The Times states that the Coroner's jury which was unable
to agree on a verdict as to the cause of the loss of the Alberta,' was very nearly unanimous. Eleven of the thirteen, says a juryman, were in favour of a verdict of manslaughter, and the other two would have consented to a " rider " on a verdict of misadventure, blaming the speed attained. The inquiry is now to be re-opened before a new jury and a different Coroner. The body of the mate of the ' Mistletoe' has been found and taken to Portsmouth, and the inquest will be held by the borough Coroner, aided by an assessor from the Board of Trade. Mr. Heywood and the officers of the Alberta' will both be represented by counsel, and the jury, therefore, will be able to be impartial, which they never are when the business of cross-questioning falls on them. The case ought to be conducted like any other, and without reference to the entirely disconnected fact that the Queen was a passenger on board.
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