August 29, 1851, Latitude 31° 0´ N., Longitude 61° 5´ W.

At sea, on board ship Hornet of New York, William W. Lawrence, master, bound from New York to San Francisco, California.

We, the undersigned, master, officers and mariners of the ship Hornet, of New York, do, after mature and serious deliberation, enter this solemn protest: That on August 26th, 1851, the ship Hornet being then in or about the longitude of 49° W., latitude 37° N., experiencing a gale of wind from the south, veering to N. W.: and that during said gale, which lasted until the night of the 27th of August, the weight of the deck load, consisting of two boilers, with furnaces attached, and two steam chimneys (the whole supposed to be of the weight of forty tons or thereabouts), did cause the ship to labor very hard, rolling gunwale deep, shipping large bodies of water, straining the ship in her upper works and decks, causing the ship to leak badly, and her pumps constantly worked, placing our lives, ship and cargo in imminent peril for their safety. We now, therefore, do most seriously and solemnly assert, that for the future preservation of the ship, and thereby our lives and cargo, the said boilers, furnaces and chimneys are unsafe on the decks, and for the safety of the whole should be thrown overboard as soon as possible, the weather and sea permitting.

In testimony whereof to the above, we hereby subscribe our respective names.

TABLE OF CASES

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Aguan, 48 Fed. 320[53]
Albany, The, 44 Fed. 431[46], [188], [206]
Albert Dumois, 177 U. S. 240[151]
Albina Ferry Co. v. Imperial and S. G. Reed, 38 Fed. 614[167]
Allanwilde Transport Corp. v. Vacuum Co., 248 U. S. 377[90]
Ambrose Light, 25 Fed. 408[199]
Amelie, 6 Wall. (U. S.) 18[20], [50]
America. See Eads v. Brazelton, 22 Ark. 499[208]
America. See Gracie v. Palmer, 8 Wheat. (U. S.) 605[95]
American Sugar Refining Co. v. Maddock, 93 Fed. 980[42]
Ancaios, 170 Fed. 106[53]
Anderson v. Munson, 104 Fed. 913[102]
Arcturus, 17 Fed. 95[44]
Atlantic, 53 Fed. 607[41], [129]
Atlas, 3 Otto (U. S.) 302[152]
Atlee v. Union Packet Co., 21 Wall. (U. S.) 389[148], [215]
Attorney General's Opinion, 29 Op. 188[27]
Aurora, 1 Wheat. (U. S.) 96[50], [140]
Australasian Steam Navigation Co. v. Morse, L. R. 4 P. S. 222, 1 Aspin. 407, 27 LT. Rep. N. S. 357, 8 Moore P. C. N. S. 482, 20 Weekly Rep. 728, 17 Eng. Reprint 393[47]
Barker v. The Swallow, 44 Fed. 771[73]
Barnard v. Adams, 10 How. (U. S.) 270[189]
Barnstable, 181 U. S. 464[33], [104]
Behrens v. Furnessia, 35 Fed. 798[82]
Belden v. Chase, 150 U. S. 674[150]
Belfast, 7 Wall. (U. S.) 624[4]
Belgenland, 114 U. S. 355[158]
Benefactor, 103 U. S. 247[124]
Blake, 107 U. S. 418[147]
