1 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,395 I want all the Briganza wine that side. 2 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,713 Bordeaux, that goes that side. 3 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,598 Whatever you do, don't get them mixed up. 4 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:56,716 Aye, sir. 5 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:57,870 Aye, well... 6 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,831 These old barrels, you can dump them outside. 7 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,640 While you're about it, you can give the walls a lick of whitewash. 8 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:05,995 - James. - Yes, sir. 9 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,470 James, why have I been summoned here this morning? 10 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,473 - I've got things to do, you know. - Well, now, what you think of it, eh? 11 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,914 Think of what? 12 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,560 Our new warehouse for our wine trade. 13 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,757 Our new ware... You can't be serious. 14 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,799 I know, I know, times are bad, but that's why I've got her so cheap. 15 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,112 And I shall want you to sign the lease. Is that today's? 16 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,874 Uh, yes, it is, there's a notice of something. 17 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,155 MM-hmm. 18 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,438 Well, I don't expect it will be there. 19 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,679 I imagine they'll devote a couple of paragraphs to it somewhere. 20 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,916 - Nothing. - Nothing? 21 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,276 I was assured the speech was well received. 22 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:43,874 No mention of the Oberon. 23 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,270 She was sighted off the Scillies and then nothing. 24 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,549 - What's the matter with The Oberon? - It's overdue, that's what. 25 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:51,632 There's been two ships lost in that storm already. 26 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,756 What storm? 27 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,436 Oh, Robert, aren't you aware of what's going on in the world around you? 28 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,319 There's been a terrific storm on the west coast for the last three days. 29 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,073 - I know, I'm quite well aware of that. 30 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,072 All that you're aware of, it seems to me is... 31 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,154 Listen, James, what you don't realise is that I've got other things on my mind. 32 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,993 Matters of national importance. 33 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,639 - Politics? - Yes, politics. 34 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,954 Parliament is the pulse of this nation, the heart of it. 35 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,874 And kept alive by the sea and the ships that sail on it. 36 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,599 James, I'm quite aware 37 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,434 that shipping is going through a bad time at the moment. 38 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,512 In fact, that was the content of my speech. 39 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,480 It must be here somewhere. 40 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,596 Yes, here it is. 41 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,874 "Mr Robert Onedin, member for Liverpool, 42 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,397 "made a plea for seamen's rights in the shipping debate." 43 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,358 Not exactly a major speech, is it? 44 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,150 Arthur! 45 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,879 Arthur, tell Mr Carter I'll be up immediately. 46 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:45,996 Yes, sir. 47 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,238 The Oberon, you say. She's an old ship. Who's captain? 48 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:54,436 Baines. 49 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,193 Hmm, he's not as young as he was either. 50 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,999 I can quite see why you're worried, James. 51 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,116 Poor Baines. 52 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,840 Oh, rubbish, it's the cargo that I'm worried about. 53 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,355 Land ashore! 54 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,118 Frazer's have built her. She's just completing her sea trials now. 55 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,759 She's all fitted out and ready for sail. 56 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:34,230 - When? - By the first of the month. 57 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,390 Could be earlier. 58 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,631 - Rate? - £2.10 a ton. 59 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,030 Well, that is the current rate for steel, sir. 60 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,320 What do you propose? 61 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,315 - Mr Onedin. - Mr Matthews. 62 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,995 - Textiles to Boston! - Oh, when? 63 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,514 By May 20th. 64 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,710 Well, you'd better see my agent on the exchange. 65 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,918 I conduct my business where I choose, Onedin. 66 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,429 Are you interested? 67 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,595 - Well, sir? - £1.50. 68 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,514 - Say, that's sailing ship rates, sir. - What ship, Onedin? 69 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,751 The Oberon. She's just berthing. 70 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,240 I want it delivered on time. 71 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,630 Ah, well, let me have it by next week. 72 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,599 You can't guarantee it with a sailing ship, Mr Onedin. 73 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,319 Don't you have a steamer? 74 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,518 I thought the Anne Onedin was due next week. 75 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,037 Ah, well, she's already committed. Bound for South Africa. 76 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,158 - Mining equipment for David Parry? - Aye. 77 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:31,193 You'd better get some steam ships, Onedin, otherwise you'll fall behind. 78 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:32,919 My pub, Wells! I'm late. 79 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,070 But Mr Mathews! 80 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,517 The order is yours, Briggs, if you can sail by the first of the month. 81 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,113 Get the old hatch covers off! Look lively! 82 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,600 - Mr Baines? - Coming, sir. 83 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:51,796 Now. 84 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,836 We had a hard time of it off the Scillies, sir. 85 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,553 - What other damage to the ship? - The galley. 86 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,876 Cook should've had more sense, 87 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,112 trying to make me a plum pudding in a gale like that. 88 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,032 I mean to the ship. 89 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,793 We haven't had a chance to get underneath her yet, 90 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,314 but we was pumping all the way. 91 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,676 Repairs could take a bit of time. 92 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,396 Yeah, well, we've got plenty of that. 93 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,319 Outward cargos are getting hard to find. They're all going to the steamships. 94 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,880 We have seen it coming, sir. 95 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,915 I'm giving you a ship to carry 1,000 tons of cargo at 10 knots, 96 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,279 with a room enough for coal to see it to America and back. 97 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,953 Do you want her now or do you want her right? 98 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,315 I want both. 99 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,279 I've just had an order from Matthews to take textiles to Boston, 100 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,397 but she has to sail on the first. 101 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:10,596 I can promise nothing. 102 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,956 If only you'd started these sea trials earlier. 103 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:14,633 She was only launched six weeks ago, man. 104 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,236 And that was three months later than you promised. 105 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,034 How is my next ship coming on? 106 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,629 They should start plating the top straight tomorrow. 107 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:22,915 Is that all? 108 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,000 I came to Liverpool because I understood 109 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,992 you were the best steamship builder in the country. 110 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,675 If I am, it's because I place soundness of construction 111 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,080 before speed of delivery. 