The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-05 00:00:00

THE STRIKES IN THE NORTH. s,REJT FIRE IN THE CITY A fire of a very alarming character, and attended ate destruction of ninny thuasend worth of pro twit out at No. tiff, Upper Thames-street, about ':das,e.t o n Saturday Met, and, notwithstanding the great Tt ,„ 4 , which have been made, it is yet far from being See•-lY subdued. The Premises consisted of an erten „doses", about SO or 90 feet high, and stand ...e gvoind door eat about 50 feet square. It was end on the end west aides by two narrow coatis 'l"` o ther %balleast and by the estensive premises of tr . • 11, or, sn arl and C stove and general iron merchants, wo o f .bah repitties have been placed in great peril.' T i er ace has dt•eu•ceett ty the policeman on duty, who lost tam , owing the alarm, and in an extremely short ." A a sery large number of engines, manned by the dif ,Peon,.nt bregs Aes, were actively at work. Unhappily their d er te were at 1114 much impeded by the scanty supply of ▪ t r elit a in a hle from the New River Company's mains; lot at tout it was thought the mischief could be confined to • re it originally, broke out, namely, at the east coil of the third Moor. W ith that view a number of the Fm boldly entered tbe ttuir in order to direct their ! iwris more effectively on the tire d The hope, however, • Ted vain ; fur the flames suddenly extended themselves r : thi door with such ra p idit y that several of the men, „a w l,. l c Lurch, the print ipel clerk, Jenard, the engineer, s d two fireman named Whittaker and Tozer, nearl y fell ye their temerity. They did at last manage to we• e p t he ewe, but era they could do es, they were nearly ot t e r. The tire now raged almost without restraint, but i t is a sipar4Lif fact that though the flames roe. in mor ay:ma volumes, 20 or 30 feet above the neighhourior steeple, t hey were scarcely visible at the water's edge, in cons* m ace el the hued; of the fog. From the s,eine cause the „," sa e la charge ut the powerful new steana4l L and y V i a ( se tint London brigade by Shaw and Mason for 'Auk Mre heal now sent, were some time before t hey could And out the precise scene of the disa.ter. At :teen, !saviour. they succeeded is mooring the float near t s spot, awl by means of 600 feet of holm they were able to pour a vet hoy of water in four separate streams a ss the blaring pile. Nevertheless, notwithstanding eer y eft iet, there remained until late last evening a vast a ly of flames in the centre of the ruins, and it will proba te:, be late today ere it will be finally extinguished. The *w a rms , os the ground and best floor were occupied by m iss , Selby sod Co., of Buminghans, iron and brass tab um lavoulacturets ; those on the second, third, and (meth flare, by )le-ors. Price and Cloenell, brush makers a id perfumers; and those on the fifth and sixth doors by Messrs. J. and L. Saunders, paper-box makers. The whole of the five upper stories and the root were completely bused out sad the contents destroyed; and Messrs. Selby • se wn of the premises were also greatly damaged by hre sad eater. 'fhe building belonged to the Merchant Tailor's Company, areal it is supposed to be insured in the Royal Fmeaauge Lidice. It is not known whether the Arms of trite sad Sells ate also insured, but Messrs. Saunders are in the Atlas office. Messrs. Kennard's premises and Vint ner's Ilan are both injured. 'f he cause of the fire is com pletely unknown, the premises having appeared perfectly she when the workpeople left at eight on Saturday Light Abut i 0 youhg women in Millis. Saunders' employment, sa d men in that of Messrs. Goenell, have bees thrown out of work by the oezurrenee. TIIE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT .4T B!:RKII.43IPSTRAD. On Saturday the inquest on the body of the nn fertaaste guard, Wm. Marley, aged 30, who was killed on the North N 'stern Railway, near Berkhampstead, was held at that place, before Mr. F. Day, the coroner for the dioriet. The deceased was guard of the down express train which left Eaten-square at nine a.m. on Thursday last. Shortly after quitting tee Derkannutead station, 23 miles from town, the driver panned a violent jumping motion in the engine, and immediately afterwards the fore axle of the engine broke, and the engine and carriages ran off the line. Blayney was thrown violently from his seat upon the line, and a portion of the engine falling over him, killed him almost instantaneously. Some of the passengers were much injured and shaken, but fortunately no other lives were lat. The fracture of the axle took place close to the axle box, the leading wheel left the engine, ran up an embank ment 20 feet high, dashed through a quickset edge into a meadow beyond, and, after describing a semicircle of about 10 yards radius, buried itself in the green sward. The engine and tender, after running a few yards, toppled over and buried themselves in the embankment. The guard's break and a wooed class carriage immediately behind it were thrown across the up line of rails with great violence, and com pletely broken up by the force of the concussion. The leading wheels of the carriage buried themselves several feet deep in the embankment, and a portion of the iron framework of the break rested upon the fragments of the carriage. The leading fist-class carriage was turned round, and, though retaining its upright position, stood directly across and upon the up line of rails. There were very few passengers. In this carriage there were Barons Beyer and Lionel de Rothschild and four officers of the Guards proceeding to Leighton, to the " meet " of Baron Rothsehild's staghounds, at Acton Abbots ; and all suffered contusions. The single second-class passenger, a young widow who was acting as nurse to a lady in the Brat-class, and who had with her an infant, was found under the flooring of the carriage in an insensible state ; and she had scarcely been removed when the Birmingham up express train was seen advancing. Happily the crash of the accident had been heard by a man named Page, of Wood-lane Farm, 300 yards on the east side of the railway, and he, seeing what had happened, remembered that several up trains were due, sad if not stopped that terrible min chief would ensue. With most praiseworthy fem. thought, he immediately ran down towards the Nov*. church tunnel, on reaching which be saw the up expels eater the other end at full speed. He waved his cap all shouted as loudly as he could, and, fortunately, as the gine emerged from the tunnel, the fireman observed and applied the break, the driver shutting off his steamed the same time. Ike distance from that to the wrecked dud class carriage was 500 yards, and it was impossible to amid running into it. The speed had, however, been lowered from 40 miles an hour to 10 when the collision occurred. The shock threw the engine and tender of the up traia tits rails, and carried away the compartment of the 1M Class carriage in which Baron de Rothschild and his friends had been seated. This iacreased the confusion of *it scene, but Captain Erman, who was a passenger by the up trate, took all the measures in his power to render the most active assistance. The down train,whieh starts at 9.15 ara.arom Euston-square, was now momentarily expected, but the guard had fortunately gone back, and, by placing fog signals on the line, arrested its approach at Berkhasap stead. The Eul of Lonedale was • passenger in the latter :TOIL The telegraphic communication having been des troyed by the accident, a great deal of time was lest is seer musicatieg with Loodon and Wolverton; and helm day effeeti re means for clearing the line were at hand, the rails were blocked fora considerable distance with the up sad lawn trains. The body of 'Rainey was at last extricated end removed to Berkhanapstead, where every attention wee paid to the other sufferers, of whom two