The John Bramall

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This is a proceeding to obtain at the hands of this court a limitation of the liability of the owners of the steamer John Bramall, for losses caused by the stranding of that steamer at Little Gull Island, on the 18th day of October, 1878. *656to tlie value of said vessel and her freight.

The libel avers, among other things:

That at the time of the said stranding the steamer was bound on a voyage to Constantinople, Turkey, with the following cargo, to wit: 15,790 cases of shells, 10,500 cases of bullets, and 3 boilers with 35 pieces of fixtures, all shipped by the Winchester…