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source - The Cork Examiner, 21 January 1863 -

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
January 20th, 1863.
ARRIVED--Clayton, Dunn, Algoa Bay, cotton and wood.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
OFF PORT--(Wind S.W.)--Spitfire, from Callao.
SAILED--Hero, for Ballina.
Spoken, December 5th, ship South, of and from
Liverpool (22 day out), for Aden, 4.50 N., 20 20 W.--all
well ; Dec. 2th [sic], steamer Sir James Duke, from Aden,
for London, 6.52 N., 20.40 W.--parted with her on the
10th inst., 7.28 N., 20.49 W. ; December 30th, ship
Gottenburg, from Moulmein (out 170 days), bound to
Cadiz, 34.15 N., 30.50 W., by the barque Clayton, arrived
here from Algoa Bay.
LONDONDERRY, THIS DAY--The Alabama, from Androssan
to Limerick, with coals, is ashore off Bouncrana, Lough
Swilly. Crew saved.


THE LATE GALES
The destruction of property by the late gales has
been so great, that at present it would be impossible
to give anything like a correct number of the
casualties. It is offically reported that the shipping in
the river, the docks and other places, was extensively
damaged, and in the Thames sundry small craft were
forced from their moorings, and carried away by the
force of the wind.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 4 February 1863 -

A FORTUNE MADE IN A DAY.--A splendid prize has just
been picked up by the captain and crew of the Annie
Vernon, a steamer trading between Newport,
Monmouthshire, and other ports. While on her voyage off
Holyhead she fell in with a large East Indiaman which had
been abandoned, took her in tow, and brought her in
safety to the Mumbles, Mr. Jackson, chief mate, being
placed on board to take possession. She was laden with
teak-wood and rice, and the cargo alone is valued at
£70,000. The salvage will consequently yield to the
captain such a sum as will enable him to retire, and the
other officers and men will each have a handsome share.
The vessel is supposed to have been deserted by her
crew during the fearful gales at the commencement of the
wreck. [sic]

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 9 February 1863 -

MISS BURDETT COUTT'S RELIEF OF
DISTRESS.
----------
THE royal mail steamer Canada, Captain GRACE,
which arrived at Queenstown for [sic] Liverpool
yesterday, on her outward voyage to Halifax and
Boston, carried a number of passengers of a class
who do not usually travel in the mail steamers. Beside
30 first class passengers, the Canada brought with
her from Liverpool 127 emigrants, weavers from
Spitalfield, London, with their families, and orphans
from St. Giles Refuge. There embarked yesterday at
Queenstown, under the care of the Rev. M. LEADER,
P.P., twenty-three persons, consisting of fishermen
and their families. Thus there were in all a hundred
and fifty emigrants, who are being sent to Halifax at
the sole cost of Miss BURDETT COUTTS. Besides
defraying the cost of passage, which was we
understand granted on favourable terms by Sir
SAMUEL CUNARD, Miss COUTTS provided a complete
outfit for each of the objects of her bounty. The
parties selected were either entire families or orphans,
by which prudent step it will be at once perceived
that while the emigrants obtain all the benefit of going
to a country where labour is valuable, there are none
left behind to suffer by their loss. Previous to the
departure of the English portion of the emigrants, they
were addressed at a meeting held for the purpose,
and informed that a party of Irish would meet them in
Queenstown, and they were appealed to meet their
fellow emigrants as friends and brothers. We believe
there is, no doubt, that this will appeal will be fully
responded to, and justice done to the generosity of a
lady who sets the principle of Christian charity above
the prejudice of sect or nation. The remarkable act of
benevolence which we have mentioned is of a
character that could not escape notice, but it has been
accompanied with a number of traits that enhance its
value. We would willingly mention them, but that we
understand Miss COUTTS is averse to any publicity
that can be avoided of those good deeds in which she
finds such a noble employment for her wealth.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 25 February 1863 -


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
February 24th, 1863.
ARRIVED--Olive, Spillane, Valencia, flags ; Mary Connick
(collier) ; Amana, Graham, Kustendje, maize ; Milost,
Radonicich, Constantinople, wheat.
SAILED--Cornhill, Murray, Cardiff, ballast ; Magyar,
Pendergast, Youghal, ballast ; Alexandrina Victoria, Murphy,
Cardiff, ballast ; Adelaide, Price, Newport, scrap iron ; Perilla,
Bayes, Newport, ballast ; Eliza, Walsh, Newport, ballast ;
Sabrina steamer ; Gem of the Ocean, Baxfield, Antwerp, olive
oil ; Ocean, Christiansen, London, timber ; Crimea, Bodd,
Limerick, maize ; Matfen, Taylor, Glasgow, maize ; Chieftan,
Anderson, Ballina, maize ; Orizova, Fleming, Liverpool, bone
ash ; Mercurim, Merelbach, Cardiff, ballast.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S.S.W.; dull, misty)--Daphne, from New
York ; Devi Versuch, New York ; Banshee, Liverpool, for
Madeira. Put in (damage to machinery) --Thomas English,
Sulina.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 24 January 1863 -


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
January 23rd, 1863.
ARRIVED--Zephyr, Mars, Mazagan, maize ; Elizabeth,
young, Liverpool, coals, for Gibraltar--windbound
;Cloras, Erwin, Mazagan, maize, for Westport--put in
windbound ; City of Manchester, steamer, Liverpool, for
New York and proceeded.
SAILED--Eliza, Walker, Woolwich, timber.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind W., ; fresh breeze ; fine)--Syren, from
Rangoon ; Caros, Mazagan ; Glasgow (s.s.), New York.
SAILED--John Bell (s.), for Liverpool, in tow of the tug
Blazer.
NEW YORK, 10TH JAN.-- The New York, from Bremen,
arrived here on the 7th inst. ; City of Washington, from
Liverpool, on 8th ; Africa, from Liverpool, at Halifax, on
9th ; Royal Visit, from New York, for Wexford, is at
Baltimore, in distress ; Annie Laurie, hence for Liverpool,
is at Halifax, leaky ; Harold, from New York, has been
abandoned at sea ; Jacob Bell, Glasgow, to Portland, has
been fallen in with disabled, returning.
------
SHIPPING CASUALTY.
BELFAST, THIS DAY.--A fire broke out last night in the
cabin of the schooner Isabella and Jane, of Belfast. Her
cabin has been burnt, but she sustained little damage.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Cork Examiner, 2 March 1863 -

