away ;
there were four of the foreign sailors reefing the mizen
topsail, three of whom were good men ; after I came on
deck, and saw the land on Saturday morning, there was
an attempt made to wear the ship; when it was first
descried the land was on the lee bow ; the wind was blow-
ing a stiff breeze, but not too much for a vessel of her
size ; the weather was very hazy, with slight showers of
rain, very thick ; the captain was on deck when I came
up ; she had three close-reefed topsails, and a foretopmast
staysail on her at the time, and, in my opinion, if she had
more sail on her she would have gone clear of land
attempt was made to wear her; she made about a third of
a circle, but would not go round any further, whick, I
think, was on account of there being so many boats on the
spars ; there were a lot of spars, flush with the poop, in
which the boati were placed, in the same manner as whalers
carry their boats ; the attempt that was made to wear her
was the first attempt that I saw made to alter her course,
from nine o'clock on Friday night ; I saw the caPta:vs,
taking an observation about noon on Friday; if he bad;
made it he could have told his position, and if his some
Passes were wrong he could have told it if he tried; to=

the time we left Liverpool until we sighted Lambay, I
hadino fear of danger • on Friday they shook the reefs
out of the topsails and took them in again ; I was repeat-
edly told by the passengers that they thought there was
danger, but I told them that it was always the way in
a new -ship ; after we failed to wear the ship the captain
set the foresail, hauled out and set the spanker, and
then he,tried to set the main staysail, but the sheet got off
the belaying pin, knocked two or three men down, and
we were obliged to haul the sail down, and, soon as it was
hauled down, the captain shouted out " Let go the anchor,"
and ran forward himself to see it done ; the starboard
anchor was let go, and took about ninety fathoms of
cable ; the-cable snapped, but it ought not to have snapped,
as there-was not a heavy sea, and there was very little
way on her; there might have been a flaw in the cable ;
before the, cable snapped they tried to clear the port
anchor, bat, to the best of my belief, it was foul; she then
fell off before- the wind, and nearly cleared the island,
when the sails filled, and she went alongside the rocks
broadside on.; from the time we sighted Lambay until we
went on the-rocks, the captain and the crew, and every
man on board used every exertion to save the vessel ; I
can only attribute the catastrophe to the vessel being out
of her course.
In the course of the examination, Lieut. Prior, the
assistant emigration commissioner, was requested to state
the exact number of the crew. He said there were 71
hands, of whom 57 composed the crew, viz., captain, three
mates, boatswain and mate, carpenter, steward, cook, 26
able seamen, 11 ordinary seamen, 6 apprentices, 2 passen-
ger cooks, 2. dn. stewards, 1 clerk. Of the 26 able seamen
12 were foreigners, all of whom, except two Chinese,
could speak English. The tonnage of the ship was 1,997
tons, and the complement of men required by the emigra-
tion commissioner was generally 3 to the 100 tons. The
government ships had a complement of 4 men to the 100
tons, even when only carrying stores.
At five o'clock the inquest was adjourned to Saturday.
SATURDAY.

it on Saturday he was on the look ,out himself—generally.
There were look-outs properly stationed. He expected to
be at a distance of from eighteen to twenty miles up to
the time he saw the land.. He heard. no cry of " land"
from any one. He declared it would be false if any one
said he ever observed "he believed, the crew to be an
indifferent set, but that he found, they were worse than
he thought them." He also denied. that he said that
" some of the crew were hiding below amongst the pas-
sengers." He likewise denied he gave orders to the
carpenter to " put stays upon the blocks, to keep them
from bursting."
Mr. Holland was here confronted-with Captain Noble,
who before him made the foregoing denialsof his evidence.
