2 SEPTEMBER 1848, Page 13

The subscriptions to the fund for relief of the sufferers

by the burning of the Ocean Monarch have reached 2,4001.

An inquest has been held on the bodies of some of the drowned pas- sengers of the Ocean Monarch. The Jury's verdict praises the conduct of the commander, still more that of the first mate; but they express their "disapprobation of the conduct of the masters of the two steamers Orion and Cambria, who might, we are led to believe, have rendered most efficient service to the ill-fated people on board."