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
February 28th, 1863.
ARRIVED--Cluny, Gibson, Minatitlan, mahogany ;
Teresa Maria, Zasperazza, Odessa, wheat ; H. E.
Spearing, Rogers, Dametta, cotton seed ; Narayrina,
Wilkinson, Cardiff, coals, for Malta, put in leaky ; Witch
of the Seas, Robinson, Odessa, maize ; Adler, Konow,
Alexandria, wheat ; Hannah, Humphries, Alexandria,
wheat ; Crocodile, Pepperell, Alexandria, wheat ;
Walsoken, Bulman, Alexandria, wheat ; Syrophenicion,
Willis, Sulina ; Julia, Kerr, Ardrossan, pig iron (98 tons),
for Seville, put in windbound--omitted yesterday ;
Herbert, White Eagle, Sarsfield, Grand Master,
Arbitrator, Hebe, Smith, Orion (colliers).
SAILED--Meredian, Pederson, Dublin, wheat ; Avance,
Tellessen, Tralee, wheat ; Mary Ann, Curry, Sligo, maize ;
Dorothea, Beain, Cardiff, ballast.
March 1, 1863
ARRIVED--Andre, Copathich, Odessa, wheat ; Brothers,
Morris, Cardiff, iron, for Galatz, windbound ; Danmark,
Rollo, Greenock, general, for Ceylon, windbound ; Alice
Thompson, Adams, Kustendijie, maize ; Saxony, Renne,
Sulina, maize ; Mary Ann, Curry (put back) ; Italo, for
Clyde ; Princess Alice, Kerr, New York, hams and
bacon in bulk.
SAILED--Halycyon steamer ; Due Cognate, Lineiz,
Bristol, grain ; Baltic, Tergensen, Londonderry, grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S. and by W.)--Lucine, New York.
PUT BACK--Paqueta de Habana, was towed up to a
dockyard on Saturday, reported leaky.
SAILED--Italo, for Greenock.
WATERFORD THIS DAY--The steamer Norseman
(Captain Applebe), arrived here yesterday, with some
bulwarks and ships' stores damaged.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 17 March 1863 -


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
March 15, 1863.
ARRIVED--Rocklight, Hadley, Callao, guano ; Pomona,
Anderson, Callao, guano ; Mary, Schierloh, Porto Plata,
mahongany ; Sicilian, Lennon, New York, wheat ; Canada
steamer, from Halifax and Boston, to Liverpool, and
proceeded ; Asia steamer, for New York, from Liverpool,
and proceeded.
PUT BACK (windbound)--Desmond, for Sligo ; Teresa
Maria, for Limerick.
SAILED--Andrea, Captovich, Kingroad, grain ; Fanny
Lewis, Mossiman, Liverpool, general ; Richard Irwin, Hall,
Glasgow, guano ; Huron, Oakley, Ferrol, coals ;
Franciska, Brogen, Stockholm, ballast ; Hebe, Thomas
and Ann, Swallow, Helen Scott (in ballast).
March 16, 1863
ARRIVED--Fanny M'Henry, Smith, Liverpool, general
cargo for Philadelphia--put in with rudder damaged.
OFF PORT--Annetta, Gaseu, Buenos Ayres, bone ashes.
OFF PORT--Ellen Maria, Hall, Glasgow, guano ;
Catherine, Lund, Havre, oil ; Brothers, Crawford, Sligo,
grain ; Preciosa, Fernandez, Lisbon, wheat ; Ignio S.,
Zangerli, Limerick, grain ; Teresa Maria, Limerick, grain ;
Desmond, Robinson, Sligo, grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED (Wind calm, and fine)--Annetta, Buenos Ayres.
OFF PORT--Alma, from Liverpool, for Halifax, filled up
with water, and proceeded ; Independence, from St. John's
N.B., for Wexford, lost part of deck load.
The American ship Rocklight, bound to London, in sailing
out last evening, got on the Harbour Rock, where she
remained till 11.30, p.m., when, with the assistance of a
steam tug, she was got off. She is now making much water.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -

Sir Charles and Lady Watson have arrived at the
Imperial (per City of New York), from New York.



source - The Cork Examiner, 1 April 1863 -


EMIGRATION TO CANADA.
----------
FROM LIVERPOOL TO QUEBEC.
----------
THE following First-class Sailing Ships will be despatched
with Passengers as follows :--To Sail,
WAVERLY Captain BONNAR 1st April.
SUBLIME Captain STALKER 2nd April.
ANGLESEA Captain BRUCE 8th April.
GENERAL WILLIAMS Captain HATFIELD To follow.
WISCONSIN Captain SCOTT "
WM. RATHBONE Captain PRATT "

For Passage apply to SABEL & SEARLE,
19, Water-Streeet, and Regent Road,
Liverpool ; or
DENIS BRENNAN,
Merchant's Quay, Cork.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - Freeman's Journal, 11 April 1863

The screw steamship St. Andrew, one of the Montreal Company's ocean steamers,
arrived at Kingston yesterday, from Glasgow for the purpose of carrying emigrants
direct to Portland. The St. Andrew is a very fine ship of her class; she is
constructed of iron, and commanded by Captain Kerr, an officer of repute in ocean
navigation. Her length is about 300 feet, and her tonnage 1,091 tons. She carries
eight officers including engineers, and has a complement of fifty men including
firemen and coal trimmers. The engines, and very fine ones they appear to be, are
very direct acting, and were constructed by Barclay Curle & Co. of Glasgow, who are
also builders of her hull.
They are patented by Frederick Spencer, of Glasgow, and can work with fresh water
instead of salt. The supply of fresh water taken in them at Glasgow, will suffice for the
whole passage which will probably occupy from fifteen to sixteen days.
Her nominal horsepower is 165, but she can work up to 300, and steam in smooth
water about nine knots per hour. The accommodation for passengers is ample,
particularly for those purposing to proceed by her in the first class. She is
registered to carry 894[?] passengers. The St. Andrew is about two years old,
and will probably leave this day for her destination, and a strong impression
prevails, from hints thrown out on shore, that she is chartered by the Federal
government for conveying recruits to the seat of war. One thing is certain,
that a large number of able bodied young men will ship in her previous to her departure,
and who may find an unknown and unhonored grave far from the homes of their ancestors.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 22 April 1863 -

PASSAGE PETTY SESSIONS--YESTERDAY.
------------
(Before Messrs. HOARE, BOLAND, JOHNSON and EGAN.)
A SAILOR named Peter Ahearne was fined 1s. and 5s.
costs, for assaulting a man named Jeremiah O'Callaghan.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 23 April 1863 -


ALLEGED SEIZURE OF A VESSEL AT NEW YORK.--A rumour
prevailed at New York when the Asia sailed, that the
Government had laid an embargo on a vessel laden with
stores, &c., for the French army in Mexico.


