The cargo of this ship was condemned by me as enemy's property, notwithstanding there were depositions of the shippers that it had been purchased by them on neutral account.

These _ex-parte_ statements are precisely such as every unscrupulous merchant would prepare, to deceive his enemy and save his property from capture.

There are two shipping houses in this case; that of Craig and Nicoll, and that of Montgomery Bros.: Messrs.

Craig and Nicoll say that the grain supplied by them belongs to Messrs.

Shaw and Finlay, and to Messrs.
Hamilton, Megault, and Thompson, all of Belfast, to which port the ship is bound, but the grain is not consigned to them, and they could not demand possession of it under the bill of lading, it being consigned to _order_, thus leaving the control in the hands of the shippers.