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source - The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 29 January 1864 -

Mary Hurly, aged 23 years, a victim of leprosy, died
in the County Infirmary Limerick, on Sunday last. This
disease, it appears, she contracted by washing the
clothes of some foreign sailors. The malady was
malignant.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 18 January 1864 -

INFRINGEMENT OF THE FOREIGN
ENLISTMENT ACT.
----------------
Yesterday, before Mr, Raffles, the Liverpool
stipendiary magistrate, a charge of having infringed the
Foreign Enlistment Act was preferred against Mr.
Thomas Highat, a member of the firm of Jones and
Co., ship-store dealers and chandlers, of Chapel-
street, Liverpool. The summons included the named
[sic] of John Jones (principal,) and John Welding (a
clerk to the firm), but they did not appear.
The facts of the case, as stated by Mr. Vernon
Lushington, were as follows :--In 1863 a vessel, called
the Japan, was built at Dumbarton. Mr. Thomas Bold,
a partner in the firm of Jones and Co., was the sole
registered owner of the ship until the 23rd of June,
when Mr. Bold informed the Customs that he had sold
her to a foreigner. Towards the end of March the
vessel was nearly ready for sea, and it was then
necessary to obtain a crew. This was done, partly at
Greenock and partly at Liverpool. At Liverpool several
persons were induced to sign articles for a voyage in
the Japan to Singapore and back for two years. The
men were directed to take their clothes to the office of
Jones and Co., and there they got their advance notes,
and in one case money was paid by the defendant. The
men, including John Stanley, Benjamin Conolly, and
Francis Glazebrook, went on board the Greenock boat
(where they saw Mr. Jones and Mr. Highat), and each
man having answered to his name, they sailed to
Greenock and went on board the Japan. On the 3d of
April the Japan sailed from the Clyde under the guise of
a "trial trip," went down the channel, and towards the
coast of France. At a little from Brest they fell in with a
small steamer, which they towed into Brest Harbour.
There a number of boxes were sent on board the Japan
from the small steamer, containing arms and
ammunition, and shortly afterwards Mr. Jones himself
came on board, and superintended the transhipment of
these articles. Lieutenant Maury also came on board
the Japan, and took the command, assuming the grey
uniform of the Confederate navy, and telling the men
that the vessel was about to become a Confederate
ship of war. He promised the men bounty and 10s.
per month if they would enlist. Mr. Jones was
there during the whole time, and was actively engaged
in inducing the men to volunteer for the Confederate
service. The volunteers afterwards went into the cabin.
Benjamin Conolly, the first witness called, said he
shipped in March last, at the Liverpool Sailors' Home,
for the Japan steamer. After describing how he sailed
on "the trial trip" he told what happened at Brest. They
there commenced taking in guns and ammunition from
the steamer, in which Mr. Jones took a "clever part."
Captain Maury came on board next day, and put on
the grey uniform of the Confederate navy and said he
was about to hoist the Confederate flag. He told the
men they would have a good ship, and that he would
make them all very comfortable. He then read his
commission. Connolly [sic] said he did not want to go,
but Mr. Jones endeavoured to induce him by telling him
he would make plenty of money. Still he refused though
he did afterwards sign an agreement to sail, and
received bounty from the purser. Mr. Jones was
there then, and got rom him, again promising to
send it to his parents. Numbers of others signed papers
also. They were to have 0s. per month. Mr. Jones
promised that all the men would get prize money. They
hoisted the Confederate flag the same evening amidst
the cheers of the crew, and sailed. They soon
afterwards met with several Federal ships, some of
which were burnt. They returned to France about two
months ago, and ported at Cherbourg. He obtained
leave of absence to come to Liverpool. At Jones's
office he saw Jones and Highat. Mr. Jones did not
seem to know him ; so he said "You knew me well
enough in France, when you wanted me to serve under
a foreign flag for you." Jones said, "Don't make a noise,
there will be something done for you." This Mr. Highat
must have heard, for he was sitting at a desk close by,
and to him he then spoke, and showed his "citizen
paper." Highat then said, "Ah, this is Maury's writing ;
call again ; we will send a telegram to the ship about
you." He saw Mr. Highat once or twice afterwards,
and he told him to gather all the men belonging to the
Georgia, and put them on board the Havre boat. He
received t Mr. Jones's office to pay his expenses,
but he became afraid of breaking the Queen's
proclamation by going on board the Georgia again, and
so he ran away with the There was more than that
due to him for his service on board the Georgia.
In cross-examination by Mr. Deighton (who
appeared for Highat) the evidence of Conolly was not
materially affected. He admitted that he was now with
Stanley, Glazebrook, and other men who had been in
the Georgia, in the service of Mr. M'Guire (a private
detective officer in the pay of the United States consul,
at Liverpool), and that he received excellent pay for
picking up information. He denied that he had solicited
Mr. Highat for employment in the Confederate service,
and that Mr. Highat said it was illegal. He admitted that
on one occasion Mr. Jones advised him not to join a
Confederate ship. When he went to the office of Jones
and Co., on the Georgia's returning to France, his
object was to get money to enable him to get back to
Cherburg and get the wages which were due him from
Capt. Maury.
After the examination of some other witnesses in
corroboration of Conolly, the defendant was committed
to the assizes, bail being received, himself in , and
two sureties in each.


S H I P P I N G .
BEST ROUTE TO THE GOLD FIELDS OF NOVA
SCOTIA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
------------
WEEKLY STEAM COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN LONDONDERRY, CANADA, AND
THE UNITED STATES.
(Under Contract with Her Majesty's Provincial
Government for the conveyance of Mails),
EVERY FRIDAY.
THE MONTREAL OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
First-class, Full-powered, Clyde-built
Mail Steamers, are intended to Sail
FROM DERRY TO PORTLAND
Every FRIDAY, as follows :--
HIBERNIAN Capt. BALLANTINE 1st Jan.
DAMASCUS Capt. BROWN 8th Jan.
NOVA SCOTIAN Capt. GRAHAM 15th Jan.
JURA Capt. AITON 22nd Jan.
NORTH AMERICAN Capt. DUTTON 29th Jan.
BOHEMIAN Capt. BORLAND 5th Feb.

