The Court attaches no blame to the master of the "Ellen Castle" for the grounding of that vessel. The Court is of opinion that Lodge the Pilot misjudged the state of the tide when the ship weighed.
The Coartis of opinion that the leak was caused by the bumping of the ship with a heavy dead weight on tue hard Bar, the ship
cake, Seing old, and earzying a full cargo of bean-of competency or service, and disobeyed the Court's written order to produce his chronometer, chronometer journal and local charts, though he had ample time to procure the same from the Pilotschooner. The Court will take stops to bring this disobedience to the knowledge of the proper authorities, and will recommend that masters of Colonial vessels be compelled to carry their certificates with them.
(Signed) Tomas EDKINS, LIH, L. Ryper, Lieut. H. B. M. Gunboat ' Grasshopper." Janes E. Best, of Messrs, Bush, Brothers,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.