112 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,595 You could do both, if you stopped building sailing ships. 113 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,320 That barque out there on those stocks, who wants a sailing barque these days? 114 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,074 There are still a few owners about who prefer to put their trust 115 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,356 in the forces of nature rather than the caprices of machines. 116 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,194 - I am not one of them. - You could come to regret that. 117 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,590 So far, I've only two ships, both steamers. 118 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,559 On a nice, safe mail run, the Caledonia would be my third. 119 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,111 If she can carry textiles on her maiden voyage for a big shipper like Matthews, 120 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,520 I'll be well on my way. 121 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,159 I can only promise to do my best. 122 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,719 - That's not enough. - That's all you'll get, lad. 123 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,554 Then henceforth, I shall place my orders with a shipyard 124 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,155 that has the same faith in the future as I have. 125 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,550 Our own line is largely steamships nowadays. 126 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,235 Frazer's has always been in the forefront of steamship development. 127 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,710 You will not stay long in the forefront, Mr Frazer, 128 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,950 if you deliver six months late 129 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,000 and seek to hedge your bets by keeping half your yard on sailing ships. 130 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,633 - Good morning, Mr Hallam. - Good morning, ma'am. 131 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,952 I believe a Mr Harvey has signed on the Princess Alexandra. 132 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,035 Yes, ma'am, Mr Harvey was working for your brother. 133 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:30,589 And for the Onedin Line. 134 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,115 And now he's working for us, wise man. 135 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,191 The Princess Alexandra sails today, of course? 136 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,237 Yes, ma'am, she's already left her berth. 137 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,636 Oh. 138 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,713 - What do you want, Elizabeth? - Who was that? 139 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,110 You've started coming in here at the same hour every morning. 140 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,395 Can't you see I've work to do. 141 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,880 Can't you see that whenever I come in, 142 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,634 you tend to have less to do by the time I leave? 143 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,633 - Who was that pretty, young man? - The ship owner, Henry Briggs. 144 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,189 He had the effrontery to suggest I should give up building sailers 145 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,476 and devote more time to steamers, for him. 146 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:07,676 So you should. 147 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,752 Well, haven't I been telling you for weeks? 148 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,311 Stop work on the barque and put everything you've got into steamers. 149 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,915 You can't turn carpenters into riveters overnight. 150 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,310 No, but you could make a start overnight. 151 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,631 The banks would finance you, with your reputation. 152 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,871 You could double the capacity of the iron yard. 153 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,953 Poke your nose into my shipping line affairs if you must, Elizabeth, 154 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,997 but you'll kindly leave the shipyard side to me. 155 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:29,116 The two go together. 156 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,635 The Frazer Line could do with a new steamship. 157 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,234 It ought to be laid down now. 158 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,392 This clamour for steamships won't last, believe me. Ask your brother. 159 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:37,630 James? 160 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,440 He hasn't ordered any new steamships, has he? 161 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:41,874 I'm sure he wishes he had now. 162 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,470 - What do you mean? - Something I heard. 163 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,597 Poor brother James is in for a shock. 164 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,555 Uh... No reply. 165 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,950 I've had a look at her, sir. 166 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,157 And she ought rightly to go into dry dock. 167 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,235 Aside from the gale damage, her bottom needs recoppering. 168 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,959 She must sail next week. 169 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,277 With mining equipment for Cape Town. 170 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,477 Using the Anne Onedin on that run, sir? 171 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,715 She's laid up in Cork with a burst boiler. 172 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,235 His only steamship. 173 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,040 That'll take weeks to put right in Ireland. 174 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,079 Your brother was counting on the Anne Onedin for his Africa contract. 175 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,518 - What was that? - Mining equipment. David Parry. 176 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,990 - I wonder who'll get that now. - Hmm... 177 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,037 Well, I'll leave you to your work. 178 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,315 While you still have some. 179 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,191 Mr Parry, you let me have that cargo early next week 180 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:40,953 and she can still get there on time. 181 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,713 On a sailing vessel, is it? 182 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,678 Well, the Oberon's fast. With Captain Baines in command, 183 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,274 why, she can get there with a fortnight to spare. 184 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,115 You are the only owner I ever met who can guarantee delivery 185 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,715 on a given date just by relying on the wind. 186 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,154 Well, maybe I know more about the winds 187 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,232 and the abilities of my masters than most. 188 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,953 Get yourself another steamboat, Onedin, and don't waste my time. 189 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,833 I'll take sixpence a ton off the price for every day that she's late. 190 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,153 You do want the job, don't you? 191 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,675 The Onedin Line can compete with steamers any day. 192 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,878 And you think there might be other business I could put in your way? 193 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,917 Well, you are the agent for a lot of mines. 194 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,196 I'll think over your offer, Mr Onedin. 195 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,950 Hmm, well, you have until4:00 this afternoon. 196 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,276 After that, I shall go looking for other cargos. 197 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,477 I need hardly hurry much on that account. 198 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,112 If I have to go by sailing ship, there are plenty lying idle. 199 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,840 What? For £1.15 a ton and a heavy demurrage charge. 200 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,071 You'll not too better than that, Mr Parry. 201 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,994 Oh, dear! Are you exceedingly busy, Mr Parry? 202 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,356 Mrs Frazer, what a pleasant surprise. 203 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:41,920 - James. - Hmm, Elizabeth. 204 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,320 You're wife isn't at home, Mr Parry, 205 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,030 and she offered to help at the sale of work I'm doing on Friday. 206 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,998 Am I interrupting important business? 207 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,278 Not at all, Mrs Frazer, your brother is just leaving. 208 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:53,919 You'll find me on the Oberon. 209 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,196 So sorry to hear about the Anne Onedin, James. 210 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,192 I do hope you weren't depending on her. 211 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,475 Six pence a ton off the rate for every day you're late, 212 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:03,994 that should work out to... Let's see. 213 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,958 Around £25 a day. 214 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,839 Yeah, well, it's your business. 