Through Tickets will be granted to all the Principal
Places in Canada and the United States, at the Lowest
Rates, which may be obtained on application to
SABEL & SEARLE,
19, Water St., and 3 Regent Road, Clarence Dock,
Liverpool ; 23, Broadway, New York ; and Foyle St.,
Derry ; or to their Agent,
DENIS BRENNAN,
Merchant's Quay, Cork.



NEW ORDER RESPECTING PASSENGER SHIPS.--A new order
in council has been issued respecting the "Passengers'
Act, 1855, which revokes the order in council dated the
25th of February, 1856, and directs that another, now
published, shall henceforward be observed for preserving
order, for promoting health, and for securing cleanliness
and ventilation to be observed on board of every
passenger ship proceeding from the United Kingdom to
any port or place in her Majesty's possessions abroad,
out of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean
Sea. It is specified amongst other rules that passengers
shall rise at seven a.m., at which hour the fires shall be
lighted. The breakfast hour is between eight and nine
o'clock ; and before that time all the emigrants, except
those under medical orders, are to be out of bed and
dressed, and the beds rolled up, and the deck on which
they sleep properly swept. Dinner is to be at one o'clock,
and supper at six ; fires are to be put out at seven o'clock,
and the emigrants are to be in their berths at ten. On
Sundays the emigrants are to be mustered at ten a.m., and
are expected to appear in decent apparel. The day is to
be observed as religiously as circumstances will admit. No
smoking shall be allowed between decks. The following
kinds of misconduct are strictly prohibited :--All immoral
or indecent acts or conduct, taking improper liberties, or
using improper familiarities with the female passengers,
using blasphemous, obscene, or indecent language, or
language tending to a breach of the peace, swearing,
gambling, drunkenness, fighting, disorderly, riotous,
quarrelsome, or insubordinate conduct."

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



INFRINGEMENT OF THE FOREIGN
ENLISTMENT ACT.
----------------
Yesterday, before Mr, Raffles, the Liverpool
stipendiary magistrate, a charge of having infringed the
Foreign Enlistment Act was preferred against Mr.
Thomas Highat, a member of the firm of Jones and
Co., ship-store dealers and chandlers, of Chapel-
street, Liverpool. The summons included the named
[sic] of John Jones (principal,) and John Welding (a
clerk to the firm), but they did not appear.
The facts of the case, as stated by Mr. Vernon
Lushington, were as follows :--In 1863 a vessel, called
the Japan, was built at Dumbarton. Mr. Thomas Bold,
a partner in the firm of Jones and Co., was the sole
registered owner of the ship until the 23rd of June,
when Mr. Bold informed the Customs that he had sold
her to a foreigner. Towards the end of March the
vessel was nearly ready for sea, and it was then
necessary to obtain a crew. This was done, partly at
Greenock and partly at Liverpool. At Liverpool several
persons were induced to sign articles for a voyage in
the Japan to Singapore and back for two years. The
men were directed to take their clothes to the office of
Jones and Co., and there they got their advance notes,
and in one case money was paid by the defendant. The
men, including John Stanley, Benjamin Conolly, and
Francis Glazebrook, went on board the Greenock boat
(where they saw Mr. Jones and Mr. Highat), and each
man having answered to his name, they sailed to
Greenock and went on board the Japan. On the 3d of
April the Japan sailed from the Clyde under the guise of
a "trial trip," went down the channel, and towards the
coast of France. At a little from Brest they fell in with a
small steamer, which they towed into Brest Harbour.
There a number of boxes were sent on board the Japan
from the small steamer, containing arms and
ammunition, and shortly afterwards Mr. Jones himself
came on board, and superintended the transhipment of
these articles. Lieutenant Maury also came on board
the Japan, and took the command, assuming the grey
uniform of the Confederate navy, and telling the men
that the vessel was about to become a Confederate
ship of war. He promised the men £10 bounty and £4
10s. per month if they would enlist. Mr. Jones was
there during the whole time, and was actively engaged
in inducing the men to volunteer for the Confederate
service. The volunteers afterwards went into the cabin.
Benjamin Conolly, the first witness called, said he
shipped in March last, at the Liverpool Sailors' Home,
for the Japan steamer. After describing how he sailed
on "the trial trip" he told what happened at Brest. They
there commenced taking in guns and ammunition from
the steamer, in which Mr. Jones took a "clever part."
Captain Maury came on board next day, and put on
the grey uniform of the Confederate navy and said he
was about to hoist the Confederate flag. He told the
men they would have a good ship, and that he would
make them all very comfortable. He then read his
commission. Connolly [sic] said he did not want to go,
but Mr. Jones endeavoured to induce him by telling him
he would make plenty of money. Still he refused though
he did afterwards sign an agreement to sail, and
received £10 bounty from the purser. Mr. Jones was
there then, and got £9 from him, again promising to
send it to his parents. Numbers of others signed papers
also. They were to have £4 10s. per month. Mr. Jones
promised that all the men would get prize money. They
hoisted the Confederate flag the same evening amidst
the cheers of the crew, and sailed. They soon
afterwards met with several Federal ships, some of
which were burnt. They returned to France about two
months ago, and ported at Cherbourg. He obtained
leave of absence to come to Liverpool. At Jones's
office he saw Jones and Highat. Mr. Jones did not
seem to know him ; so he said "You knew me well
enough in France, when you wanted me to serve under
a foreign flag for you." Jones said, "Don't make a noise,
there will be something done for you." This Mr. Highat
must have heard, for he was sitting at a desk close by,
and to him he then spoke, and showed his "citizen
paper." Highat then said, "Ah, this is Maury's writing ;
call again ; we will send a telegram to the ship about
you." He saw Mr. Highat once or twice afterwards,
and he told him to gather all the men belonging to the
Georgia, and put them on board the Havre boat. He
received £3 at Mr. Jones's office to pay his expenses,
but he became afraid of breaking the Queen's
proclamation by going on board the Georgia again, and
so he ran away with the £3. There was more than that
due to him for his service on board the Georgia.
In cross-examination by Mr. Deighton (who
appeared for Highat) the evidence of Conolly was not
materially affected. He admitted that he was now with
Stanley, Glazebrook, and other men who had been in
the Georgia, in the service of Mr. M'Guire (a private
detective officer in the pay of the United States consul,
at Liverpool), and that he received excellent pay for
picking up information. He denied that he had solicited
Mr. Highat for employment in the Confederate service,
and that Mr. Highat said it was illegal. He admitted that
on one occasion Mr. Jones advised him not to join a
Confederate ship. When he went to the office of Jones
and Co., on the Georgia's returning to France, his
object was to get money to enable him to get back to
Cherburg and get the wages which were due him from
Capt. Maury.
After the examination of some other witnesses in
corroboration of Conolly, the defendant was committed
to the assizes, bail being received, himself in £300, and
two sureties in £150 each.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 11 February 1864 -

