ARREST OF A STEAMER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8411, 10 January 1899, Page 4

ARREST OF A STEAMER.

Ax incident occurred in Cork Harbor ou December 18th which was quite unpiecedeuted, and created the wildest excitement amongst the shipping community whilst it lasted. A large .steamer named the Briardeue, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in command of Captain Johnson, which discharged her cargo of grain in Cork a few days ago. was that morning arrested tor ,i debt of ClilO by a Marshall of the High Court of Admiralty at the Miit of Mc-sr.s NumdciMMi, of Hull, and a bailill" was placed on board. Later in the day tho captain arrived from Cork, and at once gave orders to have the hawsers cast oil' in order th.it the steamer might proceed to her domination. \i/., Delaware hicakwatiT. When the bailill' saw what was being done he ,it once despatched a mes-enyr to Queenstown to the .Mar--)!, ill of the Admiialtv Com tto apprise him of tile fact. .Meanwhile a river pilot who was on h,u>d informed Captain Johnston that while the writ of ■ the Admiralty Court was attached to the ' foremast he could not pilot her to mm. ; The captain was determined to get away ' at any cost, and undertook the rNk of < navigating the steamer down the liver. 1 The captain then piomised the pilot tha' ! if he piloted the vessel down the lower > harbor he would bring her to am-lmr, and the pilot promised to do so. In the mean- < while the deputy-matshal had communi- • eatcd with the Rear-Admiral commanding I at Quecnstown, and asked him for assist- ■'' ance in stopping the Braiideue. Admiral " Lake at once instructed his flag-lieutenant ° to accompany the deputy-marshal in one of t the naval launches with a view to prevent- '' ing the steamer proceeding to sea. On the t( launch was also an otlicer of the shenli" a from Cork, and as the Briardene was pto- h jecdiug at full speed past Qneenstown the .iav.il launch approached her, and the f> i iv.il olnVei- called upon Captain Johnston hi " h.ing hi-- r.lc.-.me; 1 tn .-it onre. Captain ; !• h. il-iii, lion ever, paid not the slightest '<

heed to the command, and the Brinrdcnc proceeded at top speed out of the harbor, pursued by the steam pinnace. The Briardcuc being the fatter of the two soon got a long lead, and continued to widen the gap between herself and the launch. Crowds on the wharves at QiiL-cn-jlown watched the chase, but it soon became evident that the launch was beaten. The steamer went straight out to .sea, only slopping in the outer harbor to put out the bailiff and pilot in the pilots' boat.