215 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,754 The risk is negligible, if I sail on Thursday. 216 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,071 Now Baines has got all the men he can muster doing the repairs. 217 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,310 She needs repairs? 218 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,516 So when you re-vittle her, 219 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,319 have someone check the inventory, will you? 220 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,153 Don't want her sailing ill-equipped on this voyage. 221 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,959 Yeah, well, you better see my man about that. 222 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,952 I leave all the chandlery business to him these days. 223 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,112 - Robert, this is important! - Look, I've got a train to catch. 224 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,634 I'm off to Westminster. 225 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,319 Now where is my watch? 226 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,519 Oh, we are supplying two of Frazer's steamships, 227 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,080 if we can't fit in the Oberon. 228 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:39,518 You'll deal in the Onedin Line matters before Frazer's, brother Robert. 229 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,239 I'll do no such thing. 230 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,960 We're an independent business now, 231 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,997 and if it was ever thought that we had favourites... 232 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,594 - Favours? - Yes, favourites. 233 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:48,990 This is family, isn't it? 234 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,799 Well, maybe it is. 235 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,914 But we cannot afford to offend the steamship lines. 236 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,677 If a chandlery business cannot give them the service that they expect, 237 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,911 then there's plenty of others that will soon enough. 238 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,354 Oberon sails on Thursday. 239 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,274 Yes, and parliament resumes on Thursday, with all this labour unrest. 240 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,591 Look, just see to it that she's properly stocked and vittled 241 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:07,875 for the voyage to Cape Town. 242 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,998 It's time you broaden your horizons, James. 243 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,677 Look, there'll be a general election within the next year, 244 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,274 you mark my words. 245 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,355 Trade unions increase every day. 246 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,476 And if there's any more attempts of fomenting strikes 247 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,236 as they did last winter... We stand at a watershed. 248 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,199 The very basis of our constitution is at stake. 249 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:30,316 Catch. 250 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,472 - Hey, you could've broken it! - Don't want to miss your train, do you? 251 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,270 Barnaby! 252 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,356 What you gan' about, man, joining that? 253 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,560 Pay is good, sir. And no Captain Baines, neither. 254 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,074 But you're a seaman, not a coal heaver. 255 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,311 Well, she's a boat, isn't she? For all that. 256 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:10,918 The Oberon sails next week. 257 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,392 If there's any seaman amongst you, 258 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,280 I'll have places for you. 259 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,789 Six pence a ton off his price for every day he's late? 260 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,394 And sailing rates at that? 261 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,437 It shows Onedin's confidence, doesn't it? 262 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,512 Shows how desperate he is. 263 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:31,389 What rate would you be asking, then, if I wanted it to go by steamer? 264 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,312 Oh, a lot more than James Onedin. 265 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,993 Steamships can afford to pick and choose. 266 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,151 Besides, I don't know if we'll have a ship yet. 267 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,473 Then I'd better get along to see Onedin. I said I'd let him know by four o'clock. 268 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,598 After all, if he can get the cargo there on time 269 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,592 and a deal more cheaply than you. 270 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,911 It'll be a small consolation to your principals in Africa 271 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,471 if the cargo doesn't arrive on time, no matter how cheaply it's carried. 272 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,631 So what is your price then? 273 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,435 Gold mines, diamond mines. 274 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,554 The more they open up, the more equipment they need. 275 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,877 I'll not leave it all for Frazer. 276 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,917 But it's steamer trade, for all that, sir. 277 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,912 Well, I'll not be content with the leftovers. 278 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,119 Coal for the bunkering stations, to feed the steamers. 279 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,680 There's more in it than that, sir. 280 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,390 I mean, there's plenty of boat cargo to bring back that there's no rush for. 281 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:18,516 Aye. 282 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,111 Aye, less and less outward. 283 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,515 Manufactured goods that customers abroad want on time. 284 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,200 Aye, well, it goes against the grain for an old sea dog like me 285 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,509 to say it, sir, but... 286 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:33,470 But what? 287 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,957 I think that you ought rightly to buy yourself some steamers. 288 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,837 If we do it, and I don't know yet if we'll have a ship, but if we do, 289 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,958 we'd want an option on the carriage of any further consignments. 290 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,350 - For how long? - Hmm, six months. 291 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,200 Oh, dear I do seem to be interrupting rather a lot today, don't I? 292 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,078 What is it now, Elizabeth? 293 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,392 - The charming Mr Briggs is here again. - What does he want now? 294 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,870 Did you manage to have a word with your wife, Mr Parry? 295 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,280 I did, Mrs Frazer. 296 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:04,794 She'll consider it an honour 297 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,712 - to be of help to you on Friday. - How kind! 298 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,634 Mrs Frazer called on us this morning, about a sale of work. 299 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:14,153 Did she now? Well, yes, she's becoming quite an expert on the selling of work. 300 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,800 - What shall I tell Mr Briggs? - Tell him to wait. 301 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,554 And while you're out there, ask Mr Hallam in the office 302 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,791 if we have a steamer due in the next three weeks. 303 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,600 Well, there's the Prince Edward. She docks on the 8th. 304 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,400 I asked her captain to get me some fans from Hong Kong. 305 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,916 So difficult to get the genuine article here. 306 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,277 That's how I know when she's due. 307 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,797 Mr Parry wants to know if we can send her to Cape Town with mining equipment. 308 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,430 Oh, dear, Mr Briggs wants to know if he can charter her from us. 309 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,434 - Charter her? - Come in, Mr Briggs. 310 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,600 It seems as if I've spoken out of turn again, I'm afraid. 311 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,273 Charter a ship from us? 312 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,396 Daniel Matthews has somehow got word that you can't guarantee 313 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,994 the Caledonia by the first. 314 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,230 How did he hear that? 315 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,597 So, unless you can, the least you can do is let me have a ship in its place. 316 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,310 Well, unfortunately the Prince Edward isn't available after all, Mr Briggs. 