Viscount Boyle arrived at Kingstown on Tuesday
evening, per Royal mail steamer Munster.


LOSS OF THE SHANNON.
------------------------
THE master and crew of the brigantine Shannon, of
Newport, have just arrived at the Cork Sailors' Home,
from Youghal, where they were landed by the
Norwegian barque Eidsvold, their own vessel having
foundered at sea on the 5th inst. The Shannon was
bound from Newport to Bari, in Italy, with a cargo of
railway iron and pipes. She sprang a leak early on the
5th, and notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions,
the water gained so rapidly on the pumps that in six
hours after the leak was discovered the vessel
foundered. The master, the mate, and the crew,
consisting of six men, escaped in their boats, and were
picked up, in two hours after the ship had gone down,
by a Maltese barque. They were transferred from this
vessel to the Eidsvold, the first ship bound for a British
port which they met, and were landed here on Monday
last. The whole of the crew will be passed over to
Newport by Messrs. G. N. Harvey and Sons, agents to
the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society.


LOSS OF A VESSEL.
------
THE brig Camilla of Lyme Regis, bound from Glasgow to
Limerick, having put into Queenstown yesterday morning
through stress of weather, when sailing out this morning
got ashore in Camden bay, and rapidly filled. She was
laden with coals, and except some rigging, spars, &c.,
will be totally lost. The barque Porto Nuovo, from
Cardiff to Bordeaux, arrived this morning, with loss of
maintopmast and all attached during the gale of Monday
night.


EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.
--------
On the 3rd instant a bottle was picked up at sea, off
the Skelligs, which contained the following letter written
in pencil:--
"Friday, June 17, 1863.
"On board the ----, bound for New York, 12
o'clock, within a day's sail of Newfoundland, 600 to 700
souls on board.
"We, the passengers, wish to let the world know that
the treatment we are getting on board the ----, in
provisions is not fit for the worst convicts--the food,
limited and scanty in supply, not half cooked. The bread
could be made into putty or marbles for boys to bulk
with. We intend, after landing, to let the world know that
it may deter others from emigrating through any agent
who may book them for the ----, and we suppose the
same fate will befal any person coming by the ships of the
same company. The ship is rocking, so I cannot write.
Excuse this ; with the best wishes for all at home in the
old country,--I am, truly, one of the lot,
"PATRICK FINN."
The bottle was found by a fisherman named Kearney,
who gave it to Mr. White, Inspecting Officer of
Coastguards, by whom it was forwarded to Mr.
Connolly, Collector of Customs, in this town.--Kerry
Post.


ELOPEMENT.--On last Tuesday an interesting event of this
kind was brought to a premature and very inauspicious
termination in Queenstown. Two farm servants, named
Patrick Fitzsimons and Mary Brady, who had been
employed by a person named John Regan, at
Mullahillogue, Co. Meath, absconded from their master's
house, taking with them £26, his property, and
proceeded to Queenstown for the purpose of embarking
for America. They obtained tickets in Cork, and were to
leave by the Pennsylvania on next Wednesday, but
unfortunately for the success of their project, intelligence
of the robbery was forwarded by telegraph to
Queenstown, and they were arrested on Tuesday by
Constable Withers.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 1 March 1864 -

TO THE PUBLIC.
------------
AN APPEAL is made on behalf of a respectable married
woman and her five children (the eldest only ten years of
age), to enable them to provide sufficient clothing and
necessaries for a voyage to British Columbia. The father
having emigrated, managed, after twelve months residence
in Columbia to save a sufficient sum to pay their passage
out, but not being able to send them money for an outfit,
they cannot proceed in the vessel, which leaves about the
middle of March, and will lose the money paid for the
passage unless the Public will kindly come forward and
assist them, they having been obliged to dispose of any
little property and clothing which they had, to enable them
to exist since the departure of the father 18 months ago,
and being now almost totally destitute.
The smallest contribution will be gratefully received and
ackowledged by the Rev. TIMOTHY O'MAHONY, South
Parish ; Rev. JOSEPH MURPHY, SS. Peter and Paul ; Mr.
JEREMIAH O'CALLAGHAN, 73, Summer Hill South, St. Luke's
; Mr. J. MORGAN SMYTH, 93, Patrick-street ; Mr. WM.
MARSH, Jun., 70, South Mall, or at the Office of this
paper.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 10 March 1864 -

The Great Eastern steamship, which, after passing
through so many phases of good and ill-fortune, was
purchased at public auction a few day since for the small
sum of £25,000, has been chartered for the conveyance
of the Atlantic cable, which it is confidently expected will
be ready for submerging by the summer or next year.
--Observer