only had received serious asjury—the servant above-mentioned and an invalid lady, who was thrown by the shack into a state of delirium that sated for some hours. At the inquest Robt. Veen, the Ile mss, depend to laving observed the fore -Wage of his emigles rabic mum ea the previous day ; and Johnstone, the Ilmisora et do regimen, had promised to chase the Medial vies* hi La. James Edward M'Connell, lacemotive superintendent ep Le Loadon and North Western Railway, said-1 did salt mow anything particular respecting the state of this sop aim. I think there cue be no doubt of the cases of the incident. It was owing to the axle becoming hot, and Luise twisted off from the journals by the blows or strains, *.o which it is subjected. A blow Jima meeting say ob struction would break it is that state. I think it very pcbable that the oil-bole was stopped up by grit. In that taw the axis would not be lubricated, sad would very soon moms hot. There tea greater strain on the leading etteels—a tortion or twisting in going round curves, and these wheels are the tint to encounter any obstacle on the line. lam satisfied that the iron of the axle was sound and rood. One end of it is of course now burned. The eaglets las been abut six years fanning, and has gone over 157,000 miles. This engine was " lifted " off the wheels about three months ago. Some engines are not " lifted " for twelve or arts's months. In my judgment there was not the slight. est risk in sending out the engine after the spring had bean replaced. We are guided in &llama by the report of the driver, who is the best judge of how the engine works. I have examined the box of the axle, and find that the metal bee melted Into the oil holes. This is one of the usual re sults of the axle getting very hot. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death ;" the foreman adding, at the same time, " We consider that the company is not free from blame in sending out an engine with a fast train when any doubt of its efficiency wasted." THE CORONER FOR MANCHESTER AND THE Grain Ulla OP TEE Pooa.--blr. Farwell, of London, has Mew &nailed by the Paor•law Board to investigate the InanKOns charges of the coroam's juries in Blanchester Caltthe relm and other of of Um poor of neglect. ialener was under saaaloatio• ea ll:marday. end the proceedings were adjourned until Moeda, (this day). ARRIVAL or THE DOURO.—Yesterday the Oriental Company's 'Mew steamer Donato strived at Southampton from Constantinople. Kalta, and Gibraltar. (P&OM coca LOCAL coazzspoximrr.) DIANCRESTER, DEC. 3. The unequal contest between the employers and operatives continues with little or no abatement. It is questionable if the operatives could ever have 'weeded in obtaining a general advance of wages at the aame time throughout the district, because it rarely, if ever, happens that all branches of the cotton trade flourish equally at the same time. A reference to the trade reports of the last eight or n:ns months will show that when trade was in full swing, and the producers of some classes of goods were reaping highly remunerative profits, the manufacturers of heavy domestics were unable to command prices which would mush more than cover tho cost of the yarn they used, and mazy thousands of looms were thrown idle, or par tially idle. If ever a strike could have succeeded, how ever, it would have done so in the spring of the year, when prices, with a few eaciiitions, were good, and labour scarce. By deferring the strike to the present time, how ever, the operatives have two great disadvantages—one in the great depression which has come over the whole trade (more pertieularly that branch of the trade pursued in the districts where the strikes have occurred), the other in the inclemency of the weather at this advanced period of the year. Then the noisy declamation of their leaders was, to say the least of it, most unwise. During the Stockport strike they sometimes spoke of not resting content with 10 per cent. advance, or even 2) or 30, should they succeed, and developed schemes for the coercion of their employers throughout the whole distext which were calculated to create the utmost alarm. They declared it to be a war against capital, and documents were printed in which they exulted in the ruin of capitalists through former strikes. The rush has been that the employers have formed combinations almost as extensive as those among the operatives, and much upon the same principle. Each town has its union, sad each district of towns has its delegates to a central board. And if the orgai.isation is as perfect, the ability to work it is probably somewhat greater, because the em ployers have the advantage of education and of funds to a degree which must make them moo than a match for their opponents. The tactics of the master colliers at Wixan show that they have not wasted their experience without gaining a wrinkle or two. The operative colliers having adopted the plan of the factory operatives, of striking against two or thee* masters at a time, with the view of driving them in detail to give the advance, the masters have discovered a move upon the board which will exactly meet the cue, and defeat the turn-outs without themselves again resorting to a general closing of the pits ; and their plan is to supply the masters whose men are on strike with coal and cannel to sell from the pits that are in work. The manufacturers have not adopted this plan, but they are effe:tually counteracting the movements of their opera tires, notwithstanding. At Ashton, at Burnley, at Glossop, at Stockport, at Manchester, and Whar towns, the opera tives, after strikes of more or ►ess duration, obtained ad eances ofd to 10 per cent. They had also attained their object, or near'y so, at Preston, when, through pushing Asir demands to extremities, a resistance was provoked which is almost without precedent So large are the funds enquired to keep up this contest, from other towns, that the operatives in those other towns are literally at the mercy of their employers. Witness the result at Burnley, where the operatives have gone to work four days a week, submitting to the loss of their 10 per cent. advance. At Glossop, Ashton, and other towns, the operatives are put on reduced working hours, with the sacrifice of the advance for which they bad suffered so much in addition. At Man chester the spinners are to submit to 10 per cent. reduction and the weavers to 5 per cent. reduction, from this day, sad it Is expected that on Moo .ay they will submit without • word. At Stockport, where they were e strike many weeks, and submitted to losses which it was calculated they could not make good with two years of fell work, they are going on four days work per week, which is also to be followed with :redaction of wages to the old stand ard. Really such contests are lamentable. Supposing they achieve success at Preston, is it not quite as certain that so soon as another set of masters in ;some other town are to be attacked and coerced, the men who have wrought such dear bought suers' at Preston, will be left to a fate like those which have to be submitted to at Manchester, Burnley, and Stockport ? The only thing which could defeat the em• players would be • return of the prosperity felt during last and the early part of the present year, with the same scar city of labour; and with that they would no doubt be too happy to give the 10 per cent., and it would cost the labourer nothing. There wore many masters who gave the advance at the commence sent of this year, who would not have closed their mills for twice ten per cent. If the master can really of ford the advance when labour is scarce, depend upon it he will not risk • strike; and these are the real opportunities of the workman. It is by attempting to coerce all branches of the trade at the same time, no matter what the circum stances as to profit or lam, that strikes are sue to fail. If