The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06

cation. widespread its workings and con-
tro how colossal the interests it watches
over.
Hardly a ship goes to sea-none of any
s;ze 10 any distant port-without the
dominance of Lloyd's; without being duly
Entered and described in Lloyds list; I'M
6erwritten at Lloyd's-insured. that is to
sav by members of Lloyd's. While afioat
she is under Lloyd's constant care.
Ilovd's follows her through every vicissi-
tnde Of her voyage, notes delays and daft
gsrs records arrivals and departures;
I1ovd's has the earliest news of disasters;
A. is L,loyd's loal agent who is first on the
il is Lloyd's local agent who is first on the
care of the cargo.
The interior of Lloyd's has often been
described, yet words can hardly do jus
tice 10 the scene. The broad. handsome
stone staircase, always thronged with
two currents moving up and down, the
,,rceasing hum of voices within the under
writing room, where rates and risks are
7,arrnlv discussed between underwriters
and brokers, while above all rises from
,i-,e IN time the callers" trumpet tongue
asking for members by name, or proclaim
ing in stentorian tones the latest news,
GOOD or bad, that ships are lost, or miss
ing ships are saved.
Here on one side is the chamber of
horrors" the room where kilograms, yell
low or red. report the latest casualties
in the shipping trade, news so promptly
dispatched that it is sometimes posted
I'D within Is minutes of the disaster. Be
S-ond is the reading room. with its mann
moth journals ana registers containing
the true history of almost every British
shin afOat and many under foreign nags.
Bv a simple but most minute ana com
plefe system of indexing 1t is possible
10 turn up any ship, with its cross reter-
pnces to Lloyd's lists where all her
movements and all that ever nappeheeu 70
her are carefully inscribed. These jour
nails are kept constantly posted; spec
ial staff of clerks come on duty When
the days business is over ana remain at
work till far into the night
In this reading room are the captains
registers" giving the record ana per-
formance of every certificated master IN
the merchant marine. This admlraDie
guide is closely studied and much trust
ed by the underwriters, who insure, or
take a line as it is called, very much
according to the character OF the Cap
tain who is to command.
once more in the committee room, It's
many curiosities are lnspeetedi an carry ,
copy of Llyod's List, l!45; the earles I
known policy of marine insurance, dated
Jan. 20, 1880, and executed on the Golden
Fleece. on her voyage from LISBON 70
Venice; another, Jan. IL, l71s, In favor OF
the Due de Normandie, from Rochelle to
St Domingo with a cargo of negro slaves;
the policy effected upon the great Napo-
leon, at three guineas per cent; Tor, one
month, to be paid in case Napoleon Bon
aparte shall cease to exist or be taken
prisoner" dated June, 1913, when gam
bling insurances were rife and executed
upon highwaymen still at large and any
odd chance was taken at Lloyds; an orig
inal letter from the Duke of wilmington
70 the secretary; many portraits, and
Dighton caricatures of celebrities at
The central figure at Lloyd's, the pivot
around which everything moves and
to-day is A very remarkable man. Col.
Henry Hozier, who has filled this respon-
Si6le post for upwards ,i, OF twenty, , years
ure; he has CHEEKY face and is of sam
guine temperament, full of "pawky'''
in his lighter moments with a loud boyish
glee that is quite infectious.
Col. Hozier is asked:
And your life here; do you like 1t?
Hard? Yes. perhaps. but most en-
loyable' and always engrossing. It is
full of variety and Of much more than
mere office routine. There is no knowing
what may happen, what startling intel
lgence may arrive at any moment. One
of the new features introduced here by
proud is the development of our means
of securing early information. We have
established a complete network of sig
nal stations at prominent points upon the
sea-coast all the world over. We have
placed them mostly on barren, isolated
spots where there are no shipping agents
nected with us by cable and wire If I
mention some of these you will under
stand what we have done.
We have stations now at the. LIZARD,
on the Scilly islands, at Lundy island, on
Fastnet, Rosche's Point and Flambor-
ough Head; abroad, at Malta. Gibralter,
Port Said, the Cape of Good Hope, Alden,
Suez, Perrin, and Cape Spartel. We thus
know all about ship, can intercept her
with fresh orders, send assistance, re-
port losses, news of wrecks and derelicts
met upon the voyage. Reports of this
kind, or of passing ships can be got by
shipowners a. a shilling message.
Il hear good deal that would surprise
you-tales of heroism, patient endurance,
noble endeavors, salvages and rescues
accomplished at imminent peril. Believe
me. Lloyd's is full of romances of the
sea.
There is no stranger story, for in
stance than that of the Lutine-that chair
you sit in was made out of her rudder-
nave you ever heard OF it? l Will tell you
all / know. l took the matter soon after
l came to Lloyds, and, with permission,
searched the record office for anything
authentic about her. You see the most
extravagant reports were in circulation
as to the vast treasure still buried deep
below the sands at the bottom of the
Zuyder Zee.
,
with its glamour of vast treasure still
sought for, and still, except in part I'M
recovered. She was a kings ship, not
built originally for the British navy, but
taken, like so many more that flew the
British flag in those days, from the French
in 1898.
=, At that time the Lutine, a frigate of
thlrty-six guns, formed part of the French
Meet in Toulon harbor, when war was
declared and Lord Hood went out with a
sIrong force to try conclusions in the
mediterranean. Toulon surrendered to
nm, presently to be occupied and garri-
soned and occupied by English troops and
". ~ pc besieged next year by the young ar
tli.i!eeryman, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Inc French feet of which the Com
MERGE de Marseilles, of 40 guns, was the
Ghle1, and seventeen others, including the
Lulne, fell- into Lord Hoods hands. 1t
was the custom then to make no change
n name when capturing a foreign ship
~ " pIlhglng her on the British list, partly,
ny ,uouot through superstition.
IN the autumn OF 1893 IL was necessary
70 SEND large amount of specie across
me North Sea, and, as usual, applica ton
was made to the admiralty for a kings
ahhIp. rms method of conveyance was
thought the best guarantee for honesty,
ssne pest assurance against capture by
Lorelgn foes. Although some money is
supposed to have been transmitted by
we Lutine to pay British troops then
serving in Holland, the bulk of the treas
ue was forwarded for purely commercial