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being confident that it is not in operation here, objects to have the question mooted to the Indge before the day of trial, which, from the absence of material the way to England and elsewhere, will probably be postponer's for several months.
witnesses on
144 Tem Memorialist begs to state, that in Ime. 1850, the "Orion" Steamer was weaked off the Coast of Sertland, under circunstances very similar to those attending
the wreck of the Larriston"," the
rumber of lives lost in the latter being Thirty-one, and in the former Forty seven, through the reglest of the offiens duty and the insafficiency the Orion,
ar
If the boats. The Captam I was offion
the second ollats,
err
54/3
his Lordship further reimarked, that "the sentence is no doubt one that must produce a great impresion." Entirely con
noaning in these sentiments, your Memorialist only consulting
conceives that the
evas
the public benefit in alluding to their and that no one should have the
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power, by a doubtful defective state of the law, to bring actims against an
-discharging his duty.
Grace to give such
editor for
Entreating your
Efject to the premises
meet
as may seem.
Yeur Memorialist will evey pray
Hongking July 21, 1853-
Arethanede
In
the 20t
tecompanying Doenments 1 Ordinance N 6 of 1845
2
of the watch,
were indicted criminally and bought to trial before the high court of Inotician at Edinburgh, and 30th August following, and being comiated, the Captain was sentenced to Iwo Tears' Imprisonment, and the second date to Seven Years Transport, ation. In summing up, the presiding Indge, the Lord Instice Cleak, remarked, that "He did not doubt that the greatest public benefit would accres from
the disclosure of the facts " and in pronormeing
on the mate
Bentence
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Containing Hongking Registers Reports & Irial for Libel 4 Correspondence between Edward H. Pollard and
Andrew Shortrede.