After some further answers to points in his direct testi-
mony, the coroner called
The first mate of the Tayleur, Michael Murphy, who
said he read the log prepared by Captain Noble, and be-
lieved it to be correct. He found the crew of the ship a
very fair crew. Part of them were very good men. There
were 20 good ones of 23 able seamen. Four or five of the
able seamen were foreigners. He heard no complaints
from the passengers of the inefficiency of the crew. He
found some of the foreigners—not the able seamen—
skulking. He found them in the forecastle, and reported
them to the captain. The other seamen were pretty good
sailors, but not so good as the able-bodied. men.
To Mr. Barry.—l do not think the ordinary seamen
were the worst to be found in Liverpool. I did not con-
skier them bad men. The crew was in my opinion suf-
ficient. I saw the sailors reefing the mizentops. The
did not do it in a lubberly manner. The running gear
worked fairly ; it was somewhat stiff,,but he did not see
grease put into a block. If 10 more, or 50 more seamen
were aboard, the ship would not have been saved. No-
ticed the differences in the compasses at eight o'clock on
Saturday morning —the day before there was a slight dif
ference. I have a master's certificate.
The witness Ready was here re-called,. and asked did the
captain observe to him that the crew was a bad crew ?
Ready repeated the facts in his evidence. He heard the
captain swear that he would punish the fellows who had
been caught asleep in the tops, and. who had been dis-
covered skulking below.
The Captain denied the truth of Ready's statement.
I Mr. Fitzgibbon, for the owners of the ship, suggested
that the only question for the jary was, how the deceased
came by their deaths.
The Coroner asked the jury if they were satisfied they
had heard evidence enough ?
Mr. Coffey here produced a copy of a deposition taken
By Captain Walker, in Jervis-street Hospital from Mr.
Nichol, and urged that for the ends of justice this evidence
ought to be taken. He asked for an adjournment of the'
inquest to produce further evidence:,`
Mr. Fitzgibbon not offering any objection, the deposi-
tion of Mr. Nichol was read by the coroner.
George Cutts, of Hull, a passenger on board the Tayleur,
heard the captain sax to the carpenter the blocks should
' be stayed.
Captain Walker, R,N., suggested that it was " eased,"
not stayed, because blocks are not stayed.
Witness.—From what he saw he did not think the crew
an efficient one. Before the accident he expressed that
opinion, and he heard others. of the passengers express a
similar opinion.
Mr. Coffey said the ship's papers ought to be forthcom-
ing before this inquiry was closed.
The inquest was then adjourned to one o'clock yester-
day (Monday) afternoon.

The inquest was resumed this morning.
J. Noble, of Whitehaven, sworn.—l was captain of the
ship Tayleur. She left Liverpool about noon on Thursday,
the 19th instant. She was 1979 tons register, new mea-
surement. Her draft 17 feet forward, 18 feet 3 inches aft .
The pilot left us between Point Lynas and Skerries. The
wind S.W., fresh breeze, increasing fast- We had single
reef topsail courses. Hauled up maintop-gallant sail,
dewed up. We shortened sail. I had the crew on board
three or four days before we sailed. We seldom know
anything of the crew before sailing. The only men of the
crew I knew before was the third mate's. Thursday night
was very stormy. I was on deck the whole night. I found
my crew to work very well. I had an opportunity of try-
ing the vessel while the pilot was on board, in smooth
water, and she went steady on one tack. Friday, blowing
hard under close-reefed topsails and fore-topmast staysail.
After having the helm aweather and after yards squared
for some considerable time, the ship would not pay off.
This occurred about eight o'clock on Friday morning, and
was the first time I tried to wear ship. I could assign no
cause for her not paying off, but was much surprised at
it. I know the vessel was built from the keel for a sailing
vessel. She answered the helm very badly on the first
attempt to wear her; and either on that occasion or the
next I attempted to wear her, I had to clew up the mizen
topsail. Even then she was a long time coming round;
it took nearly an hour before she was turned on another
tack, and she drifted about five miles. Au ordinary
vessel ought to have done this work in half the time,
and lose only half the distance. I mean by an or-
dinary vessel, the general average of sailing-vessels.