Bold Buccleugh, The, 7 Moore P. C. 267[130]
Boskenna Bay, 36 Fed. 697[110]
Boston, The, Blatch & H. 309[40]
Bowring v. Thebaud, 56 Fed. 520[87]
Boyce v. Bayliffe, 1 Campbell 58[80]
Brewster, 95 Fed. 1000[49]
Bristol, 29 Fed. 867[126]
Brown v. Lull, 2 Sumner 559[54]
Bulkley v. Insurance Co., Fed. Cas. No. 2, 118[89]
Burlington, 73 Fed. 258[188]
Burrill, 65 Fed. 104[111]
Burt. See Murphy v. Dunham, 38 Fed. 503[188], [202], [206]
Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co., 170 U. S. 272, 42 L. ed. 1033[100]
Caledonia, 157 U. S. 124[70]
Calypso, 230 Fed. 962[41]
Carib Prince, 170 U. S. 655[121]
Catalonia, 236 Fed. 554[68]
Cayuga, 16 Wall. (U. S.) 177[168]
Centurion, 57 Fed. 412[110]
Cervantes, 135 Fed. 573[31]
Chamberlain v. Chandler, 3 Mason 242[80]
Chamberlain v. Ward, 21 How. (U. S.) 548[31]
Charlotte, The, 3 W. Rob. Adm. 68[184]
Chicago, 235 Fed. 538[68]
China, The, 7 Wall. (U. S.) 53[126], [174], [178]
Citizen. See Quickstep, 9 Wall. (U. S.) 665[163]
City of Norwich, 118 U. S. 468[123], [124]
City of Panama, 101 U. S. 453[82]
Civilta and Restless, 13 Otto 699[167], [169]
Clara Clarita, 23 Wall. (U. S.) 1[166], [169]
Clark v. Burns, 118 Mass. 275[79]
Clifton, The, 3 Hagg. Adm. 14, 48[180]
Compania de Navigacion La Flecha v. Brauer, 168 U. S. 104[93]
Company v. Dexter, 52 Fed. 152[41]
Constable v. National Steamship Co., 154 U. S. 51[76], [90]
Cope v. Drydock Co., 119 U. S. 625[180]
Craig v. Insurance Co., 141 U. S. 638[204]
Crapo v. Kelly, 16 Wall. 610[15]
Crossman v. Burrill, 179 U. S. 100[110]
Dallemagne v. Moison, 197 U. S. 169[68]
Dan, 40 Fed. 691[85]
Daniel Kane, The, 35 Fed. 785[26]
Davidson v. Baldwin, 79 Fed. 95[36]
Davies v. Mann, 10 M. & W. 546[217]
Delaware Ins. Co. v. Gossler, 6 Otto (U. S.) 645[140]
Dempster Shipping Co. v. Pouppirt, 125 Fed. 732[82]
Dene, 103 Fed. 983[111]
DeSmet, The, 10 Fed. 483[137]
Dixie, 46 Fed. 403[111]
Dixon v. Whitworth, 4 Asp. M. L. C. 138, 327[188]
Dutton v. Strong, 1 Black 23[212], [215]
Dyer. See Scotland, 118 U. S. 507[123]
Eads v. Brazelton, 22 Arkansas 499[208]
Edgar F. Coney. See Marie Palmer, 191 Fed. 79[161]
Egypt. See Constable v. National Steamship Co., 154 U. S. 51[76]
Ellis Warley. See North Star, 106 U. S. 17[156]
Elton, 83 Fed. 519[45]
Ely, 110 Fed. 563[111]
Emily B. Souder, 15 Blatch. 185, Fed. Cas. No. 4, 458[184]
Empire Shipbuilding Co., 221 Fed. 223[144]
Endora, 190 U. S. 169[68]
Erastina, 50 Fed. 126[160]
Europa, 2 Eng. L. & E. 559[149]
Fair American, 1 Peters Adm. 87, 4 Fed. Cas. No. 1874[184]
Field Line v. South Atlantic Co., 201 Fed. 301[92]
Fitzgerald, 212 Fed. 678[85]
Fleming v. Fire Assoc., 147 Mich. 404[24]
Fortuna. See Barnstable, 181 U. S. 464[104]
Frances. See Delaware Ins. Co. v. Gossler, 6 Otto (U. S.) 645[140]