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
April 22, 1863.
ARRIVED--Raymond, Whoolahan, Buenos Ayres, bones,
proceeded to Berwick ; Thistle, Frown, Waterford, ballast,
to Quebec, put in through stress of weather.
OFF PORT--City of Cork (s.s.), New York to Liverpool,
and proceeded ; Vortex, Hibbot, St. John's, timber ;
George, Bindon, Gaboon River, oil, and proceeded to
Liverpool.
SAILED--Orion, Atkins, Quebec, coals ; Canada,
Torstensen, Woolwich, mahogany ; Sydney Aggers,
Campbell, Bombay, general cargo ; Albert Tessa, Schiebe,
Limerick, wheat ; Raymond, Whoolahan, Berwick, bone
ash ; Pearls, Owens, Plymouth, oats ; Chepstow, George
and Mary, Mary Ann, Alma (in ballast).
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind N.W. ; light, fine)-- Barlow, Cardenas ;
Ella, Matanzas ; Vortex, St. John's.
SAILED--Colonial Empire, Hull ; Isabella Atkinson,
Limerick.
Spoken by the Raymond, from Buenos Ayres, on April
5th, in latitude 22 N, longitude 43 W, the brig Betsey, from
Algoa Bay, for London.
BELFAST, THIS MORNING.--The brig Hanna, of Aberystwith
(Humphries, master), from Granton to Montreal, with a
cargo of iron and coals, on 17th instant, was struck by a
heavy sea in latitude 57 N, longitude 19.00 W, carrying
away boats, galley, &c., making a clean sweep of decks,
and throwing vessel on beam ends ; cargo shifted, and
bulwarks considerably damaged. The ship Saint Helena has
been towed in here by steamer Monder ; fore and
main-mast gone ; decks swept.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 23 April 1863 -

BIRTHS.
On the 17th March, on board the ship Tudor,
Bombay Harbour, the wife of Lieutenant Wherland,
R.N.R., of a son.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 6 June 1863 -

We (News) have been favoured with an Australian
telegram, which informs us that the Queen of the
Colonies has arrived at Brisbane. This is interesting
news for the friends of the emigrants by that ship
from Ireland.


ICE IN THE ATLANTIC.--The Daphne, which reached
New York on the 22nd ult., reports having been amongst
field ice and icebergs from the 4th to the 6th of May,
during which time she saw 11 other vessels entangled in
the ice.


PAINFUL SUICIDE OF A SHIP'S CAPTAIN IN THE
REGENT'S CANAL.
------------
On Wednesday Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, deputy
coroner, held an inquiry at the Prince of Wales Tavern,
Victoria Park, respecting the death of Captain George
William Harper, aged 44 years, who committed suicide
under very melancholy circumstances.
J. Russell, engine driver, said, that last Friday morning
was walking along the banks of the Regent's Canal when
he noticed the deceased floating on the surface. The body
was got out. When searched the portrait of a young lady
was found in one of the pockets. It was a photograph.
There was also the following letter, the edges of which
were burned:--
"London.
"Martha,--Through what I have been accused of I
have been driven to commit this dreadful act. May God
have mercy on my soul, and conduct you in the paths of
virtue. Adieu from me in this world.--G.H."
Witness said that there were also some receipts for
money received found in deceased's pockets, but only
6d. in money.
Mr. J. I. Brown, 32, Willow-walk, East Bermondsey,
contractor, said that deceased had been the captain of a
ship trading from London to China. Two or three years
ago he got sunstroke in Hong Kong which affected his
sight. He came to witness when he returned and told him
that he had a few hundred pounds, and that he would
invest it in a shop. He took a pawnbroker's shop in
Grundy-street, Poplar, but it failed. He called on witness
a few days ago, and said that he was ruined. His loss of
sight and his failure caused him to lose his mind. He said
he would drown himself. He had a wife and three
children, but they left him four months ago, and went to
Passage, in Ireland. Since then he was accused of forming
an improper intimacy with the young lady whose portrait
was found on him. Witness did not know who that lady
was. The quarrel with his wife did not arise out of that
affair. Deceased had been the captain of some of the
finest ships in the port of London. Witness did not know
of his own knowledge the details of the affair with the
young lady, but deceased was said to have caused her to
become enciente.
Mr. E. Myhill Davey, M.R.C.S., said that he was sent
for on last Friday morning, and found the deceased dead
on the bank. He had been in the water apparently about
two hours.
The Coroner then summed up and remarked upon the
deplorable circumstances of the case.
The jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound
mind.


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
June 5th, 1863.
ARRIVED--Nuova Margharita, Ponce, Galatz, maize ;
Argum, Arcuss, Odessa, Galatz, maize ; Sefira, Ciapella,
Ibrail, Galatz, maize ; William, Arat, Sulina, maize ;
Crosfell, Hamilton, Monte Video, bones ; Smith,
Thomas, New York, coals ; Scotia, Dyer, Callao, guano.
OFF PORT--Bella Craig, Callao, guano.
SAILED--Victory, Jones, Liverpool, guano ; Lavina,
Lemersuer, River Tay, bones ; Raleigh, Bergen, London,
bones ; Tre Sorella, Bollo, Liverpool, hides ; Jehu,
Liddle, Aberdeen, guano ; Teressa, Dunten, Liverpool,
hides ; Defora, Chappello, Londonderry, maize.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind W.; showery) Linwood, San Paolo
de Lando, coast of Africa, and proceeded to London ;
Alexandria, Havanah ; Bessie Young, Havannah ;
Harmonia, Callao ; Belle Carrig, Callao.
SAILED--Emerald, London ; Dido, Clyde ; Crossfell,
Hull ; Confidence, London.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 6 June 1863 -

DEATHS.
June 1, to the inexpressible grief of her family and
numerous friends, Mrs. Hearn, wife of Joseph Hearn,
Esq., of Tramore, for many years master mariner
trading from the port of Waterford.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 19 June 1863 -

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
June 18th, 1863.
ARRIVED--Flash, St. John's, oil, and proceeded to
Clyde ; Hamilton, Gray, Gedovich, Odessa, maize ;
Theocari, Cornulich, Alexandria, cotton seed ; Laura,
Cafiero, Ibrail, maize ; City of Baltiomore steamer,
Liverpool to New York, and proceeded ; Active,
Herbert, Darnley (colliers).
SAILED--Patriot, Valeur, Devonport, mahogany ;
Jane, French, London, sugar ; Emily, Knox, Rotterdam,
logwood ; Thomas and Mary, Jobbing, Londonderry,
maize ; Vetus, Fitzsimons, Havre de Grace, salt.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S.; fine)--Maria Francisco, from
Odessa ; Mary, Galatz.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



DEPARTURE OF THE S.S. "SIDON."--The full-powered first-class
s.s. "Sidon," in connection with the Cunard line, called at
Queenstown, from Liverpool, at five p.m. yesterday, en
route for New York, and having embarked about one
hundred passengers, with latest telegrams, &c., proceeded
at seven p.m., all well.


