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source - The Cork Examiner, 1 January 1864 -

A screw steamer named the Greyhound, of 500 tons, launched about
six weeks ago for a townsman, was out on a trial a few days ago, and
having attained an excellent rate of speed, a note of which appeared in
the papers, persons from Liverpool and Manchester were bargaining
for her for three days afterwards, and a few days later she sailed for
Liverpool, having been sold at a high figure. She is to load at Liverpool
for the West Indies. During last week, besides the Greyhound, two
paddle-wheel steamers have left the Clyde for Nassau direct. The new
steamer Florie, of 215 tons, which put back from stress of weather,
with her paddle box damaged, sailed on Friday ; and the Caledonian,
215 tons, which has had new boilers and floats, sailed on Thursday.
The former is commanded by Captain Berwick, and has a crew of 20
men. Several other new and old steamers are fitting out on the Clyde,
and will follow soon.--Scotsman. source - The Cork Examiner, 11 January 1864 -

GREAT STORM ON THE DUTCH COAST.
----------
REPORTED LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S GUN BOAT LIVELY.
SEVERAL VESSELS LOST WITH ALL HANDS.
The Dutch mail, which arrived yesterday, brought intelligence of a
fearful gale from the north-west, with hail and snow at intervals, having
been raging along the whole extent of the Dutch, Danish, and adjacent
range of coast, occasioning much havoc amongst the shipping. The
weather had been very tempestuous the last week or so, but on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the wind gradually increased in
violence, until it blew with the force of a hurricane. Foremost among the
disasters is the reported loss of her Majesty's gun boat Lively, Lieut.
Welch, which had been dispatched in search of the missing trawling
smacks from the Humber. It is stated that the Lively had been driven
ashore at Texel, and that Mr. Herne, the engineer, was drowned ; the
rest of the crew being saved. On the receipt of the news the Lords
of the Admiralty directed her Majesty's steamer Medusa, lying at
Sheerness, to proceed to the mouth of the Texel, with the hope of getting
the gun-boat off. No satisfactory tidings had been gleaned of the
seven or eight missing trawling smacks, except that the sterns of two
small boats, bearing the names of the two vessels, "Richard and Harry,
of Hull," and "Kingston, of Hull," have been washed ashore near Texel,
justifying the worst fears as to their fate.
Two steamers are reported to have been blown ashore. One was the
Auguste Louise, screw steam ship, which was on a voyage from
Hamburg to Rotterdam. Like the Wilhelmsborg emigrant ship, she was
cast upon the Terschelling, some three or four miles out from the island.
A large Swedish ship, called the Sumatra, Captain Brundin, which was
on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, was lost near Vlieland, and,
with the exception of two or three, the whole of her crew perished. The
John Margrieta, bound to Zwolle, from the Tyne, stranded and then
sank off Harlingen, and of those on board only the pilot and a boy are
stated to have been saved. A long list of vessels wrecked has been
posted, and in several instances the crews are reported to be missing.

VOYAGE OF A SAILOR'S CHEST.--A sailor's chest was recently lost in
Ramsey Bay, and has actually been cast up not far from its owner's
door in Whitehaven. It seems that a sailor, named Thomas O'Neill, of
Whitehaven, sailed in the schooner Sisters of Fleetwood. On the 3rd
instant the Sisters lay windbound in Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, when
she was run into by a large Glasgow schooner, bound to Liverpool, and
immediately afterwards sank. The crew got on board the Glasgow
vessel, saving their lives, but nothing else, and were conveyed to
Liverpool. O'Neill afterwards made his way home to Whitehaven,
where he arrived on the 11th instant, and, strange to say, his chest,
which had gone down with the Sisters, arrived the day after. It is said
he was on the North Wall at the time, and saw it floating past the
pier-head. It was picked up by a man at Redness Point, and taken to
the Custom House, and subsequently restored to its owner.
source - The Cork Examiner, 11 January 1864 -

A screw steamer named the Greyhound, of 500 tons, launched about
six weeks ago for a townsman, was out on a trial a few days ago, and
having attained an excellent rate of speed, a note of which appeared in
the papers, persons from Liverpool and Manchester were bargaining
for her for three days afterwards, and a few days later she sailed for
Liverpool, having been sold at a high figure. She is to load at Liverpool
for the West Indies. During last week, besides the Greyhound, two
paddle-wheel steamers have left the Clyde for Nassau direct. The new
steamer Florie, of 215 tons, which put back from stress of weather,
with her paddle box damaged, sailed on Friday ; and the Caledonian,
215 tons, which has had new boilers and floats, sailed on Thursday.
The former is commanded by Captain Berwick, and has a crew of 20
men. Several other new and old steamers are fitting out on the Clyde,
and will follow soon.--Scotsman.

GREAT STORM ON THE DUTCH COAST.
----------
REPORTED LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S GUN BOAT LIVELY.
SEVERAL VESSELS LOST WITH ALL HANDS.
The Dutch mail, which arrived yesterday, brought intelligence of a
fearful gale from the north-west, with hail and snow at intervals, having
been raging along the whole extent of the Dutch, Danish, and adjacent
range of coast, occasioning much havoc amongst the shipping. The
weather had been very tempestuous the last week or so, but on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the wind gradually increased in
violence, until it blew with the force of a hurricane. Foremost among the
disasters is the reported loss of her Majesty's gun boat Lively, Lieut.
Welch, which had been dispatched in search of the missing trawling
smacks from the Humber. It is stated that the Lively had been driven
ashore at Texel, and that Mr. Herne, the engineer, was drowned ; the
rest of the crew being saved. On the receipt of the news the Lords
of the Admiralty directed her Majesty's steamer Medusa, lying at
Sheerness, to proceed to the mouth of the Texel, with the hope of getting
the gun-boat off. No satisfactory tidings had been gleaned of the
seven or eight missing trawling smacks, except that the sterns of two
small boats, bearing the names of the two vessels, "Richard and Harry,
of Hull," and "Kingston, of Hull," have been washed ashore near Texel,
justifying the worst fears as to their fate.
Two steamers are reported to have been blown ashore. One was the
Auguste Louise, screw steam ship, which was on a voyage from
Hamburg to Rotterdam. Like the Wilhelmsborg emigrant ship, she was
cast upon the Terschelling, some three or four miles out from the island.
A large Swedish ship, called the Sumatra, Captain Brundin, which was
on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, was lost near Vlieland, and,
with the exception of two or three, the whole of her crew perished. The
John Margrieta, bound to Zwolle, from the Tyne, stranded and then
sank off Harlingen, and of those on board only the pilot and a boy are
stated to have been saved. A long list of vessels wrecked has been
posted, and in several instances the crews are reported to be missing.

VOYAGE OF A SAILOR'S CHEST.--A sailor's chest was recently lost in
Ramsey Bay, and has actually been cast up not far from its owner's
door in Whitehaven. It seems that a sailor, named Thomas O'Neill, of
Whitehaven, sailed in the schooner Sisters of Fleetwood. On the 3rd
instant the Sisters lay windbound in Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, when
she was run into by a large Glasgow schooner, bound to Liverpool, and
immediately afterwards sank. The crew got on board the Glasgow
vessel, saving their lives, but nothing else, and were conveyed to
Liverpool. O'Neill afterwards made his way home to Whitehaven,
where he arrived on the 11th instant, and, strange to say, his chest,
which had gone down with the Sisters, arrived the day after. It is said
he was on the North Wall at the time, and saw it floating past the
pier-head. It was picked up by a man at Redness Point, and taken to
the Custom House, and subsequently restored to its owner.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 11 January 1864 -

A screw steamer named the Greyhound, of 500 tons, launched about
six weeks ago for a townsman, was out on a trial a few days ago, and
having attained an excellent rate of speed, a note of which appeared in
the papers, persons from Liverpool and Manchester were bargaining
for her for three days afterwards, and a few days later she sailed for
Liverpool, having been sold at a high figure. She is to load at Liverpool
for the West Indies. During last week, besides the Greyhound, two
paddle-wheel steamers have left the Clyde for Nassau direct. The new
steamer Florie, of 215 tons, which put back from stress of weather,
with her paddle box damaged, sailed on Friday ; and the Caledonian,
215 tons, which has had new boilers and floats, sailed on Thursday.
The former is commanded by Captain Berwick, and has a crew of 20
men. Several other new and old steamers are fitting out on the Clyde,
and will follow soon.--Scotsman.