317 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,960 It seems we've accepted an order for Mr Parry, here, 318 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,713 to send her to Cape Town. 319 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,076 At £2.10 a ton freight rate? 320 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,950 I would not pay that amount, Mrs Frazer, if options are required. 321 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,478 Oh, well, you can have it after all, Mr Briggs. I'm so pleased for you. 322 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,359 - Just a minute, Elizabeth. - Have I said something wrong? 323 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,239 Well, perhaps my brother James has a steamer. 324 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,871 Oh, but the Anne Onedin is broken down 325 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,680 and with steamers so very busy just at the moment... 326 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,837 Oh, very well, £2.10 a ton with a six-month option. 327 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,550 Elizabeth, perhaps you'd take Mr Parry to the marine superintendent, 328 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,950 - have him draw up the contract. - Of course. 329 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,991 It's so very kind of your wife to offer to help on Friday, Mr Parry. 330 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,117 It's an extremely good cause... 331 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,596 So, where do I stand, hmm? 332 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,834 I've lost a chance of getting in with the biggest textile shipper 333 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,992 in the north just because you can't supply my new ship on time. 334 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:58,719 Have you any idea, young man, 335 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,678 of the engineering that goes into a vessel like that? 336 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,717 - No. Have you? - Of course I have. 337 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,190 - Then why can't you get her working? - I shall. 338 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,670 - In God's good time. - I wanted it in my time. 339 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,120 Until we can get steel at an acceptable price, 340 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:13,395 there will always be problems 341 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,790 to get sufficient pressure from iron-made boilers 342 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,873 - without the risk of them blowing up... - Don't make excuses, Mr Frazer. 343 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:20,758 You've had long enough to get it right. 344 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,320 You're not my only customer. 345 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,279 But I could well turn out to be your most important. 346 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,637 Unless I see better progress on my next steamer, the Highlander, 347 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,792 I'll cut my losses and leave you with a half-finished ship on your hands 348 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:36,239 I suppose you don't do it on purpose, do you? 349 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,356 Do what? 350 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,119 Hold back supplying the industry to keep the Frazer Line on top. 351 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,079 It's only the shortage of steamers that allowed your daughter-in-law 352 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:45,879 to pull off that little coup just now. 353 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:49,590 If you do not withdraw that slanderous reflection on my integrity as a ship... 354 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:54,471 Very well, I withdraw, but integrity won't keep you warm in your old age. 355 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,153 Leave my premises, Mr Briggs. 356 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,472 I only hope the man you're building that obsolete sailing barque for 357 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:00,676 can pay for it. 358 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,151 I don't know many sailing ship owners with money at the moment, do you? 359 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,912 That Mr Briggs looks extraordinarily handsome when he's angry. 360 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,638 Have you heard any gossip about George Fowey lately? 361 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:24,790 Who's he? 362 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,758 The man I'm building that sailing ship for. 363 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,718 Never heard of George Fowey. 364 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,359 Well, perhaps, yes, I have... 365 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,558 George Fowey was ordering ships from me before you were born. 366 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,279 And how much has he paid on that one? 367 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:37,670 - First instalment. - And the ship half finished? 368 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,919 George Fowey is an honest man. 369 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:43,591 - He won't let me down. - I hope not. 370 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,878 You don't want to be left with an unfinished sailing ship 371 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,032 on your hands, do you? Or a finished one, come to that. 372 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:51,476 I ought to get out more, keep my ear to the ground. 373 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,680 Go to the club, perhaps. 374 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,040 There's always the same old faces. Same old bunch of cutthroats. 375 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,076 Which reminds me, where did you have lunch today, Elizabeth? 376 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,155 At Mrs Moore's, to help with that dreary sale of work I'm supposed to be doing. 377 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,111 - Why? - Was Mrs Daniel Matthews there? 378 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,075 Yes, her husband brought her. He had sherry with us. 379 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,071 Well, anything I let slip in front of him was nothing but the truth. 380 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,117 I doubt if the Caledonia ever will be ready. 381 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,520 Of course, she will. 382 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,637 I've got skilled engineers working on that boiler problem. 383 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,235 Yes, and you could get better ones if you paid for them. 384 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,680 As for that attractive young man Mr Briggs, 385 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,436 I doubt if he needs any encouragement from us as a rival to the Frazer Line. 386 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,317 Well, don't look so reproving, you've been ruthless enough in your time. 387 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,520 And my time is nearly over, is that it? 388 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,959 Well, you've not been in the best of health. 389 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:46,477 I'm not in the scrap yard yet, Elizabeth. 390 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,720 Well, then, go to the bank, get them to finance you a new yard. 391 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,598 A man who is still in his prime wouldn't hesitate and certainly not you. 392 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,958 Do you realise, there's a cargo of textiles for Boston 393 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,158 that someone else is going to get just because we can't supply a ship. 394 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,759 All right, I'll visit the bank. 395 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,990 - Expand the yard. - Good. 396 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,398 Meanwhile, anything the Frazer Line can't handle, 397 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,190 well, at least let's keep it in the family. 398 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,035 Come. 399 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,275 I've had someone from Frazer's look her over, sir, 400 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,160 and he reckons we can make her seaworthy inside a week. 401 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,354 - What time is it? - Just after 5:00, sir. 402 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,754 Ah, well, they'll not be coming then, not now. 403 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:39,790 Who's that, sir? 404 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,311 - Uh, a week you say, eh? - Aye. 405 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,596 Well, let's hope we've got a cargo by then. 406 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,111 So you're here, James? I went to your house. 407 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,200 Captain Baines, put those repairs in hand, will you? 408 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,396 Yes, sir. 409 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:52,914 - Mr Baines. - Ma'am. 410 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,034 David Parry been to see you then, has he? 411 00:21:58,120 --> 00:21:59,156 Yes. 412 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,914 We have a contract to deliver his mining equipment to Cape Town 413 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,799 and an option on any further voyages for the next six months. 414 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,111 - Come to gloat, have you? - Not at all. 415 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,556 Come to tell you to comb your hair, put on a clean shirt 416 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,120 - and go round to the shipping club. - Mmm. 417 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,919 Daniel Matthews is there. 418 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,830 Made me trot beside his carriage, he did. 419 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,230 I'll see him in hell. 420 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,872 You'll see him at his club, if you want to take his textiles to Boston. 