The City of New York

The libel in this case was filed by the owners of the iron bark- Helen, a British vessel of about 450 tons burden, bound from Havana to New -York, against the steamer City of New York, bound from New York to Havana, to recover for the loss of the bark and her cargo, valued at $52,000, which were sunk by a collision with *625the steamer at 10:50 p. m. on the night of June 28, 1879, off the Jersey coast.

The libelants contend that the wind was W. S. W.; that the bark, from 8 :15 p. m. to a few minutes preceding the collision., had been heading E. by N. N., and making three to three and a half knots…