LOSS OF THE S.S. BOHEMIAN.
----------
(FROM OUR DINGLE CORRESPONDENT.)
THE announcement in the Examiner of Monday, which reached
Dingle by Tuesday's post, of the loss of the Bohemian, cast a
deep gloom over the town and surrounding district, the first name
amongst the "List of lost," being that of Ellen O'Connor, an
active, strong young woman who left this town about five week's
ago. She was on a visit in Dingle for three weeks previously, with
her uncle and friends, and was returning home to her parents,
who reside in Kingston, Upper Canada, when she met, as was
recorded in the Examiner, an untimely death. The object of her
visit to Ireland may not be uninteresting. It may be remembered
that about May last Dr. Hussey, a native of Dingle, died
suddenly in Clifton, Bristol. After his death, a will was found by
which he bequeathed to his nephew, Mr. Eugene Stack, of
Dingle, £30,000, and to each of his other relatives sums of £150
or £100. One of those relatives was Ellen, who was sent from
Canada by her mother to claim her share. Her lengthened visit in
Dingle was occassioned by a mistake of an attorney in America,
who wrote the legatee's name as O'Connor in place of
Fitzgerald, and the daughter was obliged to remain until the
amended paper came from America. When the young girl
obtained, at length, her share of £100, she went to Dublin with
the intention of joining her brother, Mr. John Fitzgerald, a
Christian Brother, and proceeding with him to America, by one
of the Galway vessels. Unfortunately, the list was filled up, and
both of them booked in the Bohemian--Mr. Fitzgerald for New
York and his sister for Portland. During her stay she led a pious
and exemplary life, being a weekly communicant, and receiving
the sacrament on the very day she left. The utmost sympathy is
felt for her relatives, and regret for herself, by all who had the
pleasure of her acquaintance.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern


source - The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 31 May 1864 -

DECOYING IRISH GIRLS FOR PURPOSES OF
PROSTITUTION
--------------
The system which has been pursued of hiring girls in the old
country, and consigning them to parties here is about to be
stopped, it having come to the knowledge of the agent that this
is only a plan for decoying poor girls from their homes in
Ireland for the worst of purposes. On Monday a person
claiming to be a friend of two young girls who he said were
consigned to him, was recognised as a notorious keeper of a
house of ill-fame, and the girls were not permitted to leave
Castle Garden.--New York Sun.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 12 October 1865 --
FRIGHTFUL SHIPWRECK OF COOLIES--
260 LIVES LOST.
----------
(From the Friend of India, August 31.)

If any other argument were wanted to prove the necessity
of the Indian government giving earnest attention to the
coolie emigration trade, it is to be found in the tale of
horrors with which Calcutta has been occupied during the
past week.

On Sunday, 19th August, the American built ship, Eagle
Speed, Captain Brinsden, left Port Canning with 497
coolies for Demerara. Of these 300 were men, 93 women,
65 boys and girls under 10, and 39 infants--in all equal to
425 adult coolies. All the formalities attending the departure
and the arrangements of an emigrant ship were duly
observed. The crew was sufficiently strong as to numbers,
being of the same strength as when they left England. There
were twenty-six sailors and officers, exclusive of cabin
boys, cooks, and assistants. Captain Hoskins, the
portmaster, appointed Mr. Vardy, one of the three Mutlah
pilots, to pilot the vessel, and he himself, with the port
doctor and three other Europeans, went down the river in
her. He was aware that some of the crew were sick, but did
"not know whether the number was over the average;" he
knew that "three or four" were drunk, including the second
officer and the boatswain, and they continued drunk the
next day. The Lady Elgin, Capt. Heath, which had been
sent round from Calcutta, towed the ship down to
Halliday's Island where she anchored for the night. On
Monday morning she went on down the Eastern Channel.
The barometer was low and the wind from the west ; and
soon the sea rose so high, as the wind veered to the south
that the ship feared the steamer would not be able to tow
her. At 4 in the afternoon, in sight of the Mutlah reef buoy,
with the water low, the tide setting in and a fresh breeze
blowing, the rope connecting the steamer and the vessel
parted. The sands were a mile off, and during the two hours
spent in passing another rope, she drifted towards the
sands, without setting sail, which was impossible ; or letting
go the anchor which, Captain Brinsden confesses, it would
have been better to have done. She struck at half-past 6 in
4 fathoms, and then the anchor was dropped, while the
sea rolled in "very high." After half-an-hour she went off to
the southward, but with 19 inches of water in the hold. At 9
o'clock the machinery of the steamer became deranged,
and the ship anchored at the western channel at 10. The
coolies had been at the pumps from the first, but the water
increased, and at 3 on the morning of Tuesday, the 22nd,
with darkness around and a heavy sea, the Eagle Speed
signalled to the steamer that she was sinking. At 4 the
steamer's boat reached the ship, and the steamer herself
approached. But no attempt was made to pass ropes,
though this could have been done by daylight, and she might
have been at Halliday's Island by ten o'clock. On this point
Captain Hoskins evidence is clear--"Under the
circumstances, it would have taken two hours to pass
hawsers, they would have readily passed by daylight.
Suggesting that the wind was favourable and the sails were
set, the steamer could have towed the vessel to safe
anchorage in four hours. She would have been at 10 a.m. at
Halliday's Island."