421 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,520 Well, he's given it to that... That... What's his name? 422 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:25,670 Briggs. 423 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,992 But Briggs hasn't got a ship. The Caledonia won't be ready for weeks. 424 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:31,396 Well, I'm sure Frazer's will always oblige. 425 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:32,710 Not at present. 426 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,119 I shall always see to it that the Frazer Line is kept busy, James, 427 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,998 but if there's ever anything left over... 428 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,434 - You'll offer it to me? - Keep it in the family. 429 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:42,870 Go on, James. 430 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,758 I'll not run round after Dan Matthews! 431 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,992 You will if it means business, or someone like George Fowey will. 432 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:51,710 James. 433 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,520 - What? - I mean it kindly. 434 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,070 As you say, 435 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,156 business is business. 436 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,834 Well done, Jock. We've done it! 437 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,717 And I want this window enlarged so we can see right over the new yard. 438 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,035 - A big bay window. - Yes, madam. 439 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,680 - And this wall must be taken out. - That's a load-bearing wall. 440 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,479 Well, that's for you to see, Mr Debenham, 441 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,153 I want this office enlarged. 442 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,038 And when the structural alterations are made, 443 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:22,557 I want completely new decorations. These are so old fashioned. 444 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:29,676 Who's this? 445 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,479 Mr Debenham from Marriot's, the builders. 446 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,279 He's just taking a few measurements. 447 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:35,955 Well, I've got two yard foremen I'm waiting to interview. 448 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,520 Can't he take his measurements somewhere else? 449 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,670 What is all this? 450 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,197 I really don't think this wall can be removed, Mrs Frazer. 451 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,272 Well, I should think not. You'll have the whole place down! 452 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,272 I shall enlarge this office somehow. 453 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,476 The devil, you will. 454 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,553 Look, if you are to have one of the largest steam shipyards on Merseyside, 455 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,711 you must have an office that befits your position. 456 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:54,918 We're mortgaged up to the hilt as it is, woman. 457 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,992 So a little more expenditure will go unnoticed. 458 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,276 Elizabeth, I've not borrowed £12,000 from the bank 459 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:01,238 to have you squandering it on fripperies. 460 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,789 Will you please leave us, Mr Debenham? 461 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,315 Thank you so much for the moment, Mr Debenham. 462 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,873 Elizabeth, this office has been the way it is since my grandfather's day 463 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,873 - and I'm not changing it now! - Now, you know what Dr Wilson said. 464 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,270 If you let yourself get too excited... 465 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,589 - Mr Briggs. - I just heard 466 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,913 that Onedin's ship, the Oberon, has docked at Boston with those textiles. 467 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,196 - She made good time then. - Record time for a sailing ship. 468 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,000 But the Caledonia would have been back by now. 469 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,719 A cargo that should have been mine 470 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,759 carried all the way across the Atlantic by a sailing vessel, 471 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,833 while the ship that is meant to take it is still not in my possession. 472 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,958 You can have the Caledonia anytime you choose, Mr Briggs. 473 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,272 She's waiting for you on the Frazer Line berth now. 474 00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,714 No more boiler trouble? 475 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,757 That new engineer I took on solved that problem. 476 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,958 You see, I took your advice, Mr Briggs, brought myself up to date, 477 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,350 gone over entirely to steamers. 478 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,359 Have you got a master for her? 479 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,590 I'll engage Donaldson. 480 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,639 Since you employed him for the trials, he must know the ship. 481 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,840 The sooner you sign on a crew, the better. 482 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,038 You'll need at least a dozen firemen for those boilers of hers 483 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:09,349 and coal to match. 484 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,750 There's only a bucketful in her at the moment. Here. 485 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,231 Perhaps you'd care to dine with me at the club tomorrow evening. 486 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,472 - Peace offering? - You can give me your final payment. 487 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,995 You've got one of the fastest ships on the ocean, Mr Briggs. 488 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,719 All you need now is a cargo for her. 489 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,156 There'll be no difficulty about that. 490 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,999 She made Boston in record time, Mr Matthews. 491 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,833 So if the Oberon can do it, so can the Osiris. 492 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,958 And Captain Baines had favourable winds, you can't count on that again. 493 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,350 Well, all right then, let me have your cargo by tomorrow 494 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,477 and there'll be even more time to get her there. 495 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,120 So the voyages get longer, do they? 496 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,669 All right then, the Anne Onedin will be back in service 497 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:52,989 by the end of the month, eh? 498 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,596 Mr Matthews, I've just had delivery of the Caledonia. 499 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,399 Tomorrow morning we take on bunkers 500 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,631 and we've already advertised for freight. 501 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,753 And what will it cost? A great deal more 502 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,470 than Mr Onedin will charge for his sailing ships, I think. 503 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:07,830 Get in, Briggs. 504 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,637 I was coming to see you anyway. 505 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,190 Wells. 506 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,192 Yes. Of course, sir. 507 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,795 - Morning, Mr Fowey. - Good morning. 508 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,600 - Plenty of coal freight around. - Oh, indeed. 509 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,674 Oh. No, no, Whittle. I'll not take it at that price. 510 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,433 It could go lower yet. 511 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,354 I've spent my life in the trap business. 512 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,113 I've never carried coalat those rates. 513 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,511 There's not much else the sailing ships can carry at the moment, Mr Fowey. 514 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,750 And with everyone wanting the trade... 515 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,116 How can I recover my losses like this? 516 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,520 You might prevent them getting worse. 517 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,160 Jack Frazer was building me a barque. 518 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,640 He made one of the biggest men in Liverpool. A fine ship, Whittle. 519 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,077 But he's gone over to nothing but the steam kettles. 520 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,356 But he must still honour your contract for the barque. 521 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,557 If I could pay for it, yes. 522 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,229 Oh, Mr Onedin, there's a telegraph boy looking for you somewhere. 523 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,198 A telegram from London. 524 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,758 I also owe the second instalment on the Highlander. 