GREAT STORM ON THE DUTCH COAST.
----------
REPORTED LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S GUN BOAT LIVELY.
SEVERAL VESSELS LOST WITH ALL HANDS.
The Dutch mail, which arrived yesterday, brought intelligence of a
fearful gale from the north-west, with hail and snow at intervals, having
been raging along the whole extent of the Dutch, Danish, and adjacent
range of coast, occasioning much havoc amongst the shipping. The
weather had been very tempestuous the last week or so, but on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the wind gradually increased in
violence, until it blew with the force of a hurricane. Foremost among the
disasters is the reported loss of her Majesty's gun boat Lively, Lieut.
Welch, which had been dispatched in search of the missing trawling
smacks from the Humber. It is stated that the Lively had been driven
ashore at Texel, and that Mr. Herne, the engineer, was drowned ; the
rest of the crew being saved. On the receipt of the news the Lords
of the Admiralty directed her Majesty's steamer Medusa, lying at
Sheerness, to proceed to the mouth of the Texel, with the hope of getting
the gun-boat off. No satisfactory tidings had been gleaned of the
seven or eight missing trawling smacks, except that the sterns of two
small boats, bearing the names of the two vessels, "Richard and Harry,
of Hull," and "Kingston, of Hull," have been washed ashore near Texel,
justifying the worst fears as to their fate.
Two steamers are reported to have been blown ashore. One was the
Auguste Louise, screw steam ship, which was on a voyage from
Hamburg to Rotterdam. Like the Wilhelmsborg emigrant ship, she was
cast upon the Terschelling, some three or four miles out from the island.
A large Swedish ship, called the Sumatra, Captain Brundin, which was
on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, was lost near Vlieland, and,
with the exception of two or three, the whole of her crew perished. The
John Margrieta, bound to Zwolle, from the Tyne, stranded and then
sank off Harlingen, and of those on board only the pilot and a boy are
stated to have been saved. A long list of vessels wrecked has been
posted, and in several instances the crews are reported to be missing.

VOYAGE OF A SAILOR'S CHEST.--A sailor's chest was recently lost in
Ramsey Bay, and has actually been cast up not far from its owner's
door in Whitehaven. It seems that a sailor, named Thomas O'Neill, of
Whitehaven, sailed in the schooner Sisters of Fleetwood. On the 3rd
instant the Sisters lay windbound in Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man, when
she was run into by a large Glasgow schooner, bound to Liverpool, and
immediately afterwards sank. The crew got on board the Glasgow
vessel, saving their lives, but nothing else, and were conveyed to
Liverpool. O'Neill afterwards made his way home to Whitehaven,
where he arrived on the 11th instant, and, strange to say, his chest,
which had gone down with the Sisters, arrived the day after. It is said
he was on the North Wall at the time, and saw it floating past the
pier-head. It was picked up by a man at Redness Point, and taken to
the Custom House, and subsequently restored to its owner.

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 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, 11 February 1864 -
INQUEST.
----------
AN inquest was held yesterday at the Court-house, Passage,
before Messrs. Stamers and Cronin, R.M., (the Coroner for the
district not having been elected yet) upon the body of Charles
Harding, master of the ship Anna Dorothea, who was killed in the
Royal Victoria dockyard on last Monday by a heavy piece of
timber falling upon him. The inquiry excited a good deal of
interest in Passage, as two lads employed in the dockyard,
through whose negligence the accident was alleged to have
occurred, had been taken into custody by the police. It will be
remembered that the deceased was killed by what is called a
"shore" falling over the side of the dock in which his ship was
being repaired and striking him on the head as he was coming up
the steps out of the dock. The lads in custody, named Bernard
and Hegarty, had charge of the timber at the time, and were
taking it into the dock.
The following jury was sworn on the inquiry--Richard Lloyd
(Foreman), J. D. Evans, R. W. Jones, Thomas Lindsay, Thomas
Parker, Arthur Herbert, Wm. Mellerick, David Murphy, Wm.
Thomas, Thomas Cahill, J. Kent, Joseph Mintern, John P.
Taylor, Mathew Fitzpatrick, and Wm. Power.
Mr. Allen, sol., Queenstown, attended to watch the case on
behalf of the relatives of the deceased. Mr. R. N. Parker
appeared for the prisoners.
William Drew, chief officer of the Anna Dorothea, was first
examined. He deposed that he was talking to the deceased at the
opposite side of the ship a few moments before the accident
occurred. The deceased left him to go out to the dock and in a
second after he saw persons running around the ship. He
followed and saw the deceased lying close to the bottom of an
old boat in the dock. The deceased was bleeding profusely from
the right ear. Witness assisted to take him to the office, where he
died in an hour and twenty minutes afterwards. The deceased
was insensible the whole time.
Richard Welstead, M.D. and surgeon, deposed that he saw the
deceased in Mr. Browne's office immediately after the accident.
The deceased was in a state of insensibility which continued until
he died. The cause of death was a fracture at the base of the
skull.
David Sullivan, shipwright, deposed that he was walking on a
landing stage at the stern of the Anna Dorothea, on Monday last.
He remembered when the accident occurred. His attention was
attracted by hearing a noise, and on looking into the dock he saw
the deceased and the piece of timber tumbling down together. He
did not know what caused the timber to fall into the dock.
Witness was examined at considerable length with a view to
eliciting whether it ever occurred that men employed in the yard
would slide shores down the steps into the docks. He said there
were stringent regulations in the yard against such a practice, but
it might have been done occasionally behind the backs of Messrs.
Browne, or their foremen.
William King, another shipwright, employed in the dockyard,
was examined, and gave somewhat similar testimony.
Mr. William Browne, one of the proprietors of the docks,
deposed that when the deceased was brought to his office in a
state of insensibility he asked how the thing had happened. He
was told that a "shore" or piece of timber, which two lads were
carrying, had fallen upon the captain's head. He asked to have
the boys brought to him, and the prisoners, Bernard and Hegarty,
were brought in. When he asked them how it had occurred,
Bernard replied that they were taking a "shore" on their shoulders
to the dock, that on reaching the head of the steps, near the quay,
one of them lowered his end of the shore, and the other end,
striking the head of the boy who held it, nearly knocked him over
into the dock ; that the shore fell from them and rolled over the
edge of the quay, falling into the dock. The crane was near the
spot where the shore fell from the prisoners. The prisoners said it
fell on the deceased, and he (witness) did not ask them any more.
Mr. Cronin--Would you tell us, Mr. Browne, what the
regulations are relative to the lowering of shores and other pieces
of timber into the docks?
Mr. Browne--All such things are to be lowered by means of
cranes.
Mr. Cronin--Was it in violation of your orders that they
attempted to lower it by the steps?
Mr. Browne--I don't know that they attempted to lower it by
the steps, but according to the regulations they should use the
crane. If a piece of timber was very light they might safely walk
down the steps with it, and I think they could have safely carried
this piece of timber down the steps in that manner, for it was so
light that one of them could raise it.
Mr. Cronin--I saw the timber, and I don't think it was so light.
Mr. Browne--We will give you the weight of it.
In answer to further questions, Mr. Browne stated that his men
might have slid timber down the sides of the dock, but he never
heard of it. He wished to say that he did not believe the prisoners
could have intended to throw the timber over the side of the dock
in this case, for had they done so they would certainly have
injured some of his property in the dock. He believed that they
were merely taking it off their shoulders when it fell.
To Mr. Allen--Bernard did not tell me how they inteded to
lower the timber into the dock. If they intended to lower it by the
crane they would put it down in the place where they took it off
their shoulders.
To Mr. Parker--I do not think the boys could have seen the
deceased in the dock. The deceased was generally liked in the
dockyard.
Mr. Allen said there was no imputation of malice intended at his
side, so that the last question put to Mr. Browne was quite
unnecessary, but without any malice there may have been very
culpable negligence in the case.
Mr. Henry Browne deposed that the piece of timber which fell
on the deceased weighed 1 cwt. 1 qr. and 10 lbs. ; one of the
boys alone would be capable of carrying it.
To Mr. Cronin--I have caught men sliding timber down the
side of the quay, and have warned them that they would be
discharged if they were caught again. The regulation is that all
timber should be lowered by the cranes.
Mr. Cronin--Was it in violation of your orders that this piece
of timber was not lowered by the crane?
Mr. Parker--You are begging the question now, for you are
assuming that they did lower it.
Mr. Cronin--Could these boys have lowered the timber by the
crane?
Mr. Browne--Of course, they could.
The foreman ship-wright, Ahearn, who had charge of the work
on the Anna Dorothea, was examined at the desire of the
magistrates to account for the manner in which the prisoners had
been employed on the Monday previous to the accident. He
stated that they were engaged lowering shores by his directions,
but he did not know how they performed the work. He did not
see them at it.
Mr. Cronin remarked that it was exceedingly strange that in
such a large establishment no single person could be got to throw
light on this occurrence.
Mr. Parker said that probably the men around being hard at
work had no time to look about them.
Thomas Collins, another shipwright, was examined, but his
evidence was not material.
This closed the evidence.
Mr. Allen addressed some observations to the court on the
question, had there been negligence on the part of the prisoners.
He believed that the evidence was sufficient to shew that proper
caution had not been used by the prisoners, and the jury, if they
held the same view, should return a verdict of manslaughter
against them
Mr. Parker having replied on behalf of the prisoners.
Mr. Cronin briefly charged the jury.
After a short consultation the jury found, by a majority, a
verdict of accidental death, and the prisoners were discharged
from custody.