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
July 1st, 1863.
ARRIVED--Irt, Morgan, Demerara, timber ; Promesso,
Massa, Ibrail, maize ; Atlas steamer, Legget, Sulina, maize
; Orazio, Gamba, Liverpool, coals, to Genoa--put in
through stress of weather ; Sea, Duncan, New York, maize
; Columbus, Grunde, Havannah, sugar ; Mentor, Duwell,
New York, wheat ; Alert, Slado, Runcorn, salt ;
Staghound, Reward, Wave, Emma, Torence Eliza
Thayer, Sarsfield, Thomas, Maria and Martha ;
Neptune, Christensen, New York, maize.
OFF PORT--Great Eastern steamer, Liverpool to New
York, to embark passengers.
SAILED--Mizpah, Decent, Hamburg, oil ; Milano,
Maurin, Limerick, grain ; Margaret, Turnbull, Westport,
grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S. ; fine)--Criminal, Rath, Brandt,
from Odessa ; Christiansand, New York ; Von Laffert
Lehsen, New York ; Scotia (s.s.), Sulina ; Venus,
Liverpool for Cameroon River, coast of Africa--put in with
loss of foretopmast and jibboom ; Mercado, Odessa ;
Sidon (s.s.), Liverpool.
SAILED--Atlas (s.s.), Waterford ; Pieter, Sunderland.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



From The Cork Examiner, 3 July 1863 -


AMERICA.
QUEENSTOWN, FRIDAY, 2, P.M.--The homeward bound
Inman steamer Glasgow, from New York, reported off
harbour.


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
July 2nd, 1863.
ARRIVED--Ermenia, Costa, Ibrail, maize ; Ernestine,
Benson, Cardiff, coals, for Bermuda, put in leaky in bows
; Criminal, Rath, Brandt, Trietag, Odessa, maize ; Die
Sonne, Ziesmar, Odessa, wheat ; Christiansund,
Simonsen, New York, maize ; Venus, Fea, Liverpool,
general cargo, for Cameroon, C.A. ; Von Laffert Lehsen,
Schultz, New York, maize ; Scotia steamer, Harvy,
Sulina, maize ; Edinburgh steamer, Liverpool to New
York, and proceeded ; Mercede, Rulich, Sulina, maize.
SAILED--Great Eastern steamer, Paton, New York,
general ; Atlas steamer, Leggett, Waterford, maize ;
Sidon steamer, New York, passengers ; Imperatriz, De
Silva, London, beans ; Tieter, Dahlen, Sunderland, timber
; Eleanora, Brandivaite, Sligo, grain ; Irt, Morgan.
Liverpool, timber ; Iris, Kennard, Liverpool, bones ;
Amici, Preve, Waterford, grain ; Michele Gatorna,
Bonsignore, Cardiff, ballast ; Pellegra, Facie, Swansea,
ballast ; Vivid, Corning, London, oil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind N. ; light, fine)--Anneta Cosavich,
Sulina ; Flora, Ibrail ; Emmanuel, Ibrail ; Messina,
Taganrog ; Nuova Attaves, Sulina ; Maria Heyn, New
York ; Laura, Ibrail ; Pietro, Ibrail ; Eva, Ibrail.
SAILED--Pieter, for Sunderland ; Scotia steamer.


THE GREAT EASTERN.
------
WE incorrectly stated yesterday that it was to remove
portion of her cargo that the Great Eastern was detained
at the mouth of the Mersey. It was to take on board more.
It was also incorrect to state the number of passengers
sailing from Liverpool as a thousand ; the number was
about 800.
--------

TWO unwilling voyagers proceeded in the Great Eastern to
America from Queenstown on Wednesday evening. One
was the pilot who brought the leviathan into port, and who
had also to guide her out ; the other was a young
gentleman in the employ of Messrs. N. J. Cummins,
Brothers, agents of the ship and owners. They proceeded
to the ship, with a large number of visitors, in the
steam-tender Willing Mind ; and it was not until the latter
was a considerable distance on her return from the Great
Eastern, which was then steaming away on her long
voyage, that their absence was discovered. The Willing
Mind immediately turned around and went in pursuit of the
Great Eastern, and after some time, the latter having
purposely slackened speed, came up with her on the
leeward. The sea, however, was so rough, it was deemed
impossible to make fast alongside, and two involuntary
voyagers were left to experience the pleasures, or, it may
be, discomforts, of a passage in the Great Eastern.

--------

THE steamship Scotia, Captain Danby, commander,
belonging to the Greek and Oriental steamship Company,
arrived in the harbour yesterday from Selina, with a cargo
of Indian corn. Her main shaft, having been broken in the
Mediterranean, she was obliged to sail for the remainder
of the voyage. The cargo is consigned to Samuel Coventry
& Co., of this city.


IMPORTANT TO EMIGRATION AGENTS.
--------
IT will be in the recollection of readers of the Examiner
that a Special Petty Sessions were held in Killarney on
Monday, the 15th June, to try a summons in which
Captain Ellis, of the Emigration office, Liverpool, was
complainant, and Joseph Ahern, of Killarney, was
defendant. The summons charged the defendant with a
breach of the passenger Act, 18th and 19th Vic., chap.
119, sec. 75, for having acted as emigration runner,
without being licensed and for not wearing a badge. Mr.
Alexander Murphy appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Thos. R. Wilson for the defendant. Mr. Wilson denied that
his client was an emigration runner, and read the 3rd
section of the act (being the interpretation clause) in which
the term "emigration runner" was defined to be a person
who solicited intending emigrants in any seaport town or
place of shipping, or within five miles of the boundary
thereof ; and argued that as Killarney was not a seaport or
place of shipping, nor situate within five miles of any such
place, the act did not apply. The magistrates referred the
case to the Law Adviser of the Crown, and the following
is the opinion of that functionary on the matter:--
"Dublin Castle, 22nd June, 1863
"GENTLEMEN,--Referring to your letter of the 15th instant
relative to a man being summoned for acting as
"Emigration runner" without being duly licensed, I am
directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you that the
Law Adviser who has been consulted on the subject is of
the opinion that the acts complained of having been
committed at Killarney the act referred to viz.--the 18th
and 19th Vic. chap. 119--does not apply and that the
summons must be dismissed.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
"TOMAS LARCOM.
"The Magistrates, Petty Sessions, Killarney."