the working men would learn at what a fearful disad vantage they carry oa such a contest in the present state of trade, they might do so by studying the following extract from Messrs. Da Fay and Co.'s trade report for the present math If we divide the chief cotton consuming places around us into five districts, of which Manchester, Preston, Ashton, Burnley, and Stockport are the (*nuts, Ashton and its neighbourhood consume more than one-fifth of the cotton which is worked on weekly in these districts. If we take the present reduced consumption of cotton at 30,000 byte weekly, the Ashton district, by working short time, would still further diminish that oonsumption by about 2,200 bags weekly ; which, we behave, is rather under stating it. Az Burnley • slight increase is taking place, " short time" working having, in many cases, been resorted to in the plies of the ' lock up" of the mills there. And this step is a laudable oae on the part of the meaufacturers, who have taken it from • desire to alleviate the distress of the werkpeple, while interest would have dictated acether emu. The town and neighbourhood of Stesispiet aaa also resorting M " short time working" this day swedi f tleeil Manchester we hear will follow the example. In eds. shire the semi amuse is persued, sad we hey that UM looms are expected to stand in Halifax and the seirdsbinne• heed. At Preston little prospect is entertaieed tbeemdern and men will cease to terms. Several of our Minds, bees English gad foreign, having expressed • with W WOISWID from us an estimate, bearing upon the present estemiskadis Lashes in the production of cotton fabric* mil WID sewed weekly supply accruing therefrom, we bree Baba. owed me arrive at something like truth, by edisidz o lusa Obß Mae Brinee information on the subjoin, mod me wink Is me triads the data we have re, urns me kg their usual feebeerasce in the exaraisalier d Ibe resale we have arrived at. The districts numbered Is 01, etWWWW 1 to 4 are those is which " short time ereeldexi" has been determined upon, to begin next Monday, end by which the production will be reduced one-third. The districts num bered five to seven are those in which the turn onto and lock-ups of mills have stopped the production altogether. The length of pleads assumed in our calculations 371 yards each. lITATEJIENT. LaLasted Estßasted Estimated soakr of total weekly actual wieldy LOAM prodactice. redartios. I. Asktas dlotrist 41,000 ... 210,004 fl 70,01M1 2. Barsky &waist ll.luo ... 76,400 „ 23,000 S. Illaskport Mottle 4. Ilsza t io t t Heywood 17,500 .. 07,600 „ 29,00 0 ,„ 6. Hamm sod lassosdak ... &Wilt lO,OOO ... 50,000 ... 50,000 IL prestos distrkt 7. Hisao. district 337.300, Oa acarefol calculation we find that lammed production of seeds alone will reduce the usual weekly consumption of mites by 7,000 begs, and the decrease in the production of export yarns is tantamount to about 3,000 bags of cotton weekly. (Total, 10,000 bags oat of 36,000.) Under this extensive deermeed consumption of the raw material, the manufactured article cannot be -expected to decline mate rially in pier, whatever coarse the cotton market may assume. The total number of spindles in these district@ we estimate at 8300,000, to supply the looms, as well as the yarns for export. We have vainly hoped that the hide mosey of the season would alike put a stop_to the war in the East, and end the strikes around us. With the mesa ties of strikes, end consequently an increased production of =dated redo, our market, it is true , would at first be Waft advantage which would be realised from a gamest Nam to work in Lancashire, would go fur to himellenfiedemes lower prices. The nearer markets would at awe Ilia larger supplies, for our exports to the Continent leashes diminishing during the last two years. By an imemeed export the exchanges would be favourably infiu , eau& and capitalists would direct their attention to these ' sallwat. The masses of the workpeople who cannot be coarraware of clothing, because they earn nothing, would again become customers of the manufacturers, instead of borrowers from the shopkeepers. There is besides a far higher view namely, that the tafisence of regular employ ment, would dispel all tear of the immoral effect of idleness upon congregated mimes. The Dokinfield colliers, near Ashton, complain that they cannot have everything their owe way ; and they have ad dressed the following letter to their employers: To Messrs. Swire and Lees.—Gentlemen,—We the miners under your employ feel very morel that we are Coat i pelted to give you any Treble Concerning any of your men . but we are Competed To do so at this time and we Consider it as duty incumhent upon to to inform you it of as we not wish to take any steps that would Cause any unpleasant eels to take place betwixt you sad us But on the Contrary we wish always for both you and us to work peaceably to gether for we are fully Convinced that strikes are bad Wags for the employer and the employed and the Public at Large Po we hope that you will help us to keep your THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1853 colliery at pews there is a few =maunder your employ That will not do as other men do that is soport there Trade we are afraid that if they are net formed to do as the Rest of the men do that are under your Employ that it will Cause some ue easeyness to take Place at your Colliery, so we hope that you will use your 10111011C0 to pi so grest number of your men to have to stop work for the sake of two or three bad men that does not Can whether your work. are swiped or not we hope that you will oblige us in this Request. We remain Truly_youn, Tux MINIRS UNDER YOUR EMPLOY. MUSIC. Among the musical events of the coming season we arc to have, it appears, a new opera, under the title of 11 Castello di Kele°. composed by Signor Emanuele liiletta, the libretto by the poet Maggioni, is to be produced at the Carnival of Parma early neat month, under the special patronage of the Grand Duke and Court of that duchy. Hors than ordinary interest will attach to this performance, from the circumstance that Signor Biletta received his musical education direct from the great Rimini, and is, we believe, the faroorite pupil of the gran nuiestro of the century. In this couatry Signor Biletta is chiefly known and much esteemed in private circles, but has already made a highly favourable impression on the public mind by the composition of an operetta called White Magic, which was performed, as the first entire work of this young artist, at the Haymarket Theatre, in the spring of last year. with very marked and well-merited success. The press of the day were unanimous in rendering a liberal tri►ute of praise to an effort of decided talent and much future pro mise. In the present dearth of musical composers the advent of a fresh genius, cultivated and esteemed by the great Rossini, is necessarily an event of interest to the musical world at large. dukinfield, nor. 2i,15.51: --- - - --- - - - - ----- To this request were appended four names. An answer was returned by Mesas. Swire and Lees, in they say, " We have received a note stating that ►t is from the ' Miners in our employ,' in which it is indirectly demanded that we should compel certain men to coutribute a portion of their wages to support the colliers' union. and in case of our refusal a turn-out is threatened. Such a course of pro ceeding on our pert would be most unjust and illegal. After we have paid a man his wages we have no right wLat- ever to interfere with him u to the mod. of spend ing such wages; and we quits agree with the remarks made by the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal," .1c [The extract of Chief Justice Tindal at Stafford Is then given, laying down the right of the working man to the exercise of his own personal skill and the enjoyment of his own free will, uushackled by the control or dictation