I found a difference in working this vessel and work-
ing smaller vessels. I do not know that there is a
larger ship in England. She was an iron vessel. The
largest vessel I ever commanded before was the Australia,
1,170 tons. Had I the Australia to wear under the cir-
cumstances stated, I should expect to have done in forty
minutes, and not lose more than three miles. We lost sight
of the Skerries light shortly before four o'clock in the
morning of Saturday. The wind was S.S.W., the ship
going about two knots an hour. The whole of Friday I
did not take an observation, although I was on the look-
out for it, and should have done so if.l could. I had the
sextant with me on deck that day, about half-past twelve
o'clock. I had the sextant to my eye several times for the
purpose, but could not get a clear horizon. We made sail
after four o'clock on Saturday morning. From the time
she left Liverpool to the time she strucl never was in bed,
or had my clothes off. I wore ship about eleven o'clock on
Friday night, the Skerries light in sight, and was on the
port tack. The whole night after I was on that tack up
to the time she struck. Up to four o'clock on Saturday
morning she rolled about, and had barely steerage way on
her. A little before four o'clock I set the reef-courses. To-
wards six o'clock the breeze freshened, and backed round
to the southward; after that to the south-east, and, in
two or three hours more, changed to S.E. and by south.
The ship heading S.W. and by west, going about four or
five knots an hour. I heaved the log several times be-
tween six and eight o'clock. The wind increased, and
about seven or eight o'clock set single-reefed topsail and
stay sail. Hazy weather, and when the single-reef sails
were set she was going about eight knots an hour. By
ten o'clock on that morning it was blowing a heavy gale.
The ship's head was rather SW., or SW. by south. We
shortened sail about ten o'clock. At eleven o'clock it was
still blowing hard. Ship's head SW. by S. and under
close-reefedfor andmizen topsail, double-reefed maintopsail,
foresail unreefed, foretopmust staysail and spanker.- At
half-past eleven o'clock wind suddenly shifted in a squall
to S.S.W. from S.E. About the time the ship was paying
off to the shift of wind, and I was in the act of taking in
the foresail, but had not got it started, I saw the land.
Before I saw it I was somewhat farther than what I was.
But how much I cannot tell. I suppose myself to be about
three or four miles from the land I saw. I did not then
know what particular part of the coast it was. The first
thing I did was to order the hands, most of whom were at
the time engaged at the foresail, to wear ship. Ido not
know whether the mate had had all hands on deck or not,
but they were all at work as quickly as if they had all
been up. They went at once to execute the orders I had
given. After the ship had changed her course the land
bore broad on the lee bow. The ship went off nearly a
point in obedience to the rudder, but from the time. 15
minutes, which she took to go off that point, and from the
rate she was forging through the water while breaking
off, I sawlshe would go ashore before she could get her head
round altogether. The sails alone would not have brought
her round that point without the assistance of the helm.
The latter was not hard to work. I had two men at it at
the time—under the circumstances the Australia would
have cleared the island easily. When I first saw land I
had no doubt whatever that I should have been able to
wear her round, and that the Tayleur would oave cleared
it, and she would have done so if she had worked properly ;
by that I mean, if she had answered her helm quickly, and
as any ordinary vessel would do.
A Juror.—Do you think it would have made any differ-
ence if you had had 10 more men on board ?
Witness.—lf I had had 100 more men additional on
board Ido not think I could have done any better. I did
not ask any of the passengers to assist the crew in work-
ing the ship, nor did any of them lay hands on a rope
that I know. The crew were amply sufficient to do so.
In my opinion I had hands enough.
Lord Talbot de Malahide asked witness—Did the new-
ness of the tackle interfere with the working of the ship ?
Witness.—lt was not, of course, as easy to work with
it ; but it did not interfere materially with the working of
it. The tackle was good. The crew were good. I mean
that the ship was properlyfound. I suppose the compasses
to have been wrong. I detected a difference in. them my-
self. After finding I could not clear land I brought the
ship to the wind again and made sail as fast as possible.
