THE MERCHANT NAVY.

Evening Star, Issue 4258, 19 October 1876, Page 4

THE MERCHANT NAVY.

JiA-: ~ V:' 4 j . I.Siß,rr!Tobeghiwith,^‘Capstanßar” has assumed a nomme de pUty&tt Ul bf fitting bis own personal grievances, for, had he ever •ocupied the menial grade which bis title dedcrmtes,~he would have been only too ‘ wiHtog tb havb done as others are made to d^b^o.re ( hipu' Hecprtainly gives “ their y vKves : child ten ”'an. iinmenso latitude ** for cirddnlity whtn ne.eTOn far . Mto suppose that whilst sshitfs cargo is being pf themselTee ddghiissffit;of oX myself charitable : n ' itpoh th,e%Qmd-be4of ked-for heavy sentences infected the magistrates.. r ‘ dailoh has so little: time&for'liberßy' * snreii when in .'port {for nine*': out of ten bands), '/T/tkipk; heavier sen- ' tehees wbuld be outrageous,, even supposing *- v> %. immensity, of the offehce. f With refeto a' case very, recently heard even .Vi , v the superior’’; portion pf the ship’s; Crew lsvej>hown/; 11 There afe‘at 'the t prraenl<\tiDMVon, qnp ..Waters masters who, had’‘they been 'coining to any other .port .in the world, would have, brought inhalfdbeh’bre&a'in irons.” I pass OV^Tr.the. slur.lnsftltujted by .the. foregoing pdrtijptfyb itfoA certain authorities, and rest eontent by treating that which lays within lay own sphere. TJjefe are’ very few ports IJngEah: ones who have not, ■or -a ; b®.; bought over-writh the price of I •» 7*rare>joldiEnglish cheese,. a couple;of - j bottles of wm®*- or suck like. ” I challenge “Capstan Bar” to deny the last item.-|-I *3* . -:r- / j o o r,’ One wnp Broached i' (i Dunedin, October. Ift •; *. I - 0 i! i.} —4. ’ f , i

0 hj <l6 ToithejSd*to*- a • .... ;* read with' great pleasure that very

iseittibla letter in this Overling’s issue so by “ Ctfcstan and am a|ad there are sijiinb who kjhow wnat (phip piasters and their officers have to put up an Officer pf nearly in aweß-lspown line of i'aedger 'shipa (Moneys Wigram, and !-oh*s) ? Wthe-Australian ©olcsnie.?, I ruay be allowed : had some experience in;• cases of ‘''bhtfachinga, &c., and 1 ' I <tauiat acknowledge, ihe merchant tarO are, as’" Capstan. ..Bpjr ’’flays, rapidly ;-lifythe'service to whiejh 1 refer it was busto deduct frotnjthe officers’ wiges 0 (rnroppptionately according to grade) foi| all o deficiencies arising fpom breakage, broach-. Oings,v&c., that might.occur, and : many was £,v; pound, (hardly earned enough) anli gpQd men ’among ’itksna merchant Sailors, j,(b|irti, as a role,) the c: 'i‘ redhandod m£tliO, pet of add-hk; Actually, tried to gw&ll 1 lire hut that it'{a/casenf old tom) xnpst 6'U the London lumpers/ £ 'sixths#in a; case id whiOh 1 a naan going .Juto ■sbip’s hold/ especially wt&r 'ftyMß&pi sgh)» .iprj.the purpose of*'*bfoachihg -Cargo, in vfhich 1 the greatest punishment should be given, . ,if;l(ltf;.by l > tl»t .rpan’s carelessness., a. whole shipload of human lives"may be sacrificed.' -jlA :i3f I na''aefeident occurs thpn of courseit Is all rigbt—iOnlyjthe captain apd officers have to , , rnakp it up, as-in tbe service referred to-r----c\ ■[ t is no barm doheJ ; Ijiii not 'wish f £ ‘ £ 'fo^pknany-allusion to the case lately be{(ire thfe here; but this’ much I •" * a catfvdubh that/had the case been tried in Victoria, or anywhere oh the other ;side,, Jackfwould not: hate, gone on his way rejoicing'; 1 neither-would there have been any „ _ , t .. occasion : fbr v the baptaiu ■to return on board V' ’fife, ship “a wiser bra sadder man.”—j am, u- Wd * . . A^LTTkE. Dunedin,^pctoherlß.