Francis, 21 Fed. 715[110]
Freeman, 18 How. (U. S.) 182[34], [42], [92]
Future City, 184 U. S. 247[216]
Gardner v. Gold coins, 111 Fed. 552[187]
Garland, The, 16 Fed. 283[18], [135]
General Cass, 1 Brown Adm. 334[2]
Germania Ins. Co. v. Lady Pike, 21 Wall. (U. S.) 1[72]
Gillespie v. Winberg, 4 Daly (N. Y.) 318[38]
Goddard, T. A., 12 Fed. 174[104]
Gould v. Jacobson, 58 Mich. 288[18]
Gracie v. Palmer, 8 Wheat. (U. S.) 605[95]
Grant v. Norway, 10 C. B. 665[42]
Grant v. Poillon, 20 How. (U. S.) 162[4]
Grapeshot, 9 Wall. (U. S.) 129[139], [147]
Gratitudine, The, 3 C. Rob. Adm. 240[189]
Great Eastern, 24 Fed. Cas. 14, 110[183]
Guildhall, 58 Fed. 796[93]
Hagar v. Clark, 78 N. Y. 45[91]
Hales. See Niagara, 77 Fed. 329[153]
Hamilton, The, 207 U. S. 398[15]
Harlem, 27 Fed. 236[85]
Hattie Thomas, 29 Fed. 297[41]
Hattie P., 63 Fed. 1015[85]
Hector. See Sturgis v. Boyer, 24 How. (U. S.) 110[170]
Hercules, 28 Fed. 475[213]
Herman v. Mill, 69 Fed. 646[126]
Hobart et al v. Drogan, 10 Peters (U. S.) 108[184]
Holmes, 1 Wall. Jr. 1, 26 Fed. Cas. No. 15, 383[194]
Hopkins v. Forsyth, 14 Pa. St. 38[27]
Hornet, The. See Lawrence v. Minturn, 17 How. (U. S.) 100[74], [189]
Hostetter v. Park, 137 U. S. 30[88]
Hough v. Western Transportation Co., 3 Wall. (U. S.) 20[4], [32], [126]
Hunter v. Prinsep, 10 East 378[77]
Huus v. Co., 182 U. S. 392, 395, [12], [24]
Imberhorne, 240 Fed. 830[68]
Indrapura, 171 Fed. 929[88]
Insurance Co. v. Dunham, 11 Wall. (U. S.) 1[4]
Intrepid. See Liverpool &c. Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Terminal, U. S. Supreme Court Advance Sheets, 85[170]
Ixion, 237 Fed. 142[68]
Jackson v. Union Marine Insurance Co., L. R. 10 C. P. 125[107]
Jefferson, The, 215 U. S. 130[181], [188]
Jenkins, S. S. Co. v. Preston, 186 Fed. 108[53]
J. C. Pfluger, 109 Fed. 93[184]
J. E. Rumbell, 148 U. S. 1[142], [147]
John Buddle, 5 Notes of Cas. 387[151]
John G. Stevens, 170 U. S. 113[129], [137]
John Jay, 17 How. (U. S.) 399[24]
Joseph B. Thomas, 86 Fed. 658[58]
Kate, 164 U. S. 458[133]
Kate Aitken. See Wilson v. Charlestown Pilots' Association, 57 Fed. 227[175]
Kensington, 183 U. S. 263[85]
Kentucky. See The China, 7 Wall. (U. S.) 53[178]
Keokuk, The, &c. v. Home Ins. Co., 9 Wall. (U. S.) 526[72]
Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Stewart, 253 U. S. 149[57]
La Bourgogne, 210 U. S. 95[124]
Larch, 2 Curt. 434[27]
Larsen, Ex parte, 233 Fed. 708[60]
Lawrence v. Minturn, 17 How. (U. S.) 100[46], [74]
Leamington, 86 Fed. 675[182]
Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. v. Cornell Steamboat Co., 218 U. S. 264[155]
Liverpool &c. Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Terminal, U. S. Supreme Court Advance Sheets, 85[112], [114], [170]