of his fellow-workmen.) The strike of shoemakers at Stockport has proved as dis astrous is all the other proceedings of a similar kind, and they " are now about to accept the offer of wages made to them by their masters some months ago. They called a public meeting in the Lyceum, and specially invited the public to attend and hear their grievances; but the meet ing proved a failure—no person attended, ■nd nothing was done. Suspicion began to arias as to the honour sad inte grity of the committee; a meeting of the title was con vened, auditors appointed, and the accounts examined, when it appeared that the money obtained had not been properly applied, and several officers were implicated in the affair, one undertaking to repay what he had unjustly ob tained. A general split has been the result, and the great bulk of the men have either returned to their work, or are anxiously waiting to do so, having waited upon their em ployer* and asked for their work at the prices offered to them in the new list." DRAMA. HAYMARKET. A new comedy was put on the Haymarket stage on Saturday. The author, Mr. Sterling Coyne, introduces us to Sir Henry Melville, who has made • misalliance, a great calamity, which is mitigated by the timely death el the wife, wtte, however, leaves her son is this world. As the boy would interfere with a new and more ambition match his ezisttnee is carefully concealed, through the agency of a very convenient combination of the lawyer and the scoundrel, who entrusts him to the care—that is to say, the neglect—of • schoolmaster of congenial morals. The bey, having • sagacious objection to being flogged and starved, runs away, to perform the popular process of ..seeking his fortune." In the meantime the son by the new marriage dies, and the father not being able to find his legitimate heir, is compelled to do without one altogether. In PRESTON, SATU lIDAY. Mr. George Cowell, the popular leader of this move. meat, having returned from London, there was an im mense gathering in t►e Orchard t►is afternoon, it being un derstood that he was to address the assembly. Immediately on his arrival here ye►terday afternoon, he gave a brief account of his metropolitan mission, stating that having had interviews with the representatives of the various trades, be found them unanimously resolved to render assistance to the operatives of Preston in the prosecution of this struggle. At the meeting to-day, the Chairman, Mr. Rhodes, of Stockport, said the millocracy of Preston were now resort ing to their last expedient, and if the operatives would only be firm and determined, and above all things keep the peace, victory was certain, and that ere long. (Cheers.) He advised them to be of geed cheer, despite the resolu tions of the Masters' Association at their meeting on Thurs day last. They seemed to think that as Christmas time was coming on, the employers in some of the manufactur ing districts would cease labour for two days, and in some instances for a week, and that as a result, the operatives here would only receive a small subscription, and would thereby be starved into submission. But he begged to in form them that the places referred to were each keeping • s um of money in hand, so that instead of their having a small subecripiion in the short week, it would be larger, than ever. (Cheers.) Mr. 0 zo. Cowin'. was hailed with general acclamation. He observed that after a struggle of eight weeks they had gained one victory. The object of the masters is closing their mills was to crush the operatives' union. Now then (said he), when they have thrown ns in the streets, and find that they cannot crush our union, what do they say now They will let us go back to our work, and we must have est union. (Derisive exclamations.) The speaker pro seeded to criticise a placard, headed " The mills re. egened," and addressed "To the factory operatives of Preston," which was issued to the public this evening, and greeted considerable excitement amongst the unemployed. The Preston lock out (be said) was not at an end. they had fought for the union, and now they would fight for the 10 per cent. He hoped they would n succumb to the last proposition of the masters, because they had fresh channels of support opening up every day, and might de peed upon it they would have the 10 pet cent. It was not the Russian war that caused the manufacturers to run short time; it was the bugbear of Preston which terrified them. ' Give us, said the people, the ten per cent. and our union, or if you don't like that, give us the Blackburn standard list of ',rine ; we'll have either the one or the other. We are determined to be paid as much for our labour is Pres ton as they are in other towns. (Cheep.) Mr. Cowell concluded by moving • vote of thanks to the masters of ilsokburn for the noble spirit trey had evinced during this esttatiost. The motion was received with great cheering, and carried Uesekteuely. Mr. Gaistruaw reported that during the week he had addressed large meetings of various trades as well as factory operatives ►t Church Parish, Great Huwood, Over Hu mes, and Lancaster, and the most cordial sympathy was Smaitestiod on behalf of the downtrodden people of Pres et& (Cheers.) Mx. HADDINOTON having briefly addressed the vast as sembly, Mr. Coteau. again stood forward and said—Monday Meriting incoming, when the great doors are to be opened ; mid you are told that when year late employers get as many hands as will start half their machinery they will re sume work. Now all you who are determined to stand by the committee and to maintain your demand for an un conditional ten per cent. held up your hands. (A forest of hands was displayed, seeeseded by reiterated cheers.) The meeting, which summand at three, separated at -..et four, THZ PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S MAXIS Ignite, which left Southampton yesterday with the Indian and China mail, took out 120 paesengen and • vary large cargo. Among the passengen who will proceed through Frame and join the Indio at Malta, are the Hon. F. Eruct, the new British cansul-general in Egypt, end the wheel of the Rajah of Sanwa, who has been many years la England unsuccessfully prosecuting the claims of the Isiah against the East India Company. The vakeel is band he India. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Manila arrived in Southampton yesterday from Lon don. No has been built by Mare, of London, and Sumacs and Co., of Southampton, will put is her engines and boilers. The Manilla is destined to convey coal for the company from Labuaa to Singapore. The next outward overland mail to Australia will be con veyed from Singapore by the steamer Bombay or MadraN each of which is much larger than the ones now employed between Singapore and Australia. This arrangement will ensure an earlier arrival of the Australian mail cis India. It is expected that the Peninsular and Oriental Company will commence the Bombay mail packet service about March next. ARRIVAL OF THE SULTAN.—The Oriental Com pany's Steam-packet Sultan arrived at Southampton on Saturday with 12 pamengen and five distressed seamen. Her dates are Gibraltar, Nov. 23; Cadiz, 24; Lisbon/ 29 ; and Vigo, 30. Gibraltar remained cut off from communi cation with Spain by land by the governor's orders, but by sea the communicatien was open. The Odin was seen off the entrance of the Tagus. The Valorous, Imperious, and Desperate wen mon steering for Lisbon. A MAD Doe AT A SCHOOL.—On Friday, at the Windsor National School, where 2011 hue and as many girls are edusalni by the united loseenimess of be Ma and the iihetiteste et the beestsbi aye greeteet terror was caused by Mit Magenen, eff a Mad of ameaget the *Wren ea the gide side el* ediesilsod, PO as they had meamblind anoints to maning myna The poor Mem etnisken, sole their way as fist as they 'mild out albs wiwkead all wowed but one mehetnaate *de girl, whamMie a* seined* the back pang= wad& it dreadfidly laesratel. The child wee Idris le the Royal Dispensary, where, under dr Whew ell eliseelles, the bitten parts were carefully dienglail eel afterwards canteriaed by Dr. Eton. The dog wee after wards shot. The anxiety and distress of the mama of the pow child, whose name is Heath, are indescr ibab le. Swltit RAILwATB.