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, 7 March 1864 -
QUEENSTOWN, MONDAY MORNING.--
The R.M.S. China arrived here at 1.30 a.m. She brings 75
passengers and 206,000 dols. in specie. Having landed all
mails and six passengers, she proceeded at 1.45--all well ;
experienced easterly weather. On 24th passed the screw steamers
Cella and City of London, and the Kangaroo, bound in ; on 25th,
the American ship Die Briant, bound west ; on 27th signalled
the British barque, Melbourne, bound east.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
NEW YORK, FEB. 23.--The Africa, from Liverpool, arrived at
Boston on the 21st. The Virginia, from Liverpool, arrived here on
the 21st. The ship S. F. Parker, of Quebec, abandoned in the ice.
Reported by steamer Brittania. The Bohemia, from Liverpool,
struck a rock near Portland and sank on the 23rd inst. Some
passengers lost. Vesta, hence to Queenstown, abandoned at sea.
Crew brought here by the Liverpool on the 23rd.

LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP BOHEMIAN.
------------
SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
------------
CARGO VALUED AT 1,000,000 DOLLARS.
------------

PORTLAND, ME., FEB. 23.--The steamship Bohemian, Capt.
Borland, from Liverpool, struck on Alden's Rock, four miles
outside Cape Elizabeth, about nine o'clock last evening, beat over,
turned head towards the shore, and sunk in about an hour and
a-half, two miles from the shore, outside of Richmond's Island,
having stove a hole in her engine compartment. Part of the steerage
passengers are supposed to be lost. Her bridge is covered at high
water, and the seas are breaking over her. The night was clear and
the Cape light in full view. The Bohemian had 19 cabin passengers,
all of whom are supposed to be saved, and 199 steerage
passengers. It cannot yet be ascertained how many of the latter are
lost.
Boat No. 2 was swamped alongside, owing to people crowding
into it, and came ashore on the Cape with a man and child in it,
both dead. The people at the Ocean House and in the Fishing
House on the Cape sent teams for the sufferers.
The following passengers are saved :--Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, A.
Y. Gilman, Alexander Eupy, Mr. Fulford, J. G. Millar, Mr. Welch,
Mr. Woodruff, Rev. Mr. Richardson, W. B. Smith, Capt. Welles,
Capt. Stone, John Johnson, James Higston, John Robertson,
Pussey Smith, Seallant, James Scatebard. Supposed to be
saved--Mr. Stewart. Crew saved. The captain, purser, mail
officer, stewards and chief cook, chief stewards, (2 engineers) and
others. The mails were lost(1). The intelligence reached this city at
one this morning and a tug-boat was sent off at once. She has not
yet returned.

1--Elsewhere in the edition of 7 March, it is variously reported that
"They have recovered 33 mail bags" "The mails saved were from Glasgow" and
"Three mail bags were saved." The Cork Examiner of 11 March 1864
reported that "The mails are all saved."

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QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY NIGHT.--The Montreal Ocean Steamship
company's s.s. North American, from Portland on the 20th ult.
passed this harbour at 11 p.m., bound for Liverpool.

THE DERRY LINE

THE North American, which was due at Derry about Tuesday last,
called off the harbour, about 10 o'clock last night. The agents,
Messrs. SCOTT, Queenstown, had been telegraphed by the captain
from Crookhaven, and had the Brunel tender in readiness outside
the harbour. The mails and some passengers were landed, and the
former were sent this morning by special train, along with those of
the China. The violent gales from the north-east, encountered by
the City of Washington, had driven the North America [sic] out of
her course, and compelled her to touch at this harbour, instead of
going north about, and calling at Derry, as usual.

SOUTHAMPTON THURSDAY.--It is rumoured in Southampton to-day,
and the report comes from an undoubted source, that Government
have resolved, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be
made, that all foreign mails at present shipped and landed here shall
be despatched and landed at Falmouth. The alteration will no
doubt have a serious effect upon the commercial prosperity of the
town, although it does not follow as a matter of course the vessels
will take their stations at Falmouth ; they will simply touch there,
embark and disembark the mails and passengers, and take in fresh
provisions if necessary. It is thought by those well informed in the
matter the new arrangements will come into effect at midsummer.


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 Cork Examiner, 11 March 1864 -
PORTLAND, FEB. 28--A coroner's inquiry has been held on
the Bohemian disaster, which found accident owing to error of
judgement as to distance of lights, and there being only cap
buoy instead of bell buoy on Olden's Rock. It censures the
pilot for not being in position to observe steamers signals.
The steamer Hibernia supplies the following particulars
:--Cabin passengers are all saved. About 30 steerage
passengers are supposed to be lost. The following bodies have
come on shore :--Ellen O'Connor, Patrick Purcell, wife, and
two children, Patrick and James Cassidy, Barbara Canavan,
Giulbert and John Manly, Richard Annis, John and Anne
Mullen, Benjamin Hallchinch, John Kane, John Martin,
Honora Walton, Mary Hoy.
The following members of the crew are lost--Peter Hart, A.
Brondfoot, John Greig, Arthur Clark, James Mathews, John
Murphy. The mails are all saved.

THE FLOWERY LAND PIRATES.--The grave of the five
pirates of the Flowery Land, in Newgate, is now
indicated by the few mural marks that serve to point out
the burial-places of notorious criminals. The grave is
immediately on the right of that of the infamous
poisoner, Catherine Wilson ; and on a wall near it the
initials B. L. D. L. W., rudely carved in stone, with the
words "Ship Flowery Land, Feb. 22," mark the spot
where the remains of Blanco, Lopez, Duranno, Lyons,
and Watto, are interred.

THE GREAT EASTERN.--The action in the Court of
Admiralty, at the suit of Captain Paton, as commander
of the Great Eastern, has been settled, and accordingly
withdrawn. The appeal to the Privy Council in the other
action for damage to the ship Jane, at the instance of
the Great Ship, is progressing towards hearing.

THE OYSTER FISHERY.--The iron screw steamer Thames
has again returned from Bordeaux after discharging cargo
of one hundred and seventy tons of oysters there, for the
formation of propagating-beds. She is not likely to be
detained long waiting for another cargo, as owing to the
gale on Monday night no less than fifty-five Arklow boats,
whose crews are fearless and perservering in all weathers,
ran in, and found a ready sale for what they had on board.
We understand the Thames intends repeating her visits to
our market. --Wexford Independent.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 9 May 1864 -
THE ACCIDENT TO THE DROGHEDA STEAMER,
LEINSTER LASS. ------------
AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS.