------------

THE RIGHT TO HOIST A FEDERAL FLAG.
------------
AT the Petty Sessions held in Killarney on Wednesday,
before Messrs. Thomas Gallwey, chairman ; Daniel C.
Coltsman, D.L. ; Henry Leahy, Richard Murphy, and R.
H. Orpen, Mr. Daniel Shea, emigration agent and
proprietor of a spirit store, in Hen-street, was summoned
by Mr. Owen Ahern, stationer and emigration agent, for
that he, on the 26th and 27th day of June, and on several
other days previously, hung out and displayed, or suffered
to be hung out and displayed, from his licensed public
house, a flag or decoration not being the known and usual
and accustomed sign of the house of a retailer of spirits,
after having been served with notice in writing that his
acting so was contrary to law. Mr. Thomas K. Wilson,
who appeared for the prosecution, relied on the 8th sec.
of the 6th 7th William IV., c. 38, which, after prohibiting
certain illegal assemblies in the houses of retailers of spirits,
went on to say that "Retailers shall not on any occasion or
pretence whatsoever hang out or display or suffer to be
hung out and displayed from any of their houses or other
place of sale, any known sign, flag, symbol, colour,
decoration or emblem whatsoever, except the known and
usual and accustomed sign of such houses or other places
of sale usually fixed thereto in the way of business, under a
penalty not exceeding 40s. or not less than 10s." Mr. F.
H. Downing, who represented the defendant, contended
that the above act referred to illegal assemblies in such
houses, and that the flag of the "stars and stripes" which
flaunted over Mr. Shea's establishment in the Main-street,
in which street the spirit store was not at all situated, was
adopted by him as the future sign of the trade, and as the
sign of an emigration agent.
The plaintiff having been examined relative to his opinion
of the defendant's claim to exhibit such a sign, and the
apprehended danger of the defendant's house falling on his
since the flag was put up ; and a police constable having
given evidence of Shea being a licensed publican.
Mr. Wilson forcibly contended that the above act
referred to this case and called on the magistrates to
impose a fine.
After a lengthy discussion, the bench, intimated their
intention of dismissing the case.
Mr. Wilson asked them to submit the facts for the
opinion of the law advisers ; but the magistrates decided
the contrary, stating that by doing so they would be
submitting too many cases for their opinion, and it was
unneccessary to do so on this occasion. The case, which
elicited a very great amount of interest through the town,
and on account of which an unusual number thronged the
court, was, after some lengthened discussion between the
two professional gentlemen, ultimately dismissed.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 10 July 1863 -

PRACTICE OF INSURANCE OFFICES.
An important action is about to be tried at
Guildhall with respect to a claim for £10,000 under a
policy of insurance effected with the Commercial
Union Company upon the vessel, Indian Empire,
burnt while lying in the river Thames, the vessel at the
time of the fire being supposed to be without the
limits of the locality literally defined by the policy. A
considerable point of interest is involved as to the
practice of Insurance offices, and the desirableness
of effecting policies for large amounts in one office, a
heavy portion of such policies being in many cases
reinsured by other companies.


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
July 9, 1863.
ARRIVED--Giovanni, Haglish, Sulina, maize ; City
of London (s.s.), Liverpool, for New York ; Helen
Scott, Jenkins, New York, coals.
SAILED--Aracan, Howson, Calcutta, salt ; Mail
(s.), Gilpin, Nassau, ballast Mary and Ann,
Eastaway, Quebec, ballast ; Ceasare Augusta,
Nossardi, Yarmouth, grain ; Mentor, Dewell,
Galway, grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S. ; slight fog)--Asia (s.), from
Sulina ; Cella (s.s.), Liverpool for New York ;
Lidskjalf, New York.
OFF PORT--Edward, from Harbour Grace, and
proceeded to Liverpool.
A large steamer (double funnelled and
brigantine-rigged) passed harbour yesterday at six
p.m., bound west.
SAILED--Mary and Ann, for Quebec.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 11 August 1863 -

QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS--YESTERDAY.
------------
JAMES LEONAN, seaman on board the ship Elvina, was
charged with jumping off the Admiralty Pier whilst in a
state of intoxication, and sentenced to a week's
imprisonment. John Butler, shoemaker, summoned
John Sullivan, publican, and William Cotter, branch
pilot, for an assault.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 10 July 1863 -
PRACTICE OF INSURANCE OFFICES.
An important action is about to be tried at
Guildhall with respect to a claim for £10,000 under a
policy of insurance effected with the Commercial
Union Company upon the vessel, Indian Empire,
burnt while lying in the river Thames, the vessel at the
time of the fire being supposed to be without the
limits of the locality literally defined by the policy. A
considerable point of interest is involved as to the
practice of Insurance offices, and the desirableness
of effecting policies for large amounts in one office, a
heavy portion of such policies being in many cases
reinsured by other companies.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
July 9, 1863.
ARRIVED--Giovanni, Haglish, Sulina, maize ; City
of London (s.s.), Liverpool, for New York ; Helen
Scott, Jenkins, New York, coals.
SAILED--Aracan, Howson, Calcutta, salt ; Mail
(s.), Gilpin, Nassau, ballast Mary and Ann,
Eastaway, Quebec, ballast ; Ceasare Augusta,
Nossardi, Yarmouth, grain ; Mentor, Dewell,
Galway, grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S. ; slight fog)--Asia (s.), from
Sulina ; Cella (s.s.), Liverpool for New York ;
Lidskjalf, New York.
OFF PORT--Edward, from Harbour Grace, and
proceeded to Liverpool.
A large steamer (double funnelled and
brigantine-rigged) passed harbour yesterday at six
p.m., bound west.
SAILED--Mary and Ann, for Quebec.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 11 August 1863 -
QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS--YESTERDAY.
------------
JAMES LEONAN, seaman on board the ship Elvina, was
charged with jumping off the Admiralty Pier whilst in a
state of intoxication, and sentenced to a week's
imprisonment. John Butler, shoemaker, summoned
John Sullivan, publican, and William Cotter, branch
pilot, for an assault.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 2 September 1863 -