—The Grand Council of the canton of N ratchets!, in its sitting of the 29th ult., una nimously voted the coneemits of the railway of the Venires-Thielte, with a breach line on Tverdon, to a (sinned company of French and English capitalists. This important line will serve as the prolongation of the line of .Bs-Poatarlier, to reach into the centre of Switzerland. The Municipal Council of Genoa has subscribed for shares, to the amount of six millions of francs, towards the con struction of the Lukmanier Railway. NINE WAGGON LOADS OF MoNsir.--Cousidenble curiosity was manifested on Saturday morning last by the arrival at the Waterloo station of the South-Western Railway of nine waggons filled with silver money, for conveyance to Southampton preparatory to bong shipped for India and Hong-Kong. The silver weighed 30 tons. HYDROPHOBIA.—The Franzry Gazette ale :—A woman of Boujan has just been attacked with hydrophobia, from having used a pocket-handkerchief with which she had, a year back, wiped away the foam from the month of a child who had been bitten by a mad dog. The child died in terrible convulsions, but the woman, not apprehending any danger to henelf, felt no alarm at that circumstance. She was quite unexpectedly attacked in her turn a few days back, and expired in great agony, the meantime the lawyer—animated by the return of the baronet from Calcutta, with what Mr. Slingeby Law- rents calls an " incalcuttable " amount of wealth and a richly endowed niece—passes off the absurdest of all clerks—a comic plebeian in his office—as tlis lost son. Launched in life as the (lope of the Family (the title of the new piece), Mr. Buckstone is in his element. How he horrifies his father, amuses his cousin, and petrifies general society by his exploits, need scarcely be described. His fashionable airs, and practice of etiquette—which he learns from an old attachment of his—a housemaid in the family—are irresistiKly Euckstonian. Every detail—even down to his drunkennesa and his cravat—is very broad and very happy ; and the audience accordingly were uproarious and contented. Vinavy, however, never yet triumphed in a theatre, and the piece must come to a cocclusion. The baronet's niece has fallen in love with the mate of the ship on the voyage home ; and just at the proper moment, when the piece wu getting leo long, he is discovered to be the real heir. This is not a novel or unexpected incident; but it is well brought about. The fact is communicated to the false heir by the schoolmaster, who has been the tool of the lawyer, and who repents as soon as he finds himself also the dupe of that individual. The false heir is puesled, tempted, and his honour is on the wane, when, at this crisis, his good genius, the housemaid, comes to hie assistance, inspires him with the courage to do everything that is honourable, noble, and difficult; and, under her auspices, .he avows the fatal fact. The struggle which preceded the avowal was one of the most telling points in the piece, and the moral must have benefited the audience considerably—for it met with a tumultuous wel. come—each individual being under the evident impression that be would have done precisely the same thing under similar circumstances. The remainder need scarcely be told. The impediment of social position (which has caused the forcible separation of the mate and his mistress, and occasioned some pretty distresses and a projected elopement) being removed, the lovers are united, and everybody receives his deserts, in cluding the actors, who were all called for, and the author, who bowed from a private boa. The piece was a complete success. It was well pet upon the stage, well cast, and well acted. Buckstone as the vulgar but honest plebeian, Compton aa the head of Birchen Rouse Academy ("where young gentlemen are edu cated, boarded, and washed in the principles of the pro testant religion"), Chippendale as the lawyer, Mrs. Fits walla= as the housemaid, Mn. Buckingham as an intriguing fortune -huger (who has nothing to do with the plot, and who is dressed in most inar tificially), besides the minor dramatis persona, were all 1 1 admirably suited, and made the moat of their opportunities. What Miss Ellen Grey (who made_ her first appearance) can do, it is difficult to say, because, as the heroine, she had not to do anything; but what she can look is obvious enough—and the " fatal gift " was duly appreciated by the spectators, we must say, in this instance. She seems be sides to be unaffected and well-bred, which are not the commonest of qualifications. It may be added of the piece generally, that it had a valuable element of success—it was not too clever for its audience. The situations were all broad and forcible; so ware most of the jokes, which last were very carefully put, by a very practised hand, and some of them ware perhaps made additionally safe from the fact that, as Disraeli said of Peel's quotations, " They bad previously received the meed of public approbation." ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AT NOTTING HILL. On Friday night, between *seen and eight o'clock, the residence of Captain Faucit Turner, at No. 9, Royal crescent, Notting-hill, was entered, it is supposed, by three expert London thieves, during the time the family were at dinner, and jewellery to the amount of 1601. win stolen from the bedroom of Mrs. Turner. From inquiries made by the police and others, it appears that the thieves ob tained an entrance to an empty hones to let, No. 16, in Royal-crescent, by menu of a picklock-key, which we. afterwards found in the lock of the street-door, and they then proceeded to the top of that house, sad, hiving got lon to the parapet through the attic window, they milked along the parapets of the houses until they came to the attic window of Captain Turner's house. The window was not fastened, and an easy entry into the premises was aeon .fleeted. At this time the family were at dinner at the bottom of the house, so that the thieves had the whole of the upper part to themselves. Soon after Mrs. Turner had finished dinner she went up stairs to her bedroom, end, on reaching the second floor stain, she was very much surprised and alarmed at seeing two men, who had no doubt been interrupted in their business by hearing some person coming upstairs, rush out of her bedroom on to the land ing, and make their way as fast as possible to the top of the house. Mrs. Turner immediately ran down stairs on beholding the two men and raised an alarm. Before any person could follow the thieves they had made their way out of the house by the attic window, and so returned to the empty bum they had first entered. Several constables of the T division soon afterwards came up and they endeavoured to trace the thieves, but without SWOON they managed to get clear off. The thieves left behind them an iron jemmy," a life preserver, and a hat. Shortly after the robbery, a man without a hat stopped a boy selling sprees in Williara.street, near the Potteries, end offered to give half-a-crown for his cap. The boy re adily consented to the bargain, and handed the man his cap, and in intern re ceived the half-orown. The police an in search of the thieve but, up to the present time, no else has been ob tained to their whereabouts. A RUSE.