Now we come to the tale of mismanagement, inhumanity
and horrible sacrifice of life. Three of the Eagle Speed's
boats were launched, manned by the crew, and
commanded by Captain Hoskins, by the pilot at Captain
Brinsden's request, and by the second officer, the first being
ill. Including the coolies, who threw themselves into the
water on hencoops, the boats saved 169, and all the
Europeans. Captain Hoskins' boat made five trips, but the
others were soon smashed ; one of them had at half-past 12
brought off the captain, whom his own crew refused to
help. The steamer's boat was also smashed after one trip.
Her two large boats were never launched. Captain Hoskins
said, "Had the steamer anchored ahead, and a raft been
made, many more lives might have been saved," but there
was no material to make a raft of, and Captain Brinsden in
vain "asked the steamer to anchor on the bow or astern,
and pass lines, in order to keep up a quicker and safer
communication." Before the captain left, the boatswain had
deserted the compounder and some topasses had broken
into the brandy-closet, the interpreter was not to be found,
and the pilot, who knew the language, did not return to the
ship. "From the first to last the crew acted badly. There was
some difficulty in getting them to man the boats latterly.
They were shamed into it by the passengers." The steamer
left for Port Canning ; no hint was given to the three
hundred miserable wretches who were sinking to launch the
ship's cutter, which had not been used, though the one
European left and five negroes did do so, and with thirty
coolies were afterwards found by the steamer. The ship
continued to float all that night, and did not sink till 7 on
Wednesday morning, justifying the opinion of Captain
Hoskins, "Considering the rate at which the ship was
sinking, I was sanguine that we would have succeeded in
getting the greater portion of the coolies out." Two steamers
were at once sent round from Calcutta, and the Lady Elgin
returned from Port Canning. They found three Coolie lads
on the mast of the wreck, and save about 60 more who had
floated to Halliday's and Butcher's Island, where the tigers
are said to have destroyed some. The coolies assert that the
last European tried to fire the ship. Of the 497 coolies, 260
seem to have perished on that terrible Wednesday morning
or afterwards in the jungle.

We have confined ourselves to facts. The Court of
Enquiry held on the pilot, before a jury in whom the public
have confidence, and the arrest of four of the crew with a
view to trial in the Vice-Admiralty Court on a charge of
setting fire to the vessel, render it necessary for us to abstain
from any attempt to fix responsibility. Captain Hoskins, who
seems to have done his duty better at least than any other
white man, in his evidence ascribed this horrible disaster to
"the force of circumstances." The court and the jury will
doubtless make it clear why, when in two hours the steamer
might have again taken her in tow after she was reported to
be sinking, and in four more might have deposited her
freight in safety on shore, she steamed off with 169, and
abandoned the rest to their horrible fate ; or why, before
steaming off, she made no attempt to use the three boats
each trip of which would have saved fifty lives. Even the
tigers of Butcher's Island would have been preferable to the
slow and silent approach of a fate equal to a thousand
deaths, as the shrieking victims were swept of[f] the wreck
till with its clinging burden it at last disappeared, leaving only
the top of the mast, three boys, and "lots of clothing," to tell
of inhumanity and incompetence such as are fortunately rare
in the annals of British seamen.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 17 October 1865 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 16, 1865.
ARRIVED--Alliance, Owens, Bangor, railway sleepers ; Try Again,
Power, Miramachi, timber ; Glencairn, Paige, Buenos Ayres, bone ash
; Zurich, Grange, Moulmein, timber ; Marianna, Perevia, St. Ubes, salt
to Hamburg ; Burkill, Collings, Calabar, general, to Hamburg.
SAILED--Albion, Feresich, Dublin, grain ; P. G. Blanchard, York,
London, guano ; Sinai, Gradovich, Glasgow, grain ; Volant, Griffiths,
New Ross, grain ; Creswell, Lindsay, Belfast, grain ; Tertuis, Greech,
Dublin, grain ; Mary Jane, Ritchie, Belfast, grain ; Eagle, Mortola,
Dublin, grain ; Glencairn, Paige, Fuidhorne, bone ash.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October 18--Wind calm.
The barque Matanzas, of South Shields, which went ashore at
Ballycotton was got off, and towed round here by a steam tug.

AMERICA.
QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY MORNING.--The Liverpool, New York, and
Philadelphia Company's (extra) s.s. City of Cork, arrived off the
harbour at 4.10 a.m. She brings 20 cabin and 136 passengers, no
specie. Having transferred 6 cabin and 46 steerage passengers she
proceeded for Liverpool at 4.30 a.m.--all well. The City of Cork
signalled the followed vessels on her voyage :--On Friday the 6th
spoke the American whaling barque George and Mary, bound west ;
and exchanged signals with the American ship Webster, also bound
west ; on the 16th exchanged signals with the Royal Mail steamer Asia,
bound west.

NEW YORK, OCT. 7TH.--The steamer Constitution has sailed from San
Francisco on the 3rd, with 1,100,000 dollars for New York, and 240,000
dollars for England.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 18 October 1865 -
INDIA.
An official inquiry into the conduct of Mr. Vardy, the pilot in
charge of the coolie emigrant ship Eagle Speed, which was
wrecked, and upwards of 300 coolies drowned, shortly after leaving
the Mutlah on the 20th ult., has resulted in his being dismissed the
service.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 31 October 1865 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
Queenstown, October 30, 1865.
ARRIVED--Reunion, Nichols, Glasgow, general to New York, put in
with loss of main-topmast and all attached, and leaky ; Fiol, Uriata,
Sagva, La Grande, molasses ; City of Limerick s., Liverpool, and left
for New York.
SAILED--Mary Russell, Weeks, Liverpool, timber ; Martha A.
Palmer, Anderson, Belfast, timber

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--The revenue cutter, Neptune, has put into
Smerwick harbour,--west coast of Kerry,--through stress of weather.
The Neptune has lately been employed in transferring men from the
Frederick William at Queenstown, to fill up the vacancies in the
different coast guard stations on the south and west coasts of Ireland.
--Dingle Correspondent.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 2 November 1865 -
ANOTHER SEIZURE OF ARMS.--In Belfast, on Wednesday, a further
seizure of arms was made on board the Fleetwood steamer by the
Customs' officers. A large cask, consigned to a merchant in town,
was opened, and, on being searched, was found to contain a
number of rifles and several bullet-moulds. Several cases
containing arms, which were seized during last week, were
forwarded last evening on board the Fleetwood steamer to the
manufacturers in Manchester. --Belfast News Letter.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 8 November 1865 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
Queenstown, November 7, 1865.
ARRIVED--Niad, Diligence, Hemisphere, Borealis, Thomas,
Charles, John Munro, Mosquito, Rebecca, Britannia, Vesper,
White Eagle, Mary, Smith, Ocean, Susanna Anne, Rambler, Elisha
Thayer, Petrel (colliers) ; Britannia, Hare, Bridgewater, bricks ;
Anna and Bertha, Witt, St. Petersburg, hemp, to Cork ; Delaware
steamer, Liverpool to New York, and proceeded ; Pathfinder, Crear,
London, general, to Boston, put in leaky ; Perseverance, Robertson,
Liverpool, general and passengers to New York, put in leaky, loss of
masts, spars, &c. ; Mary and Elizabeth, Fry, Rouen, wine and
currants, to Cork ; Allen, Williams, Berehaven, ballast.
SAILED--Alexander Victoria, Allen (in ballast).
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October [sic] 8th--Wind N.E.
ARRIVED--City of Baltimore steamer, from New York, and left for
Liverpool ; Dragonir, from Odessa.
The ship Perseverance (Robertson, master), from Liverpool, with
passengers to New York (out 32 days), put in yesterday with loss of
foremast foretopmast yards, sails, and all attached ; also maintop-
gallant and royal masts, &c., bore up 49 N., 29 W. The barque
Pathfinder, of Picton, from London, general, to Boston (48 days out),
put in yesterday leaky, and with loss of rudder-head and foreyards,
bore up 22nd October 41 W., 44 N.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



