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Sec Marine Dept. Board of Trade London
Sir 19 May /56
By my directions Mr. Catchpole the
Inspector of the River - and Mr. Davis Tide Surveyor
who you lately saw in London have been
following certain quantities Train Road
Iron and fittings - and portions of
Iron which have been lately taken out of
the Sea by some Grimsby Wreckers, from
a Vessel that sunk many years ago -
say 16 or 17 years in Patrington Haven -
which is in the Humber, within Spurn
Point, consequently not within my
district, but that of Mr Saxelbye the Receiver
of wreck for the Hull district - They
have followed 25 tons to Leeds and found
it in the possession of the Monkbridge
Iron Company, who had purchased it
from a man named Birdsell - also of
Leeds, and who is a Marine Store dealer
He obtained the Iron from a man
named John Wood Marine Store dealer
at Grimsby who had it from two Sloopmen
one named (Surfleet) - and the other
Wilkinson) The Iron was landed from
the Sloops of which Surfleet and Wilkinson
are the masters, one in the Old Harbour
of |Hull, the other in the Railway Creek -
which is about a quarter of a mile
west of Hull in the Humber - Birdsell was
prseent at the landing of the lot in the Old
Harbour and received it out of the Vessel
from Wood of Grimsby and the master of
the Vessel, and sent it per Rail consigned
to himself at Leeds - this case has been heard
today before the Stipendiary Magistrate, who
convicted Birdsell in the penalty of double
the Value Viz total £74, - A fine of £20 and the Costs

39
Sec Marine Dept. Board of Trade London
Sir 19 May /56
By my directions Mr. Catchpole the Inspector of the River - and Mr. Davis Tide Surveyor who you lately saw in London have been following certain quantities Train Road Iron and fittings - and portions of Iron which have been lately taken out of the Sea by some Grimsby Wreckers, from a Vessel that sunk many years ago - say 16 or 17 years in Patrington Haven - which is in the Humber, within Spurn Point, consequently not within my district, but that of Mr Saxelbye the Receiver of wreck for the Hull district - They have followed 25 tons to Leeds and found it in the possession of the Monkbridge Iron Company, who had purchased it from a man named Birdsell - also of Leeds, and who is a Marine Store dealer He obtained the Iron from a man named John Wood Marine Store dealer at Grimsby who had it from two Sloopmen one named (Surfleet) - and the other Wilkinson) The Iron was landed from the Sloops of which Surfleet and Wilkinson are the masters, one in the Old Harbour of |Hull, the other in the Railway Creek - which is about a quarter of a mile west of Hull in the Humber - Birdsell was prseent at the landing of the lot in the Old Harbour and received it out of the Vessel from Wood of Grimsby and the master of the Vessel, and sent it per Rail consigned to himself at Leeds - this case has been heard today before the Stipendiary Magistrate, who convicted Birdsell in the penalty of double the Value Viz total £74, - A fine of £20 and the Costs