We are happy to learn, by a letter which has been received by the
Drogheda Steamship Company from the Commander of the Leinster
Lass steamer, that the particulars of the accident which we published
yesterday were in some important points innaccurate, and in its
apprehended results very much exaggerated. The pleasure we feel in
at once correcting any erroneous statements we may have
unintentionally given publicity to is, on this occasion, very much
enhanced by the fact that, instead of having to deplore the loss of
fifty fellow-creatures, we are enabled, through the courtesy of the
respected Secretary of the Drogheda Steamship Company, to state,
that after the most particular inquiry and examination of the number of
"missing" passengers is happily limited to three--an announcement,
we are sure, which will be received with sincere satisfaction by the
public, whose worst apprehensions were most unnecessarily excited
by our correspondent. The authentic facts of the occurrence
appeared to be these--At two o'clock the accident occurred by the
breaking of the "beam," and not the piston, as we stated, which made
the breach in the bottom of the vessel of about two feet in extent, but
fortunately none of the crew in the engine-room were injured, and the
water did not rise to mid decks before the screw steamer Torch bore
down and rendered effectual assistance, by taking on board all the
passengers, and getting the disabled steamer in tow. It was three
o'clock when the Torch took the Lass in charge, and they both

arrived safely in Holyhead harbour in about three hours after. The
entire number of passengers on board the Leinster Lass, when she
left Drogheda, was only 134, not between 250 and 300, as was
innacurately stated yesterday ; and on arriving at Holyhead it was
found that there were 131 of these present, so it is evident that but
three were wanting to fill up the number the Leinster Lass had on
board when she slipped her moorings in the Boyne. And those three,
it is thought, were lost owing to their having got into one of the
boats contrary to the positive directions of the captain. Soon after
those 131 passengers were landed at Holyhead the officers of the
Drogheda Company with commendable promptitude, made all the
necessary arrangements for their immediate transmission, and they
were forwarded by the first train which left Holyhead for their
destination, Liverpool, together with their luggage, none of which we
understand sustained any injury. The Drogheda Steamship Company
have acted on this occasion with a liberality and consideration in
perfect harmony with that high reputation which it has ever upheld. Of
the conduct of the commander of the Leinster Lass, Captain Toker, it
is unnecessary for us to speak. In the very critical position he was
placed by the occurrence, we have been informed he acted with an
amount of judgment, coolness, and firmness for which he is already
favourably known ; and to Captain Crosbie, of the Torch, much
praise and commendation are due for the very valuable, prompt, and
efficient assistance he rendered on the occasion. On the whole we
may, now that we have before us the authentic account of the mishap,
congratulate the public and the Drogheda Steamship Company that
an accident, which at first created much alarm and apprehension, and
which might have been accompanied with the most melancholy
consequences, has been attended with, comparatively speaking,
unimportant results. We, at the same time, have to express to the one
and to the other our very sincere regret in having been the means of
exciting unnecessary fears, but we are confident both will at once
acquit us of having done so intentionally.--Freeman.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 10 May 1864 -
BELFAST MONDAY.--The Prude, of Newry, 36 tons
register, with a cargo of coals from Troon to Dundalk,
sunk this morning off Grey Point ; crew saved.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
May 10th, 1864--Wind N. ; strong breeze.
ARRIVED--Manita, from Liverpool to Spain, with damage
to foreyard ; Widgeon, from Trinidad ; Blanche, from
Gaboon River Ca.
SAILED--Carlino, for Limerick.
WATERFORD SHIPPING--THIS DAY.
ARRIVED--Emerald, from Tonsberg.

Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 18 May 1864 -
THE CASE OF THE SAXON.--There is a navy court-martial in
session at the Philadelphia Navy yard for the trial of Acting-
master Charles Danenhower, of the United States' navy, upon a
charge of murder on the high seas, in shooting James Gray, mate
of the British bark Saxon, in October last, off the coast of
Africa. The charges are preferred by Mr. Seward, Secretary of
State, upon the information of Lord Lyons, the British Minister.
The case was submitted to a court of inquiry, after the return of
the Vanderbilt, on which the accused was serving, and he was
fully exonerated from blame, and justified for the act, and the
finding, it was understood was approved by the Secretary of the
Navy. His Lordship, the British Minister, not being satisfied with
the result of the proceedings, has induced the Government to
convene a court-martial for the trial of Mr. Danenhower, and the
case is, as we have said, in process of trial.--New York Herald.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
May 17, 1864.
ARRIVED--Kangaroo steamer, New York to Liverpool,
and proceeded ; White Eagle, Driscoll, Newport, coals ;
Smith, Harris, Newport, coals.
SAILED--Sirene, Theessen, Great Yarmouth, linseed
cake ; Jaunita, Canning, Terragona, general cargo ;
Evening Star, Fry, Clyde, sugar ; Boatswain, Gray,
London, sugar ; Eva, Blaney, Malta, coals.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 28 May 1864 -
BOMBAY MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON MAY 27.--The Poonah, Capt. Sparkes, with the
heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived--she brings 119
passengers, including the Hon. Mr. Wingfield and Capt. Johnston
from Gibraltar. The Poonah has on freight eight packages specie,
value £1,511, also packages of silk and shawls, 50 bales cotton,
159 packages of sundries.


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, 2 June 1864 -

KINSALE A PORT OF CALL.--KINSALE, TUESDAY EVENING.--Great
excitement has been produced her by the intelligence that the company
of the Inman line have some intention of making Kinsale a port of call
for their steamers, instead of Queenstown ; but, although Kinsale
harbour is evidently a statio bene fide carinis, yet this is not among
the most probable events of the future, inasmuch as I conceive the
company must in that case construct a suitable quay for their own
accommodation, as quays are possessed by a few persons, their
length in each case corresponding to and co-incident with the breadth
of the rere of their premises ; and as to a public quay there is
scarcely any.--From a Correspondent of the Irish Times.

ATTEMPTED SHIPMENT OF HUMAN BONES.--Captain Christie, of the
ship Fairy, which has arrived at Hull, from Genoa, laden with bones,
reports that the cargo was brought to the vessel from the town in
covered vans, and, on examining the bones, he discovered that a very
large quantity of them were unquestionably human remains. He
informed the authorities of the circumstances, and convinced them of
the truth of his statement by showing them bones which positively had
portions of human flesh still adhering to them. The merchant on whose
account the shipment was taking place had warned the captain not to
take any such bones on board if they were offered to him, thus
manifesting that like attempts had been made, or were likely to be
made. The bones had been bought by the merchant from a dealer who
resides some distance up the country. There is every reason to believe
that an extensive trade has been carried on in human bones.
Doubtless, this discovery will check it.--Manchester Examiner.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING.
--------
June 1st, 1864.
ARRIVED--City of Cork steamer, Tibbetts, New York, general ;
Perilla, Bayes, Newport, coals ; Agenoria, Davis, Liverpool, salt ;
Halcyon steamer ; Olympus steamer, Liverpool, and left for New
York.
SAILED--Coronella, Bentley, New York, salt ; Cormorant
steamer.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
June 2nd, 1884--Wind E.
ARRIVED--Nil.
SAILED--Nil.
QUEENSTOWN, THIS DAY.--The barque Orient, with palm oil, having
been temporarily repaired was towed for Liverpool last evening by the
Liverpool tug United Kingdom.
WATERFORD SHIPPING--THIS DAY.
ARRIVED--Good Luck, Jones, Odessa.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 4 June 1864 -

A MAN named Thomas Bird was convicted of having stolen a purse
containing five sovereigns from Charles Cawensky, a Prussian sailor,
whom he slept with on Tuesday night. He was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment, and the court adjourned.