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
September 1, 1863.
ARRIVED--Proteo, Radostevich, Sulina, via Falmouth,
maize, for Cork ; Due Cheechi, Chig[?]a, Odessa, maize ;
Vie Tone, Vernich, Sulina, maize ; Lord Berehaven,
Mahony, Kilrush ; Caroline, Shields, Cardiff, coals ; Smith,
Thomas, Llanelly, coals ; Treffrey, Trewithen, Runcorn, salt
; N. S. D. Consolazionia, Perapo, Galatz, via Falmouth,
maize, for Cork ; John Byrkins, Richards, Newport, coals ;
Gitana, Throndsen, New York, wheat ; Jubilant,
Golightly, Montreal, wheat ; Nicolo Despot, Sugni, Sulina,
maize ; Permit, Pendergast, Newport, coals ; Industry,
Jems, Wick, herrings.
SAILED--Quango, Bloom, Leith, wheat ; Crimea, Baker,
Bristol, sugar ; Orient, Fletcher, Waterford, wheat ;
Wilhelmus, Mohlman, Boole, wheat.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind W.S.W.; dull)--Torden Rsjold, from
New York ; Aurora, Ibrail ; Belle of Devon, Monte Video
; Diadem, Montreal ; Fuime, Sulina ; Esther, Sulina ;
Virginie, Sulina and Falmouth ; Ceres, Monte Video.
Spoken, August 18th, Anna Dorothea, of and from
Liverpool, for Bombay (93 days out), 33.2 N. 36.30 W.,
by the Belle of Devon.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--PER BOHEMIAN
August 25th, off Belle Isle, passed large icebergs ; on the
26th, passed many large icebergs ; on 22nd, off Orleans
Island, barques Aurora and Deadalus, ship Mary Dundas,
and brig Donegal, bound up. Off Grosse, barques Princess
Royal and Princess Alexandra, bound East, barque Sea,
bound up. Off Kamaraska, barque Algeria, bound East ;
Aug. 23rd, off Natan, barque Eromanda, bound up. Off
Garbic, brigantine Surprise of Londonderry, bound
Eastward. August 25, ship ashore on West Point of Woody
Island, Straits Belle-Isle, bowsprit, jibboom and mizen-mast
standing.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 7 September 1863

As the steamer City of Madison was being loaded with
ammunition at Vicksburg, a Negro let fall a percussion shell
which he was carrying on board and which exploded. The
fire was immediately communicated to the other ammunitions
when a general explosion took place blowing the steamer to
atoms. Out of 160 men who were on board only 5 are
known to have escaped.



CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
September 5, 1863.
ARRIVED--Olympi, Fiorelle, Ibrail, maize ; Zephyr,
Hegarty, Portland, deals, for Cork ; Brute, Guiseppe,
Taganrog, wheat ; San Giovanni, Consigliero, Ibrail, maize
; Eroe, Antonicish, Sulina, maize ; Constance, Roa, Callao,
guano ; J. A. Pierce, Delap, St. John's, N.B., deals ;
Enterprise, Kirkwood, Pugwash, deals.
SAILED--Fuime, Schuschnig, Newry, maize ; Aurora,
Broake, Dundalk, maize.
September 6, 1863
ARRIVED--Maggie, Hume, Rio Grande, hides ; Princess
Charlotte, Kinstrom, Galatz, maize ; Daisy, Ryerson, St.
John's, deals, for Cork ; Artistic, Gannon, Nevis, molasses ;
Shamrock, Duane, Callao, guano.
OFF PORT--Riga, Pritton, Buenos Ayres, and proceeded
to Mac[?]uff.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind W.; fine)--Star P. S., Glasgow, for
Nassau, for coals.
OFF PORT--Glaucus, from Macao.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 13 October 1863 -

SHIPPING CASUALTY.--On yesterday, the Caroline,
of London, put into Queenstown, from stress of
weather. She had been freighted with stores, wooden
huts, &c., for a Danish colony, lately established in
Greenland. Unfortunately the Caroline did not arrive
at her destination until too late in the winter, and was
prevented landing by the ice. It is feared that the
non-arrival of the vessel will be of serious loss to the
unfortunate colonists.


PROPOSAL TO TURN THE GREAT EASTERN INTO A FLOATING
HOTEL.--The easiest thing to do with her would be to
anchor her off Cowes, and fit her up as a vast floating hotel.
There are invalids enough who are ordered sea-trips to
make such a speculation pay.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 21 October 1863 -


ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP A BLACK SEAMAN.--The Times
contains the following story, prefacing it with the
statement that there are crimps in the north-eastern
ports, who make a living by kidnapping seamen for
American captains, who have often great difficulty in
making up their crews when any of their hands
absconded, as there is no treaty with this country to
capture and restore runaway seamen to their ships.
Last week a crimp induced a negro seaman to go
with him from Sunderland to Shields under pretense
of seeing a ship in the Tyne docks in which hands
were wanted. They arrived in Shields just as a new
York ship was coming out of dock to proceed down
the harbour to sea. The crimp took the negro to this
vessel, and when he was got on board he was told
that he must go upon the voyage, though he had no
clothes other than those he wore. The coloured man
most determinedly refused to go with the ship, but he
was told he must, and he would be made to do so.
The vessel was towing out to sea all the time, and the
negro had no means of communicating with the
shore. He was then taken across the bar and out to
sea ; but still he said he would not go, and was kicked
and cuffed by the master and the mate. When about
a mile and a half from land, with a strong sea running,
the negro suddenly ran off, and though both officers
and crew tried to stop him he sprang over the ship's
side into the ocean, and swam towards the shore. The
master of the vessel got a boat out to give him chase
but he was fortunately picked up by the Tyne
steamboat, much exhausted. He was brought on
shore at Shields. The police, seeing him running along
the street with the wet dripping off him, took him to
the South Shields police-station, and he gave them
information of the ill-treatment that he had received
on board the American vessel. He could not,
however, tell who the crimp was that had attempted
to kidnap him.



source - The Cork Examiner, 13 October 1863 -
SHIPPING CASUALTY.--On yesterday, the Caroline,
of London, put into Queenstown, from stress of
weather. She had been freighted with stores, wooden
huts, &c., for a Danish colony, lately established in
Greenland. Unfortunately the Caroline did not arrive
at her destination until too late in the winter, and was
prevented landing by the ice. It is feared that the
non-arrival of the vessel will be of serious loss to the
unfortunate colonists.

PROPOSAL TO TURN THE GREAT EASTERN INTO A FLOATING
HOTEL.--The easiest thing to do with her would be to
anchor her off Cowes, and fit her up as a vast floating hotel.
There are invalids enough who are ordered sea-trips to
make such a speculation pay.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 19, 1863.
ARRIVED--Arabia steamer, Liverpool, and left with
passengers for Halifax ; City of Cork steamer, Liverpool, and
left for New York.
SAILED--Ben Lomond, Smart, London, rice ; May, Hignett,
Cape of Good Hope, general cargo ; Anetra, Beyo, Genoa,
coals ; Gange, Raguisin, Limerick, grain ; Cynthia, Smith, Rio
Janeiro, coals ; Mysore, Jenkins, Swansea, timber ; Ariel,
Zeplein, Amsterdam, grain ; Albert, Nueska, Ballina, grain ;
Elsina, Bouwer, Ballina, grain ; Lambertus, Freerieks,
Preston, grain.
October 20, 1863.
ARRIVED--Brien Boroimhe, Kelly, Quebec, timber ;
Dragemir, Baicurich, Marionople, wheat, for Cork via
Falmouth ; Edmond Ironsides steamer, Glo'ster, general
cargo ; Endeavour, Blain, Taganrog, wheat ; Agnes,
Weidmaun, Jaffa, barley ; Syren, Hall, Swansea, patent fuel,
for Mauritius --put in, loss of water and main-boom.
SAILED--Sutcliffe, Jane Young, Fanny, Confidence (in
ballast) ; Clyde, Perry, New York, coals ; Drago, Perrasso,
Dublin, wheat ; Anna Maria, Zadro, London, hides ; Frithiof,
Baurentziu, Belfast, wheat ; Mary Rogerson, Broddie,
London, oil ; David and Carolina, Martina, Antwerp, hides ;
Emily, Powlie, Montrose, guano ; Cornish Lass, Edgar,
Portsmouth, oats ; Beaver, Manning, Kinsale, ballast.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind E. ; thick)--Veranda, from New York ;
Adrette, Alexandria ; Achelles, from Liverpool to Shanghai
--captain dead.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 22 October 1863 -