525 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,719 That can wait. Don't forget you've to buy coal for the Caledonia. 526 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,555 And that'll cost quite a sum. So, £5,000 then? 527 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,155 To complete your purchase, yes. 528 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,112 How's the Highlander coming along, by the way? 529 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,157 Oh, you'll get that ship early. 530 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:14,835 That'll make a change. 531 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,200 I hear your health hasn't been too good of late. 532 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,272 Oh, I shouldn't listen to my daughter-in-law, 533 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,635 you know what women are. 534 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:28,633 Now who do I make this out to, I forget, Jack Frazer or Frazer Line? 535 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,512 - Good evening. - Evening, Onedin. 536 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:32,920 Well, when do you sail 537 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,912 with that splendid new ship of yours, Mr Biggs? 538 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:36,036 - Briggs. - Yeah. 539 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,033 I hope you got a good rate from Dan Matthews for those textiles. 540 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,999 The best. And we start taking on coal tomorrow, 541 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,118 - loading cargo the next day. - Congratulations. 542 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,316 Well, James... 543 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,471 Well, now, I was wondering if either of you two gentlemen 544 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,233 might be in the market for a steamship? 545 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:54,599 Here, Charles. These glasses are empty, and get me one, will you. 546 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,675 You're not selling the Anne Onedin? 547 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,958 Aye, well, her boiler will be finished by Friday. 548 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,475 Lloyd's man's looked her over, classified her A1. 549 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,637 And I am willing to part with her for just about that much. 550 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,154 £5,000? 551 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,197 This is no time for parting with steamers, 552 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,634 everybody's going into steam. 553 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,951 Which is just why it is the time to part with her. 554 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,839 Now, I know the Frazer Line could use another steamship. 555 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,310 - We've just had a new one laid down. - Aye. 556 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,359 Well, it'd take some time before she's launched. 557 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:24,874 How about you, Mr Briggs? 558 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,953 If you want to stay in business with Dan Matthews, you cannot wait, 559 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,315 wait for the new ship. 560 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,392 £5,000 is a lot of money. 561 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,434 Very well. 562 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,115 Frazer Line might be interested. 563 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,913 So might I, as it happens. 564 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,516 Oh. 565 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,995 - Good. - I'll think about it, James. 566 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:47,960 What about you, Mr Briggs? 567 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:49,759 Yes, I'll think about it. 568 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,235 Well? 569 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,351 Well, I'm just waiting while you think about it. 570 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,636 I'm not gonna decide now. 571 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,799 There's a lot of other owners here tonight. 572 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,758 I need the cash. 573 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,071 - Done. - £5,000? 574 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,760 The only difficulty is untill can get payment from Matthews 575 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,311 for the textile cargo, and with the coal to buy for the Caledonia... 576 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,869 Oh, I'm sure Mr Frazer won't mind waiting, 577 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,429 not considering how long you had to wait for him, eh? 578 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:19,596 You can pay me later. 579 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,958 Your credit will be even better, now you've acquired yet another steamer. 580 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,394 - Thank you. - Oh, eh. 581 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,915 - Make it out cash, will you? - Cash. 582 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,276 Thank you. 583 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,831 Well, here's to the Briggs Line, eh? 584 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,195 Jack. 585 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,990 What the devil is Onedin up to now? 586 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:47,909 "Up to"? 587 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,792 Well, now, where were we, gentlemen? 588 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,395 Will you take that coal, Onedin? 589 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:55,960 I have no alternative. 590 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,396 - If you'd refuse... - Because you did? 591 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,472 Where did your principles get you, eh? 592 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,153 Three idle schooners and a couple of brigs. 593 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,074 And a barquentine. Don't you forget her. 594 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:06,560 - Hmm. - A fine lady. 595 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,600 - What do you want for them? - "Want"? 596 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,392 £5,000 to buy you out. 597 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:15,474 Five thousand? 598 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,836 For three of the finest schooners that ever sailed the seven seas? 599 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,640 Not to mention a couple of brigs and a barquentine. 600 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,669 Each of them's worth almost that much. 601 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:31,073 George, things are only worth what people are willing to pay for them. 602 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,912 Nobody wants sailing ships at the moment. 603 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,753 Oh, so why do you? 604 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,432 £5,000. 605 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:44,749 Robbery. 606 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,237 - Briggs, is it? - Mmm-hmm. 607 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,630 - Who's he? - He's a coming man. 608 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,834 Arrogant, conceited, ambitious and young. 609 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,279 Very young. Oh, his credit's good. 610 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,671 I owe Frazer almost this much for that barque he was building me. 611 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:05,197 Now look, forget about the barque. Buy yourself a farm. 612 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,158 You're always telling me you have an urge to be a farmer. 613 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,596 That barque would have set me up again. 614 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,355 George, 615 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,392 you've had a long run. 616 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,512 Get out while you can. 617 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,913 You must be mad to want more sailing ships. 618 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,593 Now look, do you want the cheque or not? 619 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,474 I'll send all the papers round to you tomorrow. 620 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,233 I'd rather come round with you tonight, 621 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,152 if it's all the same with you, George. 622 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,391 - Don't you trust me, Onedin? - Gentlemen! 623 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,190 - Gentlemen, I have the gravest news. - What happened? 624 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,158 The Welsh miners are on strike. 625 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,680 All the South Wales pits have come out. 626 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,157 Do none of you read the papers? 627 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,312 Is it only the shipping news that interests any of you? 628 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,835 Anyone with a hap' orth of a concern for the state of the country 629 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,957 could have foreseen this. 630 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,680 There's been unrest in the pits for the past three months. 631 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,592 It doesn't usually lead to a strike. 632 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:07,072 Only last week, the member for Swansea made it plain enough to all 633 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,437 what was in the air. "We stand at a watershed." 634 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,591 You're not at Westminster now, Robert. 