THE INMAN LINE.
------
THE rumour that the Inman Company purpose [sic] withdrawing their
ships from Queenstown and taking them to Kinsale, would seem to
have some foundation from the fact, that Captain Kennedy, master of
the ill-fated City of New York, left Queenstown to-day for Kinsale.
The object of his visit to Kinsale is not avowed, but, owing to the
late reports that the Inman Company, vexed at his suspension, have
determined to change the port of call for their ships from Queenstown
to Kinsale, it is supposed to be for the purpose of examining the
capabilities of Kinsale harbour. This conjecture is strengthened by the
fact that Captain Seymour, agent of the company [visited] the same
harbour in his screw steam yacht, this day.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
June 3, 1864.
ARRIVED--Union, Eastman, Newport, coals ; Kaloolah, O'Neill,
Newport, coals ; Reward, Reynolds, Newport, coals.
SAILED--North America steamer, Liverpool, after coaling ; Alice,
Edwards, Bangor, ballast ; Ocean, Flynn, Liverpool, palm oil ;
Nimble, Bennett, Bristol, oats ; Temperance, Maloney, Swansea,
pitwood ; Active, Evans, Dublin, flour ; Helen Ann, Brien, Cardiff,
ballast ; Isabella, Howell, Glasgow, sugar.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
June 4th, 1864--Wind calm.
ARRIVED--Nil.
OFF PORT--City of Manchester steamer, New York to Liverpool.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 11 June 1864 -
THE ALABAMA--Yesterday intelligence was received at
Lloyd's by the ship Kent, which arrived at Plymouth on
Tuesday, the 7th inst., from Melbourne, that on the 24th of
April, in lat. 17 S., long. 32 W., she was boarded by the
celebrated Confederate steamer, Captain Semmes. The
officer who boarded the Kent reported that they had burnt
the previous day the American ship Rockingham, bound
from Callao to Queenstown, with guano. He said they had
destroyed several other American ships, and had a great
many prisoners on board.

DEATHS.
June 9, at his residence, Sussex-place, Kingstown,
Mr. William Cullen, aged 32 years, late steward of the
royal mail steamer Connaught.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
June 10th, 1864.
ARRIVED--Aulbo Belbuino, Amerage, Trinidad, sugar ;
T. G. Rogers, Day, Moulmein, timber ; Gleaner, Collia,
Montevideo, hides ; Charles Palmer, Smith, Sagua la
Grande, sugar ; Humberstone, Cook, Cuba, sugar ;
Darnley, Jones, Newport, coals.
SAILED--Gyda, Lowold, Leith, grain ; Mary Johnston,
Lawson, Liverpool, hides ; Nuova Margaritta, Pecca,
Glasgow, maize ; Charles Bel, Sprenger, Sweden, sugar ;
Gleaner, Collie [sic], Liverpool, bone ash ; Doris Mentz,
Stabeu, Riga, salt ; W. G. Putnam, Putnam, Ipswich, guano
; T. G. Rogers, Day, Glasgow, timber ; Black Diamond,
Donovan, Sydney, ballast ; Brothers, Saunders, Glos'ter,
oats.

June 11th, 1864--Wind W.S.W., fine.
ARRIVED--Normanby, from St. Cruz ; Jane, Monte
Video ; Anna, Havana ; Commodore, Newfoundland ;
Azorian Lass, Barbadoes, for Cork ; Christian, Porto
Rico ; Gustof, Remedios ; Hugo George, Philadelphia ;
George S. Browne, New York ; Margaret Smith,
Havannah.
AMERICAN SHIPPING.

NEW YORK, 1st JUNE--(Per Persia)--May 28th--
Atlanta, from London, arrived at New York ; Caledonian,
from Glasgow, arrived at New York. May 29th--The
London, from Liverpool, arrived at New York. May
30th--Kedar, from Liverpool, arrived at New York. 31st
May--Katherine Enslow, from New York to United
Kingdom, at Yarmouth, U.S., leaky.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 13 June 1864 -

WEST INDIAN, MEXICAN, AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 12TH.--The R.M.S. Seine has arrived. Her
dates are Honduras, 16th May ; Colon, 21st ; Jamaica, 24th ;
Demerara, 23rd ; Tobago, 22d ; Trinidad, 24th ; Barbadoes, 26th ;
Martinique, 27th ; Antigua, 27th ; Montserrat, 28th ; Saint Kitts, 28th
; Saint Thomas, 29th.

QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS--THIS DAY.
------------
(Before Messrs. MARTIN, S. T. W. FRENCH, W. D. SEYMOUR,
P. SCOTT, and J. BEAMISH.)

A summons was brought by John Bowle, articled seaman on board
the Norton, against Joseph Hall, master, for £11 9s. 2d.
Mr. Allen said that he appeared for the defendant, whom Bowle
had previously summoned for £10. The magistrates then enquired into
the accounts, and gave a decree for £11 9s. 2d., against which he
(Mr. Allen) appealed to Quarter Sessions. The appeal was still
pending, but in the meantime Bowle issued a fresh summons for £11
9s. 2d. He (Mr. Allen) considered that, pending the appeal, the case
should not be heard.
Mr. Beamish said that the Bench had no power to give a decree for
more than what was mentioned in the summons. No doubt the
magistrates thought that Bowle was entitled to £11 9s. 2d., but they
could not have given a decree for more than the £10 which he
summoned Hall for.
Mr. O'Bryen, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that Mr. Allen
had no power to appeal in the case. His (Mr. O'Bryen's) client was
now ready to accept £10, though he was entitled to £11 9s. 2d.
Mr. Allen declined to accept the offer.
The magistrates decided they had no jurisdiction in the case before
them, and they therefore dismissed it.
Thomas Collins, ship-wright, Passage, was charged by
Sub-Constable Roche with having been drunk ; by Sub-Constable
Moore, with having attempted to trip him, and by Acting-Constable
Duffy with having kicked him after he had been taken into custody.
He was sentenced to a week's imprisonment, with the option of
paying a fine.
The prisoner declared that he had only taken two glasses of ale
during the day ; he denied having tripped Moore, and stated that he
was speaking to a friend when Moore passed him, and he merely put
out his foot accidentally.
A boy belonging to the Italian schooner Austrian was charged by
John Daly, out-door Customs' officer, with smuggling over a pound
weight of cigars.
A penalty of 15s. 5d. was imposed.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern




source The Cork Examiner, 4 October 1864 -
Ripon and Delta with Bombay and Mauritus mails left Alexandria at
noon third October ; former expected at Marseilles on 9th ; latter
Southampton on 10th.

A WORD OF CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT.
------
It having come to my knowledge that there are numerous Agents,
Runners, Boarding-house Keepers, who are employed by Speculators
in the United States to induce strangers, under the offer of high wages
and other promises to leave Canada, I wish to warn you against
listening to the advice of all such persons. They are generally to be met
with in places of public resort, and may not unfrequently be your fellow
passengers on steamers and railroad cars. You cannot be too guarded
in receiving their advice which they nearly always manage to give
unsolicited. Their object is to deceive and mislead you, in the hope of
securing the Bounty Money offered by the American Government for
Recruits.
Many Emigrants have suffered from want of caution in this respect.
They have probably been induced to accept a friendly invitation to
drink, then drugged, and recovering their sense found themselves
enlisted, and at the mercy of unscrupulous men.
You should also bear in mind, that owing to the depreciation of
American currency, the United States Paper Dollar, which was
formerly worth 4s. sterling, is now reduced to 1s. 8d., or about 2s.
Canada funds ; and that all the necessaries of life are increased from
200 to 300 per cent., while wages have only advanced about 50 per
cent.
If you are in any doubt, or want of advice, apply at once to any of
the Government Emigration Agents, stationed in the chief cities of the
province, viz. :--Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, and
Hamilton, where every protection will be afforded you.
A. C. BUCHANAN, Chief Agent.
Government Emigration Office, Quebec,
30th August, 1864,

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 3rd, 1864.
ARRIVED--Weldford, Kay, Richibucto, deals, for Liverpool,
windbound ; Rifleman, Carder, Cronstadt, hemp, for Cork ; Sol
Wildes, Wade, New York, oil ; Sorparesa, Morrice, Taganrog, wheat
for Youghal--not enough water to get over the bar ; Florence
Nightingale, Harrison, Akyab, rice ; Hannah Anne, Spillane,
Richibucto, deals, bound to Belfast, windbound ; Atlas, Rowland,
Newport.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October 4th, 1864.--Wind S. E., strong
ARRIVED--Napoleon, Limerick to Cardiff, windbound ; Nelson,
London to Auckland, to embark troops.
SAILED--Kangaroo (steamer), for New York.
The Augusta of Shields, from Sulina, put into Castletown,
windbound.
WATERFORD SHIPPING--YESTERDAY.
ARRIVED--(Per Lloyds)--Lizzie Ann, Rutherford, from Taganrog ;
Hercules, Voigt, from Sulina ; Quintus, Ellul, Sulina ; Madre Palumo,
Marianople ; Dorothy, Kirtin, Taganrog.
SAILED--Indifferenti, Romano, for Naples ; Dumfries, White,
Halifax.

EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.
--------
The following is extracted from a letter sent to Dundee, by an
Emigrant who went out from Dundee, in the Bayswater, from
Liverpool, January 29th, 1964 :--
Rockhampton, Queensland, 5th June, 1864,
I believe there never was a ship that left Britain with passengers in
which they were so well treated as we were on board the Bayswater,
of the "Black Ball" Line, by the Doctor, Captain, and other officers of
the ship ; and, although we had not one of the quickest passages, we
had one of the best on record. We had not what you call a gale of wind
all the way. I have kept a note of every day's proceedings since I left,
and, in course of time, will send you a full, true, and particular account
of the voyage. We weighed anchor on Friday, the 5th February, and
cast anchor in Keppel Bay, on Monday, 23rd May, at 2 p.m., making
the passage in 108 days. It was on Thursday, the 26th, before we
landed in Rockhampton. The ship can only come to within sixty miles
of Rockhampton. A steamboat brought us the rest of the way, and
when we landed at the quay there were six horses and carts waiting on
us and our luggage. We were all taken to the depot, and served out
with tea and sugar, bread and beef, and I am still living at the depot,
and at the expense of the Queensland Government.
I am going to begin work to-morrow at the joiner trade, with a
Highlandman for my master, named M'Gregor, and 12s. a day for eight
hours and seven for Saturdays. I have also met in with Mackenzie from
Inverness in business here as a saddler. He has a brother in Inverness
a saddler ; and one in Melbourne. Mackenzie has four men working to
him. I do not know how many M'Gregor has, but I got work for other
two men that came out with M'Gregor. Shoemakers and tailors will do
well here. Tailors 10s. a day with rations, and shoemakers from o
5s. a week with their rations. Labourers from 18s. to s. a
week with rations, and lodgings for himself and wife. Single men,
shepherds to go up to the country (say from two to six hundred miles),
and a year with rations. All the young men that came
out with me in the steerage, 78 in number, have gone to be shepherds.
Most of them know as much about sheep as you do. I was offered
with our rations to go up the country 200 miles and would not take it.
The single girls are getting 10s., 12s., and 15s. a week. We are only
12 days landed and the most of us have got work. But you can get a
pamphlet from Mr. George Percival, 23, Bath-street, Liverpool, who is
the Queensland Government Agent, which will give you a deal of
valuable information about the colony.
When I landed we had between us somewhere about eightpence, so
that none of you need be afraid to come. The Government have to pay
me about or duties I performed on the voyage out, but as the ship
has to go back to Brisbane with the rest of the passengers, I cannot get
my money until then, or until they are landed. If I had been paid I
would have sent you the money in this letter ; and as this is the first
mail since I landed, I thought it was well to send you these few lines to
let you know of our safe arrival in the meantime.
When we landed the 4lb. loaf was 1s. 6d., it is down to 1s. 2d. since
; tea, 2s. 6d. ; sugar, 5d. to 6d. per lb. ; beef, 2d., 3d., and 4d.,
per lb. ; mutton, 6d. per lb. ; tobacco, 6s. per lb. ; whiskey, brandy,
rum, and gin, 8s. per bottle. Ale and porter, 2s. 6d. per bottle ;
lemonade, 6d. per bottle. Nothing in a public-house under 6d. Half a
glass of whiskey, brandy, rum, or gin, 6d.
ANDREW FRAKER.

NEW ZEALAND FREE EMIGRATION.--The New Zealand Government
Emigration Board despatched during the month of September two
vessels to new Zealand, containing emigrants to whom free passages
were granted. The first was the Helenslee, 793 tons, which sailed on
the 10th ultimo from Glasgow with 265 statute adults ; and the second
vessel was the Matoaka, 1,323 tons, which sailed from the port of
London on the 17th ult., with 363 1/2 statute adults, under the care of
Mr. Jonas King, surgeon superintendent. These are the first two vessels
despatched to New Zealand under the new regulations for providing
emigrants with free passages to the colony.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 24 October 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 22nd, 1864.
ARRIVED--Principi Amadie (steamer), Pencito, Glasgow, coals, for
Genoa, to land pilot ; Anna, Hughes, Swansea, coals.
SAILED--Harriett, Guzzell, Hull, valonia ; Undecimus, Barbara, Hull,
maize ; Zeno, Wood, Belfast, maize ; Bloomer, Rudin, Hamburg,
sugar ; Anna Bell, Taylor, Greenock, sugar ; Brierly Hall, Duncan,
Londonderry, grain ; Insulana, Patterson, Altona, logwood ; Vigilant,
Shields, Dublin, maize ; Marsala, Chichero, Dublin, maize ; Pensiero,
Massa, Kingroad, grain ; Pia, Bamo, Belfast, grain ; Kestrel, Quirk,
London, hides ; Frederich, Dreves, Bristol, sugar ; Maria Fortuna,
Maglio, Londonderry, grain ; H. Principo, Massa, Alloa, grain ;
Caroline, Chandler, Gloucester, boneash ; Unione, Bava, Waterford,
maize.
October 23, 1864
ARRIVED--Virginia and Asia steamers, New York, and left for
Liverpool ; Persia steamer, Liverpool, and left for New York.
SAILED--Charles Rogier, Muller, London, boneash ; Napoleon,
Cardiff, ballast.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October 24th, 1864--Wind N.
SAILED--Principi Amadi, for Genoa ; Harriett Wade, Liverpool,
and left for New York.
WATERFORD SHIPPING--THIS DAY.
PUT BACK--The steam-ship Camilla, from Waterford to
Liverpool--loss of rudder.

THE CAPE MAILS.
PLYMOUTH, 23RD.--The Union Company's Cape Royal steamship
Britton, Capt. Boker, arrived here this morning from Table Bay, on
September 20th, St. Helena 29th, and Ascension Oct. 3rd. She brings
28 passengers and 16 soldiers, time-expired men. Her cargo consists
of 34 bags and 623 bales of wool, 845 bales hides, 42 bales of sheep
and goat skins, 400 sheep skins, 4 cases sheep skins, 10 cases Ostrich
feathers, 8 tusks ivory, 49 cases ; also 2 bales Angroa [sic] hair, 2
cases seal skin, and a quantity of silver, lead ore from the West
Coast.
At the Cape the most important political question pending, so far as
South Africa was concerned, was the projected annexation of British
Kaffraria to the Cape, and the arrangements to be made and the
liabilities to be incurred for the future defence of Colonial border.
His Excellency the Governor was in British Kaffraria, and had proceeded
from thence to the Orange River free state for the purpose of settling
the boundary at Mosheshs county. While in King Williamstown the
Governor had an interview with a deputation from a public meeting,
and, in reply to the questions addressed to him, stated the Home
Government would shortly decide whether Kaffraria should be
incorporated with the Cape Colony. The weather had been remarkably
favourable for the farmers, and a plentiful harvest was expected. The
breadth of land under cultivation had never been exceeded, and the
crops were very promising. Trade was good. Money plentiful, and
provisions cheap.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL.
MALTA, 23RD.--The Barossa left at 8 p.m. on the 21st inst., for
Marseilles. The Ripon leaves at 10 a.m. to-day for Southampton.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 26 October 1864 -
POLICE OFFICE--THIS DAY.
------------
(Before Messrs. W. LYONS, N. DUNSCOMBE, and J. L. CRONIN, R.M.)

