The Times 1821 - 1830 Dec 13 1824 Abandonment of Seamen

Dec 13 1824 Abandonment of Seamen

The Times, Monday, Dec 13, 1824; pg. 2; Issue 12522; col F                                ABANDONMENT OF SEAMEN.                                               -----------------                                                           NAVY-OFFICE, DEC. 9. Sir, - I am commanded by the Commissioners of the Navy, to transmit a circular letter of this date, which they have caused to be sent to His Majesty's Consuls and Vice-Consuls, communicating to them the sentence awarded by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster, on Lowther CHRISTOPHERSON, master of the brig Trafalgar, of Maryport, in Cumberland, for forcing and leaving four of his crew on shore in the Bay of Chaleur; and I am to request that you will make this sentence and conviction known to the masters of British vessels, that they may be deterred from the commission of the like offence.                     I am, Sir, your humble servant,          G. SMITH. Mr. BENNETT, Lloyd's.                                               -----------------                                                          "NAVY-OFFICE, DEC. 9. "Sir, - In reference to our circular letter of the 16th of May, 1823, stating that John FERRIER, master of the Endeavour, of Arbroath, had, upon representation from His Majesty's Consul at Genoa, been tried for wilfully leaving behind him two of his crew, whom he took out with him, they being in a condition to return, and being convicted thereof, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, pursuant to the statutes of the 11th and 12th of William III., cap. 7, and 58th of Geo. III, cap. 38. We have now to acquaint you, that Lowther CHRISTOPHERSON, master of the brig Trafalgar, of Maryport, in Cumberland, was, at the sittings after Easter term last, before the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster, convicted of the offence of forcing and leaving four of his crew on shore, in the Bay of Chaleur, in North America, and that he was, on the 27th last month, adjudged by the said Court to be imprisoned for three months (being the specific punishment provided by the aforesaid acts) in the King's Bench prison; and we have to desire that you will make the conviction and sentence of Lowther CHRISTOPHERSON publicly known in your Consulate, in order that other masters of British vessels may be deterred from the commission of the like offence."

 

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