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 21, 1863.
ARRIVED--Canada, Herbert, Quebec, timber, for
Cork ; Mary and Martha, Cobby, Ibrail, maize ;
Village Pride, Semple, Marseilles, wheat ; Jennis,
Briggs, Sulina, maize ; Veranda, Sorenson, New
York, wheat ; Ardretta, Petterson, Alexandria, wheat ;
Sei Feglia, Duivava, Odessa, maize ; Prosperino,
Marchese, Sulina, maize ; City of Glasgow steamer,
New York, and left for Liverpool ; Hecla steamer,
New York, from Liverpool, and proceeded.
SAILED--Active, Benoles, Bridgewater, oats ;
George Lawrence, Henry Patterson, Sarsfield (in
ballast).
PUT IN--Ship Achilles (Aitken, mate), from
Liverpool to Shanghai, coals--loss of master, Warnich.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
SAILED--Nil.
REPORT OF DUE FIGLIE, FROM ODESSA.--October 14th
--Spoke English brig Clara of Liverpool, for coast of
Africa, 45.21 N., 10.30 W.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 24 October 1863 -

COURT OF ADMIRALTY.--FRIDAY.
--------
(Before Judge Kelly.)
The Sebastian Cabot, of Liverpool, and cargo.
Mr. Lee returned the warrant in this case, which was
one of salvage, brought at the suit of the owner, master,
and crew of the barque Archipelago, of South Shields,
Beatley, master. The barque was on a voyage from
Shields to Spain, when she fell in with the Sebastian
Cabot, which was bound from Liverpool to Bombay
with a general cargo, valued at £100,000. The ship was
in distress, having lost her rudder, and was making
water. Her captain and crew abandoned her, and went
on board the Archipelago, taking with them their clothes
and other property. She was then taken in tow by the
barque, with a view of proceeding to Falmouth, but,
after 48 hours the latter was obliged to let her go, owing
to the severity of the weather. The chief mate of the
barque and some of her crew volunteered to go on
board and endeavour to navigate her to a safe port. This
was acceded to, and they were accompanied by the
captain and some of the crew of the Sebastian Cabot,
which then, under the command of Mr. Spillan, the chief
mate of the barque, was navigated towards Cork. After
several days she was picked up off Mine Head by the
steamer Mangerton, and towed into Waterford.
The Queen's proctor, Mr. J. T. Hamerton, appeared
for the owners of the ship and cargo, and tendered bail
to the action.
The bail was subsequently marked at £10,000 ; and
the bail having been perfected, the Queen's proctor
prayed a release of the ship and cargo, which was
granted.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 27 October 1863 -

QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS--YESTERDAY.
------------
THE usual weekly sessions at Queenstown were held
yesterday before Messrs. T. M. CUMMINS, W. D.
SEYMOUR, J. N. BEAMISH, M. POWER, M.D. ; J. L. CRONIN,
R.M. ; S. T. W. FRENCH, Major WARREN, and Captain
MARTIN.
Mathew Lawton, a seaman, summoned W. G.
Saunders, master of the ship Harriett Dobbyn, to
recover £4 due to him as wages. The complainant stated
that the defendant engaged him to make a voyage to
Havre in the ship, for which he was to get £4. He was
ready to go at the proper time, but the captain refused to
take him. The reason, he believed, was that a run-away
seaman, whose substitute he was to have been, had
returned to the ship.
The defendant stated that the reason he did not take
the complainant was, because he did not go on board
the ship at the appointed time,and because he had thus
disobeyed orders. Instead of going on board the ship at
six o'clock in the evening as desired, he went drinking,
and did not come to the ship until the next morning.
The Magistrates held that the complainant's
disobedience of orders did not justify the defendant in
discharging him, and ordered the defendant to pay the
complainant £2, the amount of an advance note given
him at the time of engagement.
Informations were ordered against Captain Fisher, the
man who represented himself as a political agent for the
Confederate States, on charges of petty larceny. The
particulars will be found in another column.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 28 October 1863 -

COURT OF ADMIRALTY.--MONDAY.
--------
(Before Judge Kelly.)
The Sebastian Cabot, of Liverpool.

Mr. Richardson moved for a fiat against this ship in a
cause of salvage on the part of the European, of Limerick,
steamship, for services rendered by her on the 18th and
12th of october inst., by coming up to her when in a state
of great distress and peril on the open sea, and towing her
with great difficulty into Waterford, mooring her there in
safety.
The Court--This motion must be refused, as by the
affadavit it appears that the receiver, acting under the
statute--no process from this court having then issued
--released this vessel upon security to the amount of
£5,000, to answer the claims of these salvors. The motion,
therefore, should be for a monition to that officer to return
that security here for the purpose of those claims being
adjudicated upon by the Court, as sought for by the
salvors ; the release granted to the ship being valid, and
therefore to be respected, and the security to be treated as
if it had been given in the court itself.
Mr. Richardson subsequently moved for the monition,
which was granted.
The Queen's Proctor appeared for the owners.
The other business of the morning was then proceeded
with.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 2 November 1863 -

INQUEST.
--------
AN inquest was held by Mr. Coroner Jones at the
bridewell on Saturday, on the body of R. Singels, a Dutch
sailor belonging to the ship Riga, lying at the ballast quay,
opposite the Passage Railway. It appeared from the
evidence that the deceased came to his ship about 11
o'clock last night in a state of drunkenness. He threw a
bundle which he had in his hand into the ship and then
stumbled and fell on the quay. A sailor who was on the
deck of the vessel went below to get help to bring the
deceased into the vessel, and when he returned he found
the deceased gone, and was told by two men who were
on the quay that the deceased had attempted in the
meantime to get aboard, and had lost his footing and
fallen into the river. Search was at once made for the
body, but it was not found until this morning, when it was
dragged for and recovered by Brien Yelverton, the man in
charge of the adjoining ferry. A verdict of accidental
death was returned.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 27 November 1863 -

