The Commimon renamed this morning. Captain Edwin, farther cross-examined by Mr Atkinson, with * view to testing hi* memory, laid that when the Premier a.' iced for a report as to the genuineness or otherwise of the examination of Cap tains Bendall and M'Lellan, witness eer tified that he was Matisfied that they w.*re both correct, without looking again at the papers, though he had not seen them pince the ex«m. two years previously Witness had every confidence in his fallow examiner, Captain Allimn. Witness did not remember hvtina acled in *• cor.fi i en tial capacity for Von Schoen between 1880 aud 1886, but; he transacted aonn fanancial bu»in%ss for him (Von Schotr) when he w»s absent in Fiji in 1884. Wit ness, however, did not regard this as con fidential business. The Marine Depart* ment now informed candidates of the points on which they had foiled, but witness was nos aware that thia was the outcome of representation* made by Von Schoen, nor wai he aware thar b w«*9 the outcome of impossible questions set by witnesn in one examination he condficc«d. Captain AUman w.s the next witness. Mr Hanlon pat in Captain Allnnn'a statements which were read by the Pre mier, and said that as tbo*e contained the whole of Captain AHman'i knowledge of the case hi wonld not aak him any more questions, and would simp'y submit him for croii-exmmnation. Cross-exi»min»d by MsFmdhy, witiesa detailed his nautical experiaucss, which commenced when he was 12 years of age. He left the Uoion Company ' t? fcsko ap this infernal position whioh had gut him info trouble,'' or ha would hiva been with the Company ytt, la all his ex periences he nertr lost a vessel or a life. In fact he had never rnbbed the paint off a vessel. There wa« nor a particle of Impropriety in the examination which witness parsed in Sydney f>r extra master's certificate. Thao itory was spread by Von Scboen. Cross-examination confcinaed : Witness had made all the nautical regulations in New Zealand. The Victorian regula tions were adopted as to the vjastraent of compasses. Witness did tot know at the time, bnt ib was po, th*b the effect of the adop.icn of the Victorian regulations was to place a large sum ot money Into Von Schoen's pocket, something like L1700 to L2000 per annum. 