—One morning Hance, the comic actor, we. seized by , • couple of bailiffs, in an action for a debt of 201., u the Bishop of Ely was pulling by in his coach. Quoth Joe to the bailiffs, " Gentlemen, here's my cousin, the Bishop of Ely, going into his house ; let me but speak to him, and he will pay the debt and charges." The bailiffs thought they might venture that, as they were within three or four yards of him. So up goes Joe to the coach, pulling off his hat, and got close to it. The bishop ordered the coach to stop, whilst Joe (close to hie ear) said softly, " My lord, here ars two poor men, who have such ggrreeaat scruples or conscience that I fear they'll hang ves." " Very well," said the bishop. So calling to the two bailiffs, he said, " You two men, come to me to-morrow morning, ana l I'll satisfy you." The men bowed, and went away. Joe,' bugging himself with his fallacious desire, also went his way. In the morning the bailiffs, eagesMag the debt and charges, repaired to the bishop's; whey - being istrodnesic " Well," said the bishop, what are yew sem* of ass science 1" " Scruples!" said the bailiffs. "We ham as scruples. We are bailiffs, my lord, whe yesterday arreelni your cousin, Joe Haines, for .Ul. Your isiskivrosissille satisfy us to-day, and we hope your lora* will Os is veil as your word." The worthy bides% isMsig Mat Ms honour and name would be ex If le Gen a ss, paid the debt and chart u. —D ' ANECDOTE OP LE BRUN.—Whille the 2 10tiega of Brineillien was being led to execution, Charles Le Brun signalled the executioner to stop the car, pretending that an accident had happened to one of the wheels. The pr o cession halted, and during that momentary pause the painter, by a few strokes of his pe sell, hit off a striking likeness of that celebrated crimes!, torch in hand with her confessor by her side.—Lights and Shodosoi of Artist Lift. Kan intelligence. COMMITTER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL FOR THE AFFAIRS OF JERSEY AND GUERNSEY. SATURDAY. The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council present on Pridaywere the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Right lion. T. Pemberton Leigh, the Right Hon. Sir J. Knight Bruce, the Right Hon. Sir J. Turner, the Right Hon. Sir J. Luahingtoe, the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson, and the Right lion. Sir Ed ward Ryan. 111711A011DINART STATE OF TRI LAW IN JERSEY. In the matter of the petition of the states of the island of Jersey for the repeal of three orders of council of the 11th February, 1852, and is support of their application for the confirmation of certain acts of that assembly passed on the 10th, 16th, and 17th of August, in the same year. The prerogative of the crown in Jersey. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Roundell Palmer, end Mr. Matheson appeared on behalf of the states; Mr. Welrby appeared on behalf of the crown ; Mr. Collier, Mr. Dryden, and Mr. Marett represented certain inhabitants and ratepayers t f the island who opposed the petition. The Attorney and Solicitor•Oenerals sat within the bar u asseason. Mr. Collier appeared in support of the petition signed by 4,227 inhabitants against two of the acts of the states, namely, the act for the establishment of a small debts cram and the act in reference to the police court. Mr. Wm. Wyllys Mackeson addressed the court against the petition. Mr. Francis Godfrey, an advocate of Jersey, followed on the same aide. Mr. Collier replied. Mr. Dryden, on behalf of the petitioners, then applied to their lordships for costs. The Lvrd Chancellor—We have not jurisdiction to grant coats. Oar duty now is simply to make a report to her hisifttY• The Council then broke up. EQUITY COURTS.-SATURDAY. 1111.011/ TIIII lIAITIZ 01 , TIM ILOLLII. YORE AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY V. HUDSON. This case was resumed. When the court rose yesterday it was engaged in the consideration of an item of 2,3371. 10s., in respect of 100 shares transferred to Mr. Nicholson. The only point in contest was as to whether these shares were included in the 1,800 shares which the defendant had dis tributed, and the disposal of which the plaintiffs did not question. His lion.mr held that defendant was properly charged with the shares in question. The neat item to which objection was made was 2,9311.55. for premiums on 150 shares transferred to Mr. Close. The evidence was that the premiums were paid to Close, but there was no proof that they were received by iefendant, and it was therefore contended that he was not liable ; but or. the part of the plaintiffs it was shown that Close we defendant's private secretary, acted entirely under his direction, and that be had paid the deposits on behalf of Mr. Hudson. This item was also confirmed, and the decision governed another item ut 7681. 15s. on other 50 shares. Mr. Rolt then moved for the allowance of a sum of 6,3001., which defendant alleged he had " paid to several persons for thc benefit of the plaintiffs, in parliament or otherwise." Mr. Hudson refused to divulge the names of the persons who had received the money, but offered to state them privately to the Muter of the Rolls. His Honour said he disposed of this in his judgment. He was astonished to hear that any such payment had been made. It was improper to make the payment, and still more improper to receive money for such a purpose. If it was right that the money s►oi.ld be paid, it was right that proof should be given of the payment, and that aot having ►een given he could not allow it, even if the payment were a proper one. Mr. Rolt next moved that defendant be allowed 3,1204, paid by the defendant on behalf of the company. In 1846, the Great Northern Railway Act having passed, it was thought desirable toimprove the approaches from the city of York to the York and North Midland station at York. Defendant was then Lord Mayor of York, and be induced the corporation to apply for an act of parliament to make a bridge over the Outs at Lendall, and to widen streets, and he pledged the company to pay the expenses of the act. He alleged that he did this with the concurrence of the other directors. The act passed, but after much opposition, and the expenses were 3, 1201., which defendant paid, and he now sought to have it allowed. The act had not been carried into effect. . . . . The Solicitor• General opposed the motion, and said the money was paid by the defendant after he had ceased to be a director. • . His Honour (interrupting the learned ennui) said if it were opposed it was clear he could not allow this stem. This payment was not within the scope of the power of the di rectors, and it could not be allowed in this account. This concluded the list of objections to the certificate which were brought before the court, but there were several others which were either g d by the decisions given or were not brought forward. The result, as will be seen, was that the certificate was confirmed in every particular. The SolicitoxGens ral then, on the part of the plaintiffs, moved that defendant be ordered to pay the sum of 54,5901. 141. 3d., the: sum found due from the defendant. A motion had been made before the Lords Justices to vary the certificate, and it was then arranged by consent to take an order that 20,0001., part of the sum, be paid into court on the first day of Hilary Term, and that the rest of the motion should stand over for disposal in this:court. The rest of the motion being now disposed of, and the certificate con firmed he moved that the whole sum be paid. Mr. Holt did not oppose this motion, and after some dis cussion as to the time which was to be allowed an order was eventually made that 20,0001. he paid en the first day of Hilary Term, and the remainder, 34,5901. 14s. 3d., on the first day of Easter Term, but in order that plaintiffs might be in a position to register a legal judgment, that the order be that the whole amount be paid to the plaintiffs on the Ist' August next. The Solicitor-General, Mr. R. Palmer, and Mr. Rob house were counsel for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Rolt and Mr. Toiler for the defendant. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins having replied, Lard Campbell summed up. His lordship expressed his disapprobation of the line of defence the company bad adopts d, and said the only serious charge against the plain• tiff which had been established was that which relsted to his having sent in a certificate of sobriety to the Admiralty. but the jury was to say whether the defendants had been induced to employ him by fraudulent misrepresentations as to his position and character. He thought there was no evidence to show that he was not competent to fulfil the duties of his situation, and although when he was under the command of Captain Henderson he might sometimes have taken a gig , . too much, that ought not to be allowed to ruin his prospects for life. If they found for the plaintiff he would be entitled to a reasonable amount of dsmages for the lose be had sustained by his dismissal from the ser vice of the defendant?. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 40/. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-SATURDAT. SITTIMOS AT DOH PRIUI IN revoke CMO/Y JUSTICI /RIM AND • COMMON IVRY. SMITH O. THE AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL SITAR NATI. OATION COMPANY.-CONCLUSION OF THE CASE. This morning the hearing of this case was resumed, and the knowing additional witnesses on behalf of the defend ' ants were examined. Mr. Hobert Marshall was the first witness called, and he stated that he was the secretary to the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company when the ship Melbourne arrived in Eugland. The written complaint now handed to him was sent in to the company. The document was read by the associate. It was ad dressed to the company, and was signed by several second class passengers. It stated that during the voyage from the Australian colonies to London, having agreed for second class ricer mmodation, they had been placed in the third class cabin, and with a considerable number of persons more than should have been placed in the space. That there were upwards of 30 persons where there should not have been more than 30. That the dining-tables had been occupied by those who had no berths. That they had not been provisioned according to the scale ; previous to their arrival at the Cape they were short of all provisions, and at times entirely without. It was also stated that they hid in their possession a paper containingievery particular, and signed by second-class passengers, and which, if necessary. could be brought: forward, unless that redress was shown to which they were fairly entitled. When this was delivered, the passengers were requested to send in a detailed statement of their complaints, but such a statement was never sent in. Witness, upon receiving the complaint, called the officers before him, and the matter was deliberated upon by the hoard of directors. At the Cape, the company expended 3,500/. for provisions, and 3,0001. odd for coals. To the Chief Justice—The expense of the Australian, a ship of about the same size, was about 27,0001. out and home. The expenses of the Melbourne were much greater. Witness—The Melbourne was furnished with the best of everything that could be procured. 'Thiel class passengers paid 211. The price for second class passengers was a little over a halfp-nny a mile. Croce-eximined—Some of the passengers went before the directors, but he made no Memorandum of what they said. They read a document, which they refused to leave. They were there about 20 minute., and there were, he thought, four persons. Ile immediately inquired into the matter by calling the purser and captain before him. In a day or two they went before the board of directors. This was more than a fortnight after the first complaint. There had been one board meeting before. 113 delayed laying the matter before the board until he should get a written statement, which he Lad not had; not a detailed statement. They afterwards went before the directors at the request of witness. There were a number of letters between the attorneys for the plaintiff and the de fendants before action brought, but he could not say whether they were written without prejudice. The pas se, gees attended without any solicitor. They made a state ment to the directors. The directors questioned them, and they answered. The chairman said a minute investigation 211°00 be made. The captain, the purser, and the first officer went before the directors, and they were under ex amination for an hour. This was at the end of July or the beginning of August. The Chief Justice paid it appeared from the document that the passengers must have seen the directors sooner than a fortnight after they wrote. Witness—Did not get the addresses of all the passengers, but he did get some of them. He did not write to any of them, for he had daily visits from some of them, Smith particularly. He had a meeting of one of the committees of the board soon after the first paper was delivered. Every thing for the Melbourne was ordered of first rate quality. The Melbourne was built as Greenock for the government, but he dit not know why the government rejected her. She was built of iron. The Chief Justice said the government had given up all the iron vessels of war because they would not stand shot. Mr. Serjt. Ryles—There were some experiments at Por chester Castle, and when shots were fired it was found that the splinters flew about, so that they did more damage than the battery. Witness re-examined—She sou perfectly strong and sound. Why he took no notes of what was said was that he expected a detailed statement. They had no agent named Fry in Australia, but their agents were Broadfoot, Bonham, and Co. No plan of the Melbourne had gone out to Australia before she went out. Mr. Serjeant Byles—There was no doubt the company had adopted the contract, whatever it was. Captain Gillmore, an officer tin the navy, an old com mander in the mercantile marine, and surveyor for the go vernment under the Passengers Act, was then called—He bad seen the Melbourne alter her return. Captain Mills and Captain Reeves also saw her. Witness saw her last week. The deck, which was called the forecastle, was raised 6or 7 feet above the main deck, and was 61 feet long. The pigsties were on the top of the forecastle. This was decidedly the best part of the ship for them. The very best possible place. Between the spar deck and the main deck there were tbs sailors, and under the main deck was the cabin in question ; so the sailors were nearest the pigs. The sailors were lodged also in the bows. It was not in the power of man to construct a ship free from inconve nience at sea; and if any filth got into the cabin it must have patted through the sailors' place. To the Chief Justice—ln merchant vessels the pig. were in the centre of the ship, either in or under the long boat. Witness—ln returning from Australia to the Cape a larger quantity of coals was necessary than in going out. He should say there was certainly no other place but the second class saloon where the additional coals could be put. This was necessary for the trim of the ship, and also to have them near to the furnace. As to the second class cabin coming back, he could not discover any objection to it. It was a good height, and the bunks were in the usual form. It was well ventilated. The Passengers Act of the 15th and 16th Vict. required for each passenger fifteen super ficial feet. These passengers bad more than double He could sot say whether the married coupes were pro perly placed. He only surveyed the ship as to stability. There were three tables in the cabin. There were six scuttles and two skylights. The sleeping berths were six feet long and two feet wide. From the galley to the cents of the cabin was 47 feet. The galley was the cooking place. He saw Morgan's cabin. It was 4 feet by 8 feet 6 inches, and contained eight berths. There were three water closets. He never saw accommodation for second-class passengers less objectionable. They had the best part of the ship and • cabin in which he should not at all object to travel himself. TRIMMER V. DASIBY.