> LOSS OF TWENTY LIVES.
The French lugger Victorine, of Havre, was wrecked yesterday
morning on the Norfolk coast. Twenty lives lost.

[Report was untrue. See story of 9 November 1865 which follows.]


source - The Cork Examiner, 9 November 1865 -
THE REPORTED LOSS OF A FRENCH LUGGER.--The reported loss of a
French lugger, the Victorine, of Havre, noticed in the papers on
Wednesday, turns out to be a fabrication. Auguste Alexandre Vatinel,
the Frenchman who told the tale to Mr. Watson, the superintendent of
the Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home, and was admitted into that
institution on the faith of the statements which he made, has been
brought before the local magistrates on a charge of stealing a coat form
the Home, and has acknowledged that his tale about the lugger was a
fiction. He has been sent to the French gunboat Le Cuvier, now lying at
Lowestoft, to be dealt with at the captain's discretion. Vatinel was in
a very destitute condition when he was received at the Home, and he
was also somewhat bruised ; and as the weather had been very coarse,
his tale was readily believed. The coat lend him, and which he was
charged with stealing, has not been recovered ; In fact, the fellow
appears to be an ungrateful vagabond.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October [sic] 8th--Wind N.E. ; fresh breeze.
ARRIVED--Dragomir, from Odessa ; Nameless, from Labrador ;
Gem of the Ocean, from Labrador ; City of Manchester (steamer),
from New York and left for Liverpool ; Lady Havelock, from Quebec
; Boabec, from St. John's, N. B.
PUT BACK--Primus, for Londonderry ; Fiel, for Clyde, both
windbound.
OFF PORT--Southern Ocean, from Callao.
SAILED--Reunion, for New York ; Undecimus, for Cardiff.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 1 November 1865 -
WE have received the Times of yesterday by the Apollo, which
made a rapid passage from Bristol against exceedingly heavy
weather.

QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY.--The Liverpool, New York, and
Philadelphia Company's steam ship City of London, from New York
on 21st instant, arrived off the harbour at 7.30 p.m. She brings the
United States mails, 58 cabin, and 230 steerage passengers, and has
233,000 dollars in specie on freight. Having transferred the mails,
13 cabin, and 63 steerage passengers and latest telegrams, she
proceeded for Liverpool at 7.50--all well.

LOSS OF TWENTY LIVES.
The French lugger Victorine, of Havre, was wrecked yesterday
morning on the Norfolk coast. Twenty lives lost.

THE COOLIE TRADE.
The London and China Telegraph says that six French ships have
been chartered to convey coolies from China to Havanna at £12 to
£14 per man. The Spray of the Ocean, British, is chartered to convey
coolies at £7 to Tahite, to work at coffee and cotton plantations.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 29 November 1865 -
THE GALES.
----------
The dead bodies of nine of the crew of the brig Favourite, of
Liverpool, which was wrecked off Blackpool on Wednesday night
last, had up to Saturday afternoon been cast ashore, six at Bispham,
about three miles distant ; one at Cleveleys, about the same distance
; and two at Fleetwood, five miles off. The coast above Blackpool
for two or three miles is strewn with pieces of spars, sails, and
broken timber belonging to the wrecked vessel. About 100 barrels
of palm oil and several bags of seeds, forming part of the cargo of
the Favourite, have been washed ashore, and are now in charge of
the authorities. The inquests on the bodies of the sailors thus far
found was held on Saturday afternoon. Police-constable Robert
Smith said on Saturday he went to the sands above Blackpool and
saw four dead bodies. On the arms of one mane there were three
letters, "W. C. C." He had not been able to ascertain the names of
any of the deceased men. The captain, whose body had been
washed ashore, was a married man and the father of four children.
The Coroner in summing up the evidence said that the lifeboat crew
appeared to have done their duty, and were not to blame in the
matter. A verdict of "Accidentally drowned" was returned. The
weather has been stormy at Blackpool ever since Wednesday, and
on Saturday night a heavy sea was running.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 27 December 1865 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
Queenstown, December 24, 1865.
ARRIVED--Star of the Teign, Edwards, Bassein, rice ; Fusthia,
Brooks, Galatz, maize ; Carl Frederich, Rock, Odessa, maize ; Anna
Cobjolbson, Balkin, Sulina, maize ; Vizguya, Hayes, Sulina ;
Margaret Leach, Walsh, Prince Edward's Island, deals ; Christine,
Davidson, Carthagena, to Newcastle, lead and grass, windbound ;
Johannes, Lundgren, Taganrog, wheat ; Scotia steamer, New York to
Liverpool ; Phillis, Sulina, maize.
SAILED--Nil.
Queenstown, December 25, 1865.
ARRIVED--Molfino, Massoni, Kustendje, maize ; Fuschia,
Taganrog, wheat ; Peony, Young, Mauritius, sugar ; Christina [sic],
Davidson, Carthagena, lead, for Newcastle ; Carl Frederick [sic],
Koch [sic], Odessa, maize ; Eolo, Izzo, Odessa, wheat ; Antonetto,
Molcore, Monte Video, bones ; Maria Anna, Martinolich,
Marianople, wheat ; Bejapore, Gunning, Rangoon, rice ; General
Windham, Leslie, Callao, guano ; Java, Orr, from Glasgow, general,
for Negapatam, put in with head of mainmast gone and all attached (10
days out) ; Thor, Samuelson, Taganrog, wheat ; George Carragio,
Sablich, Odessa, wheat ; Ostsee, Permica, , Taganrog, wheat ; Sisters,
Pryde, Sulina, maize ; Sobeisky, Radomiro, Odessa, wheat ; Sarenta,
Jamieson, Taganrog, wheat ; Brothers Secluna, Zarb, Berdianski,
wheat ; Warden Law, Prudenza, Gazzolo, Sulina, barley ; M. M.
Peter, Wilkie, Mauritius, sugar.
SAILED--Nil.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 1 January 1866 -
THE STORM OF FRIDAY.
A heavy gale set in from the westward on Friday morning, and raged
with unusual violence for several hours. The lines of telegraph between
Dublin and Cork were injured, and no intelligence could be
transmitted. No casualties occurred in the Bay of Dublin, where the sea
was fearfully agitated. The English mails did not arrive until half-
past seven ; but the mail boat sustained no injury, and forced her way
through the storm gallantly. Towards evening heavy showers fell,
accompanied by fitful squalls. The pilot boats Curlew and Hawk
rescued three fishing vessels from imminent danger in the early part of
the day. We trust the Arklow Banks have not been the scene of
another casualty as complete and disastrous as that which befell the
Tenesserim [sp?].