Lizzie Burrill, 115 Fed. 1015[42]
Lombard S. S. Co. v. Anderson, 134 Fed. 568[53]
Lottawanna, 21 Wall. (U. S.) 558[137]
Luckenbach v. McCahan Sugar Ref. Co., 248 U. S. 139[118]
McConochie v. Kerr, D. C. 9 Fed. 50[184]
McLean v. Fleming, L. R. 2 H. L. Sc. 128 (English cases)[42]
Mac, 7 P. D. 126[3]
Majestic, 166 U. S. 375[79]
Majestic, 56 Fed. 244[85], [110]
Malek Adhel, 2 How. (U. S.) 210[112], [195]
Manitoba, 104 Fed. 145[85]
Marcadier v. Ins. Co., 8 Cranch (U. S.) 39[199]
Margharita, 140 Fed. 820[59]
Marie Palmer, 191 Fed. 79[161], [165], [166]
Marjorie, The, 151 Fed. 183[127], [128]
Mary, The, 1 Sprague 19[189]
Max Morris, The, 137 U. S. 1[58]
Mencke v. Sugar, 187 U. S. 248[111]
Minnetonka, 146 Fed. 509[79]
Mitchell v. Chambers, 43 Mich. 150[38]
Mohawk, The, 3 Wall. (U. S.) 566[12]
Moore v. Sun Printing &c. Association, 183 U. S. 642[109]
Morgan v. Parham, 16 Wall. (U. S.) 471[12]
Morning Light, 2 Wall. (U. S.) 550[148]
Mosher, 17 Fed. Cas. No. 9874[164]
Murphy v. Dunham, 38 Fed. 503[188], [202], [206]
Mystic, 30 Fed. 73[160]
Nebraska, The, 75 Fed. 598[40], [53]
Neilson et al v. Rhine Shipping Co., 248 U. S. 205[65]
New World v. King, 16 How. (U. S.) 469[176]
Niagara, The, 21 How. (U. S.) 7[39], [40], [45], [53]
Niagara, 77 Fed. 329[153]
Nicaragua. See Mosher, 17 Fed. Cas. No. 9874[164]
Normannia, 62 Fed. 469[85]
North Star, 106 U. S. 17[156]
O'Brien v. Miller, 168 U. S. 287[124], [147]
Ocean Spray, 4 Sawy. 105[62]
Ole Olson, 20 Fed. 384[62]
Onderdonk v. Smith, et al, 27 Fed. 874[210]
Oregon, 158 U. S. 186[151]
Orleans v. Phœbus, 11 Peters (U. S.) 175[28], [44]
Osceola, 187 U. S. 190[68]
Patapsco Ins. Co. v. Coulter, 3 Peters (U. S.) 222[199]
Pendleton v. Benner Line, 246 U. S. 353[118], [124]
Pfluger, J. C., 109 Fed. 93[184]
Pickwick. See Gould v. Jacobson, 58 Mich. 288[18]
Ponce, 178 Fed. 76[53]
Post v. Jones, 19 How. (U. S.) 150[47]
Prendergast v. Compton, 8 C. & P. 454[80]
Pulaski, 33 Fed. 383[129]
Quickstep, 9 Wall. (U. S.) 655[163]
Ragland v. Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co., 163 Fed. 376[42]
Railway Co. v. Myers, 80 Fed. 361[82]
Ralli v. Troop, 157 U. S. 386[174], [191]
Rebecca-Ware, Fed. Cas. No. 11,629[124]
Relief. See Wilson v. Charlestown Pilots' Association, 57 Fed. 227[175]
Republic. See Sturgis v. Boyer, 24 How. (U. S.) 110[170]
Reward, 1 W. Rob. 174[185]
Richardson v. Harmon, 222 U. S. 96[118], [124], [215]
River Mersey, 48 Fed. 686[207]
Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U. S. 275[60], [68]
Rock Island Bridge, 6 Wall. (U. S.) 213[129]
Ronalds, 109 Fed. 905[111]
Rosenthal, 57 Fed. 254[110]
Ross v. McIntyre, 140 U. S. 453[68]
Royal Sceptre, 187 Fed. 224[75], [115]
Rumbell, J. E., 148 U. S. 1[142], [147]
Rupert, 213 Fed. 263[53]