635 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,036 The unions grow stronger daily. 636 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,677 And who knows who'll be the next to come out. 637 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,160 Labour is finding a voice 638 00:34:19,240 --> 00:34:21,709 and it's a foolhardy man who'll turn a deaf ear. 639 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,759 - The miners will be back within a week. - I wouldn't count on it. 640 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,115 Well, even they have to eat. 641 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,034 As if we'll let ourselves be held to ransom by a lot of miners. 642 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:33,000 What I want to know is how James Onedin was the first to hear of it. 643 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:37,120 I sent him a telegram so that you'd all be warned. 644 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:39,359 You see, I was in the lobby 645 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,319 engaged in conversation with the minister himself. 646 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,437 It was a League of Purity matter, as it happens. 647 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,034 But that's neither here nor there. 648 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,557 His principal secretary comes up to him and tells him. 649 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:51,549 So I got word off to James 650 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,553 before the before news had even reached the chamber. 651 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,075 You can't say that I don't put family first this time. 652 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,880 Family? He just put James Onedin first. 653 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,639 He surely told you, didn't he? 654 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:05,155 He just sold his steamship at the top of the market 655 00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:07,038 and bought six sailers at the bottom. 656 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,112 Before anyone in Liverpool had heard a word. 657 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,236 Well, I'll be... 658 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,198 Do you think we ought to send to the wharf and buy coal 659 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,396 while we can still get it? 660 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,154 - I've already done that. - At what price? 661 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:17,470 At any price. 662 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:23,914 Back up. 663 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,878 I'm sorry, Mr Briggs, but first come, first served. 664 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,316 I am the first, you got my order last night. 665 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,074 I think you'll find that's way down on the list now, sir. 666 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,470 Who paid you to do that? Frazer? 667 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,317 Are you saying I've taken a bribe, sir? 668 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:42,959 Well, he's getting all the coal he wants. 669 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,793 Look at it going into those Frazer wagons. 670 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,600 Mr Frazer's been running ships in Merseyside 671 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,435 long before you ever got here, sir, that's what I mean. 672 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,432 First come, first served. 673 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,236 - Morning, gentlemen. - Good morning. 674 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:26,954 So what's the price of coal, Whittle? 675 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,555 - Uh, well, sir... - I don't mean for freight. 676 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,314 - I mean steam coal, for fuel. - Fifty shillings a ton, sir. 677 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,472 Nonsense. We don't need Welsh coal that much. 678 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,755 No, sir. 679 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,356 But this morning, the Lancashire and Cumberland pits have come out, too. 680 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:42,914 Mr Frazer. 681 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:44,594 I can't even get near the coal wharf, 682 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,478 they're giving all the coal there is to your ships. 683 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:50,031 Well, we are their oldest customers. And their biggest. 684 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,994 I have Matthews' contract in my pocket. 685 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,198 My new ship, the Caledonia, full of cargo and no coal to fuel her. 686 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,670 At least you've still got the contract, sir. 687 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,680 Mr Frazer! 688 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,590 Matthews won't honour my contract if I can't even sail, will he? 689 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,071 - You have to let me have coal. - We need it ourselves. 690 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,994 Have you forgotten that I owe you over £5,000 on the Caledonia, 691 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,436 not to mention what's due on the Highlander. 692 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:31,590 Do you think I'll be able to pay 693 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,990 if I have to keep the Caledonia at her moorings? 694 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,356 One of my other ships is due tomorrow and she'll be bunkering, too. 695 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,274 If I have to lay her up, I'll be finished. 696 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,000 And what would you do with the Caledonia then? 697 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:44,316 Mr Briggs. 698 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,072 Can the Caledonia sail? 699 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,190 Yes, sir. We'll manage it somehow if you can get me some coal. 700 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,715 - How much do you need? - A thousand tons. 701 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,034 I'm sorry, Mr Parry, but with the price of coal as it is, 702 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,191 I'm afraid we've had to raise the freight rate. 703 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,749 But it was a fixed-price contract, was it not? 704 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,755 I think not, if you read it carefully. 705 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,479 "Subject to renegotiation 706 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,600 "if coal and costs rise above the level prevailing at time of signature." 707 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,798 Or some such words. I never can master the proper legal language. 708 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,880 Renegotiation will do, Mrs Frazer. 709 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,955 So, what will it cost me now then? 710 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,952 - £4 a ton. - Indeed. 711 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,716 Well, you'll get the same service, guaranteed delivery on time. 712 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,996 The Frazer's are still getting coal, but at a price. 713 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:43,396 Yes. 714 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,880 Oh, dear. Am I interrupting important business? 715 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,476 Not at all, Mr Onedin. Your sister is just leaving. 716 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:51,789 Am I? 717 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,236 I'll let you know, Mrs Frazer. 718 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,472 Sorry to hear about the coal. Hope you weren't dependant on it. 719 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:03,513 Sit yourself down, Mr Onedin. Very good of you it is to come. 720 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,512 Would you perhaps like a little refreshment? 721 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,319 Yeah. Now, the Osiris left Falmouth three days ago. 722 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,754 I'm expecting her tomorrow. 723 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,957 So she can sail for Cape Town the moment that she's loaded. 724 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,520 Excellent. 725 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:17,755 Now, I think you told me your rate for conveying this mining equipment was... 726 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:19,194 £2.10 a ton. 727 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,920 - Oh, less than that, I think. - Not now. 728 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,839 Can I be sure of delivery by the 15th? 729 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,470 Well, can an owner of a sailing ship ever guarantee a delivery date 730 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,517 just by relying on the winds? 731 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,514 At £1.15 a ton and with the demurrage charge for late delivery, 732 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,876 - the terms you quoted before... - Aye, and the terms you turned down. 733 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,873 There was a bit of compensation to be had. 734 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,031 But at this price, and if it gets there late... 735 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,271 Well, then, it'll just be late, won't it? 736 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,394 £2.10 a ton, no penalty clause. 737 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:52,719 Look, if I'm wasting your time, Mr Parry, 738 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,996 I don't have too much to spare myself. 739 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,470 Very well, £2.10 a ton. 740 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,990 Perhaps I can finish that barque of George Fowey's after all. 741 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,720 We could with a sailing ship just at the moment. 