'Mr. John Brown Marsh, of Chester, said--I had a conversation with Suaicar about nine o'clock on the night of Thursday, the day after the wreck. Foster, the carpenter, was present at the time. After taking down Suaicar's and Foster's narratives in writing, I asked Suaicar whether he had anything more to tell me. He said--"Some man on the beach has been saying the captain was drunk, but he was as sober all the time as I am now. I should like to meet the man who says he was drunk." He then added, "I was running about all night carrying messages from the captain to the officers, and from the officers to the crew, and I can swear he was not drunk." I took these words down at the time. 'Mr. Mellor here announced that he had received a letter from home announcing the death of another relative, and he was sorry to say that he must now leave Molfra. 'The Coroner said he was sorry for the occurrence, as he should like Mr. Mellor to hear some remarks which he should feel it his duty to make to the jury. If the jury were satisfied that the captain was sober, it would not be necessary to examine the steward on that point. 'The Jury said they were satisfied that the captain was sober. 'The Coroner then asked, could any of the sailors give evidence as to the navigation of the vessel? 'Mr. Bright observed that the common sailors did not understand this.' THE VERDICT. 'After some further evidence of the same general character, in the course of which nothing new was elicited, the jury late the same evening found a verdict to the effect that the wreck of the "Royal Charter" was caused by purely accidental circumstances; that Captain Taylor was perfectly sober; and that he did all in his power to save the vessel and the lives of the passengers.' Who doubted that Captain Taylor did all he could to save the vessel after she struck upon the rocks? That was only one question out of several that should have been considered. The construction of the ship, the 'hugging of the coast,' looking for a pilot in such tempestuous weather, the delay (if any delay there were) in cutting down the masts--these were the lines of inquiry to which the coroner and jury should have directed their special attention, and followed to their just terminations. But the investigation was feebly conducted throughout, and is not likely to rest at its present unsatisfactory point. The Press will not be silent upon the matter. While no one desires a different verdict, the public at large has a right to expect that the evidence upon which any verdict in such a case as this is founded should be of the completest character. Every calamity has its lesson; and if that lesson is not learnt at once, depend upon it the calamity will be repeated until it is. But what lesson is it possible to learn from such an 'investigation' as that which has just concluded at Bangor?[F]