A GALE IN THE CHANNEL.--Simultaneously with the receipt of a
telegram, directing all coast stations to hoist cone, pointed downwards,
anticipatory of a gale from the southward, the wind suddenly rose, and
blew with fearful violence from S.W., veering to W. for some hours on
yesterday morning. The blue storm flag was hoisted at Kingstown,
indicating to vessels in harbour to lower top-gallant masts and yards,
brace yards bye, and take other precautionary measures for safety.
Fishing boats were caught in the gale in the bay, and lives would have
been lost were it not for the assistance rendered by the pilot cutters,
Nos. 3 and [?] in towing them into harbour ; some of the boats had to
[cut] away their nets. The mail steamer Munster, which left Kingstown
in the morning for Holyhead, had two of her boats carried overboard
on passage, and smashed. She returned to Kingstown in the evening,
and was upwards of an hour detained on passage owing to very severe
weather outside.--Freeman.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 29 November 1865 -
THE GALES.
----------
The dead bodies of nine of the crew of the brig Favourite, of
Liverpool, which was wrecked off Blackpool on Wednesday night
last, had up to Saturday afternoon been cast ashore, six at Bispham,
about three miles distant ; one at Cleveleys, about the same distance
; and two at Fleetwood, five miles off. The coast above Blackpool
for two or three miles is strewn with pieces of spars, sails, and
broken timber belonging to the wrecked vessel. About 100 barrels
of palm oil and several bags of seeds, forming part of the cargo of
the Favourite, have been washed ashore, and are now in charge of
the authorities. The inquests on the bodies of the sailors thus far
found was held on Saturday afternoon. Police-constable Robert
Smith said on Saturday he went to the sands above Blackpool and
saw four dead bodies. On the arms of one mane there were three
letters, "W. C. C." He had not been able to ascertain the names of
any of the deceased men. The captain, whose body had been
washed ashore, was a married man and the father of four children.
The Coroner in summing up the evidence said that the lifeboat crew
appeared to have done their duty, and were not to blame in the
matter. A verdict of "Accidentally drowned" was returned. The
weather has been stormy at Blackpool ever since Wednesday, and
on Saturday night a heavy sea was running.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 5 January 1866 -
SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
----------
THE General Shanly, Capt. Stetson, from Liverpool, for
Philadelphia, with a general cargo, put into Queenstown to-day,
having three feet of water in her hold, and all sails blown away.
She remains to get repairs. The United States arrived in the
harbour to-day, having in tow a vessel called the Leander, which
they picked up of[f] Crookhaven. It appears the United States
was lying in Baltimore Bay, after making an unsuccessful attempt
to tow a Russian barque off the rocks, when Mr. Swanton,
Lloyd's agent in Skibbereen, engaged her to render what
assistance she could to the Leander. The United States was
steamed to the disabled vessel, but the captain refused to give or
take a line, thinking he could get on well enough, as there was a
wind from the land which would keep him from the rocks. This
wind did not continue long, and at four o'clock this morning the
captain was obliged to accept the services of the United States.
She lost her main top-mast, and all attached, and received other
damage. The Russian barque, Margrete, which went on shore a
few days since off Baltimore Bay, it is thought will become a total
wreck. It is expected all the cargo, which is principally tobacco,
will be saved, but about half will be damaged. It was this vessel the
United States tug went round to render assistance to but she was
too firmly fixed on the rock to be stirred. Before the vessel got on
the rocks the Telegraph Company's tender refused £60 to tow her
away. No casualties occurred within the harbour last night.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 6 January 1866 -
BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE.
----------
THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKETS leave Southampton on the
9th of each Month, carrying Her Majesty's Mails, &c., for Pernambuco,
Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres (River Plate).
Saloon Passengers to Rio de Janeiro for £25 and upwards, and to
Monte Video and Buenos Ayres for £45 and upwards. Steerage
passage to Rio, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres for £25.
The Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company also convey
passengers, &c. on the 2nd and 17th of each month for the West Indies,
Mexico, California, British Columbia, &c.
Hand Books, giving full particulars of the route, places of stoppage,
length of voyage, &c., can be had on application to
J. M. LLOYD, Secretary.
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company,
55, Moorgate-street, London, E.C.

