The Bristol

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

The first of these cases is a suit in rem by John Pon-ton, as the owner of the bark George S. Brown, against the steamer Bristol, to recover for the damages sustained by him by a collision between the bark and the steamer. The case is at issue and on the calendar for trial. The claimants in the first ease, as owners of the steamer at the time of the collision, now come into court and file a libel in rem against the bark, to recover for the damages sustained by them by the same collision. Their libel sets forth the filing of the libel against the steamer, and states…