LIVERPOOL, NOV. 28.--A quantity of wreck, deck
planks, &c., together with a boat's stern, marked
"Devonshire, Waterford," and the certificate of registry
belonging to this vessel, were washed ashore yesterday
near the mouth of the Alt. The Devonshire, of Waterford,
sailed from Liverpool on the 20th, for Waterford.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 30 November 1863 -

SMUGGLING.
TWO sailors belonging to the Austrian barque, Eorca,
bound from Liverpool to Corfu, and now in port awaiting
favourable weather, were, on Saturday, brought before
Mr. P. Scott, J.P., on the charge of bringing on shore a
quantity of spirits contrary to the Custom regulation. They
were fined 2 17s. 6d.
The revenue authorities seized, on Saturday, a jar of
wine, with some fruit and tobacco, landed from an
Austrian ship for, it is alleged, Mr. F. Michelli, Austrian
Consul, The case awaits trial.


CUNARD LINE.
THE Royal Mail steamer, China, from New York on the
18th inst., arrived off the harbour at 8.40 a.m. yesterday.
She had on board 60 passengers, 257,000 dols. in
specie. All the mails were landed at Queenstown, whence
they were despatched to Cork at 11.15 a.m., for
forwarding by special train to Dublin. Upwards of thirty
passengers disembarked at Queenstown.
The outward-bound Cunard steamer, Canada, arrived
from Liverpool at 12.40 yesterday, and having reveived
six passengers in addition to ninety already on board,
together with the mail, she proceeded at 4 o'clock, p.m.


INMAN LINE.
THE steam ship City of Cork arrived from Liverpool at 2
o'clock yesterday, and at 10 o'clock on this morning,
having embarked about 35 passengers, she left
immediately. Emigration is at length falling off-- during the
past week the decrease would average some hundreds.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 1 December 1863 -

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
November 28, 1863.
ARRIVED--Advocate (s.s.), Glasgow, general, to Lisbon,
windbound ; Steadfast, Buse, Oran, barley ; Express,
Winter, Boston, oil ; Corimie, Ochiltree, Mauritius, sugar ;
Ashelia, Evans, Carnarvon, slates ; Sampson, M'Carthy,
Cardiff, coals ; Helen Scott, Jenkin, Lydney, coals.
OFF PORT--Royal Family, Portland, Callao, guano.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
SPOKEN (Wind S.W.)--November 24th, English ship,
shewing 3rd dis pen, No. 2,910, 45.20 N., 11.45 W,
steering west ; November 24th, barque Camilla, of London,
steering E, 45.11 N, 11.40 W ; November 25th English
barque 1st dis pen, No. 3,921, steering East, 47.23 N,
10.32 W--by the Austrian brig Teresina.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 24 December 1863 -

SHIPWRECK OF THE GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIP WILHELMSBURG.
--It has been briefly announced that an emigrant vessel which
left Hamburg for Australia a short time since with about four
hundred persons on board, was lost on the coast of Holland
during the recent storms, and that nearly every soul on board
perished. One of the few survivors has furnished the following
narrative of the wreck :--"You will have heard that the
Hamburg ship Wilhelmsburg, Captain Gross, belonging to the
house of Godeffroy and Son, was lost on the coast of
Holland and that few lives were saved. Among those few I
am one, and there are also fifteen of the crew saved, and
about twenty-five of the passengers. About three hundred
men were drowned or died in the terrible night from Thursday
to Friday, and among these were the captain and the aged
doctor. All who were in the fore part of the vessel and 'tween
decks were drowned, as the one sank with all who were
there and the other was full of water. Thus two hundred and
fifty lives were sacrificed to the waves in the space of a few
minutes. Of the three hundred passengers only twenty-four
men and one woman were saved, and, with the remnant of
the crew, are reduced to a state of utter destitution."


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
December 23, 1863.
ARRIVED--Astrea, Nichols, Iquique, nitrate of soda ; Inez,
Anderson, New York, wheat ; Pius IX, Luthke, New York,
wheat ; British Queen, Scrogie, Orsagua, nitrate of soda ;
Sapphire, Williams, Westport, slates ; Happy Return,
M'Carthy, Liverpool, soda ; Colliers Treasure, Wave,
William Ockle, Victoria.
SAILED--British Queen, Scrogie, Glasgow, nitrate of soda ;
Enterprise, Phillips, Bermuda, coals ; Arianna, Tagliaferro,
Cardiff, ballast ; Astrea, Nickols [sic], Glasgow, nitrate of
soda ; Panther, Lanthorp, Limerick, guano.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 24, Wind W., dull.
Spoken December 5th, Sardinian Brig, 38.31 N. 10.29
W. December 19th.--Ship Sea King, 48.28 N., 10.1, W.
December 21st, American Bark, Hermoine, 49.34 N.,
10.17 W. By the Valeria, from Constantinople.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -

A RATHER novel cargo came yesterday to this port by the
Newfoundland steamer Ernest August, 90 tons. In
addition to a quantity of oil, she brought 40 barrels of
fresh salmon packed in ice, and the quality of the fish is
said to be excellent. The schooner made the passage
from Harbour Grace to Queenstown in nine days.

THE Cunard extra steamer Sidon, Captain Muir, from
Liverpool yesterday, leaves Queenstown to-day for
New York. In addition to over 300 from Liverpool, the
Sidon will embark at this port upwards of 70
passengers.


CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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December 29, 1863.
ARRIVED--Tribune, Irvine, Callao, guano ; Atlantic,
Williams, Magador, oil ; Budua, Marassa, Ibrail, barley ;
Star, Stothard, Alexandria, wheat ; Favourite,
Sanderson, New York, wheat ; Edwin, Smith, Quebec,
timber ; Balaclava, Callaghan, St. John's, oil ; Edward
Oliver, Winter, Callao, guano ; Thomas and Mary,
Jobling, Alexandria, wheat ; Lincluder Castle, Hawtor,
Callao, guano ; Regent, Hamblin, Callao, guano ;
Marienetta, Choizzo, Monte Video, bone ash ; Jane
Hackett, collier.
SAILED--Margherita, Cafiero, Cardiff, ballast ;
Liberty, Jones, Plymouth, oats ; Infanta, Irvine, Hull,
ballast ; Balaclava, Callaghan, London, oil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 30, Wind N.W. fine, frosty
ARRIVED--Annie, Varna ; Ernst August [sic], Harbour
Grace.
SAILED--Nil.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern




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