FURTHER SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
----------
CROOKHAVEN JAN. 4TH, 1866.--S.S. Limerick, for Limerick, left this
harbour to-day. I have been told that a brig, laden with tobacco, from
Virginia, is on shore at Whitehall, near Turk Head, and that her cargo is
being discharged. It seems that she went ashore the morning the Leander
went into Skull Bay. This must be the brig reported by the barque
Euphenia, which, as she came into Gascinane Sound, had the same mast
gone and her cargo in bags.--Correspondent.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern


THE SCOTLAND, OF GLASGOW. ---------- DINGLE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.--Captain William Campbell, master of the Scotland, and Mr. James Stobo, representing the owner, Mr. William Watts, Glasgow, have arrived in this town for the purpose of superintending the removal of the hull of the vessel. A steamer from Liverpool is daily expected to tow the vessel to London, and the crew have been ordered to muster on board this evening. The ship carried a very valuable cargo, estimated to be worth £90,000. I am not in a position to state whether the loss sustained is covered by insurance or not. I had an interview with Captain Campbell who handed me the following documents for publication:-- "H.M.S. Leander, Ascension, 5th November, 1865. "This is to certify that Mr. William Campbell, master of the merchant ship, Scotland, has been taken out of that ship by the finding of a naval court, from his total inability to command the vessel in consequence of the sad accident that happened to him on leaving Calcutta, and not in any way from misconduct on his part. "J. G. BICKFORD, Captain, R.N. in charge of Ascension." ---------- "Ascension, Nov. 26th, 1865 "I certify that I consider if Captain Campbell had proceeded home in his ship, the Scotland, in the state of health he was in, it would have been at the risk of his life. "GEORGE BANKS, Surgeon in charge." DINGLE, THURSDAY MORNING.--A favourable change in the weather has taken place after a fortnight of the severest storms that we have had on the west coast of Kerry for the last 50 years. This day is calm and sunny. There is not a ripple on the surface of the water in Dingle harbour, but the sea outside is still heavy. Source - The Cork Examiner, 18 May 1867 -

Robert Quick, master of the schooner Rose, was summoned by Constable Maher, for having on the previous night, about 12 o'clock, fired a shot on board that vessel, which lies of Patrick's Quay. The constable, in reply to the bench stated that the accused was drunk.

Quick said that he only fired off a blank cartridge for the purpose of preventing thieves prowling about and coming on board. Mr. Hayes for the accused urged, that as he was only intoxicated on board his own vessel, it was no offense according to the law. The bench concurred, but said that the gun ought to have been registered when the vessel arrived in port from St. John's.

Mr. Hayes said that that was perfectly right in strict point of the law, but then the ship was only in port a few days, and the captain was putting out to sea again. The bench imposed a rule of bail, viz. -- the accused in £20, the gun to be retained until regularly registered.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern


Source - The Cork Examiner, 7 June 1867 -
RELEASE OF AN ALLEGED FENIAN

John Carbery, who had been confined in this city gaol under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, was released on Monday, and left yesterday for New York in the City of Antwerp.
____________________________


ARRIVAL FROM AMERICA

The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer England arrived off the harbour yesterday, from New York, after a quick passage. She had as many as 140 steerage passengers, the majority of whom were Irish, on board, and 32 cabin passengers. She transferred at Queenstown to the Company's tender six cabin and 30 steerage passengers, after which she proceeded immediately to Liverpool. The England did not make any reports. ____________________________

THE QUEENSTOWN LIFE-BOAT

The crew of this boat were out for their quarterly practice, yesterday. The men comprising the crew are all fine young men, and excellent oarsmen. Though they have been only a few times together they displayed a considerable amount of discipline in the manner in which they managed the life-boat yesterday. Each member of the crew had a cork belt and life-buoy, which rendered him quite free from sinking, in case of being put out of the boat by the stroke of a sea. In course of the practice, yesterday, the crew jumped overboard at intervals, and floated in the water without the least exertion. The practice takes place every three months.
Contributed by Dennis Ahern



Source: Irish Catholic Chronicle And People's News of the Week
Dublin, Ireland
Saturday, 19th October 1867

NATIONAL STEAM SHIP COMPANY (LIMITED)

The new full-powered British Iron Screw Steam-ships,

Ships              Tons      Ships                   Tons

FRANCE, Grace.         3200      HELVETIA, Cutting       3325

THE QUEEN, Grogan      3412      PENNSYLVANIA, Lewis     2873

ENGLAND, Thomson       3400      VIRGINIA, Porwse        2876

ERIN, Hall             3200      DENMARK, Thomson        2870


Will be despatched from Liverpool to New York as follows:

HELVETIA....................Wednesday, Oct. 23rd

DENMARK.....................Wednesday, Oct. 30th

ERIN........................Wednesday, Nov. 6th


And from Queenstown the following days.
The Saloon accommodation on board these Steamers is very superior. Rate of Passage from Liverpool to New York, Fifteen Guineas. Return Tickets, Twenty-five Guineas.

There is excellent accommodation for Steerage Passengers, and a full supply of Cooked Provisions served up by the Company's Stewards. Passengers booked through to Aspinwall, San Francisco, the inland towns of Canada and of the United States on favourable terms.

For Freight or Passenger apply to:
THE NATIONAL STEAM SHIP CO. (LIMITED)
14 The Albany, Oldhall-street, and 23 Water-street, Liverpool; Or to N. and J. CUMMINS and BROS, Queenstown.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Ship                 Reg   Class From          For                 To sail

Antiope              1430     A  Liverpool     Melbourne            Oct 16

Eurynome             1198     A  Do.             Do.                Oct 20

Marpesia             1430     A  Do.             Do.                Oct 30

Sarah Nicholson       933   A I  Do.             Sidney             Oct 30


The above are some of the fastest and most favourites Packets in the trade, and have superb accommodations for passengers.

Apply to Thompson, May, and Co., 20 Water-street, Liverpool; or to Hamilton Leslie, 32 Eden-quay, and Mr. J. Quinn, 8 North wall, Dublin.

Contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath




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