I got on additional after canvas. I put on the spanker and
mizen-staysail, maintopmast-staysail, and I had given
orders, to loose the mainsail and the jib, but I thought the
ship would not bear it as it was blowing too hard, and I
therefore gave up the idea. No matter what sail I had on,
I do not think the ship would have stayed, as there was
too much sea running. If I could have got her round on
the other tack, either by staying or wearing, I would have
got clear of the island. I do not think that either the
Australia or any other ship would have stayed under the
circumstances, but it was my only chance, and all Isould
do was to try it. The wind wrs blowing S.S.W., and a
heavy gale. I did not see any appearance of land, except
in the one place Lambay. When I found she would not
stay, and that I could do ns good by keeping :the sails on
the ,ship, I cleared away the port anchor, and let go ;
hauled .down fall the staysails, and let go the fore and
main
.topsail sheet, the mizentopsail sheets remaining
fast, 'and hauled up the foresail, in order to take the
way of the ship as much as possible. The cable of the
port anchor ran out to seventy or eighty fathoms, and
parted, but before it broke the order was given to let go
the starboard anchor. It likewise ran out about eighty
fathoms of chain, which was on deck, and about twenty
fathoms out of locker, and parted ; neither of the cables
fouled in running out. The ship was not going two
knots an hour at the time, and the moment the sails
were let go, what way she had on her was lost imme-
diately, as the sea was dead against her. If the cables
had not parted, the vessel would have been saved ; but it ,
was as much as one could expect them to hold the ship,
with the sea running in on a lee shore from the whole I
breadth of the Channel. The ship then drifted right
ashore, and grounded very easily. She first took the
ground aft, near the rudder, which she unshipped. I
kept the yards braced full, so as to swing her broadside
upon the rocks, to give the passengers a chance of getting
off. No boat could have lived out, owing to the sea then
running. We had seven boats on board, which were ready
for lowering, if there had been any chance of saving the
passengers by means of themi I never felt myself at a
loss for hands after I left Liverpool. My opinion, as a
seafaring man, why the vessel did not answer her helm was,
that the foremast, and probably all the other masts, were
too far aft, and perhaps her rudder was too small. The
position of the boats on the spars and in the davits, did
not influence the sailing or trim of the vessel. I was not
hurried in any way on leaving port. I went on shore
myself and told the owners that the vessel was all ready,
and begged of them to get me off immediately, as there
was a slant of wind at the time, which would take me
clear of Holyhead. No soundings were:taken. No table
of errors was furnished to me by the parties who tried
the compasses. The boats were not ordered out when the
vessel struck, because I thought it would be injudicious
to do so, seeing the state of the sea. One of the boats
had been lowered notwithstanding. The entire of the
cables had not been run out when they parted. On board
the Australia I had a crew of 33, twenty being able seamen.
Captain Noble underwent a lengthy cross-examination
by Mr. Coffey, on the part of Mr. Codd, and Mr. Barry,
for Mr. Carmichael. In the course of his further evidence
he said he made no experiment as to the capacity of the
ship before she cleared out on her voyage ; nor was he
aware that the owners had caused any experiment to be
made. A few days before they sailed her compasses were
adjusted. The helm of the ship was tried by the pilot in
the tideway after she left the dock. This was done to
avoid the vessels lying in her way. She then answered
her helm ; if she had not the fact would have been noticed
at once. The vessel was swung some time in Nova when
her compasses were found to be correct ; and from that
to the day she cleared out the vessel was not again swung
for that purpose, but the compasses were examined a week
or fortnight before the vessel sailed. The day the wreck
occurred he examined the compasses, and discovered an
error in three of them. One showed a difference of two
points., another one-and-a-haif, and the third also at vari-
ance:. When he wore the ship for the first time he found
bet slew to answer her held ; this proved to be a consi-
de',rable defect. Every block and every rope in the ship
was in good working order. At eight o'clock, mid from