A FOREIGN seaman, named Pasquale Tedecicowitzengraff, charged a
woman named Honorah M'Carthy with having robbed him of £2 12s.
last night. It appeared that the woman enticed the prosecutor into a
house in Furze's-alley, where his money was stolen from him, while he
was asleep. Informations were taken against the prisoner, and a
prosecution was directed against the proprietor of the house in which
Tedecico-witzengraff was robbed.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 25th, 1864.
ARRIVED--Mary Hounsell, Fitzgerald, Cardiff, ballast ; Nymph,
Reward, Anne, Darnley (in coals) ; Angelo C., Cincincovich, Galatz,
maize.
SAILED--Elpis, Martinolich, Limerick, grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October 26th, 1864--Wind E.
PUT BACK--Anna Bella, for Greenock.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 27 October 1864 -
General Mosquera is expected to arrive in New York in one of the
next Isthmus steamers, on his way to England as Minister of the
United States of Colombia to the Court of St. James.--New York Times.

YARMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.--There is little hope of further salvage from
the wreck of the Ontario.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 25th, 1864.
ARRIVED--Pennsylvania s., Liverpool to New York, and
proceeded ; Stag s., Pinchion, Liverpool to Bermuda ; Smith,
Thomas, Newport, coals ; White Eagle, Driscoll, Newport, coals.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
October 27th, 1864.--Wind N. E.
PUT BACK--Williamson, for Belfast, windbound.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 28 October 1864 -
QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS--THIS DAY.
------------
[Before Dr. POWER, Captain MARTIN, Messrs. TARRANT, J. N. BEAMISH,
and J. L. CRONIN, R.M.]

JOSEPH HARRISON, articled seaman of the brig Iris, summoned Mr. Curran,
master of the brig, to show cause why plaintiff should not be discharged
and should not receive a sum of £15 wages due him.
The facts of the case were simply these :--It appeared that Harbison
shipped for a voyage from Belfast to any port or ports in the
Mediterranean, and thence to a final port of voyage. The vessel sailed
from Belfast, and put in at a French port called Cette. When at this port
Harbison observed that the cargo being put on board the vessel were
not goods likely to be sent to the Mediterranean, but on the contrary
were fitted for a Brazilian port. Harbison questioned the captain, and the
latter admitted he was going to Brazil. The ship, accordingly, did sail for
Brazil, and arrived at Queenstown a few days since for orders, after
being five months out.
Mr. Allen appeared for the plaintiff and contended that the nine
months named in the articles having elapsed, the men were entitled to
their discharge on their arrival at the first English port. Besides, he
contended that men having been taken on a voyage not contemplated in
the original articles, were entitled to their discharge.
Mr. O'Brien, who appeared for the defendants, contended that the
sailors were bound to navigate the ship to the final port of discharge in
England. During the course of Mr. O'Brien's address to the court,
The Clerk stood up and stretched his hand out for a paper which was
on the table near him.
Mr. O'Brien--There, I have been interrupted again. It is really too bad
that I won't be allowed to address the court. (a laugh).
Mr. O'Brien (pointing across the court in the direction where Mr.
Allen and some other gentlemen were sitting)--When the asses are done
braying I will go on.
Mr. Cronin--That is a most monstrous expression.
Mr. Tarrant--It is a gross contempt of court.
Mr. Cronin--It is, and as gross a contempt as ever I heard.
Mr. O'Brien--I don't consider it so, your Worship.
Dr. Power--I don't think Mr. O'Brien intended that the remark should
apply to any member of the bench.
Mr. O'Brien--Certainly not.
Mr. Cronin--He should not have used such an expression in court.
Dr. Power--Does any one take it as applying to himself in particular?
Mr. Allen--Oh, your Worship, I don't take it to myself. The only way
in which to judge of who was meant was the direction of Mr. O'Brien's
hand.
Mr. O'Brien then continued his argument after hearing which, the
Bench retired to consult, and after a few minutes' absence returned into
court when the Chairman announced that the majority of the bench were
of the opinion that the plaintiff should be discharged, and the wages to
be assessed by the Harbour Master be paid him.
The decision in this case ruled a number of similar claims brought by
other sailors of the same vessel against the defendant in the last case.
There was no other case of importance before the bench.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 31 October 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
October 29th, 1864.
ARRIVED--Marietta, Berberovich, Sulina, maize ; Teresina,
Glachette, Marinaople, wheat ; Bolina, Cormack, Odessa, maize ;
Princessen Clotilda, Videau, Charente, brandy, for Cork ; Senator
Iken, Daunemaun, Rangoon, rice ; Neda, Rhode, Kustendje, maize ;
China steamer ; Etna s., New York, and proceeded to Liverpool.
The brig Teresina, of Italy, landed here the captain and crew of the
Wexford brig Industry (Captain Howlen), from which they were
taken on the 22nd instant, 47 degs. 44 min. N., 7 degs. 25 min. W,
the vessel then being in a sinking state. The Industry was from Sulina,
cargo of maize.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.) October 31st, 1864.--Wind E.S.E., fine.
ARRIVED--Due Cognate, from Sulina ; Matjeka, Sulina ; Rochelle,
Sulina.
SAILED--Stag steamer, for Liverpool to repair damage.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 4 November 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
November 4, 1864.
ARRIVED--San Giacomo, Trapani, Sulina, maize ; Bathurst, Brein,
Youghal, ballast ; Ciano, Sayers, Chester, brick ; Alert, Best,
Portsmouth ; Hulsah, Winter, Bridgewater, wheat ; Victory, Gibbons,
Cardiff, coals ; Orselina, Mangoni, Sulina, maize ; Jamestown,
Whelan, Cardiff, coals ; Cricket, Moynihan, Bantry, ballast ; Sofia
and Anna, Mactigh, Menlaef, wheat ; Emilia Migano, Arbosa,
Sulina, maize ; Kangaroo (s.), New York to Liverpool and
proceeded, City of London (s.), Liverpool to New York and
proceeded.
SAILED--Harkaway, Doren, Bristol, oats ; Highland Maid,
M'Kenzie, Glo'ster.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
November 4th, 1864--Wind N.E.
ARRIVED--Hedwig, from Sulina ; Artemus, Cameroons, for
Liverpool--crew sick and short of provisions.
OFF PORT--Doon, from Mauritius.
WATERFORD SHIPPING--THIS DAY.
ARRIVED--Septimus, from Sulina ; Gilda, Taganrog ; Undecimus,
Sulina.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 5 November 1864 -
The value of the Jura and cargo is estimated at one hundred and twenty thousand pounds.

THE PRINCE CONSORT IN COLLISION OFF PLYMOUTH.--The Prince Consort,
35, screw, ironcased ship, Captain George O. Willes, C.B.,
while coming into Plymouth Sound, on Tuesday morning, came into
collision with the schooner Commodore, of Jersey, and narrowly
escaped sinking her. The accident happened four miles outside the
breakwater, at about four o'clock. The schooner had just stayed, with
her head to the south, and her crew hailed the Prince Consort on
perceiving her approach. The crew of the latter were engaged in
reducing sail previous to entering the Sound, and did not seem to
notice the schooner at first. Fortunately, the proximity of the vessel
was at length discovered, just early enough to allow them to come into
collision only side by side. The crew of the schooner, frightened at the
formidable proportions of their neighbour, immediately took refuge on
board the Prince Consort. After the vessel had cleared, it being
observed that the schooner was not sinking, her crew were sent on
board her again by one of the Prince Consort's boats. The latter then
took the schooner in tow and brought her into the Sound. The schooner
lost her fore topmast, part of her fore rigging, and part of her
rail and bulwarks, but suffered no damage of importance to her hull.
She was towed into the Hamoaze by a Government steam tug, to be
repaired by the dockyard authorities. The Prince Consort carried
away her whisker boom in the collision.--Western Morning News.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
November 4, 1864.
ARRIVED--Edinburgh, steamer, New York for Liverpool, and
proceeded ; Luigo Bruno, Russo, Kustendje, maize ; Vice Toni,
Vernich, Sulina, maize ; Doon, M'Ewen, Mauritius, sugar ; Leda,
Moricich, Sulina, maize ; Artemas, Bailhache, Cameroons, palm oil ;
Ceres, Watson, Odessa, maize ; Hemisphere Borealis (collier) ;
Rudo, Lupi, Marianople, wheat.
SAILED--Mary Ann Webb, Domano, Liverpool, maize ; Julia,
Kreft, Kingroad, maize ; Margaret, Owens, Carnarvon, limestone ;
Senator Wren, Danneman, London, rice ; San Iperidone,
Londonderry, grain ; Prudente, Geletrich, Tralee, grain ; Broughty
Castle, Jewell, Liverpool, beans ; Hoppet, Grandholm, Glasgow,
grain.