-MR. TESSIER'S PICTURES. It will be recollected that about a week since the Vice- Chancellor stated the effect of the report which he had received from Sir C. Eutlake, Mr. C. Stanfield, and Mr. Hardwick, in reference to the future cue of the picture gallery of the late Mr. Turner, and recommended that all parties should consider generally what had better be done in the matter. The Solicitor-General now said that since the matter was last mentioned an endeavour had been made to Snd a suitable fireproof place of deposit for the paintings, but without success, as all such places appeared liable to objec tion on the ground of dampness. It was therefore proposed to follow the recommendations of the referees, and place some sae in the house in Queen Anne-street to take care of the pictures. Mr. W. Norris said that any arrangement must be with out prejudice to the next of kin, in case they should be declared entitled to the property and not to the pictures. The Vice-Chancellor said that if the public were de ckled owners of the pictures, the costs of th e next of kin i should be duly taken nto consideration. 0.....----Ne Emulated the Melbourne lest Mon day, at the instance of Mr. Bristow, the attorney, and a gentleman connected with the company. Ile did not know whither the pigsties were there. He did not go on the forecastle, but he went to see the two decks below. He never heard anything about pigsties until he came to this court. The ship had been classed, as was usual, but not painted. Captain Reeves—Was a surveyor to the Emigration Commissioners. He had commanded a ship about twenty five years. He went to see the Melbourne, and saw the COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH.—SATuaDAy. second class accommodation on the way home. It was the airmen ar ma rms.—wpm was castrszu. ass main usual and proper accommodation. The berths were the remise. usual berths. The cabin had six scuttles, about 8 inches. by DOWDILL v. TIM AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STRAY NATI- 6 inches in size, and they could be opened or shut, and OATION COMPANY.—CHARACTIR OP A PURSES. there were two skylight'. He agreed with the evidence of Mr. &deem Wilkins, with Mr. Gray, appeared for the Captain Gilmore generally. There was no place so good as plaintiff; Mr. K. Macauley and Mr. Lush represented the the second class saloon for the coals on the way home. It defendants. was in the centre of the ship, and if they had been put at The plaintiff in this case had been employed as a purser the extremity, the ship would have been unseaworthy. on board the defendants' vessel the Australia, and brought Captain Mills,* muter in the merchant service, had been the action to recover damages for a breach of contract on at sea thirty-four years, and had been accustomed to the the part of the defendant', in not employing him as a purser passenger trade. The accommodation was perfectly proper arm a voyage to Australia. The defendants pleaded second class accommodation. It frequently happened that snesral pleas, the most material of which was that the plain- two married couples were put in one cabin. A great e r tithed obtained his appointment by fraud and iniamprewn. quantity of coals was required home to the Cape, because Mien. It appeared, from the plaintiff's statement, that in the prevailing wind was easterly. It was so ten months in. Deaember last he had sent in various testimonials to the the year. Thecae's could not have been placed anywhere , erimpeny, showing that he bad been a purser in the Royal better than in the second class saloon. Navy, and had always borne a good character for dill Cron-examined—He did not recollect having ever taken. rime and sobriety. He received his appointment third class passengers. They usually in sailing-vessels in February, and started with the Australia, placed the second-class passengers amidships. /Which, after setting off three times, was found so Mr. Pollard—Was steward in the Melbourne, Mr. unfit for the voyage, that at last is the beginning of April Boulter was the principal steward, andthe did not know she was obliged to return to the Thames. The plaintiff where be was. Witness attended on the secona.class pas then received orders to pay off the crew, but the officers singers, and he saw the provisions weighed. The scale were retained upon half pay. The plaintiff was employed was pce tedi inthe cabin. The sailors had provisions out of in .superintending the transference of the stores from the the same casks as the second-class passengsm and they Australia to the Victoria down to 31st August, up to which never complained. The provisions were iood. The time his accounts were sent into be settled On the previous second-chum passengers were not clean by a long way. 31st of May he, as well as the other officers, received a They smoked aad spat, and some of them I-_ad their gold in f t o e r n t i nht w 's notice of dismissal, a diunisssl nd it Li w e as p f r er *to nt * , aeh actione co w% the i r beds Cr . was in irons for being drunk. brought. The plaintiff stated that he had served upwards He was sent to .. screw-alley" for taking bread out of Mr. of 19 years in the Royal Navy, and had never heard of any Morgan's cabin ; Morgan had taken it in, but witness had charge being breught against him, and certainly had not no right to get it out. He was not in screw-alley, but he been disinissea for misconduct. The captain end one of was next door to it for a day and a half. He could not say the passengen of the Australia ware called, and proved he was drunk on the voyage, but if he was it was with what that while the plaintiff was in that vessel his conduct had the passengers gave him. They accused him constantly of given entire sat i s f act i on. being drunk, but they were nearly always wrong. They The defence was that the plaintiff was not competent to said he could not d o his work, but he could do it. fill the office of purser, as he bad not been able to give a Re-examined—When they got home they did not com proper account of the stores which bad been entrusted to plain of him. On the way home be had a certificate if hint, and that he had been' dismissed from the Royal Navy character from the passengers. Sometimes the meat was for having sent in to the Admiralty, in July, 1847, with an not properly cooked, but if it had been there would have application for employment, • supposed certificate from been grumbling and g rowlin g . Captain Henderson, under whom he had formerly served Mr. Henry Le4er—He was ship's cook home. The in the Sidon, the signature to which certificate was forged. sailors and second ain passeng ers had the same provi sio ns, Captain Henderson, who is now comptroller - general of the and the sailors never complained. The provisions were Coast Guard, on being called, stated that he bad given the good. He only cooked occasionally for the pamengess plaintiff a certificate in July, 1847, on his discharge from coming home. the Sidon, for diligence and attention, but not for sobriety, It was then proved that the chief cook was sow oat of whereu the certificate sent in to the Admiralty included the country. sobriety amongst the plaintiff's qualifications. Although Captain Gilmore, recalled, said that the salt beef was the plaintiff's name had been removed from the official list always Cooked in salt water. of the Admiralty in April, 1848, the Admiralty had stated This was the defendants' case. that they should have no objection to his being again em- Mr. Serjeant Byles said he must again submit that this played, if any captain applied for him, but any such cap- plaintiff had not proved the contract, as it was RUSISAIW tail( would be informed of all the circumstances of his OW. his decimation. I