742 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,440 We can find a use for some of the men. 743 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,160 The bank won't even guarantee my wages bill now. 744 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,796 Well, then lay the men off. If there's no work for them, what else. 745 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,678 Finish George Fowey's barque? 746 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,956 The miners will have crawled back to work by then. 747 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,750 It could be foundry men next, perhaps even shipyard workers. 748 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,240 Nobody's going to go on strike 749 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,074 once the miners have been taught a sharp lesson. 750 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:34,196 The sharper the lesson, 751 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,840 the more resentful and defiant they'll all become. 752 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,917 Robert's right, there's a cold wind blowing. 753 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,471 If I had not listened to you, it would never have touched us, 754 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,190 - my shipyard full of unfinished ships. - When the strike is over... 755 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,398 Some won't be finished, even then. The Highlander, for one. 756 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:27,119 Oh, good morning. 757 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,633 Briggs owes me £5,000 altogether. 758 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,551 The cost he's bearing on laying off his steamers. 759 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:36,960 He's one that'll never bounce back. 760 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,680 So we'll get the Caledonia. Good. 761 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,832 Meanwhile, let's see if there's any sailing ships for charter. 762 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,355 We'd do better to buy them outright. 763 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,990 Hold off the day when the whole shipping world makes an ass of itself. 764 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,594 What do you mean? 765 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,876 By coming to depend for its very lifeblood 766 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,476 on men who never even see the grass, let alone the sea. 767 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,472 A sharp lesson. It's us that have learnt it. 768 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,390 But you only bought them last week. 769 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,437 Oh, well, so now I'm selling them again. 770 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,671 A barquentine, two brigs and three schooners. 771 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,240 For how much? 772 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,113 Well, I've been offered £4,500 for the brigs, but I'll get more. 773 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,317 That's almost as much as you paid for the lot of them. 774 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:26,596 So? I made a bit of profit. 775 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,275 I think the three schooners will go for about £1,800 each. 776 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,478 And I've already disposed of the barquentine for £2,600. 777 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,517 So altogether, you've made, let's see... 778 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,637 Well, about £8,000 profit. 779 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,516 - Huh. In one week? - Aye. 780 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:41,959 Question is, 781 00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,515 what shall I do with the money? 782 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,513 Go into steamers. The strike will be over one day, 783 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,195 and steamers are going cheap at the moment, I dare say. 784 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,033 Well, the Anne Onedin was. 785 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,720 - You bought it back? - Aye, for £2,000. 786 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,671 You sold it for more than twice that. 787 00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:01,151 Well, young Briggs was a little short of cash. 788 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:02,875 Oh. Huh. 789 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:08,430 So you've all your fleet intact and almost £6,000 into the bargain. 790 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,718 Hmm. What shall I do with the £6,000? 791 00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:17,718 Do you know, James, I can't rightly remember 792 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,519 when you last came to me for advice. 793 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,877 But you can surely remember when I last came to you for money. 794 00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:24,713 - Money? - Aye. 795 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,439 I need another £2,000. 796 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,080 - To build this. - Aye. I want two of them. 797 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:31,949 It's only a sketch. 798 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,511 Aye, and rough. I have no pretensions to being a draughtsman. 799 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:40,199 Well, I doubt if you'd see much change out of £20,000 for one of these. 800 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,390 You'll see even less from £16,000 'cause that all I'm willing to pay you. 801 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:45,914 Can't be done. 802 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,439 Well, you can trim her down within reason. 803 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:52,834 But with the other yards idle, too, 804 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,116 I wouldn't go looking for too much profit. 805 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,760 Not until the strike's over, and I'm not waiting that long. 806 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,158 £16,000. 807 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,397 Aye, usual quarter payment in advance. 808 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,475 Now that's on two ships. That's £8,000 I can let you have now. 809 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,631 Look, if it gets you back in business, 810 00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:11,916 you can afford to cut your profit to the bone. 811 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:15,991 - James? - Elizabeth. 812 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,555 Your brother's just placed an order for two ships. 813 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,954 So, he's gone to steamers in the end, has he? 814 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,157 Sixteen hundred tons. 815 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,511 Do you hope to win just by making them bigger? 816 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:29,674 I shall win for long enough. 817 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,036 That's near twice the size of any sailing ship I've ever built. 818 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,476 Aye. So she'll carry some cargo, eh? 819 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:37,155 That Caledonia of yours, she carries mostly coal, 820 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:38,276 when she can get it. 821 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,876 It won't be long before we've halved the rate of fuel consumption in steamers. 822 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,191 Aye. And double the engine power, too, no doubt. 823 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,078 But until then, with that spread of canvass, 824 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,311 why, she'll lick any steamer that you want to put against her. 825 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:49,800 But in time, James... 826 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:51,917 - Well, 10 years? - Not more. 827 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,112 Well, by then I'll have cornered enough of the market 828 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:55,680 to go into steamers myself. 829 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,151 When the others have burnt their fingers getting them right for me. 830 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:06,992 Get some fresh air in your lungs on this voyage, Barnaby. 831 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,039 A sailing man deserves more than £3 a month, Mr Onedin. 832 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,830 Maybe. But you're not getting it. 833 00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:16,837 Or would you rather be a fireman again, eh, 834 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,593 with the rest of them down here? 835 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:26,840 Mr Onedin! 836 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,040 Mr Onedin! 837 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,880 Get that cart out of the way. Mr Onedin? 838 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:37,680 I'm looking for a ship. 839 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,033 The strike's going on for a while. 840 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,033 When does Captain Baines come home on the Oberon? 841 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:46,796 There's a warehouse full of textiles which has got to get to Boston. 842 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:48,792 What are your rates? 843 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,951 I need a ship, Onedin. 844 00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:52,760 Mr Onedin! 845 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,040 Oh, God. 846 00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:10,679 Topsail sheets! 847 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,359 Hoist the mainsail!