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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,

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If the boats. The Captam I was offion

the second ollats,

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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

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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

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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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1846 3 Chinadail &me 5,1845

Containing Hongking Registers Reports & Irial for Libel 4 Correspondence between Edward H. Pollard and

Andrew Shortrede.

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