St. Clair v. U. S. 154 U. S. 134[199]
St. Jago de Cuba, 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 409[132]
Sandberg v. McDonald, 248 U. S. 185[65]
Sandringham, 10 Fed. 556[182], [187]
Scotland, 118 U. S. 507[123]
Scotland, 105 U. S. 24[124]
Scotia, 14 Wall. (U. S.) 170[158]
Seabrook v. Raft, 40 Fed. 596[3], [148]
Shawnee, 45 Fed. 769[58]
Sheehan v. Dalrymple, 19 Mich. 239[30]
Sherlock v. Alling, 93 U. S. 99[33]
Shooting Star. See Wm. H. Webb, 14 Wall. (U. S.) 406[168]
Skinner, 248 Fed. 818[188]
Smith v. Burnett, 173 U. S. 430[211]
South Coast S. S. Co. v. Rudnbach, 251 U. S. 519[133]
Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U. S. 205[56]
Southern Pacific Co. v. Ky. 222 U. S. 632[15]
Southwark, 191 U. S. 1[122]
Spedden, 184 Fed. 283[53]
Spedden v. Koenig, 24 C. C. A. 189; 78 Fed. 504[37]
Sprott, 70 Fed. 327[110]
Stach Clark, 54 Fed. 533[201]
Steamship Co. v. Schmidt, 241 U. S. 245[68]
Strathearn, 239 Fed. 583[68]
Strathearn S. S. Co. v. Dillon, 252 U. S. 348[65]
Stratton v. Jarvis, 8 Peters (U. S.) 4[186]
Sturgis v. Boyer, 24 How. (U. S.) 110[170], [179]
Sumner v. Caswell, 20 Fed. 249[85]
Sun Printing &c. Association v. Moore, 183 U. S. 642[109]
Syracuse, 18 Fed. 828[161]
Syracuse, The, 12 Wall. (U. S.) 167[168]
Tabor v. U. S., 1 Story 1[14]
T. A. Goddard, The, 12 Fed. 174[104]
Tamplin Steamship Co. v. Anglo-Mexican Products Co., Ltd., 2 A. C. 397[108]
Teutonia v. Erlanger, 248 U. S. 521[182]
Tornado, 108 U. S. 342[78]
Trans. Co. v. Wright, 13 Wall. (U. S.) 104[124]
Transportation Co. v. La Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 182 U. S. 406[178]
Transportation Co. v. Pearsall, 90 Fed. 435[185]
Trigg, 37 Fed. 708[53]
Troop, 118 Fed. 769[59]
Tucker v. Alexandroff, 183 U. S. 424, 438[5]
United States v. Ansonia Co., 218 U. S. 452[11]
United States v. Forester, Newb. Adm. 81[24]
United States v. Willings, 4 Cranch. (U. S.) 48[23]
Valencia, 165 U. S. 264[131]
Vauban. See Liverpool &c. Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Terminal, U. S. Supreme Court Advance Sheets, 85[170]
Vincent v. Company, 109 Minn. 456[215]
Western States, 151 Fed. 929[80]
White's Bank v. Smith, 7 Wall. (U. S.) 646[24]
Wildcroft, 201 U. S. 378[85], [122]
Wm. Bagaley, The, 5 Wall. (U. S.) 377[26], [28], [29]
William Brown. See Holmes, 1 Wall. Jr. 1, 26 Fed. Cas. No. 15,383[194]
Wm. H. Webb, 14 Wall. (U. S.) 406[168], [179]
Willings v. Blight, 2 Pet. Adm. 288, 30 Fed. Cas. No. 17,765[29]
Wilson v. Charlestown Pilots' Association, 57 Fed. 227[175]
Wisconsin. See Sturgis v. Boyer, 24 How. (U. S.) 110[170], [179]
Woodall v. Dempsey, 100 Fed. 613[37]
Yankee Blade, 19 How. (U. S.) 82[127]
Yarkand, 120 Fed. 887[53]

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