(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
November 5th, 1864.--Wind N., light
SAILED--Rector, for Sligo ; Ganges, Auckland, New Zealand ;
Baron T. David, for St. Nazaire ; Cavour, for Liverpool.
CROOKHAVEN, NOV. 2, 1864.
ARRIVED--Italian brig Registro (Repetto), from Sulina, for orders
(61 days out), maize ; Italian brigantine Terrible (Circonardi), from
Monte Video, for Liverpool (71 days out), hides ; brig Nuovo
Arturo, of Leghorn (Ardisson), from Port Torys and Leghorn, to
Cork, bark ; Austrian brig Henry Crusich, from Sulina, for orders (70
days out), maize ; Greek brig Augelichi (Colachi), from Cavarna, for
orders (50 days out), barley ; barque Floating Cloud, of Liverpool
(Sanders), from Bahia, for orders (46 days out), sugar ; barque
Portia, of Scarboro', (Jameson), from Sulina, for orders (71 days
out), maize ; Austrian ship Marya G. (Mifka), from Sulina, for orders
(51 days out), maize ;
On the 31st ultimo, the Skellegs rocks bearing N. W., distant 35
miles, the Marya G. got in collision with an unknown vessel
(supposed to be an Italian barque), through which she is making
water, and carried away cutwater and foretop-gallant mast, covering
board and plank on starboard side injured.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 9 December 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
--------
December 8, 1864.
ARRIVED--Abraham Barber, Scharffnorth, Belize, mahogany ;
Gladiator (steamer), Gard, Pernambudo, sugar ; Porto Slavo,
Bonnecie, Sulina, maize ; Pavinetto, M'Nab, Trinidad, molasses ;
Susan G. Owens, Norton, Callao, guano ; Scotland, Rollins,
Philadelphia, oil ; Pensiero, Marchese, Kustendje, barley ; Sun
(steamer), Liverpool to New York, and proceeded.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 8, 1864.--Wind calm.
ARRIVED--Avoca, from Mauritius ; Susan M. Dudman, Moulmein ;
Star of Hope, Quebec.
SAILED--Nil.
SPOKEN--November 3rd, 20 N, 25 W, barque Ochtartyr, bound
S.W. ; 4th November--30 N, 22 W ; French vessel Pulyminia,
bound south ; 5th November, 30.40 N, 25.30 W, ship showing 3
dispen, number 0736 ; November 5th, 3.50 N, 25.30 W, Norwegian
ship Preston, white flag, with W on top and No. 303 underneath ;
November 7th, ship Rosdale, bound S, 7 N, 25.20 W. ; ship Peeress,
for Falmouth (68 days out)--by the Susan M. Dudman arrived here.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 13 December 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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December 12, 1864.
ARRIVED--Terzo, Marupich, Sulina, maize ; Jane, Picot, Shippegan,
fish and oil, to Cork ; Balclutha, Bowden, Matanzas, sugar ; Mary
Ada, Seville, Rechabucto, deals ; Alice Thompson, Neve, Cuba,
sugar ; Mirra, Romano, Taganrog, wheat ; Carlos, Irvin, coals, for
Montreal, windbound ; Grace Sargeant, Mitchell, Cardiff, coals,
bound out--reported leaky ; City of Dublin (steamer) Liverpool,
general cargo, and proceeded to New York ; Colliers--Lady Saie,
Planter, Perfect, Staghound, Rebecca, Sarsfield, Alma, Girl I
Love, St. Catherine, Elisha Thayer, Black Diamond, Mary,
Zephyr, Smith, Rambley, Vesper, Ann Catherine, Jessie, Perilla,
Mary Jones, Hebe, White Eagle, Mary Curran, Jersey Tar,
Frances Markland, Ellen Smith, Kaloolah, Iris, Sarah Jane,
Herbert, Lee, Sisters, Onward, Active, Queen Adelaide.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 13, 1864.--Wind S. by E.
ARRIVED--Blanchard, from Callao ; T. Brandello, Messina.
PUT IN--Brigantine Naid, from Glasgow to Bermuda, short of water.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 14 December 1864 -
THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING A SHIP.--Joseph John Mitchison White, of
5, Ogle-terrace, South Shields, and Robert Sutton, of 5, Robinson-
terrace, Sunderland, were yesterday again placed at the bar of the
Mansion House, upon the charge, that they being respectively the
captain and chief mate, did, on the 4th day of October last, feloniously
destroy a British ship called the Snowdrop, on the high seas, with intent
thereby to defraud the various underwriters. It will be remembered that
the ship ran upon a reef of rocks in the Baltic ; but it was said by the
carpenter that she made no water till he, by the direction of the
prisoners, bored several holes in her bottom. The prisoners were again
remanded, the Lord Mayor refusing to accept bail for either of them.

CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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December 13, 1864.
ARRIVED--J. F. Buller, Shapcott, Havre, refined sugar, to Cork ;
Maria Anna, Martinolich, Sulina, maize ; Maid, Richardson,
Liverpool, general cargo, to Ceinfuegos--put in through stress of
weather ; Ector, Audreales, Sulina, maize ; Mariette, Caduli, Sulina,
maize.
SAILED--Avon, Philpott, Sulina, wheat ; Annie Brooks, Plymouth,
fish ; Penselinos, Rosavio, Cardiff, ballast ; Moderation, Shiels,
Limerick, wheat ; Melicete, Gould, Liverpool, timber ; Kent, Boyle,
Fleetwood, timber.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 14, 1864.--Wind calm. ARRIVED--Florence steamer, Glasgow to Nassau, to coal.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - The Cork Examiner, 17 December 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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December 16, 1864.
ARRIVED--Zia Maria, Martinolich, Sulina, maize ; Avon, Calish,
Sulina, maize ; James Hackett, Reynolds, Cardiff, coals ; Eliza and
Ann, Chandler, Bridgewater, bricks ; John, Snow, Dungarvan, flour ;
Irish Lass, White, Dungarvan, flour ; Brothers, Harris, Newport, coals
; Enterprise, Carroll, Cardiff, coals ; Alexandria Victoria, Murphy,
Newport, coals ; Hattie (steamer), Lambert, Greenock, ballast, for
Havana ; Eneil, Ficke, Philadelphia, oil ; Elizabeth, Lamb, Demerara,
timber ; Clyde, Wakeham, Matanzas, sugar ; Rubens, Roberts,
Mauritius, sugar ; Sans Spiridiole, Avanite, Galatz, maize ; Adelaide,
Day, Newport, coals ; Patriotta, Myles, for Newport, put back,
windbound.
SAILED--Favourite, Canessa, Genoa, coals ; Petrel, Jeffers,
Newport, ballast ; Caros, M'Irvin, Motreal [sic], coals ; Cowlitz,,
Cooper, London, timber ; Buona Anicia, Buggani, London, maize ;
Guilia D., Glassar, Limerick, maize ; Nevoda, Bartlett, Leith, guano ;
North Star, Cleavat, Leith, guano ; S. Blanchard, Meady, Hull, guano
; Scotland, Rollins, Bremen, oil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 17, 1864.--Wind N.N.E., light.
ARRIVED--San Nicola, from St. Petersburg to Cork.
SAILED--Alice Thompson, for Greenock ; Emil, Bremen.
SPOKEN--December 14th, Mary Ridley, of Liverpool, to St. John's,
N.F., 10.50 W., 51 N.--by the Elizabeth, from Demerara, arrived here.


Contributed by Dennis Ahern



source - Article from the Dec. 24, 1844 issue of the Armagh Guardian newspaper:
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A CURIOUS ESCAPE FROM A SHIPWRECK.--As an
outward bound vessel was bearing up for this port on
Tuesday evening last, she was driven by the fury of the
storm, bowsprit foremost, on Creden Head, with such
force that the bowsprit was shivered in atoms. The
recoil sent her back some hundred yards from the rock,
and notwithstanding her fearful concussion, she was
enabled to reach this port in perfect safety.--Waterford
Chronicle.
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Contributed by Alison Causton



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